As Told By Nomads

On Wednesday, I got to moderate a panel at my alma mater, Fordham University in support of HeForShe to discuss ways to address and end Gender Based Violence on campuses. Some of the things we addressed are: 

• What Gender Based Violence is and why it exists
• How to encourage bystanders and use their voices to participate in the narrative
• How to look inward and question ourselves on our behaviors that have perpetuated sexism and violence
• How to get better at defining the issues, collecting data and evidence to identify what works and what doesn't work

There's still a lot of progress to be made. According to the National Sexual Violence Research Center, 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted in college as well as 1 in 16 men. That’s 23% of college women and 5 % of college men who experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation. 21% of transgender or gender non-conforming students report rape or sexual assault as well. Despite these staggering numbers, numerous studies have shown that Gender Based Violence, Assault and rape are still under reported!

We dive into all these and much more. Our esteemed panelists were:

• Professional Storyteller, Podcaster and Women’s Issue Speaker, Adrien Behn
• VP of Marketing at Give Lively, Brooke Currence AND
• Actor, Performer, Educator, and Activist Ceasar F. Barajas

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• HeForShe: http://www.heforshe.org/
• Callisto: Tech to combat sexual assault https://www.projectcallisto.org

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Today's interview is with the author of an amazing book called It All Matters, Paul Cummings. If you've ever wondered about the answer to the following questions:

• What are those dreams you would only dare to dream if there was no possibility of failure?
• How can you live a life of real intention and purpose instead of duty and obligation?

Then, you'll want to hear what Cummings has to say about these questions. In our interview, we discuss different life lessons, toolkits, strategies, and action plans you need to live a dynamic and compelling life. His book, It All Matters is essentially your personal guide for becoming the bold, powerful, unique, determined, and immensely successful person you were meant to be.

Why settle for a Level 5 when It All Matters can help you take the leap and amplify your life to volume Level 10? Throughout the interview, Paul Cummings shares his entertaining, personal stories that reveal how to live a life of real intention and purpose.

You have the ability to control your mindset. As Cummings explains, the formula for ultimate success is tied directly to your ability to think bigger and in more positive terms. You are the author of your destiny, it is not the circumstances of your life that shapes your outcomes; it is the way you choose to respond to the circumstances. He strives to make you literally question yourself to new heights of greatness. 

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Website: https://www.paulcummings.com/
• It All Matters 125 Strategies to Achieve Maximum Confidence, Clarity, Certainty, and Creativity: https://www.amazon.com/All-Matters-Strategies-Confidence-Creativity/dp/1119417066/ref=as_li_ss_tl

We discuss strategies to discover what it takes to create your own unique future, to bury the stopping stones and uncover the stepping stones. Cummings outlines a positive pathway to your dreams that takes planning, practice, and preparation.

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Today I talk to two disrupters and gamechangers (pun intended) in the gaming industry: Borris Bazelais and Michael Henry. 

As the Founder of WNDR, a 3D web-based technology, Mr. Borris Bazelais delivers instantly immersive moments to any user anywhere in the world within seconds. The power of this technology will fuel WNDR, a new platform for publishers who want to create and distribute console quality games with a single click, and for consumers to enjoy games like never before. Now the world will be delivered instantly playable games without the need for any additional hardware, downloads, software or apps.

Mr. Bazelais' Hollywood background includes creating, directing, and producing content. In 2009, he took big screen imagination and the excitement of the internet, and moved into the realm of Flash games and the created the original series, “Wall Street Massacre Murder Madoff.” The game became an instant success on the web with 25 million game plays and fan clubs around the world.

With a history as an ignitor of pop culture moments and how to revel in them, Mr. Bazelais plan for the future will be indelible - the delivery of a multidimensional internet

Michael Henry WNDR's co-founder and creative narrates the WNDR experience in its various forms and audiences in the simplest manner. A former People Magazine editor, Mr. Henry transforms gamer speak into pop culture word and connects WNDR with its targeted player -  the ‘premium casual gamer.’ From conception to user experience, Mr. Henry collaborates with the WNDR family to ensure that the technology, which is highly complex in nature, is brilliantly simple enough for the masses to have a powerful immersive game experience. A creative himself, Mr Henry believes that games are the next great canvases of expression and that the WNDR platform will be where great brands and minds collaborate, indies and established producers feel free to create dream games - all of this shared with the world with a simple web link.

Resource Mentioned In The Episode

• WNDR Website:http://wndr.com/

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Today's episode is with Yuri Kruman. Yuri Kruman is a trusted executive, career and life coach and professional strategist for Millennials based in New York. As Member of the Forbes Career Council and CEO / Founder of Master The Talk Career Consulting, he has helped clients of all career stages, industries and job markets around the world (and all around the U.S.) to chart a clear path on their careers, building confidence and understanding along the way. He is an Advisory Board member of the Customer Experience (CX) Program at the Rutgers University Center for Innovation Education.

Since 2013, he’s shared his expertise and empowered people with the knowledge they need to find, compete for and win their dream, revamping their résumé, acing that interview and negotiating for the title and salary they deserve.

He has worked with and consulted for seemingly every sector of the professional world, from tech startups to multinational banks, pharmaceutical companies, law and academia—experience he now brings to help individuals set clear goals toward career advancement.

Yuri has helped build venture-backed health tech startups (Maxwell Health, Liazon, Baby Doctor), consulted large banks and hedge funds (Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Fortress Investment Group), as well as worked in law (various large law firms) and academia (NYU).

Yuri is likewise a well-published author and health tech entrepreneur. He’s been featured on Forbes, Huffington Post, Inc., Fast Company, Mashable, BBC, Time, PBS and other top sites. Yuri blogs on careers, consumer psychology, health and productivity at Blueprint To Thrive. He has worked in healthcare, finance and law.

He has spoken at NYU Entrepreneurial Institute / Wasserman Center, General Assembly, The Muse, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University, among others.

Yuri has published two novels of fiction, poetry and various essays and op-eds. He lives with his wife and two children in New York.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Reinvent Yourself – Yuri’s Top Business Book
• MasterTheTalk.com – Yuri’s website

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Today's episode is with John Omar. He has been actively trading cryptocurrency since the summer of 2016. At first, he started because he wanted a way to make money while he travels the world. Once he dove into trading, he enjoyed it so much that he started writing about it. He describes himself as someone who is allergic to office work. According to him, a 9-5 job, no matter how well paid or how ‘challenging’, isn’t something he could be happy with. Working for a company like Facebook or some giant law firm might seem secure, but the idea terrifies him.

What’s secure about not living life on your terms? That’s not to say that he is lazy. He works intensely hard to realize his own ideas. Trading cryptocurrency is the latest way he generates income so he can live life his way. Before that, he started a company called Bitfountain that taught over 100,000 students how to code

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Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• John Omar’s blog: Chainoperator
• John Omar's Youtube Channel
• John Omar’s Twitter 
• Cryptocurrency Course: https://course.chainoperator.com/

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Today's interview is with my brother from another mother Michael Landers. Over the past 15 years, Michael has designed and facilitated programs for global executives and managers to help them build essential skills in arenas such as cross-cultural communication, leadership, team building, sustaining employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, and international recruiting and staffing. He has conducted business in over 30 countries, including the creation of a cross-cultural consultancy in Japan, staffing a global advertising conglomerate throughout Europe, and leading various successful business development initiatives in Latin America, among other international endeavors.

Michael’s collective experiences have left him with a unique understanding of the challenges that professionals often face while working within multicultural communities and building relationships across international borders. Whether facilitating large groups or conducting private coaching sessions, Michael utilizes the same insightful, lively, and thorough approach that underscores his passion for improving cultural awareness and understanding. Although American, Michael was raised in countries throughout Latin America.

He returned to the U.S. to receive a B.A in International Business from the University of Miami, followed by a Masters degree in Cross-cultural Studies from Lesley College. Fluent in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, proficient in Japanese and Italian, Michael’s language skills enable him to establish strong and sustained connections with many of his clients. He also shares his expertise with others through lectures and speaking engagements at schools, universities, and other institutions around the globe.

We talked about ways to discover the keys to making successful connections in the new global era & how to optimize your cultural code for the global era.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Culture Crossing Website: http://www.culturecrossing.net/
• Culture Crossing: Discover the Key to Making Successful Connections in the New Global Era: https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Crossing-Discover-Successful-Connections/dp/1626567107/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til

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Today's interview is with Morgan Simon, a widely recognized leader in impact investment. Over the past seventeen years, she has influenced $150+ billion from individuals, foundations, and endowments, into socially conscious investments. Her latest book REAL IMPACT: THE NEW ECONOMICS OF SOCIAL CHANGE, has been hailed as “brilliant” by CNN’s Van Jones. 

Simon currently co-leads Candide Group, which supports two clients, including members of the Pritzker family on behalf of the Libra Foundation. She is also co-founder and chair of the non-profit Transform Finance. Previously, Simon served as the founding CEO of Toniic, a global network of impact investors, and as the founding executive director of the Responsible Endowments Coalition. She has worked with the United Nations in Honduras, in corporate reform with ForestEthics, and in domestic microfinance with the Women's Initiative for Self-Employment. She currently serves on the boards of the Restaurant Opportunity Center, The Working World, and CARE Enterprises. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Simon serves as an adjunct professor at Middlebury College's graduate school program. She lives in the Bay Area.

Simon lays out three principles that will ensure impact investing stays on course and can reach its potential to solve societal problems through sustainable, profitable models. Some of the things we discuss in our interview are:

• How charity and finance are ineffective tools for rebuilding a community but impact investing is 
• How impact investment is the trillion-dollar trend that can change the world
• How to get impact investing right    
• How the largest wealth holders in the world are increasingly moving to impact investment
• How impact investment is for everyone—not just the wealthy

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Morgan's Website: http://morgansimon.com/
• Morgan's Book: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/morgan-simon/real-impact/9781568589817/?lens=nation-books

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