Jaime Jay is a friend and marketing genius! During a conversation recently, Jaime dove into what it means to be fanable.

“Fanable is to have an allure or a personality that attracts a fanbase.”  – Jaime Jay

Jaime Jay is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. He currently runs a virtual assistant company, Bottleneck.online, is co-owner of a podcast production company, Podcast Pilot and a certifiable hockey fanatic! He’s all about giving back at the local, regional and global level.

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• To think wrong doesn’t necessarily mean to think better

• Our brains are hardwired to conform, but we need to train them to think wrong

• There are natural wrong thinkers, then there’s the rest of us

• Psychedelic use and computer evolution bloomed around the same time

• What was then counter-cultural is now mainstream

• Psychedelic use is now beyond a medical research model

• Savants display a juxtaposition of disability and superior ability

• There’s exceptional ability within us all

• Acquired savants exist

We’ve come to accept many traditional paradigms that are ill-suited for the future of society. What areas will be touched by the tentacles of new technologies, innovations and categories? How will food tech change our understanding of nutrition and general health? On this episode, journalist, speaker and entrepreneur, Jordan French, talks about the cutting-edge projects he’s been working on.

Our traditional paradigm of currency is actually ill-suited to the future of commerce, and a new category of currency is required. -Christopher Lochhead

3 Things We Learned

Currency as we know it is outdated

When it really comes down to it, all currency is really just a technology that we came up with, using pieces of paper or coins to represent. As it stands today, this model is outdated while cryptocurrency presents many possibilities.  

Using new technologies to do more good is what matters

When we look at the newer categories in food tech, there are many cool use cases but let’s not forget the possibilities for doing massive good for the world. That’s why these categories are so important-- they can be applied to emergency response, health and nutrition.

People can create their own categories, careers, and jobs

The paradigm of what a job and a career mean now is so different from what it once was. We were told to use what we’re good at to find our place in the world. But for a lot of people who don’t fit in anywhere, the best thing to do is carve out a space for yourself, design your own job and build a career on your terms.

So many paradigms and traditions are shifting, and technology can-- and will-- empower us. If we look at things like blockchain, cryptocurrency and food tech, we see a democratization of currency and health. This puts more power in our hands and cuts out the middlemen. This is crucial to where we are going as a society, and we can all contribute to this incredible wave.

• Carrying out a mission may just be a bonus

• Happiness should imbue everything you do

• Happiness from gratitude is best shared

Having a laser eye on a single goal can ensure you more chances of success. But what if conquering many things in a lifetime is your definition of fulfillment? In today’s episode, startup legend Dr. Giora Yaron tells us about the many things that he’s willingly taken on in his search for enjoyment and, ultimately, contentment.

“I’m gonna work my way into the grave.” - Dr. Giora Yaron

Three Things We Learned

Personal fulfillment is never about the money

If you take a peek into Dr. Yaron’s entrepreneurial career, you’ll find out pretty quickly that it’s all about taking several leaps of faith. On top of founding several businesses, he is involved in boards and university, among other things. After a while, doing what you do solely for the money can get redundant and boring, and contentment can always be derived from other things that you’re genuinely interested in.

Success in life isn’t all about perfection, it's about balance

Dr. Yaron currently considers his life to be very balanced, unlike when he was working only on his entrepreneurship. His bucket is divided into three sections. They add to his inner stability, a true upgrade from his once perfection-driven approach to success.

Business is a war

There’s no literal bloodshed in business, but in many ways, it’s similar to a war. You fight tooth and nail to keep a bank account running, to anticipate the unknown, and to sally into battle with the sensibilities of a leader. And in order to win both, one must come up with a strategy that can adapt to any situation that arises.

Life is so short that limiting oneself to a single aspiration is too much of a waste. Success is self-determined, and even if starting projects and getting into lots of things is what you become known for, it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, it’s your life you’re living.

Bio

Dr. Giora Yaron serves as Chairman of Tel Aviv University (Executive Council), and on the board of Amdocs (DOX). Dr. Yaron serves on the advisory board of the Ministry of Defense.

Dr. Yaron is an active Founding Investor and Founder of a group of high-tech and med-tech companies; P-cube, (acquired by Cisco), PentaCom (acquired by Cisco), Qumranet (acquired by Redhat), Comsys (acquired by Conexant, Texas Instruments), Exanet (acquired by Dell) Hyperwise Security (acquired by Checkpoint) Qwilt, Itamar Medical, Excelero, Equalum, Aqua Security and vEye Security. Dr. Yaron has been serving as board member and/or Chairman of the Boards of these companies since their inception. Dr. Yaron served as Chairman of the Board of Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP).

From 1992-1995 Dr. Yaron has served as President of Indigo NV, leading the company to a NASDAQ IPO. Prior to joining Indigo served as corporate Vice President of National Semiconductor and was the Founder of the National Wafer Fab in Israel (today Tower-Jazz Semiconductors).

In 2008 Dr. Yaron presented at the Computer History Museum* the revolutionary microprocessor development work he leads with his team at NCS which provides the foundation for the microprocessors as we know them today.

In 2009 Dr. Yaron was granted Honorary Fellowships by The Hebrew University. Dr. Yaron holds a Ph.D. in Device Physics from the Hebrew University has published numerous scientific papers and holds numerous patents.

• Technology for an organized mind

 When an athlete busts his knee, how can he stay in the court? How does he grow while having to lug around an injury for the rest of his career? Bill Walton joins us once again to share the story of his basketball upset-turned-success, the four laws of learning by John Wooden, and how we can all take advantage of technology to sort out our priorities.

“I changed. I had to change because I couldn’t get out there and run anymore.” - Bill Walton

In this age of smartphones and tablets, we get the ability to communicate, teach, lead, and plan our lives. Our phones are smaller than three-by-five cards a basketball coach or a broadcaster can write plans or cues on, but they’re much more powerful. We can all utilize their full potential to help us get organized, much like how John Wooden did with his sick plays, only that now we’re all high-tech.

• Teach yourself how to learn

Bill shares the four laws of learning their coach John Wooden drilled into them: demonstration, imitation, correction, and repetition. In order to learn the right stuff, you need to be shown the ropes first. Once you’ve done like you’re shown, you’re corrected for anything you might have missed, and then you repeat what you’re doing until mastery is reached.

• You’re human; you can learn to adapt

The recidivism rate for incarcerated people stands at 80%, and this is caused mainly by lack of jobs and support for reformed criminals. What is it like to go to jail and start completely from scratch? What do we learn from the men and women who have gone through jail and come out on the other side? How can we help these people get second chances and improve their lives? On this episode, former inmate and founder of 70 Million Jobs, Richard Bronson, shares on: his journey, living a life of relentless honesty, and leveraging his unique story.

Jobs truly are the silver bullet to getting rid of recidivism. -Richard Bronson

3 Things We Learned

The recidivism rate in America is shockingly high

There’s an 80% chance that someone who has left jail will be re-arrested within 5 years.

2/3 of those people will get arrested within 3 years and 90% will be unemployed at the time of their re-arrest

We can learn a lot from inmates

Talking with inmates allows us to connect with people who have led a life so challenging, with so few options, that there was an inevitability of how things would turn out for them. Yet, these people still manage to be optimistic and hopeful. That’s something we could bring into our own lives.

People are more capable of forgiveness than we can imagine

People have incredibly big hearts and it often makes them feel good to forgive. In order to see this, you must be sincere and open, and give the other person the opportunity to forgive.

It’s very easy and comforting for us t walk around with the belief there are absolutes regarding morality, and that a person who goes to jail is just bad. But these attitudes are exactly what’s contributing to the high recidivism rates. Former inmates are shunned, discriminated against and shut out from job opportunities. We have to understand the circumstances many of these people faced and how it led them down the path to prison. If we can see them as people deserving of a real shot at a second chance, we’ll allow the opportunity for reform and a drop in recidivism.

Guest Bio

Richard Bronson career began on Wall Street, where he managed money at Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns. He then become a partner at Stratton Oakmont, the firm featured in the movie, the firm featured in the film Wolf of Wall Street. He eventually went on the found Biltmore Securities, a registered broker-dealer based in South Florida. Richard grew Biltmore to nearly 500 employees, spread out over four national offices, and took many companies public. After Biltmore, Richard founded Channels Magazine and launched several successful consumer product and service businesses. Richard was convicted of securities fraud in 2002, arising from his activities in the 1990s and served two years in a Federal prison camp. To get in touch, email [email protected].

• Adapting to change goes a long way

• It should never be just about hooks and hangers

• When going with the trends is unachievable