Conversation 71: My Communications with Sam George

Sam talked about working with both John Sperling and George Soros.  I knew of Soros but did not know much about Sperling.

Sam told the story of the changing of the term “Climate Change” from “Global Warming” and credited Republican strategist Frank Luntz with the change in term.  I went hunting and found this interesting piece.

Sam provides a very detailed means of crafting emails that will demand a response especially by a unique subject line, use of the person’s name liberally throughout the email (at least three times – beginning, middle and in the call to action…which is the most important point – a call to action.

Sam’s book is I’ll Get Back to You.  You can find out more about him at dyscommunication.com

Conversation 70: Experiencing Design with Karen Hold

If you don’t know Folgers Coffee…

When I think of law school graduates who never used the degree, I immediately think of my guest Joan Samson, please give my Conversation About Not Being A Doctor  a listen if you have not done so before.

The Coursera course Karen spoke of is Experiencing Design: Deepening Your Design Thinking Practice.

Karen can be found on linked in at @karenpettyhold and on Twitter at @karenhold

Karen’s website is Experiencelabs.org

Experiencing Design can be found at all the usual places including here.

Conversation 69: Raising capital with Rob Bolandian

Failures are acceptable!

I went far afield on the question of NDAs. That of course got me looking and I found this good breakdown about non disclosure agreements.

Rob can be reached at cambridgewilkinson.com

Conversation 68: A conversation about leadership and change with Coach Diana Cutaia.

I couldn’t help but talk to Diana about Food Trucks. We also discussed the Living Room Theater, Powell’s Books and Voodoo Donuts.

I enjoyed Diana’s take on The Great Resignationor as she sees it more The Great Reset a rethinking of what is important to people. This of course led me down a black hole of websites and articles…but check this one out.

I mentioned the book, The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Diana told us about the name of her business Coaching Peace and how it is a very different way to view competition.

Diana can be reached at www.coachingpeace.com and on Instagram at @coachingpeacelive

Conversation 67: Now We’re Cooking with Gas with Peter and Ginhee Ungar

The Tasting Counter is a unique dining experience – dining as theater as Minhee put it.

You can buy a ticket to attend a lunch or dinner here.

I told Peter and Ginhee about my conversation with Jesse Cole.

To learn more about the Tasting Counter, you can check out their website at tastingcounter.com

Conversation 66: Learning how to communicate with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida

I loved the concept of the Portfolio Lifestyle and did some deep digging into it, finding numerous articles including this one.

Okay so I researched Problemtunity and of course found this video from Lisa Beth.

The book by Lisa Beth and Stef is Raise your Game, Not Your Voice

The six types of stories that we discussed are:

1)  Rags to Riches

2)  Riches to Rags

3)  Man in a Hole – a fall and then a rise

4)  Icarus – a rise and then a fall

5)  Cinderella

6)  Oedipus – a fall and then a rise and then a fall

Well, I guess I did hear the name of the book earlier but clearly forgot!

Going Shopping with Rick Neuman

Rick told us about Canadian Tire, a chain I was completely unfamiliar with.

Grocery Gateway was the expensive online grocery chain that Rick talked about.

Rick works at Flipp which he explains at length.  He told me that they are a great app to download before you start planning for Black Friday sales too.

Go to Getflipp.com to download it or go to flipp.com for the web based version.

My “fan”tastic conversation with Jesse Cole

We discussed 10 Ideas a Day, which I first learned about from James Altucher.

Jesse mentioned Seth Godin’s quote on What is Remarkable? “Something worth talking about."

Jesse mentioned a quote by Henry Ford about faster horses.

Jesse was excited about the 2022 Banana Ball World Tour. I hope to make it to a game.

I mentioned having my legal team read “Delivering Happiness” by Tony Hsieh

Jesse talked about dropping shipping charges and building fans by reducing “friction points”. I had an amazing experience ordering a t-shirt from the Savannah Bananas. (Check out social media for more about this).

Jesse mentioned Jeff Bezos being terrified of his customers.

Jesse also mentioned the history of Grayson Stadium

Jesse favorite moments included the Breakdancing First Base Coach and the player introducing himself.

Jesse wrote Find Your Yellow Tux but doesn’t want to tell you to buy it.

He is currently reading The Long Game by Dorie Clark and Blitzscaling by Reid Hoffman to juxtapose two competing ideas.

O what a conversation with Alicia Davon

Alicia talks about 5 Parts (Keys to a Successful Relationship) in the Davon Method:

1. Consciousness

2. Contact

3. Chemistry

4. Choreography

5. Cultivation

Alicia is offering a free “love life” consultation. She can be reached by texting her at 415-308-9580 or through this link: https://erwandavon.com/consult/

Also, their website is pleasurecourse.com