Enhancing The Human Experience with Mark Phillips

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

Our guests this week are Sophia Lara-Grine and Mridhu Verma.

Sophia lives in Paris, France and is the founder of Tontine RSE.

Tontine RSE provides businesses with a number of benefits, including cost-savings, while ascertaining a positive social impact.

Mridhu lives in Delhi, India and is the Technical Head of DelveInsight Business Research LLP.

DelveInsight is a premier Business Consulting and Market Research firm, focused exclusively on the life science segment.

In this episode, you'll discover:

How to really get to know the people you work withWhy business and societal change must begin with individualsThe value of being inspired by what you see around you while internalizing it and expressing it in your own creative wayWhere Mridhu and Sophia find creative inspiration

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny, by Robin Sharma

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

Business Success Through Applied Creativity With Bob Baurys And Cristian Saracco | ETHX 128

The Power of Play | ETHX 127

Successfully Balance Creative and Analytical Activities With Marty Johnson | ETHX 125

5 Ways To Develop Your Network: Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi | ETHX 123

Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

Our guests this week are Bob Baurys and Cristian Saracco.

Bob lives in Austin, Texas and is the founder and CEO of 83 Bar: The Patient Activation Company.

83 Bar helps passive patients become active healthcare consumers.

Cristian lives in Madrid, Spain and is a founding partner of Allegro 234, a global branding and innovation company with offices in Spain, Argentina, and Chile.

Allegro 234 helps companies develop their brand and share their story so they can attract more customers.

In this episode, you'll discover:

How to grow your business through the power of brandingThe value of personalizing your product or service when making business decisionsThe reason why the employees you start your business with often times are not the same employees you'll need to scale your business later onHow to successfully sell your ideas to clientsWhy Bob feels that "Speed reduces risk at every single level"

Here is the process Cristian and his team uses to come up with new ideas:

First, establish a certain goal or objective.

Then, use the A, B, C, D, E method for arriving at a solution.

A - Anticipation - look for trends to understand what's going onB - Blend ideas and adopt a child-like perspectiveC - Create different conceptsD - Design the new brand ideaE - Execute on your idea

Bob's process for coming up with new ideas.

On a sheet of paper, draw a 3x3 grid. Above the grid, in the upper left hand corner, write the problem you're trying to solve. In the boxes on the left, write what you think might work. In the boxes in the middle, write why it would work. In the boxes on the right, write why it wouldn't work.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

On Purpose: Delivering a Branded Customer Experience People Love, by Shaun Smith and Andy Milligan

Noah Kagan Presents

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

The Power of Play | ETHX 128

Successfully Balance Creative and Analytical Activities With Marty Johnson | ETHX 125

5 Ways To Develop Your Network: Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi | ETHX 123

Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

This week Mark went back to his library to find another book with a message to help you cultivate more creativity in your business and your life.

That book is, Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown.

Stuart Brown is the founder of The National Institute for Play.

In this episode, Mark shares the 6 step framework for Play:

Anticipation - The first thing about play is the anticipation. You can't wait to go outside and play or start the game. This creates an eagerness to do it.Surprise - There is an element of surprise in play.Pleasure - Play is enjoyable.Understanding - You learn about yourself and others when you're playing.Strength - When you play you gain strength; mentally, physically, emotionally, and intellectually. You also improve your stamina and state of mind.Poise - You develop poise when you play. The more you play the better you relate to yourself and other players. You're also able to be coached better.

The author encourages us to answer the following questions:

When have you felt free to be and do what you choose?Is there a part of your life right now that play fits into.What do you feel stands in the way of your achieving more personal time for play?Are you able to feel what engages you the most effortlessly, because it's play?

We're also encouraged us to expose ourselves to more play in our daily lives.

Do you have a favorite book that helps you create more success in your business or your life? Let us know in the comment section below.

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

Successfully Balance Creative and Analytical Activities With Marty Johnson | ETHX 125

5 Ways To Develop Your Network: Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi | ETHX 123

Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

My guest this week is Kelly Jean Badgley.

Kelly is a professional multimedia storyteller and voice-over artist.

She's also a Nichiren Buddhism practitioner.

You may recognize the name because Kelly recently joined me for a video interview to talk about how voice-overs can help us content creators create more engaging and entertaining videos and podcasts.

In this episode Kelly shares the benefits of practicing Nichiren Buddhism, including some examples from her own life.

Nichiren Buddhism was developed by a 13th century Buddhist monk, Nichiren Daishonin, to help all people bring forth their inherent Buddha nature.

This practice is based on the teachings of the Lotus Sutra.

In this episode, you'll discover:

Kelly's personal experience with this practiceWhat Kelly means when she says that, "No matter what happens, I have to take action for the happiness of others."How Nichiren Buddism can help you transform your experiences in every area of your lifeThat everything you experience in life is a reflection of yourselfWhy it's okay to manifest material thingsWhy Herbie Hancock says, "It's a philosophy that I practice religiously." when explaining this practice to others

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Soka Gakkai International - USA

Buddhist Solutions for Life's Problems: The podcast Kelly mentioned in the interview.

Buddhism and Creativity: The Herbie Hancock talk Kelly referenced in the interview

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

I apologize for the strange-sounding audio and "clicking" you'll hear at some points during the interview portion of this episode. I had some technical difficulties with this one. Hopefully it won't detract too much from the great insights Marty shared with us. The good news is that Marty's audio is crystal clear throughout the interview.

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

Our guest this week is Marty Johnson.

Marty is a practicing attorney in Shreveport, Louisiana.

He's also an avid photographer, videographer, former radio broadcaster, musician, and tech geek.

In this episode you'll discover:

How to compartmentalize your passions so you can achieve a high level of success in the most important endeavors in your business and lifeThe value of spending time each day doing both creative and analytical workThe power of focusWhy a continuous sense of fascination is so vital to success in life

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

5 Ways To Develop Your Network: Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi | ETHX 123

Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs And Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

Mark Romero is an internationally renowned transformational leader, speaker, and coach.

He's also a former CEO and executive manager who left his 19-year career to pursue his passion and purpose and create a business more in alignment with his innate gifts.

After hearing, and then analyzing, Mark's music, a former top-consultant to NASA discovered that Mark's music contained frequencies that shifted listeners into a state of peak performance.

Since this discovery, Mark has been using his music to help people around the world move past blocks, optimize their energy and express their greatness.

Today, Mark uses his music, speaking and coaching programs to empower people to tap into their unlimited potential and experience a more rich and fulfilling life.

Stay tuned until the end of this interview, because Mark has been gracious enough to share some of his music with us. The piece is titled, The Journey, and you can experience it right after the interview.

You can watch this video interview below, or on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/n9g7S3L0PT8

In this episode, you'll discover:

The most harmful influence to our vibrational state of being (you may be surprised)How Mark's musical mantras can help us neutralize and move past old patterns of thinking and out-dated beliefs so we can realize our fullest potential in business and in lifeWhy transformation, on both an individual and global scale, begins with each one of us expressing our greatnessExamples of old stories that most of us carry in our consciousness and how these stories affect our performance in life

You can learn more about Mark and his work in the following ways:

Mark's website - markromeromusic.com

Mark's facebook page

Mark's YouTube channel

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

We hope you're enjoying this series.

On this week's episode, Mark Stinson shares a few take-aways from a book that has helped him create more success in his career.

The book is, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success One Relationship at a Time, by Keith Ferrazzi

In this episode you'll learn how the following 5 action steps you can help you build a better network:

Find a role model that you admire and think you could learn from.Learn to speak and tell your story in a nice succinct way.Get involved in a group and meet new people.Develop yourself.Just do it. Set a goal of initiating a meeting with one new person a week.

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

My guest this week is Megan Bryant.

Megan is a professional comedian, actor, improv trainer, and award-winning author of the book, Not My Plan: Sucking it in Until I Had To Push it Out, available on Amazon.

She was recently named Best Local Comedian in the Best of Boise 2019 awards.

In this episode she talks about the benefits of improv training for individuals and companies, her comedy, and her book.

There's a lot of goodness in this episode, so sit back and enjoy!

In this episode, you'll discover:

How Megan got into stand-up comedy, including the story of her first open mic nightWhat Megan's mission in life is and why she's so passionate about itSome of the positive benefits you can realize by attending one of her improv classes. (I did this last year and it was truly awesome and got me way out of my comfort zone.)What it means to live a, "Yes, and..." lifeMegan's experience performing a Spartan race

You can learn more about Megan and her work in the following ways:

Megan's website

Megan's Podcast, I Hardly Know Her!

Megan's facebook (Be sure to check out her facebook live videos. They're especially entertaining and thought-provoking).

Megan's instagram

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series.

Our guests this week are John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo.

John is the founder and CEO of Collective Loop, a creative agency that offers brand design and development, content creation, and social media solutions.

John has over 20 years experience in advertising and marketing.

Danilo Fratangelo has over 15 years experience in marketing, advertising, and problem solving.

For the last three years Danilo has been the CEO of Arteria Lifeshare.

He's also a guitar/bass player, a father, and a has recently taken up urban running.

In this episode, you'll discover:

The value of being really sure of the problem you're trying to solve before beginning the creative processThe benefits of having tight deadlinesThe importance of sticking to the project briefWhy it's important to constantly expand your knowledge about a multitude of things outside your area of expertiseThe benefits of working in groups to develop creative ideasHow spending time with children can help you be more creative

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas In Just Five Days, by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz

The Copywriter's Bible, by Alistair Crompton

Listen to prior episodes in this series:

Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119

A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118

Thanks for listening!

I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube.

All the best!

Mark

P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that will also help you consciously create and live the life you want. While you’re there be sure to subscribe to the mailing list so you can stay in the loop with all of the new things coming down the line!

This week on the podcast I'm sharing an audio track from a recent video I posted on the Focus & Flow vlog.

In the video, which you can find on my YouTube channel, I talk about The Preferred Experiences Mug and how it can help you tune into the very best experiences in life.

I hope you enjoy this weeks episode!

If you did, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcast app.

Thanks for listening!

All the best,

Mark

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Soundtrack:

Buddha by Kontekst https://soundcloud.com/kontekstmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/b6jK2t3lcRs