We need to challenge the definition of success that society showcases for all of us. The stardom, the big house, and cars, the luxurious vacations. All of that is empty without the human connection. The ties to family, friends, colleagues, etc are fundamentally more important. Without them how do you enjoy your so-called success? We have seen people like Chris Cornell, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Chester Bennington, etc take their lives even though from the outside, all they looked were nothing but successful.

In this episode, I speak with Jonathan Troen, a life master coach who spearheads the self-love revolution. Nothing is more important than loving thyself and then you can spread the love around. He and I discuss the new pathway to success and how we can set ourselves and our children for a better way to view our lives.

Here in this episode, we discuss;
- How to remove the labels we put on ourselves
- Why the pursuit of financial success is empty in itself
- How we need better role models of successful people
- How leading by example is the way to teach our children
- How to take the leap to reboot your career

Jonathan Troen has spent 20+ years in the music and entertainment industry where he felt deeply unhappy. After discovering yoga post-surgery, he began to understand that self-love was not taught enough and the only lasting love comes from the inside. He is the co-founder of Austin Yoga Tree, runs his own Self Love Revolution life mastery practice, and has been a speaker at South x SouthWest in 2019.

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Guest: Jonathan Troen (Personal Website | LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that?

In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like blockchain that already has incentive structures built-in, and also the transparency system can directly influence how we value corporations that are doing the right thing and this will incentives good behavior. Otherwise, the penalty will be a loss in corporate market value that they are so afraid of.

In this episode we talk about;
- How Justin started to think about ethical supply chain
- What are the certain bottlenecks to just tech solutions
- How the sharing economy ties into the corporate actions
- What are the other uses of blockchain that can contribute to incentives
- How he is involved in Bitcountry and the excitement he sees in this project

Justin Goldston is a certified supply chain and organisational change professional who has developed and executed comprehensive digital transformation, organisational change, and supply chain strategies, resulting in optimal customer satisfaction and profitability for clients around the world. Experienced in serving on boards within industry and academia, with his previous consulting, planning, and leadership experience, delivers value to small, medium, and large organisations in a variety of industries.

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Guest: Justin Goldston (Personal Website | LinkedIn | Sydtek)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Is it possible to live a life in tranquility when you have to face the forces of capitalism in your everyday life? You have sale targets to hit, shareholders you have to answer to and make sure your family is provided for. Does the life of zen can really exist in this busy modern lifestyle that we experience?

In this episode, I speak with Dan Tricarico, a zen teacher, who has left his life as a school teacher and been teaching how to incorporate zen into the capitalistic society we live in. We always talk about work life balance but he tells us it isn't the balance that we should be seeking but the harmonization. It's not about looking for a 50/50 split but a unification of both and finding peace within both.

Here in this episode we learn about;
-  How Darwinism shouldn't be mixed with capitalism
- How education should be less about capitalistic drives
- How to make zen co-exist with corporate life
- The 3 teachings that makes the unification of zen live within capitalism
- How to reevaluate what you want out of life

Dan Tricarico is the author of the books The Zen Teacher: Creating Focus, Simplicity, and Tranquility in the Classroom and Sanctuaries: Self-Care Secrets for Stressed-Out Teachers and teaches Zen to corporate and school teachers. He also has a podcast called The Zen Teacher Experience.

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Guest: Dan Tricarico (The Zen Teacher| LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

What does it take to survive in a world where traditional jobs are being destroyed and new ones created? There are no job descriptions or a full set of skillsets that can be brought into these roles. You have to have the flexibility to mold into these new positions. You have to piece together the skills that you have accumulated and dive right in with a mindset that you are going to have to figure it out as you go.

In this episode, I speak with Michael Pachan, CEO of Mountain Made, a CBD brand in Colorado, USA. He dove into this world on the unknown when everything was grey. The legislation was changing constantly and nothing was laid out straight. His story resonates with mine as the crypto industry is going through the same situation.

Here you will learn about;
- How he got into the industry
- How he learned that nothing stays status quo and to live with it
- Types of businesses that survive through the chaos
- Types of people that can fit into new industries
- How to future-proof your business

Mike Pachan is a startup junky, entrepreneurial addict, team builder, functional fitness enthusiast, dog dad, and loyal husband. As CEO of Mountain Made, I #GoLikeHell with 9 years of experience in cannabis, cofounded a company with annual gross sales of over $35 million in the product.
When he's not leading the team at Mountain Made or out in the field selling product, he's embodying the Go Like Hell spirit. He thrives in high-intensity environments such as: Jiu Jitsu, Downhill Mountain Biking, Trail Running, Home Remodels, and Yard Work.

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Guest: Michael Pachan (Mountain Made | Personal Website)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The reality that you think you are living in is actually what you create. There is no such thing as a pre-destined future. What we create in our minds who we think we are becoming a reality. Then why not shift that reality.

In this episode, I have Ellie Shoja, the founder of PeaceUnleashed and an author of The 13th Planet. She motivates her clients through touching consciousness within our inner selves. We also talk about how we are now in a creative cocooning moment where were are going to come out of this pandemic with an explosion of creativeness that the world has never seen before.

Here we discuss;
- How she overcame her childhood difficulties
- How we can channel our negativities into being present in our minds
- How to create high energy
- How to shift reality into creating your own world
- Creative cocooning into a new world

Ellie is an award-winning Author, Mindset Expert, and Motivational TEDX Speaker, whose passion for uplifting and empowering others is at the core of the Peace Unleashed philosophy.

A first-generation immigrant who moved to the United States at the age of 15, Ellie Shoja started her first company at the age of 19 and has spent her 20-year professional career pushing beyond conventional limitations and demonstrating to others how to do the same.

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Guest: Ellie Shoja (Facebook | Instagram)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Crypto is the talk of the streets these days, almost similar to 2017. What's different is that corporates and institutional investors are getting involved. It's not just a retail craze anymore. I thought it would be good to get back on the topic to talk about all things crypto and perhaps make it into a regular topic to pick up.

In this episode, I speak to Naomi Oba, the marketing director of Bitcoin.com Exchange. We get into the topics of crypto payments, DeFi, derivatives and education. We've kept it broad just so that we cover many topics as possible but after the show, we realized we left out Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). Perhaps that could be a topic for next time.

Here we talk about the following;
- How is crypto going to be used for payments
- How can institutional investors can invest in crypto derivatives
- How Dex's and DeFi lending works
- Use of crypto for corporations
- How DeFi can get into the underbanked

Naomi Oba is heading up Marketing for the Bitcoin.com Exchange, doing everything from editorial to content creation and social media management.

She's has  a deep understanding of the crypto industry and a track record of solving problems and taking the initiative to drive projects to completion.

A studied linguist, she became fascinated with the idea of a decentralized financial system and have been studying financial concepts ever since. She is self-taught, relentlessly doing online courses and questioning knowledgable peers to deepen her understanding.

She has a blog @naomioba on Medium, to showcase what she has learned in the esoteric world of crypto.

Guest: Naomi Oba (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Research is underway, after many decades, psychedelics are back in the spotlight for academics and physicians to discover safe ways to cure people with trauma and mental illnesses. Some states in the US are decriminalizing them. However, in the past 2 episodes, I've covered that.

In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into how we can heal, integrate and transform our lives. It's not just for the mentally ill, but even for all of us. There are self-discovery and transformation that can be done. We are all buried in everyday life that we don't get to understand who we are anymore. Isn't it time we get back in touch with ourselves before life passes us by?

Here in this episode, we will learn,
- How we can find where we need to heal
- If psychedelics is right for us
- What is the experience could be
- How to integrate what we learned
- How to know when we conclude the help from psychedelics

Greg Lawrence is a psychedelic integration and transformation coach. He runs a practice called Psychedelic Integration Specialist. He tells us how he used it for himself to heal and helps people to discover themselves and take that back into their daily lives.

This is not an episode for recreational use, but a way to find out who we really are and be in touch again with yourself, your true self.

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Guest: Greg Lawrence
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

3D printers are going to revolutionize manufacturing as we know it. They have been around for a while now but it’ll be years until we see a complete transformation of the manufacturing industry. The environmental impact could also be phenomenal when manufacturers will start producing products that are designed to be reused by personal 3D printers and their business model will change into a recurring revenue-focused business like the software industry. Ideas around it are limitless.

However, we do need to think about, after we see a world full of 3D printers, the considerations around job replacement, bionic humans, and personalized weapons. Out of any new technology comes its pitfalls as well.

• How will 3D printers transform manufacturing
• How designers and engineers can monetize their skills
• Business model shifts for the manufacturing industry
• The ecological case for 3D printing
• Ethical challenges we will face

In this episode, I have Cesar Keller, Chief Experience Officer of Alliance Systems that assists B2B companies and startups bring meaningful innovations, technologies, services, and products to life. He is a design thinking specialist and UX architect optimizing systems professionally and personally, bringing the human-first approach to everything.

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Guest: Cesar Keller (LinkedIn)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

Peace of mind is what I look for in life but especially in this time of a pandemic, happiness is something that we should look for to get by on a daily basis. If you don't taste the sour, you never know what sweet is. We should be looking for happiness for every bitterness we have in life.

In this episode, I have Vernon Brown a Happiness Coach, who talks to us about his upbringing and how we can find the happiness in our every day lives.

Here what you will learn in the episode,
- Vernon's upbringing
- How he rises above negativity
- How to get rid of excuses
- How happiness is a choice
- What defines happiness
- What is factual reality or perspective reality
- Is empathy the path to happiness

Vernon is a keynote speaker, certified life coach & happiness coach. He helps clients  find their happiness through a proven process that helps you uncover your passion & make changes on how you approach & navigate the twists & turns that life throws at them.

He can be reached at [email protected]

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Guest: Vernon Brown (LinkedIn | Facebook)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

The cannabis industry has grown exponentially grown in the last decade or so. But this plant medicine has been around since ancient civilizations. It has been pushed into the abyss of a century now but it’s coming back from the darkness. 

In this episode, I speak with Colleen Higgins, who is a cannabis pharmacist, and author of the book The Cannabis Prescription, one hell of a book with so much information that it’ll be all that you need to know about the medicinal usage of marijuana.

Here you will learn about;

• The misconception of the substance
• How it was suppressed by the cotton industry
• How it was thrown into the abyss by the petrol industry
• Why governments didn’t want to deal with cannabis
• What’s the reason for the prohibition of cannabis

Colleen is a pharmacist, author, and speaker who helps translate the complex world of pharmaceutical and cannabis medicine into an accessible language for patients and caregivers.

Colleen has been helping patients understand how to get the most out of their medications for almost thirty years, first in various retail pharmacies, and most recently as a cannabis pharmacist in the medical marijuana program in Connecticut. 

She created SwayInnovations.com, an educational website designed to translate cannabis science, in order to make it more accessible for both patients and healthcare professionals.

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Guest: Colleen Higgins (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Host: Takatoshi Shibayama (LinkedIn | Twitter)
Music: ShowNing (Website)

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