Humans of the World

Avril Mathie, born in Australia never followed the conventional path. She got kicked out of her house when she was 16. She traveled around the world picking up bar tending gigs to support her travel habits. 

Eventually she got into beauty pageants and fitness. While running her own gym in Australia and competing in beauty pageants around the world - she started doing boxing at the gyms for fitness. Eventually she moved to the United States and started a career as a professional boxer. 

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Timeline of conversation: 

2:30 - Early life in Australia 

Originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Kevin grew up in the city until he was 18 years old. He began traveling to different countries. Never convinced about the conventional Kevin was a rebel, always questioning his life path. 

While studying to get his aviation license, Kevin got accept into a prestigious pilot academy in Dubai on a scholarship. During this time he took ayahuasca for the first time which changed the life path he was currently on. He gave up the scholarship in Dubai to study ancestral medicine. 

He lived with a group in Uruguay where he learned about 11 different ancestral medicines. He specializes in the Kambo medicine and helps guide people to realize the potential within. Currently, Kevin is working with ancestral medicines but "life has many changes". 

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04:30 - Kevin's Childhood in Ecuador

10:30 - Events Leading to the First Time Using Ayahuasca

20:50 - Kevin's Experience on Ayahuasca

31:00 - Types of Ancestral Medicines

42:45 - What Kevin does as a Guide Vs. What a Shahman does

47:25 - What is Kambo and the History of Kambo

55:05 - Thoughts on Nature vs. Cities

1:03:00 - "Ego is taking us to Maya (the illusion)"

1:05:00 - Influence of Kevin's Wife

1:13:22 - The Language of Intuition

1:21:45 - Thoughts on Religion

1:31:50 - Kevin's Ending Message

This is a bonus episode with Christian Echevarria - the Zen Entrepreneur. In this episode we speak different types of entrepreneurship - VC vs. Lifestyle Business. 

Christian Echevarria was born in Miami FL. He grew up in poverty in America as the son of two Cuban immigrants. A fast reader and gifted brain, he developed his intellect at a young age by constantly reading. He got very engaged in computer science, got involved in robotics and eventually artificial intelligence while starting his path down the entrepreneurial world.

In high-school, he co-founded a software development company. Later co-founded artificial intelligence company, Liquid Carrot - a machine learning software tool.

Currently, he founded instant inbound - a company that optimizes sales funnel and increases digital sales. His interests lie at the intersection of technology and people. Check out his company 👉🏼www.instantinbound.com. Check @humansoftheworldpodcast on instagram.

Christian Echevarria was born in Miami FL. He grew up in poverty in America as the son of two Cuban immigrants. A fast reader and gifted brain, he developed his intellect at a young age by constantly reading. He got very engaged in computer science, got involved in robotics and eventually artificial intelligence while starting his path down the entrepreneurial world.

In high-school, he co-founded a software development company. Later co-founded artificial intelligence company, Liquid Carrot - a machine learning software tool.

Currently, he founded instant inbound - a company that optimizes sales funnel and increases digital sales. His interests lie at the intersection of technology and people. Check out his company 👉🏼www.instantinbound.com. Check @humansoftheworldpodcast on instagram.

Tom Stefaniuk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In high school while playing basketball he started getting involved in the basketball sneaker world. He started putting videos on YouTube with basketball shoe reviews. 

He stopped going to college and went all in on shoe reviews. He built up an impressive global fan base which took him all over the world. 

Currently, he has ~372 K subscribers and has an influencer marketing agency called Small Screen Marketing where he helps other influencers with the business side of things. 

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Mathew Koder, born in Des Moines, Iowa. Mathew grew up in poverty, his mom and dad were drug addicts, his friends were in gangs. He lived in the projects, often in trap houses and was next door neighbours with a big time meth dealer. Mathew joined the marines when he was 17.

Luis Carbonell and his experiences with a near death experience. 

Luis Carbonell tells his story. Originally born in Cuba, moved to America when he was 5. He saw abject poverty in Cuba, he grew up in poverty in America. A gifted brain, he worked on the Riemann Hypothesis when he was 14 years old, enrolled in SAS. He has been homeless, he has started a successfully ran multiple companies in the software development and artificial intelligence space. Currently, he is working at three companies and living in California. 

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Born and raised in Guatemala, Josselyne is currently living in the small town  of San Pedro, La Laguna, Guatemala (4,000 people) working as a Spanish teacher at Orbita Spanish School. Currently, 26 years old she has three beautiful girls. She is wise beyond her years, incredibly generous and always laughing, smiling or joking.

Josselyne is a “controversial” woman in San Pedro Guatemala because she is an independent thinker. She questioned and pushed back against cultural norms that woman need to follow in Guatemala.

Insights from the conversation included: 

• Be happy with what you have. Always

The “Olla de Crangeros” (Pot of Crabs) mindset in Guatemala - when someone else is successful the others get jealous and drag them back down

Guatemala has a culture of a dependent mindsets vs. independent mindsets. This limits people

Foreigners preconceived notions and about places and people in Guatemala 

The role the church played in controlling the woman 

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Yenser Del Nogal and his experiences growing up in the Venezuelan Ghettos. Highly recommend watching this video on Youtube.

Born in Venezuela, Yenser lived half his time in the Venezuelan Ghettos and have his time middle / upper class Venezuela. He later went on to become one of the best volleyball players in Venezuela playing in his first world championship at 19. He played volleyball and worked for his family business. Due to the government instability in Venezuela, he left everything and moved to America, starting his life over. 

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Luis Carbonell talks about his experiences with Poverty. 

Luis Carbonell tells his story. Originally born in Cuba, moved to America when he was 5. He saw abject poverty in Cuba, he grew up in poverty in America. A gifted brain, he worked on the Riemann Hypothesis when he was 14 years old, enrolled in SAS. He has been homeless, he has started a successfully ran multiple companies in the software development and artificial intelligence space. Currently, he is working at three companies and living in California. 

Check out KatieFriesen.net for more info!