Did you know that perfectionism has deep roots in white culture. Based partly in religion the white western world seeks 'one right way' to do a thing. This is not something that exists in Black culture.

In the episode we talk about the origins of perfectionism and how it oozes into our lives unseen, causing mental health and social togetherness issues.

- Why White people don't question things growing up, in fact why they don't question many things in life.

- Where we have a crossover between authenticity and and perfectionism

- Why perfectionism a giant tool for capatalism

- The bias around gnerder, accent and all the things that feed into perfectionism

We also go deep with Justin inot what it's like to grow up as a black person in a PWI (Private White Institution) and how it's spilled over in to the rest of his life.

So much to unpack, more knowledge you just can't unlearn.

More about Lynne and Justin here - http://www.theconflictcloser.com

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Welcome to the first episode in a series I'm calling dealing with whiteness. In a series of interviews with the amazing Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle and her son Justin Na'im Hurdle Price we'll unpack what it really means to be white and what racism actually is and isn't.

In this introduction episode we'll go over

- How everyone met and the origins of their course On the Matter of Race.

- What the course is for and who is going to use it

- The deadly combination of white and money and the true complexities of the race issues you face as a white person

- Why the black commmunity is not immune

and why it's hard to know what's real when it's coming from a white person.

So grab a cuppa and have your mind blown by what's really going on and be warned you can't unhear this!

On the matter of race - https://theconflictcloser.com/matter-of-race

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Remember when you arrive somewhere, ona website or in a building and you just felt either the good or bad vibes in that moment. That's the energy your feeling and colour is energy - literally! There is real life science here and it effects how you feel about something.

In this episode we talk about how colours can effect how you feel and how that applies to your branding, life and general wellbeing. We'll talk about 5 simple ways to get the colours in your life to work for you and your brand better.

Episode links: 

Fiat advert - https://youtu.be/uWLX94pzYVk

Check out red Sigrun here -  https://www.sigrun.com

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Take the colour quiz - https://www.jnicholesmith.com/quiz

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Take the colour quiz - https://www.jnicholesmith.com/quiz

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Have joy, be present and fuel what your doing with passion and if your dog is snoring in the background then let it be and power on through anyway!

I've never really had a proper job, I'm the definition of that cringeworthy term 'the serial entrepreneur'. I am essentially unemployable.

In this episode we look a little at my history and how some all consuming problems that I hit early on in my career shaped who I became as an business person and how it forced me to make a concious decesion to still live with joy and remain an optimist nevertheless.

Spoiler alert - It wasn't just hard work that led to my eventual success.

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Take the colour quiz - https://www.jnicholesmith.com/quiz

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July 4th should be fireworks, cold beer and celebrations for an American, even one living in an often cold and rainy England. But I've never liked fireworks or been paticularily patriotic so as I set out for my walk a whole different set of thoughts come to my mind.

America is one of those products that simply does not live up to it's brand hype. In short relection on a walk I took on this day a year ago I still feel the same, I'm still for the wild ones.

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Welcome to Joy, Colour, Impact and Dogs. A love letter to everything in life that matters to me.

Everyone is welcome, but you'll truly want to hang around if you are a misfit entreprenuer and if you are a dog person then you've definately found the show for you.

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