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Boredom is often considered bad. But what if I told you that boredom can unlock creativity and help make your dreams and ideas become reality? In today's episode we share how you can use boredom as a tool in your journey of finding significance and purpose. In society today it is easy to get stuck in the routine of everyday. It's easy to simply check out and binge on the latest show. We have lost the art of boredom. Some of the most influential authors and innovators from J.R.R. Tolkien to Steve Jobs have stated how powerful Boredom was for them. In the second segment of the episode we share some practical tips on how you can create a habit of boredom to launch you to the next level.Today's episode is sponsored by Mighty Travels and OpportunityInChina.com

What does it take to farm in the middle of New York City? Ben Flanner co-founded Brooklyn Grange with the idea that farming could still happen in major urban centers. So they set out to solve this problem and bring agriculture into the city. They found a few warehouses in Brooklyn and Queens and started farms on their rooftops. This journey was one without a roadmap. No one else could show them the way, but they decided to press forward and pioneer a new way to farm. Their farms are impacting the local community in many ways including reducing rain water runoff, brining organic foods right to the doorsteps of local restaurants and farmers markets, and creating community around innovative solutions. In today's episode we also bring in questions from our listeners. Thanks Rebecca, Jackson, and Phoebe for joining the conversation! Topics we discuss in the interview include: sustainable farming, urban farming, solving complex problems, and much more.Check out Brooklyn Grange at their Website, InstagramToday's episode is sponsored by Mighty Travels, Flocksy, and OpportunityInChina.com.More about Ben and Brooklyn GrangeBen Flanner is a co-founder and CEO of Brooklyn Grange, based in New York City. A pioneering urban farm operation, the business farms rooftops, designs and builds green spaces, and promotes sustainable living and local ecology through food, education, and events. The business includes over 3 acres of intensive green roofs, and sells its produce via restaurants, farmer’s markets, and CSAs. Brooklyn Grange is widely recognized as a world leader in urban agriculture, with an unwavering drive to develop the concept with an exceptional green and community minded business. Ben’s experience gardening began at a young age, alongside his mother in their Wisconsin backyard. After earning his BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Ben moved to New York City, where he began a short career in management consulting, and then financial marketing, notably at E*Trade Financial. But his desire to engage more with community than numbers–and more parts of his body than his brain–drew him to the world of food and farming. Ben has presented to audiences including NYU Stern Business School; Central European University; American Farmland Trust, US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA); Slow Money; Barcelona’s Smart City World Expo; MAHA Agriculture Conference in Malaysia; The American Farm School in Thesaloniki, Greece; numerous Northeastern Horticultural Societies, and has been a guest expert on dozens of panels and university classes. He was included in 2016 by the New York City Food Policy Center’s 40 under 40 working to transform New York City’s Food Policies. Ben is a juror on the International Architizer A+ Awards, and he has taught urban agriculture courses in multiple cities in North America, and a course in the Environmental Studies department at New York University (NYU).When he’s not meeting with soil scientists to develop a better growing mix or tinkering with a fussy irrigation pump, Ben can be found whipping up a batch of his homemade bitters, or lacto-fermenting whatever is in season at his Crown Heights, Brooklyn apartment.

Often when we are on other podcasts and talking to people about jumbleThink, they ask us 'Why jumbleThink'. In today's episode I answer that question for the first time on the podcast. I also share more of the jumbleThink origin story along with giving you challenged on finding you own why.This episode is sponsored by Mighty Travels, OpportunityInChina.com, and Flocksy.

You've heard of crowdfunding to get a product or service off the ground. But what if you actually want to crowdfund VC or Angel Funding? Can you truly bring startup funding to the masses? Kendrick Nguyen is doing just that through his company Republic. Getting into the world of VC or Angel Funding as an investor can be hard to do. It's often limited to accredited investors who are millionaires and billionaires. That's changing through Republic. They are helping worthy startups find the funding they need to get their dreams and ideas off the ground through investments from every day people. In today's episode we discuss: Crowdfunding, VC and Angel Funding, Capital for Business, Mission Driven Entrepreneurship, Blockchain and Crypto / Cryptocurrency, Entrepreneurship, and funding startups.Today's Episode is sponsored by: Mighty Travels, OpportunityInChina.com, and Flocksy.About Kendrick Nguyen:Kendrick Nguyen is CEO and co-founder of Republic, an investment platform that provides both accredited and non-accredited investors around the world with curated startup investment opportunities. Republic also facilitates compliant investing in blockchain-enabled projects under the brand Republic Crypto. Republic is an affiliate of AngelList and CoinList, the latter of which he is a founding adviser. Prior to Republic, Kendrick served as General Counsel and Venture Hacker at AngelList and, before that, Fellow of Stanford Law School and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. Formerly a securities attorney, Kendrick has been working on several initiatives aimed at defining a compliant but pragmatic protocol for conducting compliant coin offerings and has briefed the SEC, Congress, and foreign regulators on this issue. He frequently lectures on the topics of the intersection of law and entrepreneurship, and his views have been cited in a number of court decisions and publications. An immigrant from Vietnam, Kendrick has a strong interest in improving access to capital for underserved entrepreneurs in the US and beyond. About Republic:Republic is an investment platform for startups to raise capital and for everyone to invest in startups. Our highly curated platform hosts a diverse set of equity and crypto-focused offerings, with minimum investment amounts as little as $50. Anyone can invest in the startups they believe in for the chance to earn a return. Republic operates under U.S. equity crowdfunding regulations and is under the supervision of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. To date, the acceptance rate of companies applying to fundraise on Republic is well below 10%, while funding success rate exceeds 90%. For additional information, please visit: www.republic.co @joinrepublic www.facebook.com/joinrepublic

Season Two of the jumbleThink podcast has been filled with amazing guests, topics, and stories. In today's episode I share excited news about season three (starting on Tuesday February 4th), look back on some of our favorite guest episodes from Season Two, and share a little about two of our best topics.So what's happening in Season Three? We are excited to share that we are having some incredible new guests. We are also brining you into the story by asking our guests your questions, sharing your stories, and brining you new live events! We are also going deeper into the topics to help you chase those dreams and ideas in your lives.We also look back at a few of our favorite episodes from people like Cary Burkett, Walter O'Brien, Eric Reed, and Phil Rosenthal. Later in the episode we discuss the topics of Created Purpose and The Dreamer's Guide to Micro-Experiments.Today's episode is sponsored by Mighty Travels, Flocksy, and OpportunityInChina.com

Do you have a strategy to turn your ideas and dreams into reality? Many people starting out (and even big businesses) forget that innovation is critical to the success of your business. A good Innovation Strategy will help you move from uncertainty into a clear vision for the future. But what is an innovation strategy and how do you create one? In today's episode I share some tips on how to create your own innovation strategy that will help you create the life of your dreams.Today's episode is sponsored by:Mighty TravelsFlocksyOpportunityInChina.com

Building a lifestyle of entrepreneurship can be hard. It can even be harder when you are building it with your spouse. In today's episode Jane Deuber shares how they were able to build six successful businesses together while thriving both as a business partners and as a family. Along the way they have learned how to master sales, teach and mentor Thought Leaders, use date and quizzes to gain valuable insights, and learned how to accelerate growth and alleviate suffering by 'Doing the right things at the right time.''Business Awareness can't happen without self awareness.' - Jane DeuberRecommended Reading: How to stop feeling like Sh*t.Today's episode is sponsored by Mighty Travels, Flocksy, and OpportunityInChina.com.Learn more about IDEA CAMPS at https://jumblethink.com/ideacamps/More about Jane DeuberJane Deuber's entrepreneurial journey began in 1987, when Mario (her husband of 30 years) used the $5000 we had saved for their wedding for seed money in their first business. Together they took that business to the multi-million dollar mark and sold it in 2000. It still thrives today.But she was hooked… the entrepreneurial lifestyle suited her and so over the next 15 years they would go on to start and grow 6 successful businesses together.While her credentials include a Masters in International Business Administration, it is in-the-trenches experience, not the classroom, where she gained the insight, intuition and expertise that enables her to support others on their quest for entrepreneurial bliss.A Game-Changing ExperienceIn 2005, the trajectory of their life and business changed when her husband and his business partner, Nickolai, created an e-learning platform for her to deliver a leadership course to association clients scattered all over the world. It was her first taste of empowering clients from a distance and she loved it. Since then their course design and delivery service has earned a reputation for being the Mercedes of the eLearning world. With an emphasis on stellar curriculum design and a powerful user experience, they now help entrepreneurs around the world turn their expert knowledge into programs that impact lasting change and bring a consistent flow of revenues into their business.How Jane Sees Business NowToday, Jane sees life and business through new eyes. Each new client they take on, each course they help design and help take to the world represents a sacred partnership. Through their clients they fulfill their mission of “exponential empowerment” which says means when we empower one – they empower millions through the meaningful work they do.Cool Things Jane Has DoneReceived her BA in East Asian Studies and studied Mandarin Chinese for four yearsSpent her junior year in college attending school at the Palais Kinsky in Vienna, AustriaHeld a toga party with 10 friends at the Parthenon in Athens GreeceLived in Taiwan, Japan and traveled to more than 24 countriesAuthored two best-selling books that have been translated into six languagesHelped thousands of entrepreneurs turn their passions into higher business profitsTook two businesses to the multi-million dollar mark and beyondCo-Founded an international association for home-based entrepreneursLaunched a new business for a graduate school friend in just 6 monthsBroke a 6 year standing sales record on the #1 Canadian TV shopping channelRemained blissfully married to her soul mate, Mario, for over 30 years

When we chase our ideas and dreams we often become self focused and ultimately selfish. We forget about those around us and ultimately the ones we serve by chasing our dreams and idea. In today's episode I challenge you to go deeper. Think about how your dreams and ideas impact your family, friends, client, customers, community, and the larger world around us. Often when we begin to remember who are dreams and ideas serve we find that our dreams and ideas take a new life. They begin to grow in ways that are unexpected. When we begin to serve others with our dreams and ideas they often want to become part of that story. Our dreams and ideas not only serve them but it sparks others to begin to dream bigger themselves. So today let's go deeper into serving others.Our host, Michael Woodward was recently on a few Facebook Lives and other podcast. You can check them out here:Fearless week with Adam Lewis Walker: https://www.facebook.com/groups/747898158601357/Broken Catholic with Joseph Warren: http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/8286032Idea Camps: https://www.jumblethink.com/ideacamps/Today's episode is sponsored by our friends over at Flocksy, OpportunityInChina.com, and Mighty Travels

Christine Ziebell took the risk of leaving a known career as an attorney to start something of her own. In her journey of entrepreneurship she went from being a lawyer at a law firm to starting her own law firm. This gave her a glimpse into the world of entrepreneurship. From there she decided to take the leap to become a tech founder and start Intraboom. Through Intraboom she is helping entrepreneurs and business owners build remote teams through better communication tools, digital workplaces, and systems for better productivity. Their platform is helping businesses embrace the co-working and remote working in new ways. In the episode we chat about women in tech, co-working and digital workplaces, building company culture with remote workers, systems for entrepreneurs and business owners, using simplicity for success, and creating something from nothing.Recommended reading: The E-Myth RevisitedToday's episode is sponsored by Flocksy, OpportunityInChina.com, and Mighty TravelsLearn more about Idea CampsChristine Ziebell is the founder of Intraboom. When designing Intraboom, Christine did something different. She didn't talk to engineers. She only talked to end-users to find out what they wanted in a system like Intraboom to do. In fact, there were exactly zero engineers and developers involved in designing Intraboom right up until the day we started coding. It's so SIMPLE because it was designed by normal people.But simplicity is just one of the strengths of Intraboom. Another strength came a bit later. They realized that the world was changing, and that people (especially millennials) were starting to work more and more on their mobile phones. They wanted to get more done using their phones - not just monitor emails (while browsing through Instagram and Snapchat). So Intraboom built a similar experience. Just scroll down your feed, and you are up to speed.They are the simple most user-friendly digital workplace for teamwork and projects out there. An all-in-one system that with zero configuration and no learning curve, that allows you to work anytime, anywhere, on your computer or on your phone.Intraboom is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Their team is a group of highly motivated an committed individuals, who will stop at nothing to provide the best possible service and to see their customers succeed.

We often forget to celebrate the victories and special moments in our lives, but celebration is much more powerful than just a big party. Celebration is a tool that can be used to unlock innovation in making your dreams and ideas a reality. In today's episode we revisit the topic of celebration, why we do it, and give you some new tools to make celebration a part of your routine. Celebration is a powerful tool. Stop forgetting to celebrate and start making your dreams come true.Today's episode is being sponsored by Flocksy and Mighty TravelsLearn more about Idea Camps at jumbleThink Idea Camps