Mind at Work

In this episode, I speak with Scott Paul. Scott is the CEO of Wooly and an active angel investor. Over his career, he’s founded several startups, exited 3 times, including one to Disney, made 43 angel deals, and much more.

Scott was kind enough to share with us his recent journey into complete isolation in order to continue improving himself, and his connection to the world.

We spoke about: stoicism, isolation, negative visualization, uncertainty, the importance of people, ADHD, and much more.

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

Show notes: https://www.mindatwork.io/episodes/scott-paul-self-isolation-stoicism-and-negative-visualization

In this episode, I speak with Bev Flaxington, The Human Behavior Coach®. Bev is a gold-award winning author who has written 8 books, three of them bestsellers. In addition to writing 8 books; Bev is also a certified hypnotherapist, executive and career coach, certified behavioral analyst, certified values analyst, lecturer, and a holder of two patents.

We spoke about: Handling high-conflict conversations while remote, emotion regulation, fear, remaining objective, leadership, avoiding the “nice” culture, and much more.

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

Episode show notes: https://www.mindatwork.io/episodes/beverly-flaxington-high-conflict-conversations-in-the-workplace

In this episode, my guest is AJ Wilcox. A LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. He's an official LinkedIn partner, host of the LinkedIn Ads Show podcast, and has managed among the world’s largest LinkedIn Ads accounts worldwide. He's a ginger & triathlete. He & his wife live in Utah, with their 4 kids, and his company car is a wicked-fast go-kart.

In this episode we talk about; getting fired, starting a successful agency, imposter syndrome, and much more.

Episode show notes: https://www.mindatwork.io/episodes/aj-wilcox-getting-fired-starting-an-agency-and-imposter-syndrome

In this episode, my guest is Jonathan Metrick the Chief Growth Officer at Portag3. Prior to joining Portage3, Jonathan was the CMO of Policygenius. There he led a division of more than 40, helped the business scale 10x in revenue, and secure their Series D funding.

Jonathan has extensive marketing experience across entertainment, luxury goods, and retail.

In this episode we talk about:

Show notes: https://www.mindatwork.io/episodes/jonathan-metrick-focus-communication-passion-and-failure

In this episode, I speak with Lauren Florko, an organizational development consultant with a focus on workplace stress.

She specializes in talent management and for over a decade has worked for public, private, for-profit, and not-for-profit organizations, both at a local and global level.

We spoke about:

For complete show notes visit: https://www.mindatwork.io/episode/lauren-florko-phd-difficult-conversations-underperformers-constructive-meetings

In this episode, my guest is James Danckert. James is a Cognitive Neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo where he studies boredom, attention, mental models, and the consequences of stroke. He lives in Kitchener with his wife and two boys and alleviates his own boredom with a semi-acoustic Fender, sailing whenever feasible, reading, and gardening.

In this episode we talk about:

For complete show notes visit: https://www.mindatwork.io/episode/james-danckert-identifying-boredom-and-depression-links