Sara talks to us about the equilibrium of giving and receiving, the flow of gifting and letting her work flow through her. She shares her insights around efforting less, the power of showing up and letting go of a narrative of control during COVID-19.

00:35 Intro

00:55 Loop & Tie

01:48 Motivated- what is it that's different

02:31 What drives behavior change

02:43 A narrative of control

03;03 Predictability

03:41 Should vs Could

04:11 Meditation

04:40 Effort- Less

05:56 A calmer leader

06;29 Coherence

07:50 You don't need a reason to take a step back

09:11 Covid tech Connect

09:58 Loop and Tie - the business of gifting

12:53 Quirky Gifts

15:39 What makes a gift different

17:21 Connection more important than ever

18:20 Gifting without Expecting

19:00 Recipocity

19:20 The flow of giving and receiving

20:43 Receiving is a gift

22:18 Gifts aren't always good

23:35 The gift of communication

24:20 A priceless gift

26:18 How do you motivate

28:18 Missing big dates

30:38 Showing Up

31:21 Feels like a mission

31:59 Being motivated as a human

33:44 Wellness: the most popular category during Covid-19

36:32 The problem you are solving for

37:00 Tablets for hospitals

38:00 The tipping point

39:25Feeling helpless

40:45 Finding Equilibrium: a team effort

42:07 How many Slack channels can I name

42;24 Do More, Effort Less

43:00 Mindfulness bullshit

44:00 My work flows through me

45:10 Old School

46:00 Create moments of feeling vulnerability where you can offer it and receive it

TalentX is a 360-degree talent development company, where they focus on digital creatives - specifically on TikTok and Youtube. Josh Richards, a TikTok star with over 16M followers, and Michael Senzer, head of TalentX’s business development join us to discuss why these are such coveted platforms and how brands could get value by bridging the gap with products/experiences and some of their featured talent.

In this episode of Motivated our guests talk about the responsibility that comes with celebrity, navigating social media and Tik Tok specifically, the creative process, working with brands and hacking the algorithms while staying Motivated and being authentic.

Why Motivated? 3:56

Motivation Advice from a Tik Tok celebrity 4:28

With power comes Responsibility 5:00

Tweaking your message during Covid-19 6:05

Work-life and home-life 6:45

Musicly to Tik Tok for Brands 7:30

Zoom as a Verb 10:35

Josh describes Tik Tok to an Alien 11:30

The For You page algorithm 12:19

Not a Prefect Equation 14:26

How should brands engage with Tik Tok 15:10

Trust the creative process 17:16

Hacking the algorithm 22:00

30-50 million views 24:00

The death of Vine 25:53

Creating and inspiration 27:00

Go, go, go 29:28

The next Myspace? No Fear! 30:19

Sway House 32.16

A safe place 34:30

Sponsorship 37:00

Anything you’re not proud of 38:07

Don’t be a walking billboard 42:00

Working together 45:28

Staying Motivated 49:05

This is the first podcast of the Motivated C19 series where co-hosts Dalia Strum, Founder of RethinkConnect and Pablo Henderson, VP of Marketing at Equinox Hotels feature guests who are inspiring others and are working on initiatives that embrace motivation.

We discussed Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People where relationships are like emotional bank accounts. You make deposits and you make withdrawals. "My hope is that I made enough deposits into our collective emotional bank accounts that it would keep our relationship balance in the positive."

He left us with a few challenges:

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This episode features James Rosenman and his journey to becoming CEO of Andrus on Hudson along with how he focuses on exploring new revenues and vision planning the future

This discussion with Jarrett McGovern discusses his passion for entrepreneurship and knowing when to highlight their major differentiating factor 5:20 The roar 

6:14 Waited 2 months to name their product 

8:35 Build trust 

14:15 There’s no such things as luck, you create your opportunities 

16:38 Starbucks launched nitro coffee, and it was the best thing ever for them 

17:12 The importance of owning the nitro (nitrogen) aspect in their verbiage and marketing 

20:15 There’s so much opportunity in this space, it’s important to look at it through a lens of collaboration instead of competition 

23:05 Highlight your differentiating factor 

31:20 Sometimes it’s good to be naive 

34:24 Know when to hold em and know when to fold em

This discussion features Scott Carlton from Saatchi and Saatchi Wellness where we discuss the importance of Social Good and how they apply in the campaigns they choose to work on.

6:50 Saatchi and purpose driven company

7:17 Feel something, do something

9:28 When data should be evaluated and applied

12:03 Rethinking spaces + creating meaningful solutions

12:29 Advertising has changed

13:09 Having Empathy for others

13:11 Embracing our losses so we can learn from them

18:44 The true meaning of Wellness

25:44 Yes +

26:15 Sometimes tech isn't the answer

This podcast with Jon Bobrow from Move38, we discuss how gaming is the number one activity to do online, starting a business and some lessons he picked up along the way, the How to make (almost) anything class at MIT and also his newly released tabletop game "Blinks" 

Failure to plan is planning to fail. 

Topics from Today's Episode:

1:36 Creating content in an industry gets you closer to the inner workings

3:20 Discussion around advisors + consultants

4:50 The differences between canibus and hemp

5:45 What can be made with hemp?

9:55 60-75% of CBD companies will go out of business within the next 24 months

15:42 Craft companies to pay attention to

17:26 Suggestions on best practices starting a cannabis company

18:22 Branding branding branding

21:32 Dr. Craig Flowerpower coffee - teaching other people about the break downs of cannabis

22:05 Ansilary companies are being created

26:08 Who’s your target and what are your top sku’s?

28:20 Decide how you would do your marketing

28:52 B2C - power of social media, power of the internet, power of LinkedIn

34:35 what’s your 3-5 year goal?

40:40 failure to plan is planning to fail. Know what you want

Topics from Today's Episode:

1:30 Getting into innovation

2:35 Defining innovation - has to add value

3:22 Building in secret

4:18 It’s about culture

4:48 Challenging the status quo

5:18 Invest in people

5:54 Technology is meant to add value into people’s lives

6:21 Knowledge is power

6:30 Disseminating insights into actionable items

8:18 Book: the innovators dilemma

Don't do things just for the sake of doing them