“I knew that nature was the theory book” – Roy Futureman Wooten

Roy Wilfred Wooten, also known as “RoyEl”, best known by his stage name Future Man, is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is also known as Futche to his fans. He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, harmonicist Howard Levy, and Roy’s brother, electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten. Wooten is a five-time Grammy Award-winning performer with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. For the Flecktones, he plays the Drumitar, a novel electronic instrument of his own invention, and occasionally performs vocals as well.

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• Nature as a Theory Book – Bringing the fundamentals of learning back to music 
• Finding Balance in Nature – Honoring and learning from nature’s principles 
• Bringing The World Into Harmony – How frequency inherently creates order
• Following The Track of Nature – Why we need to slow down in order to speed up
• Closing Thoughts and Takeaways – Transforming your life through unrealistic goals 

How can setting unrealistic goals transform your life?

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“I’m always following nature, because nature is always giving you the blueprint.” – Roy Futureman Wooten

Roy Wilfred Wooten, also known as “RoyEl”, best known by his stage name Future Man, is an inventor, musician, and composer. He is also known as Futche to his fans. He is a percussionist and member of the jazz quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, harmonicist Howard Levy, and Roy’s brother, electric bass virtuoso Victor Wooten. Wooten is a five-time Grammy Award-winning performer with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. For the Flecktones, he plays the Drumitar, a novel electronic instrument of his own invention, and occasionally performs vocals as well.

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• Teamwork through Music – How the talented and dynamic band of brothers became   some of the most innovative musicians in existence 
• Pushing the Boundaries of the Instruments – The invention and design of the drumitar and how it has redefined playing drums 
• Becoming Futureman – The story behind Wooten’s iconic stage name 
• Following Nature’s Blueprint – How Wooten designed elements of his musical framework from nature

How do you draw inspiration from nature?

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“Find what are you curious about go out and explore it.  Be an explorer of the world.” – Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao (aka. "Srini"), is the host and co-founder of the Unmistakable Creative podcast where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life. Unmistakable Media creates content across various platforms that inspire creative professionals to lead more courageous, productive, and meaningful lives. Rao is also the author of three Wall Street Journal bestselling books: An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake, Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best, and The Art of Being Unmistakable. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Inc, Business Insider, and The Blaze. 

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• Transcendence in Surfing – Srini’s connection to the ocean and the profound impact it’s had on his creative work 
• The Rush of the Impact Zone – How challenging experiences in our lives put things in a greater perspective
• Insights in the Ocean – How nature conditions resilience and helps us experience greater perspective
• Final Takeaways – being an explorer of the world to discover the things that make you curious 

What are the things that make you curious in life?

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“Almost every creative choice I make is driven by one question. Does this make me curious?”  – Srinivas Rao

Srinivas Rao (aka. "Srini"), is the host and co-founder of the Unmistakable Creative podcast where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life. Unmistakable Media creates content across various platforms that inspire creative professionals to lead more courageous, productive, and meaningful lives. Rao is also the author of three Wall Street Journal bestselling books: An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake, Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best, and The Art of Being Unmistakable. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Inc, Business Insider, and The Blaze. 

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• The Beneficiary of Serendipity – Srini’s journey to self-discovery that led him to harness his innate gift for storytelling. 
• Discovering The Ethos of Unmistakable – The massive variable that leads to unique and distinct contributions to the world
• Search for the Curious – The factor that drives Srini’s creative process 
• Pathways to the Unmistakable – Best Practices from Srini’s Interview Guests in their pursuit of Human Excellence
• Finding Your Natural Advantage - Why only is better than best

What is your unique perspective that makes you unmistakable?

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“Nature and music has always been interrelated, because that’s who we are.” – Joseph Wooten

Three-time Grammy nominated artist, Joseph Wooten, has been the keyboardist for The Steve Miller Band since 1993, fronts his own band The Hands of Soul, and is part of the multi-talented family known as The Wooten Brothers – Victor Wooten, Roy Wooten (Futureman), Regi Wooten, and the late Rudy Wooten. Joseph is also a songwriter, composer, singer, studio musician, author, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. He is the founder of a non-profit organization called "I Matter! You Matter!" Their mission is to heal division, honor diversity, and promote the importance of ALL people...with the power of music and dialogue. Speaking to and working with young people of all ages, giving scholarships to deserving young people, providing aid to the homeless, especially Vets.

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• Looking Forward by Looking Back – Joseph Wooten’s relationship to the natural
• Tension in Life and in Music – Figuring out a path forward from our differences in relationship to others
• The Space Between Beats – How nature at an atomic level creates space & the importance of intelligently applying space 
• Building Respect by Understanding Human Nature – How nature is the foundation of making things better 
• The Difference Between Talent and Artistry – Using your talents to create understanding within your space 

How can you use nature to create understanding?

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“The reason we instinctively love music is because music is life as it’s supposed to be. It’s diversity, working together.” – Joseph Wooten

Three-time Grammy nominated artist, Joseph Wooten, has been the keyboardist for The Steve Miller Band since 1993, fronts his own band The Hands of Soul, and is part of the multi-talented family known as The Wooten Brothers – Victor Wooten, Roy Wooten (Futureman), Regi Wooten, and the late Rudy Wooten. Joseph is also a songwriter, composer, singer, studio musician, author, motivational speaker, and philanthropist. He is the founder of a non-profit organization called "I Matter! You Matter!" Their mission is to heal division, honor diversity, and promote the importance of ALL people...with the power of music and dialogue. Speaking to and working with young people of all ages, giving scholarships to deserving young people, providing aid to the homeless, especially Vets.

Your Key Takeaways

• Growing up Wooten  – How the Wooten brothers use music as a vehicle to make the world better
• I Matter! You Matter! – The story behind the foundation with a mission is to heal division, honor diversity, and promote the importance of all people through the power of music and dialogue 
• Diversity & Rhythm – How music show us life as it is supposed to be 
• From Mess to Music – The importance of the application of intelligence to give things purpose 

What is your vehicle to make the world better?

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“When we put ourselves in situations that nurture us, we are going to be able to have something to give back to others. Nature nurtures us, it helps us to think better.” – Dr. Sabrina Starling

Dr. Sabrina Starling, The Business Psychologist™, is the author of the How to Hire the Best series, The 4 Week Vacation™ (coming October 21, 2021), as well as the founder of Tap the Potential LLC. Tap the Potential specializes in transforming small businesses into highly profitable, Great Places to Work and sending business owners on 4 Week Vacations to celebrate that achievement. Dr. Starling has coached thousands of entrepreneurs to overcome the day-to-day struggles of business growth by getting out of their own way and developing a success mindset that propels them to higher and higher levels of success (and profitability). As a co-host of Tap the Potential’s Profit by Design Podcast, she shares tips, tools and strategies to help entrepreneurs design sustainably profitable businesses that support the lifestyle they desire.

Your Key Takeaways

• A Personal Pain Point – How experiencing and healing from a toxic work environment sparked Dr. Starling’s passion to create psychologically healthy workplaces
• How to Hire the Best Series – Dr. Starling’s quest to solve the fundamental problem of how to build a great-growing company through attracting A-players
• Better Business Better Life – Dr. Starling’s passion of creating great places to work that support life for a business owner
• Building Connections in Natures –Finding environments that are life-giving in both nature and businesses 
• How Nature Nurtures Us - Practices to help spark elements of connecting with nature to nurture ourselves

Assuming you have all the courage you need, what action could you take right now that would have the greatest impact on your life?

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“We are going to be our best when we are out in nature and are creating space for ourselves to explore and be inspired.” – Dr. Sabrina Starling

Dr. Sabrina Starling, The Business Psychologist™, is the author of the How to Hire the Best series, The 4 Week Vacation™ (coming October 21, 2021), as well as the founder of Tap the Potential LLC. Tap the Potential specializes in transforming small businesses into highly profitable, Great Places to Work and sending business owners on 4 Week Vacations to celebrate that achievement. Dr. Starling has coached thousands of entrepreneurs to overcome the day-to-day struggles of business growth by getting out of their own way and developing a success mindset that propels them to higher and higher levels of success (and profitability). As a co-host of Tap the Potential’s Profit by Design Podcast, she shares tips, tools and strategies to help entrepreneurs design sustainably profitable businesses that support the lifestyle they desire.

Your Key Takeaways

• Pursuing Psychology’s Unconventional Route – Dr. Starling’s epiphany that led her on the path to discover how psychology can make us better people
• The Power of Q-Storming in Nature – How brainstorming questions in nature unlocks creative thinking, and brings about breakthroughs and insights to create a path forward 
• Breakthroughs on the Bayou – Stories behind Tap the Potential’s life-changing business transformation retreat 
• Reconnecting with Ourselves in Nature - How nature reconnects us to our own emotional needs and perspectives on an individual level, and the power it has to ripple outward 
• Removing Limiting Beliefs by Reframing Problems – How the questions we ask can determine the solution we find

How can you reframe the way you look at problems by asking better questions? 

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“Just being out there, sort of bathes me with joy and happiness. There's something about nature, all of it, the flowers, the trees, the rocks, the mountains, the sky, the clouds…everything is just wonderful for me.  It was it was just wonderful to know that that kind of lift was there for you. And then I wanted to share it with others. With people I've mentored, either formally or informally, I've always tried to get them out to appreciate nature as well.” – Anne Lorimor

Anne Lorimor is not your typical great-grandmother sitting in her rocking chair. At age 85, Anne broke the record for being the oldest woman to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Her record was soon broken, so at age 89, she returned to the mountain to reclaim the record. In July of 2019, she became the oldest person to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, giving her a place in the 2020 Guinness Book of World Records. Anne is a goal setting achiever at heart. She holds numerous degrees, including an RN, “as a backup career choice,” and never stops pushing her limits to achieve what others see as impossible.

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• Beyond the Climb - How Anne used the attention from her record-breaking hike up Mt. Kilimanjaro to benefit children and youth
• Looking Ahead – Anne’s goals and the ultimate impact she hopes to make in the future
• Sharing the Love of Nature - How Anne incorporates nature into her mentorships to empower others
• Anne’s Philosophy – Why it’s never too early to start, and it's never too late to learn and grow
• Final Thoughts & Best Practices – The power of giving back and paying it forward

How can you empower others and pay it forward in your own life?  

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“Nature spoke to me in a way nothing else ever did” – Anne Lorimor

Anne Lorimor is not your typical great-grandmother sitting in her rocking chair. At age 85, Anne broke the record for being the oldest woman to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Her record was soon broken, so at age 89, she returned to the mountain to reclaim the record. In July of 2019, she became the oldest person to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, giving her a place in the 2020 Guinness Book of World Records. Anne is a goal-setting achiever at heart. 

Your Key Takeaways

• Walking Us Up The Mountain – Anne’s humble beginnings that led her to the path of pushing limits to achieve what other’s view as impossible
• Nature’s Boost – How nature speaks to Anne in a way that nothing else ever has
• Offering a “hand-up” – How Anne’s purpose to help underprivileged children and youth reach their full potential drives her forward
• Reclaiming the World Record - The incredible story behind Anne’s climbs of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world

How does nature speak to you?

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