“Nature is a relief from pain..If you’re dealing with any sort of situation in life where you feel troubled, you can go into nature for two or three hours and you will feel like you took a shower on the inside.” – Jamie Mustard

Jamie Mustard is an expert on getting thru, and making it stick.  He is the world’s leading authority on perception in the physical world.  Steeped in the worlds of technology, product engagement, and the creative arts, Jamie consults with leading companies, CEOs, creative artists, etc., getting their messages, products, brands and ideas to STAND OUT to their desired audiences. He helps build focused and immediately effective business practices to help you get heard. In his bestselling and O.W.L  Award-winning book, The ICONIST: The Art and Science of Standing Out,  he uses case studies in business and pop culture, in addition to his extensive scientific research, to explore how BLOCKS™ solve one of our most crucial problems: Being made invisible.

Your Key Takeaways

• The Opposite of Nature – Why digital connectivity can be isolating and how to find true connectivity
• Nature as a Pain Reliever – Coping mechanism turned significant secret advantage
• Escapology– How Jamie escaped out of every box that was put in front of him 
• The Iconist – The solution to invisibility and leaving a legacy in our now digital lives  
• Jamie Mustard’s 3 Best Practices – The power of showing up, visualizing, and taking massive action

In what ways can nature provide you pain relief in difficult situations?

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“Nature magnetizes you into the present” – Jamie Mustard

Jamie Mustard is an expert on getting thru, and making it stick.  He is the world’s leading authority on perception in the physical world.  Steeped in the worlds of technology, product engagement, and the creative arts, Jamie consults with leading companies, CEOs, creative artists, etc., getting their messages, products, brands and ideas to STAND OUT to their desired audiences. He helps build focused and immediately effective business practices to help you get heard. In his bestselling and O.W.L  Award-winning book, The ICONIST: The Art and Science of Standing Out,  he uses case studies in business and pop culture, in addition to his extensive scientific research, to explore how BLOCKS™ solve one of our most crucial problems: Being made invisible.

Your Key Takeaways

• Jamie Mustard’s Backstory – Letting go of a superimposed script 
• From Invisibility to Solving Invisibility – How The Iconist helps us compete with information overload to stand out
• Magnetizing You into the Present – How Nature keeps us from staying in the past and obsessing over the future
• The Power of Visualization – Accelerating the rate to get into the flow state
• Disconnected in the Midst of Connectivity – Being the most ourselves in the natural environment 

What is a self-imposed script that you need to let go of to progress forward?

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“Without nature, we can't be fully alive. Without being fully alive, we can't actually give our greatest gifts to the world. We can't really deliver on what we're here to do, if we aren't vitalized, if we aren't engaged in the majesty of this planet that we live on...” – Shane Metcalf

Shane Metcalf is a keynote speaker who advises on how to build a world class workplace and is one of the world's leading pioneers in the space of cultural engineering and positive psychology. His insights have been featured in Inc., Fast Company, Business Insider, Washington Post, Tech Crunch, and Bloomberg. As the Co-founder of 15Five, an 8 figure technology company, Shane and his team support HR Executives with data-driven people management. 15Five has won numerous awards for their company culture, including the prestigious Inc. Best Workplaces award and is ranked #3 in the U.S. on GlassDoor.

Your Key Takeaways

• The Foundational Truth of Nature – Understanding the deeper connection
• Finding Nature in the Small Ways – How to be more intentional in our time
• Retuning to the Natural World by Disconnecting From the Human World
• The Power of Deep Immersions into Nature – A super easy trick to get started!
• The Root of Life – The importance of being fully present in nature

In what ways can nature cleanse and renew you?

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• Podcast: Best Self Management Podcast

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“Part of the beauty and the power of spending time in nature is that it connects us to our more essential nature. It connects us to a deeper origin of where our consciousness and where these bodies actually come from...” – Shane Metcalf

Shane Metcalf is a keynote speaker who advises on how to build a world class workplace and is one of the world's leading pioneers in the space of cultural engineering and positive psychology. His insights have been featured in Inc., Fast Company, Business Insider, Washington Post, Tech Crunch, and Bloomberg. As the Co-founder of 15Five, an 8 figure technology company, Shane and his team support HR Executives with data-driven people management. 15Five has won numerous awards for their company culture, including the prestigious Inc. Best Workplaces award and is ranked #3 in the U.S. on GlassDoor.

Your Key Takeaways

• Shane Metcalf’s Non-Linear Path – Following the road less traveled
• 15Five’s Continuous Performance Management - Transforming the workplace and organizational experience by reinventing performance management 
• Nature-Deficit Disorder – How nature connects us to our more essential nature
• Biomimicry – Taking notes from the design book of nature
• The Shift to Nature - Shane’s unexpected transformation away from the city 

How do you find your connection to nature in your present living environment?

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• Podcast: Best Self Management Podcast

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“We have to be in harmony with the Earth around us. The Earth is there for us to serve so that it can serve us. Disconnection from nature is disconnection from who we are” – Joseph McClendon III

Joseph McClendon III is a Doctor of Neuropsychology and one of the most sought after Ultimate Performance Specialists in the industry. Joseph has delivered hundreds of workshops, coaching sessions, keynote addresses, seminars and training programs, and one-on-one therapeutic interventions and has presented to well over 3 million people around the globe. Joseph has also partnered with world-renowned life coach Anthony Robbins for over 30 years. Joseph has a mission of making you bold in your ability to achieve the life you desire and to help you go further faster, now.

Your Key Takeaways

• Nature’s Electrical Charge – Growing your electromagnetic energy & charging your body

• Best practices to sustain energy – Joseph McClendon’s 6 pillars that improve your health and vitality

• The Ultimate Performance Specialist – The Impact of the Bass

• Serving the Earth - Putting your intention and attention on nature

Consider the five areas of our life: our emotions, our finances, our physical body, our spirituality, and our relationships. What is the simple 1% micro-change you can make to enhance each of these five areas?

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“We are in the perfect opportunity to germinate ourselves.” - Joseph McClendon III

Joseph McClendon III is a Doctor of Neuropsychology and one of the most sought after Ultimate Performance Specialists in the industry. Joseph has delivered hundreds of workshops, coaching sessions, keynote addresses, seminars and training programs, and one-on-one therapeutic interventions and has presented to well over 3 million people around the globe. Joseph has also partnered with world-renowned life coach Anthony Robbins for over 30 years. Joseph has a mission of making you bold in your ability to achieve the life you desire and to help you go further faster, now.

Your Key Takeaways

• Sparking A Transformation – The turning point that shaped Joseph’s life
• Breaking Free From Limiting beliefs – How ‘aha’ moments can challenge our belief systems
• Germination in Life – How we can go fast by slowing down
• The 5 Key Areas of Life – The simple micro-changes we can make to enhance each area 
• How Our Motion Creates Our Emotional State – Changing our electrical current

What areas of your life can you germinate, especially during this COVID pause?

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“Nature is constantly evolving and solving problems” - Cara Parrish

Cara Parrish, founder of Podcara and Cara Parrish Marketing, is an international marketing consultant. Her marketing agency helps people who have a story to tell grow their impact and monetize their story. Building over three dozen companies, she has built a seven-figure marketing agency before the age of 30. She became a writer and international speaker for Social Media Week, and is an activist for multiple non-profits. Cara is innovating the way personal brands grow their authority with the launch of Podcara, the first and only fully automated tool to help podcast hosts find the perfect guests.

Your Key Takeaways

• Creating A New Path  – Cara’s history and background
• Breaking Through the Routine – Experiencing growth through new experiences and shifting environments 
• The Power of Disconnection – Why it’s so important in today’s digital age
• How Nature Makes Us Human – The essential human and leadership traits that we develop in nature 
• Growing Your Situational Awareness Muscle – How nature conditions the muscle
• Cara’s Suggestions - Daily Practices that we can live out with intentionality 

How can you unplug from technology to live out moments of your daily routine in full awareness? 

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“Nature is simple, and it can relate to all of us...I think everyone has a visceral relation to nature.” - Mike Michalowicz

Mike Michalowicz is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion-dollar companies and is the author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest book, Fix This Next. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics and regularly travels the globe as an entrepreneurial advocate. Fabled author, Simon Sinek deemed Mike Michalowicz “…the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs.”

Your Key Takeaways

• Mike’s Path to Biomimicry – Why it’s so effective & how it helps us relate to nature
• The Birthplace of the QBR (Queen Bee Role) – The survivability factor 
• Gardening – Mike’s appreciation for the life cycle 
• Simple Suggestions to Stay Intentional (& Accidentally Intentional) in Nature 

What is your most important activity? How can you protect & devote more time for that activity in your daily schedule?

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“Nature knows the answers, so why try to invent the answer... Look in nature.” -Mike Michalowicz

Mike Michalowicz is the entrepreneur behind three multimillion-dollar companies and is the author of Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, and his newest book, Fix This Next. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics and regularly travels the globe as an entrepreneurial advocate. Fabled author, Simon Sinek deemed Mike Michalowicz “…the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs.”

Your Key Takeaways

• Mike’s Mission – Eradicate Entrepreneurial Poverty 
• Fix This Next – Decoding The Business Hierarchy of Needs DNA
• Mike’s Biggest Impact & Turning Point - Externally & Internally
• How Nature Translates to our Personal and Business Lives
• Walking the Same Path – allowing things to become apparent through repetition

In the challenges you encounter, consider how has nature figured this out? 

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“Nature brings me back to who I truly am”— Jen Gottlieb

Chris Winfield, AKA, The Super Connector™, is the founder of Unfair Advantage, CEO of Super Connector Media, and columnist for Entrepreneur and INC.  Chris Winfield is an entrepreneur and productivity expert in New York City. With the use of simple systems, techniques and the power of true focus, Winfield teaches business owners how to get 40 hours of work done in 16.7 and much more. Chris is a contributor for INC. and host of a show for Entrepreneur Magazine. His writings have also appeared in Business Insider, TIME, Buffer and other top-tier publications. 

Jen Gottlieb, Co-founder and Chief Mindset Officer for the acclaimed PR company, Super Connector Media (SCM), uses her decade of performance and mindset experience to help entrepreneurs connect with the media so they can share their knowledge with the masses. Jen combines her passion for giving back with her mindset coaching to help industry leaders gain the confidence and knowledge to get into the mainstream media, or on the stage of that major event — giving them the authority and social proof to place them at the top of their industry.

Your Key Takeaways

• The importance of pausing in the now and recharging 
• Sparking Creativity through intentionality around collaborating with nature
• The simple yet intentional practices we can take to pursue excellence and success

How can you add additional and intentional pauses to your day to allow your creativity to flow?

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