Optimizing Me

Optimizing Me

By JJ Ruescas: Human Optimization StrategistEducationSelf-Improvement
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Optimizing Me episodes

  • 018 Barton Bryan - Athlete & Performer, the true impact of Peace Corps, and the quest for improvement

    Barton Guy Bryan is a Region Director and Virtual Product Director with Camp Gladiator in Austin, Texas.

    He is also the host of The Mindset Forge, a podcast that focuses on learning lessons from successful athletes and performing artists. People who show up for the big moments of performance, and he is a student of that.

    Check this episode's notes in: https://jjruescas.blog/2022/01/09/barton-guy-bryan/ 

    Barton has a unique mix of high performance athlete and artist himself. That combination, his charisma and zest are what gets irradiated in his show and in his personal coach career.

    In this conversation with Barton we talked about:

    • Athletics and performance
    • Peace Corps and Africa
    • Playing safe vs Playing full-in
    • Prioritizing family and health
    • Opera Singing
    • Getting the ego in check
    • How to overcome stage freight
    • …and much more!
    • Enjoy the interview!

      1 hr 21 min
    • 017 Albert Baez – Baseball and sales, resilience, and how to create a disrupting Tech Startup

      Albert Baez (https://www.instagram.com/ab.positive_/) is an entrepreneur, Co-founder, and President at Blended Sense (https://blendedsense.com/), a Tech Startup that disrupts the way that creative freelancers and small business owners connect. On one side, the platform helps creatives to focus on their craft, and on the other side, business owners get help generating content assets.  But he did not start like that. He actually was on his way to becoming a Baseball star when life threw him a curveball that forced an unexpected change in his trajectory.  

      Check this episode's notes in: https://jjruescas.blog/2021/12/27/albert-baez/

      After rebuilding himself up, he took a very different career path, which is what years later inspired the creation of his company.  

      In this conversation with Albert we talked about:  

      - The power of a support system 

      - How to overcome crises 

      - Selling as a learnable skill 

      - Detaching from identity 

      - Tech startups and how you can create one 

      - Metrics to make decisions 

      - The potential of Latin American communities in the US 

      …and much more!  

      Enjoy the interview!

      48 min
    • 016 Matt Shook – Juiceland, gratitude, having fun while creating a health empire, breathwork, and more

      Matt Shook is an entrepreneur and founder of Juiceland , the biggest chain of juices and smoothies in Texas.  

      He is a very unusual entrepreneur. As a kid, his main goal was to be a slacker and just have fun. Thanks to his savviness and optimism, he was able to find ways to reach that goal by creating a health empire. 

      He has created a culture around healthy lifestyles, community and contribution that powers the growth of Juiceland and impacts the places where they are located.  

      One juice at a time, he’s pushing the bounds of health food, with the belief that fresh foods can be life-changing.  

      In this conversation with Matt, we talked about:   

      • The Art of Juices 
      • Fasting and Cleansing 
      • Performance Art as a Business tactics  
      • Silent Retreats 
      • Breathwork 
      • Juice cleanse recipes 
      • …and much more!  

        Enjoy the interview!

        47 min
      • 015 Patricia García - El oficio del actor, la intuición para tomar decisiones y cómo habitar el presente

        Patricia García es una actriz, directora y educadora teatral con trayectoria en teatro, cine y televisión desde 1995.

        Su carrera cruza por países como Bolivia, Argentina y Francia, lo que la llevó a participar en más de 15 festivales internacionales de teatro, música y danza de la talla del Festival de Avignon.

        Actualmente Pati es la directora del colectivo Escenalmargen y del Taller Ser y Estar, proyecto de formación para jóvenes actores y fomento a la dramaturgia contemporánea.

        Pati, como sus alumnos la llaman, nos solo es una ecléctica actriz, sino también alguien con un agudo sentido de la intuición lo que la llevan habitualmente Estar Presente en el Aquí y el Ahora.

        En esta entrevista hablamos sobre:

        • Técnicas para ejercitar la Percepción
        • Sueños, serendipia y epifanías
        • Cómo conectar con nuestro cuerpo
        • Soltar y dejarse llevar
        • ...¡y más!

          ¡Disfruta esta entrevista!

          1 hr 24 min
        • 014 Neus Portas - De emprendedora a "aprendedora", la filosofía lean, Learnability y cómo encontrar tu Ikigai

          Neus Portas es una emprendedora social y la creadora del método de aprendizaje moderno Lean Learning.

          Ella pasó las últimas 2 décadas creando distintas empresas utilizando metodologías ágiles. Esto la convirtió no solo en una emprendedora, sino en una aprendedora - una persona que refina continuamente su aprendizaje.

          Además de ser una Coach de Aprendizaje y Entrepreneurship, Neus actualmente es una de las promotoras más reconocidas de educación óptima personal y corporativa.

          En esta conversación hablamos sobre:

          • Learnability
          • Definir tu mejor canal, tiempo y lugar de estudio
          • Lecciones extraídas de trabajar con personas con capacidades diferentes
          • Creencias limitantes y mentalidad
          • Crear planes adaptados a la necesidad del aprendizaje
          • Identificar para que, porque y la profundidad en el aprendizaje de cualquier tema
          • Principio de Pareto
          • ¿Qué es el Ikigai y cómo utilizarlo para encontrar tu propósito de vida?
          • El ROI del desaprender
          • ...y mucho más

            ¡Disfruta esta entrevista!

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            1 hr 20 min
          • 013 Karem Suarez – Inteligencia financiera y emocional, creencias sobre el dinero, productividad y más

            Karem Suarez es una creadora de contenido digital especializada en temas de finanzas personales, economía, emprendimiento y productividad.

            Su carisma y alegría innatas y sus habilidades como presentadora, entrevistadora y locutora la llevan a codearse frecuentemente con reconocidas personalidades latinoamericanas del emprendimiento y negocios.

            Con más de 600 videos en YouTube (y contando), ella domina e inspira a personas de distintas edades a ganar educación financiera para mejorar su calidad de vida.  En esta conversación hablamos sobre:

            • Como tomar las riendas de tu futuro financiero
            • Combinar pasiones y habilidades
            • Consejos sobre inversión para principiantes
            • Procrastinar la satisfacción
            • Inteligencia emocional y financiera
            • Estrategias para planear tu semana productivamente
            • …y mucho más
            • ¡Disfruta esta entrevista!

              48 min
            • 012 Rob Fitzpatrick - The Mom Test, lessons from startups, lifestyle design, overcoming ADHD & more

              Rob Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur who considers this area of expertise a long-term career.

              For the last decade and a half, we went through the ups and downs of startups to finally figure out that what motivates him is creating products for people he cares about.

              Rob portrays his expertise in three books, from which he’s mainly known by The Mom Test.

              His pursue of freedom of time, location, and attention, took him to create businesses that enable a unique lifestyle that now shows the way to other people.

              In this conversation, we talked about:  

              • Designing a sustainable lifestyle on your terms
              • Survival businesses
              • Lessons from bankruptcy and - sleeping on a hammock
              • Structured Serendipity
              • How to be happier by implementing life constraints
              • Overcoming ADHD
              • Non-traditional business “marriages”
              • How to design effective workshops
              • Strategic leisure time
              • Removing your ego to find the truth
              • Conversations as learning vehicles 
              • …and much more!  
              • Read the interview notes here.

                Enjoy the interview!

                1 hr 14 min
              • 011 Jordi Falguera – Learning Efficiently, Micro-concepts, and Strategies for a Good Life

                Jordi Falguera has been passionate about getting things done more efficiently from a young age. He started a personal productivity quest that later lead him to work with companies all over the world, where he applied an Agile Mindset.  

                Learning caught his attention when he wondered “how can I learn faster?“. Therefore, he combined his passions to create “Learning Efficiently” – a personal framework to improve how anyone can consume, remember, and use any acquired knowledge.  

                In this interview we talked about:  

                • Balancing career and personal lifestyles 
                • Escaping the Golden Cage 
                • How to use Micro-concepts to learn faster 
                • Habits to make you more effective 
                • Mental Models 
                • How to read books in less time 
                • Cross-pollination of knowledge 
                • …and much more!  
                • Enjoy the interview!

                  1 hr 8 min
                • 010 Luca Dellanna - Applying Antifragility to Grow, Mitigating Risks and Making Better Decisions

                  Luca Dellanna is a management consultant, author of 7 books, and an adaptive systems researcher.  

                  Luca has been described as an extraordinary, insightful, and thought-provoking author. He focuses on helping organizations become more anti-fragile and achieve sustainable behavioral change.  

                  At the individual’s level, his work presents strategies based on survival, adaptation, and ergodicity for personal development.  

                  In this interview we talked about:  

                  • Antifragility 
                  • Nassim Nicholas Taleb  
                  • Good and bad feedback 
                  • How to apply adaptation strategies to your favor 
                  • Ergodicity 
                  • Optimizing for learning & growth 
                  • Diminishing career risks 
                  • Making reversible decisions 
                  • …and much more!
                  • Enjoy the interview!

                    54 min
                  • 009 Ignacio Val – Arte y Negocios, Encontrando tu Porqué y Descubriendo tu Mejor Versión

                    Ignacio Val es un artista y compositor de música pop-rock, además de un hombre de negocios y un ejemplar esposo y padre.  

                    Siguiendo su sueño de convertirse en un artista profesional, emigró de su natal Bolivia a los Estados Unidos para lograr lo que miles de personas intentan diariamente.  

                    Su mentalidad enfocada en mejora continua y en servicio a los demás lo llevaron a atravesar altas y bajas en una industria altamente competitiva, sin dejar de perder la fe en que lograría su sueño.  

                    En esta inspiradora entrevista hablamos sobre:  

                    • La motivación por emigrar 
                    • Estrategias para realizar tus sueños 
                    • Cómo entremezclar arte y negocios 
                    • Técnicas para descubrir tu “Porqué” 
                    • …y mucho más  
                    • Encuentra las referencias completas a esta entrevista en mi blog.

                      ¡Disfruta esta entrevista!

                      1 hr 2 min

                    About Optimizing Me

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                    Interviews with Top Performers in different areas and industries to learn lessons from their stories, and discover their habits, routines, tactics, and their mindset. www.jjruescas.com

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