PoolePRoof Wisdom

In this episode I speak with Matthew, an attorney who has helped free a number of wrongly convicted people, and I was impressed by his reasons for taking on this work and his appreciation of why freedom is so important, such as when he said, "I think we take for granted a lot of things that happen in life. Freedom is one of them." Listen as we discuss what brought him to the law, misconceptions about the law, and ultimately how he sees the law as a calling to help people. It's a conversation many need to have about "the system" and what we can do to improve it.

Charles has been away for four months since the last episode, picking up life and moving from the West Coast back to the Midwest. But this wasn't just another move. In doing in, he has unlocked some additional understanding about life, purpose, and meaning that he thoughtfully shares in hopes that you appreciate how even upheaval can lead us to the place we're supposed to be.

In this episode, Charles provides a stream of consciousness read on a school shooting that left two dead and several wounded in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, and ties it into the kind of behavior that Kayne West is engaging in that diminishes us as a people whose great commonality is that we make up the human race.  He encourages accountability across the board, and unity in accepting that sometimes, we've all got to stop wondering what's wrong with someone and just focus on the fact that what they're doing is wrong.

In this episode, Charles talks about how something we all have in common, trauma, influences who we are and what we do.  He also discourages judging people based on how trauma influences people to behave, but to learn what role trauma played in their lives before summarily determining someone is a horrible person.  First among these, he says, is ourselves.  Listen and hear how he makes that distinction, then consider how focusing on what happened to you and others, and not assuming there's something wrong with yourself of them, will change how you move through the world.

Away for a month, Charles is back with plenty of reflections on what's been on his mind, and some thoughtful recommendations for making the most of our lives.

The Creative Entrepreneur - Building a Business Without Losing Your Vision

In this episode, I speak with Jane Davis, a director-producer and owner Of HypeGirl Creative, an Atlanta-based full-service production house that produces video content.

We discuss her journey to finding what has become her life's work, the challenges and opportunities involved in the industry for a woman who describes herself as "an army brat of Korean heritage," and what it took to find both the courage and resolve to create a business and keep it operating in the last two years, when the pandemic saw so many businesses discontinue operations.

As we've known each other for many years now, we also have a good time remembering the personal and professional battles we've fought and, I'm happy to say, won.  Settle in for a good conversation, and some personal wisdom from Jane that even gave me a special moment of clarity.