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Natalia is presently the CEO and co-founder of ArtPowWow.com, a website where artists can connect, trade and sell art.

Natalia Yovane was born in Santiago, Chile in the fall of 1983. She earned her MFA and BFA degrees in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

She has exhibited in museums and galleries extensively through out New York and Miami as well as internationally in Sweden and Italy.

Her achievements have been published in The New York Times and The Miami Herald.

She was National Foundation Advancement for the Arts photography recipient in 2002 and in 2010, Natalia was nominated for a visual arts grant from The Rema Hort Mann Foundation and won the KEDS/ Whitney Museum “Works on Canvas” competition.

She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, has an art studio space at the New York Art Residency & Studios Foundation and works for the world-renowned Marilyn Minter.

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Website: ArtPowWow.com

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Justin Jensen is an expert in body language and nonverbal communication. He is also a personal development coach who helps people find their passion.

He honed his experience over years spent at poker tables and in sales. The reads and mindset one has play a huge role in which can make all the difference between making a good call versus making a bad call. A lot like dating and life actually.

Justin never had a hard time with getting a girlfriend, however, he has had a track history of failed relationships that ended rather ugly. Including the one he almost married.

During a low point in his relationship with his ex-fiancee, he realized that life had for the most part been leading him. People telling him what he “should” do versus what he wanted to do.

That he was settling for the first woman who showed him any interest. On top of all that, he began to recognize a dating pattern that he had been going through all of his life. He realized that the women he dated ended up choosing him.

Motivated by these new realizations, he was determined to change and to finally make something of himself.

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Brendan Hufford is the founder and host of the Entrepreneurs and Coffee podcast, where he teaches all that he’s learned about bootstrapping Ok! Kimonos, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu clothing brand, all while working full-time as a high school assistant principal, as well as being a dad and husband.

Here's a typical workday for Brendan: He wakes up at 3 am, works for 2-3 hours on Ok! Kimonos, then goes to the gym, then goes to "work" as a full-time high school assistant principal. He works at school until 5pm, then it's family time for a few hours.

In this interview, Brendan discusses how he has always been a hard-driven, disciplined entrepreneur at heart, but it took him time to actually find himself. Once he started living in congruence with who he was, Brendan found it much easier to live a purpose-filled life.

At age 30, Brendan discusses how there is a large number of people his age who are unhappy with their situation in life. So he started his podcast to empower others to take radical action in their lives in order to improve it. Entrepreneurs and Coffee is an intimate podcast that talks about taking action and common fears.

We also learn some of the habits that Brendan has embraced into his life to become a successful entrepreneur, while maintaining a work-life balance and attending to his family including waking up earlier than everyone else!

Brendan put together a resource for the progress-not-perfection listeners. It's 10 free resources that have been invaluable for Brendan in growing his business, plus a cool exercise called 'Emotional Stacking' to take massive action and get over motivational slumps.

Link is here: brendanhufford.com/progress

Podcast: Entrepreneurs and Coffee

Website: Ok! Kimonos

Instagram: @thebrendanhufford

Twitter: @brendanhufford

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Jonathan Corbblah has made a living solely by competing in game shows. He has appeared on seven game show programs including Jeopardy!, Who wants to be a Millionaire?, and Cash Cab. His game show debut was in 1991 at age 12, when he appeared in Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

We learn about how important it is to be dedicated to what you do, regardless of how many times you fail, how you have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable to succeed, and how other people’s praise encouraged him to further pursue his dream.

We discuss how easy it is to “disown our gifts” out of fear of sounding arrogant. We tend to deflect compliments because we are not comfortable receiving them. Once Jonathan became comfortable receiving praise, he began “owning” his gifts and used them to become a successful game show contestant.

5:08 – Jonathan discusses the experience of his first game show debut on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

7:35 – When Jonathan decided he wanted to pursue being a game show contestant as a full-time profession

9:09 – Jonathan discusses how he put himself in a position to become a professional game show contestant

11:31 – the importance of owning your gifts instead of deflecting them

13:55 – the breaking point in Jonathan’s career

17:58 – the habits Jonathan continually embraced into his life in order reach his goals – being alert and aware of all information that he comes across has been a habit that he’s practiced throughout his life in preparation for game show questions. He has trained his mind to retain information so that he can recall it instantly.

27:35 – Jonathan breaks down the $125,000 question he got to on Who wants to be a Millionaire?

31:20 – The biggest challenge a person can expect while trying to become a game show contestant

36:55 – How Jonathan remained motivated to continue pursuing game shows after his winning streak on Jeopardy! ended.

38:20 – How failure is the “hallmark of successful people”

39:36 – Jonathan’s advice to aspiring game show contestants

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Zaina Arafat is a published writer and creative writing instructor at the University of Iowa, which houses the #1 creative writing program in the U.S.

We will learn about Zaina's story and non-traditional route of how she got in to the top nonfiction writing program in the country, and then was hired as a creative writing instructor at the same university.

We'll also learn how she put herself in a position to become a writer, (e.g. who she reached out to, jobs she applied for), obstacles she faced, what she did to stay motivated, who her mentors were, any advice she would give to aspiring writers to help "write your way to the top" and last but not least, the habits she's continually embraced into her life which allowed her to reach her goals.

This is the premise behind the podcast, to learn the habits of highly successful people so that listeners can apply these same techniques into their own lives.

Great episode for entrepreneurs of all kinds who want direction, motivation, and practical advice for becoming successful. The habits Zaina employs are universal to anyone looking for success in their lives!

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Twitter: @ZenZoon

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Elena Rubin's journey began in the unlikeliest of places. On Wall Street.

A hard-driving Harvard graduate with an engineering background and a high-powered career, the long hours 'rewarded' her with acne, hair loss, and auto immune disorders. So Elena sought the help of Eastern Medicine. She healed—quickly and radiantly. Awed and changed, she left the corporate world to pursue her calling: holistic skincare.

Elena speaks of chi and balance. But her approach to skin is firmly grounded in science. Her products are pure and her facial pampering, and the results speak loudly for themselves. Her compassionate approach, root cause solutions and targeted advice have earned Elena a loyal following.

Elena remains committed to healing skin with both her services and award-winning products, while her leadership abilities have enabled her to develop other facialists to be truly distinctive providers of pampering, nuturing and healing skin care. In addition to ethetics, Elena mentors other holistic practitioners as well in ETHOS COLLECTIVE WELLNESS, the wellness center she founded over 3 years ago in the heart of SoHo.

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Website: Elena Rubin Skin Care

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Alexander Hamilton Dunlop founded the Center of Spiritual Nutrition to help offer real soul nourishment for our life journey. Alexander is a Life Teacher who helps people answer their why – why they are here on this Earth. Once people can answer this basic existential question of why, then they are empowered to know what they want to do in life.

Alexander uses a mathematical system that leverages the ordinary deck of playing cards. From these 52 Cards, we can read the archetypal patterning of our life. Alexander has worked with CEOs, entrepreneurs and creative professionals of all stripes.

His practice has been featured in Forbes magazine and he has been named one of 25 Super Hero coaches nationwide by Coachville USA.

Alexander has worked as an Evangelical Minister and been trained as a Roman Catholic Priest. He is a Harvard graduate and former Wall Street Consultant.

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Website: www.spiritualnutrition.org

LinkedIn: Alexander Hamilton Dunlop

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In part II of this two-part episode Dan Korpman tells us why he wanted to become a financial advisor, the habits he adopted to become successful, some of the challenges he faced growing his client base, and his advice to aspring financial advisors. Dan emphasizes the importance of being genuine, treating others well, and showing a concern for others well-being as contributors to his success.

Dan serves as the Managing Director of Alpha Strategies, an investment consulting firm that discovers alternative investment opportunities for highly sophisticated investors. Dan previously helped spearhead the creation of Anfield Advisors, the financial planning division of Anfield Capital Management.

Dan is actively involved in the venture capital and startup community in the areas of fintech and live streaming events. He has also been recognized for his work in real estate development, reputation and social media brand management, seed capitalization and was recently appointed as an Advisory Board member for IROCKE.com.

Outside of these professional activities, Dan also serves on multiple non-profit boards including The Literacy Project Foundation, Legacy of Hope: The Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Initiative, and Orange Country Green Chamber. Dan earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Information and Technology and a Business Leadership Minor degree from Virginia Tech, where he served as President of The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity during his sophomore year.

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In part I of this two-part episode Dan Korpman describes how to be a successful financial advisor, his background growing up in the financial services industry, the methods for becoming successful and some of the common mistakes to avoid while trying to become a financial advisor.

Dan serves as the Managing Director of Alpha Strategies, an investment consulting firm that discovers alternative investment opportunities for highly sophisticated investors. Dan previously helped spearhead the creation of Anfield Advisors, the financial planning division of Anfield Capital Management.

Dan is actively involved in the venture capital and startup community in the areas of fintech and live streaming events. He has also been recognized for his work in real estate development, reputation and social media brand management, seed capitalization and was recently appointed as an Advisory Board member for IROCKE.com.

Outside of these professional activities, Dan also serves on multiple non-profit boards including The Literacy Project Foundation, Legacy of Hope: The Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Initiative, and Orange Country Green Chamber. Dan earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Information and Technology and a Business Leadership Minor degree from Virginia Tech, where he served as President of The Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity during his sophomore year.

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LinkedIn: Dan Korpman

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In this episode, we learn about Brian's passion for becoming a composer/musician, the constant challenges he faced with accepting that playing music could be a full-time profession that was meaningful and appreciated by others.

Brian constantly struggled with accepting that working as a musician was a fine way of making a living, and eventually learned that he didn't need to work a traditional 9-5 job to contribute to the advancement of society. His genuine appreciation for the musical talent he was born with, his supportive environment, and the acknowledgement of the good luck he came across played a pivotal role in his success.

We also discuss how failure is a part of the process, how accepting failure can actually be an achievement in the grander scheme of things, and how failure serves as motivation to continue on your path, not as a deterrent from it.

Brian Baumbusch is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Oakland, California, whose "harmonically vivid... intense... simmering" (NY Times) compositions push the boundaries of new music. He has spearheaded projects of both western and non-western music which are considered a “cultural treat” (Maryland Gazette). He has headlined performances at the Bali Arts Festival in Denpasar, The Smithsonian Instituion in Washington, The Clarice Smith Center of Maryland, Kresge Hall at MIT, Cambridge, The Yerba Buena Center of San Francisco, and the Prado Concert Series in Madrid, among others. He has collaborated with musicians such as The JACK Quartet, Evan Ziporyn, Pauline Oliveros, David Behrman, Wayne Vitale, and I Made Bandem.

Baumbusch has conducted extensive research and collaborated with a variety of musicians from around the globe. In 2009, he founded the Cacho Ensemble in Madrid, dedicated to reviving traditional Argentinean folk music, which has performed throughout Europe and the United States. In 2010, Baumbusch completed the first full English translation of Atahualpa Yupanqui's epic poem "El payador perseguido.” The translation was presented at the Embassy of Argentina in Washington D.C., sponsored by the cultural attaché of the embassy, Francisco Achaval, who describes Baumbusch’s playing as embodying “supurb technique which, while listening, took me back to the deep heartland of my country; he has found a way to sing zambas from the bottom of his soul.”

Baumbusch has also performed with and helped direct many Balinese gamelan groups across the U.S., including Dharma Swara of New York, Galak Tikka of Boston, Sekar Jaya of San Francisco, Gita Sari of Holy Cross, and Candra Kancana of Bard College. Dr. I Made Bandem describes Baumbusch as “a serious musician and composer whose profound understanding of Balinese music, dance, and culture has contributed a lot to the development of Balinese music.”

In 2012, Baumbusch produced a large scale collaboration with the JACK Quartet and Balinese choreographers Dr. I Made Bandem and Dr. Suasthi Bandem, together with Dr. Bandem's performing group Makaradhwaja. They premiered their collaboration at the Bali Arts Festival in June, 2012. The Jakarta Post described the premiere saying "Baumbusch's overture was a grand and rich musical epic and instantly drew the crowd’s amazement. Its patterns were intricate, a testament of Baumbusch’s virtuosity and his ability to push the musicians to reveal the astounding ability of their instruments." Additionally, Baumbusch’s arrangements of traditional gamelan pieces for string quartet caught the attention of David Harrington (violinist and director of the Kronos Quatet) who describes Baumbusch’s work as “one of the finest attempts to bring the string quartet into the world of Gamelan music. For a composer so youthful to possess this expertise is a very hopeful sign.”

In 2013, Baumbusch founded The Lightbulb Ensemble, an new-music composer’s collective performing on steel instruments built and designed by Baumbusch. The group was highlighted in November of 2013 at the Performing Indonesia Festival at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, where they represented the advent of American experimental performing ensembles drawing heavy influence from gamelan music. In 2014, The Lightbulb Ensemble was awarded a major grant from the Gerbode Foundation, commissioning Baumbusch and his mentor and collaborator, Wayne Vitale, to compose an evening length work for The Lightbulb Ensemble to be premiered alongside Gamelan Sekar Jaya at the Yerba Buena Center of San Francisco, in May, 2015. The group is currently busy developing these ongoing projects.

Baumbusch received his undergraduate degree from Bard College, where he studied microtonal composition with Kyle Gann, and received his M.A. in composition from Mills College, where he studied under various established composers including Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, and Zeena Parkins, among others. Baumbusch has lectured on composition and world music at the University of Maryland, The Smithsonian Institution, CalArts, Union College, Holy Cross, Bard College, Mills College, U.N. Reno, and the Escuela TAI of Madrid. He has additionally presented electronic music performances at UCSD, UCSB, CalArts, UNR and Mills College. He is currently based in the Bay Area.

Website: brianbaumbusch.com

Email: [email protected]

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