Prologue Profiles

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Mathilde, a second year med student, at the Tuileries Garden in Paris(!)

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Bouchra, who just moved to America from Morocco!, on the F Train.

Since she was little Shailvi knew she wanted to be a doctor.

What she didn't know was that she would end up wanting to be a surgeon.

Shailvi is now a surgery resident at Highland General Hospital in Oakland and has recently taken time off to get her Master's in Public Health at Johns Hopkins and later this year will be traveling to Nepal and in Africa as part of her desire to work in surgery on a global level.

Whoa.

You'll hear Shailvi discuss her unexpected path of becoming a surgeon, the motivational force of being valuable to others, and that to do what you love, you have to do what you love.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Sean, a student at Stella Charles Guttman, on the F Train.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Josh, founder of Peace Loves Pops, at the Grove Street Farmers Market.

Since she was 4 years old Margot knew she wanted to be a violinist when she grew up.

Margot is now a professional musician, performing full-time as one half of the DJ-violin duo, The Dolls, alongside DJ Mia Moretti, and is set to release her debut solo project this summer.

You'll hear Margot discuss how she made her way in the music world, the opportunities that come from being open and that the best way to move forward is to do the best you can do:

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Sam, a brand designer, at the Grove Street Starbucks.

During and after college Becca had no idea what she wanted to do for her career.

After working four years at a non-profit she still didn't know what she wanted to do.

That all changed when in May 2013, Becca discovered the tech concept, User Experience Design (UX) and fell in love.

Literally four months later, Becca landed a full-time job in UX as she now works as a Digital Optimization Analyst at the Soho-based agency, Maxymiser.

You'll hear Becca discuss her journey from career frustration to no hesitation, the power of networking, and that maybe the most important meetings you can have are the ones with yourself.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Hannah, a Columbia University grad student, at Shari's birthday party. (Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HannahJanal)

"I just want to be valuable." - Paul Jarvis

After college Paul (@pjrvs) worked up the ranks at a web design agency and hit a wall - he wanted out. 

Based in Vancouver Island Canada, Paul now works on his own terms with his own web design business and on top of that makes the time to write and self publish books based on what he loves which happen to sell thousands of copies.

At the time of our interview a few months ago Paul had released his 3rd book, Everything I Know about the entrepreneurial life. This June he'll be releasing his latest book, The Good Creative where he shares "the 18 habits of the world's most respected artists."

On this Skype interview you'll hear Paul discuss his path to creating a business he loves - which involved creating one he hated - the power of saying no, and that what lies outside your comfort zone is what you want: