Purpose in the Youth

JZAC is a hip-hop artist from New Hampshire. During his sophomore year at Plymouth State University he recorded his first song on his friends Macbook internal microphone. The passion grew quickly and so he decided to go all in and bought himself recording equipment, software and began investing all of his time and energy into the craft.

Graduating with an Integrated Marketing & Communications degree, he worked at a local Frito-Lays warehouse and Market Basket to continue funding the music career.

What helped gain him exposure early on was creating freestyle videos that would go viral on Twitter. With all the inbound traffic he was getting from the videos, he was prepared and had some of his newest projects and singles for people to check out or music videos they could watch. 

Fast forward seven plus years since he started writing and recording, he’s now living in LA full-time off of his music. What he believes separates himself from other artists is his ability to be honest and authentic by telling his story and his truths. He hopes the music inspires and is relatable to what other people may be going through in their life. 

In this episode he discusses the importance of shooting your shot, why we must always be prepared and ready to go, why we shouldn’t be afraid to step outside of our comfort zone, hit “post” and keep it moving and even if the path isn’t clear, create the blueprint.

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I treat the content I consume on social media as if it’s a diet. I’ve been constantly cutting out all the junk and doing my best to only consume the “pieces” that are helping me, inspiring me or entertaining me.

This isn’t about me trying to be the “cool” kid in town that follows less people than the number of people that follow the bearded man. This is about me getting super disciplined about the images, videos, text etc that I consume on a day to day basis. All of these pieces of content are fueling my mind and I want that premium quality baby, FILL ME UP!

For the people or pages I do follow, I let their success inspire me to keep going. Thank you for the daily inspo! Seeing these people succeed in all areas of life gets me hyped! There is no time to fall into the comparison trap of getting jealous, there’s only time for me to make moves myself.

If I’ve realized anything it’s that there’s enough room for everyone to win. Period. It doesn't matter what your career goals might be. If you see someone doing something you want to do, go do it. Let them be the example that it’s possible!

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Peiman Raf is the Co-Founder of Madhappy, an optimistic lifestyle brand. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2016, he became an Investment Banking Analyst for Jefferies Financial Group in NYC. Just 3 months into his position and not feeling himself, he took a leave of absence to return home to Los Angeles, CA to see doctors about what he was going through. Feeling better and in a much clearer headspace, he decided to leave his position completely and stay in LA. 

Wanting to create a brand around optimism while shining light on mental health in a positive way, Peiman, his brother Noah Raf and friends Joshua Sitt and Mason Spector came together to create Madhappy. Starting with just a hoodie, hat and t-shirt, they have evolved into offering head to toe apparel. Their Classic line is minimal, comfy and curated to be worn for multiple occasions. Since launch in April of 2017, they’ve hosted 9 pop-up events in New York, Miami, Aspen and Los Angeles. Whether it’s panels at their pop-up events, hosting mediation courses or curating positivity in their content, they’re the local optimistic group.

In this episode Peiman discusses the importance of moving on and starting a new chapter, the reality that everyone experiences some form of mental health, why it’s okay to put down the phone and disconnect, having a competitive mindset to do whatever it takes and why we should all strive to make the world a more optimistic place.

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Instagram : @Madhappy

Website : Madhappy.us

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Ben Nemtin is the Co-Founder of The Buried Life. A group of four guys with a mission to complete a list of “100 things to do before they die”, they’ve helped encouraged others to chase after their own lists while completing theirs. Some of which include playing basketball with Former President Barack Obama, kissing the Stanley Cup, making it onto the “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and breaking into the Playboy Mansion.

He’s also a New York Times Bestselling Author and an International Speaker where he has spoken in front of companies Amazon and Microsoft, given TED Talks and a gave a commencement keynote at the University of Utah. Some of his keynote topics include 5 Steps to Make The Impossible Possible, New Leadership : Why You Matter and Mental Wealth.

In this Episode, Ben discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with people that inspire you, how failure is a course correction to success, how to take yourself out of your head, why exposure therapy is the best way to get better and the importance of the ripple effect.

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Website : BenNemtin.com

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Website : TheBuriedLife.com

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Today we’re getting an inside look at MVMT’s office in Playa Vista, CA with their Brand Director Blake Pinsker aka "Blakey P" for Episode 4 of What They DON’T See. 

Originally from Valencia, CA, Blake got a message from MVMT’s Co-Founder Jake Kassan (Ep 113) with an opportunity to help build this watch brand from the ground up in 2013. Having just recently graduated from San Diego State University and bouncing from job to job, he jumped on the opportunity and went all in.

One of their early brand building strategies was to work with creatives that lived their philosophy of living life on your own terms. They’ve built some incredible relationships with content creators Sam Kolder, That One Blond Kid (Ep 71), Matt Komo (Ep 105), Jacob Riglin (Ep 108), Rory Kramer (Ep 110) and more. Fast forward to August of 2018, MVMT announced they were to be acquired by Movado Group for $100 Million. Today they now offer eyewear and jewelry for both guys & gals. 

To learn more about Blake’s story, check out Episode 87 - Finding The Right People of this podcast.

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Instagram : @BlakeyyyP

YouTube : @BlakePinsker

Check out MVMT!

Instagram : @MVMT

Website : MvmtWatches.com

Check out Dare To Be Legendary Podcast!

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iTunes : Dare To Be Legendary with Blake Pinsker

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Jimmy Standley is the President & Founding Partner of Sole Bicycles. During his junior year at Chapman University, he was brought in to help with operations of the company. Available in six different styles, they ship their bikes directly to consumers doorstep 90% assembled. They have two locations, their Venice Beach Flagship store and on campus at USC’s Student Village. They’ve collaborated and built custom bikes for Nike, Beats by Dre, Red Bull and more. They’re more than just your ordinary bicycle company and have created an entire lifestyle brand around Sole through hosting events, curating Fixtapes for riders to listen to and through collaborations with other brands.

Even having battled numerous hurdles over the past eight years including lawsuits, manufacturing issues, scaling back & rebuilding a team, the passion still remains the same for him. Have a positive impact on people's lives, one sole bicycle at a time. 

In this Episode Jimmy discusses traveling 600,000+ miles around the globe, a reminder to always keep a good mindset, how maintaining balance helps us avoid burnout, how technology is helping us live better lives, success is the ability to wake up and control your destiny and why we must always remember to enjoy the ride.

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Website : SoleBicycles.com

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The key is creating routines that reinforce our new habits that will help us achieve whatever our goals might be.

Routines Breed Habits:

• Write A Contract To Yourself (enforces commitment)
  • This is what I want to do and there is no option B
  • Stick it to your wall, background on Phone, sticky note in car
• Pick a certain day of week or time of day you’re going to do “the thing” (reinforces discipline)
  
  • Weekly podcast, gym 6 days a week
  • When it hits that “time” you know it’s time to do the thing
• Focusing In On ONE step forward TODAY (builds consistency)
  
  • Forget about how long it’ll take, we’ll eventually get there
• Assess progress, make changes & keep going
  
  • How is my progress?
  • What’s working? What changes do I need to make?
  • Repeat, repeat, repeat.

These Habits don’t magically happen overnight, they take weeks or even months to build. How long something will take is besides the point, that time will eventually come!

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For this Group Podcast we have visual content creators Tyler Babin (Ep 50) previously a creative for Gary Vee & VaynerMedia and is now an Adobe Creative Resident, Mitchell Mullins (Ep 115) who is chasing every second traveling the globe and Zack Kravits (Ep 136) who is transforming artists to full-time creatives in his The Creators Blueprint course. 

In this Groupisode we discuss how having too many options can become paralyzing, how the struggle unlocks clarity, creating a structure helps us complete tasks, don’t listen to anyone that is not in the arena, continuously provide value to the people that support us and what it takes to escape the comparison trap.

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Connect with Tyler Babin!

Instagram - @Babin

YouTube - @TylerBabin

Check out our previous podcast with him, Episode 50! 

Connect with Mitchell Mullins!

Instagram - @Mitchell_Mullins

YouTube - @MitchellMullins

Check out our previous podcast with him, Episode 115!

Connect with Zack Kravits!

Instagram - @ZackKravits

YouTube - @ZackKravits

Check out our previous podcast with him, Episode 136!

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What's UP bearded man podcast fam! I have some extra high quality BM podcasting content to share with you today (woohoo!!). A couple weeks ago I was on The Need To Know Podcast with Stephan Zimmermann to talk about graduating from Bentley University, running the greatest podcast in all the land (THIS ONE!) and how I've funded this entire project over the last 3 years driving Uber. Of course the bearded man is not just any ole Uber driver but a TOP 2% driver in the WORLD! Haters gonna hate. 

I really enjoyed this conversation with Stephan and I hope you guys + gals enjoy it!

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Over the course of 2 years of creating visual and audio content, you guys + gals have followed along with the journey of the bearded man. The podcasting, the behind the beard (scenes) vlogs and all the other DOPE stuff we’ve been doing. Now it’s time to get down to the REAL SHIT!

5 Honest Truths You Don’t Know About me:

• I had to see a therapist in 3rd grade 
• I am the slowest reader of ALL TIME
• I am terrible with remembering names
• My eye for design is HORRIBLE
• I have NOT been on a date since March of 2017

So what’s the point? We’re human. We have our flaws, our weaknesses and that makes us no less of a human than the person next to you. If you own it, standby it, then nobody can call you out! BE YOU BABY…. BE YOU! 

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