The Art of Making Things Happen (Bluefishing) Steve Sims

Captain Charlie Plumb graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis and went on to be a fighter pilot flying theF-4 Phantom jet on 74 successful combat missions over Vietnam. On his 75th mission, with only five days before he was to return home, Plumb was shot down, captured, tortured, and imprisoned in an 8-by-8 foot cell. He spent the next 2,103 days as a Prisoner Of War in communist war prisons.

During his nearly six years of captivity, Captain Plumb distinguished himself among his fellow prisoners as a professional in underground communications, and served for two of those years as the chaplain in his camp. Since his return home, more than 5,000 audiences in nearly every industry have been spellbound as fighter pilot keynote speaker Captain Charlie Plumb shares his story and the lessons he learned from it.

Jon Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for his work in human connection, trust and influence. He is the author of the newly released New York Times bestseller, You're invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence, in it Levy explores how our ability to impact anything from longevity, and business, to social causes are a byproduct of our relationships, trust and a sense of belonging.

Professor Derek Richard and his research team of 50 scientists, clinicians, and surgeons are focused on understanding the biological processes that cause us to age and develop age-related diseases such as cancer, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease. He has been published in some of the world’s most highly regarded scientific journals and was awarded a prestigious Australian Government Future Fellowship in 2011 and a Fellowship from the Chenhall Research Foundation in 2016. He has also launched two biotechnology companies with the first developing a treatment for cancer and the second developing a therapeutic to reduce the risk of getting cancer.

Steve Sims discusses the importance of things in your life. What impact are they having on your life? Are they things you have bought or subscribed to? If they burnt down, would you buy or subscribe them again? Listen to this episode to learn more.

John Blas’s career in theatrical marketing and advertising spans over 25 years, beginning in 1994 at the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group as an art director in Creative Services. He left Disney in 2007 as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Creative Services for Disney & Pixar, having been a part of creating some of Disney’s most memorable animated marketing campaigns for such memorable films as Toy Story, Tarzan, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Cars, Ratatouille and Wall-e as well as live action films like The Rock, Nixon, Ransom, Mighty Joe Young, Armageddon and others.

 In 2007, John started NCS Creative, a creative advertising and marketing agency servicing the entertainment industry.  NCS Creative services a diverse client base including large and small studios as well as numerous independent filmmakers, content distributors, production companies and advertising agencies. Blas has since worked on advertising campaigns for such films as Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, The Lorax, Toy Story 3, Minions, The Social Network, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Contagion, Snow White and the Huntsman, Gone Girl, The Revenant, Hostiles as well as television and streaming franchises such as Two and a Half Men, House of Cards, The Knick, Mindhunter, Ozark, The Dr. Oz Show and many many more.

 His career to this point spans a vast range of experience in creative print, audiovisual and multimedia creative materials including posters, outdoor, online advertising, in-theater & POP, newspaper, trailers, TV commercials, 3D modeling and design, motion graphics, promos, interstitials as well as branding and identity. He has also garnered numerous Key Art, Mobius, Golden Trailer and other distinguished advertising awards and has been recognized by such revered publications as Graphis and Communication Arts for his work.

David Katz has been named one of the world’s most compassionate entrepreneurs by Salt magazine. He is the recipient of the United Nations Lighthouse award for Planetary Health, recipient of the Paris Climate Conference Sustainia community award, recipient of the Earnst and Young Lifetime Achievement award, is the Past President of the Vancouver Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), and named the Entrepreneur Organizations, Global Citizen.

David is the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic. The Plastic Bank is a global network of micro recycling markets that empower the poor to transcend poverty by cleaning the environment. The Plastic Bank is an eco-system that provides an opportunity for the world to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. Global partners include SC Johnson, Henkel, Procter & Gamble, Carton Pack and Advansa and more.

His humanitarian work has earned him international recognition. David has been featured in hundreds of international news and investigative articles, including Forbes, Time Magazine, Fast Company, Business Week, and National Geographic. David can be found at TED.com, is featured in an award-winning documentary and starred in an international reality television show.

David is a steward of the earth and a champion for the poor.

About Plastic Bank Plastic Bank® empowers the regenerative society. We are helping the world stop ocean plastic while improving the lives of collector communities. Plastic Bank builds ethical recycling ecosystems in coastal communities and reprocesses the materials for reintroduction into the global manufacturing supply chain. Collectors receive a premium for the materials they collect which helps them provide basic family necessities such as groceries, cooking fuel, school tuition, and health insurance. Plastic Bank’s certified blockchain platform secures the entire transaction and provides real-time data visualization – allowing for transparency, traceability, and rapid scalability. The collected material is reborn as Social Plastic® which can be easily reintegrated into products and packaging as part of a closed-loop supply chain. Plastic Bank currently operates in Haiti, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Egypt. Learn more at plasticbank.com.

Dr Andrew Steele is a scientist and author of Ageless: The new science of getting older without getting old. After a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford, Andrew decided that ageing was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. After five years using machine learning to investigate DNA and NHS medical records, he is now a full-time writer, presenter and campaigner.

Steve Sims turns the story of buying a Pitbull into a life lesson for everyone.

PJ Taei is an entrepreneur, founder of Uscreen, and a video business expert. PJ works with influencers, small businesses, enterprises, and creators located all around the world. Brands such as Soul Cycle, Opera of Australia, NBC Sports, BBC, Miss America Pageants, and 10,000 other businesses work with him to build their video monetization strategy.

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https://www.uscreen.tv/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqGJV0X5xg0lUTz1npWbkIg

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pjtaei/

Many entrepreneurs who work with high-profile, high-wealth clients can get intimidated when they approach someone like a billionaire. It’s only natural, right?

However, if your business is centered around working with high net worth individuals, intimidation can cause your business to come to a grinding halt as you work with more successful people.

If you’ve noticed that you’ve begun to stall in your business due to feeling intimidated by approaching more affluent clients, you won’t want to miss this advice.

During a Facebook live chat, we sat down with Naveen Jain. A serial entrepreneur, innovator, and billionaire, he discussed the best ways to approach billionaires in business matters.