The Hope Strategy Podcast

Gary "King Pokemon" talks about his upbringing in Hollywood and shares the moment that got him hooked on the hobby of collecting. Gary shares how each of his battles with cancer took him down a different path that ultimately worked in his favor. Gary talks about how he found Pokemon during his recovery, a hobby that allowed him to fulfill his passion for collecting and also connect with his young sons. Gary has been featured on Pawn Stars and is well known for his $10 million + Pokemon card collection. This episode is a great look at passion, optimism and the desire to help others.

Highlighted Quote

"Hope and Fear"

I've always believed that… especially when you love something or somebody so much you have to experience fear, unless you have a lot of faith. If you love your kids you don't want them to get hurt, or if you love your wife, you don't want her to get hurt or you don't want her to leave, You don't want her to die… you love so much that you're afraid. And the only way to get rid of that fear is to trust in something else that something else is going to take care that those things aren't going to happen or if they do they're simply planned.

Resources/Mentions:

People

• Logan Paul
• Steve Aoki
• Thuận - Autism Instruct
• PokemonPrince

Videos

• Pawn Stars - Charizard Collection
• Logan Paul's $150k Offer

Events

• Pokecon Texas

Organizations

• Aoki Foundation
• PSA (Grading)
• Beckett (Grading)

Guest Links

• Instagram
• Aoki Foundation / Pokemon

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Tristen Ikaika shares how he started his thriving ecommerce business and his thoughts on how to be an influencer the right way. Tristen talks about his love for travel and the growing desire he had to do something other than spend time studying for classes he had no real interest in or use for. Along with his thoughts on keeping ego and self worth leveled, Tristen shares how being quick to start and slow to quit has proven valuable in the pursuit of personal and business success. This episode is a refreshing and enjoyable look at real life entrepreneurship. Don't miss it!

Highlighted Quote

"Just Start"

Just start! go for it... Make a list of what you want to do and then break that down into every tiny detail and take that first step, even if it's googling how to sell something online. Just start and go, because you'll run into dead ends, and you'll go back and you'll figure it out. But if you don't start creating that momentum you won't get there. I think people need to get more comfortable with the idea of failure than the idea of regret. To me just going for it and it not working fast is way better than having to live with that regret.

Resources/Mentions:

People

• Colby and Kenzie Bauer (Thread Wallets)
• • Thread Wallets Website
  • Podcast Episode (Hope Strategy)

Books

• Delivering Happiness

Guest Links

• Tristen Ikaika Instagram
• Tristen Ikaika Website

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Dr. Ben Corn talks about one of the defining moments in his early life - the death of his father due to cancer. Ben shares how his understanding of the role of a physician changed from being just a care provider to being a "hope provider" helping patients to create and sustain hope even in terminal situations. Ben also talks about his life changing move to Israel and the personal growth that came out of the uncertainty of the experience. Ben shares his thoughts and findings on the mechanics of hope and happiness, and the fine line between hope and fear as it relates to personal agency.

Highlighted Quote

"The Role of The Physician"

I truly had an epiphany… I realized that I thought I went to medical school, to cure cancer (prostate cancer.) But I realized that nothing had changed since that phone call. And that, my mission was a completely different one. I wanted to be a cancer physician and be up on the latest treatments and know how to treat patients with that dimension of knowing how to communicate. I think "the" role of a physician to create and sustain hope...it is what it's all about. And that's driven my research for the last three decades.

Resources/Mentions:

NGO

• Lifes Door

Organization

• Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Book

• Mans Search For Meaning- Viktor Frankl

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Wil Reynolds shares his thoughts on competition, service, empathy and purpose. Wil talks about the experiences and lessons that set the foundation of his success today - to love losing as much as winning, to "meet people where they are at", and to spend time working on yourself instead of blaming others. Wil shares how creating a company culture of volunteer work has helped him and his team "check the right boxes" - choosing impact and purpose driven growth over chasing profits. This episode is a raw and real masterclass in business leadership and personal development.

Highlighted Quote

"Love to Lose"

I like to win... I like beating people at stuff and I like getting beat, like I like the feeling of getting beat at something, because there's no excuses… if they scored more points than you… go home and learn.

"Check The Right Boxes"

The amount of joy that I get off of watching people grow is off the charts. I get so much joy off of watching people come to this company and grow. I throw a lot of money into resources that other people wouldn't to help people to grow. You can't change where you get joy from… a lot of people get joy out of watching the number get bigger. They get joy out of that business class flight, that first class flight, they get joy taking those pictures on Instagram and showing people that sh**, they get joy out of those inc 5000 lists. You got to know what boxes you're trying to check. You got to know what boxes we're trying to check or otherwise you'll always be kind of rudderless.

Resources/Mentions:

Company

• Seer Interactive

Charity Organization

• Covenant House

Guest Links:

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Personal Website
• Business Website (Seer)

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Minister Onlilove Chika Alston talks about her experiences being in the foster care system as a young girl, how she found her faith, and how instituting a "sabbath" saved her life. Onleilove shares her love of service and how being reunited with her tribe in Africa, after slavery separated her family generations ago, restored her dignity as an African American. Onleilove also shares some of the new genetic findings which support the claims of jewish ancestry from some African tribes people - painting a new picture of biblical diversity. This episode is a fresh and inspiring look at faith, love and what it means to be part of the shared human experience.

Highlighted Quote

"Rest is Radical"

If you were a newly freed slave person and you had no control over your work schedule, and now you're being told that the creator of the universe is giving you a day that you had to rest. This would be such a gift. My family... were held here as slaves, I have ancestors who could not rest. My grandmother, who took me out of foster care as a young woman, picked cotton as a sharecropper. So for me when I rest, I'm stopping but I'm also making a radical stance that says my body as a black woman is important and it deserves rest, and I'm not only what I can produce, I'm who I am. I have inherent worth, even if I'm not producing. I understand that in this world, there are people who cannot do "Sabbath" whether they're essential workers during COVID, or whether they're people who are undocumented that have to come to work whenever their boss tells them to. We're not yet at a place where every single human being can have a day of rest but I hope and pray for the day where we can.

Resources/Mentions:

People

• E. Bernard Jordan
• Dr James Cone

Books

• The Autobiography of Malcolm X
• Prophetic Whirlwind

Organizations

• Union Theological Seminary
• Schomburg Research Center
• Zoe Life Theological College

Websites

• PropheticWhirlwind.com

Podcasts

• Practical Torah Podcast

Guest Links:

• Youtube
• Twitter
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Guy Kawasaki talks about his early experiences working with Steve Jobs at Apple while working on the Macintosh project. Guy shares his thoughts on failure, working with other people's money, and why work-life balance is "overrated". Guy also talks about his father and mothers families and their relocation to Hawaii in search of better opportunities. Through hard work in the plantation fields, fighting fires and even work in government Guy's family helped pave a culture of hard work and "grit" that has been the secret to his success. This episode is an upbeat but very honest look at motivation, work ethic and finding fortune.

Highlighted Quote

"Failure is Not an Option"

"It is NOT "Ok" to fail. When you fail you ruin peoples' lives, you waste money, you waste time, you waste many things… So don't get a cavalier attitude about failure. Having said that the odds are you WILL fail so the question is - "what lessons did you learn that will increase the probability of success next time?"

Resources/Mentions:

• Canva
• Apple
• Mercedes
• Guy Kawasaki Books
• Garage

Guest Links:

• Remarkable People Podcast
• GuyKawasaki.Com
• Twitter
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Mark shares his experience working through depression and trying to build a profitable business at the same time. Mark shares his thoughts on what helped him through and how to make the most of offers to help. Mark talks about negotiation and persuasion (his specialty), how to create win-win situations, why being paid what your worth is essential, how to deal with renegotiations, what negotiation really is, and much more. This episode is a must listen for anyone who wants to improve their comfort with sales and negotiation.

Highlighted Quotes

"The Runway"

I had six months of runway with the seed money, so I knew that at six months I had to become profitable. So that was my motivation and then literally the money ran out in December and halfway through January I got my first check for training work that we did that was substantial enough. I knew I could actually make a go of this… it was perfect timing.

Resources/Mentions:

• Negotiations Ninja
• Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
• Content Callout - Podcast
• Negotiations Ninja - Podcast

Guest Links:

• Mark Raffan Linkedin
• Mark - Twitter
• Mark - Instagram

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Dr. Laura Craig-Bray talks about the use and benefits of EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy) - a tool for strengthening relationships through the awareness of emotions and their ties to identity and behavior. Dr. Laura explains what EFT is and details the two "types" of people in relationships: The Pursuer - and - The Withdrawer. This episode is a great look at how therapy can be used to strengthen relationships even when there is no apparent "need" or "problems".

Highlighted Quotes

"Assumptions"

We live our lives with unquestioned beliefs about relationships, the world, and ourselves that impact our relationships with other people.

"Blame"

What I love about EFT is that we don't focus on blame or who is "wrong". Rather, because of our history we often carry into our relationships barriers to intimacy… and by trying to understand those, understand yourself, and make yourself predictable to your partner and to yourself… then you can feel safe.

"Trauma"

We talk about Trauma with a capital "T"… but there is also trauma with a little "t" … and what many people experience growing up is that there is no one there to help them learn about their emotional world… in some ways that is a form of neglect because there was no one there to help you understand your emotions and tell you that emotions are ok… that's a small "t" trauma that we see an awful lot of.

Resources/Mentions:

People

• Sue Johnson (website)
• Sue Johnshon - Youtube

Podcast Episodes

• Episode 59 - Therapist Uncensored

Organizations

• New England EFT
• Seacoast EFT

Guest Links:

• Laura Bio
• Laura Linkedin

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Audrey Gruss talks about her parents escape from communism in Lithuania following World War 2, her upbringing and the lessons learned from her immigrant parents, and the work she has done in the beauty industry. Audrey also talks about how her mothers struggle with depression inspired the founding of the Hope For Depression Research Foundation. Audrey shares how treatment for depression has stayed the same for the last 35 years - something that urgently needs to change - and shares her hope for the future of treatments and social acceptance of individuals with mental health challenges.

Highlighted Quotes

"Advancement"

It is shocking that we have a new cell phone every few months and that we have been to the moon. Yet 35% of people do not respond to the existing medications for depression, and the SSRI / Prozac type of medications we currently have are over 35 years old.

"The Problem"

One third of Americans are struggling with depression and anxiety. It is amazing that people do not know this fact. Depression is the number one cause of disability in the world. It's not infections or anything else...It's depression.

"Values"

Values are instilled right at the beginning of childhood is what you see your parents do, what they tell you and what you learn from them.

Resources/Mentions:

• Hope Fragrances

Organization

• Hope For Depression

Guest Links:

• Linkedin
• Instagram
• Website (BIO)

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy

Audrey Gruss talks about her parents escape from communism in Lithuania following World War 2, her upbringing and the lessons learned from her immigrant parents, and the work she has done in the beauty industry. Audrey also talks about how her mothers struggle with depression inspired the founding of the Hope For Depression Research Foundation. Audrey shares how treatment for depression has stayed the same for the last 35 years - something that urgently needs to change - and shares her hope for the future of treatments and social acceptance of individuals with mental health challenges.

Highlighted Quotes

"Advancement"

It is shocking that we have a new cell phone every few months and that we have been to the moon. Yet 35% of people do not respond to the existing medications for depression, and the SSRI / Prozac type of medications we currently have are over 35 years old.

"The Problem"

One third of Americans are struggling with depression and anxiety. It is amazing that people do not know this fact. Depression is the number one cause of disability in the world. It's not infections or anything else...It's depression.

"Values"

Values are instilled right at the beginning of childhood is what you see your parents do, what they tell you and what you learn from them.

Resources/Mentions:

• Hope Fragrances

Organization

• Hope For Depression

Guest Links:

• Linkedin
• Instagram
• Website (BIO)

Podcast Links:

• Instagram: @Hopestrategy
• Facebook: @hopestrategy
• Twitter: @thehopestrategy
• Youtube The Hope Strategy