Intro

1:40 Steve's background and decision on choosing Iowa for college

3:12 Why were student politics in college the hardest politics Steve has been involved in? 

5:15 Lessons learned while in college

6:45 Being involved in presidential campaigns in Iowa as a young adult 

Politics

9:25 Steve's thoughts on moving away from Iowa as first state election and caucus for presidential campaigns 

11:28 Steve's thoughts on the upcoming 2024 presidential election 

13:09 Creating the state's first education technology bill as a state rep

15:00 What are the biggest roadblocks in education right now? 

Hiring Process and Preparation for Your Career

15:30 How Steve and his company decide to hire new employees and how necessary critical thinking is in the hiring process 

17:15 Higher education and is it preparing students for the professional world? 

VictoryXR

19:17 What is VictoryXR and it's mission

21:35  Education, Time-traveling, and Triple-A gameplay 

23:30 Future of Education and EdTech

Wrap-Up 

Books that Steve suggests for entrepreneurs: 

Good to Great by Jim Collins 

0 to 1 by Peter Thiel 

The Founders by Jimmy Soni

Books to understand the world: 

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Podcast to Listen to: 

How I Built This with Guy Raz

This was a great episode with Steve! If you would like to learn more about Steve and what VictoryXR are doing you can head over to their website at www.victoryxr.com

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This episode is full of information and advice for students and young professionals! Starting off, Conor and Amanda sit down and discuss Amanda's time at the University of Iowa. Amanda talks about some of the organizations she was involved in as a student including Dance Marathon and running for student senate. Amanda and Conor take a deep dive into lessons learned as a student in college and what some of those lessons meant going into her professional career. 

Amanda discusses what it meant for her to be comfortable being uncomfortable and what it takes to really excel at whatever you want to do in your career. After briefly discussing her time at Target and Wells Fargo we turn to her career as a entrepreneur and how taking that leap changed her life forever. 

We take a dive into Amanda's time as host of the She Did It Her Way podcast. Listen as Amanda discusses everything from what it took to be vulnerable enough and confident enough to start the show to lessons learned along the way from digital marketing to online product development. 

Other than talking about Amanda's success in the podcast world we also discuss the growth vs. fixed mindset that is so fundamental to entrepreneurship and success in the professional world. Around the 35-minute mark Amanda and I discuss some of the most important parts of what it means to have self-discipline as a college student and young professional. Amanda walks us through the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of creating self-discipline by creating restraints and where you should really put your energy to succeed. 

Towards the end of the episode around the 40-minute mark, we discuss what it takes to maintain focus and discipline to achieve your goals.  The first episode wraps up with a quick rapid-fire round about Iowa. 

This was a great first episode and couldn't have asked for a better guest with Amanda! Be sure to go find Amanda at https://attentionaudit.com/ 

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Here are the books and podcasts Amanda recommends! 

"Hands Off Investor" - Audiobook 

"Legacy Wealth Podcast"

"Women Invested in Real Estate Podcast"

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