The Meaning Movement: Rediscover your Passion, Avoid Burnout, and Do Work You Love.

This is the fourth installment of a mini-series we are calling Finding the Meaning Movement. This mini series will show in your feed with the letters FTMM in brackets.

In this series, Dan welcomes Raj Lulla of Fruitful Design & Strategy as a cohost for some "Build in Public" style conversations about The Meaning Movement, the current state of Dan's work with the Meaning Movement, and personal/ business / marketing problems that he's seeking to solve for himself and on behalf of all of us.

It's not necessary that you listen to the past conversation to benefit from this one, but it could help add some color to the conversation I'm about to share.

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/ftmm04

Andrew Amann is the CEO and co founder of NineTwoThree, an Inc 5000 software studio.  What that means is that he and his team build software for clients needs.  His team has also has spun off many SaaS product out of the studio.

Andrew is a friend and, very importantly, a business partner in my project VideoSnap.  VideoSnap is a content repurposing too that that allows users to upload longform audio or video and quickly create social ready video shorts in just a couple clicks.

I built this tool specifically to scratch my own itch of getting the best moments of this podcast out in front of more people on the podcast.  And Andrew’s team has been a big part of that process.

I really enjoyed speaking with Andrew.  He’s one of my go-to friends when it comes to ideas around mindset as an Entrepreneur.

It’s really special to get to share this conversation with you.  I hope you enjoy it.

-Andrew's early career before he got into software

-Andrew's experience working in Nuclear submarines and interesting facts about submarine

- Transitioning from working with Submarine to Software and Entrepreneur

- Andrew's apprenticeship model of transitioning from worker to entrepreneur

- How he found the people who'd help build their company

- Where the name  923 came from

- What forced him to be Full Time in Software Entrepreneur

- Andrew's process of getting clients when he was a starting entrepreneur vs to how he gets clients now

- Andrew's advice to listeners and the idea  of apprenticeship

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/andrew

Dr. Dhruva Gulur, is a man of many hats, he is a board-certified family doctor, a rapper, MBSR course certified mindfulness expert, and more

Dhruva's story is truly an inspirational one.

In this episode we explore his journey from being a troubled kid — getting arrested multiple times — to becoming an MD,, and how he made music as an outlet to keep him afloat through it all..

-What Dhruva does

-How he started in mindfulness

-What is his mission

-His Early life

-Why was he a trouble kid

-His experience in India

-How he got through to Med School

-His experience going back to US

-What was his beliefs

-How he started rapping

-What's his plans for the future

-How our mindset affects our success

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/dhruva

David Hutchens's work centers on storytelling for leaders and businesses. If you've been following this show for any amount of time, you'll know how important story is to understanding who you are and how to find work you love.

David's work centers on that idea. As you'll hear in the interview, he likes working with a few different types of stories.

We talk about his transition to his calling for storytelling, we give us some tips and tricks to be better storytelling leaders and even better parents, enjoy the episode.

-What David Hutchens does.

-How David helps leaders to tell stories

-Why David uses story types

-David's work inside big companies.

-David's journey from advertising to HR

-What we talk about when we talk about stories.

-Why leaders should be storytellers

-Why you should tell your resilience stories to your kids at the dinner table

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/davidhutchens

This is the third installment of a mini-series we are calling Finding the Meaning Movement. This mini series will show in your feed with the letters FTMM in brackets.

In this series, Dan welcomes Raj Lulla of Fruitful Design & Strategy as a cohost for some "Build in Public" style conversations about The Meaning Movement, the current state of Dan's work with the Meaning Movement, and personal/ business / marketing problems that he's seeking to solve for himself and on behalf of all of us.

It's not necessary that you listen to the past conversation to benefit from this one, but it could help add some color to the conversation I'm about to share.

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/ftmm03

Our guest today is a Comedian and Actor.. He's been a part of shows like Drunk History, Gotham, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and more. He also hosts the podcast: Weird AF News - the only daily weird news show recorded in a closet with more than 1200 episodes and millions of downloads.

In this conversation I get to deep dive with Jonesy into his work, the world of standup comedy, and so much more.

It was a really fun conversation. I'm fascinated by the art of standup and the incredibly challenging work that comedians go through to develop their acts.

I had a blast digging into all of this with Jonesy. I think you'll enjoy this one.

In this episode you'll learn:

-What Jonesy does

-His transition to becoming a comedian

-How Dan and Jonesy's podcast shows are growing.

-Exploring how opportunities work in this universe.

-How the skill of being a big reader helped on Jonesy's career.

-How the real work is about manifestation (and why we need to be careful with that concept!)

-How to endure failing in front of other people.

-Behind scenes of the comedian's bit development process

-About the weird news on the Jonesy show.

-Advice for when you feel stuck.

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/jonesy

Ed Latimore is a former professional heavyweight boxer, a competitive chess player, and a bestselling author.

Ed is a force in the world. If you search him up on social media, you'll see how prolific he is. It's amazing.

Ed's writing focuses on self-development, realizing your potential, and sobriety — all of which he approaches from personal experience, overcoming poverty and addiction.

Ed is an inspiration and was so much fun to connect with. I think you'll enjoy this one.

In this episode you'll learn:

-What Edward Latimore does

-How Ed found purpose in writing and teaching

-Some Lessons from Eds path and boxing career

-Why you should avoid negativity

-Some advice on how to pursue meaning

Show Notes: https://themeaningmovement.com/ed

David McRaney is a science journalist who is fascinated with brains, minds, and culture.

He's the creator of the blog, book, and podcast You Are Not So Smart — which focuses on understanding self-delusion and motivated reasoning.

His second book, You Are Now Less Dumb, was released in 2013, and his third book, How Minds Change just came out this year

I had so much fun with David. I love his new book and had a great time exploring the depths of his career and his expertise of how and why people change what they believe.

-What David does

-How David found purpose

-How David transitioned from working as a journalist to a creating a successful blog

-How being vulnerable, open and transparent can help your growth

-David's process for writing his books

-How our brains make sense of the world

-The difference between a debate and conversation

-Why it's ok to feel different about your previous work and opinions

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/david

Teresa Mitrovic is a leadership learning consultant and creator of a framework for increasing organizational performance via psychological safety. Those are big and abstract words that mean she helps organizations do what they do better by improving the culture and the way team members relate to each other.

She is the author of the book 'The Currency of Connection: How Trust Transforms Life, Relationships and Work' and the founder of Oro Collective.

In our conversation we hear some of her career journey through leadership roles at Hasbro to The Walt Disney Company and Universal Pictures, and eventually to what she does now.

I had a blast with Theresa. Her work runs parallel to mine in many ways. It was one of those conversations that could have continued for so much longer than the time allowed.

-What Teresa does

-The psychologically safe performance model

-The 3 aspects of the model — performance, psychological safety and trust

-Connect mode versus protect mode

-How Teresa created the model

-Her journey as a team leader

-Harnessing our emotions and bringing them to the work-table

-Creating facilitation and accountability in your team

-Transformational journeys — transforming other people's lives

-How Teresa got into marketing and psychology

-Teresa's professional roles and how they added to her experience

-The importance of building and nurturing relationships

-Making leadership roles meaningful

-Teresa's retraining — transitioning into her business

-Teresa's definition of leaders — anyone who has an impact

-Helping leaders create an environment that enhances performance

-The importance of care, credibility, capability and consistency as a leader

-Feedback — practicing humility and acknowledgement

-People who are leaders versus leaders doing a job

-Teresa's perspective on meaning, legacy and purpose

Shownotes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/teresa

This is the second installment of a mini-series we are calling Finding the Meaning Movement. This mini series will show in your feed with the letters FTMM in brackets.

In this series, Dan welcomes Raj Lulla of Fruitful Design & Strategy as a cohost for some "Build in Public" style conversations about The Meaning Movement, the current state of Dan's work with the Meaning Movement, and personal/ business / marketing problems that he's seeking to solve for himself and on behalf of all of us.

It's not necessary that you listen to the past conversation to benefit from this one, but it could help add some color to the conversation Im about to share.

With that, let's jump in.

This is the Meaning Movement Podcast….

Show notes here: https://themeaningmovement.com/ftmm02