A young entrepreneur from the US that has tried out many things and failed in at least as many.

Sam is currently running his company “BLNK Slate Media” and creating video content for small to Fortune 500 companies for their social media platforms.

What has been very obvious in this conversation was Sam’s attitude to trying out something new. His Moto is to go for what you want and invest in yourself, time and money wise and if you fail you know it was the wrong thing and then move on. As well Life-Life Balance. We all work so much so we should be doing something that we can identify with.

3 Things about Sam:

- Outdoors, Snowboard, bike, Adventure and active

- Video create, LinkedIN Instagram and TikTak

- Snowboarding in winter with jumps and tricks; during summer longboard cruising

Colour:

- Mint green. 07E8B7

The colour came up when he asked a friend to help him rebrand. Sam wanted something in green, blue or teal. And then this special green came up which he liked as it reminded him of his track bike from school times.

Young and running his own business:

Sam had a father that is self employed and who has encouraged him to go his own way from an early age. To do what he loves.

Some of his business steps were: Cutting gras for neighbours, At Age 14 Pizza Cook, then manager of the Snow Park& Ball park with 2-7 people under him. And at the age of 18 he started "BLNK Slate Media" using an iPhone and an entry DSLR

His success can be traced back to:

- Willingness and love to earn his own money

- Going out and participating in business Networking events

- Reach out to connections and learn from them and his friends

- Not being shy to talk to people and saying yes even if he didn’t know how to do the job

- Continuously trying something new, failing and investing and not being afraid of doing so

Sam gets to share his stories on how he got to his first job, made his first video and posting it to LinkedIN as well how he learned in 3 days to shoot video with a DSLR without prior knowledge and nailing the job.

Creativity:

Everyone is creative. Sam’s creative strength is to talk. To be creative one has to be comfortable in failing while trying to create something new. It is a problem solving ability. 

Test, fail, try again… And repeat.

Advice:

Test and fail more. Spend money on yourself. This is an investment in your growth and it will cost but you’ll grow.

Sam for examples used all the money he earned and invested it into his growth and now his company.

- Do something everyday. Momentum is everything.

- Don’t try 12 things in the same time. Focus on ONE thing. Go for it with all you have

- Don’t hire too fast.

Call for action:

Go and do something that is uncomfortable for you.

Books:

Gary Keller - “The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results”

Donald Miller - “Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen”

You find Sam:

LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/sam-lister/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/samlister__/

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@samlister__?lang=en

Webpage: www.blnkslatemedia.com/

His Podcast "Starting Blank" can be found on Apple Podcast, Spotify and more

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starting-blank/id1487157433, 

Hi my dear followers.

Today you get the chance to listen in to my conversation with Anja Matulewska. She was a multi talented and creative kid; playing flute, guitar, compose her own songs, dance, paint and sew her own things. As her mom she thought that she would become a designer but she went for a BSc in marketing and after her degree she was confused as she didn’t do what she felt was right for her. That brought her then back to a more creative field with a MSc degree in Design Management. For her MSc thesis she learned and applied Design Thinking and could feel that this is the right path. Since then she has facilitated all phases of the innovation process, from early start to implementation and evaluation using Design Thinking and Design Sprints. Worked for small businesses big companies and in her own innovation consultancy.

Anja is very open about her path of coming back to creativity and how she lost it.

The secret not many know of her is her spiritual side. The Art Therapy she did and how it helped her to find more stability in life. This experience combined with her work and Design Thinking brought her to interview 15 women on their feelings and thoughts about creativity.

Her personal project: Kreativ Kompas

About a month before our interview Anja started her creative community after doing research on why and how people are or are not creative.

This motivated her to start a creative community that meets once a month for 6 months to become more creative.

Call for Action:

1) Make it a habit to be creative. Paint, play music, dance, sing

Make a fixed appointment with creativity in your calendar. E.g. Every Monday from 19:00-20:00

Like going to the gym, cook or shopping.

The Start is hard but it will get easier the more you do it and then it is a habit. Before you know you’ll enjoy it and look forward to your creative appointment

2) Morning pages: First thing when you wake up start writing down your Feelings.

Evening: Create a Gratitude list. That way you keep a positive mindset when you go sleeping and waking up.

Links to Anja:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kreativtkompas

Instagram: www.instagram.com/kreativKompas/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-matulewska/

People Mentioned:

Oprah Winfrey - “Super Soul Podcast” www.supersoul.tv/

Books:

- Elizabeth Gilbert - “Big Magic” www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/big-magic/

This books combines spirituality with creativity

- Julia Cameron - “The Artist’s Way” www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/big-magic/

TOSS:

www.anchor.fm/schirach

[email protected]

For this 21st episode I got Radha M. Patel on the phone calling from her parents house in the mountains of Wales.

Radha grew up in a Yoga family and was home schooled until the age of 11. Travel to India and exposure to a different life has made her very adaptable to changes in life and she loves to travel.

She describes herself as:

- Connected to nature and spirituality to something bigger, enjoys to light a candle or meditate

- Learning and teaching, hungry for knowledge, reading books.

- Learning with the goal to make it functional and help others. With a special interest in human behaviour, daily habits both physical and mental

- and chocolate is a very important part in her life too

So I got to ask here what chocolate she would be :-) Dark (70-80%) with Sea Salt and Caramel

The interview took place during the Corona Covind-19 crisis and we are all at home with limited freedom. Hence we got to talk about the chance to learn more about one self and create tools that can help us after all is over to have a better life.

Some of the tools we talked about are:

- Walking in Nature, such as forest or in the mountains.

- Taking a shower or a bath with essential oils

- Meditate

- HIIT workouts

- Watching inspiring movies

- Reading a good book

- Lighting candles

- Eating and drinking certain foods

- Journaling about the day

Journaling at the end of the day what worked for you and what didn’t; What made you feel good and what didn’t is a good way to find patterns and tools that can help you.

Where you feel energised is where you should put more time and focus.

Creativity is: Space. Having space to think, be and create without feeling hurried.

Things to help being creative are:

- Being in nature

- Listen to southing sounds, nature, rain etc.

- Good Sleep

- Food and water

- Stress (mental and physical)

- Gratitude

- Vision Board

- Try something you haven’t done before: e.g. New language, music instrument, drawing, hand craft etc.

- And be aware what you do. The activity during day, and consumed content gives the direction for your thoughts

Call for Action:

1) Go out in nature on a regular basis. It is scientifically and spiritually proven to make you feel better and less anxious

2) Try and find a way too deeply connect with yourself.

E.g. Take 5-10 min in the morning before everyone wakes up and in the evening after everyone sleeps for yourself. Sketch, do a mindfulness practice, meditate, read a book.

Get time for yourself

Links:

- Webpage: www.togaonline.co.uk

- Instagram: www.instagram.com/togaonline/?hl=en

- FaceBook: www.facebook.com/togaonline/

Books:

- Jonathan Safran Foer - “We are the Weather”

- Matthew Walker - “Why we sleep”

- Patrick Holford - “The Optimum Nutrition Bible”

- Ayurveda cooking with herbs.

Or any other nutrition book that you like

Hi everyone.

For anyone that wants to know how the colour called Banana looks like. This is the interview giving the answer.

For this episode I got to interview Andrew Newman, Author and Founder of Conscious Bed Time Stories and healer.

Andrew is known for:

His creative powers are writing and wood working but has not considered himself being creative until his late 20is.

The books are designed to help parents and children to change gears and connect before going to sleep. To do so psychology and energy healing approaches are used.

“These stories have wise, lovable characters who model real-life situations to your children, showing them how to resolve challenges before they arise. They also have easy breathing meditations and activity pages that help parents and children connect. “

So far he has published 13 Children Books and another 3 books are on the way.

Born and raised into a Jewellery Family, in South Africa during the apartheid period. Andrew had his share of laking emotional training, hugs and love from his family and going in a men’s only school did not help him perfecting his emotions and interaction with others.

In his mid 20is he realised that there is more and started searching for healing himself. Books, weekend courses and even a university degree as healer from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing in the US were some of the things he did.

Andrew has been open and vulnerable in his storytelling and lets us in how he then got to write poems and started publishing them.

We do not only learn about his path but also about how we can connect with each other using the snuggle-breath.

An Advice took and recommends:

- From Mike Dooley the author of “Notes from the universe”.

If you don’t know what to do, do the three least shitty things. You never know what door might open.

For Andrew this was to move from Tennessee to California. On the road the Mindvalley Quest “Little Humans” was published and before he knew it he had a mail box full of emails and requests. Such as from “The Oliver Schirach Show”.

Stay open.

Call for Action:

Write a poem and share it with someone or gift it. If you feel strong and courageous read it aloud to someone else.

Ask for understanding. Inform that this poem is new and very precious to you. So that you won’t be criticised for it.

Links to Andrew:

www.consciousstories.com

www.facebook.com/ConsciousBedtimeStories/

https://www.instagram.com/consciousbedtimestories/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3cbjj2DtIBp7fp3xQjjGA

www.poemcatcher.com

[email protected]

Links to people and courses mentioned during the show:

Barbara Brennan School of Healing, Become a professional healer

https://barbarabrennan.com/

Notes From the Universe with Mike Dooley,

The Universe Talks, Thoughts Become Things

https://www.tut.com/

Reach out to me:

www.anchor.fm/schirach

[email protected]

Hi Folks,

Another episode is ready for you. I had the pleasure to finally interview Mikkel O. Pedersen our local Porsche GT Racer. Born in Struer and active racing since the age of 7 has managed what many would consider impossible. With parents that have “normal” jobs he made it to be a Porsche GT racer. Not the cheapest of hobbies to name but he made it.

I know Mikkel mainly from the Gym as we have met over the last 2-3 years regularly when training.

Most of what Mikkel is sharing has been new to me and I am even more fascinated by the story.

An awesome example of how someone with a passion can come so far. And all the good things that happened on the way to make it possible.

I don’t want to keep you any longer. Please listen for yourself about how his racing career started with slot cars and then went to be a pro go-cart driver. And how luck and friendliness helped him to get his first race Porsche, sponsors and now start in 2020 the new season in the GT Series - Championship of the Continents - GT3 with a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

In case you want to sponsor him or get in contact use his FB profile or check out his webpage.

Career details:

2020: 24H GT Series - Championship of the Continents - GT3 / Porsche 911 GT3 R (991 II)

Best Position: -

2015 - 2019: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 991-ii (Porsche 4.0 Engine)

Best Position: 8th

2015: Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia / Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 991 and 997

Best Position: 4th

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/mikkelopedersencom/

http://www.mikkelopedersen.com

Hi everyone.

There is finally my first interview of 2020. And what an interview. I have not known Katie personally but seen a LinkedIn post where she answered productivity questions from Stoyan a previous guest of the show. Those answers were so deep and interesting that I left a note and hence we agreed to have this interview.

Katie a real engineer with an affinity to Math and Physics, worked for a few years on the sea analysing data before she made the leap into coaching and never looked back. Her love to connect with people and socialising definitely help her. 

Here a few highlights:

Her colour is blue. Mostly turquoise as it reminds her of the sea and sky. The infinity of the univers.

Secret... Knitting and crocheting. It's both manual work and has a mindfulness element in doing so.

Speaks French, English, Spanish and German fluently.

Advice to learn something new. Find the purpose why you want to do it, and then experiment. When creating a new habit it is important to know early what works for you and what not. 

Morning Routine:

Meditation (Gratefulness, compassion and visualisation), lay out the day, breakfast and work.  Midday workout to refill the tank. 

Her view on Creativity:

Anything that uses the right brain, chaotic, unstructured, art

Innovation:

Using creativity with a goal, direction and structure. Take the known and improve it with new ideas. 

Creativity in her life:

All the time. Content creation, Sessions with clients thinking on the feet, using a free flow to help change the direction of the session.

Tips to increase creativity: 

For the ones with the believe that they are not creative

Misconception about creativity:

Tip to find the next step when being stuck:

Advice she wished she had taken earlier:

Advice she gives but often is not taken:

Call for action:

Links

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

https://katiefrances.com/

Hi everyone, Another episode for the Advents Calendar project for this years Christmas season. One short episode a day where I interview guests on their X-mas experiences, traditions, stories,  creative gifts they received or made, how to enjoy and stay stress free or general tips and tricks to have a good time.

Behind todays door is: Nancy Steiner. Colombian living in Denmark. Get the feeling how a country in South America celebrates xmas and what are they doing from the 16th- 24th December. And when are the kids getting their gifts and from whom

Merry Xmas If you want to reach out to me and send me your story you can do so on; my podcast host with the opportunity to leave an audio comment right there www.anchor.fm/Schirach

email: [email protected]

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Schirach

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/oschirach

Hi everyone, Another episode for the Advents Calendar project for this years Christmas season. One short episode a day where I interview guests on their X-mas experiences, traditions, stories,  creative gifts they received or made, how to enjoy and stay stress free or general tips and tricks to have a good time. 

Behind todays door is: Garet Nikkelborg. From the Philippines living in Denmark. How to celebrate Xmas in a hot asian country :-)

Merry Xmas If you want to reach out to me and send me your story you can do so on; my podcast host with the opportunity to leave an audio comment right there www.anchor.fm/Schirach 

email: [email protected] 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Schirach 

LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/oschirach