The School of Self-Mastery: Business, Money, Life

Nic Screws is a New York-based fashion editor, stylist & consultant. She is currently the style director at Bloomberg Media.

Her 12-year-long career in the magazine industry started in the editorial department at Men’s Health, where her unintentional foray into fashion also began. From there, Nic went on to help launch Rodale’s high-end men’s lifestyle magazine Best Life. Jobs at Lucky & Travel + Leisure followed, books & experiences she credits with giving her a fashion education.

In the spring of 2008 she joined Esquire as fashion market editor, a role that involved covering the menswear market, representing the brand at the seasonal fashion collections & helping to conceptualize the monthly style editorial content. She rose to the position of senior fashion market editor, spending 4 years producing and styling the monthly front-of-book style section. Beyond print, Nic also contributed greatly to Esquire’s growing online presence—lending her female perspective on men’s fashion in online features such as shopping & styling guides.

She left the venerable brand after 6 year to accept the position as the first-ever style director at Bloomberg Media, a position she has held since August 2014.

Nic’s long tenure at Esquire, and directorship at Bloomberg, has made her a sought after menswear expert. She has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, ABC Radio and the Daily News, among others.

In addition to her work at Bloomberg, Nic regularly styles & consults for clients such as P&G Prestige, Dockers, J Brand, and members of the NFL and NHL, all who call upon her editorial eye to help elevate their brand & image. Among the list of professional athletes she has styled: Russell Westbrook, Tom Brady, Henrik Lundqvist, Dwayne Wade and Victor Cruz.

Nic is a graduate of the University of Florida where she earned a bachelor of science degree in magazine journalism in 2003. In the spring of 2013, she returned to her alma mater (albeit remotely) as an adjunct professor, teaching a course entitled fashion writing & journalism.

She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Mark and their goldendoodle, Hudson.

RESOURCES:

nicscrews.com

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Lee is my awesome Dad who is a graduate of Johns Hopkins (BS in Engineering) and Wharton Graduate (MBA). He has held numerous senior level executive positions with firms such as W.R. Grace, Right Management Consultants and Borman Gray International. He is currently Managing Partner of CRC Search, a virtual financial services recruiting firm. He lives in Chenequa, WI with his partner Dwyn von Bereghy and their dog Gisela. He is the proud father of Adrienne, Mark and Matthew. He enjoys fishing, hunting, scuba diving and boating. He is a cancer survivor.

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Mark is a seasoned developer with experience developing for the web and iOS. Previous to joining Chromatic, he served as the Director of Application Development at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. Some of his current and past projects include Outside Magazine, Emerils.com, City Notes, and FedEx. Beyond coding: Mark is a fan of college sports (Go Gators), a CrossFitter, scuba diver and dog lover.

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RESOURCES

chromaticsites.com

theatermania.com

immaculatebaking.com

simple.com

digit.co

wealthfront.com

Find Mark & Chromatic on Twitter @chromaticsites

Dwyn manages a diversified investment portfolio of companies ranging from manufacturing, communications, hospitality and real estate . Her management style is a hands on approach learning every aspect of a company by actually doing each job, from the proper way to make beds in hotels to the correct revolutions required to spin cast metal. Creating a mutually respectful environment between management and employees is at the core of her business philosophy. Outside business, Dwyn is all about family, the outdoors, especially beaches, and her wonderful Weimaraner, Gisela!

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Tyler Brannon is not only my fiance, but he's an operations & project coordinator at Chromatic, a website development company. Tyler graduated from the University of Tennessee with both his bachelors and masters degree in Forestry and went on to work for a Fortune 500 company doing supply chain management. He is a Six Sigma certified Green Belt and loves all things efficiency. Beyond project management Tyler loves rock climbing, working out, our two pups, and grilling.

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James Tew is an Australian entrepreneur who is making waves in the video world by helping entrepreneurs build relationships and grow the courage and confidence to build their brand with video.

Having served over 7 years in the Australian Navy, James has extensive experience in developing people to reach new heights.

James has found his home with video and helping others eradicate unimportant distractions and achieve their goals. His show, A Dad’s Mission for Success quickly amassed over 13,000 views in the first month. With his unique style of Aussie humour and ability to make the complicated things seem simple, James has grown an audience that is not only engaged but striving for success.

Entrepreneur.com’s Entrepreneur Network recently picked James up as a content partner seeing his reach drastically increase throughout the world.

When he is not drinking coffee to stay awake, James can be found dancing to music with his daughters, out exploring the natures of this world or perhaps chilling on the couch with his equally tired wife.

RESOURCES

Podcast Survey: adriennedorison.com/survey

James' Youtube channel

jamestew.me/mastery

jamestew.me

[email protected]

Everyone has fear. I don’t care who you are or where you've come from.

Let me break down the most common things people are afraid of:

1. Fear of failure

2. Fear of success

3. Fear of other people’s opinions - their judgements, their criticism, their words, their opposition

4. Fear of change or the unknown

5. Fear of feeling your negative or uncomfortable feelings

6. Fear of confrontation and awkward conversations

Here’s the thing that ALL of these fears have in common in order to overcome: They require action. BIG ACTION!

All the people that are killing it out there in their careers, in their relationships, with their goals and dreams, their only secret is that they got up and did something about it.

RESOURCES

Episode 77 - 4 questions to move through any fear

Society of Self-Mastery

Eric Zimmer is the host of a podcast called The One You Feed.

It was named a Best of 2014 podcast by iTunes and has gotten over a million and a half downloads to date.

He's been helping build startup companies for 15 years, been involved in technology for longer than that. Recently he's even been doing e-commerce consulting for Fortune 500 companies. Eric also started a solar energy company, Tipping Point.

He has a great family and three great dogs. He loves dogs, playing guitar and has a deep interest in understanding how our minds work.

His show was recently named one of the Best Podcasts of 2014 by iTunes & named one of the Best Health Podcasts of All Time by The Huffington Post. They've also been the #1 ranked podcast in the Health, Philosophy and Spirituality categories, respectively.

The One Your Feed Parable:

An old grandfather told his grandson: “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, and resentment. The other is good. It is joy, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy, and bravery.”

The boy thought about it, and asked, “Grandfather, which wolf wins?”

The old man quietly replied, “The one you feed.”

It takes conscious, constant and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction – how they feed their good wolf.

oneyoufeed.net

What do you suck at?

Back in 2012 or something ancient like that, Danielle LaPorte wrote her own post listing what she sucks at. She says that by listing your shortcomings, you give yourself permission to pursue your genius.

So many of us women try to be the best at everything. But, many times we just naturally suck at it, and/or loathe it all together. Let’s let go of the shame, guilt and embarrasment. Stop apologizing for it once and for all.

So, it’s my turn to list some things I absolutely suck at. Here they are:

I suck at my inbox.

I suck at asking for help.

I suck at JUST watching tv. I do 10 million things while I watch.

I’m suck at sucking up.

I such at checking voicemail and answering my phone.

I suck at slowing down.

I suck at having compassion for people who have excuses.

I suck at house cleaning.

I suck at keeping in touch.

The point of this exercise is to notice where you have tension around being lame at something. The things on your “I suck at…” list are the things that have bothered you frequently or deeply for a long time. You have fought against them, felt less than because of them, and tried to cover up for them. No more of that!

So, what do you suck at?

Andrea Owen is an author, mentor, and certified life coach who helps women get what they want by letting go of perfectionism, control, and isolation and choosing to practice courage instead. She has helped thousands of women manage their inner-critic to create loving connections and live their most kick-ass life.

She is the proud author of 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve, (Adams Media).

When she’s not juggling her full coaching practice and writing her second book, Andrea is busy competing in triathlons, chasing her 7 year-old son and 5 year-old daughter or making out with her husband, Jason. She is also a retired roller derby player having skated under the name “Veronica Vain”.

RESOURCES:

Natalie Berthold & family constellations: http://www.natalieberthold.com

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