The Up and Comers Show

Nic Mayne is an entrepreneur and author who is currently in the J.D. program at Harvard Law School. Throughout college, he managed the marketing agency he founded, Mayne Marketing, working with businesses throughout Canada, the U.S. and worldwide. Nic's latest venture, four|thirteen Sports, allows him to use both marketing & law to passionately represent athletes, primarily professional and pre-professional hockey players. He is a member of the Sports Lawyers' Association and the Professional Hockey Players' Association Agent Program. He is also actively involved in the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project, through which he assists other entrepreneurs in a legal capacity. Nic lives with his wife Katie in Cambridge, MA. In this interview, we dive into where Nic is from, what his journey to Harvard Law looked like, how being an athlete helped him, what his experience at Harvard Law has been like, how he has managed all that he has on his plate, his view of our judicial system's current state of affairs, and much more! For the full show-notes, be sure to visit: www.theupandcomersshow.com/episodes/nicmayne to find out how you can connect with Nic and learn more about his work.

Nic Mayne is an entrepreneur and author who is currently in the J.D. program at Harvard Law School. Throughout college, he managed the marketing agency he founded, Mayne Marketing, working with businesses throughout Canada, the U.S. and worldwide. Nic’s latest venture, four|thirteen Sports, allows him to use both marketing & law to passionately represent athletes, primarily professional and pre-professional hockey players. He is a member of the Sports Lawyers’ Association and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association Agent Program. He is also actively involved in the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project, through which he assists other entrepreneurs in a legal capacity. Nic lives with his wife Katie in Cambridge, MA.   In this interview, we dive into where Nic is from, what his journey to Harvard Law looked like, how being an athlete helped him, what his experience at Harvard Law has been like, how he has managed all that he has on his plate, his view of our judicial system's current state of affairs, and much more!   For the full show-notes, be sure to visit: www.theupandcomersshow.com/episodes/nicmayne to find out how you can connect with Nic and learn more about his work.

Adam's Topics:

1. Email on friends and friendship
   1. Her argument: to avoid feelings of false guilt, we need to clearly distinguish friends from acquaintances.
   2. My argument: I agree, but there are more than 2 categories (friends and acquaintances), so I have "tiers" of friends (Facebook friends, email friends, long distance friends, local friends, and then soul-mate like friends)
2. Millennial weakness
   1. "Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days, when our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out." Those are the lyrics of a song called Stressed Out (by the great Twenty One Pilots) that has quickly become what The Atlantic calls an Anthem of Millennial Anxiety. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/one-thing-considered-stressed-out-an-anthem-of-millennial-anxiety/470034/
   2. http://babylonbee.com/news/millennial-diagnosed-tragic-inability-even/
   3. Anxiety: managing it from information overload. Lifehacker says "Don't Voluntarily Take on Other People's Anxiety if You Can Avoid It," but Paul said "bear one another's burdens" (Gal 6:2). I think both are right, but Lifehacker goes too far. We love and help others, but we realize our limitation and trust in God's sovereignty FOR them. After all, Jesus said "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matt 6:25).
   4. Part of the fall, but comes from fear. We are always confused, Calvin
3. Jocko Willink follow up

Thane's Topics:

1. Selfishness
   1. - is okay when you're alone/by yourself (goes along with recovery) - is not okay whenever you are with others (generalization but is the better side to habitually err on) - how to recognize your selfishness (from personal experience this week): are you consistently showing up late? Do your conversations mainly revolve around you or the person you are talking to? Do you more often adjust to others schedules or have them adjust to your own?
2. Article from Adam's friend
   1. http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships

Adam’s Topics:

1. Email on friends and friendship
   
   1. Her argument: to avoid feelings of false guilt, we need to clearly distinguish friends from acquaintances.
   2. My argument: I agree, but there are more than 2 categories (friends and acquaintances), so I have “tiers” of friends (Facebook friends, email friends, long distance friends, local friends, and then soul-mate like friends)
2. Millennial weakness
   1. "Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days, when our momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out." Those are the lyrics of a song called Stressed Out (by the great Twenty One Pilots) that has quickly become what The Atlantic calls an Anthem of Millennial Anxiety. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/one-thing-considered-stressed-out-an-anthem-of-millennial-anxiety/470034/
   2. http://babylonbee.com/news/millennial-diagnosed-tragic-inability-even/
   3. Anxiety: managing it from information overload. Lifehacker says "Don't Voluntarily Take on Other People's Anxiety if You Can Avoid It," but Paul said "bear one another's burdens" (Gal 6:2). I think both are right, but Lifehacker goes too far. We love and help others, but we realize our limitation and trust in God's sovereignty FOR them. After all, Jesus said "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matt 6:25).
   4. Part of the fall, but comes from fear. We are always confused, Calvin
3. Jocko Willink follow up

  Thane’s Topics: 

1. Selfishness
   1.  - is okay when you're alone/by yourself (goes along with recovery)
       - is not okay whenever you are with others (generalization but is the better side to habitually err on)
       - how to recognize your selfishness (from personal experience this week): are you consistently showing up late? Do your conversations mainly revolve around you or the person you are talking to? Do you more often adjust to others schedules or have them adjust to your own?
2. Article from Adam’s friend
   1. http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-media-affect-math-dunbar-number-friendships

 

Josiah is a designer & illustrator living and working in Wichita, Kansas. He's married to the love of his life, Jenni Zimmerman, and just moved into their first home back in June of this year. They recently adopted their first dog, Ellie, a now five month old beagle, that healthily terrorizes their two cats, Pennie and Lolli.

"I'm a follower of Christ Jesus, striving to live a life that pleases Him and continually places my trust and faith in the fact that He has paid it all." - Josiah Zimmerman

In this episode we cover Josiah's journey into his career path of design, what his path of development has looked like in growing up, struggles he faces that are inherit within the design community, habits he desires to develop, where his insecurities lie, what it was like to be married at a young age, and much more!

If you're a designer, this will be MONEY. If you're not a designer... it will still be money! This episode is chalk full of takeaways to any up and comer, so be sure to give it a listen.

Josiah is a designer & illustrator living and working in Wichita, Kansas. He's married to the love of his life, Jenni Zimmerman, and just moved into their first home back in June of this year. They recently adopted their first dog, Ellie, a now five month old beagle, that healthily terrorizes their two cats, Pennie and Lolli.

"I’m a follower of Christ Jesus, striving to live a life that pleases Him and continually places my trust and faith in the fact that He has paid it all." - Josiah Zimmerman

 

In this episode we cover Josiah's journey into his career path of design, what his path of development has looked like in growing up, struggles he faces that are inherit within the design community, habits he desires to develop, where his insecurities lie, what it was like to be married at a young age, and much more!

If you're a designer, this will be MONEY. If you're not a designer... it will still be money! This episode is chalk full of takeaways to any up and comer, so be sure to give it a listen.

Adam's Topics:

1. Becoming and being a knight
   1. https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/08/20-rules-knight-timeless-guide-1483/
2. The Liturgy of Life

   1. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/liturgies-for-young-and-old/

   2. Learning to love God by practicing liturgy. The role of discipline and raw willpower in shaping the emotions and directing obedience. It's not just making the right (moral) choices, it's investing yourself into the right (redemptive) narrative. You do that through the imagination, developing a biblical imagination, imagining yourself as someone else—a someone who may actually be more YOU and you are right now. Like a Knight.

Thane's Topics:

1. What is character? (Define). And is it something that can be developed/how?
   1. 1 Tim. 6:6 - "Godliness with contentment is great gain"
   2. "Never hope for it more than you work for it"
2. Jocks Willink Podcast with Tim Ferriss
   1. "Motivation is unreliable and when you're counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you're likely going to fall short. You know what you have to do, go make yourself do it. Everybody wants some life-hack that eliminates the need to do the work, well I will tell you what: YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK. You gotta hold the line. You gotta make it happen yourself. You have to MAKE it happen, it's not gonna happen on its own. You have to make it happen, so dig in. Find the discipline, be the discipline, and accomplish the goals. THAT'S IT." - Jocko Willink
   2. http://fourhourworkweek.com/2016/09/21/jocko-willink-on-discipline-leadership-and-overcoming-doubt/
3. What will our "top 5 things learned from starting the U&C" be in 3/5/8 years?
   1. http://ugmonk.com/2016/09/26/8-things-ive-learned-from-8-years-of-ugmonk/?utm_campaign=8+Things+I%27ve+Learned+in+8+Years+%28xusmss%29&utm_medium=email&_ke=cmluZ2xlci50aGFuZUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D&utm_source=Newsletter+Master+List+%5BNon-Sales%2FPromotion+Related%5D

 

Adam’s Topics:

1. Becoming and being a knight
   1. https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/08/20-rules-knight-timeless-guide-1483/
2. The Liturgy of Life

   1. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/liturgies-for-young-and-old/

   2. Learning to love God by practicing liturgy. The role of discipline and raw willpower in shaping the emotions and directing obedience. It’s not just making the right (moral) choices, it’s investing yourself into the right (redemptive) narrative. You do that through the imagination, developing a biblical imagination, imagining yourself as someone else—a someone who may actually be more YOU and you are right now. Like a Knight.

  Thane’s Topics:

1. What is character? (Define).  And is it something that can be developed/how?
   1. 1 Tim. 6:6 - “Godliness with contentment is great gain"
   2. “Never hope for it more than you work for it"
2. Jocks Willink Podcast with Tim Ferriss
   1. "Motivation is unreliable and when you're counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you're likely going to fall short. You know what you have to do, go make yourself do it. Everybody wants some life-hack that eliminates the need to do the work, well I will tell you what: YOU NEED TO DO THE WORK. You gotta hold the line. You gotta make it happen yourself. You have to MAKE it happen, it's not gonna happen on its own. You have to make it happen, so dig in. Find the discipline, be the discipline, and accomplish the goals. THAT'S IT."
       - Jocko Willink
   2. http://fourhourworkweek.com/2016/09/21/jocko-willink-on-discipline-leadership-and-overcoming-doubt/
3. What will our "top 5 things learned from starting the U&C" be in 3/5/8 years?
   1. http://ugmonk.com/2016/09/26/8-things-ive-learned-from-8-years-of-ugmonk/?utm_campaign=8+Things+I%27ve+Learned+in+8+Years+%28xusmss%29&utm_medium=email&_ke=cmluZ2xlci50aGFuZUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D&utm_source=Newsletter+Master+List+%5BNon-Sales%2FPromotion+Related%5D

Adam's topics

1. Information overload (update)
   1. Biases (example: confirm bias) shape the way i look for information, so I'm disciplining myself on what I even look for.
   2. http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html
2. Purpose driven life by Rick Warren.
   1. Goals aren't things you should be able to do without God. There is a goal to life for humanity (telos) set up by the creator.

Thane's Topics

1. The Decision (withdrawing from European Tour Qualifier due to injury)
   1. Factors at play; gut instinct and why it's hard to trust; why I was relieved the evening after making the decision and am not looking back.
2. Sleep - Importance of, why it's becoming a fad, and does that make it a bad thing?
   1. https://theringer.com/how-much-is-your-sleep-worth-1b311d0d6ea4#.rcaqxfu3l
   2. The Power of Full Engagement
      1. p.12 - cultural view of recovery
      2. p.31 - ultradian rhythms (could be big help)
      3. p.37 - a world hostile to rest

Adam's topics

1. Information overload (update)
   1. Biases (example: confirm bias) shape the way i look for information, so I’m disciplining myself on what I even look for.
   2. http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html
2. Purpose driven life by Rick Warren.
   1. Goals aren't things you should be able to do without God. There is a goal to life for humanity (telos) set up by the creator.

  Thane’s Topics

1. The Decision (withdrawing from European Tour Qualifier due to injury)
   
   1. Factors at play; gut instinct and why it’s hard to trust; why I was relieved the evening after making the decision and am not looking back.
2. Sleep - Importance of, why it’s becoming a fad, and does that make it a bad thing?
   1. https://theringer.com/how-much-is-your-sleep-worth-1b311d0d6ea4#.rcaqxfu3l
   2. The Power of Full Engagement
      1. p.12 - cultural view of recovery
      2. p.31 - ultradian rhythms (could be big help)
      3. p.37 - a world hostile to rest