The Work Ethic

I was so excited to have the opportunity to sit down with Mara on the very first day of being self employed. She just left a career with the Plant City where she was in urban planning and has left that work to give herself fully to The Funky Spork. The Funky Spork is an online platform to share original, healthy food recipies, while promoting local food systems. Mara is also offering community based cooking demos, workshops, and classes. This is a cool episode as it is both her announcement of this move and will also be cool to look back at as her platform grows. Enjoy

Gabriel is a pastor, scholar, and an all-around fun dude to talk to. He is the pastor of two churches in Tampa and a partner of the well for kinship outreach which distributes groceries to neighbors in need. Our conversation covers everything from Gabriel's story to nonviolent communication and a theology of work. He's in a critical thinker and I hope you enjoy this episode with Gabriel Morgan.

Ian is a Global Project Leader for Red Bull Amaphiko since 2014. I met Ian because of my own involvement with Amaphiko as I was accepted into the fellowship after submitting an application for WellBuilt Bikes.

Amaphiko is a global development programme designed to unlock the potential of grass-roots, community-based social entrepreneurs; it is active in 12 countries, including US, UK, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, South Africa.

Ian has a background in philosophy and advertising, which, as he explains in our conversation, go really well together as they are both about turning abstract ideas into concrete statements. This background has served him well as his calling has taken on a more explicit social calling to build up and support social entrepreneurs. Given his access to these entrepreneurs, Ian has grown into something of an authority on the space, which is itself, in many ways en emerging space at the overlap of the old for/non profit dichotomy.

I was so excited to get this time to talk through Ians life, his work, his perspective on the future of work for social entrepreneurs, and the future business in general.

Enjoy.

The episode is full of gold to be mined.

We talk through success, mindset, adversity, passion, sacrifice, a bit of neuroscience and so much more.

It's also a great introduction to @tampa_tim, his work with Diamond View, The Tampa Foundation, a documentary about #Tampa that he is working on, his new book Sold on Purpose, and other side projects like an invention that is patent pending.

Tim is a 3 time Emmy award winning director, a non-profit founder, a CEO, an author, an inventory, and an all around good dude.

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This is a talk I recently gave about decision making at a local church. Seemed like relevant content and so wanted to share with you here. Enjoy

Eric's story is incredible. I cannot wait for you to hear this amazing narrative, told a bit in reverse. Eric has done so much in his life, much of which he cannot talk about and much of which I was so glad he was able to share on the show. Enjoy.

Christian is a fascinating dude that has applied himself to many different ventures over the years. From studying psychology and theology, going to law school, helping run a political campaign, then tech, marketing, and now serving as a director of a new non-profit, this dude's journey is rich with experience and insight.

Matthew is the founder of The Remedy Project, a biannual concert series aimed at bringing churches into deeper engagement with local issues like sex trafficking, foster care, poverty, etc. Matthew also works with Eckerd Connects as a Transition Support Specialist. It is this role that brought the two of us into contact as he has become a regular customer at WellBuilt Bikes. Our partnership with Eckerd in both work readiness as well as making transportation available to young people in their programs has really blossomed in large part due to Matthew constantly showing up to get bikes for the youth he has been working with.

Bruckner Cases is a professional endurance waterman and ocean advocate whose 2010 25-mile swim across Monterey Bay served as a major pivot that led him to develop his own non-profit that is using evidence based ocean engagements to positively impact how we feel, think, and act towards the oceans. His life and the lessons drawn from it are applicable to all of our work among different kinds of currents and waves. Hope you enjoy this conversation as you drive in with Bruckner Chase

Will is delightful. Enjoy this conversation with a long time friend, brother, and all around enthusiastic dude. Will shares about lessons drawn from gambling, we reminisce a bit about our time together at the lake house, and together we chew on the connections between hospitality and risk tolerance.