The Work Ethic

Danielle is an Applied Behavioral Scientist. Her background is in human development - human growth and evolution over time, what humans need to thrive, social sciences, with a heavy focus on psychology and what drives behavior, including the often overlooked things like socioeconomic status, geography, and politics. She applied those principles to the workplace and built departments and teams, specializing in higher education before quitting my job a little over a year ago to explore her own interests and development.  Building a tiny house, learning drums, a patent pending, and diving down the Web3 rabbit hole have been just a few of the activities that have filled her time since the departure.  Dannielle is always an engaging and fun partner to dialogue with and I was so grateful to have this time to explore some of her thoughts on vocation, human development, as well as dig into her excitement about the implications of a #Web3 world.  -enjoy

Adam Davidson is an adjunct faculty member in the Judy Genshaft Honors College at the University of South Florida (USF). He teaches courses on knowledge and ethics, popular music, and walking! His walking course is called Citizen Walkers and the course perfectly embodies the very heart of the Be Pedestrian column. Here is the course description that students sign up for:

This is a recording from my time joining this incredible class

Liz Peralta is Co-founder + Vice President of Impact with Feed Forward. She is also a fellow Sorcerer Scholarship recipient with the VeeFriends community.  Liz has deep roots within the food and community development scene. She previously served as the Executive Director of the National Supermarket Association (NSA), where she served to protect the interest of over 500 supermarket owners in the tri-state area. She helped establish White House contact that supported bills being passed to help the most vulnerable New Yorkers, leading her to be selected as one of “city and state's NY power 100 list”. Liz has an incredible passion and mind and this conversation explores her love for food, community, history and so much more. Enjoy  

https://twitter.com/lperrr 

https://feedfwd.com/about

Sakari is Chef & Founder of Noble Promise and Co-Founder of Noble Promise Studios! He is also a fellow Sorcerer Scholarship recipient with the VeeFriends community. Sakari has spent over a decade working in some of the world's best restaurants, he's a 2016 SUNY Delhi graduate that competed on The Food Network's “Chopped”, and was even awarded a Michelin star at 24, all from starting off as a grill cook flipping patties at McDonald's! This was an incredible conversation and Sakari's passion is contagious. Enjoy.   

https://www.noblepromisestudios.com 

https://twitter.com/SakariSmithwick 

https://medium.com/@NoblePromiseStudios

Lilly is the Founder of HYPHENOVA (HYP). She has two decades of experience across public, private, and startup ecosystems and is a committed leader in expanding opportunities for underestimated and underrepresented communities. She is an alum and prior lead of Startup Leadership Program as well as the Founder of Propel Program, an incubator for underestimated early stage founders. She serves on the advisory board of POWRPLNT, which is committed to providing digital arts education, resources, and mentorship to thrive in the creative economy.   

https://twitter.com/lillyatpropel

https://hyphenova.com

https://www.jointhequest.app

William Cook is co-founder with lemonGRAFT a digital marketplace for buying local, homegrown food. They are empowering growers and shoppers to connect in their own neighborhood, making the most fresh, ethical, and nutritious foods on the market readily accessible. This conversation is a fascinating tale of how an architect turned to food systems to get at the deeper build he wanted to work on.

Learn more at lemongraft.com

Adam Mangana is the Executive Director of Optima Classical Academy VR school and is also the cohost of Ready Teacher One, a podcast about the furute of technology and education. He is absolutely brilliant and a joy to go deep with. Please enjoy this conversation with my brother Adam. 

Optima Classical Academy VR School is now accepting applications for the 2022-23 school year.

https://www.optimaclassical.org/

https://www.facebook.com/OptimaClassical

https://www.instagram.com/optimaclassical

https://open.spotify.com/show/54jkoFKKUSO4ttue3rmc6t?si=cd87b2a795c94bf3

This is such an engaging conversation with AJ Keller, Co-Founder and CEO at Neurosity. Neurosity is reimagining brain-computer interfaces and neuro-powered applications. I was so interested in the overlap of tech, entrepreneurship, and neuroscience in this conversation that I was tempted to just selfishly geek out with AJ the whole time. He did a really good job of speaking to the place of work in his life and I am sure there will be a round 2 in the not so distant future as I look forward to following their work. 

#ShiftIntoFocus with Neurosity

https://twitter.com/neurosity

Buy or Rent a Crown at https://neurosity.co

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2021 was an incredible year and I had the privilege of sitting down for 12 interviews that captured so many amazing experiences and stories from the year. This episode has a brief clip from each and every interview from 2021. It is both a time capsule for future review as well as an introduction to each and every guest from the year. I hope it helps to know which episodes/guests you want to go back and listen to.

Please visit TheWorkEthicPodcast.com and click on "Join the Conversation" to share some of your own highlights from the year, ask questions, or just let me know about a particular show or thought that has been valuable to you.

Also, please go to WordOnTheStreets.xyz, especially if you are in the Tampa Bay area. There is so much that happens in our city and world each week that is really hard to keep up with it all. This newsletter and site is intended to offer a set of valuable and high level updates on things that we find relevant, actionable, interesting, or necessary for neighbors that share our dream for a #WellBuiltCity

Each week we will send our subscribers an email that contains a handful of curated information, updates, links, etc. Our goal is to help develop our community's love for the city, sense of connection, civic engagement, and general love of neighbors. We hope you find this effort valuable and we invite you to contribute content, suggestions, and finances as you are able.

Here's to an awesome 2022!

Max the Miata is a comic character created by independent artist David Hu (@max.the.miata). Max is David’s first-ever self-created fictional character.

David brings to the world of Max a decade of graphic design experience, a deep enthusiasm for car culture, and his lifelong love for American comics, Japanese anime and manga, toys, and cartoons. All these things gave David an emotional and mental safe space during his childhood, which was split between the United States and Taiwan.

Through his art and his interaction with the community, David hopes to bring positive, empowering life lessons to others—in particular young people and new artists in the NFT world.

David is active on Instagram (@max.the.miata) and Twitter (@max_the_miata).