On The Guest: Shawn Gold is a marketing expert, Cannabis enthusiast and creative thinker. He has an incredible resume, including his role as the former Chief Marketing Officer for MySpace where he oversaw its growth from 25 to 110 million users worldwide. He then became the CMO of Lowell Herb Co., one of the fastest growing cannabis companies in North America. With this experience in the cannabis industry, along with advising companies like MedMen and Charlotte’s Web, Shawn founded his own company called Pilgrim Soul - an emerging lifestyle/cannabis brand focused on optimizing human creative performance both in business and everyday life. Its flagship product, The Creative Thinking Journal, is built on the belief that cannabis helps us tap into our innate creativity.
From this conversation you’ll learn:
Why is empathy is the secret to success in marketing
How data has changed the marketing industry
Cannabis and creativity
Why creativity is the most important skill in an increasingly high tech future
How to have fun with rejection
The idea of supporting artists and art in creative digital ways
Why faking it till you make it actually works
The benefits of not knowing what you’re doing
The 5 killers of creativity
The difference between sober self-talk and self-talk on cannabis
Ways to challenge default-thinking
Obstacles in the cannabis industry
How some of the world’s most famous writers have enhanced their creativity
How drugs have been mischaracterized
The difference between creativity and creative-thinking
The importance of avoiding group-think
Different ideation techniques
The importance of the incubation period in ideation
How to battle negative self-talk
The type of people who will challenge your ideas in the best way
And so much more!Pilgrim Soul Online Shop https://shop.pilgrimsoul.com/
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