Waves Podcast: Motivation for Creatives & Entrepreneurs

Can you be a professional-super-talented photographer and filmmaker at only 21 years old? Yes! If you're like Alexandra, also known on Instagram as Lostinayaland. She and I talked about her background, how she discovered photography and learnt how to use a camera without going to college for it... And how she managed to become the artist she is now, while studying architecture. Yes. that's a lot. We then talked about art itself by discussing topics like storytelling, editing, and what makes a video good, interesting, AND entertaining.

If you're a content creator or an entrepreneur, there's no way you won't get any knowledge or inspiration listening to Alexandra so please, go ahead!

You should also check out her Instagram if you like beautiful stuff and nice stories @lostinayaland

Oh and... You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel !

An anecdote, tons of examples, mentions of old French authors, new media moguls, as well as basic probabilities analysis... What's not to love about this episode?

I wanted to make a whole Tide episode about the importance of self belief and how confidence in your ability to do something is the basis of any form of success... So I did it!

Here are the ressources for this episode:

Jamal Edward's book: Self Belief: The Vision: How to Be a Success on Your Own Terms

Jamal Edward's channel, SB.TV

Jules Verne's Wikipedia page

My two favorite books of his: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and From The Earth to The Moon.

Oh and... You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel AND our website wavespodcast.fr 

Actor and comedian Erin Michele Soto came to LA with a plan: She was going to make a living off dancing and acting. But an accident shook up her life plans as she had to quit dancing altogether, a devastating news that lead her to a really dark place. Coincidentally, that event is also what made her realize a few things about herself: Although she liked dancing, the reason she wanted to do it professionally was not that she had a passion for it... She just knew how to make money off of it, had done it before, and saw it as a potential stable source of income. Meanwhile, she saw acting completely differently. She was doing it out of passion and nothing else. Her conclusion was simple: she would now focus on doing that thing she loved, and occasionally try whatever seemed like a fun thing to do... Like stand-up for example!

That's why she and I talked about how she started comedy, how she realized her passion, made projects like her YouTube Webseries come to life, won best actress at Film Fest LA... And tons of other interesting topics!

So feel free to check out her Instagram @Erinmichelesoto and watch her YouTube webseries Shirley and Shelly! She's also got a movie on Netflix called The Silencer!

Oh and... You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel AND our website wavespodcast.fr 

Christina Sturgeon is a talented actor and dancer and GREAT podcast guest! She and I started by talking about her job and the movie industry in general. She told me how she found her agent and manager, and shared tips on how you could find one too, should you be interested in this career! But that's not all! Christina told us her story, how she found her passion for dancing and acting, before talking about concepts like manifestation, and how important it is for you to believe in your own ability to do something to actually achieve it.

Christina is awesome and so is her Instagram account, so please go check it out! It's @christinasturg

In this episode, Maia Sancia tells us about her purpose as a manifestation coach. She explains why she became one, when and how she decided to suddenly quit her nine to five job and completely change her life... And obviously teaches us all about Manifestation and the law of attraction! She gives us a six-step method to help us manifest our biggest dreams and life goals before experimenting on yours truly, to show how one can manifest the love of his life. I'm really hoping this one works.

Maia's Instagram: @maiasancia

Don't know what is Manifestation? The answer is here.

You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel AND our website wavespodcast.fr 

In this episode, Amy Suto tells us how she got in touch with her creativity at a young age and kept exploring it through her writing before studying screenwriting at USC and finally becoming the professional writer she is, writing for the LA Times, creating her own shows, ghostwriting biographies... And much more. But as logical as it sounds, her journey has also been very tough at some point as she had to work VERY hard to make it that far that fast. That's what struck me when talking to her and it's one more reason to pay attention to what she has to say about her job and passion: the tricks to build creativity she shares with us WORK because... Well she used them so... I think that's proof enough? Feel free to check out all these links to learn more about Amy, or get the resources we mentioned in our conversation!

Amy's website:

amysuto.com

Amy's Instagram, Yoga account and  podcast:

@sutoscience

@yogafortvwriters

@kingdomofpavement

Stuff we talked about:

Coffitivity

Amy's Talk about creativity

You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel AND our website wavespodcast.fr 

After our first interview last November, I still had a lot of questions for Hannah Siddiqui. For example, we talked about what it is like to be a creative person and deal with our emotion, and then progressively got into the business side of it all. We actually talked money, which is usually a big taboo for everyone but maybe even more in the creative industry. But we got to this topic when Hannah said a phrase that caught my attention: It's important to know your worth.

Check out Hannah's Instagram @TheRoadToHannah You can also check out my Instagram @MaxSolaro, my YouTube channel AND our website wavespodcast.fr 

In this week's episode, I used remembrances of that time I interviewed hypnotherapist Stephanie Kwong as well as personal experiences to see what haters are and who "haters" are.

"They don't want us to succeed" says DJ Khaled. "Wait but who is "they"?!" replies a very confused Max.

Learn more about this:

A Simple Trick To Improve Positive Thinking

My YouTube channel

Waves Podcast Website

As an olympic skier, Victor White has had to prove his determination to succeed on several occasions. First he had to win competitions to get noticed by professionals, then come back after serious injuries, and finally deal with some awful personal hardships. Despite all of these, he's always managed to get back on his feet and look forward.

In this interview, he tells us about how he managed to do all that at only 22 years old, and shares what helps him stay focused and find motivation when he feels down.

Check out Victor's Instagram: @victorwhit3

If you've got some time, listen to his podcast too, it's called Breeze

And don't forget: you can also follow Waves Podcast on Instagram @wavespodcast!

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As Sly says it herself: she, like many of my guests, wears many different hats. From her life as an entrepreneur, to her new podcast, but also working as a dancer, and even appearing in a hit movie... She's done MANY different things. So it was great to get a chance to talk to her and try to understand more about her journey.

First, Sly told us about the way she manages her time to increase her efficiency when working from home, how she finds clients, her different marketing strategies... And tons of other tips for entrepreneurs. Then we got to the big question: "why does she do this? What motivates her?" Before finally talking about her podcast a little bit!

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This is the app/website Sly told us about. I tried it and I LOVE it too! https://asana.com

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