Bold Perceptions

After a tough loss in the National Semi Finals, Nick sits down with the President of the Søllerød Gold Diggers. Casper Reinhardt, became the President of the club when he was only 21 years old, and has built a very successful organization that includes 7 year old cheerleaders to 35 year old adults on the senior team. The road wasn't easy, as Casper had to prove to many his age wouldn't be a proble...

While in Lisbon, Portugal, Nick met up with the newest member of the Bold Perceptions Team: Martina Rmush! At Nice Way Cascais Hostel and Surf Camp, Martina and Nick talk about what she will be bringing to Bold Perceptions, and her crazy life story. Martina, from Macedonia, has been traveling the world for the past 8 years. From studying Italian Literature in Tuscany, working real estate in London...

Kali Ketterling, a young successful Human Resources Coordinator, sits down with Nick at Cafe Beruit in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kali, from Minnesota, was on a two week travel experience around Europe and stopped by to see her favourite person in the world! This episode is all about building a successful and happy work environment, resume and interview tips, working with the Minnesota Twins, how to ear...

Heem and Nick talk about how they go about networking. Networking success stories, action tips you can do TODAY, and much more. Enjoy!

In the midst of everyday relationship building, the universe aligned me (Braheem) with a gentleman who goes by the name of Jeremy Salvatori. I know he has the name for a lead actor in an Academy Award-winning film, but this guy is the furthest thing from an actor. He is very much the real deal as he has found a way to obtain and sustain substantial success in commercial real estate over the past 7...

Synchro destiny, that is what took place on a sunny day at the beautiful Macanudo Cigar lounge in the heart of Copenhagen. Nick noticed an interesting fella in the lounge and decided to joke around with his outfit, tennis shoes and a sports jacket. Turns out, that someone was none other than the world-renowned doctor, author and speaker - Sanjiv Chopra. The Doctor and Nick clicked right away, spea...

Nick sits down with a Swedish Pastry Chef in Ystad, Sweden. Alice Reinholdsson talks about her journey in cooking, getting into a flow state, the 'movie experience' of fine dining, fresh ingredients, dealing with critics, food around Europe, and how she escapes through creating delicious food that puts smiles on faces. Enjoy!

In this podcast, we’re going to dig deep into the story of Kenzie Shell. A woman who has made a significant impact on the lives of strangers such as myself(Braheem) due to her being the genuine individual that she is. She is always willing and seeking to help others because she has helped herself through so much adversity that she believes it is part of her purpose to make an impact on others as w...

Heem and Nick are joined by John Mill, a neuroscience researcher in Washington DC, to talk affirmations. John has used affirmations for the past three years to help achieve his goals, or “systems”, and talks about how affirmations can not only change a daily attitude, but change an approach to life. Affirmations have played a big role in the successes John, Nick, and Heem have achieved, and this e...

Take control of your life. Take full accountability. Take full responsibility of everything that has ever happened to you. Stop giving everyone and everything power over you. Stop blaming others. Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Take action!

Paris Burrell is a current leader for Prague's chapter of Youth With a Mission, the largest non-profit missions organization in the world. Over the last four years Paris has traveled around the world and helped the less fortunate. Through these life changing experiences, Paris was able to fill an empty void within himself. In this episode: Paris explains how you can join the organization, what his...

Bold Perceptions welcomes a new Co-Host, Braheem Crews. Heem is an aspiring artist who just graduated from Central Michigan and now is pursuing his dream in music down in beautiful Tampa Bay. In this episode Braheem introduces himself to the community, and comes out firing with positive energy. Braheem, also known as Heem, has been through a lot in his life, but has found himself through ACTION an...

Islam Abzorov, the co-host of the National League podcast, has brought up our names in the past on the football league podcast he co-hosts (often with hot takes). Over a month ago, Dez was a guest on their podcast and talked with Islam about his comments on Dez not being worth the money. We came full circle and had Islam on Bold Perceptions to settle any and all beefs! In this episode we find out...

***Being a creative introvert type, Thomas takes a little time to warm up. The first 10 minutes of this episode will seem slow, but is key to understanding the type of person and will connect dots as the show goes on. Thomas is a different kind of guest to what we have brought on, but a main goal of Bold Perceptions is to show different perspectives. Thomas Shumate, a successful artist from Minnes...

Peter, Nick's waiter at Beach Boutique in Kamari Santorini, sat down with us to talk about his life and Santorini. Peter, from mainland Greece, is currently working a summer job on the beautiful island of Santorini. Having just left the Greek Military and graduating with a finance and accounting degree at only 23, Peter is looking forward to working in finance around the world - motivated by the W...

We take a break from exploring Pompeii and reflect on the past month of traveling to Madrid, Budapest, Malta, Rome, Split and Naples. The trip has been a nonstop adventure, and with only a week left - we wanted to share with our listeners what we have seen, done and learned. Enjoy!

Continuing our travels in Split, Croatia we connect with a local 'superstar'; Barbara Dapic, professional volleyball player. Barbara's volleyball career started in Croatia at a young age and at times she did not think she would continue to play the sport. She found her way getting a full scholarship to the University of Arkansas. Leaving her family and friends behind to go the states and on a plan...

While in Budapest we take time to interview a young entrepreneur, Kevin Martin from Milan, Italy. Raised by parents from Africa and shown early on what it's like to hustle for what you want. Kevin grew up always being the man of the house and showing his three sisters the way around. Kevin was always fascinated with self improvement and helping others to improve mentally and physically. But also f...

Currently in Budapest, Dez and Nick were able to get a skype interview in with Trace Grain all the way in Martha's Vineyard. From Michigan to Colorado to DC, Trace has become a very successful young man who currently holds four degrees. Trace is a data scientist in the business world, and just took a high end job in the nation's capital, Washington DC. Trace comes from a very successful family tha...

We went on a rowboat in Madrid's famous park, El Retiro. Didn't think ahead and had to hold the mic, so the sound can be a little choppy (raw and uncut!). Almost fell off a couple times, but ended up getting a great discussion in about what we have seen so far and ate in lovely Madrid, starting out our month long vacation around the Mediterranean, touch on the recent 'beef' we got into with anothe...

RJ Harris, another guy that has climbed the ladder to reach his dream and goal of being a football star. Rj is a former UNH superstar that received many of accolades in D1AA; All- American three years in a row, most receptions in school history and breaking all of Jerry Rice's records. Big shoes to fill Rj proceeded to chase his career into the NFL and saw the crazy side of what that business is l...

A young entrepreneur on the cusp of something big for his future. Simon has been big in the fitness industry since the age of seventeen and always found great joy in helping people achieve their goals. During his fitness journey he also enjoyed playing sports and constantly staying active. After his sports career came to an end, Simon's entrepreneurial mind kept going after being influenced by his...

Gustav Nielsen one of our U19 football players took time out his schedule to sit down with us and tell his story. From moving to a country every four years, making new friends and finding an outlet with American Football. For a guy born in the 2000s and being part of Generation Z, Gustav is very mature for his age. Proud to coach him and see where he goes next in his life full of adventure.

Dez gets Nick back in the gym for the first time in a few weeks with one of his close friends Simon. We got through a very tough high intensity workout that ended with a little boxing. We take you back to what we learned from the Cashman interview. So much to say about a guy that's fought through so much adversity and still wants to give back. Our trip to Prague was one for the books. We found a r...

Blake Cashman, current New York Jet, has had a story book journey that could be made into a movie. Blake started his football career in the Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a state that is given very little respect when It comes to college football recruiting. Growing up Blake played many different sports such as ice hockey, basketball and football. He fought through multiple injuries in high school (miss...