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Maciej is the Rector (President in the US Academic System) of Poznan University of Economics and Business. located in Poznan Poland. He approaches his work and all of his life quite naturally with an optimistic perspective. Maciej agreed to join me for this podcast conversation spontaneously. He agreed to the podcast, without any preparation, largely because he expected it to be fun and to go well...

Everyone is a part of a community of some sort, whether we live under the same roof with members of that community or not. Some of us live under the same roof with others, but it is not intentional. What is an intentional living community? Intentional living communities have their challenges and their rewards. Saundra Wolfe has lived in intentional community for close to 20 years and she has a lot...

Do you want to have adventures? What are you waiting for? Amy Bush realized that she could have all kinds of adventure on her own. She discovered that she really liked going solo and she shares the stuff she knows about how to take off on your own in a successful way. She says: Don’t Wait! Trust yourself. Go with the flow.

How do you show up when there is a problem? Are you focused on the problem, or are you looking for solutions? Jason Hairston approaches all of life with a solution mindset. He speaks to what that looks like to him. Listen to how he works with his children, his team and himself to find solutions.

Milton Crane is 93 years old. Milton joined me in order to share what he knows about life in the 90s. He can certainly be described as thriving. He stays active and he stays curious. In this session, Milt shares a slice of life in your 90s. He gives one simple and meaningful piece of advice to people of all ages: Hold your shoulders back!

George has written a book later in life: Black Excellence Identifying Your Superpower . This came out of his desire to help others by sharing what he has learned in his life. He has learned from others and he has succeeded due to others helping him. He offers some sound tips for finding excellence; he is committed to helping others just as others have helped him. Take advantage of his lived wisdom...

Brent has worked at several wine stores. He enjoys helping people who come in and he shares some ideas for people like me, who don’t really know what they are looking for when they go into a wine store. Based on his experience with the public, he shares some stuff he knows based on his observations.

Rieco has a long and enthusiastic history with grilling. By the way, NOT gas grilling. Grilling is a game of experience, and he shares what he knows as a result of his experience. Listen to his tips about what it takes to do it “just right” with the grill!

Michelle offers valuable insights about life and living life in a full way. She helps one think about what you need to DO to be focused. Being focused is necessary so that you can manage your life, really live it fully, and truly show up as an ongoing practice.

Mickey enjoys cars and he enjoys talking about them. Mickey has a podcast, The Thing About Cars . Listen to this conversation for just a random riff about the impact of cars on the lives that we live, and about cars as an art-form and as a functional necessity. Plus Mickey shares a little about his own car experience. This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

Brielle has spent her life investigating! She knows how to properly investigate anything, which is a critical life skill, and it is through investigation that she has navigated her career. She has narrowed down the basics of life investigation and she uses it for anything important and she shares what she knows about asking the right questions, using the right methods, and being persistent.

Rich has successfully created his own company where he employees 60-65 people full time. Rich shares his story about  how he was able to motivate himself to make sacrifices to realize his intention to be independent, and how he saw that the best way to be independent would be for him to create a business. Listen to what he knows that has helped him create a successful business.

Anne knew that she was very impacted by the loud cars she was having to endure in her neighborhood, she knew other people were too. She decided to do something about it. In the course of working to do more than just complain, she has learned a LOT of stuff about what it takes to really work for change. It turns out that the change she needed to work toward was a change of law. Listen to her share...

Do you know something that you could teach others? Jan Ozar has been recording and creating course since 1995. He knows a lot and in a short conversation he shares some essential basics that anyone can use to talk what they know and create a course that they might sell or that they might use to promote services that they provide.

Suzi has enjoyed traveling on her own in her pop-up camper. She offers encouraging thoughts to others, especially single women about how to enjoy traveling with a trailer and doing so in a safe way and in a way that enables independence and lots of fun. It does require planning and learning and she shares some resources based on her experiences.

Laura and Kyla are best friends who are joined forces while in the second grade to start a business selling origami creations that they make and most recently, they have added crocheted items that they are also making. Shortly after starting their business, they decided to focus their efforts to earn money on donating what they earned to support for the future of Ukraine.  Listen to their story, a...

As a university professor, Chad is a research expert. So, Chad and I discuss the nature of research, how we all do it, and why it is important to understand the process of research as practiced by individuals and the missteps that we make as we “research” our direct experience, compared to the process that is used to do systematic research.

Most of us are greeted by the help of a nurse when we come into this world, and often a nurse has a role to play as we leave this world. How does an individual who has been nursing for 43 years think about this essential life role? Listen to what Ethel Edwards thinks. She has a lot of hospital bedside experience as a nurse, how exactly does she think of it?

We all seem to take a lot more pictures these days, both because we usually have a camera with us all of the time, and the quality of the cameras we carry around on our phones are quite impressive. Have you ever thought that the pictures you are taking are pretty darn good? Maybe you have seen where other people are sharing their photos in photography and art shows, and you feel like your pictures...

It is sincerely difficult to listen in any conversation. This is especially true when a conversation is difficult and the conversation activates our defensiveness. Patricia offers encouragement in the practice of being able to manage yourself in such a conversation through awareness of yourself, and through being able to talk _yourself _through the conversation so that you can stay open and non-de...

David wants you to expect to find yourself in a bad relationship cycle. They will happen! He explains how to identify your worst cycle so that know what you are dealing with. This will help you recognize how you react to the cycle and how you actually contribute to the cycle. Listen to what he suggests that you do with this information.

Given that we will ALL come to the end of our life, it makes sense to do some planning. In this podcast, Mary shares essential considerations that you should plan for. She discusses plans for financial power of attorney and living wills. She also provides some resources that you can easily use to find out more about what she has shared:  https://www.americanbar.org/   You can also go to this websi...

We are all consumers. As consumers we are all at the effect of economics. How can we use some knowledge of economics to better plan and manage risk? Listen to what Tad knows, as a professor of economics, about why it helps to be aware of economics.

A good life calls for good management of your intestines. Andrew is a research scientist who shares some very basic information about keeping your intestines happy. It does take awareness and management of the intestinal bacteria so that you can feed a good life. Listen to this podcast for a short but informative exchange about your intestines.

John is very knowledgeable about the steps that are needed to create a non profit. He shares a very specific set of steps that must be taken in order to take your wish to “do good” and turn it into an actual non profit organization. Listen to this podcast in order to get a broad overview of how to think about turning your good wishes into an organization that brings good to your cause.