Portfolio Career Podcast

Taking The Podcasting Fellowship led by Seth Godin and Alexandra DiPlama in the Summer of 2018 was transformational for me. In that workshop, I also met Maria Xenidou. After completing that workshop, we were lucky to be invited to be as coaches in The Podcasting Fellowship for three cohorts. In the Fall of 2019, we piloted and successfully a new advanced podcasting workshop. You will learn about t...

Are you looking to jump-start your Portfolio Career? A podcast has been incredible learning opportunity and platform for me. Thank you for being part the journey. In this episode, I share with you 15 reasons how a podcast could help you. You will also learn about my Portfolio Career journey more since starting the podcast in summer of 2018.  As always, this episode with the 15 reasons and more abo...

I have received a lot of value from online workshops. From being a student, a coach, and then co-creating one, I have learned a lot of skills, met a lot of friends, and developed a body of work from them. Howard Gray runs a new workshop on creating workshops through his company Wavetable. You will learn more about this exciting and emerging work and opportunity you may have to build and grow your...

Thrilled to have Jay Clouse back on the show for you. Jay is the founder Unreal Collective, a community for founders, freelancers, and creators. Unreal's flagship product is a 12-week accelerator program. He also created the Freelancing School to help freelancers make a living. He is the host of a new show called Creative Elements and the co-host of upside podcast. Jay has extensive insights and e...

Dorie Clark has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the author of Entrepreneurial You,...

Roughly two-thirds of full-time workers experience burnout on the job, according to a 2018 Gallup study of nearly 7,500 employees. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and wellness is effecting us further and in new ways. Today's guest is Cassandra Bianco, the founder of WELL*BEINGS, a global health and wellness community. You will learn how she grew this community and the benefits of a non...

Samantha Radocchia, or "Sam Rad" for short, is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author, and emerging tech advocate who combines the mindsets of an anthropologist and a technologist. She has also completed over 700 jumps as a competitive skydiver. After leaving Chronicled in 2019, a company she cofounded, she went on a personal journey to figure out what to do next. You will learn her personal exp...

Thank you for supporting me and my podcasting journey. Thrilled to celebrate episode #100 together. I could not be more honored and lucky to do so with Juvoni Beckford, who has been foundational to me living in New York City.  Juvoni Beckford is currently a software engineer at Google and co-founder of Personal Development Nerds. From growing up in a difficult environment, he learned how to maximi...

Jack Butcher is the founder of Opponent and Visualize Value. Over the past year, Jack has built Visualize Value into a sustainable business and community. Jack built this unexpectedly and from personal interest and passion and wanting to better understand timeless life and business principles. Jack has grown the Visualize Value Instagram account to over 40,000 followers. One of the company's core...

Jake Kahana is a designer and entrepreneur who teaches creative leaders the tools and skills to build thriving creative teams. He is a cofounder of Caveday, a company founded to maximize productivity for individuals and corporations through facilitated deep focus sessions and deep work training. Their global community has participated in over 10,000 hours of deep work “in The Cave.” As a founding...

Have you ever thought about designing your life around sleep? After experiencing burn-out and insomnia, Mollie McGlocklin solved her own sleep problem and then began helping others. She is the founder of Sleep Is A Skill. You will learn practical sleep tips and how Mollie is also launching a podcast and a course. In this episode, you will learn: 1) how sleep is a skill  2) how sleep can be a troja...

Paul Jun has been writing online for 9 years, even while in college. Based on his self-education expertise and passion, he has written three books on the topic.  He is a currently the Editorial Director of COLLINS, a writer, and photographer. He is former Head of Content for CreativeMornings and helped launch Seth Godin’s altMBA program, and co-founded The Observers. You will learn how the interne...

Would you like to learn more from books? Adam Ashton is the cohost of the leading podcast, What You Will Learn. The project started in 2016 with a very simple approach and focus. You will hear how the project has evolved, how Adam designs his life, key takeaways from books he believes are most relevant to people with portfolio careers!   You will also learn: -the many benefits of podcasting -how p...

Robin Rice is a pioneer in online social change projects. Her “Be Who You Are Academy” has trained more than 15,000 students. Her YourHolidayMom.com project during Thanksgiving and New Year's Day gained 35,000 interactions in the first 40 days online in 2012. Robin is also a 4x time international bestselling author and thinking partner to leaders worldwide. In this episode, you will learn: 1. how...

Society encourages us to focus on being one thing, one label. But why is that? How could our lives be different if we focused on designing them around learning and continuous growth. Steph Smith wrote a blog post called You Don't Need To Quit Your Job To Make. We talked about this blog post and many others from her blog that has reached 300,000 people. In this episode you will also learn: -where p...

There is no time like the present to start creating assets, companies, and following your purpose. Miracle Olatunji is the author of the Purpose: How To Live and Lead With Impact book and founder of OpportuniMe. While she is still in college!   As always this episode with time-stamp notes is available on my website.

Have you thought about who supports the careers of people that follow the non-traditional path after college? Unfortunately, there are not many resources. Yash Tekriwal is working on fixing this. After graduating from the University of Virginia, Yash Tekriwal started asked himself forward-thinking questions. In addition to being the founder of LifeSchool, he has been building projects, fostering c...

Would you like to write a book one day? How about having your friends and community support your goals? This episode with Olive Persimmon will help try to do both. Olive is a two-time author and is casually working on a third book. In this episode, she shares lessons learned from  She has publicly stated her goals for 2020, and talks about how her coworkers and friends are supporting her.  She als...

  Are you interested in storytelling and particularly video storytelling? My guest today is Ariel Viera, the founder of CEO of Urbanist. His Facebook Live show has amassed over 7 million views! In this episode, you will learn: -how to tell stories -how to think about business leaders from your art/hobbies -where content creators gets things wrong -how to think about mastery with your craft, busine...

Do you want to have a thriving Portfolio Career?  In this episode, David shares his key takeaways from Cal Newport's book, So Good They Can't Ignore You. David unpacks his Portfolio Career related to this book for you to think about your own. Some key ideas from the book mentioned: - Why Skills are More Important Than Passion - How to think about being a craft person   - Why it is important to wor...

Would you like to know some key ideas from prior guests? This episode includes prior recorded clips from Seth Godin and Jillian Richardson. David narrates these clips, and provides personal insights and examples for you to further learn from. In this episode, you will learn: -how organizing helps your Portfolio Career -how the internet has created more opportunities to organize -how a creation eve...

Have you ever felt like you had more to grow and serve? Michelle Welsch had a inspiring life in New York City leading an event series and working with Fortune 500 Companies. In this podcast, you will learn how and why Michelle left NYC to operate a school in Nepal and the Portfolio Career she has designed for herself.  In this episode, you will learn: -how change starts with community -how the rig...

  1. David's website 2. David's book, Flow Of Innovation   As always, this episode with time-stamp notes is available on my website at www.portfoliocareerpodcast.com

  Resources 1). Colin's Medium articles and interview series, Life of Thought 2). One of Colin's favorite blog posts 3). An article about Colin working for Gary Vaynerchuck   As always, this episode with time-stamp notes is available on my website @portfoliocareerpodcast

  Resources: 1. The Joy List, weekly email newsletter 2. Unlonely Planet, Jillian's book 3. Jillian's website to see her work, speeches, and more   As always, this episode with time-stamp notes is available on my website at portfoliocareerpodcast.com