The Thinking Project

How To Teach Mindfulness To Our Children - Brook and Bekah are both licensed therapists and owners of In This Moment. Brook is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a graduate of Edgewood College. Bekah is a licensed clinical social worker and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Both have specialized in working with high-risk individuals in a forensic setting, where they bega...

David is the man behind the magic of Gary Vaynerchuck (GaryVee). He is the executive creative director for Team Garyvee and is incredible. This was worthy of episode 200 for him to drop some fundamental knowledge for us. He is currently in the process of writing a book that is coming soon. Make sure you follow GaryVee and DRock on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram! Enjoy!

The "How-To" For Organic Marketing & Why It's Necessary Steph K. Sim is an Instagram Content Coach who helps entrepreneurs create content that speaks to their ideal client and build an engaged community that generates leads. After several failed attempts at entrepreneurship in the last 4 years, the opportunity for her current business fell into her lap unexpectedly, and she decided to dive rig...

Carol is an NYC startup vet, with over ten years of experience selling. She has had three exits so far, one early on in her career as co-founder, and two as a founding member of companies that became acquired. Having made over 200k cold calls, Carol believes that everyone can learn how to sell if taught the right way. Carol loves the restaurant industry, building startups, and languages (she speak...

How To Find Your Intuitive Health and Wellness Madeline is a Certified Health Education Specialist focusing on Intuitive Living and overall confidence. She also creates soulful brands and websites for health and wellness businesses, helping them stand up and sell out in the online space! We had such a fun conversation about health and wellness! I always learn so much from these conversations! Enjo...

How To Gain Self-Improvement Through Skydiving - Dr. Kevin J. Payne is a social psychologist, entrepreneur, author & skydiver — and he’s doing it all with MS. When he lost everything he cared about, he decided to rebuild his life by facing the fear of his uncooperative body in the air and becoming a skydiver. 600 jumps later (and counting), he found his home in the sky. Born from a decade of r...

Makendrie is back on the podcast to talk about her new business South Slope Hunting and her upcoming event! She helps save the lives of veterans with PTSD and gives hope and freedom to those disabled and chronically ill. We had an amazing conversation around mental health, hunting, stoicism, and sales! Check out her website (also where you can find info on the event) and ENJOY!

How To Solve Safe Water Treatment Ravi Kurani has dedicated his career to water safety. From his early days as a pool boy for his father's pool and spa business to the founder of Sutro, Ravi has always wondered why everyone can't have clean water. This feeling solidified when he was in India with First Light Ventures Fund and Village Capital. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Riversi...

How To Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable in Business Lindsey is a long-time family friend of mine! She is a doctor of audiology that recently left an extensive hospital system to open a pediatric private practice to work with children with hearing loss, auditory processing disorders, tinnitus, and sound sensitivities. She and her business partner use a variety of therapies for children strugglin...

NFTs, CBD, And How To Start An Amazon FBA Store Kamden is a Utah Native, an inventor, an entrepreneur, and a speaker. He has worked with multiple start-ups to help businesses grow revenue in positions of Sales, operations, director of partnerships, VP, and co-founder roles. After seeing how the world worked in the business realms, Kamden then went on to start Nu Dawn eCommerce. Nu Dawn focuses on...

How To Keep Your 9-5 AND Start a Side Gig Mikal is a photographer and creative entrepreneur. He started a photo/video creative studio and social media agency in 2020 and has been growing that while working full-time in tech sales and battling severe anxiety. We had a great conversation about sales, overcoming obstacles, and everything else! He was so fun to talk to! Make sure you check out his wor...

How To Go All-in On Your Business Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Rob was an Elected Official in Bannock County, Idaho. Rob has worked in the Government sector for over a decade primarily as an elected official and in social services. Rob decided to take a leap of faith with a toilet seat idea he had while taking his 4-year-old son to a public restroom. After filing for a patent in 2015, a pate...

How To Build Your Business Like Show Business Jeremy Nicolaides is a multi-award-winning film industry veteran known for successfully collaborating with filmmakers, producers, and studios on such films as Dune, Godzilla vs. Kong, Avengers: Endgame, and Blade Runner 2049. Over the past 20+ years, Jeremy has been a key creative and successful business executive, from Chief Creative Officer and Globa...

Hilary Russell is the founder of TRC Agency, a digital marketing and business automation agency based out of Salt Lake City, UT. She is passionate about all things creative, and a self-proclaimed nerd when it comes to digital marketing and sales methodology. Hilary has spent the past 10 years in the digital marketing space. Over the last decade, she has helped many of her clients scale into multi-...

I had an incredible conversation with Scott Howard, the owner of RealScape Media. Although Scott's company, RealScape Media, has only been in business for about a year, the precursor to RealScape was started about two and a half years ago. The original goal was extremely simple: to sell basic floorplans to realtors to make selling houses easier. This morphed into creating fully interactive 3D mock...

How To Start Your Own MMA Gym & Support Local Fighters I had the one and only Alexis on the show representing SLC Muay Thai to kick this week off! SLC Muay Thai is a local MMA gym that aims to support the local MMA scene for men and women looking to break out into the fight industry! We had a great conversation, and if you ever want to learn the art of Muay Thai, Jiu-Jitsu, or any other self-d...

How To Instill Confidence in Our Children Leta Greene speaker whose goal is to inspire audiences to embrace what makes them individually hot and amazing. Her programs range from Maturation programs for 5th-grade girls, confidence workshops for tween and teen girls, Joy-full workshops for women, seminars for parents on how to talk to your kids about sex, and have been an energetic keynote speaker f...

How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome & Take the Leap Spencer Rogich is a local tattoo artist in Ogden UT. He specializes in fine line and abstract tattooing. I had him on the podcast to talk about overcoming imposter syndrome, taking action when you feel stuck, and taking the leap of your dreams, We had an amazing conversation about his journey into becoming a full-time entrepreneur. It was an in...

Scott is retired Air Force Security Forces. He is currently the owner of Utah Laser Pros , a real estate agent, AND Wasatch Prints. He is an advocate for small businesses and supporting local. If you've listened to my podcast at all, you know I LOVE SMALL BUSINESSES. It was a pleasure to talk with him about how important it is to support local! I was recently on his podcast - you can check out our...

Rajesh has founded several companies, including Speki Education and True Green Capital. He started his career working at Goldman Sachs. We had an interesting conversation regarding the state of affairs of higher education, renewable energy, and a lot more.   You know that I LOVE to talk about educational disruption. With Rajesh's expertise in this area, we took a deep dive. Education will go throu...

Morgan Tanner, an internationally collected visual artist with over 18 years of experience, has already started to make a splash into the NFT space. She's incredibly excited about the possibility of individual artists being supported directly by their fans via NFTs without relying on traditional gallery or museum gatekeepers. Morgan also has an electrical engineering degree that might seem contrad...

Jay Strand is a Serial Entrepreneur with over 5 years of startup and business growth experience. Having started, built, and sold businesses in various industries, including E-commerce, Weddings, Events, Retail, Amazon Sales, Food Storage, Fulfillment, CBD, Consulting, and Sales Mentoring. Jay currently serves as the Executive Director of SUPERCLOSER | SUPERCOACH, specializing in Business Consultat...

Dan Ockey is Co-Founder of Centsei, an online personal finance company dedicated to helping individuals and families organize their finances, budget, get out of debt, invest, and build wealth. Centsei has had over 1000 people go through its programs. Originally from Provo, Utah, he has lived in Idaho, Texas, Germany, and Australia. He graduated from the Marriott School at BYU with a degree in Busi...

Annie Schiffmann believes that when people experience the performing arts regularly, they change for the better. An award-winning actress and content creator, she started Downstage Media to give brands marketing strategies that engage audiences because engaged audiences show up. Make sure you check out her practical tips to SHOW UP on opening night! Follow her on Twitter and check out her website...

Dustin is an OmniContent Creator and the Host of the Polymath PolyCast. A PolyMath is a person of wide-ranging knowledge and learning. That is certainly what you'll get in this episode! He is also a "TikToker" with over 1000+ videos. His blog " OmniBlog " has been going for more than ten years, and he is the creator of the Modular Degree. We talked about learning, being an expert, and what the fut...