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91: Working with business partners & the role failure plays in understanding yourself with Andrew Schneck Mar 19, 2018

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Andrew Schneck is a 26-year old college opt-out and obtained a college degree with the least possible amount of personal time spent in the classroom. He is an entrepreneur in the healthcare industry , building clinics that target addiction and mental health disorders. Prior to entrepreneurship he taught himself long-term investing in the stock market and has enjoyed national investing competitions, shareholder meetings, and selling research to investment firms. He mentors entrepreneurs and finance professionals as they seek out nontraditional careers. His goal is to fix healthcare and elevate those around him.

Andrew has played a very integral role in the Successful Dropout community since the early days. He's the epitome of a Successful Dropout and someone who has overcome some massive obstacles in his journey to build the best version of his life. I loved having him on the show again and I would highly suggest you reach out and get to know the guy!

Here are some of the things we talk about:

Having business partners
Knowing yourself to the point of being unnerving to others
Why failure is important
Important relationships to have
The formula for change
How to deal with going down the road less travelled and not having support
Advice for people who want to drop out
Advice for people who have already dropped out

91: Working with business partners, the importance of failure and knowing yourself with Andrew Schneck

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How to work with business partners and get to know yourself through failure with Andrew Scheck

Working with business partners & the role failure plays in understanding who you are with Andrew Schneck

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90: Moving from a permission mindset to a freedom mindset with Kylon Gienger Mar 12, 2018

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For this week's episode I wanted to share an interviewed I did on Stephen Warley's Life Skills That Matter podcast.

This was part of an "interview swap" that Stephen and I did, and you can find his interview on Successful Dropout here.

Stephen is an absolute boss and is doing some incredible things to push this new paradigm of work we are entering into as a society. I had a blast on his show and we discussed a lot of things including:

Rethinking the American Dream.
Calculating the cost of your ideal lifestyle.
Moving from a permission mindset to a freedom mindset.
What I learned from trying so many different career paths.
I explains the concept of self-credentialing.

Some inspirational quotes to remember:

"My goals are all, they're all set with the primary focus being, like, how do I want to spend my time and who do I want to spend my time with and the money, I believe, sort of comes as a result of that."

"You stick to doing what you love and building what you love, as long as it's working, you know, I think it'll pay off."

"I've never wanted to do something just because I'm supposed to do it."

Some coaching advice:

I recommended these actions to start breaking out of your comfort zone to try new and different things:

1) Don't get hung up on finding the one right thing, pick one and just get started.

2) Switch, pivot, or quit if the first thing you do doesn't work or you need to do other things as well.

3) Action begets more action, so don't wait for the inspiration to strike to get started.

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89: Dispelling the college degree illusion with Danielle Strachman & Michael Gibson of 1517 Fund Mar 05, 2018

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On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg to protest the sale of indulgences. These were pieces of paper the establishment church sold at great cost, telling people it would save their souls. The church made a fortune doing it. Likewise, universities today are selling a piece of paper at great cost and telling people that buying it is the only way they can save their souls. Universities call it a diploma, and they're making a fortune doing it. Call them heretical if you like, but the 1517 Fund is dedicated to dispelling that paper illusion. Extraordinary careers are possible outside tracked institutions!

Danielle Strachman (General Partner, 1517 Fund) - In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She is the visionary behind the Thiel Summit series that has been attended by some 2000 young entrepreneurs. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 350 students, with a focus on student- led project based learning and other alternative programs.

Michael Gibson (General Partner, 1517 Fund) - Michael was vice president for grants at the Thiel Foundation and a principal at Thiel Capital. For nearly five years working for Peter Thiel, he has contributed research to Peter's global macro hedge fund, assisted in teaching a course at Stanford Law School on sovereignty and technological change, and helped run the Thiel Fellowship. He serves on the board of the Seasteading Institute. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT's Technology Review, the Atlantic, and Forbes.

I had an absolute blast chatting with Danielle and Michael. These two are doing some amazing things for the future of education and work. They've made 45 investments into companies started by young founders and already those companies are seeing some amazing results. This is definitely worth a listen!

Child labor is is good
What do you believe is true that the rest of the world thinks is false?
Learning by doing
Credentialing and building a signal without a college degree
Blockchain in education?
Just in time learning
Companies 1517 has funded
Advice for smart, driven college students

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88: On relationships and marriage with Kylon & Teliah Gienger Feb 26, 2018

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In this episode, Kylon and Teliah talk about their seven years of marriage and what it's been like building businesses and working together as husband and wife.

Some of the things they talk about:

How to handle high stress situation with each other...a must if you are building a business with your spouse!
How do you prioritize goals and objectives together and stay on the same page?
Long distance relationships.
Maintaining personal and work boundaries.
Sectioning off time to be productive but also not losing time being together and developing the relationship.
Tons more!

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87: How to stop comparing yourself to others and find your confidence with Maddy Moon Feb 19, 2018

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Madelyn Moon is an author, podcast host, retreat leader and transformational life coach. She is a guiding force for women and men who want to stop over-thinking their lives away and live with more trust, intuition and flow.

Maddy Moon was driven by perfectionist energy for most of her life, which led her down a dangerous path. Always striving to do more, be more and accomplish more, she found herself disconnected from her body with multiple disordered eating patterns, a restlessness and a lack of confidence.

Maddy has since healed her heart, spirit, body and mind and is now taking life by the reigns by leading thousands of women and men across the world through their own transformational experiences via her podcast, Mind Body Musings, her website, MaddyMoon.com, and her global retreats.

Her work and story has been featured in The Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, Nylon Magazine, The Daily Mail, Vice, Greatist, Men's Health, PEOPLE and ABC News Nightline.

It was awesome to have Maddy on the show. We really covered a lot of ground and discussed many different topics, but our entire conversation centered around comparison and the dangers of comparing yourself to others. This is a trap that we all fall into at one time or another, but it's unhealthy, not fair to yourself, and can seriously inhibit your personal growth and progress in any area of your life. Maddy and I discuss some of the ways you can combat this...but we also talk about how you can use comparison in a healthy way that inspires and pushes you to greatness instead of keeping you from it.

Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

College, is it worth it?
Cutting toxic people out of your life...and what do you do if it's family?
Maddy's personal health journey.
Being authentic in your business.
Body positivity.
Comparing yourself to others.

Resources

Maddy's website
Maddy's FREE gift to you!
Confessions of a Fitness Model - go checkout Maddy's book!

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86: Three things you can consistently do to be massively successful with Romacio Fulcher Feb 12, 2018

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Romacio Fulcher was a college dropout at the age of 19. By the age of 25, he was a self-made millionaire in real estate. That only took Romacio so far, he realized that although he had a steady income of $25K a month, living in California he was broke. In the last 10 years, he has made millions of dollars in the network marketing industry. Most recently, he rose to the top of his company within the first 4 months and earned over $2.3 million within his first year. Now he is on a mission to help 75 people make $10K a week.

Romacio was an absolute pleasure to have on the show. The dude is like a preacher, and his message is about some very simple systems you can implement in your life right now to propel you towards success. This is worth listening to with a pen and paper!

Here are some of the things we discussed:

The Golden Question to ask in networking
The 3 Keys to Assured Success
How to have a success mindset to achieve any goal
The value of having a mentor and how to choose the right mentor for yourself
How to lead a large and diverse organization or team

Resources

Work with Romacio

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85: Unleash your unique potential into the world with Jeff Hittner Feb 05, 2018

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Jeff leads Your Project X, a social venture dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they'll love. He has more than 18 years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, professor and changemaker. He is the founder of five social ventures, including IBM's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting practice. In 2011, he developed the curriculum for the first MBA in Sustainability on the East Coast, at Bard College, where he was the Leadership professor. He was also two-time Chairman of the Carnegie New Leaders at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Jeff's passion has always been at the intersection of education and entrepreneurship. Prior to your Project X, he ran a career transition program for 64 New Yorkers, built global education programs including a blended learning initiative for high school dropouts in Latin America and career discovery programs for youth in Europe. He is currently piloting a 4 month multi-country internship and personalized leadership program for students in NYC and Guatemala called CAREER X. Jeff received his Masters in Cultures and Development Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary in Virginia where he was an elite gymnast. As a thought leader, Jeff has been published in a half dozen major publications, including Forbes. His most recent blog posts can be found here.

I loved having Jeff on the show. He is the epitome of a Successful Dropout and is now using his experience to help other people step off the conveyor belt and explore the world of possibilities. From an unconventional 5th year in college, to moving to Boston, then Belgium, then Spain, being a strategy consultant, starting an internet company and a multitude of other projects as a social entrepreneur...Jeff has lived a life in pursuit of work he loves. Now he's helping you discover what you want to do, but more importantly, WHO you want to be.

Quote: "Don't ask yourself what you want to do...ask yourself who you want to be."

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84: Real and raw - succeeding despite your circumstances with Kylon Gienger Jan 29, 2018

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So this episode could potentially destroy my career. I decided to sit down and get really honest about a few beliefs of mine in lieu of an email I received from a listener. Honestly I felt really exposed recording this, and I'm still not sure if it was the right move or not. One thing I always want to make sure and do is be authentic with you guys...and I want us all to be authentic with each other. I think it's really important to open up respectful dialogues and debates on important topics and to try to understand each other's point of view.

Successful Dropout is a very special community. I want it to be a place where anyone from any background in any circumstance can succeed and feel like they are home.

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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Fankl

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83: How to dispel your doubt by thinking from first principles with Matt Boney Jan 22, 2018

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Matt is originally from the Rocky Mountains in Idaho and moved to Miami after founding Daycation and leaving school at Brown Unive. The goal was to get closer to the hotels Daycation was partnering with to begin building the company. Matt worked in hotels growing up in Idaho and always had a passion for architecture and hospitality. Matt left school after his first year at Brown where he took courses in economics, urban studies, math, business and philosophy.

I loved chatting with Matt and hearing his story. From the early days of building a startup, to dropping out of college, to hitting rock bottom (literally sleeping on rocks!)...it's a familiar and inspiring story for many of us. I especially loved talking with Matt about acting from first principles...this is a habit you need to get into!

Some lessons:

Don't give up even when the going gets really painful. I think perseverance is often overlooked as a key trait to success in entrepreneurship, lots of people quit too early.
Enjoy the ride. Finding a mix or "balance" is important to keeping mentally and physically healthy, and also helps when keeping track of timeline.
Go for it. Overthinking will lead to inaction.
Surround yourself with people who have the "skills" or traits you'd like to emphasize in yourself. Hint: You will be spending a lot of time with your Co-Founders.
Get to ramen profitable asap to have more peace of mind which will help in avoiding a scramble for investor dollars.

Resources

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82: How to not make excuses and take extreme ownership with Kylon and Teliah Gienger Jan 15, 2018

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Loved having my wife Te on for this one! We sat down with a couple drinks to talk about excuses, "extreme ownership" and several other things.

Te is a serial entrepreneur, health coach, yoga instructor, and author. In addition to owning Renu Hot Yoga and NUYU Juice Bar, she also hosts her own yoga teacher trainings, runs private health retreats, coaches private clients, and sells her book "Choose You".

Quotes that stood out in this episode: "there's no such thing as a good excuse, even if it's a good one." and "that really chaps my ass".

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