A New Business Mindset

In a beautiful and inspiring conversation, Clay Stapleford tells us about finding painting and explains that, as he moved into his art, he found himself developing trust, learning to improvise, and becoming more fully himself. In short, art not only gave him the skills to live his life, but it deepened his life and brought… Read More » The post Clay Stapleford: Art as Meditation appeared first on Gareth J Young.

In this week’s #NewBusinessMindset conversation, Laura Silverman talks of her journey into counselling, and of the work she does there. She talks of the importance of vulnerability and gives us some beautiful personal stories of leaning into vulnerability with gentleness and generosity…and she emphasizes the importance of recognizing that it’s okay not to be an… Read More » The post Laura Silverman: It’s Okay Not To Be An Expert! appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Kate Grace, Director of the Emory University Community Building and Social Change Fellows Program, talks on the show about nurturing her student body into leadership, of approaching projects – and work in general – from the perspective of understanding the best outcome, being open to change, and being flexible. This takes us into an exploration… Read More » The post Kate Grace: Be Flexible appeared first on Gareth J Young.

On this #NewBusinessMindset show, career coach Monica Moody talks about personal power. She helps us understand what it is, how we can embrace it, and how it can impact our lives. She tells us that we don’t need to accept the story of our lives and careers that has been scripted for us from outside,… Read More » The post Monica Moody: Your Personal Power appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Cade Joiner, owner of the largest independent shredding company in the Southeast, talks to us on the show about the decisions and actions that led him to where he is now. It is a surprisingly simple story, but one in which he makes courageous decisions which, on the one extreme led him to leave his… Read More » The post Cade Joiner: Success Is Good Habits appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Ciannat Howett talked to us about sustainability, not as a theoretical idea but as a practical, ordinary, and meaningful way of living. She talked about how it has informed her life and how everyday considerations and the drive for happiness moved her into a simpler life and enabled her to shift from the practice of… Read More » The post Ciannat Howett: Living a Thrifty Life appeared first on Gareth J Young.

On this wonderful #NewBusinessMindset podcast show, Marilyn Segal helps us to see that most of us live life without deep reflection on what matters, and that as a result our lives are too busy, too stressful, and too serious, and they lack the joy and ease which is our birthright. She helps us see how… Read More » The post Marilyn Segal: Be Deep But Not Serious appeared first on Gareth J Young.

In this week’s #NewBusinessMindset discussion, former DeKalb County Sheriff Thomas Brown talks to us about finding joy in what you do, and through the stories he shares, through his philosophy, and through the energy he brings to this conversation, he shows us how he has done this in his own life. You will not only… Read More » The post Thomas Brown: How To Find Joy In What You Do appeared first on Gareth J Young.

In this week’s #NewBusinessMindset conversation business and community leader Valerie Hill Rawls talks to us about her career in marketing and communications, about the shift she has made in founding a business founded on creating scalable ecological livable built environments, and what has driven her to make this move. She offers lessons on sustainability and… Read More » The post Valerie A. Hill Rawls: A Broader Perspective appeared first on Gareth J Young.

  Dani LoveStrong, coach, writer, public speaker, educator and advocate, talks on this week’s show about the importance of love in your life, and about its impact not just on those around you, but also on your health, your happiness, and your success.       Lessons from the Show Dani talked to us about… Read More » The post Dani Lovestrong: Love Your Life! appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Jenn Graham, founder of Civic Dinners and CEO of Aha! Strategies, talks about dining with strangers in a format where guests leave their egos, job titles, and religions at the door and show up as human beings. She explains how this can allow us to ask personal and value-based questions and have deep, rich, and… Read More » The post Jenn Graham: Conversations That Matter appeared first on Gareth J Young.

McKenzie Wren, professional facilitator and former Executive Director of the Clarkston Community Center, has spent her life and career cultivating the tools of connecting with other human beings, and in doing so building strong and healthy relationships, trust, and safe spaces in which McKenzie and those she knows can practice and celebrate the art of… Read More » The post McKenzie Wren: The Art of Being Human appeared first on Gareth J Young.

On this week’s #NewBusinessMindset we talk with Stephanie Stuckey, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Atlanta, about why she thinks building resilient cities is important work for our times. We also – and perhaps more importantly – talk about what this means at a practical level for each of us, and why this is… Read More » The post Stephanie Stuckie: Building Resilient Communities appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Tommy, after a successful twenty-year accounting career, experienced a shift of heart and mind and moved into a completely new life – one in which he lives the life he chose, and helps others to do the same, both by the choices he makes and the relationships he builds in his everyday life, and through… Read More » The post Tommy Breedlove: The Power of Choice appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Jeanne is a returning guest on the show (listen to our last conversation at Jeanne Drake Ward: Living A Life Of Care) who on this week’s show talks about our mindset towards money, about the difficulty many people have talking about it, and about the harm this lack of dialog, collaboration, and strategic thinking can… Read More » The post Jeanne Ward: Talking About Money appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Dr. Jennifer Hirsch, Director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain, talks about her passion for sustainability and for the work she is doing to create sustainable communities. She tells us how she came to this through social justice, and the importance of justice in the sustainability conversation. And in doing so she gives us a… Read More » The post Jenny Hirsch: Creating Sustainable Communities appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Ruwa, a millennial optimist, is constantly surprised by the abundance of successes. She focuses on the positive, being willing to join gatherings that are focused on unity the positive, but avoiding those that are “anti”; she works to dismantle judgments, both her own and those of other people; and as a young Muslim woman, she… Read More » The post Ruwa Romman: Millennial Optimist appeared first on Gareth J Young.

On this week’s #NewBusinessMindset, Bola Abisogun talked to us about how growing up in Hackney, one of London’s most deprived boroughs, affected the trajectory of his life, including both the founding of highly a successful real estate development and construction-related business, and major social and economic contributions he has made to the community in which… Read More » The post Bola Abisogun: Use Diversity to Empower Yourself appeared first on Gareth J Young.

James Watson left a career in education to enter the world of business, venture capital, and socially engaged business, and along the way he cultivated his other interests and skills, including musicianship, theater direction, and other creative endeavors…and found himself called back to education in a manner that brought all of his interests and experiences… Read More » The post James Watson: Finding Your Dream Job appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Wayne shared a fascinating life journey that has seen him travel the world, create an award winning food that is available in your local grocery store, and most recently assume a leadership role in perhaps the leading center for ethics in the world. Wayne has always had a passion for food, and this pervades his… Read More » The post Wayne Silverman: Relationships With and Through Food appeared first on Gareth J Young.