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Episode 29.2: Vanessa Fung - The Follow-Up

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This is a follow up to an interview we did in advance of Vanessa’s participation in the Crossfit Pacific Regionals (click here for part 1). In this episode we talk about how she did and how she felt about how she did. As fate would have it Vanessa was in Bali to be the guest coach at S2S Crossfit in Kuta, about an hour away from where I was in Ubud.  We did the interview in a little cafe that wasn’t as quiet as we’d hoped but still, it was great to reconnect and hear about her experience.  

 

 

Photo credit: 

Rasmus Daniel Taun

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Episode 29.1: Vanessa Fung

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Name: Vanessa Fung

Vanessa is a Crossfit trainer and athlete living in in Shanghai who has competed at the regional level for the last 5 years. She had been a high school teacher moonlighting as an athlete until this year when she committed to the sport full time. We spoke in advance of her participation in this year’s CrossFit pacific regionals in Australia.

Habit of Thought:

It is better on the other side... nothing bad lasts... suck it up and move.

Grind through. If you don’t struggle, you’re not going to get better.

Habit of Action: Do it. Do it fully. Go get what you want. Take action.

Greatest area of strength: Disciplined.

Training for this area:

I’m going to do what I can to challenge their current state of mind, but in the end it’s them. 

Book: The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Web Resource:

 http://www.elephantjournal.com Contact: Facebook - Vanessa Fung

Instagram - Charliethephone

Photo credit: 

Rasmus Daniel Taun

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Epiosode 28: Jonathan M. Keim

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Name: Jonathan M. Keim Jonathan M. Keim is the founder of Kokolato a raw coconut cream based ice cream brand that is set to expand from Bali to North America, promptly.  Before I met Johnathan, I heard people raving about the product. It’s delicious and it’s based on a philosophy of fun and freedom that most people will be able to get behind. We did the interview on johnathan’s balcony overlooking a gorgeous rice field.

Habit of Thought:

  • “I always have to be surrounded by beauty. I don’t really give that up.”

- “I always remind myself why I’m here and why I’m doing what I’m doing”

Habit of Action: - Making it happen. - Lots of action in interaction.

Greatest area of strength: 

“My ability to create a space for people to open up and feel comfortable” Training for this area:

- “I would explore with them what it was that made them the most uncomfortable and I would make a mission with them to go out and to make it comfortable. ”

Book:

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive - Brendon Burchard 

Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Web Resource:

- add a lot of inspiring people to your facebook list and then scroll through their posts.

Contact:

-Kokolato.com

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Episode 27: Catherine Newton

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Name: Catherine Newton Catherine is inspired to help people transform from where they are to where they want to be. She travels the world living full out and then bringing that energy to the people around her.

Habit of Thought:

“I have a waking thought that I habitually say to myself and it has taken me through my greatest times and my darkest times... I wonder what miracle awaits me today?”

Habit of Action:

“3, 2, 1 concept.”

3 - Every day I’m going to make three points of contact with clients. Me reaching out to them.

2 -  I go to AT LEAST two networking events every month.

1 - I take at least 1 successful person out for lunch a month. I make it all about them and learn what I can while having a good time.

Greatest area of strength: 

I love to speak and I love to train. Training for this area: Take personal responsibility. Listen to yourself and then trust.

Book:

The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure - James Redfield

Web Resource:

http://catherinenewton.com

Contact:

http://catherinenewton.com

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Episode 26: Marcus Smith

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Name: Marcus Smith Marcus is the owner and founder of inner fight a whole human training facility and philosophy based in Dubai UAE. He’s an ex professional rugby player who tests his own limits regularly so that he can test those of the people who come to him to get stronger. Recently he ran 250k through the sahara for the Marathon Des Sable we spoke about this and other experiences in this conversation.

Habit of Thought:

“The habit of thought is really the key...You wake up in the morning and you have a choice. You control the day, the day doesn’t control you.”

Habit of Action: “Doing what you’re thinking, which is tied into your goals, which is tied into your vision”

-Be positive about what you’re doing and follow through.

Greatest area of strength: “I always train my mind to be in the right way” Nik’s take: Building community

Marcus’s response to Nik’s take:

The environment is key. “I wanted to make something that makes humans better the moment that they walk through the door.” How would you train someone to create a powerful environment? Ask yourself: “Who are you?”

Know yourself and then know your needs.

Book: Read sports books and memoirs. Web Resource:

Rob Orlando - Hybrid Athletics

Crossfit New Zealand

Innerfight.com

Contact:

winning@innerfight.com

 

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Episode 25: Gracie Goad

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Name: Gracie Goad Gracie is a manager at the Historic Drake hotel. She has recently been named to the Ontario Culinary tourism alliance’s top 30 under 30 because of her passion for the industry her commitment to excellence and her ability to get things done. She’s a powerhouse who just happens to look like she’s 12 a fact I can tease her about because she’s my little cousin and I love her to bits.

Habit of Thought:

What can I do to make this situation better?

Habit of Action: Take action that would make a situation better!

Greatest area of strength: 

“I get shit done” “I follow up and follow through”

Training for this area:

Make lists, be efficient, do a couple of things at a time and most of all, be clear on what you’re doing so you only have to do a thing once.

Book:

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business - Danny Meyer

Web resource:

http://buddhify.com

http://www.calm.com

Contact: Linkedin - Gracie Goad

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Episode 24: Janine Newberry

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Name:Janine Newberry Habit of Thought:

Asking herself what she’d really love in any moment.

Habit of Action: Once clear on where she’d love to go or what she’d love to do, Janine takes action.

Greatest area of strength: 

Fearless.

Able to look at the truth of a situation so as to evaporate fear.

Getting people to take action.

Skipping the comfortable and just going for what they really want.

Training for this area:

“It’s about confidence and a belief in themselves. That’s built by taking action.”

Book:

Daring Greatly - Brene Brown

Playing Big - Tara Mohr

Web resource:

www.Janinenewberry.com

Tribe wanted

The Art of Adventure

www.TED.Com

Lewis Howes

Marie Forleo

Contact:

www.Janinenewberry.com

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Episode 23: Chris Gentry

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Name: Chris Gentry Chris has spent his life working to make the people around him greater. He was a director of Outward Bound and founded Asia Works. Now he lives in Bali where we met for this conversation.

 

Habit of Thought:

Personal creed - “The quality of my life has everything to do with the quality of the people around me”

Habit of Action: “Fail forward”

Greatest area of strength: 

“I have an ability to speak and enroll people in what I’m speaking about. People can get excited about it. So, how many people are following me in my parade. Enrollment.”

Training for this area:

Know what your ‘stuff’ is, don’t let it get in the way and actually engage with people.

Book:

Island - Aldous Huxley

Virginia Satir 

Martin Heidegger

Richard Bandler and John Grinder - Frogs into Princes

Contact:

Gentrybsb@yahoo.com 

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Episode 22: Catherine Smith

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Name: Catherine Smith Catherine Smith is a laughing, crashing, ball of energy who lives to inspire others to live the lives they want sooner, not later. Habit of Thought:

Sooner, not later.

Habit of Action:

No electronics in the morning. Instead take time to get present and meditate.

Nik’s habit: Pat yourself on the back and celebrate the little victories.

Greatest area of strength: 

The ability to talk to anyone and be comfortable in her own skin.

Training for this area:

“I’d really encourage them to push themselves outside of their comfort zone.”

Be alone or go talk to a group of strangers.

Book:

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

Web resource:

Painted Picture Sooner not Later Live your list

Contact:

Twitter - @SNL_catherine

Catherine@soonernotlater.com

Words of wisdom: Listen after the end credits to hear the words of wisdom that Catherine teased at during the show.

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Episode 21: Andrew Krause

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Name: Andrew KrauseAndrew is a good friend who exudes a wisdom and calm that caused mutual friends to request this interview not knowing that he was always on my list. He is a strong advocate for full person health and he brings that to his Naturopathic practice in Kitchener Ontario where he was for this conversation. Enjoy.

Habit of Thought:

Look for the silver lining or positive angle and look for that quickly.

Habit of Action:

Imbed activity into life.

Greatest area of strength: 

Confident speaker and very social.

Great at developing relationships.

Training for this area:

Get yourself out there and practice.

“It’s hard to practice relationships when you’re home alone.”

Book:

Mindset - Carol Dweck

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard - Chip Heath

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness - Richard H. Thaler

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert B. Cialdini 

Web resource:

http://fizzle.co

Contact:

Twitter: krausehealth

www.krausehealthsolutions.com 

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Episode 20: Michael Cantwell

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Name: Michael Cantwell. Michael is one of the partners of Ninja Camp Bali, he brings a calm, balanced approach to having an awesome life and being a ninja. We met at Ninja camp which is where we recorded this conversation. 

Habit of Thought:

Waking up with a positive attitude.

Habit of Action:

Writing things down. Planning the day. Writing goals or things to remember.

Greatest area of strength: 

Calm nature.

Training for this area:

Focus on meditation, calmness, and breath.

Book:

“Anything from Mark Twain or anything travel related.”

Top 20 travel books of all time.

Web resource:

(the suggested site - arrows.com - does not seem to exist anymore.) Podcasts:

The Joe Rogan experience.

 

Contact:

Facebook: Michael Cantwell 

Instagram: @michael_cantwell

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Episode 19: Dharma Shay

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Name: Dharma ShayDharma is a warrior scholar who has travelled the world expanding himself and others along the way. He is the cofounder of Busan Urban Training and Hawaii urban training, free fitness initiatives in Korea and Hawaii and he is running the Brave fitness facility in Hilo Hawaii.

Habit of Thought:

Make a difference.

“What can I do to enrich the people around me.”

“What can I do today?”

Habit of Action:

Daily movement.

Greatest area of strength: 

Leadership. “Even if anyone could do what you’ve done, you do it because that’s who you are.”

Training for this area: Allow that the things you need will be there.

Book:

The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life - Ming-Dao Deng

Web resource: Lifeathletics.com

Contact:

Hawaiian Urban Training

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Episode 18: John Hardy

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Name: John Hardy John Hardy is a visionary. He created an internationally renown jewelry line that bears his name and when he retired from that he founded “Green School”. He inspires art, creativity, ingenuity and, passionate living in those around him. He’s a fierce advocate for the planet and for the future green leaders among us. Habit of Thought:

“Stand under the part of the sky where the ideas fall out.”

Habit of Action:

“Manifest those ideas”

Also:

“My belief is that much better than telling people what to do is to show them. If you’re pissed off at all of the garbage, go pick it up.” Greatest area of strength: 

“I’m all about ideas and action... and I have a pretty good eye... when I see things I know whether they’re good or not. I don’t have the skills to draw, I don’t have the skills to render them, I just have the skills to talk about them and I know when they’re beautiful.”

Training for this area:

“Do something. Anything. It’s simple. It’s about action.” Book:

Diet Evolution - Dr. Gundry

Web resource:

http://ibuku.com

Elora Hardy’s - TED Talk John’s TED Talk 

Contact:

john@greenschool.org

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Episode 16: David Cornthwaite

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Name: David Cornthwaite Dave is an adventurer... who really, truly pushes the boundaries, his boundaries and adventure's. He’s the founder of Say Yes More and Expedition 1000

 

. Check out his wikipedia page to have a slightly more thorough skimming of his achievements because I could type all day and barely scratch the surface.

Habit of Thought:

Everything has a positive or a negative side and it’s your choice.

Always go for things. Even if they’re scary. Habit of Action:

Follow my feet.

Greatest area of strength: 

Walk the walk.

Nik’s Take: I think that Dave's ability to launch himself at life and to make it work as he goes is astounding.

Training for this area:

“I have a purpose to everything I do, even if it’s just ‘I’m getting to there’”.

Have a purpose to what you’re doing that’s larger than your fears.

Book:

Losing my virginity - Richard Branson

Web resource:

TED

Contact:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cornthwaite

DaveCornthwaite.com

Twitter @davecorn

Instagram Dave Corn

 

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Episode 15: Ben Katzaman

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Name: Ben KatzamanName: Ben Katzaman

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watcName: Ben Katzaman

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought: Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action: Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength: Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area: Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?” Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.” Be willing to work for Karma. Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Web resource: Trendhunter.com

Other references: Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact: Ben@wandererbracelets.com Rayvr.com BenKatzaman.com hing him think.

Habit of Thought: Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action: Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength: Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area: Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?” Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.” Be willing to work for Karma. Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Web resource: Trendhunter.com

Other references: Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact: Ben@wandererbracelets.com Rayvr.com BenKatzaman.com

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought: Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action: Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength: Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area: Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?” Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.” Be willing to work for Karma. Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Name: Ben Katzaman

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought: Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action: Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength: Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area: Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?” Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.” Be willing to work for Karma. Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

Web resourceTrendhunter.com

Other references: Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact: Ben@wandererbracelets.com Rayvr.com BenKatzaman.c Web resource: Trendhunter.com

Other references: Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact: Ben@wandererbracelets.com Rayvr.com BenKatzaman.com

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Episode 13: Daniel Braha

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Daniel Braha Daniel is a designer, artist and dare I say, Life Athlete who is wandering the world moving from one awesome adventure and experience to another. Daniel was introduced to me by a mutual friend who thinks that Daniel serves as a litmus test for people. If they don’t like Daniel, he doesn’t see any point in knowing them as there’s clearly something off.

 

Habit of Thought:

Have fun! Do what your mom tells you.

Habit of Action:

Move my body in some way daily

Greatest area of strength: 

Listening and being present to the present moment.

Training for this area:

Actively listen the goodness out of people.

Book:

The Prophet - Kahlil Gibron

Web resource:

Squarespace

Contact:

Daniel Braha

http://www.sosmedia.org

http://danielbrahalovesyou.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sosmedia

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbraha

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Episode 12: Sara Andrews

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Sara Andrews is the co founder and C.E.O. of Bumbleroot foods. Sara founded Bumbleroot to provide delicious, unique, and nutritious food products to consumers in the U.S. and to create income opportunities for the farmers and harvesters who supply the ingredients. Habit of Thought:

-Think BIG. Don’t worry about the details and get back into the visioning mode.

-Gratitude. Remember how lucky you are!

Habit of Action:

Engage with life, magical things will happen.

Greatest area of strength: 

Moms take: A dreamer

Sara’s take: A vision of how to make things better and an ability to make it happen.

Training for this area:

Play. Engage with something and take on a new skill to get yourself out of your head.

Books:

Fire starter sessions -

the Desire Map

The Artist's Way - Julia Cameron

Web resource:

http://www.richroll.com

Contact:

http://bumblerootfoods.com

Instagram: @sarabumble

Twitter: @sarabumble

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Episode 11: Kai Paul

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[fusion_text]Kai Paul Is one of the founders of Indo Sole, an apparel company that repurposes old car tires to be the soles of some really, really, nice shoes.

Habit of Thought:

Thankfulness

Habit of Action:

Make mornings meaningful and enjoyable.

Greatest Area Of Strength:

I try

Training for this area:

Find and area that you’re comfortable with and make it work.

Book:

The Purple Cow - Seth Godin

Web Resource:

Tim Ferriss

Contact:

Indosole.com

Kai@indosole.com

Instagram: @indosole[/fusion_text]