The Actualized Self

Each episode, we highlight world-class leaders and solopreneurs to learn how they started, along with the tools, habits, and routines they employ to lead and grow impact. We dive deep on strategy, hacks, and more to provide you with tactical advice you can use in your Career.

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J Storrs “Josh” Hall PhD - Award-Winning Futurist, Scientist, and Author

John Storrs “Josh” Hall PhD is an award-winning Futurist, Scientist, and Author. Josh founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. Josh also served as president of the foresight institute and was awarded the Feynman Communication prize in 2006. In his incredible work Where Is My Flying Car?, “Hall sets out to answer the deceptively simple question posed in the book’s title. What starts as an exploration of the technical limitations of b...

Feb 21, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Three Practices to Double Your Output While Reducing Stress - Mike's"Solocast"

In this "Solocast", I take share three practices I've adopted from my podcast guests and other high-performers to increase my productivity, impact, and mental well-being. Those specific practices include: Triage To Do list meets Y Combinator Time Prioritization Framework The 3 Part Journal Technique Performance "Stack Hack" (used by Athletes, CEO's, and high performers) Complementary links for the episode: Y Combinator - Task, Impact, Complexity Framework (fast forward to minute 10 if short on t...

Feb 14, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Eric Jorgenson - Author, Start-up Investor, Podcaster, Leverage Enthusiast

Eric Jorgenson is an Author, Investor, and Podcaster. His first book, "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness", has quickly became a Cult Classic - amassing over 12k Amazon reviews as of the posting. Currently, Eric splits his time between finishing his second book, " The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future", investing in high-growth startups through his venture "Rollin Fun", and his (newly rebranded) Podcast, "Smart Friends". In th...

Feb 06, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Jason Schulist, VP of Operational Excellence and International Expert in Generative Community Designer

Jason Schulist is a Vice President at Boldt, a forward-thinking, tech-centric construction company based in Appleton, WI, and a deeply, passionate and accomplished Community leader with deep expertise in generative community building and design. In this conversation, Jason dives deep into: How he went from a low-income community in Milwaukee to a Vice President of a company with over 600M in annual revenue How his interests in system-thinking, complexity theory, and lean design helped him approa...

Feb 02, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Harsimran Kalsi - Medical Student, Space Fellow, and Co-Founder/CEO of Otto Sciences

This episode is unique in that it is essentially a "highlight reel" from one my conversation with the incredible Hari Kalsi - an upcoming polymath entrepreneur, who is one of the most inspiring young people I've met. Hari is a medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, a Lieutenant General James Abrahamson Fellow at the International Space Station National Lab, and the Co-founder & CEO of an NSF I-Corps supported deeptech startup company called Otto Sciences. At Otto, Hari spearhea...

Jan 26, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Jimmy Rose - CEO, Founder, and Automation Expert Extraordinaire

Jimmy is the co-founder Content Snare - a software platform that helps professionals collect content & files from clients. Once an automation engineer, his new priority is helping business owners regain their lives, be more productive, and get more done in less time. In this episode we discuss... - Jimmy's favorite hacks/work-arounds in the land of Automation - Common Automation use-cases using Zapier and Make - and others that are just plain cool - Jimmy's Toolkit - including/especially Mak...

Jan 13, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Colin Jacobsen - CEO and Founder of Arlene

I had the great pleasure of speaking with my good friend, Colin Jacobsen, CEO/Founder of Arlene - who is working to revolutionize and democratize the Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality spaces, and make the Metaverse more accessible. Colin dives deep into: - His background and introduction to Tech - The origin story for company - The (many) use cases for AR/VR - What he's learned about leadership - Tech trends to pay attention too For more on Colin, check out his Twitter: https://twitter.com/t...

Jan 07, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2

James Sampson - Founder and CEO of File Invite

I had the great pleasure of speaking with James Sampson, CEO of File Invite - an award-winning, high-growth start-up revolutionizing the document collection space. James is a highly person-centric leader, equally impressive and affable - with an impressive ability to talk shop on everything from management strategy to tech trends to daily routines to time allocation to New Zealand culture and everything in between. A few takeaways from my conversation, include: Leaders need to develop/grow faste...

Jan 03, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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