Misfits: Wisdom from Unconventional Individuals

Steve Schlafman (@schlaf [https://twitter.com/schlaf]) is a work-life transition coach. He’s certified with various coaching and therapeutic schools and programs including (but not limited to) The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership, Coaching for Transformation, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Men’s Emotional Leadership (MELT) and Enneagram. Previously, Steve was a partner at a multi-billion venture capital firm, RRE. And graduated from Northeastern University. He has been sober for more than 10 years. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Seth Godin [http://sethgodin.typepad.com/] (@thisissethsblog [https://twitter.com/thisissethsblog]) is the author of 21 bestsellers book. That includes Tribes [https://www.amazon.com/Tribes-We-Need-You-Lead/dp/1591842336/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20], Purple Cow [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00316UMS0/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20], Linchpin [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00354Y9ZU/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20], The Dip [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QCSA54/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20], and This Is Marketing [https://www.amazon.com/This-Marketing-Cant-Until-Learn-ebook/dp/B07DBR1V9S/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20]. His blog [https://seths.blog/] (which you can find by typing “Seth” into Google) is one of the most popular in the world. In 2013, Godin was inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame. Two of his TED talks are among the most popular of all time. He is also the founder of the altMBA [https://altmba.com/], Squidoo (the social media pioneer) and Yoyodyne (one of the first internet companies). In this conversation, we spoke about: * How to attract talent to your company * As an employee, How to create change in big organization * And how Seth write books and ship projects at lighting speed ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chris Lee (@chrisasylum [https://www.instagram.com/chrisasylum/]) is the founder of Asylum Creative [http://theasylum.com.sg/], since 1999. His client list includes Aesop [https://www.aesop.com/sg/], Johnie Walker [https://www.johnniewalker.com/en/], Sony [https://www.sony.com/en/], Hublot [https://www.hublot.com/en-sg], Harley-Davidson [https://www.harley-davidson.com/] and more. The cross-disciplinary studio design logo, website to entire hotel and cafe interior. Most notably, The Warehouse Hotel [https://www.thewarehousehotel.com/], 4fingers [https://www.4fingers.com.sg/] and Tangs [https://tangs.com/]. His works can be found around Singapore, Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, Paris, Bali, Los Angeles, New York, Abu Dhabi, Tokyo, Venice, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. After winning all the awards (D&AD [https://www.dandad.org/], Red Dot Design Award [https://www.red-dot.org/], Singapore President*s Design Award [https://pda.designsingapore.org/presidents-design-award/], Hong Kong Design Award [https://awards.design/] and more), he judges them now (D&AD [https://www.dandad.org/], Red Dot Design Awards [https://www.red-dot.org/], Golden Pin Design Award [https://www.goldenpin.org.tw/en/], The One Show [https://oneshow.org/], Tokyo Type Directors Club [https://tokyotypedirectorsclub.org/en/] and more). Chris also founded many businesses and organisations which include (but not limited to), Artifactt [https://www.artifactt.com/], Fred Perry [https://www.instagram.com/fredperrysg/] (SG, MY, ID), The Design Society [https://www.facebook.com/thedesignsociety/], Asylum Shop [https://www.facebook.com/asylum.shop], Assembly, CA4LA [https://www.facebook.com/CA4LA.asia], Ally Social, Chocolate Research Facility [https://www.facebook.com/chocolateresearchfacility] and Fifth Ave Shoe Repair. Chris never went to a university. George Cluny, might or might not, be related to him. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lin Tan, MCC is an executive and mentor coach and also a founder of Collective Change Institute (CCI) [https://www.collectivechangeinstitute.com/]. She is the youngest Master Certified Coach (ICF) in Singapore, making her 1 of 6 Master Coaches in Singapore. Lin also served as the president of ICF Singapore in 2020. Her clients include DHL, Royal Bank of Scotland, Burberry, Discovery Channel, and diverse agencies of the Singapore government. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Communications from Murdoch University, Australia. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

“You don’t want to do what they do, you want to see how they see”. – Nate Green Nate Green, is an author of multiple books, marketing strategist at Precision Nutrition and a recovering fitness junkie. Nate barely graduated high school with 1.7 GPA. Despite all odds, he became one of the most sought after writers and strategists in the fitness industry.  He wrote one of the most popular blog post on Tim Ferriss' blog, The Extreme Weight Cutting Secrets of UFC Fighters [https://tim.blog/2013/05/06/how-to-cut-weight-ufc/].  In this conversation, we spoke about: * When it's time be alone * How to make celebrity friends  * 80/20 guide to be good at marketing ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.