The Angles of Lattitude Podcast

Doing What’s Important But Not Expected - Finding The Education You Need w/ Alexis Parris (AoL 074)

Show Notes: newinceptions.com/74

The world crafts us to be a certain way, there's no doubt about it. To this day, most formal education teaches us to be employees. However, there's some formal education out there that teaches to our strengths. But many times, those places are really hard to get into because of the highly custom work they do. Today's guest, Alexis Parris, worked hard enough in her craft of dancing to get into one of those schools. However, she soon learned that while she was good, if not great, at dancing, she had work to do that she really wanted to help people with. Finding their true gifts themselves. In this session, Daniel Postma and I chat with Alexis to find out more about her path, including why she left her amazing dancing career to pursue her new dreams, how she’s been able to get great mentors in her life, and what she truly believes that personal development means and why it’s so important. As always, thanks for listening, and enjoy the show!

How to Find Your New Horizon with Jon “Long Jon Sparrow” Boersma (AoL 073)

Show notes: newinceptions.com/73

For many of us creators, we do things because we have a passion for it. The question often is, how do we monetize something we enjoy doing without taking the fun out of it? Or, if we're doing it because we see it as a mission - how do we keep from tainting that mission? Like today's guest, I believe, if done right, you can take something you love to do and make a living doing it. That's why I believe in Fizzle so much. That's exactly what they teach people to do. In this session, Laila and I sit down with an entrepreneur who has taken his passion of geeking out as Jack Sparrow to another level. He gets paid to actually impersonate Jack as Long Jon Sparrow. In today's chat with Jon Boersma, we find out what inspired him to impersonate Captain Jack Sparrow, how much of his work was learned from formal education vs being self taught, and we dive a bit into how knowing about the 4 basic personalities have helped him in his career and how others can apply the same info to their lives. As always, thanks for listening, and enjoy the show!

Claude Errera on Halo.Bungie.Org: Build The Games You Want To Play (AoL 072)

Show Notes: newinceptions.com/72 For many creators, money isn't the driving force for them in their craft. They do it simply out of the joy that it brings them. It's been said that being successful is about being great at doing something, not necessarily pursuing to be great in itself. Being great is a very vague goal. In this chat with Claude Errera, we find that he built Halo.Bungie.Org (HBO) because he wanted there to be a place to discuss Halo (and to practice code for his day job as a website developer). Not because he wanted to make a profit off of all the fans of Halo. What did that plan and goal get him? Well, at it's peak, we find that HBO had over half a million visitors a day. In today's chat, JC speaks with Claude about how HBO got started, what he does as his day job, and some of the things he's learned as father of HBO which will help others build their own communities. Maybe you can apply some of his knowledge to your new business or passion project! Enjoy!

It Takes A Village To Raise A Business - Albert Winks On Building Ascension Mentorship (AoL 071)

Show Notes: newinceptions.com/71 Networking meetings, meetups, Facebook groups. These are just a few places where entrepreneurs go to meet others in their quest to build their businesses. But what does being a part of these groups do for the member? What is it about that particular group that sets it different then all the other ones out there? That differentiation will make or break the group in the long run. Those that are put together well are often thought of as villages because the people are seen as a tribe. Join us in this chat as we discover what makes a good village and how you might be able to get involved with one yourself.

Jess Catorc - Go With It! Finding Success in Your Own Personal Brand (AoL 070)

Hey, let's face it. There are so many big names out there, how can you possibly compete with them? By acting like them and doing exactly what they do? Actually... no. By doing what you do best and being yourself. Today's guest, Jess Catorc gives us a rundown of what that means in this week's show. Which path are you going to take? Trying mediocritally to be like someone else or being amazing version of yourself? Show notes: newinceptions.com/70

Emily Kelly on Finding Your Niche, Working Remotely, And Mastering Empathetic Writing (AoL 069)

Full Show Notes: newinceptions.com/69

Many of us have problems with being an entrepreneur in one way or another. That's why we hire out for help. Over at Fizzle, for example, Chase and Corbett hired in Steph Crowder to help with customer support back in 2015. Steph, having worked at a few startups by that point, knew how to interact with clients on a one to one basis. It was something that Chase, who's the main creative at Fizzle, and Corbett, the business brain, didn't have the resources to do themselves. In our interview with Steph in 2016, we learned that she was expecting soon. They had to get a fill-in for her while she was on maternity leave. Today's guest, Emily Kelly, was the hero for Fizzle during that time. But, just because she was with them temporarily, doesn't mean she was bad at the position. In fact, it was part of her new role as as a virtual customer support specialist. In this interview, we find out about her journey to become a virtual assistant, what she recommends to folks coming right out of college to keep them from getting burnt out at work, and some pointers in putting emotion into writing. If you're thinking about about starting your own business, perhaps being a virtual assistant first might just be in the future for you as well. 

Leave All Excuses at the Door: How to Embrace the Truth About Who We Are with John Powell (AoL 068)

Show Notes: newinceptions.com/68 This is the time of year when people are either making New Year's resolutions or planning out their next year - especially if they're a creative. However, you might find yourself in a situation where you're not entirely comfortable with where you are in life so making plans might be the last on your mind. Well, the truth is that if you're not making plans to succeed, you're automatically going to fail. So how can you get started if you're not sure where your inner self wants to go? In our chat with today's guest, John Powell, we discuss this and much more, including his book My Journey, My Truth. At first glance, it might seem that the book is all about him - but it's much more than that. It's actually about the reader. You see, John has gone through many struggles in his life and now finds himself helping many people with many of the same struggles. The book shares quite a bit of what he's learned through the years through the hardships that he's had to go through. In this interview we also discuss the creation of the Expert Community as well as why he loves coaching so much.

Sharlotte Bouniol on Rebranding, Hustling to Provide Value, and Growing Like a Boss (AoL 067)

When crap hits the proverbial fan, what are you going to do? Do you buckle down and get through whatever has come your way? Or, does something else distract you from what you were already doing? What if you were starting a successful little business and then all of a sudden you got a cease and desist letter? On top of that, the social media accounts that you had been building suddenly disappeared? This is exactly what happened to one of our guests last year. Sharlotte had every reason to pack it in and say that being a freelancer wasn't for her. But she didn't. She kept plugging on. Find out in our interview with her how she was able to get through her rebranding, what's up with her new mastermind group, and some of the decisions she's had to make to become more successful since we last spoke. Show notes: newinceptions.com/67 And for those keeping score, this is Silver Edition number 2! Enjoy!

Jesse Winton on Movie Making, Millennials, and Learning to Mind the Gap(AoL 066)

newinceptions.com/66 People will come up with a million excuses not to do something. But it takes one good one - one why - to actually go and accomplish a big lofty goal. Case in point, Jesse Winton, had never made a movie before. But yet, his first one, made it national. Sure, he could have psyched himself out by saying that his goal was unattainable, but instead, he chose to kick those thoughts to the side and go after this goal. In this session, learn from Jesse how he was able to get his idea off the ground, what his perception of Millennials are when it comes to how they're viewed, and how he handles discomfort during the middle of a project - aka The Gap.

Stephanie Calahan on Mental Blocks, Making Complex Decisions, & Building A Joyful Biz (AoL 065)

Show notes: newinceptions.com/65 You can easily get in your own way when it comes to the success of your business. Certain mindsets that you have about the world around you can make all the difference in how well your business performs. Making all your decisions super complex doesn't help either. In today's show, Stephanie Calahan joins Daniel and JC to look at some of those mental blocks that many of us have - including visibility and money blocks. We also go in depth about using a resentment test to make complex decisions simple. If you've already started your business and you feel overwhelmed, or you want to make building your future business a bit easier, then I really think you'll get a lot from this particular chat. Enjoy!