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Jeston Lu

Conversations with artistic visionaries: founders, artists, creatives pioneering the next artistic renaissance.

  1. 14 THG 1

    Timeless Lessons as a Business Owner and Author of Multiple Bestselling Books - Jonathan Goodman (#20)

    Jonathan Goodman, creator of the Personal Training Development Center and author of the upcoming book, "The Obvious Choice," (out January 14th, 2025) is a fitness industry pioneer who transformed his early passion at the YMCA into multiple successful businesses. He lives by the philosophy of doing fewer things better and making strategic choices that lead to extraordinary results. In this conversation, we delve into the fundamentals of fitness, the power of optimistic ignorance, building successful businesses through aligned incentives, finding your unique edge in a crowded market, and how to make strategic decisions that create lasting impact. Timestamps: 0:01 Introduction to Jonathan Goodman 0:32 Early fitness journey and YMCA experience 1:03 Competitive sports background 2:07 Transition to weightlifting focus 3:06 Core principles of fitness and nutrition 4:01 Progressive overload principles 5:08 The optional vs foundational nature of fitness 6:08 The divide between active and inactive lifestyles 7:54 Impact of fitness on daily life 9:23 Making fitness convenient and building habits 11:35 Importance of habit stacking 14:21 Cancer diagnosis as a turning point 16:36 Business restructuring lessons 19:31 Evolution of business model 21:24 Compensation structure changes 24:38 Value of A+ players in business 26:31 Journey as an author 28:04 Book writing process 30:53 Traditional vs self-publishing 34:22 Deep research methodology 37:55 Finding unique stories 40:37 Content creation strategy 43:40 Pricing strategy insights 46:07 Free vs premium offerings 49:38 Building trust in business 53:03 Market saturation myths 55:24 Finding your unique factor 58:43 Advice for young entrepreneurs 1:02:14 Closing thoughts and book promotion Follow Jonathan: Order His Book: https://www.amazon.com/Obvious-Choice-Timeless-Lessons-Success/dp/1400249139?sr=8-1&linkId=5e383baf094911e431b7053c27ec3ffe&language=en_US Twitter: https://x.com/itscoachgoodman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itscoachgoodman/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCKt_rWty06ukHErS3ffkAMw Follow Me: X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu Website: https://www.jestonlu.com Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/

    1 giờ 3 phút

  2. 11/11/2024

    Why Life is "All Play" and How to Break Free From the Conditioning - Jack Moses (#19)

    Jack Moses is a vessel for God, his mission to open minds and hearts to elevate the collective consciousness of humanity. He writes: "It's hard to define who I am or what I do. But this is where the world is heading - back to our natural state, as limitless beings not meant to be put in a box. (;" In this conversation, we talk about our soul's mission, creating from the heart, living more authentically, being in the present moment, operating from a place of unconditional love, breaking the conditioning of society, and much more. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:38 Brief journey into Jack's college years 3:47 Why Jack will be going back to college 6:00 Jack's experience with ayahuasca in Peru 7:54 The human condition and death 9:20 What is our soul's mission? 10:21 What does spirituality actually mean? 12:49 Human beings are mirrors to each other 14:59 How can we live more authentically? 17:44 What do you worship? 18:51 Worshipping the present moment 20:55 Going from chaos back to order 22:16 Everything is happening at divine timing 23:05 Times are changing, here's why 25:45 Why your childhood self leaves clues 28:19 Finding means of expression 29:17 How Jack and I got into podcasting in college 31:52 How podcasting can unlock new opportunities 33:09 The scripts around money & work 35:47 Jack's tattoo - "It's all play" 36:24 How to break down the conditioning of society 37:55 Personality tests are little maps to guide you 40:37 We're made up of the cosmos 41:07 Our default state is unconditional love 43:14 How to find your tribe that are aligned with you 45:50 Why consistency makes you "lucky" 48:12 You're dreaming in the first place 51:06 Why you should create from your heart 53:10 Find out if your desires are truly yours 55:28 How to spend quiet time with yourself 56:45 What Jack is working on right now Follow Jack: X: https://twitter.com/jackmoses0 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackmoses0/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmoses0/ Website: https://jackmoses.co/ Follow Jeston: X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu Website: https://www.jestonlu.com Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/ Musinary Media: Conversations with visionaries who blend art and business into their life and work. Musinary Media is under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary").

    1 giờ

  3. 04/11/2024

    Powerful Lessons From Solo Biking Across America and Running a 100-Miler - Dan Ahn (#18)

    Dan Ahn is a former tech salesperson now quarter life coach. He's also solo biked across America and recently completed his first 100 mile ultramarathon. In this conversation, we talk about completing a 100-mile ultramarathon, biking solo across America, growing up in a Korean immigrant family, finding purpose through faith, turning burnout into breakthrough, lessons from sales and life coaching, why solitude might be the key to living life fully. and much more. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon 3:52 Differences between ultramarathons and marathons 5:54 The hardest parts of an running an ultra 7:19 You don't run 26.2 miles without inclination to suffering 8:07 Why running can change your life 10:07 Advice for someone wanting to get into running 12:02 Growing up into a Korean immigrant family 14:10 Breaking out of the scripts from growing up 15:59 Dan's relationship with God and faith 19:25 Finding Truth in life and beyond 21:56 Deciding to solo bike across America 24:52 The itinerary of the bike ride 27:08 Why Dan decided to travel to South America 29:06 Golden advice on living life to the fullest 31:53 Tim Ferriss's fear setting exercise for risk-taking 34:03 Lessons learned from working with a startup at NYC 36:31 Dan's advice to his younger self 40:49 What Dan learned from being a life coach 41:45 Knowing how to best serve your clients 45:13 Why you should spend more time in solitude 47:01 What should you do if you're burnt out? 49:07 How to deal with feeling misalignment 50:43 Charging what you believe you're worth 52:39 Lessons from a career in sales 54:01 What does success mean to Dan? 56:36 Dan's vision of "Love God, others, and myself." 57:48 Advice to ambitious young people looking to do cool things 59:00 Where can people find Dan? Follow Dan: X: https://twitter.com/DanTAhn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dantahn/ Website: https://www.dantahn.com/ Follow Jeston: X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu Website: https://www.jestonlu.com Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/ Musinary Media: Conversations with visionaries who blend art and business into their life and work. Musinary Media is under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to create musical spaces for artists and entrepreneurs around the world.

    1 giờ
  4. Here are the Skills You Need to Succeed in Your 20s and Beyond - Nat Eliason (#17)

    28/10/2024

    Here are the Skills You Need to Succeed in Your 20s and Beyond - Nat Eliason (#17)

    Nat Eliason is the author of "Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance," online writer with a newsletter of 45,000+ subscribers, and currently working on his next sci-fi novel. In this conversation, we talk about how the education system is scuffed, what it took to write Nat's book, "Crypto Confidential," underrated advice to win in your 20s, and much more. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 1:02 Why Nat Eliason started "Nat Chat" in 2016 4:00 Why the education system today is broken 9:07 What to do if you're feeling "stuck" in college 11:27 The best way to spend your college years 13:50 Why writing a book is so hard these days 18:36 How writing fiction differs from writing nonfiction 21:20 Creating a world through writing 22:16 The tremendous power of tracking your word count 24:39 The #1 way to get better at anything 27:01 Secrets to editing your writing more effectively 30:59 Why "Crypto Confidential" is such a good read 34:30 Why Nat decided to go all in on writing 36:02 A dangerous trap to avoid in your 20s 40:13 The best way to meet other interesting people 42:19 Known costs, unknowable benefits 46:26 Why it's so important to take on hard things 49:16 Why you must be the best at what you do 51:05 How to find the thing you're meant to do 51:53 Watch out for this trap when trying new things 53:45 Advice to an ambitious 20 y/o wanting to do great things 55:49 Where to find Nat Follow Nat: X: https://twitter.com/nateliason Writing: https://blog.nateliason.com/ Follow Jeston: Website: https://www.jestonlu.com X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/ The Jeston Lu Podcast: Hosting deep conversations with creatives & founders pursuing unconventional paths. This podcast is part of Musinary Media, under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to bring creatives & founders in a musical, nature-like setting around the world.

    56 phút

  5. 29/09/2024

    Why Consistency is Actually Killing Your Growth - Kevon Cheung (#16)

    Kevon Cheung is the founder of Small School, an online school for creator educators. In this conversation, we talk about building in public, the media landscape, balancing business with family, underrated and overrated pieces of advice for life, taking the pathless path, and much more. 0:00 Introduction 0:49 Kevon's childhood backstory 2:32 Differences between living in America vs. Asia 4:13 Studying business at Babson College 6:29 Getting into the tech world 9:03 Being employed vs. being an entrepreneur 11:09 Getting into online business in 2020 15:24 Steps to building an online business 19:52 Figuring things out as you go 20:28 Mistakes when building on X 22:04 Changes in the media landscape 23:45 Build something for yourself 28:13 How to make the most in college 30:30 Being an introvert online 31:47 Becoming a father 36:01 Balancing business with family 36:35 Kevon's day-to-day routine/lifestyle 38:43 Be receptive to opportunities around you 40:47 There's more than just the 'default path' 41:37 Consistency is overrated 43:38 Providing free value is underrated 45:19 Consistency has to be strategic 46:10 Next chapter for Kevon 48:31 Piece of advice for 18 y/o self Follow Kevon: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MeetKevon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevon/ Small School: https://www.smallschool.is/ Follow Me: 🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com 💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍

    51 phút

  6. 24/09/2024

    How a College Student Built a 6-Figure Online Business - Jay Yang (#15)

    Jay Yang is Head of Content to Noah Kagan, content strategist to Z Fellows, former intern at Beehiiv, and entrepreneur of his own 6-figure agency business. In this conversation, we talk about college, collecting great questions, going to the gym, building a personal brand, finding your North Star, and much more. 0:00 Introduction 0:26 What Jay's been up to 1:01 Thoughts on college so far 2:12 Taking ownership of your learning 3:00 Looking back on high school 3:50 Making high-quality friendships 6:26 Building self-awareness 9:38 Jay's collection of questions 11:45 How to process good questions 12:45 Values and principles to live by 14:30 How going to the gym can save your life 16:05 Jay's obsessions in life 17:12 Practical steps to build an online business 19:49 Breaking down some of Jay's tweets 22:05 Permissionless apprenticeship 24:30 Principles of building a personal brand 28:00 Building an email newsletter 29:25 Working at Beehiiv 30:49 Trading money for time - delegation 32:39 Buying back time 34:10 Jay's daily routine 35:44 Quitting to level up in life 36:35 Seeing life as a video game 37:28 Being patient and slowing down 39:35 The most important things in life 40:17 Advice to high school freshmen Follow Jay: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jayyanginspires Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayyanginspires/ Newsletter: https://jayyanginspires.beehiiv.com/ Follow Me: 🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com 💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍

    41 phút

  7. 17/09/2024

    How to Break Free From Your Mental Prison - Danny Miranda (#14)

    Danny Miranda is a coach, creator of the men's retreat in Austin, and podcast host of the famous Danny Miranda Podcast. In this conversation, we talk about consciousness, living in truth, finding God, becoming free, holding space for ourselves and others, emotional guidance, being vulnerable, and much more. 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Danny's blog at 13 years old 2:15 Feeling different growing up 4:05 What is consciousness? 4:56 The circle of consciousness 7:02 How do you reach the light? 8:06 How Danny defines death 11:22 Who and what is God? 12:40 How God and love are connected 13:32 What does Danny worship now? 14:18 What does "living in truth" mean? 15:32 Living in 2024 is a special time 17:07 Austin is the living experiment of consciousness 18:50 Making money and what makes us feel alive 19:58 Living in misalignment 22:23 Finding fulfillment is easier than you think 25:11 How Danny found God 26:57 Intellectualizing our way to truth 27:55 Finding my way to God 29:11 How to become free 29:42 Danny's gift to the world 30:40 Man and emotional vulnerability 32:01 How do you hold space to others? 33:44 Being a host vs a guest on a podcast 34:44 How to be receptive listener 36:09 Why we hold harshness to ourselves 37:39 How to release judgement onto others and ourselves 40:53 We have the power to create our own realities 43:20 Wayne Dyer and meeting a photographer 44:40 Allowing yourself to live freely 45:08 Why childhood is such a special moment 47:15 What it means to be a human 49:23 What does Danny challenge more people to do? 49:54 Walking each other home Follow Danny: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/dannymiranda Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heydannymiranda/ 75 Hard Community: https://mydailycommitment.ck.page/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6zteH1pAiF07ArhYYNhSfb?si=623156b6415e41d1 Follow Me: 🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com 💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍

    51 phút

  8. 13/09/2024

    How I Went From Being a Janitor to a 6-Figure Entrepreneur - Parker Worth (#13)

    Parker Worth is a former janitor now multi 6-figure entrepreneur and writer on storytelling. In this conversation, we talk about storytelling, a problem/solution approach to business, idea generation, monetization, traveling, reading, and much more. 0:00 Storytelling + its applicability 2:02 Basic principles of storytelling 6:52 How to inject emotions into stories 10:20 How to generate ideas on the fly 12:48 How to start out online 14:22 Email is the best way to monetize 16:32 Email vs. social media platforms 17:12 Underrated strategies to grow online 19:40 Meeting your heroes on the Internet 20:58 How to create and launch an offer 24:50 Finding problem solution fit 26:23 Start with free volunteering 27:55 Shoutout to Jay Yang 29:41 Be relentless in solving problems 30:28 How to figure out what you want 32:32 How to know which skills to learn 34:30 Living in Brazil 36:05 Benefits of traveling 39:08 The ever-changing reality 41:27 Remaining humble and a student of life 43:24 Finding clients to work with 45:07 Being transparent and creating free work 48:10 The power of reading 49:50 What Parker is reading right now 51:17 Piece of advice to your 18 y/o Follow Parker: Website: https://parkerworth.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/worth_parker Follow Me: 🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com 💬 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jestonlu 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍

    52 phút
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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Jeston Lu
  • Năm hoạt động
    2024 - 2025
  • Tập
    20
  • Xếp hạng
    Thô tục
  • Bản quyền
    © Jeston Lu
  • Trang web chương trình
    Artisionary