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Aug 23 2016

Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership

Podcast 33: Tyler Merrick of Project 7

Tyler Merrick – Founder of Project 7

For much of Tyler Merrick’s life he has been a successful entrepreneur and benefactor for good across multiple platforms and organizations. Yet in 2008 Tyler found himself at a professional crossroads wanting to help more people through his business endeavors and be a catalyst for change in a continually inward consumer centric culture.

The answer was simple… “products for good!”

“If people are going to buy things, lots of things. Then let’s use those things they purchase to help change the world around us. Let’s make everyday products for everyday people to solve everyday problems around the globe”.

In 2008, Tyler Merrick became a Social Entrepreneur and Project 7 was born; a company dedicated to making ‘Products for Good”.

Tyler joins us in Episode 33 at Let The Music Play Podcast as we discuss business, leadership, and the art of learning from our failures.

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Aug 13 2016

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Episode 32: Holstee Co-Founder Mike Radparvar

The recession hit and Mike Radparvar decided with his brother and a friend to start something new. That something new would be a New York based company they would call Holstee. But more than just create a company that would create a living for these entrepreneurs, they wanted to curate and stand for something that would help them facilitate the making of a life worth living. That’s when they wrote the Holstee Manifesto and one hundred million clicks later, they are still trying to find the words for what they have on their hands. Holstee now has inspired millions across the globe and offers an incredible monthly subscription that provides a space for subscribers to reflect on what matters the most and explores one mindful theme each month through art, words, and action.

Mike Radparvar co-found of Holstee

Mike joins us in Episode 32 at Let The Music Play Podcast as we talk about creativity, leadership, curiosity, and the art of designing the life you want live and lead.

The Holstee Manifesto

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Aug 10 2016

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Here and Now.

Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend. Eugene Peterson

Wonder and awe is typically found in our own front or backyards. You realize that’s what we truly want, right? More than retirement, more than five-star hotels, more than fame, more than a following, and more than whatever you have currently prescribed as your life’s Z-Pak. We want to experience our days wide-eyed and wowed at the beautifully webbing and interconnectedness of it all.

And you may not even need to go that far. Chances are such wonder and meaning is probably just as thick in the room or situation you find yourself in.

If, and only if, you are with it.

If our presence is a choice, so is our meaning.