#askthepig: To Shatter Slavitude

In this episode, we’re kicking it about the behavior of expert entrepreneurs. These behaviors have been theorized as The Effectuation Principles. Like Creative Problem Solving, in order to get the best from this extraordinary level of thinking—one must first ‘clarify’. Although, clarification, or “Bird-in-Hand Principle”, is just the start of your Effectuation Cycle. This episode is creative thinking fitness packed, powerfully into 90 minutes. Listen in and learn how to deliberately use The Effectuation Principles and Cycle to secure your entrepreneurial success. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

I hope that you and all your loved ones are well. This episode is long overdue. We have our bruhtha Bangali Doumbia choppin’ it up with us on this episode of #askthephoenix. It’s the top of the 2nd quarter, and novel COVID-19 has proven itself a contender like no other. Meanwhile, an aggressive recession awaits, patiently, to be tagged in-to this maelstrom of a gauntlet. However, together, we will get through this. I think it’s safe to say that we understand science and creative thinking are needed more than ever. Salute to all the heroes saving the days, and store operators out here making sure we have continued access to what we need. So, join us as we continue to hack our thinking... this time in determining what has meaning in our lives. Also, what we lend our energies to. Thank you for being here with us. We love you for it. Peace and blessings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Goose and I break up our quarantine angst by blowing off some steam in this episode.  Oh-yeah, it's only right that y'all know he titled this joint

Fiscal year?  It breaks down quarterly?  What's a quarter?  Damn!  Is my quarter(s) good or bad?  If bad, should I throw in the towel?!  If good, do I need to do anything else?  We approach all these questions, and more on this episode of #askthephoenix.  Goose and I are back in full swing.  That's right, season 3 y'all!  And, we've brought back the great King Gene to share insights from his latest travels and exploits.  Lock in, and see how this episode might impact your growth and contributions.  As always, we welcome you; and have been awaiting your arrival.  Enjoy!  Peace. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Commitment versus being loyal...

Conjure up ideas on a whim.  Revisit the past.  Create the future.   Discover your distinction.  Explore your means of coping within your unique experience.  "Imagination breeds creativity.  Creativity produces options.  In those options we find freedom." ––Najja .  Goose says that imagination is is reality.  If he's right, then we have the freedom to choose.  Imagine the possibilities!  Choose wisely. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Need I say more?  Some will read this title and think they have this episode figured-out!  However, I'd bet it's not what you think.  Trust me, this episode is for you!  Bless! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

In this episode we're chopping it up about what it looks like to have a life full of the things that serves us.  And, how having said things–impacts and charges our lives.  We also discuss genuine attraction versus distraction.  We went overkill this episode with rounding our conversation off with the difference between optimum and maximum.  Lock in, get your pen, pad, or notes app ready.  This episode is chocked full!  Enjoy! Blessings.

What is Design Thinking? According to Rikke Dam and Teo Siang over at Interaction Design Foundation, “Design Thinking is an iterative process in which we seek to understand the user, challenge assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative strategies and solutions that might not be instantly apparent with our initial level of understanding.” Come in and find out the Design to @gooseswavey and my thinking. You’ll be thoroughly pleased with this one. Take a risk, and enjoy! You’ve only got everything to gain. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

You wanna know what the top twelve Enterprising Skills are in the game today? How about—how closely big Creativity relates to entrepreneurship? What might be all the implications of this [peak] performance in today’s market? Better yet, how valuable is it? You’ll find the answer to everything questioned above, and more inside this episode. So, sit back, take a load of, turn the volume up, and vibe out to a cool convo on social enterprising. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

The above equation is the brain child of Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, and Creativity dynamo, Ruth Noller. Though symbolic, this equation serves as a compass-of sorts. It is a cursor for the attitude one practices, regularly. I believe attitude either grants or denies us -our freedom(s). Keeping positive can be difficult. Use this equation to work it out. Cheers!

Are you planning for success, or have you been inadvertently planning to fail? Have you devised a contingency plan? Are you executing from a contingency mindset? Come on in and learn how we ensure our individual safety and readiness, while planning and strategizing rapid responses to/for freedom. This one will leave you with the “-itis” it’s so filling! Enjoy! Cheers!

Often we see and hear ourselves from the outside in. It’s rare that we look at ourselves from the inside out. The surest way to see your true self is through your values. Knowing your values sets a benchmark for your conduct/behavior. A standard. Living as such sets a philosophy by which you move. Confused? Tune in! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

@meezseason joins us to recap the year since we recorded Episode 2, together. And it has been an amazing year of ‘trial and learn’; and, a year of hardcore failure fanaticism.... All to make our dreams come to life. Come inside and listen to what we’re willing to sacrifice for extra lives in this game! @gooseswavey is electric in this one!

This is an incredible interview! Pastor Garney delivers penetrating, and exciting questions about the state of our youth-today! He’s asking to discover—what we might do, as a solution, to shatter paradigmatic thinking in the young ones. Najja simply gives some clarity, and alternative perspectives on the topic. This one is short, yet most impactful. Come in! It’s a very real, and very-raw conversation. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Join us as we uncover the many untruths, or inconsistencies, in the pursuit of the “American Dream/Ideal”. First, we propose if this dream is yours-alone! Then, we open up the conversation of having everything an individual “should” strive for, and how one could still feel hollow inside—amidst the success. More over, we also cover the fullness that can come from minimalism! Finally, we offer some tools and tips that might assist you synthesizing strategy, even breakthrough traumatic triggers, while ruminating. Come on in and take the load off. You’re one of us in here! Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Have you been life-boating at the last social/networking event you attended? Is it hard for you to ask for help? Do you find it hard to make new friends? Do find solace in spouting things like, “no-new friends”? Do you subscribe to “FOMO”? When you’re upset, do you find it hard to calm down; in fact, you may look for cues to sustain said upset? Don’t fret, this behavior is NOT incurable! However, it requires intense practice at enhancing social and soft skill sets, as well as a healthy/positive attitude. Within this epic episode, @gooseswavey and I attempt to disturb paradigms in deficit thinking. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home? How might that effect your productive output? Your creativity? Your resilience? What does this feeling—do to your imagination? How might this effect how we see value? With skill, can we change? Come on in and let’s stretch our thinking around these questions. Shout out to the Queen, Jontay Walton (@tay_lovesu) for coming out and sharing some of her experiences with us. @gooseswavey @askthephoenix --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

According to Merriam-Webster, to Rectify (v.) is to remedy; or to correct by removing errors. Join us as John Torrey, Ph.D details what rectification means for capitalism, and—overall justice! This episode, another from the hip, is enlightening, intimidating, and empowering... almost—in that order! @goosesoswavey even came out his shell in this episode! Come in and shatter those antiquated paradigms of pandering to to played-up platitudes for privilege. Phoenixes where y’all at with this one? We wanna hear what y’all think. Peace! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/phoenix-nsaid/support

How much does the institutions of Gucci, Burberry, and others cost you as the person? Is your value in the art or the artist? The paint or the painter? The culture or the purveyors? The gun or the gunner? The law makers or law enforcers