Powerful Nonsense - The Millennial Podcast For Entrepreneurs, Artists & Creatives

In this special festive episode, Cem and Wayne are joined by Powerful Nonsense regulars, Adam Stansbury, Junior Ogunyemi, James Lambert and first timer Mark Chesters for some around the fire discussions on living the good life and how to make 2016 your best year ever!   http://www.juniorogunyemi.com/ http://coverfitness.co.uk/ http://www.jameslambertcoaching.co.uk/ 

In this episode, Cem and Wayne inspired by the latest Stars Wars release take a look back at some of the all time great quotes from previous movies and discuss how they can be applied to entrepreneurs and anybody who wants to live a more empowered life.   4:50 Do or do not, there is no try 10:15 Always remember, your focus determines your reality 13:25 Don't centre on your anxieties. Keep your concentration here and now where it belongs 16:45 You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend on a certain point of view 20:35 Who’s more foolish, the fool? Or the fool who follows him? 23:20 The ability to speak does not make you intelligent 27:35 You must unlearn what you have learned   Resources The Difference Between Trying And Doing Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life – Dr Wayne Dyer The Power Of Now - Ekhart Tolle

In this episode, Cem and Wayne discuss why entrepreneurs should hone their empathy muscle to spot new businesses opportunities. We talk about whether technology is reducing or enhancing our compassion for others, if it’s ethical to profit from people’s problems and why you should go on more ‘empathy adventures’ this New Year. What You'll Hear 3:00 Being too busy to care for others 5:00 Exposing yourself to problems closer to home 5:50 Is profiting from people's problems ethical? 13:00 Is the world less empathetic these days? 15:00 The science behind empathy 19:00 Exposing yourself to empathy building situations 21:30 “It’s super empowering to seriously care about something.” 23:30 How social media impacts our compassion Resources Cash is Oxygen - Gary Vaynerhuk Ice Blocks in Paris Pencils of Promise vInspired Do-it.org A Radial Experiment in Empathy

In this episode, Cem interviews TEDx speaker and youth worker at the Princes Trust Jamie Lee Brett to discuss the growing digital inequalities in the UK and the impact it may have on employment and well-being. Jamie shares why mental health issues are growing year on year amongst young people, how social media is warping our expectations and what may happen if technology equals the intelligence of a human beings in the coming years. What You'll Hear: 4:00 Introducing Jamie Lee Brett 7:00 Tackling digital inequality and the digital divide 11:00 using linkedin to build your professional network 13:00  Teaching how to write a CV vs teaching entrepreneurship 16:30 Mental health and the digital economy 21:00 Is education moving quick enough 24:00 the ability to upskill yourself for free online 26:00 Global competition in the digital economy 30:00 What happens when technology equals the intelligence of a human being 33:00 Social media and expectations 38:00 Most powerful pieces of advice you've been given? 39:20 Bi

In this episode, Cem and Wayne inspired by Philip Mckernan’s book Rich on Paper, Poor on Life discuss why we need to avoid ‘Next Level Syndrome’ when setting our goals for the New Year. We explain why inferiority complexes tend to create ego-driven goals and why calling bullshit on yourself can often lead to more authentic and meaningful intentions for 2016. What You'll Hear 03:25 - Setting your goals well in advance05:00 - Setting authentic goals08:00 - Stop comparing your blooper reel to everyone else’s highlight reels12:55 - Are your goals based on short term social validation?19:55 - Using shortcuts to seek an enlightened state23:00 - Call bullshit on your own goals28:30 - Working to get to the “self”34:10 - Sometime you need to just be proud of today. References Rich on Paper, Poor on Life Authentic Goal Setting The Art of Charm Podcast Man’s Search for Meaning

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview fellow Northampton University Alumni Kascion Franklin to talk about his journey from graduation to landing the lead role in Lenny Henry’s Danny and The Human Zoo for the BBC. Kascion shares why pursuing and maintaining a creative career can be a daily struggle and why daily progression and knowing yourself is a must for anyone looking to carve a career outside of the traditional nine to five. What You'll Hear 3:30 - Introducing Kasion Franklin 5:30 - How Kascion landed his role in Danny and The Human Zoo 7:00 - Landing acting roles without an agent 10:00 Why did you decide to go to university? 13:00 Financial stability and the actors lifestyle 17:00 Dealing with the down days 22:00 How much of the film is actually based on Lenny Henry's life? 23:30 Getting advice from Lenny Henry 25:00 What's next? 29:00 Societies obsession with the overnight success 31:30 The ability to commit to something 34:00 Finding the first steps to pursuing your goals 37:00 How to evaluate your

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview Growth Hacker and Start-up Founder Ash Ali who worked as part of the senior management team at Just-Eat, securing over £10.5 million in VC funding and has recently started his own company Fare Exchange, an online platform for minicabs businesses to manage and grow their client base. Ash shares his entrepreneurial journey from building e-commerce websites in his attic at the age of 19, why young people are ill equipped to make the most of the entrepreneurial revolution and why your personal brand and what you stand for matters. What You’ll Hear 04:10 - Who is Ash Ali?09:50 - Building websites before it was “a thing”15:25 - Accidentally discovering an unexpected online market19:00 - Knowing where to place your attention26:00 - Developing the ability to see trends and gaps in the market29:00 - Vitamins vs Painkillers37:40 - Defining FareExchange41:45 - How can we help students to find potential solutions to problems49:15 - Where is the gap between box ticking and providin

In this episode, Cem and Wayne speak with Adam Horne founder of The Sales Floor, an online jobs board for sales roles. In this interview Adam shares how he transitioned from full-time employment at a recruitment agency to working on his side gig around his 9-to-5 and then growing The Sales Floor enough to eventually quit his job. Adam also shares his experience of outsourcing as well as dealing with loneliness and isolation in the early days of starting his business. What You’ll Hear 03:35 - Who is Adam Horne and what is The Sales Floor?04:50 - From sports journalism to recruitment and sales07:50 - Your success lays on your shoulders10:30 - Where The Sales Floor came from.16:00 - Mundane meditation17:55 - Growing up as the son of business owners20:50 - It's easy to underestimate the amount of work needed24:50 - Creating a digital business as a non-techie person28:35 - Outsourcing on a shoe-string budget33:25 - The feeling of handing in the resignation and the first month of full time entrepreneurship38:15 - T

In this episode, Cem and Wayne explore why creative decision making can be an extremely valuable tool for entrepreneurs who are either starting a business and looking for new ideas or for those who have a business and want to grow through innovations. We discuss why creativity thrives with collaboration, limitations and our ability to take risks. What You’ll Hear 03:30 - You can’t always make a decision based on data or solving a problem. 06:20 - Iterate based on feedback. Start with something simple 08:15 - How can anyone know what they want if they’ve never even see it? 11:00 - Try and get other people involved in your creative process so that you have multiple perspectives 17:05 - Leverage your limitations and iterate 20:00 - Build forward on your problem solving. You have to begin with action then try again 24:10 - To remain on top, you have to continue to innovate via the creative process. 25:10 - Keep training your brain for creative thinking 27:25 - Challenge your pre-existing beliefs Resources Buffer

In this episode, Cem and Wayne ask the question, “Are We In A Creativity Crisis?” With schools pulling the plug on creative subjects and students being pointed away from artistic endeavours, are we moving in the wrong direction and limiting the entrepreneurial, expressive and problem solving potential of our young people? What You’ll Hear 02:20 - Are we in a creativity crisis? 05:25 - Kids feel that they are less creative as they go through school 07:30 - Have we become afraid to be expressive due to judgment from others? 13:20 - Art and creativity is getting bad press 15:55 - The world no longer needs “yes-men”. It needs innovators 18:10 - Things can always be improved and leveraged with a creative process. 21:10 - Many people are not prepared to be wrong or rejected 22:15 - We are in danger of becoming a society of academics 24:35 - Creative education needs a re-brand 25:45 - Creativity breeds lateral thinking 27:35 - We need to create more relaxed and open creative space in society. Resources The Creativ

In this episode, Cem and Wayne discuss whether or not ideas are becoming the new currency based on James Altucher’s book “How To Become An Idea Machine.” We also explore why companies are desperate to hire innovators in order to avoid becoming obsolete in these fast changing industries and finally whether our education system is doing enough to enhance the imaginations and idea generating potential of students today. What You’ll Hear 01:40 - Become an idea machine and have plenty of idea sex 05:15 - Take some time to generate ideas and find the one that won’t go away 07:50 - Having regular “shower moments” 09:50 - Ideas have no value without execution 11:50 - Taking an idea from your head and writing it down can bring clarity 13:20 - Innovate or perish 18:25 - Innovation comes from combining two different ideas in a new way 19:30 - Schools are not embracing technology at the foundational level 22:40 - The way we learn has fundamentally changed 23:45 - Creativity is born from limitations   Resources How To Be

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview Amy Oestreicher who went from “survivor” to "thriver" when at the age of 18 her stomach exploded and her life was thrown into a new trajectory. c After 2 months in a coma, 27 surgeries and spending 6 years unable to eat or drink, through her art, performance and motivational speaking Amy now aims to inspire others to embrace their innate creativity, develop a deeper sense of gratitude and resilience so that we can learn to see the challenges of our lives as opportunities for growth. What You'll Here 03:15 - Leveraging limitations to fuel your creativity 06:15 - Using the art of others for inspiration 08:25 - Dealing with not being able to eat or drink for 6 years 18:50 - Therapeutic lying 22:30 - Creating a musical of a challenging story 25:44 - The challenges we face are relative 32:30 - Have a love of life 33:15 - "What's the most powerful piece of advice you've ever been given?" 34:25 - "What's the biggest load of nonsense you've ever heard?"   Resources http://ww

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview Amy Oestreicher who went from “survivor” to "thriver" when at the age of 18 her stomach exploded and her life was thrown into a new trajectory. After 2 months in a coma, 27 surgeries and spending 6 years unable to eat or drink, through her art, performance and motivational speaking Amy now aims to inspire others to embrace their innate creativity, develop a deeper sense of gratitude and resilience so that we can learn to see the challenges of our lives as opportunities for growth. What You'll Hear   3:25 - Stomach explosion and waking from a coma 8:00 - Waking up to discover your life has dramatically changed 10:55 - Fear of not being able to fulfil your dreams and a need to be productive 13:30 - Connecting to the world through creativity 17:40 - Creating art as a way of dealing with adversity 21:55 - Finding your creative language 24:10 - Creativity as a mindset   Resources http://www.amyoes.com The Hero with A Thousand Faces (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) The

In this episode, Cem and Wayne discuss some telltale signs that you should not become an entrepreneur including cash being your primary motivation, a way to escape your dreaded nine to five and worst of all starting a business so you can become insta-famous! What You'll Hear 2:45 - Why entrepreneurship seems sexy  5:35 - Why do YOU want to be an entrepreneur? 6:35 - Entrepreneurship comes with its own challenges 14:15 - Do you understand what entrepreneurship really means? 15:45 - Do you just want the identity that comes with being an entrepreneur? 17:45 - People will assume that you're rich (or unemployed) 19:40 - Don't do it just for the money... 23:00 - A large percentage of what you'll do in the beginning will not actually be your passion Resources Blog: Why Entrepreneurship Isn't A Get Out Of Jail Free Card Recent Junior Episodes Powerful Nonsense T-Shirts

In this episode, Cem and Wayne pay tribute the late Dr. Wayne W. Dyer sharing and discussing quotes that have inspired them and how you can apply his many teachings to live an empowered life.  What You’ll Hear 02:30 - Mind over matter? 04:20 - "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” 06:40 - "The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about." 12:30 - "Being Creative means trusting your purpose.” 15:30 - “What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you.” 18:20 - "Ego is simply an idea of who you are.” 21:45 - "No one is capable to make you upset without your consent” 25:25 - “It's never crowded along the extra mile.” 28:10 - "Make yourself available for success" Books To Read Your Erroneous Zones - Wayne Dyer - Full Audiobook The Power Of Intention Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life I Can See Clearly Now

In this episode, Cem and Wayne welcome Junior Ogenyemi back to the show to talk about his latest book ‘Young 'Fed Up' Professionals’ which aims to finally help readers answer that all important question... "When, and how do I leave my 9-to-5 and start that business?" Junior has identified 6 strategies that leave no room for excuses so that you can make that life changing prison break and enjoy the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship.  What You'll Hear: 01:45 - Entrepreneurship is a necessity for the future. 05:45 - People who have failed are in a better position to succeed 07:30 - We’re entering an age of small global businesses 08:40 - Business life-spans continue to shrink 09:55 - Learning is crucial to success 13:00 - Don’t make excuses 16:10 - Providing value for free 22:00 - Are schools starting to embrace entrepreneurship? 24:00 - Entrepreneurs DO sleep! 25:30 - Know what people want, know how, when and why they want it and you can’t fail. 26:20 - Outwitting the Devil Resources Young Fed Up Profess

In this episode, Cem and Wayne welcome Junior Ogenyemi back to the show to talk about his latest book ‘Young 'Fed Up' Professionals’ which aims to finally help readers answer that all important question... "When, and how do I leave my 9-to-5 and start that business?" Junior has identified 6 strategies that leave no room for excuses so that you can make that life changing prison break and enjoy the freedom that comes with entrepreneurship.  What You'll Hear: 02:30 - Young Fed Up Professionals 05:00 - A job is not the only way to fulfil your passion 07:10 - A job is not as secure an option as you think 08:50 - Is your job at risk due to technology? 09:30 - Are millennials more aware of the risk or is being an entrepreneur just sexy? 11:00 - Potential vs Actual - mindset is everything 13:00 - It’s not money that makes the world go round. It’s ideas 17:35 - Develop your creative entrepreneurial mind 18:35 - Which farm animal are you? 20:00 - Are you a donkey? 20:40 - Are you a chicken? 21:20 - Are you a cow? 23:5

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview Femi Oyeniran, Actor (Kidulthood & Adulthood), Director (It’s A Lot), Producer and Entrepreneur. In this two-part podcast we delve into the truth behind the overnight success, why saying ‘yes’ can open up a world of opportunities and why keeping a close eye on your inevitable demise will often give you clarity for taking action today.   What You'll Hear   02:40 - Social media can facilitate professional relationships 05:25 - It's important to have someone who both pushes and supports you 08:15 - When people see that you are working hard, they want to support you 08:55 - Strive to be better 10:00 - What is success? 13:25 - Patience is a talent 16:15 - The origins of entrepreneurial flair 18:40 - Being inspired by your peers 20:20 - It's important to give back 21:05 - People know what they want but they don't really work for it 23:45 - Heightened awareness of death 25:35 - Health and family are the most important things not your work 28:25 - What's the powerful piece

In this episode, Cem and Wayne interview Femi Oyeniran, Actor (Kidulthood & Adulthood), Director (It’s A Lot), Producer and Entrepreneur. In this two-part podcast we delve into the truth behind the overnight success, why saying ‘yes’ can open up a world of opportunities and why keeping a close eye on your inevitable demise will often give you clarity for taking action today.   What You'll Hear   03:20 - How Femi fell into acting 07:00 - You never know when opportunity is going to appear 09:25 - "I didn't know you could make money from doing it". 11:05 - Stars are a lot more reachable now and there's a lower level of entry 14:05 - "I didn't know what a big deal it was at the time" 16:05 - "I was nervous because my phone wasn't ringing" 18:20 - The crash back to reality 22:10 - You have to capitalise on your success 23:40 - Creating a career for yourself 25:55 - Give yourself options in life 27:45 - People who are successful focus on their craft 29:30 - Do as much as you can to build your credibility   Reso

In this episode, Cem and Wayne discuss why you should not fall in the trap of letting your job define you. We explain why it’s more important to figure out WHO you want to become not WHAT you want to do in order to lead a more empowered life contributing to others. What You'll Hear   03:15 - Don't worry about "what you want to be when you grow up". Worry about "who". 05:55 - When you describe yourself is your occupation the first thing that comes out of your mouth? 07:30 - Are we putting too much emphasis on career? 09:20 - Are you using your occupation to re-enforce stereotypes? 13:15 - Are you defining yourself with a job you hate? 15:40 - What qualities are you trying to put across when you define yourself with your occupation? 19:15 - Stop saying what you do and talk about how you like to express yourself. 22:50 - Is personal branding a solution to defining yourself with your job? 26:15 - People want to see who you are now over what you do.  28:35 - Who are you when you don't have that job anymore? 30:05