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WELCOME TO SEASON 2 OF THE PODCAST!

And we are starting with a great one. It’s no secret that I’m skeptical about people who put ‘Coach’ as their job title. Honestly, I think most of them are snake-oil salesmen and saleswomen. Well, Coach Johnson is not one of them and he sets the bar for a life-changing coach. Coach is a 10 year veteran teacher/Athletic Director that looks to build students sense of self and foster strong communication between parents and their children. A masters graduate from Sarah Lawrence College, he developed his love for block building and works with other teachers and schools to incorporate block building into their classroom programming. He is a Husband, a father, a coach and the host of Our Village Stories: Parenting through Passion and Grit.

On this interview we spoke about:

• His experience as a student athlete
• What sports can teach you about life
• The coach that set him on this path
• How opportunities come to those who do good work
• How you know you succeeded as a Coach

Want to learn more about Coach and his podcast? Here are some links:
Website
My episode on “Our Village Stories”
Twitter
Instagram
Buy Me a Coffee
Blog

Cameron’s recommendations:
Go watch how people played basketball before! Men and women, the OG ballers. Understand the strategy, it’s like chess.

Special thank you to Ro Halfhide for the music on this show and to Immaculate Lemaron for proofreading the transcripts and helping this podcast be as accessible as possible.

Want to support the pod?
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and support the show on Buy me a Coffee. We are currently looking for sponsors, if you know someone or are a local businesses in the Rotterdam area that would like to know about our sponsoring plans, reach out to us here.

So far on this podcast we have talked a lot about how teacher shaped creatives but in this one we’ll talk to someone who is working passionately to shape teachers. Christian Kressmann is an actor, a PhD title holder, a certified NLP coach who is working to help teachers harness their talents and become impact makers because as we have learned on this show, teachers are in a unique position to shape the future and we sometimes take it for granted.

On this interview we spoke about:

• How Chris’ combine passions for acting, science and coaching led him to develop his coaching program for teachers
• The impact teachers can have on the world
• The powers and dangers on NLP
• The role of a coach in helping others
  

Want to learn more about Chris? Here are so many links:
Website
Linkedin
Facebook
Instagram
My episode on his podcast TEACH! - Der Podcast für Lehrer (in German)
His book (yes, he an author)

Christian’s book recommendation:
Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy by Sadhguru

In an effort to make this podcast accessible, we make transcripts of every episode. You’ll find the transcripts on our website here and if you want to check out my episode with Josh Savage, follow this link.

Want to support the pod?
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and support the show on Buy me a Coffee. We are currently looking for sponsors, if you know someone or are a local businesses in the Rotterdam area that would like to know about our sponsoring plans, reach out to us here.

This week I have for you Marc Suss, business owner, painter, podcaster, creative director, musician and more. In his own words: “A storyteller using images, words and sounds.”
Marc is based in one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, Hamburg (and I’m not saying that because I lived there for years) where he works as a creative director and owner of his own brand building and design studio. The dream of many design students today! He’ll tell us all about what is job entails and how he got there. Spoiler alert! It took being ready to hear no’s.

On this interview we spoke about:

• What is a brand?
• What he does for his clients and customers? What is the key question they need to be able to answer?
• His journey through education and why he got a Master’s Degree
• His experience as a tech start-up
• Choosing your craft and how to shape your life
• How he combines all his passions into one experience and more!

Want to learn more about Marc and his podcast? Here are some links:
Marc’s Personal Website
Marc’s studio, The Sweetspot Studio
Here is my episode on The Sweetspot Podcast
His German Podcast „Fugengold“

Recommendations from this episode:
Max Frisch’s book ‘Fragenbogen’ (in German)
Max Frisch’s book ‘Fragenbogen’ (in English)
Stanley Tucci’s book ‘Taste, My Life Through Food’ (from Audible)

In an effort to make this podcast accessible, we make transcripts of every episode. You’ll find the transcripts on our website here.

Special thank you to Ro Halfhide for the music on this show and to Immaculate Lemaron for proofreading the transcripts and helping this podcast be as accessible as possible.

Want to support the pod?
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and support the show on Buy me a Coffee. We are currently looking for sponsors, if you know someone or are a local businesses in the Rotterdam area that would like to know about our sponsoring plans, reach out to us here.

Staying in line with the environmentalist topic, this week we have another warrior for the earth but who uses a physical medium and not a digital one. Rafael Martig, has a fascinating story of combining the logical and emotional to advocate for conservation of flora and fauna. From a young age, he loved nature and learned to observe and learn from it. Born into a family of creatives, he took the science path before getting back to his roots and picking up a brush to make his audience think about the role they play in the future of the planet. A true pleasure to talk to such a rare bird (that joke will make sense after you listen to this episode, trust me it’s brilliant)

On this interview we spoke about:

• Going from scientist to visual artist
• A lifelong fascination with birds and being known as the bird guy
• Doing what you can with the skills you have
• The voting pencil that inspired a super long painting (literally, it’s super long)
• How impact can start in your own backyard

Want to learn more about Rafael? Here is how you reach him and where you can find his work!

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

Here are Rafael’s recommendations:

Ask an artist Podcast

‘100 Ways to Draw a Bird and Make a Living from Illustration by Felix Scheinberger

Special thank you to Ro Halfhide for the music on this show!

Want to support the pod?
Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn and support the show on Buy me a Coffee. We are currently looking for sponsors, if you know someone or are a local businesses in the Rotterdam area that would like to know about our sponsoring plans, reach out to us here.

Have you heard the expression “Never meet your heroes”? Well, I met one of my podcasting heroes and he surpassed my expectations! Dave is the founder of the Print Design Academy, teaching Graphic Designers how to print and how to fall in love with print. His story is a whirlwind of learning experiences, getting chances and taking advantage of them, following passions and showing them to others. From learning on the job to becoming a teacher, Dave tells us his tale.

On this interview we spoke about:

• Our shared obsession with paper and printed goods
• Getting up at 4am to workout (I mean damn!) because Discipline over Motivation
• How an ex-girlfriend’s dad had a major impact in Dave’s life
• Learning print on the job at a printshop
• His other podcast (the low key inspiration for this show)
• The Print Design Academy and the Colour Bar Challenge
• The Design Community born out of a challenge

Want to learn more about Dave and the Print Design Academy? Here are some useful links
PDA Website
PDA Podcast
PDA Instagram
PDA on YouTube
The Quickie Podcast

Here are Dave’s recommendations:
The 4-hour work week by Tim Ferris
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
‘Don’t wait for the motivation to do something, have the discipline to do something.’

Special thank you to Ro Halfhide for the music on this show!

Want to support the pod?
Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn and support the show on Buy me a Coffee. We are currently looking for sponsors, if you know someone or are a local businesses in the Rotterdam area that would like to know about our sponsoring plans, reach out to us here.