Travis Wright: How Making New Mistakes Can Help Shape a Better Future
06/10/20 • 53 min
Are you ever worried about making mistakes? Let's talk. In this episode, I speak to Travis Wright, the Director of Growth at 3GIMBALS and the author of the book Making New Mistakes, about the value of learning from your mistakes, the importance of effective leadership, and how to avoid trying to do too much.
Bio:
Travis Wright currently works as the Director of Growth at 3GIMBALS a services firm that supports the intelligence community. His career journey began in aviation as a helicopter pilot and then an airline pilot before becoming a military staff officer and eventually a management consultant. He’s worked with senior leaders across industries helping them tackle tough problems. As a lifelong learner, he’s earned degrees from George Washington University as well as an executive certificate from Georgetown and the Senior Executive Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He's the author or Making New Mistakes which is available now.
Contact:
Book: https://makingnewmistakes.carrd.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-wright
Speaker Profile: https://speakerhub.com/speaker/travis-wright
Resources:
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-version
Amish Barn Raising:
Time lapse: Amish barn raising
Looking for voiceover talent? Reach out to Rebecca at [email protected]
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: [email protected]
Are you ever worried about making mistakes? Let's talk. In this episode, I speak to Travis Wright, the Director of Growth at 3GIMBALS and the author of the book Making New Mistakes, about the value of learning from your mistakes, the importance of effective leadership, and how to avoid trying to do too much.
Bio:
Travis Wright currently works as the Director of Growth at 3GIMBALS a services firm that supports the intelligence community. His career journey began in aviation as a helicopter pilot and then an airline pilot before becoming a military staff officer and eventually a management consultant. He’s worked with senior leaders across industries helping them tackle tough problems. As a lifelong learner, he’s earned degrees from George Washington University as well as an executive certificate from Georgetown and the Senior Executive Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School. He's the author or Making New Mistakes which is available now.
Contact:
Book: https://makingnewmistakes.carrd.co
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-wright
Speaker Profile: https://speakerhub.com/speaker/travis-wright
Resources:
Walt Whitman, Song of Myself:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45477/song-of-myself-1892-version
Amish Barn Raising:
Time lapse: Amish barn raising
Looking for voiceover talent? Reach out to Rebecca at [email protected]
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: [email protected]
Previous Episode
Dr. Darian Parker: Take the Next Step Toward Shaping a Better Future
We hear a lot about the importance of well-being. However, during challenging times, how effective are we at integrating it into our lives?
In this episode, I speak to Dr. Darian Parker, fitness and wellness expert, co-partner of Epic Leisure Management, and the host of the podcast Dr. D's Social Network, about the importance of wellbeing, his thoughts about the future, and the power of personal initiative in achieving goals.
Bio:
Dr. Darian Parker earned his Ph.D in Sports Education Leadership with an emphasis in Behavior Modification from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He earned his Master and Bachelor degrees from James Madison University in Kinesiology with concentrations in Exercise Leadership, Athletic Administration and Advanced Coaching. Dr. Parker is also a certified personal trainer through the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Dr. Parker has been in the fitness and wellness business for 19 years. Throughout the course of Dr. Parker’s career he has served several roles in the fitness and wellness industry. In the academic setting, Dr. Parker served as the Director of Education and Program Coordinator for both Professional Fitness Institute/Pinnacle Career College. After working in the academic environment, Dr. Parker worked for WTS International as the General Manager for Club Ridges, an upscale private fitness club located within the gates of the exclusive Ridges community in Las Vegas. In addition to this Dr. Parker served as the National Director of Fitness for WTS assisting in oversight and support of WTS’ national portfolio. Furthermore, Dr. Parker continues to be the private personal trainer for several leaders of prominent businesses in the United States.
Dr. Parker’s new venture as the Co-Principle of Epic Leisure Management provides an opportunity for him to create, implement and foster the highest levels of a people centered culture while also providing the most innovative and significant technologies and services to our clients. People first is at the core of Dr. Parker’s philosophy. While business is very important, what’s even more important to Dr. Parker is the human being behind the business.
Contact:
Epic Leisure Management: elmadventures.com
email: [email protected]
Instagram: @epic_leisure
Resources:
Research about how personality is primarily shaped by genetics
Dr. Doug Lisle: https://www.healthpromoting.com/clinic-services/staff/doug-lisle-phd
Dr. Jen Howk: http://www.jenhowk.com/
How the people around us shape our personalities and actions
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anger-in-the-age-entitlement/201910/how-we-affect-each-other
In the book Friend of a Friend, David Burkus makes the case of how people in our networks impact us and our lives
https://davidburkus.com/books/friend-of-a-friend/
The threat of deep fakes in the future
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth
Futurists who explore a future of expanded lifespans
Ray Kurzweil:
https://su.org/about/faculty/ray-kurzweil/
Aubrey de Grey
https://www.sens.org/about-us/leadership/executive-team/
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: [email protected]
Next Episode
Diana Wink: Creatively Exploring What the Future Holds
I often challenge people to create the future that they envision. So, what does it take to envision the future, and to effectively convey that vision? Creativity and Storytelling. In this episode, I speak to dystopian filmmaker and author Diana Wink, about the creative process and how each of us can leverage our natural storytelling ability to help shape the future.
Bio:
Diana Wink is a mountain child from the depths of middle Asia, striving to kidnap her readers into make-believe worlds in her dystopian novels on dfwink.com, blend the borders between past and future, and master her own curiosity. On storyartist.me, she shows how you can make a living writing stories and offers the free ebook “8 things successful writers do every day–learn from Hemingway, Grisham and George R. R. Martin”
Resources:
Sleepwalkers podcast:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-sleepwalkers-30880104/
Neuralink:
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-put-in-human-within-year-2020-5
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-elon-musk-brain-chip-company-neuralink-2019-7
Screen time and children's development:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/screen-time/art-20047952
Sherry Turkle, Reclaiming Conversation:
https://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Conversation-Power-Talk-Digital/dp/0143109790
German poet Freidrick von Schiller, and using rotten apples for his creative process
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/nov/22/friedrich-schiller-anniversary-film-biography
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: [email protected]
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