An Interview With Phil LaDuke
I tell my son all the time that every person, regardless of who they are, can make a difference. I think that is something we don’t think about enough. We don’t take the opportunity to make a difference seriously enough at times. The simple act of getting groceries for a senior may seem a very small gesture to you, but to that senior, it makes a tremendous difference. The truth is that by helping even one or two neighbors, you are making a difference in someone’s life.
As part of my series about people who stepped up to make a difference during the COVID19 Pandemic, I had the pleasure of interviewing Arvind Raichur. Arvind Raichur always knew he would become a serial entrepreneur, and has always had an interest in creative problem-solving, and working tirelessly to solve problems in unique and creative ways. His lifelong goal is to inspire people, which he has done successfully through each of his four companies. Through his patented technologies, Arvind consistently inspires a new generation of leaders. …
An Interview With Phil La Duke
I would love to see everyone more tolerant and accepting of others, even if we don’t share the same views, opinions, and political parties. If everyone ate the same food and had the same opinions about everything, life would be pretty boring.
As a part of my series about Heroes Of The COVID Crisis, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sim Shain. Sim Shain, Founder, and CEO of ParaFlight EMS and Aviation and OrganFlights.com have led an impressive twenty-seven-year career working in the pre-hospital emergency medical space. …
An interview with Phil La Duke
Get ready to learn. You need to learn about everything and mostly stuff you have never heard before. Hardware manufacturing — check. Global logistics — check. Entertainment, fitness, climbing industries — check. Cloud services — check. Business habits of a random country — check. How to sell something that did not exist before, check. Taxes, legal bureaucracy — check, and check.
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Raine Kajastila. Raine is the CEO and founder of Valo Motion. He has a strong background in interaction technologies and international business from a combination of both academia and industry. Previously he expanded his Ph.D. research at Aalto University into two spin-off companies, and Facebook ultimately acquired one of them. After the finalization of his doctoral thesis, Raine concentrated his postdoctoral research on mixed-reality exercise and sports training environments, which are the core of Valo Motion’s products. The research work led to the successful commercialization of the ValoClimb and ValoJump technologies. Today, Valo Motion operates in over 60 countries. …
An Interview With Phil La Duke
The main myth that I want to bust is that HSPs are weak and unable to cope in today’s society and workforce. NOPE! I’m here to say that’s not the case at all. You can absolutely thrive as a Highly Sensitive Person and be a productive, engaging, highly functioning member of society — all while honoring your gifts and respecting your sensitivity.
As a part of our series about How To Survive And Thrive As A Highly Sensitive Person, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kalina Stormer, a small business owner, podcaster, and cheerleader for women going after their dreams. Kalina knows first-hand how being an entrepreneur can throw you right into the fire, forcing you to learn, grow, and adapt right on your feet. One of the topics she is especially passionate about reflects her own experience as a Highly Sensitive Person — something that can be challenging while running a customer-facing business. …
An Interview With Phil La Duke
Do your own inner work. Get to know yourself. Cultivate self-acceptance, self-love. Learn and ground into your worthiness. I talked about the importance of this above. The more I got to know myself, the more I was able to be clear with my certainty and my boundaries while letting go of the need to make others feel better to determine my self-worth.
As a part of our series about How To Survive And Thrive As A Highly Sensitive Person, I had the pleasure of interviewing Carrie Jeroslow. Carrie Jeroslow has had a varied career over the past 25 years in both the theatrical and healing arts. From an NYC Casting Director to the Resident Director for the theatrical sensation, Blue Man Group, to a massage therapist, energy healer, spiritual coach, and author, the one constant in her life has been her own path of self-discovery. She has helped many clients create profound life changes using the process in her best-selling book, Why Do They Always Break Up with Me? …
An Interview With Phil LaDuke
People are resilient. We may be generally impatient and want to see the end yesterday, but we can persevere. It is a matter of time for all of us to make it past this worldwide challenge. Treatments will improve, a vaccine will come, and new diagnoses will decline. I have great faith that people will make it through COVID and be better prepared for future challenges should there be new infectious threats. We simply need to respect the situation and remain steadfast in preventing spread.
As part of my series about people who stepped up to make a difference during the COVID19 Pandemic, I had the pleasure of interviewing Adam J Rubinstein, MD, FACS. …
An Interview Phil La Duke
Own your sensitivity: Entrepreneurship is inherently uncertain and can be a rollercoaster of emotions. For HSPs, who feel deeply, the entrepreneurial journey can feel even more intense! When you recognize and own that you are an HSP in business, you can give yourself permission to build your business differently than the other 80%.
As a part of our series about How To Survive And Thrive As A Highly Sensitive Person, I had the pleasure of interviewing Carla Blumenthal. Carla Blumenthal helps introverted, empathic, and highly sensitive coaches, consultants, and service providers to launch and grow their businesses.
She’s coached a wide range of clients, from C-suite tech and marketing execs in Silicon Valley and New York City, to investors, small business owners, and creative professionals across the US. …
An Interview Phil La Duke
An executive needs to be agile. They need to be able to adapt to various situations, people, and they need to be in tune with what is going on in society. All of these elements impact the work of the organization. An executive needs to be a master of relationships. People are not cogs in a machine, and I believe the most productive companies stay in tune with their people.
A person who is rigid, who has unchecked biases, and is afraid of people should not aspire to be an executive. A person who has not addressed these issues will steer an organization into the ground. …
An Interview Phil La Duke
There are tremendous advantages to being an HSP! So many of us crave a deeper connection to ourselves and HSPs are often gifted with an internal predilection for developing self-awareness. We can have a rich inner life, finding deep meaning in situations others might skim over. This means that we can often experience great adventure, inspiration or fulfillment in situations that others might perceive as mundane. …
An Interview With Phil LaDuke
I hope we can use technology to celebrate people’s differences instead of “segmenting” society into buckets — a euphemism for data-driven segregation. My dream is to take the data we gather to advocate for policy change at the national level to make PPE equitable and accessible to all. Interestingly this isn’t just a COVID issue, it’s also an issue with CPAP masks for people who suffer from sleep apnea. This happens to be another area my company is focusing on. America is suffering from a sleep epidemic, and, like COVID, persons of color are disproportionately at risk. Sleep apnea is a rapidly growing medical condition, and many individuals who suffer from it are undiagnosed. …
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