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Intentional Connections

How do you get comfortable with being uncomfortable? Having lived on two different islands in Japan, Italy, and the Philippines, Lisa Behrends is a seasoned business strategist and executive with an explorer’s perspective.

Follow your instincts and surround yourself with EP61, as Lisa and Ben are in-studio talking about all the things! This episode’s title pays homage to a quest you’ll hear more about here, called Intentional Connections. Within these community-driven environments, we talk about how to show up, stand out, and following up to thicken an engaged network. This will help you find a healthy slowness to help those you meet, be seen, heard, and valued.

After a special break with another writing from the Roasted Reflections library. In this episode, Ben narrates “Anxiety”. After this mindful moment, Lisa talks about ways to live intentionally. Being aware of how you brew life’s resources, time, and relationships. A powerful closing shines as we close. Enjoy, share with one friend, and thank you for strolling on a thought-filled walk with us.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://LisaBehrends.com

https://IntentionalConnectionsEvents.com

http://Intentional-Connections.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Reading Break from Roasted Reflections: Anxiety

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http://RoastedReflections.com

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By Ben McDougal, ago

Goosebumps

Nic Roth is an author, illustrator, and full-time artist. He is also Ben’s younger brother, so have fun sharing EP60 with a sibling and laugh out loud as we explore what it takes to be a full-time creative. We also talk about book publishing, becoming a muralist, and attending art school, before hearing Bloop from the Roasted Reflections library.

After the break, we invite leaders to always create, while at the same time, welcoming mistakes to brew lasting progress. BEN BOT then helps us compare invested time, versus spending, passing, and wasting time. After a few quick thoughts on being brothers, Nic wraps up EP60 by recognizing that belief in one’s self is contagious, as well as, how opportunities to collaborate awaits all of us, every step of the way.

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BONUS MATERIALS
https://NicRothStudio.com
http://Goosebumps.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com
Reading Break from Roasted Reflections: Bloop
http://CollectorHardbackEdition.com
http://RoastedReflections.com
http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, ago

Always Growing

“Behind mountains, there are more mountains.”

Well spoken by Chief Farmer of Clayton Farms, Clayton Mooney. This dude runs a kabillion miles by running 20+ ultrarunning, went through Y Combinator, stays stoic with painting, writes, illustrates poetry books, played poker professionally back in the day, enjoys boxing, and has felt the summit of many mountains. Clayton arrived in his Tesla Cybertruck, so we tightened our driving gloves and cruised inside the Pour Over Publishing studio. You’re gonna love this early episode of Season 2 for You Don’t Need This Podcast!

As you’ll see/hear, the team at Clayton Farms have been growing technology on a thesis of providing food that people deserve. They’ve been building with aeroponics for indoor farming, delivered ultra-local greens directly to people’s doors, and are now converting closed restaurants into 24/7/365 farming. You’ve heard of farm-to-table. This is the future of farm-to-window.

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BONUS MATERIALS
https://ClaytonFarms.com
https://substack.com/@openclayton
https://x.com/MooneyMillions
Following October – Poetry Book
http://Always-Growing.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com
http://YouDontNeedThisKeynote.com
http://CollectorHardbackEdition.com
http://RoastedReflections.com
http://BENBOT.ai

By Ben McDougal, ago

Caffeinated Manifesto 2

Together, we have fun exploring the frontiers, and how we leverage time is one of life’s greatest explorations. Welcome back for a brand new season of recorded relics with leaders like us, who do things like this!

After the 55 wonderful whirlwinds that made for an epic Season 1, you may not need Season 2 of this podcast, but you’re in the right place.

This special episode includes an entertaining reflection on Season 1 of #YDNTP. Our timeless and unscripted host, Ben McDougal, brews in acknowledgements, a fun unboxing in the break, thoughts on what’s to come, and a hidden giveaway activated by the voice of BEN BOT. Enjoy this season 2 premiere, and your first look/listen from inside our new recording studio. Whatta fast start to more weekly jolts for the entrepreneurial lifestyle, then stay tuned, your weekly drip is back online, with all-new episodes released each Wednesday morning. Cheers and let’s keep building!

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BONUS MATERIALS
YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com
Complete Season 1 Thread
Roasted Reflections
BenMcDougal.com
Waukee APEX

By Ben McDougal, ago

Inextinguishable Light

SEASON 1 FINALE!

Ben McDougal and Jim Morgan compose a symphony of sound and share BIG news to tie a beautiful bow on a sensational season of You Don’t Need This Podcast!

Recorded at the largest sound stage in Minnesota, together we jam on producing new music every day, sleeping in a kick drum, and being a part of other artist’s creative process. Before the break, we hear the story of Conduit Sound, then celebrate pure wonder and serendipity by talking about inspired leadership within creative, inclusive, and open environments.

In a special break without commercials (17:30), you’ll be first to hear news of the brand new Collector Hardback Edition of You Don’t Need This Book: Entrepreneurship in the Connected Era! This relic is now available in limited supply, so click here to experience the feel of finished.

After the break, we put hands on the author’s proof for the Collector Hardback Edition of YDNTB! We then click into AI within music and transitioning from behind the camera to in front of an audience. We close by appreciating the support of family, invite you to ship your own art, and fight to a fun finish for Season 1. Thanks to listeners who have been a part of this experience and to all who have helped evolve this idea into a reality.

Wait…there’s more! You’ll want to stick around for the last drop, as BEN BOT articulates a transmission from the future. Revisit timeless insight from all 55 episodes at YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com as we get ready for next.

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By Ben McDougal, ago