089 - Multidisciplinary Projects with Zack Dowell
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| YouTube | iTunes In This Episode Can a fish be trained like a dog? Can a school project be both art and science as well as entertainment and curiosity? How do we bring engagement back to the classroom? Today's podcast will grab you by the ears and entertain them all the way through. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. We want parents and educators to learn the tools they need to get and keep the interest and curiosity of teenagers. Today's guest is a special...
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088 - Designing Success with Tracy Hazzard
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| YouTube | In This Episode How does a young lady pursuing a career in biogenetics find herself a successful artist? How can a small company file a lawsuit against a huge company without getting crushed? How do you fall in love with 3D printing after avowing never to use it? The stories behind these curious juxtapositions are waiting for you in today's podcast. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing podcast. I am Steve Kurti, aka "the Mad Scientist", and I'm pretty jazzed about something that happened this last week. We just finished up our first Inventor Camp of 2016 in Apple...
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087 - Games and Politics with Jay Obernolte
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| YouTube | In This Episode What is it like to write a video game from code in a printed book? Can techie kids learn to have good people skills? How does a computer game programmer become a politician? You'll have to listen to today's episode to learn the answers to these fascinating questions. Hi, this is Steve, "The Mad Scientist" Kurti, and today's guest on the Table Top Inventing podcast is a first for us. We've had game-changing researchers, game-changing teachers, game-changing investors, and other game-changers on our podcast including other programmers. However, we've yet to...
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086 - Understanding Engineers with Joanie Connell
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| YouTube | In This Episode How much does work-life balance matter to today's professionals? Why do people communicate differently on email vs phone vs face-to-face? What are the effects of helicopter parenting on the kids we are trying to protect? Today's podcast will reveal the answers to these crucial questions. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. The best information on how to raise intelligent, curious, successful kids is out there, and we're collecting...
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085 - Young Makers with Peggy Healy Stearns
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| YouTube | In This Episode Can you learn to write software without programming experience? How is educational software unique? How important is technical confidence for young learners? Join us for a look at technology through the lens of educational software. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. Hearing the stories of others who have been down a tricky path and navigated to success has a way of inspiring confidence that I too could find success. Today's...
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084 - Succeeding at Education with Ted Dintersmith
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083 - The Longterm View with Peter Skillen
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082 - Getting What You Want with Scott Glaser
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081 - Project-Based Learning with Ben Owens
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080 - Powerful Girls with Kiki Prottsman
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How are ambition and serving others related? Can we END neglected diseases in the third world? How important are values and lifelong learning to success? Join us on today's episode for a peek behind the curtain of true success.
Welcome to the Table Top Inventing podcast where we discuss innovation, success, and the path to a good life for teens and those who guide them. We have a special treat for you today. I had an opportunity to bump into a successful executive at a business conference earlier this fall. I was so impressed by his story and the values of their company that I knew I had to find a way to bring his wisdom to our show.
Mark Stoleson is the CEO at Legatum a global private investment fund based in Dubai--The United Arab Emirates. In the interview, Mark and I mostly cover the amazing successes and lessons he's learned along the way. We didn't spend much time discussing the failures and challenges along the way, but afterward he told me,
"Steve, hopefully what will come out of this is something that is inspiring and not so far out of reach for people. If we pull back the curtain a little farther, it has not been a continuous upward trajectory since elementary school with everything being a walk through fields of daisies. It's had its ups and downs. It's been a real life.
The secret of success in facing a challenge or a setback is what you do with the situation. Even if hanging-on and persevering is the best you can do, that's doing really, really well. Because it forms who you are and your character. Some of the greatest benefits and opportunities come out of times of challenge."
I love the way Mark frames his experience. As you listen to this interview remember some of the greatest success stories began in humble places. It isn't about getting it right every time. Success is about how you face what life brings. Let's listen in for timeless wisdom from a life well-lived.
Original Release Date: 12/03/15
Category: Business Professionals