On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Po Bronson, starting at 0:00: The biggest question I get these days during the pandemic is where the heck the world heading. In what ways can we lean on science to create a meaningful life in a world with so much uncertainty?
SEGMENT 2 with Shani Godwin, starting at 20:00: The best currency in the COVID economy is joy. How exactly do we bring joy into our lives during this difficult time?
SEGMENT 3 with Ray Ellin, starting at 36:30: I have always says that if we can’t laugh at things in small business, we are doomed to cry. Laughing during our work day is so important, especially during this pandemic. How can we bring more laughter into our lives these days?
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Po Bronson is the Managing Director & Partner of IndieBio, the world’s leading science accelerator. As a science and tech journalist, he has won many national awards and is cited in 185 academic journals and 503 books. He’s also the author of seven bestselling books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller “What Should I Do With My Life?” and his new book titled “Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner (The Convergence Trilogy).”
1:00 – What does your new book “Decoding the World” explore?
4:15 – Creative answers to meaningful life problems.
8:00 – What is the most weird and wondrous thing you found in your research?
9:45 – What is the future of science?
15:15 – What was it like to travel and explore with Arvind Gupta, and how did you bring that experience through in the book?
Segment 2: Shani Godwin is an accomplished entrepreneur, author, and speaker. She is known as a Chief Joy Officer and has over 17 years of experience leading her high-growth marketing firm, Communiqué USA. Under Shani’s leadership, Communiqué also created Joy EconomicsSM, a corporate platform for helping its key stakeholders and communities find better ways to live, work and play by using joy as its currency.
20:00 – How can small business owners bring joy into their life and into their businesses during COVID?
24:00 – What can you do to start to decrease the stress in your life?
27:00 – Specific things you can control in your small business.
30:00 – The simplest things can bring you joy.
Segment 3: Ray Ellin is a producer, host, comedian, and writer, serving as an executive producer of Comedy Central’s This Week at the Comedy Cellar and is a regular performer and host at the Comedy Cellar in NYC. Ray is founder of www.ComedyCloud.co, creating live interactive online comedy content for corporations and charities, boosting employee morale, and connecting people. Ray is also the owner of Aruba Ray’s Comedy Club on the island of Aruba, hosting 100 shows a year with top US comedians.
36:30 – How is your live events business doing during COVID?
39:00 – How did Comedy Cloud come about?
42:15 – How is Comedy Cloud a valuable resource for small businesses and those looking to boost employee morale?
44:00 – Advice for people to inject a little bit of humor into their daily life.
46:00 – Does laughter actually reduce stress?
48:30 – How are you bringing an in-person show feel to Comedy Cloud?
