Behind The Brilliance

This episode starts with a recap of my trip to Egypt. This week, Lisa Likes Global Entry - the trusted traveler program that lets you breeze through customs when you return to the US. This week's guest is Willie Jackson, an entreprenurial technologist who serves as technology lead for Seth Godin (renown author + marketer) while also running Abernathy Magazine, a digital publication for black men. In this conversation, we cover a lot of ground: -transitioning to doing work you love -how to create a new professional network when you want to make a career leap -the importance of self-care no matter how busy you are -developing work habits that support your goals and much, much more! This is the longest episode of BTB ever, but it's a worthwhile conversation. Details on stuff mentioned are in the show notes: http://lisanicolebell.com/behind-brilliance-085-willie-jackson/ Enjoy!

This week's episode is a Q+A session where I answer a question about dealing with overwhelm and how to manage new opportunities. This week, Lisa Likes Spider Oak ONE, a super awesome, privacy-enhanced backup system that stores your files on a hard drive and in the cloud for access anytime across multiple devices. A life saver if anything ever happens to your computer. This episode covers: -Why "no" is a complete sentence and why "hell yeah or no" is a great place to start -Values and how they inform a vision, goals, plans, actions, and measuring the return on choices -Rest + sleep and why they're so necessary (and generally awesome) -Priming the creative pump -Productivity: hacks for batching, email, time management, and efficiency -Assessing costs for an opportunity in terms of time, money, energy, and opportunity cost -Choosing projects that benefit the greater good -Aligning opportunities with goals -FOMO is a mofo (full stop) -Figuring out what really matters to you and having the opportunities you accept

It's the Season 5 kickoff of Behind the Brilliance! On this episode, I intro the season with what you can expect (more great conversations + solo episodes + surprises), how I spent the hiatus (traversing Europe trying not to become the next victim Liam Neeson has to rescue), and more. This week's guest is the international man of mystery, Colin Wright. He's a writer, full time traveler, and entrepreneur. Colin and I cover a lot: travel, meditation, how he makes money with a non-standard career, relationships, and much more. Show notes (and the pic of Colin butt naked with the laptop): http://bit.ly/colinreloaded  

I do recaps at the end of each season to share highlights and interesting tidbits from the most recent batch of shows. This is especially useful to folks who are new to the show and may be overwhelmed with the idea of catching up. This season's recap ep includes 8 episodes: Status Anxiety (ep 61) Roslynn Cobarrubias (ep 64) Meeting 52 New People: A Social Experiment (ep 68) Risk + Reward (ep 76) Erica Nicole (ep 80) The 2016 To Do List (ep 72) Lifestyle Design (ep 63) Uyo Okebie-Eichelberger (ep 75) If you have time, give these episodes a listen or you can just listen to the recap to get a flavor of the episodes highlights. Next season will be bigger, better and even more awesome. I'm bringing you a fun and interesting mix of guests, new solo episode topics, and giveaways of things I love. Mark your calendar for April 28, and in the meantime, get caught up on the archive or replay your favorite episodes at www.behindthebrilliance.com. ***SEASON 5 BEGINS APRIL 28!***

In this Q+A episode, Lisa answers a listener question about "finding more time" for creative endeavors. Lisa shares her past challenges with managing time and also breaks down her tried and true system for getting things done minus the drama and excuses. Ahead of her trip to Europe next week, Lisa likes Google Translate.

Serial entrepreneur Erica Nicole (Founder/CEO of YFS Magazine) joins my virtual couch to dish her secrets on startups, success, and life. During this convo, we cover how Erica grew YFS from a tiny one woman blog to a global leader in inspiring and practical startup information (she literally shared the 5 step process - I can't believe she broke it down for free!), Erica's approach to time management (don't waste her time!), and how to live a life that most resonates with your purpose. Besides being inspiring and sometimes funny, this episode is packed with practical advice on how to make big leaps, stay true to who you are, and become a winner. Also, based on one of Erica's comments, I decided that Juvenile should do a remix of Back That Azz Up called Back That Faith Up. You have to listen to get the joke. More on Erica + show notes at behindthebrilliance.com

You ask, Lisa answers. This Q+A episode features questions on how to transition into a remote work opportunity, what Lisa thinks of the 4 Hour Workweek, and how to find (and keep) great mentors. As usual, there are awesome book recommendations and shenanigans sprinkled throughout the episode.  

It's the second month of the year - the time when we start to lose steam and slack. This episode dives into habits - little choices we can make that move us closer to where we want to be. In this episode, Lisa covers gratitude, meditation, progress praise, thinking for a change, and conscious editing. Catch up on past episodes of the show at www.behindthebrilliance.com

Serial entrepreneur Maren Kate Donovan joins Lisa to chat about Maren's former startup Zirtual (what went wrong and how Maren coped) along with Maren's new venture, The Memento Mori Society.

Lisa breaks down an approach to taking calculated risks and why you should probably be taking way more risks in life.

Lisa interviews entrepreneur Uyo Okebie Eichelberger about her path to success, her approach to lifestyle design, and the reason Burlington Coat Factory is not a dream retail destination.

Lisa shares her thoughts on how to discover and live with a sense of purpose.

Lisa offers her fresh spin on the age old philosophy of Stoicism.

Lisa shares her to do list for 2016 and her new favorite app, Personal Capital.

In this solo episode, Lisa shares her thoughts on why resolutions suck, how she likes to use the Wheel of Life at the top of the year, and her favorite book recommendations for each key area on the Wheel of Life.

Lisa shares holiday reflections and her best book recommendations for this time of year.

Lisa recaps her favorite things from 2015.

Lisa recounts her lessons and observations from her social experiment of meeting 52 new people in a calendar year.

Filmmaker and president of Game Changer Films Mynette Louie joins Lisa to discuss her career path, her thoughts on women in film, and more.

In this solo episode, Lisa share her thoughts on preparing for the year ahead. She also discusses the virtues of TSA Pre and why there should be a Pre for every aspect of life.