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Ep. 19: Career coach Alec Sorensen helps dreamers of biz ideas take action via habit-building
Manage episode 337531768 series 3382655
Alec Sorensen is a career coach who helps people take action on life-changing business ideas they've been putting off.
Alec is also a follower of the Mormon church, a Japan-living American at one point, a California-to-Texas transplant, among other things.
We discussed how he got into career coaching, his faith, cultural shocks in Japan, why he moved to Austin from the Bay Area, and more.
0:00 Intro
1:20 Alec as a Coach: His thoughts about the coaching industry, and how he uses habit building techniques to help people achieve their goals
12:18 Growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and thoughts on the Broadway show The Book of Mormon
20:26 Joseph Smith's controversy: His spiritual experience and his motives of starting the Mormon church
27:21 The question of polygamy: Does the current church endorse it, and the logic behind the practice
31:59 The Mormon church hierarchical order and how apostles are selected
35:39 Religion vs Crypto: They are both a commitment to fulfilling an unrealized vision
40:48 Alec's experience as a missionary in Romania
45:53 Missionary KPIs and follow-up of new converts
49:44 Alec's experience in Japan: Learning a new language, and living in a remote village
53:35 Chinese vs American parenting: Expectations of parents of their children, and why economic factors allow for more flexibility
58:44 Replaceability of the working class, China vs US
1:03:34 Japanese stereotypes that proved true during Alec's stay in Japan
1:11:38 Alec's experience as a crisis counselor for male rape survivors
1:18:46 Alec's opinion on microdosing and other mushrooming techniques used in counseling
1:19:28 Illegal drugs, coffee, tea and sodas: Why the church frowns on their use
1:21:57 Coaching: Why coaching, Insecurities, Working with clients to get them results
1:31:47 Decision to move to Austin: All the pros
1:38:08 How he gets clients from conducting pilots
1:48:30 Conversations in Austin vs conversations in the Bay Area
1:51:37 Cognitive dissonance: How some champions for change in the Bay Area are somehow ill-prepared to pivot when confronted by people of different opinions
1:54:43 Argument for the legitimacy of Russia's invasion
1:58:54 Outro
Hoofdstukken
1. Teaser (00:00:00)
2. INTRO (00:00:19)
3. Alec as a Coach: His thoughts about the coaching industry, and how he uses habit building techniques to help people achieve their goals (00:01:22)
4. Growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: The Book of Mormon, Being a practicing religious minority (00:12:20)
5. Alec's social anxiety when it comes to being in large groups of people (00:17:49)
6. Joseph Smith's controversy: His spiritual experience and his motives of starting the Mormon church (00:20:28)
7. The question of polygamy: Does the current church endorse it, and the logic behind the practice (00:27:23)
8. The Mormon church hierarchical order and how apostoles are selected (00:32:01)
9. Religion vs Crypto: They are both a commitment to fulfilling an realized vision (00:35:41)
10. Alec's experience as a missionary in Romania (00:40:50)
11. Missionary KPIs and follow-up of new converts (00:45:55)
12. Alec's experience in Japan: Learning a new language, and living in a remote village (00:49:46)
13. Chinese vs American parenting: Expectations of parents of their children, and why economic factors allow for more flexibility (00:53:37)
14. Replaceability of the working class, China vs US (00:58:46)
15. Japanese stereotypes that proved true during Alec's stay in Japan (01:03:36)
16. Alec's experience as a crisis counsellor for male rape survivors (01:11:40)
17. Alec's opinion on microdosing and other mushrooming techniques used in counseling (01:18:48)
18. Illegal drugs, coffee, tea and sodas: Why the church frowns on their use (01:19:30)
19. Coaching: Why coaching, Insecurities, Working with clients to get them results (01:21:59)
20. Decision to move to Austin: All the pros (01:31:49)
21. How he gets clients from conducting pilots (01:38:10)
22. Why the conversation is different in Austin compared to the Bay Area (01:48:32)
23. Cognitive dissonance: How the champions for change are ill prepared to pivot when confronted by people of different opinions (01:51:39)
24. Argument for the legitimacy of Russia's invasion (01:54:45)
25. Outro (01:58:56)
24 afleveringen
Manage episode 337531768 series 3382655
Alec Sorensen is a career coach who helps people take action on life-changing business ideas they've been putting off.
Alec is also a follower of the Mormon church, a Japan-living American at one point, a California-to-Texas transplant, among other things.
We discussed how he got into career coaching, his faith, cultural shocks in Japan, why he moved to Austin from the Bay Area, and more.
0:00 Intro
1:20 Alec as a Coach: His thoughts about the coaching industry, and how he uses habit building techniques to help people achieve their goals
12:18 Growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and thoughts on the Broadway show The Book of Mormon
20:26 Joseph Smith's controversy: His spiritual experience and his motives of starting the Mormon church
27:21 The question of polygamy: Does the current church endorse it, and the logic behind the practice
31:59 The Mormon church hierarchical order and how apostles are selected
35:39 Religion vs Crypto: They are both a commitment to fulfilling an unrealized vision
40:48 Alec's experience as a missionary in Romania
45:53 Missionary KPIs and follow-up of new converts
49:44 Alec's experience in Japan: Learning a new language, and living in a remote village
53:35 Chinese vs American parenting: Expectations of parents of their children, and why economic factors allow for more flexibility
58:44 Replaceability of the working class, China vs US
1:03:34 Japanese stereotypes that proved true during Alec's stay in Japan
1:11:38 Alec's experience as a crisis counselor for male rape survivors
1:18:46 Alec's opinion on microdosing and other mushrooming techniques used in counseling
1:19:28 Illegal drugs, coffee, tea and sodas: Why the church frowns on their use
1:21:57 Coaching: Why coaching, Insecurities, Working with clients to get them results
1:31:47 Decision to move to Austin: All the pros
1:38:08 How he gets clients from conducting pilots
1:48:30 Conversations in Austin vs conversations in the Bay Area
1:51:37 Cognitive dissonance: How some champions for change in the Bay Area are somehow ill-prepared to pivot when confronted by people of different opinions
1:54:43 Argument for the legitimacy of Russia's invasion
1:58:54 Outro
Hoofdstukken
1. Teaser (00:00:00)
2. INTRO (00:00:19)
3. Alec as a Coach: His thoughts about the coaching industry, and how he uses habit building techniques to help people achieve their goals (00:01:22)
4. Growing up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints: The Book of Mormon, Being a practicing religious minority (00:12:20)
5. Alec's social anxiety when it comes to being in large groups of people (00:17:49)
6. Joseph Smith's controversy: His spiritual experience and his motives of starting the Mormon church (00:20:28)
7. The question of polygamy: Does the current church endorse it, and the logic behind the practice (00:27:23)
8. The Mormon church hierarchical order and how apostoles are selected (00:32:01)
9. Religion vs Crypto: They are both a commitment to fulfilling an realized vision (00:35:41)
10. Alec's experience as a missionary in Romania (00:40:50)
11. Missionary KPIs and follow-up of new converts (00:45:55)
12. Alec's experience in Japan: Learning a new language, and living in a remote village (00:49:46)
13. Chinese vs American parenting: Expectations of parents of their children, and why economic factors allow for more flexibility (00:53:37)
14. Replaceability of the working class, China vs US (00:58:46)
15. Japanese stereotypes that proved true during Alec's stay in Japan (01:03:36)
16. Alec's experience as a crisis counsellor for male rape survivors (01:11:40)
17. Alec's opinion on microdosing and other mushrooming techniques used in counseling (01:18:48)
18. Illegal drugs, coffee, tea and sodas: Why the church frowns on their use (01:19:30)
19. Coaching: Why coaching, Insecurities, Working with clients to get them results (01:21:59)
20. Decision to move to Austin: All the pros (01:31:49)
21. How he gets clients from conducting pilots (01:38:10)
22. Why the conversation is different in Austin compared to the Bay Area (01:48:32)
23. Cognitive dissonance: How the champions for change are ill prepared to pivot when confronted by people of different opinions (01:51:39)
24. Argument for the legitimacy of Russia's invasion (01:54:45)
25. Outro (01:58:56)
24 afleveringen
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