The Ambitious Sloth Podcast

The Ambitious Sloth Podcast

Learning from people all over the world about their mindset, ambitions and their meaning in life.

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July 1, 2020 13 mins
My recent experience on how to get out of bad mood in which I was just annoyed of myself not being productive.  This possibly taught me two things:   To ask myself the question "What do I need to get out of this state?" instead of forcing it.  Moods are changing like everything else too, just go with it and see what you can learn  If you want to follow and reach out to me:  FB: @theambitioussloth  IG: @theambitioussloth  https:...
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Welcome to The Ambitious Sloth Podcast. This show is about getting inspired by stories is individuals who overcame challenges, have an extraordinary mindset or just a loving heart to have a positive impact on the world. Well... and me and my perspectives coming from positive psychology, vipassana meditation, philosophy and an open, non-judgmental mind.  If you resonate with it, you can listen to other episodes reach me here: iTunes...
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Luuk Hartsema, UI/UX developer at Spindle talks to me about his perspectives on leadership, altruism and being privileged. He tells stories of his travels in South Africa, how that shaped his view on the privilege he has and how he fulfils his leadership position. 


In my opinion, a very humble and generous man with a sense of purpose and doing good in the world. 


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ROWING SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN  Julen Sánchez is on his way to making a difference for our planet. He got me inspired by just listening to his plan of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, by himself for 8000km and additional 4000km on his bicycle to get from Paris to Pittsburgh. We talk about how a “normal” psychology student gets the idea of doing something only a few people have done before, his journey behind it and how...

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"You are one of the most determined and consistent persons!" That the quote that describes Chris probably the best. This recipe helped him to grow his podcast to 40.000 downloads/month (Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast) and is the thing that comes naturally to him. He is extremely good at making a consistent effort and also tracking it properly to keep this up. After that recording, I also started again to track my efforts and worke...

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"We live up to our expectations not to what we want" - Vinay Singh  Vinay explained an 8 step approach to creating a mindset that helps you to grow and overcome any obstacle that might come your way. Besides that, we also take a deeper into the influence of the environment and the meaning in life.   1. Open up - Getting out of your comfort zone   2. Educate yourself - Knowing about yourself 3. Ask questions - Be always curious 4....
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Colin Wright, a fascinating storyteller with a lifestyle many people would like to have. Traveling around the world, learning about new things and share them with other people. We talked about deep topics with the themes of: Which things do you actually want? Selling your computer and to get more underwear. How traveling can help to find your purpose? How to break out current conventions and norms? What is the thing that motiv...
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Brett talked about a life-changing story of how he went from his fortune 500 career path to pursue a life of adventure and impact. The path he takes now is, meditation, plant-based medicine like ayahuasca, a deep dive into self-exploration, all while building a business helping online coaches get more clients. All of this just happened because of the life-changing event that showed him he needed to make a drastic shift.  What that ...
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Nander, 29 years old and living in the east of the Netherlands with his girlfriend and their beautiful daughter. Entrepreneurship, minimalism and personal development are key opponents of his life. Thus, we talked about minimalism, entrepreneurship and social media addiction.  However, my key takeaway was to focus on what you can change here right now and not wait until you have built a huge influence or legacy. There is only the n...
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Schuyler grew up obsessed with lifting weights. He used it to lose weight and build confidence. In high school and college, he suffered from extreme social anxiety but was able to pull himself out through healthy habits. He loves everything about health, and his mission is to help men push harder and become better versions of themselves. In this episode we talked a lot about the mindset, to act based on purpose not on fear and what...
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In this episode we talked about how Frank made his way from an orphanage to a serial entreprenerd, the purpose of his online hustle and somehow ended up talking about dating. This fun interview is for everyone interested in new technologies, bitcoin and how to make money with it, dating for introverts and for those who are interested in the meaning of life and superpowers. 

Frank Oonk was born as an orphan in Jakarta Indonesia...

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December 18, 2019 9 mins

What keeps activists going and what do they want to achieve? All this and more out of Ronja's perspective who is an activist I met in Groningen.
Facebook.com/FridaysforFutureGroningen/
Fridaysforfuture.org

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Enjoy your day,
Namastè

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JUST 5MIN/DAY OF SILENCE CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Regina Larko is a Viennese living in Hong Kong, audio addict, passionate about social impact, a working mom who tries to keep it all together. Somehow managing, with lots of strong coffee along the way :-) She is also a TEDx speaker, podcast host and a huge change maker in the podcasting business in HK.

At first, we talked about the challenges one has while doing a podcast and h...

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INSPIRE PEOPLE. A doctor who loves to inspire people with my story. My life is full of events that I initially considered as failures. But they seem to catapulted me to where I am right now. I realized that these events taught me a lot of lessons. So they're not failures but learnings.

Rainier is a specialist for genomic medicine in cancer research while he tries to inspire people and make them aware of the importance of self-...

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Max Elster, talked about the importance of relationships in business, that he wants to be remembered for as being supportive and shared his most important values in life. 


https://www.instagram.com/max.elster/

https://twitter.com/maxelster

https://anchor.fm/feedyourbrain


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EVERYTHING IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING, so am I. The change in season is mainly due to my personal development but this necessarily also changes the style of the podcast. The topics go deeper, the focus is more towards the person and really getting to know their perspective on things like love, death, values, fulfilment and purpose. We got a lot more into the conversation that means I also share more of my perspectives on those topics.

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Sophia works as a life & mindset coach and helps millennials to create a new life path to live with more self-confidence, clarity and zest for life.

Living in China, working in a startup and having a perfect life, she felt tortured and lost at the same time. After diving deep into personal development and solo travelling through Mexico, she decided to take a leap of faith and studied to become a...

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GO FOR NO Leo Quinn is a (former cowardly) marketing consultant from Upstate NY who decided in the Summer of 2019 to overcome his fear and seek massive rejection, inspired by the book "Go For No", co-authored by former podcast guest, Andrea Waltz. At the time of this recording, he's heard NO 454 times on his way to A Summer of A Thousand NOs. Watch the current progress at www.AdventuresInRejection.com

Learnings:
The on...

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GO FOR NO Leo Quinn is a (former cowardly) marketing consultant from Upstate NY who decided in the Summer of 2019 to overcome his fear and seek massive rejection, inspired by the book "Go For No", co-authored by former podcast guest, Andrea Waltz. At the time of this recording, he's heard NO 454 times on his way to A Summer of A Thousand NOs. Watch the current progress at www.AdventuresInRejection.com

Learnings:
The on...

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STAY ON TRACK OF YOUR GOALS. He sees himself as an ambitious thinker navigating through the business world with an optimistic mindset and entrepreneurial tendencies while documenting his journey to improve today’s world. We talked a lot about how you get create your own future and shift your perspective as well as staying on track to your goals through journaling.
His 3 big lessons are:
Become free of other people’s opinio...

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