Finding solutions to global problems
Hear from 4 visionary leaders on how to focus, make decisions and take actionThe world is filled with uncertainty. Your life is filled with uncertainty. It’s how you deal with that uncertainty that matters, because the only thing you can control in life is your own actions and decisions. It’s easy to give in to fear, but as Tony says, fear is imagination undirected. What happens when you give direction to your imagination? That’s what we call faith.
Faith is what fuels us through times of fear and uncertainty. It is more powerful than any emotion, even fear. When all hell is breaking loose, it gives us the ability to find our center, to help ourselves and others to find answers, to find a higher meaning in the midst of our pain and in spite of our fear. And if you’re a leader, you take that certainty and transfer it into others, because human conviction has a viral effect and will spread. Faith is knowing that at our core we’re more than anything we will ever face, and we can handle whatever life brings us. We always have and we always will. That is the power of the human race.
Yet faith is nothing without focus. Where focus goes, energy flows – and where energy flows, you will achieve your goals. Leaders don’t just have conviction. They make tough decisions that no one else wants to make. They solve problems. Most of all, they take action. They see issues in the world and they don’t just sit around complaining. They fix them.
In this episode, Tony sits down with four extraordinary human beings who are working to solve major global issues, who believe so strongly in their solutions and have so much certainty that it’s almost contagious!
These four leaders are not only world-changing technology experts, but the founders and CEOs of companies that are bringing the stuff of science–fiction novels to life. And faster than anyone thought possible. They’re doing things that will change the lives of billions of people all across the globe. Their ultimate outcome is to increase that quality of life for everyone in existence and for generations to come.
In this episode, you will learn about:
The future of energy
Learn from the genius mind behind the monetization of search words, Bill Gross, whose company, Idealab, was founded in 1996 and is the longest–running technology incubator in the history of the world. His incubator has started 150 companies, with 45 going to IPO. He’s started seven companies from scratch and exited them at over a billion dollars in revenue. His new companies are going to change the environment – not in the future, but right now, because he’s taking on sustainable energy like no human on earth has done before.
The future of food
The population is growing rapidly – and we’re destroying the planet with the way we raise food. We hear from CEO and co-founder of , Jason Green. (Yes, you read that right – he may indeed have a green thumb!) Upward Farms is a Brooklyn-based indoor aquaponic farm sustainably growing leafy greens and fish with the highest ecological and quality standards. Jason is changing the way we grow food and challenging the environmentally devastating practices we’ve been using for so long.