In this episode Sherry talks with Amber Capone, Co-Founder of VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc. VETS is nonprofit providing for U.S. military veterans seeking psychedelic-assisted therapy. Amber tells the story of her husband, who is a former U.S. Navy SEAL, and his struggle of transitioning to civilian life, dealing with depression and PTSD, and the journey of fail treatments until they finally found something that worked.
Sherry interviews Jason Fried of Basecamp, about some of the ways his remote company helps team members connect with each other. They also discuss other topics including burnout, sleep, what does calm mean to him, and how he has maintained a long term business partnership. Love this conversation? Check out Jason’s latest book. It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work. Want more content like this? Check out our book. Episode transcript: Rob Walling: In this week’s episode of ZenFounder, Sherry interviews none other than Jason Fried of Basecamp. It’s a really good interview. Sherry talks to Jason about all manner of things ranging from family life, to building a company slowly and deliberately. One thing that I really like about Jason is just how genuine he is. He really doesn’t have anything to hide. I met him for the first time in person at MicroConf just a few months ago. And I was struck by just how normal he is given his amazing success with Basecamp and his numerous New York Times bestsellers and everything he’s accomplished in his life. We just had a conversation about life, and about kids and family, and where we lived and just normal day to day things. And I liked that he was real and that carried on to the stage. I hosted a moderated Q&A where I asked him questions about his history in growing Basecamp and what he thinks of bootstrapping today, and all kinds of stuff. And he just answered the questions. That sounds so simple, but so much of the time when you are around people who have had success, especially in certain circles, I’ll say ...
Rob and Sherry talk about building healthy working relationships. They discuss hiring new people, how to manage well, and intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation. Support ZenFounder Episode Transcript Sherry Walling: So you wanna do a goal-setting episode? Rob Walling: That’s what you were saying. I said I didn’t want to do a goal-setting episode. Sherry Walling: I have goals. I’ll set goals. Rob Walling: What goals? Sherry Walling: I’m gonna take a nap, that’s my goal. Rob Walling: Your goal is to go back to sleep? Sherry Walling: Yeah. I’m having a really weird sleep day. Rob Walling: What’s going on? Yeah, you woke up and then went back to sleep. That was very odd. Sherry Walling: Well, I’ve been diligently working on this writing project, and I’ve been getting up at 5:30, which is a newer schedule for me. Usually I’m up at 6:30. So I did my writing, and got some good stuff done, and then I was just so tired. So I went back to sleep from 7:00 to 8:00. Rob Walling: That’s kind of a good way to do it, I think. Sherry Walling: Well, normally that’s my workout time, but I slept instead of working out. Rob Walling: Yeah. But you got stuff done, because by the time it was 7:40 or 7:20, you already had a bunch of stuff done, so it’s not a bad way to do it, I think. Sherry Walling: Since my sole ambition in life right now is to go back to sleep, what else are we gonna talk about? Because I don’t think that our listeners really will be inspired by that as a goal. Rob Walling: Yeah. As admirable as it is. We wanna talk about building a healthy working culture, ...
Sherry shares the results of a recent study that found a new intervention for some of the most complicated mental health problems we face as a society today. So what is this magical cure? If you think it comes in pill form then you would be wrong. It’s far simpler than that. It’s Exercise! Exercise as a treatment was able to help improve many of the most difficult conditions and yet it is a very uncommon diagnosis. Sherry explores the idea of changing the way her field of study approaches the mind-body connection. Article referenced in this episode HERE. Want more content like this? Check out our book. ...
