Road Trip Diaries: How To Stay Tenacious During Tough Times (Tahoe/Los Angeles)

Idea Lemon is on an epic road trip August 8 - September 20, taking our Discover Your Inner Awesome podcast around the country in partnership with our friends at the kickass travel community Under30Experiences. If you daydream of going to places like Bali, Costa Rica, Belize, Peru, Iceland and more, you HAVE to hit up U30X. Their trips have changed our lives. We're all about helping you do more of what you love, so use Promo Code "idealemon" for $100 off your booking.

Here are more notes from LA!

Over the weekend we had a mini break in the road trip where I went to Lake Tahoe for a U30X alumni reunion vacation (Martin flew to Canada for a wedding).

There’s been no shortage of hiking for me on this road trip. Summiting Mt. Rose in the Sierra Nevada marks 4 straight weekends of hiking (am I really one of those guys now? I hope so.)

This hike was hands down the most difficult. There were some uphills that were just brutal.

But I did it with an amazing group of people, and the one thing that I can say about all of us as we made it to the top was that it took tenacity to get there. It would have been easy to say ‘fuck it’ and turn around when the going got tough. But we stuck it out and made it to the top to take this dope photo.

shoutout to Brooke for the selfie stick shot!

While it’s clear that hiking is largely about physicality, don’t underestimate the mental tenacity required.

Building up mental tenacity is something that can be tough in our working lives. Sometimes, it’s hard to know when we’re doing the right thing, and if we’re headed in the right direction.

While in Los Angeles last week, we sat down with Jennifer Kushell, founder of YSN, and had an AMAZING conversation around knowing how to stay tenacious.

Jen invited us to her lovely home and let us play with her Masai Warrior Spears from Morocco.

After spearing around, we got into the down and dirty of building your backbone.

Building up mental tenacity is something that can be tough in our working lives. Sometimes, it’s hard to know when we’re doing the right thing, and if we’re headed in the right direction. While in Los Angeles, we sat down with Jennifer Kushell, founder of YSN, and had an AMAZING conversation around knowing how to stay tenacious. Jen invited us to her lovely home and let us play with her Masai Warrior Spears from Morocco. After spearing around, we got into the down and dirty of building your backbone. In this episode, you’ll learn: +How routines impact your ability to stay focused +Why advice and opinions aren’t always a good thing +The importance of deciding what you want versus what others want +Appreciating where you are +Taking a yoga mindset to more aspects of life +Comparing yourself to yourself +Working smart versus working hard +Pacing yourself and being resourceful +Finding your ideal work environment +The story of our friend who applied to 230 jobs before getting a call back +Leaving room for the good stuff that happens in the margins +Taking a more creative approach to keep things interesting +Building a body of work to where the work speaks for itself +Breaking away from templates and scripts in communication +Being thoughtful about what you put online +The 100 words of every industry +The 3 types of people who attend networking events +Seeking experiences to keep motivated Find Jennifer and YSN at www.ysn.com Twitter @YSNJen Instagram @JenKushell This episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking.

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In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How routines impact your ability to stay focused
• Why advice and opinions aren’t always a good thing
• The importance of deciding what you want versus what others want
• Appreciating where you are
• Taking a yoga mindset to more aspects of life
• Comparing yourself to yourself
• Working smart versus working hard
• Pacing yourself and being resourceful
• Finding your ideal work environment
• The story of our friend who applied to 230 jobs before getting a call back
• Leaving room for the good stuff that happens in the margins
• Taking a more creative approach to keep things interesting
• Building a body of work to where the work speaks for itself
• Breaking away from templates and scripts in communication
• Being thoughtful about what you put online
• The 100 words of every industry
• The 3 types of people who attend networking events
• Seeking experiences to keep motivated

We have one more episode to share from LA. In the meantime, we're in Vegas now and it's time to let it ride on the roulette wheel!

Take care and be awesome today,

Rajiv

What up! My name is Rajiv Nathan and I'm the Cofounder of Idea Lemon. That banana peel you slipped on to land here came from me. That's because I fancy myself a human Curious George, and the yellow hat I chase is life's authentic moments. I share my chase one story at a time through this blog, our email newsletter, and as a rapper. Follow along here to learn how to build a fulfilling lifestyle that gets you noticed for what you love.

Road Trip Diaries: How do you help others? (Los Angeles)

Idea Lemon is on an epic road trip August 8 - September 20, taking our Discover Your Inner Awesome podcast around the country in partnership with our friends at the kickass travel community Under30Experiences. If you daydream of going to places like Bali, Costa Rica, Belize, Peru, Iceland and more, you HAVE to hit up U30X. Their trips have changed our lives. We're all about helping you do more of what you love, so use Promo Code "idealemon" for $100 off your booking.

Here are more notes from LA!

Help! You know I need somebody! Help!

Just what were The Beatles actually singing about? People always talk about the importance of giving back, showing support, and helping others, but realistically how do you actually help others? It can seem like a daunting task if you don’t know who to help and where to start.

In our second podcast out of LA we dropped by the Movember headquarters for a conversation with one of their directors, and Mo-Bro, JJ Owen.

                            Martin even got a haircut and a mustache trim

If you’re not familiar with Movember, they are the Non-Profit Organization that raises awareness and money for mens health (think prostate cancer) by getting men to grow a mustache during the month of November to start the conversation.

Head into your weekend listening to our chat with JJ about helping others. NOTE: We gush on Movember HARD in this one.

Help! You know I need somebody! Help! Just what were The Beatles actually singing about? People always talk about the importance of giving back, showing support, and helping others, but realistically how do you actually help others? It can seem like a daunting task if you don’t know who to help and where to start. In our second podcast out of LA we dropped by the Movember headquarters for a conversation with one of their directors, and Mo-Bro, JJ Owen. If you’re not familiar with Movember, they are the Non-Profit Organization that raises awareness and money for mens health (think prostate cancer) by getting men to grow a mustache during the month of November to start the conversation. In this episode, you’ll learn: +How causes build relationships +Why creating change doesn’t have to be big sweeping change +What makes people care about getting involved +The ways you can help others that don’t involve donating money +How to support a cause without having to go out of your way +Why being open to chance interactions leads to creating great things +Finding your inherent reason to get involved, and how that changes your approach +If being altruistic is a realistic thing to strive for +How to relate your past activities to your future activities +Knowing where your money goes +All about Movember Find JJ and Movember at @Movember on Twitter and Instagram @MobroJJ www.movember.com This episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking.

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In this episode you'll learn:

• How causes build relationships
• Why creating change doesn’t have to be big sweeping change
• What makes people care about getting involved
• The ways you can help others that don’t involve donating money
• How to support a cause without having to go out of your way
• Why being open to chance interactions leads to creating great things
• Finding your inherent reason to get involved, and how that changes your approach
• If being altruistic is a realistic thing to strive for
• How to relate your past activities to your future activities
• Knowing where your money goes
• All about Movember

Martin flew to Canada yesterday for a wedding if you can believe that, and I'm in Tahoe this weekend for an Under30Experiences alumni reunion trip (I'm not messing around when I say this community is amazing). We meet up again on Monday at LAX and drive to Vegas baby! Next week we'll have our final 2 LA podcasts coming your way.

In the meantime, take care and be awesome today,

Rajiv
 

Remember to follow our journey on instagram @idealemon and Periscope @idealemon

What up! My name is Rajiv Nathan and I'm the Cofounder of Idea Lemon. That banana peel you slipped on to land here came from me. That's because I fancy myself a human Curious George, and the yellow hat I chase is life's authentic moments. I share my chase one story at a time through this blog, our email newsletter, and as a rapper. Follow along here to learn how to build a fulfilling lifestyle that gets you noticed for what you love.