Give the Praise (with Jason Mayden)

Professional Troublemaker with Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Luvvie Ajayi Jones

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🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie is in conversation with legendary shoe-designer and President of Fear of God Athletics, Jason Mayden. In this episode, they discuss Jason’s journey from designing girl’s names in bubble letters to designing shoes for Nike at 21. Jason and Luvvie talk all about Imposter Syndrome, the urge to give into it, and the realization of belonging in a room. They also delve into Jason's design process and the importance of the narrative when coming up with fresh ideas. Jason describes Professional Troublemaking as being an accomplice--not an ally---and believes the world needs Professional Troublemakers in order to take risks and say the inconvenient thing at the inconvenient time. Kick back in your favorite kicks and enjoy this episode of Professional Troublemaker with iconic Chicagoan, Jason Mayden.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Professional Troublemaker Podcast.
0:05.2	This is the place where we help you cultivate the courage, authenticity and audacity you
0:09.3	need to use your voice, take up space, and live a life that is so bold even your wildest dreams
0:15.3	say goals.
0:16.3	Out of your hosts, Love You, J. Jones, New York Times, Best Salon Author, sought after
0:21.6	speaker and side-eye sorceress bringing youth thought-provoking conversations with amazing
0:26.3	people who have taken action and have consistently showed up with the courage and confidence they
0:31.0	needed to become the fear fighters they are today.
0:34.0	Like the late great John Lewis said, these are the kind of people who are never ever afraid
0:38.6	to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
0:43.8	Before we jump into today's interview, know that this podcast is named after my second
0:49.4	New York Times Best Salon book, Professional Troublemaker, The Fear Fighter Manual, which
0:54.3	is available now wherever you get your books.
0:57.3	With this book and with everything that I do, I am on a mission to help a million people
1:01.7	live audaciously.
1:03.2	To do that, they must fight their fear.
1:05.6	So think of it, a million people who are out there standing on the edge of something great
1:10.3	and need that little push of encouragement, that push to be the domino to say the hard
1:15.2	thing, to have the hard conversation.
1:17.6	A million people kicking their fears to the curb and stepping into the life that they've
1:21.0	been dreaming of.
1:22.2	A million people asking for a raise, a million people starting a fierce job that they're
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