Revitalizing America: Innovative Solutions for Economic Transformation | Andrew Yang (Replay)

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🗓️ 22 July 2024

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On this episode of Impact Theory, Andrew Yang and Tom Bilyeu engage in an eye-opening discussion of the current recession, our long-term decline in entrepreneurship, and what individuals can do right now to make it through tough times. [Original air date: 5-5-20] SHOW NOTES: Andrew and Tom discuss the ways that being entrepreneurs have defined them [1:20] Andrew talks about why entrepreneurship is in such serious decline [4:24] Andrew explains that the economy doesn’t line up success with actual value [10:21] Tom shares the story of how he became obsessed with skill sets and mindset [14:59] Andrew describes the family conditions that make it hard for many people to succeed [19:33] Tom and Andrew discuss Geoffrey Canada and early learning [26:21] Andrew talks about how out of date and unresponsive the education system is [29:25] Tom explains why he stopped cheating in college, and focused on acquiring skills [34:06] The job market has systematically gotten more punitive and volatile [36:21] How can you protect yourself from the current economic recession? [41:47] Andrew and Tom discuss positive advice for making it through tough times [43:15] Andrew talks about what he’s reading right now [46:56] Tom and Andrew express their admiration for each other [49:03] Andrew shares the impact he wants to have on the world [53:23] FOLLOW: WEBSITE: yang2020.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/2yfKSKd FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2Szl2aV TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2SvFvgI SPONSORS: Go to impacttheory.co/shopifypodJuly24 right now and sign up for a $1 per month trial. Explore the Range Rover Sport at https://www.LandRoverUSA.com Get 5 free AG1 Travel Packs and a FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D with your first purchase at impacttheory.co/AG1pod. Secure your digital life with proactive protection for your assets, identity, family, and tech – Go to impacttheory.co/aurapod to start your free two-week trial. Go to impacttheory.co/quickbookspod below to get 50% off 3 months of Quickbooks Payroll! *What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here. If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Impact Theory. Impact Theory. Impact Theory. Impact theory.
0:05.7	Impact, baby. Hey, everybody, welcome to Impact Theory. Today's guest is Andrew Yang. He's an entrepreneur and former presidential candidate turned philanthropist and CNN political commentator.
0:17.3	The Obama White House named him a champion of change in 2012 and his fresh take on the faults
0:23.0	in the current model of capitalism paired with his data-driven human-first approach to business,
0:29.1	saw him enlisted as a presidential ambassador for entrepreneurship in 2015.
0:33.8	Now, despite having suspended his 2020 bid for the presidency, he is nonetheless providing a vision for how we move forward through his podcast, Yang speaks and his philanthropic initiatives, including his most recent project, Humanity Forward.
0:50.1	Andrew, welcome to the podcast, man.
0:52.3	Oh, thanks for having me, Tom. I appreciate it.
0:55.1	Dude, I'm super excited to have you on the show.
0:58.2	Watching you go through the process of running for presidency, I was really excited.
1:05.4	I was really excited by the way that you think, by the way that you let data drive your decisions.
1:10.6	I'm so obsessive about that. You're in my company. I will say that you think, by the way that you let data drive your decisions. I'm so obsessive about
1:12.1	that. You're in my company. I will say that. Well, I understand the impulse as an entrepreneur
1:17.7	because there is something very, very particular and important to starting a business, running a
1:25.9	business, making payroll, being responsible for an organization.
1:29.9	It is its own process, and it certainly defined me as an adult, really.
1:36.1	When I was the CEO of my company, I felt like I was ahead of a family, ahead of a really big household.
1:43.6	No question. When you really stop and take on
1:48.9	that kind of responsibility and you take on the fact, one thing that I've said about being an entrepreneur
1:53.9	is when your house is on the line, and those were really the stakes for Lisa and I when we first
1:59.9	started Quest was, you know, we had been in this other company.
2:04.4	We had been doing fine.
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