#23 TNT Leo Brooks: Grow Up or Shut Up Adulting? Is that a verb? Or a gentlemanly entertainment site? 😁 Today’s guest on THE NOMAD THEORY is Leo Brooks! Leo is the host of Grow Up of Shut Up: a brand new podcast meant to teach people practical life skills in about 5 minutes an episode. (Much easier to digest, and often more entertaining than interview shows like this one lol) 🥑 Listen and Read the TNT Show Notes/Quotes here🌈: https://simplecast.com/s/8427b2f0 Listen to Leo’s new show here: https://adulting.xyz/ ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️ Leo and I met digitally during The Podcasting Fellowship (TPF) earlier this year. TPF was a one of a kind online course held by marketing legend Seth Godin and the producer - Alex DiPalma - of his ongoing podcast: Akimbo. 🎙 Together, we followed the curriculum Alex and Seth created along with over 200 eager internet souls. We learned the Art of the Interview, editing techniques, and shared our work daily. My numbers might be off a bit, but by the end of the 2 month course, about 85 students were still completing lessons. Today, that number is likely less, and it’s an honor that I can keep producing these episodes. Toot Toot! (my own horn)🎺 I’m super excited to help Leo launch his new show because it was one of my favorites from the jump. 🏆 Not only does Leo possess an electrified, iconic voice, but the content is really worth while. Plus, the catchy theme song is an original creation his musical prodigy friend produced. 🧠 Check out more from Leo at adulting.xyz 🧿🧿🧿🧿🧿 This episode was recording in Leo’s home state of Colorado, and it is perhaps the most applicable to my show’s theme: How to take a Gap-Year and embody the Nomadic Mindset. 🌄 Leo is still in high school, but will graduate this year and plans to take himself a little gap year. What that means for him exactly is still yet to be determined. Check out the episode (3:55) to find out how he’ll do so. During the Podcasting Fellowship, Leo and I talked extensively about what a Gap-Year means to me, so I felt it would interesting to catch some his words on the subject. (4:40) Thoughts about gap year programs and study abroad programs, even when they are full scholarships. “A time when you go out on your own to discover your self” 7:40 What Leo does to stay focused and sane while navigating Highschool while creating personal side projects at the same time. - “Sometimes I just start driving and flip a coin and see where I end up” 12:50 What are some personal projects Leo's worked on over the years? “Plenty of the projects have beginnings and at least middles.” - Leo Brooks 13:57 Hear Leo’s go-to guiding principles for making decisions. “Send it” means Just do it “How hard can it be?” … Makes any decision sound more doable. 15:20 Why Leo does not want to be famous, even with his iconic voice and name. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Thank You for listening to THE NOMAD THEORY! 🌎 Stay Wild Folks! A.C. Ridenour 🍌