5 Things: Jared Olsen

WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:08.189 Welcome back to BB growth. I'm Logan lyles with sweet fish media. Today 2 00:00:08.230 --> 00:00:13.230 I'm joined by Jared Olson. He is the customer success manager and product evangelist 3 00:00:13.550 --> 00:00:16.670 over at motivosity. Jared, how's it going today, man, dude, 4 00:00:16.710 --> 00:00:18.629 it's so good. Thank you so much for having me. I love the 5 00:00:18.670 --> 00:00:21.820 podcast and so excited just be able to chat with you for a while. 6 00:00:22.059 --> 00:00:26.699 Yeah, absolutely, Man. Today is another episode in our five thing series 7 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:29.820 and this is just been a ton of fun. Taking a look at your 8 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:33.740 five things before we hopped on to record. They just made me smile and 9 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:38.329 these have been great conversation, so really looking forward to this today. With 10 00:00:38.530 --> 00:00:41.490 that, let's dive right in. The first thing on your list is something 11 00:00:41.609 --> 00:00:45.250 that is so ingrained in my day to day I wouldn't have the job I 12 00:00:45.329 --> 00:00:50.119 have today. I wouldn't have so many of the customer and partner relationships that 13 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:55.840 I enjoy here at sweet fish today. Without this item on that makes number 14 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:59.359 one on your five things list. Tell us about it. Yeah, Linkedin, 15 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.240 man, I don't linkedin gets crap. It used to get some crap, 16 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:04.709 right, you remember, like movies, like the hangover there, like 17 00:01:06.549 --> 00:01:10.510 given a hard time to the linkedin and so I love Linkedin. I think 18 00:01:10.590 --> 00:01:12.310 that if I didn't have linkedin I wouldn't be able to survive. I use 19 00:01:12.390 --> 00:01:17.829 linkedin probably more than I use email and slack. It's just such an easy 20 00:01:17.870 --> 00:01:22.700 way to connect with people and really be aware of what's taking place. I 21 00:01:22.859 --> 00:01:26.579 even kind of wanted to dive in some other social media platform worms and tried 22 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:30.500 instagram and facebook and you know, I'll get like no views on those, 23 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:34.530 but if I post something on Linkedin I get twentyzero views and some real good 24 00:01:34.650 --> 00:01:40.290 dialog and things taking place, and I think it's right for disruption, for 25 00:01:40.409 --> 00:01:45.010 people that go into linkedin and connect and to share stories of others and to 26 00:01:45.129 --> 00:01:49.079 do business like it's such a good place that's more than just finding a job, 27 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.280 which is kind of the bad history that it's had. So I love 28 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.280 Linkedin. Yeah, absolutely, Man. There's so much of my day that's 29 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.319 been on Linkedin, so many great connections, you know, and the platform 30 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:04.310 still has some of these things that irk me, some of the glitchiness and 31 00:02:04.510 --> 00:02:07.750 and that sort of stuff, but it is getting it is getting better and 32 00:02:07.790 --> 00:02:09.949 there are certain ways that you can leverage it for very deep connections. You 33 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:14.349 know, I'm part of multiple engagement groups, which is help me get more 34 00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:17.860 organic breach of my content, but also just fostered some really good relationships and 35 00:02:17.939 --> 00:02:22.819 help me keep great content there on linkedin top of mind. Plus, you 36 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:24.340 know, not a lot of people know, you can send one to one 37 00:02:24.419 --> 00:02:30.009 videos and voice messages now with Linkedin. So whether you're using it for prospecting 38 00:02:30.050 --> 00:02:32.689 or building your network, there's just so many things that you could be leveraging 39 00:02:32.770 --> 00:02:36.810 if you're not active on Linkedin. Today. All Right, I get on 40 00:02:36.889 --> 00:02:38.849 the Linkedin so box a lot, so I won't say anything more there. 41 00:02:38.930 --> 00:02:43.969 But you we love minded. Man, I've got three screens at work and 42 00:02:44.090 --> 00:02:46.960 one of them is always linkedin. Oh, that's how often I use it. 43 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:49.879 Just dedicated lid this, man, I love it, all right. 44 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.680 So number one is linkedin. Number two, folks who listen to this show. 45 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.800 No, I'm a bit of a Google diehard. I'm an Android Guy, 46 00:02:57.800 --> 00:03:00.430 which I catch some flak for. For some of our team that's always 47 00:03:00.469 --> 00:03:05.270 like all you're turning our turning our text messages green and that sort of stuff. 48 00:03:05.710 --> 00:03:08.509 Number Two is part of the g suite that you use on a regular 49 00:03:08.550 --> 00:03:12.629 basis and make you have some tips and tricks for us we've had other people 50 00:03:12.710 --> 00:03:16.259 here in this series share some really tactical little nuggets. As as far as 51 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:20.379 Gmail, number two, for you is another part of the g suitet, 52 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:23.979 Google calendar. Right, love Google calendar. I don't know how to be 53 00:03:23.020 --> 00:03:27.969 able to function if I seriously didn't have Google calendar it. It counts for 54 00:03:28.210 --> 00:03:32.009 every single moment of my day. Like Thanksgiving Day comes up and I'm like 55 00:03:32.090 --> 00:03:36.530 all right, sweetheart, what are we doing for the day? And I 56 00:03:36.729 --> 00:03:38.889 put it in Google calendar. Right, I see it on my phone. 57 00:03:38.930 --> 00:03:43.240 It gives me the reminders, it tells me where I'm going. I have 58 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.520 a test last so it sinks with my test La and actually puts in the 59 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.360 address automatically for me and rafts me where I'm going. And so the way 60 00:03:51.479 --> 00:03:54.520 that I actually use Google calendar is I account for every minute of every day 61 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:58.310 and I do me in thirty minute blocks. So if I have a to 62 00:03:58.469 --> 00:04:01.189 do list, instead of creating a reminder a task, I create a Google 63 00:04:01.270 --> 00:04:04.710 calendar item and when I look at my day I know some of those things 64 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:08.189 are to do is that are flexible and I can move them to other days 65 00:04:08.189 --> 00:04:11.860 or different time frames, and so I always am looking at my calendar say 66 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:14.180 hey, am I on task with what I'm supposed to be doing right now? 67 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:16.019 And if I miss something, that might be okay, I move it 68 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:20.339 to a different area. I have a personal one for my my own life, 69 00:04:20.860 --> 00:04:24.410 and then I have my work one, two different color codes, and 70 00:04:24.529 --> 00:04:27.970 so every weekend is accounted for and that personal time with family, when the 71 00:04:28.009 --> 00:04:31.089 kids have different basketball games or when they have different activities, I know when 72 00:04:31.129 --> 00:04:33.129 it is, where it is, who's going to be there, and it's 73 00:04:33.170 --> 00:04:38.329 because I use Google calendar. I could not function without this. It keeps 74 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:42.000 me organized with everything I have to have it. Yeah, absolutely, and 75 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.079 I feel like I'm a little bit OCD with my color coding, but it 76 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.160 has helped me really just visualize what I have and and I've started to kind 77 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:53.910 of block my day of okay, well, these are internal calls, these 78 00:04:53.949 --> 00:04:58.470 are podcast interviews, these are sales calls, and the color coding has helped 79 00:04:58.550 --> 00:05:00.550 me realize, man, I'm do doing a lot of context switching. Maybe 80 00:05:00.550 --> 00:05:04.029 I can try and block, you know, those internal calls on Mondays where 81 00:05:04.069 --> 00:05:08.220 we already have a leadership team meeting, those sorts of things, and I 82 00:05:08.339 --> 00:05:10.540 love that. The other thing I pull out of what you just said that, 83 00:05:10.579 --> 00:05:13.860 I think is a good reminder for us all, is that that we 84 00:05:14.060 --> 00:05:18.259 need to approach our personal lives with the same sort of intentionality and focus that 85 00:05:18.339 --> 00:05:20.730 we do with our lives at work. You know, I think it was 86 00:05:20.930 --> 00:05:25.209 Mark Smith, maybe it wasn't, maybe it was Carlos Sadaga. Anyway, 87 00:05:25.250 --> 00:05:28.449 someone said this. Those are two guys that I know talk about work life 88 00:05:28.490 --> 00:05:31.050 balance and boundaries a lot. You know, our work shouldn't get our a 89 00:05:31.209 --> 00:05:34.410 game in our family, get our B game. And the way that you're 90 00:05:34.490 --> 00:05:38.959 just approaching and it just kind of flowed naturally out of how you use your 91 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.480 calendar in both work and life, I think points to that. So Kudos 92 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.360 to you man. Hat tip their all right, let's get to number three. 93 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.680 This is going to be a fun one. Tell us about number three 94 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:50.069 on your five things. Okay, so I have noticed the older I get, 95 00:05:50.269 --> 00:05:54.670 like it's weird how your body changes, right, and so, the 96 00:05:54.790 --> 00:05:58.509 older I've gotten I get dizzy, like I can't do the teacups at Disneyland. 97 00:05:58.550 --> 00:06:01.629 That would just ruin me for days after. I just spinning gets me 98 00:06:01.709 --> 00:06:05.180 really dizzy heights. It's something I don't like. And the other thing, 99 00:06:05.379 --> 00:06:10.660 which is my third on the list is my feet are always cold. I 100 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:12.500 don't get it, like when I was in high school, it like. 101 00:06:12.540 --> 00:06:15.100 I live in Utah, so it'd be snow outside, I'd be wearing flip 102 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:17.420 flops and I'd be great. The number three on my list is socks. 103 00:06:18.050 --> 00:06:21.250 I just have to have socks on, like all of the time. If 104 00:06:21.250 --> 00:06:24.810 I don't have a sock on, my feet are freezing. This morning I 105 00:06:24.930 --> 00:06:28.209 went for a run, so I am exercising, hop out of the shower 106 00:06:28.529 --> 00:06:30.930 and I'm just sweating. I'm just so hot and it touched my feet and 107 00:06:30.970 --> 00:06:34.199 they are ice cubes and as like. I have get some socks on these 108 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.639 things right now, like I don't know how I am burning up, except 109 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:40.160 for my feet. So number three on list is socks. I always have 110 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:44.839 to have socks on. I'm a huge fan of stand socks. They're definitely 111 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:47.430 my Goto, and so socks I just I have to have my can't go 112 00:06:47.470 --> 00:06:51.269 around barefoot, even in mid of summer. I'm just my feet get cold. 113 00:06:53.389 --> 00:06:55.910 That's Hilarious, man. I didn't know where you were going with getting 114 00:06:55.910 --> 00:06:58.790 older in the body changing, but I wait, wait, somewhere safe. 115 00:06:58.949 --> 00:07:00.660 So what are the stand socks. Is that what you said? The brand 116 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:08.579 stands STA and CEE. Awesome. So CEO's Jeff Curl, really cool product, 117 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:11.939 based out of cow Corny of blown up all over. Awesome socks. 118 00:07:12.019 --> 00:07:15.100 meeds some socks. Look up stand socks. Go Man, I love that 119 00:07:15.220 --> 00:07:18.649 recommendation for friends and listeners. All right, number four. I've heard before 120 00:07:18.810 --> 00:07:21.610 that you want to if anything else, as you age, you want to 121 00:07:21.649 --> 00:07:27.290 take care of your feet and your teeth and probably your heart. But tell 122 00:07:27.329 --> 00:07:30.519 us about number four, because it actually falls in line with some of that 123 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.600 wisdom I've heard before. It does. So here's here's the background. I 124 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.959 something weird about me. I like to always have something in my mouth if 125 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:42.079 I can, like I could get an almond and I could have that almond 126 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.550 in my mouth for three hours, like one almond, just slowly, like 127 00:07:45.629 --> 00:07:48.350 feeling away with the skin and chewing away at it, and so to help 128 00:07:48.470 --> 00:07:53.110 me, like with the hunger and have something in there. My number four 129 00:07:53.509 --> 00:07:58.350 is a flosser and I love those little flossing sticks. And then there's opal 130 00:07:58.550 --> 00:08:01.259 picks that they're just a little like a kind of like a toothpick, but 131 00:08:01.660 --> 00:08:05.899 you can go just stick in your teeth and it's not like just because I 132 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:09.139 want clean teeth, and obviously I do, because that's good, but like 133 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:13.129 it's just playing with those things. So I have a bag of flosters at 134 00:08:13.170 --> 00:08:16.529 my desk, a bag in the car, a bag at home, and 135 00:08:16.569 --> 00:08:20.089 there's just always a floster around and whenever I just like have that I need 136 00:08:20.129 --> 00:08:24.050 to do something, I grab a floster, stick it in my mouth and 137 00:08:24.170 --> 00:08:26.490 just kind of play with it while I work. It even helps me get 138 00:08:26.529 --> 00:08:28.240 in the zone, like when I'm just cranking away at some work. So 139 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:33.559 yeah, flosser's weird. That's really interesting, man. I mean I've heard 140 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.639 research about like when you're do goodling and sketching, you know, then it 141 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:41.629 activates different creative parts of our brain and helps you with remembering what you're hearing 142 00:08:41.669 --> 00:08:46.110 or what you're engaging with. So maybe there's something there, because you're driving, 143 00:08:46.190 --> 00:08:48.830 you can't be, you know, doudling and driving. Hopefully not right. 144 00:08:48.429 --> 00:08:50.590 But the other thing is, you know, I know for a lot 145 00:08:50.629 --> 00:08:54.549 of people, you know we need something, we need something tactile to play 146 00:08:54.549 --> 00:08:58.100 with in our hands or, you know, have a worry stone or something 147 00:08:58.139 --> 00:09:03.539 like. You need to fidget. Net helps you kind of focus and relax 148 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:07.059 the body and get into that zone. And for a lot of us it's 149 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:09.419 like, okay, now I get that trail mix at the desk or I 150 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:11.610 got this or that, and we end up like adding a bunch of calories. 151 00:09:11.649 --> 00:09:13.769 So we're getting well into the year. I know a lot of people 152 00:09:13.809 --> 00:09:18.769 are probably like fitness goals and their New Year's resolutions are way back in the 153 00:09:18.850 --> 00:09:22.049 past. But you know, if you're thinking about that and like I need 154 00:09:22.129 --> 00:09:24.080 to limit some of my snacking, hey, maybe there's a tip here, 155 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:28.000 and you're really saying your dental health the same time. That's right, well 156 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:31.320 tip, but I like it, man. I see the dentist in it, 157 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:33.919 like, like how you have great teeth and I'm like they're like you 158 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:37.840 floss. I'm like roughly four hours a day I'm flossy. So like, 159 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.149 yeah, I floss. I love it, man. All right, we're 160 00:09:41.149 --> 00:09:45.629 going to round out your list of five things with something that everybody knows here 161 00:09:45.629 --> 00:09:48.909 at sweet fish is near and dear to our hearts, and that's podcast tell 162 00:09:48.909 --> 00:09:52.070 us a little bit about your podcasting habit these days and how it's helping you. 163 00:09:52.110 --> 00:09:56.539 Yeah, I love podcasts, so I think that I probably most identify 164 00:09:56.620 --> 00:10:00.700 as like a husband and a father. Like that's really what my passion is, 165 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:03.700 with number two being my faith and belief and my number three being, 166 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:09.929 like my business profession. And I digest information for all three of those categories 167 00:10:11.009 --> 00:10:13.850 via podcasts. Instead of like crank inston tunes to get in the zone, 168 00:10:15.090 --> 00:10:20.450 pop in the toothpick and the flosser and then I crank on a podcast and 169 00:10:20.889 --> 00:10:24.320 I listen to it at one point five speeds so I can digest it a 170 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:26.879 little bit faster and it's not too fast to catch files, and some a 171 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.200 regular speed. I like, oh my gosh, it's so painful. So 172 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.720 I got a crank. I can't up listen to myself at one act. 173 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:35.559 I feel like I'm just so Daed. I know, like, how do 174 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.789 I know? Slowly, yeah, totally. So crank it up and I 175 00:10:39.990 --> 00:10:43.669 love listening to I love learning from other parents and husbands and fathers. I 176 00:10:43.870 --> 00:10:48.990 love to listen to religious podcast like my scripture study for the day is like 177 00:10:48.070 --> 00:10:50.779 I'n'T in a podcast right now, and on my commute I list a new 178 00:10:50.820 --> 00:10:54.740 podcast and get filled with, you know, the scripture, and and then 179 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:56.539 I get to work and I like, man, that's right. I really 180 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:58.620 want to learn about this idea and so who somebody has a good podcast about 181 00:10:58.620 --> 00:11:01.580 it, and so I listened to it. So I bounced from different podcast. 182 00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:05.929 When I go run outside, I listen to a podcast. I love 183 00:11:07.090 --> 00:11:09.570 that there's so many out there that it can fit the current frame of mind 184 00:11:09.649 --> 00:11:13.090 that you have. If you need to get pumped up in Jazz, listen 185 00:11:13.129 --> 00:11:16.809 to something fun and exciting. If you want to really like stretch your brain, 186 00:11:16.929 --> 00:11:20.159 listen to something more intense. If you want the spiritual fulfillming it, 187 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.840 listen to religious one. So like, there's just so many out there. 188 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:24.879 I love consuming him. I want to get home every day. The usually 189 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.799 one of the first things I talked about my wife say what podcast did you 190 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.240 listen today, and we go back and forth and share and learn new ones 191 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.629 and listen to some of the other person did. So we love podcasts. 192 00:11:35.750 --> 00:11:37.710 Yep, listening to the podcast is the new, you know, sitting up 193 00:11:37.830 --> 00:11:43.230 in bed with your spouse or significant other and reading at night before you turn 194 00:11:43.309 --> 00:11:46.340 in and Oh what did you read in this not so just curious because you 195 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:50.100 mentioned three specific areas. Do you have a podcast you might recommend in each 196 00:11:50.179 --> 00:11:54.299 of those areas? Real quick to give a shout out to if folks are 197 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:58.299 looking for podcasts in one of those areas. Maybe you know the parentsing one 198 00:11:58.419 --> 00:12:01.250 is really hit or miss. It's like Hey, my wife will say, 199 00:12:01.250 --> 00:12:03.690 Hey, I listen to a good one and have some good tips for us. 200 00:12:03.730 --> 00:12:07.490 And so it's not like one specific one. She really likes. Three 201 00:12:07.610 --> 00:12:13.289 and thirty is a good parentsing one that she likes. For a religious one, 202 00:12:13.330 --> 00:12:16.039 I love all in. It's an LDS living podcast, touch about how 203 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:20.279 to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and then a business one 204 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:24.279 that I really like. There's actually just a lot out there. Do I 205 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.879 have a favorite? I don't know if I actually have a favorite business one. 206 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.789 Ge's no, I can't. I can't pick one. There's just there's 207 00:12:31.830 --> 00:12:35.230 just too many. There's all they're all great, like yeah, anyby, 208 00:12:35.230 --> 00:12:37.110 because when I can get being in Utah, like the I'm in the silicon 209 00:12:37.149 --> 00:12:41.750 slopes, and so silicon slopes has some really good ones and there's one they 210 00:12:41.750 --> 00:12:43.659 do meet and potatoes and it kind of gets into the nittigridy of like how 211 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:48.620 do you perform your functions as a business leader? And so I like local 212 00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:52.139 ones, like national ones. If I just consume that all day. Yeah, 213 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:54.700 I love it, man. A couple of good recommendations for folks there. 214 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:58.179 Well, jared, man, this has been really fun. This is 215 00:12:58.299 --> 00:13:01.730 probably been one of the most fun conversations on this series, especially with kind 216 00:13:01.730 --> 00:13:05.690 of the the side roads we took and some great tips, great perspective for 217 00:13:05.809 --> 00:13:11.009 everybody. Jared. If anybody listening to this would like to reach out stay 218 00:13:11.049 --> 00:13:13.279 connected with you, what's the social handles? Where can they find you work? 219 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.399 Can they stay connected or learn more about what you in the team at 220 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:20.240 motivosity Europe to these things? Yeah, number one on my list linkedin. 221 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:24.840 Hit me up, Jared Olson. So that's the easiest place to find me 222 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:30.830 as Linkedin. I'm also on instagram on beyond the resume and then Motiv Asti 223 00:13:30.950 --> 00:13:33.350 is just motivositycom. Love for you guys to take a look at what we're 224 00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:37.950 doing to help change the employee experience for companies all over the world. Awesome, 225 00:13:37.990 --> 00:13:39.830 man. Well, thank you so much for taking some time and chatting 226 00:13:39.870 --> 00:13:41.899 with me. This has been a ton of fun. Jared. Hey, 227 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:48.620 thank you, Logan. I hate it when podcasts incessantly ask their listeners for 228 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:52.659 reviews, but I get why they do it. Because reviews are enormously helpful 229 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:56.809 when you're trying to grow a podcast audience. So here's what we decided to 230 00:13:56.850 --> 00:14:00.090 do. 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