Behind the Podcast: How to Rock Your Creativity

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Okay, guys. Hello, everybody.

We can either have the pre roll or we can start. Well, pick one. We can't do both. So I'm Guy Kawasaki. I am insane. Where am I? Santa Cruz, California. Jeff C. Is in Don't Mess with Texas, and Peg Fitzpatrick is Live Free or Die in New Hampshire. So we are. We are here to talk about this week's episode of Remarkable People, which is the remarkable John M. Chu. John M. Chu is a director, maybe the best or hottest director in America today. He directed Crazy Rich Asians, which, if you want insights into my psyche, should watch Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights of the adaptation of the Lin Manuel Miranda musical. And first of all, if you haven't seen both of those, you should see both of those and then listen to the podcast, because the podcast gets so much more interesting and relevant when he tells you the inside story of the pool scene and in the Heights and Michelle Yo's role in Crazy Rich Asians. So anyway, yeah, I know this is probably Peg's favorite episode, Right, Peg?

It is. I. It is. I love. I'm obsessed with both of those.

Oh, my gosh.

Wait. We'll have to show you my. My little homage to.

What is it?

Oh, it's. It's a green. It's. It's an homage to crazy rich Asians, but you can't see how green it is on. Oh, my hand will be green soon because it's from Amazon.

Was it. Wait, was that your. Was that your husband's mother's ring that she gave to him to give to you once she accepted you?

Well, see, now we're Irish, so they're just like, definitely get married. Have lots of kids. Go for it. So he's Irish. He's the third son. So like John Chu. John said he's the fifth child. He gets nothing. So. Yes, I did. I loved this episode so, so much. And also, John Shoe is my favorite director right now. I'm like, who was it before? Blown away. Who was it before? Movie. I don't even know if I had. No. Who was my favorite movie director? Probably. I like Nancy. Oh, my God, I'm totally blanking. She did Reagan Holiday, and I gotta look it up. Blanking out. Nancy Reagan. Nope. Drew, nobody knows who she is because she's always kind of behind the scenes and women directors aren't is out there. What are you guys favorite directors?

Yeah, good question.

I don't.

Send us a. Send us a comment. Who's your favorite director?

Yeah, well, we do have a. Well, we can. We can do the icebreaker in a little bit, but yeah, so I don't know who my favorite director is.

Myers. Sorry, I totally blanked on that and I had to look it up. Nancy Myers. She did the Intern with Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway the Holiday. She. She did. Actually before I was a fan of her, she was. She did like the Parent Trap what Women Want. It's complicated. So she does like female centered things. But her sets are like next level. I love her stuff. She works with Diane Keaton a lot. She did Baby Boom. I love that movie too.

These are all date movies.

Yes, they are.

Yep. That would be what it's like watching a movie with me. It would be a romantic comedy or a musical. Yeah, yeah.

So somebody. Ellen says this. She goes in the heights is the best creativity on all levels. Music, art. There you go, Peg. Totally agree with you.

Yeah, I do agree.

So she is going to just adore this episode.

Yes, absolutely. A lot of behind the scenes stuff. So our icebreaker question is this. How do you express your creativity?

Podcast.

That's what I was gonna ask.

I like to edit audio. That's how I express my creativity. Like move the gaps around.

Yeah. As I call in a panic the night last night. So. So there's some people who are giving us their. Their favorite directors. Tim Burton is from Dustin. Yes, that is. That is a good one. Ronald Emmerich.

Oh, I also like Wes Anderson a lot.

Yep, yep.

He's really cool.

So James Cameron, he's really.

He's makes one movie a decade. So.

But they're. Well, he's gonna. He's making the Avatar sequel, so that'll be cool. But yeah, so. But how do you guys express your creativity? Let us know in the comment guy podcast. Peg, what do you do?

I usually do craft stuff, but honestly I haven't in a while. I'll do like, I can knit, I can crochet a little bit and I like to do things like that. I also just like to make. I do graphics. The graphic stuff that I do is some of the fun stuff that I do for work creating things that way. I feel like I used to do more because I used to be in theater. You know, I used to sing and do that kind of stuff. So I always have to have something for a creative outlet. But I do so much of it. And I. And I write. But it's hard because I do so much writing for work. Like, I'm writing all the time. Sometimes if I. Even if I don't write anything, a blog post or anything in a book or anything, I'll still have like 20 or 30,000 words for the week because I use Grammarly and it tells you. Because I'm writing tweets and posts and it's a lot. Meta. Meta descriptions and, you know, all that kind of stuff. So it adds up. So sometimes my brain power is, like, fried at the end of the day.

So. So guy do. When you wrote your books, do you. Were those something you felt like that was something, a creative outlet, or is that like a job?

It's. Somebody once used this metaphor. I don't know who was a great metaphor. So writing is like opening up a vein in your arm and pouring your words in blood onto the page. That's how I feel.

I think that was earnest.

Was that work?

It was, yeah. But if he opened his veins, bourbon would come out.

Yeah. It starts as an idea. It turns into work the second you start. You start on it. It's so much harder than people think to write a book. Yeah.

It turns into work the moment you're. You get an advance.

Ah, yeah.

Then you probably get writer's block.

So we got some people who've chimed in. Catherine says she paints, writes, dance are my favorite questions. Can she do them all at once, though? That is the question. So let's see. Anything else?

Jack? What do you do?

So I've been starting to learn the piano again. And then I also carve. Like, you know. You've seen carve? I'm wood carver. I do, and I consume them as well. But no, I actually would carve. Yeah. Yeah.

Like, you mean you take these blocks of woods and make bowls out of them on a lathe or you're like. With a little knife.

I've done it with the lathe. My dad has a lathe, and we actually turn pins. I don't know if I have one in here, but I have. Oh, do you have one of my carvings that I sent? Do you have it there or. My pen?

Yeah.

Your pen, yeah. So I've got some carvings that I usually make. I do a lot of Christmas stuff, so that's my thing.

Did you lose my address last year or what? Yeah.

Oh, if you want some car. I mean, I don't Want you to like, give them away. I want. They're like, they take a lot of time to do.

So what do you carve?

Just a second. Do you want me to get up and I'll do a geico in just a second? You guys talk amongst yourselves.

That's funny. That is funny. So now we can talk about Jeff, because he's gone. He also plays the banjo. I was waiting for him to say he plays the banjo.

He plays the banjo. Wow. Yeah, he's fulfilling every stereotype I have of Texas.

We're talking.

Okay.

I can't hear anything except for Duff's from Kansas.

So we had to carve to have our utensils to eat with. So. Okay, here we go. So chopsticks. I make these little ornaments like right here like this out of a block of wood I've made. This is another one. So.

Huh.

So guy isn't impressed because he's going, huh. But I do like, you know, just little fun stuff there and then this is probably my newest one here.

Oh, I love that. That's adorable. A little gnome.

So, yeah, that's what I think. It's important for everybody to be creative in some way.

How long does it take to make a carving like that?

These I can probably do in 30 minutes, half an hour because I start with this.

But only because you've been doing them for a while.

Yeah, I don't have to use a pattern for these. I can just. I can take this block window and get it done. And so Kim Garst one time bought all my things. So.

Yeah, that's. That's faster than 3D printing.

Yeah, those are all 3D printed. I'm lying. They all that way.

What do you do for creativity? I load things into my 3D printer and watch them print.

Oh, it's that new show on Apple about the. Or it's on Netflix about the music creation and how somebody said in one of the little quotes that the next great music composer will not do it on a guitar or piano. They'll do it in the computer. Because people are playing their computers now. I mean, they're, you know, with the MIDI and logic and all the cool stuff. And so. Yeah, so Dustin says he does creativity, graphic design, UX design, writing. He's every. He does everything. Look at him. Acting, singing and dancing while he's graphic designing.

Probably I do none of that.

Dr. Carolyn says she does stand up comedy.

Wow.

Very cool.

Let's invite her up. Tell us to have her tell us some jokes.

Yeah, probably better than us.

So anyway, Stand up comedy would be scary.

If you're bad improv scary too. Those guys who do those improvs, I used to love whose line it says, anyway, watch there. I think they're just so amazing. Tracy creates videos, so carving with the Dremel.

Yeah.

So a lot of cool stuff going on.

I see stuff on TikTok and I'm like, maybe I need to do that. I was watching. There's these people who do, like, furniture flipping and they buy stuff, like, from Facebook market. Then they, like, redo it all. And I'm like, I think I need a palm sander. Which is like, why I'm like, I need to. I could. Like. He's like, you need more than a palm sander. I'm like, he's like, I don't think that's a good use of your time. I'm like, but it would be a creative outlet because I can't do that. I can do, like, decorative painting, and I've done, like, trompe l' oeil, and it's just been a while.

Can I just say that the point of us going live on video is to get people to listen to the podcast.

So, yeah.

Can we get back to John M. Chu?

Yeah.

So go for it. Here. Here it is. Here it is. So here's the question. Have you seen in the Heights or Crazy Rich Asians?

Yeah, this is a quick poll. How many people have seen it or not seen it? I. I love my favorite scene there is where the mom is talking to the son about who. Who he's bringing to the wedding, and she's at a Bible study group, and she's on the phone with him, and she says to the group, just go on to Corinthians. I'll catch up. You had to be there. But it was so freaking funny.

IO has great delivery. She's very.

She sure does.

Yeah. Yeah. So there's a lot of great scenes in both of those.

It was good.

It was a great book. Crazy Rich Asians was a great book.

So Dr. Carolyn Brookfield says, my creative mantra channeled through Ken Young's voice, but you will die.

So.

I love. He's so funny in Crazy Rich Asians. You know Nick Young? Hell, yes.

He's just plain funny.

He's just funny. Wait, which guy we're talking about?

He played the doc. The dad? Yeah. Awkwafina's dad. So the new rich people.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Huh. That's what my house looks like.

So a lot of people are saying, I saw the Crazy Rich Asian and loved it. So Peg and Dr. Carolyn Brookfield says, read the book. Is the book better or the movie? Which one's better?

It's a great adaptation. So I liked both. They're separate works of art. I mean, the movie really. He kept. He's so great at details. That wedding scene in Crazy Rich Asians is like, hands down, one of the best weddings in a movie ever. And it instantly went into classics. Like the Emerald Ring is like, popular. Like, you'll see it pop up on like famous, you know, rings to get people that they, you know, like on Pinterest. And just the wedding itself was so, just gorgeous. So I liked both of them, I have to say. It's not, it's not something where I watch the movie and, and said, they left this out. They left that out. It added a lot of cool stuff like the technology in that first scene when it's a little bit of a spoiler alert for the movie. But if you haven't seen it now, it's been out for a couple years. There's news travel so fast that they're in a restaurant in New York City and the mom at the Bible study, it bounces back on text messages, Facebook's post posts. It's like within five minutes the news all over the world that he has a girlfriend. And I thought that was a really great, you know, that was just so smart adding that.

That's not unrealistic.

No, it's not.

So. So guys, since this is. We're talking about creativity and you know, this movie, is there something that you got to ask John Chu about Crazy Rich Asians that. About creativity that you really found out in the podcast? Because, I mean, there's so much behind the scenes stuff that is in this podcast. I mean, that you asked him, was there like a specific question that you made sure you were going to hit no matter what?

Well, it was. Well, when I found out, when we started talking about, I don't know how we got on this subject, we started talking about, you know, our wives and kids and all that. So I asked him if he engaged. He proposed to his wife using his mother's ring. I eat just like in the movie. And he just kind of bust out laughing and he said no. He's like the third or fourth kid. So all the jewelry was gone by the time, right?

Yeah, he's the first kid.

I used to eat at his, at his parents restaurant in Los Altos. It's just a small world. And until I, you know, did the background research, I had no idea that John M. Chu is the chew of Chef choose in Los Altos. So if you're in the Bay Area or in Los Altos, you may have eaten a Chef Choose. Well, that's his father's restaurant.

It's really. It's a great story that he talks about on the podcast and how he got started, you know, when he was very young, and he just kind of, like, made a home movie and figured out how to edit it together. And this is back in the day where there was nothing at home that you could do any of this with. And he. His dad kept talking to all the Silicon Valley people that were coming in seeing, saying, oh, my son's doing video editing. And he. The people were so generous that they got him software and tools that he needed that he never could have afforded. And you could just tell how much he really appreciated that. And it is such a big deal. Like, you think maybe you're just doing a little favor for someone, but, like, it literally changed his life and helped make his dream. And. And I loved that he said he talked all of his teachers into making videos instead of writing.

I told my son that.

Mom was like, you cheated. You're cheating the school. Ye. But honestly, it probably takes way longer to edit a video.

Oh, my God. Yeah, so I got the same. When he was telling that story, I was like, yes, Because I somehow got into this thing where me and my best friend would be able to skip classes and take those old vhs. You know, they're like heavy things and go around and film stuff. I don't even think. And we got some. We were some grant that we got on and we made these videos, and I don't. Nothing ever happened with it. We just got out of class and got to film stuff. So it was crazy. This. So I want to bring up this from Dr. Caroline Brookfield. Just subscribe to the podcast and queued up the episode. Thank you. We love it when people do that, and we would love it if you guys would leave us a rating review. We saw some. We asked for this last week. We saw some come through, so they're trickling back in. But if you know of somebody who would like this episode, like, they're a big fan of Crazy Rich Asians or.

Somebody wants to be an actor.

Actress.

This is it, man. It doesn't get better than this.

I saw. Speaking of that, so I saw this great story about how they did a really big search to find the right guy to play Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians because it's, like, such an Icon. He had to be like a, you know, he had to be like Prince Harry kind of like he had to be very good looking and pull off all of that. And they were doing all these Hollywood searches and John said he kept coming up with like the same 10 actors. Like, you know, it's just in Hollywood, the, the pool for Asian actors, they're just like. And he was like, no, I want to find somebody different. So. So he ended up finding Henry Golding, who had zero acting experience. This is his first movie, which is crazy. And he, John heard about him from a friend of a friend. He was doing like hosting on some TV show. And then he checked out his Instagram. He went through his Instagram. He was like, he's so good looking. And so he literally part of the reason he got hired was that John loved his Instagram. Can you believe that? And then he had to come in for testing and stuff, but he had hosting experience but no acting experience. And then he went for a test and you know, the rest is history. But wow. Can you imagine? Well, let's be your first movie.

Let's talk about how we got him on the podcast because it was also from Instagram and he was a super fan of guy. He like snuck out of school to go see him at Mac World or something like that. It was crazy. He had like old stacks of guys articles in the magazine that he kept around. That's just, that's pretty cool.

I am the man.

He, he definitely is a fan.

Yeah.

And you could tell too by the interview. So you guys, if you haven't checked that out, make sure you guys go to remarkable people.com and download it, listen to it, share it, subscribe to it, all the things. Let your friends know about it because it really has some like behind the scenes stuff that he talks about, like how he was. Yeah, the swimming pool scene. And I don't want to spoil it, but it's, it's worth listening to. And then there's some really great questions, other ones about in the Heights that we'll talk about later. But here's our other question is do you pay attention to Rotten Tomato scores? Like when you're picking out a movie? This was one that guy had that. Do you, do you go to Rotten Tomatoes before you decide to watch a movie? I don't know. I look after the fact.

Sometimes I just want to see it. And if you want to go by just the promos, the, the advertisements for in the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians were two of the best. Like they were Like a minute and a half, two minutes long. Like the intro. They were so good.

Yeah.

You just definitely wanted to see it after you saw it. Sure. I'll put a link to them in there.

When I'm thinking of seeing an action movie, if it's rated above, like, 80, I don't go. It's got to be rated low for me to like the action movie because.

So you better.

I don't want. I don't want acting. I just want action.

Yeah.

Do you, do you check the Amazon, like, when you're going on Netflix or anything? Or do you look at all those reviews and ratings and. Or do you just choose?

You mean for books?

No, for movies. Like, if you're on Netflix, if you're going to watch a movie, do you look at what it's rated?

Oh, I just, I just go to, you know, the top 10 Netflix movies in the country right now and.

Yeah, Dustin, tell us how you really feel.

So, I, I don't, but Rich actually does. Rich ll always looks stuff up and he's like, yeah, the, the critics didn't like it. And the last one was Luca, that Pixar movie that just came out where it's Italy. And you liked it?

Yeah, we watched it.

It got really bad ratings. And I have to say, the story had some holes, but the animation was, wow.

Yeah, I, I, Anything Pixar does, I think is pretty, usually a really good story. So I liked it. So that's why I don't listen to this stuff. And I'm kind of with Catherine here that she goes, never give someone else perspective a chance. So if I'm, if I'm like, any of the action or comedies, I don't care, I'll go see it. Like, I'll see every Marvel movie because I like that stuff.

Stuff.

But, you know, if my wife wants me to watch it, I'll, like, We'll see. They, you know, like this. I don't. It didn't do very well. Maybe we should watch, you know, Terminator instead. You know, I don't know.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

That's Predator. That's from Predator. It's like, I don't have time to bleed. That was, that was just Jesse Ventura's line, actually. So, okay, so that's that. Let's see. The next question is, what is your favorite movie of all time? Peg?

Oh, man, I don't even know if I can say my favorite movie of all time. It's. It's so hard to pick one. It's like what's your favorite song? There's so many good songs.

Yeah, I can't pick favorite movie.

I mean, favorite movie musicals. In the Heights is definitely up there. West side Story is. Is one of my very favorite. So I'm hanging on needles and pins waiting for Steven Spielberg's west side Story to come out and. Oh, I don't even know. I like romantic comedies. Obviously Gone with the Wind was one of my favorites, but now it's not, you know, it's bad. It's not. It's not a good movie, you know, has bad undertones. So I had to scratch that from my list.

What about Guy? What's your favorite? Oh, he's gone.

Oh, no.

What's your favorite movie?

Probably Rambo one.

Sylvester Stallone.

There we go. I can get behind.

I saw that. I remember seeing that in the theater. That was some violent stuff.

Mine goes like through genres like, you know, my favorite comedy. You know, some of the stuff I love. All Mel Brooks stuff I like. You know, Three Amigos, Christina says It's a Wonderful Life would be mine. That's a good. That's my one. Would be a favorite Christmas movie. But I can't go like, this is the best movie I ever saw. I just can't. I'm with you, Peg. I can't do it.

Right. It's hard.

So.

Yeah, because there's. So there's different things. Like sometimes, like Mamma Mia. Is a great pick me up movie. Like, it's just positive. It's fun. You know, the setting is great. It's hysterical. Meryl Streep is great. Like it's. But then, you know, if you're looking for like a serious one. Yeah, there's too many different things.

Rambo was good. I saw that comment.

Yes, I brought that up for you. Yeah.

Two of us. There you go.

So back to in the Heights because I want to talk to about that because there was a question that I thought was one of the best questions that I thought you asked. It was like, okay, you asked him. And it was kind of a tough question. I thought it's like, okay, how can you, as an Asian man, direct in the Heights? And I thought that was really good. And I thought his answer was really good about that because that was very one that. That would be intimidating as a director, I would think to shoot a movie like in the Heights. I don't know about the rest of you, but it was. That would be a timing.

It's only Lin Manuel Miranda. Right. Competing with, in a sense. Right. Duh.

Right.

So and then filming it in the neighborhood and all the people were outside literally watching while you're portraying their neighborhood.

It's a tough thing. It would be like following Donald Trump as president. Hard act to follow.

We had to get one.

So I think that you can't lo the undertone of the. The racial casting in Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, you know, really, you know, keeping with the ethnicities, you know, which isn't seen. I don't know if you guys saw the Rita Moreno documentary that was out that Lynn actually worked on that too. She talked about how when she started out in Hollywood, she was the brown girl and everything. She was a brat. She was brown. Every brown character. She was an Indian, she was, you know, Chinese, she Hispanic. She was just. If there was a brown person, you know, they put her in. And even that was, you know. And so to move that forward and then have something like Crazy Rich Asians where John insisted on, you know, Asian casting. Even at that, people got mad because Henry Golding is. Is not 100 Asian. But you can't win, you know, if you're 50 something, you know, someone's gonna complain about it.

So I don't want to give the answer because I think you guys need to go to remarkable people.com and listen to what John says about directing in the Heights. But one of the things that impressed me, and I don't think this is too much of a spoiler because he goes in depth of it, but I was so impressed with him talking about. We talked about the swimming pool scene, but that he said it was freezing and they even tried heating it, but he couldn't, but that they had that he got in the water with the actors and directed from them because he wanted to make sure that they knew that I kind of, you know, being in there together, I thought that raised my. When I heard that of him, like, okay, that guy, he's cool. I mean, doing that kind of thing. That's really, really, really awesome.

Yeah.

So the social media for in the Heights was also amazing with all the different things they did. They worked with influencers on TikTok dances, and they actually had the choreographers create step by step videos so people could, like, make their own. In the Heights for videos, there is a filter that came out that's hysterical. That has part of the. A scene between Usnavi and Vanessa. And the filter switches back between characters. You just put your head up and down and it's the AI switches you from the boy to the girl to that. It's crazy. And they have, like a meme maker. If you go to intheheights.com they have a meme maker where you can, like, make your own memes. And I thought it's very tech savvy and cool how they're using social media.

And they went right into Tick Tock. I mean, there's tons of Tick Tocks using the music and all that kind of stuff. So.

Yeah. Yeah.

Very cool.

All right, so that was. We did that one. So are you guys. This is the thing. I hope at least if you're where I'm from, that you're not doing this right now, but I do miss going to the theater. I really do, too. I miss.

I haven't gone for two years.

Really?

I haven't either.

What was the last movie you saw in the theater?

I don't know. The Birds? I don't know. I mean, it's been a while.

It's more than two years, Guy. I'll just tell you that. That's more than two years.

I have to say. I. I thought about going this weekend because, as you know, my secret boyfriend Ryan Reynolds had a new movie out, but.

Free Guys.

It's like Free Guy. Oh, my God.

And I did do a pitch to try to get him on the podcast, but I was unsuccessful.

So if anybody. Reynolds.

Yeah, Ryan Reynolds. Because this movie's called Free Guy, so I thought there was a good synergy there.

Yeah. But, yeah, so I miss. I missed the theater. I think we did go out and we saw we messed up when everything. We thought everything was over and they opened it up here. We. I did see Black Widow.

I did.

I forgot. You did go to the movies.

Yeah, I have not been to one.

Was it. What?

Was it worth it?

Yeah, because there's nobody else there. I mean, it was. Yeah, it was.

It was just Shayla went to go see that in the theater in Boston, and she was the only person in the theater.

Somebody said ghost. That's been a while.

Ghost was epic.

Yes.

So. All right, so that was. So here's the. Another question. Are there any movies that speak to you culturally?

Crazy rich Asians, baby. That is my. That's my life theme.

So. But did you feel connected to that? Because all the people were Asian in it. Like, did that. Did you, like, immediately notice that and. And that all the actors relate.

I can relate to a little bit of every character.

That's funny.

I'm proud of my insipidness, so.

Oh, this was. I thought this was really interesting. This comment by Sharon she goes, we're talking about favorite movies. She said wizard of Oz. That was the first color movie shown in South American movie theaters.

African.

South. Oh, South Africa.

Sorry, America.

Africa.

Same thing.

No, no, no. South African movie theater. So. But that's really cool. So I grew up in Kansas, so we had to watch that movie. That was like. It was. Yes.

Oh, really?

The black and white?

Yeah. You know, we said we would read.

Some podcast reviews and we had like five new ones.

Yeah.

So, yeah, we better read them.

Okay, let's go. You carry on. I'll find them.

So let's see some other comments. The gods must be crazy. That's a good movie too. That's a. Oh, with the Coke bottle, right?

That's the one. The Coke bottle falls from the plane.

That won like an Oscar, didn't it? I think it. It won some awards. I remember watching that too. So. Yeah. So another question is, did everyone get a boost to help with a passion? Like has somebody helped you out to do something that you wanted to do with a passion? So I think I can. I can go look back at some mentors in my life that helped me do stuff. Guy was one of my first guests to have ever on a live show. I dropped water in my lap. We've told that story before. You got a comment.

Hey, taught me how to use social media.

Well, you helped me with my book and then it was our book. So that was also awesome.

And I was in that book. I was actually in there with baby beard Jeff. I'm in that.

There's a picture of me.

You were. You were baby. That was your pirate name before you turned to. To the manly Pinterest. And you were a baby beard.

Yeah.

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Yes. So Jonathan BT said it's a cornucopia of insight with five stars. When I'm looking for an idea or a new book to read, I scope out this pod guy has a broad range of quests, but he meant guests. But quests would be fun.

Quest could work too.

Let's add some quests. Guy has a broad range of guests and many wouldn't seek out on my own. As a result, I'm introduced to new ideas and concepts through this podcast, which is awesome. Highly recommend if there's something for everyone in the back catalog. If you can't find your something. Probably coming soon. So stay tuned. Also connect with Peg. Hey, good idea, Jonathan. J.T. and her sidekick. So apparently you guys, I'm just the.

Psych that's I'm gonna bring up a lot.

Is also also a sidekick. You're both my sidekick. On their weekly live show. Try to stump Guy with your Q and A. If you ask him a good question, he'll pause and think before answering. Almost hear the gears turning. So a lot of go ahead.

Jeff is like tattoo in Fantasy Island.

Yes.

He planes it.

Exactly. That would be me.

And I'm Ricardo Montemal.

But we would love for you guys to go to. To your favorite. Well, Apple. Probably go to Apple. There's a link to it at Remarkable People. Go and check that out and give us a rating and review. We'd love to read it on screen for during our live show. But we would love for those we'd love. We love hearing from people who watch the show. But I tell you what, the person who said that there's so many, you know, good ideas he gets from listening to the show. I my reading has gone up. All these people we get on the show. I've read so many books now that I've heard them. You know, it started, I think with the humor. Seriously, I really like that book a lot with Baglidona. Yeah. And yeah, they were really good. So I even talked to him on Clubhouse one time. But they're then all these books and like what's the one Peg we talked about this morning that is coming up. Oh, Lena.

When Julia Juliet Font.

Yeah.

Yep.

Yeah. Very cool. So let's see here. This we talked about mentors. So Christina says so many people have helped me with my book Sway and my career and more. It takes a village. So I totally agree. Very, very cool. Catherine says there should be a shop of mentors so people without one can find one. Yeah, that's.

It's LinkedIn.

It's hard, but it is. I get it. It's hard to find. Yeah. Yeah. It's hard to find good mentors. So.

Yeah.

Oh, and Christina, we lit a fire. Crap. Need to go do a review. I'll do that today. I love how prepared Guy is with his guests. And the guests are amazing. Yes. That's awesome.

Thank you. If you knew how much work it took. Wow. People think podcasting is just turning on the record button. Man, oh, man. Omg.

So any more questions? I think we went through them all. We asked, oh, did anybody get a boost? Yeah, we talked about that. So let's see. Was there any other ones that I skipped? I think that's about it.

Definitely. Go listen to this podcast, though. If you're. If you like movies. If you. Who doesn't like movies? But if you're, like, any creative field, he. John just gives great advice, guys. Questions, of course, are great, and it's a really great conversation. If you like Max, if you like movies, if you. If you like listening to Guy laugh. That's also good.

He just seemed real down. He seemed down to earth. You know, there's some of those people who are like, you're like, I could go get a beer with this guy kind of a thing. You know, that's what he felt like. He didn't feel like, you know, what you would think a Hollywood director would. Would be like, and he's relatively young, isn't he?

You have to listen to his Steve Job story. Do not tell, but go listen to him. Yeah.

This is a good story.

It's funny. It's very funny.

I hadn't heard that before.

41. He's like, 41, so that is young. I mean, the. The budgets for the movies that he does. So.

Yeah, I. I thought I heard all of guys Steve Job stories, but I hadn't heard this one.

That was a new one. Yeah, I never heard that story.

Talking about John Ch. Steve Jobs story. That's hysterical.

Yeah, that one's funny.

Oh, you mean my Steve Jobs?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I hadn't heard that one before. Oh, because you had to swap. That was the deal. You guys had to tell each other's stories. So, yeah.

Cost me $250 million, that story.

So use an Enchantment book as study material. Wow, that's pretty cool.

Good taste.

And Sandy goes, I see the work you put into your podcast. Thanks for complete work. Thank you.

Put that in a review.

Thank you, Sandy.

Yes. Appreciate it. And in the comments while we still have a little bit of time, I would love it to know where you guys consume your podcast. Do that. You listen to them on Apple. Do you use a different app like Overcast? Do you go to and listen to it on the website while you're working? What's the way that you guys listen to Remarkable People? And if you haven't listened to remarkable people, make sure you guys go to remarkable people.com and subscribe to it so you get it every time. There's a fresh new episode on Wednesday mornings. But I would love to know where you guys consume it because it's really interesting. I'm seeing from the reports that Spotify is getting neck and neck with Apple in some of the downloads of things. So I would love it to know where you guys consume your podcast from. So if you would drop those in the comments, I would love to know that answer. So, anything.

Let's see here.

Oops. See Spotify. Yeah. Yeah. Christina says Spotify. And direct to the website. Very, very cool.

Nice.

Very cool. So remarkable people.

Apple's trying to, you know, Apple's trying to just close. Control everything.

Right.

So there's a lot of resistance there to that. As Dave Weiner's episode would discussed.

Audible. People are consuming an audible. And Sandy goes, give me a link. I will also podcast. Remarkable people.com is where you will find. I mean, remarkable people.com is where you will find the podcast. And there's links to subscribe to your favorite player right inside.

Don't forget the transcript. My God, we work so hard on the transcripts.

Yeah, yeah. If you're somebody who likes to read things, or if you're looking for a specific quote or something that they talked about, it's easy to just scroll down and look through. Or you're deaf, or if you are hard of hearing, that is also helpful. Or some people who are learning English. We have heard from people that they listen to podcasts and read the transcripts to help improve their English. So. Which I think is cool. That's. What a cool way to learn.

Very cool.

All right.

Anything else, guy, before we sign off?

No, I am. I lost my GoPro Hero 9, so I'm in depression right now. I. Somebody knocked it off my surfboard. Yeah.

So what do you do with all the footage? Do you really record ev. Because you surf every day? Do you download?

I don't record every day, especially when I lose it. But, you know, when it gets big and hairy, I don't take it because that's like one more thing to injure you. So you only do it when it's small and easy and your friends are going, but then I lost it. I've lost. I must. In the same place, I must have lost two, three Apple watches and two or three GoPros this someday.

What if you were kids, what would you say to one of your kids if they had lost three GoPros and three Apple watches?

I would say you're pushing the edge. I love your attitude.

There's some. There's some fish down there going, man, I love all this stuff.

Wow, this guy's a lousy surfer. Why is he videoing himself?

So this is a good question from. We have somebody. What? When do you guys go live on LinkedIn? I loved it. It's my first time. So we go live every Wednesday at 10am Pacific, 1pm Eastern. Right? Did I say that right? See, I did math live. That's the first, folks, right there.

7:00Am Hawaii.

Yeah. So with that, I guess we will see you guys next time. Do not forget about remarkablepeople.com. go sign up there and give us.

A. Yeah, you don't want to miss next week. We have one of the original MTV VJs on who I'm sure gonna be a great.

It's a good one. I just finished editing that one.

It's.

He's like the Podfather.

He has a great. He has a great podcasting voice, too.

He does. He does. So.

And he's in Texas.

That's right. He's in Austin. He moved to Austin a couple years ago. Yeah, I forgot about that. So awesome. All right, guy, you want to have the final word?

No, the final word is have a good week. Get vaccinated, wear a mask.

All right, see you guys later. Bye, everybody.

Bye.