Episode 146
Kindness is Contagious - How doing good is a formula for success June 10, 2024 with David Gaz
Chris Kiefer interviews David Gaz of the Bureau of Small Projects about the power of kindness in business, the role of curiosity in luck, and how nonprofits can use strategic marketing to succeed. David shares insights on adaptability and making a positive impact.
Listen on Spotify Recommendations from this episode Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman
Book, at 18:48
"of take this down a little bit of a path too. The next film that I'm going to be doing after Kindness is Contagious is a film all about luck. And where this film kind of originated is I was reading this book called The Luck Factor by a guy named Richard Wiseman. And he did one of the coolest scientific experiments I've ever heard of. And if you haven't noticed, I'm kind of a science guy, a science geek. Um, what he did is he took 200 profoundly unlucky p"
Arrival by Denis Villeneuve
Movie, at 26:07
"It. They made a movie of that and I love that as well. My Kindness Is Contagious wants to say pay it forward. But the real favorite movie I think is one by Denis Villeneuve that came out a couple years ago called Arrival. And it was just a poetic movie that just made you really appreciate everything you have at this moment in life. It's a science fiction movie. Chris Kiefer That's about aliens, right? And they're communicating, they hav"
Antifragile by Nicholas Taleb
Book, at 22:33
"and why I wanted to do the movie is because behavior can be changed. If you're an unlucky person, change your behavior and you'll turn into a lucky person. Who doesn't want to be a lucky person? The other one would be anti-fragile. Chris Kiefer Absolutely. David Gaz This is more of a business book recommendation. It's by Nicholas Taleb. Anti-fragile is very, very interesting. I think it's a business book, but I think it's about"
Kindness is Contagious by David Gaz
Book, at 0:51
"you've got patience and you'd like to hear it. There's a lot of intent around why we do what we do. Chris Kiefer Hmm. Chris Kiefer Got it. I would love to start to jump into this idea of the kindness is contagious. That's a, I feel like that would be, that was something that caught my attention with what you have been doing. And it looks like it's a movie now. I'm sure it was an idea before it was a movie, but tell us a little"
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, Robert Redford
Book, at 25:58
"something now, in two years you will be an expert. And everything that you were good at two years ago will be obsolete. Chris Kiefer Hmm. And then what is a favorite movie? David Gaz is A River Runs Through It. It's a poetic book about fly fishing. Chris Kiefer Oh. David Gaz Favorite movie? It's funny because I wanted to say A River Runs Through It. They made a movie of that and I love that as well."