Andy Krainak (of VeeFriends) is Today's Enlightened Passenger

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About Dr. Emilio Justo:

In his August 2023 TEDx talk, Emilio M. Justo, MD, unveils the accelerated success code by redefining delayed gratification. Enlightening his audience by sharing the discovery of the untold power of delayed gratification from his perspective as a Cuban refugee’s transformative journey reveals how patience, perseverance, and self-discipline pave the path to extraordinary achievement and unleashed success. Since 1989, Dr. Emilio Justo has specialized in general ophthalmology and cosmetic surgery. He is renowned for his state-of-the-art refractive cataract surgery and CO2 laser blepharoplasty, having performed nearly 50,000 such procedures. Dr. Justo was 1 of 10 out-of-state applicants accepted into the University of Michigan’s prestigious six-year pre-medical/medical program, earning M.D. and B.S. degrees by age 23.

He began ophthalmology practice in the Phoenix metropolitan area at age 27 and continues his full-time surgical practice to this day. Dr. Justo is a business leader, real estate entrepreneur, public speaker, and avid aficionado of University of Michigan football. He has been married for 20 years to his adoring wife, Allison, and is blessed to have three teenage children. Dr. Justo and his family love traveling the world and visiting exotic sites. Dr. Justo emigrated to the United States at age 3 with his parents, escaping Communist Cuba and searching for freedom and opportunities. Dr. Justo was Valedictorian of his parochial high school and was awarded the Indiana State Good Citizen Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Martin lew is the founder of Commtrex.com

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About today's Guest:

Richard Paul Evans is today's Enlightened Passenger and he is also the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box. He has since written 41 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of the few authors in history to have hit both the fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists. There are more than thirty-five million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than 22 languages. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Mothers Book Award, the Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, the German Audience Gold Award for Romance, five Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Awards, The Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award, and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children and two grandchildren.

I hope you enjoy the latest episode of The Enlightened Passenger, with today's guest, Tiffany Flaten.

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Stephen M. R. Covey is an American writer and public speaker and the author of the books: The SPEED of Trust, Smart Trust, and Trust & Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash the Greatness in Others.

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John Gray is an American relationship counselor, lecturer, and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor.

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More about John:

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of the award winning podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire. With over 100 million listens of his 3000+ episodes, JLD has turned Entrepreneurs On Fire into a media empire that generates over a million listens every month and 7-figures of NET annual revenue 8-years in a row. His first traditionally published book, The Common Path to Uncommon Success is the modern day version of Think and Grow Rich with a revolutionary 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment. Learn more at UncommonSuccessBook.com

You can learn more about Kristina and order her new book #BecomingFlawesome on her website at https://kristinamand.com/#book

You can learn more about bLU Talks at www.blutalks.com About Kristina Mänd-Lakhiani Kristina is a Co-founder of Mindvalley and has been in the personal transformation industry for over 18 years.

She is an international speaker, entrepreneur, artist, philanthropist, everyday life philosopher. Kristina is also the author of transformational quests “7 Days To Happiness” and "Live By Your Own Rules". Kristina speaks about personal transofrmation, authenticity, understanding and accepting oneself and a path to happiness.

You can learn more about Avery at https://vaynerspeakers.com/avery-akkineni/

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About Avery President, Vayner3, Former Head of VaynerMedia APAC, Managing Director President of Vayner3, Avery Akkineni, is leading the mission to guide the world’s largest enterprises in navigating the next iteration of connected consumer behavior. In July 2021, Akkineni launched the VaynerX consultancy, Vayner3, alongside serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk.

In less than twelve months, Akkineni successfully led the expansion of the consultancy to 50+ global digital innovation experts. Partnering with dozens of Fortune 500 corporations across industries, Vayner3 has successfully advised organizations on strategic initiatives, including Web3 program development, generative AI, and immersive digital experiences. 

A leader, mentor, and investor in pioneering Web3 projects and communities, Akkineni is also an active advisor for several tech platforms, serving on the Board of Advisors of OneOf and Tracer, on the Web3 Advisory Board for Salesforce, Meta Creative Council, in addition to being a founding BFF member. Before the launch of Vayner3, Avery spearheaded VaynerMedia’s expansion into the Asia-Pacific region, building a team of 150 people and opening VaynerMedia offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney, while being awarded as Marketing-Interactive’s 2021 Independent Agency of the Year (Gold) within two years.

Additionally, Avery has been honored on the “Woman to Watch” by Campaign Asia, “Web3 Marketing Trailblazer” by Ad Age, on “NFT100” by NFTNow, and on “30 Under 30” by The Drum. Before VaynerX, Avery spent her early career at Google in Silicon Valley, while she now resides in Miami, FL.

Andy speaks to us today about all things VeeFriends.

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About Andy:

Andy Krainak serves as the President of VeeFriends, an NFT project created by Gary Vaynerchuk. VeeFriends is one of the top 5 global NFT projects and has amassed more than $100MM since its launch in May of 2021. In this capacity, he oversees operations for the VeeFriends intellectual property and community of NFT token holders for Vaynerchuk.

Prior to joining VeeFriends, Andy served as Executive Vice President of Team GaryVee.

For seven years, he was in charge of leading Team GaryVee — the team of 20+ people that make up the media and content engine behind Vaynerchuk’s personal brand.

Andy started his career with Vaynerchuk as an intern for Gary to promote what would become his third NY Times Best Seller, ‘Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook,’ it all started with a tweet to Gary asking for a chance to work for free.

Since that successful campaign, Andy has grown the brand team to include software developers, videographers, engineers, analysts, brand and community managers.

Together, they have launched two more NY Times Bestselling books, ‘#AskGaryVee and ‘Crushing It,’ three KSwiss sneaker launches and in 2020 helped raise over 50 million dollars through the All in Challenge.

Focused on digital and brand strategy, Andy specializes in social media content development and creation, influencer marketing, audience development, digital advertising, e-commerce and organic social marketing.

A graduate of Virginia Tech University, Andy gives away all his best advice @Krainak.