Will Hessert & Brendan St. Brown

Published: April 7, 2021, 4 a.m.

b'On today\\u2019s Productive Conversation, we have a meeting of the minds! Will Hessert and Brendan St.Brown join me to talk about the crazy world we live in. \\n\\nIn this captivating episode, we speak with the two future leaders about the qualities you must have to be a successful entrepreneur, we discuss the pros and cons of the education and how you can succeed in this world with or without a college degree. \\n\\nWe also talk about Elon Musk, Crypto Currency, and Reading. We specifically hit on the importance of reading and how it can help you become more successful down the road.\\n\\nWe also discuss the City of Norwalk and how proud we are being Norwalkers. We discuss the lessons learned from growing up in Oyster Town, going through the public education system and some of its controversies that system has faced. Plus, we get deep about handling adversity and girding through it. We have plenty more where that came from on this special Wednesday edition of the Productive Conversations Podcast. (12:35)\\n\\n- We begin with a big loaded question. Will, Brendan and myself discuss, \\u201cWhat is wrong with America?\\u201d (14:14)\\n\\n- The there of us then talk about Education, Entrepreneurship, and the qualities of being a Successful Entrepreneur with or without a degree. (32:16)\\n\\n- Lets talk about Elon Musk (44:29)\\n\\n- Brendan, Will, and myself then talk about Crypto Currency. (49:58)\\n\\n- Reading is important! So the 3 of us talk about why Reading is important and how it can lead you to success if you take the time to read more, no matter what industry you are in. (1:03:32)\\n\\n- Will discusses doing the 4 x 4 x 48 Challenge. He talks about his experience with that challenge was like, as well as the charitable reason why he did it. (1:16:14)\\n\\n- We discuss the lessons we have learned from growing up in Norwalk. We also discuss growing up in the Norwalk Public School system, some of the lessons learned there, and some of the controversies in NPS that we experienced. (1:27:50)\\n\\n- Matt, Will, and Brendan talk about their favorite teachers from Norwalk High School. (1:53:43)\\n\\n- We hit on the Importance of Overcoming Obstacles with or without degrees and Will\\u2019s Amazing Advice. (2:03:11)\\n\\n- Will and Brendan then answer, The Conversational World Questionnaire (2:08:18)'