The Mid-Day Squares story: how we're trying to build the next biggest Chocolate Company, family business, and our unfiltered thoughts on entrepreneurship. Nothing is off topic, no subject is off limits. Entrepreneurship the way it should be told with no fucks given.
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11 Jan 2023
The Secret To Achieving Peak Performance: It’s All In Your Mind
Achieve your highest potential with this Mid-Day Squares podcast episode featuring Jake, Nick, and Lez.
Discover the secret to maintaining the right mindset during challenging times, leverage the principle of consistency to achieve forward momentum and learn the key to unlocking your brains reward system for optimal performance.
This is an opportunity to gain valuable insights that can help you reach peak performance, tune in now.
We share key takeaways on:
How to focus on feeling good
Hacking your body’s reward system
Focusing on the small wins
Using momentum to fire up your brain
Saying “No” to societal pressures
Show notes:
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0:57 - Jake in Forbes 30 under 30
1:57 - Negative response to Forbes
3:29 - It’s all about the mind set
4:34 - Look Good, Feel Good
6:39 - Understanding your body’s reward system
8:41 - The myth of the “All or Nothing” attitude
15:45 - The power of Momentum
19:10 - We wouldn’t have survived 2022 without Momentum
21:40 - THERAPY
22:22 - Using movement to get away from negativity
24:12 - Let yourself get lost when going on walks
25:10 - How Jake turned around the energy at the office
26:46 - Cutting negativity out of your life
26:24 - What does your body need to achieve peak performance?
29:00 - Nick & Jake cutting out alcohol
32:17 - Stop caring about what others do to achieve peak performance
33:00 - Kobe and Micheal Jordan VS Dennis Rodman / Hacks for peak performance
35:00 - The people that inspire us
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21 Sept 2022
Mentorship is a CHEAT CODE!
In this episode, Jake, Nick and Lez answer questions from the audience on our upcoming flavor and tips they would give to new founders building in the CPG space
We discuss Jake taking over R&D without permission, how we pump ourselves up when stress gets too high, how mentorship is a cheat code for founders and so much more.
We share key takeaways on:
Why flavor development is challenging
How failure can lead to success
How finding World Class mentors changes the game
Helping people without an agenda
The struggles in finance for early CPG companies
Show notes:
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1:21 What’s going on with Cookie Dough?
2:52 Why Cookie Dough is so complex to make
4:40 Cookie Dough’s origin story
6:03 Jake brings the momentum up
6:45 Jake hijacked R&D to make his own flavor
9:52 Go-to motivational techniques when stress becomes too high
16:10 Who’s bought into the concept of sleep?
17:53 Jake’s PTSD
19:10 How important trust is with mentorship
21:45 Lez’s trust issues with mentors
25:34 Have no agenda when helping people
27:13 Mentorship is a cheat code
29:55 Tips for starting a new CPG company
32:13 Be at stores as often as possible
37:00 How difficult finances are as an early CPG company
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