Conversations That Inspire

Today I talk with Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren, co-founder and CEO at Karma Life, digital platform where restaurants, cafés and grocery stores can sell their surplus food and to customers for a discounted price before it expires. Picture a nice late lunch from a local restaurant for a nice discount. That's what Karma does to your mind and tummy. Hjalmar did not always work in tech. We discuss his change of direction from medicine doctor. I personally appreciated the openness of our conversation, with wide ranging topics covering deeper business insights, personal topics and other things dear to Hjalmar. Find more about Hjalmar and Karma on: karma.life Among other things, we discuss: - Description of the company Karma - How the company pivoted (identification, testing, deployment) - Removing pain points for their clients using their service - Current company status (numbers) and what numbers are important to the company - Karma’s target groups - What it’s like being CEO, learning skills on the go - The benef

Today I talk with Ulla Munch, Danish lyric mezzo-soprano. I first got to know about Ulla as a strong women who overcame a terrible accident and found a new career, new meaning in life. We talk about many aspects of being a professional performer, her career, current projects and general life advice. Ulla today runs a coaching business in the area of public performance. - Her first time singing in front of a large audience - Using sport psychology in art performance - “You sing beautifully, but you look so boring!” and how she solved that - The components of a good performance - Passing emotions from the singer to the audience (including worry) - An audience also can get very stressed - Smiling cheats the brain - Book “Upward Spiral” by Alex Korb PhD - Research “The Benefit of Power Posing Before a High-Stakes Social Evaluation” by Amy Cuddy - Body language - Practicing owning your personal space in the street - Being an introvert/being an extrovert - A week in the life of a musician - Practicing alone with

Today I talk with Ashley Scrace, great British singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist (seriously, check him out again if you have not yet. Links are at the bottom). In this episode that we recorded last year, we also talk about the EP (music album) he was working on. It is now out (links below) Among other things, we discuss: - The challenges of producing his record - His creative process - Adversity in life has fuelled his creativity - Inception of the EP (album) - The artist community, network and how it is self supporting - Who he primarily writes for (spoiler: himself) - Is being true to oneself compatible with pleasing an audience? - Motivation for working on his EP (album) - His first steps in music at a young age - Self-confidence and shyness as a singer getting on stage - His recipe to deal with stage fright - Healing through writing and singing Find more about Ashley on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/45MYSPvIWnaa2onzdU4U7g Bandcamp: https://ashleyscrace.bandcamp.com/ Facebook: ht