A few references you may be interested in reading more about...

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Art/Artists

• Mark McClure’s photos on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/memcclure

• Flickr, online photo community, https://www.flickr.com/

• Sikemi Williams, PMP; Shechemee YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/OluwasikemiWilliams

• Issa Rae; producer, writer, director: https://www.issarae.com/

• Gong Yoo, popular Korean actor, fan Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Gong_Yoo_JP

• Taylored Faces & Balloons, https://www.tayloredfacesphilly.com/

• Eric Weinstein, Live Balloons Party Entertainment, https://www.liveballoons.com/

• Mark McClure’s bio: https://pnwphotowalks.com/about-mark-mcclure

• Lara Cantu-Hertzler, ballet artist: https://www.instagram.com/cantuhertzler/, https://laracantuh.com/home.html

• Rotunda at University of Pennsylvania: http://www.therotunda.org/

• Custom Arts Studio website: https://www.customartsstudio.com/

• Mt. Airy Art Garage: https://mtairyartgarage.org/

• The Da Vinci Alliance: https://davinciartalliance.org/

• Spiral Q: http://www.spiralq.org/

Books

• The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday

• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) by Don Miguel Ruiz

• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund, and Ola Rosling

• Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of Consciousness by B. Alan Wallace

• The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader by John C. Maxwell

• Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive by Mark Brackett

• Isa Does It, by Isa Chandra Moskowitz; that and more at https://www.theppk.com/

• The Oh She Glows Cookbook, by Angela Liddon: https://ohsheglows.com/the-book/

• Tartine Bread, by Chad Robertson & Eric Wolfinger, sourdough bread baking

• Walkable City by Jeff Speck

• The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, book by Thomas Stanley and William Danko

• Ikigai, various books on this topic, “Reason for being” a tool for finding your personal work-life balance

• Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, book

• Your Brain at Work, book by David Rock

• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism, book by Grace Lee Boggs

• The Death and Life of Great American Cities, book by Jane Jacobs, about the author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Jacobs

• Journey Forward, How to Use Journaling to Envision and Manifest the Life You Always Wanted, book by Robin E. Henderson-Wilson, Ph.D. and Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS

• Raising Supaman, book by Nathaniel A. Turner, JD

• The Amazing World of STEM, book by Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS and Naeem K. Turner-Bandele; illustrations by Keva M. Richardson

• It's a Jungle Out There, Inspired by THE Lion King: Powerful Parenting Lessons, book by Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS

• Stop the Bus, book by Nathaniel A. Turner, JD, MALS

• What Are We Gonna Do Today? book by Naeem K. Turner-Bandele, illustrated by Chrystopher Burns

• Book of Mormon online, get a free digital copy, or download it for free on your Kindle

• Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual, book by Dennis Prager

• The Kingdom Fungi, book by Steven Stephenson

• Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds, book by David Goggins

• Greenlights, book by Matthew McConaughey

Community-Building

• Food Policy Advisory Council, https://phillyfpac.org/

• Philadelphia Citizens Planning Institute, https://citizensplanninginstitute.org/

• Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, https://philadelphia.coop/

• Women's Community Revitalization Project, https://www.wcrpphila.org/

• Soil Generation, urban agriculture, https://soilgeneration.org/

• Community Wealth, https://community-wealth.org/

• Grassroots Economic Organizing, https://geo.coop/

• YEAH Philly, youth organization searchable on Facebook, http://yeahphilly.org/

• Philadelphia Tree Tenders Program: https://phsonline.org/programs/tree-programs

• Philadelphia Love Your Park Week: https://loveyourpark.org/volunteer

• Philadelphia Streets Department Block Captains: https://www.philadelphiastreets.com/pmbc/become-a-block-captain/

• National Recreation and Park Association: https://www.nrpa.org/

• Fairmount Park Conservancy: https://myphillypark.org/

• 10-mile Broad Street Run training route mapped by Fairmount Park Conservancy in 2020, and the reason I contacted Sara: https://myphillypark.org/we-mapped-a-10-mile-route-through-fairmount-park-for-the-2020-broad-street-run/

• Local parks, Clemente Park & Playground and Liberty Lands

• Germantown Arthaus website: https://gtownarthaus.com/

• Artist Bank, “The Artist Bank's mission is to inspire creativity, growth and community through high-quality community arts, education and professional development programming”: https://www.theartistbank.org/

• Citizens Planning Institute: https://citizensplanninginstitute.org/

• Organization: The Design Studio for Social Intervention

• The purpose of the Relief Society

Companies

• Apiarity, https://www.apiarity.com/

• Coinflip Marketing, https://www.coinflipmarketing.com/

• Cetera Financial Group, https://www.cetera.com/

• CoApt Projects, Morgan Martin’s company, https://coaptprojects.com/

• Upwork, freelancing site, https://www.upwork.com/

• araZach, https://www.arazach.com/

• KloudSign, https://www.mykloudsign.com/

• HubSpot Blog: https://blog.hubspot.com/

• Dental Nachos, Dentists Helping Dentists, ​​https://dentalnachos.com/

• Custom Arts Studio website: https://www.customartsstudio.com/

• Bloomin’ Blinds, window coverings and repairs

• Home Advisor, online resource for service providers and customers to get connected

• Taylored Faces & Balloons, https://www.tayloredfacesphilly.com/

• Podmatch, site for podcasters to meet potential guests, https://podmatch.com/

Health/Science

• Fertility resources and advocacy: resolve.org

• COVID-19 Vaccines: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/keythingstoknow.html?s_cid=11629:what%20is%20the%20covid%2019%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN.Grants:FY22

• Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University’s College of Public Health: https://cph.temple.edu/departments-research/departments/social-and-behavioral-sciences/research/research-centers/center

• Types and Phases of Clinical Trials, https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/clinical-trials/what-you-need-to-know/phases-of-clinical-trials.html

• Neurodegenerative diseases, https://medlineplus.gov/degenerativenervediseases.html

• Multiple myeloma, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-myeloma/symptoms-causes/syc-20353378#:~:text=Multiple%20myeloma%20is%20a%20cancer,crowd%20out%20healthy%20blood%20cells.

• Neuropharmacology: in depth in neuroscience, focus on how anything crossing blood-brain barrier impacts brain cells

• Neuropsychopharmacology, https://www.nature.com/npp/

• Atypical plasticity inducers: “research chemicals”

• Johns Hopkins psychedelics research, https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

• PubMed, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

• Hot Yoga Barcelona, https://www.hotyogabarcelona.com/

• Hot Yoga Philadelphia, https://hotyogaphiladelphia.com/

Non-profit Organizations

• The Travis Manion Foundation, https://www.travismanion.org/

• SCORE Mentors, non-profit organization, https://www.score.org/

• Freelancing Females, https://www.freelancingfemales.com/

• Project Management Institute - Delaware Valley Chapter, professional organization chapter, https://pmi-dvc.org/

• Food Policy Advisory Council, https://phillyfpac.org/

• Philadelphia Citizens Planning Institute, https://citizensplanninginstitute.org/

• Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, https://philadelphia.coop/

• Women's Community Revitalization Project, https://www.wcrpphila.org/

• Soil Generation, urban agriculture, https://soilgeneration.org/

• Community Wealth, https://community-wealth.org/

• Grassroots Economic Organizing, https://geo.coop/

• YEAH Philly, youth organization searchable on Facebook, http://yeahphilly.org/

• Collaborative Solutions for Communities: https://www.wearecsc.org/

• Fairmount Park Conservancy: https://myphillypark.org/

• Nationalities Service Center, how to donate money: https://nscphila.org/donate

• Nationalities Service Center, how to donate time or goods, https://nscphila.org/how-you-can-help

Other

• Westminster Kennel Club dog show, https://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/

• Iditarod, dog sled race, https://iditarod.com/

• Tae Bo and Billy Blanks, https://www.taebonation.com/

• Participatory Action Research

• Active Transportation, https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/active-transportation

• Citizens Planning Institute (CPI) Spring 2021 playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72k8yLtmMFz8uz1aQsvcda?si=v_3p3Pe0Q_S460X-4k7fqQ&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1

• Google Interview Prep - I would note that 2&3 on this list have been combined since this guide came out. I can't find anything more recent that shows the combined list.

• Why Philly is a good place to get started in impact investing, article by Technical.ly Philadelphia, link to the article

• National Novel Writing Month, https://nanowrimo.org/

• IngramSpark, independent book publishing association

• Read Rowing Your Boat by Chieko Okazaki or watch/listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTE-A94xEw0

• The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by John Erskine

• Understanding and Overcoming Pride: Context and Perception, sermon by Stephanie Leishman

• Why God Asks Anything of Me, sermon by Stephanie Leishman

• Foraging, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foraging

• Fagradalsfjall, volcano in Iceland, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagradalsfjall

People

• Adrienne Maree Brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/

• Amy Novinski, ballet instructor: https://www.amynovinski.com/, https://www.instagram.com/amynovinski/

• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (late president of India, wrote the book Wings of Fire) Dreams transform into thoughts, and thoughts will result in good action: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam

• Ashlee Braxton, https://www.ashleebraxton.com/, Quantum Coaching

• Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer at HubSpot, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dharmesh/

• Drew Binsky, travel vlogger, https://www.drewbinsky.com/

• Eric Weinstein, Live Balloons Party Entertainment, https://www.liveballoons.com/

• Gong Yoo, popular Korean actor, fan Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Gong_Yoo_JP

• Grace Lee Boggs, about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Boggs

• Issa Rae; producer, writer, director: https://www.issarae.com/

• Kenneth “Ken” C. Frazier, Merck’s executive chairman of the board: https://www.merck.com/leadership/kenneth-c-frazier/

• Lara Cantu-Hertzler, ballet artist: https://www.instagram.com/cantuhertzler/, https://laracantuh.com/home.html

• Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/marcus-aurelius

• Mark McClure’s bio: https://pnwphotowalks.com/about-mark-mcclure

• Nathaniel A. Turner: https://www.nathanielaturner.com/

• Oprah Winfrey, https://www.oprah.com/

• Sikemi Williams, PMP; Shechemee YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/OluwasikemiWilliams

• Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson

• Dr. Ruth Westheimer

• Warren Buffet, how to be wise with your investments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett

• Yamini Rangan, Chief Customer Officer at HubSpot, https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaminirangan/

• Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_Ziglar

Philadelphia

• Project Management Institute - Delaware Valley Chapter, professional organization chapter, https://pmi-dvc.org/

• Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, https://philadelphia.coop/

• Women's Community Revitalization Project, https://www.wcrpphila.org/

• YEAH Philly, youth organization searchable on Facebook, http://yeahphilly.org/

• Food Policy Advisory Council, https://phillyfpac.org/

• Philadelphia Citizens Planning Institute, https://citizensplanninginstitute.org/

• Rotunda at University of Pennsylvania: http://www.therotunda.org/

• Custom Arts Studio website: https://www.customartsstudio.com/

Podcasts

• Unlocking Us (Brene Brown), https://brenebrown.com/podcasts/

• Dare to Lead (Brene Brown), https://brenebrown.com/podcasts/

• The Place We Find Ourselves (Adam Young, LCSW, MDiv), Episode 52

• Getting to the Root of it (Venus Roots), https://open.spotify.com/show/6qXh3yHWkY0GeBBwzbPwYZ

• Change Work Life Podcast, by Jeremy Cline, https://changeworklife.com/

• Change Work Life Podcast, Episode 96: Finding Opportunity Through Redundancy, https://changeworklife.com/finding-opportunity-through-redundancy/

Project Management Tools

• Decision Trees, standard decision-support tool

Small Businesses

• Taylored Faces & Balloons, https://www.tayloredfacesphilly.com/

• Eric Weinstein, Live Balloons Party Entertainment, https://www.liveballoons.com/

• Dental Nachos, Dentists Helping Dentists, ​​https://dentalnachos.com/

• Amy Novinski, ballet instructor: https://www.amynovinski.com/, https://www.instagram.com/amynovinski/

• Lara Cantu-Hertzler, ballet artist: https://www.instagram.com/cantuhertzler/, https://laracantuh.com/home.html

• Custom Arts Studio website: https://www.customartsstudio.com/

Technology

• R statistical software, https://www.r-project.org/

• RPA: Robotic processing analytics; Automation Anywhere and Blue Prism

Tools for Learning

• PMI-DVC, https://pmi-dvc.org/

• Khan Academy, free online courses, https://www.khanacademy.org/

• Udemy, online courses, https://www.udemy.com/

• LinkedIn Learning, https://learning.linkedin.com/

• CTE: Career Technical Education

• BU Online MBA Program

• Leadership Resources (program and resources) https://lrsuccess.com/

• HubSpot Blog: https://blog.hubspot.com/

• Landmark self expression and leadership program: https://www.landmarkworldwide.com/

• The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, https://capa.philasd.org/

• Moore College of Art & Design, https://moore.edu/

• Power Up Your Business, program through Community College of Philadelphia, https://www.ccp.edu/business-and-industry/power-your-business

• Dental Nachos, Dentists Helping Dentists, ​​https://dentalnachos.com/

• Knowledge Management: https://www.kmworld.com/About/What_is_Knowledge_Management

• Technical Writing: https://www.instructionalsolutions.com/blog/what-is-technical-writing

• Six Sigma, tools and techniques for process improvement, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma

• Ikigai, various books on this topic, “Reason for being” a tool for finding your personal work-life balance

• Drive & Listen, immersive travel experience site: https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

• Yes Theory Travel: https://yestheory.com/

• Bitlift, crypto currency resources & education, https://bitlift.com/

• Ashlee Braxton, https://www.ashleebraxton.com/, Quantum Coaching

Social & Networking Groups

• Freelancing Females, https://www.freelancingfemales.com/

• Project Management Institute - Delaware Valley Chapter, professional organization chapter, https://pmi-dvc.org/

• Ellevate, women’s networking group, https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/

• Nik & the Nice Guys, band, https://www.nikentertainment.com/bands/Nik-and-the-Nice-Guys/

• Reinventing Work, community, https://www.reinventing.work/

• Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance, https://philadelphia.coop/

• Women's Community Revitalization Project, https://www.wcrpphila.org/

• Ashlee’s social media, http://instagram.com/ashleebraxton

Tags used

#wygupodcast #podcast #stoicism #financialservices #career #family #reinventyourself #continuingeducation #goalsetting

Travel

• Active Transportation, https://www.transportation.gov/mission/health/active-transportation

• Drive & Listen, immersive travel experience site: https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/

• Yes Theory Travel: https://yestheory.com/

Videos/Movies/Video Channels

• Michael O'Bryan — "Future Folklore"

• WheezyWaiter, “We Complimented Each Other & Strangers Every Day for a Month, Here’s What Happened”, YouTube video.

• Shechemee YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/c/OluwasikemiWilliams

• Strange College, CCPTV series: https://www.strangecollege.net/

• Viki.com, free resource for watching Korean films

• The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals, Netflix show

• We Owe Generation Z an Apology Today | Nathaniel Turner | TedxHobartHighSchool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Y8W0OC9Jw&t=163s

• Read Rowing Your Boat by Chieko Okazaki or watch/listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTE-A94xEw0

• The Journaling Techniques that Changed My Life, by Struthless on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dArgOrm98Bk