Joey Dumont - Learning From Life

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s episode of the podcast, we have invited Joey Dumont. He spent 20 years in the media business running ad agencies. He took time off to write a memoir and is now doing a podcast about many complex topics.</span></p> <p><strong>[6:00] Why should I listen to you?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I would either go “listen to me personally” or “listen to what I have to say. I started a podcast for that exact reason”. Our society today is so absurd that you either laugh at what you see or you cry. And I choose to laugh my cry out. So I started a podcast, have complex conversations with folks, specific subject matter experts. I admit what I don't know. I try to understand what I don't know through lots of research, lots of homework, and then I bring people into my life that can help me better understand the complexity of both sides.</span></p> <p><strong>[8:03] Where did the idea come from?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It stemmed from the fact that I am pretty political. I grew up in a rural area, Santa Rosa, California, and many of my friends are conservatives and Trumpers even. My family is also conservative. I grew up that way. But because I spent 20 years in the media industry in New York, in San Francisco, most of my colleagues are liberal. And so, I’ve always been in the middle space. What led me to want to do this was to cast aside the misinformation, disinformation, and abuse.</span></p> <p><strong>[10:28] What’s the plan with it all?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It's not constricted to anything, it's about things that I think are topical, that are important in our culture, and then how that permeates into the decisions, we're making and our beliefs.</span></p> <p><strong>[13:54] What are some things that you bring forth as any of that trickle in?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Four of my five clients are female. And a lot of it has to do with assertiveness training. In the media world, much like ma