Anthony D’Apolito is the Head of Content for TruckBux, an Austin, Texas-based startup, whose app allows customers to order pickup or delivery from nearby food trucks. Anthony is also the Founder of Dream Big & Co.––a media  company that creates content to build brands and share inspiring stories. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 4:51 - Flow States & Skydiving; Dr. Dre, Sylvester Stallone, & other celebs’ flow states; “Constraints cultivate creativity”; The War of Art by Steven Pressfield; Steve Jobs, Simplicity, & Discipline 24:41 - The hypocrisy around “authenticity” & revisiting TRENDIFIER #4; Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign analysis; Narcissism; Obama v Trump 37:17 - High School Cliques and what they say about our future environments; The power of connections; Anthony’s Positivity...real?; The evil inside of all of us; Sam Altman & the “It’s better to do more good than less bad” theory; Jordan Peterson & his theory on Hitler 54:13 - Empathy vs. responsibility; The seriousness of criminal justice; story about a father who forgave his son’s murderer & why he did it; Throwing around words like “empathy” without any meaning behind them 1:06:23 - Glasshouses in society; Cynicism towards politics and the problems with political discourse; Joe Rogan should interview all politicians; Politicians & groupthink 1:17:40 - People fear change; Revisiting the safety conversation from TRENDIFIER #33 - Brady Burkett; The similarity that ties together Skydiving, flow states, and love; Tuesdays with Morrie & “Knowing how to die” 1:32:31 - The concept of Time; NFL Legend, Tony Siragusa’s outlook on time with his hourglass collection; Revisiting TRENDIFIER #15; The problem w/ “Stay Tuned Culture” 1:38:50 - Naval Ravikant theory on your surroundings; Tupac “2Pac” Shakur and his famous poem, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete” 1:52:39 - Elon Musk’s drive towards something far greater than money; The use of negative energy as a motivator; The misconception around Gary Vee’s “loving failure” theory 2:07:33 - Anthony’s work at TruckBux; TruckBux founder Nick Nanakos’ backstory and family American Dream story 2:22:07 - Revisiting TRENDIFIER #35 - John Rondi & his Stunited / TikTok come up story that’s reminiscent of Brian Chesky & the Airbnb story; Having courage in your conviction as a startup founder;  Anthony’s early content of TruckBux founder, Nick Nanakos 2:35:20 - POST MALONE’S come up story is proof that he WANTED IT more than anything else in the world; Michael Jordan documented as a kid?; DaBaby’s work ethic; How Pele learned to play soccer with a rolled up sock and a mango; The tragedy of believing in people more than they believe in themselves; Decentralization & Opportunity 2:51:51 - Julian tells a story about an unnamed person he looks up to as an example that “it’s possible”; Closing the conversation revisiting the “time” theme again ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: