Main Street Mindset: Recent Episodes
Main Street Mindset
Have you ever struggled with issues related to success, identity, belonging, loneliness, relationships, or self-doubt? Don't worry, we have too. Join two unlikely friends from completely different walks of life on a journey of self-improvement and mental calibration.
Business attorney, litigator, entrepreneur, and writer Brian Potts has advised a range of Fortune 100, 500, and smaller clients. Brian and his team have appeared in more than 50 administrative proceedings and dozens of federal and state court cases.
Brian is currently representing clients in three federal lawsuits―each of which involves claims or assets worth more than $100M. He has also been involved in billions of dollars’ worth of business transactions and has helped his clients obtain regulatory approvals to build more than $4 billion dollars’ worth of utility infrastructure in various states, including conventional power plants, transmission lines, wind farms, and solar facilities.
In 2002, as a second-year law student, Brian applied to work at every one of the Top 100 law firms in the country. He received form rejection letters from all of them. Less than a decade later, Brian was among the youngest to make equity partner at one of those firms. And today, he’s an equity partner at Perkins Coie―where his form rejection letter from the firm in 2002 hangs on his office wall.
In his free time, Brian likes to help startup companies get off the ground. A successful entrepreneur, himself, Brian invented the first and only computer keyboard designed by lawyers for lawyers (called the LegalBoard®) in 2016. And in 2017, Brian helped found his second startup, Goods Unite Us®, which is a nonpartisan, for-profit app and website focused on helping consumers align their purchases and investments with their political beliefs. On Election Day 2020, with Brian’s guidance, a Goods Unite Us subsidiary partnered with an investment advisory firm to launch the first political exchange-traded fund ever listed on NASDAQ.
Since 2013, Brian has been ranked by Chambers USA and listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Best Lawyers also named him “Lawyer of the Year” in the Energy Regulatory Law category in 2018 and 2020, and the firm named him co-chair of its 100-plus lawyer Energy Industry Group in 2020.
Brian credits much of his success to his never-ending focus on writing and public speaking. Besides Forbes.com, his articles and opinion pieces have also been published in the Wall Street Journal, Politico, Bloomberg, the Weekly Standard, and in law journals published by Yale, Harvard, N.Y.U., and UC Berkeley. Brian is also a regular guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he teaches a course on renewable energy project development and finance at Vermont Law School. Email him at Perkins if you want to chat.
Email: bpotts@perkinscoie.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-h-potts-26914923
Sheen grew up in rural Florida with nothing more than grit and determination. He shares how his past helped shape his future and led him to where he is today.
The hosts have a discussion with Travis Kennedy, a former Navy SEAL and owner of Kennedy Defensive Solutions. They discuss Travis' experience, transition to civilian life, and mindset needed to succeed.
Collective illusions lead individuals to make decisions that contradict their own values simply because a majority of people in a group believe the majority thinks something that they don’t.
Jay and George have a discussion with Nick Betts, Former Army Sniper and Founder of Krupto Strategic Media. You can follow Nick on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/n_betts/?hl=en and his website https://www.kruptostrategicmedia.com/
Jay and George sit down and have a conversation with Aaron. Aaron is veteran of the U.S. Navy, firefighter, husband, and father of four. Aaron shares his tips for being positive, accomplishing your goals, and how to be an asset to a team.
Jay and George discuss ways to avoid and overcome negative people, mentality, and situations.
Jay and George discuss recognizing and navigating fake news, misinformation, and disinformation.
Jay and George discuss the importance of effective communication, communication styles, and how to improve your communication skills.
Jay and George discuss self-acceptance and self-forgiveness as essential parts of living a fulfilled life.
Jay provides insights on current themes of antisemitism and racism occurring in the mainstream.
Jay and George recount overcoming adversity and hardship in their own lives. They discuss the lessons learned from the experiences and how they leverage them for the better.
George gives his thoughts on the pitfalls of ego and the benefits of humility and letting things go.
Jay and George discuss the shortage of good role models and the negative influence of social media influencers. This is part one of a two part discussion.