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Jacob Sokol runs a website that is fittingly called Sensophy. “Sens” coming from the word “sense,” as in “to feel”. And “Sophy” coming from the Greek word: “Sophia,” which means wisdom. “Sensophy” emobides Jacob well, because he philosophizes as much as he lives life. Usually people either philosophize about life, or they actually live it. Jacob has a big-time New York swag in everything he does, and it’s one of the reasons I was drawn to his website.

He really isn’t afraid to express himself authentically in his writing and video blogs. He leads by example, and you’ll see what I mean when you check out this interview! Jacob also shared lots of excellent insight into living authentically, and how our greatest adversities have quite literally made us into the people that we are today.

Here is one of my favorite quotes from Jacob:

Don’t mistake your thoughts for who you are. Thoughts are nothing more than habits of the mind. You can create new habits in your mind the same way you can create them in your daily routines.

Here are 2 excellent blog posts from Jacob that we talked about during the interview:

How Tim Ferriss Took Me to a Jets Game with Gary Vaynerchuk

What Does a Philosopher DO in the Bathroom? (empowering affirmations in the shower)

You can find out more about Jacob and all of the cool things he’s doing here:

Sensophy

Here are some of the things that Jacob shared in our interview:

*Jacob’s Talk about Being Authentic and Really Expressing Yourself in a Candid Way (3:09)

*How Adversity made Jacob Sokol the Person he is Today (7:20)

*One of Jacob’s Biggest Strengths: AUTHENTICITY, and what it means (6:15)

*”Why am I a life coach now? Because my life was so screwed up growing up” (6:46)

*Jacob’s Message about being Courageous, and Why he Recorded a Video of Himself doing Affirmations in the Shower” (9:40)

*How Jacob’s Recent Trip to Thailand/Bali/Japan was a Metaphor for Life, and not all Roses and Flowers (14:05)

*How Traveling (especially alone) will BREAK your routines, and force you to express yourself in New Ways (15:45)

*How Taking on a Challenge to Go To a Jets Game with Gary Vaynerchuk (and succeeding) Impacted Jacob’s Life (18:00)

*An AMAZING Philosophy from Tim Ferris about how it’s “Realistic” to be “Unrealistic”(18:30)

*Jacob Giving His Phone Number to Any Listener (embodying his philosophy in the process) (22:26)

*And much more!

 
Other Video Links:
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