ALEX TROLL | Mere Mortals Interview # 016

It was a pleasure to welcome back Alex Troll, founder of PodUnion, a platform to listen to and host podcasts. We started off this interview talking about how to market yourself by simply providing value and letting that speak for itself. We then transitioned to transformative innovations that will change the world of the future. Alex predicts that the instant ability to translate between languages will open up a huge new space for ideas to spread and cross over barriers previously blocked by the inability to understand one another. This got us onto language formation and how much we actually use symbols and text nowadays. Despite that, there are still tremendous differences between languages (English, Spanish, German, Pidgin, etc.,) and these also result in significant cultural differences (the assertiveness of Germans for example). We end the interview by speaking about committing to something 100% and how to find fulfilment by following your interests and finding satisfaction. Alex is an awesome guy and we love everything he is doing over at PodUnion. If you like listening to podcasts download his app from the app store and give it a try. Also connect with him via any of the links below. Once again, thanks for listening, we really appreciate it. Mere Mortals out! Timeline: 0:00 - Intro and overview 1:23 - Marketing through value addition 5:15 - Jim Kwik and transformative innovations 7:56 - Instant language translation will change the world 12:46 - The next massive social media site 14:17 - Languages of the future: symbols, memes, hieroglyphics? 16:20 - Invented language of symbols (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/257194-man-became-bliss) 19:02 - Language in Papua New Guinea 20:02 - Kyrin's journey of learning Spanish and its benefits 25:50 - The deep voices and assertiveness of German 28:00 - Committing 100% to a journey and looking back 31:56 - Following your interests and finding satisfaction 36:52 - PodUnion and the coming podcast Connect with Alex: Website: https://www.podunion.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podunion/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/podunion About Mere Mortals: Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Learnings from podcasts, interviews, book reviews and reflection on how to push beyond a Mere Mortal. Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/Meremortalsmedia Support the show