OTS 192: Prisoners of Our Own Mind - Ariel Garten

Today’s guest’s driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential. She is the visionary behind Muse, the award-winning headband that makes meditation easier. Before co-founding InteraXon, the makers of Muse, she was not only trained as a neuroscientist and psychotherapist but also started her own international clothing line. With her creativity, entrepreneurial drive, and fascination with the brain, it’s not surprising that her startup allows people to control computers with their minds. She and her team have been featured in over 1000 media pieces, including TED, CNN, Forbes, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, and they are recipients of multiple innovation awards. She is the host of Untangle podcast, keynotes around the world on technology, mindfulness and entrepreneurship, and supports and advises a variety of start-ups. Please join me in welcoming Ariel Garten.   In this episode we discuss: her thoughts on leadership: “A leader is someone who is able to see a direction and is also so compelling that other people want to follow them.” how having loving entrepreneur parents shaped her belief in her abilities and her desire to be an entrepreneur. her childhood experience with leading, where she was considered bossy, and her journey to being a strong leader at 22, while operating a successful clothing line. the value she places on helping improve other people and the world, and how that led to her developing Muse. how being a female founder in a male-dominated industry, before there was a strong push for equality, had both positives and negatives. her large network and how she networks and connects with others. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 192 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices