First of all, I’m very lucky to work with an amazing group of people already.
Criteria
Alive.
Decent.
Individual people. Not companies, organizations, groups etc. If I like a whole group, I will split them into individual people.
I am putting intent into a diverse group of people who I admire. I do not want to see all Tim Ferris like people on this list 😂.
Definition of “Work”
This is something am still working on. Work is such a catch-all term. Generally, the goal is to connect and have a working relationship with someone that benefits both of us and enables us to both generate some level of sustainability and growth in our lives.
Goals
Actually generate the list of people. I’m doing this as I go and it will be fascinating and revealing who I add to this.
Formulate somewhat of a plan. Okay, if I now know this is a person I want to work with, what can I do to make that happen? Already some interesting things here. For example, some of the music artists below. There would have to be a good reason people as popular as them would want to work with me. It must be valuable for them. Most likely in a lopsided way. So, either I need to present them with some amazing music and a following that is worthwhile tapping into. At the very least a vibe that they feel. Or, I need to create a compelling business case or an unforgettable experience. I’ll come back to this.
LInks
I will be adding links to each person over time. This could be links to their website, their social media, my favourite posts, or content, or media, the best way to reach them and more.
These links will generate contextual connections to the people. Already, for organizations, I’ve seen myself ranking in the top 10 of Google. This can compound. This might make them aware of me. It should build up some domain authority for me. And, it will be a valuable resource for myself and others.
Establish Why
Why do I want to work with this person? What draws me to them. What is valuable for me? What is valuable for you as a reader.
Help others create their own “people I would love to work with” list
Eric Janssen from Richard Ivey Business School and Intellitex showed me the “Dream 100”, which is the 100 dream customers you could have. That really stuck with me. There is so much good that can come from an activity like that. The first time I did it, there was a newfound focus. I didn’t execute the way I wanted to necessarily but its a list I can revisit. Some of that has found its way in here.
Organize Data Well
This will be a lot of information. The page could load slow. It could be unruly. It could be hard to find people. Do I do it in alphabetical order? Is there ways I could let people sort?
Avoid Duplicates
This will be hard to do. How do I best categorize people? Do I need sub-categories? If so, how do I display this information?
Data Maintenance
How do I detect when links break?
Risks
This is a creepy post and thing to do 😂 I don’t know. How can you manifest things? This seems like a good way to do it. I really do love all these people.
Someone on this list is divisive. I can already see for example Jeff Bezos is on the list here who is wildly controversial for his impact to the world. How do I reconcile that? This is good self-reflection and something I need to address.
Someone does something bad I didn’t know about when I added them to the list.
Inaccuracies
Because I am stream of consciousness typing people on a first pass as I add them, I may spell names or categorize them wrong. This could be misrepresentative and hurt someone’s feelings or success (in some way I know that’s a stretch lol).
Investment of Time
This could be a massive task that takes months or years.
Information For Each Person
Need to have
At least one link.
An image.
At least one social media link to follow. Preferably Twitter, LinkedIn, Spotify, Instagram.
One website link. To Wikipedia at the minimum. To their site, if they have one.
Nice to have
People I’m already privileged to work with
Vatsal Shah
Roy Gowler
Rokham Ford
Lorne Collier
Brittany Maia
Jeff Van Heumen
Anita Sutton
Ashley Congynham
Ben Kaplan
Alfred Farrington
David Champion
Alex Edwards
Caitlin Helwig
Christina Fox
Eugene Bomba
John Pollock
Frank Erschen
Jason Winders
Jeremy Ward
Joseph Barker
Joseph Francis
Justin Finkelstein
Karen Schulman Dupuis
Shawn Slade
Ketan Ramji
Lindsay Dearlove
Loredana Wainwright
Matt Akins
Michael Oliver
Michael Pratt
Michelle Baldwin
Nikolai Vassev
Olivia Standish
Patrick Poulin
Rachael Luby
Richard Goodine
Sean Grabowski
Timothy Fosteman
Trevor Millar
Pascal Tremblay
Salimeh Tabrizi
Zamir Khan
Victoria Bright
Marik Hazan
Annette Markvoort
Bhavesh Shah
People that I would love to work with:
Productivity
Tiago Forte
Conor White-Sullivan
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Spiritual
Aubrey Marcus
Music
Jay-Z
J. Cole
Chance the Rapper
Dr. Dre
Eminem
Young Thug
Anderson .Paak
Ari Lennox
Logic
Business
Jeff Bezos
Naval
Albert Tai
Alexandra MCalla
Alex Speiser
Andre Vashist
Bernie Batt
Chris Dowding
Corey Shelson
Del Jolly
David Brebner
Cor Van Lith
Cristiano Micheli
Daniel Kharlas
Dave Rabin
David Ciccarelli
Deborah Kaye
Dr. Ketan Patel
Dr. Taryn Taylor
Colin Couchman
Eesmyal-Santos Brault
Eric Janssen
Eric Klingenberger
Gary Manning
Gregory De Rocher
Ian Haase
Jack Bunce
Joe Dales
David Bilson
Kelly Bender
Kevin Crosby
Kevin Matthews
Larry Lau
Leon Li
Lina Bowden
Lucia Huang
Mariam Hayward
Mark Haden
Murray Sanders
Nolan Ladoucer
Patrick Moher
Patrick Gregory
Payton Nyqvuest
Rick Doblin
Reid Thornley
Rokham Ford
Ross Ingram
Ryan Weaver
Sasha Sirotkin
Sheri Eckert
Simeon Schnapper
Stacey Wallin
Stephanie Ciccarelli
Steve Mann
Tanja Schomann
Tharshan Muthulingam
Owen Winkleton
Tiffany Pope
Tiffany Roshkcow
Tyler McKinley
Yaron Conforti
Zach Haigney
Marc Benioff
Warren Buffet
Ursula Burns
Stewart Butterfield
Comedy
Ali Wong
Tom Segura
Bo Burnham
Dave Chapelle
Bill Burr
Jerry Seinfeld
Chris Rock
Eddie Murphy
Amy Schumer
Jim Gaffigan
Sarah Silverman
Aziz Ansari
John Mulaney
Wanda Sykes
Trevor Noah
Seth Meyers
Larry David
Kate McKinnon
Talk Show Hosts
Stephen Colbert
John Oliver
Podcasting
Joe Rogan
Andrew Schultz
Marc Maron
Tim Ferris
Incubators/Accelerators
Abdullah Snobar
Government Organizations
Ketan Ramji
Fitness
Ben Greenfield
Psychedelics
Paul Stamets
Rick Doblin
Dr. Berra Yazar-Klosinski
Robin Carhart-Harris
Stacey Wallin
Amanda Fielding
Hamilton Morris
Robert Laurie
Dennis McKenna
Kyle Klingsbury
Authors
Robert Greene
Yuval Noah Harari
Michael Pollan
Jordan Peterson
Brian Christian
Ari Herstand
Ronald Siegel
Russell Brand
Mark Manson
Tina Fey
John Medina
Steve Martin
Chris Smith
James Fadiman
Actors & Actresses
Ryan Reynolds
Chris Rock
Sofia Vergara
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kevin Hart
Penelope Cruz
Denzel Washington
Daniel Day-Lewis
Halle Berry
Will Smith
Angelina Jolie
Natalie Portman
Sandra Bullock
Jennifer Aniston
Morgan Freeman
Emma Stone
Mila Kunis
Anna Kendrick
Kiera Knightley
Technology
Elon Musk
Steve Mann
Speakers
Tony Robbins
Brian Tracey
Robert Kiyosaki
Mel Robbins
Deepak Chopra
Gary Vaynerchuk
Eckhart Tolle
Zig Ziglar
Dave Ramsey
Steve Wozniak
Simon Sinek
Brene Brown
Malcolm Gladwell
David Goggins
Arianna Huffington
Venture Capital
Neha Khera
Paul Graham
Politics
Barack Obama
Andrew Yang
Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders
Influencers
Ayesha Seha