“… don’t worry about moments of uncertainty.”
In Summary:
We continue chatting with Gonzalo as we move onto REST and PLAY. We talk about:
- His Enjoyment of decorating spaces and making small sculptures.
- Providing consulting services to inject innovation into the educational organisations
- His very cool morning routine.
- We also get musical as we chat about
- Drums
- Orchestral Percussion
- Some of his favourite drummers and songs from a drummer’s perspective.
- Graphic Design
- And more!
And so I hope you’re keen… onto Episode 14!
Podcast Content and Show Notes:
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| 00:02:47 | Are there any projects you are pursuing on the side? |
| Loves to create and decorate spaces. | |
| Hence becoming really passionate about decorating their apartment. | |
| Started to make small sized “sculptures” with random objects around the house. | |
| Could potentially sell these products. | |
| With a colleague, been working on bringing in innovation in into the education sector. | |
| Related to art and how artists think. | |
| More like consulting to educational organisations and learning organisations. Including private sector companies, where learning is required in their day to day business (e.g.: software development company). | |
| 00:06:33 | … continuing onto Rest, from the work-rest pitstop… roughly how many hours of sleep do you get? |
| 7hrs, but sometimes get 6hrs. | |
| 8hrs would be ideal. | |
| Reducing sleep can be self-defeating. | |
| Having said that guys like Justin live off very little sleep (4-5hrs) | |
| 00:07:34 | Does the amount of sleep you get vary a lot between weekdays and weeknights? |
| Nights of teaching are usually result in getting shorter sleep that night. | |
| Weekends usually sleep in and get around 8hrs. | |
| 00:08:32 | Are there any other daily rituals you try to life by or stick to? |
| Taking their 2 dogs for walks – typically will be for 20mins. | |
| It’s a nice break. | |
| 00:09:33 | Do you write your daily morning philosophical writings on the PC or pen/paper? How long do you do it for? |
| 30 – 60mins | |
| Sometimes it’s the first thing that comes to mind, but usually already know what he wants to write about (based on something from the previous day, etc.) | |
| Their house is on the edge of Lake Michigan. | |
| So can hear the lake early in the morning – that’s the background “music”. | |
| And sharing my own experience of attempting to do a similar thing. | |
| And we lived next to a wedding function hall which provided nice background sounds on a Saturday morning. | |
| 00:14:57 | Transition to Play… Are there any special hobbies or special interests you pursue on the side? |
| Love Music | |
| Chicago is a great place for this (Jazz, Classical Music) | |
| Played the drums, and played in a band in high school. | |
| Played rock music | |
| Drumsticks and practice pads. | |
| 00:18:49 | Do you have any favourite drum songs or drummers? |
| Have a few heroes: | |
| Mostly from Jazz | |
| Elektric Band | |
| Pianist: Chick Corea | |
| Drummer: David Weckl | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | |
| Trumpet: Miles Davis | |
| Pianist: Herbie Hancock | |
| Drummer: Vinnie Colaiuta | |
| Drummer: Tony Williams | |
| Love to play the drum music to Rosanna by the Band Toto | |
| Toto was famous for 3 songs. Rosanna, and: | |
| Africa | |
| Hold the Line | |
| Millenial / Generation Y | |
| Generation X | |
| (and Yes, I associate myself to Gen-X, and not the Millenials! Lol) | |
| 00:23:31 | Is there anything else that you pursue as a hobby? |
| Very little time to be able, but likes to do Graphic Design any chance he gets. | |
| 00:26:49 | Is there anyone you find to be particularly inspirational (career or personal)? |
| David Hansen | |
| 00:28:46 | Gonzalo flips the question to me! “Do I have anyone who has influenced you?” |
| Probably not a single individual. | |
| Also probably Mum. | |
| 00:30:44 | Were there any other instruments you played other than the drums? |
| Keyboard Percussion | |
| Also mentioned: | |
| Marimba | |
| Glockenspiel | |
| Xylophone | |
| 00:32:32 | Enrolled in physics at University of Buenos Aires (this was before Graphic Design) |
| Seriously considered Percussion for a symphony orchestra for a year. | |
| Needed to 5, 6, 8hrs a day (like athletes) | |
| 00:35:40 | Why didn’t you think you could be a professional drummer? |
| 00:36:40 | With the knowledge, experiences, and memories that you have now, if you could go back in time, and chat with yourself 20yrs ago, what advice would you give yourself? |
| Don’t worry about moments of uncertainty | |
| 00:39:15 | How long did you study Physics for? |
| Only a few months -> percussion -> enrolled in Architecture -> switched to Graphic Design | |
| 00:41:41 | Rapid fire questions! |
| Things mentioned during this section: | |
| Shape of Water | |
| Nelson Mandela | |
| Scarlet Johannsson | |
| French Fries | |
| Seoul | |
| Muchas gracias, Hasta Luego (Spanish for thank you very much, see you later) |