The Beauty of Life - Building Communities, Overcoming Adversity, Finding Beauty, and Defying Reality with Justin Souriau-Levine

Justin SL is an extraordinary movie director, cinematographer, ballet dancer, performer, soccer player, entrepreneur, and a very dear friend of mine. He has repeatedly used his entrepreneurial spirit and relentlessly positive outlook on life to create tight-knit communities around projects or ventures, such as his soccer club, Moulin à Café, and his movie company. Justin is a true student of life, and I'm honored to have him on the podcast. Rather than try to encapsulate Justin in this intro, I'll let his story and his personality speak for themselves.

Timestamps:
(0:00:40) Intro

(0:02:15) Moulin à Café

(0:06:05) How cinema helped shape Justin's worldview

(0:11:39) Giving and Receiving Joy, and appreciating the perspectives of others

(0:14:11) Pivoting and course-correcting in life (Justin's time at The Rock School)

(0:17:30) Justin reveals what life is all about. How to not "miss the point"

(0:23:30) Justin's professional ballet career: overcoming roadblocks and natural disadvantages

(0:32:05) Overcoming the two types of adversity: roadblocks/natural disadvantages, and catastrophe.

(0:44:05) Finding your star, and changing your Terminal Goals

(0:50:15) How to Defy Reality

(0:52:37) The differences between French and American Education, and the importance of studying History

(0:58:07) How to instantly befriend and connect with strangers, and how to meet interesting people

(1:12:02) Notes and outro.


Relevant Links:
https://www.instagram.com/justin.souriaulevine/


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richard.hausman@yale.edu ,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-hausman-824035154/