Guest OverviewBorn and raised in Jersey, from a sax-playing accountant father and a mother with schizophrenia, a Harvard graduate, a hedge fund trader turned professional jazz musician and mathematician is this week’s guest Marcus G Miller.In this episode Marcus explains how he started playing saxophone at age nine and how through the guidance of a teacher Michael Ghegan and the mentoring of world renowned saxophonist Bruce Williams he ended up on stage at age 13. An avid reader and a world level fencer, we went on to graduate from Harvard University with a degree in Mathematics before joining Ray Dalio’s hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. However his passion drew him back to New York City to pursue a career as a jazz musicianMarcus has since performed at the Obama White House, Madison Square Garden, The World Economic Forum at Davos, The Montreux Jazz Festival, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and recently spoke at the TED Summit in Edinburgh. Marcus is a genuine polymath and is exploring the structural similarities between math, and music, to enable creative problem solvers to unlock their imagination and to ‘jam’ on the world’s toughest challenges.I hope you enjoy the intellectual curiosity and expansive imagination of Marcus G Miller.    What we discuss:His upbringing in Jersey The impact of his accountant father His early desire to compete and winThe impact of being skilled at music hadThe challenges he faced as he grew up The motivation to successHis mentor Michael GheganBruce Willams his teacher Subbing for Brice as a young teenagerConfidenceDeciding to study math at Harvard His love of math How he is drawn to building the connection between math and music The subjective creative approach of doing both Base level reality and the propositions of logicThe underlying structure and overlap of math and music The non logical way of getting from Point A to BThe importance of fun in exploring possibilities in math and music and getting access to moreThe similarity in systems and subjectivity and individuality of Math and music Solving problems and go deeper Building rooms in your house of understandingWhere sparks of ideas come from?The importance of imagination and his disciplineTraining to be available to receive ideasOrder and structure in his life How he avoids social media and uses his phone The power of long-hand writingThe resistance and being open to ideas Managing his use of social media Becoming a hedge fund trader for Bridgewater The serendipity of getting a NYC gig while in the second semester Joining the Hedge Fund Leaving the hedge fund Focusing on music His search for meaning and connection How he’d change education to foster curiosity and creativity and improvisation  How Jazz is a conversation and has narrativeConnection between Jazz and Language Higher order language to think freely FearlessTo arrange ideas and music Teach kids to think freely. Creativity, structure and boundaries The bridge between math and music Links to SocialWebsiteInstagramSpotify FacebookLinks in the Show Tequila Jazz track  Bruce Williams Jazz Michael Ghegan War of Art - Stephen PrestfiledNir Eyal - DistractedRob Schneiderman Goethe FaustHarvard University Ray Dalio BridgewaterAion Carl Jung Mintons Jazz Bar  St Nicks jazz Julliard Music SchoolBach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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