Career
Your career is more than just a job — it’s a significant part of your life’s journey and personal growth. From climbing the corporate ladder to pivoting into a new field, career development requires strategic planning, continuous learning, and adaptability. This collection of episodes provides guidance on career advancement, skill development, personal branding, and finding fulfillment in your professional life. Discover how to align your passion with your profession and create a career path that resonates with your values and aspirations.
"We know we are on the right track when the universe continuously gives feedback through synchronicities & magical moments."Yanik Silver Do you believe in the power of intuition? Do you make all your important decisions in life based at least in part on intuition? My answers to both those questions sadly used to be no, but thankfully that has changed. Regardless of where you are in regards to these two questions, this episode is just the thing your soul has been waiting for. My guest, Yanik Silver, is one of…
"To be a successful long-term source of influence, you have to be ethical in every step along the way. You get the buy-in from people by building your credibility."Dr. Robert Cialdini We live in an age of influence. We are all either the persuaders or the persuaded, intentionally or unintentionally — whether it’s in the business world or the consumer world, whether it’s IRL or online especially on social media where very little can or should be taken at face value. I’m very excited to say that my guest today,…
"Entrepreneurship is years of tweaking, adjusting, pivoting, improving, failing, learning to get the business to where it is now."John Lee Dumas You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with, according to my guest on today’s show, John Lee Dumas. Inspired by the idea of spending time with high achievers who he admired, John, an army veteran who had struggled with depression and PTSD, decided to embark on an entrepreneurial path to change his life and the lives of all his listeners. On his podcast, Entrepreneurs…
"You need to change your environment, mindset, and the people in your life if you want to change your life."Steve Sims We all feel like we don’t fit in, until we realize, we were not meant to. My guest on today’s show, Steve Sims, is a creative disruptor who fashioned a unique career for himself. His secret is that you have to ask for what you dream of, not simply what you think you can get. This is coming from a guy who was a bricklayer with no high school…
"The market is changing. We need to pivot and innovate, get creative, and still sell our services but on a different platform." Don Hutson Customer service miracles, adaptability skills, The One-Minute Negotiator—these are some of the most-requested presentation topics for talks given by my renowned guest in today’s podcast, Don Hutson. Don is the past President of the National Speakers Association, he is a coach and an author of 16 books, including The One Minute Entrepreneur, which sold over one million copies. His formula in coaching clients is (Vision +…
"If you’re running an online business, you need to get your hands dirty and your mind more open." Laura Roeder When your market is small businesses, there will always be customers for you if you’re solving a problem. It’s not a winner take all scenario. These are wise words from today’s guest, Laura Roeder. Laura taught herself how to build websites in junior high, then in her early 20’s, she noticed that entrepreneurs wasted a lot of time doing tasks that can be handled by good software. She went on…
"To say that there’s no money in the arts is quite crass. There’s a lot of artists who aren't starving like Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, and Paul McCartney." B. Jeffrey Madoff Michelangelo was once asked, “How did you ever carve the statue of David?” He replied, “I chipped away everything that didn’t look like David.” My guest on today’s show, B. Jeffrey Madoff has a lot of inspirational advice to offer about how you can approach your life and your work—whatever that may be—with creativity. Jeff is the founder of Madoff…
"The fastest way to impact a million people is to have the right mentors in your life and be the right mentor to others." Kevin Harrington & Mark Timm In business and life, too often relationships are transactional, but mentorship is a two-way street — a relationship between humans — and not a transaction, and that’s what makes is such a unique offering. My guests today, Kevin Harrington and Mark Timm have unlocked that power in their new book, Mentor to Millions, Secrets of Success in Business, Relationships, and Beyond.Kevin…
"When the audience is nodding in agreement, they are on the journey with you." Pat Quinn Before you step onto a stage to speak, you need to have clarity on two big questions: who your target audience is and what specific problem you solve for them. Once you answer these questions, it’s surprisingly easy to put together a great talk (or webinar, podcast, and so on). It’s when you’re vague and loose with these answers that your talk might meander and not reach anyone. Pat Quinn didn’t get his start…
"What businesses should do is work on the products and the services, not the hype that goes around them." Seth Godin This interview, which was originally featured on my Marketing Speak podcast is so incraedibly relevant in these turbulent times of 2020. My wise and wonderful guest, Seth Godin, has been such an influential force in my business, and in so many others. Seth knows a thing or two about weathering the ups and downs of making a business succeed—he is an expert in prioritizing long-term survival over short-term profitability.…
