Category: Podcast

How to Communicate with Impact with 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 as a professional speaker. Instead, he worked as a professional magician for 10 years before deciding to get a “real” job. He became a public school teacher and taught high school for 12 years, during which time he got a degree in brain research and focused on how adults learn.

This combination of experiences means he brings both stagecraft and a deep understanding of audiences to his presentations. Tune in to hear his wisdom and learn how to apply it to your own talks and presentations!

How to Get Unstuck with David Henzel

Some people talk about changing their lives, but they lack the tools to get them unstuck. Then there are people who manage to change their sleep habits, diet, and move to a different country for an optimized lifestyle. 

My guest for this episode, David Henzel, is that guy. He is an inspiring serial entrepreneur. He has started, as well as invested in, a number of successful companies, including MaxCDN, TaskDrive, LTVplus, and UpCoach. His true passion is to help people, teams, and businesses succeed, which is why he created Managing Happiness.

Managing Happiness is a coaching program, but with a twist—it’s a group coaching mastermind that fosters connections and, most importantly, accountability. It helps you zero in on your true passion, core values, your North Star, and be on your “A-game.” 

There were so many things that David said that really resonated with me. So much of what we discuss in this episode can really enrich your life across the board, especially if you’re feeling stuck and you want to connect with your passion and move forward with your work and your life. So, without any further ado, on with the show!

Excel at Tough Conversations with David Wood

There’s a funny scene in Jerry Maguire where Jerry is having a confrontation with his very high-strung, intense fiancée Avery. She says, What was our deal when we first got together? Brutal truth, remember? To which Jerry responds… I think you added the ‘brutal’. In everybody’s life there are the tough conversations that can cause an anticipatory sort of fear and even dread. Whether it’s with a neighbor, spouse, child, partner, boss… the list goes on. 

My guest today, David Wood, has built one of the world’s largest coaching businesses, coaching high-performing executives, entrepreneurs, teams, and even prison inmates, to create amazing results and deep connection… one tough conversation at a time.

He acknowledges that confrontations aren’t easy, but they can bring true transformation, breakthroughs in relationships, not to mention tangible results like asking for a raise and finding out your boss is happy to pay you more money. 

Or, he or she isn’t, and you leave and end up doing work you like more and getting more money to do it. I can’t imagine there’s anyone out there who isn’t curious to know more about these really powerful methods of communication and so, without any further ado, let’s get on with the show!

A Remarkable Business and Life with 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. He also knows a thing or two about unleashing viruses—no, not the awful kind that causes global shutdowns, I’m talking about unleashing idea viruses! 

He’s written books on these exact topics, in fact, and many others. I often remember Seth saying, “when in doubt, get back to the reason why you started a business in the first place.” Which feels like great advice for this moment in time. Stay tuned as I go deep and philosophical about marketing, compassion, and resilience with the man with the iconic yellow glasses.

The Great Game of Business with Steve Baker

You’re probably familiar with the saying, a rising tide lifts all boats, which was part of a very moving speech by President Kennedy. 

My guest today, Steve Baker, is someone who has made a career out of ingraining this concept to people in business. Steve is vice president of The Great Game of Business, Inc., and co-author, with Rich Armstrong, of Get In The Game: How To Create Rapid Financial Results And Lasting Cultural Change. This book is the how-to application of Jack Stack’s 1992 bestseller, The Great Game of Business, and it includes some really valuable tools, templates, and exercises. Steve is a top-rated speaker and coach, and he has a wealth of information to impart on business management and corporate culture. 

In today’s episode we get into cracking open the financials to your employees in open-book management, and really engaging them around the numbers. We talk about demystifying business so that it’s approachable, and the ownership mindset that makes all the difference for people on the frontlines to really be invested in the success of the business. So, if you want to get in on some really high-level business strategy innovation, you’re not going to want to miss today’s show!

How to Be Productive in These Strange Times with Mike Vardy

Today, as I’m recording this, it’s World Productivity Day. And no, I didn’t make that up. As a productivity enthusiast, I took massive action yesterday and convinced Mike “The Productivityist” Vardy to join me for a livestream which we just finished broadcasting on Facebook. We covered topics as diverse as fear versus will, feeding the soil versus feeding the plants, modeling instead of teaching, habit stacking, the power of combining intention with attention, what to do when you break the chain of a new daily habit, and much more. 

Mike Vardy is a renowned productivity strategist, speaker, and author of The Front Nine and the upcoming book, TimeCrafting. He’s also my productivity coach and my friend. Let’s dive in!

The Blueprint to Sustainable Growth with David Finkel

If you have the idea in your mind that success in business automatically comes at great personal sacrifice, you haven’t gotten into the Maui mindset yet! 

My guest today, David Finkel is the founder and CEO of Maui Mastermind, one of the world’s premier business coaching companies helping businesses in the $1-50 million range build their companies and get their lives back. David’s the author of 12 books, including his latest, The Freedom Formula, which will help you operationalize working smarter. No, you don’t have to kill yourself working nights, weekends, and family vacations to be successful. When you scale your business the right way, you get growth AND you get increased freedom. How? 

Well, in this episode David and I talk about effective ways to hire and manage teams without micromanaging. We talk about delegating outcomes versus delegating tasks. We get into the distinction between grow players and role players, and why they are both indispensable for different reasons. We discuss Big Rock Reports, and so much more. Is your curiosity piqued? Well, if you want to find out ways to work smarter and you want tools for living a successful, balanced life, then you’re in the right place! Now, on with the show!

Revealing Your Unconscious Motivators and Triggers with Debra Levine

You may be familiar with assessments such as Kolbe, Myers-Briggs, DISC and StrengthsFinder – and may have even taken them or encouraged friends, family, or staff to take them. There’s one assessment I was completely unaware of until recently, and I’m guessing you hadn’t heard of it either, and it’s called PRINT. And I have to say, it rocked my world. This is nothing like your typical personality test, it truly is next level. I got exposed to PRINT through Strategic Coach, a mastermind I’m a part of.

After taking the assessment, I attended a webinar about PRINT taught by Debra Levine, the co-creator of PRINT. After hearing Debra speak, I knew I had to have her on my show.

Debra and her PRINT co-creator, Paul Hertz, realized there was an indisputable connection between motivation and performance. They actually proved scientifically that many of the “blockers” to improving individual and organizational performance were rooted in people’s underlying motivational traits.

PRINT is not an acronym, it’s short for Motivational Imprint. Once you know your motivational imprint, you know what unconsciously motivates you to be in your best self, and just as importantly, what triggers drive you in your shadow self. This is valuable to know about yourself and about others. Think of the power to elevate the relationship you have with your significant other, or your boss, or your colleagues, or your direct reports. This could be the game changer you’ve been looking for! Debra very generously offered a discount code for $100 off, which I will share at the end of this episode. Now, without any further ado, let’s get right into it with Debra.

Unlock Vitality through Craniosacral Fascial Therapy with Dr. Barry Gillespie

The things that trigger pain and discomfort in our bodies are sometimes quite clear, and other times vague and terribly frustrating, because traumas can go as far back as childbirth and even in utero. My guest today,Dr. Barry Gillespie is the creator of Craniosacral Fascial Therapy, or CFT. CFT is a merging of both craniosacral therapy and fascial release work, and it works on the Craniosacral Fascial System, which can become tight or restricted due to past injuries and trauma.

This is an emerging field, and a really fascinating one. When we are tense or experiencing discomfort, we might go and get a massage, but that may only provide temporary relief because it isn’t addressing the root cause in the fascial web.

Dr. Gillespie is truly a pioneer, and his life’s work has made a profound impact on many people’s quality of life, including a lot of infants, mine included. So without any further ado, let’s get on with the show!

Reinvent Yourself with UGG Founder Brian Smith

Doing a show that involves the retail industry and recording in the middle of coronavirus, we have to examine the obvious issue: just how this pandemic is affecting commerce – big business and small business alike, is still playing out. My guest today, Brian Smith may not be a household name, but his product is. All I have to say is – Ugg! Brian created the Ugg brand by-(not to make a bad pun)-bootstrapping it all the way. 

In this episode, we talk about disruptions and how –though they may seem like insurmountable challenges at the outset, positive things can also come of monumental change.

Brian has had to reinvent himself several times and sees change as something expected. Having that mindset has been so important because when faced with big changes he is prepared for it and rather than resisting, he rolls with it. 

We talk about the importance of an idea going through changes and evolving into what it’s supposed to be—which isn’t always obvious at first, but with patience and perseverance that seed of an idea grows into (in Brian’s case) a multi-million-dollar industry. This really is a great opportunity to learn from someone who has so much to offer about business, and defining success on your own terms, so without any further ado, let’s get on with the show!