Driven Entrepreneur - Steven Griffith & Dwayne J. Clark

Steven Griffith - The Time Cleanse - Former Golden Gloves Boxer on Making Moments

Steven Griffith, a nationally-recognized author, speaker, researcher, and performance expert, joins me on the show this week to discuss "timefulness" and maximizing the value of time. Often referred to as the “Marie Kondo of time performace”, he is considered one of the leading authorities on the connection between time, productivity, and performance.

For over 25 years, Steven has been helping the world’s most successful executives, CEO’s, military leaders, pro athletes, celebrities, and organizations discover their true potential and perform at peak levels. Now he is helping everyone get their time, energy, and focus back with his new book on time. In his upcoming book with McGraw Hill, The Time Cleanse: A Proven System to Eliminate Wasted Time, Realize Your Full Potential, and Reinvest in What Matters Most, Steven provides a strategic and effective approach to changing our relationship to time, allowing you to maximize your Energy, Focus & Performance. His revolutionary 3-step performance process will accelerate your personal productivity and rebalance your work-life relationship while simultaneously improving the quality of both.

Based on two decades of experience working with thousands of clients, the Time Cleanse is the world’s first “timefulness” solution that both “adds time to your life, and life to your time” while increasing performance, reducing stress, and improving mindfulness. A former Chicago Golden Glove Boxer and Illinois State Heavyweight Champion, Griffith has been dubbed “The Velvet Hammer” for his uniquely fierce and compassionate no-holdsbarred style. Griffith has been featured as a keynote speaker and performance expert on ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, Style, and Esquire TV and has worked with a variety of organizations including Jimmy Kimmel Live, the U.S. Military, Citibank, Wells Fargo, LAPD, USC, UCLA, The National Academy of Sports Medicine, and the NBA, MLB, NFL, and NHL.

This is a fascinating interview for all entrepreneurs and people that want to find more time in their lives. Enjoy the episode!

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Dwayne J. Clark On Hiring for Company Culture

Dwayne J Clark, the co-founder and CEO of Aegis Living, joins me on The Driven Entrepreneur today for an interview where we dive into business development and hiring for company culture among other topics. Aegis Living has developed into a high-end and sought after provider of assisted living facilities across the country. With Dwayne leading the way, Aegis expanded to more than 30 locations in the United States and now employs more than 2500 staff members. Over the course of the company’s history, Aegis Living has served more than 60,000 residents in total.

Aegis has been recognized and won awards for its company culture and leadership. Some of the awards include Best Retirement Facility by 425 Magazine for three consecutive years, Best Assisted Living Design by Senior Housing News, and the Family Business Growth Award by the Seattle Business Magazine.

As CEO of the company, Dwayne is a sought after speaker and frequent guest of the media. He has appeared within The NY Times, Forbes, Inc, The Hollywood Reporter and NBC. In 2007, he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

Beyond his company work, Dwayne is the founder of True Productions and has produced several documentaries and films. He is also an author and playwright having written 6 books including his upcoming release of “30 Summers Left” which we discuss in our interview.

He has written 6 books and we will discuss his upcoming book, “30 Summers Left,” during this interview. During our conversation, we will explore Dwayne’s childhood, his start as an entrepreneur, and how he hires to build the right culture for his businesses. Dwayne says that you can't teach heart so you need to find it in the beginning.

It’s a great interview so listen in and enjoy the episode!