Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
1,303 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★ - 1 ratingWhat do highly successful people actually do to succeed? For 45 years as entrepreneur, inventor, and author, Don Hutcheson has studied the proven career-building strategies that people around the world have used for decades to create lives of success, satisfaction and freedom. Every Tuesday he interviews individuals from around the world who share their real-world experiences and insights—what worked, what didn’t and why—and any advice they might offer to help you jump-start your life and career to the next level. On Fridays, a highly accomplished woman or man from one of the most popular or interesting occupations and professions gives listeners an up-close-and-personal look at what it’s truly like to do what they do every day in “A Day in the Life.” Select recorded interviews here: http://www.DiscoverYourTalentPodcast.com/podcast. Interview Don on your podcast, radio show or other media: [email protected]
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352: Propelled by a Vision
September 06, 2016 08:00 - 26 minutes - 12.5 MBClem Harrod experienced culture shock when his mom, a single parent, pulled up their roots in Maryland and he landed in an unfamiliar middle school in Miami. He felt like an alien. But something about her courage to leave a secure job she hated to pursue her passion gave him a picture of his own possibilities. How could he know how important vision would become in his future life?
351: Born to Be Great, Never Just Average
September 05, 2016 04:13 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBAllyson Byrd was a high school drop-out at age 15, feeling disengaged from life. She could see herself becoming little more than a statistic, an average. But even in the midst of mediocrity, flipping burgers at McDonald's, somewhere inside her was an audacity to be amazing. “The greatest theme I've seen in my life is that regardless of how many times I’ve tried to de-select goodness, greatness and extraordinary possibility, and almost surrendered to just being average, everything inside me ...
350: Expert Interview: Demolish Fear, Overcome Anxiety and Create the Life You Want, with Dr. Mitchell Mays
September 02, 2016 06:16 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBDr. Mitchell Mays teaches how to remove fear and anxiety so you can make the best decisions and get on with the rest of your life. It is possible—and crucial—that we learn how to be fully present, and teach our brain how to escape fear. Best-selling author of Mind Gate: Demolish Fear, Overcome Anxiety and Create the Life You Want, he’s been a licensed chiropractor since 1978 and is a certified master hypnotist and hypnotherapist. In his busy practice in northern California, he employs funct...
349: Soho to Peru to California: An Artist’s Heart Journey
September 01, 2016 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBJared Rosen was living in a rundown railroad flat in New York City, with a bathtub in his kitchen. In his sink in the morning there were dishes, toothpaste and paint brushes. What began as a romance with the world of Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol came to feel like a world without a soul. He turned to yoga, then joined Alberto Villoldo on a trip to Peru to learn from a shaman. It was the first of many spiritual shifts toward an inner journey.
348: A Gift for Drawing Out Uniqueness
August 31, 2016 05:00 - 34 minutes - 16.1 MBEmily Eldredge’s results on an aptitude test were a blessing and a curse: natural talents in an exceptionally high number of areas. Her father told her, “Find the principle that will integrate all your gifts and talents.” That was easier said than done. Her struggle to find that integrating principle led her to face her inner demons and embrace all parts of herself. In the process, she discovered principles she shares with clients every day, helping them permanently remove inner blocks, tri...
347: Growing a Business by Growing People
August 30, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 15.8 MBMeny Hoffman’s business was growing. He was doing everything himself, and doing it well, and hiring people who did likewise. But he knew he had to change when he found himself blaming employees because the company's growth was not meeting his expectations. He shifted his focus to growing his business by growing people. A lifelong entrepreneur, Meny is passionate about collaborating with growing businesses to create winning strategies that yield results.
346: No Starving Artist Life for this Freelance Writer
August 29, 2016 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.7 MBJennifer Bradley Franklin already had a byline in a new national magazine under her belt at age 19, and visions of a career as a professional writer. Then, she watched as the planes hit the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. As a result of the economic downturn, her job at Teen People magazine crumbled. Journalism jobs were nowhere to be found. Yet her passion for writing would not go away. Today, one of her greatest joys has been immersing herself in some of the biggest concerns facing you...
345: Expert Interview: Are You Ready to be a Thought Leader?, with Denise Brosseau
August 26, 2016 05:00 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBDenise Brosseau believes becoming the go-to thought leader in your niche is the very best career insurance around. She asks, “Are you ready to be a thought leader?” and offers listeners the steps to become one. As CEO of the Thought Leadership Lab and a lecturer at the Stanford Business School, Denise loves working with entrepreneurs and executives, particularly women, on their journey from leader to thought leader.
344: He asked, “Are You Happy?” The Answers Changed His Life’s Direction.
August 25, 2016 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.8 MBJason Treu was finishing law school. Interviews with prospective firms were beginning. When asked, “Do you have any questions for us," he tossed out what surely would be a softball question, “Are you happy?” One by one, the responses threw him a curve, and pointed him toward Silicon Valley. Today, he helps his clients get unstuck, find their purpose and take their careers to the highest levels. He has worked with well-known CEOs such as Steve Jobs and Mark Hurd at Hewlett-Packard. He's help...
343: Ignoring the Odds, Her Movie Opens Soon
August 24, 2016 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.8 MBAlyssa Addison had veered away from her first love—drama—to pay the bills. She’d been easing back into theater with several churches’ drama programs, nursing hopes of going back to her native California, where her love of theater had blossomed. Then, her husband’s job took them to Knoxville, TN, and she remembers thinking, “How will I find any acting opportunities here?” The move was fortuitous. She made connections that led to an independent film production of her screenplay, Laughing at t...
342: A Survivor Thrives on Borrowed Time
August 23, 2016 06:00 - 32 minutes - 15.3 MBCole Hatter had landed his dream job as a firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at 19. He looked ahead with confidence to a 30-year career serving others. Two years into the job, a car crash threw him onto the freeway at 80 miles an hour. He was not expected to live. Years later, recovered, he knows he’s living on borrowed time. He is the founder of Thrive: Make Money Matter, an annual conference designed to teach entrepreneurs how to dominate in business and in life, while mak...
341: Big Ten Tennis Changed Her Life
August 22, 2016 05:00 - 29 minutes - 14.2 MBMolly Fletcher was a Big Ten tennis player with a Communications degree from Michigan State University. She knew she wanted a job in the business end of sports, but wasn’t sure what that would look like. She hit the job market and quickly discovered, “When you ask for a job, you get advice.” Then, she found the way to a job was to ask for advice, and to leave each interview with a handful of names. Now a CEO, she shares the unconventional, unique techniques that made her one of the first fe...
340: Expert Interview: Out-of-the-Box Advice for Writing Your Resume, with Dr. Susan Bernstein
August 19, 2016 05:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MBDr. Susan Bernstein delves into three key principles to make your resume stand out: 1) Start with a strategy; 2) Think of your resume as your own promotional story; and 3) Don't plan to use just your resume; plan to connect with real people. With tools like LinkedIn.com and online job hunting, many people have lost the art of conversation. They’re intimidated by the thought of meeting people face-to-face. Using her 20+ years of career and executive coaching, she gives practical tips for addi...
339: A Vocal Artist Who Draws on Silence
August 18, 2016 06:00 - 28 minutes - 13.3 MBMarshall Titus was a child who loved to draw. In school he was the one they asked to paint murals. Everyone expected him to become a visual artist. Then, he had an epiphany. For reasons he couldn’t explain, he could never pick up a pencil to sketch again. Years later, he is a multi-dimensional artist best known for his voice, music and stage performances. With his songs, he urges his listeners to “send a little love.”
338: Finding Her Way Forward: Rediscovering Gifts and Talents
August 17, 2016 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.8 MBWinnie Anderson had valued her intelligence and mystery-solving mind since childhood. A severe brain injury showed her just how much of her self-identity was tied to her belief that she was smart. How could she ever be herself again? Against the odds and contrary to prognoses, she decided to stop worrying about what she had lost, and to recover by rediscovering her talents and unique gifts.
337: Risk One Step Out of the Comfort Zone
August 16, 2016 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.9 MBRobert Mallon had climbed to a significant position over a 20-plus-year career in a leading restaurant chain. One typical Friday, his boss called to schedule a Saturday meeting at precisely the same time as his son’s basketball game. He hung up the phone, turned to his wife and said, “Today was my last day working with them.” He became a professional speaker and business coach, leading nearly 2,000 full-day seminars. He has inspired thousands of men between the ages of 30 to 49 to realize th...
336: Getting Serious at 14
August 15, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 15.8 MBA Friday in February started out like any other day, as Gail’s father dropped her off at her suburban New Jersey school. “I love you. Have a good day.” Hours later there was a chasm in her life’s road–“my life before, my life after.” Gail began to looking into philosophy and was asking basic questions about life, such as, “Why are things the way they are?"
335: Expert Interview: Congratulations, you’ve landed your first job! Now what?
August 12, 2016 05:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBKathleen Brady, a certified career/life management coach, offers specific tips to new hires to help them ease their way into a new job. Her advice applies to recent graduates and to veterans of the workforce who are stepping into new responsibilities. An educator with 25-plus years of experience helping students and professionals identify and integrate their personal and professional goals, she is the author of GET A JOB! 10 Steps to Career Success. Kathleen is on the adjunct faculty and ser...
334: A Path of Co-Creation and Self-Realization
August 11, 2016 05:00 - 23 minutes - 11.2 MBMohamed Omar felt the pressure from his parents to go to college, but his passion was his music, and his rock band. He played in front of audiences numbering in the thousands. Then, through no fault of his own, his music career ended abruptly. Now living in Tucson, Arizona, running a CPA firm of his own, he is pursuing his second passion, spirituality. He created a podcast called Intentional Beings and the Seven Simple Steps: The Natural Path to Co-Creation and Self-Realization. He's also in...
333: Motivation to Cross the Finish Line
August 10, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.8 MBGabrielle Baumeyer was good at math since childhood and was practical and analytical. Civil engineering looked like a logical pathway to certain employment. Then she realized a career in engineering was not for her. She had to find a way to make the numbers work, both for herself and for others. As president and co-founder of Reason2Race, she supports companies, organizations and individuals to reach big goals while making a profound difference in the community. As an athlete herself, she kn...
332: A Gift of Healing
August 09, 2016 06:00 - 34 minutes - 16.4 MBDaniel Houtman discovered as a young child that he could sense people’s feelings, especially their pain and sadness. An adult might say to him, ‘I’m feeling good,’ but Daniel somehow knew they were not. When a family member had a headache, he could touch or rub the pain and it would go away. What does a child do with that kind of gift?
331: A Career Vision in a Split-Second Flash
August 08, 2016 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.9 MBSwati Lodha was born to loving—and enlightened—parents in a traditional culture in Rajasthan, India. She realized how fortunate she was to be encouraged to think for herself. As a college student, she heard a speaker talk about paradigm shifts, and in a split-second she knew what her career would be. She is the founder of Life Lemonade, a training organization for life transformation, women empowerment, leadership and parenting. With a doctorate in Women Entrepreneurship, she is an Amazon No...
330: Expert Interview: How to Fire Yourself from Your Own Business, with Frank Bria
August 05, 2016 05:30 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBFrank Bria helps entrepreneurs “fire themselves” from the daily operations of their businesses and, by productizing their expertise, avoid getting trapped in just another job. His experience includes helping some of the largest corporations on four continents grow their businesses by making a real impact on their customers. He now turns that experience to the small business sector. He is author of the book Scale: How to Grow Your Business by Working Less.
329: Holding The Powerful Accountable
August 04, 2016 05:00 - 25 minutes - 12.4 MBChris Quigley had earned a degree in chemistry, with a minor in business, and was waiting tables at a local restaurant. One day he asked a regular customer, “So, Dr. Bill, tell me about being a chiropractor.” The passion in his answer got Chris exploring new career directions. Today, Dr. Quigley has been a chiropractor for 26 years, helping patients heal and advocating for them when insurance companies short-change them. He shares what he has learned in his book, After the Crash: A Comprehen...
328: Her Inner Voice Said, “Give it All Away.” She Did.
August 03, 2016 07:00 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBJoan Sotkin’s life wasn’t making much sense to her 40 years ago. She decided to give away everything she owned and just start listening to her inner voice. With no visible means of support, she began a deep, lifelong spiritual journey. Today, as the founder of ProsperityPlace.com and host of The Prosperity Show Podcast, she’s the author of the award-winning book "Build Your Money Muscles." She is known for her insightful understanding of the connection between money and emotions and how fami...
327: He’s Kicking His Blue Genes in the Butt
August 02, 2016 05:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBJoshua Rivedal dealt with personal and family turmoil in the wake of his father’s suicide. He found some release in writing and performing a one-man play exploring the family dynamics of depression. It raised the question, if heredity really was a factor, was he destined to follow in his father’s footsteps? Today he is the founder of The i'Mpossible Project. He is an author, actor, playwright, and international public speaker who has spoken about suicide prevention, mental health awareness a...
326: From a Best-Kept Secret to a Sold-Out Success
August 01, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 15.9 MBMichelle Evans reached the top four percent of executives in Microsoft in just a few years. As one of its high potential staffers, the company assigned her a coach to help chart her path. So, what made her quit one day and start her very own business that night? Now she shows experts and entrepreneurs how to stand out. Her clients' biggest challenge is that they're really good at what they do but feel like they're the best-kept secret around. She shows them how to go from being best-kept sec...
325: Expert Interview: How to Negotiate Your Salary Like a Pro, with Josh Doody
July 29, 2016 05:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBJosh Doody didn't negotiate his salary at his first few jobs, but quickly realized he had left a lot of money on the table. He began negotiating and doubled his salary in three years. He took everything he learned, began helping others. An author and consultant, he wrote Fearless Salary Negotiation, a number one bestseller on Amazon. Since then, he's helped many more people negotiate tens of thousands more dollars. “A lot of people are very intimidated by the negotiation process and can be s...
324: A Sore Elbow Brings a 180-Degree Turn
July 28, 2016 05:30 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBDr. Chad Edwards returned to the Army as an active duty physician, equipped with a solid medical education. A commander came in complaining of elbow pain and requesting prolotherapy—a procedure he’d never heard of—he began digging into the literature. What he found totally changed his medical practice from that day forward. Today, as an osteopathic physician in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he practices functional medicine using holistic approaches. He optimizes health using nutrition, exercise, rest, he...
323: Adapt, Risk & Learn — Never a Regret or “What-if?”
July 27, 2016 06:00 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MBBeth Dodson saw the corporate layoffs and turmoil all around her in the early ‘90s. Rather than wring her hands, she decided to act as if her own layoff was a fait accompli. Looking back, she concludes, “Sometimes when one door closes, three doors open—not necessarily a bad thing.” Earning an MBA and trusting her instincts, she took a risk on a start-up. Her career reflects adapting to change, from a corporate job to joining an early stage startup that grew to a successful acquisition, to re...
322: Building Relationships, Helping Men Grow in Community
July 26, 2016 06:30 - 29 minutes - 14 MBAaron Walker had already amassed a fortune at age 27, selling his pawn shops for an asking price he was sure the buyer would consider outrageous. Headed to the office one day, an elderly man stepped onto the four-lane highway right in front of Aaron’s car, killing the pedestrian and forever changing Aaron’s life. The tragedy turned Aaron’s attention to his legacy and life purpose. Today he is a veteran entrepreneur as well as a life and business coach in Nashville, Tennessee. He spends most ...
321: A Swift Kick From a Friend Changed Her Life’s Direction
July 25, 2016 05:15 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBDebby Stone loved working alongside brilliant consultants from top-notch schools, but poring over numbers was just not her thing. Crafting legal documents—dotting I's and crossing T's—wasn’t doing it for her either. But when a friend said, “Get off your you-know-what and DO it!” she started training for her new career within one week. Now, an executive coach and keynote speaker, she's the author of The Art of Self-Promotion: Tell Your Story, Transform Your Career. “I'm a big believer in bein...
320: Expert Interview: Flying Without a Helicopter
July 22, 2016 05:30 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBJoanie Connell explains how “helicopter parenting”—hovering over and doing too many things for your kids, protecting them, and not letting them learn those skills themselves—is leading to problems when they get older and enter the workplace. In her executive coaching work, Dr. Connell often hears complaints about younger people coming into the workplace lacking some of the basic life skills that are necessary to succeed, like being independent, resilient, having good communication skills, an...
319: Go Where You’re Awesome
July 21, 2016 06:30 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBMichael Roderick was a freshman in college, a nobody, studying drama and education. But when he became assistant director of a play his friend was directing at her high school, he recalls, “I was that kid who was in college already.” He quickly went from nobody to awesome. Today, his company, Small Pond Enterprises, specializes in helping individuals extend and leverage their networks, sharing what he learned on his own journey from high school English teacher to Broadway producer in less th...
318: To Get Unstuck, Try the Wild Blue Yonder
July 20, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.9 MBMargaret Gearing was fresh out of Florida State University with a degree in Mass Communications. Driving to Miami with her boyfriend, who was heading there to go to medical school. Margaret recalls saying, "I've got to think about what I'm going to do!" And he said, "Well, why don't you go into advertising?" "Hmm, that's interesting. Maybe I'll do that." she remarked. In the advertising and marketing industry for the past 25 years, she recently helped organize the Mobil X Conference at Georg...
317: Success Over Rejection & Introversion
July 19, 2016 20:52 - 35 minutes - 16.9 MBJohn Bodrozic’s two top college picks, both in his native California, had turned him down…twice. Notre Dame was a fine school, but it still felt like a consolation prize. He could not have imagined the doors that would open in the wake of those two rejections. Today he is a co-founder of Homezada, his second startup, a digital home management internet platform that empowers consumers to manage their largest financial asset, their home. His previous successful startup resulted in a successfu...
316: A Philosophy to Lighten Your Life
July 18, 2016 07:38 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBLaura Coe helped her father, a gifted professor who had developed a method for preventing the recurrence of kidney stones, to build a successful healthcare company, learning the field from the ground up. “I did love the entrepreneurship piece,” she recalls, “I just didn't like the subject matter.” She knew she needed to find something she truly loved to do. Today she is an entrepreneur, author, and certified life coach working to help clients find fulfillment one day at a time through daily...
315: Expert Interview: The Method for Healing Your Emotions, Relationships and Your Life, with Bob Lancer
July 15, 2016 06:51 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBBob Lancer has been on the path of his talents for all of his adult life. He made the decision in his 20s that he was going to rely on his gifts, talents and inspiration to make his living and live life to the fullest. He has kept to that commitment for four decades. Through thick and thin, Bob has persevered in connecting with and sharing the inspiration that lights up his life with businesses, schools and individuals worldwide. Recently he distilled his wisdom about inner peace into a dra...
314: His Sage Advice to Leaders: Look in the Mirror
July 14, 2016 05:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBBob Whipple retired from a 30-year corporate career, where he honed his understanding of leadership. When he shares insights with top executives, he tells them they might well be the cause of a culture where trust is low. Some point him straight to the exit. But lots of executives get it. His company, Leadergrow, Inc., is dedicated to improving leadership in organizations. He has earned the title of “Trust Ambassador.”
313: Ten Years into Her Career, Two Talents Surfaced and Collided
July 13, 2016 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.9 MBDr. Lana Marconi had enjoyed being a therapist for more than 10 years, counseling individual clients and couples. Then, she hit her own ceiling. She knew she needed to grow. Then, two talents from her childhood surfaced and collided—storytelling and creativity—and today she’s a documentary filmmaker. Her three consciousness raising feature films are: The Wellness Story, The Resonance, and New Human, New Earth, New Humanity. Her topics range from health to UFOs, paranormal phenomena and beyo...
312: Change Leadership and Change the World
July 12, 2016 06:30 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MBBob Vanourek was a Young Turk, an MBA from the top of his class at Harvard Business School, flying all over the U.S., firing people for a living. “Frankly, it was turning my stomach,” he recalls. He was dashing to meet his wife and two young children for Christmas in Chicago when he couldn’t ignore his inner voice any longer. He quit his job at the hot IPO and set out on a life-long quest to create better models of leadership. Now an award-winning author and popular speaker on ethical leade...
311: When Corporate Life Soured, Life Coaching Brought Her Full-Circle
July 11, 2016 06:21 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MBJodi Flynn, as an assistant vice president, was loving her job, building quality by inspiring the company’s staff to do their best, making them feel like they were working with friends and family. Then, after a second acquisition, the culture totally changed. A one-on-one consultation morphed into being an employee number on a faceless hotline call. Jodi embark on a new adventure: a coaching business of her own. Today she specializes in partnering with women, who experience self-doubt, to h...
310: Expert Interview: Maximizing Networking Opportunities with Strategic Dining, with Deborah Goldstein
July 08, 2016 07:14 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBDeborah Goldstein sums up strategic dining as Peter Drucker meets Anthony Bourdain meets Miss Manners. Executives often fail to plan appropriately for the business meal. With planning, “you can be more present, and can exude your executive presence more readily.” Deborah is the founder of two companies to help professionals maximize their careers. Goldie’s Table Matters (GTM) helps professionals maximize networking opportunities and business development. DRIVEN Professionals (DRIVEN) provid...
309: Surviving the 2008 Recession and Thriving: Person-by-Person, Day-By-Day
July 07, 2016 05:00 - 27 minutes - 13 MBChris Haddon and his future business partner, both in their 20s, had soaked up all they could learn at their banking jobs about finance and real estate. They took the plunge in late 2007, opening Hard Money Bankers, a commercial lending company. Then, in 2008, the real estate bubble burst and the economy tanked. Focusing the business “person-by-person, day by day,” they toughed out the recession. HMB grew to $25-million in loan volume and seven-figure revenues, using web marketing to disrup...
308: A Change in Body, Mind and Spirit Has to Start With a New Mindset
July 06, 2016 05:00 - 15 minutes - 7.51 MBKathryn Samuels was doing fine in her career in financial planning and banking, approaching middle age. But when her family moved to Florida, she realized she was at a crossroads. “I just was not happy with what I was doing.” She asked herself, “What am I doing now for free that I could turn into a viable career?” At age 47, she’s now a fitness professional who believes in total wellness – a balanced life addressing mind, body and spirit. She believes that total wellness is achieved through...
307: Keep on Learning, Never Give Up, and Nurture a Childlike Love of Life
July 05, 2016 04:32 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBJason Shurgot had two key ingredients for success: a passion to be an entrepreneur and 30 of his grandmother's wildly popular bakery recipes. But he had no collateral for a bank loan to capitalize his new venture. One year out of college, he thought, "Maybe my hopes and dreams just have to go away." Since then, he has started and deployed several businesses. A published author, he has led the creation of over 40 mobile apps, and he routinely works with Fortune 500 companies to redesign stru...
306: To Find Our Purpose, We Must Get Out of Our Own Way
July 04, 2016 05:00 - 17 minutes - 8.53 MBAshley Cooper underwent intense bullying as a child. The depression that followed left her virtually without hope. At 25, halfway around the world in Thailand, she questioned her own sanity as she began a 21-day vow of silence. Today, she is on a "soul mission" to helping others see their divine nature and understand that anything is possible, if they just believe. A yoga instructor, mindfulness coach, she’s the founder of The 6A Method from Pain to Power™ and co-founder of ABC Charity™- a ...
305: Expert Interview: Breaking Through the Drama Cycle, with Rob B. Lowe
July 01, 2016 05:10 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBRob B. Lowe uses the acronym DRAMA to mean, “Doing Repetitive And Meaningless Actions. This drama cycle is when you feel like you’re in the movie Groundhog Day with Bill Murray. The goal is to switch to positive drama, Doing Resourceful And Meaningful Actions. We're not saying you can live your life without drama. Positive drama is actually good, productive and challenging. It's those repetitive, meaningless actions that are just not serving you. Life coaches can offer skills, tools and kno...
304: Using the Creativity He Was Born With, After a Few Detours
June 30, 2016 05:00 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBDavid Taylor II loved and admired his father, a successful African American small business owner, but knew his father’s dream was not his own. Then, at age 12 or so, his father succumbed to several strokes. A business he didn’t love fell squarely on David's shoulders. “It took me some time to come back around to realize where my strength and my desire really was, and what I was born to do. I went back to school for music, which is what I had always wanted to do.” Today he’s a best-selling a...
303: From Personal Experience She Encourages Women: Never Give Up!
June 29, 2016 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBAstrid’s path toward her passion was circuitous, but her desire to follow her heart remained strong. She combined some formal education with internships and a variety of entrepreneurial attempts, learning with each step. “I found a different strategy.” Today she is a creative serial solopreneur with a background in branding and design. She loves helping women business owners through online training programs, including the Astrid Mueller Brand Academy. Originally from Switzerland, she lives ...