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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202: Former Corporate Exec Now Helps Set Up New Entrepreneurs
February 09, 2016 07:00 - 31 minutes - 15 MBKevin Williams comes from upper levels of corporate America and now helps downsized and outsourced individuals become entrepreneurs, finding unique opportunities outside of the standard job market. He owns a master office license of a company that allows him to work directly with executives as a liaison to candidates seeking franchise opportunities. As the world began going digital—and as Kodak was not changing with the times—Kevin knew it was time to leave Kodak. Witnessing major lay-offs a...
201: Learning from Her Own Pain, She Helps Stepfamilies Cope
February 08, 2016 09:16 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBJudy Graybill helps stressed-out stepfamilies to argue less and relax more. As a certified stepfamily coach, speaker, educator, and writer, Judy falls into the 70% of step-couples who split up. Her pain and the heartache of still being in love when her relationship ended propelled her to find answers. Through books, interviews, classes, and spiritual development, she complemented her formal degrees in sociology and psychology. Her clients praise her for giving them “peace of mind”, “empowerm...
200: Expert Interview: How to Survive a Toxic Workplace, with Dr. Paul White
February 05, 2016 07:00 - 30 minutes - 14.5 MBDr. Paul White is a psychologist, speaker, and consultant who makes work relationships work. Co-author of Rising Above a Toxic Workplace, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace, and Sync or Swim, Dr. White’s expertise has been cited in Bloomberg’s Businessweek, Entrepreneur.com, FastCompany, FoxBusiness.com, U.S. News & World Report, Yahoo! Finance, and numerous other publications. His clients include Fortune 250 companies, federal government agencies, international non-profit orga...
199: Trial by Fire in Afghanistan Helps Vet Coach Men to be Leaders
February 04, 2016 07:00 - 20 minutes - 9.7 MBAndreas A. Jones is an international best-selling author, coach, speaker and trainer. Serving in the US Army shaped Andreas’s life and tested his endurance, faith and fortitude. He describes it as “a trial by fire” and remains profoundly grateful for it. Since leaving the Army, he has applied lessons learned there to his career, continuing to learn new ones. He describes how each new job or new position helped him grow into the successful individual he is today. In his coaching and speaking,...
198: “Sexy Boss” Coaches Via Books, Websites, Online and in Person
February 03, 2016 07:00 - 29 minutes - 14.2 MBHeather Ann Havenwood is a serial entrepreneur regarded as a top authority on internet marketing and business strategist since marketing her first online business in 1999, and is author of Sexy Boss and The Game of Dating. After multiple corporate jobs Heather realized her true destiny was to be an entrepreneur. Ironically, she was a shy child who needed speech therapy twice a week for several years. “Now I speak, coach, communicate and write. I also failed writing in English class but have ...
197: Renaissance Web Pioneer Tackles Evolution-Design Divide
February 02, 2016 07:00 - 42 minutes - 19.8 MBPerry Marshall is an author, speaker, engineer, and business consultant in Chicago. With a decade of research, he brings a fresh perspective to the 150-year-old evolution debate. His book, Evolution 2.0, harnesses a communication engineer’s outsider perspective to reveal a century of unrecognized scientific research and discoveries. Drawing on his expertise in digital communications, control systems, acoustics, and e-commerce, Perry brings practical insight to questions about nature and scie...
197: Renaissance Web Pioneer Tackles Evolution-Design Divide
February 01, 2016 15:15Perry Marshall is an author, speaker, engineer, and business consultant in Chicago. With a decade of research, he brings a fresh perspective to the 150-year-old evolution debate. His book, Evolution 2.0, harnesses a communication engineer’s outsider perspective to reveal a century of unrecognized scientific research and discoveries. Drawing on his expertise in digital communications, control systems, acoustics, and e-commerce, Perry brings practical insight to questions about nature and scie...
196: Journalist Covers Career and Workplace Beat Like a Pro
February 01, 2016 07:00 - 39 minutes - 18.4 MBAnita Bruzzese is an award-winning journalist, specializing in workplace and career issues. Author of two career books, she has appeared on the Today show and been quoted in O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, BusinessWeek and USA Today. Her website, 45 Things, was named a top 100 website for women by Forbes magazine. "Good journalistic principles still matter, whatever the medium. There are people online who call themselves journalists who really are not. They’re not following the path that jou...
195: Expert Interview: Choose You! Reignite Your Passion for Life, with Dr. Rachel M. Elahee
January 29, 2016 13:00 - 27 minutes - 13.3 MBDr. Rachel M. Elahee, fondly known as Dr. Rae, is a psychologist, certified professional coach, and author of Choose You!: Reignite Your Passion for Life. An entrepreneur, wife and mother of four, she has a passion for supporting women leading busy lives, inspiring them with practical and tangible skills to achieve greater life satisfaction, professional productivity and peace of mind. Her media appearances include Good Day Atlanta, CBS Radio, NPR Boston, HLN, and US News & World Report. “It...
194: A Business of Building Sustainability for the Future
January 28, 2016 07:00 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBMike Dieterich is the bestselling author of Renew and Sustain, and an award winning producer and filmmaker. As an environmental scientist accredited by Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) with experience in sustainable development, he has managed energy and environmental projects for a range of organizations and corporations. “After building McMansions awhile, seeing environmental issues ‘from the other side of the fence,’ I needed to figure out how to balance the built enviro...
193: Walking Through Illness and Crises, She Shares Stories of Healing
January 27, 2016 07:30 - 27 minutes - 12.9 MBBarbara York McDaniel is the author of the bestselling book, “My God is in the Healing Business,” a book filled with amazing true stories of God’s healing grace in her family. An inspirational speaker, a faith coach, she is a national certified personnel consultant, and the former owner of Healthcare Resources of America, an executive search firm. At 30, her life as a wife and mom was turned upside down when her husband told her he wanted a divorce. Dealing with the devastation, she began de...
192: Aim High to Get Best Possible Mentor
January 26, 2016 07:00 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MBGeoff Woods, after hearing the Jim Rohn quote—“you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”—set out to surround himself with high level CEOs and successful entrepreneurs. After being mentored by these heavy hitters, he was able to quit his six-figure corporate sales job and go full time as an entrepreneur in less than 10 months. Featured in Entrepreneur.com, Geoff publishes the actual conversations with his mentors on his business podcast, The Mentee.
191: An Aptitude Test Steered Her to a Career Guiding Others
January 25, 2016 07:00 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBJenny Larsen is a master career specialist, global career development facilitator, and owner of 2:10 Consulting, a career coaching practice she founded in 2011 to help individuals find purposeful, satisfying career paths through certified aptitude testing and career development coaching with a holistic approach. She works with clients throughout the U.S., setting them up for success and equipping them to move forward with confidence, so they can live successful lives of purpose and passion. ...
190: Expert Interview: Strategies to Help You Rest, Not Stress, on Sunday Nights, with Teresa Wallace
January 22, 2016 07:00 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MBTeresa Wallace is the president of Agility Leadership Coaching and the Sunday Serenity Leadership Coach. She works with top performing leaders when new challenges threaten their long track records of success. Teresa uses a three-step process–Aware. Act. Achieve—to help her clients learn new skills to address the new challenges and get their confidence and peak performance back, so they can REST instead STRESS on Sunday nights. The stress leaders feel when their confidence is shaken, it must ...
Bonus-Conscious World Day
January 21, 2016 19:27 - 21 minutes - 10.2 MBJ.V. Crum explains Conscious World Day and interviews the Scholarship Winner and Finalists of the Conscious World Project Competition, who share their visions on how to create a Conscious World and what that means as seen through their eyes. Conscious World Day honors youth around the globe who are doing projects that uplift humanity. The focus of the global event is to highlight young people, aged 18 to 25, who embody the principle of Triple Win – you, others, and society winning together.
189: Coaching Sales and Football: Press Through Your Comfort Zone
January 21, 2016 08:00 - 30 minutes - 14.5 MBAdam Boyd, a partner at Market Sense, Inc. in Austin, Texas, is a sales and management development expert. He works with owners, CEOs, presidents, VPs of sales and salespeople to help them overachieve in their sales production. Typical clients are frustrated with not hitting forecasts, deals taking too long to close, and insufficient sales pipelines. He also has a passion for coaching football. “The joy comes when we press through our comfort zone, develop skill, and become adept at somethin...
188: Tired of Toxic Home Products, She Became the Martha Stewart of Green Cleaning
January 20, 2016 07:00 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBLeslie Reichert—hailed as the "Martha Stewart of Green Cleaning"—uses her sparkling personality, sense of humor and contagious passion to encourage her fans and followers to think differently about their cleaning products. “Changing the world one spray bottle at a time," Leslie is a frequent guest on Martha Stewart Living Radio and is Kmart’s Cleaning Expert. Author of The Joy of Green Cleaning, a handbook for DIY cleaners, she works with Dr. Oz, Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, Today....
187: “Find a Problem and Create a Cool Solution” – Clients on Demand
January 19, 2016 07:00 - 31 minutes - 14.7 MBRuss Ruffino, founder of Clients on Demand™, helps experts build reliable marketing and sales processes that attract 5-10 new potential clients a day, scaling to six-figures per month. Active in the group almost daily, Russ helps members get their offer, marketing and sales positioned so they can make high ticket sales. It's also a community to network. Russ says it’s not enough to launch a website, dominate social media or kill yourself writing killer blog posts. “People don't give you mone...
186: Healing Herself Naturally, She Helps Others Heal and Detoxify
January 18, 2016 07:00 - 34 minutes - 16.1 MBHilde Larsen is a certified health and wellness coach and detox specialist, with a passion for life and the power we hold within. Having gone through severe illness, pain and suffering, she is now helping others go from surviving to thriving. She has spent the past 10 years studying health and healing on all levels. Her upcoming five-book series will share her journey "from hell to inspired," and explore detoxification, nature's ability to heal, and raw food living. “Our body is designed to ...
185: Expert Interview: Create a Competitive Edge in Five Minutes, with Sam Horn
January 15, 2016 07:00 - 27 minutes - 12.9 MBSam Horn, Intrigue Expert and TEDx speaker, helps people create one-of-a-kind communications that scale their impact for good. Her books POP!, Tongue Fu! and Got Your Attention? have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company and New York Times, and her speaking clients include major firms. In an age of “Infobesity,” the folks who win the competition are those who can raise their listeners’ eyebrows in seconds. “Using the old approach—telling them what we're going to tell them, then telling them,...
184: Media Strategist and Runner Says “Hell, Yeah!” to Life
January 14, 2016 07:00 - 32 minutes - 15.4 MBTodd Schnick, co-founder of the intrepidNOW Media Network, is a media and business strategist and talk show host and producer. He is a former marketing strategist, national political operative, and lobbyist. Todd has published five books and writes a business and lifestyle column. A distance runner, he lives in Brookhaven, Georgia with his wife Stephanie and family. “Today I'm doing what I want to do. I'm engaged in the things that I want to be doing, and doing them on my terms.” It he can’t...
183: Using Words and Wisdom to Create a Greener, More Sustainable World
January 13, 2016 07:00 - 27 minutes - 13.1 MBJudith Webb is executive vice president of the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit that advocates for healthier, more sustainable buildings and communities. Throughout her 40-year career, she has been a sought-after strategic thinker in marketing and public policy strategies for organizations and the executive teams that drive them. Her portfolio of experience includes corporate, non-profit and four agency engagements, specializing in helping companies become fluent in the new grammar ...
182: See Where You've Been, to Know Where You're Going
January 12, 2016 07:00 - 26 minutes - 12.4 MBPhil Brangers is the Director of Events for the Embassy Suites and North Charleston Convention Center with PDA Productions Associates. He spent over 15 years as a freelance events production hand, trying to find a way to integrate the work he loves with family life. After adopting a son, he spent the last year moving from a life of on-location events that required long days and nights and a lot of travel, to an attempted work-life balance. “I think it's important every couple of years to pau...
181: “If You Don’t Run, You Definitely Won’t Win”
January 11, 2016 07:00 - 31 minutes - 15.1 MBJudge Anne Elizabeth Barnes won election in 1998 to the Georgia Court of Appeals and was re-elected without opposition to a second term in 2004. In 2010 she was re-elected with more votes than any other candidate in the state of Georgia. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia and her Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia. “I wasn't encouraged to run for judge on the Court of Appeals by the powers that be in 1996. The husband of my friend a...
180: Expert Interview: Managing Yourself 101–It All Starts with Self-Awareness
January 08, 2016 07:00 - 22 minutes - 10.9 MBLee Ellis explains, “When I think about career planning, it really is about career management and the person that you are managing—yourself. So, everything always starts with self-awareness, because you can't manage what you don't know and understand. And the more management information you have, the better you can manage. So that's always a starting point, because every person is unique and to manage this unique entity—that’s you—you really have to have that good self-awareness, that good m...
179: Music Teacher Composes Anti-Bullying Program
January 07, 2016 07:00 - 28 minutes - 13.4 MBBruce Langford has been an entrepreneur and musician all his adult life. He quit his day job in 2005, to become focused full time on the prevention of bullying. Working as a presenter and program creator in the bullying field, led Bruce to become a mindfulness coach and teacher. He believes when we focus on respect, bullying will decline. Bruce also hosts the Mindfulness Mode Podcast, where he shares the concept of mindfulness with the mainstream world.
178: Reaching Out and Asking for Help Is a Huge Sign of Strength
January 06, 2016 11:00 - 27 minutes - 13.2 MBLouise Armstrong is on a mission to help women in their midlife years have a bright future—making the second half of their lives the better half. She achieves this through her online coaching business and seeing clients face to face, using a simple, logical program: Giving the client a positive outlook on life, removing destructive beliefs so that her clients are able to move forward, using their intuition and achieving their goals by incorporating the steps into their daily lives. Results b...
177: Kids Don't Respect Life If They Don't See Anything in It for Them
January 05, 2016 07:00 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBBrian Thompson is founder of The Corporate Kid Organization, a nonprofit agency providing a unique mentoring program for “at risk” youth in urban centers of the United States. Too many teens, even very talented teens, are being lost to the neighborhood. Many do not have successful role models to help guide them to be the best they can be. “I'm an assistant scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts in the inner city. We just took a bunch of kids out to their first camping trip last week. We have to show ...
175: Expert Interview: How Journaling Can Kickstart Your Goals for 2016, Dr. Bill Lampton
January 01, 2016 08:00 - 22 minutes - 10.8 MBScott Hay is a youth and life coach, trainer/facilitator with over 16 years of experience. Recently he launched Journal.Life, an online Kickstarter project and virtual community to help people achieve their goals through journaling. Scott describes the team of two young entrepreneurs and himself as, “Three heart-centered individuals who share a passion for helping people live happy, purposeful lives.” New Year’s resolutions and goals are seldom achieved because people need a foundation and s...
174: Producer of Documentary “We Are Sarah Jones” is Passionate About Safety For All
December 31, 2015 08:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBEric S. Smith is the director and producer of “We Are Sarah Jones,” a documentary about the tragic death of a 27-year-old camera assistant. He has worked on narrative, documentary and reality shows for studios, networks and production companies. He was director and director of photography for Boston's Finest (TNT). A member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Producers Guild of America and the Society of Camera Operators. “You have to be adept at finding the right people to h...
173: Helping Entrepreneurs Set Up the “Nuts and Bolts Side of Their Businesses”
December 30, 2015 08:00 - 21 minutes - 10.3 MBSince preschool Karen Repoli has loved reading, writing and storytelling. Since 2007 her company, HIT Virtual, helps entrepreneurs meet their goals via content marketing. She’s authored several books, eBooks and white papers and blogs on Examiner.com, which reaches 37 million unique visitors a month. “I got my B.S. in recreational therapy and for 3 years worked with emotionally disturbed children. The work was gratifying but utterly stressful. Out of the blue a friend asked me if I’d help ma...
172: Using Effective Communication and Coaching to Good Advantage, with Bill Lampton
December 29, 2015 08:00 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBBill Lampton, Ph.D., President of Championship Communication, helps leaders speak confidently, clearly, and convincingly. His interview coaching enables applicants to excel in job searches. Bill’s client list includes Gillette, Procter and Gamble, Duracell, British Columbia Legal Management System, Missouri Bar, and the Ritz-Carlton Cancun. Prior to establishing his company, he taught at the University of Georgia, then served as vice president of three colleges and a medical center. He has h...
171: Inspiring a Generation of Environmental Change-Makers, Marjorie Alexander
December 28, 2015 10:00 - 30 minutes - 14.6 MBMarjorie Alexander is an environmental sustainability activist, media producer and host of the podcast, A Sustainable Mind. She seeks to inspire a new generation of environmental change-makers, using skills learned in 10 years of film production. After college, with a dual major in anthropology and film studies, Marjorie honed her skills on 175 films, TV shows, commercials and music videos. But when family and friends asked, “Have you done anything I might have seen,” her answer was always, ...
170: Expert Interview: Techniques to Help You Achieve Your Goals for 2016, with Richard Scott
December 25, 2015 05:30 - 30 minutes - 14 MBRichard Scott at Mynd.Works Therapy, combines psychology, Neuro-Linquistic Programming, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and hypnosis to deliver highly successful solutions. His coaching and therapy clients are from 30 countries and include celebrities, sports champions and royalty. “Helping everyone is uniquely satisfying and that's why I love my job. Achieving your goals is definitely possible as you take a SMART approach, set clear and measurable steps, and recognize the process takes time. J...
169: Former Tech Pro Helps Kids Find Their Own Super Powers
December 24, 2015 08:00 - 35 minutes - 16.7 MBBolaji Oyejide, author of the bestselling Brave Little Heroes books, uses stories to help kids discover “their own super powers.” His Bravepreneur Parents Academy podcast helps parents create unforgettable moments with their kids. “I didn't go to top schools to learn to make comic books or write about super heroes. Both my parents are medical doctors who lifted our family out of poverty in Nigeria. I actually enjoyed my corporate career and was good at it, but I never really felt fulfilled u...
168: Artist Leaves a Culture of Academics for Her Music Passion
December 23, 2015 10:16 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MBBAER, at 22, is a multi-cultural R&B, hip-hop, and pop singer/songwriter. Born as Sabrina Chang in Taiwan, BAER’s work reflects a wide variety of musical influences. After studying music production and engineering at Berklee College of Music, she moved to Los Angeles, CA, and worked with vocal producer David Quiñones, D.Q. Sabrina did well academically at her international high school. Both parents were successful doctors and assumed she would pursue a profession. “My parents were not happy ...
167: Guided by Mentors, A Lawyer Defends His Peers and Profession, Brian Tannebaum
December 22, 2015 08:00 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MBBrian Tannebaum’s clients are lawyers trying to remain lawyers, law students trying to become lawyers or those facing state or federal criminal charges. His book, The Practice: Brutal Truths About Lawyers and Lawyering, is a best seller. He is a former columnist for Above the Law, and a certified sommelier. “At every turn in my professional life, where I decided what to do, somebody was there with 20 to 30 years of experience saying to me, 'Looking at you, this is what I think you should do ...
166: Heartcore Business Works from the Inside Out, Shanda Sumpter
December 21, 2015 08:00 - 27 minutes - 13.3 MBShanda Sumpter, founder of Heartcore Business, has created countless opportunities for business owners, enlightening them about ways of doing business that create more profits and free time. Hers is one of the fastest growing coaching companies, reaching seven figure revenue in only five years in business. I didn't have a direct calling, I got a nudge to follow my calling. I just made a decision to connect with someone who could partner with me to move forward. He agreed. A year later I left...
165: Expert Interview: Franchising Makes Business Ownership a Reality, with Kevin Williams
December 18, 2015 08:00 - 21 minutes - 10.4 MBKevin Williams has held high-level corporate positions in major companies. His global experience includes dealing with the world's largest retailers. Through his firm, Executive Advantage, Inc., he helps others achieve their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs. The workplace is changing dramatically, explains Kevin Williams. “Most jobs last under three years. Just looking for another job may not be the best answer.” Executive Advantage, Inc. works with franchisors and prospective franchisees to...
164: Follow the Song You Hear in Your Head—a Songwriter Advises
December 17, 2015 08:00 - 31 minutes - 15.1 MBStephen Parker, a poet, singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer and performer since 1976, has written over 200 songs. He also coaches men’s and women’s tennis at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania. "As a creative artist, you have to keep on moving forward, though you're not always sure that's what's happening. You follow the next gig, your next goal. There will be bumps in the road. It's a journey. If you're following your muse, you're committed to following it where it's going to take you...
163: Introvert Gets People to ‘Aha!’ in Discovering Their Natural Abilities
December 16, 2015 08:00 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBNatalie Gold Pepper has been in roles throughout her life that involved teaching and helping people. She learned that her real love was working with people to help them discover their natural talents, and find jobs and career satisfaction–which she has been doing for the past 21 years at The Highlands Company. “I love helping people realistically understand their own strengths and how they can use their natural abilities. It gives people a real ‘Aha!’ to learn about who they are, why they li...
162: A Spiritual Awakening and a Solo Flight Around the World
December 15, 2015 08:00 - 32 minutes - 15.5 MBRobert DeLaurentis, “Zen Pilot,” recently completed a solo flight around the world. A Navy Gulf War veteran, author, real estate entrepreneur, philanthropist and pilot, his book, Flying Thru Life, is an Amazon Top Seller. "Flying Through Life, the title of my book, means that purpose and passion are in alignment with spirit. I don't think my purpose was ever the Navy or accounting. I do believe what I'm doing now is very much in alignment with my purpose, bringing together business, spiritua...
161: Be Persistent But Know When to Pivot, Esther Kiss
December 14, 2015 08:00 - 22 minutes - 11 MBEsther Kiss is the producer and host of the podcast Born to Influence: The Marketing Show, interviewing highly successful entrepreneurs and NY Times bestselling authors about their marketing and PR strategies. She has interviewed guests such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Perry Marshall, Joe Pulizzi, Jay Baer and more. “There's a fine line between being persistent and realizing something is just not working, and you have to pivot. This is what I've found in my life with many people I've worked with. It...
160: Expert Interview: Harnessing Your Innate Power at Work, with Susan Bernstein
December 11, 2015 07:30 - 24 minutes - 11.7 MBSusan Bernstein helps people transform their careers by taking control of their innate power, using it to claim the next rung on their personal success ladder. Her approaches blend left-brain logic honed in corporate America with right-brain creative movement from research in mind-body psychology. “We want to be wise, smart and savvy at work. That's great, nothing wrong with that. But when we're dealing with the stress, anxiety, change and chaos at work, and need to be our most resilient and...
159: With the Best Spinal Techniques, He Opts for Least Invasive
December 10, 2015 08:00 - 24 minutes - 11.7 MBDr. Stephen Kalhorn is a husband, father of two, inventor, and an associate professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He deals with conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord, and vertebral column. He has a particular interest in minimally invasive, complex, and adult spinal deformity surgery. “The earliest memories I have about my formation and guidance are of my Dad tucking me into bed, saying prayers, and every single night telling me, ‘You can do an...
158: Coaching Since Age 5, to Convince You “You’ve Got It!”
December 09, 2015 08:00 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBMichelle Dutro, a veteran of the military and the fire department, was determined to pursue her own dreams, which now focus on helping others to do the same. Her 15 years in preventative medicine, have spurred her to emphasize good health as she works to motivate others to pursue their passions in life. “My turning points always involved coming to the realization that my purpose in life is to make you have the faith, the belief and the understanding that whatever it is you want to do, you've...
157: Marketing Communications CEO Advises Clarity, Realism, Steadiness
December 08, 2015 05:30 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBWill Ketchum, President and CEO of Burdette Ketchum, is a 26-year veteran of the marketing communications field. Joining the Jacksonville, Florida, firm in 1999, he rose to the top in 2011. The proud father of Kaiden, 17, and Ben, 15, Will has been married for 20 years to Missy Ketchum. “You can't find the perfect job unless you can find out what you're really meant to do. There are tools that can help you figure that out. When you have that clarity, it changes everything: the way you search...
156: Learning to Be an Alzheimer’s Caregiver Enriches Her Skills as a Life Coach
December 07, 2015 08:00 - 29 minutes - 13.9 MBJulie Fleming is an author, speaker, and caregiver for her father, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011. Learning about caring for her father through trial and error and extensive research, she created Alzheimer’s Caregiver Minute to share her experiences to help other caregivers. “The biggest benefit is having a sense of purpose, whether practicing law, coaching, or trying to get the word out about Alzheimer's. It's not fun and games all day long, but I so thoroughly enjoy the...
155: Expert Interview: Cracking the Funding Code—How to Get Funded, with Judy Robinett
December 04, 2015 11:00 - 24 minutes - 11.8 MBJudy Robinett, “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex,” was profiled as a “super connector” in Fast Company, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Businessweek. She served as a director of Golden Seeds Angel Network, one of the largest in the U.S., and in several venture capital firms. “Many investors are frantically trying to find good deals to fund, while company founders are frantically searching for funders. They don't understand how the ecosystem works, or the difference between ...
154: Atlanta Hawks CEO Recounts His Three Lifetime Careers
December 03, 2015 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBSteve Koonin became CEO of the Atlanta Hawks in April 2014. In his first full season, the Hawks led the NBA in attendance increase, setting franchise records for retail sales, sellouts and season ticket memberships, plus a 500% jump in season tickets. Steve’s late-day cold call to Coca-Cola’s marketing director in 1986 opened doors to 13 different positions in 14 years, including running Coke’s worldwide sports and entertainment marketing, and responsibilities that he never imagined. A call ...