The Reluctant Thought Leader Podcast
160 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsBehind every story of success is a mountain of STORIES - some good, some great, and some that could be better.
It's in the STORIES people carry that you find true gold. But how do you unlock the story, when everyone's so focused on outcomes and results?
Join host Paul Edwards, founder of The Reluctant Thought Leader
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🎧 Season #2:22 How to Write ✍️ Between the Lines with Dan Kuschell 🎤
May 18, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBHave you ever been “ghosted,” ignored or misunderstood in writing? We’re joined for this episode by a legend in his own write, Dan Kuschell of Breakthrough3X and host of the Growth to Freedom Podcast, to discuss How to Write Between the Lines. With over 25 years of coaching and helping business owners grow and scale using compelling marketplace offers, and a strong background in direct mail copywriting, Dan knows a thing or two about getting attention. Pay attention to this successful, Rad...
🎧 Season #2:21 So Let It Be Written ✍️ with Paul Brodie 🎤
May 11, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBHave you ever wanted to write a book? Do you have a wealth of experience, knowledge, expertise or wisdom you’re dying to share with the world? Maybe you do, but you’ve no idea how to go about writing, designing, editing, formatting or publishing a book. That’s the reason I’ve invited a strategic partner, Paul Brodie of Brodie Consulting and the Get Published System, to appear on the show. If the strange days of COVID-19 have you evaluating your life and legacy, this could be one way to h...
🎧 Episode #2-20 If These Walls Could Talk 😃 with Corey Blake 🎤
May 04, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBWhen vulnerability is core to your brand, what do you do with an abundance of time? You create an abundance of space. TEDx speaker, CEO of Round Table Companies and creator of the Virtual Vulnerability Wall, Corey Blake joins us for his third appearance on Influencer Networking Secrets to talk about the power of walls that talk. Corey’s company created the Virtual Vulnerability Wall as a place people could expel their inner fear, chaos, ugliness and brokenness – to be rendered beautifully ...
🎧 Season #2:19 - The Way of the Go-Giver 🤲 with Bob Burg 🎤
April 27, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 44.6 MB VideoWhat laws would you observe and obey if you knew they’d lead to magnetic influence, meaningful connection and profitable publicity? Bob Burg, bestselling co-author of “The Go-Giver,” joins us to discuss the Five Laws of Stratospheric Success and why a focus on bringing immense value to the lives of others has never held more potential for our generation than it currently does. “Money is simply an echo of value. It’s the ‘thunder,’ if you will, to value’s ‘lightning.’ – Bob Burg I...
🎧 Alchemy 💥 Networks with Dov Gordon
April 20, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHow do you build a network of peers, prospects or promoters when you’re not a charismatic online celebrity? Dov Gordon, the Alchemist Entrepreneur and principal at Profitable Relationships, joins us to discuss the powerful concept of Alchemy Networks, which is cut from the same cloth as Chapter Six of Influencer Networking Secrets – “The Curator.” Dov and I connected through Dan Kuschell, a future guest on the show. In addition to leading his Alchemy Networks, Dov also coaches entrepreneur...
🎧 Season #2:18 Alchemy 💥 Networks with Dov Gordon
April 20, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBHow do you build a network of peers, prospects or promoters when you’re not a charismatic online celebrity? Dov Gordon, the Alchemist Entrepreneur and principal at Profitable Relationships, joins us to discuss the powerful concept of Alchemy Networks, which is cut from the same cloth as Chapter Six of Influencer Networking Secrets – “The Curator.” Dov and I connected through Dan Kuschell, a future guest on the show. In addition to leading his Alchemy Networks, Dov also coaches entrepreneur...
🎧 Season #2:17 Young Men's Questions ❔ with Devon LeMaster
April 13, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBJust how do you handle people’s irrational fears of a wildly exaggerated health crisis? Join a conversation between a genuine real-life mentor and mentee with Devon LeMaster, CEO of Forerunner Fabrication. Acquainted through our church’s Young Adult services, Devon impressed me with his skills as a communicator, leader and entrepreneur. “Before you even start any kind of negotiations of human contact, you have to have a strong desire in what you do, or you’ll fizzle out.” – Devon LeMaster ...
🎧 Season #2:16 K for Kharisma with Marion Cain 🎤
April 06, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBIt’s time to inject some “Kharisma” into your business! Marion Cain, the Kharisma Coach, joins us for this special episode on stepping up your game on the public stage, and how it can transform and accelerate your professional life. Marion is an old friend from the Vince Del Monte 7-Figure Mastermind. We immediately hit it off as a pair of charismatic speakers, and in his workshops, Marion teaches the science and subtlety behind effectively projecting confidence when speaking to an aud...
🎧 Season #2:15 Your Authentic Growth 🆕Blueprint with Dr. Andy Garrett 🎤
March 16, 2020 16:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDr. Andy Garrett joins this episode to talk about his new online course, “Your Authentic Growth Blueprint.” One of my top ghostwriting clients, Andy and I have collaborated on a lot of writing about the importance of identity and authenticity. Having a strong, genuine blueprint of who you are and what your purpose will go a long way in becoming a magnet rather than remaining a pusher. “The very first question people hear in the course is, ‘Who Am I?’ The next one is ‘What’s my purpose?...
🎧 Season #2:14 Get Your Life Back 👊 with John Eldredge 🎤
February 24, 2020 17:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBI lacked adequate words to express appreciation as my longtime mentor and father in the faith John Eldredge joined us for February’s episode. John is the New York Times bestselling author of “Wild At Heart” and the founder and visionary of Ransomed Heart Ministries in Colorado. Since 2007, John’s books, podcasts, Boot Camps and other materials have principally guided my redemption through the Christian faith. With the patience and compassion of his counseling profession, John wrote his...
🎧 The Power of Delegation with Marc Mawhinney
January 27, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBJoining us for this episode is Marc Mawhinney, host of the Natural Born Coaches podcast and leader of the Coaching Jungle Mastermind, to discuss the Power of Delegation. All entrepreneurs eventually run up against the limits imposed on us by time. The question is not if we should delegate, but when? And to whom? Marc and I attempt to answer this question through stories and exchanges that reflect the answers we dole out to clients all the time: “As soon as possible!” “To someone smarte...
🎧 Season #2:13 The Power of Delegation with Marc Mawhinney 🎤
January 27, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBJoining us for this episode is Marc Mawhinney, host of the Natural Born Coaches podcast and leader of the Coaching Jungle Mastermind, to discuss the Power of Delegation. All entrepreneurs eventually run up against the limits imposed on us by time. The question is not if we should delegate, but when? And to whom? Marc and I attempt to answer this question through stories and exchanges that reflect the answers we dole out to clients all the time: “As soon as possible!” “To someone smarte...
🎧 An Engineered Dream 💭 with Manuj Aggarwal 🎤
January 20, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBManuj Aggarwal joins the show this week to discuss the quantum leap his life took through the interweaving of technological and personal development. Growing up in austere factory conditions in India, Manuj knew he wanted to make something more of his life. He caught the tech wave at the right time, just as it began to really ascend in the mid-1990s, and never looked back. Today, he teaches tech entrepreneurs mindset, business building and has an extremely diverse suite of product tutori...
🎧 Season #2:12 An Engineered Dream 💭 with Manuj Aggarwal 🎤
January 20, 2020 17:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBManuj Aggarwal joins the show this week to discuss the quantum leap his life took through the interweaving of technological and personal development. Growing up in austere factory conditions in India, Manuj knew he wanted to make something more of his life. He caught the tech wave at the right time, just as it began to really ascend in the mid-1990s, and never looked back. Today, he teaches tech entrepreneurs mindset, business building and has an extremely diverse suite of product tutori...
🎧 Season #2:11 Another Complicated Process Made Simple with Ilya Bodner 🎤
January 13, 2020 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIlya Bodner, founder and CEO of Bold Penguin, joins me in crossing the inviolable line of the insurance business – NEVER talk about insurance! Relax, we won’t be discussing coverages. We are going to talk, however, of an industry that embraces change slower than a snail migrating from Bolivia to the Caspian Sea. We’ll learn how Ilya’s company is drastically shrinking the time it normally takes for commercial brokers to quote coverage for small businesses. If you’re in the insuran...
🎧 Another Complicated Process Made Simple with Ilya Bodner 🎤
January 13, 2020 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBIlya Bodner, founder and CEO of Bold Penguin, joins me in crossing the inviolable line of the insurance business – NEVER talk about insurance! Relax, we won’t be discussing coverages. We are going to talk, however, of an industry that embraces change slower than a snail migrating from Bolivia to the Caspian Sea. We’ll learn how Ilya’s company is drastically shrinking the time it normally takes for commercial brokers to quote coverage for small businesses. If you’re in the insuran...
🎧 Season #2:10 SEO Strategies for 2020 with Jason Berkowitz 🎤
January 06, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBSEO expert Jason Berkowitz joins us to talk about the evolution of optimizing your business to be found on the world wide web. Founder of Break the Web, Jason brings a long and varied experience with outfitting businesses to engage their target customers via search engines. We chat about the direction that’s going in 2020, and stay tuned to the end to find out how Jason would run things if he were in charge of Google! Visit Break the Web HERE: 👇 https://www.breaktheweb.agen...
🎧 SEO Strategies for 2020 with Jason Berkowitz 🎤
January 06, 2020 17:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBSEO expert Jason Berkowitz joins us to talk about the evolution of optimizing your business to be found on the world wide web. Founder of Break the Web, Jason brings a long and varied experience with outfitting businesses to engage their target customers via search engines. We chat about the direction that’s going in 2020, and stay tuned to the end to find out how Jason would run things if he were in charge of Google! Visit Break the Web HERE: 👇 https://www.breaktheweb.agen...
🎧 Season #2:9 Reinventing the Meal 🍴 with Poonam Vasantha Kumar 🎤
December 30, 2019 17:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBHow do you fancy the idea of a home-cooked meal made by your neighbor five blocks away, delivered to your door with a few simple taps on your smartphone? Saavor founder and CEO Poonam Vasantha Kumar joins us from New York City to discuss her new app which aims to build tighter-knit communities through our shared love of different cuisines! One day, while completing grad studies, Poonam got a hankering for a home-cooked Indian meal, lamenting that the best she could hope for was to go to a ...
🎧 Season #2:8 Top Things to Watch for AI 💻 in 2020 with Charlie Petek 🎤
December 23, 2019 17:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBMachines talk, and they’re getting more and more fluent in basic interaction with human beings. Our guest for this episode is Charlie Petek, founder of Vybe Media and the UK’s youngest CEO. Charlie argues that traditional rote work done by human beings will recede even further in 2020 as the relentless march of artificial intelligence displaces more and more routine, mundane jobs. Call center workers, he says, are particularly vulnerable. The good news for entrepreneurs? Machines don’t n...
🎧 Season #2:7 Fatherhood in 2020 Vision 👀 with Tommy Miller 🎤
December 16, 2019 17:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBIf you’re wondering about some of the deep-seated psychological obstacles to “growing up” faced by Millennials and Generation Z, Influencer Networking Secrets has some special insight this week. Joining us is Tommy Miller, pastor of Legacy Church in New Philadelphia, Ohio and author of “Kingdom Compendium.” We got acquainted through some online groups, and cultivated a conversation about fathering and its complicated nature in the 21st Century West. Drawing on Scripture, things we’ve lea...
🎧 Season #2:6 The Executive 💼 Code with Rick Watson 🎤
December 09, 2019 17:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBThe most compelling executive in the room is the one fluent in both business relationships and technological process. We’re joined by one such executive in Rick Watson, now a freelance e-commerce consultant with RMW Consulting in New York City. Rick spent his career ascending through working as a software engineer, then managing teams, then graduating to executive-level posts and eventually being promoted to CEO shortly after joining Merchantry as VP of Operations. In addition, Rick held...
🎧 Season 2:5 Podcasting in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ with Jordan Paris 🎤
December 02, 2019 17:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBWe’re joined for this episode by Jordan Paris, host of Growth Mindset University, to discuss the booming business of podcasting in 2020. Jordan is a 22-year old author and former college athlete featured in Forbes, Men’s Health, Yahoo! Finance, Market Watch and NASDAQ. Jordan founded the WordPress Rocketeer, where he focused on building engaging websites to launch his clients’ dreams to infinity and beyond. Now, he and his team shifted focus to marketing for serious podcasters. His brand-n...
🎧 Season #2:4 The New 🗽 American Dream with Chris Niemeyer 🎤
November 25, 2019 17:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWe’re excited to have with us Chris Niemeyer, one fourth of the Entrepreneurial Family Man Podcast and an advisor to entrepreneurs and executives to discuss the New American Dream. Chris and I got to know each other through our mutual friend, Patrick Antonucci of the Dad Hackers community. Originally, Chris had a successful career in San Diego as a fundraiser and organizer for the Republican Party. Then he had a dramatic career change and began Mission Travel, an online business provid...
🎧 The New 🗽 American Dream with Chris Niemeyer 🎤
November 25, 2019 17:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBWe’re excited to have with us Chris Niemeyer, one fourth of the Entrepreneurial Family Man Podcast and an advisor to entrepreneurs and executives to discuss the New American Dream. Chris and I got to know each other through our mutual friend, Patrick Antonucci of the Dad Hackers community. Originally, Chris had a successful career in San Diego as a fundraiser and organizer for the Republican Party. Then he had a dramatic career change and began Mission Travel, an online business provid...
🎧 Season #2:3 How to Influence Your Executive 💼 Team with Brian Ahearn 🎤
November 18, 2019 17:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBImagine yourself as an introverted, analytical type of person, like my guest Brian Ahearn of InfluencePEOPLE confessed to being. Now imagine you’re appointed CEO of a large company. How do you deal with all the alpha dog personalities at the helms of various departments? Brian and I pieced together a coherent way of thinking about leading organizations where the heads frequently clash. It took us in some surprising directions. If you face similar circumstances or hear bits and pieces of yo...
🎧 Season #2:2 Using Tech 📲 to Create Investors with Craig Cecilio 🎤
November 11, 2019 17:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBThere’s nothing like seeing special interest walls crumble in the free market. DiversyFund founder and CEO Craig Cecilio and his team are doing just that, using technology to enable ordinary Americans to get into multi-family real estate investing for as little as $500. Growing up in adverse circumstances, Craig dreamed one day of leveraging wealth and status not for himself, but to truly level the playing field and change the game for people in circumstances just like those he remembers. ...
🎧 Season #2:1 💰 Payback with Safwan Shah 🎤
November 04, 2019 17:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBMuch as his company, PayActiv, brought a powerful tide of noble ingenuity to bear on the longstanding problem of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, Safwan Shah’s interview on Influencer Networking Secrets built up to a rolling boil of eagerness to redeem a tradition marked by greed and negligence. As no employer would seriously consider the prospect of paying two weeks in advance for labor not rendered … why then do American workers accept the prospect of rendering two weeks of lab...
🎧 #77. How to Identify 🔍 Your Niche with Michael Roderick 🎤
October 30, 2019 16:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBMichael Roderick, CEO of Small Pond Enterprises in New York, joins us for this episode of Influencer Networking Secrets to discuss how to identify your niche. Mike is a connector and relationship builder extraordinaire and host of the Access to Anyone Podcast. Connected by John Corcoran, Mike and I boil down some of the fundamentals and key things to remember as you work toward your ideal client avatar. Bearing in mind, of course, that you simply can’t afford to paint with a broad brus...
🎧 #76. Life After ⚾ Elite Athletics 🏈 with Taj Dashaun 🎤
October 28, 2019 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBTaj Dashaun joins us for this episode of Influencer Networking Secrets to discuss Life After Elite Athletics. Taj is a former professional football player and now helps athletes transition powerfully into life after sports. Taj and I met on LinkedIn via the group Athletic Networking, where we’ve had several great exchanges about the deep identity and emotional issues that prey on people who are the very best at what they do. Business, as my mentor Dan Lok says, is a mental sport, and we ...
🎧 #75. How to Quarterback 🏈 a Mastermind Group with Aaron Walker 🎤
October 23, 2019 16:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBReturning to Influencer Networking Secrets for Round 2, help us welcome “Big A” Aaron Walker, founder of View From the Top and the Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind, to the show! Aaron rejoins us to discuss his latest offering, The Mastermind Playbook, which released yesterday (October 22, 2019). Based on all of the hard lessons and logistical landmines he encountered over eight years of scaling masterminds, Big A teaches entrepreneurs to start, grow and scale groups using the top strategies! ...
🎧 #74. How to Have #RelationshipGoals with Adam Connors 🎤
October 21, 2019 16:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB#RelationshipGoals. You may have seen the hashtag on social media as it pertains to romantic relationships, but with my guest Adam Connors of NetWorkWise, we want to emphasize having them for all of your friends, acquaintances and connections through business. Adam is the founder and creator of NetWorkWise, including its eponymous course and podcast. He teaches entrepreneurs and professionals how to strategically cultivate and leverage the relationships they build in business to maximi...
🎧 #73. Redefining "Having It All" with Diana Wu David 🎤
October 16, 2019 16:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBOur next guest knows from personal experience that “having it all” isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Joining us from Hong Kong, TEDx speaker, bestselling author and corporate executive consultant Diana Wu David helps her clients transition from empty success to future-proof significance. Diana and I got acquainted through our mutual friend, Marie Incontrera. After watching her TEDx Talk I felt we need to drive this point home … the more success you enjoy, the harder you’re going to crash i...
🎧 #72. A Sea 🌊 of Coaches with Lucas Rubix 🎤
October 14, 2019 16:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB“Coach.” If you’re playing sports, it’s an established and essential part of any functioning team. But in business? The glut of them in the marketplace is causing some degree of fatigue, especially when many of them don’t really know how to coach. Lucas Rubix joins us to discuss finding your way in the Sea of Coaches. We’re going to discuss the commonalities most of them have – the rags-to-riches stories, the eureka moments, the trials and the overcoming. But we’re also going to discuss wh...
🎧 #71. How to Lead ⬆ By Asking Questions ❓
October 09, 2019 16:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBA transformational exchange with my wife and son over a prolonged standoff on doing simple homework reminded me of how true leadership asks more questions than provides answers. Discerning Dad will feature my written version of this at the end of October. ✅ Click to Subscribe to Discerning Dad HERE: 👇 https://discerning-dad.com 📘 Get Your Copy of My Bestselling Book, “Business Beyond Business” HERE: 👇 http://thepaulsedwards.com 👍 Follow me: Faceboo...
🎧 #70. Why You Must Teach 👨🎓 What You Learn 🎤
October 07, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 44.1 MBRecently I observed, and detailed on my blog, that however much talent or ability we’re given, we all have a responsibility to teach what we learn to the generations behind us. ✅ Click to Read the Full Story HERE: 👇 https://www.thepaulsedwards.com/blog/30411-why-you-must-teach-what-you-learn 📘 Get Your Copy of My Bestselling Book, “Business Beyond Business” HERE: 👇 http://thepaulsedwards.com 👍 Follow me: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepaulsedward...
🎧 How to Make Your Sleeve Match Your 🔶🔷 Heart 💚💛 with Linda Potgieter 🎤
October 02, 2019 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43 MBAfter interviewing her husband Jan, Imperium Business Negotiations co-founder and director Linda Potgieter’s online business presence made a natural next step. Her website, lindapaige.com, teaches people How to Match Your Sleeve with Your Heart – our topic for this episode of Influencer Networking Secrets. Previously a member of South African President Nelson Mandela’s PR team, Linda piled up a massively successful career in Britain as a sales professional and negotiation/communication...
🎧 The Relational Edge of LinkedIn with Fabio Marrama 🎤
September 30, 2019 20:27 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBLinkedIn sat quietly in the wings over the past decade while Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram dominated the social media landscape. Our special guest Fabio Marrama, a marketing and brand strategist for LinkedIn users, argues that 2019 is the new 2007 … LinkedIn is set to become a powerhouse in the professional and entrepreneurial space! Accordingly, Fabio’s huge relational emphasis dovetails nicely with the LinkedIn difference – the platform is still sufficiently small that it ...
🎧 How to Get Heard 👂 in the Big City in 2019 with Nico Hodel 🎤
September 25, 2019 16:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBNico Hodel, founder of StartItUp NYC, joins us for this episode to discuss what seemed impossible just a decade or so ago. His firm helps entrepreneurs start up a brand-new business in an entrenched megalopolis like New York City without the permission or support of institutional city staples such as Wall Street or Gracie Mansion. More than that, however, Nico and his team help these startups get heard in a loud, 24/7 concrete jungle environment like New York. It’s one thing to bypass ...
🎧 To Hell 🔥 and Back with Jake Nicks 🎤
September 23, 2019 16:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBOn the road to redemption, hell can often look like a very nice place to be – big houses, expensive cars, alcohol on tap, plenty of sexual stimulation and bucketloads of affordable, high-class fun. But the way thereof is death; as my guest Jake Nicks discovered, being rich and successful simply can’t validate you. Connected through our mutual friend Paul Getter, the Internet Marketing Nerd, Jake and I had a fascinating and vulnerable conversation about how the pursuit of success and pu...
🎧 The Bright Side of Life with Amy Dix 🎤
September 20, 2019 16:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBAmy Dix, bestselling author of “Seven More Days” and founder of The Positive Life Company, joins us to discuss the centrality of the Bright Side of Life in this special episode of Influencer Networking Secrets. Another important business relationship formed through the Best Seller Publishing Mastermind, Amy’s loss of her mother in 2016 led her on an intense, disciplined study of the origins, habits and lasting practices of human happiness. Her journey developed such a deep knowledge an...
🎧 Persuasive in Print ✍ with Maj. Gen. Craig Whelden (Ret.) 🎤
September 18, 2019 16:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBAs an enlisted soldier, I avoided officers with the general-level ranks like the plague. As an entrepreneur, however, I hobnob with them – and this episode’s guest is a special one. We welcome international bestselling author and retired Major General Craig Whelden to the show, to talk about effective communication from his book “Leadership: The Art of Inspiring People to Be Their Best.” Craig and I got acquainted through the Best Seller Publishing mastermind, where he is building a th...
🎧 How to Really Bring Awareness to a Problem with Corey Blake 🎤
September 16, 2019 16:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBCorey Blake, CEO of Round Table Companies and a 2x TEDx speaker, joins us for his second rodeo on the Influencer Networking Secrets Podcast to talk about How to Really Create Awareness of a Problem. Corey’s company created a brilliant 17-minute documentary on behalf of PayActiv, a company that provides provides earned wage access to over a million employees at zero cost to employers. The film itself is a masterful example of bringing attention – but not blame – to a problem that’s been...
🎧 Why Entrepreneurs Should NOT Do Their Own VIP Events with John Corcoran 🎤
September 13, 2019 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBJohn Corcoran of Rise25 and the Smart Business Revolution joins us a second time to discuss Why Entrepreneurs Shouldn’t Do Their Own VIP Events. John is the co-founder of Rise25 and host of the Smart Business Revolution, a former Clinton White House speechwriter and recovering lawyer based in Sacramento, California. After mastering the recipe of running VIP events, conferences and occasions for corporate clients, John has an inside track to understanding how difficult, counter-producti...
🎧 How to Invite Leaders Onto Your Team with Bill Simmons 🎤
September 11, 2019 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBBill Simmons, founder of Thrive Business Strategies, joins us for this episode to discuss How to Invite Leaders Onto Your Team. Over the last three decades, Bill built a consulting firm based on his business acquisitions background that stirred intentionality into processes he built for hiring. Thrive clients learn how to “invite leaders” rather than “hire employees,” and in this interview Bill shares how to cast vision and create language and processes that reflect that distinction. ...
🎧 Recapping My Latest Thoughts 🎤
September 06, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBI wrote about some profound psychological underpinnings of interactions, conversations and relationships we all have – and how my thinking evolved from very primitive places in all of them – on my new blog at www.thepaulsedwards.com. Tune in to hear summaries on curating your network, getting more “yes” answers from the right people, staying out of the cheapskate / quick fix mentality and how to read the “temperature” of prospects, groups and people you meet! 📘 Get Your Copy of My B...
🎧 A Message in a Bottle 🍾 with Brent Bryant 🎤
September 04, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBMy longtime friend and fellow recovering addict Brent Bryant, a motivational speaker and forthcoming author and podcast host, joins us to discuss his journey from two decades of severe alcoholism and life in recovery. Brent and I got acquainted through the Olympia business networking scene many years ago. We found uncommon commonality through our shared stories of overcoming addiction. Brent now speaks to audiences of all ages about the dangers of alcohol dependency and the freedom of his ...
🎧 How to Get Rave 👏 Reviews with Tyler Wagner 🎤
August 30, 2019 16:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBTyler Wagner, founder of Authors Unite! and its eponymous podcast, joins us for this episode to discuss “How to Get Rave Reviews” for your content or product online. As the head honcho of Authors Unite!, Tyler has helped hundreds of clients become New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestsellers. We took a deep dive on the process of getting readers, clients, family and friends to leave reviews on Amazon and in other areas – to illustrate the difficulty and science behind the ...
🎧 How to Get Your Legacy In Writing ✍ with Rob Kosberg 🎤
August 26, 2019 16:00 - 38 minutes - 43.5 MBWe’re excited to welcome Rob Kosberg, CEO of Best Seller Publishing, author of “Publish. Promote. Profit” and my personal coach and mentor, back to Influencer Networking Secrets to discuss How to Get Your Legacy in Writing. Rob has helped thousands of entrepreneurs publish and expand their influence through his agency’s ghostwriting, PR and done-for-you publicity services. He originally appeared on the show to discuss “How to Market Yourself as An Author” and we struck up a friendship,...
🎧 How to Ask Loaded Questions ⁉ with John Faisandier
August 21, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBIn any decent persuasive conversation lies a deep undercurrent of a range of emotions that go with making a big decision –a high-ticket investment, for example, or a decision to hire an employee. Thriving Under Fire founder John Faisandier joins us from New Zealand for this episode to share his knowledge and understanding of when that moment comes – and how so many people in the role of persuader or sales botch it because they can’t consciously sense it or respond appropriately. ...