The POZCAST: Career & Life Journeys with Adam Posner

BEST OF: Kara Goldin: Founder & CEO at Hint: Key Life & Career Lessons

March 15, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB

1:55 – Kara’s First Real job 10:13 – Journey towards Entrepreneurship 15:42 – Interview Questions to find the right people 17:47 – Impetus behind the product/drink 24:47 – Launch of a new Category 26:42 – Putting all the eggs in one basket 28:38 – Challenge in educating consumers 31:40 – Brand Demand 32:38 – Process of Writing a Book 35:52 – Motivation Lesson for Everyone 40:24 – Amazing Guest on Kara Goldin’s Show 46:08 – Professional/Personal Silver Lining 49:07 – Kara Goldin’s...

Tina Karras: Her Journey from Making Music to Making Vodka

March 10, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB

2:00 - Hospitality/Service Industry experience 4:08 - First Aha Moment in early days 5:59 - Musical side of Tina Karras 6:50 - GenX thing / LA experience 10:48 - Expectation vs Reality 14:10 - Tina's inspiration 16:19 - Approach and Mindset 18:11 - Take Feedback 21:47 - Vodka is Tina's spirit 25:05 - Two cents on Vodka 28:32 - Additives & Liquor 29:39 - Early hard moments 30:50 - Soil is the key to everything 34:07 - Biggest challenge of the brand 37:48 - Latest on the music si...

BEST OF: Steve Nudelberg: Massive Action = Massive Results, Sales Leader

March 08, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

2:30 – Background 6:00 – Early Career Failures 8:11 – Lessons Learned 9:50 – Early Success / Ego Mindset 12:11 – Key Rules to Success by Steve Nudelberg 12:39 – Tell me Something Good 14:33 – Transition in Sales Strategy / Challenges / Getting the Silver Bullet 16:19 – Be a Solutions Provider 17:51 – Conduit Aspect to Relationships 19:34 – Goal with the Podcast / Turn it into a Business Opportunity 22:23 – Value Proposition / Developing and Strengthening Relationships 24:04 – Sales Training...

BEST OF 2022: The North Star

March 03, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Guests in order: Kevin Smith Jevon McCormick Howard Bloom Sarah Dusek Alan Patricof Drixxon Kyser Avery Akkineni Jasiri X Todd Kaplan Luke Anderson Manda Kailimian Emeka Nnaka Dave Scatchard Part 1 & Part 2

BEST OF 2022: The Greatest Piece of Advice

February 24, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

Full Episodes, In Order: Luke Anderson Howard Bloom Connie Steele Chris Do Shelly Zalis Brian Scudamore Jasiri X Liane Hornsey Kathleen Griffith Dave Menz Stephanie Synclair Jay Rosenzweig Chris Jericho Perfecto Sanchez Kevin Smith

BEST OF: E226: VEECON 22 Exclusive: Part 2: The Essence of VeeFriends

February 22, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

1. Simon Wild Wallaby (1:10) 2. Liam Darmondy (2:34) 3. Tom Bilyu (5:41) 4. Escalator chat w Angela Antony (10:05) 5. Bashful Blobfish Story (11:02) 6. Lobby Fans (17:30) 7. Jen Styles (21:32) 8. Matt Higgins (24:31) 9. Quickie w/ Gary Vee (37:01) 10. Final thoughts in the endzone w/ Chris Adamo (38:31)

LIVE Talent-Talk Roundtable: Joel Lalgee, Liam Darmody & Erin Riska

February 17, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

It was great to catch up back in October with some of my favorite LinkedIn folks and friends, Erin Riska, Joel Lalgee, and Liam Darmody! Erin is a fractional talent strategist, full-cycle recruitment partner, and freelance writer, providing foundational and supplemental talent acquisition support to small companies as they scale. Joel is a contract recruiter, podcaster, and, more recently, a consultant to hiring tool Hirewell aiding in business development guided by his personal expertise. ...

BEST OF: Kevin Smith: From Clerks to NFTs & The Future of Indie Filmmaking

February 15, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

0:10 – Celebrate Yourself 1:21 – Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2:18 – Bonding on George Carlin 4:30 – ‘The Man’ Moment 5:29 – Lesson learned from George Carlin 9:08 – Repurposing / Interpreting George Carlin 10:34 – Jack of all trades 12:04 – Keep the pieces together 14:22 – Killroy as NFT 20:52 – Indie Film Moment 22:48 – NFT dropping on July 1st 23:39 – What excites you in web3? 25:31 – Relationship Advice 28:48 – Kevin’s North Star

Real NFT Builders: Andy Krainak VeeFriends & Juliette Blake, Miss O Cool Girls- Live from Miami Art Week 2022

February 10, 2023 00:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

2:33 - The 'Why' behind the project (Juliette) 3:06 - Meaning of 'Vee Friends' characters/Mission (Andy) 4:05 - Personal Favorite Vee Friend character (Andy) 4:37 - Onboarding girls in Web3/ Hurdles and Obstacles (Juliette) 5:32 - Making Vee Friends Ecosystem Inclusive (Andy) 7:13 - All girls invent project (Juliettte) 8:02 - Biggest smile Moment (Juliette) 10:12 - Interactions with Parents and Kids (Andy) 11:16 - How to make the kids/adults feel safe (Juliette) 12:33 - Actionable f...

Chris Jericho: Wrestling Superstar: Creativity In and Out of The Ring

February 06, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB

0:55 - Dad's career influence 2:40 - Learn to move forward 4:04 - Moment to go into Wrestling 7:31 - Defining character / The storyline 9:30 - Hot take on Ricks 12:06 - Moment of Success 13:44 - Energy on the stage 17:26 - Comparison with dad 19:15 - Toughest Opponent 21:03 - Getting into Podcast (2013) 22:55 - Engaging in a podcast 24:15 - Pulling out the human piece 26:43 - Origin of Painmaker 30:49 - The world of digital Art/Web3 36:26 - Audience and the feedback 37:24 - Da...

Peter Tunney: A Dealer of Hope and Inspiration

February 03, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

1:31 - The Better Future 2:18 - How to manage expectations 6:39 - Relationship with Money chains 9:52 - Borrowing other people's art 12:03 - Peter Tunney's Asset 13:08 - Fatherhood 16:08 - Inspiration for Art 18:18 - How Peter wants to be remembered 19:39 - A Meaningful project 21:16 - Greatest fear 24:03 - Christopher Reeve Foundation 29:00 - Single Greatest piece of advice 29:31 - Peter Tunney's North Star

Drixxon Kyser: A Young Entrepreneurs Journey To Make a Real Social Impact

January 27, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MB

1:12 - How Adam met Drixxon 2:51 - Background story 4:46 - Entrepreneurial spirit 6:36 - As a Black Entrepreneur 8:34 - The Flipside - Working with the sister - The 'Why' - Early lessons learned - Finding black businesses - The news! - The response video - Big takeaway - What scares Drixxon - Who inspires/motivates Drixxon - Single greatest piece of advice - Drixxon's North Star

Alan Patricof: Life Lessons from The Pioneer of Venture Capital

January 20, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB

1:19 - Current state of Venture Capital 2:13 - Disruption 4:55 - Target Demographics 6:37 - Military Life / Biggest Effect 8:58 - Leadership Mindset and Approach 9:55 - Longevity of the Firm 11:26 - Define Culture 13:37 - Pandemic Effect 16:44 - Any skill to be good at 17:58 - Bridge building 1828 - Social Entrepreneurship 23:09 - Key of Balancing 25:15 - Legacy 29:09 - No Red Lights / the process 30:35 - Takeaway from the book 31:40 - Greatest piece of advice 32:21 - Alan's North Star

BEST OF: E159: Laura Gassner Otting: Mission-Driven – Moving from Profit to Purpose

January 18, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

2:23 – First impression of President Clinton 8:47 – Coolest thing about being in the White House 9:45 – One key takeaway from Politics World 11:20 – from White House to Recruiting 13:14 – Dedicate work to your Mentors 14:11 – Connecting People 16:34 – The Long Game 17:47 – Candidates come back to good recruiters 18:16 – Similar about Politics and Recruiting 19:11 – Bringing back the values 27:20 – Biggest mistake in the Campaign 29:31 – Hillary’s Interview 30:39 – Female Vice President 31:15...

Jasiri X: 1Hood: Hip Hop & Activism in Action

January 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

2:20 Growing up 4:56 - Sensing negativity as a kid 8:36 - Activism or Passivism 9:50 - Black/White Teacher 11:53 - Reaction on leaving college 13:39 - Entry into the Music/Rap industry 15:33 - Hip Hop influences 20:25 - Behind the scenes / The creative process 23:16 - Skill Set perspective 26:10 - The biggest misconception 28:25 - Early takeaways on running an organization 31:47 - Showing up to the Jewish community 37:59 - Hot take on Kanye 39:42 - Handling things 44:59 - Posit...

BEST OF: E210: Todd Kaplan: CMO @ Pepsi: Culture Bending Creative & Entrepreneurial Leader

January 11, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MB

1:30 – 2022 Half Time Show 2:44 – Things that could go wrong 4:57 – Eminem’s viral video 5:54 – Todd’s Career Journey 7:04 – Todd’s establishment 9:19 – Consumer Psychology / The Aha Moment 10:20 – In-house role 11:31 – Power of Internships 14:10 – Flexibility and non-working environment 15:09 – Meeting with Indra 16:30 – Credit to confidence 18:54 – Trajectory at Pepsi 21:12 – Mistakes along the way / Key Learnings 22:52 – Thought of Leaving 24:35 – Bubbly – Ups and Downs 28:59 – Kendall Je...

Sara Dusek: Redefining Glamping to Innovating Global Woman-Led Investing

January 06, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

1:26 - The word 'Glamping' 2:28 - The inspiration / Early work in Africa 4:30 - Bringing this concept into the US 5:55 - Building a business / Early lessons 7:55 - Point of losing confidence 10:14 - Selling a business 11:43 - Reason for the disparity 14:33 - Voice for Female Founders 16:44 - Work for Entrepreneurs in Africa 21:47 - Obstacles on the way 24:26 - The word ' Authentic' 25:09 - Single greatest piece of advice 26:49 - Sarah's North Star

BEST OF: E128 Jordan Harbinger: Master Storyteller and Top Podcast Host Distilling Untapped Wisdom from the World's Top Humans

January 04, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MB

1:47 – Coaching and Dating advice 4:47 – Getting into Podcast 5:29 – Shows on dating 7:30 – Moving to Corporate World 9:36 – Early Influence as a Podcast Host 13:12 – Preparation for a show 15:00 – Pandemic Episode 18:33 – Conspiracy Theory 19:29 – Prediction and Future Trends 23:11 – Russell Brand Show 24:10 – #1 Guest 26:53 – Star Struck 27:50 – Pope Killing Episode 29:56 – North Korea Episode 33:14 – Favorite Episode 34:12 – Great Piece of advice to new podcasters 37:32 – Quick tp for Ada...

Hung Lee: Leading Recruitment Thought Leadership and Innovation

December 30, 2022 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB

2:22 - Young Hung Lee story 3:44 - Social Anthropology 4:46 - Curiosity about people 5:30 - Early Life accident & recovery 12:21 - First Sector - New Media 13:00 - Hard Lessons Learned 14:06 - Capitalizing on my strengths 15:33 - Agency recruiter = Rollercoaster ride 17:00 - Moving to inhouse 19:50 - A responsibility 20:56 - Leaving Head of Talent world 26:48 - Business didn't work out 28:22 - Hot take on office wor...

BEST OF: E131 Grant Cardone: Stripped of Everything on Undercover Billionaire- Founder of the 10X Movement, CEO @ Cardone Capital

December 28, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MB

1:58 – First Day of Shooting 3:08 – Feeling after getting off the plane 4:11 – From Everything to Nothing 4:44 – The Thing that was missed the most 5:40 – 10 Million Dollar Business 6:08 – All about Flex 7:20 – Appreciate most after the show 8:05 – Being a Girl-Dad 8:42 – Takeaway Lessons for Daughter 9:24 – What people don’t know about Grant? 11:23 – Never Waste a Hater 13:20 – Golden Secret to Successful Marriage 15:54 – Greatest Piece of Advice 16:41 – Grant’s North Star

David Shapiro: A Life Journey from Chinese Medicine to Programmable Art

December 23, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

1:30 - Early interest in medicine 4:24 - Family Reaction to Asian Medicine 5:12 - Early mistakes in Business 6:43 - Role of Money in life 7:50 - Evolution of technology 9:28 - Transition into Entertainment 11:45 - Element of Philanthropy 13:42 - 'to give back' feeling 14:59 - How to choose projects based on non-profit and commercially viable 16:51 - Idea of 'Killroy' 18:16 - Current state of web3 22:13 - Blockchain tech 24:45 - Developing an audience 26:07 - Living Document 28:40 - Hot take ...

BEST OF: E138: Lindsay Kaplan- Founder @ Chief- Driving More Women To The Top

December 21, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

2:25 – Key early life lessons 4:34 – People Leadership 7:40 – Decision to switch from a day job 11:08 – Early Faith and Success 12:06 – Union and Balance between Values 16:23 – Biggest Opportunity for the need of Leadership’s support 18:08 – Leverage Critical Mass 19:33 – Strengths to look for in Women 19:57 – Motherhood phase 21:22 – Balance work/home life during the Pandemic 23:24 – Tips on being a great parent 24:22 – Latest Project ‘ Breaking Glass 26:14 – Inauguration day 27:37 – Defini...

Angela Antony: From The Whitehouse to Removing Bias from Hiring

December 16, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

2:25 - Early lessons from the first company 5:24 - Frame a project as a Failure 6:18 - Experience at Virgin and Goldman Sachs / Tough Lessons 9:19 - Working at the White House (The Culture) 17:25 - Mark Cuban and Research 19:40 - Working Relationship with Mark 21:12 - Lesson learned from Mark Cuban 22:08 - Unconscious Bias 25:58 - Scalable Assessment 29:40 - Utilization and Backfire 34:23 - Next Milestone 37:28 - Hot take on the labor market 39:04 - The greatest piece of advice 40:37 - Angel...

BEST OF: E197: Stephynie Malik: A Crisis Resolution Masterclass

December 14, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

1:43 – Childhood days / Starting from the bottom 3:24 – Emancipated from parents 4:34 – Reaction/Contact from Mom 5:51 – Turning psychological trauma into positive 7:03 – A turning point 9:53 – Relationship going down the hill 11:34 – Move into Corporate America 14:00 – Right way to approach 15:36 – Two extremes of people 19:19 – First Coaching Experience 22:50 – Managing the crisis 27:30 – Cost Analysis 27:59 – Stephynie’s Super Power 29:38 – Big Lesson to learn 32:23 – Executive Coaching 3...

Krish Ramineni: Entrepreneurial Life Lessons- Founder of Fireflies.ai

December 09, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MB

1:55 - Parents' Profession 3:03 - Entrepreneurial activities as kid 4:56 - Crazy New thoughts & strategies 6:04 - West Coast to East Coast 7:18 - Entrepreneurial Vibes 9:07 - Why Microsoft? Interview Process 16:00 - Rounds of Interviews 18:35 - Origin Story / Problem with The Office 21:12 - Opposing Viewpoints 23:00 - Start of Firefly 24:29 - Product Stand-out 26:55 - First Mistake 28:18 - Adoption > Monetization 29:45 - Legal Round 31:55 - Data Security 32:54 - Remote Company 33:29 - Tricks...

BEST OF: #185: Brett Berish: A Self-Made Career Building Spirit Brands

December 06, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

0:01 – Prized Possession 2:11 – Getting into Investment Banking 3:07 – Entrepreneurial Spirit 4:02 – Entry in the Spirit Industry 4:50 – Best Bagel in the country 6:05 – Taste test Wine or Alcohol 6:26 – Early Life Lessons 7:40 – Competition for shelf space 10:02 – The Downhill 11:37 – Safety Net / Room to fail 13:30 – Alignment with Influencers 15:04 – The Secret Sauce 16:35 – Jay Z Brand Endorsement (First Impression) 18:33 – The People Connection 19:28 – Instant Gratification 20:44 – Self...

Al Cini: Keys to Brand and Culture Alignment

December 02, 2022 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

1:31 - NorthStar for Business 3:30 - Finding Your Purpose - 'Why' 5:29 - Reason for leaving Grad school 7:05 - Aware of employees' feelings 9:24 - Programmer to Project Manager 10:58 - The Secret sauce 16:30 - Role of Collective Personalities 19:46 - Cultural Add 21:58 - How to manage Individuals (introverts/extroverts) 24:19 - Pro-fit Program 26:20 - Achieving Excellence 28:08 - Single Greatest Piece of advice

BEST OF: #174: Tyrel Kirkham: Following Your Career Passion: A Journey in Pro Sports Marketing

November 29, 2022 00:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB

1:12 – Getting into Professional sports 2:11 – Rewind to day one/internship days 2:31 – Fondest memory / Early Lessons 4:30 – Payroll and affordability 5:48 – Thoughts on free Internships 7:02 – Change over time 8:19 – Ticketing is the first step 9:02 – Social Listening 9:44 – Knock on the door 10:38 – Transitioning into Merchandising 12:30 – Prized memory 13:40 – Basketball coming to Brooklyn 15:40 – Brand Building 18:20 – Different types of merch 20:08 – Decision making 22:15 – Opportuniti...

LT Colonel Oakland McCulloch: Your Leadership Legacy

November 25, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB

1:31 - Servant vs Authoritarian Leadership 3:34 - Path to Military 5:56 - Transition from Military to Civilian Life 8:05 - Leadership during Disaster Relief 10:08 - Employment in High-stake areas 12:16 - Transferable Skills 13:48 - Mental Health Plaque 15:54 - Pre and Post Training 17:06 - Leadership Legacy - The Book 19:54 - True Leadership = Self Awareness 23:21 - How to become a Good Listener 25:50 - Possible causes for future wars 29:40 - Single Greatest piece of Advice 32:03 - Oak's Nor...

BEST OF: #179 Amy Malin: Trueheart: The Intersection of Hollywood and Philanthropy

November 22, 2022 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MB

1:39 – The Universe Plan / People are Meant to Connect 2:40 – Amy Malin Story 5:50 – The Transition period 7:53 – Faith in Humanity 8:49 – Two Poles of NYC 9:18 – The Right Direction / The Spark 11:44 – First Break 14:27 – First Media Company 15:08 – Meetup with Husband 16:44 – Managing PTSD 20:36 – True Hearts Niche 22:10 – Meaningful and Real Investment 24:02 – Impactful Celebrity Relationship 26:04 – The Origin of True Hearts 28:01 – The Book 29:21 – Husband and Wife Working together 31:2...

Jay Rosenzweig: The Definition of a Social Impact Entrepreneur

November 18, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB

2:11 - Comments on Kanye West situation 3:41 - Growing up / Entrepreneurial Spirit 7:20 - Opportunity to attend McGill 11:15 - Big Takeaway / Trust your gut 12:07 - Career Path in the long run 17:40 - Take on Ukraine- Russia situation 23:01 - A supportive partner 26:16 - Key Lessons 29:21 - Advice to New Recruiters 33:09 - Humanitarian Work / Impact & Purpose 36:40 - Experience with Ukraine's First Lady 39:11 - Power of Connection 40:33 - One Lesson for Early Jay 41:43 - World of singing 44:...

BEST OF: #28 Eric Kussin: His Mental Health Journey #samehere

November 15, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

FIRST AIRED: SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2019 Today I want to switch things up a bit and talk about a very important topic, mental wellness. This is more than a hot topic, its reality and we all need to do a much better job in looking out for ourselves and each other, especially in the workplace. I’ve known my guest today Eric Kussin, an expert in this space, for probably 25 years as we grew up in the same neighborhood in Long Island. We were never really close but always respected and admired each o...

Andreas Widmer: The Art of Principled Entrepreneurship

November 11, 2022 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

1:29 - Pope' Bodyguard/ Swiss Guard 3:11 - Leadership lessons from the Pope 4:11 - Beacon of Morality 5:03 - Transition from Service to Business 7:30 - Early mistakes / Love for technology 9:22 - Concept of Principle Entrepreneurship 10:35 - The Five Pillars 15:51 - Win Win Relationships 16:57 - Unique Approach to eliminate Poverty 20:08 - Rise of Global Gig Economy 20:44 - Maintaining the balance on both sides 22:08 - The Book Review 24:37 - Blame the Management 'Bug' 26:22 - 'The People' 2...

BEST OF #21: Austin Belcak: How to Land The Job You Want

November 08, 2022 00:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

AIRED AUGUST 6TH, 2019 The goal of the pozcast is to bring you, the job seekers, my listeners new, outside the box advice and tactics to take their search to the next level. My next guest, Austin Belcak does just that. Austin is the founder of Cultivated Culture where he teaches people how to land jobs they love without applying online. His strategies have helped people land jobs at places like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, and more without applying online. ...

Perfecto Sanchez: A Life of Service & Impact

November 04, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MB

1:26 - Real Name 3:32 - Most dangerous weapon 6:03 - Sense of purpose 7:30 - Support from mother 9:22 - Early tough lessons as a Leader 11:26 - Why Army? 14:06 - Misconceptions about military 19:18 - Mental Health 21:25 - Entering into Corporate America 25:09 - The Process/Mindset 27:37 - Job Hunting 29:04 - Impact of Thank you Letters 31:24 - Tribute to success 37:02 - Keep the Change 38:30 - Women in life 43:00 - Letter from Grandmother 48:30 - Single greatest piece of advice 49:20 - Perfe...

Best Of: #159 Laura Gassner Otting: Mission-Driven – Moving from Profit to Purpose

October 30, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

2:23 – First impression of President Clinton 8:47 – Coolest thing about being in the White House 9:45 – One key takeaway from Politics World 11:20 – from White House to Recruiting 13:14 – Dedicate work to your Mentors 14:11 – Connecting People 16:34 – The Long Game 17:47 – Candidates come back to good recruiters 18:16 – Similar about Politics and Recruiting 19:11 – Bringing back the values 27:20 – Biggest mistake in the Campaign 29:31 – Hillary’s Interview 30:39 – Female Vice President 31:15...

David Graziano: The Inspiration Behind Art With Me

October 26, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

1:47 - Where did the creativity come from 2:25 - Destined to go this path 4:59 - Sculptures getting noticed 6:08 - Early lessons 7:37 - New York City NightLife 9:15 - First trip to Mexico 10:52 - The Evolution / Early challenges 12:02 - Judgement free projects 13:14 - Balance of mentality 14:43 - Green Key / Environment Responsibility 15:53 - Start of the art 18:55 - Canvas for Self Discovery 19:45 - Early Challenges 22:22 - Next Level 24:48 - Curation / Bringing people together 27:41 - Taki...

POZ Classic: #146: Tucker Max: From Fratire King to Self Publishing Empire- 4x NY Times Best Selling Author

October 23, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

2:25 – Process of recording an Audio Book 4:11 – Read the book before publish 4:48 – Practical application of the technique 5:47 – Honesty overrated or under-rated 8:07 – What motivates Tucker to write 10:12 – Self-fulfilling Prophecy 10:27 – How did the book come into existence 12:18 – Early self-awareness 14:16 – Process of Elimination 15:20 – Movie Release and reactions 17:27 Rebranding yourself 20:25 – Different perspectives on rebranding 21:40 – Challenges in Professional world 22:42 – ...

Chris O'Connell: Rise & Fall & Rise: A Life's Journey Through the Recruitment Industry & Beyond

October 21, 2022 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MB

1:03 - The power of network 1:49 - Chris's back story 3:25 - Recruiting is a mindf*ck profession 5:17 - Art and Science 5:40 - What is success not look-like 6:54 - Moment of impact 0:22 - Hitting the rock bottom (Part 2) 2:01 - The word 'Shame' 4:40 - Road to recovery 6:53 - Vulnerability 9:04 - Re-birth / Approach to parenting 12:09 - Harmony 14:48 - Chris's Mentor 20:19 - Karma/ Manifestation 20:51 - Career Pivot 22:17 - The 'Value' 23:27 - Common Mistakes in Leadership 26:02 - Next step i...

POZ Classic #82: Jeff Fenster: Founder of Everbowl, Entrepreneurship & QSR Pioneer

October 16, 2022 00:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

2:40 – Introduction to Jeff 3:43 – Relationship with Dave Melter 9:00 – Describe Dave Melter in One Word 9:50 – Everbowl Super Food 12:10 – Process to Vertical Integration 15:14 – Different Types of Entrepreneurs 17:40 Learning on the Job/Interning Entrepreneur/ Self Awareness 18:45 – Relationship Capital 22:10- Success Formula 23;04 – What is Authenticity 24:56 – Greatest Piece of Advice 27:04 – SilverLining in Times of Covid-19

Ruben Harris: Career Karma- Breaking Into Startups

October 14, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

1:33 - Getting into Finance 2:29 - Folks who aspire 3:36 - Obstacles on the way 6:43 - Extracurricular events 11:32 - Personal Board of Directors 13:47 - Unrealistic/Realistic Goals 16:08 - Build Support System 19:00 - Story of Career Karma 21:51 - The initial days 24:03 - Empowerment 29:25 - Relationship with Cofounders 31:15 - Business Insider Article 34:30 - Roadmap Forward 38:03 - Single Greatest piece of advice 40:02 - Ruben's North Star

Dan Granger: A Lifetime in the Podcasting Business

October 07, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MB

1:08 - Weird as a Kid 2:14 - Early inspirations 5:07 - Key lessons learned 6:31 - Take on Podcast Movement 10:30 - Build and Grow 13:05 - Faith and trust 14:30 - How were ads effective? 16:42 - Current state of Podcast 21:08 - Ripple Effect 22:40 - Nutrition Label 28:05 - The Control Group 31:40 - Unexpected Change to come 34:34 - Magic Sauce 36:20 - Dan's Favorite Podcast 37:57 - Single greatest piece of advice 39:43 - First Fortune Cookie

AJ Vaynerchuk: The Future of NFT's & Sports

September 30, 2022 00:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MB

3:05 - The world of Web3 3:32 - Future of Sports 4:54 - Basketball for VaynerSports 6:15 - 15,555 Unique NFTs 7:26 - VaynerSports / Powerful and #1 9:33 - Sports and NFTs 10:41 - Key Lessons Learned 12:30 - Doing the right thing 12:45 - Early Investment 13:10 - Make space grow 15:19 - The biggest threat to NFT Ecosystem 16:00 - Single Greatest piece of advice 18:34 - Crypto Winter 19:01 - The Litmus test 20:56 - Full Transparency 22:23 - Final Thoughts

BEST OF: E216 Chris Do: Teaching People to Make A Living Doing What they Love

September 27, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

1:36 – Journey from Vietnam 2:40 – Experience make you ‘YOU’ 4:18 – Chris’s Father journey 6:49 – Biggest Parenting Lesson 8:15 – Choose your Poison 9:35 – Toxic Relationships 13:40 – The design Heroes 16:17 – Business side of Agency 17:29 – Big Lessons learned / Early days 18:58 – Journey of Confidence 20:00 – The ‘one’ project 21:58 – The right way to Hire 23:14 – The progress in Hiring 25:28 – The BBQ test 27:46 – The world of Education 29:44 – Tips to gain confidence 32:21 – “Without los...

DJ Skee & Nick Holmstén: The Future of Web3 in the Music Industry

September 23, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MB

1:28 - The Love Story 3:11 - The Dynamic Duo - complementary skill set 4:31 - Passion or skill set 8:03 - Inclusiveness and Education (Web3) 11:48 - Music is Universal Language 16:06 - Web3 in Physical space 18:29 - What is a 'Community' 21:40 - Moving in the right direction 26:31 - Roadblock in the project 28:52 - Audience Takeaway 31:52 - Holistic Experience 34:38 - Project going live 35:34 - Single Greatest piece of advice 40:14 - Music Artist with greatest business acumen

James Nielsen: Changing the Way Job Seekers Can Earn A Sales Job

September 16, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

1:20 - James Journey 2:25 - Double Threat 3:11 - Interpersonal Skills 3:52 - Sales and Engineering 4:33 - Building team and processes 5:35 - Culture Perspective 7:21 - Sales skills = High Performance 9:07 - Wins and Losses 9:40 - How to coach someone/How to handle a Sales loss 11:16 - Mentorship 13;10 - Learn from being a Mentor 13:30 - Earn and Learn Model 17:31 - Skill in the game 19:20 - Biggest challenge/hurdle 20:45 - Recruiting the talent 22:32 - Pandemic Effect 24:54 - 100% Remote = L...

Avery Akkineni: Leading the Way In Web3 and Beyond

September 09, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MB

1:37 - Avery's Origin Journey 4:00 - Early Experience Mistakes/Learning 5:16 - Time at Google / Important Lessons and Philosophy 7:30 - Hot take on Ads in Netflix 8:08 - Core brand principles 9:09 - Content through NFT 10:29 - Education and Adoption 12:46 - The word ' Utility' 16:44 - No experts in Web3 18:08 - Recruiting in Web3 18:20 - Gary Vee ang Google 21:51 - Starting a job 'remote' 23:48 - Biggest challenge in maintaining culture 24:33 - First 6 months at Vayner 27:17 - ...

BEST OF: E189 Liane Hornsey: Career as a People Leader At Google & Uber & Palo Alto Networks

September 04, 2022 00:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB

1:04 – Early Career in Music Industry 2:47 – Key Mistake/ Early Lesson Learned 4:36 – Concept of Unlearning 5:11 – Career at BMG 6:32 – Traits of a People Leader 7:48 – Taking a chance on people 9:55 – Experience at Google (The Good, Bad and the Ugly) 12:39 – Basis of Decision 13:42 – Interview Process 14:17 – Biggest Change made in Google (People Aspect) 17:13 – Moving to Uber 19:07 – Stepping into the fire 21:02 – One-on-One Conversation 22:45 – Toughest Lesson 25:00 – Current time at Apol...

Dave Meltzer: Illuminating Your Mistakes & Taking Action

September 02, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

0:33 - Outlook on team 1:54 - Keeping the teams together 4:26 - Create a friendly environment 7:02 - Senior Executive being selfish 8:57 - The Context matters 9:15 - Emotional Agility and Empathy 11:15 - Accountability in kids 14:28 - Vulnerability 17:31 - Slow things down 22:22 - Dave Meltzer's Fortune

Daniel Priestley: How To Raise Entrepreneurial Kids

August 26, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MB

1:12 - Origin of Daniel Priestly 2:35 - Rewind Button 4:32 - Book - How to raise Entrepreneurial kids 4:52 - Daniel's Parents 6:59 - Entrepreneurial bug 8:32 - How to empower kids 10:11 - Lose Gracefully 11:48 - Learn about yourself (The process of writing multiple books) 11:48 - 13:07 13:40 - Update 10 years later 16:02 - Personal Brand 18:06 - Dan's 5 P's 21:59 - Latest Venture 27:05 - Early mistake 28:59 - Big shift in data 32:33 - Web 3.0 and Blockchain 37:37 - The word 'Authentic' 40:29...