Latest Cadena Podcast Episodes

Getting Started with Goal Setting

Decade Navigator Podcast - September 13, 2018 19:25 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
After I graduated from college, I moved back home with my parents and started an entry level job with the Sprint Corporation.  My sister gave me a book called 'Maximum Achievement' by Brian Tracy. In this book, Mr. Tracy recommended having written goals.  I fumbled my way through the goal sett...

Learn How to Deal Effectively with People

Decade Navigator Podcast - July 29, 2018 20:20 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In my mind, the book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' by Dale Carnegie is a foundational book that should be required reading. Through high-school, undergraduate college and my masters degree, there were only TWO classes that dealt with working well with others in the workplace.  Thes...

Accountability as Your Competitive Advantage

Decade Navigator Podcast - July 16, 2018 15:10 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
There are a number of leaders today that, when caught making a mistake, will go to the podium and offer an 'expression of regret' as if that expression will make it all go away. Contrast that with a strong statement of owning your mistake, making a commitment to fix the mistake and accepting t...

Failure

Decade Navigator Podcast - June 20, 2018 20:33 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Society and the culture has this fascination with perfection which manifests itself in a constant stream of criticism.  Social Media has amplified this constant stream of negativity.   This irritates me.   The reason it irritates me is that this can scare people into doing NOTHING.  Furt...

Informational Interviewing

Decade Navigator Podcast - June 14, 2018 15:05 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
When you are just getting started, you may not have a lot of opportunities or people to talk with about jobs.  Informational Interviewing is a great way to learn about different career paths AND build a network of people. In this episode, I walk you through how to get started with interviewing...

Control Your Calendar

Decade Navigator Podcast - June 01, 2018 14:15 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Control Your Calendar   After graduation, your most abundant resource is likely TIME.  Much of our identity can be tied to our lives as students and when that ends at graduation, we might feel a little lost and not know what to do next.   In this episode, I share how I chose to use my ti...

Bombshell Moment at a Waffle House

Decade Navigator Podcast - May 11, 2018 20:51 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
When I was 29-Years old I had everything that people told me I should want to have as an adult.  I was:  married, owned a home, 2 nice cars, Masters in Business degree and a high paying job.  Nice people around me kept telling me how great I was doing. Then, during a breakfast with a work coll...