Humanly Possible: Recent Episodes
Bryan Kramer
As humans, we tend to focus on our flaws or look negatively at the things which make us different. Humanly Possible is a podcast that reminds us that being imperfect humans is our greatest competitive advantage. Listen in as host Bryan Kramer engages in rich conversation with other humans who have taken missteps and experienced failures of their own, and recovered by making small “one-degree” shifts that made a massive difference. Listen in and be inspired by others, connected back to your own stories of human imperfection, and reminded that taking small risks can lead to big rewards in your own life.
Benedict Hadley is a Prolific Polymath, Film Maker, Artist, Risk Taker and founder of The Hadley Broadcasting Company. His work focuses on the human spirit, the creator and interactive media projects, films and experiences that engage and enhance the community through equity and the broadcasting of created media on large scale walls via interactive video projection.Benedict has always felt his connection to the Creator. Listening to 'that' voice became an internal compass, creating and leading him to walk the paths of his life.
In This Episode:
- Wanting to be a film maker from a very young age
- Walking his path
- Learning to harness his risk taker voice
- The block hack: charging up a block with art
- Listening to that voice that gives him direction from the Creator
- Creating work in and for the community
- Media-enhanced immersive storytelling using art
Jeff Pulver helped change the way the world communicates. The passing of The Pulver Order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2004 helped set the stage for a world, where today consumers can communicate openly and freely.Lonely at 9 years old and looking for a way to make friends, Jeff was introduced to amateur (ham) radio by his uncle. This changed his life and led to one of his lifetime achievements of helping to change the way the world communicates.
In this episode:
- The afternoon at 9 years old that changed Jeff’s life
- Phone patching
- Creating the first phone network that ran on the internet
- Early exposure to entrepreneurship
- Learning to have fun in different ways
- Appreciating the magic of life
- Lessons from dad, his biggest fan
- Find ways to appreciate and increase serendipity and synchronicity
- Forming the VON Coalition
- The passing of The Pulver Order by the FCC in 2004
- Finding grounding under a clear, unpolluted night sky
- Continuing his interest in making connections with passion-based marketing
David Goldsmith is President and Co-founder of the Goldsmith Organization (New York and Hong Kong), a consulting firm solving big challenges for executive clients worldwide in commerce, nonprofits, governments, militaries, and education; and Co-founder of Buzd, LLC (San Francisco), a firm in which he is a patent holder for technological applications and products related to artificial intelligence, cell phone applications, battery technologies, and consumer products.In this thought-provoking interview, David shares a revolutionary approach to leadership - experiences, insight, and examples - that will transform your mind, organization, career and life.
In This Episode:
- Some of the small pieces of life that have been integrated into today
- Stopping pre-med and starting his first business
- Going back to university to finish the requirements for a degree
- Living in and getting to know the culture of global places where he worked
- The TEDx Luxembourg City Talk: How Great Leaders Inspire Happiness at Work and in Life
- The construct that 80% of the results come from the systems and structure, and 20% from the people
- Looking at productivity in a different way
- Theoretical jumps
- Being a leadership salesperson
An innovative leader with world-class digital and experiential capabilities, Stuart Foster transforms global brands and businesses to achieve revenue, profit, and market share growth.Impacted by an early networking lesson from his father and the examples set by good bosses, Stuart has taken his leadership roles very seriously over the years and learned to appreciate the little differences between locales and cultures. In This Episode:
- A modest gift from his grandmother that sparked a new interest
- The story behind how Stuart got into the wine business
- How a networking lesson from his father helped Stuart land his first job as a college senior
- Working his way up through the marketing ranks with brands like L’Oreal and Hennessy
- The impact of having good leaders and bosses as role models
- A pivotal moment that shifted Stuart’s mindset on how he thinks about leadership
- Appreciating the little differences between locales and cultures
- The marketing/branding business project Stuart is most proud of
- The next phase: working with Chief Outsiders as a Fractional CMO
Lyz Kelley is a speaker, creative, and award-winning USA Today bestselling authorpreneur of everyday heroes who want more than just the ordinary.Once Lyz deconstructed and figured out what her fear was, she committed to learning the craft of writing a book and shares her journey with us in this interview.
In This Episode:
- Reflecting on turning 40 and examining the fear behind a very important question asked by her husband
- Living with dyslexia and wanting to write a book
- Learning the craft: how to write a book and how to do story structure
- Aligning with other authors who helped with her journey
- Persevering through redlines and rejections to become a published author
- Setting up her own publishing company
- Learning how to market to the readers she needed to connect with
- The epic fantasy novel that will be written
- Lyz’s writing process
- Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing
Uwe Dockhorn is known as the Lifestyle Liberator and has delivered over 15,000 coaching sessions worldwide in the last 12 years. He is the founder of The AIM System™: A simple 3-step life-changing experience for in-demand professionals who want to get back their family mojo, double their financial security, and live in abundance in all areas of their life without feeling guilty or constantly questioning themselves.Finding himself broken as a young man after the death of his uncle and father, Uwe could find no reason for being in this world anymore, until a small light inside brought him back from the edge and put him on a transformational path to help himself and others.
In This Episode:
- Carrying the weight of being sexually abused as a young boy
- Feeling something inside for the first time since his father died that prevented a suicide attempt
- Understanding the importance of letting go and letting in
- Identifying and facing your core elephant thinking
- Cracking the code of your own transformation
- What an individual evaluation session with Uwe may be like
- Discovering our own independence and respecting it in others
- The internal transformation and personal growth that led to developing the AIM System™
Trigger Warning: In this episode we talk about child sexual abuse and surviving a suicide attempt which may be alarming to some listeners. If you're having thoughts of suicide, please end this podcast and call 1-800-SUICIDE or visit https://www.imalive.org* to chat with someone online.
Ken Mossman is an executive and personal coach who’s specialized in working with men for almost two decades. He works with an international clientele from such diverse industries as finance, higher education, law, entertainment, medicine, venture capital, technology, entrepreneurship and the arts. Ken helps men develop and master their emotional literacy, fluency and flexibility so they can connect and communicate with the people around them more powerfully.
After high school, Ken pursued various educational and career interests before being referred to a CTI course by a client where he found a home and eventually his calling to work with men.
In This Episode:
- A vivid memory from a very young age
- Pursuing a passion for work that he wanted to do in ‘real life’
- Lessons learned about himself and other people while working in the food industry
- First leap as an entrepreneur – co-creating an in-home personal fitness training business with his sister
- The major shift that happened when he attended the initial CTI Fundamentals course
- Stepping away from his CTI leadership role to answer the calling to work with men
- Developing the IAM program – Integrated Adult Man
Lisa Dadd spent 15 years in the competitive industry of corporate healthcare, mastering strategic sales, marketing and management skills, with the world's largest pharmaceutical company. In addition to the success, climbing the corporate ladder revealed a deep sense her greatest potential was yet to be realized. It took eight years as an independent consultant, and an intense training in leadership development and social emotional learning, to uncover an innate way to access that potential.After a complimentary Reiki session where Lisa realized she had been closing herself off to experiences and opportunities, she let go of past attachments, started listening to her life and following the signs that were popping up for her.
In This Episode:
- Walking away from a successful corporate career
- Experiencing different healing modalities for the first time
- Becoming unattached to knowing an answer or understanding something
- Driving cross country with her dog – 12 times
- Figuring out her purpose
- A coming back together – using her business background in a different way
- Soul Sales: teaching people to understand who they are and their natural approach to things in a sales situation
- The seven different archetypes in soul language
- Digging deeper into energy spectrums
Mark S. Babbitt is a speaker, author, blogger, culture architect, executive coach, and career mentor. He serves as President of WorqIQ and CEO and Founder of YouTern. His new book, written with S. Chris Edmonds, is titled Good Comes First: How Today's Leaders Create an Uncompromising Company Culture That Doesn't Suck.Finding himself a single father of four overnight, learn how Mark became a good father, successful entrepreneur, and discovered his purpose to make the workplace a better place.
In This Episode:
- A life lesson learned from being raised in a small town
- Coaching baseball for 35 years: fostering family and creating a culture
- Sense of urgency vs. sense of outrage
- Finding himself a single father of four
- Realizing he could be a good father AND an entrepreneur
- Leaving Silicon Valley and moving to the mountains
- Setting a precedent to be a family-oriented business
- Fulfilling his purpose to make the workplace a better place
- The writing and titling of “Good Comes First”
Vern Smith is a nationally lauded expert in Medicaid, Medicare, state budgets, and trends in the healthcare marketplace. He has authored numerous reports on current issues in Medicaid and state strategies for containing health care costs and improving quality.
In this intimate interview, Bryan’s father-in-law Vern shares incredible stories of what he calls "the little things" that happened throughout his years that contributed to him living a life he never could have imagined.
In This Episode:
- The shaping of self-image at an early age
- The impactful examples set by his parents
- The importance of travel to a person’s education
- Growing up and experimenting in a different era
- Ten cans of Spam
- Changing college majors 5 times
- An unexpected medical diagnosis that actually opened the door to his lifelong career
- Serving the public as a health economist and Medicaid Director
- Continuing his service in a consulting role after retirement
- The significance of the words on a plaque that used to hang in his father’s office
- The little shift that led to Vern meeting his wife of 55 years, Paula
Drew Neisser is the founder of Renegade and CMO Huddles. Uniquely wired as both strategist and writer, Drew has helped dozens of CMOs unleash their inner renegade and told the stories of over 450 marketers via his podcast Renegade Marketers Unite, his Ad Age column and two books.Drew's self-imposed commitment to the discipline of writing left him needing something to write about. Hundreds of interviews with CMOs later, he's found the most purposeful work of his career and believes that a courageous, artful, thoughtful and scientific marketing strategy can make the world better.
In This Episode:
- Growing from little Andy Neisser into Drew Neisser
- The clever way Drew landed his first job at an advertising agency
- Working his way through different traditional advertising agencies
- Living with ADD
- Drew’s secret to happiness and pleasant attitude
- How making the commitment to write regularly led to interviewing hundreds of CMOs
- Everything that evolved from interviewing all those CMOs
- The forming of CMO Huddles
Dan Gingiss is an international keynote speaker and coach who believes that a remarkable customer experience is your best sales and marketing strategy.Dan's first job out of college was a marketing position. What he realized was creating the ultimate customer experience - being observant and treating the customer the same way you like to be treated, is the best marketing strategy of all.
In This Episode:
- Life lessons learned from attending summer camp
- Writing as a form of communication
- Communicating in a way that all people can understand
- Solving business problems through the customer lens
- How to get everyone in an organization to care about the customer
- Treating employees and customers as our most important asset
- How small businesses can create the ultimate customer experience
- There are no one size fits all solutions
Angus Nelson is a man on a mission: to help ambitious men find a life of meaning and purpose, free from the constraints of limitations imposed by others or self. He helps men create lives they've always wanted. As an entrepreneur, Angus endured the pain of burnout, addiction, and divorce as the gut-wrenching consequences of neglect in his own mental-health, self-awareness, and humility.Once Angus found the courage to seek counseling and dive into the right books, he made the mindshift to come from a place of internal happiness and transformed his life.
In This Episode:
- Transforming your life by reading the right things
- Finding the courage to see a counselor
- Finding fulfillment within and not from things
- Paradox and polarity
- Release taking it personally
- Quest to go outside your “box” so you can grow
- Learning how to receive
David Taylor-Klaus reintroduces successful entrepreneurs and senior executives to their families. He challenges leaders and their teams to reach their highest levels of performance in their professional and personal lives.Burned out and frustrated, David shifted the language he used to talk to himself, reconnected with who he is and what he wanted, and now coaches successful entrepreneurs and senior executives to live wildly fulfilling lives. In This Episode:
- Rebelling against what he had created because he thought it was what he should do
- Reconnecting to his core and what he actually wanted
- Being mindful of the internal saboteur and the two-year child inside
- Reintroducing successful entrepreneurs and senior executives to their families
- Looking at unwritten rules that are running our life
- Deep values clarification
- Stop trying to power through burnout
- Seeing the world as we are
Kvon Tucker is the CEO & Co-founder of Consciously, a collective centered on the idea that the more you live your life on purpose, the more good you create for yourself and others.
Learn how being nudged to attend a 3-day course on coaching training became life transformational for Kvon and led him to the purpose filled path he is on today.
In this episode:
- Receiving the nudge to go to coaching training
- Finding his life purpose
- Creating Consciously, a channel to do coaching work
- Enjoying the journey
- The opportunities that came from pursuing more purposeful work
- What makes a leader a better leader?
- Developing a purpose statement
- Learning to be loving leaders who accept and appreciate the differences of people
- Kvon’s vision for the future of Consciously
Christie Mann is a best-selling author, executive coach, learning consultant, speaker, and meditation teacher who designs, delivers and facilitates transformational content and experiences.Learn how signing up for a coaching course early in her career led Christie to deep transformational work on how to look inside and be more of who she truly is.
In This Episode:
- An early career decision that turned out to be a big shift
- The reframing of what was possible in leadership
- Doing the deep transformational work
- Conscious communication and listening
- Taking responsibility for developing yourself
- Revisiting childhood trauma and wounds and healing them
- Creating the character Lil Sass
- Leaving an impact
Kate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, the only social media management platform that creates content FOR you with the power of A.I.
As a former marketing agency owner, Kate initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart, and got them a 130% ROI, year-over-year for three years.Kate spent years using her voice to make a living. Once she found her voice, she said goodbye to hostile work environments and made the choice to work for herself.
In This Episode:
- Reading the room
- The power of silence
- The importance of believing someone when they tell you something is wrong
- Working in a toxic environment
- Reverse engineering a business
- How Lately works
Jennifer Quinn, known by her followers as JennyQ, is a podcaster, digital marketing expert, live-streaming pro and champion of her life story. She helps companies Be Seen with compelling video-driven content. Now, she's using those talents to help individuals Be Seen with resources to transform their life.Learn how JennyQ’s life transformed once she found one safe person to tell her story to and truly felt ‘seen’ for the first time.
In This Episode:
- How JennyQ and Bryan’s friendship began
- Finding that one safe person to open up to
- Hiding part of ourselves away as a coping mechanism for childhood trauma
- Feeling tremendous emotional impact after the death of her mother
- Realizing she needed help and committing to it
- Learning self-care and to nurture yourself
- Losing half her body weight
As a consultant, Stephanie Cenedella works with individuals to define and weave storyline into a powerful offer. She serves individuals, entrepreneurs, teams and executives to pull themselves out of the margins, to fast track the most profound authentic stories into profits.
Learn how Stephanie turned the lens on herself, tapped into her personal story, and now uses that experience combined with her branding and marketing background to help others define and weave storyline into a powerful offer.
In This Episode:
- Making the shift from the profit-based space to the purpose-based space
- Stepping away from a lucrative business and stepping into her truth
- Finding out as a teen her dad was a closeted gay man
- Owning our voice
- Rolling the red carpet out of our story
Joey Vitale is a trademark attorney (also known as a "brand legitimizer") for online entrepreneurs, emerging thought leaders, and course creators. With his law firm and his courses, Joey helps online business owners call legal dibs on their brand name and signature methods so they never have to worry about losing their brand overnight.Learn how overcoming trust issues was a positive shift for Joey and became one of the biggest secret weapons to building and growing a successful team. In This Episode:
- Learning to trust people and default to that mindset
- The panic attack stage of starting his own business
- The multi-year journey of building a stress-free business
- Creating check-in periods with your team
- The importance of having a coach
- Sticking to the plan and keeping people accountable
- Allowing team members to take ownership of something
- Enjoying the process
Lynn Smith is a National Media Expert, NBC News, MSNBC and CNN Headline News anchor alum, and a Storyteller.
Learn how Lynn made one choice that completely transformed her career and personal life, and in doing so found her joy.
In This Episode:
- The transition from TV news anchor to national media expert
- Growing into the role of a storyteller
- Listen and learn
- Choosing you
- Saying your weakness out loud
Val Ries is the founder of Executive Muse, a leadership training and coaching company. And the Author of Chief Inspiration Officer: How to Lead the Team Everyone Wants to Be On.Learn how Val flipped the script on her own frustrating negative thoughts and her 3-step formula for handling challenging conversations with anyone. In This Episode:
- The power of reframing
- Understanding yourself
- Knowing what your team is craving
- Getting really clear with what you want
- Mastering the art of challenging conversations
- CRAVE - connection, reliability, appreciation, value and effective communication
- Can you be a friend and a manager, and can you be effective?
Val's book is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Chief-Inspiration-Officer-Everyone-Wants/dp/1645438988
Amber Vilhauer is a leading digital marketing strategist who supports authors, speakers and coaches to establish a powerful, integrated online presence that gets results and empowers them to make a difference in their industry.Learn how Amber faced her fears after a traumatic teenage event and consciously stepped into her highest and best self, and how you can too. In This Episode:
· A teenage incident that caused her to look within
· Learning to actively participate in your own growth
· Being honest with yourself
· Infusing joy in others
· The emotional process of writing a book
· What’s possible with any book launch
Whitney Johnson is the CEO of human capital consultancy Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 2020 fastest-growing private company in America. One of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (#14) as named by Thinkers50, Whitney is an expert at smart growth leadership.Learn how Whitney shifted her choice of colleges, began her career in a field entirely different from her major, and ultimately ended up right where she belongs.
In This Episode:
· How not getting into first choice of colleges was a small shift with big outcomes
· From music major to equity analyst
· The importance of having an opinion
· Becoming less interested in just ‘picking’ stocks, and more interested in picking people.
· Spotting people’s gifts
· The S Curve Insight Platform
**Ann Handley is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author who speaks worldwide about how businesses can escape marketing mediocrity to ignite tangible results. IBM named her one of the 7 people shaping modern marketing. She is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs; a LinkedIn Influencer; a keynote speaker, mom, dog person, and writer.
In This Episode:**
- The importance of great role models
- Making the shift from print journalism to the online marketing space
- Becoming a published author but not about a subject she had envisioned
- From behind the screen to the stage
- Showing up fully as herself
- Embracing the good things that have come from the pandemic
**Carlos Hidalgo is a Life Design Coach, two-time author, TEDx, and international keynote speaker.
In This Episode:**
- How a friend’s bold statement gave him the sign he needed to make a big change
- Running from shame for decades
- Overcoming the life story of “I can’t”
- Getting back to who he was really created to be
- Forgiveness, redemption, a new life
**Neal Conlon is an entrepreneur with a focus on growth hacking, leveraging data, and purposely inspiring others to not let the obstacles in a rapidly changing world of tech limit their opportunities. In the last few years, he has pivoted his focus to learning how he can share his years of self-development to empower others to get better, quicker, faster, and to master themselves and the skills to be successful.
In This Episode:**
- Significant role grandparent’s encouragement played in life
- From class disruptor to U.S. Marine Corps
- Playing chess – strategic advancement in the corporate world
- Understanding your own value and worth
- Lessons learned from a failed business venture
- Overcoming unfulfillment rousted by the lack of a father-figure
- The 5 Pillars
Brian Fanzo is a digital futurist keynote speaker who translates the trends of tomorrow to inspire change today.
**His customized and personalized programs showcase real-world stories and examples of forward-thinking people and businesses.
In This Episode:**
· How winning a high school speed typing contest led to a change in career path
· Social engineering your way into success
· Being guided into places that let you be you
· Recognition as a Top 25 Influencer by The Economist
· A renewed passion for driving change within a company and its’ people
· Dealing with depression: practicing self-care and self-awareness
· Learning to lean on other people
**Kate O'Neill is known as the Tech Humanist. She is the founder of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm committed to improving the human experience at scale, even and especially in data-driven, algorithmically optimized, and AI-led interactions. Kate regularly keynotes industry events, advocating for humanity's role in an increasingly tech-driven future. Her world-leading clients have included Google, Adobe, IBM, Yale University, the city of Amsterdam, and the United Nations.
In This Episode:**
- The intersection between technology, business, and humanity
- Always being open to change
- The both/and mindset
- Finding gratitude after major loss
Joseph Jaffe is an author, entrepreneur, and as of March 2020, the host of CoronaTV, a daily streaming interview-based show about hope, positivity and optimism and if there's time left over a little bit of marketing! (www.coronatv.show) To date, he has done just under 200 interviews, including Seth Godin, James Rollins, Jamal Mashburn, Philip Kotlerand and many more.
In This Episode:
- Making the quick shift from in-person to live streaming
- Learning to stop talking and just listen
- Really connecting with the human being on the other side of the camera
- Identifying the skills that make you unique
- Understanding failure and rejection
- Thinking big, whatever that is for you
Tina Meyers is an Intuitive Coach & Feminine Leadership Facilitator. She **is the founder of Women Advocates Rising and Warrior School. She also leads transformational coach training courses for the leadership development company, Co-Active Training Institute.
In This Episode:**
- Doing something in the face of anxiety
- Listening to your body
- From Litigator to Spiritual Psychologist
- Feeling fully, authentically yourself
- Being an open-hearted warrior
Brad Davis is Co-Founder, CMO, and President of Consumer Direct at Omnidian where he’s helping lead a team focused on protecting and accelerating investments in solar energy across the U.S. Omnidian has been named among the Top 100 Places To Work by Seattle Business Magazine for 3 consecutive years.
He has a doctorate in law and a track record for building high-growth brands and award-winning communication strategies. He was named one of the top 50 Marketers in America (Ad Age**).
In This Episode:**
- Meeting the Dalai Lama
- The importance of the pause
- Moving to California on a leap of faith
- Creating value by tapping into the time and emotion of a tribe
- The greatest lesson learned from failure
Joey Dumont is an author, podcaster, and coach.Joey Somebody: The Life and Times of a Recovering Douchebag is a memoir where he explores the very heavy topics of parental neglect, arrogance, insecurity, anxiety, and episodic depression through the lens of dark humor and self-deprecation.
In This Episode:
· Life-long battle with insecurity and anxiety
· A father’s betrayal
· Sibling loss
· Looking inward when there was nowhere else to turn
· Forgiveness and recovery
**Zoë Paliare is a trial lawyer turned coach, entrepreneur and learning and development professional and a lifelong social justice advocate. She supports clients to unlock their greatness by breaking through limiting beliefs that hold them back. Zoë is passionate about bringing out the best in people and supporting people to thrive in business, leadership, and life.
In This Episode:**
- Pausing to figure out what you actually want
- Moving through life with intention and purpose
- Shifting the mentality of society to say we’re all human and to see the humanity in others
- Making this world a more equitable place
- Visualization – getting out of your head and living the experience
Cara Brookins is best known as the mom who built her own house using YouTube tutorials. She is a keynote speaker and the author of eight books, including Rise, How a House Built a Family**, which tells the story of building her 3500 square foot home with the help of her four children.
In This Episode:**
- Using the vision of the finished goal for motivation
- Fearlessly going in and trying something
- Learning to not take yourself so seriously
- Looking at moments of doubt as a personal challenge
**Teri Karjala is a Transformational Life Strategist, the founder of Creative Counseling Center and Talking With Teri, best-selling author of Be The Magic of You: Tools to Transform Your Life with a foreword written by Jack Canfield. She is a Coach with Forbes and a Premier Success Coach with eWomen Network. Teri is also the creator of several motivational products to be a further contribution to her clients and the community.
In this episode:**
- Listening to that inner voice from an early age
- Overcoming the fear of public speaking to have a greater impact
- Reframing the past to give it a different perspective
- Giving clients the tools to create on demand
Laura McKowen writes an award-winning blog, teaches workshops and retreats on personal development and sobriety all over the U.S., and founded several online programs.
In This Episode:
- Stepping into sobriety – releasing the pain and shame
- Doing something now that’s in service of where you want to go
- Humility – thinking about yourself less
- Taking pleasure in the simplicity of life and the little things
Mark Manson is a two-time #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. His work has been translated into more than 60 languages and hit bestseller lists in sixteen different countries. According to Amazon Charts, his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck *was the most-read non-fiction book in 2017.
In This Episode:**
- Personal development that doesn’t suck
- Healthy skepticism - questioning your initial beliefs and assumptions
- Learning to only care about the things that actually matter
- Finding that healthy balance between caring for others and caring for yourself
**Kami Guildner is a connector, a storyteller and a business coach for changemaker women of influence. She leads high-vibe entrepreneurs to give voice to their most important messages and create a ripple effect of worldly impact.
In This Episode:**
- How skills learned in the corporate world provided building blocks for the entrepreneurial world
- Working with horses opened up the ability to see and feel that inner wisdom
- The benefits of working with a mentor and/or coach
- Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable
- The importance of investing in yourself
Marc Ensign is a prolific storyteller, creative marketer, accomplished musician and author of the book Be a Dick: How One Person Can Change the World in the Most Unexpected Way.
In This Episode:
- Making the shift from “feeling small” to “it doesn’t matter what people think”
- How micro acts of kindness can be life changing
- Being more aware to be a better person
Dov Baron is The Dragonist, guiding us in how to recognize and nurture dragons (the top talent) hidden in our organizations. A Dragon Leader is not a position, it's someone who is always pushing to improve and wants those they serve to reach their full potential. Dov believes the world needs more "Dragon Leaders" committed to living their purpose, standing in their truth, and empowering others to find their fire and do the same.
In This Episode:
- Embracing the power of what we are
- Once a leader turns into their fear, everything is transformed
- Committing to being curious, instead of right
- Finding something that meets that desire in you so you can meet it in others
Janet Fouts is a coach, author, caregiver, speaker and facilitator. She teaches mindfulness and emotional intelligence to individuals and teams.
In This Episode:
- Making the shift from marketing to mindfulness
- Little things we can do that make a big shift in our perception of life
- Learning to pause
**Gary Scott Thomas is a country music DJ, collector of stories, conversationalist, and a thinker.
Gary has interviewed actors, athletes, politicians, scientists, authors, and a lot of singers. You can catch his weekly podcast “The Gary Scott Thomas Show: Here’s What We Know” at: https://garyscottthomas.com/#Episodes**
In This Episode:
- Making the choice to do something fun for a living
- One-degree shifts are significant
- Breaking the family cycle of poverty
- Finding the awesome in every day
Richard J. Kramer, MD, AGAF graduated in 1972 from The University of California Irvine School of Medicine with an MD after 3 years pre-med at UCLA, receiving multiple awards and scholarships at both institutions. He completed his internship at Harbor General Hospital, Internal Medicine Residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, and GI Fellowship at Stanford University. Subsequently, he practiced GI in private practice for 25 years in the San Jose/Los Gatos area.
In This Episode:
- An early childhood illness fostered a career choice and lifelong philosophy
- How a little shift made a huge difference in his life and that of his family’s
- Making the shift into retirement
- Rolling with an unexpected health diagnosis later in life
Mitch is the founder of the global LegalMinds Mastermind, and has written a new book, “The Ultimate Guide to Social Media for Business Owners, Professionals and Entrepreneurs” which was a #1 best seller on Amazon and top #1 new release in two separate categories. Mitch’s friends know of him as “The Streaming Lawyer” (live video) and you can stay connected at Streaming.Lawyer.
In This Episode:
- The power of decisions and taking action on those decisions
- Storytelling is one of the most powerful ways to share a message
- Empowering the jury
Jeffrey Shaw is a highly sought-after portrait photographer, small business consultant, TEDx speaker, author, and host of The Self Employed Life podcast.
In This Episode:
- Putting personal development first
- Shifting your mindset around numbers – think bigger
- The Validation Paradox: others can see more in us than we see in ourselves
In This Episode:
● Building a virtual only company during the early days of video conferencing
● Changing the mindset of big companies to work virtually only
● From being on the road 200+/- days per year… to zero
The world’s most inspirational marketing, customer experience, and customer service keynote speaker Jay Baer is a Hall of Fame speaker and emcee. New York Times best-selling author of six books. An Internet pioneer. A 7th-generation entrepreneur. And the founder of five, multi-million dollar companies, including Convince & Convert, an experienced, highly focused analysis and advisory firm that creates effective, best-in-class digital marketing and customer experience strategies for the world’s most iconic organizations.
While competing as a professional BMX Racer, Jason graduated College and continued on to earn both an MBA in Global Management and a Doctorate in Psychology.
Winning at the highest level in sport, attaining the highest level degree, and now working with the highest level performers are the foundation (and proof!) for his “More. Better. Happier.” process.
The #ChampionshipLife is about rearranging the playing field to suit your strengths, talents, and values. Success, health, and fulfillment is the aim!
**Jason works closely with high-performance teams, executives, and athletes. He is also an on-air TV and broadcaster, commentating at international events for his sport - staying true to his passion.
In this episode:**
- Making an identity shift
- Leaving room for being the benefactor of good fortune
- Using the energy from fear to bolster the belief that was already there
In This Episode:
● Persuasive design
● Reverse engineering the addiction of social media
● Helping businesses navigate these unprecedented times
For almost 30 years, Brian Solis has studied and influenced the effects of emerging technology on business and society. His research and books help executives, and also everyday people, better understand the relationship between the evolution of technology and its impact on people and also the role we each play in evolution.
Brian is Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, the global leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Brian’s work at Salesforce focuses on thought leadership and research that explores digital transformation, innovation and disruption, CX, commerce, and the cognitive enterprise.
Hilary Silver is Founder + CEO of a personal growth and development company dedicated to helping women achieve profound well-being and empowering them with the identity, psychology, and mindset for extraordinary success.
She is the creator of the Love + Be Loved and Extraordinary Women Rising programs- and is one of the most sought after, acclaimed and successful therapist-coaches in the world.
In This Episode:
- Stop looking outside at all the service level stuff; start looking at yourself
- Self-love, self-acceptance, and empowerment
- Learn how to “live” the next level of success
Demian Ross is a Publisher, Content Creator, Business Junkie, and Digital Nomad who has been traveling the country full-time in an RV.
In This Episode:
- Celebrating recovery from past bad decisions
- From felon to full-time father and entrepreneur
- Pushing through fear to get unstuck
Michael E. Gerber is the author of the NY Times mega-bestseller, for two consecutive decades, "The E-Myth Revisited" and nine other worldwide best-selling E-Myth books concerning small business entrepreneurship, leadership, and management.
In This Episode:
● Everybody in business has to learn how to manage a sales organization even if they don’t have any salespeople
● How letting go and allowing something to take place created space for the best of life – inside and outside
● The greatest single problem in small business is the people who own them don’t know anything about business
● Inventing a system-centric business development capability that didn’t exist
In This Episode:
- Magic is giving another person a positive experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives
- How to get authenticity across through connection
- The virtual shows that are now happening in the entertainment world are just going to get stronger
- It’s okay if you shift and you realize this was wrong. Then you shift again and correct
In this episode, Liz Lathan and Nicole Osibodu, Co-Creators of Haute Dokimazo discuss:
● How bringing simple human moments into an event format makes all the difference
● The five C’s of Haute Dokimazo
- ○ Caring
- ○ Conversation
- ○ Co-creation
- ○ Collaboration
- ○ Connection
● Being a 3D human in a 2D world is the thing people are craving more than anything
Jason Dorsey is President and lead generational researcher at The Center for Generational Kinetics. Jason has led more than 65 generational research studies, worked with over 700 companies, and has a new book out: Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business--and What To Do About It.
In This Episode:
● The oldest part of GenZ is bearing the brunt of COVID-19, while the youngest is adopting new technology and relationship skills
● For the first time, consumer tech trends are being driven from the youngest up to the oldest
● GenZ’s most trusted source of information are social media influencers
● Value and utility are the top 2 things GenZ wants from a brand, product or service
Robbie Baxter has over twenty years of expertise helping companies leverage subscription pricing, digital community and freemium to build deeper relationships with customers, including industry leader Netflix.
In this episode Robbie discusses:
- Identifying your area of expertise
- Creating more value for your customers
- Opening up new possibilities for different kinds of connections
- Investing in a community to grow it
Transformation Specialist Hendre Coetzee visits with Bryan Kramer as they discuss shifting your focus, the importance of boundaries, and surrendering to change.
Bryan speaks with Content Marketing Practitioner Mike Allton, Live Video Expert Stephanie Liu, and The Digital Gal Founder Amanda Robinson about shifts in social media and what businesses need to embrace in order to move forward. Their new book The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing was recently published and gives readers a 360-degree view of social media marketing.
Founder of Red Dot Fitness, Scott Howell is a dedicated, certified health and fitness professional with over 2 decades of real-world, practical, hands-on experience. In this episode, Scott & Bryan discuss shifting backward to go forward and the importance of human connection.
Tim Ash is a Psychology, Marketing, and persuasion expert as well as a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and the former CEO of a leading marketing agency. He and Bryan Kramer discuss evolutionary psychology, chasing happiness, and being a better human.
Charlie Cole, CEO at FTD, talks with Bryan Kramer about being intentionally human, servant leadership, and continuing to enhance company culture while working remotely.
International Business Speaker and Author of Exactly What to Say, Exactly How to Sell and Exactly Where to Start visits with Bryan Kramer and explores proven ways to shift your words to make a greater impact.
Dorie Clark helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, noisy world. She and Bryan Kramer discuss how to shift your mindset to make meaningful progress and take some pressure off yourself.
Nikita Ducarroz shares her story of overcoming agoraphobia and being able to thrive through anxiety, travel the world, and rise against the competition to be one of the top female BMX athletes in the world!
Jonathan Becher is the President of Sharks Sports & Entertainment and former technology executive. He and Bryan talk about the key to life's shifts, how to make progress in anything, and not being an accidental diminisher.
Rudy Ruettiger shares how we can make shifts to overcome obstacles while still getting the outcome we envisioned.
Rudy is a motivational speaker and author who played college football at the University of Notre Dame. His early life and career at Notre Dame were the inspiration for the 1993 film Rudy.
After a life-altering assault at the hands of those who were supposed to keep the peace, Orlando Bowen found a way to shift his perspective and use the tragic event to spread a positive message and inspire others to shift their perspectives, as well.
Orlando Bowen is a keynote speaker focused on equipping people to get off the sidelines and become difference-makers on their teams and in the lives of those around them. He is a highly sought after speaker and trainer who works with corporations, small businesses, and non-profits. When it comes to building teams, creating momentum and employing winning strategies, Orlando is the real deal. He is also passionate about youth leadership. As a result of that passion, he founded One Voice One Team Youth Leadership Organization to inspire and to teach resilience, leadership, and teamwork to youth.
Bryan Kramer visits with Lisa Whelchel as she discusses how she stopped hiding from her feelings and the healing she found during a 30-Day Meditation Retreat.
Lisa Diane Whelchel is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author, and public speaker. She is known for her appearances as a Mouseketeer on The New Mickey Mouse Club and her nine-year role as the preppy and wealthy Blair Warner on The Facts of Life.
Amy Cuddy shares life-changing leadership lessons that help reduce opportunities for failure.
Dr. Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice.
Cuddy earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2005 and was a professor at Harvard Business School from 2008 to 2017, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 2006 to 2008, and Rutgers University from 2005 to 2006. She continues to teach at Harvard Business School in executive education.