Podcast 401: When the Past Is Present with David Richo

Recently I was speaking with a good friend who was going through some tough emotional times and he recommended that I read a book entitled “When the Past Is Present”  I contacted David Richo the author and he kindly granted me an interview.

In my interview with David we discuss the topic of transference which I have to admit I was not aware of prior to our interview and reading his book.  I know that many of my listeners will relate to this issue, for our relationships with our parents are frequently played out in our own relationships subconsciously.

If a parent withheld love we can find that we emulate this behavior in our relationships.  I know for me that being demonstrative and loving has always been emotionally challenging and something that I needed to bring to the greater awareness too and focus on.  In my interview with David we discuss not only the topic of transference  but how David recommends transmitting this emotional challenge.

I highly recommend David book “When the Past Is Present” if you are unaware of how you treat the people you love, and want to understand the steps you can take to eliminate this subconscious behavior.

Please take time to listen to our interview and watch the video interview  below.  You can also visit David’s website by clicking here.

Podcast 400: The Path of Emotions with Dr. Synthia Andrews

In my interview with Dr. Synthia Andrews we discuss her new book entitled ” The Path of Emotions”

In her new book Dr. Andrews explores her life’s work about how emotions command our life-force and direct or choices.  Emotions provide rhythm, context and meaning to life. Without them we would find little of value in our successes and minimal learning from our failures.  Emotions convey the essence of being alive, yet most of us spend a considerable amount of time and energy avoiding and controlling our emotions rather that using them.

Dr Andrews states that emotions are a source of information.  Comfortable or uncomfortable, they tell us about ourselves: where we need to grow, what traumas haven’t healed, what we have to offer the world and more.

I hope you enjoy this interesting and informative interview with author Dr. Synthia Andrews as we explore the meaning of our emotions and the power we give them.

If you would like more information about Dr. Andrews you can visit her website by clicking here.

Podcast 399: Up The Mood Elevator with Larry Senn

Larry Senn the author of “Up the Mood Elevator” is one of the most engaging and interesting authors I have interviewed in quite sometime.

As you listen to our interview together you certainly will see why he wrote about moods and living life at your best.  Larry is the co-founder of a organizational consulting firm called Senn Delaney which just merged with Heidrick and Struggles.  The work that Larry has been involved in for the last 40 years has been cultural and personal transformational consulting.  At its core, Larry will tell you that if people don’t change, then the organization has no chance of changing.

His new book “Up the Mood Elevator” is packed solid with profound principles, fascinating concepts and practical tools to improve one’s ride up and down the mood elevator.    As Larry states in our interview once you understand what causes your mood and emotional changes, the better prepared you are to manage them successfully.   I encourage you to listen and learn while Larry Senn and I explore the in and outs , ups and downs of moods and the simple ways we can control our minds to have a better ride on the mood elevator.

I encourage you to visit the “Up the Mood Elevator” book landing page and watch the engaging interview with Larry about his new book.

 

Podcast 398: Why Managing Sucks and How to Fix It with Jody Thompson

I recently had the good fortune to interview Jody Thompson the co-author of a new book entitled “Why Managing Stuck, and How to Fix It”.  She and her partner Cali Ressler are also the authors of “Why Works Sucks, and How to Fix It.”  They are the co-creators of the “ROWE”( Results Only Work Environment) Revolution which started when both of them were human resource directors at Best Buy one of the largest electronic retailers in the US.

In my interview with Jody we speak about the challenges that companies are faced with today with relation to how business are managed.  We also explore some of the very creative and innovative ways the ROWE methodology is helping to fix some of these problems.  Each chapter of “Why Managing Sucks” has great ideas to try, and things to avoid if you are a manager.   You should also join the ROWE community by clicking here to be directed to the online community support page.

I hope you enjoy my interview with author Jody Thompson, the ROWE method of working is revolutionizing our work as we know it.

 

Podcast 397: The Light with Keidi Keating

I had the pleasure of interviewing Keidi Keating the editor of a new book entitled “The Light-A Book of Wisdom”.

This is a wonderful book that is a compilation of 22 stories from  luminaries including Don Miguel Ruiz, Neal Donald Walsh, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Marci Shimoff and many others.  Each author provides wisdom and guidance and their own personal stories about how they had a spiritual awakening and the amazing transformations in their lives since.

I encourage you to listen to my wonderful interview with Keidi as she tells her own story of awakening and transformation to set the tone for “The Light: A Book of Wisdom”.

Podcast 396: The Sharp Solution with Heidi Hanna

I have personally known author Heidi Hanna for a couple of years, and

her work into brain health and showing people how to find solutions to what keeps them sharp, aware and functioning at their highest levels both personally and professionally is truly exemplified in her new book entitled “The Sharp Solution: A Brain-Based Approach for Optimal Performance”.

Heidi also works closely with the “American Institute of Stress” and is a leading expert in helping people in the workplace learn how to better cope with stress and provides solutions to dealing with stress both on and off the job.

I encourage you to read Heidi’s new book and listen to this wonderful interview with an author that can truly help you reduce your stress and keep a clearer focus.

Podcast 395: Into the Wind with Jake Ducey

I recently met and interviewed an amazing young author/activists by the name of Jake Ducey.  His new book entitled “Into the Wind”,  is his story about his a six month journey wandering the world to find his purpose.

I think you will find his story fascinating and certainly inspiring.  Jake is on a mission to help bring light, love and compassion to the world, he has founded a non-profit called Self Reliance Institute to provide the essential resources for living and learning so that young people have the opportunity to become more self-reliant. He has funded a both a school and an orphanage in Guatemala.

Please listen to this wonderful interview with one of the most spiritual and inspirational twenty-one year old author/activists have I have ever met.  I know he will inspire you with his words of wisdom way beyond his year.

Podcast 394: Creating Good Work-The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How To Build A Healthy Economy with Ron Schultz

 

Ron SchultzMy very good friend and author Ron Schultz has hit it out of the park with his new book entitled “Creating Good Work- The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build A Healthy Economy“.  In my interview with Ron we discuss his passion for social entrepreneurship and how this movement can and will change the way and focus of how we do business.  “Creating Good Work” shows how using free market principles will solve pressing problems and to make a positive difference in the world.

Ron’s personal contribution is a chapter on “How Change Happens And Why It Sometimes Doesn’t”  An important lesson Ron learned from his mentor Howard Sherman who introduced him to “a theory of business action” is that if the principle is flawed no matter how diligently we try nothing new and novel that can effect positive change will ever emerge from our models if the principle is wrong.  We must realize that at the root of social entrepreneurship we have to embrace change and learn how to thrive in this new environment.

Associate Dean Craig Dunn from Western Washington University contributes a chapter on “Deliberate Disruptive Design.”  Craig states that the term social entrepreneurship, fails to adequately catpure both the head and heart of the matter: thoughtful, caring design that is at the same time deliberate and disruptive, to the point of being fundamentally subversive is what is needed to shift our thoughts and actions about what we do and become in the process of embracing being a social entrepreneur.

Much of “Creating Good Work” is devoted to the amazing stories of individuals who are changing the world through amazing projects and service to our world.  Dorthy Stoneman from Youth Build, Bart Weetjens with Apopo, Bill Shore with Share Our Strength are just a few of the many social entrepreneurs profiled in “Creating Good Work“.  This books guides you from the theory to the practice and ultimately to success stories of individuals making a big difference.

If you have any interested at all in learning about social entrepreneurship and how you personally can make a difference in the world, then I highly recommend that you read and learn from the amazing stories told in  “Creating Good Work”.

Enjoy my interview with author and editor of “Creating Good Work” Ron Schultz.  You can visit his website by clicking here.

 

Podcast 393: Business Model You-A One Page Method for Reinventing Your Career with Tim Clark

 

Tim ClarkIt is not to often that I come across a book that I am as excited about as “Business Model You“. Maybe it is because I am the preverbal entrepreneur and I am always looking for ways to improve myself and how I do business.  If you are like me, then you are really going to enjoy  Tim Clark’s new book for it is loded with amazing techniques and tools to help you transform your career.

“Business Model You” in essence was crowdsourced.  Tim and his collaborators Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur solicited the thoughts and ideas from 328 work life wizards from around the world.   Some of their profiles are included in the book providing the reader with insight into how they used the “Canvas” to reshape their careers and lives.   As stated in ” Business Model You” it will give you a distinct advantage, because while many workers define and document organizational business practices, few formally define or document organizational business models.  Even fewer individuals apply the power of business model thinking to their own careers.

The whole book is based on something called “The Business Model Canvas”, which describes how nine components of a business model fit together, is a powerful technique for painting pictures of how organizations work.   Those nine components are: customers, value provided, channels, customer relationships, revenue, key resources, key activities, key partners and costs.  If you would like a picture of the canvas ( a picture is worth a 1,000 words) please click here to be directed to the downloadable PDF of the canvas.   So why is this important?  Author Tim Clark  shows you how to convert the nine (9) components into “The Personal Business Model Canvas”.  Those same (9) components then then turned into questions that allow you to immediately understand the importance of the canvas: who helps you?, what you do?, who you are and what you have?, what you give?, how you help?, how you interact?, how they know you and how you deliver?, what you get?, how you help?.

I hope you enjoy this great interview with Tim Clark about “Business Model You”.  This book if used properly can truly alter your career and life.

If you are interested in watching a great YouTube video about the book click here.  I also encourage you to visit the “Business Model You” website and join the community of thousands who are collaborating together throughout the world helping one another define new and exciting careers.

 

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