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Don't Settle for Less | Graham Skinner Mar 27, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Graham Skinner about his journey helping small business owners overcome the obstacles to their success. We discuss a wide range of topics including accountability, MasterMind groups, marketing strategies, community, and inspiration. Graham's insights into business strategies and ideas will inspire and encourage you to take the next steps in your journey.Graham is becoming the most sought after Business Growth Strategist in Northern California. He’s famous for helping owners transform their business by doubling their income, in half the time they currently spend, through the retention of high paying clients and generation of stable positive cash flows.Now through his unique online E-Learning System Graham has expanded his reach to serve business owners across the United States and beyond.Website: http://www.grahamthe1forbusiness.com/E-Learning System Tour: www.Grahamsthe1ForBusiness.com/MyGuidedTour45 min webinar: http://www.onlinemeetingnow.com/register/?id=ynizt9p1mjEmail: graham@GrahamsThe1ForBusiness.com

Shaping the World of Surfing | Joshua Martin Mar 23, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Josh Martin, owner and craftsman behind Martin Shapes. Josh builds hand shaped custom surfboards. His surfboards are used by a wide range of surfers all with the goal to be better connected to their board and the wave they are riding. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics including the World Longboard Tour, how a hand crafted surfboard is made, collaboration between rider and craftsman, the environment, what it means to carry on the legacy of a father, and so many other amazing topics. Josh's passions for his craft will encourage you to dig deep to live your purpose.Continuing the Martin family legacy that my father Terry established over 60 years ago brings healing to my heart and joy to my days.... Loving what I do and doing what I love, I've come full circle. I'm forever grateful my father showed me the love for the craft and gave me the needed training and skills to build on.Starting at a very young age I spent quite a bit of time in and around my dad's shaping room. My first job was as the "clean-up" kid at the old Hobie factory in Capistrano Beach. I eventually graduated from pushing a broom around to cutting out, and foiling fins. Foiling fins for me, was simply like shaping surfboards on a small scale. In the late 80's I began shaping full time at Just Add Water Surfboards in Laguna Canyon. Soon after I started working there I was presented with an opportunity to shape several hundred identical boards for a display in JC Penny stores. I was to be paid half of what I'd make for shaping any other boards at the time. I remember my dad telling me this was a great chance for me to hone in my production skills. I chose to accept the offer. The boards were to be hand shaped. There were no computer shaping programs or CNC shaping machines at the time. I look back today and think about what a privilege it was to have had that opportunity. Systems and methods developed back then are second nature, muscle memory today. I have a special love for the hand shaped surfboard and choose to continue in this traditional craft. For me, it is a joy to jump into my shaping room and create functional pieces of art each and every day. I look forward to building one for you! If I may quote my dad, "I aim to make people happy in the water". I look forward to hearing from you.Website: https://martinshapes.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/martinshapes/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martinshapes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/martinshapes/Women's Longboard Tour: http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/wltMen's Longboard Tour: http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/mlt

Creating a World of Chocolate and Wonder | Mary 'Chip' Tautkus Mar 20, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Mary 'Chip' Tautkus. Chip is the founder and head chocolatier of Chubby Chipmunk in Deadwood, SD. She is know for her award winning truffles. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics including creativity, chocolate making, treating your customer with love, the responsibility of business in community, and the origins of Chubby Chipmunk. Chip's journey will inspire you to pursue your passions.THE STORY OF THE CHUBBY CHIPMUNKIt all started with dreams of chocolate, as Chip scampered about her mom’s kitchen as a little girl. Even at this early age, she was already busy concocting mouth-watering treats and desserts—as long as they included chocolate.Since then, time has only improved her delicacies. Her sunny kitchen, located in historic Deadwood, South Dakota, is alive with treats you will forever dream about. Only now, truffles have become the main event—and rightfully so! Each is an original creation, and each promises to make you swoon and sway with delight.The secret? She makes all her truffles, toffee, and caramel with “Butter and Love,” the ingredients of chocolates that are truly to “Sigh For.”So when Deadwood is in your travel plans, make sure to stop by the Chubby Chipmunk Hand-Dipped Chocolate Shop. This magical little confectionary promises to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth – grown-ups and little kids alike.And if you aren’t visiting South Dakota in the near future, be sure to check out our online store. It’s the next best thing! Chubby Chipmunk is proud to provide decadent truffles to customers all over the country, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to indulge in her wonderful creations!Website: http://www.chubbychipmunk.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chubby-Chipmunk-Hand-Dipped-Chocolates-104800352908313Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chubbychipmunkchocolates/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chubby_ChipmunkBlack Hills Animal Shelter: http://hsbh.org/

Crafting the Perfect Story | Nancy Duarte Mar 16, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Nancy Duarte. Nancy is the CEO of Duarte a design & communication firm specializing in Presentations located in Sunnyvale, CA. She is also the author of several books including Illuminate, Resonate, Slide:ology, Slidedocs, and HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics including idea creation, communicating to your audience, mentoring, presentation flow, and the origins of Duarte. Nancy's journey will inspire you to dive deeper into the narrative you are creating.Nancy Duarte is an American writer, speaker, and CEO. She is well known for her three best-selling books, which include Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences, slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, and the "HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations." as the CEO of Duarte Design, the largest design firm in Silicon Valley and the fifth largest female employer in the area. Nancy released the free eBook "Slidedocs", which fills the gap between cinematic slides and dense documents. Her most recent book is Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols. In 2009, Duarte received the award for Mountain View Woman of the Year. In 2013, Nancy was awarded Microsoft's MVP Award for her work to help people excel with Microsoft PowerPoint. In 2013, she became a LinkedIn Influencer. Nancy Duarte was named Entrepreneur of the Year by USM, Communicator of the Year in 2007 and 2008, a member of the invitation-only group C200, and was featured on the cover of Toastmasters' July 2014 Issue.Duarte worked with Al Gore on the documentary slide show known as An Inconvenient Truth. Duarte has long worked with TED Talks to improve the quality of presentations at the events. She has also spoken several times herself at TED Talks. She has also spoken widely at other venues, including South by Southwest and The World Domination Summit, hosted by Chris Guillebeau.Website: http://www.duarte.com/LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nancyduarteTwitter: https://twitter.com/nancyduarte

Creating Your Sound | David Leach Mar 13, 2017

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In this episode I talk to David Leach. He is the Worship Director at Life Center Ministries in Harrisburg PA. He is also a songwriter and has released two albums. Prior to joining the Life Center Team, David worked in the Music Industry. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics including the evolution of the music industry, songwriting, collaboration, community, and the changing landscape both in America and the Church globally. David's journey will inspire you to follow your passions and become who you were created to be.As a songwriter and worship leader, David’s deepest desire is for people to be overwhelmed by God’s goodness and, in turn, offer their lives to Him in praise. David’s own journey of worship became the path where he realized God’s unconditional love, boundless grace, and unending joy. A significant encounter with the Lord in his senior year of college resulted in David’s decision to pursue God’s presence as his life’s greatest passion. Here David discovered the Father’s heart for himself and for others. In the past few years David has seen thousands touched and even healed in worship. His heart is stirred with an immense hunger for more of God’s supernatural love and power as we come together to lift God’s name.In 2010 David married his wife Johannah, founder and director of Dance Revelation, a school with over three hundred students. Together, they carry a huge passion for the creative arts community, as they help to oversee a variety of musicians, songwriters, and worshippers here at Life Center. With a dynamic team of leaders, they also recently launched Life Center’s young adults ministry RISE. They are also the parents of a beautiful baby girl.Website: http://www.davidleachworship.com/Life Center: https://lcmi.org/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/David-Leach-858262287525018/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wdavidleach/

The Stories of Cars | Mark Greene Mar 09, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Mark Greene. He is the host and creator of the Cars Yeah podcast. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics including passion, dreaming, creating, community, podcasting, and most importantly cars. His stories are fun and will encourage you on your journey to chase your dreams.Cars Yeah is a website and podcast where you can listen to interviews with Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™. Successful people in the automotive industry who have wrapped their passion for cars in to their careers and lives.Cars Yeah is the creative brainchild of Mark Greene, an incurable automotive enthusiast. Mark grew up in La Jolla, California enjoying the automotive culture in SoCal. He spent his first 11 years after college as a creative director and account executive in the San Diego advertising agency Warner Design.Mark joined the startup company Griot’s Garage and spent 20+ years helping build the company being in charge of their branding, marketing, and merchandising. He left the company as their President and started Cars Yeah.Mark raced vintage cars with SOVREN for 12 years driving a Lotus 18 and Lola T290 Sports Racer. He is a member of numerous automotive clubs, writes a weekly blog, and has participated in numerous tours and rallies. The Cars Yeah website provides a platform for listening to over 700 shows for true automotive enthusiast.The Cars Yeah mantra is Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™ and the guests are truly inspiring people. The five-day-a –week show concentrates on self-made entrepreneurial success stories that have struggled, persevered and prevailed. The show resonates with honesty and inspiration that the common automotive enthusiasts can identify with. You can find the shows at the Cars Yeah website and on iTunes Google Play, and Stitcher Radio. Mark and Cars Yeah can also be found on all social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin.Website: http://carsyeah.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carsyeahpodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carsyeah/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarsYeahPodcastLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cars-yeah-llc

Embracing Bias and Dreaming Big | Michael Woodward Mar 06, 2017

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In this episode I breakaway from our normal interview style and share some of my thoughts about being a dreamer, worldview, taking risk, passion, and the origins of jumbleThink. I also share some resources that I love and recommend. Resources links can be found a jumbleThink.com.Michael is the founder and CEO of jumbleThink. He is also the CEO of Woodward Design Group. He and his team have built over 400 website for small businesses to large customer portals for Fortune 100 corporations. He has also consulted with hundreds of businesses through the Small Business Development Council in Butte County, Ca (http://www.buttecollegesbdc.com) along with teaching courses on web design / development and marketing strategies. His passion is to help individuals and businesses make their dreams attainable through creative thinking / idea formation and strategy.He is married to the beautiful Jennifer and has an amazing daughter Lucy. They are expecting their second baby in February.Website: https://www.woodwarddesigngroup.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/woodward.mikeTwitter: https://twitter.com/mlwoodwardInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlwoodward07/

Innovation at the Edges | Jeff DeGraff Mar 02, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Jeff DeGraff. He is a professor at Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, a respected author, active blogger, sought after speaker, and consultant to leading corporations. In this episode we talk about a wide range of topics surrounding innovation. His insight will inspire you to take the leap and begin to create your ideas.Jeff DeGraff’s life reads like an innovation playbook. The pages are speckled with failures followed by great successes all because of the mantra adopted at an early age from icon Walt Disney: “Keep moving forward.” Jeff knows how to innovate because he has been through the wringer and rolled with the punches, each time adding a new, better, and cleverer play than the last to his dossier. Jeff’s creative and direct take on making innovation really happen have made him a world renowned thought leader and have prompted his clients and colleagues to dub him as The Dean of Innovation.Jeff has advised many of the world’s leading corporations, using the Competing Values Framework that he cocreated, on how to grow, change and ultimately move forward to see positive results. Jeff’s clientele list reads as a ‘who’s who’ of the business world, boasting Eaton, American Airlines, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, General Electric, Prudential and Pfizer, all as happy customers.Clients call Jeff when they want to achieve a cultural change that leads to sustainable innovation and growth. Time and time again, clients have been enthralled and inspired by Jeff’s speaking abilities and unorthodox view of innovation. He commands the room as he combines theory and practice to instill the mindset needed to make innovation truly happen. Jeff’s ideas have gained such a following that he created the Innovatrium, an innovation institute in the heart of the University of Michigan’s campus.The Innovatrium is what every great innovator in the past has had: a laboratory for experimenting with new ideas and creating tangible prototypes to prove the concepts. Throw in the fact that you can write or draw on every surface while looking out the large bay windows at one of the most prestigious schools in the world and the inspiration simply becomes organic.Not to be pigeon-holed; Jeff is also well known as an author whose witty and insightful prose have landed him regular columns with The Huffington Post, Psychology Today and Management Innovation Exchange. His talent for breaking down the steps needed to innovate effectively also prompted him to write a slew of successful books on innovation including Creativity at Work, Leading Innovation, Innovation You: Four Steps to Becoming New and Improved, and The Enlivened Self: The Art of Growing. Other publications that showcase Jeff’s innovation principles are Business Week, Fortune, USA Today, Training+Development and the Wall Street Journal. He also has video learning modules with Big Think.For the past 25 years Jeff has also spent his time as a Clinical Professor of Management and Organization for the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross Business school. His energetic personality and practical business experience have made his classes some of the highest rated and hardest to get into at Ross, and he enjoys discussing the changing face of innovation with the next generation.Taking into account Jeff’s extensive experience and mixing it with the creative streak and competitive edge he’s known for, it is not hard to see why he is called ‘the guru to the innovation gurus’ of Fortune 500 Companies.Watch Jeff’s speaker’s biography video at www.innv.at/Jeff-Bio.“Growth requires that we move out of the known and toward the unknowable, experimenting and revising as we go.” – Jeff DeGraffWebsite: http://jeffdegraff.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/influencer/degraffjeffFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/deanofinnovationTwitter: https://twitter.com/JeffDeGraffYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JeffDeGraff1

The Importance of Collaboration | Kïrsten Blake Feb 27, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Kïrsten Blake the creator and founder of Chapter Be, writer, and podcaster. She discusses new chapters of life, the importance of collaboration & community, overcoming fear, and current trends in education. Her stories will encourage you to explore what could be and chase your dreams.Kïrsten Blake is the creator and founder of Chapter Be, an online platform that interviews and highlights people who are charting their own journeys in order to create their own path of being in this world. She's interviewed a large number of entrepreneurs, artists, makers and creative via her podcast, Chapter Be, and storytelling project, The Be Stories. Living by the notion that "not all who wander are lost," Kïrsten Blake has lived and worked in New York City/Brooklyn, Washington D.C., St. Thomas (USVI) and Denver, CO. She worked in the public education field for 10+ years, but in 2011 made the decision to leave her nine-to-five desk job in pursuit of something new. Since starting Chapter Be, she also writes for The Huffington Post's Third Metric, holds events for those who are in the middle of embarking on their own Chapter Be and continues to work on finding new and innovative ways to approach the field of education. When she is not working you can find her traveling or spending time with family, friends, and her adorable dog, Harriet Ethel. Website: http://www.chapterbe.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChptrBe/Twitter: https://twitter.com/chapterbeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chapter_be/

Storytelling through Photography | Gary Arndt Feb 23, 2017

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In this episode I talk to Gary Arndt the creator of Everything Everywhere, world traveler, award winning photographer, podcaster, and just all around cool guy. He discusses travel, stories from his various expeditions, how he learned photography, and where his next adventure is leading him. His stories will encourage you to travel more and chase your dreams. Gary's life is filled with events that could fill most people's bucket list and yet he still continues to push forward into new territory. You won't want to miss this episode!Gary Arndt is an awarding winning blogger and travel photographer who has been traveling around the world since 2007. His travels have taken him to over 180 countries and territories and has earned membership in the elite Traveler’s Century Club. He has also visited over 320 UNESCO World Heritage sites and all 50 US states.His blog Everything Everywhere is widely considered one of the most popular travel blogs in the world. In 2010 Time Magazinenamed it one of the Top 25 Blogs on the Internet and it earned a Gold Medal in the Travel Blog category in the North American Travel Journalist Association (NATJA) awards.He is one of the most awarded travel photographers of this decade. He was named the 2014 SATW Travel Photographer of the Year as well as the 2013 and 2015 NATJA Travel Photographer of the Year. He is the only travel photographer to have been named photographer of the year by both organizations. He is also a 3-time Lowell Thomas Award winner in Photo Illustration of Travel and a 2x Northern Lights Award winner in photography.Gary is also a 2013 inaugural recipient of a Travel + Leisure SMITTY Award for excellence in social media by a travel journalist. His social media following is among the largest among influencers in the travel industry on five different platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and Instagram.His combined social media audience is over 2,300,000 people.Since 2009 he has been the co-host of This Week in Travel, an award winning weekly podcast which covers travel industry news. He is also the host of The Global Travel Conspiracy on the CBS Podcast Network.He is also an associate producer and senior travel correspondent for On Travel, on the American Forces Radio Network.Gary is also an accomplished public speaker and has spoken on topics related to travel and new media all over the world.Website: http://everything-everywhere.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhereInstagram: http://instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/Twitter: http://twitter.com/EverywhereTrip/Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/everywheretrip/

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