My Guest is Rock Thomas. He's a self-made millionaire, bestselling author three times over. He became one of the top 50 realtors in the world. He studied with some of the greats like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, and Wayne Dyer, one-on-one. But most importantly, he's taken up a personal mission to help those who have been beaten up by life and he's helped them to retrain their thinking, find their self worth and also often help them to grow wealth and abundance in the process. He's definitely liv...
Mar 19, 2019•39 min
My guest is Laura Gassner Otting and her new book is called “Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life.” In the book, Laura interviews highly successful globe changers and has uncovered strategies to help you get unstuck. Laura's background spans this world's of successful startups and non-profits as well as political and philanthropic landscapes. She's coming to us after being interviewed on the Today Show… so we're excited to have her on! Listen To The Po...
Mar 12, 2019•39 min
My guest is Eduardo Garcia. Eduardo is chef, entrepreneur, filmmaker, outdoorsman and philanthropist. I came across this story when I was checking out this amazing video series by Yeti called "The Hungry Life." I started to dig in and it took me down this amazing rabbit hole of inspiration and incredible stories. And great food too. Listen To The Podcast: Resources: www.montanamex.com www.chefeduardo.com www.chargedfilm.com Instagram: @chefeduardogarcia, @montanamex Mitch: The short version is t...
Mar 05, 2019•59 min
My guest is NASCAR's Jon Housholder. Jon is a two time Emmy awarding winning producer at NASCAR Productions. He produces, he directs, he edits, he features race open trailers, commercials, the whole thing. He's also worked on several nationally televised sports documentaries during his time at NASCAR. One of the most recent is Unrivaled: Earnhardt versus Gordon. That was pretty good. I think I hurt my throat. Listen To The Podcast: Resources: Interview: Mitch: Hey there and welcome to Dream, Thi...
Feb 26, 2019•42 min
My guest is venture capitalist Greg Sands. Greg is the founder and managing partner for Costanoa Ventures, an early stage VC firm based in Palo Alto, California. I can tell you I've met Greg and he's got passion. Passion for life and passion for entrepreneurship. Listen To The Podcast: Resources: Twitter: @gsands, @costanoavc Website: costanoavc.com Interview: Mitch Matthews: He worked, even as he was growing up, worked in a community bank, so he started to get to know the ins and outs of entrep...
Feb 19, 2019•37 min
My guest is Melissa Johnson-Matthews. That's right! My bride is back and we're talking about the 5 Love Languages! Listen To The Podcast: Resources: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/profile/ Interview: Melissa: Hello Dream. Think. Do. family. Mitch Matthews: Absolutely. We had such great feedback from our episode right around Christmas time, where we were talking about prayer, I hope you guys enjoyed that. We heard back from so many of you. In fact, a number of you reach out to ask if we would div...
Feb 12, 2019•40 min
Intentional Identity Statements with Mitch Matthews I’m Mitch Matthews and we're doing a deep dive into something we call Intentional Identity Statements. Listen To The Podcast: Today… it’s just you and me… that’s right. It’s a deep dive… and we’re talking about… Identity Statements. Okay… let’s do this. Identity Statements. We all have them. Most are just not intentional. Identity statements are those statements you say about yourself… the things you believe about yourself. Most of us say them ...
Feb 05, 2019•37 min
My guest Cameron Herold. Alright. I've got a little word association for you. I'm going to say a word and I want you to note, be aware of what words come to mind immediately. Are you ready? The word is meetings. Okay. How are you doing? What words come to mind? Is it dread? Is it nasty? Is it barf? Seriously, what comes to mind when you hear the word meetings? I mean, it's so sad but it's a necessary tool of modern business, the meeting, but why does it cause us so much angst, why does it cause ...
Jan 29, 2019•28 min
My guest is Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents California's 17th Congressional District, which is located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The congressman is serving in his first term and currently sits on the House budget and the Armed Services committees. Listen To The Podcast: Now I know what you might be thinking dream think doers, you might be thinking wait, we don't talk politics on Dream, Think, Do. That is true, but I didn't invite the congressman on the podcast to talk about politics....
Jan 22, 2019•32 min
My guest is McKenna Hasse. Mckenna is a 21 year old race car driver from my town, Des Moines, Iowa. She primarily races at the Knoxville raceway, which is known as the Sprint Car Capital of the World. Listen To The Podcast: Resources: http://www.mckennahaase.com/ Interview: Now, get this, Mckenna is Knoxville's first and only female feature winner in over 100 years. She's got this incredible record and she's got her sights on NASCAR!. And her driving career is impressive in and of itself. But he...
Jan 15, 2019•40 min
Year of No Fear with Mitch Matthews I'm Mitch Matthews and we're declaring 2019 as the "Year of No Fear." I know that's a bold statement but I believe this is the year to break free from worry and fear! So let's do this. Listen To The Podcast: I think we need to draw a line in the sand and say, if fear is holding you back in any way, I want to say this is the year we bust through that together. I hope you're with me on this. Here's the thing, if you don't deal with worry, God bless you. That's f...
Jan 08, 2019•42 min
My guest today is Britton Murdock Nunn, and she is the entrepreneur behind The Biggest Little Fashion Truck in Reno, Nevada. My team and I got to meet Britton recently when we hosted a Big Dream Gathering at the University of Nevada. I will let her tell her story, but the very short version is she was on a career track that wasn't a good fit. But she decided to make some changes, and that led her to launch an innovative, crazy-cool business involving fashion, fun and a big pink truck! Listen To ...
Dec 25, 2018•41 min
My guest is Melissa Johnson Matthews. My bride is joining me on this episode of Dream Think Do. How cool is that? Plus not only am I joined by my favorite person on the planet but I get to discuss one of my favorite subjects on the planet. Prayer. That's right, we're going after prayer. The subject of prayer and the reason for that is I think fourfold. Listen To The Podcast: I came up with four different reasons so get ready. Reason one, we've had a number of awesome guests on this year talking ...
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 16 min
My guest is Jack Nasher and he is the founder of the Nasher Negotiation Institute. He's a leading negotiation expert and one of the world’s best-known experts on deception detection. He went to Oxford and was the youngest appointee to get a full professorship at the esteemed Munich Business School at the age of 31. He's also now a visiting faculty member at Stanford University. Listen To The Podcast: He applies his passions for reading people in a number of ways, and now also performs as a menta...
Dec 11, 2018•38 min
Today my guest is Thane Marcus Ringler. Thane was a professional golfer but when a back injury forced him to make a change… he decided to come alongside leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals to help them apply the elite athlete mindset to everyday life. Listen To The Podcast: Thane's new book is: From Here To There: A Quarter-Life Perspective on the Path to Mastery. I know we're wrapping up 2018 as you're listening to this, and I know many of you are thinking about different ways to set yours...
Dec 04, 2018•40 min
My guest is TJ Anderson. He is a behavior change specialist, a health hacker, and founder of Elevate Your State, which is a growing community of health-conscious leaders online. TJ is dedicated to helping high-performance entrepreneurs, business professionals, and health-conscious leaders to merge the fundamentals of a healthy life with cutting-edge science and strategy, so you can stay on top of your health game. His new book, called The Art of Health Hacking, has been endorsed by people like J...
Nov 27, 2018•46 min
My guest is New York Times bestselling author, Sara Bliss. Sara has written 11 books. Everything from Hotel Chic at Home, to The Thoroughly Modern Married Girl. She's also co-authored books like Pretty Powerful and Beauty from the Inside Out with wellness and beauty guru, Bobbi Brown, Sara has some great ideas flowing. Her most recent book is where we're going to focus today. It's called Take the Leap, and it comes out in a few weeks, but it's currently available for pre-order wherever you grab ...
Nov 20, 2018•34 min
INTRODUCTION: My DREAM THINK DO guest this week is Karen Wickre. Karen has been in leadership of a few companies you may have heard of. She was the Editorial Director of Twitter. Before that, she was with Google. She's a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley and has been an advisor to multiple startups as well. She's a lifelong information seeker and serves on the boards of organizations like The International Center For Journalists, The News Literacy Project, and The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts...
Nov 13, 2018•39 min
INTRODUCTION: Today, we are welcoming back my friend, Sonia Hunt. You maybe remember Sonia from way back in episode 60. Sonia is a digital media entrepreneur who has led a successful career in developing brands for global companies in the food and wine, entertainment, technology, and consumer electronic areas. She runs her own digital agency called, Noie Media. Sonia's been recognized by Fast Company as one of the most influential people in the internet, and tracker.com has named her as one of t...
Nov 06, 2018•54 min
Secrets To Sticking With A Dream Hello and welcome to a very special episode of DREAM THINK DO. This is episode 200. That's right, we've hit 200 deep dives and interviews. Pretty crazy to think about. If this is your first DREAM THINK DO... welcome. I am so honored that you're here. And if it's your 200th... or somewhere in between… THANK YOU! Thank you so much for being a DREAM THINK DO-er. Thanks for being on this journey WITH me. I couldn't do it without you AND wouldn't want to do it without...
Oct 30, 2018•47 min
INTRODUCTION: Today’s guest is THE Willie Morris. You may remember Willie from Episode 84. He's got an awesome story. Last time he was on the show, he was running Faithbox, which was a monthly subscription service that he co-founded with Gary Vaynerchuk. Since he was on… they’ve been able to grow it and successfully sell it. Before that, Willie worked with a number of startups and a few smaller companies, companies like Amazon and Boeing. Maybe you've heard of those, right? Doing some amazing th...
Oct 23, 2018•49 min
Nice to Meet You! 3 Keys to Meeting New People RESOURCES: Dream Job Redefined Book: Dream Job Redefined BIG Dream Gathering (www.bigdreamgathering.com) BIG Dream Gathering FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/bigdreamgathering/ Listen To The Podcast: SOLOCAST: Well, hello. It's nice to meet you. Welcome to DREAM THINK DO. I will admit, I don't typically kick off the podcast saying it's nice to meet you. Although I do believe that it is nice to meet you. I use it, though, today for a couple of reaso...
Oct 16, 2018•39 min
My guest today is Pete Vargas. Pete has trained hundreds of people to become powerful and successful professional speakers. Just listen to some of these stats: Since 2003, Pete and his team have helped speakers book over 25,000 events that have reached tens of millions of people and generated over $40 million in revenue. Pete is the founder and CEO of Advance Your Reach, a company that helps speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs find and book stages so that they can share their message, scale the...
Oct 09, 2018•35 min
Today’s guest is Colin Murdy. Colin is the founder of the Murdy Creative Company. Murdy Creative makes these freakishly cool... beautifully simple leather binders. I'll tell you, I came across Colin and his story on Instagram. I was not aware of him, not aware of his company, not aware of the binders, any of that, but I'm scrolling through the Instagrams, as one does, and all of a sudden this pic with this gorgeous binder comes flying by. I am a sucker for high-quality leather goods, so I see th...
Oct 02, 2018•41 min
Back in 2005, my guest, Shawn Askinosie left a successful career as a criminal defense lawyer to start a bean-to-bar chocolate factory and he's never looked back. Askinosie Chocolate is a small batch, award-winning chocolate factory located in Springfield, Missouri. They source 100% of their cocoa beans directly from farmers across the globe. Askinosie Chocolate was recently named one of the 25 Best Small Companies in America by Forbes and Shawn himself was named by "O," Oprah's magazine, as one...
Sep 25, 2018•50 min
My guest is Frank McKinney. Frank is an Ultra-marathoner, he's and actor and a speaker, and he's a “philanthrocapitalist.” That's right, he spends a whole lot of time giving back. In fact, he and his wife founded the Caring House Project Foundation, which is a non-profit that provides housing, and self-sustaining existence for homeless families in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Indonesia, and here in the United States as well. For example, at the end of 2017, they finished their 24th self...
Sep 18, 2018•54 min
My guest today is Mike Michalowicz, who has just written another great book, and it's going to disrupt this nasty cycle of the grind. The book is called Clockwork. Here's the thing. Mike can be trusted. If you've read any of his other bestsellers like Profit First or The Pumpkin Plan, you know he's hilarious, wildly transparent, and incredibly strategic, especially as he talks about his adventures of building and selling multiple million-dollar businesses as well as helping many entrepreneurs ar...
Sep 11, 2018•39 min
My guest today is Bernie Swain. Bernie is the founder of the Washington Speakers’ Bureau, one of the most successful and well-respected speakers’ bureaus in the world. Since launching in 1980, the bureau has represented US presidents, prime ministers from Great Britain, countless American and world leaders, business and economic visionaries, authors, media personalities, sports legends. Bernie's bureau represents some of the most successful people and well-respected minds in the world. He knows ...
Sep 04, 2018•38 min
We’re doing something new with this episode. If it works… we may turn it into a series called, “Ask Mitch.” Here’s the backstory: I was recently on the phone with a fellow DREAM THINK DO-er, and we were on a topic that I get a lot of questions about. So I asked for his permission to record the call. This is a person with an idea for a business, and he's passionate about it. He's excited about it but he's also a little scared. We’re going to talk about what to do when you have a business idea but...
Aug 28, 2018•44 min
Today I've got an awesome guest for you. I am excited to bring back my friend Jon Vroman because he was with us – get this – back in episode 34! Jon is a social entrepreneur and award-winning speaker. He's also a committed husband and father of two. And just for fun, why not? He's an ultra-marathon runner as well. He has an amazing non-profit, called the Front Row Foundation. They create these incredible, unforgettable moments for individuals who are braving life-threatening illnesses. It might ...
Aug 21, 2018•53 min
