In 2019, the podcast reigns supreme. An ever-growing number of entrepreneurs are throwing their hat in the ring, and ready to sell the secrets to producing a great podcast. But in this ever-connected social network, how can you also be a valuable guest? Lou Diamond swoops in to decode how to thrive in this medium. Host of the popular "Thrive Loud" podcast and from years of success on both sides of the table, Diamond is an expert at marketing oneself (what he calls “connectworking”) and dissectin...
Mar 26, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Joining Jon in this episode is Dan Greenwald: teacher and consultant. With his company ThirtyTenZero, Greenwald guides individuals and businesses to achieve their goals, along with definable metrics to measure progress towards them. Through the “craft of teaching and business of education” Greenwald brings home the important values of seeking authenticity over approval, finding structure, and creating clarity. Check out Dan's business, ThirtyTenZero, here at https://www.thirtytenzero.com/ Follow...
Mar 19, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Joe Apfelbaum is a passion powerhouse. One of the first guests of Learning Life, Joe returns to remind listeners about the importance of consistent and passionate content. By beginning with daily posts about his weight loss, Apfelbaum began catering an authentic and regular online presence. Now a professional speaker, Apfelbaum guides professionals to use LinkedIn to its maximum potential and how to weave its power into your business strategy. Want to learn more about Joe or missed any of the li...
Mar 14, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Cal Fussman interviewed legends; Mohammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Robert De Niro, and Jeff Bezos are only a sample of the greats he spoke with as the Interviewer At Large with Esquire magazine. After writing at Esquire for twenty years, Fussman has now transitioned to a New York Times Bestselling Author, creator of the successful podcast “Big Questions,” and most importantly, he has stepped out from behind the typewriter to take on the role of professional speaker. Through his speaking, he guide...
Feb 26, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Cindy Solomon speaks to Jon about courageous leadership in the workplace. However, such courageous behavior is not only limited to the extroverts or the naturally daring. Solomon drills home that like any behavior, courage is a muscle that must be built incrementally. CEO of Cindy Solomon and Associates (CSA), Solomon breaks down the role her company plays in revamping the performance of employees and company leaders through such courageous leadership. With the process taking only four to eight ...
Feb 19, 2019•27 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Have you ever watched a whiteboard animated TED Talk? With her own whiteboard and a pack of markers, graphic facilitator Heather Willems pioneered this form of communication at SXSW 2003. Known as graphic facilitation, Willems synthesizes key points of a presentation or discussion with bold graphics and images to then be shared with a larger group. Along with these topics, Willems sits down with Jon to discuss her history as an entrepreneur, her book- Draw Your Big Idea, and how to help you comm...
Feb 12, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Julia Pimsleur is the founder of Million Dollar Women, helping one million women get to $1M in revenues. Pimsleur became passionate about educating women about scaling up after her own experience building her first business, Little Pim, into a venture-funded, multi-million dollar business. Pimsleur began as a documentary filmmaker with a passion for languages and created Little Pim to help children everywhere learn a second language. In her book Million Dollar Women (Simon & Schuster) she to...
Feb 05, 2019•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Entrepreneurial savant Jeffery Hayzlett talks about the importance of company culture and something he calls the “hero factor.” When a company culture centers around core values, rather than the bottom line, the company is stronger for it. Hayzlett has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Eastman Kodak, guest host on Celebrity Apprentice for three seasons, and written a number of bestselling books. From his diverse experience, he shares many stories of what happens when companies commit (or don’t...
Jan 23, 2019•30 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Jon sits down with the author of The Sales Bible and The Little Red Book of Selling: Jeffrey Gitomer. Dubbed the “King of Sales,” Gitomer now trains hundreds of thousands of people each year in sales tactics across mediums. Through speaking, multiple books, his podcast “Sell or Die,” his newsletter “Sales Caffeine,” and the Gitomer Online Learning Academy, Jeffrey Gitomer closes the deal with up and coming salespeople. In their discussion, Gitomer reflects on the importance of l...
Jan 16, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Attention all leaders, managers, and sales teams; this episode is for you! Schiefelbein is a coach, speaker, business consultant, and former professor at Arizona State University. Since starting one of the first online learning classes in 2003, she has always been on the cutting edge of communicating to audiences. Jill Schiefelbein is the “Dynamic Communicator.” She sits down with Jon to elaborate on the disarray of today’s training model for new employees. From a receptive and engaged state-of-...
Jan 09, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 1
He holds a world record and inspires audiences from Sri Lanka to the Minnesota Vikings. He competed in fifty Ironman races, in fifty states, in fifty days. And he brought his five kids along for the whole journey (in the car, not the bike). He is James Lawrence: entrepreneur, speaker, endurance athlete, and coach. Before he competed in dozens of endurance races, James hated running. With a couch-to-marathon training program, he dragged himself to his physical and mental limit and then exceeded i...
Dec 29, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 28
David and Jonah Stillman are the generation experts. A father and son duo, the pair inform Jon about their experience consulting for companies like Virgin and the NFL about the generational differences and strengths of Boomers, Gen Xers, Millenials, and Gen The Stillmans share important insight like the forgotten importance of career development for boomers as well as the craved face-to-face communication for employees of Gen Z. Similarly, the Stillmans emphasize the importance of appealing to c...
Dec 20, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Did you miss part 1 of this live interview? Listen to it at this link before you listen to part 2! This is Part Two of Learning Life: Live Session with company management maverick Jason Fried. Jason covers more quality strategies on how his company schedules work, eliminates interruptions, and internally communicates effectively and stress-free. Jason questions the merit of quick-to-rise VC backed tech startups and the anomaly of Jeff Bezos’s Amazon. With questions brought forward by the audienc...
Dec 13, 2018•55 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Dr. Rob Williams joins Jon for a chat about his story of yak farming, entrepreneurship, music, and story coaching. Rob has been telling stories for decades, and now offers his services as a “story coach” for businesses looking to find their identity, and how to deliver that story to customers. Further, Rob has been a part of the Vermont Independent, a long time print, now online newspaper since 2005. While teaching journalism at the University of Vermont and Champlain College, he also helps his ...
Dec 05, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 25
In this episode, Jon sits down with Joey Davenport, digital content pioneer and co-founder of Hoopis Performance Network: an online content service providing tools to train managers and financial advisors to the highest level. While many similar online content companies compete today, Davenport has kept Hoopis at the forefront through a combination of expressing an explicit company identity and function, strategic hiring of inexperienced and experienced employees, and consistently engaging their...
Nov 29, 2018•33 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Learning Life is proud to present our very first Learning Life: Live! with Jason Fried. Recorded on stage at an EO event in New York one year ago, Jason talks with Jon about how company culture can make or break a business, and how he has achieved an employee-employer nirvana that benefits employees, the company, customers, and the end product. From his experience in co-founding and running Basecamp (a premier web application subscription service) to topics he covers in his New York Times bestse...
Nov 21, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Ken Walls, CEO of Client Solution Innovations and author of the best selling book Walls of Wisdom, joins Jon to discuss online presence, engaging your online audience, and branding authenticity. With over two decades of marketing experience, Ken has seen and captured the value of “going live;” this strategy has connected him to industry heavyweights like Mark Cuban, Sean Hannity, and Grant Cardone. In contrast to Jon’s experience with Learning Life, Ken’s strategies provide his audience with rea...
Nov 14, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Eric Siu brought back a company on the brink of failure, all while scripting, producing, and editing his own podcast: Growth Everywhere. Now one of the Top Fifteen podcasts to listen to (just behind Oprah!) and close to 900,000 downloads a month, Siu has been creating and marketing hot content for years. As half of the Marketing School podcast (with Neil Patel), host of Growth Everywhere, and CEO of Single Grain, Siu is a renowned marketing genius and expert. But how did he get here and what mak...
Oct 31, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Brian Edelman chats with Jon about the importance of cybersecurity in the modern workplace. With the consequences of the data breaches of Facebook and Equifax circulating the public conscience, a secure network is more important than ever for your business. From tips on how to best work securely on the go and how to protect your entire network of office computers from hackers, Edelman spells out what companies like his (FCI) can best serve your needs more quickly, thoroughly, and safely with the...
Oct 24, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 20
No matter how flashy the visuals, the story always matters. So says Richard Mulholland: South African speaker, author, and founder of presentation firm Missing Link and 21Tanks, South Africa’s first perspective lab. From a background as a roadie for Def Leppard and Iron Maiden, Mulholland knows how to make the best flashy presentations to dazzle your audience. But, without solid content, any event will fall flat. From properly building your presentation like an architect to how to best practice ...
Oct 17, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Michael Goldberg is a force to be reckoned with. Speaker, networking consultant, boxer: Michael guides Jon through his world of boxing and his no-fear networking approach. Goldberg knows how to appeal to both the introvert and extrovert in the room, and gives ways to communicate more effectively. He also touches on the effects and best uses of technology in networking. With Goldberg’s effective method of networking, technologies and social media are used not as a crutch to lean on, but an effect...
Oct 10, 2018•27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Crowded house growing up? Think again. Generational speaker and author Anna Liotta is one of nineteen children! Clearly, she was born into the fire of inter-generational dynamics. Anna converses with Jon about some of the data in her latest book Unlocking Generational Codes : a guide on the distinctive behaviors of each generation in the workplace. Each generation has their preferences in work and leadership style, priorities, life fulfillment, and communication habits. In the office, these dist...
Oct 03, 2018•47 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Have you dreamt of never stepping onto another airplane or never speaking at another conference again? As a professional speaker and founder of Building Leaders, Rick Davis is working to make these dreams a reality! On this episode of Learning Life, Rick highlights how putting yourself out of business can actually be profitable and rewarding. He discusses the importance of actively engaging your target audience both on stage and online. Are the attendees at your keynotes really there by choice? ...
Sep 26, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 11
After pursuing a multifaceted career in the music industry as a drummer, songwriter, and producer, Jason Robert was looking for a career change. He stumbled upon a research paper that outlined blockchains various use cases within the music industry, sparking his interest in the topic. Only a little while later was Hello Sugoi founded, a company that focuses on the use of blockchain within the event ticketing aspect of the music industry. Jason is considered a foremost authority on the topic of b...
Aug 29, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 10
While leading his freight and logistics business through the recession of the mid-to-late 90s, Howard Mann wished there was someone that he could talk to about his troubles and guide him through those difficult times. After successfully making it through the recession, Howard sold his business and began working toward this goal. Today he is an active blogger, author, and “player-coach.” Howard Mann wants you to be successful in your business and is prepared to help you in any way at any time, ev...
Aug 15, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
David Mammano is America’s entrepreneur coach and a serial entrepreneur. He has been a part of a three-time Inc. Magazine 5000 Growth Company, the host of The Avanti Entrepreneur podcast, a TEDx speaker, a Forbes.com contributing writer, an adjunct professor at the University of Rochester, and the author of business and college planning books. On today’s episode, David talks with Jon about setting yourself apart from the crowd of experts that has overtaken social media, building your tribe, and ...
Aug 08, 2018•28 min•Season 1Ep. 8
From hacking Warren Buffett’s shareholders' meeting to chasing Larry King through a grocery store to celebrating in a nightclub with Lady Gaga—Alex Banayan shares with us his travels from icon to icon, and how he decoded their success. Commercial Music Provided By The Amazing Epidemic Music | All Audio Mixing and Mastering by Own The Rhythm Podcast Production | Opening Theme Jingle by Phillip Lanos
Aug 01, 2018•20 min•Season 1Ep. 7
John Ruhlin is an expert in gifting and the story of how he started is made for a book. After applying principles of generosity learned from “Attorney Paul”, John started selling the largest deals in Cutco history out of 1.5 million other reps and distributors. Yes. 1.5 million. Not only was he gifting knives but he was being asked to speak on stages around the country to teach sales and marketing teams how to build relationships in unconventional ways. Simple but powerful things like focusing y...
Jul 24, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Bill Cates international expertise has been established through his three books, as well as hundreds of presentations throughout the world. Bill’s referral system has been featured in Success Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Selling Power, and the Wall Street Journal . And his own business success has been featured in Money Magazine . What you'll learn and more: -How to ask for things without looking like a life insurance agent -Low correlation between client satisfaction and the giving of refer...
May 29, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Verl Workman is founder and CEO of Workman Success Systems and has delivered over 1,000 seminars, webinars, keynote addresses and other motivational messages to real estate and sales professionals worldwide and his experience and expertise in all aspects of sales, marketing, promotion, management and technology have enlightened and empowered helped thousands of professionals to expand their knowledge and achieve their goals. What you’ll learn:-How Verl became a top noted seminar speakers for rea...
May 17, 2018•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4
