In the hero’s journey, the hero or protagonist lives in the ordinary world and receives a call to go on an adventure. The hero is reluctant to follow the call but with the help of a guide, coach, or mentor, he or she moves deeper into the adventure. In today’s episode, I focus on the initial call -- the call to adventure. What is calling you? What gets your adrenaline pulsing? What breaks your heart about the world right now? What has the ability to knock you out of your current existence onto a...
Jun 15, 2020•13 min
Leadership excellence is predicated on getting others to help us do our jobs, achieve our goals, and complete projects. Why, then, do so many of us struggle to ask for help when help is exactly what we need? = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business,...
Jun 12, 2020•10 min
Entrepreneurs with big growth goals realize there’s a substantial gap between where they are now and where they want to be. Sharon Cully, owner and founder of Simply Processes, knows the best way to close that gap is through a clear, robust vision and well-crafted processes all with the right level of focus. Listen to what Sharon has to teach us about putting the right systems in place to make our lives and businesses better. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together ...
Jun 11, 2020•42 min
Why leaders need to play more often. Scientific American article = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and...
Jun 10, 2020•7 min
When you're ready to make some serious forward progress in your life, business, or career, here's how you can go about finding the right coach to help you get the results you're looking for. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hus...
Jun 09, 2020•18 min
To be great at something including leadership, do you really need to work with a coach? And what's the difference between a therapist and a coach? Aren't they pretty much the same thing? = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle,...
Jun 08, 2020•14 min
One of the most iconic scenes in American film is in the original "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where Indiana Jones comes face to face with one of his greatest fears on his quest to find the Ark of the Covenant -- a pit full of snakes. We all have our own version of a pit full of snakes that can stop us if we let it. The question is, will we? = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you...
Jun 05, 2020•12 min
What do Millennials really want? Answering that question is central to the work today’s guest does. He even wrote a best selling book about what he’s learned. Chris Tuff calls himself the Millennial Whisperer and for good reason: because he listens -- and listens hard -- to Millennials. For anyone who works with Millennials or has them as part of your family, today's conversation will shed light on that plus so much more. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together anot...
Jun 04, 2020•53 min
We’ve built a world that’s extremely good at generating causes for anger, but extremely bad at giving us anything constructive to do with it. Read >>> America Is Burning = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or pass...
Jun 03, 2020•15 min
Introducing the new and improved 3 Ps of leadership. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure t...
Jun 02, 2020•20 min
What are the boundaries between freedom and authority? = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure...
Jun 01, 2020•12 min
At various points in our leadership journey, we will become tired of hamburgers. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave...
May 29, 2020•17 min
Think you have to have a beautiful website to do well online? Think again. Today's guest Wayne Mullins, Founder of Ugly Mug Marketing, shares why what your website looks like has little to do with overall performance. Wayne and I have a fantastic conversation about what today's businesses need to consider when building an online presence. You'll walk away with new ideas and insights for your own website and digital marketing strategy, that's for sure! = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team her...
May 28, 2020•52 min
"The truth will set you free… but not before it has its way with you." -David Foster Wallace, award-winning American author In today's episode, I explore this quote and the role Truth plays in assisting us as we walk the road to becoming more of who we are. Why is it that so many people go through their lives without ever getting at the truth about why we're here with this one precious life we've been granted? Why do we waste so much time on things that don't matter when we could be exploring th...
May 26, 2020•18 min
You're in for a special treat! Today I'm talking with Nigel Bennett (Founder of AquaGaurd), Todd Palmer (INC 5000 CEO & President 6x), and Andy Buyting (Founder & CEO of Tulip Media Group) about what they call "lessons from the edge" and how we can thrive in a time of massive change. Each of my guests has suffered financial uncertainty, major loss, and serious doubt about whether or not he could move forward. They call themselves the "3CEOs" and they are currently on a global virtual tou...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 4 min
I worked for a company in the 2000s where one of the messages leadership drilled into our heads was “You’re not here to be average.” The products we sold were not average. The sales team was not average. The owner of the company was not average. And these were good things. I loved hearing this message over and over again because it helped me when times got tough, as times did then, and as times do now. Reminding myself that I’m not here to be average still helps center me all these years later. ...
May 22, 2020•12 min
When actors forget their lines during filming, they are known to call out to the crew off-camera, "LINE!" Cue cards in hand, the crew responds, the actors remember, and filming resumes -- or doesn't, as the case may be when actors for whatever reason cannot recall what they are supposed to say. Today was one of those days when I thought I was ready for my scenes...but discovered I needed help with my lines halfway through the session. The lesson I share with you is short and sweet and oh-so-rela...
May 21, 2020•11 min
I believe in the ethos of hard work. This entire podcast celebrates hard work and the results that can come from hard work and the stories of people who made a decision to not just show up, to not just be themselves, but to work so hard that winning at what they do is the only outcome possible. Links & Resources Do the Work by Steven Pressfield = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to...
May 20, 2020•15 min
What causes organizations to break down more often than anything else? That's the focus of my conversation with today's guest, Kim Bohr. Kim Bohr is an author, in-demand speaker, and coveted executive advisor. She is also the CEO of The Innovare Group. The firm that is known for diagnosing and repairing organizational and leadership disconnects, working with both the companies and leaders to help them assess, align, and accelerate the strategic priorities that impact talent, execution, and busin...
May 19, 2020•49 min
What's the difference between being a thought leader and an expert? Today's episode marks the start of my newest micro-series about -- you guessed it -- thought leadership where I answer this question. Learn what makes the difference between the two and if you want to find out what type of thought leader you are, take my quiz here . Thanks for listening! If you like the show, consider sharing this episode with a friend. We also appreciate your 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. :-)...
May 18, 2020•15 min
Returning for his second appearance on the Play Your Position Podcast, Tommy Breedlove shares his excitement about recently becoming a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author for his book, Legendary. With humility and a tremendous amount of compassion for the hard journey we all face becoming our highest and best, Tommy believes, "No one is born a Legend, but anyone can become one." Tommy and I had our first conversation back in 2018 which was a blast. Two years later, we are still...
May 08, 2020•46 min
The brutality of someone not loving us anymore or even in the first place is the fuel for some of the greatest music, art, literature, and poetry humanity has ever created. Every opera ever made has at its core the theme of betrayal and lost love. So does every play by Shakespeare. Old-style country music does too. Many music artists have become millionaires singing about suffering and cheating and lying and getting kicked around. In this second part of exploring the chapter "People Are Not Loya...
May 07, 2020•16 min
Today I am going to teach about the fifth thing we cannot change based on David Richo’s book titled The Five Things We Cannot Change and The Happiness We Find by Embracing Them . If you’ve been listening for a while, you’ve probably caught the last several episodes. Each one builds on the other but I’ve also designed them so they stand on their own. So far I’ve covered everything changes and ends, things don’t always go according to plan, life isn’t always fair, and pain is a part of life. This ...
May 06, 2020•18 min
In today's episode, I tackle a topic most of us work hard to avoid: pain. It's the fourth reality about life we cannot change that author David Richo writes about in his book, The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them. I also draw some wisdom from Pema Chodron's book, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times , which I highly recommend. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspir...
May 05, 2020•20 min
We fight against this one all the time, but there's no escaping the truth that life is not always fair. How can we work with this reality so that we don't live in a constant state of self-pity, jealousy, bitterness, or wanting to get back at others? That's what I talk about in today's episode. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so...
May 04, 2020•13 min
The paradox of the current pandemic is while on the one hand, many things are not going according to our plans...on the other, new opportunities are showing up everywhere. In today's episode, I explore this thing we cannot change and how to flip the switch on it so it actually turns out in our favor. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversat...
May 01, 2020•17 min
Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion. If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts! Here a...
Apr 30, 2020•16 min
Today's show is focused on a key lesson taken from the book, The Five Things We Cannot Change and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them by David Richo. As we are each forced to step up and face a new reality given current global conditions, the five things Richo points out become even more important to study and understand. Resisting them is futile while embracing them unlocks us from misery and suffering. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting,...
Apr 29, 2020•14 min
Napoleon Hill first wrote about the sly disguises of opportunity in his iconic book, Think and Grow Rich . For millions of people around the world, the COVID19 pandemic is causing tremendous problems. In today's audible, I explore a way to solve problems through the lens of what Napoleon Hill wrote about more than 80 years ago. = = = = = Thanks for listening! The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, re...
Apr 28, 2020•10 min
Did you know that the subconscious mind accounts for 95-98% of all of our decision making and reactive measures? Removing the blocks in our thought patterns can completely change the trajectory of everything moving forward. Today’s PYP MVP Malorie Nicole helps entrepreneurs and driven professionals remove their mental barriers stopping them from creating the life they want. Stress, overwhelm, and income caps aren’t solely just a business problem. She helps people solve this with subconscious bel...
Apr 27, 2020•43 min
