Thank you for coming along with me on this journey. I didn’t know what to expect when I started this podcast. I was certain it would be useful, interesting, and inspiring. I do have some experience with this after all. Membership in my company’s flagship offering, The Top Practices Marketing Mastermind Group is in essence a private podcast I’ve been curating and facilitating since January 2007. It’s fun, VERY FUN, and I love the work. So, I knew I could do this. What I hoped for was that somethi...
Nov 04, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 35
On the journey of our lives, we are always presented with choices. If we are open to this life and say yes to what comes our way, we have a chance to … maybe … see that small quiet road that might be filled with heart and joy for us instead of whisking right past it and never even know that it, with all its possibilities, was even there. How did a man who was on the team that built the original CNN.com end up in a salt cave in New Hampshire? I’ve known Daryl Browne since the late 1990s when we w...
Sep 23, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Living our lives, looking forward, and saying “yes” can lead to ever deeper abundance, health, wealth, love, and joy. And then, sharing that abundance almost magically creates even more abundance and prosperity. My guest on this episode is Dr. Ebonie Vincent. She is a podiatrist practicing in Orange County CA. She grew up in Temecula, CA in wine country, but attended college and podiatry school on the East Coast and Midwest. Returning to Southern CA, she built a thriving private practice. She al...
Sep 09, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 33
The technology on your desktop and in your pocket was invented by…well… people. On this episode, you’re going to hear from one of them as he shares some fascinating stories from those times and reflects on the journey, family, health, and teaching. My guest on this episode is Dr. David Thornburg. David started his career as a research scientist and inventor at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center where he worked on a variety of projects, including his invention of the first inexpensive touch scre...
Aug 25, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Dan Totaro has been working as a therapist, consultant, and educator for the last 40 years. He is currently a compassion fatigue and resiliency educator and works mostly with professional care providers such as Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Addiction Treatment Counselors, and medical personnel. I met Dan through his sister, Tina Del Buono, who works as a consultant with me at Top Practices. Dan spoke at the Western Podiatry Conference in Disneyland a few years ag...
Jun 16, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Is finding wealth, and maintaining or restoring your health a path to prosperity? Dr. Tyson Franklin is a graduate of the Queensland University of Technology and over the past 30+ years, he has successfully opened more than 20 podiatry businesses. At one stage, he operated 5 podiatry businesses approximately 1000 miles apart and from that experience, he learned quickly that great systems are paramount if you want a business to run without you. He feels business education is one of the key ingred...
Jun 09, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Health, freedom from worry, gratitude, and relationships with outstanding people. Are these the four pillars of prosperity? David Weiman is a psychologist and leadership consultant. He has been working for over 25 years with organizations across the US and around the world. His firm, Weiman Consulting, provides talent assessment services to help companies make the best hiring decisions, executive coaching to develop awesome leaders, and development assessments and programs to help foster high-pe...
Jun 03, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Is prosperity found in our lives through the pursuit of balance in our health, work, family, and interests? How important is fun and a pursuit of joy in our prosperity? My guest on this episode is Dr. Hartley Miltchin. He’s been in private podiatry practice for 39 years. He first attended the University of Toronto and then graduated from the Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine. He spent 3 years in Chicago learning minimally invasive surgical procedures from one of the first pioneers. And then...
May 26, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Who has planted seeds in your life that have changed you? In whose life have you planted seeds that allowed them to grow and blossom? My guest on this episode is Dr. Larry Anderson. Larry is the Founder and CEO of the National Center for Technology Planning headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi. The moment he begins to speak you will know he is a true son of the south. Larry has served as a junior high school industrial arts teacher, middle school principal, and a university professor. He is the ...
May 05, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Becoming comfortable with who you really are. Peeling off the layers and living a life more authentic to who you truly are. Finding more success and fulfillment by just being “real” with those we both love and work with. My guest on this episode is Rod Haenke. He is a senior consultant for Instructional Designs, Inc. As such he is a “go-to” charter school consultant in the areas of accountability systems, governance, curriculum and instructional practices, teacher evaluation systems, and profess...
Apr 28, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Choose carefully the hills you’re willing to die on. Find the win/win in everything you. In all things, find the positiveness and blessings. My guest on this episode is E. Dollie Wolverton. Dollie’s entire career has been in public service. She began as a teacher and elementary school administrator. It’s inspiring how she started by being the first member of her entire family to attend college to retiring as Chief of Education for the Head Start Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services in...
Apr 21, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Finding balance in our lives is never easy. Not for any of us. Yet, some people seem to have figured it out. They’ve cracked the code. And if you listen carefully they often try to share how they did it so we can follow their path to prosperity and balance. Dr. Neil Baum is a professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also the author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, and Economically. It is a classic and required reading for...
Mar 31, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 24
How do you spend your time? Do you, as so many do, say you value time with your loved ones more than anything, but when pressed, you would have to say they are not actually your top priority? My guest is Landon Ray, the CEO & Co-Founder of Ontraport. Ontraport is a company we’ve used at Top Practices for a decade now to run our marketing and outreach. It is a sophisticated marketing platform. You’ll hear Landon share how he came up with the idea out of necessity and started the company with,...
Mar 24, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Can we view prosperity as bringing love to life? My guest on this episode is Sharon Lopez. Sharon is an attorney who represents workers and plaintiffs in employment law, discrimination, and police misconduct cases. She is the managing partner of her firm, Triquetra Law®, located in Lancaster, PA. She recently served as special counsel for the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, where she prosecuted discrimination complaints before the Commission at public hearings. She also served the large...
Mar 18, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Could prosperity be as simple as making the choice to be kind? My guest for this episode is Dr. Jane Graebner. She is a podiatrist who practices in Delaware, Ohio. She is one of the earliest and longest-tenured Top Practices member – 14 years. She has been working toward retirement on her terms and is completing her plan of leaving her practice in the very competent hands of her younger partners. Her story is inspiring and instructive and especially so because she is a pioneer in a profession th...
Mar 11, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Have you ever thought - I’d like to retire when I’m still young? Maybe your early 50’s or earlier? In 2007 I met Dr. Marybeth Crane and she became one of the earliest and most successful Top Practices members in the history of the company. Dr. Crane opened her podiatry practice in Grapevine, TX in 1997 with her mother answering the phone. When she retired at age 52 on Dec 31, 2020, her practice had become the multi-million dollar, Foot and Ankle Associates of North Texas (FAANT) with 2 offices, ...
Mar 03, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 20
David Marquet (MAR-KAY) was assigned to command the nuclear-powered submarine USS Santa Fe, then ranked last in retention and operational standing. He “turned the ship around” by treating the crew as leaders, not followers, and giving control, not taking control. This revolutionary approach not only took the Santa Fe from “worst to first” in the rankings, but also created more subsequent leaders than any other submarine. Stephen R. Covey called the Santa Fe “the most empowering organization [he’...
Feb 25, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This third and final installment of the mini-series has had some twists and turns as it came to life. It started in mid-march when the COVID-19 epidemic was obviously going to impact the United States and San Francisco became the first Major US City to shut down. I was researching Pandemics and Quarantines. At the time – mid-March - there was no reference to COVID-19 at all. That has certainly changed now. Interestingly, what primarily came up were references to polio. Polio has plagued humans f...
Dec 17, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 18
What if this Saturday you could drive up to your childhood home and pick up your six-year-old self so the two of you could spend the day together? What would that be like? What would that mean to you? Maybe there is still time.
Oct 08, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In 1937 Napoleon Hill published “ Think and Grow Rich .” Arguably one the most influential personal development and self-improvement books ever written. Most of what has been written since 1937, in my opinion, is derivative of this remarkable book. And Napoleon Hill himself stands on the shoulders of James Allen in “As a Man Thinketh” as well as Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus and the stoics, Socrates and so many more. His 17 Principles of Personal Achievement have been the guidepost and play...
Sep 17, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
How do you define prosperity? What can trip you up on your journey? What tools or strategies do you use to stay focused and moving forward? This is the final episode of Season 1. In this episode, I share my thoughts about what I’ve learned, and hopefully, you have learned on this journey.
Jul 30, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Why might someone convince themselves to be the best in the world for what they do? And yes, I did say, the best in the world. Jay Henderson has spent years helping business owners create a team of Superstars so they can achieve more. Jay's Performance Management Coaching and 7 Steps to Hiring Only Superstars systems take away the headaches and stress from hiring and people management. His programs quickly identify whether a candidate can do the job, will do the job and even if they will succeed...
Jul 23, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Is success a process and not a status? Is prosperity also a process and not a status? Are you living the exact life that, at one time, you only dreamt of? And do you have an obsessive passion to achieve those dreams? Dr. John Guiliana is a nationally recognized speaker and author on topics pertaining to medical practice management. He holds a Master’s in Health Care Management and Economics and is the author of 31 1/2 Essentials to Running Your Medical Practice (Greenbranch Publishers). He curre...
Jul 16, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
If asked would you say you are voluntarily interdependent or co-dependent with others in your life? Can you choose who you work with or serve? How clear are you about what you truly want? Dave Frees is an attorney , author, and speaker who has lived a fascinating life that took him across the globe and exposed him to master communicators, persuaders, and negotiators in hundreds of nations and across many cultures. Steve Forbes, the Editor-In-Chief of Forbes Media has called him a “Grand Master” ...
Jul 09, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
How do we open up our minds to allow all forms of information to come in? How can we open up our hearts in order to understand at a visceral level what life is about at any given moment? How do we open up our will to allow future possibilities to emerge? Dr. Gould has more than 50 years of in-depth experience in the educational field, in which he has specialized on issues surrounding systemic change, leadership development, curriculum innovation, and the effective implementation of new technolog...
Jul 02, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Have you ever tried to meditate? You might have found it easy, but it’s more likely that you found it challenging, at least at first. There are deep gifts in stillness and those gifts can help you on your journey to prosperity. They can help you a lot. Brian Beckcom is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Beckcom has gained national and international recognition for his work on complex, high profile legal cases. He has been a Texas Super La...
Jun 25, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 10
What does the word “freedom” mean to you? The ability to direct the course of your life, answering to no one but yourself? Maybe making the choice of who's on your team that you work with? Or when you take time off, when and how long? John Leardi is a healthcare attorney at Buttaci Leardi & Werner LLC . He also sits on the Board of Directors of and serves as General Counsel to NEMO Capital Partners. Mr. Leardi has published numerous articles on healthcare compliance and healthcare reimbursem...
Jun 18, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Can we think of prosperity as a rope? Intertwining how we evaluate life and life’s satisfactions? How we experience life and our purpose - that is putting being able to put our gifts to work? Does happiness have a genetic component? In this episode, I interview Dan Buettner. Da is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, and founder of Blue Zones. He’s also the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Wh...
Jun 11, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Have you ever wished you could travel the world, teach others in the process, and live your authentic life? I know I have. My guest in this interview has been doing this for decades. G. Dock Dockery, DPM, FACFAS, who likes to be called “Dock”, graduated from the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, as Valedictorian, and performed a surgical residency in foot and ankle surgery at the Waldo Podiatric Surgical Residency Program in Seattle. He is a Fellow and Past ...
Jun 04, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Have you ever found yourself thinking about something negative and not even know you've been doing it for several minutes or longer? Maybe you’ve been rehearsing a difficult conversation with someone multiple times in your head without planning to do it. It’s not congruent with a prosperous mindset, is it? In this episode, I interviewed Tina Del Buono, who is my friend and my business partner. She's a Practice Management Consultant from Sonoma County, California, and is the Director of our Virtu...
May 28, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 6
