475: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most with Adam Alter
A groundbreaking guide to breaking free from the thoughts, habits, jobs, relationships, and even business models that prevent us from achieving our full potential.
May 16, 2023•43 min
Read to Lead Podcast
If you believe as I do, that intentional and consistent reading is key to success in business and in life, then this is your podcast. My goal each week is to bring you key thoughts and insights from my conversations with those I consider to be among today's brightest minds: our generation's non-fiction authors. We discuss their latest book, as well as their unique perspectives on Leadership, Business, Personal Development, Marketing, Career, and Entrepreneurship. If you love reading, or desire to do more of it, then consider this podcast your audio Cliff's Notes. The Read to Lead Podcast is a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee.
Episodes
474: How to Talk About Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion with Lisa Bragg
With proven tools, techniques, and insights, Bragging Rights will help you understand and tell the world about your true superpowers, so you can access new opportunities and, along the way, elevate others.
May 09, 2023•45 min
473: How to Make a Sustainable Living from Your Creativity with Miriam Schulman
After twenty years of selling art as well as coaching other artists, Miriam Schulman knows that now is the time to leave the rat race behind and pursue your highest dreams. It's time to gamble on yourself.
May 02, 2023•35 min
472: Arguing for the Good in Bad English with Valerie Fridland
Language change is natural, built into the language system itself, and we wouldn’t be who we are without it. Like, Literally, Dude celebrates the dynamic, ongoing, and empowering evolution of language, and it will speak to anyone who talks, or listens, inspiring them to communicate dynamically and effectively in their daily lives.
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 8 min
471: The Microstress Effect with Karen Dillon
How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.
Apr 18, 2023•41 min
470: Turn Your Biggest Fears Into Your Leadership Superpower with Morra Aarons-Mele
The Anxious Achiever is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership expert and self-proclaimed anxious achiever Morra Aarons-Mele argues, anxiety is built into the very nature of leadership. It can—and should—be harnessed into a force for good.
Apr 11, 2023•35 min
469: Optimizing Learning and Development in the Workplace with James McKenna
Upskill, Reskill, Thrive illustrates how to create and sustain learning and work environments that honor and empower individuals in ways that promote knowledge generation and sharing.
Apr 04, 2023•44 min
468: Stop Writing Books Nobody Reads with Debs Jenkins
You don’t need a long book published by a traditional publisher to get what you need. You need to get short valuable ideas out to your market in a professional way, as quickly as possible. That can be by blogging, writing articles, making videos or by writing a book.
Mar 28, 2023•43 min
467: Success Starts With Your Thinking with Mind Your Mindset Author Megan Hyatt Miller
Drawing upon the latest insights from the fields of performance psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, as well as case studies from clients and their own personal experiences, Michael Hyatt and Megan Hyatt Miller explore the power of ideas to shape superior outcomes, not only in business, but in every aspect of life.
Mar 21, 2023•41 min
466: Transform How You Talk, Listen, and Interact with Chuck Wisner
Our conversations—at home, at work, or in public—can be sources of pleasure and stepping-stones toward success, or they can cause pain and lead to failure. Chuck Wisner shows how we can form a connection from the very first conversation and keep our discourse positive and productive throughout any endeavor.
Mar 14, 2023•33 min
465: What to Say to Get Your Way with NYT Bestselling Author Jonah Berger
This book provides a powerful toolkit and actionable techniques that can lead to extraordinary results. Whether you’re trying to persuade a client, motivate a team, or get a whole organization to see things differently, this book will show you how to leverage the power of magic words.
Mar 07, 2023•40 min
464: The Power of Clarity with Ann Latham
In The Power of Clarity, Ann Latham exposes the unrecognized confusion and explains how to eliminate it. This fascinating guide to workplace productivity and effectiveness draws upon extensive research and case studies to demonstrate how you can get better results in far less time while also increasing confidence and commitment.
Feb 28, 2023•28 min
463: Redefining What It Means to Sell with Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown
The Unsold Mindset reveals a counterintuitive approach not just to selling but to life. It's a journey toward an entirely new mindset—the greatest sellers on the planet aren't successful because of what they do, they're successful because of what they think.
Feb 21, 2023•50 min
462: Make More Sales, Build Loyal Relationships, and Make More Money with Jen Gitomer
From attracting customers online and face-to-face to helping secure lifelong relationships, referrals and reorders, by building trust over time, minute by minute; to ensuring profitable sales and customer loyalty, you will learn 212 strategies that when put into practice, will make your sales and success soar.
Feb 14, 2023•47 min
461: Audio Book Summary: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset.
Feb 07, 2023•14 min
460: Find Focus and Fight Distraction with Dr. Gloria Mark
In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She also shows how much of what we think we know is wrong.
Jan 31, 2023•48 min
459: You MUST Market Your Book with Honorée Corder
New and even experienced authors often feel overwhelmed by everything they're told they must do. It can be hard to know where one should be putting their energy. Honorée has a gift for teaching what's important in a way that's easy to understand and remember.
Jan 24, 2023•29 min
458: Over 10MM Copies Sold: My Summary of Atomic Habits
In just over four years since its release, it has officially sold more than 10MM copies! In this episode, I share an audio summary of Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Jan 17, 2023•17 min
457: Turn Your Passions Into Profits with Matt McWilliams
So many entrepreneurs either run a profitable business but hate their work or run a business they love, with a message they’re proud of, without making any money. There’s a better way to build a business, one that helps you wake up every day excited and full of purpose and make a profit.
Jan 10, 2023•50 min
456: The 6 Books I'm Most Excited About Coming Out in 2023
As I take a look ahead, these are the six books I'm most excited about that are coming out in the first half of 2023.
Jan 03, 2023•21 min
455: My Six Favorite Books I Read This Year
Much of my reading outside the reading I do for the podcast was centered around notes, knowledge retention, and learning. These are my favorites I read in 2022, but not necessarily released in 2022.
Dec 27, 2022•28 min
454: Eliminate Difficult Conversations using the Disconnect Principle with Ann Latham
The Disconnect Principle provides the missing link that will change the way you think about feedback, accountability, and performance management forever. This is the approach that will allow you to be the empathic and effective manager, employee, or peer that you would like to be.
Dec 20, 2022•35 min
453: How to Trade Shame, Guilt, and Fear for a More Fulfilling Life with Neal Samudre
Neal and Carly Samudre believe that joy is what’s missing from our ability to make lasting change in our lives. Building on biblical insights and the latest findings in positive psychology, Start from Joy outlines an emotionally healthy approach to change―one where joy leads the way.
Dec 13, 2022•32 min
452: Results of My Listener-Reader Survey
This week, I share the results of my 2022 Listener-Reader Survey and where the Read to Lead Community is headed.
Dec 06, 2022•20 min
451: How to Create, Live, and Sell a Powerful Personal Brand with Dr. Cindy McGovern
Learn how to create, live, and sell your own personal brand―even if you hate sales!―with step-by-step help from the First Lady of Sales.
Nov 29, 2022•30 min
450: Primal Storytelling with Anthony Butler
Whether you’re competing for local foot traffic or global downloads, Primal Storytelling will help you forge authentic connections with your audience, improve your brand performance in social media and SEO, and supercharge your content results.
Nov 22, 2022•42 min
449: Communication Secrets of the World's Greatest Salesman with Carmine Gallo
The communication tools Jeff Bezos created are so effective that former Amazonians who worked directly with Bezos adopted them as blueprints to start their own companies. Now, these tools are available to you.
Nov 15, 2022•44 min
448: Transform How You Communicate and Lead with René Rodriguez
Amplify Your Influence shows you how to leverage a variety of behavioral motivators to achieve positive outcomes and results and frame our ideas in a way that encourages engagement and gets and active response from your followers.
Nov 08, 2022•41 min
447: The Inside Story of a Multibillion Dollar Behemoth with Mike Evans
Grubhub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how he grew a multibillion dollar behemoth that changed the way we eat.
Nov 01, 2022•27 min
446: The Only Business Metric That Matters with Jeremy Utley
We all want great ideas, but few actually understand how great ideas are born. Innovation is not an event , a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon. It's a result of mastering idea flow, a practice that elevates everything else you do.
Oct 25, 2022•43 min
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