265: Ryan Levesque on the Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business
Starting a business is hard. Most people fail, but it doesn't have to be that way. It starts with asking WHO instead of WHAT.
Apr 29, 2019•49 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
264: Life Is Too Short to Do Things You Can't Stand
Host Jeff Brown argues that too many people are living someone else's life, trudging along in a job they hate. Is that you? Stop, Jeff says. Life is too short!
Apr 22, 2019•11 min
263: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Liife with Laura Gassner Otting
Laura Gassner Otting teaches you how to ignore the rules that created your limits, align your energies and your actions, and do work that really matters so that you can live your best life.
Apr 16, 2019•35 min
262: How to Win Life's Trials Without Losing Yourself with Heather Hansen
Life is full of trials, and sometimes you need a warrior spirit to overcome them. In The Elegant Warrior, Heather Hansen shows you how.
Apr 09, 2019•29 min
261: Great Leaders Have No Rules with Kevin Kruse
In Great Leaders Have No Rules, New York Times bestselling author Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership.
Apr 02, 2019•46 min
260: How to R.E.S.E.T. Your Mindset with Natalie Eckdahl
Everyone suffers from mindset issues of one kind or another. If you want to learn how to attack yours head on, then Natalie Eckdahl is here to help.
Mar 25, 2019•41 min
259: Nurturing the Crazy Ideas That Transform Industries
Safi Bahcall joins Jeff Brown and reveals the surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about the spread of new ideas.
Mar 18, 2019•57 min
258: Dead End Job? Do This Next!
I share the next three steps you need to take if your current job is no longer fulfilling you and you're not sure what to do next.
Mar 11, 2019•9 min
257: Marketing Rebellion: The Most Human Company Wins
Mark Schaefer will challenge your view of what it means to be a marketer today and provide a radical new blueprint for business growth.
Mar 05, 2019•32 min
256: 3 Reasons to Consider Going Boss-Free
I share three compelling reasons why now, more than ever, you should consider self-employment, as well as details about my upcoming free online conference.
Feb 25, 2019•8 min
255: Gain an Authentic, Dedicated, and Diverse Online Following From Scratch with Brendan Kane
In One Million Followers, Brendan Kane teaches you how to gain an authentic, dedicated, and diverse online following from scratch.
Feb 18, 2019•35 min
254: Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters
Employee to Entrepreneur combines storytelling with a step-by-step framework to teach you how to effectively explore and leverage entrepreneurship to gain freedom, fulfillment and financial security.
Feb 12, 2019•33 min
253: Vocal Leadership: 7 Minutes a Day to Communication Mastery
Vocal Leadership provides proven techniques and daily exercises to help you develop a commanding voice and presence, and improve vocal quality, mental acuity, body language, and self-esteem to dramatically increase your influence.
Feb 05, 2019•29 min
252: Cultural Brilliance is DNA of Organizational Excellence
In Cultural Brilliance: The DNA of Organizational Excellence, Claudette Rowley offers organizations a step-by-step guide to intentionally assessing, designing, and integrating cultural change that's iterative, each success building on previous successes.
Jan 28, 2019•23 min
251: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant with James Fell
Motivation expert James Fell teaches readers how to skip the hard part and go directly from intention to committed action.
Jan 21, 2019•36 min
250: Redesign Your Business to Work Less, Earn More and Be Free with Natalie Sisson
Learn how to harness and exploit your own potential, experience, skills and knowledge in the new, digital economy, and create a profitable business based around YOU.
Jan 14, 2019•28 min
249: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth - and How You Can Too
Chris Hogan destroys millionaire myths that are keeping everyday people from achieving their financial independence.
Jan 07, 2019•21 min
248: 3 Books You Must Read to Make the Most of 2019
Today I share three books that have been life-changing for me and my friends and colleagues. Read these books to start the year, and I believe it'll become your best year yet.
Dec 31, 2018•10 min
247: Hospitable Leadership with Terry A. Smith
Practicing leadership with a hospitable mindset is the right way - the moral way - to lead people. But when understood properly, hospitable leadership has a radical edge. And, it brings revolutionary results.
Dec 22, 2018•33 min
246: Leader by Choice? Yes says Andres Valdes
Andres Valdes shares the 7 inspirational decisions that helped him overcome failures, setbacks, and life's punches by using self-leadership to turn adversity into an advantage.
Dec 17, 2018•33 min
245: The Path to Mastery with Thane Marcus Ringler
The life experiences Thane shares speak to the reality that, more often than not, we will fail. But, in failing there's learning. And in learning there's growth.
Dec 10, 2018•31 min
244: Building a Successful Business Through Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality
The unvarnished tale of a rags-to-riches story that any entrepreneur or restaurant enthusiast will love and learn from.
Dec 03, 2018•26 min
243: Success in Business Begins with Clarity
Clarity Wins is a proven handbook to create competitive advantage in any marketplace. You don't have to spend a million dollars to rise above the noise and grow referrals. You just need to learn how to be clear.
Nov 26, 2018•37 min
242: Building Atomic Habits with James Clear
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for getting 1% better every day.
Nov 19, 2018•47 min
241: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation with Dan Schawbel
Back to Human is designed to help you discover how the next generation of leaders will create a workplace where teammates feel genuinely connected, engaged, and empowered, without relying on technology.
Nov 12, 2018•30 min
240: The Serving Mindset: Stop Selling and Grow Your Business
What if you could stop selling altogether and grow your profits? With The Serving Mindset, you'll learn how to serve, elevate your business success, and feel great about it!
Nov 05, 2018•38 min
239: How to Master Content Strategy with Pamela Wilson
Do you have a vision you want to share with the world — but you feel overwhelmed by the firehose of advice you find online? Then Master Content Strategy from Pamela Wilson is your guidebook.
Oct 29, 2018•35 min
238: 8 Surefire Ways to Dramitically Grow Your Business by Becoming the Obvious Choice
In this solo episode, I outline what I've learned over the years running my own business, to help me stand out among everyone else and get noticed.
Oct 22, 2018•22 min
237: How the Disruption of Education Helps Lifelong Learners and Experts with Someting to Teach
The roadmap to success as a knowledge worker, professional, and expert has changed. This is the guidebook for navigating and thriving in this new world.
Oct 15, 2018•34 min
236: Do You Have WHO It Takes with Steve Trautman
Author Steve Trautman offers revolutionary yet practical ideas for every level of an organization so that you can manage talent risk with clear, measurable, and relevant data.
Oct 08, 2018•31 min