It’s #NowNovember! Now is the time to get started on your goals for 2018. Episode 34 of the Success Bully Podcast features the amazing Connie Maynard, President of JAG Jeans . Connie shared a gem with me so powerful that it is a new lens to evaluate priorities, goals and next steps. In “I Live by the 3Cs” -- Connie spells it all out Communication, Commitment, and Consistency. She shares how this mantra is woven throughout her personal and professional life as well as how she thoughtfully sets he...
Nov 01, 2017•21 min•Season 1Ep. 34
#NewYearsInOctober has been a blast and time to refocus. Episode 33 of the Success Bully Podcast, “The Quiet Weights We Bear as Entrepreneurs,” is a mini MBA. Roz Edison COO and Co-founder of Marination , the home of Hawaiian Korean Cuisine at four locations in the greater Seattle area, shares her very realistic and efficient approach to managing email (trust me I implemented them with the utmost haste), the best productivity hack of trust as well as the invaluable leadership lesson to not defin...
Oct 25, 2017•13 min•Season 1Ep. 33
The #NewYearsInOctober momentum keeps rolling along. I am excited to finish and start strong. Roz Edison, COO and Co-founder of the Seattle-based Marination family of restaurants, joins me for some spirited business and life insights. In Episode 32 of the Success Bully Podcast lovingly titled “The Spreadsheets Started Flowing,” Roz (a self-described numbers/operations person) not only shares her wildly interesting backstory, she explains how Marination has used strategic opportunism (that cross ...
Oct 18, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 32
It’s #NewYearsInOctober and we’re officially in the final quarter of the year and I want to push you to get a jump on your 2018 goals. Episode 31 of the Success Bully Podcast features the incomparable Laura Jennings CEO of Knack . In “I Went Big Right Out of the Gate,” Laura shares experience of pitching a well-known, high visibility VC first and her observation immediately after. If you can get the scary one out the way you can do anything. Laura offers her personal productivity hacks, her abil...
Oct 11, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 31
We’re officially in the final quarter of the year and I want to push you to get a jump on your 2018 goals. We’re kicking off a new series called #NewYearsInOctober that will feature inspiring guests to get you started. Episode 30 of the Success Bully Podcast features the incomparable Laura Jennings CEO of Knack. In “You Need to Be Brave,” Laura shares her experiences in Microsoft leadership, transitioning to a VC and now being on the other side of the conference room table as a Startup Founder. ...
Oct 05, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In Episode 29 of the Success Bully Podcast, my special guest and nerd cosmetics phenom Jaimie Cordero gives incredible insights on leadership. As the CEO and Glitter Jedi of Espionage Cosmetics, Jaimie has clearly defined the difference between being bossy and being a boss. Leadership is learned and it takes commitment to be worth following. You have to walk the walk and grow daily in leading to help others achieve their goals, to build an inspired team that will execute on the vision, and most ...
Sep 27, 2017•13 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Episode 28 is a recalibration moment for us all. My featured guest the amazing and relentless Jaimie Cordero CEO and Glitter Jedi of Espionage Cosmetics nudges us all to up level our thinking. In “I Don’t Have Small Dreams Period”, Jaimie has a measured determination when it comes to her vision and commitment to grow her company from her spare room in her house(an FDA approved room) to a mainstream contender in the beauty space. We talk how she got started, embracing one's inner Nerd, and listen...
Sep 20, 2017•16 min
Episode 27 features a main character in my own Success Bully origin story. My guest is my personal butt-kicker, friend, co-conspirator and #powetribe member, Megan McNally. As the founder of the F Bomb Breakfast Club , Founder & Principal Attorney of Doyenne Lega l and now the CEO of Rhea Media , Megan encourage us to take a moment to be introspective. We all have our “Big Why” to guide us, but what are we doing to keep ourselves balanced along the way. In “Every North Star Needs a Keel,” Me...
Sep 13, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Episode 26 is truly an inspiring full-circle moment for me. My guest is my personal butt-kicker, friend, co-conspirator and #powetribe member, Megan McNally. As the founder of the F Bomb Breakfast Club Founder , Principal Attorney of Doyenne Lega l and now the CEO of Rhea Media, Megan declared that 2017 was “My Year to Not Give a F**k.” Meaning she has stopped concerning herself with detractors, naysayers and anyone who doesn't believe in her ability to achieve her Big Hairy Audacious Goals. Meg...
Sep 06, 2017•14 min
We are wrapping up #ActionAugust! In Episode 25, my guest Rian Buckley CEO and Co-founder of Fitcode , a fashion data company that enhances the denim shopping experience by focusing on fit, not size brings it again. She encourages us all with great fervor to “Grind When No One Is Looking” Before she became a powerhouse CEO, Rian was an elite athlete at the University of Washington and a fashion model traveling the globe. Both of those experiences taught her to be disciplined, competitive and a w...
Aug 22, 2017•10 min
In Episode 24 of the Success Bully podcast, we get into it for #AugustAction. My phenomenal guest Rian Buckley CEO and co-founder of Fitcode, a fashion data company that enhances the denim shopping experience by focusing on fit, not size, does not mince her words when it comes to what she wants. While scaling her fashion tech startup and weighing investment options, Rian stated with such steady determination, “I wanted the power.” And by power she meant… the power to choose. We talk about what i...
Aug 22, 2017•13 min
On this week’s episode of the Success Bully Podcast, we revisit bonus content from a series featuring two amazing Boss Ladies. Amy Nelson, Co-founder & CEO of The Riveter and Tina Nole Founder and Executive Producer of Larj Media . As an entrepreneur, I’m often so focused on that journey that I forget to harken back to my corporate days. In honor of my corporate trailblazers, we’re revisiting thoughts on active leadership mentorship and taking what you learned or what you want to unlearn whe...
Aug 16, 2017•9 min
We are excited to continue to move with momentum for #AugustAction! In this episode, we’re tapping into another type of fear. We often have well thought-out solutions if we fail. What about the other side of the coin? What happens if you succeed? I’m thrilled to have Makenzie Davies and Kelsey Dixon, the founders of Davies + Dixon (a bi-coastal digital marketing and brand communication agency) as guests. Kelsey and Makenzie candidly share their shift from the fear to jump to the new found fear o...
Aug 09, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 22
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, We’re excited to kick off another series. #AugustAction! This month is all about putting action towards your Big Hairy Audacious Goal. I’m thrilled to have the founders of Davies + Dixon Makenzie Davies and Kelsey Dixon as guests. Davies+ Dixon is a bi-coastal digital Marketing and brand communication agency. Kelsey challenged us all to view perfection differently... “Perfection is Procrastination.” Kelsey and Makenzie share their coming of age story, making...
Aug 03, 2017•11 min•Season 1Ep. 21
We’re rounding out our #JulyJumpstart series with the phenomenal Sarah Blankinship CEO & Founder of RightSciences. In this episode, Sarah gives a heaping spoonful of truth, “Hope is not a Strategy.” Hope is simply not enough for entrepreneurs, female founders, goal driven individuals, visionaries and badass alike. It’s all about daily actions that ladder directly into your Big Hairy Audacious Goal.
Jul 26, 2017•9 min•Ep. 20
We’re more than halfway through the #JulyJumpstart series. I happen to listen to my own podcasts and I will say I keep coming back to this series for a shot in the arm. In Episode 19 of the Success Bully Podcast, Sarah Blankinship, CEO of Right Science and Co-Founder of CEO Wattage shares a personal mantra that is near and dear to her heart. She has “A Strong “No A$$hole Rule” when it comes to building an influential network or courting investors. It has worked out brilliantly as she has success...
Jul 18, 2017•14 min
The #JulyJumpstart continues with more mic drops from Sarah Blankinship, CEO of Right Science and Co-Founder of CEO Wattage. In Episode 18 of the Success Bully Podcast, we are challenged yet again. Sarah shares her experiences pitching investors, preparing and winning pitch competitions and her desire for each of us (small business owners, founders, and individuals alike) to choose your 300 words to define the problem, your solution, your total addressable market, how you are going to ship it, s...
Jul 12, 2017•11 min
It’s never too late to “#StartTheThing.” We’re kicking off a series called the #JulyJumpstart. While most people would lean into the lazy days of summer, we here at Success Bully encourage you to start on new goals or recommit to your plans in progress. In Episode 17 #StartTheThing of the Success Bully Podcast, we have a special guest. In this series, the amazing Sarah Blankinship, Founder and CEO of RightSciences and Co-Founder of CEO Wattage shares her journey from technologist to unintentiona...
Jul 05, 2017•11 min
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, I give you some tips to pull you back from the edge of illogical despair. I’m going to share snippets of actual conversations with real people that I had in the past week. Their names and storylines have been changed to protect their identities (I have always wanted to say that). I’m fairly certain we have all been there… Spinning out of control based on a completely hypothetical scenario that has less than a 1% chance of it actually happening as you have de...
Jun 28, 2017•7 min
In Episode 15 of the Success Bully podcast, I would like to nudge you gently out of your warm cave of comfort. Literally, all of the magic, excitement, change, development, and growth lies in your discomfort. I know that sounds a bit squishy and possibly metaphysical, but it’s true. Whether you’re a founder scaling a kickass business, a junior staffer navigating the next phase of your career, an artist sharing your latest work, you are going to have to put yourself out there. I give you some sim...
Jun 21, 2017•6 min
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, we take an honest inventory of our 2017 goals. Now that we are officially at the midway point, where are you with your New Year’s Resolutions? If you are kicking ass and taking names, I applaud you and I encourage you to dig a little deeper to see if you can blow things out of the water. If you have fallen off that wagon and are currently being dragged by it, let’s look at those forsaken goals. I challenge you to get clear on one damn thing.
Jun 14, 2017•7 min
On this week’s episode of the Success Bully Podcast, we again throw caution to the wind and deviate from the most electrifying 5 minutes of podcasting to bring the third installment of our series featuring two amazing game changers. Amy Nelson, Co-founder & CEO of The Riveter (the newest women’s co-working space in Seattle and soon to be 20 other locations nationwide) and Tina Nole Founder and Executive Producer of Larj Media (the premier podcast production house that develops content for ce...
Jun 06, 2017•13 min
On this week’s episode of the Success Bully Podcast, we deviate from the most electrifying 5 minutes of podcasting to bring the second part of our series featuring two amazing Boss Ladies. Amy Nelson, Co-founder & CEO of The Riveter (the newest women’s co-working space in Seattle soon to be 20 other locations nationwide) and Tina Nole Founder and Executive Producer of Larj Media (the premier podcast production house that develops content for celebrities, thought leaders and brands alike). We...
May 31, 2017•11 min
On this week’s episode of the Success Bully Podcast, we deviate from the most electrifying 5 minutes of podcasting to bring you a series called “Fearless Factor” featuring two amazing Boss Ladies. Amy Nelson, Co-founder & CEO of The Riveter (the newest women’s co-working space in Seattle soon to be 20 other locations nationwide) and Tina Nole Founder and Executive Producer of Larj Media (the premier podcast production house that develops content for celebrities, thought leaders and brands al...
May 24, 2017•10 min
On Episode 10 of the Success Bully Podcast, I’m putting you on high alert. I’m asking you to “Be on Your Guard.” I want you to put your goal/vision in a fortified castle with a moat and drawbridge. Around this castle, you have an extensive armed guard the keeps watch day and night. As you’re working on the next big disruptive piece of technology, finally writing your screenplay, making a radical career change, launching a global business destined to touch the lives of millions, there will be nay...
May 17, 2017•4 min
In haunting like fashion, I can hear one of my wise mentors say, “If you don’t A-S-K, you don’t G-E-T.” In this week’s Success Bully podcast, I discuss the “Ask.” If you could ask for something that would put a jetpack on your back and propel you to your goal, what would that be? In my practice, I have seen a common theme of “Not knowing what to ask for” or “Asking too small.” I am challenging you to think about your golden egg as well as what you bring to the table.
May 10, 2017•4 min
In Episode 8 of the Success Bully Podcast, I yell “Oh Hell to the No” from the rooftop in my finest attire. When was the last time you simply said no? Just plain old no. Not no without a long explanation and a powerpoint that included an addendum. Exercising your right to say no to demands on your time, your energy, and your emotional bandwidth is an important tool for supercharging your goals.
May 02, 2017•4 min
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, I get naked...emotionally.While digging into the subject of self-improvement, I had to clean up my own yard before I can truly be of value to others. In a moment of emotional nudity, I found my own new perspective and stability. I promise you won’t cry.
Apr 26, 2017•5 min
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, I congratulate you on your pure brilliance. You are an intelligent world-changer! You have the ability to process, plan and navigate like a super computer. It’s truly magical. Remember… Intellect is a double-edged sword. The biggest strength has a tendency to be the biggest crutch for inaction. I encourage you to spend less time thinking and...more time doing.
Apr 19, 2017•6 min
In this week’s Success Bully podcast, we discuss the difference between a dream and a goal. Dreams are fancy thoughts with no intention behind them. Goals are taking those dreams and putting real effort and intention behind them. I chat some simple tips to shift you from daydreaming to goaling.
Apr 12, 2017•5 min
