There is one area of life in which little children constantly outperform most of us – and that is their uncorrupted ability to ask what, when, where, why and how. It’s the greatest tragedy that we lose that ability once we become adults, just when we need it the most. Reconnecting with this primal curiosity can become the greatest transformational tool that you will get to learn (or relearn, in this case). Both prolific and brilliant authors in their own right, Mark Victor Hansen and Crystal Dwy...
Feb 17, 2021•53 min•Ep. 798
Mindfulness is commonly associated with calm, quietness, and meditation. But with developmental mindfulness practice, the focus is shifted to embracing negativity and the distressful episodes of life. Dr. Diane Hamilton talks to mindfulness coach Michael Bunting to delve into how this specific method can cause personal growth and help avoid being stuck in lower states of maturity that only rely on the comfortable. Michael discusses how this can help turn the attitude of being judgmental into a s...
Feb 15, 2021•58 min•Ep. 797
Business is business, whether you’re doing it as a lawful firm executive or as a big mafia boss. Setting book and movie stereotypes of mobsters aside, there is actually a lot that business owners can learn from their business practices. Join in as Dr. Diane Hamilton draws these pieces of business acumen from Jerold Zimmerman , author of the intriguing book, Relentless: The Forensics of Mobsters’ Business Practices . You’d be surprised at how the American mafia pretty much anticipated a lot of th...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 796
There's a great opportunity for people to create generational wealth through multifamily real estate ownership. Although getting from 0 to 1 is the hardest thing to do in this space, but once you close that first deal, things happen a little bit quicker and easier. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is Jerome Myers, the Founder of The Myers Development Group and the host of the Multifamily Missteps Podcast . Jerome does leadership coaching, corporate exit plans, and multifamily real e...
Feb 10, 2021•57 min•Ep. 795
In today's age of the internet, the significant role of social media marketing in all kinds of industries cannot be set aside. But despite their usefulness and tangible results, managing tons of online accounts is not that practical. Xenia Muntean understands this challenge well, so she builds the content review and marketing collaboration program Planable . Together with Dr. Diane Hamilton, she shares how she used her own hardships in marketing (managing endless spreadsheets and creating unnece...
Feb 08, 2021•57 min•Ep. 794
With the entire nation divided politically, on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, global warming, and the crippling economy, everything is in total disarray indeed. With different opinions clashing with one another, keeping an open mind at all times is certainly needed. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by one of the top economists today, Dr. Mark Skousen , to discuss how to deal with people who have values, mindsets, and perspectives different from yours without resulting in a heated debate but instead c...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 793
Imagine a couple in the middle of a divorce forced to stay in the same house until the divorce was over. It sounds like an interesting plot to a movie, but it also sounds like many family law cases in reality. Toni Ann Marcolini has had the good fortune to be able to try her hands in both. As a lawyer, Toni has had more than two decades of experience in family litigation before moving on to a more transactional role as a general counsel to the United States Presidential Culinary Museum . As a cr...
Feb 03, 2021•56 min•Ep. 792
Leadership calls for proper training and strategies to keep a team performing at its best and well-connected. And yet, this model can still be elevated to another level through Zen leadership. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Dr. Ginny Whitelaw , Founder and CEO of the Institute for Zen Leadership and President of Focus Leadership, to discuss how to achieve self-mindfulness by spending time on meditation, understanding the major patterns of leadership, and resonating with others according to thei...
Feb 01, 2021•57 min•Ep. 791
Have you taken a personality assessment lately? Now that organizations are increasingly realizing the role of emotional intelligence in increasing engagement and productivity, personality assessments have become valuable tools in determining employee fit to specific positions and responsibilities in organizations. Dr. Diane Hamilton’s guest for this episode has multiple certifications on emotional intelligence, including the EQ-i 2.0, EQ 360, DISC, Platinum Rule and Predictive Index. Sarah Turne...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 790
What is the meaning of life? This is probably one of the greatest existential questions ever and not a few sages and crazy souls have gone through unthinkable lengths to find the answer. John Strelecky found his after going through a backpacking journey around the world. Sitting down for 21 days in an absolute state of inspiration, John typed his way into what would become the history-making, The Café on the Edge of the World , a five-time bestseller that has been translated into 42 languages. W...
Jan 22, 2021•58 min•Ep. 789
A lot of professors contend that online education will never be as good as face-to-face learning, but Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor” merely chuckles at that notion. Dr. Barbara Oakley maintains that a lot of the resistance from these professors is due to the fact that their online courses simply stink. They are so used to trapping students inside a classroom that they don’t know how to engage students effectively in a setting where they have the choice to simply get away. In this c...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 788
Nobody would look at getting fired from a dream job at Fortune Magazine as a good thing, but for Lan Phan , it opened up an opportunity to do something that makes a much bigger impact on the world. An award-winning marketing leader with over 20 years of experience, Lan was recruited into Fortune’s executive team in late 2019, but was let loose six months later in the middle of the pandemic. Rather than hunker down after what seemed to be a devastating blow on her career, Lan used it as an opport...
Jan 18, 2021•57 min•Ep. 787
Exceeding the expectations of your customers and even your own will always lead to success. And that's where the art of over-delivering comes in. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Kathy Ireland , the CEO and Chief Designer of kathy ireland Worldwide, to talk about focusing all of your energy on achieving the best possible results. Kathy shares her success story that started with just a single pair of socks, which eventually grew into a huge global brand. She tells how she managed to widen her conn...
Jan 15, 2021•59 min•Ep. 786
Adaptation and change are a natural part of our culture and our being. Everywhere you look, the competition, consumer, and technology are changing. As a result, businesses have to create new plans and strategies to change along with them, one of them being a franchise business. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is Robert Rosenberg , who served as the Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Donuts from 1963 until 1998. Robert relays the story of how Dunkin’ Donuts started and its longstand...
Jan 13, 2021•55 min•Ep. 785
Why do people behave the way they do? The answer can be found in the brain. When you understand the brain, you can understand people, not just what they do but why they do it. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton today to share her expertise on the matters of the brain is Friederike Fabritius , a keynote speaker, award-winning author, and neuroscientist trained at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research. It’s easy to become frustrated by people who are different from ourselves, but when you know how o...
Jan 11, 2021•55 min•Ep. 784
The human capital is often 50% or more of an organization's operating expense. Being the biggest part of an organization’s expense, it is actually the part that is the most leverageable. As such, the smallest improvements in your human capital return will generate a big impact on bottom-line performance. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton is Dr. Solange Charas , a recognized expert in the area of human capital analytics. Together, they dive into Dr. Charas’ analytics platform and the importance of colle...
Jan 08, 2021•57 min•Ep. 783
You've never seen a business plan without a competitive analysis. It’s ridiculous to think that somebody would run out and start a company without surveying the landscape. That is why it’s fascinating that the whole world of social entrepreneurship or nonprofits lack in this area. Dr. Diane Hamilton’s guest on today’s podcast is Darian Rodriguez Heyman , a keynote speaker, best-selling author, and an expert in the area of nonprofits. Darian shares how nonprofits can use technology to support and...
Jan 06, 2021•55 min•Ep. 782
Breaking the stigma of traditional masculinity is an aspiring yet challenging endeavor. But by liberating masculinity from the current status quo, men can actually unlock what may be their full potential. Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with writer and speaker Ed Frauenheim to talk about how men can do more by setting aside their dominating nature and start embracing emotions and vulnerability. By doing so, men can work alongside others in a much uplifting and rewarding way, resulting in healthier ...
Jan 04, 2021•57 min•Ep. 781
It is often said that something not broken should not be fixed, though that does not always apply to business strategies. If entrepreneurs keep their tactics unchanged for a long time, it will eventually become stale, and that's where a beginner's mindset comes into play. Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Heidi Spirgi , the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of Cornerstone , in discussing how every business setting must always embrace change by thinking like a beginner all over again. She also e...
Dec 18, 2020•57 min•Ep. 780
Growing your business is one thing, and managing your earnings is another. Therefore, you must not keep expanding your business aimlessly and instead start rescaling revenue. Exploring this topic with Dr. Diane Hamilton is Kent Billingsley , the Founder and President of Revenue Growth Company . He explains how to make the most out of your business just by optimizing the resources you currently have. Kent also discusses the importance of keeping a business unique and why entrepreneurs must not de...
Dec 16, 2020•59 min•Ep. 779
Workplace well-being is always the first to suffer if the leadership doesn't have proper focus, the team is too diverse, and the company's goals are a bit unclear. To remedy this, executives and employees must strive together to create solutions that work and last. This is what Dr. Diane Hamilton aims to discover as she goes deep into a working environment's challenges with professor and expert organizational psychology advisor Dr. Nicolas Deuschel . Together, they dissect mental health issues t...
Dec 14, 2020•56 min•Ep. 778
The Chief Learning Officer role is one of the leadership roles that are most closely-linked to curiosity. With 25 years of experience in leading teams to create innovative solutions in corporate learning through modern learning strategy, Matt Donovan is indubitably the best person for that role at GP Strategies . Matt spoke at the Novartis’ Curiosity Month about the intersection between the shift in the role of the learner and how technology plays a role in it. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton in this...
Dec 11, 2020•57 min•Ep. 777
The brain is, in the words of Emily Dickinson, wider than the sky. Since the discovery of the brain in 17th century BC, man has been developing new tools to assess the brain. On today’s podcast, Dr. Diane Hamilton brings on Dr. James Giordano to talk about the neuroethical aspect of brain science, digging deep into the brain science of morality and ethics and the ethical, legal, and social issues that arise in and from neuroscience and its varied applications in biomedicine, public life, and dai...
Dec 09, 2020•59 min•Ep. 776
Are you thinking of informing buyers on your product but found commercials too short? If so, then infomercials are the way to go. In this exciting episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down with the man behind this great advertising platform, Kevin Harrington . Kevin is no other than the inventor of the Infomercial and the Original Shark on Shark Tank. Here, he lets us in on how the idea of infomercials came to be, how he started his entrepreneurial career, and who are the mentors that helped him alo...
Dec 07, 2020•56 min•Ep. 775
With the threat of the COVID-19 outside, almost everyone is now shut inside their homes, migrating most of their daily routine online. One of the negative effects is the increase in the number of hours we use our devices, causing eye strain, and more. In this episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton is joined by Gigi Mortimer , the founder of EyeJust —a company that focuses on creating a light block screen protector for all devices. She talks about how the blue light is disrupting our body’s circadian rhythm...
Dec 04, 2020•55 min•Ep. 774
Many people view leadership as a set of lessons to be learned, a group of qualities, or a demanding responsibility. However, becoming a leader is not about completing a course but being transformed. Leadership grows, and we need to cultivate as much of it as we can in these complex and often-troubled times. Joining Dr. Diane Hamilton on today’s podcast is development coach and author Jennifer Garvey Berger . The CEO of Cultivating Leadership , Jennifer shares how she got into the leadership and ...
Dec 02, 2020•55 min•Ep. 773
We are entering a moment for human capital management and the science behind HR. Now, more than ever, more and more companies are realizing the importance of talent to a business’ performance. Helping small and mid-sized businesses on that front and more, Jay Fulcher, the CEO and Chairman of Zenefits , joins Dr. Diane Hamilton to get us up to date with the latest on business growth and leadership, particularly on the importance is the enrollment process for companies, and where technology plays ...
Nov 30, 2020•58 min•Ep. 772
Curiosity and fear are even more closely related than we ever thought they were. In fact, they are both registered in the nucleus accumbens and it depends where dopamine hits your nucleus accumbens as to what you feel. Did this make you even more curious? Then this episode is something you don’t want to miss. Dr. Diane Hamilton interviews the co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at Stellar Labs, one of the Brain Ladies , and author of Neuroscience for Learning and Development , Stella Collins ,...
Nov 25, 2020•56 min•Ep. 771
We have an interesting relationship with beauty pageants. While in recent times these events have been criticized for exacerbating stereotypes about womanly beauty, beauty pageants remain to be reflective of America’s complicated and ever-changing concept of womanhood. Hilary Levey Friedman has spent a lifetime’s career unlocking this less-studied subject. A sociologist at Brown University, Hilary merged her mother's past experience as Miss America in 1970 with her own experience as pageant judg...
Nov 23, 2020•59 min•Ep. 770
Entrepreneurship is important to the economy for so many reasons. From promoting social change to driving innovation, entrepreneurs have the ability to change the way we live and work. But not all entrepreneurs are created equal. In this episode, Jonathan Littman and Susanna Camp join Dr. Diane Hamilton to reveal the many faces of entrepreneurs. Jonathan and Susanna co-authored the book called The Entrepreneur's Faces: How Makers, Visionaries and Outsiders Succeed . Today, they go over the ten t...
Nov 20, 2020•55 min•Ep. 769
