"Anyone who keeps learning stays young." - Henry Ford On a very special and personal episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay talks with good friend and frequent guest on the show Andrew Berman . The discussion centers around how a mutual friend's health challenges inspired Jay to cut his hair in a show of solidarity and transitions into Jay's accident that could have potentially taken away the use of his arm for the rest of his life. This is a deeply personal and revealing conversation and w...
May 27, 2024•13 min•Season 29Ep. 346
"Think like a man of action. Act like a man of thought." - Henri Bergson Transformative health and wellness expert and our favorite medical professional Dr. David Yerkes is back on the program today! Our conversation today centers around what makes people tick. Dr. David discusses his lifelong curiosity around why people do the things they do helped lead him to starting his own podcast, productive health behaviors, and why sleep is an incredibly important part of life, especially as we get older...
May 27, 2024•48 min•Season 29Ep. 345
"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." - Friedrich Nietzsche Founder of 1 SEO and LB Capital Lance Bachmann is back on the show today and if there is one guy you're going to want to listen to, it's Lance. He has created and run some very successful businesses and today we're getting into it! Jay and Lance discuss why leaders are solution finders, Lance putting "fun" things on hold to focus solely on his work and his family, and we even have a surprise guest join the...
May 27, 2024•27 min•Season 29Ep. 344
"Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there. Eighty are just targets. Nine are the real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but one; one is a warrior and he will bring the others back." - Heraclitus Founder of Pivot Realty Group and host of "The Necessary Entrepreneur" podcast Mark Perkins is joining us the show today and this is definitely a guy you're going to want to pay attention to! We're kicking things off with a few words on the importance o...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 29Ep. 343
"Surround yourself with people who play at the things you have to work at." - Aaron Young Aaron Scott Young is the chairman of Laughlin Associates and the creator of The Unshackled Owner and we're excited to have him back on the show today! Jay and Aaron unpack Aaron's uncanny ability to treat everyone he comes into contact with with respect and genuine curiosity, Aaron's early forays into entrepreneurship and an unfortunate set of incidents that landed him in some hot water, and how the people ...
May 24, 2024•56 min•Season 29Ep. 342
"Every customer is different and that makes them special. Serve to their needs and create win-win relationships." - Guardian Roofing & Siding Robert Frehafer is the owner and founder of Guardian Roofing & Siding and a very good friend to Culture Matters and he is back again today to chat about what the "U" in Guardian stands for. The "U" stands for "Unique" and Jay and Robert break that down and what it means for Guardian in particular. To be unique means to be one-of-a-kind and Robert e...
May 24, 2024•50 min•Season 29Ep. 341
" The future influences the present just as much as the past." - Friedrich Nietzsche Andrew Berman is an advisor, mentor, and the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media and we are very excited to have him back on the show! During their conversation, Andrew and Jay discuss what it says about you when you are early as opposed to late (because you can never REALLY be on time), how committing to things, no matter how small, and holding to those commitments serve to make you a bet...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 29Ep. 340
"We love life not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving." - Friedrich Nietzsche "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile Nathan Merrill is back today and if you've listened to his previous appearances on the show and thought those conversations were deep then prepare to re-evaluate your defini...
May 23, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 29Ep. 339
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau We are back today with the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo as he continues his series where he turns the tables and asks our own Jay Doran the questions! And since it's a culture podcast, we are talking culture! More than that, we're getting to know The Culture Man a little bit better. Ever wonder what Jay does in his free time? Or where he sees himself when he hangs up his culture spurs for g...
May 23, 2024•48 min•Season 29Ep. 338
"Constantly probe the people who report to you and encourage them to probe you." - Ray Dalio Advisor, consultant, mindset coach, and founder of one of the top 10 mortgage coaching programs in the country, M1 Academy, and host of "The Business of Success" podcast Phil Treadwell is back on the program today and this one is full of the good stuff! We're kicking things off with Jay and Phil discussing coaching and why it can be so important for people on their journey to success. After that, we're d...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 29Ep. 337
"The reason why we've done so well over a long period of time is we've got good people. And I've always been a great believer that without good people, you don't have a business. People can bugger something up pretty quickly, but good people can keep it going." - Robert Milner Aleck Arena is the founder and owner of Arena Securities and specializes in investing in stock shares and today we are focusing on the book The Price You Pay to Be an Australian by Pino Gangemi who just so happens to be Al...
May 22, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 29Ep. 336
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer Christine Beckwith is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth and she is back on the show today to discuss the fifth chapter of her book entitled "Hardwired to Sin". Christine discusses her inspirations behind this chapter, the innate attraction of doing things that are "sinfu...
May 22, 2024•42 min•Season 28Ep. 335
"Love is the answer." Founder of Duffin Media, voice-over actor, and voice coach John Duffin returns to The Culture Matters Podcast and today we are all about the love. With all of the negativity in the world, isn't about time we bring some positivity back? John and Jay are going through the benefits of positive reinforcement, how anger is a strong emotion and love can help overcome it, and how just a little love can change the trajectory of someone's life. Love can come in all sorts of forms an...
May 21, 2024•50 min•Season 28Ep. 334
"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it. Every complaint already contains revenge." - Friedrich Nietzsche Founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" Brian Hess is back on the show to finish up our conversation on conflict and today we are focusing primarily on leadership's role in conflict. The leader of the organization sets the tone for conflict on how they handle it, they're affinity to causing it, and well they can mediat...
May 21, 2024•31 min•Season 28Ep. 333
“We don’t just want to absorb content to understand it. The real magic comes from teaching. And that’s the best way to learn. The best way to learn is to teach it. The best way to learn anything is by teaching it and helping others. That’s how you gain fulfillment in life, and that’s what life is about.” - Barry Habib Barry Habib is an entrepreneur, the CEO of MBS Highway, and author of Money in the Streets and he is back on the show to share his knowledge and passion with our audience. We're ge...
May 21, 2024•35 min•Season 28Ep. 332
“The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but the waiting.” - Charlie Munger Founder of the Taberne Group, branch manager of Green Tree Mortgage, and host of the "Taberne Talks" podcast Alex Taberne joins The Culture Matters Podcast today and we are chatting about achieving success. Alex talks with Jay about his personal drive to be successful and to put in a good day's work, the time and commitment it takes to become a successful loan officer, and how transparency with clients will no...
May 20, 2024•46 min•Season 28Ep. 331
“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.” - Charlie Munger Founder of Investor School, author of Money Hacks , and radio host Larry Steinhouse is stopping by the show today and we are talking money, wealth, investing, and how you can achieve all of those things! Right out of the gate we're asking the question, "Can money buy happiness?", and unpacking whether if can, does fulfillment come along with it? Larry discusses his purpose in service of others, his jour...
May 20, 2024•55 min•Season 29Ep. 330
“It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.” - Søren Kierkegaard Founder, president, and CEO of K&L Industries, advisor, mentor, and the host of the "Greatness From Small Beginnings" podcast Keith L. Callaway is dropping by the show today and we are unpacking a lot so get ready! Keith and Jay discuss how Keith's burgeoning family helped him find the inspiration he needed to branch out on his own, the role faith has played in both life and business, and the importance of both per...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 28Ep. 329
“It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.” - John Maynard Keynes Management consultant, advisor, and founder of Flow Advisory Jigar Mehta is making his first appearance on the show today and if you were looking for a burst of positive energy then you have come to the right place. After sharing his story of triumph over adversity as a young man and overcoming some steep challenges on his journey to success, Jigar discusses how his Indian and American...
May 17, 2024•55 min•Season 28Ep. 328
"So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or that conflict of inclinations and purposes, he cannot become completely absorbed in the activities and sufferings of the chief characters or feel breathless pity and fear." - Friedrich Nietzsche Our dear friend and the founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" Brian Hess is back on the show today and we are talking about conflict. Is ...
May 17, 2024•17 min•Season 28Ep. 327
"Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources; our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong." - Friedrich Nietzsche Dear friend of the Culture Matters family and founder of EPM Eddy Perez is back on the show today and we are talking about what can make a person successful not only in the world of mortgages and real estate, but in everyday life as well. Eddy unpacks what three main things make someone a player in the mortgage game as well as why building your per...
May 17, 2024•29 min•Season 28Ep. 326
"Nothing on Earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment." - Friedrich Nietzsche Dr. David Yerkes , managing partner with Lion Oakes Healthcare Consulting, is back on the program today and we're covering a lot, so buckle up! Dr. David gives us a little insight on the dangers of resentment and what holding on to that can physically and mentally do to a person, empathy and how it relates to leadership, and the importance of working with and as a team and how it all starts at th...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 28Ep. 325
"The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions." - Friedrich Nietzsche Executive director of Top Contractor School, founder of Pave It Forward Asphalt, and the host of "The Rock Bottom Podcast" Kevin Gray is our guest today and whether or not you work in the construction space, this is a guy you're going to want to listen to. Kevin talks about the importance of a sense of belonging within a company, what it means to be a leader, why corporate America wasn't for him, and why...
May 16, 2024•47 min•Season 28Ep. 324
"I think you have to learn that there is a company behind every stock and that there is only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies." - Peter Lynch Founder of Authors Unite and good friend of The Culture Matters Podcast is Tyler Wagner is back on the program today and we are covering a ton! Jay and Tyler unpack Tyler's first foray into investing and how his approach has changed over the years, what the benefits an...
May 16, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 27Ep. 323
"I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships." - Ray Dalio Our guest today is a real estate juggernaut in the greater Philadelphia area and the number one ReMax realtor in Pennsylvania Maria Quattrone and boy, does she have some information to share today! Maria and Jay get into the weeds on the current state of the real estate market in Philadelphia and beyond, what it takes to be a successful realtor ...
May 15, 2024•50 min•Season 27Ep. 322
"Be careful when cast out your demons that you don't throw away the best of yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche Advisor, mentor, host of the "Openly Outspoken" podcast, and founder of Unicorn Investments and Unicorn Traffic Jeremy Adams has found his way back to The Culture Matters Podcast and we are over the moon to have him back! We're bringing the heat early in this discussion with Jeremy explaining why he has taken a break from social media to focus all of his attention on growing his business,...
May 15, 2024•55 min•Season 27Ep. 321
"The secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is to live dangerously." - Friedrich Nietzsche On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast is the next installment of Tony Capullo's , the founder of South Fork Business Ventures, series where he turns the mic around on Jay Doran and asks him the questions. On this episode of the podcast, we're talking about podcasts! Tony gets down to the nitty gritty with Jay about how he selects his guests for...
May 15, 2024•56 min•Season 27Ep. 320
"He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass." - Ray Dalio Real estate professional and mentor Jeff Silva stops by the show today and he's got a lot to share with our listeners! We're jumping off with discussions on improving morale, making the hard decisions as a leader such as cutting expenses and keeping your team motivated, and committing yourself to your business, to your clients, and to your success in the future. Jeff is even going to give us a little insight onto the benefi...
May 14, 2024•41 min•Season 27Ep. 319
"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up." - Charlie Munger Good friend of the Culture Matters family and a mortgage professional of the highest order Ken Jordan is back on the show on the show today and we are talking about, what else, mortgages! Ken goes in on his appreciation and love of sales from an early age, encourages mortgage professions to stop focusing on what success looks like and start focusing on progress, and the overall benefits that coaching ca...
May 14, 2024•43 min•Season 27Ep. 318
"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance. Once cannot fly into flying." - Friedrich Nietzsche Christine Beckwith is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth and she is back on the show today to discuss the fourth chapter of her book in this ongoing series. Christine and Jay are talking about Christine's journey into higher education, not being afraid to open the door when someone importa...
May 14, 2024•31 min•Season 27Ep. 317
