Michael Durant, a Senior Tax Associate at Prager Metis CPAs LLC, returns to the podcast from episode 186 to talk about how he began working with financial literacy awareness programs, his recent hobby of playing chess, and how the pandemic has made many people pursue new hobbies!
Chris Hervochon, owner of Better Way CPA, talks about his passion for golfing, his college golfing career, and how his experience in golf has helped him in his career as a CPA and entrepreneur! He also talks about the importance of establishing connections with co-workers in a virtual environment!
Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, LinkedIn Marketing Unicorn & Edutainer at Think Natalia, talks about her multiple “Ands”, why she has a passion in pursuing so many new ventures, and how that has helped her stand out in her career! She also talks about why a company’s culture is easier to influence from the top!
Benson Babu, a physician at Good Samaritan, talks about his passion for landscape photography, how he applies his photography skills to his career, and why it is important to connect with his patients at a human level!
Amiee Keenan, founder of The ISV Society, talks about her passion for health & fitness, how it improves her performance in the office, and how she has developed relationships in the office through her passion!
Crystal Shin returns to the podcast from episode 211 to talk about some of her latest creative projects and how she has seen a difference in workplace culture since the pandemic!
Gabe Messercola, Asset Manager of EDF Renewables, talks about his passion for expeditionary mountaineering, how it has helped improve his leadership skills in the office, and much more!
Jen Todling, an Audit Partner at EY, talks about her passion for dancing and how she feels it helps her perform better at her career, how she established an identity at the workplace with her passion, and how she encourages her co-workers to open about their own passions!
Braughm Ricke talks about his passion for building cars, how it relates to building a company, and why it is important to have something to focus on outside of your work!
Jervis DiCicco, CEO and Co-founder of ProsperBridge, talks about his passion for caving, the risks associated with it, and how that has helped him with handling risks in the workplace. He also talks about how intense situations can be bring people closer and why it is important to help activate people’s passions at work!
Iralma Pozo talks about her passion for wellness and brewing tea, how it helps her in her career as a CPA, and much more!
Mayur Vyas returns to the podcast from episode 221 to talk about his new passion in CrossFit! He also talks about why it is good to have a passion outside of work and why you should be encouraged to share it with others!
Ford Baker, CEO and Founder of BaCo Tech, talks about how his poor health led him towards discovering his passion for cycling and how it has improved his life personally and in the workplace! Ford also talks about how he tries to encourage his organization to take more time off and lead a healthier lifestyle as well as how this led him to create his own accounting system to improve productivity and free up time for employees!
Brian Dubow talks about how he discovered his passion for running endurance marathons, how it has helped him with his overall perspective and connecting with people in the workplace, and what type 2 fun means!
Geraldine Carter, owner of She Thinks Big Coaching, talks about her passion for traveling, how it runs in her family, some of her favorite trips, and how her experiences traveling play a role in her management style!
Dan de Roulet, Co-Founder of Knowify, LLC., talks about how he discovered his passion for Judo, getting his kids involved with it, and how it has helped him develop resilience in being an entrepreneur running a business!
Kylie returns to the podcast to talk about her recent projects, turning her hobby into a business of its own, prospecting accounting clients from her interior design business, and much more!
Tim Barr talks about how he discovered ultrarunning, why he got into it, and how it has helped shape his perspective when tackling issues at the office! Tim also talks about how his office promotes discussions outside of work among coworkers.
Kaitlyn Kirkhart, CCO of BaCo Tech, talks about discovering her passion for traveling, how she is known for her passion in the workplace, and how she realized why it is so important to have a hobby as a professional!
Casey Hill talks about his passion for board games and how building his own board games have made him better at handling business and relationships in the office. John and Casey also talk about the many ups and downs of running your own business the process of creating and selling your own product!
Mark Menezes, talks about his passions for playing piano and stand-up comedy. He also talks about how easy it is to relate to co-workers through these hobbies whether they share them or not and how the skills from playing music and comedy help with his career!
Amanda Wilkie returns to the podcast from episode 193 to talk about how her life both personally and professionally have changed in the last year! She also tells us about some new hobbies, with her being better at some than others!
Abbey Kanellakis, a Senior Manager at Rea & Associates, talks about how she discovered her passion for gardening, when she realized being herself at work can benefit her career, forming The Committee of Awesomeness, and much more!
Rob Rastovich, CTO of ThingLogix, talks about being brought up and taking over his family’s ranch that has been passed down for many generations and how he navigates between the two vastly different worlds of being a rancher and a technologist! He also talks about the reaction he gets when people in the office find out that he is a rancher and how it encourages them to open up about their passions!
Stephen King, President and CEO of GrowthForce, talks about his experience as a concert promoter and how it plays a role in his career in accounting today! He also talks about how gardening and running a business are similar!
Mike Brand of BMSS, LLC talks about his passion for cooking and eating good food, how he connects with people through his passion for good food, and how BMSS encourages its employees to connect with each other outside of their professions!
Stephanie Campigotto, a Director at PwC, talks about how she found her passion for woodworking, building her own furniture, how these skills apply to her job as an accountant, and how where you live plays a major role in company culture!
Rachel Fisch, Chief Global Development Officer at High Rock Accounting, and the former co-host of the Green Apple Slices podcast, returns to talk to John about the changes in people sharing their hobbies and passions more since the pandemic and much more!
James Sinclair, co-founder and CEO of Enterprise Alumni, talks about why he feels it is important to have a hobby or passion that gets you away from your work, how he found working with animals as his passion, and much more!
Kace Phillips, the co-founder of RBA, talks about his passion for music and live concerts and how this passion has given him many unintentional networking opportunities! He also talks about the importance of great company culture and how that affects the quality of work and client experience!
