Category Archives: PODCAST

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Episode 030: How to Find Peace in a Chaotic World

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Joining me today is Olivia Sheldon Barnett, the CEO and Founder of Positive Energy Yoga. Olivia began her passion for fitness and health at an early age. At 15, she became a Black Belt in Karate and continued on her fitness path: teaching kickboxing, women’s self defense, and later starting Positive Energy Yoga®. She has been teaching for over twenty years.

You will benefit from this interview. We cover:

Olivia’s observation about how people are doing in general
How to remain positive even under the worst circumstances
How to get centered every day
Why morning and daily routines are so important
How to develop a positive state of mind and a sense of confidence
How small actions can add up to transformative effects
The necessity of health as a foundation for success
Why the “dailyness” of healthy habits is vital
A major misconception people have about fitness and wellbeing
Advice on food and eating
How to tap into the “Fountain of Youth”
A technique to help feel peaceful under any circumstances
And much more…

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Episode 029: This is THE FUTURE…we think

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Joining us today is Rock Star Futurist, Educator, and Consultant, Garry Golden, CEO and Founder of Forward Elements Inc. He co-wrote the book, Designing Your Future, as well as several white papers including the Future of the Social Web and the Future of Green as a Business Strategy. Garry is also an adjunct professor with the University of Houston Futures Studies program, and was Founding Editor of The Energy Roadmap.com. He also has been a guest analyst on the national radio show The Takeaway.

In this interview we talk about:

* Garry’s fascinating round the world adventure
* What a Futurist does
* Common misconceptions about Futurists
* How a Futurist thinks
* The Futurist thought process, and how they look now, ahead, and draw conclusions on any given topic
* Different processes and frameworks for futuristic analysis
* How to know what or who is worth following
* The Futurist view of COVID 19, Healthcare, and Heath Insurance
* Typical time horizon that a Futurist looks out
* What the world looks like in 2027
* Emerging Technologies like Tik-Tok
* Advice to Policymakers around Futurism and Foresight
* How we as individuals or organizations can develop more innovative or futuristic / forward thinking?

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Episode 028: How to be Interesting … and Interested

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Joining me for today’s interview, “How to be Interesting…and Interested” is longtime friend, colleague, and one of the most interesting people I know – Dr. Michael Hertz. Michael is a Senior Leader with Progeny Systems, and co-founder of Empowering Haitians, a non-profit that seeks to create economic opportunity, social independence, self-sufficiency, and sustainability solutions in Haiti.

In this interview we cover:

– What makes a person interesting
– How to become interesting
– How to be interested
– How to work a room – even a virtual one
– How to develop confidence
– The greatest impediment to confidence
– Secrets to a success work and personal life

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Episode 027b: Police Perspective: George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks

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Joining me for this timely and very important interview is long time friend and colleague, Walter Powell is a Security Guru, and Former 20-year Police Officer. He grew up in the first generation following the civil rights era, and spent 20 years of his career as a police officer. In this day and age, where the world is desperate for context, common sense, and critical thinking, he is uniquely qualified to offer an intelligent perspective on race, police, and what people can do as individuals to become more awake, aware, and enlightened about a variety of issues.In this interview we cover a forensic police view of the George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks cases.

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Episode 027a: Why I Became a Police Officer, an Interview with Walter Powell

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Joining me for this timely and very important interview is long time friend and colleague, Walter Powell is a Security Guru, and Former 20-year Police Officer. He grew up in the first generation following the civil rights era, and spent 20 years of his career as a police officer. In this day and age, where the world is desperate for context, common sense, and critical thinking, he is uniquely qualified to offer an intelligent perspective on race, police, and what people can do as individuals to become more awake, aware, and enlightened about a variety of issues. In this interview excerpt, Walter covers why he became a police officer.

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Episode 027: Good Always Wins – A Police Officer’s perspective on Race, The Police, and the Future

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Joining me for this timely and very important interview is long time friend and colleague, Walter Powell is a Security Guru, and Former 20-year Police Officer. He grew up in the first generation following the civil rights era, and spent 20 years of his career as a police officer. In this day and age, where the world is desperate for context, common sense, and critical thinking, he is uniquely qualified to offer an intelligent perspective on race, police, and what people can do as individuals to become more awake, aware, and enlightened about a variety of issues.

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Episode 026: 10 Secrets of Building Unity and Community

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In these anxious times, amid the backdrop of a pandemic and social unrest, we need to build unity and community more now than ever before. Over the years, I have observed (and personally implemented) these 10 SECRETS to bond and build unity, community, and camaraderie within groups or organizations.

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Episode 025: How to Find a Job in Cataclysmic Times with Career Coach, Lorraine Rise

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We are living in cataclysmic economic times. Whether you have a job or are looking for a job you needs to see this interview with Career Coach Extraordinaire, Lorraine Rise. In this interview, we cover:

What a layoff can do to a person emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically

How a person finds a job or makes a career adjustment in times of great economic uncertainty

How to develop confidence

How to conduct a successful job search

Whether premium services (LinkedIn Premium, Head Hunters, and Career Coaches) really “level up” your search

Why “pursuing your passion” may be all wrong

#jobs #career #careeruprising #layoffs #confidence #success

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Episode 024: When Pandemic meets Police Brutality: Making Sense of the Death of George Floyd, with Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola and Mark Botros

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Joining me is long time friend and colleague, Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola – an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utah State University. Her areas of research include race, ethnicity, and culture. She is the author of soon-to-be-published, “The Bricks before Brown”, which is a study of race, class, and gender across three school desegregation cases involving Chinese, Mexican, and Native American plaintiffs, which took place before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

In this interview Dr. Martinez-Cola covers:

— The historical perspective and context of what led to George Floyd’s death, and how we make sense of it
— Why George Floyd’s death has ignited the entire world
— White privilege
— What people can do to meaningfully support people of color?
— How to know if you are “woke”
— The Media’s treatment of recent events
— Advice to leaders and change makers