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Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Ep. #53 Dr. Amir Rashidian on Leading A Stress-Free Life
Holding Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Human Biology and a Doctorate in Chiropractic, Dr. Amir A. Rashidian is the founder of the Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center. Established in 2006 and serving over 18,000 patient visits annually, the Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center focuses on high-tech diagnostics to detect and correct disturbances in the nervous system. The doctors at the Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center, promoting drugless health solutions, work with patients to eliminate the causes of disease and not merely the suppression of symptoms.
As a consultant, Dr. Amir has worked with 18 chiropractic practices, 16 of which were startup businesses that all reached profitability within the first 3 months of business launch. Dr. Rashidian attributes his success in opening practices to an intensive systematized marketing plan implemented 3 months prior to business launch. He has personally opened two very successful chiropractic practices.
A very active speaker at corporate events, conventions, and churches, he is also frequently interviewed by the local TV, radio, and newspaper. Additionally, Dr. Amir serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity and is a major financial supporter of their local building projects. He has won multiple honors and awards including Business Leader of the Year and Philanthropist of the Year.
He is happily married to his wife of 14 years and together they have three sons.
SHOW NOTES
* Why you can't eliminate stress
* What it means to lead a stress-proof life
* The incident that led Amir to become a doctor
* How a taxi driver's advice changed Amir's life
* If you're not healthy, who else suffers?
* What it was like to grow up during wartime in Iran
* The gift that inspired Dr. Amir's charitable efforts
* The three dimensions that affect stress
* Your level of health depends on how much stress you can handle
* Why removing interference between the brain and body reduces stress
* 7 simple things you can do to increase your ability to handle stress
* The two things that lead to business success
* The upside down org chart and reverse accountability
* Replacing a marketing budget with effort
* Why you should take more risks
You can connect with Dr. Amir Rashidian at https://www.MidAtlanticClinic.com/
You can buy StressProof Life: The Secret to Health, Wealth, and Happiness at http://www.amazon.com/StressProof-Life-Secret-Health-Happiness/dp/0996300139/
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
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Monday Aug 26, 2019
Monday Aug 26, 2019
Claudette Rowley is a Speaker, Bestselling Author, Consultant, and Syndicated Radio Host. The CEO of Cultural Brilliance, Claudette is a change management consultant, cultural designer, and executive coach who is passionate about helping leaders and organizations resolve complex organizational problems in ways that honor the intelligence of their cultural system and the brilliance of their people.
SHOW NOTES
* How Claudette helps people
* How experiencing good and bad jobs paved the way for a new career
* The definition of a toxic culture
* Claudette's biggest struggle in starting her own business
* How Claudette found her zone of genius
* Why culture is so important
* What is Cultural Brilliance?
* The definition of a Brilliant Culture
* How Claudette works with clients
* The Brilliance Manifesto
* Why businesses lose their brilliance
* How workplace culture resembles family culture
* What is Adaptogen Design?
* Claudette's mentors
* Claudette's Impact Statement
You can connect with Claudette at www.culturalbrilliance.com
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Throughout his career JP Laqueur has been creating understanding and connections between people and brands, buyers and sellers, companies and employees. He began his career at MCI, marketing some of the world’s very first Internet services, and seeing first-hand how a powerful brand – and a committed culture – could disrupt a 100-year old monopoly and change the world. Over the next twenty years, JP held senior tech industry marketing positions and founded a series of marketing and brand agencies – continuously honing his skills as a creative wordsmith, passionate storyteller, and student of human communications, branding, and corporate culture. JP holds a BA in Political Science from Hobart College, is a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and can be found skiing, biking or hiking when not integrating brands and cultures.
SHOW NOTES
* How story and brand drive success
* How JP discovered the link between brand and culture
* The importance of brand story
* The marketplace is too transparent for inauthenticity
* JP's struggle with traditional marketing
* The "death" of Mission, Vision, and Values
* Creating Purpose, Way, and Impact
* The one question that will help you define your purpose
* The four tenets of Conscious Capitalism
* The danger of a "shareholders first" mentality
You can connect with JP at www.brandfoundations.us and on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/jplaqueur
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Tuesday Aug 06, 2019
Therapist, author, podcast host, social media influencer, and thought leader Megan Bruneau is our guest for landmark Episode #50!
Quoted by Deepak Chopra as the “Millennials’ therapist,” Megan’s no-nonsense, relatable voice has garnered over 30m views and landed appearances on The T.D. Jakes Show, Good Morning America and New York 1 Morning News. Transparent about her own mental health, eating disorder history, frequent heartaches and uncertain entrepreneurial life in New York City, Megan’s vulnerable and humorous writing-style has inspired dozens of viral articles – making her a Huffington Post – homepage regular, MindBodyGreen, and Forbes favorite.
Megan has a master of arts in counseling psychology and a bachelor of arts in psychology and social work. With 12+ years experience providing crisis support, therapy, and coaching, she’s a Registered Clinical Counsellor and sees clients globally as a coach. By sharing her personal experiences alongside her professional expertise, Megan seeks to change the way people relate to their inner and outer worlds.
SHOW NOTES
* Why Megan pushes back against self-help advice
* Why resiliency is better than avoiding pain
* The danger of perfectionism
* How social media creates unrealistic cultural narratives
* Why life is supposed to be challenging
* Why Megan shares her good times and her struggles
* Self-help marketing can be dangerous and manipulative
* Changing your relationship to difficult emotions
* Are men becoming more open to therapy?
* Megan's amazing journey
* Gaining value from every experience
You can connect with Megan at www.meganbruneau.com and on Instagram: @meganjbruneau
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Adam Hudson is the co-founder of Reliable Education and a seven-figure Amazon seller. His companies have funded over 7,000 interest-free micro-loans to entrepreneurs in third world countries and they have also funded thousands of free eye surgeries for the blind in Indonesia, a country where more than 4 million people are blind because of curable eye diseases.
Brian talks with Adam about turning a side hustle into a full-time business, the most important lessons of entrepreneurship, and how to lead through giving.
SHOW NOTES
* How Adam helps people
* How his side hustle turned into a thriving business
* The right thing at the right time can make up for a lot of IQ points
* The importance of objectivity
* The real challenge of entrepreneurship
* The skill of the future is innovation and the ability to think
* Evaluating Amazon as a side hustle
* How Adam embraced conscious capitalism
* Adam's mentors
* Focus on solving real problems at fair price
You can connect with Adam at www.reliable.education and on Instagram: @adam_hudson_official
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
Ep 48 - Andrew Sirlin on The Psychology of Achievement
For over 25 years, Dr. Andrew Sirlin has dedicated his life to helping people develop a better quality of life for themselves and their families by finding a new perspective on health, wellness, happiness, and success. He is a top rated speaker and consultant on the impact of mindset on corporate performance and personal excellence.
Dr. Sirlin empowers his audiences to break old habits, expand their comfort zones, and set and achieve personal and professional goals. His lectures have been called engaging, enthusiastic, and enlightening and his innovative ideas on the topic of perspective have been credited with significantly changing the mental and physical wellbeing of members of his audience.
* Why everything starts with mindset
* Using perspective to your advantage
* People who are successful are willing to give their time and energy without wondering what's in it for them
* Dr. Sirlin's journey to public speaking
* The path from speaking failure to expertise
* From struggle comes strength
* Dreams aren't supposed to come easy
* Why the most important conversation you will ever have is with yourself
* If you believe it, you'll see it
* Your past doesn't dictate your future
* Why fear of failure is self-limiting
* How to treat yourself when you fail
* How Oprah's car giveaway applies to fitness
You can connect with Dr. Sirlin at www.sirlinsuccesssystems.com
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Tuesday Jun 25, 2019
Barak Kassar shares his insights on career growth, branding, and storytelling.
Barak Kassar is co-founder of BKW Partners, a San-Francisco-based creative communications agency offering branding, design, and marketing. Before BKW, Barak founded Rassak Experience which merged into BKW. Before Rassak, he founded and served as CEO of INBOXTV, a pre-YouTube online video provider, and VP of Marketing for CHOW.com (acquired by CNET/CBS) and was an early marketing employee at Wink Communications (acquired by Liberty Media).
SHOW NOTES
* How Barak started his journey
* The moment that inspired him to change
* The hurdle that comes with setting prices
* The never-ending challenge of delegation
* The myth of strategy before details
* The "one person" mindset
* Why listening is the most important part of storytelling
* The struggles of differentiation and creative risk
* Why your greatest insecurity may be what makes you special
* You can't ignore the culture around you, but you can be "you" in it
You can connect with Barak and sign up for his newsletter at www.bkw.io
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Lee Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte PR & Digital Marketing, a 15 year old national agency that works with beloved and up-and-coming consumer, technology, and wine brands. An acclaimed communication strategist, Lee is known for her practical solutions to big problems.
Lee has a reputation for building cohesive, high-producing teams who get a lot done well and have fun at the same time.
The author of Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making It Work at Work, Lee based the book on her experience with epically failing and then succeeding at retaining Millennials in her business. Her second book, The Boomerang Principle: Inspiring Lifetime Loyalty From Employees, published in 2017, is a pragmatic and actionable guide to creating high-performing work cultures ready for the future.
* The struggles Lee had to overcome
* The business model that got you where you are is probably not the business model that will take you forward
* What Lee learned from failing to retain Millennials
* The generational battle is not new
* How and when to set expectations
* Why "Do it because I said so" doesn't work
* How The Boomerang Principle empowers organizations to create long-term success
* When you change the dynamic of leaving, you change the dynamic of being at a company
* Creating a corporate alumni program will cut your recruiting time and expenses in half
* Staying in a corporation for a long time is not a loyal act
* The new employer/employee loyalty paradigm
* Not letting people be wrong
* Lee's mentors
* What Lee would tell her younger self
You can connect with Lee at www.leecaraher.com
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
You can buy Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making It Work at Work at https://amzn.to/2XhnDK8
You can buy The Boomerang Principle: Inspiring Lifetime Loyalty From Employees at https://amzn.to/2MTCBSC
You can learn more about Entrepreneur's Organization at www.eonetwork.org
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Tuesday Jun 11, 2019
Cedric Bertelli is the Founder and Director of the Emotional Health Institute. He has been working with Emotional Resolution since 2009 in France and 2011 in the United States. In addition to working with clients individually, Cedric trains mental health professionals, leaders and educators across the US on Emotional Resolution.
* How Cedric helps people
* Why we need Emotional Resolution
* We are only as big as our fears allow us to be
* Why hustling and grinding are overrated
* How fear is at the root of our blockages
* Why Cedric left a great career at Ritz-Carlton
* Small emotions are the captains of our lives
* How our brain's predictions drive our emotions
* The step-by-step guide to resolving difficult emotions
* How mastering your emotions makes you a better leader
* You can change any emotion you can recognize
You can connect with Cedric at www.cedricbertelli.com
You can connect with Brian at www.brianrollo.com
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
In this episode we talk to Chris from Amplio Recruiting, an agency that helps great companies hire dependable employees from the refugee workforce. They have generated over $7M in revenue and placed over 4,000 refugees living in the US into full time employment over the past 4 years.
SHOW NOTES
* The two conditions that caused Chris to start his business
* Why he almost quit
* How he failed forward
* The misconceptions Chris had to overcome
* The advantages of employing refugees
* Why Chris welcomes competition
* How to encourage employee growth
* What Chris hopes listeners will take away from our conversation
Connect with Chris at:
www.ampliorecruiting.com
www.refugeeworkforce.com
Connect with Brian at:
www.brianrollo.com