Jim Cathcart shares with Colin Pearce how hearing a voice on the radio in another room changed his life.

You’ve probably met someone who is meandering through life, half baked, cold fish and going no-where. You shake your head when you see it and if they are close to you, you wish they’d get a good old wake-up to who they could be. If only someone would impress on them that they are ten times better than they think. If only someone would motivate them to be so good they’d get noticed. 

Well that’s the story of the guest on this episode of the BE SO GOOD PODCAST. His life changed when he heard words spoken on a radio in another room where he worked.

You never know what is going to click someone’s light on and you can only hope and pray it comes the nick of time, like it did for our guest.

I invited Jim Cathcart to tell his story. I’ve known Jim and his wife Paula for over 30 years. We’ve eaten out together here in the Adelaide Hills at the german township of Hahndorf and in beautiful La Jolla California where they lived until recently when they moved to Austin Texas.

Jim was a college drop out, a heavy smoker and overweight in a dead -end job. He’s going to tell us what woke him up. 

Today Jim’s the author of 20 books, including the international bestseller: The Acorn Principle. His Tedx talk has attracted 2.5 million views – putting it in the top 1% of all time. He was inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame and has delivered over 3,100 professional speeches all over his native US as well as Australia and a plethora of other countries. In 2019 he gave dozens of presentations in China. So now he speaks online and serves on the boards of multiple companies - also online.

He has a full life as a Rock & Roll guitarist/singer performing in night clubs and at conventions; he rides his big fat motorcycle, he’s a pistol shooter and he hikes.