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Today we’re exploring co-host Michael Roderick’s concept of the reciprocity timeline. What is it? How does it work? And how can it help you make major career moves and connect with influential people? We answer all of these questions and more.

Today’s guest is TED speaker and author, Rachel Botsman.

Rachel Botsman writes and researches about how technology is transforming trust and what this means for life, work and how we do business. Who Can You Trust? is her second book, following the highly acclaimed What’s Mine is Yours. She predicted the rise of sharing economy companies such as Airbnb, Zipcar and Uber, long before they became popular. The concept was subsequently named by TIME as one of the “Ten Ideas That Will Change the World.”

Rachel is a thoughtful and humorous storyteller who specializes in simplifying big complex ideas to make them meaningful for a wide range of audiences. She is known for her TED Talks, which have been viewed more than 4 million times and subtitled in 29 languages. Named as one of the world’s top 20 speakers to keynote your conference by Monocle, she is described by clients including Google, Microsoft, Xero, Accenture and various government agencies as a “standout favorite for audiences”, with a “rare and visionary intellect.”

Today’s guest is bestselling author, strategist, and performance coach, Robin Zander.

Robin Zander is the Founder and Director of The Responsive Conference, as well as an author, strategist, and performance coach. With a diverse background ranging from management consulting to the circus, he has spent his career working with individuals and companies to improve performance.

Robin works with start-up founders and HR professionals to improve company culture. Through individual coaching and team trainings he implements practices such as remote work, transparency, and non-hierarchical organizing. Through his podcast, The Robin Zander Show, he interviews exceptional performers to understand how individuals and organizations can accelerate change. He is the author of the new book Responsive: What It Takes To Create A Thriving Organization.

Today’s guest is Stephen M. R. Covey, the bestselling author of The Speed of Trust.

Stephen M. R. Covey is the co-founder of CoveyLink and the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice. As a sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and adviser on trust, leadership, ethics, sales, and high performance, Stephen speaks to audiences around the world. He is the New York Times and number one Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust, a groundbreaking, paradigm-shifting book that challenges our age-old assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue and instead demonstrates that it is a hard-edged economic driver and a learnable, measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.

He advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust and that the ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. Stephen passionately delivers that message and is skilled in enabling leaders and organizations to experience the dividends of high trust. Audiences and organizations alike resonate with his insightful, relevant approach to real-time issues that affect their immediate and long-term performance.

Today’s guest is Superconnector co-author and The Community Company co-founder Ryan Paugh.

Ryan Paugh has been at the forefront of building highly curated, technology-enabled communities for ambitious professionals. He first co-founded Brazen Careerist, a career-management site for high-achieving young professionals and ambitious college students, where he led the company’s community development efforts. Brazen Careerist was recognized as one of the top social networks for Gen Y entrepreneurs by Mashable.

Ryan then went on to co-found Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) in 2010 with Scott Gerber, an invite-only organization for top entrepreneurs 40 and under that Entrepreneur noted “has quickly become one of the most elite organizations of its kind.” He saw YEC as a unique opportunity to apply the expertise he developed at Brazen Careerist to help fellow entrepreneurs access the resources, technology and most important, people they need to succeed. YEC’s members now generate billions of dollars in revenue and have created tens of thousands of jobs.

Today, Ryan and his team are building on their vision of the future of professional organizations with The Community Company, a company poised to launch dozens of vetted communities engineered to help ambitious professionals grow their network and expand business opportunities. It’s a mission Ryan identifies with; after graduating from Penn State University and launching his own entrepreneurial career, he knows firsthand the value of a trusted community. Called “a cult legend in the online-community building world” by Mashable, Ryan is now focused on creating a strong membership experience and positive business outcomes for thousands of successful executives, thought leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs across the country.

Today’s guest is award-winning marketing strategist and TED coach Cathey Armillas.

Cathey Armillas is a Marketing Strategist and the author of the award-winning book, The Unbreakable Rules of Marketing: 9 ½ Ways to Get People to Love You. Whether in the boardroom or on stage, people love Cathey’s enthusiasm, passion and directness. She has been notorious for creating wildly successful marketing strategies.

As a speaker, Cathey teaches people the Unbreakable Rules of Marketing so they can use them in their efforts to get people to love them, and love what they do. Her Unbreakable Rules has helped reach millions of people and quadrupled her clients’ sales. In one example, she created a viral marketing campaign for a client by shredding items such as soccer balls, torpedoes, even a Volkswagen, and posting videos of them online. It landed the client on the David Letterman Show, CNN, CNBC and the Discovery Channel.

Cathey shows her authenticity and heart as a TEDx speaker, TEDx speaking coach and organizer. Cathey knows speaking from an organizer’s standpoint from her experience volunteering behind the scenes at TEDxPortland. Portland hosts the one of the world’s largest TEDx event in the world with an attendance of over 3,000 people. Secondly, Cathey has coached many to rock their TED Talk from young rising star celebrities to WWII War heroes. She has also been invited to deliver her own TEDx Talk. Though thriving as a guru in marketing, her TEDx Talk is titled: “Share your life”. Cathey opened up and showed her vulnerable side as she shared her personal struggle for happiness and where she finally found it.

Today’s guest is Comic Con founder and Ace Universe CEO Gareb Shamus.

Gareb Shamus is an American contemporary painter and part of New York’s emerging Connectivism movement. He is the founder of the country’s largest producer of Comic Cons. Gareb started and published, for over twenty years, Wizard and ToyFare the award winning magazines that transformed the superhero and character based genre worldwide.

His paintings are noted for breaking the ‘3rd wall’ with their three-dimensional textures and use of a proprietary painting technique designed and developed to provoke conversation by reaching out to the casual viewer. His artwork is currently on display in galleries in Los Angeles and New York City; and he has exhibitions lined up over the coming twelve months in England, Italy, Germany and Asia. Gareb recently showed at Scope Miami during Art Basel and is the Artist in Residence at The Pivot Gallery in Chelsea, New York City.

Today’s guest is Brendan McDonald, Producer of WTF Podcast with Marc Maron.

Brendan McDonald is the producer and co-creator of WTF Podcast with Marc Maron. He is also the co-author of Waiting for the Punch.

Today’s guest is Pamela Wasley, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Cerius Executives.

Pamela Wasley is CEO for Cerius Executives. She is a serial entrepreneur who has personally sold two companies and recently led a management buyout of Cerius. She is an expert at helping companies develop higher shareholder value through the strategic development of rapid growth and profitability opportunities with industry experience ranging from technology, telecommunications, medical device, manufacturing and business services. She serves on several private company boards and is a frequent speaker on the topics of talent management, Millennials, and contingent workforces.

Today’s guest is author and ForbesBooks Radio host Gregg Stebben.

Gregg Stebben is co-host of the nationally syndicated ForbesBooks Radio, which is heard in 200 US radio markets including New York, New Jersey, New Orleans, and Portland, with over 3 million listeners nationwide. As a journalist and former host of Men’s Health Live, Gregg has interviewed everyone from Presidents Trump and Clinton to Mikhail Gorbachev and Katie Couric. He is also the author of 16 books, including White House Confidential, The Man’s Manual, Internet Privacy for Dummies, and How To Be a 21st Century Man.