Desmond D. Clark is an entrepreneur, investor, author, mentor, and keynote speaker who is dedicated to excellence and enhancing the lives of others. 

After an outstanding 13-year career in the NFL as Tight End for the Chicago Bears, Desmond D. Clark currently serves as President of the NFL Alumni Chicago Chapter. 

Guest Highlights 

. CEO of the Corporate Cup Celebrity Challenge; a mission to bridge the chasm of poverty through educational empowerment  . Served on the board of the 2013 Make A Wish Foundation, and was awarded the “Mentor of the Year” award by Senator Danny Davis for his outstanding leadership and dedication to the community. 

. Leveraged his years of leadership on and off the field to help others achieve their maximum potential and build a better community

· The false picture that society has painted up for grown men

· How Desmond Clark manages to through a transition

· 2 different ways you can look at situations

· The culture in the environments with all the muscles and energy waiting to compete

· Difference between being hurt and being injured

· Where Desmond developed the capability of transitioning smoothly from one thing into another thing

· Best piece of advice Desmond ever got from being in the NFL

· What is Desmond Clark fearful of? What is he still scared of?

"Get up every day and attack the day based on your standards"- Desmond

"The last thing that you want to do is disappoint somebody" - Desmond

"You've got to be committed and if you're not then you're going to let somebody down, even if somebody is yourself" - Desmond

"I told myself that I have would not be a disappointment to my mom and I told my mom that I would be successful" - Desmond

"I want my kids to say 'I'm so proud of my dad because of what he was able to do not only for us but for other people as well'"-- Desmond

"If I can't be true to myself I can't be true to anybody else" - Desmond

"I'm always going to make sure I try to put people in position to have victory" - Desmond 

"Every door that I walk in I try to walk out of that door where I could walk back and somebody's going to greet me with a hug and a smile"-Desmond

"People who become champions are people that do too small mundane things better than their competition" - Desmond

"It's the ordinary people that become champions because they do the small things at an extraordinary level" - Desmond 

"Reason people don't become successful is because they get bored and they have a more superior interest in actually make themselves feel really good in the immediate time: instant gratification" - Manny Patrick

Being comfortable can definitely be the enemy of progress - Desmond

"There's always somebody with something more than you and there's always with somebody something worse than you" - Manny Patrick

Connect with the Guest

Instagram: dezclark 88, Clark 88 

Twitter: dezclark88 

Facebook: Desmond Clark

Enjoy the holidays and prepare for the best year ahead. 

Do you need clarity and focus in life? Are you loaded with baggage that are holding you back? Do you have issues in relationships in both your personal and professional life?

Have you ever tried virtues like Forgiveness and Love?

Forgiveness Expert Anil Gupta says 'Forgiveness is the Express Pathway to Freedom'

Anil is on the mission to make a difference in the lives of millions these days, and he has made transformations in people’s lives, overnight, sometimes just from single consulting sessions.

But, back then, he had been through his own deepest valleys in life. Times were very challenging for him in 2008, so much that he even contemplated suicide. He was thinking, he's such a failure even if he did try and commit suicide, he might even mess that up, as well.

Those days, having his identity around money and being surrounded by rich people and constantly comparing himself with them, he thought he’d lost everything. But, an absolute stunning eye opener came for him when his wife asserted that his identity around her and the kids is very much there.

In this episode Anil says, ‘We do things for other people thinking that's what they want; all you have to do is have that simple conversation with someone, “What is it you want from me, what would make you happy”; and you'll be stunned by what they say.

Now, do you accept your children as they are? See below the insight from Anil.

“In that moment the child is born we accept that child as it is; but as the child grows we stop accepting that child and that's where the discord happens between the parent and child which ultimately ends up affecting the entire life of the child from an emotional standpoint”

Are you blaming your partner for YOUR happiness? Anil says,

“Don't let your partner be the source of your happiness; let YOU be the source of your happiness”

Listen on as Anil talks about; How do You Find Your Worthiness, The Power of Giving, Positive Results of Clarity, What Pure Love is, The Power of Forgiveness, Outcome for Getting Uncomfortable, How do You Choose a Date and many more.  

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• The Journey of Anil Gupta; the challenges he had and how he ended up coming out on top
• What did Anil learn about himself when he went through pain, where he even contemplated suicide
• How do you undo what was previously controlling you and create a new blueprint for yourself, so that now you operate from a different perspective with new processes in life
• What is it that actually prevents people from having that conversation; what is a great way to approach your spouse openly and with humiliation
• How do you find your worthiness and what is the process involved; why people had lost it and what is a good way to get back in
• How to forgive someone and let go when somebody is just having a difficult time doing so
• What is the definition of Love and Fulfillment
• What is the biggest killer of relationships today between a man and a woman; and what can somebody do to adjust the outcome of their particular relationship
• How do you choose a person who you want to date or have a relationship with
• What is the process to follow when you choose a partner
• Why is it we put so much weight on shoulders for our partners, to be everything to us and for us
• Who are unhappy people; why are they unhappy and what can they do to find that immediate happiness
• How do we get rid of the distractions; to live in the now, live in the moment
• What's the definition of Happiness, what does it mean

Resources:

Anil's book titled 'Immediate Happiness': Great stuff, Several Different Formulas in there

Forgiveness is the Express Pathway to Freedom: Anil's tagline on his Home Page, click to Visit

Being Happier is Easier than You Think: Anil's Facebook Page

Immediate Happiness on Instagram

Brian Wright...during high school one of his  teachers, who is also a speech coach, encouraged him to go out for speech events, but the idea of speaking in front of an audience terrified him. He got involved in a radio event all because he doesn't have to face an audience. He did really well in the event and from there went on to the district, and state levels. Awesome!

Brian's by-birth Radio voice, makes him a number one choice to be on the radio.

But, he did his part of the hard work.

When a lot of people took to scuba diving and all kinds of the fun stuff, Brian purposely sought out to do activities that he thought could improve his career.

He ended up teaching Speech and English Composition as well as Business Math in a 2-year business college environment, then he had to make his job fun, because a lot of the students didn't want to be in those classes.

Today, Brian runs his own radio network 'Success Profiles Radio' which he started in the year 2012 interviewing all these amazing personalities like Kevin Harrington, Erik Swanson, Greg Reid, Darren Hardy, Jack Canfield, Tom Ziglar and many more.  

Brian strictly believes and lives what Evander Holyfield said during one of his interviews, 'You have to have higher standards than everyone else around you'

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How did Brian's journey start, where did it all come from and what was the process in between for Brian to land up to where he is today
• What could somebody do to get over FEAR when they're speaking in front of a group or in an interview on a radio
• How do you continue to develop your skills even if you're already a subject matter expert and want to  get better
• What's the best thing that Brian learned about himself since he started his radio show in 2012
• What's the process to muster up the courage to get out of your comfort zone and to set the new high standard for yourself
• What is a standard connection process to connect and converse with an Influencer
• What is a perfect pitch to connect and converse with an Influencer
• How can someone without any connections, or audience get started to connect with these Influencers
• What is the best investment that Brian ever made into somebody else during his journey
• What is Brian's motivation to be successful, what drives his engine every day
• What's the next big thing for Brian after capitalizing on all these great interviews and being in the presence of great thought leaders
• A story about a guest or a lesson that can really wrap the idea of storytelling
• One message of inspiration for the listeners to take home

EPISODE RESOURCES

Link to Brian Wright's Success Profiles Radio

Link to Brian’s Blog, Books, Podcasts and Testimonials

Brian’s Success Profiles Radio on iTunes, Subscribe and leave a Rating  

Success Profiles Radio on Facebook

Email Brian

Brian's new book coming out with Morgan James publishing called 'Conversations with High Achievers' which contains 11 of his best interviews

Brian's new Launch: Success Profiles Magazine

Napoleon Hills’ Book: Think and Grow Rich mentioned in the show by Brian

Darren Hardy's Book: Entrepreneur a Roller Coaster mentioned in the show by Brian

Jess Phoenix is fortunate enough to have parents, who were both FBI agents, that put on bulletproof vests as they went to work everyday. They were great role models, and Jess could see a less conventional career path. Though many people thought Jess, too, would become an FBI agent, she took to geology as she realized it was absolutely amazing and answered the fundamental questions about the world. She's tired of inside jobs, and as a geologist you can make a career out of going to interesting places and keep people safe.

She became a Volcanologist as the work is exciting and would save millions of people around the world, who are living near volcanoes and hazard areas. Life is dangerous but worthwhile.

Jess worked on 6 continents and Antarctica is on her list to explore. She wants our planet to be healthy, our homes and outdoors to be healthy not for this generation only, but for the next 10 generations that come down the pipeline.

Jess has been on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel as a scientist. She's been in all kinds of science magazines, NASA's magazines, The Radio and CNN.

Jess is even running for Congress because the guy she's running against is a climate science denier.

Adventures of Jess are wild.

She competed in the world's longest horse race which is around 660 miles across Mongolia. It was in this she was chased by a Mongolian biker wanting to assault her. Other times, she’s been chased by these Narco Traffickers of Mexico and she managed to chase them too.

Listen on to Jess, every minute in this episode is filled with real life action and drama, giving hair raising moments as she explains her crazy life experiences.

In This Episode you’ll learn:

• The journey and the timeline for Jess Phoenix; where she started and what the path was like and how she ended up at the point where she is today
• Why and where do most people lose their curiosity to the degree where they don't actually ever get to fully live themselves
• What would somebody do to identify their values and how could one reinvent the value system to live life with more fulfillment or meaning
• What does Jess do if she ever gets scared and what's her process of dealing with fear
• Are there routines or some disciplines to get oneself ready for these hazardous types of environments like the volcanoes
• What is the greatest lesson that Nature has taught Jess on her journey so far with it, she's been in 6 continents and Antarctica is on her mind
• What's the overall life's mission for Jess moving forward out into the future
• How would one who's stuck muster up courage to take risk to step outside the comfort zone
• Why Jess was chased by Narco traffickers and why she had to chase them back.
• What is Jess most proud of at this point and what makes her really smile the biggest
• How big is it important for a scientist of earth to study the self
• One message of inspiration to listeners

Guest Resources:

Jess runs a non-profit. They take students out to the desert, teach them how to do field research. It’s real hands on for students who never camped before.

Chris Widener’s life started out pretty good for the first 4 years, until his dad passed away at age 41. He was a partner in what has become one of the largest architecture firms in the world and was making ninety thousand bucks a year in 1969! That is a lot!

Chris eventually ended up living in 28 homes and went to 11 different schools. He began to get in a lot of trouble; he started drugs in the 5th grade, spent most of his time in 6th 7th and 8th grades betting the horses outside of Seattle. He even started opium during the 8th grade.

While in high school, Chris came to that pivotal point in life where he realized he was going nowhere fast and needed to make some changes. He realized he was about to graduate to go out into the real world. He decided he wanted to become successful, become financially free, and do something with his life and make an impact, but he just had no clue how or where to start.

Listen now as Chris unveils his story of success as he talks about all the people who made a great impact in life. He explains how he got into the speaking world and ended up making television shows and writing books with the greats, like Zig Ziglar, and Jim Rohn.

In this Episode you will learn:

About Chris' journey, where it all started, what was the path for him along the way that got him to the point of where he is today.

What is the definition of success, Is it absolutely imperative that one must have a mentor in order to become successful?

What are the steps to a get to the point of achieving a balanced life.

What does a real mentor do for his mentee and what is the process of mentorship

Why people hold on so tightly to their belief systems and how do they overcome or unlearn them to get going down the path towards greatness

What's the bridge for anyone between wanting that something and then actually achieving that something

The incident which changed Jim Rohn to become a millionaire; he told a lie as he did not have 2 dollars with him

On what should people be investing more in for themselves given any stage of their lives

What Chris is doing at this point in life to continue his education

Two questions we could ask ourselves every morning to set our days off on the right tone

The difference between being rich and being wealthy

About the Guest: Chris Widener, is a successful businessman, author, speaker and television host. He has authored over 450 articles and nine books, including a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-seller. He has produced over 85 CDs and DVDs on leadership, motivation and success.

Cy Waits was named America's most eligible bachelor when he was 30 years old.

Within the first couple of years of starting a business, they were doing about 40 million dollars with a 70 percent profit margin. They had colleges, and business leadership classes, interviewing them, media all over them. They were on lots of covers of magazines.

Is he from a Royal background? Did all this come as a family heritage? Did they hit a lottery in the casinos of Las Vegas?

On the contrary, their beginnings were actually humble.

Cy and his brother come from a broken family. They lost their mother at a young age of 13. They were working at gas stations, in the nursery, at the lake, and all these random places to have something to eat and for a place to sleep.

Wanting to get out of the small town mentality, they moved out to Las Vegas.

Cy started off as a security and within 3 years going through all the ranks of lead and the supervisor, he landed up in a place where he became the General Manager by the age of 26. The youngest General Manager in Vegas.

He's actually in the kind of business where you make one mistake and, it can be all snatched away from you literally in seconds.

Listen on to his story as he unveils his roller coaster journey with sheer hard work. He even goes into his personal life of dating with a famous personality, and the regular fist fights with his brother, Jesse.

In this Episode you will learn:

• Cy Wait's journey; where he started, what it took for him to constantly, consistently and persistently develop his way to get to his position today
• How to have that love and care for a sibling and also build out successful businesses and maintain that with full character and integrity without losing brotherly love and family orientation, because some people can't even manage a regular brother or sisterhood
• What was the biggest lesson Cy learned about himself going through setbacks or disappointments as an entrepreneur even on a personal level
• How did Cy remain trustful to himself being in such an untrustworthy environment
• What is it about Fame that most people that attain it cannot handle it? Why people with that lifestyle see their own demise or self-destruct as a result
• Who's been the biggest influence in Cy's personal and professional life in his journey

Liza Glucoft is a Millennial digital strategist, producer, and director who’s been crafting digital content for nearly 10 years. She worked at both ‘Who What Wear’ and POPSUGAR, where she served as the head of fashion and beauty, video. She also worked as Supervising Producer at Conde Nast Entertainment in New York where she developed and oversaw productions across all the Conde titles including Vogue, Glamour, Allure, and Self. Most recently, she was Head of Video at one of the biggest VC-backed e-commerce platforms in Los Angeles, Thrive Market, launching their video marketing channel to an audience of nearly 1 million.

She’s now an Executive Producer at Awesomeness TV.

How did her journey begin, what was the path that got her to the point of being involved in digital media and film, and creation of all kinds of cool stuff?

“It was not a straight line,” she says.

It all started in high school, in college when she used to produce her own plays that she wrote and didn't quite realize at the time that she was a producer. But now she can trace the seed.

It was in 2008 when she wanted to be a television writer, like a Sitcom writer. She was the finalist for the Disney program which was a program lot of people want to be in for screenwriting. It was at the same time she also realized that the writers themselves didn't really have that much power.

Then, who had the real power? Who’s in that position of just come in and change the whole show? Why was she not as thrilled as she used to be of being a television writer?

Listen up as Liza talks about her entry into production, her hard work, her greatest investment, how to find your self-worth and much more.

In this Episode you’ll learn:

• What the journey has been like for Liza. Where she started, how she began, the path that got her to the point today, of being involved in digital media and film, and creation of all kinds of cool stuff
• What could she speak to somebody who's experiencing a setback, how'd she encourage one to confidently move forward and accomplish some big dream
• Is ambition a developer skill or is it an innate thing and somebody lacking ambition can actually find that and follow through on it?
• Does Liza believe that she's actively into her calling or is she still on a journey to find it out?
• How does Liza continue to strive for excellence in such a distraction friendly environment with so many different things going on, different personalities, and so many different attitudes constantly surrounding her
• How can somebody eliminate the ego and really just be true to your real values
• What could a woman or man do to build more self-confidence and worthiness in themselves
• Why is it that some people lose their creativity and give up on it
• What inspired Lisa to take the decision of building her own thing, her own business
• What would Liza say is the best investment that she made up to this point
• What motivates Liza, to inspire her every day to continue to push herself to be the best woman, to be the great producer in her space
• Why is it important that women should be in their person and use their voice when it's a male-dominated world around
• One message of inspiration for the listeners

Inspirational Quotes and Tweetables

My goal is to inspire everyone to do their best  

I constantly have a little conversation with myself; where I'm like, did I do that, well is it good enough

You have to have a little conversation, a little little pep talk with yourself to make yourself feel confident

From this disheartening experience, I learned what not to do the next time and how I'm going to be more careful the next time

The most strength or the most power you have is in creating

Don't wait for someone else to give you the green light, don't wait for whatever to get in place, before you make the project; you push through the thing

You create in order to find your self-worth

You only lose your creativity if you're sitting in a bubble, not being inspired for that matter

You just have to push yourself out of a zone of stagnancy  

I had worked really hard for the last ten years and developed the skill set so I felt confident in my work enough to approach people

I like say to myself is like a mantra, it's 'Execute with excellence'

I'm the greatest investment, in myself. The commitment to constantly try to be better and focus on happiness

If I push myself to the top and get there, then maybe I can make a change and maybe I can at least be part of the movement of change

I'd like my kid to say that I made a good kid who’s another good citizen of the world

Tragedy struck Jen Betts, in the year 2000.

As she was walking into a room, a playful environment, where somebody was swinging something around and she walked right into it, causing ocular damage to her left eye, and leaving her blind in one eye.

Now, after the tragedy, she's left with only a couple of options; just sit down and be depressed, or get up and keep going. Courageously, she chose to keep going, keep pushing, and be more positive, in spite of the setback.

Fast forward to, today. Jen Betts now runs a Public Relations company called Innovative PR and her specialty or area of interest is Entertainment Strategy.

Now, this is where things get interesting.

Her educational background came from nursing which is super different from PR. She's done her Bachelors, Masters in Nursing and thereafter, her specialty and Family Practice all related to the medical field. More so, she's born and raised in a family, that has only dealt with medicine and nursing throughout her lifetime.

Innovative PR specializes in social and digital media with marketing and content creation capabilities. Their clientele ranges across various industries, including entertainment, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, nonprofits, corporations, content creators and digital influencers.

Now, how did Jen get into PR the world? How was she able to make the Pivot and become super successful?

When asked about what it took her to get to where she is today, she simply answers, 'There's just a lot of no sleep'

Listen to her interesting story and mind opening insights. Click below.

In this show you will learn:

• What was the process for Jen Betts from start off, to her current position of being the president of her firm in the public relations industry
• How did Jen realize it was the right time to make a pivot and go start an own company, what were those decisions like and what she learnt about herself in those decisions
• The specific skills set that Jen learned as a nurse that she was able to take into the PR world and using them effectively to date
• Challenges Jen faced in bringing top characteristics from a very service minded, medical, taking care of people, nursing background into Hollywood where there are people that are trying to do things for their own best interests and they're very selfish and it's all about me. How is she able to maintain a level of authenticity in the process
• What is most important to Jen in the midst of all the opportunity to accomplish the next thing or to get to the next level, while still standing for integrity
• What Jen does actively and regularly to make sure she's at the top of the list
• What does it take to turn a tragedy into triumph? What could be the process to help somebody overcome tragedy and become triumphant in their life?
• What keeps people from asking for help
• What you do to build and sustain a high quality relationship with people so that they do care about you and want to be around you so they don't think you're just there to take from them
• How would you increase your personal and professional value in life and business so that you can become more of an asset or ally to somebody else's life or a business
• What would a small business owner without the money or budget do, because of their  love to do some Public Relations
• One message of Inspiration to the listeners

Tweetables

What has got me here, there's just a lot of no sleep

I made the decision of starting an own company after being loyal to a group of people in my industry for a certain amount of time

People are so scared about asking for help and they're so prideful

Everybody needs to use toughest times in their life to persevere in business and take our personal challenges and conquer business in a proper and positive and courteous way

Anybody who's going through a dark time, to become triumphant; you need your time to work through the phases of crisis

It's really important for people to take the time to get to know people and then understand how that relationship can flourish for business

It's not about what others can do for you; it's about that you're interested in them because of their talent

In life, it's so much easier to be negative and not to be positive. It takes time and will to be positive

Drive is that want, that desire, that want to do it, the hard part to try and find within your soul

Maria Hunt, in her early twenties always had that entrepreneurial spirit and wanted to do something to help people. That's just been her nature as she’s loved working for people.

She had been a horrible student in her student days barely graduating, but once she started working with these huge technology companies that's where it sparked her interests in learning. She learnt everything there is to learn about business and entrepreneurship from her once upon a time, co-workers and bosses.

“When you're working in a company, you have the social aspect, you're working with people but when you're a non-working mother, it's more isolating and lonely when you're just home with your kids.”

Maria worked for MySpace and other Tech startups that inspired in her, the social aspects. MySpace connected people, which is especially what mothers, ultimately need.

It was when Maria found these other mom groups, only to find there was mom shaming, being mean, or judgmental at one another.

She thought, she's getting older, and there is no time to do all of that, so she wanted to create this community of women who inspire, who look out for each other, who support, who loved to laugh, who love to have a good time and do not judge each other because, all women are going through all of it together.

It is then she created this community Unicornmoms, now almost 70,000 members where moms can have real discussions, a fun time AND even a dirty mind without any judgments or cattiness.

In this episode you will learn:

• Where did it all start, what was the early on vision and what was the process that took Maria from where she was to, where she is today
• How Maria was able to sustain and contain the equally challenging entrepreneurial vision she had when she started
• The differences of working as a high-level executive at a technology company, and being a mom
• The inspiration to create Unicornmoms
• What role do the parents play on the upbringing of kids
• What role does the father figure play in raising effective children
• Is the stay-at-home parenting the most effective way to raise a loving child?
• What would it need of women to own their own power and to step into it and realize they are limitless, with no boundaries
• What did her kids teach Maria about herself and what did she learn through being a parent
• Is there a question for a Mom or Dad to ask themselves daily to remind themselves of the way to be the best parent for their kids
• How can a Man /Husband be a best parent in their family
• How can moms who’ve lost their identities, re-establish their identities and find themselves again so they can find more meaning and fulfillment and live a more empowering lifestyle
• The App that Maria Hunt created for Unicornmoms and how can that be applicable to Moms and Dads
• One message of inspiration for the listeners today

Resources: www.unicornmoms.com Instagram: unicornmoms Twitter: TheUnicornMomsFacebook: UnicornMoms

Tweetables:

• It's not just about learning about business skills, technical skills, professional skills; it's all about learning about yourself
• Being a mom is like hard, it's like a 24/7
• Communication between the parents is the key; putting your issues aside, you have to be in this together, to benefit the kid
• It's very important for a son to have a father figure, to be there and to talk to about certain things that he can't talk to his mom
• The most important thing to raising great kids is, you have to be present you have to be there with your child at least 1 hour a day in a 24 hour cycle
• Nowadays there are stay-at-home moms that are on their phone constantly while  their babies are playing in the playpen or whatever
• Women need to just get out their comfort zones and take that chance and that risk; then great things will come out
• Women need to surround themselves with people who'll support them no matter what, in all aspects of their lives
• We get stuck in a rut, if we lose who we are (identity) because of our kids