Beyond Networking with Brian Miller

Brian is a guest on Janice Porter's Relationships Rule! podcast: Talking is easy, connecting is hard – and according to Brian Miller it can be learned! A magician turned author, speaker, and consultant on human connection – Brian Miller is here to help us understand what human connection really is, and how to magically connect to anyone.

Cait is a Forbes-featured 7-figure Business Coach for women and, in her words, your excuse’s worst nightmare. In this conversation, Cait and I pull back the curtain on the coaching industry: What is a business coach, when do you know you need one, and what should you expect from a coaching relationship?

Francisco Mahfuz is a storytelling expert who teaches you to become more interesting than Netflix. We discussed the difference between motivational speaking and being a content matter expert, what a story really is and why you should be telling them in business, and where to find stories to tell. Then we did a deep dive on story structure, the different types and when they work, or don’t.

Julia Freeland is a passionate educator and change engineer, who has spent most of her life working to help people break through limiting beliefs and seemingly impenetrable barriers to become better versions of themselves. We discussed that weird head nod teenage boys do, why today’s world is more like open sea swimming than laps in a pool, the one question that triggers empathy in any conversation, and how to get your kids to eat vegetables.

Mark Metry is an entrepreneur, a Forbes featured TEDx and keynote speaker, and a podcast host who has interviewed billionaires, New York Times bestselling authors and world-class human beings on his Global Top 100 podcast. We discussed how he pushed through social anxiety to become a successful entrepreneur and global top 100 podcaster, and how to know when to quit a project or task.

Corey McComb is a writer and TEDx speaker based in San Diego. Through blog posts, essays, and the occasional short story, Corey examines the human condition and new ways of thinking. This episode is all about being a professional creative: How to get ideas, balancing business with creativity, why you should be a collector of stories, and what he did when he went completely blank during his TEDx talk.

Tamsen Webster is a message strategist who helps experts make their ideas irresistible. She’s the former executive producer of TEDx Cambridge, one of the legacy TEDx conferences and before that spent 13 years as a Weight Watchers leader. We discussed why ideas are so important, how to differentiate your ideas in a crowded market, and behind-the-scenes of TEDx conferences.

Helen G. Sneed is a career coach, HR consultant, and speaker. She also founded Drive The Goal, a consulting firm that helps people and organizations take charge of their lives and career, and navigate change, where she is the Principal Partner. This conversation is all about navigating life's ups and downs, personally and professionally.

Zoe Chance is one of the world’s foremost researchers and speakers on ethical influence and persuasion. In this episode we discuss her new book, Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen.

Thomas Heaton is a landscape photographer and YouTuber. His channel has attracted over half a million subscribers and features weekly video blogs of his photo shoots in some of the most stunning locations on earth. Our conversation ranged from the power of publicly admitting your mistakes, to the battle against repetition in pursuit of expertise, how he approaches storytelling, getting into a flow state, the role of intentionality in creativity, loneliness, and the role of luck in success.