Design Your Exceptional Life

Design Your Exceptional Life

By Dr. Tom Hill and Alvin BrownBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Design Your Exceptional Life episodes

  • How People Succeed with Jason Williford

    Jason is a serial entrepreneur and his goal is to help others mitigate "stupid human decisions" from the growing business process. Having worked as an owner and manager, Jason has had the privilege of making several great people decisions, few good people decisions, and tons of poor people decision.

    In This Episode, You Will Learn About:

    [03:40] Where does problem-solving foundation starts from

    [6:28]  Why did you not lose enthusiasm after the first shutdown as a kid

    [12:40] Have you been tempted or distracted away from the goal

    [17:03] What is the Culture Index Program

    [24:03] More strategies, tips, and G-Curve discussion

    Connect with Jason  here. 

    37 min
  • The Power of Now with Betty Sue Flowers

    Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D. (University of London), and Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas, is a writer, editor, and international business consultant, with publications ranging from poetry therapy to human rights, including two books of poetry and four television tie-in books with Bill Moyers.

    In This Episode, You Will Learn About:

    [04:23] About Betty

    [7:45] Do you believe that people don't know what they want

    [14:01] Checking your ego

    [17:03] Tips on raising kids

    [23:03] Past, present, and future

    Connect with Betty  here. 

    45 min
  • Three books that can change your lives forever

    This is an ongoing short and sweet conversation with Dr. Tom Hill wherein I pick the brain of the man himself. In this episode, Dr. Tom Hill discusses the origin of Design Your Exceptional Life.

    Dr. Tom Hill has spent his life in the pursuit of success. Unlike many who typically measure success by only one metric, most often financially, Dr. Hill measures success across six areas. His experience shows these areas provide the most complete assessment of an individual. Those six areas are Spiritual, Health/Wellness, Relationships, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial. 

    What are the books you are reading this year? (01:31)

    How many times did you have epiphanies but did not take action? (6:30)

    Connect with Dr. Tom Hill  here. 

    19 min
  • Authenticity Leads To Success with Orlando Montan

    Orlando is the President and CEO at KO Delivery & Logistics, a family-operated business that is an Amazon Delivery Service Partner. Prior to that, he was a member of  the business development team at Verizon, where he was responsible for driving customer engagement and creating the company's Smart Communities and Venues Go-To Market strategy, as well as serving stints in the energy services sector and in food facilities and services provided to schools.

    How to be authentic leader (17:58)

    • I don't want to walk on a perfect solution
    • Thinking of what can we do to make it better
    • You have to show your team you care

    How to stay motivated (24:40)

    • I really enjoyed positive mental attitude
    • I'm a big reader
    • Quote of a day

    Connect with Orlando here. 

    50 min
  • Growth Curve with Dr. Tom Hill

    Dr. Tom Hill has spent his life in the pursuit of success. Unlike many who typically measure success by only one metric, most often financially, Dr. Hill measures success across six areas. His experience shows these areas provide the most complete assessment of an individual. Those six areas are Spiritual, Health/Wellness, Relationships, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial. 

    Defining "Design Your Exceptional Life" (2:59)

    • Most people just go with the flow
    • We can actually sit down and plan what's our life going to be in advance

    What is Gcurve:  (6:32)

    • Importance of proper priorities
    • You can't dream big enough
    • Putting your odds in your favor
    • Setting goals 18 mos segment -6 years
    • Having daily discipline

    Connect with Dr. Tom Hill  here. 

    12 min
  • Conversation with Dr. Tom Hill- Put the odds in your favour

    This is an ongoing short and sweet conversation with Dr. Tom Hill wherein I pick the brain of the man himself. In this episode, Dr. Tom Hill discusses the origin of Design Your Exceptional Life.

    Dr. Tom Hill has spent his life in the pursuit of success. Unlike many who typically measure success by only one metric, most often financially, Dr. Hill measures success across six areas. His experience shows these areas provide the most complete assessment of an individual. Those six areas are Spiritual, Health/Wellness, Relationships, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial. 

    Where did you hear the quote "put your odds in your favor" (02:31)

    Why it is important to be patient  (05:17)

    Connect with Dr. Tom Hill here.

    14 min
  • Viewing Success and Opportunities Through a Different Lens

    Dawn is Partner and Principal owner of the The Krause Basler Real Estate Team, powered by Keller Williams Realty. Dawn and her partner, Tom Basler, bring a combined 40 years of real estate experience to their team with the philosophy that "No one succeeds alone". Their Mission Statement "To develop a lifelong relationship with every client through the highest level of trust, integrity, authenticity, passion and industry knowledge" is one by which they truly live and lead!

    Background  (04:10)

    • Started with counselling work but do not love pay and hours
    • I worked in healthcare field: recruitment 
    • Goes to real estate business due to necessity

    My life with my twins before  (9:00)

    • Had twins where I'm more sad than happy
    • My kids were diagnosed with autismx`
    • I had pity party and apologizing for the boys
    • I decided to switch mindset and use my experience to share my story and learnings
    • And many more...

    Connect with Dawn at: [email protected]

    41 min
  • Your Accountability Partner with Dr. Tom Hill

    Dr. Tom Hill has spent his life in the pursuit of success. Unlike many who typically measure success by only one metric, most often financially, Dr. Hill measures success across six areas. His experience shows these areas provide the most complete assessment of an individual. Those six areas are Spiritual, Health/Wellness, Relationships, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial. 

    What is Money?  (5:05)

    • Money is attracted not pursue
    • Money is only an amplifier 
    • Money is not correlated to happiness

    Having an accountability partner  (9:49)

    • Benefits of having an accountability partner and mastermind groups

    Connect with Dr. Tom Hill  here. 

    15 min
  • Touching One Life with Dr. Tom Hill

    Dr. Tom Hill has spent his life in the pursuit of success. Unlike many who typically measure success by only one metric, most often financially, Dr. Hill measures success across six areas. His experience shows these areas provide the most complete assessment of an individual. Those six areas are Spiritual, Health/Wellness, Relationships, Intellectual, Emotional, and Financial. 

    Touching one life (5:05)

    • I have a moral obligation to be the best person I can be
    • I have a moral obligation to make positive difference to every lives that I touch

    Tips to do to touching one life  (12:10)

    • Create and post a note on your bathroom 
    • Choose 1 person and 1 thing you can do for that person
    • Practice it daily

    Connect with Dr. Tom Hill  here. 

    14 min
  • Developing academic potential while cultivating a virtuous character of our children

    Katy McKinney is the Founder and Head of School of the Classical Academy de Lafayette (CAL). She founded the school in 2016 to offer an exceptional classical education to grade school through high school students. She is passionate about all things "education" and has found herself in some form of teaching over the last 20 years.

    The mission of The Classical Academy de Lafayette is to develop the academic potential of each student through a rigorous, content-rich, classical liberal arts program while cultivating in them a virtuous character.  

    Start of her school  (12:51)

    • Started with 9 students
    • Homeschooling my kids on classics art program
    • I started it because of my love for my country and children

    Connect with Katy here.

    43 min

About Design Your Exceptional Life

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Design your exceptional life (DYEL) is exactly as the name says, a passion podcast project of Dr. Tom Hill and Alvin Brown aimed at helping each participant to utilize a 6-step process to finally…