Dr. Bill Dorfman® Podcast presents Meet the Mentor® Series

Peter Taunton is a pioneer in the fitness industry. His expertise include building a franchise system, international franchising, bootstrapping a start up, expansion and roll out strategies both domestic and international.

In 2003, he had a vision for Snap Fitness: to create an affordable, 24-7, results-driven gym differentiated from the impersonal, expensive big-box experience. Today there are Snap Fitness franchises in 2,500 locations in 26 countries. And Taunton, CEO of Lift Brands, didn’t stop there.

Taunton is an expert at understanding consumer desires and fulfilling them. In recent years, he has acquired and founded several brands to round out the consumer-fitness experience: 9Round, Farrell’s, YogaFit, STEELE Fitness, Fitness On Demand. Together with the Snap Fitness brand they comprise the world’s largest wellness franchise organization, serving 165 million workouts and counting.

Taunton, who prior to founding Snap Fitness owned nine America’s Fitness Centers, has designed a franchise-development operation that is the envy of the industry. He leads with infectious enthusiasm, which attracts prospective owners from all over the world. He provides them affordable financing, world-class support and an easy turnkey process. Most importantly he teaches them his own management philosophy, “Success is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.”

Taunton’s accomplishments have been well-recognized by the business community. In 2010, he was named an Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year.” His companies have also been featured for six years running in such prestigious industry lists as Entrepreneur 500, Inc 5000, Top Global and Franchise 500.

For Taunton, it comes down to one word: passion. He has it, he teaches it, and the results speak for themselves. Even as his operations expand, he remains ever-committed to providing owners and members with the tools and programs they need to reach life-changing goals.

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Jim Kwik, his real name, is the widely recognized world expert in memory improvement, brain optimization and accelerated learning. After a childhood brain injury left him learning-challenged, Kwik created strategies to dramatically enhance his mental performance. He has since dedicated his life to helping others unleash their true genius and brainpower.

For over two decades, he has served as a brain coach to students, seniors, entrepreneurs, and educators. His work has touched a who’s who of Hollywood’s elite, professional athletes, political leaders, and business magnates, with corporate clients that include Google, Virgin, Nike, Zappos, SpaceX, GE, 20th Century Fox, Cleveland Clinic, Wordpress, and institutions like the United Nations, Caltech, Harvard and Singularity University.

Kwik is the author of the upcoming book “Limitless - Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, Unlock Your Exceptional Life.”

Through keynote speeches, he reaches in-person audiences totaling more than 200,000 every year, as well as online videos totaling hundreds of millions of views.

Kwik is regularly featured in media, including Forbes, HuffPost, Fast Company, Inc., and CNBC. He is the host of the acclaimed “Kwik Brain” podcast, which is consistently the top educational training show on iTunes. KwikLearning.com’s online courses are used by students in 195 countries.

Kwik is an advocate for brain health and global education, with philanthropy ranging from Alzheimer’s research to funding the creation of schools from Guatemala to Kenya, providing health care, clean water and learning for children in need. His mission: No brain left behind.

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This week on Meet the Mentor is Michael Dameski. Michaelis a world-renowned Australiandancer known for his dedication and passion for the performing arts-his career began at the ageof 13 where he starred as Billy in ‘Billy Elliot the musical’ on Broadway.From getting a taste ofthe limelight at such a young age, Michael has continued to grace many stages includingAustralia’s ‘So you think you can Dance’.After being crowned Australia’s favorite dancerMichael embarked on a journey to Los Angeles.Since moving, Michael has been able to tickmany of hislife-long dreams off his list, these include the first national tour of Disney’sNewsies, dancing for artists such as Bebe Rexha and Sabrina Carpenter, starring in Travis Wall’sshaping sound co ‘after the curtain’, assisting the world renowned Mia Michaels and mostrecently becoming the runner up on NBC’s world Of Dance.

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Dr. Jeremy Fine, a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, grew up in Los Angeles. He completed his medical training in internal medicine at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in 2004 and was then selected to be Chief Resident, a role in which he enjoyed teaching the practice and more importantly, the "art" of medicine to physicians and medical students.

Dr. Fine has served on the Executive Committee, Bioethics Committee and the Medical Informatics Committee at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He is also a former Clinical Instructor of Medicine at both the UCLA and USC Schools of Medicine.

Dr. Fine is board certified in Internal Medicine. His practice philosophy incorporates an emphasis on not only listening to his patients but also hearing what they have to say.

He was chosen by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Best Doctors in Los Angeles for his exemplary skills and innovative approach to medicine. He has also been selected as one of California's Favorite Physicians. In 2010, he was voted Most Compassionate Doctor.

Dr. Fine loves to travel and has practiced medicine and lectured in cities across the globe including Oslo, Norway; Sydney, Australia; Nagasaki, Japan and Tel Aviv, Israel. He and his wife, Sharon have two sons, Oliver and Caleb.

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Candis is the founder of Spotlight Agency and is at the helm of her full-service agency. Always on top of what’s trending, Candis is viewed as a leader in health and beauty public relations, compelling one of America’s top PR experts, Howard Bragman, to refer to her as “the Mick Jagger of Health & Beauty PR.”

Candis excels at conceptualizing unique story ideas that attract extensive media exposure for her clients. Over the years, she has fostered notable media relationships – which have led to long-term PR success for her clients.

When she’s not pitching story ideas, Candis enjoys finding balance by spending time with her children, husband, and family.

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We are excited to bring youNoah Bremen this week, the Founder of bdirect Companies, an industry leading retail sales and marketing force behind many of the nation’s hottest products and brands, including Five Hour Energy, Beats by Dre, VitaCoco, NutriBullet, and Muscle Milk, among a host of others.

Born in Detroit and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Bremen graduated from Michigan State University where he studied marketing and advertising and played collegiate baseball. Once in Los Angeles, Bremen became enthralled with brand marketing while working for Peter Bieler, the innovator behind ThighMaster, as vice president of sales, who instilled in him the value of anticipating the consumer’s needs before they arise. Bremen’s expertise is in bridging the gap between retail stores hungry for the next big thing and to innovative new brands. In that vein, Bremen founded bdirect, a 360-degree provider of sales and marketing leadership for consumer product developers. Bremen maintains offices in New York, California, Washington, and Arkansas.

When he’s not in Los Angeles, he spends one third of his time in Bentonville, Arkansas, home to the corporate headquarters of Walmart, with whom he does a large percentage of his business. Bremen also has close ties with Sam’s Club, Costco, 7-Eleven, Target, Walgreens and many other big box retailers. An avid sports enthusiast, his hobbies include baseball, basketball, tennis, skiing, and golf.

Tune in to hear Noah’s to hear advice for a career in marketing and how he has achieved his success.

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Ted McGrath has created 5 Household Brands and Made Millions Teaching Coaches, Speakers, and Service Based Business Owners How To Turn Their Life Story Into A Message That Impacts Millions and Makes Millions.

He is in the Coaching, Speaking and Information Business as well as The Entertainment Industry, where he has taken his Life Story and Turned it into a 75 minute One Man Theater Show, where he plays 10 Characters on stage from his Life Story, Called GOOD ENOUGH.

Ted has created a movement called The Good Enough Movement, where he believes people all around the world are struggling to follow their message, their calling, and their gift, because they just don't feel good enough.

He has devoted his life to transformation, storytelling, and helping others share their true message with the world.

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Our guest today isJonah Shacknai, Executive Chairman of DermaForce Partners, an aesthetics technology firm that develops and globally commercializes novel cosmetic products in multiple channels, including the doctor-dispensed skin care brand skinbetter science™. Prior to co-founding DermaForce, Mr. Shacknai was the founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Medicis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Mr. Shacknai has an extremely well diversified public service, law, science, and corporate background, with substantial experience and expertise in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. Throughout his career, Mr. Shacknai has been honored by several institutions, including a Doctorate of Humane Letters by an affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, the “National Award” from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the “President's Award” from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and “Lifetime Achievement” awards from several dermatology societies.

Currently, Mr. Shacknai serves as Co-Chairman of the Foundation Board of the Campaign forTobacco-Free Kids, and Co-Chairman of the Development Committee of the Board of Directors for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Mr. Shacknai is President of the MaxInMotion® Foundation, a non-profit organization assisting economically challenged athletes, as well as persons with disabilities.

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This week’s mentor is Jonathan Diersing- Co-Founder & CEO of Rounderbum, an industry leading company in Men’s Shapewear thats getting global recognition.

As Seen On ABC’s Shark Tank, Jonathan’s pitch of Rounderbum’s innovative patent pending underwear technology landed him a deal with Mr. Wonderful himself, Kevin O’Leary. Their body enhancing garments are great alternatives to going under the knife or getting injections. Rounderbum opened their first flagship store in the heart of WestHollywood, transforming the intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente Blvd. Most recently, Rounderbum lunched on Macys.com, expanding in Europe and can be found in Mexico at all major department stores as well as at Rounderbum.com.

You may recognize Rounderbum® from Emmy Award winning RuPaul's DragRace when they sponsored season 10. Rounderbum strives to enhance their customers' confidence when wearing their products. Rounderbum is not only changing the way people look, they’re changing the way people live.

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