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In today’s episode, Curt interviews Neil C. Hughes, author of the new Amazon bestseller, "Great Ted Talks: Innovation."

Hughes is a tech columnist, author, ghostwriter, and host of the daily show, The Tech Talks Daily Podcast.

In 2015, Neil was named one of the "Top 9 Influential Tech Leaders on LinkedIn" by CIO Magazine. ZDNet included him on their list of "You need to follow these 20 big tech thinkers right now,” and he also won the prestigious "LinkedIn Top Voice Award" for his written work about technology.

In 2020, Neil has recorded over 1,200 interviews with an eclectic mix of guests. Tech giants such as Adobe, Microsoft, Sony, Adobe, SAP, and IBM have all shared how technology is transforming businesses and reshaping industries.

Neil has also interviewed TV talk show host Wendy Williams, Star Trek's William Shatner, Gary Vaynerchuk and Guy Kawasaki about how they are using technology to transform their business too.

For more: https://techtalksdaily.com/ or https://techblogwriter.co.uk/

What happens when we aren’t able to put down our phones and find time to just think, be innovative and creative?

“One of the biggest casualties of our digital lifestyle is we've lost the ability to daydream,” said Neil Hughes, author, columnist and podcaster. “And I challenge anyone watching this, or listening to it later, if they sit in their favorite armchair for 10 minutes, or they've gone out for a walk, how long do they leave it before they pick up that smartphone? Because there's always a notification just waiting to give you that next dopamine hit. Some people can't even go to the toilet, the lavatory, without taking their phone in there.”

Hughes, author of the Amazon bestseller, Great TED Talks: Innovation: An Unofficial Guide with Words of Wisdom from 100 TED Speakers, joins Curt Mercadante in today’s episode.

Steve Harvey often says to beware “telling your dreams to small-minded people.” In today’s episode, Curt Mercadante urges us to not be surprised how the “scarcity pimps” react when we share with them our big, audacious, abundant dreams.

In today’s episode, we feature a snippet of Curt Mercadante’s full conversation (which will air in our next episode with Kerry McDonald, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom and a senior education fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. 

Today, Curt and Kerry discuss the diversity of the American homeschooling community and Harvard University Professor Elizabeth Bartholet’s call for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling.

In our previous two episodes, we discussed the words “impact” and influence.” You build influence by having a positive impact on the world. 

Curt discusses more in today’s episode.

The term "influencer" is used a lot in our society, but how can you truly make an impact and have influence in this world?

We'll discuss this and more with Erin Urban, a certified Career Strategist and Executive Coach helping driven, experienced professionals, remove career roadblocks and unlock their potential for more influence, impact, and income. 

She is an international speaker, published author, behavioral scientist as well as the brain behind CoachEUrban.com (powered by UPPSolutions, LLC) and the host of the Career Coffee Chat Podcast. Erin is a Forbes Coaches Council Member and a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist with over a decade in mentoring and coaching successful professional transformations through 1:1 coaching and group workshops.

Learn more: http://www.CoachEUrban.com.

In our “influencer economy,” some have come to see the term “influence” as representing selfies and social media likes. 

Career strategist Erin Urban, however, warns that this view of “influence” is wrong. 

“What's interesting about influence is we think of it backwards,” said Urban in an interview with Freedom Media Network founder Curt Mercadante. “We think, what can I get from other people? Really, when we think of influence, we need to think about, ‘what do they value?’”

Urban is a certified career strategist and executive coach who helps driven, experienced professionals remove career roadblocks and unlock their potential for more influence, impact, and income. She is an international speaker, published author, behavioral scientist, the host of the Career Coffee Chat Podcast and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council.

Learn more in today’s episode.

How did an ayahuasca ceremony with a shaman in the Amazon rainforest force bestselling author John Perkins to face his fears?

The answer provides the foundation for his latest book, “Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World”, and how transformed from an “economic hit man” to an activist for transforming what he calls a “failing Death Economy” into a thriving “Life Economy.”

Today’s episode focuses on this discussion of changing perceptions and “touching the jaguar.”

In today’s episode, Curt interviews John Perkins,, author of the bestselling book, "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" and the 2016 update, "New Confessions of an Economic Hitman.

Curt and John discuss Perkins’ new book, "Touching the Jaguar: Transforming Fear into Action to Change Your Life and the World."

As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and leaders of countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

The first edition of Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man spent 73 weeks on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list and has been translated into 32 languages. The 2016 update brings the story of economic hit men and jackal assassins up to date and chillingly home to the U.S. It goes on to provide practical strategies to transform the failing global death economy into a regenerative life economy. 

John is a founder and board member of Dream Change and The Pachamama Alliance, non-profit organizations devoted to establishing a world future generations will want to inherit.

For more information:

More on John: https://johnperkins.org/

Get “Touching the Jaguar”: https://touchingthejaguarbook.com/