Some of the best advice my mom ever gave me is so simple — yet so powerful. I challenge you to apply it to whatever is challenging you in your life.

Recorded from a side canal in Venice Italy — Is a scarcity mindset causing you to forego a life of freedom and fulfillment, no matter your revenue or paycheck? Listen to this episode.

While looking for a place to eat near our apartment in Paris, France, Curt and his family happened upon a nondescript passageway, and decided to walk through. What they found on the other side surprised them.

Actress and standup comedian Diana Nguyen, of Melbourne, Australia, discusses her work with Melbourne Playback Theater, migrant refugees, standup comedy, and how she got the LinkedIn nickname, Dancing Diana.

Recorded while taking a walk in Luxembourg Garden in Paris, France, Curt reflects on his family vacation and the need to focus on essential outcomes to avoid burnout.

Today's episode features Part II of Curt's discussion with Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra, hosts of The Back Pocket Podcast. What are their goals for the podcast? What are some inside tips for starting a podcast? Why is active listening so important? All this, and more, on today's episode. 

Listen/subscribe to The Back Pocket Podcast here: https://www.yourbackpockets.com/

Recorded in Paris, France, Curt discusses how each of us has his or her own personal sound barriers -- those goals or challenges that have seemed unbreakable for so long and for which we create "doomsday" scenarios in our minds about if/when we break through to the other side. What's your sound barrier?

If you're waiting for the perfect day before you start working toward your dreams, you'll be six feet under before that day ever comes.

Have you ever dreamed of starting a podcast? Then listen to today's episode, in which Curt interviews Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra, hosts of The Back Pocket Podcast. They share their vision and their journey to building a successful podcast, and discuss why it's important to own up to your "average qualities." (Part 1 of a 2-part series).

Listen/subscribe to The Back Pocket Podcast here: https://www.yourbackpockets.com/

In his excellent book, "The Creative Curve," Allen Gannett shatters the myth that the world's most creative people have their ideas come to them in "a-ha moments." In today's episode, Curt and Allen discuss how to "train" your brain to think more creatively, in which jobs its helpful to be most creative, and what motivated Allen to write this book.

Learn more about Allen and buy the book here: http://www.allen.xyz/