Feeling stuck in your everyday life? This episode of Inflection Point features spiritual visionary and thought leader, Derek Rydall. He’s the author of Seven Steps for Radical Life Change, and is a leading expert on the revolutionary Law of Emergence. His podcast which is aptly titled, Emergence, highlights tips for how to realize financial freedom and abundance, be more productive and creative, and achieve true wealth and happiness.

In sharing a bit of his personal trials, Rydall offers a motivating message for anyone who wants to improve their life. He uses analogies you can understand to explain exactly how the Law of Emergence works as well as how we can embrace it. It’s also an insightful message about how to appreciate the abundance all around us—right now—and better tune in to our inherent positivity.
Key takeaways:

• Finding humor in everyday situations and using humor to stay upbeat.
• Recovering from addiction and leveraging it to live better and more fully.
• Overcoming the mind traps associated with false goals.
• Tuning into the frequency of emergence.
• Using “emergineering” to create the life you want.
• Thriving despite obstacles and challenges.
• Cultivating a mindfulness practice for personal growth and inner strength.

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play! 

You may have heard of Jacqueline von Edelberg, the woman who overhauled an underperforming Chicago school and lived to tell about it. She has been featured on CNN, NPR and Oprah and Friends for her revitalization efforts behind the once fledgling Nettlehorst School. It was this experience that led Jacqueline to co-author the book, How to Walk to School: a Blue Print for a Neighborhood School Renaissance. Now, as the Director of Dabble Kids, an online platform that offers hyperlocal enrichment activities for families and their children, she continues a legacy in broadening opportunity, engagement, and person-to- person connection (in an otherwise web-based world).

Jacqueline possesses an uncanny ability to bring others together for the common good. For this reason alone, Jacqueline is simply an awe-inspiring person with plenty of sage wisdom to share. It also makes her the perfect guest for this episode of Inflection Point.

Key takeaways:

• Creating an infrastructure for an initiative to get results. [2:33]
• Applying your strengths in different situations to garner positive outcomes. [4:17]
• Tapping into others’ energy in order to motivate teams. [11:37]
• Maintaining a sense of self-care in the midst of important life work. [15:31]
• Launching your own projects despite not having it all figured out. [24:14]

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play!

As a Curator of Confidence and Uniqueness, Rick encourages people to playfully and

strategically dig into their life’s closets, bringing out their uniqueness as a means for

building confidence, and owning their unique space on the planet. Rick came out as a

gay man at age 38, with a wife and two kids. His work as a Life Strategist, Podcaster of

The Coming Out Lounge, blogger for the Huffington Post, and Author of the book,

Frankly My Dear I’m Gay: A Late Bloomers Guide To Coming Out, has proven his talent

to guide people, out of hiding, and into their own brilliance.

His humor and kick-butt attitude is evident in today’s podcast where we explore the

freedom for all people to truly be themselves and love themselves unconditionally.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how mistrust, even toward yourself, fringes upon your sense of freedom.

[2:12]

• Stand in your truth and draw a line in the sand…understand how having this

mentality can help identify triggers and iron out any personal challenges – big or

small – as a result. [7:06]

• “Get off the comfy couch” and recognize that this signals more than action, but

rather a turning point. [8:57]

• Hear Rick’s journey in coming out, new doors that began to open, and how he

found his life’s calling in the process. [11:24]

• Make “quirk work” despite what others may think and why that approach spells

success in life and business. [21:15] [26:33]

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s

how we Live Lead and Play!

Have you ever purchased a product advertised on an infomercial? Have you ever contemplated what kind of messaging influences consumers and turns them into raving fans?  

Today’s conversation is with marketing tycoon, Alex Mandossian. In uncovering a Socratic and karmic marketing method, Alex has generated nearly $400 million in sales and products for his clients and strategic partners across five different continents since 1993. His all-in commitment – mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual – is why he serves as a “marketing therapist” for thought leaders such as Jack Canfield and Harvey MacKay. As the world’s leading master trainer to virtual trainers in the online marketplace, Alex is a veteran at growing “skill-sets, heart-sets, mind-sets, and balance sheets,” and his actionable advice has been shared everywhere from webinars to the stage, even presenting alongside His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

Key takeaways:

• Utilize the “ask methodology” to connect the dots within a niche market.
• Debunk the myth that it is better to lead from the front.
• Consider which specific days of your work-life cycle are the most crucial for eternal success.  
• Unearth Einstein’s true meaning behind E = mc2.  
• Go 4 for 4 on consciousness levels.  
• Commit to a challenge to perform one “intentional act of appreciation”daily. Adopt some of Alex’s small gestures including sending automatic birthday messages to your circle of customers, suppliers, and team.  

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play!  

We all want that engaged, productive feeling when we go to work, yet so many of us are sometimes disengaged from what we’re doing. How can we create a better dynamic with coworkers as well as establish teams that truly thrive?

As the CEO of the Gabriel Institute, Dr. Janice Presser has studied Teamability® — team interaction in clinical, academic, and business settings — for more than 40 years. She came up with technology methods to enhance collaborative cultures and make meaningful work and organizational health a top priority. She is the author of six books; her latest is Dr. Janice: Thoughts and Tweets On Leadership, Teamwork And Teamability. She sheds insight into group dynamics and inspires us to more mindfully lead and serve.

Key takeaways:

• Reframe your concept of teamwork to view it as a living being.
• Recognizing strengths and weaknesses in team members as opportunities for  advancement and better synergy.
• Understanding team member roles.
• Making leadership a team sport.
• Motivating team members to pitch in—even on tasks they don’t enjoy.
• Leveraging your own aptitudes to create better teams.

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play!

Imagine being 21 years old and nearly bankrupt working for a company that’s going down like a sinking ship. Fears also compounded by the looming threat of someone suing you for a cool $1 million. How would you tranquilize these events and create opportunity?  

Scott Gerber dug himself out from these trenches at the worst economic time possible. He realized early on that the 9-5 job route was never an option for someone with creativity and passion – someone who strived to play in the big pond. Now as CEO of CommunityCo, with an ever-growing customer base and as the founder of the exclusive, member-only Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) and Forbes Councils, Scott is helping others to focus on building relationships and communities. Also a syndicated columnist and author of the book, Never Get a “Real” Job, Scott certainly took the road less traveled. He dishes in today’s podcast on his bootstrapping ways.  

Key takeaways:

• Burn your business plan. Prepare yourself for gut punches during those key developmental stages of a business or career.
• Collect dumb mistakes because _____________ is the ultimate teacher.
• Be sure to gaze out the window during the train ride.
• Retrain your brain against the scripted metrics, like customer acquisition. Care about people as people.  
• Score the best piece of advice Scott ever received.  

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play!  

Growing up with a father who epitomized the advertising age’s “original madmen,” Bryan surely ate ideas for breakfast. It’s no wonder he claims he is “obsessed with creativity and the creative process.” Bryan is Cofounder and Chief Idea Guy of the Growth Engine Company, a sixteen-year-old firm which enables a variety of Fortune 500 clients, including Kraft and Ford, to generate new business concepts and innovations. His latest book, 21 Days to a Big Idea, unleashes powerful creative thinking techniques for individuals as well as small business enterprises. His inventive approach as the “new product guru” has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Insider, Fast Company, and countless other entrepreneurial-driven publications.

Key takeaways:
Stop waiting for inspiration to hit. Simply draw a circle around yourself. What challenges or problems can you solve within this space?
Remember when you wished upon a star every night? Return to that juvenile state and make impossible wishes…possible again.
Be like Einstein. Give yourself a problem, but spend 55 minutes coming up with the framework of the question.
Cultivate the “Chinese menu” brainstorming process – that of Fran Striker and David Bowie.
Find out what a 21-day experiment really means. And no, it has nothing to do with a food cleanse.

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons.
That’s how we Live Lead and Play!

David Novak was recognized in 2012 as CEO of the Year by Chief Executive Magazine, one of the world’s best CEOs by Barrens, one of Fortune’s top people in business, and one of the 100 best performing CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review. But, he’s not basking in the glow of these achievements like you might think. Novak is too busy recognizing the good work of others. In fact, the co-founder and former CEO of YUM! Brands, Inc., has a megaphone in one hand and the superlative knowledge to match…and today he’s shouting out a little known secret about the best way to build a culture – at work, at home, and at play.   

Novak is the author of The Education of an Accidental CEO and Taking People With You. His latest book, O Great One, is the launch pad to his newest venture, OGO Enterprises, LLC. He talks to Inflection Point host, Luke Iorio, about personal and professional fulfillment and how we can all enhance our connections with others in the smallest, yet most profound ways.

Key takeaways:

• Discover what happens when you do—and when you don’t—take time to do “this” in your everyday routine. [2:33]
• Learn to pinpoint recognition deficits – what are they and how can it either propel or derail your career and personal life. [3:40]
• Improve your mood and productivity by incorporating this one practice…guaranteed to help make you a better leader. [15:29]
• Leverage self-awareness to accept and grow from periods of transition. [17:13]

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play! 

If you had the choice to secure the path of a billionaire at age 20, would you? Meet the 76-year-old man who faced that decision, and chose the alternative—the one that would factor in family, children, friends, and other mentors and teachers. 

The life of Alan Fox bounces from one extraordinary success to another in both his personal and professional endeavors. With every triumph—from starting his own commercial real estate company in 1968 that would amount to $1.5 billion, to becoming a New York Times bestselling author of People Tools, Alan takes us behind-the-scenes of his best pearls of wisdom. Simple, straightforward advice on happiness, success, and building positive connections, both in business and in life, that has amassed faithful readership and captured the attention of the Steve Harvey Show and the Meredith Vieira Show.  

Key takeaways: 

• Recognize what will happen when you don’t tug on a problem from its roots. 
• Learn why kindness and philanthropy go hand-in-hand and why such opportunities are the true mark of success.   
• Resist the urge to eat everything at the buffet, an exercise in distinguishing between your own potentially reactive as well as proactive patterns.  
• Embrace a diverse career portfolio based on what you enjoy, not what’s going to make the most money. 
• Disconnect in an otherwise connected world and ground your decisions in emotions in order to bring about some amazing opportunities and outcomes.      

 Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. That’s how we Live Lead and Play! 

Have you ever thought about giving it all up? The house? The job? Day-to-day normalcy?  

Meet a couple who is on the hunt to collect experiences and moments, not possessions. With a moniker of the “Wandering La Vignes,” Justin and Patrice La Vigne are tried and true modern-day nomads since 2011, living a very nontraditional life … and making it work! With more than 12,000 trail miles between them, it’s safe to say they spend more time hiking in the backcountry than trekking city streets. It’s what they learn about themselves, along the way, which points them toward their true north and purpose in life. Even though the Wandering La Vignes have some big goals (hint: 20,310 feet), their travels show us that even just taking smaller leaps of faith can lead to endless learning and play.   

Key takeaways: 

• Score a panoramic view of best practices for disappearing from traditional norms in favor of a freer, more expansive existence.  
• Say hello and treat everyone like they are a CEO, never knowing what opportunities present from serendipitous and unexpected moments.   
• Throw caution to the wind; failures and mistakes are all part of the unscripted story. 
• Create your own happiness and make every day an adventure by adopting an out-of-the-box philosophy.  
• Recalibrate your partnership every day. Accept that sometimes you may have to set up the tent, cook over the camp stove, and fetch the water all on your own.  

Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons.  
That’s how we Live Lead and Play!