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Our guest in this episode is Sherrie Clark, the founder and CEO of Storehouse Media Group as well as a best-selling and award-winning author, ghost writer, author coach, editor, publisher, and book marketer. She uses her 17 years of acquired skills, accomplishments, and experiences to raise up best-selling and award-winning authors, many of whom are entrepreneurs and leaders.

In our conversation Sherrie talked to me about

• The benefits of writing a book - for business owners and for others
• Publishing and Promoting your book after it’s written
• combining passion, excellence and great customer service

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Our guest in this episode is Chris Michel, founder of Coach Chris Consulting, Sales and Business Coach and author of the Red Chair Experience.

Chris is a son, a brother, a father, and now a grandfather, who grew up west of Chicago. Like most, he has had his ups and downs during his life journey. His spiritual walk has led him to develop a desire to not only work on his own ethical, consultative sales and business path, but to also help others in their mindful, virtuous journey in sales and business.

Chris has worked in sales, sales management, and general management for over 30 years. He has developed training programs over the years and continues to work with companies and individuals, contributing to their improvement and success.

In our conversation Chris talked to me about

• Value selling - who your customer is and what value are they seeking
• Building a sales process and how everything we do is, in fact, a process
• His Red Chair Experience

Maxine Cunningham who appeared in episode 306 and episode 500c introduced us to Chris.

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Our guest in this episode is Brad Tornberg, of E3 Business Consultants. Brad has provided consulting, across a range of areas to over 300 clients. His unique experience allows him to oversee the entire management of a client’s technology environment and can evaluate the entire organizational management and structure of the business. Utilizing business process improvement, Brad strives to solve the business issues first and then apply technology to help solve them. His role mandates strong interpersonal skills, technical skills and management skills.

In our conversation Brad talked to me about

• The concept of Business Fitness that enables peak performance for both the business owner and business
• A simple dashboard to keep projects on track
• Using technology to gain insights and data and enable deeper human connection

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Our guest in this episode is Riley Jarvis, the Founder & CEO of TheSleepConsultant.com, an organization that helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and high performers transform their sleep to significantly boost their productivity and energy levels. Riley started through his own health journey many years ago and discovered that sleep was the missing link that brought everything together.

After hacking his own biology by learning from top doctors in the field and furthering his own education on the subject, he has developed a state-of-the-art approach that aims to get to the root of the issue rather than putting a Band-Aid on symptoms, and he’s just getting started.

With a background in the finance industry, he’s seen first-hand what the consequences of sleep deprivation can do to the performance and well-being of any individual – being forced to work unnecessary overtime hours due to poor productivity, negatively impacted relationships, weight gain, burnout, anxiety, the list goes on.

In our conversation Riley talked to me about

• The importance of sleep to improve productivity and performance
• How everything in our body is interconnected and forms a finely tuned machine
• What we can do to improve our sleep quality

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Our guest in this episode is Nathan Barnes, who has 10 years combined experience of project management, event logistics, customer service, and media production utilizing organizational, decision-making, and leadership skills in high-pressure situations. Nathan is CEO of Greenlight Marketers, a Pay-Per-Click advertising agency ranked by Google as a Top 1% Premier Partner. With over 30 years combined digital marketing experience, the Greenlight Marketers team knows what it takes to develop and execute an effective online marketing strategy and love helping make their clients successful, by focusing on growing their bottom line revenue rather than vanity metrics.

In our conversation Nathan talked to me about

• Removing friction points on the customer journeys, making things easy for the customer
• Really knowing your customer and really caring about their success
• Continuous learning and Always Being Curious

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John Horn in episode 488 introduced us to Nathan.

Our guest in this episode is Soulaima Gourani, co-founder of Happioh, a virtual meeting, and online collaboration software. Soulaima was appointed a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum. In 2019, she received the Ideas Into Practice Award from Thinkers50 followed by a Radar30 award from the organization in 2020. She also been named the Entrepreneur Of The Year Judge and has served as a TED Mentor. She is a frequent motivational keynote speaker at major conferences, and has co-authored several bestselling books on how to succeed in life, life design, and the "future of work."

In our conversation Soulaima talked to me about

• The future of work and new way of working
• Finding clarity of purpose and values in your life
• What we can all do to bring happiness to our life

Neal Sperling in episode 200 introduced us to Soulaima.

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Our guest in this episode is Jim Euchner, Honorary Professor at Aston Business School (UK) and Editor in Chief of Research-Technology Management, a peer-reviewed journal for practitioners of innovation, technology and research management. Jim was previously Vice President of Global Innovation at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, where he led the development of new businesses and helped launch five businesses on three continents. Prior to his work at Goodyear, Jim held positions as Vice President of Growth Strategy and Innovation at Pitney Bowes, Inc. and Vice President, Network Systems Advanced Technology at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon).

Jim has worked in the field of intelligent systems for over 25 years. In his consulting practice, he helps companies to implement businesses enabled by emerging technologies, including AI, the Internet of Things (IoT), automation, and predictive analytics.

In our conversation Jim talked to me about

• innovation in large vs small organisations, and how each need to be approached differently
• The importance of really getting to know your customers - even literally walking in their shoes!
• What a “lead user” is and how they are immensely valuable for innovation

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In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Sunir Shah, the founder and CEO of AppBind which lets digital agencies manage subscriptions to software and ads for the clients without getting stuck in the middle of the billing. He formerly ran partnerships at FreshBooks, marketing at Olark live chat, and founded the Cloud Software Association, the 4,000+ SaaS partnership network. AppBind helps digital agencies deliver projects faster by taking care of their clients' entire marketing system.

In our discussion, Sunir talked to me about:

• Creating a solution by building a system
• Making things easy for your customers
• How the subscription economy helps businesses grow sustainably

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In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Will Reed, a Japanologist with over four decades of experience in Japan, and in-depth knowledge of the Japanese language and culture.

Will is a Professor of Japan Studies at the International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) at Yamanashi Gakuin University, where he teaches Japanese and International Students from over 30 Countries. He is the author of several books in English on Aikido and Shodo (The Way of the Brush), and has written a number of books in Japanese as well. Today, we talk about his just released book “Song of the Brush, Dance of the Ink”

In our discussion, Will talked to me about:

• What lessons we can take from Shodo - the way of the brush
• Finding balance, space, and inspiration through focus
• Being fully present in every performance and getting out of your own way.

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In this episode, I’m really excited to have as my guest, Steve Brody, an expert at helping people prepare to exit their businesses. He wrote a book called, “What Happens after the Sale” and has helped hundreds of business owners think through their exit plans.

Steve has over thirty years of marketing, general management, and consulting experience within large corporations and privately held firms. Steve’s experience has been in the consumer packaged goods and services industry, including beverages, pasta, frozen and refrigerated prepared foods, electronic information services, and distribution services.

Steve is active in consulting at the Executive Management level. He currently operates Advisory Boards for CEOs of firms from diverse industries. In addition, Steve has consulted with clients in the areas of Strategic Business Plans, Marketing Plans, Market Research, Business Plans for equity investors and executive coaching.

In our discussion, Steve talked to me about:

• A leader’s role in building and sustaining the culture of an organization
• Steps to identify the 3-4 most important core values of an organization
• Why leaders don’t need to have all the answers and what they need to do and be instead

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