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  • 209: Take Control and Be More Optimistic About the Future
    My guest today is someone I’ve had the pleasure to get to know a bit over the past few years.
    He’s a fellow podcaster, a relatively new author, and is adamant in his belief that the financial planning industry is in dire need of some change.

    His book is called Rock Retirement: A Simple Guide to Take Control and Be More Optimistic About the Future and, in it, he argues that though traditional retirement planning worked for your parents and their simpler lifestyles, it doesn’t address the unique needs of you and your generation.
    Retirement is changing, and the process you use to make critical decisions about your life and money must change as well.
    I hope you’ll join us for this fascinating conversation.
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Roger to share about:

    * How the way our parents planned and prepared for this stage of life – and the way many advisors still advocate – is no longer relevant
    * Why you should rethink retirement, even if you think it’s too late to do so
    * The four little conversations you need to be willing to have with yourself
    * …and much more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.

    Roger’s Latest Book
    You can order Rock Retirement: A Simple Guide to Help You Take Control and Be More Optimistic About the Future right now!
    Books Roger Recommends
    Linchpin: Are You Indispensable by Seth Godin
    QBQ: The Question Behind the Question by John G. Miller
    Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
    Check Out These Resources
    Visit Roger’s website for more about him and his work.
    Grab a copy of Roger‘s book now.
    Find out more about hiring Roger to speak to your group.
    Connect with Roger on
    25 min
  • 208: How to Stay In Love With Your Entrepreneur
    If you are an entrepreneur – whether you’ve launched a company, a lifestyle business, or are working as a freelancer – or you’re the person married to one, today’s episode is one you do not want to miss.
    My special guest today is Dorcas Cheng-Tozun and she has over a decade’s worth of experience living life with an entrepreneur, including all the ups and downs that go with it.

    In her new book Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in This Crazy Startup World, as well as in today’s episode, Dorcas is transparent in regard to her own journey and isn’t afraid to share what she and her husband Ned, founder of d.light, have learned from their mistakes.
    I have to say that I found both my conversation with Dorcas, and reading her book, quite refreshing. I think you will too.
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Dorcas to share about:

    * The concerns she had at the beginning of her husband’s entrepreneurial journey and how she could have better expressed them
    * How to deal with the occasional feelings of resentment that will undoubtedly crop up
    * What to do if you find it difficult to ask for help…
    * …and plenty more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.

    Dorcas’s Latest Book
    You can order Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay In Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Startup World right now!
    The Book Trailer
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    Books Dorcas Recommends
    Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Changes the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brene Brown
    A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: How I learned to Live a Better Story by Donald Miller
    The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
    Check Out These Resources
    Visit Dorcas’s website for more about her and her work.
    36 min
  • 207: How to Take Your Startup From Idea to Empire
    You no doubt know that I read. Like, a lot. At least a book a week anyway.
    You may not know, however, that I spend time not just reading books, but also a handful of trusted sources in the magazine world.

    My favorites include Success, Wired, Fast Company and Inc.
    Today’s guest, in fact, is a contributing editor at Inc. magazine, as well as a podcast host (The Story Exchange). She authored The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook and the book being featured today.
    That one is called, Start a Successful Business: Expert Advice to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire.
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Colleen to share about:

    * Where to look to find your brilliant idea…
    * How to get your product or service noticed
    * The traits Colleen believes an effective leader must possess
    * …and plenty more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.

    Colleen’s Latest Book
    You can order Start a Success Business: Expert Advice to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire right now!
    Colleen in Action

    Books Colleen Recommends
     
    The books of Laura Ingalls Wilder
    A Year In Provence by Peter Mayle
    The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Henry Beston
    The Still Meadow books by Gladys Tabor
    Check Out These Resources
    Visit Colleen’s website for more about her and her work.
    Grab a copy of Colleen‘s book now.
    Find out more about hiring Colleen to speak to your group.
    Connect with Colleen on
    36 min
  • 206: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness Into Your Life
    If no one ever told you, you may not have realized what a tremendous networking tool hosting a podcast can be. Especially an interview-driven one like Read to Lead.
    It’s thanks in no small part to a young gentleman named Clark Buckner that you’re hearing this episode today. Clark was kind enough to recommend, and then introduce me to our guest.

    Her name is Ellen Petry Leanse, and she is the author of a recent book called The Happiness Hack: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness Into Your Life.
    Ellen contends that we have more control over our minds than we think. Read her book, and check out our conversation, to learn how you can “train your brain” to create the life and future you want.
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Ellen to share about:

    * The impact technology is having on our ability to make real connections
    * Simple steps you can take every day to foster real connections
    * One key thing successful people have in common
    * …and plenty more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.

    Ellen’s Latest Book
    You can order The Happiness Hack: How to Take Charge of Your Brain and Program More Happiness Into Your Life right now!
    Ellen in Action

    Books Ellen Recommends
    Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind by Yuval Noah Harari
    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
    (Set of 48) Field Guides by Robert Tory Peterson
    Check Out These Resources
    Visit Ellen’s website for more about her and her work.
    Grab a copy of Ellen‘s book now.
    Find out more about hiring Ellen to speak to your group
    44 min
  • 205: How to Achieve Success, Create Balance, and Experience Fulfillment
    Later this week, the world will celebrate International Women’s Day. What’s that you ask?
    In short, it’s a “strong call to #PressforProgress motivating and uniting friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender inclusive.”
    What better way to celebrate and observe this day than to welcome to the show two internationally successful businesswomen, each with about 30 years of real world of experience.

    As it turns out, they have a brand new book out this week as well. It’s called Remember Who You Are: Achieve Success, Create Balance, Experience Fulfillment.
    They are Paula Brown Stafford and Lisa T. Grimes, former competitors turned colleagues, friends and, eventually, co-owner so Habergeon, they consulting company.
    I hope you’ll join us as we dive into success, balance, and fulfillment. Oh, and to enter to win a copy of their new book, share the tweet embedded below, and leave a comment at the bottom of this post as to why you’d like a copy. The answer I deem most compelling will win. 😉
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Paula and Lisa to share about:

    * What women AND men need to know about success, balance, and fulfillment
    * How humility and confidence combine to bring out your authentic leadership
    * How to leverage adversity to your advantage
    * …and plenty more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.
    This Episode is also Sponsored By Gusto
    Gusto is refreshingly easy payroll, benefits, and HR for the modern small business. They make it easy, with modern technology doing all the heavy lifting.
    You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service for your team.
    Gusto is offering Read to Lead listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today and you’ll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll.
    Just go
    37 min
  • 204: Finding Happiness, Focus, and Productivity No Matter How Busy You Are
    It wasn’t that long ago that today’s guest found himself in the ER wondering whether he’d just suffered a heart attack.
    This despite the fact that he was a marathon running, healthy eating, 32-years-young man. What in the world?!

    The good news for Jeff Sanders is it was actually something relatively minor (an esophageal spasm, accompanied by shortness of breath, according to doctors). This scary-at-the-time episode, it turns out, was brought on by overwork and stress.
    Jeff’s body was trying to tell him something. It was time to make some dramatic changes. This is where you and I reap the benefits. Jeff has indeed made some major changes since then and learned that, while caffeine and little sleep work when it comes to getting things done, they only work temporarily. Then what?
    That’s what Jeff and I spend the better part of our time today chatting about.
    Join in on our chat below
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    In today’s episode, I ask Jeff to share about:

    * Methods for filtering all the incoming….invitations, new ideas, and projects
    * Help with blocking distractions to ensure your important work gets done
    * How you can schedule a sabbatical, even if you work a full-time job
    * …and plenty more!


    This Episode is Sponsored By Cloud Accounting Software FreshBooks
    FreshBooks cloud accounting software is currently offering a month of unrestricted use to all RtLP listeners – totally free right now. And, you don’t need a credit card for the trial.
    To claim your free month, click here and be sure and enter ReadToLead in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section.
    If your business uses Freshbooks, and you’d like to share your experience with the Read to Lead audience, click the contact tab at the top of this page and let us know. Be sure and include “FreshBooks” in the subject line.
    This Episode is also Sponsored By Gusto
    Gusto is refreshingly easy payroll, benefits, and HR for the modern small business. They make it easy, with modern technology doing all the heavy lifting.
    You no longer have to be a big company to get great technology, great benefits, and great service for your team.
    Gusto is offering Read to Lead listeners an exclusive, limited-time deal. Sign up today and you’ll get 3 months free once you run your first payroll.
    Just go here to get started.

    Jeff’s Latest Book
    You can pre-order The Free-Time Formula: Finding Happiness, Focus, and Productivity No Matter How Busy You Are right now!
    Jeff in Action

    Books Jeff Recommends
    41 min

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