Screw the Naysayers

Julie Kratz led teams and produced results in corporate America for nearly two decades. After experiencing her own career “pivot point,” Julie developed a process to help women leaders create their winning career game plan. Focused on promoting equality in the workplace and encouraging women with their “what’s next” moments, Julie is a Tedx speaker and executive coach.

Julie is also the author of three books. Pivot Point: How to Build a Winning Career Game Plan, ONE: How Male Allies Support Women for Gender Equality, and her most recent book Lead Like an Ally: a Journey through Corporate America with Strategies to Facilitate Inclusion.

Julie speaks with candor and honesty with a heavy dose of actionable ideas for women in the workplace, their male allies, and for corporations that need to pick up the pace when dealing with gender equality issues. Enjoy!

Dennis Yu is the Chief Executive Officer of BlitzMetrics, a digital marketing company which partners with schools to train young adults. Dennis’ mission is to provide education at no cost to students.

Dennis’s program centers around mentorship, helping students grow their expertise in digital marketing to drive leads and sales by managing ad campaigns for enterprise clients like The Golden State Warriors, Nike, and Rosetta Stone.

He’s an internationally recognized lecturer in Facebook Marketing and has spoken over 730 times in 17 countries, spanning 5 continents, including keynotes at L2E, PubCon, Conversion Conference, Social Media Marketing World, Gultaggen, and Marketo Summit.

Dennis has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, National Public Radio, TechCrunch, Fox News, CNN, CBS Evening News and co-authored “Facebook Nation” – a textbook taught in over 700 colleges and universities.

He’s a regular contributor to Adweek’s SocialTimes column and is published in Social Media Examiner, Social Media Club, Tweak Your Biz, B2C, SocialFresh, and Heyo.

This episode is part of a new mini-series on Screw the Naysayers that features returning guests who focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success.

Phillip Stutts is the founder and executive chairman of Go BIG Media (a political media firm) and the founder and CEO of Win BIG Media (a corporate marketing agency). Together, these companies have won more than 30 national awards for marketing and creative content, including Pollies, Reeds, and Goldies.

Phillip has made more than 200 national TV appearances and has also appeared on some of the world’s most popular podcasts including Gary Vaynerchuk’s The DailyVee, The James Altucher Show, The Dr. Drew Podcast, and of course Screw the Naysayers.

Phillip is also the author of “Fire Them Now: The 7 Lies Digital Marketers Sell…”, an Amazon bestseller, and one of the masterminds behind the curtain of political marketing. 

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In the summer of 2018, at the height of her career, Paula Faris stepped down from not one, but two dream jobs—her roles as co-anchor on the weekend edition of Good Morning America and co-host of The View. And for what? To find the answer to a question that haunted her: who was she apart from her job? Paula joined me to discuss her first book, Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling. 

Paula spoke about her rise to the top of broadcast journalism, the moment she knew she had to make a change, and how she stumbled upon the realization that her worth was not in her work. Weary from burnout—working insane hours, dealing with extreme sickness and fatigue...even facing public humiliation—Paula  found herself face-to-face with the president of ABC, worried the conversation that was about to unfold would result in the demise of her career. She expressed her frustrations and desires for change, and left the meeting as she had hoped—with two fewer jobs and one bigger question: Who was she outside of her career?

Pull up a chair. This is a heartfelt and powerful conversation. Enjoy…

Crystal is a certified life coach, entrepreneur and the creator of a weight loss program called "Skinny Life." Crystal is also the author of Pure Thoughts for Pure Results.

Mark Victor Hansen is the co-author for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and brand, setting world records in book sales, with over 500 millions books sold. A much sought after public speaker, Mark has spoken to over 6000 audiences world-wide.  He is also a prolific writer with many popular books such as the Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win, and the One Minute Millionaire.  

Mark is frequently seen on TV including Oprah, CNN and The Today Show, and has been featured in TIME, USA Today, The New York Times and Entrepreneur magazine.  

Crystal and Mark joined me to discuss their new book, ASK: The Bridge From Your Dreams To Your Destiny.

This episode is packed full of great advice and insights and is guaranteed to boost your energy and your belief in a better tomorrow. Enjoy

This episode is part of a new mini-series on Screw the Naysayers that features returning guests who focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success. 

Matt Newman is a senior executive in the financial services industry, a cancer survivor, a public speaker, and a best selling author. His book, “Starting at the Finish Line” recently made it to #2 on Book Authority’s Best Brain Cancer Books of All Time.

Matt was 39 years old and a father to 3 when he was diagnosed with grade three astrocytoma (brain cancer). His memoir chronicles the journey that he and his entire family took together which got him to a place of clarity, understanding and appreciation. We talked about that journey in detail in episode 174.

Alan Lazaros is an entrepreneur, public speaker, peak performance coach, and co-host of The Hyper Conscious Podcast. 

Alan’s path to entrepreneurship was anything but straight forward. A self acknowledged Math lover Alan pursued his career with logic and a master plan. His stated goal was to become a CEO of a Fortune 50 company. Armed with a degree in engineering, Alan achieved significant early success in sales achieving a six-figure income at an early age. Life changed for Alan when he was 26 years old hanging out with his little cousin. After a fun night of Call of Duty, they headed to TGI Fridays.

It was a cold, dark winter night, and Alan didn’t know the area. They got to a triangular intersection, and it looked like the road stays left, but it doesn’t. It stays right, and Alan didn’t see the yield sign. Looking down at this GPS, and in what literally felt like a millisecond, he looked up to see the brightest lights hed ever seen. A massive, lift-kitted truck was blaring it’s horn not 10 feet away.

At that moment Alan thought his life was over. It wasn’t but the memory still haunts him. You see Alan’s father had passed away in a car accident when he was only 2 years old. That moment caused Alan to question everything about his life up until that point and realized that he didn’t like the answers.

Since then Alan has been on a journey that focuses on living the life he wants and helping others do the same. As a speaker Alan’s goal is to inspire, motivate and educate students about what they'll never learn in school, but desperately need to know.

This is a deep and thought provoking episode. Enjoy

You can reach Alan at:

Website: http://alanlazaros.com/

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

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Matt Kahn is the author of the best-selling books Everything Is Here To help You, published by Hay House and Whatever Arises, Love That, published by Sounds True. He is a spiritual teacher, and highly-attuned empathic healer who has become a YouTube sensation with his healing and often humorous videos. His over 16 million YouTube channel viewers are finding the support they seek to feel more loved, awakened, and opened to the greatest possibilities in life through the invitation to join the "Love Revolution That Begins with You."

Matt joined me to discuss his teachings and his new book, The Universe Always Has A Plan. Enjoy

You can reach Matt at:

Website: https://mattkahn.org/

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ 

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Screw the Naysayers Episode Page: www.screwthenaysayers.com/matt-kahn 

This episode is part of a new mini-series on Screw the Naysayers that features returning guests who focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success. 

Bob Burg is an internationally renowned public speaker and author. He is the author of Endless Referrals and the co-author of the business parable, The Go-Giver. The Go-Giver is a Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller that has sold over 925,000 copies. The book has been translated into 28 languages. It was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written.

The American Management Association named Bob one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders and he was named one of the Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World by Richtopia.

This episode is part of a new mini-series on Screw the Naysayers titled “It’s Your Time To Shine.” The series features returning guests who focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success. 

Heather Parady is  the host of the Unconventional Leaders podcast. The show currently airs five times a week. Folks, that's a podcast warrior for you.

Heather is a therapist turned online entrepreneur and the intention of her work is to raise up the next generation leaders who go against the grain. 

The decision to become an entrepreneur came after she’d earned her Master’s degree. When the job offers started to come in Heather burst out in tears. Her husband pointed out that when people get a job offer, most of them go out for drinks to celebrate. But down deep Heather had this burning desire to create something of her own.