Share Your Fire

“I don’t go to work to make friends!” Have often have you heard that one? Why is it that so many people take that attitude about the workplace, choosing to focus on the job itself, deadlines, milestones, and sales targets instead of socializing with coworkers and colleagues. Most often it is people in leadership positions that set the tone, overlooking the human element while striving to achieve business goals and bottom lines. Human resources executive Ralph Kellogg strives to bring humanity back to the workplace. A seasoned HR professional, executive coach, author, and national speaker, Ralph has extensive experience helping leaders and organizations build more human-centered workplaces. He is the founder of Connection Points Consulting and author of Leading While Human: Notes I Wish Someone Had Given Me, which explores the courage, self-awareness, and humanity required to lead people. Our conversation went deep as we discussed the difference between being needed and valued, and his experiences that led to that observation. You don’t want to miss it! Meanwhile check out his website https://ralphkellogg.com and connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphkellogg/

At 10 years old, we are at a critical stage in our social development. At this age, the most important things to us are centered around our social identity. We want to be seen, heard, accepted and included in peer groups. How wonderful would it be if people cared about what we had to say, wanted to hear our story? And what if our story were published in an actual book?  That is the opportunity that Kerrie Sue Gordon is creating for 5th graders in Utah. Acknowledging how impactful it was to her own life to become a published author, Kerrie redirected her 40 years of experience as a swim teacher and coach into a passion for nurturing a child’s self-esteem. Through her Young Authors Experience, she helps children discover their stories, preserve their creative voices, and become published authors. “I want children to discover the stories within themselves and recognize that their voice matters.” Her invitation: Let Your Brilliance Be Read. Connect with Kerrie on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrie-gordon/ and contact her to learn more about the Young Authors Experience.

A powerhouse of positive energy, Beth Robins is an eight-time bestselling author, keynote speaker, and transformational life coach with nearly four decades of experience helping people fall in love with their lives. She is the founder of the Seize the Day with a Smile® movement and the Seize the Day Academy (I call her the Queen of Seize the Day). Beth has built a body of work around one powerful belief: that the life you’ve been postponing is the life you were made for. Her mission is simple and urgent: to empower individuals to stop waiting, to take bold action, and to seize the life that is already theirs. At the core of all of this is a blatant emphasis on kindness and how kindness is the key to happiness. Beth is an ambassador for the Global Kindness initiative, a three-month campaign to spread kindness, November 1, 2026, through January 31, 2027, with a special Worldwide Kindness Celebration Day on November 11 with recognition activities at 11:00 a.m. in respective time zones around the globe. The goal is to spark 1 Billion acts of kindness worldwide. You can find more information at https://passkindnessforward.com/. Learn more about Beth on https://bethrobins.com/ and connect with her on LinkedIn.

Every one of us will, at some point, be a caregiver. For most of us, that role is blessedly short-lived. Taking care of a child with a cold or flu. Helping your spouse with a broken arm.  Assisting mom around the house after a fall. For others, care-giving becomes an all-consuming purpose that dominates every moment of our life. Melody Vachal has not only lived the caregiver life for more than 30 years for her son with significant disabilities, she also a care receiver 10 years ago in the middle of it all following a serious car accident. And yet she thrives. Melody is a keynote speaker, author, and creator of the Space for GRACE™ framework. Drawing from her lived experiences on both sides of caregiving and from her career as a speech-language pathologist and health and wellness coach, Melody helps people move from surviving to rising. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book Still I Rise: A Guide to Navigating the Caregiver Journey and speaks about resilience, intentional communication, caregiving, and finding hope in life’s most challenging seasons. Learn more about Melody Vachal at https://melodyvachal.com, check out her Speaker Reel, and connect with her on Linked In, Facebook and Instagram.

Saved by the lathe. After suffering a stroke, Chip Scholz found healing and inspiration in his love of woodturning. A speaker, author, and executive coach, Chip primarily helps family businesses in transition and finds that the same skills and intuition he uses in woodworking can be used to understanding the uniqueness of each family business and guiding them through a transition process. He notes that in both cases, “you can’t force the cut.” In a world often overshadowed by negativity, Chip brings a refreshing perspective on family businesses and the importance of the human element in transitions. He shares enlightening stories drawn from his extensive experience, highlighting the unique challenges faced by family-run enterprises, and how the careful patience needed to create beautiful, useful, and artful pieces out of wood are just as important in business. Learn more about Chip at https://www.scholzandassociates.com, connect with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chipscholz/ or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chippturns, and look for his books, Every Dog Has Its Day, Small Decisions Big Shifts and the upcoming Handoffs (expected in October 2026).

For more than 20 years, Charles Fowler has chaired the Human Values Foundation, which promotes positive values in young people’s social and emotional development. He notes that our values, which we adopt during the formative years of our youth, become our behavioral and ethical guides in life. Research shows that a vast majority of people have positive values, including things like love, gratitude, compassion, yet that same majority claims that other people and society in general don’t seem to share the same values, and in fact, tend toward more negative values, exhibiting selfishness, hate, and discrimination. Charles has been working across global boundaries to address that disconnection. He is the driving force behind World Values Day, an annual campaign that culminates on the third Thursday in October, which encourages individuals and organizations around the world to put positive values into practice. This year, World Values Day is celebrated on October 15th, but these lessons and practices should be carried forward into daily routine. Witha never-ending supply of energy and passion for encouraging positive values, Charles also chairs the Global Alliance for Values-based Education (GAVE), a network of leading academics and educationalists, is project partner of the Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice for Health and Social Care at Oxford University, and serves as a delegate at the Values20 Group which engages the annual G20 leaders summits. Follow and get involved in World Values Day activities at  https://www.worldvaluesday.com/  and learn about the Global Alliance for Values-based Education at https://gave.global/. Charles welcomes connections on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-fowler-b74987104/

The best way to honor the lives lost on 9/11 is to remember the kind of people we became on 9/12.

More than 80 percent of small businesses and entrepreneurs fail; most within just their first couple of years of business. Only a tiny percentage become recognized authorities in their industries. Robert W. Jones is an Authority Growth Strategist and Global Entrepreneur Community Leader who creates opportunities for entrepreneurs, experts, and organizations to transform their knowledge, stories, and experience into published authority, positioning them as go-to experts in their industries. Robert is the founder of iNET Publishing House and iNET Media and Events, and the creator of the #1 International best-selling Art of Connection book series. Through publishing, speaking and a wide variety of other communication opportunities, Robert has enabled hundreds of small businesses to thrive. Many of this will come together as the theme behind Authoritypreneur Summit in Scotsdale, Arizona, September 25-26, 2026. https://www.authoritypreneursummit.com/

Learn more about Robert and the opportunities at https://inetpublishinghouse.com/ and https://inetmediaandevents.com/. Connect with Robert on LinkedIn at

https://www.linkedin.com/in/inetrepreneurnetwork/

“Life will fight you every day. You just need to fight back.” Craig Eagleson has learned how to keep on pushing no matter what life throws at you. His career as an Army Ranger was cut dramatically short because of an injury. He lost several close family members in a short period of time, and then his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Together, they faced it all with “a smile and love.” Craig is an executive coach who equips leaders to move from autopilot to ownership, one intentional choice at a time. He encourages us to challenge our beliefs about ourselves with a focus on awareness of who we really are. The president and CEO of Prestige Transformational and you can learn more at: www.prestigetransformational.com. His new book, “The Power of Choice” is due out in September 2026. Connect with Craig on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigceagleson,  Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590631047314 or visit his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@craigeagleson-prestige

Imagine spending your days hanging out with teen idols like The Monkees, the Beach Boys, the Dave Clark Five, Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy, Elvis Presley and Donny Osmond. Or jumping on a plane at the last minute with Jefferson Airplane to fly to San Francisco, because they said, “Hey, come with us. You don’t need luggage, we’ll pick up whatever you need.” This was the groovy, adventurous life of Ann Moses, former editor of Tiger Beat magazine. Back in the 60s and early 70s, every teen and pre-teen girl in America wanted to be Ann Moses, so she found ways to share those amazing experiences with others. During her tenure with Tiger Beat, she created opportunities for fans to meet their idols, win special items (including David Cassidy’s puppies), and even appear—and have a speaking role—in a television show.  Ann shares her story of her young beginnings as a journalist and how flourished into helping make dreams come true in this fun episode of Share Your Fire. After listening to this episode, you’ll want to grab a copy of her 2017 memoir, “Meow! My Groovy Life with Tiger Beat’s Teen idols,” where she shares the highs, lows and shocking surprises of being a part of the Swingin’ 60s. You can order autographed copies and learn more about Ann at  https://annmoses.com/, follow her continuing adventures on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/annmoses and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annmosestigerbeat/  Her book is also available on Amazon https://bit.ly/3Sz3QVf