The Alignment Show

John David Mann has been creating careers since he was a teenager. He even started his own high school—while he was in high school! He forged a successful career as a concert cellist and prize-winning composer. That wasn’t enough, though. He is an award-winning author of more than 30 books, including the classic parable The Go-Giver with Bob Burg. He has also co-authored The Latte Factor with David Bach, Out of the Maze with Spencer Johnson, and a highly successful thriller series of novels with former Navy seal Brandon Webb.

Ana Gabriel Mann works in family therapy and 5 Secrets marriage coaching. She has served as clinical director for a support program for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, co-founded New England’s first college of Chinese medicine, and worked as a corporate consultant, speaker, trainer, and business coach.

Together they authored The Go-Giver Marriage and created related coaching businesses.

We had a wide-ranging conversation about how they have managed to accomplish all that they have, how they have kept their focus on actualizing their values and supported each other in that, and how to harness your own values to drive reaching your own goals. Among the resources we talked about:

* The Go-Giver Marriage, their book they wrote together.

* The Go-Giver Marriage site, a resource for people seeking to apply to principles and insights laid out in the book.

* Webb and Mann, the site to learn about their bestselling thriller series.

* John David Mann’s web site, to learn more about him and his 30 books, plus access to his mentoring for your own writing.

John has a new parable book coming out soon entitled The Vagrant. We will link it here when the pre-order gets posted, and we are in the process of scheduling a follow-up episode to focus on that.

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* Facebook

* YouTube

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I’m behind posting this week’s audio and replays—Marty shared so many helpful resources that I wanted to try to get them in here, but I’ve realized I should just point to his LinkedIn, his primary web page, and just a couple of his many endeavors. I encourage you to connect with him directly, because you’ll almost find something beyond these listings in which you will mutually benefit.

Marty Dickinson is the business longevity guy. He works with business owners, CEOs, speakers and sales agents who want to attract red hot leads by the dozens even in a shaky economy, in a way that makes the sales process easy and natural. Long before the pandemic, Marty faced the challenges of going into business for himself, and he has used speaking to build at least three businesses since! He has weathered multiple business cycle downturns, and he has developed approaches that will help you determine your own best way to thrive in shaky times.

We talked about how terrified he was of speaking to begin with, what led him to do it anyway, and how it has helped him (and could help anyone) build his businesses. We also talked about the books he has written that, likewise, have helped to build his business. There are insights here for you, no matter what you do for a living!

Reach out to Marty in one of the following ways:

* Marty on LinkedIn.

* Marty’s main website.

* Speakers Speak Live is the group through which I met Marty and so many of the guests we have featured here on The Alignment Show. Check out the web page. (You might recognize the guy in the upper left of the banner photo (as of the date of this posting).)

* Get Speaking Now is Marty’s program to help you start (or continue) using speaking to build your business…or to build your speaking business with more speaking events.

* Marty’s book: Lions Always Win: How to Spot What You Want and Get it Too.

* Marty’s book focused especially for speakers, It’s not just the other book with a chapter tacked on. I have both.

You can catch the video replays at one of the following three outlets:

* LinkedIn Live

* Facebook Live

* YouTube Live

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Peg Duchesne was one of the first people I met within The Go-Giver Success Alliance. I immediately figured out that she knows communication skills, and it turns out that she offers a variety of communication solutions ranging from marketing services to landing pages to blogging and more. She says, "Think of the Duchess as your 'message therapist'!"

Peg has consistently lived her values since long before the pandemic. She is a marketing strategist and skilled communications consultant, dedicated to empowering busy entrepreneurs and business professionals through expertly crafted social media marketing solutions. Known as the “Message Therapist,” she massages the words in partnership with overwhelmed entrepreneurs to have their online marketing shine by developing and delivering their messages effectively and strategically.

We talked about how the disconnect between her values and her 30+ years as a paralegal for major law firms in Washington, DC, led her to finally take the chance of stepping out into her own marketing business. We also talked about how she planned for that rather than simply leaping, and how she has diversified her streams of income while maintaining a core set of values that unifies them all. And we talked about how she adapted to keep her business running while she cared for her mother in the last days of her life.

👉 For listeners, Peg offered a free quiz that will help you learn more about how you prefer to receive information and give you a framework for understanding how others you work with prefer to receive information. It uses what’s known as the BANK methodology.

👉Peg is particularly interested in working with two populations. She wants to help educators at all levels leverage the insights of the BANK methodology to help them reach students more effectively. And she wants to work with realtors and insurance agents who are looking for a way to increase their marketing exposure while also highlighting members in their communities who contribute in a variety of ways to make the community special. Viewers/listeners who know of a realtor or insurance agent looking for a way to stand out should have them contact Peg and mention “community.”

To reach Peg at her various projects, go to:

* LinkedIn

* DuchessCards—feel welcome to send a FREE card courtesy of Peg or try the 10-card challenge for just $20

You can catch the replay at any of the following three video platforms:

* LinkedIn

* Facebook

* YouTube

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Yermi Kurkus has lived his values for a long time. When a two-week vacation turned into a three-year stay (and ultimately a new home), his orientation of service, integrity, and connection enabled him and his wife to settle into a new community and immediately continue business after a 3,000-mile move. We talked about how Yermi managed such an action that represents both a consistent value-based life and an ability to respond to the unexpected.

You can catch the replay of the broadcast at any of the three outlets below OR you can watch the “director’s cut” on YouTube. The audio version you hear on our homepage on Substack is also the “director’s cut.”

* LinkedIn

* Facebook

* YouTube

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Tracy Borreson is on a mission. She seeks to foster actual, real, genuine connections between actual, real, genuine humans—not "connection" as a buzzword. Evidence: I know her through an effort she calls "No-Pitch Networking." Are you tired of the increasing phenomenon I call "pitch slapping," where someone reaches out to make a "connection" on social media, only to start hawking their wares without even pausing for breath? Tracy is the opposite of that, although she is a professional marketer. Listen in our conversation to hear how she got to this insight that can change the way you do business and do life.

The best way to connect with Tracy is on LinkedIn. We talked about her current projects, including the aforementioned “No-Pitch Networking” (happening every couple of weeks), as well as “The Human Potential Optimizers Project,” so you’ll want to be in touch!

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* LinkedIn Live

* Facebook Live

* YouTube Live

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All our guests have life-changing experiences to share with you, but this episode was especially powerful! Just as she was starting in a high-impact business a few years ago, her husband suffered an industrial incident (not accident—he had a debilitating effect from his employers overriding a basic safety system for convenience). She became a fulltime caregiver. Her husband then developed cancer, and they lost a home to a fire. She has weathered the storm (which doesn't mean there isn't still storm damage), and she is rebuilding. She says her motto is, "I spread good news that improves peoples' lives." She does that with public relations services, marketing strategy, public speaking, and coaching/training, all delivered in alignment with the 5 Laws of Stratospheric Success (she is a certified Go-Giver speaker). Our conversation focused on how she managed to keep going through the difficult times and how now, after significant loss, she uses that to help others. You won't want to miss this one.

“When life hands you lemons…” goes the old saying. But it takes more than lemonade, or even margaritas, to deal with life. Kathleen has confronted the question of what matters. You will benefit from hearing what she has learned.

Catch the video replay on any of these three channels:

* LinkedIn

* Facebook

* YouTube

Kathleen has shared a tremendous list of resources that helped her through the storm. I would encourage you to check these out, offered freely from Kathleen’s generosity.

Note: as someone who has also dealt with significant loss the last few years, I can tell you that I recognize and support several items on her list, and I am picking up more from the list. Very valuable!

Share this with someone you know who needs it—lots of folks have or are weathering difficult, horrendous challenges.

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I have learned that I don’t have to understand how something works in order to benefit from it. I have to admit that I don’t understand a lot of what Michaela McGivern does, but here’s what I do know: the last few years have left us all a bit stressed. Michaela has worked with several people I know, including real estate professionals, on what she calls “deep transformational healing and guidance” and “space clearing to help bring harmony to the land and properties.” We talked about how Michaela got started in her profession, what led her into this unconventional line of work, how she realized she saw and heard reality differently than most people, the importance of validation in pursuing her work, and how she is able to bring peace and healing to the people she works with.

In this episode, we mentioned these resources that we encourage you to check out:

* Michaela’s website (which includes a free discovery call)

* Michaela on LinkedIn

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* LinkedIn Live

* Facebook Live

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Rich Hopkins has a lot of experience at not letting life grind you down. A father of six and an elective amputee, he has more than 30 years experience in sales and marketing. His speech topics include "Win Anyway!" "Lead Anyway!" "Speak Anyway!" and "Evaluate Anyway!" So, any way you look at it, he has solid advice and insight into those times when you just want to give up. His message boils down to: define your own success. His stories really struck a chord with me, and I believe they will help you as well, especially a particularly impactful one toward the end about a lesson he learned from his daughter.

You can view a video replay on any of the following platforms:

* LinkedIn Live

* Facebook Live

* YouTube Live

Resources we shared in this episode include:

* Rich’s web site

* Rich on LinkedIn

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Today’s show is a little different.

First, my apologies for posting the audio late. I had some illness yesterday after the show, but I’m doing much better today.

The main difference, though, is that instead of having a guest this week I shared an update on my next book, Way of the Three-Year-Old Why. The first draft is finished, and is out to alpha readers right now. I will give it to beta readers in about three weeks, and then do the rewrite prior to releasing it for publication. In this episode I share a bit about the genre (business fable), the five guidelines, and the basic story without giving spoilers.

Resources discussed in this episode:

* Keep up with progress, including perks available only to subscribers

You can watch video replays at any of the channels below, or listen to audio right here or on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

* LinkedIn

* Facebook

* YouTube

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On Father's Day weekend in 2015, Frank Kitchen was fired during a lunch meeting. His son was two years old and his wife was seven months pregnant. Necessity pushed him into the dream he had ruminated about for years. Today, Frank helps people craft the mindset needed to stimulate career advancement, productivity and profits. In our conversation we dug into how he not only weathered that crisis but built on it. Listen to the conversation and learn how to harness a crisis yourself!

We referenced the following resources as we talked:

* Frank’s website

* Frank’s email

* Frank’s new book

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* LinkedIn Live

* Facebook Live

* YouTube Live

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