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• Choose education over entertainment!
• See the good, not just the bad!
• Choose the "pain of hard work" rather than the "pain of regret"!
• Spend your energy and focus on things that are positive-productive-prosperous!
• Don't be the most successful person in your group!
• Sculpt your life to find your "Angel in The Marble"!
• Lead Your Own Damn Life!
• Scale the Wall of Mediocrity!

Thank you, Bamboo Pack Members! I appreciate you very much.

Your Host,
Brian 

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A big THANK YOU to Becky Wigg and to the entire Bamboo Pack!

I appreciate you very much!

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Your eyes opened this morning, you swung your legs over the side of your bed and placed your feet tiredly on the floor. This is something you do every morning. Whether your bed is a king size tempur pedic, a couch, or a sleeping bag on the bare earth, it's something we humans have been doing since the dawn of time. However, I bet you've never thought of the significance of this act. This one single moment carries the power of your day and therefore your entire life. 

When your feet hit the ground, who are you? Who do you identify to be each morning, as you start your day? The person you identify to be during this brief, seemingly insignificant moment, determines everything from this time forward. When you woke this morning, you automatically and unconsciously identified yourself to be a certain individual, with specific attributes and qualities. Are you energetic, productive, empathetic?  Are you lazy, scared, and insecure? Are you healthy or are you dysfunctional? Are you an amazing father /mother? Or are you focused solely on your career and hobbies that you barely notice your children? Do you carry strength and wisdom? Or weakness and a closed mind?

How you identified this morning has carried you throughout the day. It has determined every single one of your feelings, thoughts, words, and actions. 

Thank you, Bamboo Pack.
I love you folks!

Your Host,
Brian

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Growth is a prerequisite for excellence on our human journey.
To  grow, we must examine our fears and expose them for what they truly are, irrational and bogus!
With this understanding and growth, we can then dramatically increase our acts of kindness to others and to ourselves.

Bamboo Pack, you are so appreciated!

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Brian

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Brian joined Ameriprise Financial as a financial advisor in 2001 in Voorhees, New Jersey.  Brian was the #1 first year advisor in New Jersey in 2001, a Mercury Award and 1st year top achiever winner and Career Development Conference qualifier.  In 2004, Brian made the difficult career decision to give up working with clients so that he could focus his career full-time on leadership.  

Brian became the Branch Manager for the AAG (P1) Ft. Lauderdale, FL, branch and successfully grew that branch from 12 financial advisors to more than 50 from 2004-2009.  In 2009, Brian re-located back to the Northeast to become the Complex Director in AAG for the Philadelphia Complex covering Eastern PA, Southern NJ and Delaware.  At the end of 2010, Brian moved back to FL to become the AFG Senior Franchise Field Vice President for the state of Florida. From 2010-2020, Brian helped to grow the Florida Territory from $87m GDC to over $135m GDC and ranked in the top 3 in recruiting new advisors to the firm in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016, 2018 and 2019.  In December 2020, Brian became the Regional Vice President for Ameriprise’s Central Region, overseeing the states of Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Utah.  

Brian has among the strongest advisor satisfaction results in the company and has a tremendous passion for engaging with advisors one-on-one, as well as in small group settings, to truly understand their personal and professional objectives and how he can connect resources and provide advice to help advisors achieve their goals.  Brian is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) and an Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA). He has been recognized for his outstanding leadership with the company’s prestigious Outstanding Leader Award 5 times in 2004, 2013, 2014 and 2017 and 2020.

Brian is a father of two boys, Greyson (9) and Sterling (6) and is very involved in coaching their basketball & flag football.  Brian is an avid athlete, having completed dozens of marathons and triathlons headlined by the Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon and the Miami Half Ironman (2x), Augusta Half Ironman (2x), the Atlantic City Half Ironman, the Miami Man Half Ironman and the Florida full Ironman.  Brian has leveraged all of his athletic endeavors to raise money and help the grassroots organization The Chase Michael Anthony Kowalski Memorial Foundation get off the ground.  Chase Kowalski was a 6 year old boy who loved sports – baseball, running and triathlons.  Chase was killed in the Sandy Hook, CT, school shooting in December 2012.  Brian has raised more than $50,000 to-date through his running and triathlons to honor Chase’s memory.  Brian also is an ambassador for an organization called Special Compass, which partners abled-bodied athletes with differently-abled persons to help those with disabilities participate in running, cycling and triathlon races.

Thank you to Mr. Mora and to The Bamboo Pack! You guys make this all possible.

Your Host,
Brian 

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Learn the value and practice of "forgiveness" with Stanford University's Dr. Fred Luskin!

Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. is the author of the best selling Forgive for Good and Forgive for Love and one of the world's leading researchers and teachers on the subject of forgiveness. He is the director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects, a series of research projects that have validated his forgiveness methods. He is a Lecturer in Wellness at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Department Chair of Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He lives in Redwood City, California.

https://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Good-Proven-Prescription-Happiness/dp/006251721X

Fred, I thank you and the Bamboo Pack! You make our world a better place.

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Brandon started his career in 2008 and has amassed 15 years of sales production, leadership, and coaching experience.  He has worked with and coached financial advisors across the country to help them grow their practices, and he is very passionate about helping people achieve their personal and professional goals.  

Brandon began his career with Ameriprise Financial, spending over a decade in Minneapolis and Las Vegas, working in various roles; with a focus on the development and success of new advisors to the firm and industry. 

Following his time with Ameriprise, Brandon held roles with Prudential Financial and TruChoice Financial working on Sales and Career Development programs before landing with his current firm “eXtraordinary Financial Advisors (XFA)” where he continues to work with and develop just that, extraordinary financial advisors.

Brandon currently lives in Minnesota, with his wife and stepdaughter. Away from the office, he spends his free time trying to catch the next trophy fish, leaving the cold of Minnesota for somewhere warm or cheering on the Minnesota Golden Gophers!

https://www.xfa.coach/

Thank you, Brandon and Bamboo Pack Members. You folks are nothing short of amazing!

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Paige's Story:

My story begins early in life, at age 14.

I had failed my second attempt at suicide and was deep into an eating disorder. The defeat I was submerged in led me to my first experience in the practice of surrender. I remember thinking, “God, if I have to be here then show me what I’m supposed to do.”

As a gymnast, diver, and swimmer, I managed to scale my education to graduate a year and a half early from high school.

From high school, I went to massage therapy school and got certified to work weekends while attending University of Nevada Las Vegas and obtaining a bachelor’s degree in business administration. After graduating college, I went on to work in some of the hottest nightclubs in Las Vegas, making a six figure income, working only a few nights a week. I bought my first house and rotated between an Audi, Lexus, and Porsche.

In 2012, everything came to a screeching halt after my little brother was found dead of a heroin overdose. I didn’t even get to say goodbye. This began the domino effect that led to adrenal burnout, illness, loss of my business, and financial hemorrhaging. I found myself ultimately lost and without a compass. I had no choice but to resign myself to the reality I found myself in: Nothing was in my control. I had lost everything.

By 2016, I organized my second enterprise, The Dharmic Path, and I was teaching in other states and overseas by invitation, while also creating my own retreats. In that same year, I also joined the 2% of international Ashtanga practitioners who completed the very demanding advanced B series. I have had the privilege of practicing and aligning with some of the most well respected individuals in the industry. It was during this very challenging cycle where my fortitude and ingenuity gained notice. I started coaching, mainly sharing my skills as a self-starter to other entrepreneurs and individuals seeking radical change.

Currently, I work as a personal success coach and keynote speaker, having just published my first book: Leading An Intentional Life. This baby was birthed on the heels of experiencing a life changing physical assault at the beginning of 2019. It was by far the scariest thing I’ve ever endured. The book is based on a lifetime of personal experience and research I’ve done from working directly with my own clients and students. I am retiring from teaching yoga this fall and am looking forward to speaking and working one-on-one clients who seek personal success and fulfillment as well.

https://www.facebook.com/https://thedharmicpath.com/
https://www.creatingthroughconnection.com/
https://www.amazon.com/?tag=amazusnavi-

Thank you, Paige and to all of The Bamboo pack!

Your Host,
Brian 

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Joe Mull, CSP, M.Ed is the author of 3 books including No More Team Drama and the forthcoming Employalty: How to Ignite Commitment and Keep Top Talent in the New Age of Work (May 2023, Page Two publishing). 

He is the founder of the BossBetter Leadership Academy and hosts the popular Boss Better Now podcast, which was recently named by SHRM as a “can’t miss show for leaders” along with podcasts from Brené Brown and Harvard Business Review. 

In demand as a keynote speaker, Joe has taught leadership courses at two major universities and previously managed training at one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S. 

Joe has appeared as an expert in multiple media outlets including Forbes, the International Business Times, on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and on Good Morning America. He is available for live and/or pre-recorded interviews or as a source for comment or commentary. 

Thank you to Joe and to The Bamboo Pack! You are all simply amazing!

Your Appreciative Host,
Brian

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Paul is a serial entrepreneur who qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Crossley and Davis (which eventually became Lathams Chartered Accountants), becoming a Partner in 1986 and Head of Business Services in 1993.

While at Lathams, Paul started to develop the business planning process which is today at the core of The HaydenRock System™. Those processes were developed with the aim of helping business owners to clarify their direction and maximize their business potential. When Lathams was sold to Tenon Group Plc in 2001, Paul became National Head of Business Planning at Tenon.

Paul left Tenon to become Finance Director at Debt Free Direct Group Plc where he was a Founding Director and helped to take the business “Public”. DFD rapidly grew to become the market leader in debt advice in the UK. 

Paul emigrated to the USA in 2011 and has developed several business interests, including being a Founding Member of HaydenRock Solutions and Elite Mastermind, which today is all incorporated as the Elite Resource Team.

Paul, I thank you! And I also thank the entire Bamboo Pack! You all make this podcast so impactful!

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