The Blank Slate Podcast

On today's episode we talk to Dennis Platipodis, Vice President at Hometown National Bank on being a community leader, working hard at becoming a trusted advisor (and not transactional), caring about people and how that's a key difference between Hometown National Bank and the global banks (not to mention working in an inherently flatter organization) and the fact that his clients have his cell phone number.

On today's episode we talk to Anna Papalia, Founder of Shift Profile about following one's dreams everyday, the lightbulb moment when she realized that one of the problems with interviewing is that we have no formal language for it, how hiring managers always talk way too much, why the video interview is one of the worst things to happen to recruiting and that when it comes to interviews we all get swayed by beauty, the halo effect and all the biases we bring to the table.

On today's episode we talk to Howard Fox, Founder of Fox Coaching, Inc. about being truthful and kind (which informs the coaching he does today), how he didn't want to die alone in a hotel room, knowing the difference between selling and marketing, the importance of knowing who one's appropiate client is, giving feedback without cutting someone off at the knees, how every small business should have a podcast to get their story out there and the glory that is his own podcast, the SuccessInSight Podcast.

On today's episode we talk to Jay McAllister, Founder of Paragon Tech about how if you don't know what the target is, it doesn't matter what tools you use, providing value and charging appropriately, knowing the pain points of your audience, his love for superheroes such as Spider-Man (and his aspiration to become a real life one...a superhero that is), how when it comes to legacy he'd like his concepts to outlive him and that everything he does is with the aim to be the best legal IT provider period.

On today's episode we talk to Michael FitzGerald, Co-Founder of Submittable about why one ought not name their company after the problem they're trying to solve, how sales is wildly undervalued as an art form, building software with Roxane Gay in mind, start-up culture, the importance of having time to screw-up (and thrash around), how you're not going to get the hard truth from your mother, that employees make your culture (especially when you get to a certain size) and the realization that stepping-back is an emotional thing.

On today's episode we talk to Leilani Quiray, Founder of be the change HR, Inc. about how powerful it is to have a job and income, and how people are elated when you communicate with them, being okay with being wrong, as well as transparent and vulnerable, building a happy and healthy workforce, focusing on the company's core values of caring, calming, reliable and fun, practicing philanthropy and looking at how one can serve the community.

On today's episode we talk to Larry Chester, President of CFO Simplified about how everyone has fractional people in their lives, it's not about the hours one spends on the job, but how effective one is (and that people work harder when they feel appreciated), having an exit strategy in place, asking oneself "What is it I have to fix?" and recognizing that not only are we not going to have total control of our business everyday, but the fact that just because things have not gone right, doesn't mean they won't go right.

On today's episode we talk to Christina Beauchemin, Founder of Let My Legacy Be Love, LLC about how the brain and central nervous system work together to make us think certain ways, her work with Neuro-Linguistics Programming, the impact of ANTs, or automatic negative thoughts, granting oneself grace on the bad days, recognizing that we can't control how anybody else is acting, only how we're reacting and the upcoming release of Beauchemin's memoir Let My Legacy Be Love: A Shortcut to Self-Loving.

On today's episode we talk to Anne Poirier + Tim Drown, Founders of Shaping Perspectives about ending diet culture, rejecting the thin ideal, focusing on body neutrality, how the body positivity movement does more damage than people realize, making people more comfortable and confident in their body, the business of running Shaping Perspectives together (and identifying whose role is what) and the upcoming release of Poirier's memoir The Body Joyful - My Journey from Self-Loathing to Self-Acceptance.

On today's episode we talk to Rick Clemons, Founder of Perfect Detour about being how we're supposed to be, that everybody has closets, if you didn't care what anyone thought about you, what would you like to experience and feel, everything you learn comes back and how after you're clear on your why, you're going to get stuck on the how and the when and that everything Clemons does is tied to freedom, integrity, honesty, spontaneity and adventure.