The Irreplaceable Man Podcast

School systems were designed to produce obedient factory workers capable of performing repetitive tasks. Since then, the economy has changed, demanding that workers employ innovation and independent thinking to be successful. Don Wettrick is on a mission to shift education away from a memorization model and inspire the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs.

Don serves as the President of the STARTedUP Foundation, a nonprofit founded to empower student entrepreneurs and innovators through collaborative immersive experiences and accelerator programs. Don has 20 years of experience as a classroom teacher, and he is a two-time winner of the Microsoft Innovative Educator award. Don is also the author of Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and host of the StartEdUp Podcast, a show featuring experts in education, innovation and entrepreneurship.

On this episode, Don joins Emerald to explain what called him to make impact through teaching and discuss the TED Talk that inspired his Innovation and Open-Source Learning curriculum. He describes how he is sharing his approach in other classrooms, creating an ecosystem of lifelong learning in school systems across the country. Listen in to understand how Don’s success led to the creation of the STARTedUP Foundation and learn how their programming benefits student entrepreneurs.

What inspired Don to make an impact through teaching

How a Dan Pink TED Talk led Don to create STARTedUP

Don’s aim to prepare students for today’s economy

Don’s Innovation and Open-Source Learning course

Why school systems are slow to adopt Don’s curriculum

How students benefit from STARTedUP’s pitch nights

The high risk, high reward of being an entrepreneur

How hiring a coach has helped Don in his business

How to foster lifelong learners vs. master memorizers

The corporate interest in the STARTedUP programming

STARTedUP Foundation

StartEdUp Podcast

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Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level by Don Wettrick

Dan Pink’s TED Talk: The Puzzle of Motivation

Gary Vaynerchuk

Seth Godin

Mike Ro

Can you be a drill instructor AND a highly compassionate person? How do you reconcile a military background with a willingness to be vulnerable? What if it takes MORE courage and self-awareness to be a generous, heart-centered leader?

Sean Douglas is an Air Force Veteran, TEDx Speaker, and Founder of The Success Corps, an academy designed to help entrepreneurs, speakers and business owners improve their positioning in the marketplace and increase their profitability while decreasing their anxiety and stress. He is also the host of Life Transformation Radio, a podcast dedicated to teaching people how to withstand, recover and grow through adversity. A suicide survivor himself, Sean is passionate about inspiring others to cultivate resilience and unlock their true potential.

On this episode, Sean joins Emerald to explain how therapy helped him find the light in the darkness after his suicide attempt. He describes how he found his passion and purpose through speaking and serving as a drill instructor and why self-awareness is key in developing the courage to be compassionate. Listen in for Sean’s insight on conditioning the market to receive your service, seeking guidance from a ‘board of directors,’ and achieving success as a biproduct of the value you deliver!

Sean’s calling back to life after a suicide attempt

How therapy helped Sean find the light in the dark

How Sean found his purpose as a drill instructor

The connection between self-awareness + compassion

What made Sean choose to cease self-destruction

Sean’s insight around heart-centered leadership

How Sean conditions the market to receive his service

How success is a biproduct of the value you deliver

Why Sean seeks guidance from a ‘board of directors’

The value of mentors sharing their experiences

The Success Corps

The Success Corps on Facebook

The Success Corps on Instagram

Sean on LinkedIn

Sean on YouTube

Sean’s TEDx Talk

Life Transformation Radio

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

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Email: [email protected]

Decisions: The Power to Overcome Self-De

Travel gives us the opportunity to explore new places and learn about other cultures. But it is also an opportunity to learn about yourself. In fact, Lane Belone contends that the experience of travel can be transformational, helping you grow as a person and develop a powerful sense of connection and worthiness.

Lane is the creator of Increase Freedom, a program designed to help people transform their lives through travel and the power of alignment. A former US Army Special Forces Veteran, Lane has traveled to 36 counties on six continents, and now, he leverages that experience to coach clients in overcoming mental blocks and gaining life-changing clarity by way of breakthrough experiences abroad.

On this episode, Lane joins Emerald to explain how intentional travel sets up the conditions for insight. He describes his own experiences in Peru and Tanzania, sharing his self-discoveries around connection and providing for others. Listen in for Lane’s advice on living in wonder rather than judgement and learn how to open yourself to opportunities for transformation through travel!

Lane’s decision to leverage travel to grow as a person

How intentional travel sets up the conditions for insight

How Lane’s Peru trip allowed him to release self-doubt

What Lane learned about himself in climbing Kilimanjaro

Lane’s insight around connection + providing for others

How mastery of self leads to wonder over judgement

Lane’s step-by-step process of making decisions

1. Slow down thoughts
2. Observe + take action
3. Deal with details later

Lane’s unique, macro approach to questioning challenges

Increase Freedom

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Steven Kuhn on Men on Purpose EP071

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What if you approached each day as if it were a game? Would you have more fun? Would you be inspired to WIN the day?

Christopher Cumby is a sales and marketing expert, motivational speaker and high-performance trainer. He is the creator of the Kick A$$ Sales Game, a program that gamifies money-making to help salespeople, executives and entrepreneurs increase their sales revenue. Christopher also coaches and mentors business owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs, and he is the author of The Success Playbook, a roadmap for improving your personal and professional life.

On this episode, Christopher joins Emerald to explain how he experienced his calling as a tap on the shoulder and how working in commission sales early on brought out his fun, competitive spirit. He offers insight into how he created the Kick A$$ Sales Game and shares his commitment to helping his clients succeed. Listen in to understand Christopher’s take on how adversity and friction bring out the best in us and learn how to take one step out of your comfort zone and win YOUR day!

How Christopher experienced his calling as a tap on the shoulder

How Christopher’s introverted nature serves him in a sales role

What led Christopher to gamify sales via the Kick A$$ Sales Game

How adversity + friction bring out the best in us as we level up

Christopher’s commitment to helping his clients achieve success

How Christopher supports clients with a private network + app

How a coach helped Christopher transition to commission sales

Christopher’s insight around finding the magic inside yourself

Christopher’s advice to look at yourself in the mirror for insight

What Christopher means when he suggests we ‘win the day’

Christopher’s Website

Creative Age Consulting Group

Emerald’s Website

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Email: [email protected]

Free Copy of The Success Playbook

Kick A$$ Sales Game

Allan Wich

Larunce Pipkin

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Glen Metropolit

Barefoot Wine

How do you get inspired? For Miro Gladovic, the secret lies in going for a run or a bike ride. In fact, his best ideas come when his heartrate is elevated and his body is in motion. And from there, he takes action to inspire others to do better.

After his professional soccer career, Miro became the youngest accredited FIFA Players Agent in the world. He represented some of the biggest names in international soccer, brokering international player transfer deals worth tens of millions of dollars. Most recently, Miro created the pioneering online platform Soccer Family Agent, a program that teaches you how to be the Jerry Maguire of your family and represent your player in the world of professional soccer.

On this episode, Miro joins Emerald to share the impetus behind the creation of Soccer Family Agent. He discusses the drive it took to become the world’s youngest FIFA agent, explaining how he leveraged other’s doubt to trigger his own courage. Listen in for Miro’s insight around making choices that inspire others to do better and learn how working out helps him gain clarity and generate new ideas!

Miro’s path to becoming the youngest accredited FIFA agent

What led Miro to develop the Soccer Family Agent platform

How Miro leveraged other’s doubt to trigger his own courage

The process of creating Miro’s World Soccer Resource Center

How Miro makes choices around inspiring others to do better

Miro’s approach to viewing things from a different perspective

Miro’s practice of working out to find inspiration, new ideas

The challenge Miro faces in promoting Soccer Family Agent

How Miro celebrates accomplishments and catches his breath

Soccer Family Agent [Discount Code MOP50]

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Emerald’s Website

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Soccerex

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What makes a champion? We are led to believe that top performers hustle and grind, pushing 24/7 to achieve success. But Coach Dana Cavalea contends that if you feel like you’re hitting a brick wall, you’re doing it wrong. To achieve sustainable, long-term success, you must align with your purpose and open a channel of flow. Only then can you move forward with the wind at your back, committing to the consistency that yields results.

Dana is a sought-after high-performance coach and nationally recognized keynote speaker. For many years, he served as Director of Performance for the New York Yankees, leading the team to a World Series Championship in 2009 and earning the title of Top Strength Coach in Major League Baseball. Today, Dana works with high-level athletes and coaches as well as CEOs and executives, helping their teams and organizations optimize performance. He is also the author of Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes a Champion by Accident.

On this episode of Men on Purpose, Dana joins Emerald to share the moment of kismet when he got the opportunity to intern for the Yankees. He describes what makes a good coach, explaining the benefit of building rapport with players off the field and recognizing the non-linear path to success. Listen in for Dana’s insight around the connection between consistency and long-term achievement and learn to discern the difference between pushing and engaging in flow.

How Dana got the opportunity to intern for the Yankees

How the best coaches ‘push you into the deep end’

Why Dana builds rapport with players off the field

How Dana’s book reflects a non-linear path to success

How elite athletes use emotion in productive ways

How consistency over time yields positive results

Dana’s transition from employee to entrepreneur

Dana’s insight around listening to the passion within

How to discern when you’re pushing vs. engaging flow

Why it’s crucial to define what winning means for you

Dana’s Website

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Emerald’s Website

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Email: [email protected]

Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes a Champion by Accident by Dana Cavalea

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How do you handle high-stress environments? If you struggle to maintain composure and react with anger or frustration, you might benefit from a mindfulness practice. Developing focus and poise allows you to perform at your best, even under difficult circumstances. And this kind of mental acumen is crucial for men in demanding careers.

Erik Leslie is the creator of SatiMind, a customized mindfulness training program for corporations, hospitals and healthcare professionals, athletes, law enforcement and the military. He is committed to helping organizations leverage mental focus to create resilient and high-performing teams. Erik earned his graduate degree in Performance Psychology from the University of Denver and is a certified mindfulness teacher through the University of Massachusetts Medical School. 

Today, Erik joins Emerald to explain how enduring a serious car accident led to his current work in mindfulness and meditation. He explores the connection between optimal performance and alignment with purpose, discussing why he considers mindfulness to be the ultimate mental skill. Listen in for Erik’s insight around developing your own mindfulness practice and learn how mental focus can help you undo negativity bias and retrain your brain to respond rather than react!

Erik’s insight around molding your pain into a purpose

How a serious car accident led to Erik’s work in mindfulness

How alignment with purpose impacts your performance

How Erik is redefining hard work as ‘effortless effort’

Erik’s story of healing on a spiritual level after his accident

How Erik found the tools to develop a meditation practice

Why Erik considers mindfulness the ultimate mental skill

How mindfulness programs can change organizational culture

Erik’s tips for developing a mindfulness practice

• Focus on heartbeat or breath (1 minute/day)
• Identify 3 things you’re grateful for each day

The value in undoing negativity bias with positive emotions

The difference between reacting vs. choosing a response

How Erik applies mindfulness to the creation process

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Erik’s Website

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Emerald’s Website

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Email: [email protected]

Ken Wilber

The Science of Enlightenment: How Meditation Works by Shinzen Young

Jon Kabat-Zinn

University of Pennsylvania Authentic Happiness

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Everybody is creative. But we let the fear of looking stupid hold us back. Norm Laviolette contends that if we keep practicing and push through feeling foolish, we WILL survive—and be that much stronger for it! In fact, he believes that the first step to greatness is sucking, and we have to say Yes, and to opportunities for growth, especially when it scares us.

Norm is a 20-year veteran of comedy and entertainment, having performed, directed or produced more than 10,000 shows and workshops all over the world. He also serves as cofounder and CEO of Improv Asylum, a nationally-acclaimed professional improv and sketch comedy theatre based in Boston. Norm’s new book, The Art of Making Sh!t Up, explores how comedy and improv techniques can help people achieve beyond their expectations—both personally and professionally.

Today, Norm joins Emerald to explain how he realized comedy was not just something he could do, but something he HAD to do. He discusses his transition from performer to CEO, sharing his early recognition that he would have to make his own opportunities and offering insight around the business side of show business. Listen in as Norm weighs in on practicing your creativity and saying Yes, and to the right projects!

How humor gave Norm a seat at the table with his funny family

The moment Norm realized comedy was something he HAD to do

Norm’s early recognition of the need to make his own opportunities

Norm’s belief that everybody is creative but self-talk holds us back

How to push through feeling foolish and develop your creativity

How Norm used the improv principle of Yes, and in writing his book

Norm’s insight that opportunities come from serving other people

How Norm defines courage as trying things BECAUSE we’re afraid

Why Norm refers to improv class as the gym for the mind

How to earn what you deserve based on your contribution to society

How money, love and intellectual curiosity help Norm choose projects

How Norm celebrates accomplishments by taking time to disconnect

Improv Asylum

The Art of Making Sh!t Up by Norm Laviolette

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Email: [email protected]

National Publicity Summit

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Do you feel like you’ve got more to give—but you’re not sure how to get to the next level? Our minds often limit what we think is possible, and we set small goals that keep us trapped at a certain level of achievement. How do we remove those limiting beliefs and create a bigger, better vision of the future?

Nick Elvery is a Peak Performance Coach dedicated to helping people unlock their full potential. His experience in overcoming a serious drug and alcohol addiction gave Nick insight around exactly what it takes to create lasting change. He is also the host of the popular Daily Habits Podcast and the creator of the SuperCharger Academy, a program designed to support clients in achieving what’s most important to them.

Today, Nick joins Emerald to share his calling to help people overcome limiting beliefs, discussing how to set goals that make you feel the right balance of scared AND excited. He describes his experience with addiction, explaining how he used talk therapy to clear old traumas and why it was crucial to make radical changes to his peer group. Listen in for Nick’s practical advice on practicing mental courage, making important decisions, and removing self-limitations to achieve peak performance!

Nick’s innate desire to help people overcome limiting beliefs

Nick’s insight around courage as a habit to be practiced

How Nick exercises mental courage through cold exposure

How to create a future you can live into after addiction

• Meditation, self-hypnosis
• Radical change in peer group

Why Nick recommends talk therapy to clear old traumas

Nick’s advice for getting clear on what you want to achieve

The value of goals that make you feel scared AND excited

Why your goals should be relative to where you are in life

How Nick leverages long walks to make important decisions

Nick’s practice of celebrating achievements with self-care

Nick’s Website

Daily Habits Podcast

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Emerald’s Website

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Email: [email protected]

What’s Your Next Move with Arlene Battishill

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If following the traditional path has you feeling like a pawn on a chessboard, Jeremy Slate wants you to know that you CAN create your own life—and make money doing it. So, how do you build and monetize a business around your strengths? And how can podcasting serve as the marketing engine that drives your brand?

Jeremy is the host of the Create Your Own Life Podcast and the cofounder and CEO of Command Your Brand, a publicity agency that supports thought leaders in getting booked on top-rated podcasts. Jeremy’s team has launched and produced two iTunes top-rated podcasts and booked clients as expert guests on 500-plus shows. His is also a sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship, podcasting and public relations, appearing at the Outlier Podcast Festival, the New Media Summit, and the Podfest Multimedia Convention, among many other venues. Jeremy was #2 on the list of BuzzFeed’s 7 Millennial Influencers to Follow in 2018, and Create Your Own Life landed the second spot on CIO Magazine’s Top 26 Podcasts to Follow in 2018.

Today, Jeremy joins Emerald to discuss how his mom’s stroke informed his calling to launch the Create Your Own Life Podcast. He describes his willingness to push though difficult situations and move on from efforts that aren’t working out. Jeremy also addresses how following his curiosity guides his creative process, sharing the idea behind his business to help podcast guests elevate each appearance. Listen in for insight on running a podcast as the PR division of your business and learn how to leverage your strengths and design a life you love.

How Jeremy was called to launch the Create Your Own Life Podcast

How to identify when to move on from an effort that’s not working out

Jeremy’s willingness to push through failures and difficult situations

How following his curiosity guides Jeremy’s creative process

How Create Your Own Life has evolved to focus on high performers

How Command Your Brand helps podcast guests elevate an appearance

Jeremy’s insight on running a podcast as the PR division of your business

Jeremy’s advice around calling in support to keep you accountable

How celebrating the wins serves as fuel for your next accomplishment

Why it’s crucial to cater your message to a specific, niche audience

Create Your Own Life Podcast

Command Your Brand Media

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Email: [email protected]

New Media Summit

Grant Cardone

Young Hustlers Podcast