The Irreplaceable Man Podcast

‘You are only one choice away from making the most important decision of your life.’

Known as the world’s foremost reinvention expert, Steve Olsher is famous for helping companies and individuals become exceptionally clear on their WHAT, the one thing they were created to do. Steve’s inspiring approach to life and business propels his clients toward massive profitability as they cultivate a life of purpose.

A serial entrepreneur and early pioneer of online marketing, Steve launched CompuServe’s Electronic Mall back in 1993 and co-founded Liquor.com in 2006. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, a New York Times bestselling author, and the host of Reinvention Radio. Steve is the architect of the New Media Summit, and he has appeared on CNN, The Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur on Fire, among others. 

Today Steve joins Emerald to share his journey, explaining how he learned the power of conversation and community through the nightclub world. He also explores his early understanding of the internet as a game-changer in the areas of business, marketing and communication. He offers his insight around influencing investors to buy into your vision, taking action on new ideas and opportunities, and pursing projects that have a tangible impact on the world. Listen in for Steve’s advice around finding your WHAT and moving forward with strategic abandon!

What You Will Learn

How Steve learned the power of conversation and community

Steve’s early insight around the internet’s potential for global communication

The method Steve uses to get investors to buy into his vision

Why Steve is compelled to take action on the ideas and opportunities that come to him

Steve’s ambition to pursue projects with a tangible impact

The three tools Steve suggests for pursuing your purpose

• Turn on the ‘light switch’
• Gain clarity on your WHAT
• Implement with strategic abandon

Connect with Steve Olsher

What is Your What

New Media Summit

Reinvention Radio

Resources

Journey to You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be by Steve Olsher

Internet Profits: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal How to Profit Online by Steve Olsher

Reinvention Workshop

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Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Email: [email protected]

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Two monologues do not make a dialogue. To truly connect, you have to listen and appreciate the mindset of the people who matter. Kit Pang lives by this philosophy, bringing a community framework to the decision-making process in both his personal and professional life. And this approach has informed his success in generating revenue: ‘Anything that we do in life, if it’s a product or if it’s a service, you’re always helping others—and that’s when it turns into money.’

A well-known communications expert and keynote speaker, Kit is passionate about helping people become exceptional speakers and communicators. To that end, he is the founder of Boston Speaks, an elite business, leadership and communications training firm that seeks to equip individuals with the necessary skills, community and mindset to achieve professional success.

Today Kit joins Emerald to share his philosophy around decision-making, explaining the ‘right choice for us’ framework he uses to sync his personal and professional life. He discusses his Be the Cat approach to life and work—using feedback to appreciate the customer’s mindset, design products and services that sell, and deepen connections with the people who matter. Kit addresses his transition from the world of hip-hop dance to the public speaking space, the value of creating your own way as you go, and his take on speaking as a lifestyle. Listen in for Kit’s insight on the four reasons people fail and understand his community approach to mentorship!

Kit’s family-centered decision-making process

How to build a business based on customer feedback

The individual nature of the creative process

Kit’s insight around taking action on your creative inspiration

How Kit made the transition to the public speaking space

The value in creating your own way as you go along

The importance of making clear the product or service your offer

Kit’s vision around the potential to expand Boston Speaks

Kit’s approach to deepening connections with people who matter

• Listen to appreciate culture, beliefs, values
• Make an effort to understand mindset

Why Kit sees speaking as a lifestyle

Kit’s four secrets to creating a WIN

• Consistency
• Systems
• Accountability
• Mentors

How Kit leverages mastermind groups for support, mentorship

Kit’s method of ‘internal celebration’

Boston Speaks

Email [email protected]

Text (857) 753-8211

Kit’s TEDx Talk: Listening Matters

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Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Email: [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Two monologues do not make a dialogue. To truly connect, you have to listen and appreciate the mindset of the people who matter. Kit Pang lives by this philosophy, bringing a community framework to the decision-making process in both his personal and professional life. And this approach has informed his success in generating revenue: ‘Anything that we do in life, if it’s a product or if it’s a service, you’re always helping others—and that’s when it turns into money.’

A well-known communications expert and keynote speaker, Kit is passionate about helping people become exceptional speakers and communicators. To that end, he is the founder of Boston Speaks, an elite business, leadership and communications training firm that seeks to equip individuals with the necessary skills, community and mindset to achieve professional success.

Today Kit joins Emerald to share his philosophy around decision-making, explaining the ‘right choice for us’ framework he uses to sync his personal and professional life. He discusses his Be the Cat approach to life and work—using feedback to appreciate the customer’s mindset, design products and services that sell, and deepen connections with the people who matter. Kit addresses his transition from the world of hip-hop dance to the public speaking space, the value of creating your own way as you go, and his take on speaking as a lifestyle. Listen in for Kit’s insight on the four reasons people fail and understand his community approach to mentorship!

Kit’s family-centered decision-making process

How to build a business based on customer feedback

The individual nature of the creative process

Kit’s insight around taking action on your creative inspiration

How Kit made the transition to the public speaking space

The value in creating your own way as you go along

The importance of making clear the product or service your offer

Kit’s vision around the potential to expand Boston Speaks

Kit’s approach to deepening connections with people who matter

• Listen to appreciate culture, beliefs, values
• Make an effort to understand mindset

Why Kit sees speaking as a lifestyle

Kit’s four secrets to creating a WIN

• Consistency
• Systems
• Accountability
• Mentors

How Kit leverages mastermind groups for support, mentorship

Kit’s method of ‘internal celebration’

Boston Speaks

Email [email protected]

Text (857) 753-8211

Kit’s TEDx Talk: Listening Matters

If you (or someone you know) are one of the worlds Magnificent Men On Purpose who should be considered for a guest spot on the show APPLY HERE: bit.ly/PitchMen

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

Email: [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to

One element of being a man on purpose is the ability to channel your creativity. Photographer Kevin Thom is an authority in this arena, finding the beauty in his subjects and then elevating those elements for others to see. He takes an art-centered approach to every project, communicating visually through unorthodox lighting, angles, perspective and composition.

Kevin was hooked on photography from an early age, exploring the Time Life series of books on photography and experimenting with the manual camera his father gave him as a ten-year-old. But it wasn’t until he was an adult working in computers that Kevin rediscovered his love of the discipline through digital photography—and realized that he could make money pursuing his passion. He established Kevin Thom Photography in November of 2002, and he has spent the last 15 years honing his expertise in commercial, art, architecture and headshot photography.  

Kevin’s award-winning work has appeared on book covers and in numerous publications around the world, and he has exhibited his artistic and conceptual photography in Canada, the US and overseas. Today he joins Emerald to explain how his approach to money changed when he made photography a career. Kevin shares the collaborative nature of his process, discussing how he works with partner Laura Hollick to move an idea from concept to creation. He offers his insight around leveraging intuition, exploring your own idea of beauty, and taking the time to appreciate what you’ve accomplished when a project is complete. Listen in and learn how to achieve clarity, elevate beauty and feed your own creativity!

How Kevin’s approach to money changed when he found his purpose

How working in computers reignited Kevin’s passion for photography

Kevin’s aspiration for continuous improvement

The collaborative nature of Kevin’s creative process

How Kevin leverages intuition to identify solutions, next steps

The practices that provide Kevin with clarity

• Eating well
• Permission to rest
• Finding kind ways to say ‘no’

Kevin’s guidance around treating yourself like a friend

The wisdom of ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’

Kevin’s approach to elevating beauty through photography

The role Kevin plays in his creative partnership with Laura Hollick

How gaming feeds Kevin’s creativity

The value in appreciating what you’ve accomplished

Kevin’s Website

Kevin on Facebook

If you (or someone you know) are one of the worlds Magnificent Men On Purpose who should be considered for a guest spot on the show APPLY HERE: bit.ly/PitchMen

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

One element of being a man on purpose is the ability to channel your creativity. Photographer Kevin Thom is an authority in this arena, finding the beauty in his subjects and then elevating those elements for others to see. He takes an art-centered approach to every project, communicating visually through unorthodox lighting, angles, perspective and composition.

Kevin was hooked on photography from an early age, exploring the Time Life series of books on photography and experimenting with the manual camera his father gave him as a ten-year-old. But it wasn’t until he was an adult working in computers that Kevin rediscovered his love of the discipline through digital photography—and realized that he could make money pursuing his passion. He established Kevin Thom Photography in November of 2002, and he has spent the last 15 years honing his expertise in commercial, art, architecture and headshot photography.  

Kevin’s award-winning work has appeared on book covers and in numerous publications around the world, and he has exhibited his artistic and conceptual photography in Canada, the US and overseas. Today he joins Emerald to explain how his approach to money changed when he made photography a career. Kevin shares the collaborative nature of his process, discussing how he works with partner Laura Hollick to move an idea from concept to creation. He offers his insight around leveraging intuition, exploring your own idea of beauty, and taking the time to appreciate what you’ve accomplished when a project is complete. Listen in and learn how to achieve clarity, elevate beauty and feed your own creativity!

How Kevin’s approach to money changed when he found his purpose

How working in computers reignited Kevin’s passion for photography

Kevin’s aspiration for continuous improvement

The collaborative nature of Kevin’s creative process

How Kevin leverages intuition to identify solutions, next steps

The practices that provide Kevin with clarity

• Eating well
• Permission to rest
• Finding kind ways to say ‘no’

Kevin’s guidance around treating yourself like a friend

The wisdom of ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’

Kevin’s approach to elevating beauty through photography

The role Kevin plays in his creative partnership with Laura Hollick

How gaming feeds Kevin’s creativity

The value in appreciating what you’ve accomplished

Kevin’s Website

Kevin on Facebook

If you (or someone you know) are one of the worlds Magnificent Men On Purpose who should be considered for a guest spot on the show APPLY HERE: bit.ly/PitchMen

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Corporations that implement mindfulness training have experienced increased ROI by as much as 27% due to higher productivity, decreased sick leave and reduced employee turnover. It only makes sense that when we’re calm and grounded, our performance improves. Mindfulness affords us the clarity to choose the right path and allows us to course-correct when challenges arise.

During his 14-year career in bullying prevention, Bruce Langford discovered that we often bully ourselves, engaging in self-sabotaging behaviors that erode our confidence and happiness. Bruce began to incorporate mindfulness techniques to help students in a variety of bullying situations identify their blocks and overcome the fears that were holding them back. In August of 2015, Bruce launched a podcast with the intention of sharing the value of mindfulness with a wider audience. Two years later, Mindfulness Mode is on the list of Top 35 Podcasts to Watch in 2018 as well as the iTunes Top 50 in the self-help category.

Beyond the podcast, Bruce is a Mindfulness Life Coach, helping professionals, corporate employees, entrepreneurs, team leaders and CEOs decrease their anxiety and stress through mindfulness. Today he joins Emerald to explain how he leverages the practices of meditation and journaling to achieve clarity. Bruce shares the story behind the Mindfulness Mode Podcast, discussing how reconnecting with his initial inspiration gave him courage in moments of fear and how mindfulness informed the process. He offers advice around discerning between overwhelm and fear, employing breathing and focus exercises, and using accountability partners to stay on track. Listen in for Bruce’s insight on how mindfulness relates to money and the value of mindfulness in the corporate setting.

How Bruce uses meditation and journaling to achieve clarity

The success of the Mindfulness Mode Podcast

How having a plan gave Bruce the courage to plow through moments of fear

The value in reconnecting with your original inspiration

How mindfulness allowed Bruce to adjust his timeline for the podcast launch

How Bruce discerns between overwhelm and fear

Why you should ‘listen to the fear’ and move forward anyway

How we bully ourselves when it comes to money

How Bruce’s podcast led to mindfulness coaching

The value of mindfulness in the corporate setting

• Increase in the bottom line
• Improved happiness of employees

How Bruce employs breathing and focus exercises in his coaching practice

Bruce’s challenges around ‘letting go’ as an entrepreneur

How Bruce leverages accountability partners to stay on track

How Bruce celebrates achievements by connecting with nature

Bruce’s advice around the art of listening to yourself and others

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce’s Free Gift

Podcast Movement

Love-Based Goals: Your Guide to Living Your Purpose & Passion  by Michele Pariza Wacek

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Corporations that implement mindfulness training have experienced increased ROI by as much as 27% due to higher productivity, decreased sick leave and reduced employee turnover. It only makes sense that when we’re calm and grounded, our performance improves. Mindfulness affords us the clarity to choose the right path and allows us to course-correct when challenges arise.

During his 14-year career in bullying prevention, Bruce Langford discovered that we often bully ourselves, engaging in self-sabotaging behaviors that erode our confidence and happiness. Bruce began to incorporate mindfulness techniques to help students in a variety of bullying situations identify their blocks and overcome the fears that were holding them back. In August of 2015, Bruce launched a podcast with the intention of sharing the value of mindfulness with a wider audience. Two years later, Mindfulness Mode is on the list of Top 35 Podcasts to Watch in 2018 as well as the iTunes Top 50 in the self-help category.

Beyond the podcast, Bruce is a Mindfulness Life Coach, helping professionals, corporate employees, entrepreneurs, team leaders and CEOs decrease their anxiety and stress through mindfulness. Today he joins Emerald to explain how he leverages the practices of meditation and journaling to achieve clarity. Bruce shares the story behind the Mindfulness Mode Podcast, discussing how reconnecting with his initial inspiration gave him courage in moments of fear and how mindfulness informed the process. He offers advice around discerning between overwhelm and fear, employing breathing and focus exercises, and using accountability partners to stay on track. Listen in for Bruce’s insight on how mindfulness relates to money and the value of mindfulness in the corporate setting.

How Bruce uses meditation and journaling to achieve clarity

The success of the Mindfulness Mode Podcast

How having a plan gave Bruce the courage to plow through moments of fear

The value in reconnecting with your original inspiration

How mindfulness allowed Bruce to adjust his timeline for the podcast launch

How Bruce discerns between overwhelm and fear

Why you should ‘listen to the fear’ and move forward anyway

How we bully ourselves when it comes to money

How Bruce’s podcast led to mindfulness coaching

The value of mindfulness in the corporate setting

• Increase in the bottom line
• Improved happiness of employees

How Bruce employs breathing and focus exercises in his coaching practice

Bruce’s challenges around ‘letting go’ as an entrepreneur

How Bruce leverages accountability partners to stay on track

How Bruce celebrates achievements by connecting with nature

Bruce’s advice around the art of listening to yourself and others

Mindfulness Mode

Bruce’s Free Gift

Podcast Movement

Love-Based Goals: Your Guide to Living Your Purpose & Passion  by Michele Pariza Wacek

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

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We’ve all felt it: The full-body YES you experience when you come across the item on a menu, for example, that speaks to you. You know that’s what you want. The challenge is to recognize and trust the yes/no responses you encounter on a daily basis and explore how the essence of those responses reveals your global contribution.

Alex Iglecia is a NASA engineer turned mind-body expert with a long history of resisting his own global contribution. His diverse background includes a stint as a marketing and design consultant and an entrepreneurial venture teaching hand-to-hand combat. But it was during his time as a personal trainer that Alex began to understand his passion for understanding the relationship between the body and the mind, and how we can use that connection to improve our lives. Alex pursued a master’s in Conscious Evolution, and now his is on a mission to help leaders and creators discover and embody their own global contribution, reaching new levels in their business and personal lives.

Today Alex joins Emerald to share his story, explaining his initial resistance to his global contribution and how he found the courage to put it out into the world. He speaks to the yes/no responses we all experience in our bodies, discussing the universality of the phenomenon as well as the differences in how individuals express the yes/no response. Alex offers his take on cultural conditioning, describing how to find the truth in your YES response and use it to choose your path. Learn Alex’s unique take on the impact you’re already making and how to ‘relax and leverage’ your global contribution. Listen in to understand the necessity of learning your own agenda before you engage with a coach and how to apply the mind-body connection in developing a morning ritual.

How exploring the mind-body connection led Alex to identify his global contribution

How to recognize your body’s yes/no responses

The universality of our yes/no responses

The differences in how people express the yes/no response

Alex’s take on overcoming cultural conditioning

• Explore the essence of your ‘yes’ response
• Look at any rule, choose if it’s true for you

Alex’s unique insight around the impact you’re already making

How we are driven by fear and achievement

Why Alex seeks mentors when working to accomplish something specific

How the Global Contribution Map allows you to engage with coaches in a different way

How leadership can leverage an awareness of global contribution in a team setting

Why Alex celebrates completion with space and champagne

Alex’s mind-body spin on the morning routine

Alex’s Website

Wake Up Epic

Global Contribution Map

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

We’ve all felt it: The full-body YES you experience when you come across the item on a menu, for example, that speaks to you. You know that’s what you want. The challenge is to recognize and trust the yes/no responses you encounter on a daily basis and explore how the essence of those responses reveals your global contribution.

Alex Iglecia is a NASA engineer turned mind-body expert with a long history of resisting his own global contribution. His diverse background includes a stint as a marketing and design consultant and an entrepreneurial venture teaching hand-to-hand combat. But it was during his time as a personal trainer that Alex began to understand his passion for understanding the relationship between the body and the mind, and how we can use that connection to improve our lives. Alex pursued a master’s in Conscious Evolution, and now his is on a mission to help leaders and creators discover and embody their own global contribution, reaching new levels in their business and personal lives.

Today Alex joins Emerald to share his story, explaining his initial resistance to his global contribution and how he found the courage to put it out into the world. He speaks to the yes/no responses we all experience in our bodies, discussing the universality of the phenomenon as well as the differences in how individuals express the yes/no response. Alex offers his take on cultural conditioning, describing how to find the truth in your YES response and use it to choose your path. Learn Alex’s unique take on the impact you’re already making and how to ‘relax and leverage’ your global contribution. Listen in to understand the necessity of learning your own agenda before you engage with a coach and how to apply the mind-body connection in developing a morning ritual.

How exploring the mind-body connection led Alex to identify his global contribution

How to recognize your body’s yes/no responses

The universality of our yes/no responses

The differences in how people express the yes/no response

Alex’s take on overcoming cultural conditioning

• Explore the essence of your ‘yes’ response
• Look at any rule, choose if it’s true for you

Alex’s unique insight around the impact you’re already making

How we are driven by fear and achievement

Why Alex seeks mentors when working to accomplish something specific

How the Global Contribution Map allows you to engage with coaches in a different way

How leadership can leverage an awareness of global contribution in a team setting

Why Alex celebrates completion with space and champagne

Alex’s mind-body spin on the morning routine

Alex’s Website

Wake Up Epic

Global Contribution Map

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

We live in a world that teaches us to fall in line, to choose the safe, conservative route over being a disruptor. But playing it safe doesn’t facilitate global change. In fact, innovation comes from making trouble and seeing the possibilities in doing things a new way. How, then, do you develop the courage to break through barriers? To risk the isolation that comes with an intense commitment to transformation?

A true maverick, Dennis Langlais began his career as a professional BMX Freestyle rider, performing and competing at venues all over the world. He went on to create Perfection on Wheels, a BMX stunt team that did produced events in 10,000 locations worldwide. Dennis recently founded Codie Dog Interactive and the FIVE Minute Bark podcast with the intention of helping grassroots entrepreneurs increase their visibility and achieve next-level peak performance through the relentless pursuit of purpose.

Today Dennis joins Emerald to share his take on what a Man on Purpose looks like, discussing his approach to reinventing industries and the qualities necessary to facilitate global transformation. He offers insight around giving yourself permission to be a disruptor, attracting a loyal tribe, and choosing to break through barriers rather than fall in line. He explains how four-year-old Dennis was inspired by the Red Sox and how the relentless pursuit of his goals has driven him ever since. Listen and learn why it’s okay—necessary, even—to back off and go play a round of golf when you hit a wall.

Dennis’ insight on what it takes to facilitate global change

How Dennis innovates to create new possibilities in established industries

Dennis’ advice around being a disruptor

• Breaking through barriers comes at a cost
• Embrace polarity to attract your tribe

Why Dennis chooses breaking the rules over ‘nice’

Dennis’ crosswalk metaphor for innovation

The story of four-year-old Dennis’ desire to achieve big things

How Dennis leverages an intense level of commitment to reach his goals

The necessity of backing off when your health starts to suffer

Dennis’ commitment to helping grassroots entrepreneurs increase their visibility

Dennis’ simple approach to celebrating success

FIVE Minute Bark

Relentless Rebel Masterclass

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Life’s 6 Rules

Connect with Emerald GreenForest

Emerald’s Website

Emerald on LinkedIn

Emerald on Twitter

This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.