My father and brother are both ministers and I am a Christian and a big fan of servant leadership because Jesus was the ultimate servant leader. That's why I invited my next guest on the show, Edward Crawford, the Co-Founder of Coltala Holdings, an Afghan vet, and my friend.

I'm a confessed, horrible negotiator. I hate going into the shop because they'll sell me anything that I may or may not need. I hate going to negotiate a car deal because I'm sure I'm paying top dollar instead of a more reasonable price. That's why I wish I had my next guest with me at some of these life events, Chase McTaggart is the Founder of Quiet Man Negotiations.

I remember in the late 90s when online travel became a thing, we saw all these headlines that this meant the death of the entire travel agency model. No there's been a big backlash in how many people have had a budget trip booked in a foreign country and they messed up the hotel. Are you going to call the online number and wait on hold? No. You call a trusted travel agent. Two people who know about that are Jeff and Allison Bartlett, owners of Travel Marks Intl.

I was a proud Rotarian for about 10 years, took some time off, and the Rotary Club of Park Cities invited me to speak last week, I always get good stories when I speak at Rotary Clubs. The best story I found that day is the person who's in the studio with me right now, Holly Hollenbeck.

As many of you know, at my height, I was speaking 300 times a year and I got to be friends with a lot of professional speakers. And then Covid happened and all of these dear friends of mine suddenly went from 50 speaking engagements a year to nothing. Is the industry back to where it was pre-pandemic? Mirjana Novkovic is with Speaker Story Bank to discuss just that.

One of the things that has happened in the last few years is you don't need to have any political experience at all to get elected. You see a lot of people coming out of the woodwork, especially the people who are not happy with the way the country is going. My next guest knows about that because that is exactly what she is doing. Aimee Ramsey is running for Texas State House District 114.

At one point in my heyday, I was giving 300 speeches a year, and I felt good about myself, that I had some speaker chops. But I can't hold a candle to my next guest, Dr. Mike Smalley. He has the Mike Smalley Ministries and has given some 12,000 speeches around the globe.

I can't imagine what it must be like to fight a battle with cancer. One thing the doctor cannot prescribe is optimism and empowerment. That's what my next two guests are doing with their magazine and their non-profit, Erin Schreyer and Helen Bowles with Brighter Magazine.

There's an old saying in the book world, "The one-day novel." They're going to write a novel one day, and that one day never comes. One of the reasons for that is people put it off and they simply don't have the time or discipline to sit down and write the book. A man with a solution to that problem is Doug Crowe with Author Your Brand.

I'm a big fan of my next guest because I intend to live forever and be active until I die. I'm inspired by people like Betty White, who was 99 when she passed. These icons can do it if they keep themselves healthy, looking good, and mentally awake. Somebody who knows about that is Barbara Scheidegger, an Ageless Living Expert.