The Motivation Show

A bullied overweight kid from Brooklyn without any money or connections built a comedy club empire in New York City, all starting from a date daring him to get on a comedy stage. Hear about the struggles and the joys, and all the monkey business in between as the comedian who bombed, but businessman who flourished Al Martin reveals how you can succeed in business, despite the odds being stacked against you. Most of the well known comedy clubs in NYC are now gone, but Al has not only survived after 30 years, but thrived as his name is synonymous with comedy in NYC. He currently owns Broadway Comedy Club and Greenwich Village Comedy Club. Oh....and listen to the infamous Sarah Silverman incident and how that played out, as well as some of the famous comedy stars that played his clubs when they were unknowns.

Mitzi Perdue is the wife of the late great legendary Frank Perdue, CEO of Perdue farms, a pop culture icon for his famous TV commercials. If that isn't impressive enough, her father co-founded & was the President of the Sheraton Hotel Chain!  A Harvard graduate, public speaker & prolific book author, Mitzi's latest book she co-wrote with none other than Mark Victor Hansen, my ole friend & the great Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, called How to be Up in Down Times. She is also the author of How to Make Your Family Business Last and who better to be an authority on this? In this interview, she reveals some astonishing stories of how her large family stood the pressures of success over time & how they remained close knit. She talks about what she & her husband decided to do to honor their 20,000 employees. It will have you wishing you were their employee. She also discusses the remarkable decision her father made to show his employees how valued they were.

T. Colin Campbell is a biochemist and the author of three books including the groundbreaking The China Study and over 300 research papers which explores the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is known for his advocacy of a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet to heal you and help you live a long and healthy life. He was featured in the 2011 documentary Forks Over Knives which convinced countless viewers to turn vegetarian, vegan or at least more plant-based. He discusses his research findings on which foods to eat and which to avoid that may help prevent heart disease, cancer & other diseases.

Dannion Brinkley had three of the most profound Near-Death Experiences ever recorded. Imagine dying 3x & coming back to life! Saved by The Light was on the NY Times best seller list for 26 weeks & made into a motion picture starring Eric Roberts as Dannion. Perhaps the greatest story teller of our time, Dannion is able to take death & instill great humor in the retelling of his remarkable story. Wait til you hear what The Beings of Light on "The Other Side" revealed to him & what he has come back to this realm to tell all of us about how to live Life...and how to handle Death!!!

Dr. Bernie Siegel is a pioneer in the Mind-Body healing relationship. His NY Times best seller Love, Medicine & Miracles revolutionized the way doctors & patient harnessed the power of the mind to heal. He has inspired people with a multitude of diseases to beat the odds & even gain remission. He has given hope to tens of millions that a diagnosis does not have to be your prognosis. Listen to this riveting interview with Dr. Siegel four decades after his groundbreaking book was originally published!

First came The Four Agreements, a NY Times bestseller for over a decade, written by Don Jose Ruiz. In this episode, his son, spiritual leader don Jose Ruiz, co-author of The Fifth Agreement & author of The Medicine Bag & Wisdom of the Shamans teaches us the way of The Toltec tradition, a wisdom which helps people transform, love & accept themselves. In a candid revelation, don Jose reveals his own suicide attempt & his complete reversal as a shaman following in the footsteps of generations of his family having been teachers, guides & friends of humanity.

Brenda Watson is one of the foremost authorities in America on optimum nutrition and digestion, natural detoxification methods & herbal internal cleansing. Brenda has invested decades into researching the Gut Microbiome. Her breakthrough findings has helped people achieve vibrant, lasting health through improved digestive function. In this interview, you will get a dose of her intensely studied philosophies of health & healing with the premiere teachers of our time.

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn is the cardiologist featured in the revolutionary documentary "Forks Over Knives" & author of the NY Times Best Seller "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease." The book reveals a revolutionary, scientifically proven, nutrition-based cure behind Bill Clinton's life-changing plant-based diet. He is one of the world's most vocal advocates of a whole foods, plant-based diet which his studies have shown can prevent or even reverse heart disease. His mantra of "no oil" should ring far & wide, particularly for those already suffering from heart disease. He reveals how foods that are not plant-based adversely affects the heart.

Mark Victor Hansen is the #1 best selling Non-Fiction book author in history as the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, & Crystal Dwyer Hansen is an authority on Human Potential. In this interview with both, you will learn from their new book Ask: The Bridge From Your Dreams to Your Destiny how by learning how, why & when to ask, you can transform your entire life and become the person you were born to be.

Denis Waitley is a pioneer in Human Psychology and Winning and is the author of 16 books including the all-time bestseller The Psychology of Winning, Seeds of Greatness, Being The Best, Winner's Edge & his newest book Winning for Life. Take in every word of this interview with a Motivational giant who has studied & inspired winners in every field from Fortune 500 execs to NASA astronauts to Olympic athletes & Super Bowl Champions. No one know more about personal mastery than Denis Waitley.