Episode 106 with Alan Crone

Alan is the Founder and CEO of The Crone Law Firm in Memphis and St. Louis.

He's the former Special Council to Memphis Mayor, Jim Strickland.

Alan is the author of the new book 'The LAW at WORK', which is being released on Tuesday, February 21st. 

He is a very successful attorney who cares about his clients, a Deacon in his church and a strong family man.

THINK BIG with Michael Zellner would like to thank our sponsor, Platinum Jewelers.

Episode 107 with Matthew Brownstein Part 1

Matthew is the Executive Director of The Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy.

He is also President of the International Association of Interpersonal Hypnotherapists, CEO of Anahat Education Group and a Founding Member of The Online Monastery.

Matthew is the author of 5 books, including 'Interpersonal Hypnotherapy: Honoring the Sacred in Transformational Relationships'.

www.InstituteofHypnotherapy.com www.OnlineMonastery.com

THINK BIG with Michael Zellner would like to thank our sponsor, Platinum Jewelers.

Special Episode 104 with Beau Lotz, longtime personal trainer for Lorenzen Wright.

Beau shares some great stories about Lorenzen and his life as he has his #55 Memphis Tiger Jersey retired Saturday, February 4th at the FedEx Forum in Memphis.

Episode 104 with Kathleen McClellan Part 1

Kathleen is an actress, director, tv host and executive producer.

She was Miss Teen Illinois USA in 1988.

Kathleen was the host of the #1 show For Better or For Worse on TLC in the early 2000's.

In Part 1, she tells us how she got started in modeling and acting and shares with the audience what the experience was like being on many major television hit shows.

Episode 103 with Elise Harper

Elise is a singer/songwriter from Memphis and now is sharing her music all over Nashville.

She has performed on the Netflix series "Sing On" and was both The Voice and American Idol too.

In 2020, her song "That Jeep" was considered for a Grammy and just released her latest song, "Good In Bed."

Elise shares with the audience her special relationships with some of her true longtime friends and she also tells us about the extremely close and special bond she shared with her father Bob too.

Episode 102 with Don Freda Part 1

Don is the former President and CEO of Vector Marketing which is the direct selling subsidiary company and the domestic sales arm of Cutco Cutlery.

He took the company from $750,000 the first year to the $100,000,000 mark when he retired about 15 years later.

Don is currently the President and CEO of STRIVE Corporation and is one of the best consultants, trainers and developers of people.

In Part 1, he tells the audience how he got started selling Cutco and the major differences in the way it was sold at that time compared to today and Don also talks about his rapid advancement in the business too.

Episode 101 with Ilyse Craft Part 1

Ilyse is a "SuperCoach On-Line Business Training for UpperLimit Coaches who are Elite, Grounded and in a Class of their own.

She dropped out of the corporate world a few years ago and her full-time "job" is now helping other coaches and people to become successful.

In Part 1 of her podcast interview, Ilyse shares with the audience the importance of removing the noise and obstacles and how just by doing those two things each person can become the biggest factor in their own success.

Episode 100 with John Elkington Part 2

In Part 2 of my interview with real estate guru John Elkington, we get into the major developments John has done outside of Memphis. 

John shares with the audience about his special relationship with former Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris and tells us all about that phone call he received from Memphis Tiger Basketball coach Penny Hardaway 3 years ago that eventually led to the opening of "Penny's Nitty Gritty" in downtown Memphis.

At the end of interview John tells us all about his wonderful family, including his wife of 24 years Valerie, his sons Beau, Griffin and Fletcher and shares with us a little bit about his grandchildren too.

Episode 99 with David Carr, Jr.

David is a songwriter, producer and an amazing saxophonist.

He has been playing music now for over 50 years and started touring at the age of just 14.

David's saxophone abilities and sound have been compared to such icons as David Sanborn.

He was inducted into the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame in 2021.

At the end of the podcast, David shows the audience just how good he is as he performed live on the podcast from his studio.

Episode 98 with Taijon Duverger, Part 1 of 2.

Taijon is a renowned dog trainer and owner of Kaizen Canine.

The 5 Star testimonials that he has gotten from very satisfied clients are phenomenal and I share several of them on this podcast.

He has gone viral on Tik Tok and other social media sights several times, with one of his Tik Tok videos now at almost 16 million views.

In Part 1 of 2, Taijon shares a lot of great insight into our dog world and tells us when our dogs should start being trained and also answers the question is there such a thing as a dog being too old to be trained too.

Any dog or animal lover is going to really enjoy hearing the things he shares with the audience today.