What to Say When Things Get Tough

Our guest today is Matt Stait, a Welsh national and martial arts expert who used his skills to overcome a difficult childhood and become a successful competitor, bodyguard, teacher and author. Among many other interesting topics, we talk about the crucial role that communication plays in the subtle art of protecting club goers, celebrities and Middle Eastern royalty, when the formula for success comprises one percent physicality and 99 percent quick thinking and negotiating skills.

Matt's books, including 20 easy ways to keep your child safe: Empower your kids with the tools to be confident, safe, and happy, are available on Amazon.com. You can also find and engage with him on TikTok. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Thank you as always to Jim Cirillo at jimiumgroup.com for our original music and Rachel Greenberger - Happy Graduation! - for our original art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt. And please rate, review and subscribe!

Our guest today is Matt Stait, a Welsh national and martial arts expert who used his skills to overcome a difficult childhood and become a successful competitor, bodyguard, teacher and author. Among many other interesting topics, we talk about the crucial role that communication plays in the subtle art of protecting club goers, celebrities and Middle Eastern royalty, when the formula for success comprises one percent physicality and 99 percent quick thinking and negotiating skills.

Matt's books, including 20 easy ways to keep your child safe: Empower your kids with the tools to be confident, safe, and happy, are available on Amazon.com. You can also find and engage with him on TikTok. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Thank you as always to Jim Cirillo at jimiumgroup.com for our original music and Rachel Greenberger - Happy Graduation! - for our original art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt. And please rate, review and subscribe!

Today we wrap up my conversation with Deborah Driggs, insurance agent, mother, former model and actress, and Playboy’s centerfold in March 1990.

We discuss the role that fear plays when communicating in difficult situations. Deborah also shares how she learned not to take no for an answer as a senior in high school when she convinced her high school government teacher to let her pass a class she had never attended by staying up all night to write a paper summarizing the class’s entire textbook.

She used that experience to develop her “No means maybe” philosophy that has helped drive her success as an actress, model, investor, and insurance agent. Enjoy!

As always, thank you to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and my daughter Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.

Today we wrap up my conversation with Deborah Driggs, insurance agent, mother, former model and actress, and Playboy’s centerfold in March 1990.

We discuss the role that fear plays when communicating in difficult situations. Deborah also shares how she learned not to take no for an answer as a senior in high school when she convinced her high school government teacher to let her pass a class she had never attended by staying up all night to write a paper summarizing the class’s entire textbook.

She used that experience to develop her “No means maybe” philosophy that has helped drive her success as an actress, model, investor, and insurance agent. Enjoy!

As always, thank you to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and my daughter Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.

When I met Deborah Driggs in a Facebook group for podcast hosts and guests, I admit that I set up an interview with her because after doing a little research on her background and experience I learned that as a young woman she had appeared as a Playboy centerfold.

Well, you’re not going to hear anything about that part of her life. Because during our conversation I discovered someone in whose life experience has made her a real expert in the art of communicating in difficult situations. So much so that I decided to split our conversation into a two-part episode.

In this part, we focus on Deborah’s experience as a both a child and parent of divorce and the lessons she learned about the vital role that communication plays in helping everyone involved – the parents themselves, their children, and even family and friends – grieve the loss of a relationship that was once at the center of their lives. I hope you enjoy our conversation and that you'll tune in to Part 2 in two weeks, when we talk about her career and how she has re-invented herself over and over again on her way to success in the insurance field.

As always, thank you to Jim Cirillo at jimiumgroup.com for our original music and to Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send any questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.

When I met Deborah Driggs in a Facebook group for podcast hosts and guests, I admit that I set up an interview with her because after doing a little research on her background and experience I learned that as a young woman she had appeared as a Playboy centerfold.

Well, you’re not going to hear anything about that part of her life. Because during our conversation I discovered someone in whose life experience has made her a real expert in the art of communicating in difficult situations. So much so that I decided to split our conversation into a two-part episode.

In this part, we focus on Deborah’s experience as a both a child and parent of divorce and the lessons she learned about the vital role that communication plays in helping everyone involved – the parents themselves, their children, and even family and friends – grieve the loss of a relationship that was once at the center of their lives. I hope you enjoy our conversation and that you'll tune in to Part 2 in two weeks, when we talk about her career and how she has re-invented herself over and over again on her way to success in the insurance field.

As always, thank you to Jim Cirillo at jimiumgroup.com for our original music and to Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send any questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.

I've met some great guests through the Facebook group Podcast Connections. In this encore episode that originally aired last September, I appear as a guest on a podcast hosted by Mumbai, India-based Aaditya Mehta, Aaditya was kind enough to grant me permission to broadcast our interview.

Stay tuned for more interviews with interesting guests I've connected with through Facebook, including Deborah Driggs, a successful insurance agent who has constantly re-invented herself over the course of a fascinating career who will appear next week.

Until then, please enjoy this encore episode and always stay positive!

I've met some great guests through the Facebook group Podcast Connections. In this encore episode that originally aired last September, I appear as a guest on a podcast hosted by Mumbai, India-based Aaditya Mehta, Aaditya was kind enough to grant me permission to broadcast our interview.

Stay tuned for more interviews with interesting guests I've connected with through Facebook, including Deborah Driggs, a successful insurance agent who has constantly re-invented herself over the course of a fascinating career who will appear next week.

Until then, please enjoy this encore episode and always stay positive!

In our final discussion of traps that can trip you up in difficult situations, we tackle the money trap, the numbers trap, the risk comparison trap and the false-premise trap.

Thank you as always to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.

In our final discussion of traps that can trip you up in difficult situations, we tackle the money trap, the numbers trap, the risk comparison trap and the false-premise trap.

Thank you as always to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and Rachel Greenberger for our original podcast art.

Please send questions to [email protected] and follow us on Twitter at #wtswtgt.