The Leading Life Podcast.
By Andy Zook
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Episodes: 212
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The Leading Life Podcast is about what it really takes to grow, lead, and live with purpose.
Hi, I’m your host, Andy Zook.
Each week, I share practical ideas to help you lead stronger at work, think better under pressure, communicate more effectively, and take greater ownership of your life.
No corporate fluff. No empty motivation. Just real-world leadership, mindset, resilience, and personal growth you can actually use.
This is real-world leadership for real life.
Learn to lead your life and you’ll become better equipped to lead everything else.
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Episode 164: Stop Using Somebody Else's Playbook!
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Episode 163: Stop Hating Yourself Into Improvement.
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Constructive Feedback in 1 Minute!
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Episode 162: The Women They Called Difficult.
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Episode 161: Why Can't We Talk to Each Other Anymore?
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Stop Keeping Score.
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Episode 160: Communicate to Enable Action!
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Episode 159: Just Carry Today.
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Don't Be A Donkey.
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Episode 158: 5 Leadership Struggles Nobody Prepares You For!
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Episode 157: 10 Lessons To Make Your Life Lighter.
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Be Vulnerable to Get Vulnerability.
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Episode 156: 10 Traits That Lead to Success!
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Episode 155: What Are You Carrying Forward?
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: The Power of Mutuality.
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Episode 154: How to Communicate Like a Boss!
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Episode 153: Can Gen Z Really Make It?
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Parkinson’s Law.
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Episode 152: Managers dressed in Leadership Uniforms.
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Episode 151: Born to Go Forward: The Extraordinary Moriah Wilson.
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Momento de Maestría: Construye tu combinación de talentos!
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Building a Talent Stack.
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Episode 150: Become Impossible to Overlook!
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Episode 149: Stop Chasing Goals! Start Building Systems.
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Hell Yes or Hell No!
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Episode 148: What José Andrés Teaches Us About Leadership!
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Here's What Will Take You To Extraordinary!
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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Midweek Mastery: Never Lose Hope.
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Epsiode 146: Develop a Strong Worth Ethic!
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Episode 145: Want to Retire Earlier? Here’s How!
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: You Control The Path Ahead!
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Episode 144: Leading Without Losing Yourself: 6 Hard Lessons.
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Epsiode 143: 5 Life-Changing Lessons from Atomic Habits!
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Turn off The Autopilot!
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Episode 142: Why Leaders Who Don’t Always Know…Grow!
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Episode 141: Five Hard Truths That Will Set You Free.
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: The Dream is Not Lost!
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Episode 140: Don’t Create a “Never Good Enough” Culture.
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Episode 139: 5 Easy Disciplines That Changed My Life.
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Stop Making Something out of Nothing.
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Episode 138: Keep Making Plays!
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Episode 137: An Open Letter to Our Sons.
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Never Let the Tank Hit Empty!
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Episode 136: Skill Velocity: The New Competitive Advantage!
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Episode 135: The Journey To Inner Peace.
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: I'll Start Tomorrow.
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Episode 134: Your 10-Minute Leadership Reset!
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Episode 133: Your 10-Minute Life Reset!
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Mastery: Strategic Discomfort.
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Episode 132: Tools for Building Extraordinary Leadership!
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Episode 131: 10 Lessons in Self-Development from Will.
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Episode 130: Stop Shrinking Yourself for Approval!
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Episode 129: Let's Make Joy Strategic!
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May 29, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: I Can't Believe I Did This!
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May 27, 2026 |
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Episode 128: Building a Chain of Excellence.
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May 25, 2026 |
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Episode 127: 5 Tools That Can Change Your Life!
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May 22, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Listen to Understand, Not Reply.
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May 20, 2026 |
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Episode 126: Lessons from Jiro Dreams of Sushi.
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May 18, 2026 |
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Episode 125: Stop Waiting to Live Your Life!
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May 15, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Protect Your Peace!
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May 13, 2026 |
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Episode 124: Impactful Leaders, Where Are You?
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May 11, 2026 |
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Episdoe 123: The One Thing Killing Your Growth!
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May 08, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Let's talk about Clarity!
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May 06, 2026 |
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Episode 122: The Promise in Our People!
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May 04, 2026 |
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Epsiode 121: 10 Thinking Frameworks from Modern Minds.
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May 01, 2026 |
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Mid-week Momentum: The Power of Follow-Up!
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 120: How to Actually Rewire Your Brain Today!
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Episode 120: How to Forgive Yourself And Move Forward!
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Midweek Momentum: Release Them with Clarity.
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Episode 119: This is your Best Self Morning Mindset!
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Epsiode 118: 10 Blind Beliefs That Hold Us Back!
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: 5 Easy Tips to Engage Teams!
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Episode 117: 10 Lessons That Will Transform Your Leadership!
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Episode 116: 10 Steps to Living Your Most Fulfilling Life!
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Do the difficult thing!
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 115: How Elite Leaders Close Communication Gaps!
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Episode 114: How To Think Like A Genuis!
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: 5 Tips to Win The Day!
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 113: The Desire to Help Others Win!
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Episode 112: 10 Uncommon Health Tips for Longevity!
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: 3 Leading Principles from Satya Nadella.
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Episode 111: Practical Wisdom and Not Corporate Theory!
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Episode 110: The Top 10 End of Life Regrets.
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Control What You Can Control!
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Episode 109: Stronger Leadership Impact in Easy 3 Steps!
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Episode 108: Be The Hero in Somebody's Story Today!
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: The 5 C's of Motivation.
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Episode 107: How to Master Your Productivity!
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Episode 106: 10 Truths for Leading Your Best Life!
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Episode 105: Leading the Next Generation: What Actually Works!
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Episode 104: 5 Mistakes People Make in Their Growth!
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: The Great Leadership Responsibility!
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 103: Start Doing These Winning Habits Today!
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Episode 102: How to Stop Shrinking Your Life!
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Episode 101: How to Build Unbreakable Mental Resilience!
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Episode 100: 10 Simple Health Tips to Help You Live Longer!
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Everything Is Reversible… Except Time.
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 99: I Hope You Have a Crappy Monday!
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Episode 98: Your Breakthrough is Few Steps Away!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Leadership is Impact!
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Episode 97: Leadership 101: Your Leadership Starter Kit!
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Episode 96: 10 Tips to Save Money in 2026!
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Episode 95: 10 Lessons from "Tools of Titans!" by Tim Ferris.
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Episode 94: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself in 2026!
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Just be Awesome YOU!
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 93: Don't Let Traditional Leadership Advice Fail You!
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Episode 92 : 10 Cheat Codes For An Amazing Life!
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: We Can Win The Next 48 Hours!
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Episode 91: 10 Advantages Over Every Other Leader!
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Episode 90 : 10 Ways to Make Your Life Easier in 2026!
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Fresh Start into 2026!
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 89: What Leaders Don’t Know They Don’t Know.
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Episode 88: Your 2026 High Performance Leadership Roadmap!
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: 3 Skills for Working Better Together!
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Episode 87: 5 Mistakes That Can Wreck Leadership!
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Episode 86: 15 Great Questions to Better Understand People!
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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MidWeek Motivation: Winning Wednesday Back!
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Episode 85: How Ego Destroys Great Leadership.
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: The Power of Small Wins!
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 84: How to Lead Through The Chaos!
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Episode 83: Stop Thinking You’re Not Enough!
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Leading During the Holidays!
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 82: Build an Exceptional Environment to Grow Exceptional People!
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Episode 81: 10 Life Lessons From Admiral McRaven!
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: The 90-Second Courage Rule
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Epsiode 80: Why Do Employees Shut Down?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Episode 79: 10 Life Changing Questions to Ask Yourself!
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: How Heavy is Your Load?
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 78: Remember Why You Became a Leader!
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Episode 77: How To Control Your Destiny!
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Re-Energize Your Team!
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Epsiode 76: Let's Get Real About Feedback!
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Episode 75: Take This Life Inventory Assessment!
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Wednesday Reset!
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 74: Strengthen Your Leadership with Gratitude!
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Episode 73 : Unlocking The Life You Deserve!
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Habit Stacking Simplified!
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 72: How to Build An Unstoppable Team!
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Episode 71: Build a Life That Can’t Be Bought!
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Episode 70: Instantly Get Better at Public Speaking!
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Episode 69: The Universe is Working For You!
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum: Anchor and Flex!
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 68: Increase Productivity and Reduce Conflict in 3 Simple Steps!
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Episode 67: Stop Saying These 5 Things!
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Mid-Week Momentum : Stop Waiting For Motivation!
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 66: 5 Unspoken Truths Teams Aren't Telling You!
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Episode 65: Be The Hero In Somebody's Story!
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Episode 64: Are We Truly Leading With Integrity?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Episode 63: Perspective at 30,000 Feet!
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Episode 62: How to be More Accessible as a Leader!
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Episode 61: How To Get Through The Struggle.
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Episode 60: What's Your Life List?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Episode 59: Making People Feel Valued.
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Episode 58: The Psychology Behind Better Leadership!
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Episode 57: My Second Chance at Life.
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Episode 56: Real Talk; The Sandra Bland Episode.
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May 05, 2025 |
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Episode 55: How to Build a Stronger Culture at Work.
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Episode 54: Why You Are Not Getting Promoted!
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Episode 53: How to Protect Yourself at Work.
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Episode 52: Life Advice I wish I’d had when I was Younger. (Part 2)
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Episode 51: Life Advice I wish I’d had when I was Younger. (Part 1)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Episode 50: What is your Anti-Vision?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Episode 49: Where is Your Place in This World?
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Episode 48: Why Are We So Afraid of Failure?
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Episode 47: How to Stop Worrying Your Life Away.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Episode 46: 5 Easy Ways to Level Up Professionally Right Now!
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Episode 45: Your Secret Superpower!
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Episode 44: How to Be a Truly Effective Coach!
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Episode 43: How Do We Let Go and Move Forward?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Episode 42: How to Develop a Winning Mindset! (Part 2)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 41: How to Develop a Winning Mindset! (Part 1)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Stop Making Work Harder Than it is and Increase Productivity.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Be a Better Co-Worker Today!
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Episode 38: 5 Life Lessons I learned From My Mother.
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May 27, 2024 |
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Episode 37: 5 Life Lessons I Learned From My Father.
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Create a Great Place for People to Work.
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 35: Break these 3 Bad habits In Your Life Today!
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Sometimes The World Just Needs a Hug.
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 33: 5 Simple Steps to Better Leadership Today!
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 32: Courage Today will Change Your Tomorrow!
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 31: Get Better with Money Right Now!
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Stop Calling Yourself a Leader if you do this!
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Episode 29: The World is Already Full of Average.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 28: Don't Make These 3 Career Mistakes!
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Are You Keeping it Real?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 26: Be Something Unexpected.
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Episode 25: Career Mindset 5) Develop Others in 5 Easy Steps!
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 24: The Wisdom of an Eight Year-Old.
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Career Mindset 5) Be Willing To Do What Others Won’t Do.
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Career Mindset 4) Build Partnerships and Build Your Network.
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Career Mindset 3) Sacrifice Something to Gain Something.
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Career Mindset 2) Attitude, Authenticity, and Accountability.
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Career Mindset: 1) Everything Starts With a Vision
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 18: 5 Tips for Better Health Today!
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Mr. Herman Cain, CEO of Self.
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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Episode 16: 5 Books That Changed My Life.
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 15: How to Level Up at your Job Today!
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 14: Be Easy To Work For!
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Don't Let Anything ruin your day!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Episode 12: People have Hopes, Dreams and Aspirations.
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Happiness? Yes, Happiness!
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 10: Are You Creative?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 9: You Are Not Alone.
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 8: "The Joke That Changed My Life!"
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Do you want to prolong your life?
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Episode 6: How do you choose to show up?
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Retail Businesses - Crush your Goals!
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Leading from The Back.
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Episode 3: Take Care of Your Customer
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May 24, 2020 |
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Episode 2: On-boarding New Hires The Right Way
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May 14, 2020 |
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Episode 1: Rule #1 - Take Care of Your People.
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May 07, 2020 |