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On The Brink

By: John A. Brink
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  • John A. Brink is a self-made entrepreneur, best-selling author, ADHD advocate and the oldest competitive bodybuilder in North America who seeks out experts from all walks of life to learn and share their stories.
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Episodes
  • Episode 246: Adriana Cowdin
    May 2 2024

    Adriana L. Cowdin is a 4-time entrepreneur and former C-Suite Executive. Named “One of the Most Influential Women in Business”, Cowdin founded Dekaf Digital a marketing agency where she served as the CEO for 7+ years leading it to 400%+ growth in 2022. This resulted in a successful acquisition in Summer 2023. Under her leadership, Cowdin achieved success as a Top 1% of all woman-owned small businesses exceeding $1 Million in annual revenues. Upon exiting Dekaf Digital, Cowdin stepped in as Interim CEO of a National Healthcare Organization where she developed a plan to increase revenue from $3M to $10M+ annually while simultaneously balancing the budget and increasing staff size 2x. In 2024, Cowdin returned to her roots as an executive coach. After completing advanced management and leadership curriculum through Harvard Business School in the late 90’s, she leaned in full force to be an executive coach in her ‘spare’ time. After coaching over 6,000 clients in the last 25 years, she now focuses 100% of her energy on executive coaching leaning into TTI Success Insights Research-Backed Assessments as the foundation of her practice. Cowdin is no stranger to leading performance-driven teams having served as Chief Marketing Officer for a KKR owned company, Chief Digital Marketing Officer for a privately-held $1B home services firm (acquired by ADT), and Chief Customer Officer and Vice President, Digital Marketing for a $40B, Fortune 100 retailer. She has been featured on ABC News,Forbes, Inc. 500, FoxBusiness, CNNMoney, Yahoo!, Reuters, Hoovers, The NY Times, NJ Ledger, The Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post, and over a dozen podcasts broadcast around the world. Cowdin is a native of the Chicago, IL suburbs who resides in Indianapolis, IN with her husband, Eric. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, has completed several management and leadership courses through Harvard Business School.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Episode 245: Terry Small
    May 1 2024

    Terry Small, B.Ed., M.A., is a master teacher and Canada's leading learning skills specialist. He is the author of the Brain Bulletin with over 34,000 subscribers worldwide.


    Terry has presented on the brain for over 33 years to organizations around the world.. His knowledge, warmth, humour and dynamic presentation style have made him a much sought-after speaker at workshops and conferences.


    Terry often appears on TV, radio, and in the press. He recently appeared on BCTV, Global, CKNW and Student Success. He has presented his ideas to over 301,000 people in 23 countries on 5 continents.


    His clients include IBM, TEDx, Ford, IMD, JTI, UBS, Hitachi, Bayer, Bosch, CRA, RCMP, Telus, and many schools and universities. His presentations are engaging, humorous, practical, and all based on the latest brain science.


    Terry believes, "Anyone can learn how to learn easier, better, faster, and that learning to learn is the most important skill a person can acquire."Terry's wealth of teaching experience and extensive involvement in applied neuroscience make him an outstanding resource of the business and educational communities.



    He resides in Vancouver, Canada, where he is a frequent lecturer at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.Terry Small's Philosophy is simple: "Success is a skill anyone can learn."


    Sign up to the Brain Bulletin at https://www.terrysmall.com/

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 244: John Graham
    Apr 29 2024

    John Graham is a Certified Master Trainer, speaker, and fitness professional with 15 years of experience in the fitness industry. Founder of JohnGrahamFitness and renowned golf academy director at Mission Hills, he is a leader in fitness technology and has collaborated on popular video series for home workouts and boxing tutorials. John's personal journey through training and competitions exposed him to injuries, fueling his quest for optimized injury prevention and recovery methods. During this pursuit, he discovered the remarkable benefits of red light therapy while recovering from a knee injury. This led to the creation of Lumaflex, a game-changing flexible, portable, and waterproof panel, providing convenient and efficient red light therapy treatment for individuals, including athletes. Learn more at https://www.lumaflex.com/

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    1 hr and 1 min

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