Episodes

  • What's your theme song?

    What's your theme song?
    Jun 26 2024
    What's your theme song? Warren Zevon I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (1976) Harvey Mackey (in Daniel Pink's Office Hours) asked my high school students to remember one of his favorite sayings: ‌“He couldn’t sleep fast enough.” "In other words, I’m afraid if I sleep too much, I’ll miss something." The Impossible Dream What's Melvin reading? Your Brain on Art | How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross Nugget - the human brain recognizes autobiographical music at super speed, in some cases in as little as a tenth of a second) Last Thoughts - "Those who hear not the music think the dancers mad." Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • What's a Big Idea Book?

    What's a Big Idea Book?
    May 15 2024
    What's a Big Idea Book? Listen and learn as Fernando Labastida, author of "The Startup Book: How to Write a Book That Designs a New Market Category & Positions You as The Leader," discusses the seven essential steps to designing a new category and writing a book that establishes you as a thought leader in your field. From leveraging AI to accelerate your book-writing process to using your book as a catalyst for public speaking, cold outreach, and building a media presence through your newsletter and social media, Fernando will share the strategies and insights he has gathered from extensive research and interviews with influential authors and category designers. Discover how a Startup Book can be more than just a book, but a powerful tool to grow your business and revolutionize your industry. What's Melvin reading? The Startup Book: How to Write a Book That Designs a New Market Category & Positions You as The Leader by Fernando Labastida Nugget - You can't outgive Fernando, the resources more than repay the price of entry. Last Thoughts - "Radical generosity has so many benefits: 1. It can cure depression. 2. It can put a smile on people’s faces, which can put a smile on your face. 3. It can soften your heart. 4. It can bring us all together. 5. And it can motivate you to be a better business person so you can give more." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • If we met a year from now what would we be celebrating?

    If we met a year from now what would we be celebrating?
    May 2 2024
    "This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.” - Steven Pressfield ‌ ‌What's Melvin reading? Building A Story Brand by Donald Miller Nugget - "focus on the aspects of your offer that will help people survive and thrive" Last Thoughts - "Compassion is the sometimes fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else’s skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.” - Frederick Buechner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Do You Want to Celebrate?

    Do You Want to Celebrate?
    Apr 10 2024
    "Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want." - Carolyn Merchant "Your greatness is measured by your horizons." Michelangelo What's Melvin reading? The Consulting Bible by Alan Weiss PhD Nugget - My job is to improve the client's condition. Last Thoughts - Seth Godin stated, "You can't shrink yourself to greatness!" creation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Can You Make the Jump?

    Can You Make the Jump?
    Apr 2 2024
    Eleanor Roosevelt's quote "Do one thing every day that scares you." Jump What's Melvin reading? Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller Nugget - it's about the customer Last Thoughts - "Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."~ Eleanor Roosevelt Former First Lady of the United States Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • Today? Why not Tomorrow?

    Today? Why not Tomorrow?
    Mar 26 2024
    Why dow e as people make this claim? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • Are you wise?

    Are you wise?
    Mar 19 2024
    "Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience." Albert Einstein Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the highest peak, in the deepest ocean, empty of all limiting thoughts. - The Art of Peace ‌ What's Melvin reading? Put Your Ass [where your Heart wants to be] by Steven Pressfield Nugget - the universe conspires to help you Last Thoughts - “They were seeking out the treasure of their destiny, without actually wanting to live out their destiny.” – Paulo Coelho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • What's a Habu? with Matt Hall The boy that lived

    What's a Habu? with Matt Hall The boy that lived
    Mar 12 2024
    What's a Habu? with Matt Hall The boy that lived ‌ What's Melvin reading? Everyone Leads compiled by Dan Zandra Nugget - love the quotes maybe write the misleadership book? Last Thoughts - Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” Aldous Huxley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins