From There to Here

Joshua Aranda is a social entrepreneur.  In this episode, he talks about managing tension, choosing how you show up, later date returns, comfort with uncertainty, thresholds, and redistributing the weight.

As a passionate leader, lifelong learner, and social entrepreneur, Joshua Aranda is focused on making the world a better place and expanding his family with every person he meets.  With his many ventures:

At Unrationed, h...

Brian Smith is a business transformation consultant.  In this episode, he talks about self-reliance, figuring it out, differing ethics, navigating legal matters, the four motivations, partnership selection, the drama triangle, and taking the hard path.

Brian Smith has an eclectic entrepreneurial background, including investment banking, real estate investments, agency work, coaching and consulting, and founding businesses.  Through ...

Brian Piper is an author, speaker, and consultant.  In this episode, returning guest Brian talks about his recent shift into full time consulting, blending his background of content optimization, marketing, and strategy with the opportunities of AI.  We dive deep into building communities and how to be audience-centric, while leveraging AI responsibly to deepen connections.

Brian Piper is an author, award-winning internati...

Mahaveer Jain is an entrepreneur and author.  In this episode, he talks about good from every place, cultural influences, showing your presence, doing your job to the fullest, and finding your spiritual anchor.

Mahaveer Jain has been successful in bringing Supply Chain concepts from the big businesses to small and mid-sized companies over a period of 25 years as the CEO of SourceSelect. He has grown SourceSelect organically and evol...

Eva Rose Daniel is a professional speaking coach.  In this episode, she shares about the roller-coaster of entrepreneurialism, being part of the magic, who you know, being audience-centric, having clarity in your content, knowing your unique perspective, and strategic boredom.

Eva Rose Daniel is the founder of The Speak Shop, where she helps CEOs and professional speakers develop and deliver speeches that connect, captivate, and con...

Helmi is a Caribbean chef, culinary revolutionary, and author.  In this episode, she talks about defying the prescribed plan, meeting different people, avoiding boredom, when you are not having fun anymore, recognizing signals, and doing what you love.

Helmi Smeulders left her day job to pursue her dreams.  Lawyer by trade and chef by choice, she is reinventing the unique flavors of the Caribbean.  She is leading a culinary revoluti...

Adam Wallace is a serial business owner, executive, and Board member.  In this episode, Adam talks about the value of obstacles and opportunities, translating disconnects, balancing economic value, what the consumer is actually paying for, investing your time, and finding the story within.

Adam Wallace has spent years unlocking pricing power for products and services. After more than a decade as a corporate fixer, joining Fortune 10...

Scott Couchenour is a life and business strategist.  In this episode, Scott talks about messing with the plan, dividing the work, the lesson in hubris, building a life by design, acknowledging your moonshine, and living a life true to yourself.

Scott Couchenour is a seasoned "fourth quarter" life and business strategist dedicated to empowering high-achieving individuals over 45 to take command of their futures. With nearly...

Lisette Keus is a lionfish huntress and entrepreneur.  In this episode, she talks about widening horizons, the awareness of differences, non-profit contradictions, adapting to the opportunities, being in charge of the whole chain, fixing the problems as they occur, and to keep moving.

Lisette Keus was born in the Netherlands and grew up in the world, thanks to her adventurous and business-minded parents. Her journey has taken her fr...

Chris LeBeau is the owner of Decoding Cocktails, a cocktail education business.  In this episode, he talks about being a dreamer, doing it for yourself, big thoughts, the understanding of motivation, and knowing your pain thresholds.

I’m Chris LeBeau and I run a cocktail education business. I didn’t enter this industry until I was 38. Before that, I spent years in jobs that involved suits, PowerPoints, and too many meetings. I was g...

Ron Story Jr. is an entrepreneur and speaker coach.  In this episode, Ron talks about having an athletic mind, selling the intangible, learning from the inside, the problem-pain spectrum, buying the next solution, and the value of persistence.

Born and raised in East St. Louis, IL, Ron Story Jr. is an entrepreneur, speaker coach, and CEO of SpeakerHub, the world’s largest AI-powered speakers bureau. With over 10,000 booked meetings ...

Julian Scadden is the President and CEO of Nexstar, a member owned organization fostering growth for businesses in select trades.   In this episode, Julian openly shares about the challenges and lessons of a tougher childhood environment, being who you are, the way we treat each other along our journey, change coming from experience, understanding the operations, the racehorse vs. the mule, moving through isms, and being available ...

In this episode, Eric Pratum talks about a lack of attachments, using the time paid by others, the ease of pain with exposure, a complicated relationship with social media, learning empathy on the job, encouraging the feeling of insight, becoming what you spend your time on, and recognizing people (and their mindset) as the foundation.

Eric Pratum is a marketing strategist and podcast host with a background in digital marketing, ana...

In this episode, John and I talk about storytelling and why you tell the story differently, using stories in your own story, the importance of humility, the future state of your story, the pitfall of telling people who you are, the story behind business strategy, asking your audience, and knowing the take-away you want.

High-growth companies and those navigating transitions, such as M&A or generational leadership chang...

Dr. Kate Lund is a clinical psychologist.  She shares how a medical condition in her youth taught her empathy, her clinical focus on adaptation, the human side of injury, the importance of hope, maximizing potential in one’s unique context, her focus on parenting, strategy to help more people, and focusing on the possibilities.

Dr. Kate Lund is a licensed clinical psychologist of 15 years, peak performance coach, best-sell...

Glenn Akramoff is an organizational rehabilitation consultant.  Glenn generously shares his stories and his lessons learned; including to care about what is important to you and those you care about, preparing for the worse, not applying yourself and the impact on others, the importance of recognition, lessons on empathy, recognizing a miscast, the awareness of your emotional intelligence, and giving people permission.

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Terri Spencer is an agency VP of Creative.  Terri talks about working hard for what you want, finding the right people, experiences with early “influencers”, the pressures of identity, chasing titles, learning to figure it out, knowing your value alignment,  and remembering what matters.

Terri Spencer has always been creatively inclined, building a career that spans graphic design, marketing, strategy, and freelance work. ...

Jose Tejada is a mortgage banker and Hispanic community leader. On this episode, he shares about growing up in a revolution, being in a constant state of survival, the contribution of every family member, the power of equity, the empathy of doing business, transferring grit, growing carrots, generational changing activities, and perspectives on mental health.

Jose Tejada studied Business Administration at California State...

Shea Peffly is a coach and EOS implementer. On this episode, she shares the impact of music on her life, doing the work, listening to our elders’ stories, real world applications, defining your core values, practicing what you teach, the importance of self-care, and we have a high-level discussion of EOS and the entrepreneur.

Shea Peffly, the CEO of Menagerie Coaching, is dedicated to assisting executives in achieving thei...