Success Shorts: The Archive
Past episodes featuring successful personalities - from rocket scientists to elite athletes - challenging you to be extraordinary.
Episodes
Toby Harnden join us to discuss courage and how that's led him through a life that could very well be out of one of his books. He also has a unique ability to tell the stories that need to be told for us to humanize and empathize with events that seem completely disconnected from our own realities. This was a great one!
Toby is the author of First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11 and is a w...
Tony Leonardini joins us to discuss his adventures which traverse two unique areas: winemaking and woodland firefighting. His perspective on pursuing unique paths is invaluable and insight into California's wildfire problem is thought provoking.
Tony is the founder of Butternut Wines, which was purchased by Miller Family Wine Co in 2020.
Jason Boothroyd joins us in a big and candid discussion about Afghanistan. He shares what he learned while serving there, as well as sharing his perspective on why things went sideways at the end and what we can learn from it.
Jay is a former Army Green Beret and was a member of ODA 534, which was one of the first teams into Afghanistan to fight the Taliban following September 11th. If you’ve ever read Doug Stanton’s Hors...
Tiziana Casciaro is an intellectual dynamo and joins us in a slightly longer, robust and impactful discussion about power, power dynamics, misunderstandings and the formula to gain power.
Tiziana is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Rotman School of Management and the Marcel Desautels Chair in Integrative Thinking at the University of Toronto and is widely regarded as one of the world’s top organizational thinkers. She ...
Sebastian Major is a teacher at the Crestwood School in Toronto, as well as the host of one of my favorite podcasts, Our Fake History. Sebastian joins us in a fun discussion on topics ranging from the importance of getting kids excited about world affairs and history, to how we can use his discovery methods to make sense of the real and fake history that we've recently lived through.
Kathy Murphy is widely regarded as one of the most powerful women in business and has served as the inspiring President of Personal Investing at Fidelity Investments. She joins us as she prepares to step-down from her post to share her wisdom and insight in an adventurous talk that hits on many significant topics.
Roger Hobby joins us to discuss purpose, and how once you identify it you can align with it and act with intention, which empowers and inspires. Roger has had a distinguished career in the financial services industry and currently serves as the Executive VP of Private Wealth Management at Fidelity Investments.
Fidelity® Wealth Services provides non-discretionary financial planning and discretionary investment management th...
Nicole joins us to speak about the female experience in the workplace, as well as how she coaches women to enhance their confidence by embracing failure. This was a fun discussion and I thank Nicole for letting me wade my way through the messy bits.
Nicole is a coach and speaker with the mission of ensuring women have equal opportunities to reach their full potential by addressing the internal and external obstacles they ...
Edniesha Curry is motivating, exciting, filled with wisdom and compassion. She joins us to talk about the importance of relationships in her success, as well inclusion, which can be a weighty topic, but she speaks to it in such a approachable and actionable way.
Edniesha is a former WNBA player with the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks, and is currently an assistant Men’s basketball coach at the University of M...
Jonny brings his high energy, no nonsense, directness to a discussion around what it takes to win as a team and how to address the challenges that the generational gap poses.
Jonny played in the Major Leagues for 13 years and played for 7 different teams, winning the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 and then again in 2015 with the Kansas City Royals. Jonny is now a minor league coach with the Arizona Diamondb...
Jamal joins us to discuss how grit and innovation can be used to effectively address some of the most complex issues facing us as a society, specifically around inequity and access to essential resources.
Jamal is a Senior Vice President of Customer Inclusion at Fidelity Investments, a group charged with the leading focus diversity and inclusion efforts within underrepresented communities.
Jordan Montgomery brings his energy and perspective to a great chat about the power mindset, as well as the impact our environments have on mindset and our ability to pursue purpose.
Jordan is a regarded performance coach, keynote speaker, and owner of Montgomery Companies, which provides full-scale performance and mindset coaching for individuals and teams.
Jayson joins us to talk about a host of things, including how he overcame insecurities to take extreme ownership of a series of tough situations, but it's really his raw charisma and practically that resonated with me most.
Jayson is the CEO and founder of POWERHOME Solar, one of Inc Magazine's fastest growing privately held companies.
Ned Johnson joins us to chat about standardized tests and their somewhat dodgy history, the impact of false negatives, and most importantly, the importance of fostering optimism.
Ned is the founder of PrepMatters, an educational advising and tutoring company. He's also an author, sought after speaker and teen coach for study skills, parent and teen dynamics, and anxiety management.
Clinton joins us in an energetic chat about his unique mindset which has removed barriers that have boxed in others and it’s not just about business, it all starts with empathy. Clinton is an entrepreneur, investor, executive, author, and a marketing maven, but is probably best known for being a Grammy nominated multi-platinum DJ, producer and songwriter.
Denise is a Sector Strategist at Fidelity Investments and she may sound familiar for some of you because she can regularly be found on Bloomberg and CNBC offering her unique brand of thought leadership. Denise returns to her skeptic roots in this fun chat to explore how they have helped her throughout her career and more specifically, how skepticism has helped her navigate the recent, uncertain times we’ve been faced with.
Lomit is the Vice President of Growth at IMVU, which is the world's largest avatar-based social network. Prior to that, he had successful stints managing growth at early stage startups Roku, TrustedID and Texture, all of which either went public or were acquired. Lomit joins us in a fascinating conversation about startups and AI, and we even take a look at how the basic tenets of AI can be applied so that we can enhance our ow...
Dr. Bill Dorfman joins us to explore his approach to life and business that has allowed him to achieve aspirational levels of success through differentiation and curiosity.
Dr. Bill is a cosmetic dentist responsible for some of the most dazzling smiles in Hollywood. Even more impressive is his work as a NY Times bestselling author, philanthropist, and as co-founder of LEAP, a non-profit motivational and developmental prog...
Nick Bradley joins us to chat about a lot of important things, including knowing your purpose, the importance of process, using fear as a positive, and the how running allows helps you overcome roadblocks in life.
Nick is a renown business growth and scale-up specialist with a track record of facilitating massive mergers and acquisitions. He co-founded the Fielding Group, a growth accelerator that helps companies improve business p...
Stacey joins us in a discussion around limiting beliefs. We dig into how to identify them, how they can inhibit your ability to grow and adapt to what life throws at you, and how once identified, you can destroy them.
Stacey is a Senior Vice President in charge of Life Events at Fidelity Investments, a group responsible for driving research and strategy to build out an integrated experience to change the way people naviga...
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