Secrets of Success
Host Bill Horan helps listeners uncover hidden talents to maximize individual success.
Episodes
October 27, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Frank Buchholz, author of THE INVESTOR'S GOLDEN PLAYBOOK. Frank will discuss how he built his own retirement plan to the point where it is now worth 8.5 million dollars, why he says we must build a prosperity mindset and what that means, what are the biggest financial errors people make and why it is so important to start a retirement account as soon as possible in life.
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October 20, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Kevin D. St. Clergy, author of BEYOND BLIND BLAMING. Kevin will discuss what blind blaming is, what the role of biases in blind blaming is, why he compares blind blaming to a magician who uses props and people to distract the audience, and what is the "illusion of control?"
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October 13, 2025 • 29 mins
Bill Horan talks with Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of DON'T BE YOURSELF. Tomas will discuss the definition of 'authenticity," what is wrong with being authentic, why he is amazed at the gap between research and popular beliefs, and what he means by "strategic self presentation."
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October 6, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks once again with Deborah Mallow, author of 6 STEPS TO FEWER DAYS THAT SUCK. Deborah will discuss why the hardest part is to take the first step, how we can push aside negative thoughts and distractions, why she says we should respond rather that react and how we can "Flip the Script."
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September 29, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Eileen Caroscio, author of MIDLIFE NEW LIFE. Eileen will discuss why she wrote a book about midlife, how is midlife defined, what are some common myths about midlife and what makes midlife meaningful.
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September 22, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Martin Dubin, author of BLINDSPOTTING. Martin will discuss what blindspotting is, why we let others define our identity, what are the 6 leadership blindspots and how do we find which blindspots are holding us back?
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September 15, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Joel Zuckerman, author of GRATITUDE TIGER. Joel will discuss why a sports writer writes a book on gratitude, why letters of gratitude make you feel good, why it is important to send the letter by regular "snail" mail and what the 7 pillars of gratitude expression are.
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September 8, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Matthew Dixon, author of THE ACTIVATOR ADVANTAGE. Matthew will discuss what an "activator" is, what makes activators different from other "rainmakers," how someone can be trained to be an activator and how to measure an activator's success.
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August 18, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Leslie Grandy, author of CREATIVE VELOCITY. Leslie will discuss why we have the wrong image of creative people, how do most companies treat the creative process, how doodling helps creativity and why she calls showers and walking her happy places.
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August 11, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Bill Zujewski, author of WHAT'S YOUR LIFE SCORE. Bill will discuss the 8 key categories to success in life, what is the truth about happiness, why we are happiest when making progress and why he reminds us that "we can't change the beginning by we can change the ending."
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July 28, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Matthew Mitchell, author of READY TO WIN. Matthew will discuss why he starts off his book by talking about Michael Jordan's failures, how to hold a team accountable, why preparation is so important and why we should ask ourselves, "In what areas of life am I ignoring preparation?"
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July 21, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with Sheena Yap Chan, author of BRIDGING THE CONFIDENCE GAP. Sheena will discuss what the double standards that kill confidence are, why the media expects women to be perfect in every way, why perfection is an illusion and what is Imposter Syndrome?
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July 14, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with Adam Brotman and Andy Sack, authors of AI FIRST. Andy and Adam will discuss what the differences between AI, AGI and ASI are, why they say they were dunbfounded by CHAT GPT 3.5, how people can learn more about AI just by using it for everyday simple tasks and how we can be hurt by scammers if we don't keep up with AI.
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July 7, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with David DeLong, author of Hidden Talent. David will discuss the 3 "hidden" groups he is talking about, why we will be facing a shortage of workers in the future, why many employers are afraid to hire workers from this "hidden pool" and how "hidden talent workers" can use internships and temporary positions to their advantage.
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June 30, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with Dr. Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, authors of G.O.A.T. WISDOM. Brent and Josh will discuss what G.O.A.T. WISDOM is, why they have such a strong belief in kindness, why they call their clients "neighbors" and why it is important to know the "measure of success."
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June 23, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with Nick Huber, author of THE SWEATY STARTUP. Nick will discuss how most entrepreneurs are normal not brilliant, why leverage is the key to life, what are the 3 things that help us get leverage and why we should ask ourselves what can I do right now that will maximize the life I want to live 5 years from now. Buy the book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bLazjW
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June 16, 2025 • 28 mins
Bill Horan talks with Jack M. Cohen, author of THE FREEDOM FRAMEWORKS. Jack will discuss why success is not linear, why it is difficult to articulate our dreams, what he means by DO BE HAVE, and why we should begin with the end in mind.
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June 9, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with George Horrigan, author of WORK LESS, MAKE MORE AND HAVE MORE FUN IN YOUR BUSINESS. George will discuss what is his structure of success, what is the most common problem in business today, what most businesses do wrong and why a vision is so important.
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June 2, 2025 • 27 mins
Bill Horan talks with Dr. Jo Brown, author of SEE YOUR ELEPHANT. Dr. Jo will discuss what is an "elephant", why she calls herself an "elephant hunter", why self awareness is so important, and what are 'triggers?"
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