My Average Greatness
My Average Greatness is a podcast that focuses on the greatness inside of everyday people. We uncover how often times Average people don't recognize the greatness within & how people who are considered great by others see themselves as Average people.
Episodes
Kai Smoak is a 9-year-old US soccer prodigy and one of your future leaders!!
Kai was born in Matthews, NC in 2011 and is the oldest child of Leigh and Mike Smoak who met in high school. Kai's mom graduated from the University of South Carolina and his father graduated from Clemson University.... it is a house divided. Kai is also the first grandchild of Sharon and Jim Smoak and Joanne Buchanan all of Myrtle Beach. ...
Raja Mukerji shares how we are our life experiences and that ultimately life is about how we create inclusiveness and treat others.
Natalie Eicher is Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Mettacool, a coaching consultancy that prepares women for career advancement and transition, without sacrificing their well-being so they can find sustainable success while helping the companies that employ them to maximize their female talent pipeline and create a workplace culture where women thrive.
Natalie is a National Board Certified Well-Being & Career Coach, trained at Duke, a...
Dave Sanderson - Survivor of the "Miricle on the Hudson." That is right, he survived a PLANE CRASH!! Dave has had a unique career where he believes that success leaves clues and that all of us will have our own personal plane crash, we need to make sure we have our own flight plans to survive and thrive in those moments.
Dave believes that proximity is power and that he has been fortunate to have close proximit...
Stacie is the president of Empowered Leadership. She is a certified business & executive coach, trainer and speaker. She believes that you can be both a successful business leader AND have the time to show up for the people and things that matter most in your life. Stacie specializes in helping business leaders remove stressors, manufacture more time, empower their teams and generate more revenue to enable them to live their ...
Officer Joe - His life is not what he expected. But when he started living his life for him and not doing what he thought others though he should be doing his life changed for the better. We discuss:
- how fear is good, but don't let it control you.
- His roll in taking down the Boston Bomber
- His profession
- Starting his own company
- Defund the police
- Positive mindset
Brian is my Mr. Miyagi and an even better friend. He shares a little about his past and some of the most important lessons learned along the way:
- Learn to make decisions
- Making decision is easy when you take time to understand what is truly important to you
- No Excuses
- Getting an opportunity is the first step, its what you do with that opportunity that matters most
- Self Care and love
No guest this week so listen to me if you choose for a few minutes talk about changing our lease and finding good out of what is going on in the world:
- think for yourself
- find good
- reflect this lockdown, it will only happen one time in our life (hopefully) so take advantage of it
- Consistency and challenge yourself to be better
- Call to action - choose to do one thing tomorrow that you are uncomfortable ...
Molly Mesnick was just an average Midwestern girl who tried out to be a contestant on season #13 of The Bachelor. Going in it with no expectations, she ended up winning season #13 and changing her life forever. Molly shares how her life became free when she stopped caring what others thought of her and started being her unique self. With this new found fame she shares how it is her duty to use it to give back and help others bett...
Erin is, is a Clemson Graduate who's life has taken her on a wild adventure where she ended up chasing Oprah to Chicago to host her own talk show, she explains how life is full of failures, but we don't always have to accept those failures. Her journey has taken her to become a business owner and podcaster (failed it). Erin also gets personal and discusses infertility issues and fighting for her unborn child and being h...
Dagan, has a passion to lead and help nurture our next generation of leaders. His passion to make a difference in this world and leave behind a legacy was awesome to be a part of. Today we have an open dialogue around:
Success
Failure
Honesyt
Trust
Accountability
Toughness
LEGACY
Resiliency/Grit
Process
and Transparency
If you would like more from Dagan you can follow him on Twitt...
Scott Arias - I won't do him justice by typing his bio here - listen and enjoy, he is amazing!!!
cliff notes:
2nd Generation immigrant
NAVY
lost his leg
went back to war
Most significant event in his life = who you are in the core comes out
Why did God leave me here
Pray for acceptance of gods will
God took something so horrible and has some something so good with it
DO IT ANYWAYS...
Chef Nicolas shares his journey of being a 2nd generation immigrant family, how is passion for science and food blended, the challenges of the service industry and self reflection and understanding that brought him to start essential kitchen to employ furloughed service industry employees and feed essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
Dan - Shares his story of GRIT and that its not about being the best, its about doing. He has raised over $200,000 for cancer through participating in the Pan Mass Challenge. Dan also shares his secret to happiness. Its an amazing listen!
If you would like to support Dan and his Pan Mass fundraising here is a link:
https://donate.pmc.org/DG0034
Elizabeth shares her story of growing up in WV, making opportunities for herself while moving around the country to follow her husbands career in the Marines. Elizabeth shares how her passion for analytics and conveying that information has taken her on an interesting career journey to where she is today. The one thing that stands out is that she never says "no to her self." We hope you enjoy.
If you woul...
In todays episode Kelsey shares her raw story about the preterm birth of her son Jack and losing her only sibling and brother, Josh shortly after. Through her and her family's loss she explains that "Tragedy can show you beauty in this world." Kelsey and her family have found porpoise in keeping her brother Josh and Jack's legacy alive through their foundation, FAST FOR Endowment.
If you would like ...
- Even when you aren't here you are always here
- 2 cool stories that demonstrate this
- I answer "If something happens to me, what message would I like to leave for my kinds/family?"
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