Episodes

Adrian Conway is a four-time CrossFit Games Athlete, a three-time CrossFit Games Team Champion, the co-owner of FNX, CrossFit Affiliate owner, Coach at Brute Strength, and a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer. He is also a husband, father, and committed community member in his home state of Utah. This conversation quickly became one of my favorites to date as Adrian shared how his faith informs all areas of his life, how he overcame significant challenges as a competitive athlete (and claimed many victori...

This episode of the podcast is from Authentic Conversations 10. I went back to answering questions I’ve been getting over the last few weeks regarding sales, marketing, habits, performance, productivity, and more. Here were a few questions I directly addressed. What obstacles are you seeing with Covid-19 and how are you responding? What is the most challenging habit/discipline you have in your life that has produced the most fruit & why? How do you start a new habit? How do I pursue person...

Dr. TJ Ahn is a first-generation Korean immigrant who came to America alone when he was only 19 without any connections or ability to speak English. Determined to live the American Dream, Dr. Ahn spent the next 30 years honing his medical and business skills. Dr. Ahn has established a successful podiatry practice in the Chicagoland area where he has been practicing since 2003. In this episode, Dr Ahn and I discuss his desire to share his Blueprint for doctors to transition to private practice. ...

Mental toughness is a term often thrown around. It’s often associated with the positive attributes that help a person to deal with and overcome difficult situations. People often believe it has to do with how smart or strong they are. That would be too easy. Join me on this week’s episode as I share 7 things you can do to develop mental toughness and crush what’s holding you back so you can achieve what you’ve been pursuing. Direct links to podcast: Spotify – http://bit.ly/spotify-exsellence ...

Josh Schachnow is a Canadian immigration lawyer helping international students and skilled workers navigate Canadian immigration. He co-founded Visto.ai, a free platform that brings both parties together by helping skilled workers navigate the immigration process on their own, making the immigration journey – from applying, to finding a job, to settling in Canada – as smooth and affordable as possible! I was fortunate to be a guest on Josh’s podcast, the Solopreneur Grind, a few months back (epi...

LinkedIn has become my number 1 source of income generation. It didn’t happen by selling myself. It didn’t happen with “creative marketing”. It didn’t happen with ‘lead generation services”. It didn’t happen by spending a bunch of money. I am going to share with you exactly what I did and how you can achieve the results you desire. This conversation will be valuable for employees of every level, executives, entrepreneurs, job seekers, and more. If you would like to create this same strateg...

Emma Fox is a partner and the COO of E Powered Benefits; the nation’s only completely transparent benefit consulting firm. She is also the founder of Empowered Community where she has built a group of equally resilient leaders to form a coaching circle in an effort to help others walk a slightly easier path than she once faced. Emma has become a dear friend as well as a colleague. I jumped at the chance to dig into some of the amazing hurdles she has overcome in life, her desire to lead through ...

In this episode of the podcast, I share the audio from Authentic Conversations 7 where I took time to answer questions submitted by registrants and my community at large. A couple of my favorite questions focused on: Communicating with a challenging CEO (or manager) Selling for the right reasons Working from home productively What pushes me to stay on track Direct links to podcast: Spotify – http://bit.ly/spotify-exsellence Apple – http://bit.ly/apple-exsellence YouTube – Exsellence Mindse...

Joy McAdams is the Chief Relations Officer for MedSnake Media, a firm that helps medical practices put together specialized marketing and business strategies that bring them back to life and produce growth. She’s also a wife, a mother, and an IRONMAN (yup, she’s hardcore). During this conversation, Joy and I spent time talking about some amazing ways she has helped medical practices grow and become very successful, we discussed how she focuses on work/life collaboration (not balance), and why i...

I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Motivation sucks! Well, at least external motivation does. On this week’s Authentic Conversations, I began by sharing a few thoughts as to why I believe motivation sucks. I then discussed the importance of creating sustainable rhythms to achieve the goals and outcomes you have been chasing (or want to start chasing). Additionally, I discussed. Breaking down goals. Building your days (and week) for success. Measuring progress. Rewards to keep thi...

Michaela Alexis is a LinkedIn Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Author, and all-around amazing human being. She’s had social media articles go viral, her LinkedIn follower count exceed 150k, and she even has her own K-Swiss shoe! I was introduced to Michaela back in 2018 and ever since then, I have appreciated her heart, her consistency, and her professionalism. She has built a successful business and continues to be one of the most genuine people I am connected to. On this episode, we had the opportuni...

This episode is from Authentic Conversations 5 – Selling in this Season. I shared my thoughts on why you should sell, and how to sell, during this season so long as you abide by a couple of important rules. I was also joined by my business partner and friend john Welches, who provides great insight into content and marketing. Direct links to podcast: Spotify – http://bit.ly/spotify-exsellence Apple – http://bit.ly/apple-exsellence YouTube – Exsellence Mindset Channel Connect with me: LinkedI...

Darren Rowe is the Chief Innovation Officer of Wamberg Genomic Advisors, an organization working to improve health, wellness, and longevity by delivering clinical-grade genomic programs and services to people around the world through their trusted employee benefits brokers and life insurance companies. Darren and I had a great conversation and really pushed in the belief that progress is possible in healthcare when we seek change through innovation and passion. We discussed problems in healthca...

From a live webinar I recently I hosted, I shared the guaranteed ways to ruin your team as a leader and what to do instead along with the convictions that: 1. Our purpose in our organizations is to become a great leader that serves our people and our customers (no title required). 2. We must have the ability to draw others into the direction we desire for our team/organization. 3. We need to have the passion to believe what we are doing is right and the ability to convince others of the same....

Andrew Richburg is the CEO of C3LX, an organization transforming health and healthcare through deep one to one technology-enabled patient engagement. As I was out hunting for great leaders to speak to for the podcast, one of Andrew’s employees nominated him as a must-have guest. In this episode, we talked a lot about the leadership of others as well as ourselves, why Strength’s Finder is such a great tool and how we have personally benefitted from it, building teams with people that support our ...

Over the last few weeks, I have been getting a lot of questions from colleagues, clients, friends, and even strangers in regards to how I am doing during the quarantine. I felt like now was a good time to share my answers, and help other people answer these wonderful questions for themselves. After answering them last week on a live webinar, I decided to share the audio with you here. Here were the 8 questions I answered 1. What’s your life been like these last few weeks? 2. How have you foun...

Mark Metry is the bestselling author of Screw Being Shy, the host of the Global Top 100 Humans 2.0 Podcast, a sought-after speaker, a Forbes contributor, and has been featured on Amazon Prime’s The Social Movement. I had the pleasure of hosting Mark on the podcast and we dug deep into the reason for his book, and more importantly, why he is so passionate about helping others with social anxiety. We spent time talking about what social anxiety is, why it’s important to recognize social anxiety is...

I was fortunate to be invited onto a yet-to-be-named, soon-to-be-launched podcast with my close friends and CrossFit coaches, Collin Meeves and Kody Fairfield. We set out to talk about stress and as we got going, we uncovered holes in our self-awareness and realized the necessity of being vulnerable. While this conversation was set for their podcast, they were gracious enough to allow me to share it with you. So go give this episode a listen. And when you’re done, give Collin and Kody a virtual ...

Bob Burg is a speaker and author, most known for co-authoring The Go-Giver. The Go-Giver, a Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller, has sold over 950,000 copies and was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written. Early in 2019, I read The Go-Giver for the first time and it changed my life, both professionally and personally. I had the pleasure of speaking with Bob about the 5 Laws of Success he shares in the book and why the first law, The Law of Value...

Kyle Elliott is a Career and Life Coach focused on helping people to find their fabulousness. He has served over 1,000 clients to date, been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The Ladders, and The Muse, is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES), and an annual Disneyland Annual Passholder (this is important to him!). Kyle and I had a fantastic conversation. We have been connected for some time and I have to say he is one of the most consistent people across every place I have engaged with ...

Alison Brown is a 20-year award-winning fitness and nutrition expert, founder of The Switch Project, Co-Owner of New U Personal Training Studio, and a best-selling author of Making the Switch. Alison and I had an opportunity to talk about the need to focus on the internal in order to affect the external, the importance of investing in yourself, why mom’s need to put themselves first, and how to maintain a balance between giving ourselves permission to fail while pushing ourselves to be the best ...

I reached out to my network to share questions they wanted me to answer. Here were the 4 I addressed. How do we continue to use the language of optimism in business, particular as consultants, to gain new clients when it has been co-opted by scammers and fake gurus? How do you define success? With your experiences, what are you surprised that you didn’t know early on? Meaning, what’s something that seems super obvious to you now but wasn’t super apparent when you were early on in your career...

Ryan Sprance is the Founder and Chief Strategist of Kaihatsu Media, a digital media agency focused on developing brand awareness and sales growth through social media, optimizing digital marketing spend and developing Influencer Marketing programs. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Awestruck, a digital media agency focused on the travel, tourism, hospitality, and entertainment verticals. In this episode, Ryan and I talk about his passion to develop communities and brands, the po...

Chantel Soumis is a Brand Sorcerous, a Motivational Keynote Speaker, and an Advocate for the Differently Abled. She’s showing up on a regular basis in major publications, large live events, and all over social media. Chantel’s life has been one of significant challenge and while those challenges would have shut most people down, it fired Chantel up. She has learned to work through a diagnosis of MS (multiple sclerosis) that has included being a wife, a mommy, and a phenomenal business leader. ...