AMA: Ask Melvin Anything

‌What's the big idea?  What's Melvin reading? Anatomy of a Breakthrough by Adam Alter How to Get Unstuck When it Matters Most Nugget - "Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part in a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work." Photorealist painter Chuck Close Last Thoughts -...

Mike and Melvin talk about Curiosity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What are your plans for our 2024 fresh start?  "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver in her poem The Summer Day ‌ "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow!...

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What's your Superpower? I have a sneaking suspicion we can say it is your Outcome.  What's Melvin reading? The Pokey Little Puppy Nugget - enjoy being you Last Thoughts -  "When you're on to something great, it won't feel like revolution. It'll feel like uncommon sense." ~ Derek Sivers  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...

Eat your own dog food, make choices and live with them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Melvin and Mike talk about the dead sea...ok so maybe it's a metaphor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Melvin tells tales of the Wizard Academy and the many years of wisdom. The Wizard Academy is a Non-Traditional Non-Profit Non-Boring Business School with Online and In-Person Learning for Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

What ya got?  You were made for this. All You Can Do Is All You Can Do, but All You Can Do Is Enough (A.L. Williams)   What's Melvin reading? How to Win the Hearts, Money and Loyalty of PROFITABLE CUSTOMERS: 101 Relational Marketing Principles by Craig Arthur Nugget - No Act Of Kindness, No Matter How Small, Is Ever Wasted. ~ Aesop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See...

Mike, Melvin, and special guest Casey talk about making a fuss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Melvin and Mike talk about Dr. Seuss and how his writing pertains to everyday life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What was the question?  Inventor Charles R. Kettering famously said "a problem well stated is a problem half solved." "Einstein is quoted as having said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I'd spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about solutions.” "   What's Melvin reading? The Accidental Creative by Todd Henry Nugget - focus Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

What's Melvin reading? The Daily Drucker Nugget - "By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence false everything else. Here is one area where weakness is an absolute disqualification." Last Thoughts - "Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows." - Helen Keller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See...

How do you...?  1. ask / be curious 2. SME (subject matter expert) 3. be open / share now codify it capture it share it What's Melvin reading? Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot - Unleashing Your Brains Potential by Richard Restak  Nugget - "disuse atrophy"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notic...

From strength to strength with Willie Hudson.  Willie is a tremendous man encouraging us to be better.  Willie Hudson AHP Media Technology Group AHPmediaTechnology@gmail.com ahpmediatech.com What's Melvin reading? The Artist In The Office by Summer Pierre Nugget - "Fantasizing about pursuing our art full-time, we failed to pursue it part-time - or at all." ~ Julia Cameron Learn more about your ad...

The Start of the Art - How do you get started? What does good look like? Want to see the Grand Canyon? You don't have to see the whole length of the road you drive and you eventually get there. What's Melvin reading? The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki Nugget - go Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

What does success sound like?  What's Melvin reading? This is What it Sounds Like - What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas Nugget - enjoyment is allowed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Casey and Melvin hash out what compassion feels like and looks like in our day-to-day lives.  What was a 10-20 second clip that was memorable/funny/poignant from your episode? 7 seconds - 20 seconds Mom and Dad are gone and the kids are on their own (Mike is on other recordings) What's Melvin & Casey reading? The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Nugget - you got this Learn more about your ad ch...

Miss Genealogy - Family Discovery with Maddie   What's Melvin reading? Pendulum by Roy H. Williams and Michael R. Drew Nugget - good good good - excited for life and our potential Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Sister Glynis on Medicare and Medicade What's Melvin reading? The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kruzwell  Nugget - excited for life and our potential  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The "golden circle" is not registered - Start With Why What's Melvin reading? Start With Why by Simon Sinek Nugget - what  how  why  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Melvin and Mike talk with Blockchain with Joshua Schier, a cyber-security expert, about blockchain and digital currency. What's Melvin reading? Put Your Ass where your Heart wants to be by Steven Pressfield  Nugget - "When we put our ass where our heart wants to be, we're taking a step that has terrified the human race since our days back in the cave." Do it scared.  Learn more about your ad choic...

Melvin interviews his brother Robert Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

What's Melvin reading? The Song of Significance by Seth Godin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .