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As Anthony Maher transitioned into his new role as a partner in a busy development firm, he needed to take control of his morning routine so he could jumpstart the day the right way. He pulled from his experience as a professional athlete to bring him into alignment. With his morning routine back on track, he’s now more strategic during the day and has more quality time with his family. Find out h...

Elizabeth Sherman needed to change up her lifestyle in a major way. She had the big house with the pool and the typical “American” dream, but found she was working all the time to support that lifestyle and not actually enjoying it. She wanted to feel the way she did when she was on vacation all the time. So, she and her husband made the major life decision to expatriate to Mexico! She’s able to w...

Karese Laguerre’s life changed after a trip to the pediatric dentist. There, she learned the way her children had been sleeping was affecting every aspect of their wellness. Her children struggled for years with ADHD, night terrors, and ear infections. At the dentist, Karese uncovered a process called myofunctional therapy that improved her four children’s health, mood, and behavior. Inspired by w...

Author August Birch is constantly looking for and coming up with new ideas to write about. As a professional idea generator, that can be hard to keep track of in your head. August solves that problem by keeping a “Squirrel Notebook” to help him access the idea-generating part of his brain - he keeps all of his ideas in one place and he never runs out of inspiration for content. Learn how his Squir...

How your home looks and feels impacts more than just you – it extends to your community and the world around you. That’s the message interior designer Alexis Hubbard shares with her clients every day. How and where your furniture, appliances, and remodeling project materials are sourced from affects the quality of life and health of our planet. The decisions we make in our homes are long-lasting a...

Would you believe the solution to shrinking your waistline can be found by balancing your budget? When Jazz Glastra added up the monthly costs of dining out, she was shocked to learn she was spending more at restaurants than on rent! By making smarter, budget-friendly and healthier meal preparations at home, she and her husband saved money and shed unexpected pounds in the process. To view full tr...

Keeping track of all your work is tough enough when you've only got one boss, Marianne D'Alessandro has dozens. She's a virtual assistant, a job that is all about helping people be more productive. Being stifled by task management overwhelm simply isn’t an option for Marianne or her clients – she needs all of her outstanding tasks in one simple place. To view full transcript and expanded show note...

Erin Breeden’s spent the last two decades working in public relations — a field that’s notorious for demanding hours. After launching her own successful boutique firm, Blue Tide Creative, Erin started to realize that her business was taking a little more out of her than even she expected. To view full transcript and expanded show notes: https://bit.ly/3Lzap0t

When you finally get your dream job and it turns into a mental health nightmare, what do you do? As a young adult entering the workforce, Danielle Louis started working at her dream job as an emergency medical technician, an EMT. Like most first responders, Danielle endured tremendous pressure on the job - physical, emotional, and social. Keeping a hero’s brave face on the job was the norm, leavin...

What if one experiment could mean the difference between leading an extraordinary life and being stuck in ‘the spiral of doom’? Madison Taskett is no mad scientist, but she isn’t afraid of a adding few small experiments to her personal life either. As a growth marketer at a technology company in Austin, Texas, she set out this year to answer one important question: How does one live an extraordina...

AJ Bruno wasn’t looking to make the kind of change that happened to many of us in 2020. Like many working parents in the Northeast United States, he and his wife found themselves upending their schedules during a government-imposed stay-at-home order that lasted throughout much of March, April, and May. As the co-founder of Quotapath, a startup that makes software to help sales teams meet and mana...

Tracey Welson Rossman runs marketing for Philadelphia-based technology company Chariot Solutions. Many other folks know her as the founder behind TechGirlz — with a Z — a nonprofit that develops free technology workshops that help inspire middle school aged girls all over the world to explore careers in technology. She was also a founding member of Philly Startup Leaders — Philadelphia’s largest a...

Samie and Ryan Roberts faced a big decision when they were working in New York City — she was in corporate public relations, he was in corporate sales. And they started feeling the itch to take a little more control over their careers. And like most couples, that realization didn’t hit them at the exact same time. To view full transcript and expanded show notes: https://bit.ly/3wvg3fH

Daniel Tobon’s held a few different roles in his career. As a self-described corporate lawyer turned serial entrepreneur, he’s been a startup founder, a general counsel, a COO and a CEO. He also served in the US Army Infantry, and it’s a group of his fellow combat veterans that noticed that things weren’t quite right with Daniel’s work/life balance. To view full transcript and expanded show notes:...

Habit tracking sounds like a trendy term — it’s the topic of a book that put James Clear on the New York Times bestseller list for over twelve months, and it’s a tactic that Jerry Seinfeld shared with novice performers back when he was still touring comedy clubs. Author Kolina Cicero wasn’t really looking for any advice on habit tracking. A gift from a friend enlightened her to how much time she w...

Would you twist a tomato to get more things done in a day? That’s the productivity secret South African writer and business consultant Nick Darlington told us made a difference in his writing practice. It’s called the Pomodoro Technique, named for a tomato-shaped kitchen timer that its creator had handy when he formulated the method in the 1980s. To view full transcript and expanded show notes: ht...

Email has become essential for business, especially if you’re a creative professional. However, with email so easily available on your smartphone, many of us find ourselves getting interrupted all day long. Melissa Alam is the founder and creative director of her own design agency in Philadelphia. She took the extreme step of removing email from her phone entirely. However, she tells us getting mo...

I'm Joe Taylor Jr. During my work as a writer, a business consultant, and a radio producer, I've been fortunate to talk with a lot of people. Most people usually tell me there's one little thing they changed about their daily routines that made a huge impact in their professional and personal lives. And I'm not talking about the -- one weird thing -- you see on clickbait articles deep down the soc...