DREAM THINK DO | Motivation, Encouragement & Strategy

Today my guest is Neil Pasricha. He thinks, writes, and speaks about intentional living. Neil is the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation. These two books have spent over 200 weeks on bestseller lists and have sold over 1,000,000 copies. He also hosts the award-winning podcast 3 Books where he's on a fifteen-year journey to uncove...

Today I'm getting you a strategy that will boost your confidence in 2 minutes. That's right. It's a simple step you can take to increase your feelings of confidence, well-being and focus! It's a concept straight out of the growing field of study known as "Micro-Resilience." These tools enable you to create "positive psychological changes which lead to more energy, engagement and joy in the face of...

This week our guest is Mitch Matthews. I know… I know. You might be saying, "But you're the host. So how does that work?" Well, one of my coaching clients wants to have her own podcast someday. So I let her interview me as an "experiment," and she did such an incredible job… I wanted to share the conversation with you. We'll call this episode "20 [really good] questions with Mitch Matthews." We di...

My guest today is David Osborn. David is a best selling author, successful entrepreneur and real estate investor based in Austin, Texas. He's going to bring 3 keys to building a millionaire mindset as well as breaking free from a scarcity mindset! Now… Dream Think Doer... I know you'll appreciate David's story because although he's wildly successful NOW, he wasn't just handed all of this. He had t...

My guest is David Hauser. David's a serial entrepreneur and the author of "Unstoppable: 4 Steps to Transform Your Life." He's perhaps best known for co-founding and managing notable tech startups like Grasshopper and Chargify. (BTW… Grasshopper sold to Citrix for $170M in 2015) David is known as a true optimizer. In the last few years, he's taken his approach to business (constant and intentional...

Today my guest is Jess Ekstrom. Jess is the founder and CEO of "Headbands of Hope," which is a company she started as a junior at North Carolina State University. For every headband Jess sells... a headband is given to a child with cancer. Today, "Headbands of Hope" is in over 2,000 stores across the United States and Canada. Plus, Jess has been featured on the TODAY Show and Good Morning America,...

3 Keys to Beating a Mid-Career Slump My guest is Antonio Neves. Antonio is an expert on Career Success and he's an internationally recognized speaker, coach and author. He's become a great friend over the years and one of the things I've learned about him is that he helps successful people to become even more successful. He helps them to take things to the next level and break out of those slumps...

My guest is Peter Van Stralen. He has one of the best titles of all time: "Family Adventurist." That's right. In 2015, Peter, his wife, and their three kids sold everything other than their jeep and set off on an Epic Family Road trip. Initially around the US… but it's now their adventure has included trips around the globe. And they're still going! RESOURCES: PETER'S WEBSITE: www.petervanstralen....

My guest is Michael Diettrich-Chastain, the founder and CEO of Arc Integrated. Michael is an international speaker and consultant who focuses on leadership, emotional intelligence and change management. His writing has been featured in Time, Money, Monster, Entrepreneur and The Washington Post. His new book is called "Changes - The Busy Professional's Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals...

My guest is Cody Byrns. Cody is an award-winning speaker and a #1 best-selling author. He's also the founder of The Cody Byrns Foundation for Burn Survivors. Now, he'll be the first to tell you that this wasn't originally what he thought he'd be doing with his life. He was a youth pastor and an award-winning juggler. But in May of 2013, Cody's life was drastically changed. RESOURCES: www.codybyrns...

This week we dive into a time management strategy I call "Calendar-Driven To-Do Lists." You know I'm a huge fan of To-Do List's… and I'm guessing you are too. To-Do lists can help us focus, get more done and implement like ninjas!!! BUT there's a dangerous side to To-Do lists too. They can work FOR you… but if they're done wrong… they can work AGAINST you. In this episode… we dive in a 3-step proc...

My guest is Chase Jarvis. Chase is an award-winning artist, successful entrepreneur, and one of the most influential photographers of the past decade. He's created campaigns for Apple, Nike, Red Bull, he's been a contributor to the Pulitzer-winning New York Times story "Snowfall," AND he's interviewed some of the biggest names in business, publishing, and entertainment. He's created a wildly popul...

My guest is Kindra Hall. Kindra Hall is the President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective which is a consulting firm focused on the strategic application of storytelling. Kindra believes that good storytelling is the answer to so many of today's communication challenges. She is a speaker and trainer and she's trusted by global brands like Facebook, Hilton Hotels, Target, Berkshire...

My guests today are Chris and Emily Norton. They have been at the center of multiple inspiring viral videos.  As a result, they have been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show as well as USA Today and People Magazine! After a terrible accident that left Chris paralyzed from the neck down, he was told he would never walk again. After a lot of hard work, determination and some serious pra...

My guest is entrepreneur Jaime Cross. Two years after leaving her career in banking to be home with her newborn son, Jaime had this longing, I'd even call it a calling, to build a business that would be driven by purpose and that would have worldwide impact. Now, I'm betting that felt like a pretty audacious goal since she was at home, elbows deep in all the glorious messiness of raising kiddos an...

My guest is Annette Sharpe. Annette is a longtime entrepreneur. She is a business strategist, a culture builder, and a sacred gifts guide. We're going to be talking about what a sacred gift is here. But she helps people to identify what their sacred gifts are. Then she helps them apply that knowledge so they can feel more on purpose in their lives. She's been doing it for years. She's obviously ha...

My guest is Amy E. Smith. Amy E. Smith is the owner and founder of Joy Junkie Enterprises.  She hangs out at her site, the Joyjunkie.com. She's also the creator of the Joy Junkie Show.  It's a popular weekly podcast designed to go after issues of worthiness, self-confidence, and let go of that people-pleasing to assist her listeners in creating and living radically joyful lives. How awesome is tha...

Breaking Through with Mitch Matthews Welcome to episode 230 of DREAM THINK DO. This episode is a deep dive. Here's our focus, we're going to go after those areas where there is an inner voice that's saying "I can't." Maybe one area for your brain knows you want to do something, but another area is saying "I can't." And you know those "I can't" are getting in the way of something BIG you're wanting...

My guest is best-selling author William Paul Young. Paul is the author of books like, 'Lies We Believe About God,' 'Eve,' and 'Crossroads.' He's best known for his book, 'The Shack.' There's a very good chance that you've heard of it because over 23 million copies of the book are in print. It's been translated into over 50 languages. Listen To The Podcast: RESOURCES: Paul's Website: http://wmpauly...

My guest is Orville's J Lee.  Orville's J Lee is an actor, writer, director, and musician. He's been a part of numerous shows like The Family Guy and American Dad. He also helped to write and produce and do voices for The Cleveland Show. Most recently though he has been rocking it as Lieutenant Commander John LaMarr on Fox's hit show The Orville. You probably know it but if you don't, check it out...

My guest is Rich Karlgaard. Rich is an entrepreneur turned publisher, in fact, he's the publisher for Forbes Magazine. He's an author and columnist, a board director, and Angel investor. He's experienced some true success, but he will also be the first to tell you that he was no child prodigy, and in many ways, he celebrates that. That's what led him to write his newest book called "Late Bloomer,...

My guest is Paula Faris. As you probably know, Paula is a Senior National Correspondent for ABC News, and she's had one heck of a journey. She's won multiple Emmys reporting on politics, sports, entertainment, major stories of the day, she's interviewed political leaders, athletes, newsmakers, and even celebrities. Listen To The Podcast: RESOURCES:  TWITTER: @paulafaris JOURNEYS OF FAITH WITH PAUL...

My guest is Angela Maiers. Angela founded Choose2Matter, which is a non-profit that helps individuals to embrace their value and their potential contribution. Choose2Matter has evolved into a movement that now supports students, parents, educators, and employees, literally around the world. Her work at over 60 thousand classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children to be...

5 Keys to Writing Your First Book We're talking about getting YOUR book written and published! We're doing a deep dive on the subject of writing and publishing a book. Have you ever thought about writing a book? I'm betting you have. I'm hoping you have because I think every person has at least one book in them but, hey, if you're a DREAM THINK DOer, that probably means you've got five, maybe 15,...

My guest is Pedro Adao. He's had a number of successes on a number of fronts. He's a long-time entrepreneur, a Two-Comma Click Funnel winner and he's also the founder of the 100X Academy. In short, he's living what I'd call a "Faith-Infused Business" and we're going to talk about what it means and why it matters! Listen To The Podcast: Resources: Pedro's 100 X Academy   Pedro's 8:18 Kingdom Financ...