The Alignment Show

We had an encore guest this week on The Alignment Show . The subhead says something about “genuine authenticity,” which is grammatically redundant. It’s like said “genuine genuineness” or “real reality.” But authenticity has become something of a buzzword in recent years, leading some people to try to appear genuine, the way the makers of knockoffs of Rolex watches may go to a lot of trouble to ap...

John David Mann has spawned careers the way an oak tree spawns acorns. He has been a successful concert cellist and music composer. He founded a school, a food distribution business, a graphic design business, and two publishing companies. He even built a multimillion-dollar sales/distribution organization of over a hundred thousand people. But in recent years he has known tremendous success as a...

Dan Janal is one of those people I would like to be when I grow up. He is the author of more than a dozen books, an award-winning daily newspaper reporter and editor, highly engaging empowering speaker, and podcast host of Write Your Book in a Flash. Dan provides book coaching, developmental editing, and ghostwriting services. He has helped write books with a retired U.S. Army General, a former NF...

Noémi Beres has lived in Hungary, Ireland, and now Cyprus. A world citizen, she helps people navigate a growing segment of the modern world. Specifically, she empowers entrepreneurs to elevate their reach and impact by connecting them with quality podcast opportunities, fostering valuable connections that enhance both their professional journey and personal growth. As you listen to our conversatio...

John David Mann has been creating careers since he was a teenager. He even started his own high school—while he was in high school! He forged a successful career as a concert cellist and prize-winning composer. That wasn’t enough, though. He is an award-winning author of more than 30 books, including the classic parable The Go-Giver with Bob Burg. He has also co-authored The Latte Factor with Davi...

I’m behind posting this week’s audio and replays—Marty shared so many helpful resources that I wanted to try to get them in here, but I’ve realized I should just point to his LinkedIn, his primary web page, and just a couple of his many endeavors. I encourage you to connect with him directly, because you’ll almost find something beyond these listings in which you will mutually benefit. Marty Dicki...

Peg Duchesne was one of the first people I met within The Go-Giver Success Alliance. I immediately figured out that she knows communication skills, and it turns out that she offers a variety of communication solutions ranging from marketing services to landing pages to blogging and more. She says, "Think of the Duchess as your 'message therapist'!" Peg has consistently lived her values since long...

Yermi Kurkus has lived his values for a long time. When a two-week vacation turned into a three-year stay (and ultimately a new home), his orientation of service, integrity, and connection enabled him and his wife to settle into a new community and immediately continue business after a 3,000-mile move. We talked about how Yermi managed such an action that represents both a consistent value-based l...

Tracy Borreson is on a mission. She seeks to foster actual, real, genuine connections between actual, real, genuine humans—not "connection" as a buzzword. Evidence: I know her through an effort she calls "No-Pitch Networking." Are you tired of the increasing phenomenon I call "pitch slapping," where someone reaches out to make a "connection" on social media, only to start hawking their wares witho...

All our guests have life-changing experiences to share with you, but this episode was especially powerful! Just as she was starting in a high-impact business a few years ago, her husband suffered an industrial incident (not accident—he had a debilitating effect from his employers overriding a basic safety system for convenience). She became a fulltime caregiver. Her husband then developed cancer,...

I have learned that I don’t have to understand how something works in order to benefit from it. I have to admit that I don’t understand a lot of what Michaela McGivern does, but here’s what I do know: the last few years have left us all a bit stressed. Michaela has worked with several people I know, including real estate professionals, on what she calls “deep transformational healing and guidance”...

Rich Hopkins has a lot of experience at not letting life grind you down. A father of six and an elective amputee, he has more than 30 years experience in sales and marketing. His speech topics include "Win Anyway!" "Lead Anyway!" "Speak Anyway!" and "Evaluate Anyway!" So, any way you look at it, he has solid advice and insight into those times when you just want to give up. His message boils down...

Today’s show is a little different. First, my apologies for posting the audio late. I had some illness yesterday after the show, but I’m doing much better today. The main difference, though, is that instead of having a guest this week I shared an update on my next book, Way of the Three-Year-Old Why . The first draft is finished, and is out to alpha readers right now. I will give it to beta reader...

On Father's Day weekend in 2015, Frank Kitchen was fired during a lunch meeting. His son was two years old and his wife was seven months pregnant. Necessity pushed him into the dream he had ruminated about for years. Today, Frank helps people craft the mindset needed to stimulate career advancement, productivity and profits. In our conversation we dug into how he not only weathered that crisis but...

David Good was an autistic whiz-kid who started his first business at 16. An injury and subsequent illness led to a complete inability to pursue that career. He pivoted to use his suffering to create a volunteer organization called International Friend Connection that spans cities across the globe and has impacted over 30,000 people worldwide. The President of the United States has awarded him two...

Alexandra Watkins is Chief Executive Boss Lady at Eat My Words, and in an era when you can use AI to generate brand and company names (and mess up REALLY BADLY thereby), Alexandra's guidance is more needed than ever. She is a leading and outspoken authority on brand names with buzz. For nearly 20 years, she and her naming firm, Eat My Words, have created love-at-first sight brand names for countle...

I can’t imagine the pain that would come from knowing more about medical information than the average person and yet seeing someone you love die because of medical mistakes. Valda Ford experienced that, and now uses her experience as a Registered Nurse and Public Health expert to improve access to health care and simplifyi health education. She took her expertise in health care out into the world...

I had a fascinating conversation with Julie Cooley, who years ago wrestled with the effects of an undiagnosed chronic illness. She learned how to harness mindfulness and other mindset tools to change her experience, and she now helps others do the same. Her insights will help anyone live healthier and more centered. If you would like a video version, catch the replay at any of the following channe...

When was the last time you took a vacation? My guest today, Mitch Krayton, is a noted speaker, author, entrepreneur & world traveler. Mitch is a Certified Travel Consultant, a Master Cruise Counselor and a Verified Travel Advisor. He has worked in the travel industry for well over 20 years—but a life-changing event just a few years ago confirmed for him the importance of the service he offers to p...

We had Vidya Raman with us on March 22. In that show, she mentioned the upcoming release of her book. In this extra episode we celebrate its imminent release! As we record this, it’s coming out tomorrow! Learn about "Lucky You: An Insider's Guide to Achieving Success and Finding Fulfillment in the Corporate World." Make luck break your way! If you would like a video version, catch the replay at an...

Jenn Haston had so many good insights to share about managing the unpredictability of and adapting to the challenges of life! We mentioned several resources in this episode that you might want to follow up on. * Jenn’s website: https://hastonhelpinghands.com/ * Jenn’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hastonhelpinghands/ * Jenn’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jfminc19 * The original article...

Our guest today was unable to join us, but we still offered some observations of (I hope) value. We talked about lessons learned from a 100-year-old, and also tied it to the concept of the perfection of imperfection. You can view the video at the following links (although for some reason LinkedIn thinks the event was canceled, so you may not be able to see the video there). * Facebook Live * Linke...

Few people demonstrate the strength of discovering what really matters to you and ordering your life to cultivate that better than Val Burgess. Our conversation will stay with me for a long time, not only because the work she does matters so much to me, but because of the lessons she presented to me that point me to my own need to follow my own values. We talked about what led Val to take the path...

One hundred sixty-three pounds. That’s how much weight Sanet van Breda shed. That’s a whole person! She finally did that and kept the weight off because she found three “whys” that together amounted to more than the urges that kept the weight on. You can do hard things, too. List to our conversation with Sanet to learn more about how you can do that. You can catch the video replay at: * LinkedIn L...

Dana Morgan Barnes works with people to help with finding understanding through our differences. As we talked about in our conversation, this is not just a feel-good topic. It has real-world impact in dozens of ways. If you missed our live stream, catch the replays here. We talked about how Dana actually was a bully in junior high, where that came from, and what led her to realize that treating pe...