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Can the time of day affect how creative you are, whether or not you will get a raise when you ask for it, if you will get better treatment in a hospital or score better on tests. Well, the research overwhelmingly says yes, to all those things and many more. Big data studies show that there is a two hour window during the day that doctors are more likely to give a fatal dose of anesthesia? In that...

The concept of music as a healing influence, one which can affect our health and behavior is at least as old as the writings of Aristotle and Plato and in some cultures, long before that.  Music Therapy, as a 20th century profession formally began after World Wars I and II when community musicians of all types, both amateur and professional, traveled to Veterans hospitals around the country t...

The first thing we usually say to someone who has suffered a loss is “Let me know if there is anything I can do.” It’s a great sentiment - but it’s almost completely useless because more often than not the person has no idea what they need, they are still in shock and numbed by the loss.  Losing someone is a life changing experience. That person now lives in a world that is forever changed by...

The Golden Girls premiered in 1985. The show revolved around four older single women (three widows and one divorcée) all sharing a house in Miami. The show lasted 7 seasons and I have watched each of the 180 episodes multiple times. The show is genius and dare I say that I learned a lot about sarcasm and comedic timing from this show - especially from Dorothy’s character. There is no doubt that th...

Has anyone ever said to you, “don’t quit your day job”. This is such a sh!t thing to say, because it implies that if you aren’t proficient at something from the beginning, then you never will be and you should give up trying. One of the biggest mistakes you can make in business is thinking that things will come to you quickly. Believing that anyone has ever become an overnight success. Listen in a...

10% of people who make new year’s resolutions successfully implement lasting change. The other 90% fail. Why do we try to make resolutions if we know that they don’t work? Listen in to learn the three key factors for making lasting change in our lives.  Drink of the Week: Kir Royale https://cookieandkate.com/kir-royale-recipe/ This episode is sponsored by Nickerson, a full-service branding, m...

Our whole lives we’ve been told that the holidays are "the most wonderful time of the year" but have we ever thought about if that is actually true and if it is why?  We tend to be more stressed during the holidays, with numerous events, family obligations, and making sure we get everything done before Santa gets here. Not to mention that the holiday season also ushers in colds, the flu, and...

Yo-Ho sending Christmas cards! It’s my favorite line from the iconic Twelve Pains of Christmas. But seriously, have you ever wondered why we send Christmas cards, how it started, and why don’t we take time to send notes to family and friends any other time of the year.  Listen in for a history lesson on how the Christmas card tradition started, a discussion on why we should be sending cards t...

We’ve all heard of the Meyers Briggs personality test, you’ve probably taken that test a few times over the course of your career - but have you ever taken an Enneagram test to find out your personality number. The Enneagram shows a range of healthy to unhealthy behaviors that each of the 9 personality types might demonstrate unconsciously. The enneagram number offers a foundation to have a discus...

What if we redefined what success looks like for us, in our careers and in our relationships. As we become more and more successful in our careers we need to start checking our pulse or our temperature along the way to say, is this what I really want? Is this making me happy? Is this aligning with the values I have or the values that I want? Listen in as I talk with Rachel Sheerin an award winning...

When I was a kid my nana always said “you have to suffer to be beautiful!” It’s a pretty shitty thing to say to a kid - but the truth is that the idea that we have to suffer in order to have things or be successful is a narrative that we are constantly being force fed and it’s actually killing us, because there is no guarantee that more hours worked will actually translate to success. Are we actua...

Has an amazing idea ever come to you in the shower? Yes of course it has - that is when all great ideas come to us. BUT! Have you ever taken that great idea and turned it into a 7 figure business. I’m betting the answer is no. And that my friends is the difference between having an idea and acting on that idea.  Welcome to Episode 67 where I am joined by Adam Hendle the founder of Ballsy on h...

Anti Fragile is a term that was coined in 2012 by Nassim Taleb. Things that are antifragile are things that gain from disorder. And when we learn how to be antifragile, we have the capability to thrive, not despite but because of stressors and volatility that we experience. My guest today is the epitome of antifragility. In May 2009 Jodi was diagnosed with a brain tumor, located between her right...

On average one in eight people in the United States (or 30 million people) aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, based on standard hearing examinations. Approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing. Think about your average networking event or conference, how loud those spaces are, so many people talking all at the same time.&nbsp...

Have you ever wondered why we love being scared? You would think that the reality of the pandemic was scary enough, but 2020 saw the horror genre take home its largest share of the box office in modern history - without having any movie theaters open. Listen in as I discuss the 5 reasons behind why we love to be scared, and I also share some ghost stories from you, the listeners.  Drink of th...

We’ve all been there, done something embarrassing, said the wrong thing at the wrong thing at the wrong time. Our face flushes, we start to breathe heavily, if you're like me you begin to sweat, like a lot. Your body starts to experience the same fight or flight response you would have if you were in danger. It’s terrible, but we all go through it.  The good news is that these embarrassing mo...

Have you ever heard someone say that one of their relationships ended because “they just didn’t have anything in common with the other person”? Of course you have. If we put so much emphasis on commonality in our romantic relationships why don’t we think about how we could use it to transform our business relationships as well.  Listen to this week's episode where I discuss commonality bucket...

Few things strike fear into the hearts of women and men as much as the thought of public speaking. There was actually a study that found that public speaking is the #1 fear of the average person, want to know what #2 is death! Jerry Seinfeld talked about this in one of his stand up routines, joking that the average person, if you had to be at a funeral, would rather be in the casket than giving th...

As children we are taught to Never Talk To Strangers. Perhaps this is why as adults we have such a difficult time meeting new people. There is a book of poems by Annalyse Gelman titled “Everyone I Love is a Stranger to Someone.” And I love this sentence, for so many reasons - not the least of which is that most of the people who are important in our lives, whom we love, were once a stranger to us...

Every kid is asked the same question, what do you want to be when you grow up? Like how are we supposed to have any freaking clue what we want to be when we are a kid. Not to mention that half the jobs out there didn’t even exist when I was a kid. For this reason and many others I think this is a terrible question - it plants the seed that in order to be passionate about something you have to know...

Remember the children’s book The Giving Tree. A tree that loved a boy so much that she literally gave all of herself to him. That boy had no boundaries, but neither did the tree. Had she had boundaries that story would have had a much happier ending.  Boundaries are important - they help us avoid resentment, burnout and stress. So how do we establish boundaries? How can we create boundaries w...

Drew Davis is the best selling author of The Loyalty Loop, Brandscaping, and Town Inc additionally he has been recognized as one the industries JAW DROPPING MARKETING SPEAKERS!  Listen in as Drew and I discuss how to address your clients crucial concern, how to create drama in your case studies, how to tell better stories, how to create micro moments in your client experience and the rules of...

Watching the events in the Olympics as a child of the 80’s seemed in a way like an extension of the cold war. We wanted the USA to win and we wanted Russia to lose. The tension between the two nations and their athletes was palpable. Too often in business this is still the case between competitors, there is tension between competitors, or worse yet, we completely ignore our competition. There are...

I recently attended my first in person conference since the pandemic began. It was a hybrid conference, with 500 people allowed to attend the in person conference and hundreds joining virtually. It took place in Las Vegas. Having just experienced my first in person large gathering, which was wonderful and not so wonderful all at the same time. I wanted to have a discussion on how we can get back t...

There is a concept in social network theory called Triadic Closure, which states that if two people who don’t know each other share a common connection, they will bond more quickly when they meet via this connection. It’s similar to the “friends of my friends are my friends” idea.  Strategic introductions work well if you know who you want to be introduced to, why you want to be introduced an...