Best Seller Podcast

Ron Karr, author of The Velocity Mindset: How Leaders Eliminate Resistance, Gain Buy-in, and Achieve Better Results – Faster, encourages the reader to examine what “velocity” means to them. While the word that comes to mind for many is “speed,” he cautions that “If that’s all we have, then we get burned out.” Velocity is, as defined by physics, ‘speed with direction.’ In business terms, this relat...

People have a fascination with magic, often asking ‘how did you do that?’ That is one reason Jon Petz, author of Significance in Simple Moments, incorporates a magic trick or two into all his presentations. This key engagement tactic helps tell a story and illustrate a point. It also plays into the sales leadership concept he tries to convey, culminating in ROI – return on investment. Petz include...

What does the airline industry have in common with the business world? Communication. This key element can have disastrous consequences in our everyday lives, but more so when you’re a pilot. Octavian Pantis and Captain Emil Dobrovolschi, authors of Dark Cockpit: How to Communicate, Lead, and Be in Control at All Times Like an Airline Captain, wrote the book to showcase the parallels of how commun...

John Lee Dumas, author of The Common Path to Uncommon Success: A Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfillment is best known for building a successful podcast empire where he shares value with his more than 1.4 million listeners each month, wrote the book, because he wants to help everyone – not just his audience, achieve financial freedom. He said, “I want everybody who has a dream of finding thei...

Gregg Greenberg, author of F*cking Argentina and 10 More Tales of Exasperation, is an accomplished playwright and screenplay writer, but this time ventured into writing a compilation of vignettes based on daily life events and the exasperation levels we all reach from time to time. Even the book’s title is immersed in surreal humor of a story he once read in the Wall Street Journal about Argentina...

Randy Gage, author of Radical Rebirth: Kill Off the Old You and Create a New Life tells the tale of his troubled youth, which led him to become a keen student of human behavior and psychology, resulting in him writing this, his 14th, book. He sees the book as the culmination of all his work for the last 20 or 30 years and is aimed at those looking for professional and personal rebirth to become th...

Mark Victor Hansen, author of You Have a Book In You: Make Money With Your Story, is known for co-authoring the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and has written a total of 309 books, including his most recent, You Have a Book In You: Make Money With Your Story. The purpose of this book is to serve as a reminder for anyone to “plug back into their genius.” Hansen believes that everyone has a story...

Jeffrey Brandeis, author of Becoming a Rainmaker: A Guide for Accountants and CPAs wrote this book to bring a more specific approach to helping those in the accounting and CPA professions hone the sales skills needed to become rainmakers. He defined the term as someone who brings in revenue and in the CPA world, that person is referred to as a “rainmaker.” He adds, “To become a partner, you need t...

Shellye Archambeau, author of Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success On Your Own Terms recalls how even as a high school student, her goal was to become a CEO. While she didn’t have a full understanding then about the implications of running a corporation, she set her goals and pursued them becoming one of the first African-American tech CEOs in Silicon Valley....

Bill Humbert, author of Employee 5.0: Secrets to a Successful Job Search in the New World Order, relies on his extensive background in sales and recruiting to write this book, where he uncovers the parallels between the sales process and the job search process. He chose “Employee 5.0” as the title to ‘get in front of the pack.’ He says that the problem most employees have is that they treat their...

Mark Victor Hansen and Crystal Dwyer Hansen, authors of Ask! The Bridge From Your Dreams To Your Destiny sit down with host, Taryn Winter Brill to discuss their book that is a guide to awaken the innate ability of every human being to ask questions. While kids are naturally inquisitive, Crystal says that “Over time, just through basic life rejections, people get shot down. That spirit of asking ge...

Stedman Graham, author of Identity Leadership: To Lead Others You Must Lead Yourself First, is an accomplished businessman and best-selling author of twelve books, the latest taking a closer look at the importance of understanding who we are as human beings first, before reaching out to help others. Graham wrote the book because he is passionate about self-development, self-empowerment and efficac...

Kelly Fuhlman, author of Be the Hero and Rescue Yourself: Creating the Inner Courage To Wear Your Own Cape, wrote the book to give people the opportunity to read and understand some of the lessons she learned throughout her life, while providing encouragement to journal their own ideas and solve their own problems. She says, “I have learned that people do better if they create their own strategy i...

Dawn S. Kirk, author of Heartbeat Leadership: Empower Yourself, Engage Your Team and Impact Your Organization, decided to write her first solo book to empower those who often feel unheard in meetings. She wanted to ensure no one else felt like she did when they walked into a room because every person has something to offer and has value that can be added to any organization. Kirk’s 26-year career...

Jeffrey Brandeis, author of Done Deal!: The Step By Step Handbook to Sell Success, is a former accountant who transitioned into the sales realm, enjoyed being outside making things happen and selling to the same group of professionals he was once a part of. He made a conscious effort to gear the book content towards sales professionals and the 5-step process that every company should have. Brandei...

David A. Paterson, author of Black, Blind, and In Charge, recounts memorable anecdotes from his time as the 55th Governor of the state of New York, after succeeding Eliot Spitzer, as well as after leaving office. He wrote the book to tell stories he thought were particularly important for everyone to understand the intricacies of serving as the governor of a state, especially with a legal disabili...

Mike Skrypnek, author of Entrepreneur Secrets to a Grow, Get, Give Life categorizes himself as a “mindset, transformational coach” teaching other entrepreneurs and business owners in mid-careers how to grow their business and gain more freedom to pursue their passions. In Skrypnek’s case, he wanted to make a bigger impact in life and started with one big goal – to give $1 million to charity every...

**LISTENER CONTENT WARNING: This podcast contains a discussion of sensitive topics some listeners may find offensive.** Marcus Anthony Ray, author of Seven Years of Skin, took his life experiences and put them into print in a tell-all book. It is a gripping, honest portrayal of what happens when someone gets everything they want seemingly without consequences. His journey as a male exotic dancer b...

Seth Earley, author of The AI-Powered Enterprise: Harness the Power of Ontologies to Make Your Business Smarter, Faster, and More Profitable, wrote the book for business leaders and managers who need to understand what has to be done in order to be successful. Earley also adds that the book is for the type of business audience who will use AI to make practical decisions, such as how you need to ap...

David Newman, author of Do It! Speaking: 77 Instant Action Ideas to Market, Monetize, and Maximize Your Expertise, wrote the book because speaking is the ultimate marketing strategy, the ultimate leadership brand builder, and the ultimate sales tool. The book takes a deeper dive on how to use speaking to build your c-suite leadership, platform or build your sales stamina to increase revenue. Newma...

Debbie Allen, author of Success is Easy: Shameless, No Nonsense Strategies to Win in Business, wrote the book to help change mindsets on a broader scale about how people accept failure and how they accept success. Allen is a firm believer that success is constantly around us, but that we need to grasp it and choose what we do with all the information we acquire. Her main motivation to write the bo...

Dr. Greg Reid and Jeffrey Klubeck, authors of Mastermind Group: An Exclusive Invitation, wrote the book with the purpose of restoring the original concept of what a “mastermind” is and felt many have deviated from that concept, created by Napoleon Hill. Klubeck believes “there’s so much value in the power of a mastermind,” but that many equate counsel with opinion and that couldn’t be further from...

Chad Burmeister, author of AI for Sales: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Sales has dedicated his life to innovating the sales industry and getting it to the next level. He is bringing best practices and incorporating the use of AI tools for sales professionals. AI creates many improvements to the sales process that everyone in the industry should be aware of; for example, it can help analy...

John Hewitt, author of iCompete: How My Extraordinary Strategy for Winning Can Be Yours, wrote the book to highlight his five-decade journey in the tax industry and underline the mistakes he made so they can serve as inspiration for others to avoid those same pitfalls. Hewitt says what he loves about taxes is “helping people save money and give them peace of mind,” as there are multiple gray areas...

Mark Boundy, author of Radical Value: Elevate Your Company and Career by Unleashing the Power Within Customer Centricity has had a long, successful career in sales and has seen the industry go through a number of changes but, at times, the sales professionals have been stuck in certain patterns that don’t put the customer front and center. He says that people are buying the same way they used to i...