Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Dr. Thomas O'Grady, an economist, walks listeners through rethinking retirement and prospering long after 50. Life expectancy is approaching 90. Many active years ahead offer opportunities for pursuing new careers and interests. "Approach the new reality from an optimistic standpoint," economist O'Grady advises. "You can learn and do new things. Think of the kinds of careers that will be available...

Jason Thelen was a top corporate sales guy, making what he called "an embarrassing amount of money." He had all the trappings that went with it—the watches, cars, suits, and the things. But the more money he made, the more money he needed. And he needed it faster than he was bringing it in. With those days behind him, Jason is the founder and chief adventure officer of Argo Adventure Labs. He has...

Jo Hausman knew she wanted more when she was a single mom in her early 20s. For starters, she wanted to see some places other than her native South Dakota. But with a toddler two and a half years old, there was no shortage of people telling her she was crazy. Today she holds an MBA in Business with Entrepreneurship from the University of Sioux Falls. She owns several small businesses and is a real...

Josh Doody was in a job he liked, doing work he enjoyed. But as he sized up the company and the prospects it offered, the 30-year upward trajectory, ending with a retirement party, didn't spark his imagination. Instead, he just felt antsy. So, he took everything he'd learned, began helping others, and went out on his own. He wrote Fearless Salary Negotiation , a number one Best Seller on Amazon.co...

Christie Mims looked at the people around her on the DC Metro. They looked like they had died years before but their bodies were still doing the daily commute. A voice inside her said, "This can NOT be my life!" So, she created The Revolutionary Club, the number one destination for smart women who are unwilling to settle for anything less than career happiness. She coaches smart women how to build...

Dr. Steve Taubman, today's expert, tells how to reprogram your subconscious mind for success, and how to wake up from the hypnotic state of which you may be unaware. He is a physician, hypnotist, magician, mindfulness coach and the best-selling author of Unhypnosis: How to Wake Up, Start Over, and Create the Life You're Meant to Live . Dr. Steve has performed for and coached top celebrities and mo...

Corey Gladwell already owned a restaurant and a nightclub at 23. For a high school drop-out, this was success. Two years into the business, standing on the balcony of his nightclub late at night, he felt empty and unfulfilled. Everything started to crumble. He began a practice of deep meditation for almost four years and wrote the insights and realizations that came to him. Rebuilding his life fro...

Deborah Goldstein owned a thriving and critically acclaimed restaurant at age 32, fulfilling a dream she'd nurtured since she was 10. But she realized her life was one-dimensional. To find the balance her heart cried out for, she made a bold decision. She founded two companies to help professionals maximize their careers: Goldie's Table Matters (GTM) and DRIVEN Professionals. GTM focuses on networ...

Benjamin Allen saw the oncoming car speeding straight toward him at deadly speed. As his head crashed into the windshield—for a split-second—he felt indescribable peace. It was an out-of-body, near-death experience. He was 20 years old. Decades later, he's still dealing with life and death. His life was devastated by the death of his wife and two children from HIV through a blood transfusion. Toda...

Susan Drumm was sure NBC television would be a good fit. She had a strong passion for drama, theater and entertainment, and solid consulting credentials. She quickly learned, "You may have the best process in the world, but if the culture doesn't accept it, you're dead in the water." Today she is a CEO advisor and leadership coach. For 20-plus years she's been teaching companies like Viacom, Cisco...

Expert Brad Axelrad sees fears as a dragon. "Facing your dragon is understanding how to find, face and ride your dragon; very simply, it's about how to train your dragon. My approach is based on the quote, 'The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.' Our greatest fear is possibly our greatest gift and our money-maker. I challenge folks to look at what they're most afraid of." Based in...

Greg Thredgold occasionally talks to old friends from school. "They'll say, 'Boy, I wish I could go back to those days,' and I say, 'Not me. I hated school.' Starting at age seven, I was molested, abused and even tortured. I'm sure that's where my mental illness came from." Although his life has been filled with challenges, loneliness and pain—including the death of his son in 2014—he's become an...

Debbie McIntosh recalls her new life in Manchester, England, as "a fabulous time." She was pursuing her passions in singing and acting. Then, things started unraveling: her marriage broke up, her father died tragically, and she was spiraling downward into a deep depression. She woke up one morning with an empty wine bottle in her hand and her son asleep in another room. Finally, she realized she n...

Jim Gregory and his wife had rocked along in their ad agency on Madison Avenue for 20 years, enjoying the creative work and their clients, but they suffered from lack of differentiation from competitors. After much thought, they decided it was time to apply to their own business the best advice they gave their clients. Today as chairman of Tenet Partners, a global brand strategy and marketing firm...

Jillian Theorgood knew in childhood she loved helping people, so much that her mother was often concerned for her safety. But at college, she decided to follow her father's footsteps into information technology. Soon, her passion for people guided her to a career in the human resources field for more than 20 years. When her son was born with congenital heart disease, she turned her frustration wit...

Eldonna Fernandez, an expert contract negotiator says, "Whether it's a multi-million-dollar deal or getting your kids to do their homework, it's negotiation. Mastering those skills will make you better in business, at work, and in your personal life." She is a retired Air Force veteran with 23 years of honorable military service. She is a negotiation and contracts expert with more than 30 years of...

Frank Bria knew it was time to rethink his career path when, along the way to his doctorate, he asked the question, "What's the next step after you get a Ph. D. in mathematics?" The answer: "Go to a large city, live in a basement apartment with your family, make $25,000 a year and get a post-doctorate." After academia, Frank Bria began as an entrepreneur in financial services technology. He worked...

Sachiko Komagata was grateful as a child growing up in Japan that her parents had not pressured her into a particular career, as many children's parents did, but during her college undergraduate years the options ahead of her were limited to a few traditional occupations for women. In the U.S., her doctoral research explored a holistic approach to patient care in physical therapy. Since 2004, she...

Raffaele Di Giorgio had wanted to be a police officer, but that didn't quite do it for him. Military service and being an EMT and a security officer left him longing for something more. He found a need and a niche in shaping the ways emergency medical care and security services are provided worldwide. He is a mentor, instructor, a field operations specialist and an author. When not actively engage...

Tamara Dorris' confidence was high after healing herself after doctors told her nothing could be done. She took the lessons she had learned in self-healing and prepared to apply them to selling houses. Then, the real estate market crashed, ushering in the worst economy since the Great Depression. Tamara is now a best-selling author, adjunct professor, radio host, and longtime real estate professio...

Susan Drumm, a CEO advisor and leadership coach for executives, their teams and entrepreneurs, believes "It's more important than ever to work strategically, which is about doing the things that only you can do." Susan has spent over two decades teaching companies like Viacom, Cisco, L'Oreal and KPMG how to harness the power of leadership to launch their teams towards multi-million-dollar growth....

Barry Selby was a high school-aged teenager in England when he noticed that the girls always seemed to be dating guys who weren't right for them. They were getting hurt, repeatedly, by their bad choices. He felt frustrated. Why couldn't they see what he saw? Today, Barry is a passionate champion for the divine feminine. He helps strong, successful, single women stop short-changing their love-life....

Pamela Peeters' family moved from Holland to the Belgian countryside. "I began observing the space around me, sharing the love I had for nature." By age 12, she was already finding ways to help the environment by creating a magazine. Pursuing her passion, she became an environmental economist. With two Masters Degrees under her belt and two theses on sustainable development, she moved to the U.S....

Rob B. Lowe was sitting in class at age 13, suddenly drippingsweat. He recalls "an organ-boiling fever" of 106 degreesFahrenheit, the severe onset of malaria. In his hospital bed, hisfamily far away, the Australian teen faced a surreal experience. Inrecent years, the process of becoming a life coach,certified inneurolinguistic programming, has given him tools for understandinghis life story. He re...

Eldonna Lewis Fernandez was working a dead-end job at a soon-to-be-defunct discount store. Arriving home one day, she found an eviction notice on the door and no sign of her father. She had no idea what to do next. An Air Force recruiting message changed her life. Today, looking back on her 23-year career in the U.S. Air Force, she says, "I ended up with two Associate's degrees, a Bachelor's degre...