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Terry Tucker is a motivational speaker, author, and international podcast guest on motivation, mindset, and self-development. He has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University.  In his professional career, Terry has been a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negot...

In this episode, I ask the question, “Who Owns Your Story?”  The most valuable thing you can own in life is your story. I talk about the challenges to owning your own story, the interruptions, those who might want to co-write your story.  You must choose to be the sole author of your story. You won’t want to miss this episode. Enjoy! To Connect with Mike: Website LinkedIn Instagram Twitter YouTube...

In 2002, Harry Massey founded Exponential Health Innovations, a research and design company in the field of bioenergetics, the study of detecting and correcting energy in living systems. Within this group, Harry serves as chairman of NES Health where he’s invented clinical technologies for practitioners, and CEO of Energy 4 Life where he’s designed wearable technology to restore people’s energy fo...

In this episode, I talk about a Trust – specifically how I don’t expect to be trusted even though I tend to trust implicitly.  In a conversation I had with Stephen M.R. Covey on the 300th episode of “How’d It Happen?” we were discussing his new book, “Trust and Inspire – How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others,” and the exercise of taking stock of what you see in the mirror. In this ep...

As a Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor for multiple years running, Bryan Sweet has been on the mission to help people live their retirement dreams since the start of his career in financial services back in 1979. It is because of this that he created his proprietary The Dream Architect™, which not only helps his clients maximize their distribution planning in retirement, but also helps them stri...

In this episode, I talk about something pretty heavy -- the Weight of Worry.  The longer you worry about something and don’t take action, the heavier it gets to you – and 90% of what we worry about never happens.  So have a listen to my take on Worry. You won’t want to miss this episode. Enjoy! To Connect with Mike: Website: https://mikemalatesta.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemala...

Bill Ottman is the co-founder and CEO of Minds , a decentralized social networking app with 6M+ users focused on censorship resistance, global dialogue, privacy, and creator monetization with both traditional payments and cryptocurrency. Unlike Facebook, which mines your data to target you with ads, Minds does not monetize its users’ data and offers people financial credits based on the content th...

In this episode, I talk about this thing called Legacy – this notion that the sum of what we do, who we are, and what we leave behind will continue to live on, quote, unquote.  No pressure there.  I share with you my take on Legacy, which just might surprise you. But if you approach Legacy the way I do, it might relieve some of that pressure.  You won’t want to miss this episode. Enjoy! To Connect...

Tom Hardin previously spent much of his career as a financial analyst in the U.S. In 2008, as part of a cooperation agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tom assisted the U.S. government in understanding how insider trading occurred in the financial services industry. Known as “Tipper X,” Tom became one of the most prolific informants in securities fraud history, helping to build over 20...

In this episode, I talk about expectations – why you have to expect a lot. You hear a lot of people claim they don’t want pressure; they don’t want stress; they don’t want accountability in their lives.  I don’t believe it, and in this episode I talk about your role as the leader in managing the expectations of your team members. You won’t want to miss this episode. Enjoy! To Connect with Mike: We...

Jay Tiegs is a Certified High-Performance Coach and transitioning veteran with over 25 years of military service. His mantra “Do Hard Things” has enabled him to overcome many struggles in his life and achieve success, from a directionless teenager who grew up in a fatherless home to a commissioned officer in the US Army, where he successfully commanded two units that specialize in leadership devel...

In this episode, I talk about the 5 Secrets to Taking the Perfect Nap. I go through the 5 secrets according to Daniel Pink from his book called The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing . Like many things, it is a system, and I love systems. From the optimal time of day to optimal length, I think you will be completely surprised by #3, which is also an awesome hack. I hope you get some value from t...

Whitney Jones is a two-time Ms. Fitness Olympia, the owner of Pro Physiques, the largest personal training gym in the state of Arizona, as well as four other fitness-related businesses. She is a personal trainer, fitness routine choreographer and contest prep coach to athletes who compete across the country at NPC & IFBB-sanctioned events. Whitney is skilled in Weight Loss and Contest Prep Coa...

In this episode, I talk about my Personal Goal Playbook. A friend of mine recently commented that every day he reads his personal vision statement and then he reads his goals -- and then he writes down the 3 things that he needs to do today to make progress toward achieving those goals, some of which are long-term goals. I realized I didn’t havea personal vision statement, per se. I do have goals,...

Dr. Mark Goulston is a CEO and future CEO coach and advisor to founders and entepreneurs.  He is a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches,  host of the top-rated podcast My Wakeup Call , which I was a guest on, and the author or co-author of nine books which have been translated into 42 languages, with his book, " Just Listen ," becoming the top book on listening in the world.  He...

In this episode, I talk about something that is in my friend, Justin Breen’s new book. The book is called “ Epic Life - How to Build Collaborative Global Companies While Putting Your Loved Ones First ,” and I definitely recommend you pick it up. The chapter I want to talk to you about today is Chapter 26 – Be the Buyer.  It really resonated with me and made me focus on whether we want to be the se...

Bruce Werner is the Managing Director of Kona Advisors, LLC, which provides governance and advisory services to middle-market businesses. His range of assignments has included board formation, strategy, finance, M&A, succession planning and all facets of family business consulting. Bruce works with private company owners, in the $10M - $100M revenue range to solve the problems that keep them a...

In this episode, I talk about resistance , or more specifically, resisting resistance.  I recently read a couple of books by author Steven Pressfield.   The first is The War of Art, and the second is Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be . I became very enamored of this resistance thing, which both of these books are largely about. In his mind, resistance is the thing that we all need to be ab...

Catherine A Sanderson is the Poler Family Professor and Chair of Psychology at Amherst College . She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University , and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University .  Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the...

In today’s episode, I talk about “ditching the ditches.”  Have you ever thought about the purpose of ditches along the side of the road?  Other than to prevent unsafe accumulation of rain water on the roadway surface, what is the purpose of a ditch? If I’m driving along and happen to see that a car has driven off the highway and into the ditch, assuming there are no injuries, it reminds me of life...

Andrew Hays is a master beer brewer, a lawyer, an entrepreneur and a world traveler. His firm, called HaysFirm LLC , is a collaborative partnership between Andrew and his wife, Antonia. It specializes in estate, probate, trust and business law, including restaurant law and obtaining liquor licenses.  Although the firm is based in Chicago, it’s set up intentionally to run from wherever Andrew and h...

In this episode, I talk about my “Peace” being my property.  My Peace, P-E-A-C-E being my property.  I recently came across something called “ The Art of Peace ” written by Morihei Ueshiba , who was a Japanese martial artist, and the founder of this discipline called Aikido . This gentleman lived from 1883 to 1969. And the Art of Peace is a collection of teachings by Ueshiba. One of his teachings...

With his background in manufacturing and chemical engineering, Gary Mottershead believes it’s important for specialists to consider themselves entrepreneurs first. In 1999, Gary founded GCP Industrial Products , which has grown to become the largest importer of sheet rubber into North America. Today it has become a forward-thinking, digital-first inspired industry leader. GCP sources materials fro...

In today's episode, I am going to delve into something called Kekich's Credo , which consists of 100 "success secrets" compiled by a gentleman named David Kekich as a result of his life experiences.   These 100 secrets are awesome insights into better living and success that will give you insight, clarity, and a positive effect in every aspect of your life. But aside from the C...

Dave Liu is a 30-year veteran of Wall Street and Silicon Valley. He is an advisor, author, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He started his career on Wall Street at Goldman Sachs and then joined Jefferies where he rose from the entry level of Analyst to the executive ranks of Managing Director and Co-Head of the Digital Media and Internet investment banking group. After retiring from Wal...