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Andy Buyting is the founder of Tulip Media Group. He is a leader in thought leadership and content marketing. His "integrated content" strategy has served both himself and his clients exceedingly well. You might recognize his name from being a part of the 3 CEOs troop who were on the show earlier this spring. Andy has delivered countless keynote presentations and workshops to entrepreneurs, busine...

Most towns these days are dotted with all sorts of businesses that are part of the franchising business model. Just about everything you can think of can be franchised -- from food to car repair to crafting supplies. Chances are good you have shopped at a franchise at least once this year and in turn, helped out a local business owner. Ever wonder about the people who choose to own franchises or w...

A short story about a tough lesson I learned the summer when I was ten.       = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always apprec...

Charlie Mechem's remarkable business career spans six decades and includes stints as a lawyer, a business executive heading up the Taft Broadcasting empire, and the Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Charlie is a consummate storyteller, and he uses his great deal of experience, wisdom, and joy to help professionals become more engaging speakers. His book, Total Anecdotal , a...

Christine Miller is a goal-oriented sales executive with extensive experience in sales and marketing. She is a highly motivated, customer-focused trainer and coach, who excels at building and structuring sales organizations. Her style is inspirational, high-energy, and collaborative. With more than 15 years of experience in media and marketing, Chris knows how to build an opportunity pipeline whil...

Could 2020 turn out to be the best year ever?     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your rating and review...

Gregg Ward is a management consultant, trainer, coach, and the founder and executive director of the Center for Respectful Leadership, who is on a mission to help leaders and their organizations develop their skills around respectful leadership, emotional intelligence, and executive presence. Using skills and techniques from his professional training in Live Theater, Gregg began his career as a sp...

How much money is in the jar on my desk one week later after I committed to putting a quarter in the jar for every email list I unsubscribe from? Find out on today's episode, along with what horror movies can teach us about being great leaders.      = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, rele...

If you're like most high-performing leaders, you're tired of being pulled in multiple directions with zero time left for yourself. As a Certified Proctor Gallagher Coach and 27-year military leader, Laura Noel helps high-performers live empowered, fulfilling lives all while achieving their highest potential. She helps leaders focus on what really matters, so they can stop feeling out-of-control, b...

Not enough of us are talking about grief and more of us need to be.       = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate...

Getting to inbox zero when the offers just keep on coming.     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your ratin...

Why we all secretly want boundaries and limits.     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your rating and revie...

One of them is definitely better than the other.     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your rating and revi...

As the founder of Business Builder Camp, Wayne Herring has helped men across the country grow their businesses into successful and thriving enterprises. However, there is so much more to his story than simply "coach" or "consultant." Wayne has worked as a specialty drilling and blasting contractor and an organic farmer. He has run ultra marathons, gone on epic road trips, and is a 1997 Montana sta...

Elsie Escobar is a die-hard podcast junkie who lives, breathes, and works the medium since 2006. She has worked for Libsyn (where PYP is hosted) since 2007 and has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of podcasters, sharing tools for better production, educating them in the fast-moving podcasting space, as well as cultivating a strongly engaged community through  The Feed: The Official Libsyn...

A tribute to Eddie Van Halen.   = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   We always appreciate your rating and review of the show. If yo...

Ben Krueger is the founder and CEO of Cashflow Podcasting, where they help industry advocates reach more people, change more lives and move entire industries forward. Having collaborated on 100s of podcasts since 2012, they've developed 8 Podcast Principles that when applied, lead to highly effective business podcasts. Built on these principles, they've developed a proven system for leaders to hos...

Dave Blanchard, Owner and Founder of Cognesis Marketing has helped well over 100 small business owners get better results from their marketing budget. He is an innovative, customer-focused, and results-driven marketing leader with expertise in startups, automation, and growth. He lives with his wife and son in Battle Ground, WA.     = = = = = The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting...

Richard Lau, founder of  Logo.com , has an impressive track record of building successful businesses. He has founded, built, and sold multiple companies including  MyDomain.com ,  Resume.com , and NamesCon. Along with success on the business side, he has a heart for giving back to others and is Executive Director of WaterSchool, a charity focused on clean water projects in Uganda. 2020 is Richard'...

The quickest way to innovate is to take lessons from one world and apply them in another. Jenny Davis was the fastest woman in Scottish sprint cycling. As a Commonwealth Games Medalist, Jenny understands what it takes to envision, plan, train, compete, and thrive on and off the track.   Using timeless principles she has successfully created and led change management and continuous improvement prog...

Liletta Harlem is an Author, Event Coordinator, Motivational Speaker, Women's Group Facilitator for Domestic Violence, Television Producer /Host, and CEO and Founder of her own companies entitled Big Sis & Company, and Keep The Box, LLC. Liletta has received training in Crisis Counseling, Group Counseling, Psychology, and Domestic Violence counseling. She currently is the Host of a YouTube series...

The West is on fire from the northern border with Canada to the southern border with Mexico. As flames rage, questions arise about what's next for America as we work to recover from one of the worst years on record.   ***Elevate Your Expertise Fall 2020***   What if sharing what you know with a bigger audience could be one of the best decisions you'll ever make … even if you have no idea where to...

Eric Rogell is the host of the "Warriors, Lovers, Kings, and Heroes" podcast, producer of The Complete Man Summit, a bestselling author, and a mentor creating bold, inspirational leaders who want to ignite motivation, vision, and purpose in their teams. He's the author of the bestselling guide to creating lasting relationships, The Art of War for Dating, and he speaks on how to create "Gotta Have...

Here's the thing about opportunities. We just can't know where what we say yes to can lead us. If we are sitting around waiting for someone to come knock on our door chances are good we'll be sitting there waiting for a long, long time.   So how can we tell when an opportunity is worth our time? That's the subject for today's episode which officially kicks off the Fall 2020 season of PYP.    Welco...

In today's episode, Tim Leonard takes us inside the world of college athletics. As a leader in the industry, Tim is passionate about student-athletes and how playing sports is where many young people learn critical leadership skills along with other important lessons for living a successful life. We spoke a couple of months into the COVID-19 situation when the fall season of college sports was sti...