Pony Tales Podcast

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1. We have partners now and they are all alumni. Super excited to bring this all to you. We love the support and are excited to announce Andres, one of our hosts, is now full time with the podcast. This means we will up our game in every aspect of the podcast.  If you would like to support us, check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=53847771 Enjo...

Naomi Kaufman, Nick Tvrdy, and Andres Gamboa Barrera sit down to read from Two Three Legged Dogs, an anthology of book stories written by alumni and put together by Alex Soto and Devin Pughsley. The hilarity from these stories can not be over stated. If you are a fan of the show, please support us by subscribing to our channels or finding us on Patreon. ALL OF OUR LINKS ARE BELLOW.  https://m...

Heather sold for 5 summers. She is currently finishing up her second degree, this time in psychology. We chatted about the importance mental health in the sales industry. There were some pretty awesome pony stories too!

Whitney was recruited from Northern Iowa and sold books the same four summers as Nick, so they reminisce on the growth she's taken on in caring for people and ultimately caring for herself. She's accomplished impressive feats in books from being a top FY, recruiting and training top FY's in the book biz, while also doing impressive things for other D2D companies in her time after books. If you wan...

MaryEllen brings a ton of energy to sharing her story of 6 summers in the book business. Chiming in from Vietnam, she talks about being recruited as a High School Junior (!!). With a unique journey of having 4 of her siblings sell, you'll be surprised to hear that even their adult mother joined the fray after her kids sold! (Some cousins were involved too; talk about family antics!) Tune in for a...

Nicole sold for two summers and then went on to win Miss Westlake. Through the episode we dove in to the requirementts of winning a pageant and the lessons she used about self-talk, work ethic, and attitude in order to win the pageant, and to out produce her `12 week summer in 5 weeks!   For other listening options: https://mylinks.ai/ponytalespodcast

Kim was coming live from Nashville! We chatted about how she overcame the resistance from her parents throughout her career in the internship. We dove into her brand new recruiting job and also how she is kicking some ass with Amanda Kew in Isagenix. Also, a big announcement: BIZZLER. https://mylinks.ai/ponytalespodcast .

This whole month of episodes is dedicated to someone like Kirsten - two summer badass out of Arizona who is facing a daunting battle with Breast Cancer, but is applying awesome lessons learned about attitude to overcome the struggle. Tune in for a special episode with Kirsten Lewis!

WOW. Sexism, parenting, publishing, Hollywood, and a mastery for the art of being coachable. Kate Raidt was a pleasure to hang out with. Hope you enjoy.

Westyn McKinley sold for 4 summers with Dynasty out of OKState (The Harvard of Oklahoma!!). She's a recent book grad with great stories to share! Westyn also shared valuable wisdom about how to create an identity that is not based on things that she does but on who she truly is as a person. Intelligent perspective to have learned. 

Courtney shares a ton of lessons learned during her 7 summers. We reflected on how people tend to examine their career choices after learning their potential through the summer. She also shared her drive to compete in the London marathon. She came in live all the way from the UK and explained the charity she is donating to. For more information on how to support her, she is accepting support throu...

In this episode Andrew talks about how he overcame his first major failure when he first got out to sell, and how he was able to tap into who he really was to overcome the obstacles he faced while selling. We shared some personal funny stories and talked about his decision to not touch alcohol. On this day, his 29th birthday, we celebrated a milestone of 2 years without drinking and the health ben...

Barry sold in the late 80's and shared with us his take on how to launch a successful business and how to scale it. It is no doubt that his lessons learned from his time during the internship shaped who he was as person and allowed him to succeed. Tune in and subscribe.  .

Alex just finished his 8th and last summer. We chatted about how he was able to increase his production threefold during his last summer compared to previous ones. Along with this, Alex really displayed what a resilient human he is by sharing about his great perspective on dealing with hardships brought by alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss.  .

Manny sold for 2 summers and shared HQ's (living setups) with Andres, both of those summers. Manny shared a lot of fond memories and wisdom learned during those two summers. He talks about his perspective to success in sales as well as a couple of super awkward moments on the book-field. Manny is a caring, thoughtful, and humorous human. It was joy to record this, please enjoy. 

Griffin works as a expedition planner for Aplenglow Expeditions, one of the best companies for planning and expedition up Mt. Everest. Griffin shares his lessons from his sole summer as well as the impromptu trip to Peru and Colombia with Andres. Enjoy! .

Dog bites, weird foods, lessons learned, and a bunch more in this episode. 

Danny works with Family Heritage and sold 5 summers. He chats about his growth from not working much, to 4 consecutive growth summers. Enjoy a fun one!

This one was a touching one. Danny is Andres's brother so this set up an interesting dynamic. The episode was filled with good memories and fun stories. Hope you enjoy!

Great conversation with a 7 summer bookman. Here discussed the leadership lessons he learned from his mentors and the also spent a good time talking about how he prepared for running 5 - 50 mile ultramarathons in the last 18 months. Run Willie run!

Shaun is a wise and lively soul with 8 summers of D2D stories to share. He speaks to lessons from each summer, how he handled racism as a black man on the job, and insights from careers after 

Amazing episode. DeLyssa shared with us many valuable stories that helped shape her as a woman. Tune in to listen to how she was able to over come some harrowing and terrifying experiences, including being a black woman in a territory where there were still active members of the KKK. 

Legendary episode with a legendary bookman. 

Pat worked in the book industry for 13 years out of Wheaton College in Illinois. His fanboy-status with Pony Tales is apparent as he comes fully prepared with some crazy stories from his career as a Sales Manager. Enjoy a fun-filled episode with the founder of the Cadillac Organization as well as SW Real Estate

Tessa dropped in to share some of her stories. A touching episode with stories that show the reach of this crazy summer gig. Check it out!