Share Life: Stories & Systems To Live Better & Work Smarter — With Jason Scott Montoya

Episode type: Listen to Learn Welcome to another episode of the podcast. In this Listen To Learn discussion with Jason Long, we talk about how to price your business and freelancing services. You may remember Jason from the first Inspirational People interview, where he shared stories and systems for how he lives better and works smarter. In this follow up conversation, we explore why most small b...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of the Grow Your Life podcast (Systems and stories to live better and work smarter). In this Inspirational People episode, I talk with Atlanta-native Josh Sweeney. Originally connected through a mutual friend a few years ago, Josh and I both related to each other's stories, life priorities, and business trajectories. After selling his c...

Episode Type: Book Discussion (with the author) Welcome to another episode of the Grow Your Life podcast. In this book discussion episode, we're talking with Sorayana Bravo about the collapse of Venezuela and what we Americans can learn from it. Sorayana is a multi-lingual Global Communications Specialist with analytical and strategic copywriting talents in cross-cultural and B2B sectors and the s...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode Grow Your Life, In this episode of Inspirational People we're talking with Nick Bryant. Nick's company, NickPrint, prints almost everything but money, with a focus on printing and delivering direct mail for small to medium-sized businesses. Nick founded NickPrint on April 1, 2006, an April fool's joke to himself that has lasted fourteen...

Episode Type: Book Discussion Welcome to another book discussion episode of the Grow Your Life Podcast. In this conversation, my friend and client Rutland Walker (founder of UnionUp) discuss A Secret History of Christianity by Mark Vernon (affiliate link). I was originally drawn to the book after hearing the author in a discussion on this Unbelievable podcast (hosted by Justin Brierley) episode wh...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People. In this episode, I get to introduce you to Amy Ogden. Amy is a sales expert and brand build builder, business consultant, and speaker. She’s recently founded The Collective and Co-Created the travel booking site We Travel Forward. The Collective matches agencies with travel, real estate, and lifestyle clients an...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People. In this episode, I get the privilege of introducing you to my long time friend, John Lehmberg. John is a former pastor and the founder of Make It Loud Web Design (since 2004) located in Buford, Georgia. His company provides marketing that gives companies better decision making insights to grow their business. We...

Episode Type: Listen To Learn Welcome to another episode of Listening to Learn as part of the Grow Your Life podcast. In this chat, pastor, entrepreneur, counselor, and licensed therapist, William Hemphill shares about the unrest we're seeing across our nation and how it intersects with the racial divisions in our society. William is the founder of Faith and Family Empowerment, the host of the fai...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People. In this discussion, I get the opportunity of introducing you to a new friend and fellow business consultant, Lauren Hisey. In 2019, Lauren (a Lean Six Sigma specialist) transitioned from corporate America working with Nielson (and AT&T before that) to the Entrepreneur life as an independent coach and consultant....

Episode Type: Inspirational People In this episode, I introduce you to my long-standing friend and fellow entrepreneur, Craig Haynie. Craig is the founder and CEO of CablesAndKits.com, a company historically focused on networking equipment and accessories, but amidst the Coronavirus crisis, has expanded its product portfolio to include safety products like masks and hand sanitizers. After both of...

Episode Type: Book Discussion (with the author) Welcome to another episode of Grow Your Life. In this book discussion episode, I introduce you to the co-author of The Map: Your Path to Effectiveness In Leadership, Life, And Legacy, Keith M. Eigel, Ph. D. Keith and I have known each other for about a decade, first connected through a mutual friend. From there, we've worked together on several occas...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to this episode of Inspirational People. In this episode, I get the awesome opportunity of introducing you to CRM Jedi Master Allen Helms. Allen and I got connected through the Hubspot User Group here in Atlanta over the past several years. Allen is not just a Hubspot master, but also a Salesforce Jedi. He works with organizations to plan and grow their i...

Episode Type: Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People! In this episode, I get the opportunity of introducing you to a talented speaker, a creative trainer, and the improv podcaster Jim Karwisch. Improv Jim and I originally met via Twitter after he posted a doodle of an Andy Stanley sermon. Subsequent coffee that quickly turned into lunch at Willy's Mexican Grill, fo...

Episode Type: Inspirational People In this new episode of Inspirational People, I introduce you to Jeff Fambrough a long-time friend from a past life. We originally got connected through a mutual friend while Jeff was working for a former employer many years ago. To our recent mutual surprise, we were reconnected this past year through his leadership and coaching at a community church basketball l...

Episode Type: Listening To Learn Welcome to the first episode of Listening to Learn as part of the Grow Your Life podcast. In this episode, we're going to spend time asking questions of Inspirational People alumni Denise Renee about the unrest we're seeing across our nation. The intersection of the complex world we live in with the Coronavirus crisis has surfaced numerous individual and systemic i...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People! Today I get to the wonderful pleasure of introducing you to Toby Bloomberg. Toby is a long-time friend, collaborator, and fellow freelancer. She works with organizations to help them empathize with their customers and effectively communicates with them through social media marketing channels. We originally met as board member...

Book Discussion In this second video book discussion with my friend Benji Hollis (VP of Sales at The Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl), we dive into Louder Than Words by Andy Stanley, a book exploring the power of uncompromised living (affiliate link). The book explores the concept of character, what it is, and how our character can change the trajectory of our life as well as the effect we have on others d...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People. Today, I get the awesome opportunity of introducing you to Elizabeth Dixon. Connected through our mutual friend, Jessica Lalley, Elizabeth is a strategist, innovator, and a speaking executive sharing on various personal and business development topics for organizations like the University of Georgia, Southwest Airlines, and t...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People! In this episode, I talk with Akilah Charlemagne about the importance of staying connected, especially during seasons of transformation. She also shares a simple and effective process she leans into for growing herself and others, and how it's okay to say that we're not okay :-) Akilah is a connector, speaker, career coach, an...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of inspirational people! In this episode, I get to introduce you to my friend Todd Miechiels. Todd is the founder and vision bearer of the 315 Project helping people know and share their story wholeheartedly. Todd and I originally met through a mutual friend during a catalyst conference almost a decade ago. We stay connected over the years and the 31...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of Inspirational People! I get the opportunity to introduce you to and chat with Andy Johnson, the co-founder of Harpoon, a cloud-based billing tool for freelancers and agencies to plan, forecast, and invoice. In 2017, I switched over to Harpoon after I recognized how much the tool coincidentally integrated ideas and insights I wrote about in my free...

Inspirational People Welcome to this episode of Inspirational People, with Olga Kirshenbaum, the Money Whisperer. Like my connection with Nancy Kleppel, we were recently connected through Trupo and the Freelancer's Union. Olga, the Money Whisperer, is an author and a financial literacy advocate and the owner of Rags to Riches Consulting. She is equipping and liberating creative folks who find mone...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of inspirational people. Today, I get to introduce you to Chris Green. Chris is a co-founder and partner at Arch + Tower, a company that helps business leaders transform frustrated customers and disengaged employees into vocal advocates and loyal ambassadors under operational excellence. Arch + Tower is also a part of Frazier & Deeter, an award-winni...

Book Discussion Welcome to the first episode (listen or watch below) of my book discussions. If you've been following along the blog for any sustained amount of time, you've seen my various book commentaries. This previous effort infused with the current crisis inspired me to bring this book exploration process off the page and into your eyes and ears for topics that could help us better navigate...

Inspirational People Welcome to another episode of inspirational people with Nancy Kleppel. We originally got connected through a recent Freelancers Union event via Trupo, which she has been a member for almost 20 years. Nancy is an Architect by training with thirty plus years collectively in the industry, with various incarnations. She's now a consultant to creative entrepreneurs and professional...