Success Made to Last Legends

Mark Kennedy's story invites readers to reconsider a lifetime of striving. His teaching career demonstrates the significance of serving people others might overlook. His late-in-life diagnosis offers an opportunity to reinterpret his own journey. His sobriety and release from people-pleasing point toward a more authentic chapter after 60.The unifying idea is that we don't become significant by ear...

Glenn Llopis rocks our network with the most provocative podcast of the year. We have lost our identity and the next generation is danger. Part of the solution lies in taking an old fashioned immigrant's mindset. After all, we are ALL immigrants. Hear Glenn, the Identity Catalyst, take his immigrant spirit of survival, renewal and reinvention, sprinkle in a dose of agency to the next gen, focus on...

We are honoring Dr. Greg Allgood, leader at World Vision, focused on clean water to 700 million people in need.  World Vision works in a variety of sectors, with water being a central focus.   Greg shares a life changing story of Mercy, a woman was taking toxic water to her family. Greg offered his P&G product, a water purification packet, that instantly cleared the muddy water. He saw changed...

Arie Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland whose career spans human judgment, motivation, goal pursuit, cognition, group behavior, and radicalization. He has published more than 300 articles, chapters and books, and in 2024 received the Association for Psychological Science's William James Fellow Award for lifetime contributions to psychology. His most si...

Dallas Burrow is a Truly Significant, talented Texas songwriter. His life is a story about turning wandering into purpose, family into foundation, and Texas storytelling into a vocation. Dallas is a New Braunfels native, Americana singer-songwriter, road warrior and community builder. His music has taken him across the U.S. and Europe, while his roots remain firmly planted in the Texas Hill Countr...

By a miracle, Jenna Phillips Ballard is alive today. After a horrific brain injury and coma, she re-arrived in life as a visionary leader, transformational coach, artist. She is now the founder of I•▲M—a global movement dedicated to helping people embody their highest selves and live in alignment with purpose, prosperity, and love.  She began her career in 2006 as a certified personal trainer and...

 Today's conversation is about the debut of Kent Blazy's latest album Tulsa Sessions.  What makes Kent Blazy Truly Significant? Kent turned ordinary human feelings into extraordinary songs. Blazy's gift is making universal emotions feel personal. His first collaboration with a then-emerging Garth Brooks, “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” became Brooks' first No. 1 song and was named the NSAI Song of the...

Visit Hotel Giles in Comfort, Texas and stay for a while. Meet their owner and avid Side Quester Ernie Slatinsky. Such a character.  Enjoy the October 24th event at Newsom Vineyards as Ernie and Central Texas celebrate Texas Wine Month with tastings, fine food and the music of The Truly Significant Band.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-leg...

Bobby Kelly has owned a gym for over 35 years, first in DC, then in Phoenix. He noticed our show that asks a question I've been answering with clients for decades: what lies beyond success once you're already standing on top of it?  That's not a hypothetical for Bobby, it's the whole premise of my book, The Next Chapter Starts Now, which is for the high-functioning person who built a successful li...

Tom Jasper is truly significant. His career on Wall Street led him to a pioneering role in the $800 TRILLION derivative market.  Tom is debuting his book Wall Street Maverick: Musings on a Career of Innovation, Derivatives, Credit, and Risk. Finding your mentor is a central message from Tom along with knowing when to take risk and challenge the establishment.  More about Tom....he is a Risk Magazi...

Truly Significant celebrates Terry Young, author of Possibilities Science. He's a former Omnicom exec and thought leader from McKinsey.  His concepts are so forward, so relevant and important to the future of small and large companies across the world. We think his narrative belongs with leaders that are seeking the NEXT culture that can scale for all the right reasons.  Buy the book Possibilities...

Cara Truitt's story is worth listening to and embracing. According to Cara-"The only thing you can count on is that everyone is going through something."Thus, the power of community is increasingly important . Imagine, losing your sister, marriage and your business within one week. Cara redefines resiliency and how a network, best known as net-weaving, becomes an intentional life-line. What stands...

What an honor to celebrate the significant work of Nancy Griffin. We shared P&G as a training ground and then Nancy became a wealth advisor in Canada.  She spent decades helping women understand both health and wealth, but importantly WORTHINESS.  Consider Nancy a pioneer, along with luminaries like Melinda French Gates and Dr. Cindy Gordan (The AI Precipice) She talks of generosity as a curre...

We are in our essence, imperfect.  On this show, we explore perfectionism and the dis-ease that follows.  Be grateful for a perfect kiss, perfect goodbye or even a perfect cookie.  Recognize that no single person is perfect...but maybe a chocolate chip cookie. Aim high and start tapping into your next Side Quests- your purposeful pursuit through a meaningful activity that awakens part of you that...

Enjoy this Ted Talk from Rick Tocquigny, the Sherpa of Side Quests. Yes, Rick is BECOMING more through Side Quests.  What is life whispering to you to bring you closer to deep joy? Name a Side Quest and email to rick@trulysignificant.com with your ideas.  Join our Substack newsletter and get exclusive stories, podcasts and a personal, customized Side Quest flywheel that notes your passion and what...

Roger Edgington is one of the most gifted steel guitarists in Texas. Thanks to his daughter Julie Fredlund (leader at ABC Home Services), we were brought together to celebrate Roger's unique talents and hear his legendary stories.  Roger's roots run deep in the steel guitar forum. His Mom was a steel guitar teacher. He learned Hawaiian steel music from Mom and built a love for the genre.  Texas We...

Dolly Parton: The Side Quest That Became a Library of Dreams Some people become famous. Some people become successful. And then there are those rare human beings who become truly significant . Dolly Parton was all three—but significance was never really about the records, the awards, the rhinestones, the movies, Dollywood, or the fame. It was about what she did with all of it. Dolly understood som...

TrulySignificant.com honors Colonel David Bacot '90 (US Air Force retired), Senior Director of Development for the Veteran Resource and Support Center at Texas A&M Foundation. David has lived a remarkable intersection of service, Military officer, husband and Dad.  Hear about his journey as an officer, meterologist, and "Day Duck" at Aggieland. Enjoy listening to stories about his mentors Majo...

Enjoy this conversation with Gary Henderson and his movement known as Gary. Club.  Raised by a single Mom in West Virginia, Gary's headquarters is in Austin.  His mission is to help people trading time for money. Learn about the particular moment in his life where the light bulb went on.  Gary says "build with machines." Hear Gary's perspective on AI. If you start to solve the problem, what can yo...

TrulySignificant.com honors writer, advocate, and co-founder of Children's Arts Guild Alexander Kopelman.  His profound book is For Real: Helping Children Remain Their Authentic Selves in a Limiting World.  Alexander has guided programs that help young people challenge limiting cultural messages and express who they truly are through creativity, reflection, and self discovery. His philosophy is si...

 Enjoy the inside story on The Molly McGuire Band with legendary keyboardist Larry Telford. You have heard Larry on previous podcasts and on Texas Country Reporter.  We love hearing the insider story on bands, how they think about opening songs, the order of the program and the disciplines required to do a show.  Piece of Yourself, one of The Molly McGuire's fine originals is played at the end of...

Bob Fuest is a truly significant guest who had a big awakening the year his Mom passed away, his son was born, and he divested himself from his business. Few people have this view of looking back and looking forward at the same moment.  His life shifted into a different gear. Hear the complete story. Bob is a Board President • Nonprofit Operator | Wealth Advisor for Highly-Driven Humans Who Serve...

Luz Maria Mack is a Truly Significant™ thought leader because she is doing something larger than writing children’s books: she is helping people understand that identity, belonging, and cultural memory are built through the stories we choose to tell—and the stories we choose not to leave out. Luz's significance through six dimensions: 1. She turns representation into belonging Luz's work isn't rep...

Alex Snider is the son of U.S. diplomats, who has written a truly significant book about slowmindfulness titled You Should Be Late.  His turning point was a bike accident that left him with a brain injury.  Alex goes in depth on our rushed culture, obsessed in busyness. Learn whether this is fear based or wild ambition.  Alex is a man of deep wisdom, thoughtful lessons and courage.  Remember that...

Ann Keil Dux is a person of significance. Former TV journalist, Emmy Award winner and cancer survivor, she has lived a remarkable life.  You will be inspired by this whip smart, executive communications coach and strategist. Ann talks about the important soft skills fueled by emotional intelligence. She dives into high impact communication moments and how we should react authentically.  Show up as...