The Culture Matters Podcast

"Praise is more obtrusive than a reproach." - Friedrich Nietzsche Long-time friend and previous guest of the show and New Jersey real estate staple John Swartz makes his triumphant return to the podcast today and we are thrilled to have him back!  It should come as no surprise if you've heard John on the show before, but today we are talking about real estate!  More specifically, we...

"Anyone who keeps learning stays young." - Henry Ford On a very special and personal episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay talks with good friend and frequent guest on the show  Andrew Berman .  The discussion centers around how a mutual friend's health challenges inspired Jay to cut his hair in a show of solidarity and transitions into Jay's accident that could have pote...

"Think like a man of action.  Act like a man of thought." - Henri Bergson Transformative health and wellness expert and our favorite medical professional Dr. David Yerkes is back on the program today!  Our conversation today centers around what makes people tick.  Dr. David discusses his lifelong curiosity around why people do the things they do helped lead him to starting his own podcas...

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." - Friedrich Nietzsche Founder of 1 SEO and LB Capital Lance Bachmann is back on the show today and if there is one guy you're going to want to listen to, it's Lance.  He has created and run some very successful businesses and today we're getting into it!  Jay and Lance discuss why leaders are solution fin...

"Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there.  Eighty are just targets.  Nine are the real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle.  Ah, but one; one is a warrior and he will bring the others back." - Heraclitus Founder of Pivot Realty Group and host of "The Necessary Entrepreneur" podcast  Mark Perkins  is joining us the show today an...

"Surround yourself with people who play at the things you have to work at." - Aaron Young Aaron Scott Young is the chairman of Laughlin Associates and the creator of The Unshackled Owner and we're excited to have him back on the show today!  Jay and Aaron unpack Aaron's uncanny ability to treat everyone he comes into contact with with respect and genuine curiosity, Aaron's...

"Every customer is different and that makes them special.  Serve to their needs and create win-win relationships." - Guardian Roofing & Siding Robert Frehafer is the owner and founder of Guardian Roofing & Siding and a very good friend to Culture Matters and he is back again today to chat about what the "U" in Guardian stands for.  The "U" stands for "Uni...

" The future influences the present just as much as the past." - Friedrich Nietzsche Andrew Berman is an advisor, mentor, and the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media and we are very excited to have him back on the show!  During their conversation, Andrew and Jay discuss what it says about you when you are early as opposed to late (because you can never REALLY be on...

"We love life not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving." - Friedrich Nietzsche "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently." - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile Nathan Merrill is back today and if you've liste...

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau We are back today with the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo as he continues his series where he turns the tables and asks our own Jay Doran the questions!  And since it's a culture podcast, we are talking culture!  More than that, we're getting to know The Culture Ma...

"Constantly probe the people who report to you and encourage them to probe you." - Ray Dalio Advisor, consultant, mindset coach, and founder of one of the top 10 mortgage coaching programs in the country, M1 Academy, and host of "The Business of Success" podcast   Phil Treadwell is back on the program today and this one is full of the good stuff!  We're kicking things off...

"The reason why we've done so well over a long period of time is we've got good people.  And I've always been a great believer that without good people, you don't have a business.  People can bugger something up pretty quickly, but good people can keep it going." - Robert Milner Aleck Arena is the founder and owner of Arena Securities and specializes in investing in s...

"All truth passes through three stages:  First, it is ridiculed; second, it is violently opposed; and third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer Christine Beckwith is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth and she is back on the show today to discuss the fifth chapter of her book entitled "Hardwired to S...

"Love is the answer." Founder of Duffin Media, voice-over actor, and voice coach  John Duffin  returns to The Culture Matters Podcast and today we are all about the love.  With all of the negativity in the world, isn't about time we bring some positivity back?  John and Jay are going through the benefits of positive reinforcement, how anger is a strong emotion and love can help over...

"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it.  Every complaint already contains revenge." - Friedrich Nietzsche Founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" Brian Hess is back on the show to finish up our conversation on conflict and today we are focusing primarily on leadership's role in conflict.  The leader...

“We don’t just want to absorb content to understand it. The real magic comes from teaching. And that’s the best way to learn. The best way to learn is to teach it. The best way to learn anything is by teaching it and helping others. That’s how you gain fulfillment in life, and that’s what life is about.” - Barry Habib Barry Habib is an entrepreneur, the CEO of MBS Highway, and author of Money in t...

“The big money is not in the buying or the selling, but the waiting.” - Charlie Munger Founder of the Taberne Group, branch manager of Green Tree Mortgage, and host of the "Taberne Talks" podcast  Alex Taberne  joins The Culture Matters Podcast today and we are chatting about achieving success.  Alex talks with Jay about his personal drive to be successful and to put in a good day's...

“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.” - Charlie Munger Founder of Investor School, author of Money Hacks , and radio host   Larry Steinhouse is stopping by the show today and we are talking money, wealth, investing, and how you can achieve all of those things!  Right out of the gate we're asking the question, "Can money buy happiness?", and unp...

“It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.” - Søren Kierkegaard Founder, president, and CEO of K&L Industries, advisor, mentor, and the host of the "Greatness From Small Beginnings" podcast Keith L. Callaway is dropping by the show today and we are unpacking a lot so get ready!  Keith and Jay discuss how Keith's burgeoning family helped him find the inspiration he...

“It would not be foolish to contemplate the possibility of a far greater progress still.” - John Maynard Keynes Management consultant, advisor, and founder of Flow Advisory Jigar Mehta is making his first appearance on the show today and if you were looking for a burst of positive energy then you have come to the right place.  After sharing his story of triumph over adversity as a young man and ov...

"So long as the spectator has to figure out the meaning of this or that person, or the presuppositions of this or that conflict of inclinations and purposes, he cannot become completely absorbed in the activities and sufferings of the chief characters or feel breathless pity and fear." - Friedrich Nietzsche Our dear friend and the founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and...

"Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources; our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong." - Friedrich Nietzsche   Dear friend of the Culture Matters family and founder of EPM Eddy Perez is back on the show today and we are talking about what can make a person successful not only in the world of mortgages and real estate, but in everyday life as well....

"Nothing on Earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment." - Friedrich Nietzsche Dr. David Yerkes , managing partner with Lion Oakes Healthcare Consulting, is back on the program today and we're covering a lot, so buckle up!  Dr. David gives us a little insight on the dangers of resentment and what holding on to that can physically and mentally do to a person, em...

"The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions." - Friedrich Nietzsche Executive director of Top Contractor School, founder of Pave It Forward Asphalt, and the host of "The Rock Bottom Podcast" Kevin Gray is our guest today and whether or not you work in the construction space, this is a guy you're going to want to listen to.   Kevin talks about the i...

"I think you have to learn that there is a company behind every stock and that there is only one real reason why stocks go up.  Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies." - Peter Lynch Founder of Authors Unite and good friend of The Culture Matters Podcast is Tyler Wagner is back on the program today and we are covering a ton!  Jay and Tyler...