The Culture Matters Podcast

"It becomes more doable if you accept the path." Founder of Duffin Media and Duffin Coaching, host of the "Your Message Received" podcast, and one of our favorite frequent guests on the show John Duffin  is back for another lively discussion on The Culture Matters Podcast.  Today's conversation is all about collaboration and the different forms and shapes and sizes that it...

"The tree that would grow to heaven must first send its roots down to hell." - Friedrich Nietzsche Executive performance coach as well as a fitness and nutrition expert, Fraser Bayley , is making his inaugural appearance on our show and we couldn't be happier to have him here to share his thoughts, experience, and expertise with our listeners.  Fraser and Jay are digging into the in...

"The individual has always had to struggle from being overwhelmed by the crowd. If you try it, you will be lonely often and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Friedrich Nietzsche Managing partner of Lion Oakes Healthcare Consulting Dr. David Yerkes is back on the show to continue this series of discussions revolving around the l...

"One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world. Violence can only be concealed by a lie and a lie can only be maintained by violence. Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle. At its birth, violence acts openly; even proudly, but no sooner does it become strong firmly established, then it senses the rare faction of the air...

"When you have something to say, silence is a lie." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Host of "The Relief Podcast", author of How to Get Your Life Back , and founder of Real Estate Relief Demetri Stakias  has made his way back to The Culture Matters Podcast under unfortunate circumstances for this conversation.  We are continuing our discussions on the life and contributions made by Cha...

"Economics must not be relegated to classrooms and statistical offices and must not be left to esoteric circles. It is the philosophy of human life and action and concerns everybody and everything. It is the pith of civilization and a man's human existence." - Ludwig von Mises Sales expert, speaker, and founder of Sales Connection Kayvon Kay  is re-joining the program today as we co...

"When the tyrant dies, his rule ends. When the martyr dies, his reign begins." COO of the Hubert Vester Auto Group, creator of the "Faith. Family. Fulfillment." podcast, and the author of the book Answers From the Stairs Chris Vester  has returned to The Culture Matters Podcast to continue our discussions on the life and contributions of the late Charlie Kirk.  An ardent follow...

"Prove me wrong." - Charlie Kirk Marvin Joles is the owner of Wis-Coat Asphalt Maintenance and the creator of the "Blacktop Banter" podcast and he has made his return to the show as we continue to discuss the life and contributions made by conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, after he was murdered at a speaking engagement in Utah on September...

"We must teach goodness to our infants." - Charlie Kirk Advisor, consultant, and business and financial guru Matt McHale  is joining us on the program once again, though for a different reason than usual.  Today, we are taking the time to discuss the life and influence of conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, who lost his life at a speaking engagement i...

"If you believe in something you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas not run away from them or try to silence them." - Charlie Kirk On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, the founder of BBD Solutions,  Tom Bove , is joining the show for a discussion and a look back at the life and influence of conservative activist and co-founder of Turing Point USA, Charli...

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran is taking some time to talk sales and storytelling.  One thing that all great salespeople have in common is their ability to tell a story.  That doesn't mean to spin a yarn or say what you have to to make the sale.  Instead, great salespeople are able to put themselves in the shoes of their potential customers arme...

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln Advisor, consultant, and business and financial guru Matt McHale  is back again to finish up a conversation we started yesterday about being a Chief Revenue Officer and digging down a little deeper to explore what this role means for a company.  For today's conversation, Mat...

" A great CRO builds a system where revenue is not the outcome of heroics, but the result of a repeatable process." - Ben Horowitz Advisor, consultant, and business and financial guru Matt McHale is making his triumphant return to the show after far too long of an absence and we intend to make good on the time that we have.  During today's discussion, Matt and Jay are taking a look...

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran , a voracious reader in his own right, is taking a minute to talk about just that - reading.  There is power in the written word.  There is knowledge to be gained, new ways of thinking to be uncovered, and a virtually endless library of stories, tales, and windows into other times that only books can provide.  Jay is d...

"I like to say experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." - Howard S. Marks Back again like we never left, we have the founder of Arena Securities and co-host of our ongoing Value Investor Series, Aleck Arena , here today to talk a little shop like only he can.  With the current state of the financial world seemingly changing at a faster pace than ever before,...

"Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world." - Arthur Schopenhauer Host of "The Relief Podcast", author of How to Get Your Life Back , and founder of Real Estate Relief Demetri Stakias  is back on the program for the first time in far too long and we are going to be taking full advantage of his presence.  After figuring out that Jay...

"My super power is that I love people more than I care about looking stupid." Advisor, executive coach, former pastor, and author of a series of books under the Rethink Everything title Kyle Draper  is our guest on the show today and we are making the most of this one.  During today's discussion, Kyle and Jay are getting into Kyle's experiences with leaders both good and bad in...

"The best way to get started is to quit and begin doing." - Walt Disney It has been a little while, but we are back with another Thirty Days of Thought with friends and what better friends could we ask to do this with than the two we have assembled for today?  Our guests today need no introduction but we're going to give them one anyway...the Head of Engagement and Outreach at Ameri...

"It's not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid." - Charlie Munger If you've been following along with this show for any length of time, then you are very familiar with today's guest.  He is the founder and owner and Arena Securities and the co-host of The Investor Series right here on The Culture Matters Podcast and his name is Aleck Arena.  Aleck is pul...

"We lean heavily on common sense on how we approach things." It has been a little while but on today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing back The Investor Series and we are welcoming back the founder of Arena Securities, Aleck Arena , to co-host the show with our very own Jay Doran and they are sitting down with Jordan Cvetanovski who is the Chairman, CIO, and...

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we're continuing to steer the culture train down the tracks with our very own  Jay Doran  takes another deeper look into what actually makes up culture.  In yesterday's episode, Jay discussed the essence of what culture is and what makes culture in a business environment.  Now, we're taking a look at how one can define culture....

If you've been following along on the show, then you know that for the past few weeks, our very own Jay Doran has been taking deeper dives into the specifics of various elements of culture.  Whether taking a peek behind the curtain into the core values of Culture Matters as a company or even why culture itself matters at all, we've been taking a closer look at the culture that drives us...

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns. He who doesn't, pays it." - Albert Einstein Culture matters now more than ever.   It may be hard to believe, but this is the 1000th episode of The Culture Matters Podcast!  In today's very special episode, our very own  Jay Doran is taking some time to reflect on the last six years and what it h...

"The moist enduring traditions are those which have been forgotten." - Friedrich Nietzsche Global business and family advisor, mentor, teacher, author of the book A Road to Triumph in Family Business , and founder of Exaudi Family Business Consulting Guillermo Salazar is joining us on the program today and we are taking full advantage of his expertise.  If you are involved in a family bu...

"I have made conflict masked as passion my mate and in that I am my own soul mate. I am in love with myself. How damned am I?" Welcome back to the program and welcome back to another edition of Thirty Days of Thought featuring our very own Jay Doran as he discusses excerpts from his book, Thirty Days of Thought.   For today's discussion, Jay is investigating the concept of the &quot...