The Culture Matters Podcast

"What was lost sill soon be found." "You will soon be recognized for your unique talents." "The day is near when you share your talent with the world." "Luck will follow you in the coming year." - A series of fortune cookies from P.F. Chang's Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and the Chi...

" If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." - Jim Rohn Award-winning keynote speaker, Podcast of the Year Award winner, best-selling author of The Makings of a Millionaire Mind , co-founder of The Mari Strong Foundation (with his wife Mari), business and executive coach, and corporate trainer Daniel Gomez is our guest on today's show and...

"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Owner and CEO of Arawak Beach Club, Co-owner of Nasty Good, and the founder and president of Asphalt Kingdom and AK Dash  Judd Burdon  is back on the show after far too long of an absence.  Judd and Jay are digging into the motivation behind starting AK Dash and helping small businesses within the asphalt space gro...

"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." - Søren Kierkegaard We are back again with another dose of culture content and on today's episode, our very own  Jay Doran  is bringing part two of a discussion he started earlier in the week based on the subject of "fun" culture being a productivity killer.  After a brief summary of part one, Jay digs into the role that trust in the...

"There is nothing impossible to him who will try." - Alexander the Great Founder of the Hispanic Organization of Mortgage Experts (HOME), Chief Growth Officer of Empower Mortgage, and a leader within EPM Rogelio Goertzen is making his inaugural appearance on the show today and we could not be more excited to have him here to share his experience and wisdom with our audience.  Rogelio and...

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - Søren Kierkegaard It's been a little while, but we're back with some more culture content today and our very own Jay Doran is exploring the topic of a company's "fun" culture being a killer of productivity.  This discussion is largely based on the concept of responsibility and people doing w...

"There was once a wise spiritual master who was the ruler of a small, but prosperous domain and who was known for his selfless devotion to his people.   As his people flourished and grew in number, the bounds of his small domain spread and with it, the need to trust implicitly the emissaries he sent to ensure the safety of its evermore distant parts. It was not just that it was impossible for...

"How did I get into engineering? Somebody saw something." Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group Paul Lucido and we've got him back on the show for yet another discussion on our very own Jay Doran's  work, Thirty Days of Thought .  Today's conversation is focusing on the section of the book called "Relationships" and Paul and Jay are divi...

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." - Albert Einstein Business Development Officer for Wescott Financial Advisory Group Alex Rawdin is joining us on the show today and we are very excited to get into the nitty gritty of finance, so let's get this show on the road.  Alex and Jay are discussing some of t...

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." - Mother Teresa Founder and Executive Director of Raise the Bar Family Services Karly Forman Cohen is our guest on the show today and we are very excited to get into philanthropy, nonprofits, and good work by good people in general.  Karly and Jay are digging into what nonprofits actually are and what purpose they serve, the...

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." - Friedrich Nietzsche Personal trainer and founder of STRONGSIDE Fitness  Mitchel Black  is hitting the airwaves on our show today and there is a lot of inspiring stuff coming from this conversation.  Mitchel and Jay are digging into Mitchel's journey from bullied kid to fitnes...

"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard "The two greatest warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy On today's show, our very own  Jay Doran  is pulling back the curtain a bit to give our listeners an update on The Culture Matters Podcast as we see ourselves at the halfway point of 2025.  Jay is discussing how the podca...

"Out of every 100 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 the one, one is a warrior and he will bring the others back." - Heraclitus  Psychiatrist, philosopher, neuroscientist, and author of such books as  The Master and His Emissary and  The Matter With Things  Dr. Iain M...

"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." - Friedrich Nietzsche Christopher Tighe is a U.S. Navy and NCIS veteran, host of the Caffeinated Contractor podcast, and the founder of Elevation Construction and we've got him back on the show for another round of culture discussion.  For this conversation, Christopher and Jay are digging into what Christopher's focu...

"A man of knowledge must not only be able to love his enemies but hate his friends." - Friedrich Nietzsche Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman , and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido , and we've got them back for yet another conversation surrounding our very own  Jay Doran&a...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35 On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing you the fourth and final part of a quick series where our very own Jay Doran  is using The American Gift (TAG) conference of 2025 held in Atlanta, GA, as a launching pad for further discussion on culture topics.  Toda...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35 We have our very own  Jay Doran  back again for part three of our series on The American Gift (TAG) 2025 conference being held in Atlanta, GA.  As we mentioned in the last episode, Jay will be interviewing Dr. Jordan B. Peterson at this year's event and we're using some of those...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world." - Matthew 13:35 On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is continuing our series discussing The American Gift (TAG) conference 2025 being held in Atlanta, GA.  Jay starts this discussion by outlining his upcoming interview with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson at the confere...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35 On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing you part one of a quick four-part series where our very own  Jay Doran  will be talking about The American Gift (TAG) conference from 2025 in Atlanta, GA.  Using the conference as a jumping off point, Jay is discussin...

"Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker Account management professional, advisor, proponent of employee benefits and incentives, and professional photographer spearheading Lauren B. Pipari Photography & Designs  Lauren Pipari  is joining us on the show today and we are over the moon to have her here to share her experience and experti...

"There isn't a single behavior or event that can be understood without considering the whole context." - Dr. Iain McGilchrist Our favorite philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile Nathan Merrill is back with us today and we couldn't think of anybody better to help us getting into some heady conversation.  We are beginning a new series today, with Nathan as...

"The very fact that a general problem has gripped and assimilated the whole of a person is a guarantee that the speaker has really experienced it and perhaps gained something from his sufferings. He will then reflect the problem for us in his personal life and thereby show us a truth." - Carl Jung The Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman  is joining u...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. P...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. P...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. P...