The Culture Matters Podcast

"While John Locke didn't explicitly use the word 'curiosity', his writings heavily emphasize the importance of intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge. He believes that the human mind is a blank slate at birth and through experience and reason, individuals can acquire knowledge and understanding. Locke's emphasis on reason and experience directly encourages curio...

"Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly or it vanishes." - Peter Drucker On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is behind the can to discuss a work he has created to help entrepreneurs and businesses in general called "The Culture Puzzle".  Jay is giving a little insight into what the Puzzle is, what its purp...

"Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman -- a rope over an abyss. A dangerous crossing, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous trembling and halting. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal: what is lovable in man is that he is an OVER-GOING and a DOWN-GOING.   I love those that know not how to live except as down-goers, for they ar...

"Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny." - Ghandi On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are beginning a brand new series where are our very own Jay Doran is here to pull the curtain back on what Culture Matters...

"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote, decide everything." - Joseph Stalin On another culture content edition of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is back to discuss leadership acting like leaders and not like dictators.  Delegating is a primary skill for any leader to possess, but depending on how that delegating takes place, it is possible for an...

After a brief hiatus, we are welcoming back the founder of Arena Securities, Aleck Arena , to co-host the show with our very own Jay Doran  for another episode of our Investor Series.  Today's installment is a little different from the rest as, instead of being across the globe from one another, Aleck and Jay are actually in the same room!  With last week's annual Berkshire Hathaway shar...

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - Søren Kierkegaard We are back again with another episode based around our very own Jay Doran's work entitled Thirty Days of Thought.   Today, we are diving into something very near and dear to all of our hearts: humanity.  Jay is taking a look through his own, personal lease and encouraging our listeners to do...

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein On another episode of culture content, our very own  Jay Doran  is back with another observation based around an important topic facing the business world today.  That topic is the balance of personal relationships and business.  This can be a very difficult line to walk, but with proper atti...

"A man is his own easiest dupe; for what he wishes to be true, he generally wishes to be true." - Demosthenese Expert at crafting stage presence and story crafting, founder of Keynote Content, and author of  Launch Plan   Jon Cook  is our guest today and we are digging right into his expertise from the jump.  Jon and Jay are discussing the art of crafting a story and getting your point a...

"What is great about man is that his is a bridge, not an end. What can be loved about man is that he is a going over and a going under. I love those who do not know how to live except as down-goers; for they are going over. I love all those who are like heavy raindrops falling individually from the dark cloud that hang over man. They herald the coming of the lightning and perish as heralds.&q...

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." - Peter Drucker If you should be one thing you should be efficient.  Nowhere is that more true than in the entrepreneurial space and our very own Jay Doran is here with another episode of culture content to get into the nitty gritty of efficiency.  Efficiency is something that can be taught and Jay i...

"By authoring the story of your life, you make a choice to become a victor even in the face of helplessness. You develop your journey to a life story you get to write while training the muscle of resilience. Authoring your life story is taking charge of every aspect of it no matter what the original plan was or the factors in it that were out of your control." One of the world's lea...

"True mental health consists in a perfect recollection of the past." - Arthur Schopenhauer On another trip down the culture highway, our very own  Jay Doran  is coming in with a list of things to do in order to stay mentally and physically strong in the entrepreneur space.  Running your own business is no easy task, so it makes sense that, if you find yourself in that position, you would...

"People are drawn to other passionate people who develop their purpose. Conscious thought equals internal self-culture." We are back again with another episode based around our very own Jay Doran's work entitled Thirty Days of Thought.   Today, Jay is looking into the ties that are created between the way you actively think about things and the culture within yourself that you live...

"The strength of a person's spirit would then be measured by how much truth he could tolerate; or, more precisely is to what extent he needs to have it diluted, disguised, sweetened, muted, falsified. How much truth can you handle?" On this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is back behind the mic to discuss another culture topic on the top of his mind....

"Commissions are just the gasoline. Real estate is the engine. You want to own the engine after a while." Rick Dorn is the founder of Dorn Real Estate Development and we've got him back for his second appearance on the show.  While real estate is obviously going to be a big topic of interest, we're going a little deeper for today's conversation.  Rick and Jay are talking a...

"Successful relationships clearly define boundaries and trust built through open communications." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Our very own  Jay Doran  is back again with another round of culture content and, as has been a focus for the past couple of these episodes, we're taking a look at relationships.  Today, we're talking about professional relationships and making sure that th...

"Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility." - Peter Drucker Real estate aficionado and founder of the Andy Kowalski Team  Andy Kowalski  is joining the show for the the first time to give our listeners a glimpse into his expertise in the real estate space and run down a little bit of what he and his team do.  Andy and Jay are digging into the value in eleva...

"You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame. How can you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?" - Friedrich Nietzsche If you have been listening to this show for any length of time, you know we have a pretty sharp focus on company culture.  We've covered the subject up one side and down the other with guests, musings from our host, and even quotes relative to the s...

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - Søren Kierkegaard We've got our very own  Jay Doran  back again today with another look into a culture topic that is the bedrock of any business.  That bedrock is building relationships with your customers and your teams.  And what about those relationships should you always be aiming for?  Making those relatio...

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." - Friedrich Nietzsche We are back again with another episode based around our very own Jay Doran's work entitled Thirty Days of Thought.   Today, Jay is reflecting on the section of the book entitled "Caterpillar to Butterfly" by looking at it metaphorically as a chance to grow and change within your busi...

"I say unto you, one must still have chaos in one's self to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you, you still have chaos in yourselves. Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue. Where is the frenzy with which you should be inoculated. Behold, I give you the übermensch. He is this lightning. He is this frenzy." - Friedrich Nietzsche We've got our very...

"In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage." - Bernard Arnault On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is back again to discuss another selection from the culture catalog.  Jay is going down the business branding rabbit hole today and looking at some of the factors that go into creating memorable branding for a business.  What part in...

"The beautiful thing about podcasting is it's just talking. It can be funny or it can be terrifying. It can be sweet; it can be obnoxious. It almost has no definitive form. In that sense, it's one of the best ways to explore an idea and certainly much less limiting than trying to express the same idea in stand-up comedy. For some ideas, stand-up is best, but it's really, really...

"I would rather have an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep." - Alexander the Great On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own  Jay Doran  is here to take a look at another culture topic.  This particular discussion is focusing on great leaders and their focus on vulnerability being something that separates the good ones from the gr...