What The World Needs More Of... Podcast

Guest: Ajit Nawalkha Age: 34 Location: Los Angeles, CA Wow Factor: Serve Love. Always My story really starts in a small town in India where I grew up with 23 other people in the house. I love my family but to say that my early years were challenging is an understatement. What the world needs more of: People who found their way to live joyful, fulfilling, abundant life Bio: Ajit Nawalkha is an entr...

Guest: Julie Hamada Age: 32 Location: Toronto Canada Wow Factor: I don't believe in giving up! Nothing will stop me from becoming the best version of me! What the world needs more of: Love. Bio: Julie is an extremely passionate, committed and a creative professional. For over 8 years, she has offered expertise and strategy in creating systems for growing businesses and implementing a marketing str...

Guest: Nastasha McKeon Age: 34 Location: San Diego, CA Wow Factor: Perseverance. My early life set the stage really well for this characteristic! It’s really served me well in all areas of my life. A business coach of mine once explained it like this. “Nastasha you amaze me. Most are walking on their path & they run into a wall. It looks impossible to get over and so they pack it in and go home. Y...

Guest: Randy Wallz Age: 27 Location: Miami, FL Wow Factor: 2012, car accident reshaped my life. Made me rethink everything I was doing. And now I just focus on living to the fullest, working and creating what makes me happy. What the world needs more of: We need more people who love what they do. In turn, we will see more happiness. Bio: Randy Paredes, also known as Randy Wallz was born in Venezue...

Guest: Katelyn G. Age: 26 Location: Lakehead, CA Wow Factor: when I realized (in my meditation classes), that only we can make ourselves feel a certain way. It is not what another does, or doesn’t do, our thoughts create our emotions. We can change them in an instant! I practice this wherever I go, at the grocery store, driving, at school, or at work. Every day there are moments where someone won’...

Guest: Douglas Winslow Cooper Age: 75 Location: Walden, NY Bio: Douglas Winslow Cooper, writer, and retired environmental physicist, now helps manage the at-home nursing care of his wife. Cooper earned his A.B., with honors, in physics at Cornell, then served at the U.S. Army biological warfare laboratories at Ft. Detrick, MD. He obtained his M.S. degree in physics at Penn State and his Ph. D. in...

Guest: Akhil Patel MD Age: 32 Location: Sarasota, FL What the world needs more of: People to execute on their dreams. Wow Factor: Is my resourcefulness and perspective. Bio: Akhil Patel was born in New Jersey and raised in Tampa, Florida. He earned his medical degree at the University of Florida at Shands Hospital. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of South Florid...

Guest: Micah & Diana LaCerte Age: 39 and 41 Location: Kansas City, Missouri What The World Needs More Of People who BELIEVE in their ability to succeed so that they will tackle and conquer their dreams and goals. This would have a major impact and ripple effect on the world. Wow Factor: We have a deep passion to see other people transform their lives. It's why we founded our business Hitch Fit, an...

Guest: Brandon James Duncan Age: 38 Location: Portland Oregon Bio: Serial entrepreneur, father, author, athlete...focused on becoming a better man each day while making a positive impact along the way.   What The World Needs More Of: Self-love unconditional love connection community compassion   Wow Factor: My ability to connect and relate to others in a deep and intimate way, thus creating a lead...

Guest: Frances Pappalardo Age: 31 Location: New York Bio: Frances’ journey has taken her all over the world, sharing her personal experiences and philosophies with hundreds of thousands of people who truly desire to customize their lives. She is the current VP of the Justice Project Honduras and on the founding team of Operation Holiday Impact. Her joy comes from helping others break through the b...

Guest: Ben Freeman   Age: 41   Location: New York City   Bio: Ben has extensive experience in both the physical and financial commodities markets; he has invested capital across multiple market cycles and transacted commodity products globally. Ben currently runs his own consulting business, Ben Freeman LLC. Ben also founded the commodity merchant business HudsonField to opportunistically acquire...

Guest: Naresh Vissa   Age: 29   Location: Tampa, Fl   Bio:  Naresh Vissa is the #1 bestselling author of FIFTY SHADES OF MARKETING: Whip Your Business into Shape & Dominate Your Competition, PODCASTNOMICS: The Book of Podcasting... To Make You Millions, THE NEW PR: 21st Century Public Relations Strategies & Resources... To Reach Millions, and TRUMPBOOK: How Digital Liberals Silenced a Nation into...

Guest: Josh Macin   Age: 29   Location: Berkeley CA   Bio: Josh Macin was the 2010 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and the 2012 Pan-American champion. Suddenly, in October of 2013, he began to experience debilitating panic attacks, suicidal despair, and gut-wrenching anxiety. After pharmaceutical drugs provided no relief, he found himself on a hero’s journey – traveling to the corners of the ea...

Guest: Mike Robbins   Age: 44   Location: Novato, CA   Bio:  Mike Robbins is the author of four books, Focus on the Good Stuff, Be Yourself Everyone Else is Already Taken, Nothing Changes Until You Do, and Bring Your Whole Self to Work. He delivers keynotes and seminars that empower people, leaders, and organizations to be more successful, appreciative, and authentic. Prior to his current work, Mi...

Guest: Caleigh Haber-Takayama   Age: 28   Location: Los Angeles   Bio: Born and raised along the California coast, Caleigh was diagnosed at birth with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that causes thick and sticky mucus to clog the airways in the lungs and affect many other organs in the body. Growing up, Caleigh stayed healthy through sports and social activities. She later moved to San Francisc...

Guest: Dean Jacobs Age: 56 Location: Nebraska Bio: Quit a successful job and sold the house to follow a dream. Everyone thought he was crazy. After exploring 58 countries, an ordinary guy from Nebraska has gained a perspective and wisdom that is helpful to others. His passion is to remind students, dreams are not for special people, they are for everyone. We are not here to go through the motions...

Guest: Tony Pappalardo Age: 39 years old Location: New York, NY Bio: Tony figured out a way in his 20's to minimize his time as a business owner, so that he could maximize his position as full-time husband and father in his 30's. Having been asked to speak on stages across the globe, his passion lies in helping others do the same - breakthrough any limitations that keep them from living a truly fu...

Guest: Davis Zavik Age: 28 years old Location: Miami Beach, FL Bio: New mom, wife, author of Assisted Living, Everything you Need to Know to Compassionately Care for your Elderly Parent, Residential Assisted Living Facility owner, Sociology graduate from the University of Miami The world needs more: 1. Compassion 2. Empathy Wow Factor: My ability to think ahead, act in a timely manor and organize...

Guest: Bryan Takayama Age: 26 years old Location: Los Angeles, CA Bio: Husband to an amazing wife with a focus on taking advantage of every second to find happiness. The World Needs More: 1. Living in the moment Wow Factor: Work ethic, loyalty, figuring out how things work and executing Favorite Color: Orange Website:  https://www.fight2breathe.org Instagram: @Mr_fight2breathe

Guest: Juliana Lacerda Sobral  Age: 34 years old Location: Los Angeles, CA Bio: Juliana has spent her professional life supporting students in higher education and as an integral collaborator on the growth of a plant-based lifestyle brand. She’s currently taking time to focus on her family’s health and wellness, to be fully devoted to her baby boy, traveling and working with her husband Murs, and...

Guest: Boone Zavik Age: 31 years old Location: Miami Beach, FL Bio: Vice President and Marketing Manager of Immuno Laboratories. The World Needs More: 1. Seeing Through Others Eyes 2. Empathy WOW Factor: I'm in the martial arts hall of fame for the Comjuka-Kali system and at the time I was the youngest :) (It is knife and stick fighting.) Favorite Color: Purple even thought I wear black and usuall...

Guest: Gregg Stebben Age: Wise, Refined & Heartfelt  Location: Charleston, SC Bio: Former host, “Men’s Health Live” for Men’s Health Magazine Interview subjects range from Presidents Trump and Clinton, to executives from Google and Twitter, to GM and Maserati Author of 19 books, including White House: Confidential and Internet Privacy for Dummies The world needs more of: 1. Internal Debates Favori...

Guest: Niyi Sobo Age: 33 years old Location: Portland, OR Bio: Former nfl running back, former firefighter, current peak mindset consultant , podcaster and entrepreneur. Father of 5, husband. The world needs more: 1. More thugs- more fearless leaders willing to disrupt the status quo to establish new realities for people and improve the world 2. People guiding people to reality WOW factor: My wow...

Guest: Farhad Kardani (Coach Kardan) Age: 50 years old Location: Dubai, UAE Bio: Born to love & to be loved. An awesome citizen of the world. A mixture of Iran, New Zealand & Japan. A visionary leader who wants to make a big difference while on this journey called life. A founder and CEO of two training companies in Japan & UAE. A best selling author of two books, Professional speaker and an execu...

Guest: Marino Duran Age: 27 years old Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Bio: Marino Durán was born in a poor town in the Dominican Republic. When he was 5-years old, he immigrated to the United States -- not knowing a word of English. Yet, currently Marino works as an engineer for General Motors, one of the world’s largest corporations. It’s a top job and Marino, who graduated in May (2016) with a computer...