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1-2pm EST: Rico Racosky & Don Green Discuss Choice & Success
Show Details: Everything we do in life begins with the same starting point. That is, life always starts with choice. Rico Racosky: Choice Expert shares how we have been conditioned to UNCONSCIOUSLY overlook the ENORMOUS power of our choices and how to harness the power of our CONSCIOUS, positive choices to transform our lives from challenges and adversity into the EXTRAORDINARY lives we desire by starting our own Choice Revolution. In 1937 Napoleon Hill started the Success Revolution and was among the “trinity” of Hill-Carnegie-Peale who initiated the personal growth and success movements. Now nearly 80 years later. Napoleon Hill shared, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” The Napoleon Hill Foundation is today’s legacy of the success choices that he mastered. In the second half of this show we are discussing success, how to conceive it and choose to achieve it—regardless of one’s adversity with Don Green, Executive Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation.
1:00 to 1:30:
Rico Racosky Chice Expert
A motivational choice expert for over 25 years, Rico Racosky has condensed ALL of life for EVERY person on the planet into one simple key phrase: “Just 2 Choices.” Yes, life IS that simple. Find out how saying this simple “Just 2 Choices” phrase at any moment in your day can IMMEDIATELY open wide the door to positive personal growth in any life area—be it health, wealth, relationships, career or life journey. Legendary success expert Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul series says, “Rico has simplified the entire process of self-development with his brilliant, breakthrough concept of Just 2 Choices.” Do you feel “stuck” in some area of your life? Rico will show how you are “stuck” only once—and then how to “unstuck” yourself forever and “revolutionize” your entire life starting with your very next choice, RIGHT NOW. He will also share 12 more simple yet powerful techniques to help you accelerate your success by creating your very own “Choice Revolution.”
1:30 to 2pm:
Don Green Executive Director Of The Napoleon Hill Foundation
As the Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, Don Green has energized the works of the famed author with a host of new books by noted authors demonstrating how the principles of the late Mr. Hill work to advance the individual in network with others around the globe. He has demonstrated unique determination to expand knowledge of Mr. Hill’s motivational work the world over.
But, moreover, Don is a new global social entrepreneur. He has become one of the leading evangelists of entrepreneurial self-help through the proper utilization of Mr. Hill’s Keys to Success and Think and Grow Rich. He is accepting of nontraditional ideas, change, and foresight tempered and bounded only by positive action. He is a realist with visionary outlook. Mr. Hill shared it best when he said “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” In order to do so, you must choose Success.
1-2pm EST: Brad Montgomery & Bob Burg Discuss Motivation And Persuasion
Show Details: When we are reaching fro our true desires, there are days where we get down, don’t feel like taking that next step, and when we feel the world isn’t on our side. On these days an extra shot of self motivation is in need. When you get that needed motivation and doors seem to get closed right in our faces, we then need a secondary tool to win people over without manipulation or coercion. This episode of Little Conversations Today brings you two masters in their given field. Brad Montgomery specializes in energizing you to self motivate and Bob Burg the master of giving and positive persuasion co-author of The Go-Giver and author of Adversaries Into Allies takes us down the path of Winning People Over Without Manipulation Or Coercion. This episode will prove to be uplifting and informative to help you open doors so you can start realizing your desires sooner with a kind of energy and excitement, you have lacked in the past.
1:00 to 1:30:
Brad Montgomery Energizer / Funny Motivational Speaker
He’s a right-handed, English-speaking white man. What? Not unique enough? Keep reading…. We’ve got this.
Brad is a totally unique blend of laugh-out-loud funny and thought-leader relevant. He is way more than a motivational speaker; he’s a motivational speaker who will make you laugh, get you and your organization involved (which makes the business message stick) and facilitate hands-on learning.
He’s a speaker. Author. Comedian. Thought leader. Happiness expert. Magician. Facilitator. Audience participation master. Oh, and did we mention he’s funny? But what his clients say about him most is that he is authentic. It’s a quality that is hard to describe but easy to detect. Your audience will know that Brad is the real deal. He isn’t just another talking head blow hard. He’s a nice guy who happens to be very funny when delivering meaningful business programs.
Humor is one of the best ways to get people to let down their guards and to really listen to motivation. Today’s groups are well-educated, sophisticated and well-traveled. They demand the steak; they want the sizzle. Brad’s got ‘em both. (No he doesn’t bring lunch…it’s a metaphor.) But when they laugh – and laugh hard – they start to enjoy themselves. And when they are enjoying themselves they start to listen and learn. Brad feels strongly that the way to really get people to buy into his motivational message about connecting happiness to our bottom line success more is through laughter.
1:30 to 2pm:
Bob Burg Author Of Adversaries Into Allies
Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at corporate conventions and for entrepreneurial events. He has addressed audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.
Although for years he was best known for his book Endless Referrals, over the past few years it’s his business parable, The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has captured the imagination of his readers.
It shot to #6 on The Wall Street Journal’s Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release and reached #9 on BusinessWeek. It’s been translated into 21 languages. It is his fourth book to sell over 250,000 copies.
Bob is an advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He is a founding and current board member of Club 100, a charitable organization focused on helping underprivileged local area youths. A lover of animals, he is a past member of the Board of Directors for Safe Harbor, which is the Humane Society of Jupiter, Florida.
1-2pm EST: Dennis Merritt Jones & Rene Godefroy Discuss Finding our Purpose And Accepting The Change Rides Along Side
Show Details: There is this tingle in all of us, this idea of doing, being, and wanting more. That ever burning question that rings in our head daily that question is “What was I put here to do?” This question comes with a list of possibilities that span for miles. When this idea is realized, the next step is to accept the change this will bring in our lives. Positive change is remarkable when you allow it to fully embrace you. In this episode of Little Conversations, we bring you two world renowned thought leaders to help us realize our purpose and take the second step of accepting the change that living our purpose brings. Dennis Merritt Jones has helped millions of people realize their purpose in life and Rene Godefroy travels the world helping people and organizations inject positive change into their lives. There is a starting point of every journey and that is the point of choice. Do you want to find your purpose? Yes? Then you are in the right place.
1:00 to 1:30:
Dennis Merritt Jones Guiding People To Purpose
Throughout his lifetime, Dennis Merritt Jones has been on a quest to inspire and lift people to a higher expression of life. His personal vision is to guide people to their purpose, knowing that when a person fully awakens to who they are and why they are on the planet, they begin to naturally share their gift with humankind and, in the process, create an enriching life for themselves and the world around them.
Dennis’ most recent book, The Art of Uncertainty ~ How to Live in the Mystery of Life and Love It ~ was released by Tarcher/Penguin on June 9, 2011. The book is the recipient of several awards including: the Natulius Silver Award designed to highlight books that offer new ideas and options for a better world for everyone; finalist in the Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life; and, lst runner-up in the 2012 Books for Conscious Living.
In addition, Dennis is the award winning author of The Art of Being ~ 101 Ways to Practice Purpose in Your Life, also released by Tarcher/Penguin Publishing. The Art of Being received the Nautilus Gold Award in 2009 and was also a 2009 Silver Finalist in the Multiple Sclerosis Society Books for a Better Life Awards. Study Guides are available for both books as a free download at Dennis’ website: www.DennisMerrittJones.com.
Dennis believes we each have the capacity and, ultimately, the responsibility to contribute something positive to this world, leaving it a better place than it was when we arrived. His teachings promote a contemporary, life-affirming, spiritually logical and positive outlook on life, which are reflected in his writings.
Dennis is a universal speaker who is equally comfortable speaking to an audience seeking spiritual inspiration or to those seeking a purely secular motivational message. He uses his understanding of universal principles to draw upon wisdom from both eastern and western philosophies. Dennis believes that there is a new consciousness of unity, cooperation and reverence rising in humankind where the value of all life is considered sacred. He believes this consciousness of unity, cooperation and reverence for life and the planet will be one of the most significant influences upon society as we approach the challenges of 21st century living.
1:30 to 2pm:
Rene Godefroy Change Is A Gift Accept It
Rene Godefroy’s story is one that moves, touches and inspires. It’s a story about determination and personal accountability. It’s the story about a poor Haitian immigrant living the America Dream.
Although he has risen to the high levels of success as an acclaimed author and keynote speaker, it’s his down-to-earth personality that endears him to those that come across his path. His message is very simple… Change Is A Gift!
Rene defines change for his audiences this way: “Change is innovation crying for attention. It is not a stress generator. It’s how it occurs to us that makes it so.”
Born in a tiny and impoverished village on the Island of Haiti, Rene’s early years were dismal. When he was only nine months old, his mother left him behind hoping she could find a better way to provide for her infant boy. Right after she left, several lethal diseases pounded Rene and vowed to end his existence.
Many of the people in his village wrote him off. They predicted he would not survive. They teased him. They called him names. They called him “kokobay” – A Creole word that means crippled. A loner in the village, young Rene spent his days on the dirt floor fanning flies off his face. At nights, he would shoe away the mosquitoes while crying for his mother’s presence.
As a child, his toys came from the ocean. The plastic toys that the waves would wash ashore along with the seaweeds are what Rene used to create his little amusement park in the back of the hut he lived in. It’s where he draws insights and innovative ideas to do more with less. In fact, he reminds us, “The problem with doing more with less is more. The more we have, the more we want. That takes away our power to innovate.”
Show Details: When you live your life BIG, you will get knocked around many times. It is not how you get knocked around or knocked down that counts. What counts is how you get up. How do you think about both success and failure? Do you believe that you need to have one on order to have the other? In this episode of Little Conversations Today Josh Hinds author of It’s Your Life Live BIG shares how we can use a method he coined “The Work Around” to reach our true hearts desires. Then as we get our work arounds completed Ian Humphrey will discuss how we can get up after life knocks us down. Using our “little conversations” as we step by our challenges allows us to get up quicker than people that have a negative conversation with themselves. It is all about how we use these moments of silence that can catapult us to heights and help us achieve desires that most people believe to be impossible. Remembering a single phrase will help. Impossible is just an opinion!
Guests: Josh Hinds & Ian Humphrey
1-130pm EST
Josh Hinds It’s Your Life LIVE BIG
Josh Hinds is a proven mentor, inspirational speaker, and entrepreneurial educator. He started his first online business in 1996, an online community for those interested in personal and professional development.
In addition to his growing network of professional development web sites, Josh is the founder of GetMotivation.com an empowering and inspiring community web site which has been visited by millions of people world-wide.
Josh is the author of Why Perfect Timing is a Myth: Tips for Staying Inspired and Motivated Day in and Day out! He also publishes the Let’s Talk Motivation! Newsletter which provides a source of ongoing motivation and inspiration to its weekly subscribers.
Josh’s motto is: It’s your life, LIVE BIG! and through his work as a speaker, trainer, and coach that’s exactly what he teaches people to do!
1:30-2pm EST
Ian Humphrey It’s NOT About The Knockdown, It’s About The Get Up!
Youth Motivational Speaker, Ian J. Humphrey was one of the lucky ones… even though it certainly didn’t seem so at first. As a child, he faced his own series of difficult circumstances, from losing his mother at an early age and never truly knowing his own derelict father, to living in foster care and spending his adolescence in the rough parts of South Central LA. At 19, he succumbed to the negative voices that had always said he would be “just like his father,” committing a crime and being sentenced to 15 years in prison.
So far it doesn’t sound too lucky, right?
But everything changed when one person―the first person in his life to do so―saw the potential for good in him.
While Ian was in solitary confinement for having provoked a fight, a teacher went out of his way to pay him a visit. He sat and talked with Ian, really listened, then said the simple words that would change Ian’s life forever: “I believe in you.”
Inspiring hope really can be that simple: one strong, conscientious person sharing a positive message truly changed Ian’s life. He began conducting motivational speeches on a voluntary basis, making it his life goal to make up for his earlier mistakes and create a positive impact in the world.
Show Details: Are you as productive as you can be? Do you procrastinate at all? Do you know that the majority of procrastination comes from a fear of success? Being fearful of succeeding is high up on the list of fears that most people either never admit or don’t even realize it is what’s keeping them from greatness. In this episode of Little Conversations Today we discuss how we can eliminate procrastination , fear, and start our march toward our true desires with Michelle Prince America’s Productivity Coach and Lisa Jimenez author of Conquer Fear. Walking down your path toward your true desires take guts, courage, and a dedication to productivity. If you procrastinate and allow fear to control your moves, you will lose the fight for your burning desires. Lets have two of the worlds foremost thought leaders take us down a path of enlightenment. Remember fear is simply a lack of knowledge.
Guests: Michelle Prince & Lisa Jimenez
1-1:30pm EST
Lisa Jimenez Conquer Fear
Lisa Jimenez has helped thousands of top salespeople shatter their self-limiting beliefs and finally get the breakthrough success they want. When it comes to personal productivity and creating unstoppable momentum – there is no one better for your salespeople than Lisa. Her fast-paced, powerful programs come directly from her real-life experience of building a successful direct sales business of her own. Because of this experience, your people will identify with Lisa’s personal stories and get the message.
They will laugh out loud when Lisa reveals the hidden messages that are in the most common fears of all sales people. They will be empowered, through humour, to identify these fears in their own behaviour and discard them forever.
Lisa penetrates the hearts of your audience when she reveals her own experience of how she broke through self-limiting beliefs and turned them into the driving force behind her success. Then used these new beliefs to sign a six-figure consulting contract just 9 months later.
From her doctoral work in leadership at Florida Atlantic University, to her matchless experience building a business herself, to her home life as a wife and mother of three children—Lisa gives your people a fun, powerful message of life and work success. They will regain their drive, childlike courage, risk-taking ability, and get “on fire” for what they have to offer in creating personal and career success.
Lisa is the author of 4 tape albums and 2 books, covering personal and professional development. Her newest book, ‘Conquer Fear! Ending Procrastination and Self Sabotage to Achieve What You Really Want’ is the handbook for creating success. Its unique blend of psychology and theology offers a powerful combination that will change your beliefs, and thus your results.
1:30-2pm EST
Michelle Prince America’s Productivity Coach
Michelle’s passion ignited at the tender age of 18 when she met her mentor, Zig Ziglar. She completely embraced personal development and goal setting techniques helping her to realize her BIG goal of working for Zig Ziglar in 1994. Since that time, Michelle has journeyed through the ups and downs of life all the while holding on to her passion of inspiring, motivating and encouraging others to be the best that they can be.
Michelle has learned the secret to living a happier, more abundant life and she’s on a mission to show you and your organization how to stop juggling, overcome procrastination and get more done in your business, leadership and life! It’s time for “America’s Productivity Coach” to give you the tools to STOP being busy being busy!
Show Details: How many times have you been working on a project only to realize that you can make it better (Or think you can anyway) Do we need to have our work at 100% to ensure success? Doing this and ensuring you are everything to everyone can cause us to get stuck in life. Taking these two massive challenges and facing them head on are Libby Gill and Jane Goldner. Libby Gill will share how we can unstick our lives today and Jane Goldner will share how in order to do so, we can’t be everything to everyone and completing tasks to the tune of 80% will do just fine. This little conversation has the power to change your life and dramatically alter your production rate in both your personal and business life. Get a pen and paper, you’ll need it for this “Little Conversation”.
Guests: Libby Gill & Jane Goldner
1:00-1:30 EST
Libby Gill You Unstuck
After nearly twenty years in senior leadership roles in communications at media giants Universal, Sony and Turner Broadcasting, Libby is now CEO of executive coaching and consulting firm Libby Gill & Company. A sought-after international speaker, Libby was also the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show.
Her clients include ABC-Disney, Avery Dennison, CA Technologies, Comcast, Deloitte, Eli Lilly, GoDaddy, Kellogg’s, Microsoft, Nike, Oracle, PayPal, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Safeway, The Conference Board, Warner Bros., Wells Fargo, and many more. A frequent media guest, Libby has shared her success strategies on CNN, NPR, the Today Show, and in BusinessWeek, Time, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more.
With a focus on helping individuals and organizations “capture the mindshare” – that is, the heads and hearts – of their customers, colleagues and communities, Libby delivers keynote addresses, custom training programs, and executive coaching for companies desiring to create a culture of risk-taking, innovation and bold leadership. Her proven “Clarify, Simplify & Execute” process inspires people to increase levels of hopefulness in the workplace by maximizing their “Leadership DNA,” building high-passion/high-performance teams; and increasing employee engagement through authentic connections.
Deciding she would answer the call of entrepreneurship, Libby left the corporate world and founded Libby Gill & Company in November 2000. As she was reinventing her professional life, Libby’s personal life also underwent a major transition. She chronicled her journey of overcoming the self-perceived limitations left behind by a family legacy of alcoholism, divorce, mental illness and suicide in her bestselling book TRAVELING HOPEFULLY: How to Lose Your Family Baggage and Jumpstart Your Life.
Libby’s award-winning book YOU UNSTUCK: Mastering the New Rules of Risk-taking in Work and Life has been endorsed by business leaders including Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh and Dr. Ken Blanchard. Her latest book, CAPTURE THE MINDSHARE AND THE MARKET SHARE WILL FOLLOW: The Art and Science of Building Brands, was released in August 2013.
A former columnist for the Dallas Morning News and a member of the Author’s Guild, Libby lives in Los Angeles and is the proud mother of two fabulous young men who are committed to making the world a better place.
1:30 to 2PM EST
Jane Goldner Driven To Success
Dr. Jane S. Goldner is a sought-after national speaker, author, role integration coach™ and consultant. Over her thirty years in business—both internal and external to companies as well as in her family life—she has learned the secrets of integrating multiple roles and great leadership for women which she brings to companies and coaching clients. Jane has been quoted in The New York Times, CNN Money, AirTran Magazine, and Career-Builderamong many publications. She has appeared several times on 11-Alive and is a member of the USA Today CEO Panel.
Her newest book, Women Driven to Success: You Can Have It YOUR All and her chapter in Roadmap to Success with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard take women on their journey toward defining their all. It provides women with the understanding of how to integrate multiple roles without sacrificing their health, success, or peace of mind to lead with purpose, passion and power.
She is an adjunct professor at both the Coles School of Business Kennesaw State University and in the Leadership and Organization Development Master’s Degree program at PCOM.
Show Details: In this episode of Little Conversations Today we discuss the importance of belief in not only your journey but yourself. When you are travelling toward your hearts desires, the devil will pop his ugly head up and when he does it will be completely up to you to stop him. James McPartland and Sharon Lechter share how we can take our “Little Conversations” for our benefit in order to live our hearts desires create a financially free life and truly live the life you have always dreamed of. Napoleon Hill stated that the only thing stronger than a negative thought was a burning desire. This for most is easier said than done. How do we start to progress toward reducing these negative thoughts is the starting point of all greatness. Sharon and James have traveled this path and now are going to share their secrets so we can avoid most of the obstacles.
Guests: Sharon Lechter & James McPartland
1:00 to 1:30PM EST
Sharon Lechter Pay Your Family First
A life-long education advocate, Sharon Lechter is the founder and CEO of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization, and YOUTHpreneur, an innovative new way to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in our children.
In 2009 Sharon was appointed to the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission as a national spokesperson on the topic of financial literacy. In 2008 Sharon was appointed to the first President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. The Council served both President Bush and President Obama advising them on the need for financial literacy education.
Sharon is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, educator, international speaker, licensed CPA, Chartered Global Management Accountant and, most importantly a mother and grandmother. She has been a pioneer in developing new technologies, programs and products to bring education into children’s lives in ways that are innovative, challenging and fun, and remains committed to education – particularly financial literacy. In 1989 she joined forces with the inventor of the first electronic ‘talking book’ and helped him expand the electronic book industry to a multi-million dollar international market. Since 1992, she has dedicated her professional life and directed her entrepreneurial efforts in the creation and distribution of financial education books, games and other experiential learning products.
In 1997 Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, along with 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. Over 10 years as CEO she led the Rich Dad Company and brand into an international powerhouse. In 2008 she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the powerful teachings of Napoleon Hill just as the international economy was faltering. Her bestselling books, Think and Grow Rich-Three Feet from Gold and Outwitting the Devil were both written in cooperation with the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Sharon’s most recent book project is Save Wisely, Spend Happily, in cooperation with the American Institute of CPAs. Current projects in development with Napoleon Hill Foundation include Think and Grown Rich For Women and Think and Grow Rich for Kids.
Her financial literacy board game ThriveTime for Teens, an innovative experiential and fun life and money reality game, has gained recognition with coveted awards including the GOLD Mom’s Choice Award, Creative Child Magazine’s 2010 Game of The Year, Dr. Toy’s Best Vacation Product and a five-star rating from WTS Toy Reviews. Sharon is recognized globally as an expert on the topics of financial education for children and entrepreneurship.
A committed philanthropist, Sharon also gives back to world communities as both a volunteer and benefactor. She is a member of the Business Advisory Board for EmpowHER, a company dedicated to women’s health issues. Sharon also serves on the national board of the Women Presidents’ Organization, and the national board of Childhelp, a national organization founded to prevent and treat child abuse. In 2013 Sharon received the designation of AICPA Financial Literacy Champion. Sharon is also an Instructor for Thunderbird School of Global Management for both its Artemis Program and its partnership with the U.S. Department of State and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program. Sharon was also integral in the passage of Arizona SB1449 in June of 2013, a bill that requires financial literacy concepts to permanently be incorporated into economics standards and created a separate statue for those concepts.
In 2002, Childhelp honored Sharon and her husband, Michael, as recipients of the Spirit of the Children Award. In 2004, Sharon and Michael were recognized as an Arizona “Power Couple,” and Sharon was also named as a 2005 Woman of Distinction by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. She was honored with a 2012 Positively Powerful Women award for Philanthropic Leadership, by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of 2013’s 25 Dynamic Women in Business, and most recently honored by National Bank of Arizona with the 2013 Woman of the Year award and Arizona Business Magazine as one of the 50 most Influential Women in Arizona Business.
1:00 to 1:30PM EST
James McPartland Journey To Gratitude
James McPartland (aka “Mac”) is the Principal and Chief Inspiration Officer of The JMac Performance Group, a specialized management consulting firm focused on realizing the importance of the human potential in business. He is an Entrepreneur, Author, International Speaker, TV/Radio Host, and noted authority on leadership, team building, corporate wellness, and transformational change. Mac focuses on helping successful leaders transform into their ‘best’ by achieving positive lasting change in behavior (and results) for themselves, their people, and their teams. As a consultant and speaker, he has worked with senior executives in organizations from Fortune 500 corporations including; The Dow Chemical Company, IBM, Allergan, Technogym, Les Mills International, Spinning and Total Gym, as well as non-profits such as The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
