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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
by Don Hutcheson
What do highly successful people actually do to succeed? For 45 years as entrepreneur, inventor, and author, Don Hutcheson has studied the proven career-building strategies that people around the world have used for decades to create lives of success, satisfaction and freedom. Every Tuesday he interviews individuals from around the world who share their real-world experiences and insights—what worked, what didn't and why—and any advice they might offer to help you jump-start your life and career to the next level. On Fridays, a highly accomplished woman or man from one of the most popular or interesting occupations and professions gives listeners an up-close-and-personal look at what it's truly like to do what they do every day in "A Day in the Life." Select recorded interviews here: http://www.DiscoverYourTalentPodcast.com/podcast. Interview Don on your podcast, radio show or other media: [email protected]
Episodes
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1205. Pause in His Law Career Sent Him in the Right Direction
Jimmy Jenkins, before writing stories and books, earned his law degree from the University of Maryland. After graduating law school, Jimmy undertook a commitment to public service by becoming a criminal prosecutor for several years. Jimmy wrote Green Rush Fever because he felt a need to tell the...
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1204. Filmmaker's Path: Crafting Compelling Stories for Brands
Orlando J. Gomez is the founder of the video production company Stellar Lense Productions, a video strategy expert specializing in visual storytelling for business, and the online video marketplace COOPT. Orlando has worked with companies like Uber, Dove, and Samsung, as well as small businesses...
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1203. Courage to Believe You Can Change Your Life
Ward Rinehart is an American who lives and works in the Jura Mountains of France. He co-manages Jura Editorial Services, a small business editing and writing English-language publications for international organizations in nearby Geneva, Switzerland, and for clients worldwide. Prior to moving to...
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1202. Breast Cancer Conqueror Integrates Conventional Treatments and Natural Remedies
Guest Dr. Veronique Desaulniers: "I'm increasingly excited about the program that we launched in 2023 and have been expanding ever since: Conquering Breast Cancer with Conventional Treatments and Natural Remedies. The reason I added this aspect of healing breast cancer and supporting women is,...
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1201. All About Veteran Transition, Employment and Hiring Programs
Matt J. Louis is one of the nation's leading experts in career transition for members of the military community. He coaches individuals on their transition efforts and advises employers on hiring programs designed to successfully assimilate this valuable talent pool. He is the author of the...
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1200. Building a Career as a Speech-Language Pathologist
"One of the many wonderful things about working as a speech language pathologist is that you can structure the work that you do based on your circumstances at any turning point of your life. The setting you work in, the kinds of clients your work with, the specific modalities that you offer, can...
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1199. Equipped to Meet Life's Challenges
Guest: Spann Cordle "What I'd love to do is public speaking. Sure I've been a spokesman. Sure I've made inroads. But I want to get on-stage. I want to travel. I want to speak. I want to show people that if you are determined and you persevere, there is nothing you cannot do–whether you are…
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1198. Jared Cohn Encore
"It was really sort of a Blitzkrieg assault approach where I wrote many, many scripts and emailed everybody I knew, and entered scripts into screenwriting competitions. "While I was living in New York I paid for a pitch fest in L.A. I flew out there to this event where you had five minutes to…
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1197. Day in the Life of an Analytical Psychologist
Dr. Cara Lee Barker is an international keynote speaker and visionary artist. She served as an Army nurse during the Vietnam era at Walter Reed Hospital. She has a Master's degree in nursing from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Union Institute and University…
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1196. Open to Opportunities & Willing to Take Risks
"The most powerful lesson I've learned is that self-discovery—learning your strengths and weaknesses–is foundational, followed by a strong education. Be open and ready for opportunities and be willing to take risks. Don't be afraid to dream because dreams do come true." This encore episode is in...
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1195. Finding a Deep Sense of Purpose: Successful Venture Capitalist to Passionate Education Change Advocate
Ted Dintersmith is a best-selling author, education advocate, and former venture capitalist who believes math has been weaponized—and it's time to set things right. His professional career has been immersed in the world of technology-driven education, giving him a ringside seat to the advances of...
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1194. Make a Difference Every Day
Scott Robison, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran with 23 years of service, is a founding partner of Kingswood Defense Group and Cadet Holdings and the founder of Camp Cowboy, a nonprofit supporting veterans with the use of equine therapy. Scott specializes in consulting for military and...
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1193. Using Technology to Connect Entrepreneurs with Customers
Kahlil Wyche became disillusioned with the restaurant industry when he found himself handling all the responsibilities of a store manager but the chain was only paying him assistant manager wages. "I've always liked money and numbers, so I looked into an entry level position at a bank," Kahlil...
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1192. Switching Careers With an Entrepreneurial Spirit
Liz Chism has been an entrepreneur for over 11 years. She started out her entrepreneurial journey by starting a craft brewery with her husband and being the COO and Head Brewer. After that journey ended, she started Systems into Freedom where she is a business operations coach who strategizes…
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1191. The Power of Trusting Her Journey
Karina Anderson's story–from a violent upbringing in Denmark to finding her true purpose in South Africa–is a testament to resilience, spiritual enlightenment, and the power of trusting one's journey. "More and more I realized that if I can do this, maybe more can do this. And I started writing...
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1190. 45 Years in Medicine and Still Makes Time for Other Passions
Otto E. Stallworth, Jr, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist and then a cosmetic surgeon, was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama during the 1940s, fifties and sixties. He crossed the Alabama state line for the first time at sixteen to attend college and was the first college graduate in his family....
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1189. A Refreshing Perspective on Productivity Catapults Her into a New Career
Sarah Ohanesian is a keynote speaker, productivity strategist, and former Chief Marketing Officer who now helps high-performing professionals and teams do their most important work…without burning out. Her keynotes and workshops leave audiences energized and equipped to eliminate busywork,...
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1188. Talent Manager: A Day in the Life
Courtney Bagby Lupinin, CEO and Founder of Little Red Management, is the go-to talent manager for reality TV stars from shows on ABC, CBS, MTV and Netflix including The Bachelor Franchise, Big Brother, Love is Blind, and the Circle. She began her career in the corporate sector at Oracle in San...
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1187. Succeeding in the Music Business She Loves–But Not as a Musician
Cassie Petrey is the woman behind some of the most iconic artists' social media marketing including Backstreet Boys, Camila Cabello and Britney Spears. She is the co-founder of Crowd Surf, a leading marketing and music management firm. She's a fan girl whose admiration for the Backstreet Boys led...
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1186 Orthodontist: A Day in the Life
Dr. Sonia Palleck: "I love dentistry. I love working with my hands. It's quite artistic and very challenging. It also requires you to have a lot of compassion and good communication skills. I felt it tapped into a lot of things that I was gifted with. "The reason I went into dentistry was to…
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1185. Always Self-Driven and Never Stopped by Societal Norms
Paval Stuchlik, also known as Noa Aon, also known as Pavel Aeon, is a professional cyclist turned serial seven-figure entrepreneur and investor. Pavel made his first million before the age of 21 and has successfully launched, scaled, franchised and exited many brands, including significantly...
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1184. A Military Career Based on People, Purpose and Passion
Major General (ret) Dustin "Dusty" Shultz is a highly accomplished senior military leader, renowned for her expertise in Army Cyber, Intelligence, and Space operations both in the U.S. and Latin America. Throughout her distinguished career, she has often been hand-picked for key leadership roles...
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1183. Never Quit: Homeless Teen to Johns Hopkins
Dr. Christopher Smith is a Board-Certified practicing physician who completed his residency and fellowship at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Smith currently lives in Pennsylvania and is a partner with Quantum Imaging and Therapeutic Associates. He dedicates time and resources to...
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1182. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Presentation Skills Trainer?
Guest Elizabeth Bachman: "Having been one of the earliest female stage directors as an opera director, I have a wealth of knowledge to share. I now work with corporate women to help them break through the glass ceiling. What I'm really excited about is that I lead groups of women called 'Visible...
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1181. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Pharmacist?
"There are so many more opportunities today for pharmacists that we haven't even dreamed of. In the future, pharmacists are going to provide more direct patient care, like pharmacogenomics, such as point of care testing for influenza and strep throat, and collaborative practice agreements that...
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1180. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Live Event Technical Producer?
Howie Zales is an Emmy Awarded camera operator who started his career at the NFL Network and NBC Sports. His passion for broadcasting led him to found Viridity Entertainment Services (VES), a streaming and professionally-recorded in-house productions service offering TV-quality livestream to...
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1179. Using His Talents to Impact the Lives of Others
Sal Hanna is a houseparent at Milton Hershey School, a cost-free residential school for children from low-income backgrounds. At the school, students are given everything they need to remove barriers to education, including meals, clothing and health services. Students live in small groups of…
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1178. Sometimes You Just Have to Throw Your Hat Over the Fence
Allegra Huston is the author of "Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found", the novels "A Stolen Summer" and "Say My Name," and many screenplays including the award-winning short film "Good Luck, Mr. Gorski," which she also produced. In 2019 she published how-to books on "the stuff nobody...
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1177. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Human Resources Consultant?
Sally Loftis is the Managing Director at Loftis Partners, a 100% woman-owned human resources consulting firm located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Sally works at the intersection of human resources, organization development, and social justice. Loftis Partners specializes in...
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1176. Voracious Learner Shares His Knowledge
Guest Sean Sessel: "I got to a really dark place because I felt like I had to make that choice: That I could either be financially successful but I could only do so if I sell my soul, sell my values─or, I could be broke. Neither one of those options was acceptable to me." Sean Sessel is a…
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1175: A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Commodity and Equity Trader?
Tony Greer founded T.G. Macro in 2016, an independent market analysis company, where he could combine 25 years in trading and 15 years of writing a daily newsletter into one analytical platform. He provides fundamental, technical, and behavioral analysis of global markets to nearly 1,000...
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1174. Power of Storytelling in Expressing Your True Self
An experienced, accredited college admissions consultant and essay coach, Kate Stone received her B.S. in Communications and a minor in Creative Writing at New York University. She continued as a Princeton University teaching fellow in Asia shortly before starting University Gurus. She…
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1173. Autism Advocate Learns by Doing the Research
"I always say that family and love should come first, and no matter what, set your priorities straight because it's not all about the money. We have to decide our priorities as soon as possible to avoid any regrets later on in life." Ula Tinsley is a passionate autism advocate, featured writer at...
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1172. Special Forces Veteran Makes Safety and Security a Priority for Others
John Timothy Brewer is an Army Special Forces veteran with more than 10 years of experience enabling those who act to defend life, family, and country. Knowing firsthand the importance of self-reliance, John has made it his mission to enable and empower others so they may live healthy, thriving...
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1171. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Chief Operating Officer?
Steve Orrin offers three decades of extraordinary success in a series of high-level roles at top-tier companies that include Intel Corporation, Sarvega, Watchfire Inc., Sanctum Inc., First Genetic Trust Inc., Lockstar Inc., and SynData Technologies Inc. He has recently had the honor of being...
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1170. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Craniosacral Therapist?
"My daughter was required to be vaccinated at the end of her fifth grade school year at the age of 11 before she could move on to middle school. For the following couple of years, she deteriorated medically, physically, and emotionally at a very frightening level. And in the end, the diagnosis...
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1169. Making It in Hollywood Takes Grit, Determination and Talent
"It was really sort of a Blitzkrieg assault approach where I wrote many, many scripts and emailed everybody I knew, and entered scripts into screenwriting competitions. "While I was living in New York I paid for a pitch fest in L.A. I flew out there to this event where you had five minutes to…
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1168. How She Makes the Impossible Probable
"One thing that is unique about my background is that my clients, who are tech entrepreneurs and CEOs, value that I came from a business background, a finance background, and a tech investing background. So they know that not only can I provide a tactical strategy, but I can also address the...
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1167. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Branding and Marketing Agency Expert?
"I applied to and started the TV program at Haslett High School near Lansing, Michigan and taught TV production there for 13 years. Then at age 38, I began telling my wife that I was not having as much fun at my job any more. This had been my only job. I wanted to do something bigger. I wanted to...
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1166. If You Want to Be the Smartest Person in the Room, Be the Most Prepared
"I went to law school at age 49 at Washington University School of Law, which is an Ivy League-level law school. I graduated with a 4.0, the highest GPA in my class. When people ask me how I did that while doing all this other stuff at the same time, I like to joke and say 'I cheated.' At...
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1165. Helping Grads to Grown-ups Get on Their Path to Success
"We ended up with over 2,000 recruiting firms buying our training model. But after 2 years, I was just bored out of my mind! Once a month we were doing the exact same 5-day training. I missed doing the executive searches myself. That's just what my passion was, that's what I loved doing and where...
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1164. A Lifetime Student of the Holocaust
Guest James Cloud: "I guess you could say I might unconsciously have developed a mission that I hope that my books will help throw light onto the question of how did the Holocaust happen in a developed, civilized country like Germany." James Cloud is a retired educator with more than 30 years of...
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1163. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be an Emotional Intelligence Executive Coach?
Guest Dawn Cook Causey: "Empathy, which is the key dimension of EQ–emotional intelligence–has been until quite recently so dramatically underutilized in our day-to-day communications, in spite of the fact that it is the root cause of so many communications issues. With almost every client I have...
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1162. Re-evaluating to Build Her Optimum Business
"The challenge for most people is figuring out where is the intersection of 1) what they love to do, 2) what they are also really good at doing, and 3) what will people legitimately pay for." Jennifer Allwood has built her business in phases into what she considers a dream life. It all began with...
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1161. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Film and TV Industry Executive?
"The New York office asked me if I'd like to transfer there as supervisor and a pay raise that was literally three times greater than what I was earning at the time as a 25-year-old 'newbie' in the world of advertising. My immediate response was: 'No thank you, I want to make movies.' Soon...
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1160 A Day In the Life: What's It Really Like to Be an Innovative Leader in Law Enforcement
Anthony Schembri is a distinguished former police commissioner with a background in homicide and forensic evidence. He has held several leadership positions in law enforcement. Schembri's dynamic career and accolades include an Innovations in Government award from Harvard. He is a Fulbright…
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1159 The Accidental Entrepreneur
"It's just not easy to find what we love, let alone do what we love and being financially rewarded for that. It does require a ton of courage. It takes us out of our safety zone. A job is giving us the most basic need on the hierarchy of needs, which is to feel safe, to survive. For a successful...
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1158. Using His Talent to Succeed in an Ever-Changing Job Market
"I love to go out there speaking and educating–on top of the franchising. It's a great time to be exploring franchising. Our placements year-to-date are up over 50%, which was up 50% over the previous year. Whether you are thinking of switching careers or getting a side hustle going or looking at...
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1157 Gaining Wisdom from His Patients' Vacations
Several years into a successful chiropractic practice, Mitchell Mays puzzled over the patients who kept returning with recurring conditions, no matter what he tried. Then, he had an "ah-ha!" moment that took his practice in a whole new direction. Dr. Mays is the #1 best-selling author of MIND…
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1156. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Book Publisher?
Morgan Gist MacDonald began her career in academia, as a Sociologist, but soon found the entrepreneurial pull to take her skills as a researcher, writer, teacher, and leader into building a publishing company, from the ground up. She is an author, speaker, and the founder of Paper Raven Books, an...
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What do highly successful people actually do to succeed? For 45 years as entrepreneur, inventor, and author, Don Hutcheson has studied the proven career-building strategies that people around the world have used for decades to create lives of success, satisfaction and freedom. Every Tuesday he interviews individuals from around the world who share their real-world experiences and insights—what worked, what didn't and why—and any advice they might offer to help you jump-start your life and career to the next level. On Fridays, a highly accomplished woman or man from one of the most popular or interesting occupations and professions gives listeners an up-close-and-personal look at what it's truly like to do what they do every day in "A Day in the Life." Select recorded interviews here: http://www.DiscoverYourTalentPodcast.com/podcast. Interview Don on your podcast, radio show or other media: [email protected]
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