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GOAL CAMP

by Derek C. Lott

Derek C. Lott, aka The Goal Guy, author of Say It Well, and professionalism mentor for nearly 30 years, breaks down goal-setting and goal-achieving step-by-step in this thorough, bootcamp-style audio series.

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  1. Episode 100 - Guest Eslyn Leon, 2025 Improve Your Communication Skills

    With over a decade of experience in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Eslyn started her journey at the tender age of 17 as a trainee in the Entertainment Department at one of the World's Leading Hotel Chains in the Caribbean, Sandals Resorts. Eslyn's dynamic personality, whit and charm was...

  2. Episode 99 - 2024 Lessons Learned

    Welcome! This episode we reflect on the best lessons learned in 2024. These lessons came directly from the GOAL CAMP podcast and my Instagram Feed @derekclott. From improving communication skills to embracing rest and reflection, I've gathered a wide range of valuable insights from this past year...

  3. Episode 98 - When It's Hard!

    In this podcast episode "When It's Hard," I'll encourage us all to deal with the struggles and challenges that come with facing difficult circumstances. A real example being the experiences of those in Florida who have recently dealt with the aftermath of two major hurricanes and numerous...

  4. Episode 97 - 3 Lessons from the 2024 Paris Olympics that will change your life.

    The Olympics have ended some weeks ago, however, the many lessons we can glean from the Olympics live on. I took 3 massive lessons among many that I will delve into in this episode: 1) Noah Lyles teaches us to "Lean In" 2) Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone pushes herself to a "Personal Best" 3) Sha'Carri...

  5. Episode 96 - Your Personal Brand Matters

    In this episode of GOAL CAMP, the focus is on the importance of understanding and cultivating your personal brand. I will explore the concept that we are all brands, shaped by both our actions and factors beyond our control. Listeners are encouraged to examine what defines their personal brand…

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  6. Episode 95 - Find Your Purpose

    If you're struggling to find your purpose, don't worry – you're not alone. In fact, sometimes the best way to find your purpose is by helping others and allowing your purpose to find you. In this episode we'll discuss how to focus on finding your way and positioning yourself to have more of what...

  7. Episode 94 - David and Goliath, How to do Impossible Things

    In this episode we explore the ultimate overcomer story and how you can overcome incredible odds to achieve your goals. We dive into one of the most famous biblical tales of all time - the story of David and Goliath. David, a young shepherd boy, faced off against the mighty giant Goliath, armed...

  8. Episode 93 - No Disrespect to the Legacy of Nelson Mandela

    While Nelson Mandela’s quote “I never lose. I either win or learn.” is inspiring and encourages a positive mindset, it’s essential to recognize that losses are an inevitable part of our journey, and they can teach us valuable lessons. In the intricate tapestry of life, victories and defeats weave...

  9. Episode 92 - Kat Sterling, Why They Are Winning, Why You Are Not

    Kat Sterling is an entrepreneur, writer, coach and motivational speaker from Shelby, North Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Bennett College in Greensboro, NC as well as a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta…

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  10. Episode 91 - Dom Brightmon, Tell Your Story, Become a Writer or Podcaster

    2024 is here and another opportunity presents itself for you to achieve the goal of writing your book, or starting your podcast. This episode will help you do just that. Dominique “Dom” Brightmon, DTM is a certified trainer with the Maxwell Leadership Team, bestselling author, and host of the…

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  11. Episode 90 - Happy New Year, Mind Over Matter and Lucy

    Happy New Year Everyone! First thank you for your support during 2023. I hope you will manifest your best in 2024. In this episode, I give a couple keys to getting a strong start to 2024. Avoid the tendency to allow doubt, self sabotage and negative thoughts undo all the work you do with your...

  12. Episode 89 - Joan Posivy, The Way Success Works: How To Decide, Believe & Begin To Live Your Best Life

    Hired as a 16-year-old part-time teller, Joan Posivy rose to become branch manager by age 22. While having an aptitude for number-crunching made it enjoyable, she soon realized it wasn’t the dream job she thought it’d be. Turning down yet another promotion, Joan embarked on her entrepreneurial...

  13. Episode 88 - Army Veteran Jevon Wooden Asks, "What is Your Mindset?

    Jevon Wooden is a dynamic coach and growth strategist, speaker, author, and Army Veteran who is passionate about leadership, growth strategy, and helping motivated leaders and businesses achieve their goals. He earned his master's degree in cybersecurity from Fordham University and his MBA from…

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  14. Episode 87 - Cincinnati Barber Vernon Jackson is Changing the Lives of Children with Autism and Downs Syndrome

    Vernon Jackson: Curator of Elegance and Founder of The Gifted Event Vernon Jackson is an entrepreneur hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio. With over two decades of experience as a licensed barber/cosmetologist, Vernon has not only mastered the art of grooming but has also woven a rich tapestry of...

  15. Episode 86 - Adam Gallagher, Habitat for Humanity Volunteer - Giving Back Through Acts of Service

    Meet Adam Gallagher, who is originally from Narragansett, RI. Now living in Florida, he is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina. As a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity he has learned the impact of getting personally involved in acts of service. His personal philosophy is "treat...

  16. Episode 85 - Don't Wait for the Perfect Time, Person, or Circumstance. Act Now!

    Many of us have fallen prey to the belief that we must wait for the perfect timing or the perfect person before we can start pursuing our dreams or taking action towards our goals. The truth is, this mindset can be incredibly detrimental to our personal growth and ultimately hinder us from living...

  17. Episode 84 - Discover Your True Self: Let Me Introduce You to You

    Knowing yourself is critical to accomplishing your goals and dreams. Understanding ourselves can be the key to living a fulfilled life. When we take the time to explore our values, needs, beliefs, and passions, we are better equipped to handle the challenges that come our way. It's essential to...

  18. Episode 83 - Tammy McKinney, Mental Health and Leadership

    Tammy McKinney is an Executive Coach, Consultant, Speaker, and founder of Unlocking Your Best Life. For over 30 years, she has helped Leaders in business, education, churches & nonprofits unlock greater success in work & life. She loves to help leaders break free from circumstances, excuses,...

  19. Episode 82 - Dr. Sh'nai Simmons, Do You Need a Therapist, Coach or Mentor?

    As you pursue your goals, you will need people to keep you accountable, help you navigate, and check your mental health. It's important you know the difference between a Therapist, Coach, and Mentor. Our guest will help answer this question and ensure you are positioned to reach your personal...

  20. Episode 81 - Dr. Pat Baxter, Emotional Intelligence in a Post COVID World

    Dr. Pat Baxter uses her extensive experience to lead high-impact culture change while retaining valuable talent. Her work has focused on developing leadership at all levels. Her industry expertise includes financial services, technology, customer service, retail and pharmaceuticals. She has…

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  21. Episode 80 - Rosemary Ravinal, Effective Communication and Technology

    Rosemary Ravinal is a public speaker and executive speaker coach who works with high-profile leaders in Spanish and English to fulfill their fullest potential when they speak. She is recognized as America's Premier Bilingual Public Speaking Coach after decades as a corporate spokesperson and…

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  22. Episode 79 - Matt Kroll, Continuous Improvement The Pursuit of Progress

    Matt Kroll is principal and founder of Chalmers St. Consulting. Chalmers St. helps companies achieve their growth potential by aligning their operations with their aspiration and engaging their employees to achieve their full potential. Chalmers St. has return hundreds of thousand to millions of...

  23. Episode 78 - The Mindset To Crack The Code To Reach Your Goals In 2023

    Some goals are stubborn, they elude us for years. We keep after them because the alternative is unthinkable. What is keeping us from breaking through? To start off this new year, let's focus on the mindset that we have as we pursue our goals. I'm not big on making the new year the catalyst for...

  24. Episode 77 - Charmee Jones, StayTrue Helping Chicago's Homeless Teens

    It's hard to believe that there are 18,000 registered homeless teens in Chicago. Ms. Jones has formed StayTrue to assist this forgotten population. Her educational background in in Psychology with a specialty in children's mental health and family counseling. She has worked in the social services...

  25. Episode 76 - Chrissy Das, You Can Be an Author Too...30 Days From Now!

    If you have ever endeavored to write a book? This episode is for you. If you want to know how to start and the tips that will help you move quickly? This episode is for you. And it doesn't have to take years to write your book. It can literally take 30 days. Make it a goal to listen to this…

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  26. Episode 75 - Laura Terrell, Effective Coaching Has Impact

    Laura Terrell is an executive coach with over twenty-five years of experience as a legal and business leader. She offers an insider’s perspective for business, legal and corporate professionals, working to help her clients to improve and achieve success in their work lives. Prior to coaching, she...

  27. Episode 74 - Phyllis Johnson, Defying The Odds

    As an African-American little girl born in Alabama in the 60's, there weren't any expectations for her future. However, a supportive family taught her that she could accomplish anything she set her mind to. And she did! As Group Director, Business Development Retail at Catalina, Phyllis Johnson…

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  28. Episode 73 - Kenny Harper, Rock Your Image with Great Habits and Mindset

    Kenny Harper works with businesses to save time and increase profits by optimizing and elevating the experience they provide their customers. Kenny is an author, speaker and passionate thought-leader on success habits and behavior transformation. He is the co-founder of Growth Amplifiers, a…

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  29. Episode 72 - Allyson Hernandez, New York, The City of Dreams

    Allyson Hernandez defines the word multi-passionate as a published Author, Executive Coach, Entrepreneur, Composer, Singer, and Mom. As President and Founder of AH Coaching Group, LLC she empowers clients to embrace their "extra" and boldly follow their dreams. After a 20+ year career in…

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  30. Episode 71 - Luis Vargas, World Record Fitness

    During Covid, and as the lead for a corporate culture transformation initiative in a $20B project in Africa and Europe, Luis brought his passion for fitness to life and developed a global Fit & Fun at Home program to help with the physical and mental wellbeing of the corporate project teams...

  31. Episode 70 - Ashley Allen, Reaching Your Destiny As An Entrepreneur

    As a child, our guest said she would attend the University of Nairobi. She forgot that goal but years later she attended the University of Nairobi and her mother reminded her of the goal she set many years before. Hear this story and more about Ashley Allen's destiny with entrepreneurship. Acacia...

  32. Episode 68 - Kate Weaver, Supporting Minority, Women, LGBTQ Owned Businesses

    Kate Weaver has been a Supplier Diversity practitioner for the past 20 years. Kate’s advocacy stretches beyond her 20-year supplier diversity career path, as she shops and advocates for diverse-owned brands in her personal life, as well. Listen to Kate discuss her Woman-Owned business experiment...

  33. Episode 67 - Mike Schnitzka, Escaping The Velvet Rut, What It Takes To Achieve A World Record

    Mike Schnitzka was born and raised in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and has been a resident of the Lake Country area for over 20 years. After serving in the U.S. Army, he joined his father’s consulting firm working with large financial institutions. His love for adventure racing began in college…

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  34. Episode 66 - William Hayes, Effective Communication Skills Will Change Your Trajectory

    William Hayes was born and raised on the inner city streets of Philadelphia during a time where gang warfare was running rampant. He is the youngest of 3 and grew up in a single parent home. His mother eventually relocated to Augusta, GA where he finished high school and joined the United States...

  35. Episode 65 - Julie McLean, Mental Health and Mental Illness are Two Different Things

    Note: This episode discusses mental health and mental illness with references to suicide. Julie McLean has dealt with mental health and mental illness issues most of her life. With that said she has still accomplished things she never thought possible. She is a certified John Maxwell speaker and...

  36. Episode 64 - Peggy Jackson, Be a Better Leader and Mentor

    As principal of Thrive Development Partners, LLC, Peggy works with high performing organizations to cultivate authentic, sustainable leaders and teams. She has worked with hundreds of leaders from Fortune 100 global organizations to non-profit agencies to privately held small businesses in...

  37. Episode 63 - Growing B2B Sales, CEO of MRDEU David Ubeda

    Generating leads and driving sales can be a challenge, but our discussion with CEO David Ubeda demonstrates that with the right approach and goals you can build your business and exceed your targets. My discussion with David not only focuses on how to improve your sales performance but how to...

  38. Episode 62 - Paul Bultema, Working Remotely Takes To The High Seas

    Chaos creates confusion, but also opportunity. When Paul, the avid boater, was forced to work from home due to the pandemic he had an idea. Instead of just working REMOTELY, I'll buy a boat sight unseen and work REBOATLY! I always say doing something spontaneous and different can open your eyes…

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  39. Episode 61 - 2022 Readiness! Kickstart The New Year - Give Simplicity a Try

    For years I've been communicating the importance of planning your goals for the coming year. I've built sophisticated methodologies, tools, and mechanisms with a lot of complexity requiring a decent amount of effort to implement. This year I took a different approach. With everything that's going...

  40. Episode 60 - 2022 Readiness! The Great King Shane Miller, Serving with a Positive Attitude

    When you live a life to serve others and pursue a positive mindset, you can't help but have a great outlook on life. He is a positive motivator and an inspiration to everyone he comes into contact with! The Great King Shane Miller stops by the campgrounds to inspire us to be positive and pursue…

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  41. Episode 59 - 2022 Readiness! Establish a Vision for the Coming Year.

    If you don't have a destination in mind, how do you know you're not already there. Without vision we meander about in life. Without a why, a purpose some point in mind we will struggle to find meaning in our everyday existence. We do what's in front of us each and everyday, but we need to…

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  42. Episode 58 - 2022 Readiness! CEO OF The Fire Inside, Sade Jones, Discusses Time Management Success

    CEO of The Fire Inside visits the campgrounds to help us get ready for 2022. To succeed you will need to improve your time management skills. As a Time Management Coach Jones has found a niche helping people transcend procrastination and overcome decision fatigue. Her coaching is designed to take...

  43. Episode 57 - Wes Harris, The Goal of Becoming an Artist, Songwriter & Producer

    Season 3 is in motion! How fitting is it that our first guest of the season is releasing his album "Infrared", reaching a major milestone. Harris talks about his journey to become an artist and what it takes to reach this accomplishment. Gain valuable insights about focus, balance and sacrifice....

  44. Episode 56 - Vulnerability, The Answer to Navigating Difficult Days Ahead...Notes from Brené Brown

    As we move into the part of the year that can be emotionally difficult for many, I want us all to be aware that this year is different. The holidays will be accompanied by another year of the pandemic, major disasters e.g. flooding and fires, Afghanistan, political unrest spawned by Texas...

  45. Episode 55 - Golden Friendships; Building Lifelong Mutually Beneficial Relationships

    We spend a lot of time setting goals to expand our network and meet new friends. A song I remember as a kid says, "Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver but the other gold". As I mature I recognize the need and value of long and meaningful friendships. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck or…

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  46. Episode 54 - Post Pandemic Goals

    Wait a minute, we may not be out of the woods yet! Whether we are coming out of the pandemic or not we need to pivot for the future ahead. We face some uncertainties for sure. Check out these goals that you can set for yourself, your family and the work place to ensure you're not left behind in…

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  47. Episode 53 - Bilal Markis, Miracle Come Back, Miracles Are Real

    46 pints of blood, an induced coma and a 5% chance of surviving. Bilal only had prayer and community. It was more than enough, 6 days later his son opened his eyes. Now he leads blood drives worldwide as part of his organization MCB, the Miracle Come Back. Listen to the heartfelt story that…

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  48. Episode 52 - Spontaneous Gems, Fix the Leak!

    How often do we make things bigger in our minds without knowing whether its true or not? I did just that on a DIY project and the more I put it off the more anguish I had about doing it. Listen to hear how such a little thing tormented not only my future as I kicked the can down the road, but...

  49. Episode 51 - Mark Gai, Maximize Your Greatest Outcomes - Season 2 Bonus Episode

    Let's get down to business. In this Season 2 bonus episode, Brand and Communication Coach Mark Gai keeps it simple, unfiltered and direct. He delivers a powerful conversation on habits you need to accelerate your goals and maximize your outcomes. Mark describes the key behaviors personally and in...

  50. Episode 50 - Melanie Spring, Your Voice, Your Vulnerability, Your Choice

    It's late March 2020 and the electrifying, entertaining, and inspiring Keynote Speaker Melanie Spring came home after speaking around the country only to find all of her bookings for the year canceled. Another business impacted by the COVID pandemic. However, Melanie is jovial and smiles during…

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Derek C. Lott, aka The Goal Guy, author of Say It Well, and professionalism mentor for nearly 30 years, breaks down goal-setting and goal-achieving step-by-step in this thorough, bootcamp-style audio series.

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Derek C. Lott, aka The Goal Guy, author of Say It Well, and professionalism mentor for nearly 30 years, breaks down goal-setting and goal-achieving step-by-step in this thorough, bootcamp-style audio series.

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