The Authority Business Show

What if transformation was a choice — not a crisis? Rachel Mappes survived cancer, raised five children solo, and rebuilt her career in real estate later in life. In this independent podcast episode, she reveals how Donzel Leggett's book Make Your Destiny Happen helped her rediscover confidence and create a strategic plan rooted in the Destiny Development Delta model. Rachel's journey from stagnation to real estate milestones is a masterclass in resilience and intentional living. Whether you're feeling stuck or ready for a fresh start, her story delivers tangible strategies and real hope. Remember: Transformation isn't reserved for a select few — it's available to anyone willing to choose it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH DONZEL All-in-One Link Hub• Linktree: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/destinydevdelta⁠⁠ Donzel's Official Sites • Destiny Development Delta: ⁠https://destinydevdelta.com/⁠ • Book — Make Your Destiny Happen: ⁠https://www.makeyourdestinyhappen.com⁠ Socials • LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/donzelleggett/⁠ • Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/donzel_leggett/⁠ • Facebook (Personal): ⁠https://www.facebook.com/donzel.leggett.9/⁠ • Facebook (Destiny Development Delta): ⁠https://www.facebook.com/destiny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Motivation runs out around week two, right when the work actually starts. That is not a discipline problem or a talent problem. Motivation sets a direction and was never meant to carry you, and the fix is a system built for your worst day rather than your best one. Gabe Campbell went from homeless at seventeen to founding AI Genesis and running it as its only human employee. You leave with a standard you can hit at seventy percent, on the days nothing feels good. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH GABE CAMPBELL 🌐 Website: https://myaios.app 📸 Instagram: @gabecampbellofficial and @myaios 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gabe-campbell 📧 Contact: [email protected] 📚 Try aiOS free: https://myaios.app ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Team building and employee engagement get a budget every year, and the team still feels disconnected by Friday. The gap is not talent or effort. It is that most events are booked before anyone defines what people should walk away with. David Goldstein founded TeamBonding, ran thousands of events across 35 years, and wrote Beyond Trust Falls. Leave with a simple way to build connection this week without a retreat, a consultant, or a line item. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DAVID GOLDSTEIN 🌐 Website: https://www.teambonding.com 📸 Instagram: @teambonding 📚 Book/Resource: Beyond Trust Falls (free first chapter), https://www.teambonding.co ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Culture does not break because HR is weak. It breaks the moment leaders are allowed to ignore the values everyone else is expected to live. Rosie Allan, CHRO at Eurasia Group, argues for a tougher version of HR, one that speaks business instead of process and stays visible enough to be believed. She unpacks with David Cohen how to address bad behavior with a CEO in a way that actually lands, why the best CHROs keep a running log of concerns, and how to handle leaders who call values touchy-feely. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📩 Contact Rosie Allan: [email protected] • 301-266-2188 • LinkedIn ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/ 📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/ Part 2 – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI automation is already answering emails, booking calls, and running outreach for founders who used to lose whole days to it. The gap is not work ethic. It is the system nobody handed you. The better question is not what AI can automate; it is what should be left for a human to touch. Gabe Campbell went from homeless at seventeen to AI architect at Google and BMW, and now runs AI Genesis as its only human employee. He explains the technology in plain language and how to pick the first task to hand off. You leave knowing which hours are actually yours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH GABE CAMPBELL! 🌐 Website: https://myaios.app📸 Instagram: @gabecampbellofficial and @myaios💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gabe-campbell📧 Contact: [email protected]📚 Try aiOS free: https://myaios.app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Workplace triggers rarely start at work. One coworker gets under your skin, one meeting leaves you rattled, and the reaction runs far bigger than whatever actually happened. That size difference is the signal, not a character flaw. The person setting you off is usually standing in for someone from much earlier, which makes the office the most repeatable place to practice a different response. Susan Schmitt Winchester, co-author of Healing at Work and a Chief Human Resources Officer for two public companies, has the decoding questions. Leave able to read your own reactions. 📄 Free Chapter 5: Why the Workplace Is a Lab for Emotional Healing, ⁠https://susanwinchester.kartra.com/page/fPv846⁠ ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SUSAN WINCHESTER 🌐 Website: https://www.susanwinchester.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanjschmittwinchester 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanschmittwinchester/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/falcorspirit 📚 Book: Healing at Work, https://www.susanwinchester.com 📄 Free Guide: The ASDP's Guide to Overcoming Overwhelm, https://programs.healingatwork.com/overcoming-overwhelm 📊 Free Assessment: https://susanwinchester.com/assessment/ 📅 Work with Susan: https://calendly.com/susanwinchester/30-min ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sales training tells you to follow up until they answer, and it is the reason good clients go quiet. The gap is not your talent. It is that nobody taught you to pre-qualify, so you pitch people who never asked. Erika V-Elliott reached the top of Mary Kay's national ranks without making a client feel sold to, and her five-step Blessing Method turns that into a repeatable system. After this, you stop chasing and start closing people who already want what you sell. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH ERIKA V-ELLIOTT 🌐 Website: blessingmethod.com ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI automation is already answering email, booking calls, and running outreach for founders who used to lose whole days to it. The gap is not talent or work ethic. It is the system nobody handed you. The sharper question is not what AI can automate, it is what should stay human. Gabe Campbell went from homeless at seventeen to AI architect at Google and BMW, and now runs his company as its only human employee. You leave knowing exactly which hours to hand over first. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH GABE CAMPBELL 🌐 Website: https://myaios.app 📸 Instagram: @gabecampbellofficial and @myaios 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gabe-campbell 📧 Contact: [email protected] 📚 Try aiOS free: https://myaios.app ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business freedom is the reason you started the company, and business systems are the reason most founders never get it. You are still the hub. Every decision routes through you, and a week away means everything slows. The block is not effort. It is clarity, which cuts workload faster than motivation ever does. David Salerno scaled Solpak Packaging to eight figures and 530 clients by building a business that ran without him. Listen and you will know which single frustration to systematize first. ──────────────────────────────────────────CONNECT WITH DAVID SALERNO 🌐 Website: https://www.davidsalerno.com/ 🌐 Entrepreneur Sherpa: https://www.entrepreneursherpa.co/ 🌐 Solpak: https://solpak.ca/en/ 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/david_salerno/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/davidvsalerno 🐦 X / Twitter: https://x.com/david_salerno 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/david.vincenzo.salerno/ 📚 Book: Built for Freedom, https://www.davidsalerno.com/ ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI adoption is where most small businesses quietly lose money. The licenses get bought, an announcement goes out, and months later the team is still only using AI to rewrite emails. That gap is not talent, it is training, and it costs far less to close than the software already sitting unused. Luke Keding, co-founder of OneWave AI, trains companies on Claude and ChatGPT daily. Walk away knowing which task to hand off first and how to stop paying for tools nobody opens. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH LUKE KEDING 🌐 Website: https://www.onewave-ai.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukekeding/ ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A seat at the table means nothing if nobody trusts what you say at it. David Cohen hosts HR leadership veteran Fernando Vescio, whose career spans commerce, finance, boards, CEOs, public and private companies, and even some rock & roll! He explains how HR earns credibility rather than assuming it. Fernando walks through how to stay visible and accessible while protecting confidentiality, how attrition, retention, surveys, and focus groups surface problems long before they surface on their own, and how to tell a senior leader the truth when they treat the company values as aspirational. ───────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH FERNANDO VESCIO! 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-vescio-41ba607/ 📧 Contact: [email protected] ───────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN!🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/ 📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/ Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Perfectionism at work gets rewarded, promoted, and mistaken for high standards. The overworking, the people pleasing, the sense that nothing is ever quite good enough, none of it starts with the job. It starts with a nervous system that learned pressure feels safer than calm, and the pattern holds no matter how senior the title gets. Susan Winchester, a former Fortune 500 Chief Human Resources Officer and co-author of Healing at Work, names the four survival responses running underneath it. Leave knowing which one is yours. 📄 Free Guide: The ASDP's Guide to Overcoming Overwhelm, Susan's special report on the neuroscience of overwhelm and her Rapid Power Reclaim process, https://programs.healingatwork.com/overcoming-overwhelm ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SUSAN WINCHESTER 🌐 Website: https://www.susanwinchester.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanjschmittwinchester 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanschmittwinchester/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/falcorspirit 📚 Book: Healing at Work, https://www.susanwinchester.com 📄 Free Guide: The ASDP's Guide to Overcoming Overwhelm, https://programs.healingatwork.com/overcoming-overwhel 📊 Free Assessment: https://susanwinchester.com/assessment/ 📅 Work with Susan: https://calendly.com/susanwinchester/30-min ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Generational wealth disappears from most families by the third generation, not because of bad luck, but because the governance, communication, and succession structures were never built to hold it. The missing piece is never the money. Susan Lindeque spent 14 years as the chief investment officer of a single family office managing wealth across three generations and multiple countries, then founded Avestix to share what she learned. After this episode, you will know exactly what the families who keep their wealth do differently. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SUSAN LINDEQUE 🌐 Website: https://www.avestix.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque 📧 Email: [email protected] ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneur burnout is treated as proof of commitment, right until the numbers say otherwise. The gap is not work ethic, it is the absence of an operating system for the one asset every deal depends on. Energy and focus compound the same way returns do, through boring inputs repeated for years. Ari Rastegar, the Austin investor Forbes called the Oracle of Austin, learned that at thirty. You leave with a way to protect your output without slowing the business down. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH ARI RASTEGAR 🌐 Website: https://rastegarproperty.com/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rastegar 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@arirastegar ────────────────────────────────────────── This conversation is for general wellbeing and is not medical advice. Consult your own healthcare provider before making health changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self discipline is the gap between the person you describe in your bio and the person who shows up when nothing is on the line. Comfort is not a reward for the work. It is the quietest way ambitious people stall out. Nic Harper rebuilt his life from the bottom, broke a Guinness World Record for pushups, and now trains as a Hyrox pro. You leave with a harder standard for yourself and a smaller first step to take today. (80 words) ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH NIC HARPER 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.harper19/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-harper-b90023242 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1EQUodaXrX/ ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your reputation is your real resume — and it's being written in every interaction you have, whether you're paying attention or not. Rich Lyons, entrepreneur, leadership coach, and author of Life Is Sales, shares how trust and integrity become your most powerful business assets long before credentials do. From handling angry clients without losing the relationship to the emotional regulation habits that keep you grounded under pressure, this conversation delivers the small-moment skills that build a reputation worth protecting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Rich Lyons!Websites: richlyons.com | lifeissales.comInstagram: instagram.com/richardblyonsLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/richardblyonsX: X.com/richardblyons Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Workplace burnout keeps finding you no matter how senior the title gets or how many wins stack up. That is not a discipline problem or a workload problem. It is a pattern learned long before your first job, running under every meeting that leaves you replaying the day at night. Susan Winchester, a former Fortune 500 Chief Human Resources Officer and co-author of Healing at Work, spent thirty years on that path before naming it. Miss this and you keep chasing promotions that never make the feeling stop. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SUSAN WINCHESTER 🌐 Website: https://www.susanwinchester.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanjschmittwinchester 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanschmittwinchester/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/falcorspirit 📊 Free Burnout Assessment: https://susanwinchester.com/assessment/ 📅 Work with Susan: https://calendly.com/susanwinchester/30-min 📚 Book: Healing at Work, https://www.susanwinchester.com ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most people fear AI will take their job. The quieter loss is what it takes from your mind. Christina Muller, LCSW, SHRM-SCP, is a licensed workplace mental health expert and founder of Mind Your Workplace.  She explains how constant AI use feeds anxiety, decision fatigue, and imposter syndrome, and why automation bias teaches capable people to distrust their own instincts. She shares how to set boundaries with the technology, protect your judgment, and lead a team through the shift without losing trust.If AI has you feeling behind, start here. ─────────────────────────────────CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA MULLER! 🌐 Website: https://www.christinamuller.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamullerlcsw ─────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retirement is not something you wait for; it is something you engineer. Luke Van Der Veer left his corporate HR job at 28 after learning to generate leads for local businesses through SEO, then used that single skill to buy multiple million-dollar companies. In this conversation, he walks through the business models that failed him first, how he spots underserved markets, why local service businesses produce results fastest, and what real leverage looks like. A practical look at building income that keeps working long after you stop. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ready to build leverage instead of trading hours? Connect with Luke Van Der Veer today! Website and coaching: http://www.websiterentalcoaching.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukevanderveer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukevanderveer/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/websiterentalcoaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The hardest part of leading right now is not AI. It is deciding without certainty. Leadership expert Jackie Cook, founder and CEO of The Momentum Group, joins the show to explain why clarity comes from better questions, not more frameworks. She unpacks the warning signs of decision fatigue, how to assess what you already know, and how to move your team forward before the fog lifts. Jackie also covers using AI as a thinking partner, the growing risk of shadow AI inside organizations, and how leaders safeguard their mental health through constant change. Essential listening for executives, founders, and rising leaders. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ready to lead with clarity instead of waiting for certainty? Connect with Jackie Cook and The Momentum Group: 🌐 Website: https://www.momentum-grp.com 💼 LinkedIn (Jackie): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-cook/ 🏢 LinkedIn (Momentum Group): https://www.linkedin.com/company/momentumgrpllc/ 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momentumgrpllc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your brand story has been building your entire life. Beverly Cornell, founder of Wickedly Branded®, introduces the shimmering thread, the invisible through-line connecting your experiences, values, and voice into a brand that attracts the right clients without pretending to be anyone else. Most founders skip this step entirely and wonder why their marketing feels flat. Beverly breaks down how uncovering your personal narrative creates clarity, confidence, and magnetic resonance in a marketplace that is starving for authenticity. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH BEVERLY CORNELL!🌐 Website: ⁠https://www.wickedlybranded.com⁠💼 LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverlycornell⁠ 📲 Instagram: @wickedlybranded | @beverlycornell✨ Clarity Quiz (Free): https://form.jotform.com/250656007927864⁠💜 Clarity Chat (Free — 15 Minutes): ⁠https://calendly.com/wickedlybranded/15-minute_clarity_chat⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High performers wake up Monday and put on a mask. One life at work, another in their hearts. That divide is a real source of the exhaustion, and one most leaders never talk about. Richard Strilowich spent over 40 years in global corporations and 30 years on the spiritual path. As the bestselling author of The Corporate Sage, he proves your career and your soul were never enemies. He shares the layoffs that cracked him open and the practices that rebuilt him. You'll leave this conversation with meditation, patience, and intuition tools that reconnect you to the wise self beneath your title. ───────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH RICHARD STRILOWICH! 🌐 Website: https://stillpointcoach.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rstrilo/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJtz6bnNOAD8Z1SKQWQxEQ 📚 Book/Resource: The Corporate Sage — https://stillpointcoach.com/book-page 🎁 Free Workbook: https://stillpointcoach.com/workbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie Lynch built a thriving 12-year business with over 35,000 orders after one of life's most painful setbacks — divorce. As founder of Katie J Design and Events in Australia, she transformed a passion for handmade party decorations into an international brand, all while raising her family. In this episode, Katie shares her hard-won lessons on resilience, using AI without losing authenticity, scaling through storytelling, and staying connected to your customers. Whether you're a solo founder, a creative entrepreneur, or someone brave enough to start over, Katie's journey offers a clear, actionable blueprint for turning passion into purpose. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Katie Lynch: 🌐 Website: https://www.katiejdesignandevents.com.au/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-lynch-0a191b1b3/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiejdesignandevents 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiejdesignandevents/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Problem solving is the skill that earned your promotions, and it is quietly capping how far you go. You put out fires and keep everything running, yet the breakthrough never comes. The block is not your effort. The executive room rewards leaders who create the right problems, not those who only solve them. Ted Santos, founder of Turnaround Investment Partners and creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, explains why success makes companies obsolete. Walk away seeing the one problem you have been solving wrong for years. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH TED SANTOS 🌐 Website: https://www.turnaroundip.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ted-santos-ab0107 🐦 X / Twitter: https://x.com/TedSantos140 📧 Contact: [email protected] ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former luxury yacht chef turned six-figure business strategist Sara Vezenšek reveals why thinking bigger — not working harder — is the real key to breakthrough success. She shares how she walked away from a stable career and closed six figures within 30 days by shifting her mindset and energy. You'll learn how your goals literally filter what opportunities you see, the science behind manifestation and belief, and simple exercises to amplify your inner power. If you're a coach, entrepreneur, or go-getter stuck in a burnout cycle, this episode will challenge everything you think about what's "realistic" — and what's possible. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ready to take the next step? Download your free resource here: https://www.saravezcoach.com/opt-in-bb663c6a-1c85-48d4-81aa-8a78ed00d775 CONNECT WITH SARA VEZENŠEK! 🌐 Website: https://www.saravezcoach.com/pl/2148667886 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saravezcoach/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Notte traded the heavy metal stage for the boardroom, and the lessons he learned at a merch table became his blueprint for business success. As president of MJN Insurance Services, Michael has helped hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses design employee benefits that attract top talent, reduce costs, and build lasting loyalty. In this conversation, he breaks down why genuine connection is the true currency of reputation, how treating employees like rock stars transforms culture, and why authenticity always wins. If you're chasing your passion or ready to reinvent yourself, Michael's story will fuel your next move. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Michael Notte! 🌐 Website: www.mjninsuranceservices.com 📱 Social Media:  ⁨@smallbizbenefitspro⁩  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Invisible beliefs shape every decision you make, and most leaders never notice the ones keeping them stuck. You changed the strategy, the team, the plan, yet the same ceiling returns. The block is not your effort. It is a mental prison built from old stories and language you never questioned. Ted Santos, CEO of Turnaround Investment Partners and creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, uncovers the hidden rules running your confidence, risk-taking, and success, and shows how to replace them with empowering declarations. Walk away seeing the one problem you have been solving wrong for years, and how to break free. ───────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH TED SANTOS! 🌐 Website: https://www.turnaroundip.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ted-santos-ab0107 🐦 X / Twitter: https://x.com/TedSantos140 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most family offices believe their structure protects them, but it often does not. Susan Lindeque, Founder and CEO of Avestix Technology Holdings, has managed over a billion dollars in private assets and knows exactly where the quiet failures hide.In this episode, she exposes the compliance gaps families overlook — from offshore entities and digital assets to fragmented ownership structures — and shares the integrated, real-time framework that keeps complex wealth protected across generations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Susan Lindeque🌐 Website: www.avestix.com🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PR in the AI era has rewritten how attention works, and most founders are still running a playbook that stopped delivering. You're credible, consistent, and putting in the work, but the press isn't landing. The gap isn't your story; it's the missing system. Megan Brown Bennett, founder of national PR agency Light Years Ahead, brings 24 years of breaking brands through crowded markets to share exactly what earns coverage now and what to stop doing today. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH MEGAN BROWN BENNETT 🌐 Website: https://www.lightyearsahead.com/ 📸 Instagram: @lyapr | @mbbennettpr ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public safety technology is moving faster than most communities realize, and the gap between what agencies are equipped with today and what is already available is costing lives. Non-lethal restraint is only the beginning. Drones, counter-drone systems, virtual reality training, and federal defense contracts are now part of the same ecosystem. Scot Cohen, Founder and CEO of Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ: WRAP), breaks down a major new drone acquisition and explains what the next five years of policing actually looks like. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SCOT COHEN & WRAP TECHNOLOGIES: 🌐 Website: https://www.wrap.com 📸 Instagram: @wraptechinc 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scot-cohen-643181375/ 🐦 X / Twitter: @wraptechinc 📘 Facebook: @wraptechinc ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women in business are hitting revenue goals, filling calendars, and landing the clients they worked for. And most of them still don't feel like they've arrived. That's not a personal failure. It's the vanishing finish line, the pattern where every win immediately converts into the next responsibility before the founder gets to feel what she built. Beverly Cornell, founder of Wickedly Branded, breaks down why the business spends the relief before she does, and how ARRIVE goals and the enough line change the way women build from here. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH BEVERLY CORNELL 🌐 Website: https://www.wickedlybranded.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverlycornell 📲 Instagram: @wickedlybranded | @beverlycornell ✨ Clarity Quiz (Free): Find out where you are on your branding journey and what to focus on next: https://form.jotform.com/250656007927864 💜 Clarity Chat (Free — 15 Minutes): Need personal guidance? Book a no-fee, no-obligation Clarity Chat to talk through your goals, hurdles, and whether a Brand Spark is right for you: https://calendly.com/wickedlybranded/15-minute_clarity_chat ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Authentic leadership is the asset most credentialed experts never fully use, and it is the reason talented people lose trust, clients, and teams they should already have. Expertise earns attention. Authenticity earns loyalty. Rich Lyons, entrepreneur, former CEO, and author of Life Is Sales, built his entire philosophy on the idea that real influence is created through self-awareness, relationships, and service — not titles or performance. After this episode, the way you show up in every room changes. CONNECT WITH RICH LYONS 🌐 Website: https://www.lifeissales.com / https://www.richlyons.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardblyons/ 🐦 X / Twitter: @richardblyons 📚 Book/Resource: Life Is Sales: A Holistic Approach to Sales, Self-Discovery, and Living a Life of Purpose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most family offices investing millions in private deals are flying blind — and it's costing them years of regret. Private equity expert Susan Lindeque — with over $1 billion invested — reveals the due diligence steps most family offices skip and how to pressure-test projections and verify competitive moats before you're locked in. She shares her proven framework for building a focused investment thesis, vetting deal flow, and protecting your portfolio from the biggest pitfalls in private markets: weak management teams, regulatory blind spots, and liquidity risk.  If you manage or advise family wealth, this episode gives you the process to invest smarter and sleep better at night. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Susan Lindeque!🌐 Website: www.avestix.com🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adversity is the thing most people are trying to escape — but for Darius Ross, it became the foundation for everything. Growing up in hardship and facing homelessness in Chicago didn't stop him. It launched him. Today he advises wealthy clients, invests in real estate, writes for Forbes, and mentors those rebuilding their lives from nothing. Darius shares the mindset and the method that turn your hardest chapter into your greatest asset. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DARIUS ROSS 🌐 Website: https://dariuswrites.com/ ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover how rewarding high performers can damage organizational culture. Leadership expert David Cohen reveals why confidence and results can be misleading, masking toxic behaviors that erode trust. Learn strategies to align actions with core values for sustainable success. Tune in to protect your organization's future. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/ 📚 Leadership Courage Series: Part 1 – Having the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/ Part 2 – Building the Courage to Live Your Values: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mission-driven founders don't usually come from hedge funds — but the ones who do tend to build differently. Most entrepreneurs chase a market. Scot Cohen walked away from co-founding a $300M New York hedge fund because he saw a broken system and had the capital markets expertise to fix it. He founded Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ: WRAP), led $90M in financing, and built a non-lethal public safety device deployed across 1,000+ agencies in 60 countries. After this, you'll rethink what it means to build a business with staying power. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SCOT COHEN & WRAP TECHNOLOGIES: 🌐 Website: https://www.wrap.com 📸 Instagram: @wraptechinc 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scot-cohen-643181375/ 🐦 X / Twitter: @wraptechinc 📘 Facebook: @wraptechinc ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People problems are costing hardworking leaders more than any bad strategy ever could — and most never realize it until the damage is done. When the same walls keep appearing despite better systems and smarter plans, the root cause is almost always human. It is not your fault. It is the missing framework. April Elias brings 25 years of talent acquisition and workforce transformation experience to explain what to look for, what to face, and what finally changes when you fix the people problem first. CONNECT WITH APRIL ELIAS 🌐 Website: www.aprilelias.com 📸 Instagram: @aprilelias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most women were never given the playbook on how to make money work while they sleep. The wealth gap between men and women is not a talent gap or a discipline gap. It is an access and education gap. Susan Lindique, founder and CEO of Avestics Group, chartered accountant, and private equity expert with over $1 billion in transactions, breaks down her five-bucket portfolio framework for women starting at any level — from clearing debt to diversifying across stocks, real estate, digital assets, venture capital, and your own business. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH SUSAN LINDIQUE 🌐 Website: https://www.avestix.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque 📧 Email: [email protected] ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disruptive thinking is the difference between founders who keep scaling and the ones who quietly stall while doing everything right. You changed the strategy, the team, the offer, yet the same ceiling returns. The block is not your effort. It is an invisible thinking pattern shaping every decision you make. Ted Santos, CEO of Turnaround Investment Partners and creator of the Disruptive Leadership Model, explains why success becomes the trap and how breakthroughs really happen. Walk away, seeing the one problem you have been solving wrong for years. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH TED SANTOS!Website: https://www.turnaroundip.comLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ted-santos-ab0107X: https://x.com/TedSantos140 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High performers learn to split themselves in two: the sharp professional who delivers and the real person underneath who wonders if any of it still feeds them. Most leaders wall those two off and call it discipline, but the divide is what drains them and fuels burnout. Rich Strilowich spent over forty years in global corporations and thirty on the spiritual path, and as a bestselling author of The Corporate Sage, he shows they were never meant to be separate. Walk away, leading from who you really are, with sharper clarity and less burnout. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH RICHARD STRILOWICH 🌐 Website: https://stillpointcoach.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rstrilo/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkJtz6bnNOAD8Z1SKQWQxEQ 📚 Book: The Corporate Sage — https://stillpointcoach.com/book-page 🎁 Free Workbook: https://stillpointcoach.com/workbook 📞 Book a Call: https://stillpointcoach.com/book-a-call ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Being right in a leadership role feels like strength until your team stops challenging you and starts waiting for orders. The gap is not your intelligence. It is a quiet reflex that reads every disagreement as a threat to your standing.Paul Crick, creator of the GRACE Framework, spent decades studying leadership, human behavior, and Aikido, and he explains why the need to be right erodes trust faster than any mistake. Listen, and you walk away knowing how to hold authority without shutting people down. ───────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH PAUL CRICK! Newsletter (Substack): https://graceworkscollective.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcrick/FREE DOWNLOAD: Grounding Exercisehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1tHtpOv9TA3m73m1rMKG2dPxCVnpw4fO7/view?usp=sharing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retirement income is the piece almost no plan accounts for. You saved for decades, invested with care, and still wonder if the money lasts as long as you do. It signals a missing system, because building wealth and turning it into income that never runs dry are two different skills. Mark Kollar, a retirement income specialist with thirty-five years of guiding retirees, explains the guaranteed income floor that holds through any market crash, plus the fees and taxes draining it. Listen and protect the income your future depends on. ─────────────────────────────────CONNECT WITH MARK KOLLAR! 🌐 Website: https://www.kollarinsuranceservices.com/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkKollarRetirementExpert 📚 Book: The Retirement Navigator, https://www.kollarinsuranceservices.com/retirement_navigator.html 📥 Free Report: 7 Mistakes Retirees Make, https://sevenmistakes.subscribepage.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women and retirement savings reveal one of the most overlooked gaps in personal finance. You have worked hard, lived carefully, and still the numbers do not add up. The wealth gap is not a discipline problem. It is an access problem. Susan Lindeque, Founder of Avestix Technology Holdings and a former Global CFO who has structured over a billion dollars across real estate, venture capital, and private equity, hands you the blueprint most women were never given. You will never look at money the same way. CONNECT WITH SUSAN LINDEQUE 🌐 Website: https://www.avestix.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your family office named AI a priority this year, and months later, nothing has actually changed. It still runs on spreadsheets and the same public tech stocks everyone else owns. The gap is not ambition; it is that no one can tell real AI tools from vendor hype. Susan Lindeque, Chartered Accountant and CIO of her own family office, breaks down the two AI gaps quietly making families vulnerable. Listen, and you will know exactly where to start and what waiting is costing you. Connect with Susan Lindeque!🌐 Website: www.avestix.com🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You are staring at a shop you built that still has not become the income you pictured, wondering if the people who made it big online simply got lucky. They did not. They ran a playbook you were never handed. Dylan Jahraus built her own shop past a million dollars in profit and taught thousands of sellers the steps that turn a stalled shop into a real business. Listen before you quit on yours. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DYLAN JAHRAUS 🌐 Website: https://dylanjahraus.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylanjahraus ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dylanjahraus 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dylanjahrausofficial 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dylanjahraus 🎙️ Podcast: Etsy Seller Success at http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/secrets-of-a-million-dollar-etsy-seller/id1647518076 📧 Contact: [email protected] ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You walk through your own company and realize the standards you set early on have quietly eroded, and no single decision caused it. The cultures that actually hold are built by leaders who hire for values, reward how people get results, and refuse to trade long-term identity for short-term numbers. David Cohen, founder of DS Cohen and Associates and bestselling author of Selecting the Best, has guided companies like Michelin and Boehringer in building cultures that last. His own story through ADHD, dyslexia, and cancer gives every lesson real weight. Listen and stop treating culture as something you announce. CONNECT WITH DAVID COHEN 🌐 Website: https://sagltd.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-s-cohen-0b0191/ 📚 Leadership Courage Series, Part 1 (Having the Courage to Live Your Values): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-one-having-courage-live-your-values-worth-david-s-cohen-ncdqc/ 📚 Part 2 (Building the Courage to Live Your Values): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/part-two-building-courage-live-your-values-david-s-cohen-lm7nc/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You did everything right, so why does burnout still find the people who look like they have it all together? If you are successful on the outside and exhausted on the inside, this episode names exactly what's happening and how to fix it. Host Stacey Chillemi sits down with Kenyokee Crowell, founder of Prodigy Advisors and a leadership coach who spent 20-plus years in corporate healthcare before stepping away to rebuild her life on her own terms. You'll learn: 📣 Why more success can deepen burnout 🧱 The boundaries that protect high achievers 🧭 How to design a personal strategy 🌙 A simple habit to quiet overwhelm 👑 Why women leaders burn out faster 🔁 The first small step back CONNECT WITH KENYOKEE CROWELL!🌐 Website: https://thinkprodigy.biz/📸 Instagram: @gracegritandnoregrets💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyokee-crowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is not an accident. The stories that get covered. The ones that don't. The framing feels just a little too convenient. Media consolidation has quietly put the majority of what you read, watch, and hear into the hands of a shrinking number of owners — and those owners have advertisers, agendas, and bottom lines that have nothing to do with telling you the truth. Steven Abramowicz left Wall Street, inherited a local newspaper, and built it into an independent platform specifically to cover what that system ignores. What he knows about who controls the narrative — and how to think clearly inside it — is the conversation most media outlets will never have about themselves. This episode will change what you do the next time you read a headline. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH STEVEN ABRAMOWICZ: 🌐 Website: ⁠https://heartlandjournal.com⁠ 📰 Substack: ⁠https://heartlandjournal.substack.com⁠ ▶️ YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/@HeartlandJournal⁠ 📘 Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/heartlandjourno/⁠ 🐦 X / Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/HeartlandJournl⁠ 📚 More from Steve: ⁠https://songsabouttheheartland.com⁠ ────────────────────────────────────────── Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three million dollars a year. That is what a family office can quietly cost, and most families cannot tell you what it actually buys. The worst losses never appear on a single statement. They are buried inside the structure, draining a fortune one invisible cost at a time, while everyone assumes the money is safe. Host Stacey Chillemi sits down with Susan Lindeque, Founder and CEO of Avestix Group, to reveal where the money really goes and how wealthy families keep it for generations. You'll learn: 💸 How fortunes quietly bleed out each year ⚠️ The single person who can sink it all 🔁 Where wealthy families pay twice over 🏛️ What turns a fortune into a dynasty 📈 The model that scales without the overhead 🧭 The one question that protects a legacy Press play before another year of hidden costs drains what you built. CONNECT WITH SUSAN LINDEQUE! 🌐 Website: www.avestix.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlindeque Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the outside, you look like you have it all figured out. So why do you quietly wonder where the real you went? That feeling isn't burnout. You've evolved, but your brand and the way you show up still speak for a version of you that no longer exists. Co-Host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Beverly Cornell, founder and growth visionary of Wickedly Branded, a branding agency that helps purpose-driven founders build brands that reflect who they've become. You'll learn: 🎯 Why your brand stopped attracting ideal clients 💰 The hidden reason you keep underpricing yourself 🧭 How to evolve from freelancer to authority 🔥 What belongs on your calendar first 🚪 Which tasks to cut, delegate, or automate 📈 How clarity turns into premium positioning By the end, you'll know how to realign your brand with who you are now and turn that clarity into premium positioning. Want to build a brand that’s bold, clear, and unforgettable? ✨ Clarity Quiz (Free): https://form.jotform.com/250656007927864 💜 Clarity Chat (Free – 15 Minutes): https://calendly.com/wickedlybranded/15-minute_clarity_chat?month=2025-11 Connect with Beverly! 🌐 Website: https://www.wickedlybranded.com 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverlycornell 📲 Follow: @wickedlybranded | @beverlycornell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices