Chef Stuart Borton From Insurance to Chef: How One Pivot Changed His Life
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Ever wondered what it takes to turn a spontaneous 15,000 dollar investment into a legendary riverfront dining destination? Join host Laura Steward as she sits down with the incredible Chef Stuart Borton, the mastermind behind Florida’s famous Yellow Dog Cafe, to discuss a journey that spans continents and decades. In this episode of Its All About the Questions, Stuart shares his fascinating transition from selling insurance in Australia after a stint in the U.S. Army, to becoming an award winning chef and business owner in the United States. We dive deep into the reality of the restaurant...
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Navy SEAL Parenting: How to Raise Confident Kids with Brandon Webb
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Are you raising kids who avoid life’s challenges or kids who dive right in? Former Navy SEAL sniper and best-selling author Brandon Webb joins me, Laura Steward to reveal how the same mental techniques used in elite military training can help you raise confident, joyful, and resilient children. Whether you are a parent, a mentor, or simply looking to improve your own mindset, this conversation offers a powerful guidebook for navigating the landmines of modern life. In this episode, Brandon introduces the core philosophy of his new book, Puddle Jumpers. He explains why we must stop protecting...
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I'm back! Restarting the show and why I've been absent. Plus a sneak peek of my restart guest next week!
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I've been away for a while and in this episode I explain why and tell you what's next. Chronic illness isn't for the faint of heart! I also tease you with the upcomming guest I have for my first full restart episode next week.
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Rachel Hanfling - Becoming a Media Magnet
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If you've written a book, have a business, are a speaker, or just have something helpful to share on a larger scale than your friends and neighbors, then getting on TV, radio, podcasts and more can be your path to getting your message out on a larger scale. But how do you do that effectively? If you are uncomfortable speaking in public, as many are, how do you craft and deliver your message so that you are ready when you get the email or phone call? Enter Rachel Hanfling. Former Emmy nominated producer for Oprah and Anderson Cooper, to name drop a few. She is also my go to when I have...
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Annette Taber - Advisory Boards are her business
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Ever thought your company needed a board to advise and help you grow but had no clue what was involved? Annette Taber is the Founder of BoardSwap and she answers questions about how anyone can have an advisory board for short or long term and how to manage one. Plus we discuss her advice to anyone starting their own business. Annette Taber brings over 30 years of experience in the Technology Industry. As Founder and CEO of BoardSWAP, she realized an important need in the Technology Industry to formalize Advisory Boards as a Service, and therefore became a Certified ChairTM through...
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Peter Hoppenfeld - Why you need to remove the word partner from your vocabulary
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What happens when you get a master strategist, legal expert and advisor to some of the biggest names in the thought leader/entrepreneur world to come on your show again? Well you get this episode where Peter Hoppenfeld answers my questions ranging from starting a business to growing a business to what word never to use in business to one of the best summaries on Intellectual property I have ever heard. Don't believe me on all we covered? I was getting texts and people were chatting during the livestream with questions and comments. I had many more questions but we ran out of time. Peter...
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Vered Neta - Things We Do for Love and An Entrepreneurial Journey
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Entrepreneurial journeys rarely go in a straight line. They have detours, divergences and often life outside the work journey impacts thinking, action and final goals. When one journey ends, another might start along the same path or go in a completely different direction. My guest on this episode is Vered Neta. A multi-hyphenate entrepreneur who has done several successful exits from companies she has created, Vered is now on a new journey that she chose because she wanted a new challenge. When that new path threw up a lot of road blocks, she pivoted and created another successful divergence....
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Dan Rockwell - Leadership Freak and The Vagrant
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I've followed Dan Rockwell for ages. His Blog, Leadership Freak, combines wisdom and insights with lightness, deep thinking and insidious questions that worm their way into your brain and body until you have a breakthrough of thought and action. Now he and his co-author John David Mann have released a parable novel called, The Vagrant. Expect that book to worm its way inside you too and create breakthroughs of thought and self-reflection. On today's episode Dan and I sit down and discuss his thoughts on leadership, the birth of his book, self-reflection and how doing that alone can lead to...
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How a recent headshot photo session had me spiraling.
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A bit of an different episode for the show. Just me talking about how a recent photo shoot for a new headshot had me spiraling and the questions I started asking myself.
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Learn How to Step In To Happy with guest Marian Edvardsen
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Research shows that people are searching for happiness. They want to find ways to be happier, live life more fully and be present to their lives and figure out what makes them happy. My guest, Marian Edvardsen, has been on that search herself and has written a book, or perhaps it can be considered a primer and reference guide, to helping you find and live your own happiness. Step In To Happy: Simple Steps from A to Z for Loving Your Life opened my eyes up to a few areas that can help me find more happiness in my life and let go some thoughts that aren’t helping that search. On...
info_outlineThe biggest downfall to any brand is not what you think. It's not a failure in service or product delivery. It's not even a scandal.
Tucker Stine has been helping brands of all sizes avoid and recover from what is the biggest downfall for many years and he shares the answer on this epsiode.
We also talk about branding to different gernations, brand accelerators and how to use them and how changing the face of a brand, think Alex Trebek, doesn't have to signify the downfall of the company. There is a lot to unpack in this epsiode so have a notepad handy and share your take away.
Tucker is a results-driven connector, personal and organizational brand architect, leadership coach and public speaker with over 25 years of success in building personal and professional brands, developing experiential marketing strategies, constructing strategic communications programs, advising emerging nonprofits and coaching keynote speakers, conscious-driven businesses and thought leaders through impactful storytelling.
Tucker has worked with Fortune 100 companies, tech giants and global changemakers such as Microsoft, F5, Accenture, Azure, AWS and more, helping them reinvent leadership opportunities and strategic marketing initiatives to revolutionize their industry. With one simple goal, to bring humanity back into the technology world.
He thrives as a valuable core team leader, industry mentor and catalyst for generational movements that ignite societal change through the power of voice. He has helped 250+ speakers and thought leaders take the stage, launch their businesses and share their global ideas for change, including the highly sought-after TED platform. His clients have been featured on TED, Goalcast, Upworthy, The Today Show, the Sundance Film Festival and hundreds of podcasts, resulting in over 100 million views combined. With one goal in mind… to share a courageous, vulnerable voice and a powerful seat at the global table of conversation, every opportunity they can.
Tucker believes in the power of human connection, radical authenticity, and social impact through speaking, storytelling and thought leadership initiatives. He inspires his clients to follow that same path through their own words. One story at a time.