Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms on How to Make the Greatest Impact
Build a Winning Team with Tim Schurrer
Release Date: 04/26/2022
Mignon Francois, Founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection on Bringing a Little Joy into What You Do
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I had a giant smile on my face when I first met Mignon Francois, the founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection. Mignon exudes joy and just being around her makes everyone smile. But that’s not to say that it’s been all smiles for Mignon on her journey to bring The Cupcake Collection to where it is today. She started with $5 and has grown the business to do over 10 million dollars in sales. Through the highs and lows, Mignon has persevered. And she’s done it with joy. If you want to build a winning team, you’re about to learn from Mignon that you need to bring a little...
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Steve Moakler, Recording Artist on Getting Clear About What you Want
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There was a season in my life when I wanted to be the next John Mayer. When I was in college, I wrote my first song which then turned into me writing more songs and recording some of them. I then moved to Nashville as an eager and optimistic 21 year old with a big dream of becoming a full-time musician. I went to Belmont University for my junior year of college and started meeting other singer/songwriters with similar dreams to mine. One of the people I met there was Steve Moakler. And when I first heard his music, I’ve got to be honest … I didn’t want to like it because I was...
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Dr. Nate Zinsser, Director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program on Building Confidence
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Dr. Nate Zinsser has spent his career training the minds of the U.S. Military Academy’s cadets as they prepare to lead and perform when the stakes are the very highest. Not only this, he’s coached world-class athletes like two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, numerous Olympic medalists, professional ballerinas, and other athletes, teaching them to overcome pressure and succeed on the biggest stages. Dr. Zinsser’s book is called “The Confident Mind” and as soon as I started to read it, I knew I had to find a way to get him on this podcast. Because if you want to build a winning...
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Brian Canlis, Owner of Canlis Restaurant on Thinking of Others First
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Canlis is a fine-dining restaurant in Seattle, run by 3rd generation owners (and brothers) Brian and Mark Canlis. In my interview today with Brian, you’re going to hear loud and clear what’s at the heart of Canlis: they think of others first. They think of others first in how they hire—and the unique approach they have as they interview candidates. They think of others first in creating the guest’s dining experience—how they’re looking to blow the guest’s minds. I could go on and on, but the point is this: to build a winning team, you have to think of others first. This “think...
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Rebekah Lyons, Author and Keynote Speaker on Establishing Rhythms to Reduce Stress and Anxiety
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As a society, we are more anxious and overwhelmed than we’ve ever been — 77% of our population is experiencing physical symptoms of stress on a regular basis. And while I hear so many people talking about the problem, I don’t hear many people offering solutions. But then I read a book called “Rhythms of Renewal” by Rebekah Lyons where she shares four rhythms that we could implement into our lives to bring a little more peace. What if we knew what to do when we felt anxious? What if we had some tools that we could lean on when we needed them the most? Well, in the next 30...
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Ryan Leak, Author and Keynote Speaker on Why We Should Chase Failure
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I have to admit, I have a tendency of only doing things that I know I’ll be good at. I mean, who likes to fail?! But recently, I came across a book called “Chasing Failure” and in it, the author, Ryan Leak says, “Chasing failure took me further than chasing success ever did.” And I’ll have to say, that caught my attention and has me rethinking my approach. So I asked Ryan if he’d help us better understand why we should chase failure and the impact that can have in our lives and careers. Get a copy of Ryan’s book “Chasing Failure”: https://amzn.to/3OYJnlG Order your copy of...
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Lee LeFever, Author of “Big Enough” on an Alternative to Growing and Scaling a Business
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As you’re building a business, it’s easy to default into the idea that bigger is better. But is that the only approach? Lee LeFever is the author of a book called “Big Enough” and in this episode, he’s going to show us there is in fact another option. Maybe growing and scaling is the play. But there’s also a chance that maybe a “big enough” approach would be a better decision for you for a lot of reasons. If we want to build a winning team, we need to think about all aspects of our decisions. Especially when it comes to how we structure our companies, and the products we...
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Al Andrews, Founder and Executive Director of Porter’s Call on Navigating Comparison and Criticism
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Twenty-one years ago Al Andrews started Porter’s Call, a nonprofit that offers counsel and support to touring musicians. Thousands of lives have been impacted by the work that Al and his team do behind the scenes as they come alongside recording artists to work through their challenges. But the truth is, we’re all up against some of the same challenges that recording artists face. Have you ever struggled with comparison or criticism or even how to have a healthy relationship with social media? This conversation with Al shifted my mindset about some of these things and I’d...
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Sarah Sloyan, Former SVP of EntreLeadership on Celebrating Wins
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There’s a chapter in my book about the importance of recognition and in that chapter, I talk about something called shout-outs. Shoutouts are where you carve out a little time at the end of a staff meeting to recognize work that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. And the person I learned this from is Sarah Sloyan, the former SVP of EntreLeadership. Sarah is a great leader and is someone I’ve looked to for counsel and guidance as I’ve led teams over the years. If there’s one thing about Sarah that I want you to listen for, it’s how she celebrates wins. When a leader...
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Ambassador John Cotton Richmond, Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons on How To Make Wrong Things Right
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Ambassador John Cotton Richmond was the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons from 2018 to 2021. Which means that he held the highest ranking position in the United States dedicated to combat human trafficking. John is a real life super hero! He takes down the bad guys and helps victims find freedom. What you’ll hear in our conversation is John’s simple approach to all that he does: he’s looking to make wrong things right. If we want to build a winning team and make an impact on those around us, there’s so much we can learn from John about how to do that...
info_outlineWhen people talk about the idea of having an impactful career, it’s almost assumed that a prerequisite is that you have to make a BIG splash touching hundreds or thousands or even tens of thousands of lives. But what if I told you there’s another way? What if “one life at a time” was the best approach? Perhaps one day that will accumulate and you’ll have the opportunity to impact a lot of lives, but the people who’ve inspired me the most in this regard didn’t get there by trying to get there.
Becca Stevens’s goal in starting Thistle Farms was not to start a social enterprise or to make the type of impact she’s made in the lives of now thousands of women.
But isn’t that beautiful? She didn’t get there by trying to get there.
She focused on one life at a time. That’s been her measure of success.
If we want to be people who build winning teams, we have to focus on one life at a time. That is how we will create companies that have the greatest impact in the lives of others.
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