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Founder, Podcaster, and Pilot Mike Quinlan helps business owners make an "elite exit" from their businesses, and has some useful ideas and wisdom for the rest of us. 

Founder, Podcaster, and Pilot Mike Quinlan helps business owners make an "elite exit" from their businesses, and has some useful ideas and wisdom for the rest of us. 

Author and Rented.com CEO Andrew McConnell wants us to start acting like owners - of our minds - and stop allowing self-doubt and negative emotions to stay rent-free. His new book, "Get Out of My Head - Creating Modern Clarity with Stoic Wisdom," will be available in June 2022.

M. Andrew McConnell is the CEO of Rented, Inc. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, he graduated Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the University of Cambridge with honors. As a member of the USA Open Water Swimming National Team, he earned an international bronze medal.

Before striking out on his own, Andrew worked as a banker, an attorney, and a consultant. He sits on the board of Sheltering Arms, is a founding Board Member of Atlanta Technology Leaders, and is a TechStars Mentor for social impact startups. Andrew lives in Georgia with his wife and daughter.

In this episode, Chuck talks with Andrew about why it's so important for us to pay attention to our thoughts so that we can live to our greatest potential.

More info about his book is available at mandrewmcconnell.com.

Keith Smith walked a well-worn path to success: make business the priority, and fit in everything else after. Not that unusual, really. And neither was the result: divorce, stress, and disruption.

What make’s Keith’s story unusual is what he did afterward: he used this moment in time as an awakening, as he calls it. He reversed the order of his priorities: business, abundance, relationships, health, and self.

Keith’s awakening, and his ongoing journey, may provide a few ideas we can use to shift our priorities before a crisis shifts them for us.

In this episode, he talks about why he turned Do-Have-Be into Be-Do-Have.

50TH EPISODE! Join special guest Rilla Delorier as she sits down with Chuck to reveal how they think about designing life to have fun and make a difference.

Jim Spicer has been sober for 19 years. And today he is on the front lines of intervention and building recovery solutions for families. He has spoken on the topic of recovery to over 50,000 people.

In this episode, Jim and I talk about legitimate and real paths forward, whether you are struggling with addiction yourself or know someone who is.

Want to connect with Jim directly? Email him at [email protected]. And yes, he's heard all the "AOL is still around?" jokes. 

Author, serial entrepreneur, and executive life coach Nick Kennedy talks with me about building a principled business, leading a purposeful life, and creating positive change as an entrepreneur.

His lessons are for all of us, whether we intend to start our own business or not. In fact, Nick’s definition of “entrepreneur” likely includes you, no matter your field of work.

Nick spent hundreds of hours visiting his father in prison before eventually starting several companies, including an airline that was sold in 2017. He was named a 2017 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, awarded Dallas Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 and serves as a Capital Factory mentor and is on the boards of several companies. He’s been featured in NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, D Magazine, Texas Monthly, Dallas News, and the Dallas Business Journal.

Brain Coach, Speaker, and Creator of the fun and informative videos “Tiny Tips for Your Brain,” Jocelyn Brady sits down with me to talk about how we can literally change our brains to produce more outcomes that we want.

She also discusses the science of play — and how important it is for adults to incorporate it as a way to keep learning and stay engaged.

We also discuss how to rewrite the stories in our brains to reflect how we want our lives to go.

In this episode, Jeff Otis and I riff about intentional life design, touching on—among other things—goal setting, playing to your strengths, personal accountability, and developing a roadmap for success.

Jeff is the founder of Project OTY (developing an Outstanding and Talented You), and is the author of two books, Transform with Confidence and Build Your Roadmap, Create Your World. You can also check out his TEDx talk, How to Create YOUR World, here.

Jeff believes that the future of our world depends on our ability to empower ourselves and the coming generations to be the leader in their lives, and that it’s up to all of us (regardless of age, background, or gender) to create a global culture of personal accountability.

Fitness expert and former pro baseball player Colin Feldtman shares simple steps you can take now to take control of your fitness whether you have a trainer and a gym or are going it alone.