286: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills

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286: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills

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Oct 1, 2019

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You know when you go outside on a pleasant day and there’s that perfect breeze in combination with just the right amount of warmth from the sun on your face? That’s pretty much the same feeling you’ll get from hanging out with my guest today. Delightful, effervescent, fun, and cool (yes, cool) are all words […]

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Oct 1, 2019

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258: Dead End Job? Do This Next!: Today, I want to share with you some crucial career advice, at least one element of which has taken me longer to learn than I’d like to admit. These are the next three steps you need to take if your current job is no longer fulfilling you and you’re no... by Read to Lead Podcast
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241: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation: Making a return visit to the show this week is three-time author Dan Schawbel. Dan last made an appearance a long, long time ago. In fact, it was Episode #010 when Read to Lead was barely two months old. This time, by Read to Lead Podcast
30 min listen
238: 8 Surefire Ways to Dramatically Grow Your Business by Becoming the Obvious Choice: In today’s solo episode, I dive into what I’ve learned over the last 10+ years about standing out as an organization or personal brand. A complete grasp of these concepts is what allowed me to successfully navigate leaving my traditional job and ventur... by Read to Lead Podcast
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239: How to Master Content Strategy with Pamela Wilson: My guest today, Pamela Wilson, has been helping people get their ideas out into the world since 1987. She started her career as a marketing consultant and graphic designer and began her online business – bigbrandsystem.com – in early 2010. by Read to Lead Podcast
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264: Life Is Too Short to Do Things You Can’t Stand!: Back in 2016, my friend Jeff Goins shared some strong feelings on Facebook about complaining when it comes to your job. I’ve included an excerpt of that post below: I’m sorry, people. But you can’t hate your job and do nothing about it. by Read to Lead Podcast
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236: Managing Talent Risk in a High-Stakes Technical Workforce: My guest today is a former Microsoft and Expedia employee. He has also founded his own knowledge transfer and consulting company. I’m talking about Steve Trautman. His previous books include Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader’s Guide to Knowledge ... by Read to Lead Podcast
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246: Leader by Choice? Yes, says Andres Valdes: Imagine growing up and being surrounded by more negative influences than you can count. Do you resign yourself to your circumstances or do you believe you have the power to change your life’s trajectory? Today’s guest is the perfect example of someone ... by Read to Lead Podcast
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243: Success in Business Begins with Clarity: Just a few weeks ago, I’d never even heard of today’s guest. It’s amazing how fast you can take to someone else’s message when it’s delivered in the right way. That is certainly the case for Steve Woodruff, the King of Clarity, by Read to Lead Podcast
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248: 3 Books You Must Read to Make the Most of 2019: Today’s episode, the first of 2019, is special. I’ll be sharing three books I believe you must read if you want to make the most of 2019. All three of these books have been featured selections in my members-only online book club – more on that later. by Read to Lead Podcast
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28 min listen
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249: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth – and How You Can Too: Today’s guest is making his second visit to the guest chair, and I’m thrilled to have him back. Why? Several reasons. Not the least of which is he has a knack for bringing a ton of value to any conversation in record time. And today is no exception. by Read to Lead Podcast
21 min listen
251: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant: If you read my About page, you’ll see that one of my goals is to help you transition from the things you’d like to do, to actually doing them. As the page reads, “to help you go from intention to implementation.” In today’s featured book, by Read to Lead Podcast
36 min listen
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8 min listen
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286: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills

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