Episodes

Sometimes your journey has you zig and sometimes your journey has you zag. The destination remains constant. That is what Kevin Carroll podversates with Patrick about in this fantastic story of success that took a crooked path to a destination of success. Enjoy as Kevin and Patrick unpack the journey Kevin took in his lifetime, successful and happy along the journey, and finally fulfilled and energized because Kevin re-discovered the joy he carried within him from his childhood. Kevin's stor...

Do you have the ability to see opportunity when others around you see obstacles? Do you wait for IT to happen, or do you make IT happen? Meet Daniel Blue, founder of Quest Education, and Patrick's guest who is the living example of seeing opportunities with no limitations. Daniel's approach to life is one that is driven by wanting purpose, and wanting that purpose to fill his passions. He is not one to make excuses, or to wait for life to hand him opportunities. He is also very humble and app...

Have you ever met a leader that not only HAS the vision, but actually "breathes life into that vision" to the point where everyone around that leader now owns the vision? Meet Hank Ebeling, founder of H4 Training. Hank's focus on creating the highest level of satisfaction from any encounter his internal or external customers has is refreshing. Every customer, every employee knows their value, and Hank makes sure of that. It is not easy to put people before profits in such fast paced, and ever...

Did you ever stop and calculate how much a bad networking experience can cost your business? Have you actually spent preparation time, honing the "60 second pitch" that all your team uses during a networking event? Did you consider that networking is a way of life in business, and not an event? If you've considered leaving the 9-5 grind, or if you just want to build your business at the job you already hold, you need to consider the invaluable skill of networking as a business priority. Soak...

Do you truly wish for more time in the day, or do you actually wish for more accomplished in the time you have been allotted on any given day? Time Mastery is what you seek, and it is so much more than time management. Enjoy this podversation as Blaine Oelkers joins Patrick, and they walk through the practical application of CREATING YOUR 30 MINUTE HOURS. Learn Blaine's approach to creating 21 SECOND HABITS......"If they told you it took 21 days, they lied to you" .....Blaine and Patrick Illus...

How many leaders in small business, mid sized business, large business, and all around corporate America get in their own way and wishes for progress and growth? In Small Business, this can be devastating! Welcome to "THE RAINMAKER'S DILEMMA" The fact of the matter is most skills don't transfer from super star in the ranks, to super star as the leader. How often do you as the leader notice that nothing gets done when you are not present at work? How often to great sales results only follow th...

Do you truly differentiate yourself to your boss, your senior management, your clients....or do you sound like everyone else who has come before you? The "Power is in the Preparation", and is should be second nature to answer the question of "What makes you, your company, or your skills truly unique?" The fact of the matter is that most people don't know, and still answer....ultimately making themselves one of the many pieces of "hay in the haystack" rather than the "sought after needle". Wel...

Did you realize that some of the most valuable skills you need like career planning, negotiating, networking, and strategy are never taught in any classroom? The skills that are most desired by employers, and most desirable to employees are ones we are expected to "pick up along the way"!!!! SEEMS SKETCHY AT BEST. Welcome in Mark Herschberg MIT instructor and developer of the Career Success Accelerator curriculum, as he and Patrick Kagan dig into UPSKILLING. Mark takes complicated concepts, a...

Did you realize there are 3 BIG MISTAKES probably being made, over and over, in a cycle that keeps you down? Are you aware that many of us "spend our possibilities on 7 OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE WORDS EVER USED TO GUIDE OUR ACTIONS & INACTIONS? Relax, and enjoy as Jeff Smith, "The most successful author in history" according to Wiley Publishing joins Patrick in a groundbreaking podversation on succeeding in spite of ourselves and our obstacles. Want a roadmap to the 11 steps of success? We all do...