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Sean Swarner sits down with Byron to talk about his book, 7 Summits Of Success and his multiple battles with cancer. Sean talks about how being goal oriented thinking could be able to get you through any situation. From being diagnosed with cancer at 16 to climbing Mt. Everest with just one lung, learn about the journey of a true survivor
Melanie Nayer: Hello, everybody. Welcome to Life Tips. It’s Melanie Nayer, the Editor of Life Tips and we have a lot to talk about today. There’s a lot going on in the world, the Democrats have taken over the house, Don Rumsfeld has resigned, Byron and the team just got back from ad:tech. So, we’re going to get to all of that stuff. Byron, are you there? Byron White: I’m here Melanie, pleasure to join you. How are things from your perspective? Melanie: Oh, this is going to be so much fun. Well, Byron and our sales team headed down to New York, Sunday, for ad:tech and left me by myself at the office, which could get a little crazy. But I think I held down the fort okay while you guys were on the show floor. Since I wasn’t on the show floor, I want to know what did happen. Byron: Well, it was your classic ad:tech, with a very large crowd. There were about 8,500 attendees there, over 300 sponsors scattered on about three different show floor areas, lots of great educational tracks, channels and keynotes and lots of neat stuff that everybody can read and learn about.
Ivan Misner discusses his latest book entitled Masters of Sales, that contains a collection of vignettes from successful businesspeople who know how to sell, sell, sell, from Martha Stewart and Tony Robbins on down.
Leslie Poston is passionate about helping people and businesses find their way to success via technology. As a writer, she has over 200 ebooks and books in her repertoire and several more in development, including Twitter for Dummies with Laura Fitton and Michael Gruen. As a speaker and leading authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development, she is the Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development consultancy. She is also the Co-Founder of Film Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film as well as a long-time consultant to the entertainment industry for new media development and marketing. A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH/ME and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative. Her educational background is in English Literature and Clinical Psychology. When she isn’t watching or playing sports (especially hockey and UFC/MMA), playing piano, hiking, sailing, skiing, supporting local bands, playing with her Rottweiler, or working, Leslie can be found on Twitter and other social media sites, meeting new people, forging relationships between businesses and customers and making connections with the world.
Rick Burnes is the blog and content manager on the Hubspot marketing team. His background is in journalism and entrepreneurship; he started the company Faneuil Media. He believes in creating flat organizations where everyone works in different areas with few people who just manage. He’s very active on Twitter and writes his own personal blog and contributes to the Internet Marketing blog for Hubspot. Since one of Hubspots specialties is making video to complement their copy, you can find him all over YouTube and the company’s website speaking and teaching about inbound marketing.
Pam Allyn is the Executive Director of the nationally renowned LitLife, a schools transformation organization, as well as LitWorld, a global organization advocating literacy for all children. Pam is the author of an inspirational and award-winning practical book for parents, teachers, and caregivers entitled What to Read When.
How to Become a Supersurvivor as Byron speaks with the author of?SUPERSURVIVORS: The Surprising Link Between Suffering andSuccess, Dave Feldman and Lee Daniel Kravetz. Learn how people who have been through traumatic experiences become supersurvivors?
Canadian psychologist, journalist and broadcasterSusan Pinker is the author ofThe Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter. She shows us how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience, and longevity.
The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In the book Getting There, thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top. Gillian Zoe Segal shares her thoughts on the book, with whom she interviewed a plethora of public figures including:Warren Buffett,Anderson Cooper,Rachel Zoe,Matthew Weiner and others.
In Life in Life: Live Longer, Strengthen Your Relationships, and Create a Healthier Life: A Meditation Journal, Dr. Laurie Ann Levin, renowned holistic psychologist, guides you effortlessly into loving yourself through meditations that spark connection to your highest self. Byron talks to Laurie all about it.
Byron White talks to In the author of Food and the City, Ina Yalof. Food and the City: New York's Professional Chefs, Restaurateurs, Line Cooks, Street Vendors, and Purveyors Talk About What They Do and Why They Do It takes us on an insider's journey into New York's pulsating food scene alongside the men and women who call it home.
Byron speaks with the owner and executive chef of The Raging Skillet, Chef Rossi who has just written his memoir entitled The Raging Skillet. In her LinkedIn page, she describes herself as "one part writer, one part painter, one part chef, one part caterer, one part wedding expert and guru, one part blogger, one part radio host (go to WOMR and WFMR), one part wedding therapist, one part gallery owner, one part book of edible memoirs (coming out soon!) writer and one part Jewisha mama, makes a fantastic sauce!!!!
Byron chats with Marie Chicuen, author of Achieve the College Dream: You Don’t Need to be Rich to Attend a Top School. Maria is an advocate for access, equality, and excellence in education. She has an immense passion to inspire youth to achieve their potential--particularly low-income students and minority students--as she experienced her own journey growing up as a Hispanic immigrant. A graduate of Harvard University, Maria works to help organizations and individuals understand and pave a path to the American Dream. Maria is achieving success through her articles, keynote speeches and leadership in institutions.
On this week's episode of LifeTips, Byron chats with Eileen Pollack, author of A Perfect Life. A graduate of Yale University, Eileen Pollack is an award winning novelist. Pollack was granted the Grub Street National Book Prize and named a New York Times Editor’s Choice selection for her novel, Breaking and Entering. Pollack currently teaches on the faculty of the Helen Zell MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Michigan.
Byron speaks with comic book author Yumi Sakugawa on her new book, There is No Right Way to Meditate: And Other Lessons.Yumi is an Ignatz Awards nominated comic book artist. Her comics have appeared in The Believer, the Best American NonRequired Reading 2014, The Rumpus, Folio, Fjords Review, and other publications. This book aims to inspire you to become more aware of the present moment and find stillness no matter where you go
Byron speaks with author Robert Dickie on his new book, The Leap: Launching Your Full-Time Career in Our Part-Time Economy. Robert Dickie is the President of Crown, he has worked in the military, private business, and nonprofit sectors during his career. In this book, he aims to help you navigate critical tasks for having lasting work in a changing economy.
Byron speaks with author Melody Warnick on her new book, This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live. Melody has been a freelance journalist for more than a decade. She was an English major at BYU, and has moved around a lot in her life. In this book, she dives into the body of research around place attachment—the deep sense of connection that binds some of us to our cities and increases our physical and emotional well-being—then travels to towns across America to see it in action.
Byron speaks with author Dr. Michele Borba on her new book, UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. Dr. Michele Borba is an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, and moral development.In her book, Dr. Borba offers a framework for parenting that yields the results we all want: successful, happy kids who also are kind, moral, courageous, and resilient.
Byron White is joined by Peg Dawson to discuss her book Smart but Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach Their Potential. Peg Dawson has enjoyed a long and distinguished career since earning her doctor of education degree from the Curry School in 1978. It has been characterized by a successful practice as a school psychologist in both public and private settings but also by years of professional leadership at the state, national, and international levels.
Byron speaks with author Dr. Stuart Shanker on his new book, Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life. Dr. Shanker is a research professor of philosophy at York University and CEO of the MEHRIT Centre, Ltd.. His interests focus on the impact of excessive stress on child development and behavior. In this book, he focuses on the ways to understand and regulate both you and your child’s stress in a calm state.
On this week's episode of LifeTips, Byron chats with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever. Founder and Senior Partner of Box of Crayons, Michael is a keynote speaker and organizer of Great Work MBA, a virtual conference. In The Coaching Habit, Michael shows readers how to become better managers, and turn advice into habits.
Byron speaks with author Hugh Byrne on his new book, The Here and Now Habit: How Mindfulness Can Help You Break Unhealthy Habits Once and for All. Hugh studies buddhist meditation and is trained in teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). In the book, he provides proven effective techniques to help you stop existing on autopilot, and start living in the here and now.
Julia Gaynor, Chief Savings Officer for Eversave.com discusses trends and how Savvy shoppers can throw away their BandAids and make paper cuts a thing of the past, by taking a smarter approach to saving, Coupon Clicking. She also tells us what are the top 10 things that one should NEVER pay full price for, five sneaky tricks that retailers don’t want you to know about and the 2009 Holiday Coupon Forecast
Byron chats with Kurt Gray, an assistant psychology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and co-author of The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why it Matters. Kurt has been named an APS Rising Star and was awarded the Janet Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Research. Through this research, Kurt and his co-author Daniel Wegner have discovered that that minds --- while incredibly important --- are a matter of perception. Listen in to learn more.
Byron White speaks with the author of The Little Book of Big Change: The No-Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit, Amy Johnson. Johnson is a psychologist and life coach who works with clients worldwide through individual coaching, workshops, and retreats. She has been a regularly featured expert on The Steve Harvey Show and Oprah.com, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and Self magazine.
Author Amy Morin reveals her personal story of tragedy along with strategies to avoid the 13 common pitfalls that can hold us back from reaching our full potential by way of her book13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. Byron White discusses the new book with Amy.
On this week’s episode of LifeTips, Byron chats with key-note speaker, and top-ranked CEO executive coach, John Mattone, about his book, Cultural Transformations, co-authored by Nick Vaidya. The book features interviews with fourteen CEOs of companies including The North Face, and the American Marketing Association, and details how leadership can impact a company’s culture.
Suzanne Bates is a Keynote Speaker and expert on Executive Presence and Communication. Suzanne Bates is the CEO of Bates, a firm founded in 2000 with a mission today to help leaders influence the world. The firm is distinguished in the field of leadership development for its ground breaking research and practical approach to helping leaders […]
There has truly never been a better time to be an author. For the first time, authors have direct access to the public via the Internet—and can create a community eagerly awaiting their book. But where do new authors start? How do they sort through the dizzying range of online options? Where should they spend […]
On this week’s episode of LifeTips, Byron chats with Kenny Nguyen on his book, The Big Fish Experience: Create Memorable Presentations That Reel In Your Audience. The book covers four categories: content, design, delivery and experience, to help improve presentations. Kenny is the CEO and Founder of Big Fish Presentations, and has been featured in Forbes, the […]
