Posted on Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Episode #031: Ken Blanchard and Tim Kearin, Authors of Fit at Last: Look and Feel Better Once and for All

by Jeff Brown

This week’s episode marks a first. It’s the very first time I interview two authors at the same time. Dueling banjos? No! More like two members of an orchestra, one gracefully complimenting the other.

I’m talking about Ken Blanchard, New York Times bestselling co-author of The One Minute Manager and the book we talk about today – Fit at Last: Look and Feel Better Once and for All, and his co-author and fitness coach extraordinaire, Tim Kearin. Together, they want to take you from being interested in in life change to committed to it.

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If you’re anything like me, you’ve made your share of fitness-related resolutions. Maybe you even called them goals because someone said you were supposed to. Either way, despite your good intentions, they never quite went according to plan. Believe it or not, you can break that cycle.

Posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Episode #030: Liz Wiseman, Author of Multipliers: How Great Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (with Greg McKeown)

by Jeff Brown

Though I wouldn’t discover it until 2013, author Liz Wiseman would release one of my favorite books of the year…way back in 2010.

And ever since I launched the Read to Lead Podcast in July 2013, one of my goals has been to have her on. That’s one more item to cross off the bucket list.

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In the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Liz and co-author Greg McKeown, share about the two dramatically different types of leaders we’ve all had experience with.

On one end of the spectrum are the Diminishers. These are the idea killers or the energy sappers. On the other end are the Multipliers, the kind of leaders who inspire employees to stretch themselves to deliver results and surpass expectations.

Posted on Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Episode #029: Kimberly Palmer, Author, The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life

by Jeff Brown

If you’ve ever struggled financially, or sometimes worry about how you’re going to make ends meet long term, then there is a great deal you can learn from Kimberly Palmer.

She is a young woman who, several years ago, recognized the lack of job stability within her chosen field (journalism) and, with a baby on the way, realized it was up to her to do something about it.

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In her new book, The Economy of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur and Recession-Proof Your Life, she shares her personal journey, and that of over 100 others, of jumping into arguably what is now the biggest trend in business today – the microbusiness.

Posted on Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Episode #028: Daniel Pink, Author of To Sell is Human

by Jeff Brown

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges: so do the other eight.

So argues Daniel Pink in his new book To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others. Whether you’re an employee pitching colleagues on a new idea, an entrepreneur trying to sway potential funders, or a parent or teacher trying to convince children to study, you spend much of you day trying to move others.

Like it or not, Dan says, we’re all in sales now.

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Daniel Pink is one of my all-time favorite authors, and having him on the show has been a goal of mine from the very beginning. Two of my favorites from Dan, in addition to his latest, are Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us and A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.

Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Episode #027: Best of 2013 Vol. 2

by Jeff Brown

In this episode, we pick up where we left off last week with some of my favorite moments from episodes 13 through 24.

The Read to Lead Podcast saw another three New York Times bestselling authors stop in for a visit: Andy Andrews, Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk.

In addition to these gentlemen, we hear from our first female guests, Lisa B. Marshall and Natalie Sisson, along with author and speaker Ken Davis, and the author of my favorite book of 2013, Todd Henry.

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Much like last week’s Vol. 1 edition, it was very hard to narrow the list down to the seven authors you’ll hear from today. Having said that, it was fun going back through the conversations to cherry pick my favorite moments.

For a list of each author highlighted, along with a link to their original episode and a link to their latest book, simply scroll down to the bottom of this post. But, before you do, be sure to enter for your chance to win one of three free books!