Episodes

“Business leaders or organizational leaders tend to think that the goal of appreciation is just to make people feel good…and that's good. We want that to happen. But really, the main goal is to create a functional, effective organization.” – Dr. Paul White

"Improv is play, it's playing as an adult with everything … it's in a supportive place and there's not really many places where you can just go hey how's it going? I'm a robot and I got sausages for hands and everyone's going to agree with you." – Keith Saltojanes

“It's selfish if you don't become the best version of you for other people.” – Kevin Dupree

“Sometimes when you are a high achiever, you wait for a big win, and we really need to celebrate these smaller wins that happen along the way.” – Neelu Kaur

“Through drumming, I found my voice in many different ways.” – Clementine Moss

"Working hard and really putting in the effort and training yourself to be what you want to be can yield the results that you want." – Steph Katzovi

“It's important for kids to see themselves in books they read.” – Tonya Duncan Ellis

Trust yourself more.

“Email is still king in terms of getting a hold of people. Second only to texting a person on their personal phone number…if you're giving somebody your email address, that means you're serious about what they've got, and that's a responsibility that people need to take very seriously.” - Stephanie Cansian

Always beware when you hear mayhem and catastrophe being blamed on wind and water because human beings are almost always hiding behind those words.

"Your story might be the lifeline someone out there needs." – Tyler Wittkofsky

"When our thoughts fail us, when those stories and beliefs get in our way, principles serve as a bright beautiful light that helps to guide our journey along the way." – Mary Katherine Morales

“You are more original than you think you are.” – Ken Lizotte

“You are a lot more fortunate than everybody in the cemetery.” - Joe De Sena

"I knew that if in that darkest moment, if I was going to be kept alive, there was a reason for it, and I knew life wasn't going to be what it had always been, it wasn't going to be this painful thing.” – Amanda Blackwood

"God is my source, not my bank account." – Donna Renay Patrick

“Being a caregiver is somewhat like being Sherlock Holmes, being a detective and having to figure out and through the process of elimination, narrowed down what's bothering them, what they need or what they want.” – Lisa Skinner

"Grief is love and when it's really love, it doesn't go away just because somebody dies." - Emily Thiroux Threatt

“Writing is kind of mixing the genres and seeing what kind of new things you can think of.” – Luna Rey Hall

Have fun and be determined.

"Sometimes you get the result you want and sometimes you get the result you need to learn your lesson." – Regina Huber

“Even with business stuff, we have to listen to our gut just as much as we do when we're writing.” – Amy Wallen

“Human beings, as much as we say we evolve in many ways, we make the same mistakes over and over and over again with history repeating itself.” – Oksana Kukurudza

“All of us have experiences and challenges. The baggage and drama are optional. It's all in how you choose to look at your life.” – Clay Boatright