It’s hard to believe that it’s been 50 episodes. That seems like a big number. It’s time to reflect on how far I have come and what I have learned with the podcast. When I started off my goal was to get good at podcasting. I didn’t really have a very clearly defined strategy. I knew I liked creativity, strategy and leadership. I knew that I wanted …

Gabe Petersen was bored and at home scrolling through LinkedIn when he realized that he had a lot of connections. It was towards the beginning of COVID-19 people didn’t have anywhere to go and were happy to jump on zoom calls, especially if it meant they would get to be on a podcast. And that is what Gabe did. With his background in real estate, he…

Eric Thayne started filming super hero videos as a kid with his friends in his backyard using Hi8 tapes. He has always loved filming and producing beautiful looking images. He continued pursuing his passion and love of filming and turned it into a business where he started off shooting anything people would pay him to do. But he had this passion an…

“In 2020, every story is a COVID story.” For many nonprofits the season between Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and December 31st is traditionally a big time for giving. It's an important time for ensuring that the nonprofit can continue to work the following year. During this time being able to communicate the impact of your work i…

Getting a lot of likes may feel good, but they don’t pay the bills. If you want to be able to actually make money online eventually you need to bring online followers into a sales process. Nicki Friis started off doing modeling work and enjoyed all of the attention and likes, but it led to eventually dealing with a bit of depression. After working …

“Every day that you decide not to take action, who suffers the most and why? The more specific you are about the person who is suffering about your inability to take action the easier it will be for you to take action.” In this episode with Brenden who runs the MasterTalk YouTube channel, we dive into what it was like for him to be committed to cre…

When he was in high school Erik was a self described “C” student who didn’t really like school. He had undiagnosed ADHD which meant that he had a hard time focusing on the right things. Then when he realized that if he set up systems, rules and productivity workflows that he would be able to get the right work done, he became a lifelong learner of …

Welcome to a special edition of No Fat Cats, where we are going to take a break from our normal programming to honor someone who very much embodies so many values that our country needs today, Representative John Lewis. I have the privilege of filming the video and audio of an interview with him back on May 6th, 2014 as a part of a team from the US…