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In 2006, my beautiful wife Kate (sorry, I always refer to her that way, but she is a beautiful person, so I can't NOT refer to her that way :) said that she wanted to run a marathon. It was on her "bucket list." I was totally out of shape - like 55+ pounds overweight. Seriously. I had no business training for a marathon. But I was only 25 years old, and definitely need to get off my ass and do something physical. I was a hard worker - at work for the Detroit Pistons - but long hours at the arena and traveling with the team were my excuse for eating buckets of Thai food, Pizza and totally letting myself go physically. I'd sleep in until sometimes 9 a.m. on workdays, again, because of the late nights at the arena. I rewarded myself with junk food for "working so hard" at my job, and let's be honest, it's fun having an "eating buddy," and I was definitely Kate's eating buddy. Here's how I went from a ridiculous 6 hour marathon time to breaking 4 hours 12 years later!

This is a special episode. Audio ripped from a phenomenal talk my wife Kate Hickey and I had with 80 high school students in Spring Hill, Tennessee about how they can start now to build their careers in marketing, engineering or any other field they might be interested. I was super pumped to have the opportunity to talk to this group of students. A must listen for anyone with a high school student or college student (or any high school or college student).

Over the past year, it's become increasingly clear - regular old email marketing just isn't really working that well anymore. B2B marketers that bought lists back in 2007-2010 and mass emailed prospects to try and convert just aren't having the same success. Why? I break it down on this episode.

I sat down with Will Acuff, co-founder of CornerToCorner.org, an amazing non-profit in Nashville, TN that has built a successful entrepreneurship program, graduating dozens of entrepreneurs each year that are increasing revenue by 20-30%. Will is full of energy, intelligence and his passion is infectious. You can't miss this show.

It's on and poppin'... the full episode with Sloane Scott of Punching Nun Group - smarter strategic marketing - out of the Nashville / Franklin, TN area. Sloane is a digital marketing pioneer and self-proclaimed "#2" with extremely hard work ethic and amazing experience as an entrepreneur and businesswoman. She had an amazing way of articulating all the points I was trying to make in a much better way in this episode. Tell me what you think!

Sometimes, when you're seeking answers to questions about your life, business, parenting, family, the pursuit of happiness, making money or how to spend your free time, you have to simply take action and either get those answers from "successful people," "people you'd have dinner with," or you have to freaking "just do it" and see how it goes. I mean, stop dwelling on the question, and seek the answer or just do until the answer finally comes to you. I've written recently about some life stories, and I'm going to continue to. Here's one in a little different format, transcribed from my business meeting with Gary Vaynerchuk, a man on my "Mount Rushmore." I learned a ton from this experience, but here are three main points: - Whoever is closest to the customer always wins - When you hedge, you give up your leverage - Never let anyone else dictate the outcome of your success But I think the biggest takeaway, that I wasn't expecting, quite simply is, I learned the TRUE IMPORTANCE OF BUI

🔥🔥Episode with Emily Gold, Founder and CEO of Twice Social. The former fashion model turned social media influencer and I break down trends and news in digital media including Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Episode 37, with attorney Thallen Brassel. Did you know that whether you’re an Instagram Influencer or large corporation, you should be protecting yourself against FTC regulations related to Social Media and Digital Marketing? Attorney Thallen Brassel stopped by Data Driven Design to be a guest on the podcast. You don’t want to miss this episode!

Somewhere between Strengths and Weaknesses lies your intersection, a set of skills you need to learn to increase your earning potential.

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