The Culture Matters Podcast

"Don't explain your philosophy.  Embody it." - EpictetusChief Growth Officer of The Pavement Group and good friend of the Culture Matters family Todd Gorell is stopping by the show today and we are covering a lot!  We're going through what makes a good joke, Todd's introduction to the stand-up stage, how Todd's whirlwind romance inspired him to go from managing bars into the sales field.  There's plenty more to unpack after that, so please enjoy this light-hearted and informative chat with Todd Gorell!

"The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts." - Blaise PascalBack again is the host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast and founder of The Pavement Group and The Top Contractor School Brian Hess and today on the show we are talking about your personal brand.  What exactly is a personal brand?  Why does your personal brand matter?  How can it affect your business and the important relationships you need to develop to maintain and strengthen those relationships.  We've got all the answers and more on today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast!

"To be a successful business owner and investor, you have to be emotionally neutral to winning and losing.  Winning and losing are just part of the game." - Robert KiyosakiFounder and CEO of EPM Mortgages and great friend to The Culture Matters Podcast Eddy Perez joins Jay for another chat.  Today, we're discussing Robert Kyosaki's book Rich Dad Poor Dad and how it has played a major part in Eddy's life.  Not without its controversies, Eddy talks about the lessons that he has taken from that book and how he has applied them to his own business.  Please enjoy this conversation with our dear friend Eddy Perez!

"To live is to suffer.  To survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." - Friedrich NietzscheIf you've been listening to the show, then you know that the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo has been interviewing the host of The Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran.  Well, today is part three of that series!   It should come as no surprise that our topic of the day is going to be culture!  Tony gets Jay's thoughts on where culture is today, where culture is going, and even where Jay thinks he might be if he hadn't become The Culture Man.  Take a peak behind the Culture Matters curtain and get to know Jay a little better with Tony Capullo.

"Rich people acquire assets.  The poor and middle class acquire liabilities that they think are assets." - Robert KiyosakiWe're doubling our fun today as great friends to the show and repeat guests Christine Beckwith and Cory Parker and today we're getting into property investment.  This power couple is here to break down some of the things they've learned since their last time on the show when they had just purchased their first real estate investment.  We're getting a first hand account about their journey and diving into experience being an amazing teacher, the value of doing your homework before you invest, and navigating the unique challenges that balancing a personal and professional relationship can bring.  If you're looking to invest in real estate, look no further than these two on today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself." - Andrew CarnegieToday on the show we have the author of Finding Honor: The Journey to Truth, founder  of 20/20 Vision for Success, and frequent guest of the show Christine Beckwith back with us and today we are talking about starting a business.  Christine shares with Jay her journey of how scary it was starting a business in 2018, how her never-say-die attitude lead to success, and what it actually took to start a coaching business.  If you are thinking about starting a business, Christine is here to tell you that working hard and truly dedicating yourself to your new endeavor are just the first steps on your path, but they might be the most important ones.

"When wireless is perfectly applied, the whole Earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole." - Nikola TeslaOur guest today needs no introduction, but he's going to get one anyway!  The founder of The Pavement Group and The Top Contractor School, host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast, and great friend of the show Brian Hess is back with us today and we are getting real about technology!  Brian and Jay go in on Brian's journey into accepting and utilizing technology as a part of his business, A.I., and the dangers to a business of not adapting to technology in today's landscape.  We're coming in hot in a short window with the one and only Brian Hess.

"Had I not been Alexander, I should have liked to be Diogenes." - Alexander the GreatToday is part two of an as yet unknown number of episodes where good friend of the show and founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony Capullo is sitting down with Jay and turning the microphone around on him.  We're covering everything from the way the pandemic affected culture to how much time and effort businesses put into their culture to a peak behind the curtain as to what Culture Matters does as a firm.  If you want to know more about Jay Doran and what he is all about, this is the episode for you as Tony Capullo interviews The Culture Man.

"Victory belongs to the most persevering." - Napoleon Bonaparte"To exist is to change.  To change is to mature.  To mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." - Henri BergsonToday on the show we have the founder and owner of JKR Windows and host of the "Just Real Quick" podcast  Jefferson K. Rogers back with us like he never left!  On this go around, we're talking about how perseverance leads to success, the benefits of surrounding yourself with like-minded and successful people, and making sure that you are squeezing every lost drop of value out of training seminars that you can because there is a price you will pay to be there that won't be strictly financial.  Jefferson has a lot to share on leadership and the value of not only training your people and setting them up for success, but trusting in them and allowing them to help you grow your business.  Now...go get it done.

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” - William ShakespeareArtisan contractor and philosopher Nathan Merrill is Jay's guest on this episode and we are getting deep today!  We're getting things kicked off by talking about virtue and whether or not we've read Shakespeare and if you haven't, don't worry.  You aren't alone.  Nathan and Jay discuss limitations, the imperfections of simply existing, and how your behavior is directly affected by the people they are interacting with and that includes yourself.  It's a deep discussion today on The Culture Matters Podcast, so prepare for some introspection and some outside of the box thinking!