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Marty Cooper - The Cell Phone has Transformed Humanity - Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur  Martin Cooper, inventor of the cell phone and technology visionary joins Your Partner In Success™ Radio to share how the cell phone has transformed humanity. While at Motorola in the 1970s, he invented the first handheld cellular mobile phone (distinct from the car phone) in 1973 and led the team that developed it and brought it to market in 1983. He is considered the "father of the (handheld) cell phone” and is also cited as the first person in history to make a handheld cellular phone call in public. Who did he call and why? I will ask him! That first cell phone began a fundamental technology and communications market shift to making phone calls to a person instead of to a place. Bell Labs had introduced the idea of cellular communications in 1947, but their first systems were limited to car phones which required roughly 30 pounds (12 kg) of equipment in the trunk. Motorola gained Federal Communications Commiss

Julie Jones Hamilton - You are the CEO of your own life! Julie Jones Hamilton is a producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author, who brings over 30 years of experience in the human potential and personal development industry. With a career spanning over 25 years, she has supported thousands of women and families in recovery & personal transformation. She is the co-founder of "Think and Grow Sober" and co-founder of Kitchen Hamilton Productions, which creates international Positive Media Programing and the national cable television series "World's Greatest Motivators" a 13-Episode Television Series featuring Bob Proctor, Les Brown, Jack Canfield, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf, David Meltzer, Sharon Lechter and others. Julie is the Co-Producer of Modern Day Millionaire, "Bob Proctor at Carnegie Hall" & "The Council of Wisdom" and the "Master Mentor Series" representing America's list of renowned thought leaders and speakers, currently creating National PBS

Why Do Entrepreneurs Fail (To Win)? It’s an obsession with Gary Polk, a Black businessman, CEO, business consultant, university professor, and author. His first book, Why Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), is widely used as a textbook in college entrepreneurship programs. His recent book Why Black and Brown Entrepreneurs Fail (to Win), published December 2020, is intended for entrepreneurs and those who want to be. When asked how Black and Brown entrepreneurs are different, Professor Polk cited: Cultural differences that get in the wayThe self-doubt that holds them backAccess to capitalNot realizing the need to establish a strong network before needing itNot knowing their 'why'Not viewing entrepreneurship as a team sport He’s also a proponent of social entrepreneurship and will launch the Polk Institute of Social Entrepreneurship, on January 15, 2021. What is Social Entrepreneurship? Social entrepreneurship is a recognized business model that combines the disciplines of market capitalism with innovative approaches

Daniel Horwitz serves as a leadership consultant and assists sports teams and companies to help improve and enhance productivity, trust, communication, accountability, teamwork, diversity & inclusion, culture, etc. Many life lessons can be taught using sports as a platform. As a coach, accumulating knowledge on culture and disseminating that knowledge to players can have a long-lasting impact. As a player, you have the ability to maximize your leadership skills, as well as help promote a team environment that will bring out the best in everyone, including yourself. Having a growth mindset—the ability to believe you can learn and improve from every situation—is important in building a championship culture. In his new book 'Help Them Up: 14 Principles to Educate, Energize, and Empower Your Team to Build a Championship Basketball Culture' Daniel says that if a team collectively takes these 14 Principles and implements them as the foundation of their culture, it will create an environment where: Every playe

Sharon Lechter is internationally recognized as a financial literacy expert and keynote speaker. She is a New York Times Bestselling author, successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and has enjoyed a 35-year career as a licensed CPA. She has advised two US Presidents on the topic of financial literacy. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and 14 other books in the Rich Dad series. In 2008, when the economy crashed, she was asked by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the teachings of Napoleon Hill. Her best-selling books with the Foundation include Three Feet from Gold, Outwitting the Devil and Think and Grow Rich for Women and Success and Something Greater. She is also featured in the movie Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and on the national television series World’s Greatest Motivators.  Sharon joins Your Partner In Success Radio to share:  The money mindset that holds us all backThe four ways you make moneyThe one thing all wealthy people have in common... and you

Gettin' (un)Busy with guest Garland Vance Dr. Garland Vance is an author, speaker, and consultant who joins us today to discuss the effects of 'busyness' on leaders and how to overcome both individual and organizational over-commitment. Garland has been helping people and teams get clarity about their life and leadership for over twenty years. He is an author, speaker, and consultant. Along with his wife, Dorothy, he cofounded AdVance Leadership to help high capacity leaders and organizations live and lead with Purpose, Productivity, and Peace. He has helped his clients (which span from Fortune 500 Companies to nonprofits) stress less, accomplish more, and fulfill their highest priorities. He is the author of Gettin' (un)Busy, which Forbes named as "one of the seven books everyone on your team should read." As a former Leadership Development Pastor and Director of one of Chick-fil-A's nonprofits, Garland has poured into influencers at all levels. He’s helped thousands of people discover and live out

How to Create Prolific Content for Your Business with guest Beck Power Beck Power is a content marketer, international speaker and the host of the Amplify Content podcast.  Beck helps small businesses to create more content and to make that content more effective, driving awareness, engagement, leads and sales. Beck is the founder of Power Creative Media, a done-for-you content agency, and Amp Content Academy, a free resource for DIY content hacks, concepts and frameworks.  Beck has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo, Entrepreneur, New York Mag and TheNextWeb. She joins Your Partner In Success Radio to share: Why should we be creating more contentWhat is social media all about now? What kind of content should we be posting? What is content repurposing?How to come up with good content ideas  Find Beck Power on the internet: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Podcast | TikTok: @thebeckpower      We appreciate you tuning in to this episode of Your Partner In Success Radio with Host Denise Griffitts. If you enjoyed what

November is National Diabetes Month and Dr. John Poothullil joins host Denise Griffitts to share 4 revolutionary ideas to prevent diabetes, lose weight, and enjoy food. Eat. Chew. Live. HOW you eat matters more than WHAT you eat. Dr. Poothullil has written articles on hunger and satiation, weight loss, diabetes, and the senses of taste and smell. His articles have been published in medical journals such as Physiology and Behavior, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, Journal of Women’s Health, Journal of Applied Research, Nutrition, and Nutritional Neuroscience. His work has also been quoted in Woman’s Day, Fitness, Redbook & Woman’s World Dr. John became interested in understanding the causes of and interconnections between hunger, satiation, and weight gain. His interest turned into a passion and a multi-decade personal study and research project that led him to read many medical journal articles, medical textbooks, and other scholarly works in biology, biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, and ce

Curve Benders - Why Strategic Relationships Will Power Your Non-Linear Growth in the Future of Work  A senior leadership/board advisor, researcher, executive educator, and best-selling author, David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on applications of strategic relationships in profitable growth, sustained innovation, and lasting change. The author of eleven books, including best-sellers Relationship Economics® (Wiley), and Co-Create (St. Martin’s Press), as well as the forthcoming Curve Benders (Wiley, 2021), Nour serves as a trusted advisor to global clients and coaches corporate leaders. He is an adjunct professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and was named to the Global Gurus Top 30 Leadership Professionals list. A Forbes Leadership contributor on the Future of Work, and an Inc. contributor on Relationship Economics, Nour’s unique insights have been featured in a variety of prominent publications, i

A professional communicator, Devon Blaine is the founder of The Blaine Group, Inc. Blaine is experienced in all facets of the communications industry. Formerly an actress, model, and stunt driver, she founded the agency in 1975. Besides designing communications campaigns that help businesses maximize their success, she has long been active in numerous entrepreneurial organizations, including X-Celerate, thus earning a reputation as “the entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.” She has incorporated the knowledge gained from these ventures into the philosophy of The Blaine Group. The agency has an award-winning track record in serving the needs of emerging companies and major corporations alike. The Blaine Group specializes in developing and implementing public relations campaigns and marketing strategies as comprehensive communications campaigns or as stand-alone entities.  The firm represents many authors and fast-track, emerging-growth companies.  It also handles investor relations and financial public relations activi

Meredith Bell has been an entrepreneur since 1982, and she’s an expert in helping companies develop the people side of their business. Meredith is co-founder and President of Performance Support Systems, a global software company based in Virginia. Their award-winning assessment and development tools have been used by organizations of all types and sizes to help leaders and employees become more effective performers.   Meredith is the author or co-author of two books published in 2020.  Her solo book, Strong for Performance: Create a Culture with Learning & Development Programs That Stick, came out in March. Today we’ll be discussing her new book, Connect with Your Team: Mastering the Top 10 Communication Skills, which she co-authored with Denny Coates, her business partner of 30 years. Meredith will share: Why communication skills are hard skills, not soft skillsWhat’s required to master a skillThe characteristics of truly powerful listenersSteps for receiving feedback graciouslyHow to encourage someone

Rocky Lalvani - Growing up as an immigrant and learning about money and how to live the American dream.  Rocky Lalvani is an immigrant to the United States as his parents immigrated from India. They were only allowed to bring $25 with them and had to start over in life. While growing up, it was normal for all the parents to have conversations about money. How much things cost, how much they spent, and how much people earned. He observed the way they were making wise decisions, and how the community quickly achieved financial success. Rocky never realized this wasn't how everyone else talked about money. He learned most people don’t talk about money and are more likely to share their sex lives than their money story.  Putting profit first in your business doesn’t mean ditching everything you care about to only focus on the money. Instead, it’s one simple change to the financial equation. This ensures that everyone (including you!) gets paid along with all of your bills. No more running check to check and wonde

The System Is Unforgiving: Play By The Rules And Win. Regardless of your circumstances, if you apply Allen’s rules to all aspects of your life, you will succeed in the face of any opposition. Humble upbringings did not deter Allen Maxwell from an incredible and dynamic global journey in the Navy and later in the private sector as a defense contractor. While navigating complex dynamics in both worlds, he developed the 'Rules of the System' that would be critical to survive challenging circumstances such as serving in the Philippines amid political unrest, a near-death collision on the USS Kinkaid, and a devious internal plan to usurp his leadership in Guantanamo Bay. As a businessman, he lost millions, saw the underbelly of politics, and steadfastly gained back his prosperity with a new insight on his allies. He came to resolutely know that while the system can be unforgiving, nothing is personal. With the right Rules of the System to follow, you will win. Allen also volunteers as the Chief Financial Officer f

Peter Economy is The Leadership Guy on Inc.com and has worked closely with some of the nation’s top business, leadership, and technology thinkers.  Peter is a best-selling business author, ghostwriter, developmental editor, and publishing consultant with more than 100 books to his credit (and more than 3 million copies sold). And for more than a decade served as Associate Editor for Leader to Leader magazine—published by the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum in New York City. Peter taught MGT 453: Creativity and Innovation as a lecturer at San Diego State University is on the National Advisory Council of The Art of Science Learning, and is a founding member of the board of SPORTS for Exceptional Athletes. A graduate of Stanford University (with majors in Economics and Human Biology), Peter has worked closely with some of the nation’s top business, leadership, and technology thinkers, including Jim Collins, Frances Hesselbein, Barry O’Reilly, Peter Senge, Kellie McElhaney, Jeff Patton, Marshall Goldsmith, Ma

Building a Revenue Growth Engine - How do we set growth goals in this economic environment? Darrell Amy is a growth architect, helping companies create strategies to grow revenue. He is the author of Revenue Growth Engine: How To Align Sales & Marketing to Accelerate Growth. Darrell hosts the Revenue Growth Podcast and co-hosts Selling From the Heart. He serves as a member of the Forbes Business Council and is a C-Suite Network Advisor.  Growing revenue has never been easy. Over the past 25 years, Darrell has worked with hundreds of companies and trained thousands of sales professionals. Recently, he began to notice that growth was getting harder. Sales competition is more intense than ever. Marketing has become incredibly complex. In all of this, owners and executives want to know, "Where is the growth?" In this episode of Your Partner In Success Radio Darrell will share: How we set growth goals in this economic environment?Why are ideal clients so important to revenue growth?What's the most im

Lightbulb moments are Megan Dahle's favorite thing. When clients finally SEE what the numbers mean, it’s like watching a video where colorblind people put on those special glasses and can see color for the first time. It’s magical! Megan (who has a minor in Interior Design) earned her Masters of Professional Accountancy after falling in love with how numbers became so tidy within accounting systems. For her, it just clicked. But what she discovered when translating financial information to others is that they couldn’t see the picture in her head that the numbers created. So she needed to find ways to paint that picture for them, and Getting Your Money Right was born. Megan will share: "Offense" vs "Defense" in businessThe question "What do I need to know?" and how business owners can use itCash forecasts help you sleep at nightCreativity, Grace and Courage - her favorite valuesThe other half of goal-setting  Find Megan Dahle on the web:Website | Facebook | LinkedIn   We appreciat

Azim Khamisa is an author, peace activist, thought leader, and inspirational speaker. He was born in Kenya, Africa and educated in England in mathematics, economics and international finance. He has over 45 years of experience as a successful international investment banker Following the murder of his son in 1995, Azim Khamisa founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation which started a subsequent forgiveness movement that has reached millions. He has received over 80 local, national and international peacemaker awards.  He is an emissary of peace and an international inspirational speaker with over 700 keynotes, including one to 300,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial at the Stand For Children Rally organized by the Children’s Defense Fund, as well as a speech to the United Nations General Assembly at the High-level Forum on the culture of peace. Azim serves on the Board in the capacity of Vice-Chair for the Institute of Noetic Science. IONS was founded 46 years ago by Edgar Mitchell who was the 6th man to walk on th

Chelsea Martin is the Co-Owner of Noms Bake Shop, the industry expert in the art of convenient corporate gifting that leaves a lasting impression. Often, home-baked cookies toted to soccer practice and school events are birthed from a box mix or store-bought refrigerated dough. The result? A blah-at-best response to a too-familiar flavor and texture. But that was never the case with the cookies Chelsea Martin’s father-in-law made for his children when they were growing up. The goodies were so coveted that their classmates and friends eagerly anticipated their appearance at sports practices and games, and neighbors looked forward to getting a homemade cookie basket at the holidays, which soon became an annual tradition. In the noisy world of gift-giving, Noms Bake Shop makes you the hero, providing a solution to gifting by cutting through the clutter and delivering a premium twist on traditional baked goods in a highly personalized way that’s easy to order. Chelsea and the Noms team specialize in making sure y

Lucas Root is an accomplished Speaker, Entrepreneur, & Business Success Mentor with over 19 years of success across banking, technology, investments, health and wellness, athletics, and interactive media. Lucas specializes in speaking to entrepreneurs and business owners on getting their strategy on track for success and growth. He has been here before and you can listen to our previous episode 'The Keys to Startup Success' here. Today he joins us to talk about Strategy, Leadership, Complex Communication, and Teamwork.  For over 17 years Lucas led numerous operations teams on Wall Street in Mergers and Acquisitions. After establishing a consistent track record of success, Lucas started his own consulting business and left his corporate job. As a consultant, he’s worked with some of the world’s strongest brands, including Wells Fargo, AIG, Bird, and the Pokemon company. Lucas works with strong brands with a well-funded great idea, who don’t quite know how to execute. Lucas has had the opportunity to speak

Marcy T. Rogers, CEO and Founder of SpineMark, has built her executive career in the healthcare industry through the development of niche surgical centers of excellence fueled by innovation and clinical research coupled with the creation of nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations to drive education, research and care for the uninsured or underinsured. A proven leader, she has over 30 years, built trust and rapport with physicians, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and public and private medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers. She is an entrepreneur in spirit with a sincere passion to foster patient satisfaction and accountability through outcomes substantiating medical care. Through alliances, partnerships and collaborations in the field of spinal care, Ms. Rogers gets things done. Her destination center model integrates and aligns stakeholders in the delivery of spine services and she has successfully demonstrated solid financial results as well as return on investment for the hospitals, ambulatory s