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Conversations with extraordinary business leaders, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and others who are changing the world through the work they do. The goal is to share insights, help to inspire and lift others, and deliver practical, meaningful, and actionable content.

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October 22, 2026Episode 3381 hr 5 min

338: Shawn Vanderhoven | The Power of Pause

What if the key to better performance, stronger leadership, and greater success isn't doing more or moving faster, but knowing when to slow down? Shawn Vanderhoven, partner at The Wiseman Group and coauthor of the USA Today bestselling book Pause: How to Lead Brilliant Work in a Busy World , joins me on this episode. Drawing on years of leadership research and his own personal experiences, Shawn shares how his father's integrity, Stephen Covey's teachings, and a powerful lesson from his grandmother shaped the person and leader he is today. He also opens up about the challenges of writing a book with his wife, Anne, and the uncomfortable realization that he had been guilty of many of the leadership behaviors his research identified as distractions. We explore why good intentions don't always produce good outcomes, how our behaviors affect the people around us, and why sometimes slowing down is exactly what we need to make meaningful progress. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ The people and experiences that shape us: How Shawn's father, Stephen Covey, and his grandmother influenced his character, values, and understanding of leadership, including his grandmother's powerful lesson about turning worry into acts of service. ✅ Self-awareness and the unintended impact of our behavior: Why leaders often fail to recognize how their actions affect others, and what Shawn discovered about his own leadership habits while researching Pause . ✅ Why slowing down helps us accomplish more: What Shawn's research revealed about the leaders who create clarity, protect focus, eliminate distractions, and help their teams produce exceptional work. ✅ Making better decisions and protecting our attention: Practical strategies for identifying competing priorities, deciding what not to do, using AI to evaluate opportunities, and establishing rules that reduce distractions. ✅ Relationships, personal growth, and unlocking potential: What Shawn learned from writing Pause with his wife, why understanding other people's needs matters, and how great leaders help people develop their talents and do meaningful work. ✅ And much more! Get connected with Shawn: Website: https://www.pausebook.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnvanderhoven/ Purchase a copy of Pause : https://www.amazon.com/Pause-Lead-Brilliant-Work-World/dp/1668049481/ Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

October 15, 2026Episode 33754 min

337: Jenn Drummond | Choosing How We Live

What does it take to overcome fear, build resilience, and live a life of significance? Jenn Drummond, a world record-setting mountaineer, mother of seven, successful business owner, speaker, podcast host, and author of BreakProof: 7 Strategies to Build Resilience and Achieve Your Life Goals, joins me on this episode. After surviving a horrific car accident in 2018 that nearly took her life, Jenn began looking at life differently. That experience ultimately helped set her on an extraordinary journey that would make her the first woman to climb the second-highest summits on each of the seven continents. In this inspiring and deeply personal conversation, Jenn shares powerful stories from her life, including her experiences climbing Mount Everest and K2, and the lessons she's learned about fear, commitment, resilience, personal growth, and making a meaningful difference in the lives of others. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ Overcoming fear and building resilience: How Jenn's near-death experience changed her perspective on life, what she learned confronting her fear of heights on Mount Everest, and why taking one safe step at a time can help us do difficult things. ✅ The power of commitment and support: Why fully committing to something changes how we approach challenges, the importance of surrounding ourselves with the right people, and how coaches, mentors, and support systems help us achieve what once seemed impossible. ✅ Why the goal is not the goal: What climbing the world's most challenging mountains taught Jenn about enjoying the journey, discovering who we become along the way, and finding meaning beyond the achievement itself. ✅ Moving from success to significance: Jenn shares the remarkable story of helping a Pakistani woman reach the summit of K2, the importance of creating opportunities for others, and how our actions can have a lasting impact far beyond ourselves. ✅ The power of perspective and the stories we tell ourselves: How climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with three of her children transformed their worldview, why gratitude and positive self-talk matter, and Jenn's simple two-minute toothbrush challenge. ✅ And much more! Get connected with Jenn: Website: https://jenndrummond.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenndrummondutah LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-drummond/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejenndrummond Twitter: https://twitter.com/thejenndrummond Purchase a copy of BreakProof : https://www.amazon.com/BreakProof-Strategies-Build-Resilience-Achieve/dp/1684814359 Listen to the Seek Your Summit podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seek-your-summit-with-jenn/id1637928947 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

October 8, 2026Episode 3361 hr 4 min

336: John Miles | How to Feel Like You Matter Again

John R. Miles, bestselling author, award-winning podcast host, former Fortune 50 executive, Navy veteran, and leading voice on the science of mattering and human significance, joins me on this episode. John is the host of the award-winning Passion Struck podcast, which has surpassed 85 million downloads, and the author of Passion Struck, You Matter, Luma, and his newest book, The Mattering Effect: Creating a Life of Meaning and Worth. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ Disappearing from your own life and how John's childhood traumatic brain injury shaped his sense of self, the ways we can become invisible while still functioning and achieving, and the signals that we may be losing ourselves ✅ The difference between achievement and mattering, why success and accomplishment can't establish our worth, when we begin connecting performance to value, and what happens when we spend our lives trying to prove we're enough ✅ Why mattering is foundational, what it means to feel seen, valued, and significant, the difference between belonging and mattering, how mattering gradually erodes, and the connection between unmattering, burnout, and disengagement ✅ The M.A.T.T.E.R. Framework and M.A.T.T.E.R. Compass, practical tools for understanding where mattering may be missing in our lives and rebuilding meaning, autonomy, trust, time, energy, reciprocity, and a deeper sense of significance ✅ Making other people feel like they matter, how our presence and everyday interactions can make someone feel seen and valued, why significance is less about recognition and more about contribution, and the difference we can make by serving, adding value, and leaving people better than we found them ✅ And much more! Get connected with John: Website: https://johnrmiles.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m Twitter: https://twitter.com/John_RMiles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmileshumanperformanceexpert/ Purchase a copy of The Mattering Effect: Creating a Life of Meaning and Worth: https://www.amazon.com/Mattering-Effect-Creating-Meaning-Worth/dp/1640659811 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

October 1, 2026Episode 3351 hr 0 min

335: Emily Balcetis, PhD | How Successful People See the World

Emily Balcetis, PhD, social psychologist, professor at New York University, author, researcher, and speaker, joins me on this episode. Emily directs NYU's Social Perception, Action and Motivation Lab and has spent more than 20 years studying behavioral science, judgment and decision-making, self-regulation, goal setting, and motivation. She has published more than 70 scientific manuscripts, delivered TEDx talks viewed by millions, and is the author of Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World . Emily's research has been featured in Forbes, TIME, NPR, Scientific American, The Atlantic, and other major media outlets. She has lectured at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ How what we see isn't always an objective reflection of reality and how our perceptions influence our decisions, motivation, and behavior ✅ The science of goal setting and why the way we visually focus on a goal can change how difficult or achievable it feels ✅ Why narrowing your focus can make challenging goals feel closer and help improve motivation, effort, and performance ✅ The difference between simply visualizing success and creating a realistic plan that accounts for the obstacles we're likely to encounter ✅ How to think differently about progress, setbacks, and the strategies we can use to keep moving toward the person we want to become ✅ And much more! Get connected with Emily: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilybalcetis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EBalcetis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-balcetis-6b2853165/ TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_balcetis_why_some_people_find_exercise_harder_than_others Purchase a copy of Clearer, Closer, Better : https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524796468/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HedKFbA9WQGQ3 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

September 24, 2026Episode 3341 hr 5 min

334: Ron Johnson | The Man Behind the Apple Store

Ron Johnson, creator of the Apple Store, retail innovator, author, speaker, and former CEO of JCPenney, joins me on this episode. Ron worked directly alongside Steve Jobs as a member of Apple's executive team, helping create and lead the Apple Stores during their first twelve years. Before Apple, he helped bring great design to everyday consumers at Target through groundbreaking collaborations with designers like Michael Graves. His new book, Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius , explores timeless lessons on innovation, leadership, design, and building cultures rooted in love, kindness, and human relationships. Ron is also the founder of Enjoy, the first mobile retail store. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ Finding significance and meaning through work that aligns with who you are and what matters most ✅ Lessons from working with Steve Jobs and creating the Apple Store, including the power of bold thinking, action, and innovation ✅ Building winning cultures by putting people first and leading with love, kindness, service, and human relationships ✅ How curiosity, conversation, and collaboration help reveal breakthrough ideas and create extraordinary customer experiences ✅ Lessons from Ron's time at JCPenney about failure, humility, the importance of timing, and knowing when to change course ✅ And much more! Get connected with Ron: Website: https://ronjohnsonshopsdifferent.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shopdifferent/ Purchase a copy of Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple's Genius : https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063456958 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

September 17, 2026Episode 33355 min

333: Dr. Cortney Warren | The Impact of Self-Deception on Our Lives

Dr. Cortney Warren, board-certified clinical psychologist, bestselling author, speaker, and award-winning researcher, joins me on this episode. Cortney is an expert on self-deception, addictions, romantic relationships, eating pathology, and the practice of psychology from a cross-cultural perspective. Her TEDx talk, Honest Liars: The Psychology of Self-Deception, has been viewed nearly two million times. In this conversation, Cortney explains why we all lie to ourselves, how self-deception influences our choices and relationships, and why developing the courage to face uncomfortable truths can help us change our lives. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ The lessons Cortney learned from growing up with a philosopher mother ✅ Resilience and how our response to adversity shapes who we become ✅ Why the relationship between a therapist and client is one of the strongest predictors of therapeutic change ✅ What self-deception is and why we often struggle to see it in ourselves ✅ How the stories and beliefs we create can keep us stuck in unhealthy patterns ✅ Using adversity, honesty, and self-awareness as mechanisms for learning, growth, and meaningful change ✅ And much more! Get connected with Cortney: Website: https://drcortney.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CortneySWarren/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drcortney/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcortneywarren/ Purchase a copy of Letting Go of Your Ex : https://www.amazon.com/Letting-Go-Your-Ex-Addiction/dp/1648480373 Watch Cortney's TEDx talk, Honest Liars: The Psychology of Self-Deception: https://youtu.be/YpEeSa6zBTE Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

September 10, 2026Episode 3321 hr 3 min

332: George Mumford | Accessing Our Inner Game

George Mumford, globally recognized mindfulness and performance expert, sports psychologist, bestselling author, teacher, and speaker, joins me on this episode. George has worked with some of the world's greatest athletes, including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, and championship teams coached by Phil Jackson. His teachings have helped athletes, leaders, and individuals strengthen their self-awareness, perform under pressure, and unlock more of their potential. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ George's journey through addiction, recovery, and personal transformation ✅ How mindfulness helped him become more aware of his thoughts, emotions, and choices ✅ Moving beyond fear, limiting beliefs, and the stories that keep us stuck ✅ Lessons from working with Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, and championship teams ✅ Finding flow, performing under pressure, and unlocking the greatness within us ✅ And much more! George has been featured in popular media outlets, including ABC News, Huffington Post, Boston Globe Magazine, Psychology Today, and many others. Get connected with George: Website: https://georgemumford.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/george.t.mumford LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-mumford/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/gtmumford Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/george.mumford/ Purchase a copy of Unlocked : https://www.amazon.com/Unlocked-Embrace-Greatness-Discover-Success/dp/0063210096 Purchase a copy of The Mindful Athlete : https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Athlete-Secrets-Pure-Performance/dp/1941529062 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

September 3, 2026Episode 3311 hr 2 min

331: Nir Eyal | Your Beliefs Are Shaping Your Life

Nir Eyal, behavioral design expert, keynote speaker, former Stanford lecturer, and New York Times bestselling author of Beyond Belief , Indistractable , and Hooked , joins me on this episode. Nir writes, consults, and teaches at the intersection of psychology, technology, and human potential. His work has helped millions of people build better habits, improve their focus, and gain greater agency over their lives and work. In this episode, Nir explains why our beliefs influence far more than the way we think. They shape what we notice, what we attempt, how we respond to challenges, and how long we persist when things become difficult. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ What beliefs are, where they come from, and why many of them operate outside our conscious awareness ✅ Why beliefs are tools rather than absolute truths, and how to determine whether a belief is helping or limiting us ✅ The role belief plays in motivation, behavior change, perseverance, and achieving meaningful goals ✅ How our beliefs shape perception, influence the opportunities we notice, and affect how we respond to failure and adversity ✅ How to identify, question, and move beyond beliefs that no longer serve us ✅ And much more! Get connected with Nir: Website: https://www.nirandfar.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nireyal/ Purchase a copy of Beyond Belief : https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Belief-Science-Backed-Limiting-Breakthrough/dp/0593852036 Subscribe to Nir's newsletter: https://www.nirandfar.com/subscribe/ Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

August 27, 2026Episode 3301 hr 2 min

330: Payam Zamani | From Escaping Persecution to Securing a Billion-Dollar IPO

Payam Zamani, entrepreneur, investor, founder and CEO of One Planet Group, and bestselling author of Crossing the Desert: The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys , joins me on this episode. At 16 years old, Payam was forced to flee Iran because of the persecution he faced as a member of the Bahá'í Faith. After a dangerous journey and time in a refugee camp, he was granted asylum in the United States and began rebuilding his life in a new country. Payam went on to become a pioneering tech entrepreneur, co-founding AutoWeb, one of the first online automotive marketplaces, and taking the company public during the early days of the internet. But his story is about much more than business success. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ Fleeing religious persecution in Iran at 16 and the difficult journey that eventually brought Payam to the United States ✅ How hardship, uncertainty, and starting over shaped his resilience, perspective, and approach to life ✅ Co-founding AutoWeb, becoming an early internet entrepreneur, and what he learned from achieving extraordinary success at a young age ✅ Why financial success alone does not create meaning, fulfillment, or happiness ✅ How faith, purpose, service, and responsibility influence the way Payam leads companies and uses business as a force for good ✅ And much more! Get connected with Payam: Website: https://www.oneplanetgroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/payamzamaniSV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/payamzamani/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/payamzamani/ Twitter: https://x.com/payamzamani Purchase a copy of Crossing the Desert: https://www.amazon.com/Crossing-Desert-Embracing-Difficult-Journeys/dp/1637744609 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

August 20, 2026Episode 32959 min

329: Henna Pryor | Why Getting Good at Awkward Changes Everything

Henna Pryor, workplace performance expert, executive coach, bestselling author of Good Awkward , and award-winning two-time TEDx and keynote speaker, joins me on this episode. Henna was named a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence and has spoken to global organizations including Google, Johnson & Johnson, and JPMorgan Chase. She's been featured in popular media outlets including Forbes, NBC, The Washington Post, Business Insider, and Fast Company. Henna has spent much of her life thinking about what other people think, navigating the discomfort that comes with not fitting expectations, and learning what happens when we stop trying to avoid awkwardness and instead get better at it. Her work explores why awkwardness is a natural part of being human and how learning to navigate it can help us become more confident, courageous, creative, and connected. In our conversation, Henna shares the science behind awkwardness, why our social muscles may be getting weaker, and practical strategies we can use to become more comfortable with discomfort. 🎙️ What We Discuss: ✅ Where awkwardness comes from, the difference between good and bad awkward, and why getting good at it can make us more courageous ✅ How worrying about what other people think shapes our decisions and why abandoning ourselves is also a risk ✅ Why our social muscles are getting weaker and the importance of intentionally building our social fitness ✅ How to navigate awkward moments in real time using awareness, humor, and the willingness to name the awkwardness ✅ Why achievement isn't identity and the importance of becoming more intentional about how we spend our time and what we say yes to ✅ And much more! Get connected with Henna: Website: https://pryoritygroup.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hennapryorcoach/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennapryor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/ Purchase a copy of Good Awkward : https://www.amazon.com/Good-Awkward-Embrace-Embarrassing-Celebrate/dp/1646871456 Leave a 5-star review with a comment on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-minds-coffee-chat/id1539014324 Subscribe to my Business Builder Newsletter: https://bit.ly/32y0YxJ Want to learn how you can work with me to gain more clarity, build a rock-solid foundation for your business, and achieve the results and success you deserve? Visit http://jayscherrbusinessconsulting.com/ and schedule a 1:1 discovery coaching call. Enjoy, thanks for listening, and please share with a friend!

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