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October 14, 2026Episode 401528 min

Diagnosed at 60+ with ADHD and Autism, how did Mark Kennedy use a Diagnosis to enter new doorway

Mark Kennedy's story invites readers to reconsider a lifetime of striving. His teaching career demonstrates the significance of serving people others might overlook. His late-in-life diagnosis offers an opportunity to reinterpret his own journey. His sobriety and release from people-pleasing point toward a more authentic chapter after 60.The unifying idea is that we don't become significant by earning everyone's approval. We become significant by living authentically and helping other people recognize their own worth.From our Truly Significant point of view, Mark learned to see his students and how he is learning to see himself.For decades, he helped young people look beyond the labels the world had placed on them. His next chapter invites an equally important question: What happens when we finally extend that same compassion, patience, and possibility to ourselves?That is where his story moves beyond a career profile and becomes a conversation capable of helping listeners at any age reconsider what it means to live a life that lifts others up. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

October 9, 2026Episode 411446 min

Glenn Llopis rocks Truly Significant identifying the Identity crisis and serves up a solution to the next gen

Glenn Llopis rocks our network with the most provocative podcast of the year. We have lost our identity and the next generation is danger. Part of the solution lies in taking an old fashioned immigrant's mindset. After all, we are ALL immigrants. Hear Glenn, the Identity Catalyst, take his immigrant spirit of survival, renewal and reinvention, sprinkle in a dose of agency to the next gen, focus on significance and you find the super power within to be authentically yourself. Read Glenn's latest book Earning Conviction- Practice that redirects leaders from exhausted to unshakeable Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

October 7, 2026Episode 401231 min

Truly Significant honors Dr. Greg Allgood, leader of World Vision, providing fresh water to millions

We are honoring Dr. Greg Allgood, leader at World Vision, focused on clean water to 700 million people in need. World Vision works in a variety of sectors, with water being a central focus. Greg shares a life changing story of Mercy, a woman was taking toxic water to her family. Greg offered his P&G product, a water purification packet, that instantly cleared the muddy water. He saw changed and improved lives. Visit worldvision.org and drop down to water or go to www.drgregallgood.com. It only takes $50 to transform a life or buy two copies of his book Thirsty for a Miracle and Greg's team will contribute $50 to help an individual with clean water. What makes Greg's story is that he didn't simply give to people in need. He used science, business, partnerships, persistence and personal conviction to build a system capable of helping millions. He made clean water a life mission Dr. Allgood spent 26 years at Procter & Gamble and founded the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program. With his background in toxicology and public health, he recognized that P&G's water-purification technology could do far more good as a humanitarian program than it could as a conventional commercial product. He turned corporate capability into humanitarian impact This may be the most significant part of his story. Allgood persuaded P&G to create a nonprofit model around its water-purification technology. The little packets could transform contaminated water into drinkable water in about 30 minutes. The program eventually delivered more than 23 billion liters of clean water, reaching millions of people. Greg became a bridge between unlikely partners Allgood understood that no single organization was going to solve the global water crisis. He helped build partnerships involving P&G, World Vision, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Gates Foundation, UNICEF, WHO and USAID. That's a powerful Side Quest to Significance lesson: sometimes your calling isn't to do everything yourself. It's to connect the people, resources and institutions that can accomplish something together that none could accomplish alone. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

October 7, 2026Episode 411047 min

Legendary Psychologist and author Dr. Arie Kruglanski is honored, Quest for Significance

Arie Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland whose career spans human judgment, motivation, goal pursuit, cognition, group behavior, and radicalization. He has published more than 300 articles, chapters and books, and in 2024 received the Association for Psychological Science's William James Fellow Award for lifetime contributions to psychology. His most significant contribution: the Quest for Significance Kruglanski's breakthrough idea is Significance Quest Theory: human beings have a fundamental motivation to feel that they have worth, dignity, respect and meaning. His 2022 formulation describes the quest for significance as the need to have social worth. That idea becomes especially powerful when connected to Side Quests to Significance work. Kruglanski essentially asks: What makes a person desperately want to matter? Side Quest work asks a complementary question: What if we intentionally discover the things that make us matter—to ourselves, to others and to the world—and pursue them? Enjoy hearing about the fascinating bridge. The hopeful side Kruglanski originally became especially prominent for applying the significance framework to radicalization and violent extremism. His 3N model says three things can converge: Need — I need to matter. Narrative — Here is a cause that will make me significant. Network — Here are people who validate that cause and reinforce my identity. That framework has been applied to understanding radicalization across different cultures and conflict zones. And here's where Dr. Kruglanski's work becomes especially relevant to Truly Significant and Side Quests: The same human hunger to matter can be channeled toward destruction—or contribution. Kruglanski's recent work explicitly explores how the universal desire for belonging and recognition can lead people toward either constructive contribution or destructive extremism. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

October 5, 2026Episode 401212 min

Truly Significant Texans honors Dallas Burrow, one incredible songwriter, singer and band leader.

Dallas Burrow is a Truly Significant, talented Texas songwriter. His life is a story about turning wandering into purpose, family into foundation, and Texas storytelling into a vocation. Dallas is a New Braunfels native, Americana singer-songwriter, road warrior and community builder. His music has taken him across the U.S. and Europe, while his roots remain firmly planted in the Texas Hill Country. He also operates the Redbird Listening Room in New Braunfels, creating a home for other songwriters and musicians. 1. His Quest is storytelling Burrow isn't simply writing songs. He's preserving stories. His music draws from Texas characters, family history, the road, faith, love, rebellion and the ordinary struggles of working people. His latest work, Modern Day Vagabond, cont. The Dallas Burrow story gets especially compelling through his father, Mike Burrow. In the early 1970s, Mike was connected with Townes Van Zandt, Richard Dobson and John Lomax III. Dallas tells the story of his father and Van Zandt becoming "blood brothers" after a night in Nashville. That relationship became part of Dallas's own musical DNA. So Blood Brothers isn't just an album title. It's family history turned into art. Dallas has said that the songs on that record tell where he came from, where he'd been, what he'd done and what he'd seen—and specifically how his father's connection with Townes Van Zandt shaped his own musical journey, dedication to family and approach to life. He wandered before he rooted . Dallas spent years traveling, living a somewhat unconventional "gypsy" life and encountering unusual characters and musicians. His New Orleans years, including his friendship with Reverend Goat, eventually became material for his songwriting. But eventually something changed. He came home. He built a family. He found stability in Texas. And he continued making music. Dallas seems to have discovered that the wandering wasn't wasted. It became part of the calling. About community, Dallas runs the Redbird Listening Room in New Braunfels, helping create a place where songwriters and audiences can experience music in an intimate setting. His management describes him as both a road warrior and a community builder. That's significant. He isn't merely asking: "How can I get my songs heard?" He's also asking: "How can I create a place where other people's songs can be heard?" Dallas is carrying forward a Texas songwriting tradition associated with people like Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson and Marty Robbins while putting his own stamp on it. His newest chapter is bigger than Texas As of October 2026, Burrow is touring Europe and has just released Modern Day Vagabond, a 14-song album featuring collaborations with artists including Kelly Willis, Susan Gibson, Kelley Mickwee, Will Sexton and Katie Shore. Visit www.dallasburrow.com to buy his music and follow his tour dates. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

September 24, 2026Episode 410539 min

Side Quests to Significance honors Jenna Phillips Ballard....I AM visionary and author

By a miracle, Jenna Phillips Ballard is alive today. After a horrific brain injury and coma, she re-arrived in life as a visionary leader, transformational coach, artist. She is now the founder of I•▲M—a global movement dedicated to helping people embody their highest selves and live in alignment with purpose, prosperity, and love. She began her career in 2006 as a certified personal trainer and mindset coach, working with A-list clients including Ben Stiller, Blink-182, and Saudi Arabian royalty. Quickly becoming one of Los Angeles’s most sought-after fitness experts, she was featured on Dr. Phil, The Doctors, KTLA, and Good Morning LaLa Land, with editorial spotlights in Harper’s Bazaar, Lucky, Allure, and Madame Figaro. In 2011, Jenna discovered emotional intelligence and somatic healing, igniting a deeper mission to awaken the leaders of the new era. She immersed herself in leadership trainings and transformational coaching, helping top executives and influencers access their highest potential and create legacies rooted in integrity and impact. In 2016, Jenna and her husband, Brad Ballard, co-founded Ascension Leadership Academy (ALA)—a premier emotional intelligence training company that has transformed thousands of lives, helped businesses 10x their growth, and raised over $4MM for charity. Now based in Austin, Jenna continues to mentor high-level leaders, founders, and creators while expanding her I•▲M ecosystem—which includes her transformational book I•▲M Her Now, the I•▲M with Jenna Phillips Ballard podcast, her signature affirmation deck, and a line of intentional lifestyle products. In 2024, Jenna stepped into a lifelong dream and launched her career as a recording artist. Through her pop-EDM fusion of coaching and music, she brings empowerment to every beat—proving that it’s never too late to say yes to your biggest calling. Her proudest title, however, is boy mom to Jax and Jett—raising the next generation of conscious, heart-centered men. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

September 23, 2026Episode 410438 min

Truly Significance honors Hall of Fame Songwriter Kent Blazy with the debut of Tulsa Sessions

Today's conversation is about the debut of Kent Blazy's latest album Tulsa Sessions. What makes Kent Blazy Truly Significant? Kent turned ordinary human feelings into extraordinary songs. Blazy's gift is making universal emotions feel personal. His first collaboration with a then-emerging Garth Brooks, “If Tomorrow Never Comes,” became Brooks' first No. 1 song and was named the NSAI Song of the Year in 1989. Their partnership produced additional Top 5 songs including “Ain't Goin' Down,” “Somewhere Other Than the Night,” “It's Midnight Cinderella,” and “She's Gonna Make It.” That's significant because the songwriter isn't merely entertaining people. He is helping people articulate what they feel but cannot always say. His greatest work may be measured in lives touched, not records sold There is a wonderful Truly Significant paradox in Kent's story: The songwriter often becomes invisible while the song becomes immortal. Millions of people may know the words to a song without knowing the person who helped write them. That makes Blazy a particularly interesting Truly Significant subject. His legacy is embedded in other people's memories, relationships, weddings, heartbreaks, hopes and milestones. He helped launch an important chapter of Garth Brooks' story Blazy and Brooks began writing together in 1987. Their first collaboration became Brooks' first No. 1. But the relationship went considerably deeper than songwriting. At Blazy's Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, Brooks said that Blazy's friendship and love changed his life—and specifically credited Kent with introducing him to Trisha Yearwood. Brooks described that introduction as profoundly consequential to his life. That is classic Truly Significant territory: Sometimes your greatest contribution isn't what you create. It's what you make possible for someone else. He represents the Side Quest becoming the calling Kent started playing guitar and singing in bands in Lexington, Kentucky, toured with Ian Tyson, won a national songwriting competition and eventually moved to Nashville. His early professional breakthrough came when Gary Morris recorded “Headed for a Heartache,” which reached No. 5 on the country chart. The fascinating Side Quest question is: What happens when something you love doing quietly becomes the work you were called to do? For Blazy, songwriting wasn't simply a career strategy. Music was something he was drawn toward from an early age. His own current work continues to explore those musical roots—including albums inspired by The Byrds and The Beatles. His legacy extends well beyond Garth Brooks Blazy's catalog includes songs recorded by Gary Morris, Diamond Rio, Patty Loveless, Chris Young, Crystal Shawanda, Danny Gokey and others. His co-writing on Chris Young's “Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song)” produced another No. 1. And in 2020, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, an honor the Hall describes as the highest honor bestowed by Nashville's songwriting community. Kent is a beautiful example of "success vs. significance" distinction. It's never about how many hits did you write. Significance asks: How many lives did those songs become part of? A hit has a chart position. A significant song has a life after the chart. Enjoy Any Given Day and the entire album Tulsa Sessions. Visit www.kentblazy.com. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

September 21, 2026Episode 410233 min

Truly Significant honors Texas top historic hotel in Comfort- Giles Hotel with owner and Side Quester Ernie Slatinsky

Visit Hotel Giles in Comfort, Texas and stay for a while. Meet their owner and avid Side Quester Ernie Slatinsky. Such a character. Enjoy the October 24th event at Newsom Vineyards as Ernie and Central Texas celebrate Texas Wine Month with tastings, fine food and the music of The Truly Significant Band. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

September 18, 2026Episode 410131 min

Truly Significant honors Bobby Kelly, author of The Next Chapter Starts Now

Bobby Kelly has owned a gym for over 35 years, first in DC, then in Phoenix. He noticed our show that asks a question I've been answering with clients for decades: what lies beyond success once you're already standing on top of it? That's not a hypothetical for Bobby, it's the whole premise of my book, The Next Chapter Starts Now, which is for the high-functioning person who built a successful life and can't figure out why none of it feels like enough. Does your mission align with Bobby's? —moving ordinary lives to extraordinary through the wisdom of people who've actually lived it. Bobby shares the actual mechanics of execution once the next chapter shows up uninvited. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .

September 16, 2026Episode 409730 min

Truly Significant honors Tom Jasper, author of Wall Street Maverick

Tom Jasper is truly significant. His career on Wall Street led him to a pioneering role in the $800 TRILLION derivative market. Tom is debuting his book Wall Street Maverick: Musings on a Career of Innovation, Derivatives, Credit, and Risk. Finding your mentor is a central message from Tom along with knowing when to take risk and challenge the establishment. More about Tom....he is a Risk Magazine "Risk Pioneer" and 2002 Risk Hall of Fame inductee for his profound contributions to the field of risk management. He was instrumental in creating the foundations for today's $800+ trillion derivatives market, among other successes, during his 40+ year career on Wall Street. A business creator and innovator throughout his career, Jasper was a managing director at Salomon Brothers, where he established and led its interest rate swap business. While at Salomon, he founded and co-chaired the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). Jasper went on to become chief executive of Primus Guaranty Ltd., a highly innovative credit default swap business. He is currently a managing partner of Manursing Partners, LLC, serves on several Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) Fund boards, and continues to give back to his community. He and his wife reside in Connecticut. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/success-made-to-last-legends--4302039/support .