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April 6, 2012

 

Interview with Michael Gurian, author of the book The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Boys (especially boys between the ages of ten and twenty) are in trouble.

 

Michael Gurian:
Boys are dropping out of school. Most of the student's receving D's and F's are boys. They don't see relevance especially when they get to middle school and high school. So I see a pretty sad growing trend.
 


Michael Gurian


April 5, 2012

 

Interview with Phil Simon, author of the book The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business

 

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Mike Carruthers:
The way American businesses do business is changing some are now structuring their organization as a platform.

 

Phil Simon:
To me a platform is simply an integrated set of planks that begs the question what’s a plank? Well to me a plank is a product or a service or some sort of offering.
 


Phil Simon


April 4, 2012

 

Interview with JoAnn R. Corley, author of the book Organizational Strategies for the Overwhelmed: How to manage your time, space, & priorities to work smart, get results, & be happy

 

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Mike Carruthers:
As the saying goes all we really have is time.

 

JoAnn R. Corley:
Time is our life. So how we choose our time, how we let other people use our time are all part of the bigger picture of crafting a life.
 


JoAnn R. Corley


April 3, 2012

 

Interview with JoAnn R. Corley, author of the book Organizational Strategies for the Overwhelmed: How to manage your time, space, & priorities to work smart, get results, & be happy

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Even with all of our time-saving gadgets most of us still feel like we don’t have enough hours in the day. Why?

 

JoAnn R. Corley:
Time management is related to really 2 things; #1 most people do not have a realistic sense of time. The second piece is most people have no idea how long things take to do – that creates unrealistic expectations and that creates overwhelm.
 


JoAnn R. Corley


April 2, 2012

 

Interview with Thomas Sterner, author of the book The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Chances are that right now your mind is somewhere else.

 

Thomas Sterner:
It’s usually either on something in the future or something in the past but you’re probably not thinking about what you’re doing right now and what we’re finding is that it’s very unproductive.
 


Thomas Sterner


March 30, 2012

 

Interview with Andy Nulman, author of the book Pow! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting from the Power of Surprise

 

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Mike Carruthers:
To be more successful, whether as a business or as an individual, one often overlooked strategy is the power of surprise.

 

Andy Nulman:
The definition here is it's the constant expansion of the boundaries of delightful extremes. What you want to make sure you do is delight a customer.
 


Andy Nulman


March 29, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Jamie Koufman, author of the book Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Young or old you may not realize how big a health problem acid reflux is.

 

Dr. Jamie Koufman:
It’s actually become epidemic, reflux is bigger than diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer combined. In fact it’s increased by 4% a year since 1976.
 


Dr. Jamie Koufman


March 28, 2012

 

Interview with Mark S. Walton, author of the book Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, Reinvent Your Work in Midlife and Beyond

 

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Mike Carruthers:
As you get older you may start to ask and worry about how will you support yourself and stay involved later in life? Well your brain is already working on that.

 

Mark S. Walton:
What they’ve discovered in the last 5 or 6 years is that the left and the right side of the brain begin to work together in midlife in ways that they never did before.
 


Mark S. Walton


March 27, 2012

 

Interview with Mark S. Walton, author of the book Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, Reinvent Your Work in Midlife and Beyond

 

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Mike Carruthers:
We are living longer which certainly beats the alternative but it does present a challenge.

 

Mark S. Walton:
Living to 80 and 90 financially is a huge proposition. Hardly any of us know how we’re going to do it.
 


Mark S. Walton


March 26, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Eva Cwynar, author of the book The Fatigue Solution: Increase Your Energy in Eight Easy Steps

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Feeling tired and fatigued much of the time seems to be a chronic problem.

 

Dr. Eva Cwynar:
Fatigue is the number 1 complaint I hear from my patients whether they come in for colds, flus – you always hear they’re fatigued.
 


Dr. Eva Cwynar


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