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070: Avoid the #1 Enemy of Excellence and Learn How to Leave Your Legacy with Aaron Walker

070: Avoid the #1 Enemy of Excellence and Learn How to Leave Your Legacy with Aaron Walker

What will people remember about you when you’re gone? What impact are you making through your work and life?

Will anybody care?

In this episode, we get into the powerful turnaround story of Aaron Walker, affectionately known as “Big A.” He has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 42 years and has appeared on more than 2000 podcast interviews! After this episode, you’ll understand why he keeps getting invited back.

His story includes deep trauma, challenge, and the feeling of chains around his neck. But it is also a story of redemption, love, and courage!

Aaron attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. Aaron spent a decade meeting weekly with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and 5 other amazing entrepreneurs.

He is the founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind that now hosts 20 groups with National and International members. Aaron is the author of View From The Top, a must-read to fully understand how to live a life of success and significance. He is a happy native of Nashville, Tennessee with his wife Robin of 40 years, and he has 2 incredible daughters and 5 beautiful grandchildren.

So press play and let’s chat… because when you look back on your life, you’ll want to know it mattered.

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069: Unlock the Power of Your Personal Brand & Design Your Digital Reputation with Erik Cabral

069: Unlock the Power of Your Personal Brand & Design Your Digital Reputation with Erik Cabral

Is having a personal brand and building influence through your digital reputation important as an engineering leader?

What is personal branding anyway, and why does it matter?

In this episode, meet the most interesting man at the barbeque, Erik Cabral. He is an expert in branding and will answer these questions and more in our conversation.

We talk about why every engineering leader needs to intentionally design your digital reputation.

After building a successful career in corporate America over 20+ years, Erik jumped head first into real estate investing in order to achieve financial freedom. That was just the beginning.

Erik is Founder of the media agency, On Air Brands. He’s Founder of the real estate investment company, Mindado Investment Group. He is host, co-host, and producer on multiple top shows: Entrepreneurs Circle, Capital Hacking, Cashflow Ninja, and more. He is the quintessential “serial entrepreneur” who spends much of his time helping others grow their businesses, brands, and reputation.

Erik loves to share his decades of experience in personal branding and creative marketing strategies, especially for individuals slow to adopt the critical importance of a digital reputation.

So press play and let’s chat… your influence, and therefore your career success, depends on it.

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068: Why Working Harder Does Not Work with the World’s Best Unconscious Beliefs Specialist – Tim Shurr

068: Why Working Harder Does Not Work with the World’s Best Unconscious Beliefs Specialist – Tim Shurr

Do you work hard? Are you chasing success in your career and life? You’re not alone.

Here’s the problem. What you chase… runs away!

What if you could change one belief, and start seeing success come toward you instead?

In this episode, meet the World’s Best Unconscious Beliefs Specialist, Tim Shurr.

He is the foremost expert on freeing people from anxiety, past trauma, and bad habits that sabotage your success. He is the creator of the revolutionary One Belief Away™ Method developed through facilitating over 15,000 individual Hypnosis coaching sessions and hundreds of group training experiences over the last 34 years.

Tim explains why working harder and getting smarter is not the answer, especially for engineering leaders like you.

We cover a powerful technique for self-coaching, to expose blocks and barriers in your career growth. Tim also shows you how to use fear to your advantage.

So press play and let’s chat… because the next level in your career and life is just one belief away!

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067: How Data Science and Machine Learning Lead to Optimizing Your Life with Kristen Kehrer

067: How Data Science and Machine Learning Lead to Optimizing Your Life with Kristen Kehrer

What does the future of data science and machine learning have to teach you about life?

How can you take the best parts of your work life and use them to optimize your home life?

In this episode, we follow the data and learn as we go with Developer Advocate at CometML, Kristen Kehrer. She has been awarded “LinkedIn Top Voice” in data science and continues to share remarkable content with her audience of over 88,000 technical leaders.

Her passion for machine learning is mirrored by passion for optimizing her life, and we explore both together today.

Kristen is a former Data Science instructor at UC Berkeley Ext, Faculty/SME at Emeritus Institute of Management and Founder of Data Moves Me, LLC. Kristen holds an MS in Applied Statistics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a BS in Mathematics.

So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to take a look at the data of our lives and iterate to the next level!

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066: Q&A #3 with Zach White – The Best Morning Routines for Engineering Leaders and Advice for Student Engineers

066: Q&A #3 with Zach White – The Best Morning Routines for Engineering Leaders and Advice for Student Engineers

You ask the questions, and host Zach White answers! Enjoy the third edition of our new Q&A series.

In this episode, you asked me about morning routines (what is most important, and to share my own routine!), and what advice I would have for the Happy Engineers who are still in college (given what I know now).

Thank you to Nick, a Director of Engineering in Software Development, and Maria, a college student at the University of Michigan studying Mechanical Engineering, for sending me your questions!

So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to get some answers.

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065: The 3 Keys to Optimal Mental Health for High-Achieving Engineers with Dr. Shahana Alibhai

065: The 3 Keys to Optimal Mental Health for High-Achieving Engineers with Dr. Shahana Alibhai

What is the common denominator of every challenge in your life?

How are money problems, sickness, relationship issues, traumas, career roadblocks, and everything else holding you back from your dream life connected?

In this episode, Dr. Shahana Alibhai answers that question. She is a lead physician at one of British Columbia’s largest youth health centers, and is best known for her “Emotional Literacy for Better Mental Health” TEDx talk. Check it out.

Dr. Shahana’s career is focused on those struggling with their mental health. I love her simple mental health framework, a pyramid with 3 actionable elements we can all implement starting now.

Remember that success does not mean you won’t have problems.

Success means you have better problems!

So press play and let’s chat… because mental health is meant-for-all health!

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