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096: From Hate to Happiness with Dr. Benjamin Ritter | 3 Keys to Engineering Career Fulfillment

096: From Hate to Happiness with Dr. Benjamin Ritter | 3 Keys to Engineering Career Fulfillment

by | Apr 13, 2023 |

In this episode, we go through the 3 keys to transformation. We show you how to go from hating your life, to happiness every day!

Discover how to be the leader of your own career and create the results you want.

Experience this powerful shift with our guest and my good friend, Dr. Benjamin Ritter. He is founder of Live for Yourself Consulting, bringing a revolutionary mindset in creating the life of your dreams.

Ben is a leadership and career coach, Talent Development Executive, values geek, international speaker, online instructor of the course Be the Leader of Your Own Career and Create a Career You Love.

He also hosts two podcasts, “The Executive” and “The Live for Yourself Revolution.”

So press play and let’s chat… it’s time to live life on your own terms and love it every step of the way!

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095: Hello, My Name is Awesome! with Alexandra Watkins | Chief Executive Boss Lady

095: Hello, My Name is Awesome! with Alexandra Watkins | Chief Executive Boss Lady

by | Apr 6, 2023 |

In this episode, meet the world’s leading authority on brand names with buzz.

Since 2005, Alexandra Watkins and her naming firm, Eat My Words, have created love-at-first sight brand names for countless companies from Amazon to Xerox.

You are going to learn the most important qualities of successful product and brand names. Perhaps even more important, you’ll learn the top mistakes engineers make when naming their new business, new products, or new anything!

Don’t wait until you are ready to start a new company to learn this stuff. It’s powerful now and will save you from heartache when the time comes.

Alexandra’s breakthrough creativity book, “Hello, My Name is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick,” was named a Top 10 Marketing Book by Inc. Magazine and has earned high praise from engineers and product leaders around the world.

So press play and let’s chat… because The Happy Engineer gets put to the test against brand names considered the best!

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094: From Hyper-Stressed Panic Attacks to the World’s Happiest Software Engineer with Erik Andersen

094: From Hyper-Stressed Panic Attacks to the World’s Happiest Software Engineer with Erik Andersen

by | Mar 30, 2023 |

In this episode, we talk about WINNING. My guest is JM Ryerson, host of the Let’s Go Win podcast and creator of the Let’s Go Win process.

That process has allowed JM to successfully build and exit two companies, creating the financial freedom and personal success that most engineering leaders dream about.

We talk about the importance of timing, the power of perspective, and the two questions JM asks himself every day to make sure he consistently performs at his best in business results AND emotional experience.

JM knows you want to be happy, and will share with you how he does it.

He is now coaching high-performing leaders to grow their impact and income. His Show Up As You system helps utilize your role as a leader to ignite the ambition and confidence your team needs to hit next-level success.

So press play and let’s chat… and Let’s Go Win!

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093: How to Become a Top 1% Communicator in Your Industry with Brenden Kumarasamy | Founder of MasterTalk

093: How to Become a Top 1% Communicator in Your Industry with Brenden Kumarasamy | Founder of MasterTalk

by | Mar 23, 2023 |

In this episode, we talk about WINNING. My guest is JM Ryerson, host of the Let’s Go Win podcast and creator of the Let’s Go Win process.

That process has allowed JM to successfully build and exit two companies, creating the financial freedom and personal success that most engineering leaders dream about.

We talk about the importance of timing, the power of perspective, and the two questions JM asks himself every day to make sure he consistently performs at his best in business results AND emotional experience.

JM knows you want to be happy, and will share with you how he does it.

He is now coaching high-performing leaders to grow their impact and income. His Show Up As You system helps utilize your role as a leader to ignite the ambition and confidence your team needs to hit next-level success.

So press play and let’s chat… and Let’s Go Win!

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092: Unleash Your Awesome with Daria Williamson | Author | Career Strengths Expert & Leadership Coach

092: Unleash Your Awesome with Daria Williamson | Author | Career Strengths Expert & Leadership Coach

by | Mar 16, 2023 |

In this episode, we prove that working hard doesn’t have to feel like hard work with strengths expert and leadership coach, Daria Williamson.

For the last decade, Daria has been coaching leaders to peak performance through practical advice and activities designed to help people go from burnout, boredom and stress to power and motivation.

Today we will help you understand the importance of working in your zone of genius, and how to increase the amount of time you invest in genius.

If you want to accelerate your career growth, this conversation is for you.

Daria shows how everyone has the capacity to leverage their strengths and neutralize their weaknesses to move forward.

She has recently published her book ‘Unleash Your Awesome’, which in tandem with her well-known ‘Strengths Deck’ is a powerful resource I encourage you to check out. Click the Full Show Notes link above for the details.

So press play and let’s chat… there’s a new strengths game in town and it’s AWESOME!

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091: ABC’s with CTO of Cast AI – Leon Kuperman | Artificial Intelligence | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Cloud Computing

091: ABC’s with CTO of Cast AI – Leon Kuperman | Artificial Intelligence | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Cloud Computing

by | Mar 9, 2023 |

In this episode, we get deep into topics that every engineer in software and technology cares about… and every engineer outside software and technology needs to care about.

Meet Leon Kuperman, the Co-Founder and CTO of CAST AI. Formerly Vice President of Security Products OCI at Oracle, Leon has 20+ years of experience in product management, software design and development, all the way through to production deployment.

We discuss the major implications of artificial intelligence in our careers, and the best ways to prepare yourself now.

Gain key lessons in what it takes to succeed in business from a leader who has held executive leadership roles in big tech, as well as entrepreneurial startups.

And enjoy an unexpected story of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and its application to your personal growth at work.

Leon is a true expert and authority on cloud computing, web application security and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), e-commerce, and web application architecture.

So press play and let’s chat… the ramifications of a new AI future await!

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