
The Culture Matters Podcast Season 89, Episode 1064: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza NYE Lollapalooza Episode 17: The Opportunity Is Still Here
Episode 17 closes out the NYE Lollapalooza with a conversation that feels like a final reset before the calendar turns — not just on goals, but on identity, leadership, and what actually drives people to change.
Jay Doran is joined by Jenna Silverman, Bill Reiman, Glenn Llopis, and Mark Perkins for a New Year’s Eve roundtable on the words that shaped 2025 and the words they’re carrying into 2026.
Jay shares his evolution from last year’s theme — “life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards”— into a deeper truth: life isn’t a problem to solve, it’s a reality to experience. His word shifts from intensity to love, setting the tone for a conversation that’s both grounded and honest.
From there, the room opens up:
- Jenna reflects on her shift from faith into surrender — and why surrender isn’t weakness, it’s alignment.
- Bill shares that his word for 2026 is faith, and talks through what it looks like to shut out noise, stop letting fear lead, and build life and business from a deeper foundation.
- Glenn brings the edge with a powerful framework: reinvention (2025) → conviction (2026). He challenges the idea that success is the same as health, and unpacks why so many leaders are exhausted — not from hard work, but from performing instead of truly executing as themselves.
- Mark anchors the conversation with a simple but relentless word: go — the compounding power of doing business the right way for years, staying decisive without perfect certainty, and continuing to move even when plans break.
The group digs into the tension leaders feel every day: how to see potential clearly, how to lead people without carrying them, and how to commit to growth without sacrificing the things that actually matter.
This one is a strong finish to the Lollapalooza: deep, real, and full of practical truth you can carry into 2026.
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