The Virtual Campfire's Podcast

If you're wondering why you're not improving in what you're doing, you might want to look at your environment. You have to align your environment with who you want to become. Because if you surround yourself with people that you trust, you will unlock your untapped energy. Don't wait for things to happen. Take action with your host Tony Martignetti and his guest Simon Alexander Ong. Simon is a life coach and the author of the upcoming book, Energize. Learn how to energize your life and lead by example. Discover Simon's journey today. Stop waiting and listen to this episode now!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

When life gets you down and makes you upset, remember that it will all pass. There’s a great life for you out there despite the setbacks you have encountered. Tony Martignetti is joined by Nancy Barrows in discussing the importance of positivity and how we can bounce back from tragedy and still live with purpose. Nancy has a great passion for helping people find what is already inside them and offer it to the world. In this episode, she shares her journey of experiencing abuse at such a young age. For the longest time, she believed that she was broken beyond repair, and there was no chance that’s her life will be fixed. Nancy reveals how healing finally took place and how she bounced back from everything. Tune into this episode and remember that you have the power to take control of your life again.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

What really makes a successful business? Is it passion? Profit? Or a balance of both? Nihar Chhaya is an executive coach to global leaders, a keynote speaker, and the President of PartnerExec. He works to help business owners leap into leadership and scale their businesses through his coaching program. In this episode, he joins host Tony Martignetti to discuss strategies that will help you in your journey to business success. He emphasizes the value of mentorship and why it’s okay not to be an expert when you’re a leader. Nihar also talks about his own career journey and how he used his previous experience to position himself better for a career in other fields. Listen in and get valuable career advice and be inspired by Nihar’s story of success and his principles on business.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Achieving success in life can simply be finding meaning in the work that you do. That’s how it was for today’s guest. Tony Gambill is the Founder and CEO of ClearView Leadership, LLC, an executive coach, speaker, author, and a Forbes Leadership Contributor. After trying his hand at a corporate job, Tony found his passion in helping young teams hone and work through their leadership skills. He found meaning in the work that he did and left his well-paying job to pursue his passion. Now, he uses his expertise in executive leadership to help global for-profit, non-profit, technical, research, government, and higher education industries. Tony believes that a foundation in self-leadership is what allows us to show up at our best in any situation. Listen in as he joins host Tony Martignetti to share the flashpoints that allowed him to find his path at such a young age.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Leadership may seem unquantifiable, but it is an absolute must-have in a field as demanding and innovative as the biotech industry. In this episode, Tony Martignetti sits down for a conversation with biotech industry leader and CEO Paula Soteropoulos. Paula talks about what led her into the biotech industry and the struggles and opportunities in the field. She discusses innovation and leadership and why authenticity is important. Paula also shares lessons she learned in her life as a mother and wife. Listen in and be inspired by Paula's story as you create your own.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

There is no creativity without curiosity. Many of our greatest successes are borne of being curious and noticing things, and our guest this episode has used curiosity to create a career as a writer. Tony Martignetti enters into a discussion with writer and journalist Rob Walker about curiosity, creativity, and culture. Rob talks about getting into journalism and writing in general and his road to writing for The New York Times. Rob then discusses his decision to leave the hectic New York scene behind, freelancing for Slate and writing a book. Listen and be inspired by Rob's story today.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Journalism is all about serving the reader. It doesn't matter if you're in sports or biotech, it's all about serving the reader. Luke Timmerman certainly believes this. Luke is a biotech journalist-author and entrepreneur. He's the founder and editor of the Timmerman Report. He is also the author of Hood: Trailblazer of the Genomics Age. Tony Martignetti brings him on to the show to share about his career in journalism and his interest in biotech. Learn how he became inspired to become a journalist. Discover how he found out about biotech despite not knowing anything about it.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

The skill that differentiates a leader from a boss is emotional intelligence. A lot of people think that EQ is a soft skill but Alina Addison believes that it is a critical skill. Alina is the founder and executive coach of ADAPTAA. Tony Martignetti brings Alina in to talk about her journey to become a coach. Learn why Alina shifted to emotional intelligence coaching from bank accounting. Learn why her coach and son had such a huge impact on this shift. Also, learn how she is empowering the women around her, thanks to her only women community. Learn all this and more in today's episode.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

Our experience with the pandemic should inspire us to challenge the status quo. We don't have the luxury to be mindless today. We have to find a better way to do things. Tony Martignetti's guest in this episode is Jeff Gothelf, the co-author of the award-winning book "Lean UX." Jeff shares with Tony his life journey from wanting to become a rock star to becoming a sought-after teacher and entrepreneur. Join in the conversation to learn how to think outside the box. Look at the world more critically rather than accepting something because "that's just the way it is." Tune in and tap into endless possibilities!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire

You make mistakes and you learn. Enter Steven Lavine, whose story inspires you to keep doing the best you can despite failure. Not only that but to succeed because of failure. Steven was the President of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1988-2017.In this episode, he shares with Tony Martignetti how he carried his mother's sense of failure from childhood. Her mother was a passionate pianist, but she failed to achieve the level of success she would've wanted. This sense of his mother's failure propelled him to bring CalArts to where it is today. If you're feeling downhearted because of your mistakes and you need a lift, this episode is for you. Tune in!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com/virtualcampfire