Long Shot Leaders with Michael Stein

Michael Stein: Entrepreneur, actor, filmmaker, comedian & self help expert
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May 13, 2022 • 37min

How to create a sustainable acting career with Ray Buffer

How to create a sustainable acting career with Ray Buffer Ray was born and raised in South Florida where he attended college and majored in musical theater. He began his professional career in the Fine Arts at the age of 13 . He has worked as an actor and vocalist in opera companies, regional Equity theaters, and orchestras. After college, he moved to Central Florida where he held performing contracts as a vocalist and actor for various theaters, theme parks and attractions. Ray also has served as Producer, Director, and/or Musical Director for various stage plays and musicals throughout Florida. Ray relocated to Southern California where he has acted in Films, Television, Commercials, Music Videos, and Voice-Overs. Some of his most recent credits include portraying the Stage Manager "Darrell" on the award-winning HBO Comedy Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as well as touring throughout the U.S. as a vocalist with the Mantovani Orchestra. In addition to being an accomplished vocalist and actor, Ray composes music for films, theater and multimedia. Ray is the Director and Co-Executive Producer of "Rats & Bullies" which is his first feature length Documentary Film.Sally Lodge, PR After Ray Buffer (born 1969 as Raymond Ernest Buffer, Jr.,) is an American actor and singer. He was born and raised in Greenacres, Florida, and is the son of Delana (Hawks), a homemaker and housekeeper, and Raymond Ernest Buffer, Sr. A landscaper. His ancestry is European. He was adopted by the Buffer's when he was 29 days old. In 2003 after a long search he found his birth-mother to be Patricia (Levak) Odell. Through his reunion with his birth-mother he has expanded his family to include his maternal relatives. His birth-father's identity is still unknown. Buffer discovered his talent first in music, playing violin at an early age and progressing to other instruments. The theatre became his passion when he reached high school. Buffer attended John I Leonard High School in Lake Worth, Florida where he appeared within theatrical production, performed with jazz choirs, and played instruments (viola, piano, and string bass). Beginning in 1988, he attended Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University earning his BFA in musical theatre. During the 1990's Buffer produced and directed theatre as well as appearing in regional and dinner theater productions. He married writer and actress, Roberta McMillan in 1992, and they divorced in 2009 with no children. In 1999 Buffer moved from Orlando, Florida where he had been working as an actor, in various theaters and theme parks across the country into Huntington Beach, CA. With McMillan, he produced and directed, Rats & Bullies, a documentary film about relational aggression centered on the suicide of Dawn-Marie Wesley following incidents of bullying in Mission, British Columbia - Canada. The film went on to win awards at film festivals and led to a speaking tour of schools and organizations throughout the United States and Canada. In 2004 Buffer began to appear in guest-starring roles on TV and film, including a stint as a Stage Manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2007, Buffer left a position as general manager of Long Beach Opera to start his own theatre company in San Pedro, CA: The Relevant Stage which produced mostly musical theatre works until 2011. In 2014, Buffer again launched a new theatre company with a business partner, Jonas Sills, called Art-In-Relation. The company was initially based out of Long Beach, CA but also produces works in Los Angeles and Hollywood. Buffer continues to work in television, film, and theatre, but with a deep, resonate and powerful voice, is also a busy concert soloist (bass-baritone) and voice-over artist. He now lives in Long Beach, CA, and is managed by Clayton Music Management (CMM). Jacqueline Stander, of The Stander Group, is his agent.
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May 12, 2022 • 41min

How Stan P Cox reinvented himself with an insurance investing secret. - Bonus Episode

How Stan P Cox reinvented himself with an insurance investing secret. In Stan's Words Moved to Kauai in 1976 and it instantly became "Home" to my heart. I've lived on all 6 of the major Hawaiian islands - for at least a month or so... I loved art from the womb. I loved sketching and painting, but found my artistic "calling" when I was given a twin lens reflex camera in my sophomore year of High School. I also loved music, and made a drum kit from coffee cans, Got a real drum kit at age 14 and joined a bank at 16... My goal in life was to just party and have a good time! But I had to make money somehow, so I worked at various jobs in selling - from window washing service to vacuums to jewelry. In 1993 I grabbed the opportunity to become a full-time photographer in my own business. I loved it! And I loved the progression of the business. But, sadly, after 17 years, as the digital "selfie" generation dominated I found myself out of work! I was then recruited into the Finance Industry as a Life Insurance Agent. I was really only in it for the income. I really had no interest in insurance or finance as a profession.... but the income wasn't what I'd been promised or what I hoped for. Then by accident, I discovered the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC)... My wife and I put it to the test, and my eyes were truly OPENED! I continued studying the IBC and integrated a couple of additional finance strategies with it, and I've been on a mission ever since - to educate and help people with what I call The Tax Free Cash Growth Warehouse Strategy - the most powerful finance strategy in history! (My wife is with me on this mission...It's just too good to NOT tell people about it!)
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May 11, 2022 • 34min

The wild ride of small town girl & casting director Jaimie Beebie

The wild ride of small-town girl & casting director Jamie Beebie Jaimie Beebe grew up in the Midwest making her way out to Los Angeles to pursue a career in production working as a film & TV Casting Director. She spends her free time traveling the world and researching the crimes and criminals that fascinate her.
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May 9, 2022 • 40min

How to become a world leading outdoor photographer superstar with Corey Rich

How to become a world-leading outdoor photographer superstar with Corey Rich Corey Rich is one of the worlds most recognized adventure sports and outdoor lifestyle visual storytellers. Over the last two decades, this photographer, director and DP has combined his creativity, athleticism and burning desire for exploration to capture some of the wildest places on earth. In doing so, Rich not only secured a place at the center of contemporary adventure storytelling, but he can be named as one of the pioneers of this authentic style of immersion-based photographic and motion work. Rich has documented some of the world's greatest athletes in extreme locations spanning the globe, from alpine climbing in Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains to ultramarathon racing in the Sahara Desert of Morocco, freight-train hopping in the American West, underwater cave exploration in the Yucatan and snowboarding in Papua New Guinea. Rich has directed and shot still and motion campaigns for some of the most innovative companies of our time and his work has been featured in a host of top editorial publications around the world. His clients include: Adobe, Adidas, Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Columbia Sportswear, Discovery, Energizer, Ford, Gore-Tex, Mazda, NBC, New Mexico Tourism, Nevada Tourism, Nike, Nikon, The North Face, Patagonia, Polartec, Red Bull and Vail Resorts. Rich is vice president and co-owner of Aurora Photos, Novus Select and Tectonic Media Group. With the goal of better connecting major clients to stunning outdoor media, Rich was the driving force behind Aurora's Outdoor Collection, which is now the world's leading brand of adventure and outdoor-lifestyle stock photography. Also, Rich was instrumental in creating Novus Select, Aurora's assignment agency and video production company, with offices in New York City and Portland, Maine. In 2012, Rich helped launch and joined, Tectonic Media Group, a division of Novus Select. Representing the most elite outdoor adventure photographers, filmmakers and professional athletes working today, TMG is achieving high-production-value shoots in some of the most remote and dangerous locations on earth. Rich is a member of the SanDisk Extreme Team, a professional partner with Lowepro, on the Visual Journalism Advisory Board at Brooks Institute, co-founder and lead instructor of the Summit Series Adventure Workshop, member of the Rowell Legacy Committee and on the judging panel for The Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure. His first book, My Favorite Place: Great Athletes in the Great Outdoors, was published by Chronicle Books in 2006.
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May 6, 2022 • 43min

How to network your way to success with Vinnie Potestivo

How to network your way to success with Vinnie Potestivo Vinnie Potestivo is an Emmy Award-winning media brand advisor, personal brand strategist, and content coach. He is a well-trusted connector who creates, develops, produces, distributes, amplifies, and helps to monetize some of the most talked-about brands in modern pop culture. As host of I Have A Podcast, his goal is to inspire your creative potential.
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May 4, 2022 • 38min

How to get your book made into a movie and be a peaceful warrior with Dan Millman

How to get your book made into a movie and be a peaceful warrior with Dan Milliman Dan Millman, author of PEACEFUL HEART, WARRIOR SPIRIT: the True Story of my Spiritual Quest, is a former world trampoline champion, Stanford University gymnastics coach, martial arts instructor, and Oberlin college professor. His 18 books are published in 29 languages. His first book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, was adapted to film in 2006. Dan has taught in 32 countries. For more about his books, events, online courses, and free life-purpose calculator visit: www.PeacefulWarrior.com Daniel Jay Millman is an American author and lecturer in the personal development field. He is best known for the movie Peaceful Warrior, which is based on his own life and taken from one of his books.
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May 2, 2022 • 47min

How a US Army Engineer & Drill Sgt, Became a full time Professional Bass Angler & Speaker with James Watson

How a US Army Engineer & Drill Sgt, Became a full-time Professional Bass Angler & Speaker with James Watson US Army Engineer & Drill Sgt, to Lawn Maintenance company, to Top producing Realtor with Realty Executives, to a full time Professional Bass Angler & speaker
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May 1, 2022 • 2h 43min

The horrific journey of Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser - 200 episodes celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.

The horrific journey of Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser - 200 episodes celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.
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Apr 30, 2022 • 1h 3min

From jail to riches with Steven Luciano - 200 episode celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.

From jail to riches with Steven Luciano - 200 episode celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.
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Apr 29, 2022 • 55min

Sharing the secrets of Hollywood history with the writer of Jaws & the Jerk with Carl Gottlieb - 200 episode celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.

Sharing the secrets of Hollywood history with the writer of Jaws & the Jerk with Carl Gottlieb - 200 episode celebration Replay 7 great episodes in a row.

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