The Culture Matters Podcast

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." - Salvador DalíWe're throwing it back again today to Jay's marathon New Year's Eve 2023 podcasting session with transformative health and wellness expert and everyone's favorite medical professional Dr. David Yerkes.  Jay and Dave discuss what had been learned in 2023, the importance of keeping your word, and not waiting to do tomorrow what you could accomplish today.  Dr. David always brings great information and a positive attitude to the show and we hope you enjoy this conversation from the very last day of 2023!

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live" - SenecaToday's show is part three of our ongoing series with our very own Jay Doran where he examines his book, Thirty Days of Thought, section by section and discusses his own thoughts on each part.  This one has a more personal touch to it as Jay is discussing his relationship with his mother, some deeper thoughts and feelings toward family, and encouraging everyone to think on a more personal level about their own family situations.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." - Mark TwainSales expert, speaker, and founder of Sales Connection Kayvon Kay is back on the program today and we putting our feet on the gas from the very start, so buckle up and get ready!  Jay and Kayvon discuss aiming for breakthrough years, regulating your emotions in the world of business and not allowing them to be a hindrance to your success, and focusing on yourself and your success today so that you can help others tomorrow.  Kayvon is a wealth of knowledge and we're always happy to have him speak his truths on The Culture Matters Podcast.

On a special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran discusses the book How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom.  A voracious reader in his own right, Jay uses Bloom's book as a catalyst to discuss the importance of reading and how it is perhaps the only medium that can promote solitude and peace while learning or enriching one's knowledge.  Jay's passion for reading really comes through in this episode and we hope that some of it will rub off on you.

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting, that is laziness, but to keep going when the going is hard and slow. That is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo TolstoyToday we're throwing it back to Jay's marathon podcasting session on New Year's Eve 2023 with one of our favorite and most frequent guests Brian Hess who is the founder of The Pavement Group and Top Contractor School and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" podcast.  Brian and Jay discuss some of the major changes that had taken place in 2023 in Brian's business, focusing on changing a piece of the world as opposed to trying to change the whole thing, and the perspective of success and maintaining it with the proper motivation.  2023 was a big year and the optimism heading into 2024 is contagious, so please enjoy this throwback episode with Brian Hess.

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting, that is laziness, but to keep going when the going is hard and slow. That is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo TolstoyIf real estate entrepreneur, life coach, and founder of Rush-In Motivation Greg Rushin is on the show and he and Jay don't kick things off with push-ups, was Greg actually on the show?  Luckily, that isn't a question we'll have to answer today because they're breaking out 25 to get us started!  Once they get their breath back the conversation turns to the importance of physicality and staying fit in your everyday life, the rewards of teaching and passing your knowledge on to others, and we're finishing it up with a little chat about podcasting.  Push-ups to get the blood flowing lead to excellent conversation yet again with the one and only Greg Rushin.

"If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own." - EpictetusThe founder of Duffin Media and Duffin Coaching John Duffin is back on the show today and we couldn't be happier to have everyone's favorite honey-voiced guest back.  John and Jay are talking about being fully present when you're communicating and not letting outside noise be a distraction that could squander an opportunity, the fact that time has not been reinvented and that there are still the same number of hours in a day that there have always been, and leading and contributing into 2024.  There is never a dull moment when we have John on the program and today is no exception, so we hope you enjoy this conversation on The Culture Matters Podcast.

"The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie." - Alexander SolzhenitsynGood friend of the podcast and the president of Concourse Land Transfer LLC Scott Rutkay is back on the program today for another chat with The Culture Man!  This conversation differs a little bit from some of the others because today we are going full Hollywood!  Jay and Scott are getting into Jay's commitment to not watching movies and Scott's repulsion at such an endeavor, looking at movies as a metaphor for sales and business, and there might even be a little discussion on 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Passion of the Christ.  It's lights, camera, action on today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Our boundless energy may be funneled through ourself and ourself needs no label. It just is. Labels limit."Today's show is part two of our ongoing series with our very own Jay Doran going through his book, Thirty Days of Thought, section by section and discussing his own thoughts on each.  Jay discusses what he believes the limitations labels put on people and on business and he is encouraging the listeners to think about what that means in their own lives.  We hope this episode inspires you to think outside of the box and to continue to do so in your day-to-day life.

"Hope, in reality, is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man." - Friedrich NietzscheAndrew Berman is an advisor, mentor, and the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media and a frequent and beloved guest on the show.  Jay and Andrew are discussing the benefits and detriments of hope, how growth in volume or business is not a measuring stick for happiness, and what a survival mentality is versus a thriving mentality.  We always enjoy having Andrew on as a positive voice and presence and he keeps that streak alive today on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.