The Culture Matters Podcast

"Don't be a dick and treat people like they want to be treated and you'd be surprised what they do for you and your business."Founder of Meleeo, author of an upcoming book, entrepreneur, speaker, and business consultant Brian McNally is joining us on the show today for a great conversation about motivation, success, and so much more.  Brian and Jay are digging into Brian's journey through starting his own company and what the highs and lows looked like to make it the success that it became, believing in your ability to hire the right people and to train them the right way so that they will be successful and help your company find success, putting your goals in place and working doggedly to achieve them, and finding the motivation for self-improvement and making a lifestyle that you lead intentionally by making good choices and sticking to them.  Brian is an incredibly motivating individual and we're very grateful to him for sharing his story on this edition of The Culture Matters Podcast. 

"What was lost sill soon be found.""You will soon be recognized for your unique talents.""The day is near when you share your talent with the world.""Luck will follow you in the coming year."- A series of fortune cookies from P.F. Chang'sOur guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman, and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido, and we've got them back for yet another conversation surrounding our very own Jay Doran's work, Thirty Days of Thought.  Today's conversation is revolving around the concept of "accepting different socks" which is another way of saying accepting our unique qualities as a unit.  Using this metaphor as the basis of the discussion, Andrew, Paul, and Jay dive into what can prevent us from accepting ourselves and our qualities in both the physical and mental sense, what can drive a person to accepting themselves more openly, and how acceptance or a lack thereof can affect one in business.  As always, we're getting into some heady things and having a good time doing it with our co-hosts Andrew Berman and Paul Lucido.

"If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary." - Jim RohnAward-winning keynote speaker, Podcast of the Year Award winner, best-selling author of The Makings of a Millionaire Mind, co-founder of The Mari Strong Foundation (with his wife Mari), business and executive coach, and corporate trainer Daniel Gomez is our guest on today's show and this promises to be one fantastic conversation.  Daniel and Jay and discussing Daniel's concept of "The Journey of Becoming" which is the process of becoming what you want to attract, learning to champion your story and using your experiences to become a stronger and more understanding individual, focusing on and celebrating how far you've come as opposed to only be looking toward where you're going, and being sure that you're sowing the right seeds into your organization.  It was truly a pleasure to have Daniel on the show today and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did on The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo EmersonOwner and CEO of Arawak Beach Club, Co-owner of Nasty Good, and the founder and president of Asphalt Kingdom and AK Dash Judd Burdon is back on the show after far too long of an absence.  Judd and Jay are digging into the motivation behind starting AK Dash and helping small businesses within the asphalt space grow and become more successful in the online market, getting to know and understand your clients on a more personal level so that you can help them grow and make better decisions toward reaching whatever their goals might be, and how making the core values of the company a top priority helped to fuel a positive and highly motivated culture.  It's always great to have Judd on the show and we hope you enjoy this conversation on today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." - Søren KierkegaardWe are back again with another dose of culture content and on today's episode, our very own Jay Doran is bringing part two of a discussion he started earlier in the week based on the subject of "fun" culture being a productivity killer.  After a brief summary of part one, Jay digs into the role that trust in the institution plays when it comes to taking risks to accomplish goals, all of the things one can obtain outside of monetary gain when one is bought into the institution they are a part of, and how a company's narrative should be secondary when it comes to creating value  for the customer.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast. 

"There is nothing impossible to him who will try." - Alexander the GreatFounder of the Hispanic Organization of Mortgage Experts (HOME), Chief Growth Officer of Empower Mortgage, and a leader within EPM Rogelio Goertzen is making his inaugural appearance on the show today and we could not be more excited to have him here to share his experience and wisdom with our audience.  Rogelio and Jay are digging into Rogelio's journey into helping people from a worship leader at 12 to his current position within the mortgage space, never downplaying the influence of relationships as a cornerstone of your success, and what it means to serve others and being a positive representation of your heritage and culture.  Rogelio is certainly an impressive person with a long pedigree and a bright future and we hope that you enjoy this conversation on The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - Søren KierkegaardIt's been a little while, but we're back with some more culture content today and our very own Jay Doran is exploring the topic of a company's "fun" culture being a killer of productivity.  This discussion is largely based on the concept of responsibility and people doing what they are meant to be doing for the betterment of the company.  Jay is looking into the mirroring of behaviors of the higher ups by the people they are overseeing, using fun to avoid having difficult conversations with people who are not holding up their end of the responsibility, and how engagement among management and employees will lead to productivity and fun without having to force the issue.  There is a lot to unpack in this episode, so make sure to listen closely and have some fun while you're doing it.

"There was once a wise spiritual master who was the ruler of a small, but prosperous domain and who was known for his selfless devotion to his people.   As his people flourished and grew in number, the bounds of his small domain spread and with it, the need to trust implicitly the emissaries he sent to ensure the safety of its evermore distant parts. It was not just that it was impossible for him personally to order all that needed to be dealt with, as he wisely saw, he needed to keep his distance from and remain ignorant of such concerns. And so he nurtured and trained carefully his emissaries in order that they could be trusted. Eventually, however, his cleverest and most ambitious Visier, the one he most trusted to do his work, began to see himself as the master and use his position to advance his own wealth and influence. He saw his master's temperance and forbearance as weakness, not wisdom, and on his missions, on his master's behalf, adopted his mantle as his own. The emissary became tempestuous of his master and so it came about that the master was usurped. The people were duped. The domain became a tyranny and eventually it all collapsed in ruins." - Friedrich NietzscheExpert stage presence and story crafter Jon Cook is back on the show today and we are happy to have him back to share his experience and knowledge with our audience once again.  During this discussion, Jon and Jay get into some tips for people who are in or thinking about getting into the public speaking space, the future of AI and what role it is going to play in an advisory capacity, and how AI generated content is being viewed by different generations of people.  We are taking a deep dive into the future on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"How did I get into engineering? Somebody saw something."Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group Paul Lucido and we've got him back on the show for yet another discussion on our very own Jay Doran's work, Thirty Days of Thought.  Today's conversation is focusing on the section of the book called "Relationships" and Paul and Jay are diving in head first.  The majority of the discussion is centering around hero worship, modeling yourself after the people you admire, and making sure that you stay true to who you are while adding elements from the people who inspire you.  We hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." - Albert EinsteinBusiness Development Officer for Wescott Financial Advisory Group Alex Rawdin is joining us on the show today and we are very excited to get into the nitty gritty of finance, so let's get this show on the road.  Alex and Jay are discussing some of the background and history of Wescott Financial, how Alex went from the music industry into his current role in the world of financial advising, and the ways in which culture is a focal point for not only Alex, but for Wescott as a whole.  Alex is bringing a lot of great experience and knowledge to the show today, so we hope you enjoy this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.