Screw The Naysayers Podcast

Heather Parady is  the host of the Unconventional Leaders podcast. The show currently airs five times a week. Folks that’s a podcast warrior for you.   Heather is a therapist turned online entrepreneur and the intention of her work is to raise up the next generation leaders who go against the grain. The decision to become an entrepreneur came after she’d earned her Master’s degree. When the job offers started to come in Heather burst out in tears. Her husband pointed out that when people get a job offer, most of them go out for drinks to celebrate. But down deep Heather had this burning desire to create something of her own.  We had raw conversation about: Her entrepreneurial journey The reaction of friends and family when she made the decision to start her own business The sacrifices her family made for her to complete her education Why she loves working with underdogs (she considers herself to be one) What freedom means to her Her views on parenting and preparing her two girls to be the best they ca

Travis is the Founder of NTSQ Sports Group and is an innovator in the endurance sports world. The thing that stands out about Travis is the clarity of his vision. This guy is a happy entrepreneur. Like many of us Travis’s path to entrepreneurship involved more than a few twists and turns. The son of a triathlete, Travis competed in his first triathlon at the age of 8! Then moved on to Aussie rules football before competing in his first Ironman competition at the age of 20. Then in March of 2015, his life changed. He was riding his bike in Vancouver, came around a corner and was hit head on by a car. Travis suffered four fractured vertebrae in his neck, a dislocated hip, and fractured a few ribs and his scapula. In November of that same year Travis completed the New York Marathon, and in 2016 completed two ironman competitions. With the injuries Travis knew that he could no longer compete at an elite level. He took a job working for Lululemon before launching his own business in 2018. Today Travis combines h

Malorie Nicole is an Entrepreneurial & Executive Coach, Mindset Expert, Speaker, and host of the Abundantly Clear Podcast. When Malorie graduated from University of North Carolina she had her sights set on a career in Engineering. That changed when went Malories search for answers to her ongoing health struggles created a desire in her to help others. Friends and family were puzzled by Malories decision to start her own health coaching business, which then evolved into her being a Mindset coach for entrepreneurs and driven professionals. Malorie pushed past the criticism, one person told her she would be better off if she became a Yoga instructor, knowing that their criticism had nothing to do with her. The naysayers were simply projecting their own limiting beliefs onto anyone that dared to expect more from life. These days Malorie has a thriving practice where  she helps entrepreneurs identify and remove mental barriers that are stopping them from creating the life they want. In this episode Malorie:

Douglas Ward is a retired military veteran with 24 years of distinguished service. Doug held numerous leadership roles including being Troop Chief for a hand selected group of special communicators who supported and deployed with Special Operations Forces. At first Doug’s transition to the civilian workforce seemed to be working smoothly, but then the workplace environment turned toxic, ultimately resulting in Doug’s decision to become an entrepreneur. In this candid discussion Doug: Spoke the reaction he got from friends and family when he announced his plans to be his own boss Shares leadership lessons he learned while deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, including dealing with Special Forces colleagues with strong egos Tells us about a time when his subordinates called him out for not delegating with trust Notes that for most veterans it takes 3-5 jobs in the civilian workforce before they uncover what they were meant to be doing He talked about the perils older workers face and says corporate leaders

Eric Gilboord is a lifelong entrepreneur, Author, Public Speaker and the CEO WarrenBDC, a company that  specializes in working with boomer aged business owners or those wishing to acquire their companies. Eric is focused on solving a big problem. Sixty-five percent of all businesses in Canada and the United States are owned by baby boomers. Anyone born between 1946 and 1964. So this is a pretty big audience. Eighty percent of those owners do not have a plan in place or know how to transition. Most are counting on the sale of their company to fund their retirement, and in a lot of cases the value of the business is less that the owner needs for the desired retirement lifestyle. In this episode Eric: Says Naysayers uninformed opinions are based upon their own life experiences Points out that the most important sale a business owner makes (the sale of the business) is the one they are worst prepared for Explains how he works with business owners to find unrealised potential States that the demand for busine

Michael Devellano is a Sr. Cloud and App Consultant, Founder of Cloud Advisory LLC and the author of Automate and Grow. Michael has led the strategy, design and development of over 150 mobile digital or marketing automation projects. He is also Chief Storyteller on BestCoast.tv where he tells the story of the best restaurants and bars in L.A. and NYC. Rough gig. Michael is also the host of the Automate and Grow Podcast. In this episode Michael: Admits that for him the biggest naysayers are in his own head Says that nobody in his circle would ever say “you can’t do that” Observes that too many entrepreneurs get tricked into thinking that technology will do the hardest part of their business. That’s finding the first 10 or first 100 customers States that there is no limit to what can be done with automation. The real question is what should we do? Talks about the need to adopt atomic habits and to stop focusing on short term outcomes Share tactics you can use to rapidly prototype an app A great listen

Travis Fox, is the CEO and Founder of CEO for Travis Fox, Inc., now Bigger Than Us, LLC and has degrees in both Psychology and Clinical Hypnotherapy. For the last 30 years, Travis has been training and teaching his proprietary Architect 360 methodology. Travis has performed his own personal brand of entertainment in over 6,500 performances around the world.  Travis is the "head" coach to several top professional players on the professional golf tours, as well as to those competing at the collegiate level. His Methodologies have also crossed over into his Coaching of professional football, College Basketball (division 1) and full contact fighting athletes. In this episode Travis: Explains that it’s the way we process trauma, fractures, and loss that counts Talks about the moment he realized he had been pursuing his dad’s dream and not his own Shares the two things that happen in the dark Questions why we aren’t teaching our children how to use the spacesuit we are all born with Asks who it is we feel we

Brandon Steiner is the Founder & President of The Steiner Agency, the nation's premiere independent athlete procurement source. Prior to The Steiner Agency, Brandon created Steiner Sports Marketing and Memorabilia, one of the largest companies of its kind. In addition, Brandon is a highly regarded motivational and inspirational speaker. Steiner has spoken to world-class organizations such as the New York Yankees, BMW North America, Nike, Live Nation, Cornell University, TEDx and Harvard Business School. Aside from speaking to audiences, Steiner is a permanent fixture in the media as a regular on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM and as co-host of Yankees-Steiner: Memories of the Game on the YES Network. He has appeared frequently on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, and in newspapers including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Steiner is the author of Living on Purpose, The Business Playbookand You Gotta Have Balls, and Created a Sports Empire. I’m honoured that Brandon reached out to me and asked to be on my sho

Lesley Eccles is the co-founder of billion dollar fantasy sports startup, FanDuel, and now sole founder of NYC-based Relish, a customized relationship training app. In a twist of fate that has been shared by many business founders, all of the original founders left the company in the fall of 2017, and walked away with nothing. Having exited she is now the sole founder or Relish, a relationship training app  that provides users with personalized training and advice to help them create deeper connections with their partners. In this episode Lesley: Explained why she supported her husband’s desire to quit his job to start a business together (they had 2 young children and a mortgage to pay) Tells us that there is never a good time to start a business so just start Says that there has never been a better time to be a female founder Talks about the lessons she learned while raising capital for her new company Shares where the idea for Relish came from Gives us insights into the ways the Relish App uses te

Dale Dupree , a.k.a. The Copier Warrior, is an entrepreneur, a podcast host, and a guy who relentlessly challenges conventional wisdom.  Dale got his start in sales working for his father where he quickly became known as the Copier Warrior, where his dad would say he was making Mad Money.  In 2017, after his Dad’s passing, Dale moved on from the company. He stayed in the copier industry for 2 more years before launching his current company called The Sales Rebellion. In Dale’s words he is now teaching the masses how to choose legendary for their sales career.  In this episode Dale: Spoke about the significance of his father’s legacy Explains how he turned the traditional sales model for copiers on its head Tells us why he stopped focusing on volume and instead focused on building relationships Stresses that it’s time to take a distinctly different look at sales quotas and pipelines Says that there is no one size fits all approach Explains how he strives to use his systems to accommodate his clients A

Leonard Kim is an entrepreneur, social media strategist, and the coauthor of Ditch the Act published by McGraw Hill. In 2013, Leonard got sick and tired of being overworked and underpaid.  So he made a decision to start writing. By the end of 2014, Leonard had more than 10 million reads. In 2015, he started working in academic medicine and launched an executive branding agency on the side. The healthcare site went from having 80k page views to 500k+ a month, and the number of social followers increased from 10k-250k.  Through his agency Leonard has worked with Fortune 500 execs, NYT bestselling authors and founders of 8 figure+ businesses. Along the way he picked up over 500k social followers.  Leonard is recognized by Forbes as a Top Marketing Influencer, Inc. Magazine as a Top Digital Marketer and Top Youth Marketer and by Entrepreneur as a Top Personal Branding Expert. In this episode Leonard: Explains why decided to write about all his failure Tells us about a goodbye letter he wrote while contemplat

Matt Newman is a senior executive in the financial services industry, a cancer survivor, a public speaker, and a best selling author. His book, "Starting at the Finish Line” recently made it to #2 on Book Authority’s Best Brain Cancer Books of All Time. Matt was 39 years old and a father to 3 when he was diagnosed with grade three astrocytoma (brain cancer). His memoir chronicles the journey that he and his entire family took together which got him to a place of clarity, understanding and appreciation. His own father-in-law Larry had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three years before Matt, leading the two men to find support in each other and their combined family as they worked to find normalcy in an abnormal situation. Matt: Shares the emotions he went through when he learned he had brain cancer Explains why he was determined to take his kids to school on his first day at home after surgery Realized that up until then he had been looking at life through his own eyes Says that disease may take him

Meghan Fialkoff is an Event Producer, Artist & Humanitarian. In 2006, after graduating from College, Meghan and her father founded the Americas Chapter of the non-profit, Foundation for a Drug Free World.  Beginning with the mission to reach all of NYC schools with the drug-free, healthy living and dream-making message, the chapter spread like wildfire throughout the entirety of New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut and subsequently into Central America where she co-directs chapters in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and French Guiana.  Meghan also created and manages the annual Drug Free Heroes Awards Gala and the Drug Free World Ambassador program. In this episode Meghan: Discusses the impact of family culture on her world views.Her grandparents left Russia just before the holocaust, moved to Cuba where her father was born, and then moved to the U.S. Says that bigotry is nothing more than hypocrisy Shares that she founded the America’s Chapter of Drug Free World b

Sabrina Runbeck is a Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant and a Life Performance Consultant. After working 80+ hours a week in healthcare, Sabrina noticed that there were people in the healthcare arena who love their work and yet were always able to always make it to their workout class or go to brunch or happy hour with family and friends. This while Sabrina and the rest of the professionals were grinding away. The issue became more important to her when she encountered a patient, a man with a wife and two young children,  who was facing major health challenges. Realizing that we don’t get time back, Sabrina set out to in her words, crack the code of doing important work while still having time for self and family. Sabrina still works in medicine but has found a new passion in helping professionals with high-demanding careers to live the lifestyle they deserve, so they can enjoy their success. She believes everyone has the inner ability to gain more control and find life's satisfactions, and is on a m

Steve Anderson is an Entrepreneur, a trusted authority on Risk Management, a Futurist, and a public speaker. His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. Steve was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. With  over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry, Steve is also the author of  The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon. An Amazon best seller, The Bezos Letters has also appeared on The Wall Street Journal and USA Today list of bestsellers. The book is a Steve’s deconstruction of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' annual review letters to shareholders and focuses on the steps Bezos took to test, build, accelerate, and scale Amazon. In this episode Steve: Tells us why he decided to write The Bezos Letters Declares that the biggest risk businesses take is not taking

At the age of 19, Evan built then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a venture capitalist raising $500k to $15m. He now runs a YouTube channel for entrepreneurs with 1.8M+ subscribers and over 300,000,000 video views.  Evan wants to solve the world’s biggest problem, which he believes is untapped human potential. He’s set 2 world records, uses a trampoline & stand-up desk, owns Canada’s largest salsa dance studio & has a giant Doritos bag in front of him all day long to remind him that he’s stronger than the Doritos. Evan dropped so much gold in this conversation including: Real advice on dealing with loved ones who are naysayers Explains his One Word process and why it is so important Tells us why he is a big believer in going from idea to action Gets real and admits that his biggest fear is aging rockstar syndrome Gave me advice on how I should spend the next the next 20-30 years Says that we should shift our self worth to the effort we put in and not the results Argues that if y

Greg Graham is the COO of the Cardel Group of Companies and President, Cardel Homes Ottawa. Cardel is a land development and residential home builder with operations in Ottawa, Calgary, Denver, and Tampa. I connected with Greg when I learned that Cardel Homes had become the National Sponsor for the Women of Inspiration Awards, founded by Screw the Naysayer guest alumni member Monica Kretschmer. Now in its fifth year the Women of Inspiration Awards has recognized the achievements of more than 600 women and men in 23 Diverse Award Categories. I’m proud to say that I received a WOI award in October of 2019 in recognition of the role this podcast has played in shining the spotlight on strong women leaders and gender inequality issues. In this episode Greg: Explains why Cardel decided to become a national sponsor Stresses the role employers must play in encouraging employees to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset Talks about the importance of leadership communicating the “why” to everyone in the organization

Shinjini Das, The Go-Getter Girl! ™, is on a mission to bridge the content gap between intellect and pop culture in the media. She is the CEO and Founder at The Das Media Group, an empowering media production company, engineer, TV personality fluent in Spanish, and digital entrepreneurship expert with the U.S. Department of State. Her media company has built thoughtfully innovative global digital and live experiential brand experiences, driving millions of digital impressions in brand awareness for partners such as Chase for Business and Intuit. Shinjini is also the author of Unapologetically Shinjini. How many people do you know who have written a memoir at the age of 26? Shinjini’s Forbes interview, published when she was 24, has been viewed more than 200,000 times and garners 7 million views per month from her following of 200,000+. In this episode Shinjini: Tells is that she has been fighting against the guys for years and admits that she had to learn aggression Talked about her decision to quit a hig

Ron Klabunde is the Founder and CEO of Generosity Feeds – a national for-purpose organization that mobilizes thousands of volunteers in cities around America to address the local needs of hungry children through meal creation events. Generosity Feeds is igniting a movement of generosity. Since its inception in 2012, the organization has empowered more than 60,000 volunteers across America in 28 states and has created more than 3 million meals to help sustain more than 120,000 students. In this episode Ron: Shares the mustard seed that was the starting point for Generosity Feeds Says that when his vision is bigger than himself, he sometimes feels like a poser Talks about the organic growth of an organization that shows its partner organizations how to create 10,000 meals in two hours Explains how they have engaged the private sector in this vision and why it is a win-win opportunity Stresses that children are dependents and there is no excuse for not feeding them  Talks about the process he uses to overc

Larry Broughton is an award-winning hotelier and entrepreneur, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and former US Army Green Beret. As Founder and CEO of California-based broughtonHOTELS, CBS News has called Larry “the nation’s foremost expert on leadership and entrepreneurship,” while the host of Travel Channel’s hit show, Hotel Impossible, says he is “among the top hospitality experts in the country.” His upbeat, creative approach to business and life has been featured in newspaper and magazine articles across the country and he has been a recurring guest expert on news and TV programs on every major television and cable network, including MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, CBS, and Travel Channel.   Larry has interviewed dozens of the world’s top CEOs, presented to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at The Pentagon, and consulted at Fortune 50 companies. Larry: Tells us why he tries to stay away from naysayers, but also surrounds himself with people that don’t always agree with him Went deep about some of the low p