https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/leadwithastory/LWAS_119.mp3Podcast (lead-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS “Hey Paul, I’m thinking about writing a book. Can we talk? I’d love to get some advice.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten that email since my first book came out eight years ago. I usually end up spending…
Author: Paul Smith
SOCIAL Disobedience: It's like civil disobedience with your friends and neighbors
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/leadwithastory/PWAS_107.mp3Podcast (parenting-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS The past three weeks have been an almost non-stop parade of protests, all centered around the most recent tragic deaths that didn’t have to happen. “Yes, that’s terrible. But what can I do?” you might ask. After all, you already changed your…
From Frustration to Founder: Building a Business That Should Have Been There Already
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/leadwithastory/LWAS_117.mp3Podcast (lead-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Jason Hartman has been earned a small fortune in real estate across 11 states and 17 cities. His office boasts pictures of him with Richard Branson, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Forbes, Tony Robbins, and Brittany Spears, among others. But he didn’t start his…
Monkeying around with corporate policy 2
IMAGINE CONDUCTING this experiment. Put five monkeys in a cage with a bunch of bananas hanging from the ceiling. Underneath the bananas, place a ladder just tall enough to reach them. read more
"These are not my pants!": A Loyalty-Building Story for Salespeople
If you’d been in one of Mark Bowser’s customer service training classes in Indianapolis in the late 1990s, those are the first words you would have heard him say as he introduced himself.
How COVID-19 is Changing the Way We Work and How You Can Adapt
I normally don’t pull a bait-and-switch on my podcast guests. But this week I did. I was scheduled to interview Jacob Morgan about his new book The Future Leader: 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade.
The Night I Lost My Manhood in the Haunted House
This won’t be a typical podcast and post. As I’m recording this, we’re about halfway into a national social distancing experiment to combat the Coronavirus.
3 Ways to Use Storytelling After the Sale
Just because you’ve closed the sale doesn’t mean the need for storytelling has ended. In fact, the best salespeople continue to use storytelling after the sale in three primary ways
9 Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Future
http://traffic.libsyn.com/leadwithastory/LWAS_115.mp3 Podcast (lead-with-a-story-podcast-series): Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Android | RSS Confession: I was a little disappointed when I started reading this book and realized it was fiction. I thought I was reading a serious, non-fiction business book. But then I couldn’t put it down. And by the time I was…
7 Steps to Choosing the Right School for Your Child
Next week is National School Choice Week. So I wanted to talk to an expert about how to choose the best school for your child. And I found exactly the right person!