Want a peek behind the scenes at a book publishing company that's out to make the world a better place, one book at a time? The new installment of the M.A.P. Maker Podcast features Steve Piersanti, founder, President, and Publisher of Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Enjoy!
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This installment of Curt Rosengren's M.A.P. Maker Podcast features Guy Kawasaki, speaker, author, VC, entrepreneur, and blogger extraordinaire (when I checked this morning, his blog How to Change the World was ranked number 60 on Technorati).
Check out what Guy has to say on making meaning with your work, being a mensch, authenticity, and learning to play hockey at age 48.
Enjoy!
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There's a new installment up of Curt Rosengren's M.A.P. Maker Podcast. It features former CNN anchor Daryn Kagan who, after leaving CNN, launched DarynKagan.com, the home base for a media company dedicated to positive, inspiring news. Since the site launched in November 2006, it has become a daily destination for thousands of people looking for real life stories that inspire them.
Give it a listen, hear her story, and discover what she's learned along the way.
Enjoy!
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This installment of Curt Rosengren's M.A.P. Maker Podcast features best-selling author and public speaker Bob Burg.
Burg's new book, The Go-Giver (written together with John David Mann), hit #6 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list within three weeks of being published. His book Endless Referrals has sold over 175,000 copies. As a speaker, he has shared the stage with notable personalaties like Zig Ziglar, Larry King, Brian Tracy, and President Gerald Ford.
Come hear what Burg has to say about the "Five Laws of Stratospheric Success" (from The Go-Giver), as well as lessons and insights he's gained in his own journey.
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The next M.A.P. Maker Podcast is from an interview with Brian Johnson, founder of Zaadz.com (now Gaia Community since he sold it late last year) and currently founder of thinkArete.com. It was an inspiring conversation, and I'm completely psyched to share the results with you (watch for it next week).
During the course of the interview, we got to talking about the secret to his success as an entrepreneur. Here's what he had to say...
I had a conversation recently with a young entrepreneur who just won a competition in Texas, and had a great idea and was asking me for advice...
My success [didn't come from] the experience or particular skill in building businesses. I think that hands down what allowed me to be successful was my absolute commitment to an idea. That when I come up with an idea and it really takes hold of me, success is my only option. And a willingness to go through that wall and that wall and that wall and that wall, because it’s an idea that I love creating, and I think the world needs, and I feel called to go out and bring to the world.
When I look at the M.A.P. concept, what Brian is really talking about there is the amazing fuel that results from blending both passion ("I love doing this") and meaning ("I'm inspired to make this kind of difference") in what you do.
I've experienced that in my own journey. When I look back, there have definitely been times when I felt like I was just banging my head against a wall. Like I had the talent, but not the skill to breathe life into my vision. There have even been times when I've said, "Screw this! I give up!"
But any time I said that, I would know immediately that it wasn't true. Part of it is because I'm over the moon in love with what I do, and I'm not really willing to give it up. And part of it is because the idea of cheating the world of the positive impact that my work has the potential to make makes me almost sick to my stomach.
Is success actually the only option? No, of course not. I've never been trapped on one path. I could hang up my hat and find some other direction any time I wanted. What it really boils down to is that the pull of that success is greater than the pain of whatever bumps I might experience along the way. And that is because of the powerful mix of passion and meaning.
Take a look at your journey. Where is that intersection of passion and meaning for you? What would give you that unquenchable fire in the belly to turn those dreams into reality? What would make success the only option?
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