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Danny Klein is the Editorial Director at QSR and FSR magazines, two of the restaurant industry’s leading trade publications and part of the WTWH Media portfolio of brands. QSR is celebrating its 27th year in business and continues to serve as a leading resource for franchisees, executives, and thought leaders throughout the foodservice world. FSR, founded 12 years ago, covers the full-service restaurant sector. A graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, Danny spent more than a decade covering high school, college, and professional sports throughout Florida before joining the company as the associate editor of FSR magazine in 2015. A Brooklyn, New York, native, he lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife, Lindsey, basset hound Maggie, daughter, Audrey, and son, Dean. Thank you, Danny, for today's episode!

Holly knows all too well about how purpose can change throughout the course of our life. Holly's background includes starting her own construction company in 1997 and being a GC for 25+ years building and designing for people residentially/commercially. Before taking over for Faith-Based Counselor Training Institute (FBCTI) she started Age Me Gracefully, a line of supplements and skin care. She's also a Southern Living Magazine top female home builder for the state of Texas, as well as has an International Living article for her building and design in Central America, where she spent three years. She believes passion is more than dreams of great things and following your bliss, but a burning in the pit of your stomach that is only tamed when you feed your dreams through accomplishments and actions toward that burn. That feeling of power, drive, energy, and borderline obsession required to achieve your dreams is passion, and Holly has written a book on this very subject. Join us to discuss all this, and more, on today's episode!

Hibben has a variety of experiences at Source Intelligence, Braintree/Venmo, PayPal, and Jellyvision, now working as the fractional Head of People for scaling companies that recognize talent as their greatest asset and are ready to build modern people operations. She has an unwavering commitment to investing in people – the prerequisite to building a strong people operations, cultural identity, and high-performing company. Thank you Hibben!

Co-founder and CEO of Boom Learning, changing teachers lives for the better by saving time and improving the student learning experience. Mary has worked with business large and small on the intersection of user-generated content, copyright, privacy, and related business and PR risks. An entrepreneur at heart, she starts companies or creates new lines of business within companies. Thank you, Mari, for today's episode!

With more than 15 years of experience as an HR professional, Senior Manager of Thought Leadership for Paylocity Shari Simpson brings a unique, veteran perspective to a range of topics, from training and development to talent acquisition and employee relations – many of which she dives into with other industry experts as the host of the podcast PCTY Talks: HR, People and Culture. When she’s not lending her voice there, she’s finding other ways to elevate HR, payroll, and business professionals in and outside of Paylocity by collaborating with other industry leaders and speaking at local and national conferences. Shari also co-leads Paylocity’s women’s employee resource group, SHEroes. Thank you Shari for today's episode!

For every employee—the healthy and the hurting—Forte is the mental wellness employee platform that provides Content and Connections so they can uniquely and meaningfully contribute at work, home, and in their community. Today we engaged in conversation about how to make work more meaningful in the world (and more!). Thank you to today's guests!