Life Fulfilled Podcast — Where leadership, self awareness and workplace performance actually connect.

Bernie Borges
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Hosted by Bernie Borges | Founder, Fulfilled@Work Academy Most people think of fulfillment as a feeling. But we treat it as a strategy—a powerful driver of performance, loyalty, and leadership impact. Whether you lead in the workplace, at home, or in your community, host Bernie Borges helps you harness the five life pillars—health, fitness, career, relationships, and legacy—to lead with both head and heart. If your team’s performance is slipping and you can’t see why, this podcast helps you uncover the silent costs of disengagement. You can’t lead high-performing teams with outdated tools. This podcast gives you the upgrade. You’ll hear no-fluff solo episodes and guest conversations on modern leadership, workplace culture, disengagement, and the evolving role of AI, always grounded in actionable insights that help you create traction where it matters most. Bernie is the creator of the Fulfillment-Centric Leadership™ Framework and founder of the Fulfilled@Work Academy, equipping leaders to build energized, high-performing teams without sacrificing what matters most. If you’re ready to align performance with purpose, starting where you spend most of your time, subscribe to the Life Fulfilled Podcast. Because fulfillment isn’t just a feeling. It’s your performance strategy. 📺 Watch on YouTube: @LifeFulfilledpod ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod/⁠ 🎧 Follow Life Fulfilled on your favorite podcast app 💌 Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter: fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter

  1. 3d ago

    What Growing Up Self-Reliant Teaches You About Leadership

    Who This Is For Leaders who've been told they're "too direct" or "too intense" and aren't sure what to do with that feedbackProfessionals stepping into a role, a city, or a challenge they've never faced beforeAnyone who learned self-reliance early and wants to understand how it shapes the way they leadParents and grandparents curious about the lasting impact of lessons kids don't understand yetLeaders later in their careers who are rethinking where their time and energy should goFive Key Takeaways Some of the most important lessons don't come with an explanation. Jackie's grandmother never told her why she was the one speaking in church or sitting silently through storms. As a kid, Jackie felt singled out. Only as an adult, looking back, did she realize her grandmother had been planting seeds.Stillness is a skill for uncertainty, not just storms. "Be still and be quiet" came back to Jackie in her first corporate job in Memphis, when the storm was an internal one created by everything new. Quieting that noise let her focus, contribute, and speak up instead of playing small.Figuring things out can be learned early. As the oldest of three, with her mom working nights, Jackie helped run the household and did her homework without help. That built the learning agility and resilience she later used at Volkswagen to build and launch an entire internship program she'd never done before.Ask whether it's the fire or the fireplace. When Jackie heard she was too direct or too intense, she did the self-awareness work on where to turn the knob down. She also learned to ask whether a room was built to hold her strengths, and whether she belonged in it.Later in a career, the question changes. In her 50s, Jackie asks less about what she wants to accomplish and more about where she wants to make an impact, who she surrounds herself with, and which fires deserve her energy.  Connect with Jackie Lowery, Convergence Strategies LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-lowery-8381b857/Website: Convergence Strategies (coming soon) Connect with Bernie Borges Website: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernieborges/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernieborges/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bernieborgesResources Register for the Free webinar: Self-Aware Sellerhttps://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/self-aware-seller/ Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader's Guide to Human-Led AI Transformationhttps://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/human-led-ai-transformation/ Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletterWatch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTubeBook Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next eventMusic Old BossaTwin MusicomSuno Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    What Growing Up Self-Reliant Teaches You About Leadership

  2. Oct 19

    You Think You’re Self-Aware. Your Clients May Disagree.

    You think you came across one way, your client experienced you another way, and the deal goes quiet. In a virtual room of small business owners, 60% rated themselves very self-aware. Research published in Harvard Business Review says only 10 to 15% of people actually are. In sales, that gap has a price. In part two of this two-part series, Bernie Borges shares the twist he didn’t see coming. After four decades in B2B marketing, the road led him back to where his career began, selling his training services. This time, he’s coming at selling from the human side, with five self-aware selling insights you can use in your very next conversation. Who This Is For•     Solopreneurs, consultants, coaches, and small business owners who wear the sales hat •     Service providers who feel like they’re educating, not selling, and don’t want to be seen as salespeople •     Sellers who know their process cold but still walk out of calls feeling like they struck out •     Leaders who need a yes from their team, their leadership team, their board, or a client •     Anyone who wants their influence to make people stronger, not heavier Five Key Takeaways1.    Check what you’re carrying into the conversation. Your mood, your assumptions, and the story you’re telling yourself show up before you say a word. Take 60 seconds before your next call and ask, “What am I carrying into this conversation?” Noticing it gives you a choice. 2.    Audit your talk-to-listen ratio. After your next sales conversation, estimate how much you talked versus how much you listened, and write the number down. You can’t change a pattern you don’t recognize. 3.    Pause before you prescribe. When a client finishes describing a problem, say back what you heard and ask, “Did I get that right?” Then connect your solution to their problem using their own words. 4.    Recognize the work behind the deal. Clients build internal buy-in and gather information before they ever meet with you. Ten seconds of specific recognition builds trust, and Columbia Business School research found buyers in a high-trust state were roughly half as price sensitive as buyers in a low-trust state. 5.    When a client goes quiet, lower their risk. Forrester found that B2B buyers expect most of the rewards of a purchase to flow to their organization, while more of the risk lands on them personally. A silent prospect may be protecting themselves, so skip the “just checking in” email and ask what they’d need to feel confident taking it to their team. Episode Resources The Self-Aware Seller, a free 60-minute live webinar. Friday, November 13 and Friday, December 4, 2026, at 12:00 pm ET on Zoom. Registrants get the Self-Aware Seller white paper right away, and the replay if they can’t attend live. Guest speaker: Matt Fried, corporate trainer at EHS Recruiting. Register for the webinar: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/selfawaresellerBlog post: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/what-my-encore-career-has-taught-me-about-self-awareness/  For sales leaders with teams of five or more full-time sellers: book a call to discuss a version of the webinar tailored to your team. https://calendly.com/fulfilled-at-work/self-aware-seller-leader-exploratory-call Part one: Episode 308, “40 Years In, I Walked Away. Then the Road Started to Wind.”https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/ep-308-40-years-in-i-walked-away-then-the-road-started-to-wind/ Referenced: Episode 300, on whether your influence makes people heavier or stronger.https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/ep-300-the-leadership-lesson-i-almost-missed/ Research referenced in this episode•     Dr. Tasha Eurich, self-awareness research published in Harvard Business Review https://hbr.org/podcast/2018/06/how-to-become-more-self-aware •     Simply Business 2025 Solopreneur Report: https://www.simplybusiness.com/solopreneur-report/ •     Forrester, B2B Sellers Must Reevaluate How They Build Trust With Buyers: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/b2b-sellers-must-reevaluate-how-they-build-trust-with-buyers •     Columbia Business School research on trust and pricing in B2B relationships https://business.columbia.edu/press-release/cbs-press-releases/new-research-shows-strong-company-culture-builds-trust-customers Connect With Matt Fried, Corporate Trainer, EHS Recruiting  https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-fried-373556138/ Connect With Bernie Borges•     Website: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/ •     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernieborges/ •     Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernieborges/ •     TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bernieborges Music Attribution •     Old Bossa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6VxxLCWEg •     Twin Musicom, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC636YLvNOD6r02q2ePw0XZw •     Suno, https://suno.com/   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    You Think You’re Self-Aware. Your Clients May Disagree.

  3. Oct 12

    40 Years In, I Walked Away. Then the Road Started to Wind.

    Have you ever reinvented yourself? Not a tweak, a real reinvention. After four decades in B2B marketing, including almost 20 years running my own agency, I walked away. I was burned out and I wasn’t fulfilled. In this episode, part 1 of 2, I’m sharing the unfiltered story of my encore career chapter: the vote of confidence that told me to go for it, the moment the road started to wind, and the one thread that’s connected every turn since. That thread is self-awareness, and it matters whether you’re reinventing your career or simply trying to lead the people around you a little better. Who This Is ForProfessionals who’ve been good at something for a long time but feel it no longer feeds themLeaders thinking about a reinvention or an encore career chapterManagers who want to lead themselves, lead others, and lead through change with more intentionAnyone navigating change at work or at home, including AI that nobody asked forAnyone who suspects they’re less self-aware than they thinkFive Key TakeawaysReinvention rarely follows a straight line. Bernie walked away from four decades in B2B marketing, launched Fulfilled@Work Academy in 2025, and then watched the road wind as audiences asked him to apply his Fulfillment-Centric Leadership program to AI adoption, personal growth, and selling.Most of us overestimate our self-awareness. Research by organizational psychologist Dr. Tasha Eurich found that 95% of people believe they’re self-aware, while the real number is closer to 10 to 15%.Self-awareness is neurological, and it’s a muscle. Neuroplasticity means the thoughts you repeat become the roads your brain defaults to. You’re never neutral when you walk into a room, but you can build better pathways deliberately, the same way you build a habit.Leading others starts with noticing the unseen work. Most of us save recognition for big wins. A few seconds of specific, timely recognition for the prep, the follow-up, and the quiet advocacy behind those wins tells people you’ve seen them.Change gets worse in silence. Watch for the three silence traps: staying quiet because speaking up feels like it’ll make things worse, avoiding the conversation until you have all the answers, and assuming it’ll pass on its own.Resources MentionedFree 90-Day Self Leadership Blueprint: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/self-leadership-blueprint/Episode 240: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/life-fulfilled-the-new-era/Episode 287: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/ep-287-the-ai-trust-audit-5-questions-every-leader-must-ask/Episode 288: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/ep-288-how-leaders-can-redesign-work-for-ai-the-human-dividend/Episode 300: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/podcast/ep-300-the-leadership-lesson-i-almost-missed/ Inspired Leadership Initiative, University of Notre Dame: https://ili.nd.edu/ Connect With Bernie BorgesWebsite: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernieborges/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bernieborges/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bernieborgesMusic Attribution Old Bossa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6VxxLCWEgTwin Musicom, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC636YLvNOD6r02q2ePw0XZwSuno, https://suno.com/  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    40 Years In, I Walked Away. Then the Road Started to Wind.

  4. Oct 5

    Every PhD Program Said No. She Got There Anyway.

    Tami Smith had a plan. She fell in love with psychology in high school, discovered the then-new field of industrial organizational psychology, and finished her undergraduate degree in three years so she could head straight into a PhD program. With only nine or ten doctoral programs in the country at the time, she applied to all of them. Every one said no, and she had no Plan B. What came next wasn’t a plan at all. A colleague at the I/O consulting firm where she was working asked whether she’d ever considered federal service. Tami said absolutely not, then handed over her resume anyway. It reached an HR director at the U.S. Department of Commerce, who brought her in. Within six months, she’d designed her own rotational program. She swore she’d never be a leader. She went on to spend 25 years across seven federal agencies, the last 15 leading enterprise HR and the last 10 at the executive level, with her final decade on the regulatory side of financial services. In this conversation, Bernie and Tami connect the dots she couldn’t see at the time. She didn’t take the PhD highway, but she reached the same destination as a practitioner of the discipline she’d hoped to study. Now retired from federal service, she’s bringing that experience to The Wilderness Society, a 91-year-old conservation nonprofit of about 150 employees, where she’s learned that HR is HR, but every program has to fit the organization it serves. Tami also shares how she raised four children while pursuing executive roles, why she tells women to "do it anyway," what she means when she says she brings her own weather into a room, and how she eventually returned to school for a master’s degree in leadership at Georgetown University. As she puts it, she got there. It was just the long route. Connect with Tami Smith •      LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tami-b-smith •      The Wilderness Society: wilderness.org Connect with Bernie Borges •      Website: fulfilledatworkacademy.com •      LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bernieborges •      Instagram: instagram.com/bernieborges •      TikTok: tiktok.com/@bernieborges Resources: •      Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader’s Guide to Human-Led AI Transformation •      Learn more about the Human Dividend AI Assessment •      Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter •      Watch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTube •      Book Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next event Music Attribution •      Old Bossa •      Twin Musicom •      Suno   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Every PhD Program Said No. She Got There Anyway.

  5. Sep 28

    Clarity Is the Leadership Skill That Accelerates Growth

    When a quarterback calls a play in the huddle, nobody gets to say, “I kind of know what I need to do.” Mike Tetreau learned that on the football field, carried it through a career in engineering, consulting, and sales leadership, tested it as first selectman (mayor) of Fairfield, Connecticut through Storm Sandy and other crises, and now brings it to the CEOs he coaches as a Vistage Chair. After decades of leading, he boils it all down to one word: clarity. In this episode, Mike explains why clarity accelerates growth, and why great leaders don't just give answers, they question them. Who This Is For CEOs and business owners trying to scale, who know they need to be a different leader tomorrow than they are today.Leaders who manage experts who know their jobs better than they do.Vistage members and CEO peer group participants, or anyone considering joining one.Leaders whose teams are busy but aren't moving in the same direction.Anyone leading in a fishbowl, where every decision gets judged in public.Five Key Takeaways Clarity is the leader's most important job. Mike's one word for leadership is clarity: absolute clarity on each person's role and on where the team is going. In a huddle, everyone has to know who they block and where the play is going. In his words, “the greater the clarity, the greater the growth.”Don't wait for certainty. Mike says leaders can't wait for things to be certain. They have to decide when they have enough information to move in the right direction.When your team knows more than you, look for the gaps. As mayor, Mike supervised department heads with decades in their roles. He added value where they lacked training, in communication, budgeting, and planning, and by bringing the residents' voice into the conversation.Question answers instead of giving them. Mike's favorite Vistage phrase: “We're not here to give them the answers. We're here to question their answers.” Good questions help leaders reach the right answer, even in areas where the coach isn't the expert.Measure what you promise. At his wholesale distribution company, Mike turned same-day shipping into a measurable commitment (orders in by 5 o'clock went out that night) and even publicized the rare night they missed after 220 straight days. Competitors could match a price cut in seconds, but they couldn't match proven consistency.Today, Mike is a Vistage Chair in Fairfield, facilitating monthly meetings of noncompeting CEOs and coaching each member one on one. In this conversation with Bernie, Mike connects the huddle, city hall, and the Vistage room, and explains why his one word for leadership is clarity. Connect with Mike Tetreau, Vistage Chair LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketetreau/ Connect With Bernie Borges Fulfilled@Work AcademyLinkedInInstagramTikTok Human Dividend™ White Paper “Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader's Guide to Human-Led AI Transformation” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/human-led-ai-transformation Human Dividend™ AI Assessment “Learn more about the Human Dividend AI Assessment” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/human-dividend-ai-transformation-assessment Weekly Fulfill Newsletter “Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter YouTube Channel “Watch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTube” youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod Speaking “Book Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next event” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/speaking Music Attribution Old Bossa Twin Musicom Suno Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  6. Sep 21

    It's Not an AI Strategy. It's a Business Strategy.

    Three Vistage CEO groups. Three cities in California. One Zoom camera standing between Bernie and every face in the room. When he presented The Human Dividend™ framework without his usual ability to read the room, he expected the material to land three different ways. Instead, something unexpected happened: leaders in each session reached the same conclusion, without hearing what the other rooms said. This episode is about what a round robin led by Vistage Chair, Danielle Baldwin, an anonymous poll, and a room full of honest CEOs revealed about why AI adoption succeeds or fails. Who This Is For Leaders rolling out AI on their teams who suspect the real resistance isn't about the tools.Vistage members and CEO peer group participants interested in how AI adoption gets tested in real leadership conversations.HR and people leaders trying to gauge whether their employees see AI as help or as a threat.Anyone building an AI communication plan who wants a simple, repeatable way to surface team fears before they become resistance.Leaders who haven't yet said out loud that they're a little afraid of this transition too.Five Key Takeaways Across three separate Vistage rooms, leaders landed on the same conclusion: “This isn't an AI strategy, it's a business strategy.” AI adoption struggles are trust and leadership problems, not technology problems.The same presentation produced very different trust results. An anonymous poll asking whether employees believe AI is meant to help or replace them came back at 85% yes in one room, 50% (with 43% unsure) in another, and 100% in the third. Identical material, three different poll results.The AI Trust Audit, five questions from the Human Dividend™ Method, gives leaders a way to find out which of those rooms they're actually standing in, instead of guessing.Leaders consistently notice and reward high-complexity work, like closing deals or resolving escalations, while overlooking low-complexity work, like meeting logistics and day-to-day coordination, that actually holds a team together. More than one leader called this out as a blind spot they hadn't considered before.Trust in AI adoption starts with the leader, not the front line. Leaders admitted their own fear in front of peers: one wanted to run the trust audit on himself before ever using it with his team, and another acknowledged his own team may not know how much he personally relies on AI day to day.Connect with Vistage Chair, Danielle Baldwin Website: https://daniellebbaldwin.com/Book: Sparking Greatness: https://daniellebbaldwin.com/sparking-greatness/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-bruno-baldwin/ Connect With Bernie Borges Fulfilled@Work AcademyLinkedInInstagramTikTok Watch the 12-Minute Video Overview of The Human Dividend™ | A Leader's Guide to AI Transformation Human Dividend™ White Paper “Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader's Guide to Human-Led AI Transformation” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/human-led-ai-transformation Human Dividend™ AI Assessment “Learn more about the Human Dividend AI Assessment” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/human-dividend-ai-transformation-assessment Weekly Fulfill Newsletter “Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter YouTube Channel “Watch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTube” youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod Speaking “Book Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next event” fulfilledatworkacademy.com/speaking Music Attribution Old Bossa Twin Musicom Suno Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    It's Not an AI Strategy. It's a Business Strategy.

  7. Sep 14

    Nobody Is Watching You Anymore, and That's on You Now

    Most of us are taught that if we work hard enough, someone will notice. Trisha Stetzel believed that too, through boot camp leading 86 women in the Navy, a decade in corporate life at IBM, and building her own business afterward. At every stage, the belief that good work speaks for itself eventually stopped holding up. This conversation is about why recognition dries up as you rise, and what to do once no one's watching for you anymore. Who This Is For Leaders and entrepreneurs who've done everything right and still feel overlookedAnyone who had mentors or sponsors early in their career and now finds themselves flying soloPeople who think of self-promotion as “icky” and want a different way to frame itBusiness owners and consultants who need to build visibility without feeling like they're braggingAnyone launching a book, program, or business who needs a simple way to talk about their own workFive Key Takeaways Recognition happens automatically early in a career, because mentors and sponsors are watching for you. It stops once you move into higher leadership or start your own business, because no one else has the job of noticing on your behalf anymore.Visibility isn't the same as self-promotion. It's sharing the results and the impact you created, not “me, me, me.”Trisha's three-question framework for talking about your own work: What did I contribute? What changed because of it? Who could benefit from knowing what I learned?Staying quiet about your work isn't humility. It's making the decision for someone else that they didn't need to know what you could give them.The easiest way to start: tell someone else's story first. Share the impact you had on a client, customer, or teammate before you ever have to talk about yourself.Connect With Trisha Stetzel Website: https://trishastetzel.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trisha-stetzel/YouTube: ​​https://youtube.com/@trishastetzel  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trishastetzelPodcast: https://businessradiox.com/series/houston-business-radio/  Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader's Guide to Human-Led AI Transformation: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/human-led-ai-transformation/ Learn more about the Human Dividend AI Assessment: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/human-dividend-ai-transformation-assessment/ Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter/ Watch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod Book Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next event: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/speaking/ Music Attribution: Old Bossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6VxxLCWEgTwin Musicom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC636YLvNOD6r02q2ePw0XZwSuno: https://suno.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Nobody Is Watching You Anymore, and That's on You Now

  8. Sep 7

    There's No Finish Line. That's the Point.

    Walter Miska has built four businesses and sold three of them, spanning promotional products, craft beer, and escape rooms. Now he's back running the brand where his own story began, this time as president of Fully Promoted. Most people would call that restless. Walter calls it self-awareness. This episode is about what happens when you finally catch up on everything you've been chasing, why that feeling never lasts, and why that isn't a problem to fix. It's the reason to keep building. Who This Is For • Entrepreneurs who've reached a goal and felt the letdown that showed up right behind it• Leaders trying to figure out whether their own restlessness is a flaw or a signal• Franchise owners and franchise-curious professionals weighing what actually makes a business sustainable• Anyone who equates selling with persuading people, rather than earning trust• Listeners looking for a practical way to enjoy where they are now without giving up on where they're headed Five Key Takeaways • The businesses Walter built, in promotional products, craft beer, and escape rooms, were never really about the industry. The throughline was building a business, growing a team, and eventually selling it.• Self-awareness means knowing your fit as much as your skill. Walter knew early that food service and youth-focused businesses weren't right for him, even when the numbers made sense on paper.• Trust drives recurring business more than sales technique does. Walter's approach, being nice, following up, and earning trust, built every customer relationship and team he's had.• Reaching a finished to-do list rarely delivers lasting satisfaction. Walter describes getting everything caught up and feeling done within minutes, then already thinking about what to build next.• You can enjoy your current stage and still look ahead. A lesson Walter's mother taught him about raising kids, don't rush to the next stage, is one he's carried into how he leads today. Episode Summary Walter Miska is an engineer by training and, he says, by nature. Twenty-five years ago, a trip to a Cold Stone Creamery with his mother sent him down a different path: entrepreneurship. Since then, he's built and sold businesses in promotional products, craft beer, and escape rooms, drawn less to any one industry and more to the process of building something from scratch. Earlier this year, Walter took a call from Andrew Titus, president of United Franchise Group, and returned to Fully Promoted, the brand where his own entrepreneurial story started, this time as president. In this conversation, Walter and Bernie talk about the self-awareness that let him catch his own patterns before someone else pointed them out, why he never saw himself as a salesperson even while building trust-based businesses, and the lesson from his mother about enjoying the stage you're in that now shapes how he leads. Connect with Walter Miska LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-miska/Website (Fully Promoted): https://www.fullypromoted.com Download The Human Dividend White Paper: A Leader's Guide to Human-Led AI TransformationLink: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/services/human-led-ai-transformation/ Learn more about the Human Dividend AI AssessmentLink: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/human-dividend-ai-transformation-assessment/ Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletterLink: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter/ Watch this episode (and all episodes) on YouTubeLink: https://www.youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod Book Bernie Borges as a speaker at your next event.Link: https://fulfilledatworkacademy.com/speaking/ Music AttributionOld Bossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb6VxxLCWEgTwin Musicom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC636YLvNOD6r02q2ePw0XZwSuno: https://suno.com/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    There's No Finish Line. That's the Point.
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Hosted by Bernie Borges | Founder, Fulfilled@Work Academy Most people think of fulfillment as a feeling. But we treat it as a strategy—a powerful driver of performance, loyalty, and leadership impact. Whether you lead in the workplace, at home, or in your community, host Bernie Borges helps you harness the five life pillars—health, fitness, career, relationships, and legacy—to lead with both head and heart. If your team’s performance is slipping and you can’t see why, this podcast helps you uncover the silent costs of disengagement. You can’t lead high-performing teams with outdated tools. This podcast gives you the upgrade. You’ll hear no-fluff solo episodes and guest conversations on modern leadership, workplace culture, disengagement, and the evolving role of AI, always grounded in actionable insights that help you create traction where it matters most. Bernie is the creator of the Fulfillment-Centric Leadership™ Framework and founder of the Fulfilled@Work Academy, equipping leaders to build energized, high-performing teams without sacrificing what matters most. If you’re ready to align performance with purpose, starting where you spend most of your time, subscribe to the Life Fulfilled Podcast. Because fulfillment isn’t just a feeling. It’s your performance strategy. 📺 Watch on YouTube: @LifeFulfilledpod ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@lifefulfilledpod/⁠ 🎧 Follow Life Fulfilled on your favorite podcast app 💌 Subscribe to the Weekly Fulfill newsletter: fulfilledatworkacademy.com/newsletter

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