Beyond Networking with Brian Miller Brian Miller

Brian is a guest on Janice Porter's Relationships Rule! podcast: Talking is easy, connecting is hard – and according to Brian Miller it can be learned! A magician turned author, speaker, and consultant on human connection – Brian Miller is here to help us understand what human connection really is, and how to magically connect to anyone.

Cait is a Forbes-featured 7-figure Business Coach for women and, in her words, your excuse’s worst nightmare. In this conversation, Cait and I pull back the curtain on the coaching industry: What is a business coach, when do you know you need one, and what should you expect from a coaching relationship?

Francisco Mahfuz is a storytelling expert who teaches you to become more interesting than Netflix. We discussed the difference between motivational speaking and being a content matter expert, what a story really is and why you should be telling them in business, and where to find stories to tell. Then we did a deep dive on story structure, the different types and when they work, or don’t.

Julia Freeland is a passionate educator and change engineer, who has spent most of her life working to help people break through limiting beliefs and seemingly impenetrable barriers to become better versions of themselves. We discussed that weird head nod teenage boys do, why today’s world is more like open sea swimming than laps in a pool, the one question that triggers empathy in any conversation, and how to get your kids to eat vegetables.

Mark Metry is an entrepreneur, a Forbes featured TEDx and keynote speaker, and a podcast host who has interviewed billionaires, New York Times bestselling authors and world-class human beings on his Global Top 100 podcast. We discussed how he pushed through social anxiety to become a successful entrepreneur and global top 100 podcaster, and how to know when to quit a project or task.

Corey McComb is a writer and TEDx speaker based in San Diego. Through blog posts, essays, and the occasional short story, Corey examines the human condition and new ways of thinking. This episode is all about being a professional creative: How to get ideas, balancing business with creativity, why you should be a collector of stories, and what he did when he went completely blank during his TEDx talk.