The High Perfomance Life Scott Danner

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Matt Beaudreau!
As a Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Coach to organizations around the world, Matt’s clients have ranged from Wells Fargo, Honeywell, and Lockheed Martin to American Eagle, Cedars-Sinai and the United States Air Force. 
He is a two-time featured TEDx speaker and was named Corporate Trainer of the Year at Stanford University, having spoken to over 250,000 people across the world.
In 2017, Matt Beaudreau Founded Acton Academy Placer Schools; schools that utilize the Socratic method, with an emphasis on self-direction and cultivating confident, independent young people with a strong sense of character and personal responsibility.
Matt then co founded Apogee Strong with Tim Kennedy, a mentorship program designed for young men from 12 to 22 to take on challenges presented by men who have come before them, in order to learn to lead. This has blossomed into a mission to bring back classic masculinity in the home, and 2023 will be the launch of the Apogee Strong Dads Program, as well. 
Matt is also the founder of the Apogee Strong Foundation that provides scholarships for
school, experience, and leadership opportunities for young men around the world.
Key Points
• Curiosity: Born trait or taught away?
• Apogee Strong: Raising tomorrow's leaders.
• Life skills over grades: a real-world application.
• Socio-educational shifts post-COVID.
• Meta skills: tools for lifelong relevance.
Best Quotes
01:46 - 01:49
• "I don't think curiosity is just important for young people. I think it's important for people."
03:00 - 03:08
• "I never support a system that was intentionally designed to strip that curiosity out to make people apathetic."
05:06 - 05:21
• "It's not repeating school, it's around education. It's an educational experience, educational opportunities that allows them to build their own background, their brand, their identity, their, you know, experiences."
10:38 - 10:43
• "And it doesn't, it's not a predictor of what you're gonna do in life. That's a problem. We should use those years wisely.
16:18 - 16:22
• "What are the meta skills? What are the things that are always gonna matter no matter what, right?"
For more about the Apogee programs: https://apogeestrong.com/


 

This week, I am joined by Rusty Shelton!
Rusty first spoke at Harvard on the changing world of marketing and PR at the age of 23.
He is a bestselling author, dynamic keynote speaker and successful entrepreneur who has focused his career on helping leaders build thought leadership focused on impact, not ego, writing three acclaimed books and speaking around the world to a variety of audiences, from YPO to SXSW Interactive to Forbes.
He is Chairman of Zilker Media, an award-winning agency based in Austin, TX that builds people-driven brands and Senior Marketing Strategist at Forbes Books.

Rusty’s keynotes blend humor and targeted examples to challenge assumptions about personal branding, showing audiences how to build authentic thought leadership focused on impact, not ego. He’s known for a mix of story-telling, candor and practical, put-it-into- action-next-week guidance – showing leaders how to make an impact and build trust in an increasingly skeptical world – and have a lot of fun along the way.
He has shared the stage with Steve Forbes and Alan Mulally, spoken for YPO, EO, SXSW Interactive, the University of Texas, numerous Fortune 1000 companies and served on the faculty at more than 20 Harvard Medical School CME courses.

Key Points
• Building trust in today's skeptical world
• The 'Authority Advantage' unveiled
• Impact over ego in thought leadership
• Crafting your message to build trust
• Sharing personal stories for connection
 Best Quotes
02:09 - 02:17
• "But what I've found is that for many of those servant leaders, when I would encourage them, Hey, there's a lot of people that could benefit from your message."
03:12 - 03:20
• "You could take these ideas that you're sharing behind the scenes. You could do it at scale and in the process make a bigger impact."
05:37 - 05:48
• "So whether you like it or not, the first impression they're getting is, is online. And so my encouragement for your audience, like, all right, if it's happening, whether you like it or not, number one, don't you wanna own that first impression?"
07:33 - 07:43
• "I really believe that everything in life, from business to to just family, to anything that we do is about building quality relationships."


For more about Rusty visit: https://rustyshelton.com/

 
 

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr. Karyn Gordon!
Dr. Karyn Gordon is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Three Chairs: How Great Leaders Drive Communication, Performance, and Engagement.
In addition, she is a leadership and relationship expert; professional counselor; the CEO of DK Leadership, a global leadership coaching company; and a TV personality for Cityline.
Her popular TED Talk ranked Mid Year Top #40 Most Popular TEDx Talks 2022 and she was nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award 2022.
Dr. Karyn has given over 1000 keynotes to more than half a million people in 17 countries, including Fortune 500 companies, professionals, parents, and hundreds of school boards
across North America.
She was invited to collaborate with professors from The Wharton School to develop an EQ curriculum for family businesses and The Consul General of Canada in New York hosted a private reception honoring her work for organizations and families.
Dr. Karyn has a Doctorate in Marriage & Family with additional certifications in leadership, Emotional Intelligence and career direction. She has served as the media spokesperson
for Maple Leaf Foods, Microsoft, eHarmony and UNICEF.
Dr. Karyn is a professional counselor for 25 years, an executive coach, and she is also a media personality who has consulted for Good Morning America, Forbes, Inc, The New York Times and Cityline.

Key Points
• The 'Three Chairs' concept explained
• CARDS: 5 skills for confidence
• Confidence impacts decisions
• Visual tools for learning
• Goal setting boosts growth
Best Quotes
09:30 - 09:42
• "So the first step is to understanding the chairs, then the mindset. The second is understanding the impact. And the third step is then how we get ourselves all in the middle chair. Because this is learned. It is not genetic, which is why I love this topic so much."
10:18 - 10:31
• "But we really wanna spend as much time as we can in that middle chair and that confident, comfortable chair where we're not afraid of feedback, we're not afraid of people helping us be better. We're learning and growing every day."
11:19 - 11:27
• "So a lot of us, we don't even realize, why am I making this decision? We're not gonna realize, but deep underneath it all is our mindset."
12:00 - 12:12
• "A lot of times when I coach and teach this, whether or not it's with c-suites or managers or parents or teenagers, people will say, okay, when I'm at school, I'm sitting here. When I get home, I sit here."
12:44 - 12:51
• "It's a great leadership framework because it, you, it impacts who you hire, who you fire, who you, you know, who you promote."
 
 
 

In this week’s episode I am joined by Carrie Sun!
Carrie Sun was born in China and raised in Michigan. She is a math and finance dual-degree graduate of MIT, successful Fidelity Investments analyst, and holds an MFA in creative writing from The New School. 
Private Equity is her first book - gripping memoir of one woman’s self-discovery inside a top Wall Street hedge fund, and an urgent indictment of privilege, extreme wealth, and work culture.
PRIVATE EQUITY not only chronicles her experience within the instant tornado of information, colossal expectations, packed schedules, 24/7 accountability, and normalized last-second changes to plans (all set to world-class standards), but, more importantly, provides a searing examination of our relationship to achievement, family, labor, the promise and destructive power of money, and the illusiveness of our own identity.


Key Points
• Resetting Life's Optimization Equation
• High Performers: Excellence & Intensity
• Flying Private vs Choosing Simplicity
• Burnout: The Pitfall of Constant Optimization
• Defining Success on Your Own Terms
 
Best Quotes
06:49 - 06:59
• "And I think what drove certainly me, my boss, and I, from what I can tell everyone else at the firm, was just this constant drive for excellence."
14:22 - 14:34
• "I just, I now substitute it with new variables. There's nothing more meaningful to me than writing and seeing my worth on a page at the end of a day."
28:56 - 29:08
• "I think it intersects with your philosophy of life so, so much and to be able to just have an impact and bring about the energy that I want in the world..."
48:12 - 48:18
• "But I also think that that future comes from actually confronting your past self."
51:52 - 52:10
• "I really wanted my book to be one woman's journey of professional sort of self-realization and coming of age and to just, but also more than that, it's primarily set at work, but it's so much more than that."


For more about Carrie: https://www.carriesun.com/


 

In this week's episode, I am joined by Kristin Kirkpatrick & Dr. Ibrahim Hanouneh!
Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD is a bestselling author, presenter, president and CEO of KAK Nutrition Consulting, a dietitian with the Department of Wellness & Preventive Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, and a senior fellow with Meadows Behavioral Healthcare. She has appeared on the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, and Fox News, among others, and has contributed to publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and TIME.
Dr. Ibrahim Hanouneh completed his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic. He served as an associate staff at the Cleveland Clinic before moving to Minnesota to join MNGI Digestive Health in 2015, currently serving on their Board of Directors. Dr. Hanouneh has spent a great deal of time in liver disease. He has a passion for studies related to fatty liver. He has presented at several national and international meetings and has been an author on over seventy papers as well as numerous abstracts.
Key Points
• 1 in 4 people have silent fatty liver
• Metabolic syndrome links to liver health
• Diet choices are key, not just weight
• Intermittent fasting as a health strategy
• Seven colors of food for liver rejuvenation
• Small diet changes make a big difference
 
Best Quotes
02:19 - 02:26
• "The liver is so incredibly resilient. I mean, talk about an organ that takes a beating and just keeps coming back."
05:00 - 05:07
• "This disease has nothing to do with alcohol. It is, has all to do with metabolic syndrome."
10:35 - 10:49
• "So when we think about waist size, we were really interested in waste versus BMI... but waist size is a great indicator because it indicates what kind of fat you have and where is it in terms of the closest to other organs."
11:28 - 11:42
• "So when we came up with what are the four metabolic profiles, we essentially tune them in terms of what is your waist? So is your waist lean or non-lean? And then in addition to that, what is your, what does your metabolic numbers look like?"
27:27 - 27:32
• "Coffee detoxes your liver, believe it or not, very useful for fatty liver disease."
 
For more information on Kirstin, visit here: https://www.kristinkirkpatrick.com/
For more information on Ibrahim, visit here: https://www.mngi.com/provider/ibrahim-hanouneh-md

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Jamie Gruber!
Jamie is an entrepreneur, multifamily investor, mastermind leader, and the host of the popular Tribe of Millionaires Podcast.
Several years ago, Jamie quit his high-paying corporate job to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams and has since become a passionate messenger for others seeking to make big pivots in life.
Whether through the podcast or his work with the Gobundance mastermind group, Jamie is on a mission to help as many people as possible escape unfulfilling jobs and careers to pursue lives filled with meaning, authenticity, and freedom.

Key Points
• Finding fulfillment beyond high income
• The struggle of leaving corporate for freedom
• Harnessing energy in right direction
• Finding freedom through bold choices• Leveraging relationships, not return
 
Best Quotes
02:21 - 02:28
• "Walking away from that was a big piece as well. You know, I got the job I dreamed of, I thought it was gonna fulfill me. I thought it was the thing that was missing in my life."
03:27 - 03:39
• "So when I made the decision to jump, which was in April of 2021, honestly it was, I, I didn't really have, I did not have a replacement for my income fully."
03:41 - 03:53
• "I had money saved and I had a thought and an ambition and a dream. And amazingly, it was extremely, it was an extremely calm and, and, and i, a non-emotional decision."
27:36 - 27:45
• "I could see this going. That was that thing I believed in when I left and I had some real estate to anchor me. That was that thing I believed in when I left and I had some real estate to anchor me."
 
For more about Jamie visit: https://www.gobundanceemerge.com/?