Back in 2008, I was a conference where a “thought leader” gave a presentation on how “Amazon will be out of business soon.”

If I would have invested $10,000 in Amazon stock right after that talk, today I would have $626,668.80. 

Just because some people don’t...

Context people. 

When Einstein gave his famous quote about “...expecting different results,” he was referring to a mathematical equation, not business. 

If you want to grow your company, you have to do stuff over and over and over again, even when it doesn’t seem to be...

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Google Glass
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...are just a few of their many failures. 

But guess what?! No one views Google as a company that's a failure in the marketplace! Why? They had to go through failures to reach the level of success they have today. 

People only think about...

Last year, while my speaking calendar for this year was booking up, I made a change...


I decided I would only speak at events that I could easily drive to in the month of June.

This way, I could still focus on my passion: showing people how to persuade with power through storytelling...

...but by...

8 days ago, I wrote a LinkedIn post that took me 20 mins to write, and it got 221 impressions, which ended up being my worst LinkedIn post since being on the platform.  

The very next day, I wrote a post that took me 2 mins to write, and it ended up being my most-viewed post with 355,289...

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PODCAST EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode Andrea Jones and Matt Zaun talk about the dynamics of change, and how companies can get more done.

ANDREA JONES BIO: Andrea runs Andrea Jones Consulting (AJC), which helps organizations efficiently accomplish impactful projects and change. The...

I had a boss several years tell our department, “if you're early, you're on time; if you're on time, you're late, and if you're late, you're an abomination.”

Then he had children. 

His perspective changed real quick.

The archaic 9-5, clock in, clock out idea is not good business.

...

”𝗪𝗵𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝘆...”

She taught me the secret to losing weight! 

You can do this too! 

2-years ago, I hired Aly Di as my fitness coach. Not only did she ask me my why behind wanting to lose weight, but she asked me to go five levels deep... 

. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨...

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PODCAST EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode, Rachel Simon and Matt Zaun talk about how you can refine your stories through posting on LinkedIn.

RACHEL SIMON BIO: Rachel is the Founder & CEO of Connect the Dots Digital, where she focuses on LinkedIn corporate strategy and how companies...

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PODCAST EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode, Niraj Kapur and Matt Zaun talk about how you can separate yourself from the competition in sales.

NIRAJ KAPUR BIO: Niraj is the Managing Director of “Everybody Works in Sales.”  He is a keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and...

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.   

Some politicians are like professional wrestlers, where they treat public policy like a show. 

I’ve seen people give a persuasive speech on stage, get down, and...

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PODCAST EPISODE SUMMARY: In this episode, Kari Schwear and Matt Zaun talk about how many leaders live in a “gray area” and suffer behind the scenes.

KARI SCHWEAR BIO: Kari is the founder of GrayTonic, where she focuses on executive lifestyle coaching for high achievers and...