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00:32:43

Every PhD Program Said No. She Got There Anyway.

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2026/10/05

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

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00:32:29

Clarity Is the Leadership Skill That Accelerates Growth

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2026/09/28

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

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00:15:46

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

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2026/09/21

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,

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00:29:45

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

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2026/09/14

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 ForLeaders and entrepreneurs who've done everything

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00:26:59

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

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2026/09/07

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

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00:27:58

The 42-Minute Walk That Turned Grief Into a...

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2026/08/31

Meri Stockwell has coached more than 600 emerging leaders over three decades. But this episode isn't about strategy decks or performance reviews. It's about grief, a 6 a.m. walking habit, and a Cavapoo who ended up with the unofficial title of Chief Cultural Officer. What started as a way to survive the loss of two dogs in two years turned into a weekly video series, a softer leadership style, and a reminder that legacy isn't only what you plan. Sometimes it's a leash, a sunrise, and a promise you

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00:28:19

Leadership Lessons From the Ultramarathon Trail

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2026/08/24

Most leadership advice is about what you do when people are watching. Mike Reynold's best lessons came from fifteen years of showing up when no one was, mile after mile, chasing whatever scared him most.A doctor once told him his running career was over: no marathons, no fun runs, no running with his kids, or he'd risk a hip replacement before 40. Mike waited, gained some weight, and stopped moving. Then, on a friend's back porch during COVID, he decided to try again anyway, one slow lap at a time,

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00:12:26

Ep 300 The Leadership Lesson I Almost Missed

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2026/08/17

What if the biggest blind spot in your leadership isn’t a missing skill, but something you can’t see about yourself? I learned that lesson the hard way, in an ordinary conversation with a family member. In the moment, I thought it went fine. Weeks later, she told me I had shut her down, a moment I didn’t even remember happening, and never meant to cause.In this milestone 300th episode of the Life Fulfilled Podcast, I go solo to mark the occasion, and unpack a lesson nearly 30 years of studying

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00:30:21

The Proven Success Strategy Is Helping Others Succeed

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2026/08/10

After more than 30 years leading and scaling technology companies, Russ Reeder has seen the same principle work again and again: helping other people succeed makes everyone around you stronger—including you. Russ learned the lesson early in his career at Oracle. Instead of approaching colleagues with what he needed from them, he started asking what they needed to be successful. That mindset helped him assemble the internal support required to close a $25 million application deal and shaped the way

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00:30:38

Workplace Confusion Is a Systems Problem, Not a...

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2026/08/03

Most people spend years trying to figure out where they fit at work, chasing the politics, managing the jockeying, absorbing the burnout. But what if the real problem was never about fitting in? Lynnae Brown spent over a decade rebuilding one of New York City's most respected peer support training programs from the ground up, and what she found changed how she thinks about clarity at work. Her framework, BOOT (Brown's Organizational Orientation Theory), argues that workplace disorientation is a

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00:31:30

You Only Control 40% of Your Happiness, Here's How to...

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2026/07/27

After decades leading at the C-level in Silicon Valley tech companies, Linda Hand went back to school, this time at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, to study the neuroscience behind why happiness slips through our fingers, and what we can do about the 40% of it that's actually ours to shape.Who This Is For This episode is for leaders and high performers who keep achieving and still feel the goalposts moving. If you've hit a milestone you worked years for and felt the satisfaction

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00:30:57

He Walked Away From Partner to Lead Human-Centered AI

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2026/07/20

Tim Lidman became the youngest partner at one of the world's largest consulting firms in under two years. Then he walked away, not because he failed, but because the win didn't feel like the win he thought it would be. Tim argues that most leaders are getting AI adoption backwards, measuring usage instead of building trust, handing people tools instead of judgment. In this episode, Tim traces his career path from a rock star dream in London to founding Clyde, an AI native collaboration platform

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00:28:43

How the AI Strategy Trap Derails Trust and Results

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2026/07/13

Most companies have an AI strategy. Task forces, governance frameworks, a growing list of use cases. And most of them are stalling out, not because of the technology, but because of where they started. Whynde Kuehn, founder of S2E Transformation, has spent decades closing the gap between strategy and execution. Her take on this moment cuts right to it. You don't need an AI strategy. You need a business strategy that knows how to use AI. That one reframe changes who's in the room, what questions get

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00:14:39

The Self Leadership Plan Built to Last When Life...

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2026/07/06

Most plans don't fail on day one. They fail the first time a busy week, a bad day, or a missed morning shows up and knocks you off track. In this final episode of the Self Leadership series, I hand you the tool I’ve been promising since episode one: the 90-Day Self Leadership Blueprint. This isn't another worksheet you'll fill out once and forget. It's a plan built with a defense system already inside it, because the real test was never starting. It's staying in it when life pushes back. Who This Is

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00:14:03

What Losing Your Job and Reaching the Top Have in Common

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2026/06/29

What if the person who just lost their job and the person who finally got everything they ever wanted are actually facing the exact same problem? One had their foundation knocked out from under them. The other built theirs so high they can barely see the ground anymore. Different circumstances, different bank accounts, different Monday mornings but underneath it all, the same quiet ache. That's what this episode is about. Who This Is For This episode is for you if you are in the middle of a hard

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19:44

Why One Career Hit Can Feel Like Everything Is Gone

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2026/06/22

Imagine a roof held up by a single column. On a calm day, it looks completely fine. But you and I both know it's one bad weather day away from coming down. For a lot of high-functioning people, that single column is their career. And when work takes a hit, it doesn't feel like a setback in one area of life. It feels like the whole structure is going down at once. In this episode, Bernie unpacks why that happens and what you can actually do about it today.Who This Is For This episode is for you if

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00:15:14

Why One Career Hit Can Feel Like Everything Is Gone

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2026/06/22

Imagine a roof held up by a single column. On a calm day, it looks completely fine. But you and I both know it's one bad weather day away from coming down. For a lot of high-functioning people, that single column is their career. And when work takes a hit, it doesn't feel like a setback in one area of life. It feels like the whole structure is going down at once. In this episode, Bernie unpacks why that happens and what you can actually do about it today. Who This Is For This episode is for you if

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23:35

The One Thing You Can Control When the Job Search...

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2026/06/15

You sent the resume. It was a perfect fit, not a stretch. You tailored it, read it twice, hit submit, and heard nothing. Not even a polite rejection. Just silence. And somewhere around the fifteenth time that happened, a thought crept in that you never used to have: what if everything I know how to do doesn't count anymore? If that's where you are right now, this episode is for you. Who This Is For This episode is for experienced professionals who are doing everything right and getting shut out

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00:19:05

The One Thing You Can Control When the Job Search...

Life Fulfilled Podcast — Where leadership, self... ·

2026/06/15

You sent the resume. It was a perfect fit, not a stretch. You tailored it, read it twice, hit submit, and heard nothing. Not even a polite rejection. Just silence. And somewhere around the fifteenth time that happened, a thought crept in that you never used to have: what if everything I know how to do doesn't count anymore? If that's where you are right now, this episode is for you. Who This Is For This episode is for experienced professionals who are doing everything right and getting shut out

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47:44

Legacy Is Something You Live, Not Something You Leave

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2026/06/08

What if the most important investment you'll ever make isn't in a stock, a startup, or even in yourself but in someone else? Mike Emoff is the Chief Vision Officer at Boost Engagement, and has spent more than four decades proving that giving back isn't a retirement plan or a strategy. It's simply who he is. From baking cookies for Vietnam vets alongside his mom at age 10, to walking into a stranger's office and asking, "Can you mentor me?", to mentoring marketing students at Wright State

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