Secrets Of Success

In today’s episode Jeff Smith, The KPI Guy, is talking with Peter GeorgePeter is a public speaking coach. That itself is not amazing, but what is amazing is that throughout his childhood Peter dealt with a lisp and a stutter. Consequently, he grew up shy and introverted, avoiding communicating with others as much as possible. When he got into the business world, he quickly realized that his lack of presentation skills kept him at a disadvantage. After seeking help, he now credits his public speaking coaches for much of his business success. He is the award-winning author of The Captivating Public Speaker: Engage, Impact, and Inspire Your Audience Every Time.  This is going to be a story of childhood struggles, overcoming adversity and then using his adversity to understand and to help other people find their own voice.  Let’s bring in the amazing man himself, welcome to the show, Peter Georgewww.jeff-smith.com

In today’s episode Jeff Smith is talking with Beate Chelette who sold out to Bill GatesBeate is the Growth Architect and founder of The Women’s Code. She creates strategies, designs process maps and blueprints for visionaries and leaders who want to maximize their profits and scale their impact. A first-generation immigrant who found herself $135,000 in debt as a single parent, she bootstrapped her passion for photography into a highly-successful global business and eventually sold it to Bill Gates in a multimillion-dollar deal. Beate is “One of 100 Top Global Thought Leaders in 2021” by PeopleHum and “One of 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs by HuffPost. She is the author of the #1 International Award Winning Amazon Bestseller “Happy Woman Happy World – How to Go from Overwhelmed to Awesome”–a book that Brian Tracy calls “a handbook for every woman who wants health, success and a fulfilling career.” This is an incredible story of rags to riches with many, many failures along the way www.jeff-smith.com

Mission Impossible 2, Legally Blonde, Die Another Day, just a few of the big hollywood movies where Geoffrey Klein learned this secret.In this episode, Jeff Smith Talks with Geoffrey Klein, Geoffrey Klein is a visual storyteller who trained in the trenches of Hollywood. Working in the “story” department at a top talent and literary agency to working for the president of production at both Paramount Pictures and MGM Studios, Geoffrey worked on films such as the Truman Show, Mission Impossible 2, Legally Blonde and Die Another Day. Geoffrey built on his love of story and used it to share with others – whether that be on the Tedx stage, in a university classroom as an adjunct professor, or as an award winning producer of marketing video and animation for corporate clients. Whether telling stories about climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, swimming with sharks, or having a gun pulled out in front of him – Geoffrey loves to share stories and help others craft and share their stories. This is a story about  how to get the right message, to the right audience for the greatest impact.www.Jeff-Smith.com 

In today’s episode Jeff Smith is talking with Fitz Koehler – she describes herself as Noisy, Bossy and compelling.                                                         Fitz Koehler is among the most prominent fitness experts and race announcers in America. With a Master’s Degree in Exercise and Sport Sciences and decades of experience teaching fitness worldwide, Fitz has helped countless people live better and longer by making fitness understandable, attainable, and fun.  But she’s faced her challenges… In 2019, Fitz was diagnosed with breast cancer, and her once healthy, athletic body was brutalized by 15 months of chemotherapy, radiation, and multiple surgeries. Instead of shutting down, this noisy and bossy lady turned the volume up on her career and her life. She strategically orchestrated her own healthy cancer comeback from being sick, scrawny, and weak, to becoming a strong Boston Marathon finisher. Her memoir My Noisy Cancer Comeback: Running at the Mouth, While Running for My Life, was released in 2020 and has been a great source of motivation for those facing hardships in many areas of their lives. In her free time, Fitz enjoys water sports, strength training, obstacle course racing, animals, hugs, sarcasm, getting muddy in her Jeep Wrangler, and travel.In today’s programme, she’s going to share inspirational lessons from her cancer-crushing whirlwind to convince you that, “you can do hard things,” too. www.Jeff-Smith.com

In this episode Jeff Smith is talking with Michael Diederich, the Improv GuyMichael has spent his whole life on stage! He performed most of his youth in California, studied musical theatre at Wagner College in New York, and had a brilliant career for over a decade in the Netherlands.However, after many years of theatre productions and tours, Michael still wanted more variation, and improv was the answer. He began performing with Boom Chicago in 1993 and in 2006 became a full-time improv actor.During his time there he gave thousands of workshops, helped them improve their syllabus, created their Public Speaking programme, and helped them develop Interacting, their highly successful improv training for children with autism.But after many years, Michael realized he was working extremely hard for a small portion of the profits, and was doing the majority of the work himself. With some encouragement from friends and mentors, Michael decided to take a risk in 2018 and go freelance. He is now working even harder, but now instead of a slice, he gets the whole pie!This is going to be an interview where you will not believe some of the things that have happened to Michael, the depths of despair reinventing himself, and then finding his way to amazing success.www.Jeff-Smith.com

In today’s episode Jeff Smith is talking with Anthony Kitchens Tony as he’s known by his friends, is the author of a book entitled “The Gift of Pain”, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. The companies Tony founded have generated more than $100 million in revenue and serviced the largest multi-national corporations in the world. Tony is on a mission to help as many people around the world through the wisdom he shares using his various platforms.This is going to be an interview of questioning defining your purpose and what it takes to obtain it.     www.Jeff-Smith.com