Best Rob Hendrickson Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 8: Flip Your Life - Episode 8 with Host Michael Haberman and featuring Greg Helbeck, Owner of Velocity House Buyers 30:11

1M ago30:11

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After high school, Greg Helbeck was pursuing his dream of playing professional hockey. But after a couple of years, he realized he was not going to make it to the NHL. So he packed his bags and returned home to New York - and started on a prolific real estate journey. In this episode he shares some of his strategies for wholesaling, flipping and bu…

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Episode 7: Flip Your Life - Episode 7 with Host Michael Haberman and featuring Becky Nova, Founder of Lady Landlords 26:54

3M ago26:54

26:54

From cancer researcher to bar owner in Spain, Becky Nova's career has been a wild ride. But over the past few years, she's settled into what she seems to have been born for - real estate investor. Now as she grows her own portfolio, she's on a mission to help other women achieve financial freedom through Lady Landlords. But she still makes time to …

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Episode 6: Flip Your Life - Episode 6 with Host Michael Haberman and featuring Ed Hendrickson 24:12

4M ago24:12

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Ed Hendrickson was excited to be working for a hard money lender because real estate investing was always his goal. But he knew sitting behind a desk from 9-5 wouldn’t get him to where he wanted to be. So he gave up the W-2 job and teamed up with Rock East Funding about 6 years ago in a consulting role. Now in addition to originating loans, he flip…

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Episode 5: Flip Your Life - Episode 5 with Host Michael Haberman and featuring Sean & Randi Lynch 27:36

4M ago27:36

27:36

Sean and Randi Lynch started flipping houses while Sean was a selling state of the art medical equipment to hospitals. He was working on their flips on the weekends, but took a leap of faith and gave up his high-salary to go full force into real estate - just before Covid hit. They’ve learned to adapt, and their real estate career is thriving.…

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Episode 4: Flip Your Life with Host Michael Haberman, Hard Money Lender RockEast Funding- Episode 4 with Rob Manfredo Real Estate Investor 18:47

5M ago18:47

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Working on Wall Street meant hours and hours at the office and virtually no control of his schedule. So Rob Manfredo began investing in fix and flips. 70 projects later, he’s just getting started. And although it comes with its challenges, he’s grateful that being an investor has enabled him to spend valuable time with his son. To learn more about …

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Episode 3: Flip Your Life with Host Michael Haberman, Hard Money Lender RockEast Funding- Episode 3 with Brent Pope Real Estate Investor 17:55

7M ago17:55

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After a 20 year career in corporate IT, Brent Pope left it behind to invest in real estate. Over the past 7 years, he has done “fix and flips”, acquired some rentals and now flips land. In his newest venture, he’s returning to technology and building an AI tool that will help grow his real estate business. To learn more about Michael Haberman click…

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Episode 2: Flip Your Life with Host Michael Haberman, Hard Money Lender RockEast Funding- Episode 2 with Eric Helboc Real Estate Investor 18:11

8M ago18:11

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Eric Helboc started investing in real estate while working a full-time job as a public school teacher. His various real estate initiatives grew to a point where two years ago he took a leave of absence from teaching to focus on real estate. Just recently he decided to officially resign and focus solely on real estate. Now making breakfast for his k…

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Episode 1: Flip Your Life with Host Michael Haberman, Hard Money Lender RockEast Funding- Episode 1 with Chris Canzoneri Real Estate Investor 21:19

9M ago21:19

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On this episode, Chris Canzoneri talks with Michael about leaving his career in law enforcement to be a full time real estate investor. Now, instead of traveling to New York City every day to work, he travels the world for fun. Tune in to hear how real estate helped Chris Flip his Life. To learn more about Michael Haberman click here... https://www…

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Season 1 Capstone ... Reflections after One Year of Podcasting 6:53

4y ago6:53

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In this episode, host Rob Hendrickson shares his thoughts about Season 1 of his JobSpeakers podcasting journey and speaks to what may come next.By Rob Hendrickson

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JobSpeaker Steve Burgos - Chicago Architect 44:21

4y ago44:21

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"Most people don't realize that architecture is a team sport," says this week's guest, Steve Burgos, who demystifies this highly romanticized profession from all angles: drawing designs, managing budgets, inspecting construction, brushing up on building codes, communicating with clients, and more. Designing and managing projects ranging from solari…

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JobSpeaker Claudia T. Miller - Results-Driven Career Coach 36:36

4y ago36:36

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Claudia Miller's job is to help her clients convert career ambitions into plans, plans into action, and action into achievement. By helping with personal branding, resume writing, online profile polishing, and one-on-one interview coaching (among other related services), Claudia helps her clients achieve more than they thought possible. Does it alw…

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JobSpeaker Ally Bergmann - Nonprofit Director Saving Others from Substance Abuse 41:41

4y ago41:41

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It almost ruined her, but Ally Bergmann didn't let it. Bucking the family trend - both her parents had been alcoholics - Ally quit drinking cold turkey at the age of 29 and has since built a life dedicated to helping others deal with the disease of substance abuse through counseling or avoid it altogether through prevention. In this very personal a…

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JobSpeaker Cindy Levin - A Full-Circle Journey, from Auto Engineering to Advocacy to Authorship 40:43

4y ago40:43

40:43

Her dream was to be a Walt Disney Imagineer - a super cool job by anyone's standards - but our guest Cindy Levin's path took her in a slightly different but equally cool direction: working as an automobile engineer at GM's proving grounds. While she worked to eliminate vibrations in vehicles, she was allowed on company time to tutor kids in math fo…

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JobSpeaker Caroline Randall Williams - Acclaimed Writer Dishing Out Truths 43:04

4y ago43:04

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Our guest this week is an award-winning poet, young adult novelist, and cookbook author as well as an activist, public intellectual, performance artist, and scholar. Named by Southern Living as “One of the 50 People changing the South,” Caroline Randall Williams views her work and her identity as inextricably linked. As a truth-teller who endeavors…

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JobSpeaker Sejal Rao - Breaking Barriers as a Biomedical Engineering VP 33:29

4+ y ago33:29

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Her job is cool, really cool. Visit the operating room to watch surgeries live? Check. Talk to surgeons and nurses about how to make their instruments better? Check. Devise cutting-edge instruments a joystick-operated robot will use to perform surgeries? Check. Yes, very cool indeed - but being a biomedical engineer also involves behind-the-scenes …

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JobSpeaker David Connell - Digital Communications Director for the Urban Institute 39:49

4+ y ago39:49

39:49

Do you work to live, or live to work? It's an important question many of us ignore ... but not this week's guest, David Connell, who has crafted a successful career in digital communications while managing to be crystal clear about his personal and professional priorities (hint: David knows how to unplug after a productive day to spend time with hi…

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JobSpeaker Jennifer Burden - Founder and CEO of the World Moms Network 37:38

4+ y ago37:38

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Can you change the world? Guess what - you can! This week's guest Jennifer Burden had an idea about the power and diversity of motherhood and now, ten years later, the World Moms Network represents a growing family of moms from 30 countries who rally behind important causes like reducing poverty, providing safe drinking water, supplying vaccination…

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JobSpeaker Hugo Lembert - Adaptable Apartment Advertising Sales Executive 33:45

4+ y ago33:45

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From his first job working in the duty free shop of an airport in the Dominican Republic, Hugo Lembert joined a newspaper in New York City to drive classified advertising sales ... until that business dried up overnight and forced him to adjust his career path and migrate toward the digital media space. In this episode, learn more about advertising…

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JobSpeaker John DiSilvestri - Chemical Engineer & Senior Leader at Amalie Oil Company 28:45

4+ y ago28:45

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Even though he played with chemicals and blew stuff up when he was young, our guest this week still found choosing a college major was one of his life's hardest decisions. Still, he followed his passion, studied chemical engineering, and has made a career "making things better." Now a VP of Development and Technical Services at Amalie Oil Company, …

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JobSpeaker Tara Doherty - Prolific Buyer for Michael's Arts & Crafts Stores 36:40

4+ y ago36:40

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Do you remember rainbow looms? How about adult coloring books? Well, those fun crafty items and thousands more come from somewhere, and that somewhere in the case of the over 1,400 Michael's crafts stores is the buyers who stay in front of trends and find manufacturers the world over to bring those items to US consumers. In the words of our guest T…

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JobSpeaker Joaquin Fox - Northern Arizona Tour Guide, Story Teller & Curiosity Maven 40:16

4+ y ago40:16

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It was the dead of night when Joaquin was backpacking and got stuck in a severe snowstorm. "I could have survived the night," he said, but fate would connect him to the owner of a local tour guide company who miraculously found and rescued him - and then offered him a job! In this episode, hear more about Joaquin's experiences conducting over 1,000…

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JobSpeaker Dimitri Bianco - Risk Modeling Quant Evangelist 39:39

4+ y ago39:39

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Quant evangelist? What in the world? This week our guest Dimitri Bianco tells us about a profession and field of discipline focused on developing and validating predictive models used to make important business decisions with potentially significant financial implications. Every wonder why the same person who approaches five lenders for mortgage qu…

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JobSpeaker Dorothy Smith - Determined and Driven Dental Hygienist 26:39

4+ y ago26:39

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Could you clean teeth for a living? Looks simple right? It's not! This week's guest, Dorothy Smith, demystifies a profession we have all experienced up-close and personal (after all, their hands are inside your mouth for about 30 minutes). Having done this for 28 years, Dorothy tells us what is required to be trained and certified in this field, ho…

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JobSpeaker Guy Averill - Lifelong Farmer by Vocation & President of Watercress Farms 37:58

4+ y ago37:58

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Our guest this week, Guy Averill, has loved working the land since his boyhood in England. And while some get to their current professions by way of a circuitous journey involving many different jobs, Guy's path never veered too far away from farming. Why? Because he loves it too much, calling it a true vocation. Is it hard work? Yes. Are there a l…

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JobSpeaker Corey McGonigle - Intrepid Project Manager RV'ing Across the Country 38:42

4+ y ago38:42

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Unconventionally refreshing, forever fun, and intrepid to the fullest, Corey McGonigle is an IT project manager by trade and an adventurer by heart who approaches life with vim, vigor, and a huge dose of kindness. Dropping out of college early in her career, Corey found her passion in project management early and, after working overseas, decided at…

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JobSpeaker Vince Harris - Shining His Light, from Jet Engine Mechanic to Calibration Specialist 33:08

4+ y ago33:08

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Vince Harris started his career as a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force. Now he is a measurement expert who ensures the tools we use and the parts on which they are used are all perfectly calibrated. Why does this matter, you ask? Because without calibration, things eventually break - like airplanes, for example (yes, this is important stuff!). I…

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JobSpeaker Ray Vicks - A Leadership Journey from Auditor to Chief Financial Officer and Beyond 40:53

4+ y ago40:53

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This week's guest Ray Vicks was the first in his big family (12 kids!) to attend college. Having landed a solid job with Arthur Andersen right out of school, Ray spent his first years "learning how to xerox" before buckling down and moving up the ranks. Hear how his biggest professional disappointment led to his eventual ascendancy to partnership i…

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JobSpeaker Kim Young - Social Services Entrepreneur (from International Adoptions to Private Therapy Practice) 41:27

4+ y ago41:27

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Most people would never say, "social services" and "entrepreneur" in the same breath. And those people have never met our guest this week, Kim Young, who started her career working for an international adoptions agency (she would fly to countries like Nicaragua and pick up the babies!). Later, Kim worked for an agency providing services to the Depa…

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JobSpeaker Denise Tyler - Late Blooming Blogger Inspiring Us to Beautify our Homes 41:18

4+ y ago41:18

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In 2008, our guest Denise lost everything. The housing crisis left her and her husband out of work with barely enough money to do the one thing they could think of to pay the bills: start a food truck business based on pasta recipes their friends loved. It was hard work, but they survived - one of the many stories Denise describes as part of her "i…

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JobSpeaker Donovan Evans - A Professional Photographer Helping Us to See the World in New Ways 42:19

4+ y ago42:19

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Having a zombie wedding? Then you are in luck! Our guest this week doesn't take normal wedding jobs - but he certainly takes zombie (and Viking) assignments because they are "so much more interesting to shoot!" In this episode, learn about the interesting working life of someone who received his first camera at 15 years old and hasn't looked back. …

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JobSpeaker Graeme Everson - Serial Survivor, Success Junkie & Gravestone Business Entrepreneur 41:03

4+ y ago41:03

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"My crazy work ethic was a big reason why my first marriage failed." In this episode, hear from someone who has known major setbacks but has never given up on his entrepreneurial ambitions - or himself. Now the owner of a successful family-run gravestone business, Graeme Everson tells us how he came to be wired for overachievement as a young boy, e…

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JobSpeaker Ron Tyson - A Day Job to Feed his Stomach, a Nonprofit to Feed his Soul 43:22

4+ y ago43:22

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Sometimes you meet people who really ARE changing the world. Our guest this week, Ron Tyson, spends his days ensuring our healthcare records get to the right place and recounts a twisting journey that involved quitting college, joining the Air Force, going back to school, and using a drug prescription data entry job and work ethic advice from his g…

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JobSpeaker Les Creswell - A Hospitality Career Journey...from Harrods to Herefordshire 39:40

4+ y ago39:40

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This episode is a JobSpeakers first. Our first guest from Scotland? Yes. Our first guest to have worked at the world-famous Harrods in London? Yes again (and you MUST hear what that was like!). But the real first is hearing from a guest who is recently retired. So not only do we get treated to Les's rich career journey in the hospitality field - ma…

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JobSpeaker Michael Doherty - Being Positive & Persistent through a Pandemic Job Loss 43:56

4+ y ago43:56

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It was March 2020. The pandemic was just taking hold. And our guest Michael saw the writing on the wall - if more orders didn't come in, his job was on the line. Sadly, that's just what happened, and Michael over the summer was let go from the business development and sales role he loved. In this episode, we explore what many people throughout our …

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JobSpeaker Ian Hassell - Marrying Couples & Lifting the Downtrodden 40:29

4+ y ago40:29

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He was going to be a priest, but there was just one problem ... he didn't have the grades for it. So what did our guest Ian Hassell do with the rest of his working life after leaving the seminary? He stayed true to his intentions to help lift up the downtrodden - working in social services, counseling men suffering through the horror of the HIV AID…

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JobSpeaker Lance Martin - Pickleball Coordinator and Consummate Career Navigator 45:44

4+ y ago45:44

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That was it!!!! Lance couldn't take it anymore. When that Easter brunch customer who asked Lance for pickles but complained they were cut the wrong way when he received them, Lance made a decision at that moment to return to college. In this episode, hear how that early pivot point kicked off a journey that, funnily enough, ends (so far) with Lance…

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JobSpeaker Adebisi Lipede - Workplace Success Coach ... for High Schoolers! 38:41

4+ y ago38:41

38:41

"I want to see all hairdos, styles, and colors and a client-driven education for our students," says Bisi Lipede, who coordinates a work-study program for 270 Cristo Rey Boston High School students who work part-time corporate jobs throughout their four years of normal schooling. Not only do these students have some of their tuition reimbursed for …

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JobSpeaker Tammi Wirth - Pet Sitter and UPS Address Fixer 30:43

4+ y ago30:43

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In this double-header episode, Tammi Wirth tells us how a part-time truck loading job at UPS became a full-time position quality checking and fixing shipping addresses. Why did Tammi get promoted? "Because I pay attention to details," she says, "and it makes it all worthwhile when Grandma gets her present!" Someone who uses her downtime at work to …

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JobSpeaker Josh Sheridan - Divorce Attorney & Barely Legal Podcaster 46:25

4+ y ago46:25

46:25

"This is more dangerous than criminal law!" says this week's guest, Josh Sheridan, a divorce and family law attorney whose job has him dealing with good people on their worst behavior. Dispelling the notion that attorneys are by definition rich and smart (among other fallacies), Josh in this episode opens his job kimono to speak straight about his …

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JobSpeaker Divya Kumar - Empathetic Journalist Elevating Unheard Voices 28:58

4+ y ago28:58

28:58

When she opens a preschool assignment she's kept for all these years, Divya sees the question, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" and her answer: a "hair cutter." Seems like a far cry from journalism, right? Not to Divya, who points out that getting a hair cut is a great way to hear stories - and stories are the reason she was drawn to jour…

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JobSpeaker Allison Caras - Fabulous (but Fatigued!) Professor & Purveyor of Truths 43:16

5y ago43:16

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What is success at the end of a long week teaching? "A good night's sleep!" says this week's guest Allison Caras, a Professor of Spanish at George Washington University. Considering herself a "conflicted extrovert," Allison in this episode conveys her total commitment to teaching - and the tolls and trials that come with the territory of her profes…

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JobSpeaker Joelle Retean - Super Vet Caring for Pets ... and their Owners! 36:11

5y ago36:11

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She likes cat videos, loves dogs, and has confirmed that pets really DO look and behave like their owners. In this week's episode, Joelle tells us what it takes to become a vet, what it's really like to take care of our beloved animals, and shares that being a vet is also about being empathetic, compassionate, and caring for all of us pet owners. A…

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JobSpeaker Holli Rahmings - Dynamic & Devoted Dietician & Health Coach 34:30

5y ago34:30

34:30

When we asked this week's guest Holli Rahmings what's changed in the world of food over the past ten years, she surprised us. "Me," she said, and then proceeded to convey how her job and her success ultimately depend on her ability to connect with people and move them toward long-term healthy habits. In this episode, learn how Holli has honed her p…

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JobSpeaker Joe Talmadge - Proving College is Nice but Unnecessary as VP of Mortgage Lending 41:21

5y ago41:21

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Work in coal mines or steel mills? These were Joe's hometown job options. He chose neither and left his small town to work for a credit union in another state. But rather than see his first job as a temporary stopgap, Joe saw the chance to show everyone that not having a college education would never hold him back. He buckled down, worked hard, and…

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JobSpeaker Martin Gibbs - Computer Software Testing Manager from the UK 35:29

5y ago35:29

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Our first guest from the UK, Martin Gibbs had a knack for taking things apart when he was a little boy - so much so, he earned a nickname from his grandmother based on a book character. Little did she know that the nickname she gave Martin would come to describe his eventual career testing IT software and being the guy in the office who "took thing…

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JobSpeaker Patrick Mosher - Wisdom Explorer & Life Purpose Consultant 43:44

5y ago43:44

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In this episode, meet someone who leans into life and lives in the present. Someone who after nearly 30 years consulting to large companies across six continents decided to help individuals find their best selves through authentic interactions and the search for wisdom. It's no wonder when faced with the choice to play college volleyball or try bal…

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JobSpeaker Randy Gallogly - Intrepid & Caring New England Home Inspector 36:51

5y ago36:51

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Randy Gallogly was burnt out. But he was also smart enough to listen to his wife when she said, “I don’t like you being a realtor." Taking his own advice to always be ready when an opportunity knocks, Randy jumped on the chance to become a home inspector. In this episode, hear how Randy came out of the Navy having studied medicine but now spends hi…

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JobSpeaker Tamara West - Pulling for the Public as a Housing & Neighborhood Development Manager 32:58

5y ago32:58

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It was a serious decision. Tamara asked herself, "Should I become a lawyer?" She thought long. She thought hard. She considered her strengths and aspirations. She recalled her ability to engage in healthy debate. Yes, it was a serious decision that could not be made lightly. Especially since Tamara was considering this career at the ripe age of 12 …

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JobSpeaker Jacques de Broekert - Psychotherapist for Trauma Victims 41:48

5y ago41:48

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You can ask Jacques why he decided to work with trauma victims, almost all of them addicts and many just one bad decision away from jail or worse. Yes, you can ask. But don't expect an answer. He doesn't know why he decided to specialize in therapy for these broken and hurting people. But that doesn't matter, because Jacques saves them every day. I…

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JobSpeaker Gary Johnson - Proud Sage Keeping Floridians Cool for 50 Years 35:25

5y ago35:25

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Sshhh. Huddle around. Listen closely. Meet Gary Johnson, a man who for 50 years has learned life's lessons and is about to tell you all about them: taking pride in one's work, living a life of learning, helping those in need, and knowing how to say the right things at the right time. A man who volunteers his time as Santa Claus for charities that c…

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