Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Amazing speaker, facilitator, consultant and Australian - Neen James is featured in this Thrive LOUD Minisode. Plucked from their original interview in 2018 -- Neen shares how "paying attention" has become her focus and the importance of proper facilitation before, during and after (B.D.A.) the meeting. Enjoy this fun out-take and rejoice in Neen's amazing laugh. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jude Charles is a story-driven filmmaker, brand strategist & speaker.  He has been producing exponential returns for purpose-driven entrepreneurs through documentaries & videos. He digs deep to find the compelling story that no one else knows & then leverages it for higher impact. He lives and breathes YOUR brand and then helps tell the story of your business.’ Enjoy this engaging episode as Jude connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD.  *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jacklyn Dallas is back on Thrive LOUD. Jacklyn is a technology YouTuber. She started her channel at 13 years old with the objective of helping people through tutorial videos.  Although four years have gone by, her objective is still to help people by both entertaining her viewers and informing them about the latest tech. Her videos can range from an in-studio product review, to travel vlogs around the world, covering smart phone launches, camera tips and anything else exciting in tech! A great deal has happened to Jacklyn since her original interview on Thrive LOUD. Her channel “NothingButTech” now has over 111,000 subscribers, and 5,470,000 views! Listen in and learn how this amazing YouTuber continues to Thrive LOUD!!! *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jeff Hunter is the Chief Growth Officer of Branded Media where he creates solid, recognizable, legacy driven personal brands for legitimate companies and influencers. Branded Media is on its way to being the #1 branding agency in the world. Jeff and the Branded Media team build personal brands for CEO’s and founders of companies who are ready to leverage their business accomplishments to become a true influencer. More than 1000 companies have already trusted and paid Jeff to leave an impression and help them become iconic. Companies like Domo.com, Outreach, Call fire, Mixpanel, Telestream and many others.  Some of the top Marketing agencies in the world trust Branded Media to provide their services for their clients on their behalf as a way to quickly scale their agency without adding overhead or new team members. Listen as Jeff (a.k.a. the King of Branding and Outsourcing) talks shop with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. ** Make sure to check out Jeff's 17 MINUTE MARKETING STRATEGY - How to Create a Month Wort

At eighteen years old, Stanley Padgett married his seventeen-year-old high school sweetheart.   In what easily could have been another divorce statistic.  Another couple who naively wed too young and couldn't make it work. But that's not who Stanley is. And that's not how he works.    Today we have a man that has found himself with a burning desire to share the secrets to his thriving marriage to protect families and help them find the love, joy, passion and connection he and his wife Linda have enjoyed for more than forty-two years. His book, “UnVeiled: Secrets of a Marriage that Lasts Forever” and his course “The Diamond Relationship Formula” are the result of that lifetime of work. Stanley is  on a mission to save 1 million marriages over the next 5 years! Enjoy this episode with Stanley Padgett on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. ** Stanley Padgett has two upcoming events called "Relationship Sherapy" with Dr. Sherrie Campbell. The next dates are October 4 & 5 (2019) in Tampa, FL; February 1 & 2 (20

*** Zack Friedman, CEO of Make Lemonade, will release his debut book “The Lemonade Life: How To Fuel Success, Create Happiness, and Conquer Anything” on August 6, 2019 via HarperCollins Leadership (available for preorder now). Friedman’s debut title features inspirational and practical stories, including the entrepreneur who failed 5,126 times before becoming a billionaire; the fourteenth-century German monk who helped reinvent Domino’s Pizza; the technology visionary who asked himself the same question every morning; the country music icon who bought more than one hundred million books; and the ice cream truck driver who made $110,237 in less than an hour. In his unique and creative fashion, Friedman weaves in real-life illustrations and lessons throughout, from icons such as Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, Jack Ma, Sam Walton, Ray Kroc, Sylvester Stallone, Tyler Perry, and many others. A roadmap to success, “The Lemonade Life” offers eye-opening advice including: Why you should write yourself a $10 million chec

This minisode is a chance for us to go back to a great conversation we had last summer with Lisa Carpenter. Lisa shares that one of her goals is to focus on doing less a little bit better than she has.  She reminds us all the importance of appreciation and to live in the moment and work on being 'Human Beings' vs. 'Human Doings'. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Ryan Silbert is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, producer, and founder of Origin Story Entertainment, a multi-platform entertainment company with a global focus on storytelling. Silbert’s new project is Stan Lee’s Alliances: A Trick of Light, an original, first-of-its kind audio storytelling event produced by Amazon’s Audible Studios and starring GROWN ISH’s Yara Shahidi. Created by Silbert, Luke Lieberman, and Stan Lee in the late cultural icon’s final collaboration, A Trick of Light debuted on June 27th as an audiobook original and will later be published as a full-length novel in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on September 17th. With work recognized by the Academy Awards®, the Canadian Academy of Film & Television, Sundance, MoMa, IFP, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Berlinale, Silbert’s expansive repertoire includes such films as the Academy Award® winning GOD OF LOVE and Spike Lee’s THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE. As the founder of Origin Story Entertainment, Silbert is currently

Caroline Maguire is a passionate personal coach, author, teacher, and speaker whose work has inspired important conversations about social skills at elementary and middle schools and in homes all across the county, she believes all children can shine.  Her work is critical to parents everywhere who support children with executive function challenges struggling to show their best selves. Her new book Why Will No One Play With Me? is the PLAY BETTER PLAN TO HELP KIDS OF ALL AGES MAKE FRIENDS AND THRIVE. Enjoy this great conversation with Caroline Maguire on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond *** Connect with Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Stefani Reinold is a psychiatrist and branding expert who dropped the pill poppin’ path of mainstream mental health care in order to make real change in real women’s lives by teaching them how to find their hearts and embrace their real selves so they can create the life and business of their dreams.   Pulled from their original interview, Stefani shares with Lou her HEART Method®.  *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jonathan Sackett is the Madness to the Method. He is the President and CCO of allscope - a full service advertising agency headquartered in NYC. And he's part of the team at allscope that is pioneering initiatives in the Cannabis industry! Jonathan is no stranger to Thrive LOUD as he appeared on the Thrive LOUD episode that featured Jamal Mashburn. Listen in as Jonathan and Lou Diamond chat about the challenges and possibilities around marketing "the plant" and one of the fastest growing industries on the planet. ** #agency #President #CEO #ChiefDigitalOfficer #Advertising #Marketing #Chief #Cannabis #CBD #Digital #cpg #b2b #b2c ** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Alexa Curtis inspires teens around the globe to be fearless. She started this journey at the age of 12 and has been living a life unfiltered for almost a decade. Her incredibly popular Life Unfiltered blog, podcast, Radio Disney show Fearless Everyday and brand are everywhere and she is one incredibly fun person. Hear all about her story, her passion, her "Be Fearless" summit and her desire to live a life unfiltered as she connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. Shout outs from Alexa on this program: Michelle Obama, Jen Gotch, ban.do, Sara Blakely, Shark Tank, Bobby Hobert -  Purpose in the Youth Podcast, Guy Raz, Michelle Grant (Lively brand).    *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Jonathan Soares is a man that has built a business no one thought was possible in the agency world. He is  solving one of the biggest problems digital and creative agencies face - limited access to high caliber engineers.  As Founder and CEO of Agency Labs, Jonathan and his team of full-stack engineers and technical project managers serve as the technical team for some of the world’s most innovative organizations.  The father-of-two also takes his Scotch neat, collects old stocks and bonds, and invests in cryptocurrency.  Thrive LOUD listeners  will get a chance to learn about Jonathan Soares. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Joseph Bilotta is a program manager, teacher, counselor, coach, academy director who has over 35 years of professional experience working with young people in education and/or soccer related programs. He is the founder & President of EduKick.  A tri-lingual ex-professional American Soccer player that has played at the soccer powerhouse St. Mary's College,  in Spain and several seasons in the American Professional Soccer league (APSL). A true coach that is helping the next generation to Thrive in the game he loves. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Sometimes those that Thrive LOUD inspire others from their journey on the long road back. From the Brooklyn housing projects, to private Catholic School, to a near 17-year incarceration at Five Points Correctional Facility, to Cornell University, Darnell Epps '19 is not your typical Cornell Senior. Hear Darnell's fascinating and inspirational story about taking the wrong path in life, lessons learned, and coming out the other side. “One thing that struck me deep was seeing the pain… When I walked in the courtroom and I would see a packed courtroom and I would see families on both sides, feeling pain. I would see the tears in my mother’s eyes, the embarrassment that I caused her, the shame that I brought. She was a New York City Police Officer, but yet had to explain to her colleagues that her two sons were incarcerated for murder. And she was at trial every day. She stuck by me. She came up on the visit practically every month to see Darrell and I. It was that. It was witnessing that. It was seeing that. That

Wrapping up “FinTech” week we go back to one of our early guests Adam Frisch CEO of BIM Networks. In this minisode, Adam shares what the BIM payment platform is all about. Since the initial recording,  BIM is up and running with some of the world’s largest brands where "every day, every week and every month" transactions are most prevalent.  BIM is being used at Shell and Phillips 66 gas stations all across the nation when you pay with their debit platform at the pump through your smartphone.  They are providing amazing loyalty benefits to consumers and are saving merchants on their transaction costs. You can check out BIM Networks at bimnetworks.com and click here to listen to the full, original interview. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Thomas Sponholtz is the founder of Unison (the smarter, better way to own homes) and leads the company’s overall strategic direction. He has more than twenty years of experience building large-scale consumer finance and investment management businesses. Thomas has been on the Board of Outward Bound, he is an avid sailboat racer and kite surfer, and he launched the world’s first junior kite board race team. As we continue "FinTech" week - listeners will enjoy Thomas Sponholtz connecting with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

Johnny Reinsch is the co-founder & CEO of Qwil.  Previously, he was the SVP of Strategy at Xapo, the world’s secure bitcoin wallet and vault where he helped evangelize bitcoin in developing economies as an alternative to broken banking and financial systems. He is a recovering M&A lawyer, having done over $10B in M&A deals before leaving big law to tackle financial inclusion. He’s a UCLA Bruin, avid skier, yogi and runs a company that Mission is to empower freelancers with the financial services they need to thrive. Enjoy Johnny's conversation with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD's "FinTech Week". *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

In the midst of Thrive LOUD's "FinTech" week it made perfect sense to catch up and reconnect with "The Godfather of FinTech" himself Ron Suber. Enjoy this "Catch Up" minisode where we also tacked on Ron's focus on "ReWirement" vs. "ReTirement".   *** Connect with Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast    

Media personality Amanda B. Johnson has been providing cryptocurrency research and commentary since 2014. She is obsessed with monetary theory.  Her educational and opinion pieces have appeared in leading industry publications including Bitcoin Magazine, Finance Magnates and Bitcoin.com. For FinTech Week, we go back to the original Thrive LOUD episode where Amanda answers everything you’ve ever needed to know about Cryptocurrency, Tokens, Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology and, her favorite platform, DASH.   *** Connect with Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast