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Chasing Joy13. Naming and Choosing Emotions (with Josh Damigo)Welcome back to another episode of Chasing Joy! Spencer, Bryan, and Wayne, dive into a truly thoughtful conversation with our guest, award-winning singer-songwriter, faculty member of Influential U, and podcast host, Josh Damigo.In this episode, we unpack the art and practice of deliberately cultivating joy in our daily lives. Josh shares his journey of moving from simply reacting to life’s challenges to proactively choosing joy, and how naming and exploring our emotions can help us find clarity and satisfaction. We talk about the difference between contentment and satisfaction, why curiosity and self-awareness matter, and th...
2025-09-1045 min
Influential UClassics - The "Perfect Job" Fallacy with Helen KearneyHelen Kearney is a sales recruiter for a global software company. Her life's journey and her career specialization allow us to examine the question that we all - at one time or another - find ourselves asking: what is my perfect job (or purpose or life's mission)?As she explains, many people are exceptionally naive about their professional value. They may not understand their involvement in the larger transaction and the realities of their role in the marketplace. As such, she says, they often fail to consider or understand the needs of the employer...
2025-01-2936 min
Influential UClassics - The Bankruptcy of Magical Thinking with Kristen MoellerIn this episode, Kristen Moeller, a literary agent, published author, three-time TEDx speaker, and passionate advocate for personal growth, joins John Patterson to explore the challenges and revelations of pursuing success and fulfillment. From her mountain home in Colorado, Kristen shares her journey of transitioning from hopeful and magical thinking to embracing the principles of accurate thinking.This episode delves into the lessons Kristen learned through Influential U, including the importance of strategic thinking, confronting naivety, and recognizing the limitations of short-term enthusiasm as a long-term strategy. With transparency and humor, she reflects on...
2025-01-2251 min
Influential UClassics - Money is an Exchange of Help with Dr. Khush CooperHer view of money changed (and she made much more of it) when she began to understand that money is an exchange of help, rather than a necessary evil. Dr. Khush Cooper holds a doctorate in social work and her journey is quite relevant to those in the non-profit sector or anyone who has ever struggled with making a living and wanting to do good. This episode's closing segment is from a membership webinar on the subject of 'indifference of the marketplace'.You'll hear Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels address the State of Mind of an...
2025-01-0850 min
Influential UClassics - Worst Advice Ever: Follow Your Passion with Joanna BurgrafHaving endured an expensive journey to consider a career change, Joanna Burgraf found that to follow your passion was the worst piece of advice she'd ever gotten. Joanna is a Chicago-based senior lead for an award-winning creative services team managing ten brands at Enova International, a company using technology to develop innovative financial products. You'll hear how this fashionable but naive empowerment slogan shifted her focus — from working on being a valued cooperative member of a larger team — to the self-engrossed, navel-gazing, isolating habit of finding one’s true "Self."In this episode's talk, Co-Fou...
2025-01-0250 min
Influential UClassics - Can You Survive an Indifferent World? with Sean GillespieSean Gillespie is a successful artist who creates award-winning abstract sculptures from his one-man studio in Denver, Colorado. His work can be found in exclusive galleries, national juried shows, and in corporate installations across the United States. Influential U's members include business and creative professionals from all over the world; we educate not only executives and entrepreneurs but also artists, designers, musicians, writers, and filmmakers -- and today perhaps we'll tackle the question: How do you make a living as an artist? It might be common to assume that artists make terrible business people, yet the same can be t...
2024-12-2554 min
Influential UClassics - Starting Over at 57 with John BaigentAs a property developer, John Baigent lost practically everything in the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, then recovered just in time to lose it all again in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, a quake that caused widespread damage in New Zealand's second-largest urban area. He's not only overcome what would sink most people — he also continues to thrive.In this episode's talk, Co-Founders John Patterson and Kirkland Tibbels discuss how most people just lack the ambition to live as they aspire to live . . . that they'll wait for life to "turn out" and do not produce the si...
2024-12-1849 min
Influential UClassics - Father's Last Words: Get Wise with Troy FrostTroy's father's last words are a mantra he's lived by. His business plan autobiography reads like a character who suffered not for being dull, but for being way too smart. He talks about the early days and answers the question: How do you make $30K a month in personal income?In this episode's talk, Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels outlines the fundamental background that underlies the specialized knowledge enjoyed by our members around the world. In it, you'll start to hear for yourself why Troy Frost and so many others are thriving.
2024-12-1146 min
Influential UClassics - The Guardian of Standards with Karl StrandWho keeps us from falling off the proverbial cliff? While some are naturally inclined to dream new ideas and others can’t help but build new relationships, there is a segment of society whose entire focus and role are to protect us from our poorly constructed shortcuts. This typically skeptical personality recognizes that nothing around us is a coincidence; things are either poorly designed or built to exacting standards. Often shamed for not seeing the world as ‘glass-half-full,’ this transactional personality plays the vital role i...
2024-11-2746 min
Influential UClassics - The Company You Keep with Karina ChristensenBefore embarking on a full-time real estate career, Karina Christensen was part of the personal flight team for American business guru Jack Welch and media proprietor Oprah Winfrey, having the opportunity to travel with them for many years around the world and cultivate within herself what it takes to partner with high-profile clientele successfully.As a specialist now working with Keller Williams Luxury Homes International, she and her team specialize in luxury condominiums in Denver, Colorado. Having lived in Munich, London, Singapore, and Montana, Karina followed the sage wisdom, "you are...
2024-11-2036 min
Influential UClassics - A Powerful Identity with Ron SprengelerHow do you produce a robust identity amongst thousands of peers in a large corporate environment? Ron Sprengeler is someone who's done just that. Rather than join the naïve ranks of those whose viewpoint is that the job alone entitles them to a respected identity, Ron's case study demonstrates how to produce a powerful corporate identity in two ways: one, you'll hear how he's become well known and admired for his specialized knowledge and two, he shares just how he's cultivated a respected identity, reputation, and character among his peers. He's survived a big merger and feels confident t...
2024-11-1345 min
Influential UClassics - Yes, Being Critical is an Asset with Joe McNerneyOur featured interview is with an outstanding Chicago trial attorney who talks about his critical and analytical judgy-ness and how it has become a great asset. In this episode, Joe McNerney and Co-Founder John Patterson take the time to learn more about the Judge and Inventor personality and how personality, when understood, can help all of us transact more effectively. But Joe also cautions us all about the error of independence and self-sufficiency.In our talk, we hear from Vice President Drew Knowles and Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels as they lead a conversation about the...
2024-10-3050 min
Influential UClassics - We Weren't Careful What We Wished For with The Brothers KorenThey got everything they asked for: record deals, international notoriety, playing big arenas (touring with Coldplay, Pink, Bon Jovi, and Rod Stewart), but recording artists Isaac and Thorald Koren (The Kin) hadn't quantified what to wish for or how to transact for it. Naively assuming their talent, passion, and fame would eventuate into their personal and financial satisfaction, they confronted a sea of indifference and inventoried their lessons to help others. They launched the Alchemy of Creative Expression (A.C.E.), developing a method to help the talented musician, artist, or executive unleash their unique voice and turn their...
2024-10-2350 min
Influential UClassics - The Asset / Liability Quotient with Ana AthanasiuWith a long personal experience about the asset and liability of personality traits that offer both extraordinary value and harsh lessons, Ana Athanasiu, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area of California, is an internet pioneer who had a vibrant career in telecommunications and software development. Best known for the work she did on teams at Sun Microsystems in the mid-eighties — they invented XML — adding speed and usability to internet browsers. Able to retire in 2002, she's spent the last 14 years raising kids and supporting business executives, local non-profit endeavors, and sole-proprietorships toward market and...
2024-10-1644 min
Influential UClassics - The Right People in the Right Roles with Tim GuestTim Guest, Managing Director of Infinite Wealth, helps everyday Australians reach their financial goals. After having first retired at the age of 27 as a self-made multimillionaire, he is now an investor, entrepreneur, financial educator, and motivational speaker and author well known for leading seminars promoting financial literacy and education. Thousands of people each year attend his seminars, making him currently the most watched independent financial educator in Australia. His entrepreneurial journey includes some valuable lessons about the cost and complexity of rapid growth and how his study with Influential U dramatically changed the way he operates his businesses.
2024-10-0953 min
Influential UClassics - Swept Away by a Powerful Current with Peter BurgrafPeter Burgraf, Vice President of Business Development at Q2 Business Capital in Chicago, shares his journey from being overwhelmed by debt to achieving both personal and financial success. Like many, Peter initially bought into the common belief that hard work alone guarantees success. However, faced with mounting debt and the pressure of big goals, he realized he needed a more strategic approach. By developing his transactional competence, Peter transformed his situation. Now, at 35, he has reached significant financial milestones, is newly married, a homeowner, and a proud father. Tune in to hear how he navigated this path and achieved...
2024-10-0250 min
Influential UClassics - When Being Likable Isn't Enough with Janet Asher VreelandJoin us for an insightful conversation with Janet Asher Vreeland as she reflects on her transformative journey with Influence Ecology. Starting with her early struggles as a natural "performer" personality type, Janet shares candidly about the challenges she faced in balancing her desire to be liked with the need to engage productively with other personality types. Through her studies, she learned to tailor her approach to different people, cultivating a deeper empathy and strategic mindset that has transformed her career, relationships, and life.In this episode, Janet and host John Patterson dive into topics...
2024-09-2547 min
Influential UClassics - Don't Compete on Price, Compete on Value with Joe & Joni RoccoJoe & Joni Rocco, a husband-and-wife small business duo from Denver, Colorado, showcase the power of specialization in a highly commoditized industry. Instead of competing on price, they focus on delivering unique value through various key attributes. Once navigating late nights, weekends, high-stress environments, and the challenges of a fatherless family, they’ve now transformed their lives. By understanding each other's Personality and Transactional Behavior, they've successfully reduced their demanding 80-hour workweek to a balanced 40 hours.In this episode's talk, Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels talks on the Characteristics of Value that are considered and applied when co...
2024-09-1846 min
Influential UClassics - Respect Your Offer or No One Will with Shonit JagmohanShonit Jagmohan is an optometrist living in Melbourne, Australia. As a health and ambitious business professional, he offers an excellent case study in specialization, authority, and scarcity.In this episode, John and Shonit dive deep into the often-overlooked concept of the Condition of Life "Work" and how personal reflection on what you don’t want can shape a fulfilling career and life. They explore the societal pressures that push us toward certain norms, like working hard for the sake of it, and how to break free from those expectations by getting clear on your ow...
2024-09-1155 min
Influential UClassics - Beware the Ambitious Arsonist with Louisa Da SilvaHaving immigrated to the United States from Brazil, Louisa Da Silva, owner of DS Cleaning and Maid Service, found that her stream of new ideas created 'fires' that her team had to extinguish. Previously overworked, stressed, and unhealthy, she's now planned for and living a balanced and focused life.In this episode's talk, Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels discusses the naivety and danger of 'Self-Action', a very common and widespread orientation to activity in which the individual sees themselves as an overlord of things outside their control.Podcast Bonuses:...
2024-09-0448 min
Influential UClassics - Most People Won't Practice with Marcus BellTune into this Classics episode of the Influential U podcast, where John Patterson sits down with music industry legend Marcus Bell. Marcus, who began his musical journey at the tender age of two, reveals the work ethic and discipline that have fueled his impressive career.From his early days in a makeshift recording studio to collaborating with major artists like Usher and Britney Spears, Marcus emphasizes the importance of perseverance, dedication, and strategic focus.This episode offers a deep dive into the principles and practices that can drive success...
2024-08-2855 min
Influential UClassics - How to Increase Your Value with Trisha TylerWelcome to Influential U Podcast Classics, where we dive back into the most impactful episodes from our inaugural season. This special season revisits the gems and insights that first shaped our podcast's journey. Join us as we reintroduce these timeless conversations to a new audience and rediscover the ideas that have inspired many.Working as a principal in a large healthcare enterprise, Trisha Tyler of Mercer Health & Benefits, talks about how to create value for the companies that you work for; when you become reliable for that value, you get to do what you lo...
2024-08-2149 min
Influential UThe Performer PersonalityIn this episode, we'll explore the Transactional Personality known as the Performer and they're skilled with mood and influence. Their superpowers are the ability to be present-based, relationship-oriented people who are inclined to be highly flexible in their thinking. Their Kryptonite, however, is that they may tend to halt transactions with relationship concerns or mood campaigns and may avoid or dismiss commitments and facts.We will have someone you know well on this podcast, our host and faculty member, Josh Damigo, who will tell you more about his worldview as a performer and share...
2023-11-0200 minInfluential ULegends on Legends: Ron Sperengler and Josh DamigoThis episode, we welcome Ron Sprengler and Josh Damigo to our Legends on Legends Series. Ron Sperengler is the co-founder and operations manager at Contigo Ventures and is no stranger to the Influential U Podcast. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated his experience as a results-oriented manager of large projects in critical industries. He now applies his high-level skills to the development and construction industry. Along with his partner, Karina Christensen, he is building a boutique oceanfront community and properties in the spectacular pacific coast of Baja California Sur. Josh...
2023-05-2500 min
Persistence Culture PodcastPersistence Culture 112 Special Guest: Josh DamigoPersistence Culture Media Episode 111Hosted by Jason Holmes
Co-Hosted by Mambo
Special Guest: Josh Damigo
Weekly Podcast! Weekly Guest! Current Topics! Trending Topics! Persistence Culture! We are a lifestyle brand. Changing lives all over the world. A community of humans striving daily to do better in all things. With the mindset to overcome challenges, we believe that through persistent movement in anything you do from fitness to business, wealth to health all goals and accomplishments require a Culture of Persistence. Persist with us. Become part of the Familia. Rep the Culture...
2023-05-131h 05
SDR's Business BasicsHow to Identify Your Superpowers in Business - S4 Episode 1Learn how to identify your superpower in business. Hosted by: Safietou D. Russell, CPA, EA, MSTGuest Speaker: Josh Damigo, Client Manager of Influential U.Learn more about SDR Consulting Inc here: https://www.sdrconsultinginc.com/Follow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/safierussellcpa/https://www.facebook.com/safierussellcpahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/safierussellcpa/
2022-09-1339 min
CG Business AdvisorTransactional CompetenceJosh Damigo is the Client Manager for the Western Hemisphere for Influential U - the leading business education in Transactional Competence. He has been a small business owner, worked as a corporate leader, and helped small businesses for over 15 years. He is an accomplished speaker and teacher, podcast co-host, and has become a sought-after Master of Ceremonies throughout Ventura County, California.
2022-07-1522 min
Influential UThe Payoff of Deliberate Practice with Josh DamigoJosh is a former professional musician who now teaches business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs how to amplify their professional influence. As you will learn within a few seconds of listening to his interview, he has a way with words. Josh’s superpower, as we like to call it, is his ability to speak, and this talent manifests in his professional roles as an ethical salesman, public speaker, emcee, entertainer, and educator. Josh is currently a senior faculty member with Influential U and a client manager for much of the United States and Europe. His journey with Influential U is a s...
2022-06-1638 min
Listen Local RadioListen Local Lounge at Berkley Sound 2011Listen Local Lounge at Berkley Sound from 2011 - Barbara Nesbitt, Marcia Claire, Jimmy Lewis, Rob Deez and Josh Damigo. Hosted by Cathryn Beeks Produced by Jeff Berkley. ListenlocalSD.com is now ListenLocalRadio.com
2019-09-121h 39
Listen Local RadioJosh Damigo (lo fi) 10 8 14Cathryn chats with San Diego musicians. Listen Local Radio.com
2014-10-2524 min
Butterflies Radio/IndieViews Artist SpotlightButterflies Radio IndieViews Artist Spotlight - Josh Damigo 8/26/13Listen to the Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight each Monday night at 8 PM EST on www.butterfliesradio.com. The hour long pre-recorded show features songs and an interview with me, Kiva Johns-Adkins and an Indie Artist from the station's rotation. This week's guest is San Diego indie/singer/songwriter, Josh Damigo, who heads out on his third U.S. Tour on August 30th. The tour starts and ends at his "house" - LeStat's West in San Diego. We talk about the upcoming tour and discuss the embattled Mayor of San Diego.
2013-08-261h 02
In The Country with Dave WoodsInterview with Josh DamigoBorn and raised in San Jose, California, Josh Damigo grew up in a very strict household. Only allowed to listen to KFRC, the local oldies station in the Bay Area, he found himself influenced by bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and much of the old-time, lyrically driven style of music. In first grade, his mother signed him up for piano lessons. "I absolutely hated piano because my teacher kept giving me classical pieces," Josh recalls. "I quit when I was in sixth grade." He only quit piano, not music. "At 16, I taught myself to play guitar. Two weeks...
2010-11-0329 minInterview with Josh DamigoBorn and raised in San Jose, California, Josh Damigo grew up in a very strict household. Only allowed to listen to KFRC, the local oldies station in the Bay Area, he found himself influenced by bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and much of the old-time, lyrically driven style of music. In first grade, his mother signed him up for piano lessons. "I absolutely hated piano because my teacher kept giving me classical pieces," Josh recalls. "I quit when I was in sixth grade." He only quit piano, not music. "At 16, I taught myself to play guitar. Two weeks...
2010-11-0331 min