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March 9, 2025

TAOPA #026: Do We Need Philosophical Leadership?

What can we learn from the ancient philosophical tradition for today?

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Feb. 5, 2025

TAOPA #025: Dustin Baker on the Priority of Health

In this episode, Ryan talks with Dustin Baker, the President and Founder of BioPro+. Dustin and his team created the first non-synthetic alternative to HGH - Human Growth Hormone and Peptide Treatments that works FASTER, EASI...

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Jan. 18, 2025

TAOPA #024: To Goal or Not to Goal in 2025?

In this episode, Ryan discusses the place of goals, resolutions, living an intentional life. Do you set goals? It doesn’t matter. What matters is living with purpose and intentionality. Mentioned on the Show: * Questions to c...

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Dec. 23, 2024

TAOPA #023: Don Young on Finding God in Las Vegas

A successful business leader, Don Young lived the American Dream, but he was a very unhappy person. There was something fundamentally missing from his life, so Don chased stuff. Reputation, physical desires, and everything th...

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Dec. 13, 2024

TAOPA #022: Amber Byers on 100 Words at a Time

Amber Byers is the founder and CEO of Tadpole Press, where she serves as head judge of the Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest , an international writing contest celebrating creativity and community. She blogs regularly at...

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Dec. 5, 2024

TAOPA #021: Ethan Nkana

Professional athletes spend their entire lives training to develop their skills and strength in mastery of their sport at the highest professional levels. Similarly, physicians train their entire lives developing a mastery of...

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March 18, 2024

TAOPA #020: Ali Horriyat on Compassionate Publishing

Compassiviste Publishing inspires collective efforts that build a compassionate society. Launched by founder, Ali Horriyat , it is his belief that humanity must love always, and always love. Ali left a high paying corporate j...

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Feb. 12, 2024

TAOPA #019: Doug Howarth on Solving Unseen Problems

Douglas Howarth is an econometrician who created a software that isbased on his patented method of using Value and Demand instead of the usual Supply and Demand based approach. His awards, publications and collaborations are ...

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Jan. 29, 2024

TAOPA #018: Stephanie Crowe on Becoming Lifelong Learners

For more than 20 years, Stephanie Crowe has worked with leaders and organizations at key junctures to their transformations, turning perceived business roadblocks into massive opportunities. She’s learned to use an integrated...

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Dec. 29, 2023

TAOPA #017: Peter Schroeder on Enough Room for Everybody

Peter Schroeder is an award-winning DJ, entrepreneur, and the founder of Telzio , a unified communications company. Peter develops unrivaled technology and products, that make people’s lives easier by streamlining and simplif...

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Nov. 24, 2023

TAOPA #016: Dr. Ardeshir Mehran on Emotional Health

Dr. Ardeshir Mehran is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, transformation leader, and leadership coach. He is credited with helping organizations revitalize their culture, driving stronger employee and customer engagement, and dev...

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Oct. 30, 2023

TAOPA #015: Paul Epstein on Making Fast Decisions

Paul Epstein is a former high-level executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, and a 2x bestselling author of The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster . In 2022, he was named one of SUCCESS magazine’s top-thoug...

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Oct. 15, 2023

TAOPA #014: Lisa Shaughnessy on Writing Retreats

Lisa Shaughnessy created the Writing Retreat Sampler to bring writers and writing retreat hosts together. She knows how frustrating it can be to pour yourself into creating a wonderful experience for writers, then sweat it ou...

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Aug. 4, 2023

TAOPA #013: Jill Phillips on Family Stories

Jill Phillips started life in Lamlash street, moved on to Grammar school, got numerous ‘O’and ‘A’ levels and after a few years working in London in a solicitor’s office decided that she would emigrate to Canada. She spent 30 ...

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Aug. 4, 2023

TAOPA #012: Gordon Graham on Narcissism

Deep corruption threatened to ruin jobs and harm lives. Intimidation, distrust, and secrecy became the norm among the executive management group of Chelan County Public Utility. Even in a small and semi-rural American governm...

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June 26, 2023

TAOPA #011 - Erin Bradley on Pursuing Freedom

Erin Bradley is a speaker and trainer, bestselling author, and host of the real estate podcast Pursuing Freedom. As a mortgage lender, Erin learned the hard way just how difficult entrepreneurship and success in sales can be....

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May 11, 2023

TAOPA #010: Sunny Drake on Discussing Big Issues Through Art

Sunny's inventive and award-winning theatre works have been presented in over 60 cities across the world and translated into 6 languages. His wide range of audiences have spanned international arts festivals, underground ware...

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April 11, 2023

TAOPA #009: Kristin Oakley on Compelled to Write

In January 2009, Kristin Oakley wrote her first words to Carpe Diem, Illinois. Five years later, Little Creek Press published the book, and it won the 2014 Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award! Its sequel, God o...

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March 29, 2023

TAOPA #008: Darryl Stickel on Building a Culture of Trust

Darryl Stickel is one of the world’s leading experts on trust. He teaches leaders how to find and use their most powerful tool. A tool that is always in a leader’s control, how to effectively build trust in their relationsh...

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March 8, 2023

TAOPA #007: John Livesay on the Art of Storytelling

John Livesay, aka The Pitch Whisperer, is a sales keynote speaker where he shows companies’ sales teams how to turn mundane case studies into compelling case stories so they win more new business. From John’s award-winning ca...

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Feb. 28, 2023

TAOPA #006: The Human Side of Sports

Ryan riffs on the human side of sports. Billions of people watch, play, and consume sports of various kinds. Why? Do they really matter? Will they cure cancer? No, but don’t miss the stories woven into the sports we love. Lis...

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Feb. 15, 2023

TAOPA #005: Ramona Lee Soo-Jun on Never Too Young to Start Writing

Ramona Lee Soo-Jun is a German-Romanian novelist and screenwriter currently based in London, UK. Born on July 5, 1997, in Sindelfingen, Germany, Lee grew up in Holzgerlingen, Baden-Württemberg. Lee moved to London in early 20...

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Feb. 8, 2023

TAOPA #004: The Missing Ingredient for Starting and Sustaining Your A…

In this episode, Ryan explores the missing ingredient for making better art, and living a deeper life. This ingredient is not talked about enough, neglected, and minimized for poor imitations. Get this into your life and see ...

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Feb. 2, 2023

TAOPA #003: Jimmy Black on Overcoming the Fear of Sharing Your Art

In this episode, Ryan chats with musician, composer, educator, teacher, and artist Jimmy Black. James has been creating music most of his life and now is realizing an essential truth: you don’t have to live in fear about shar...

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