Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

#1 New York Times bestseller of The Art of Having it All --- helping millions of readers worldwide shift their mindset from “CAN’T” to “CAN” --- Christy Whitman is BACK on Thrive LOUD. Originally recored in a Thrive LOUD LIVE session - Christy reconnects with Lou and shares her new book, THE DESIRE FACTOR: How to Embrace Your Materialistic Nature to Reclaim Your Full Spiritual Power [Beyond Words | April 2021] This new book offers readers and listeners the tools to find their happiness, abundance, and success by leveraging the desires they already possess. Listen in as Christy shares: Desire Drains //  Shedding the Guilt  // Principle Professionals and  The Hidden Desire – The #1 desire that people are too ashamed to allow to manifest itself Enjoy this great episode with Christy Whitman! *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Known as “The Millennial Speaker”, Clint Pulver helps organization that want to retain, engage and inspire the younger generation. As the President and founder of The Center for Employee Retention, Clint has transformed how corporations like Keller Williams, AT&T and Hewlett Packard create lasting loyalty through his work and research as “The Undercover Speaker”. He has appeared on America’s Got Talent and in several different Feature Films with actors like Jack Black (School of Rock) and John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Clint was named one of Business Q Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” for his work in helping organizations elevate their “WHY” of mentorship in the workplace and how connected and engaged employees yield loyal and long-term retention within organizations. For over a decade, Clint has dedicated his heart to helping organizations understand the younger generation and helping the younger generation to understand themselves. With a blend of humor, unforgettable stories, and actionable takeaways that

TEDx speaker, host of the incredibly popular The Self Employed Life Podcast, author of LINGO is back three years after his initial appearance on Thrive LOUD. Jeffrey reconnects with Lou and talks about his upcoming book (Available Now for Pre-Order! Release date May 4, 2021)  The Self-Employed Life: Business and Personal Development Strategies That Create Sustainable Success. NOTE: Click here to watch the video of Jeffrey and Lou's conversation recorded LIVE on January 20th, 2021.  

Ron Lieber is the author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money, which was an instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller when it was released in 2015. Ron has been the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times since 2008. Before coming to The Times, he wrote the “Green Thumb” personal finance column for The Wall Street Journal and was part of the startup team at the paper’s Personal Journal section. His newest work, “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Roadmap for the Biggest Financial Decision Your Family Will Ever Make,” was published by HarperCollins in January, 2021 and is already a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Listen in as Ron connects with Lou and shares some of the research, findings and "a-ha" moments he encountered in writing "The Price You Pay for College" and some of the tough challenges facing students, families AND higher learning

Dale Favors has over 26 years of sales and sales leadership experience, working with firms such as Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, Royal Bank of Canada, and Thomson Reuters. He is an experienced leader and passionate sales professional with a demonstrated history of managing teams in the financial services and financial technology industry. One of Dale's valuable assets is his ability to bring people and/or businesses together for the purpose of creating revenue opportunities. He is a skilled communicator and business coach with expertise in Leadership, Demand Generation, Strategic Planning, Asset Management, Electronic Trade Execution, Prime Brokerage, Investment Advisory, Relationship Management. Listen in as Dale connects with Lou about financial services, consulting, connecting, sales....and their moms. ** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Beth Granger is all about Social selling (which really should be called social prospecting) She helps her clients make sense of it and embrace its power. She's a trainer, coach, sales enabler and helps people to  accelerate the LinkedIn, social sales, and social media learning curve. Listen in as Beth shares with Lou how she drives business through social...most recently through Clubhouse + LinkedIn on this fun conversation on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Natalya Berdikyan is the Chief Energy officer and founder of Frontline Consulting and Life By Design Academy, a consulting and coaching firm that helps individuals and organizations grow to their full potential beyond existing borders and boundaries. Originally from Moscow. She lived in the USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Germany. She has over 20 years of experience in building businesses in various sectors and geographies. Her strength is always challenging the status quo, embracing and managing change and we fully embrace that in this interview as Natalya jumps in and interviews Lou half way through this engaging conversation on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Plucked from their original conversation on Thrive LOUD, Emmy award winning journalist, television correspondent, presenter, mentor, speaker, reporter and best-selling  author of YOUR HIDDEN SUPERPOWER - Adrienne Bankert is feature in a Thrive LOUD minisode. In this quick snippet, Adrienne spells out a very important difference between one's personal 'brand' and one's own 'identity.  This unique distinction is a very key point and clarification that many need to hear. Dive in and have a quick listen. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Corinne Hancock is a globally recognized expert in building world-class leaders, effective teams and cultural proficiency, in chaotic environments. With over a decade of international aid and development experience working around the world developing bold leaders, building highly effective teams, conducting medical trainings and directly delivering medical care. Corinne translates her expertise from working in chaotic environments into REAL RESULTS through EFFECTIVE and INTERACTIVE keynote presentations, corporate training and executive coaching, helping organizations and individuals THRIVE IN CHAOS. Listen in as Corinne & Lou THRIVE LOUD in CHAOS. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

John Lee Dumas is BACK!!! The host of Entrepreneurs on Fire where he's interviewed over 3000 of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs....has got a new book … The Common Path to Uncommon Success lays out the exact roadmap you need to unlock your potential and create the life you and your family deserve. Get ready to IGNITE this episode has JLD is on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO THRIVE LOUD & LOU DIAMOND

A sought-after keynote speaker, facilitator and coach, Alain Hunkins is a leadership expert who connects the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership. Leaders trust him to help unlock their potential and expand their influence, leading to superior results, increased engagement, higher levels of retention, and greater organizational and personal satisfaction. He has a gift for translating complex concepts from psychology, neuroscience and organizational behavior into simple, practical tools that can be applied on the job. Listen in as Alain shares with Lou key components of his new book Cracking The Leadership Code. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Michael Brody-Waite is a recovering addict, acclaimed speaker, Inc. 500 entrepreneur, award-winning, three-time CEO, a leadership coach, and author of Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts: How to Lead Like Your Life Depends on It . His accomplishments include being named a Most Admired CEO, named to the Top 40 Under 40, and being recognized by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce as Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year.   Today, Michael is on a mission to teach individuals, organizations, and communities how to lead themselves by living mask-free. In his personal time, he is focused on being the best husband, father, and recovering addict he can be. "Double-Click" into this episode and listen as Michael connects with Lou on the "intervention, recovery & sponsorship" ALL business leaders need. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

After years working as an Event Integration Agent - both representing professional keynote speakers and hiring speakers for events planners, Li Hayes endeavored to get more speakers to the Mainstage.  Li  launched Path to the Mainstage, a speaker development program, to provide the behind-the-scenes secrets that speakers need to know about the business of speaking. Path to the Mainstage gives emerging speakers, and speakers who use the stage as a way to accelerate their businesses, the skills they need to build successful speaking businesses. Li shares her personal journey in a fun conversation with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Michelle Villalobos, Founder of "Superstar Activator," is the host of the Awaken Your Inner Superstar Podcast and creator of Superstar Business Breakthrough Program, Make Them BEG Personal Branding System, and Retreats to Riches online course, among others. Her mission is to activate influencers, leaders, and other Superstars to grow their businesses and their increase their impact in sustainable, energy-rich ways. To that end, Michelle has been an accomplished consultant, speaker and mentor for over 13 years, delivering a variety of keynotes, breakouts, seminars, retreats, webinars, online courses and more to help leaders (and up-and-coming leaders) step into greater purpose, passion, and prosperity. Over the years, her most popular topics include “Work & Play, Every Day,” “Small Events, Big Impact,” “Awaken Your Inner Superstar,” “Make Them Beg,” and “Sales As Service,” among others. Michelle connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Bryan Clayton is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with Local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 100,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.   Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by Lusa holdings in 2013.   Bryan‘s interest and expertise are related to entrepreneurialism, small business growth, marketing and bootstrapping businesses from zero revenue to profitability and exit.  Bryan connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND AND THRIVE LOUD

As a young working mother, Teresa J. Tanner noticed something about the leaders in her company. They were all men, and they all had something she did not: someone at home taking care of the house and family. She discussed this with her husband, and together, they decided to take a radical step. Instead of leaving the workforce as more than a third of working women do to focus on their home life, Teresa opted to stay on the job. Her husband, however, stepped back from his career. He supported his family by supporting his wife.   She has worked to deliver innovative benefits to help women succeed in the workplace and at home with what has emerged as the Reserve Squad YET recognizing more needed to be done She left the corporate world to focus on efforts to reinvent it as a more welcoming, more supportive and more equal environment; a place where women could thrive. What emerged was the Reserve Squad.  Listen in as Teresa shares her journey, mission and passion with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** C

Martin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries. TIME Magazine has named him one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People,” and for three years running, Thinkers50, has selected him to be among the world’s top 50 business thinkers. His new book THE MINISTRY OF COMMON SENSE just came out in January 2021.  Martin and Lou connect and in this episode you're going to learn how to Eliminate Bureaucratic Red Tape, Bad Excuses, and Corporate "BS." *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND AND THRIVE LOUD  

Mark Victor Hansen is probably best known as the co-author for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and brand, setting world records in book sales, with over 500 million books sold. He is also a prolific writer with 307 books authored or co-authored, including The Aladdin Factor, The Power of Focus, The Richest Kids in America, The Miracles in You, You Have a Book in You, and the One Minute Millionaire series. Mark also worked his way into a worldwide spotlight as a sought-after keynote speaker and entrepreneurial marketing maven. He is a charismatic speaker having spoken to 7,000 audiences in 78 countries. Crystal Dwyer Hansen is a business strategist and successful entrepreneur, speaker, and author in the US and China. Crystal, also known as the “celebrity coach,” is a certified life coach and wellness/nutrition expert, whose personal coaching, speaking, CD and video programs, books, and articles have helped people all over the world. Crystal is a Member of

Vince Del Monte is an Italian-Canadian fitness entrepreneur He is the founder of both the 7-Figure Mastermind and 6-Figure Coach Program. He is also the author of “No-Nonsense Muscle Building: Skinny Guy Secrets To Insane Muscle Gain,” which has sold more than 80,000 copies in more than 120 different countries. These organizations are designed to help entrepreneurs already making 6-figures scale to the million-dollar level, as well as teach beginner fitness entrepreneurs just starting out on how to get to their first first $5,000 month in as little a 24 hours. To connect with Vince head over to www.CallWithVince.ca or check out The Vince Del Monte Podcast show Enjoy a fun conversation between Lou Diamond and the man known as the THE NON-GURU FITNESS BIZ COACH. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

With over two decades of experience as a business strategist and chief marketing officer, Seema Alexander partners with purpose-driven entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups to accelerate their growth by optimizing their business model, product offering(s), brand positioning, marketing, digital presence, sales strategies and strategic partnerships—resulting in increased revenues, profits, higher customer satisfaction, and impact. Through her own growth advisory firm, Disruptive.CEO, she has worked with growing over 200+ purpose-driven small businesses and personal brands in industries from IT, finance, smart cities, sustainable infrastructure, fashion, mobile integration, retail, real estate, health & wellness, nutrition, personalized medicine to insurance alternatives and much more. Seema connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD.  *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD