Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

As the College Football Playoffs comes to a close in what has been the strangest football season on record, it made sense to feature someone that has overcome extreme challenges throughout his life to succeed. Ohio State University football great Braxton Miller shares his journey from his pee wee football days to being drafted by the NFL and how he's always able to adapt and move forward no matter the obstacle or challenge. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

After life as a consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies, David Wood built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for “life coaching.” Discovering that Shiny-Object Syndrome is an epidemic among high performers. He coaches rock-star business owners to double revenue, achieve more in less time...and be a more extraordinary entrepreneur, partner, parent and leader. Listen in as David shares with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD how he helps top leaders 'laser focus.' *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Mithu Bhargava is a seasoned leader with extensive experience building and leading global, technical go-to-market organizations, with the ultimate goal of delivering a differentiated, best-in-class customer experience. In her role, Mithu is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of NCR’s Global Professional Services business. Her organization brings NCR’s vision to life for customers, leveraging an extensive set of offerings. These offerings include business consulting, solution implementation, and optimization services. As businesses evolve their strategy to effectively compete in today’s ever-changing world, NCR Professional Services works closely with customers to lead them through their digital transformation journey by offering transformation consulting services, expertise to maximize consumer experience and intimacy, and innovative solutions to drive insight and decision making. Prior to joining NCR, Mithu led the Commercial Global Technical Presales Organization for Dell-EMC. Mithu

James Bonadies is a former Business Education Teacher in a High School and after getting married in 2009, he followed the "traditional route" and got his MBA in Administration and Supervision. Soon after he became a Vice Principal.   Realizing education wasn't going to pay the bills, he pursued a long and arduous hunt for making money online. After years of struggle he found the only Logical Business Model that works, and works for anyone willing to put in the work.   After starting his Agency in 2014, he quickly hit 7 figures a year, and knew the aspiring entrepreneur needed to learn this type of business. One of the fastest online programs to hit 8 figures, and one of the longest running local marketing programs on the internet today. He attributes the longevity to putting the student first, and caring about anyone who wants to be coached.   James shares his story with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Mark Sgambelluri & Aatash Amir are the co -Founders of Social Capital.  Their purpose is to bring digital assets to the people. Their first product- xBTC is the world's first tokenized "derivative" acting as a "Dominance Hedge" against Bitcoin and exposing the user to the price action of every single digital asset on earth versus Bitcoin. Hear their story and how they love to build things to break things on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Pulled from their original interview, Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker and Bestselling author of “The Go-Giver” and Go-Giver Bob Burg shares with Lou some lessons he's learned about the importance of reading a room and 'serving by selling'. Happy Holidays and enjoy this Thrive LOUD minisode! *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Kerry Barrett is the Founder and CEO of Kerry Barrett Consulting, a full service media training and public speaking boutique. Kerry helps clients from every walk of life bring out their inner rock star when it comes to speaking in front of an audience.. or in front of a camera… across all media platforms and in creating today’s best messaging tool, video. She polishes your message, tunes up body language and tailors your presentation so it is memorable and ALWAYS resonates. Kerry is an Emmy award-winning TV news anchor, reporter and broadcaster. She has appeared on the Weather Channel, NBC, ABC and Fox TV stations in markets across the country, most recently as a reporter and anchor on WNBC’s morning newscast “Today in New York”. She’s is also a wife, dog lover.. and mother of 3.. 8 years, 5 years and 2 years. Which likely means she spent at least some of the night last night changing diapers, getting milk, soothing away a bad dream and escorting multiple children to the potty. It also most likely means, she

This is the 555th episode of Thrive LOUD.  In 555 words and in 5 minutes and 55 seconds, listen and learn how the number "555" might have a deeper significance that reminds us all to STAY POSITIVE. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Nicole Cherie Barker is the CEO of Wonder Women Client Attraction.  She has helped thousands of women-owned businesses by teaching them to stay authentic in order to attract true clients with ease and without cold outreach. She has a very inspiring story and background of a true survivor and fighter. She has overcome abuse, loss and grief and today she is helping others with doing what she does: believe in themselves and make a living out of personal authenticity. Listen in and learn how she carries over her passion for 'unicorns' into helping create "Wonder Woman Unicorns". Also check out Nicole's free gift to a list of her amazing free tips at "NON STOP NOTIFICATIONS.com" UNICORN ALERT -- YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT HER AMAZING INSTAGRAM PAGE

We KNOW you were expecting another incredible episode of Thrive LOUD hosted by Lou Diamond.   But we, the incredibly, awesome and powerful interns here at Thrive LOUD - Nia, Sophie, Gillian and Gabi have other plans.   Unbeknownst to Lou, we broke into the studio and hijacked this episode from Lou.   In this episode  — You’ll get a chance to hear from the people that REALLY make this podcast THRIVE!   Listen in and learn all about us, what WE are all about…. and a truly engaging conversation about social media and it’s effect on the world we live in.   PLUS you’ll get to hear us make fun of Lou….and that alone is worth listening to this episode! ;-)   So sit back, relax and enjoy as THE THRIVE LOUD INTERNS TAKEOVER….  

Pulled from their conversation on THRIVE LOUD LIVE,  America's Mortgage Mastery Mentor and CEO of Kinetic Spark Consulting Jen Du Plessis catches up with Lou. Jen helps mortgage loan officers and real estate agents who are overwhelmed, stressed out, and sabotaging their personal lives for the sake of their business to multiply results in record time and have the courage to say yes to their personal lives (which sometimes means saying no to clients).  She is truly a business mindset mastery and has also just recently deployed her "12-week year". Listen, learn, laugh and enjoy an episode that even has a special "podcast crasher" break into the action. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Jennifer Watson, MPT, I.M.T.,C., owner of Jennifer Watson Leadership, is a dynamic speaker and coach with a gift for intuitive and visionary coaching. She is an expert in wellness + leadership development, identity & mental edge enhancement, post-trauma growth, movement & change adaptation, soul-aligned living mastery. Incorporating her expertise along with her athletic gifts as a former collegiate athlete and All-American, she is ecstatic to share a message of strength, courage and hope against mountain tops that may seem unattainable. With 20 years experience in business and leadership management and health + wellness advocacy, she inspires those to unleash their potential and performance in all areas of their life. She is ecstatic to share a message of strength, courage and hope against mountain tops that may seem unattainable.  She does that here on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond.

Doryn Wallach is an award-winning fine jewelry designer and former interior designer, social worker, radio show host and lifestyle blogger. Feeling lost in her 40s, she started reaching out to her network of friends — including experts in beauty, health, parenting, fashion, business and more — to help find her path. Her podcast “It’s Not a Crisis” was born when Doryn realized that her search for answers could help other women navigate their journeys as well. Doryn connects with Lou Diamond and shares her journey on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Sara A. Greenstein is a purpose-driven chief executive and creator of sustainable value for employees, customers, shareholders and the environment. Armed with a strong sense of purpose, a desire to do good, and deep expertise in process, product, customers, safety and innovation, she has successfully led the transformation of several leading U.S. manufacturing and service companies, including Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and the United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel). Sara currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Lydall (NYSE: LDL), a leading global manufacturer of value added engineered materials and specialty filtration solutions serving the industrial, automotive, agribusiness and medical markets. Lydall is one of only a few companies in the U.S. and world capable of creating high efficiency filtration media for N95 respirators, surgical masks and air filtration systems and, under Sara’s leadership, has rapidly allocated its resources toward maximizing production

From the bestselling Author of Congratulations! Now Get Over Yourself, Ralph Peterson holds nothing back in his latest management manifesto "The Good Manager - Being Great is Over-Rated."  Ralph catches up with Lou in a Thrive LOUD LIVE episode and the two talk shop, fun and drill down into GOOD vs. GREAT.   *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Lisa McLeod is the global expert on purpose-driven business and the bestselling author of Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive Revenue and Do Work That Makes You Proud. Lisa has spent two decades helping leaders increase competitive differentiation and emotional engagement. Her work debunks the myth that money is the primary motivation for most employees. She developed the Noble Purpose philosophy after her research revealed, salespeople who sell with Noble Purpose, who truly want to make a difference to their customers, outsell salespeople who focus on their own targets and quotas Lisa is a former Procter & Gamble Sales Leader who founded her own firm, McLeod & More, Inc. in 2001. She helps leaders at organizations like Cisco, Roche, Volvo, and Dave & Busters drive exponential revenue growth. Lisa has keynoted in 25 countries and authored over 2,000 articles. She has made appearances on the Today show and the NBC Nightly News, and her firm’s work has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street J

Hannah Huesman, MS, CMPC, currently serves as a Mental Skills Coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. She earned a Master of Science degree in Sport Psychology and Motor Behavior from The University of Tennessee, focusing on improving performance amongst athletes and performers. She is a Certified Mental Performance Coach (CMPC) through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology. She is also a former two-sport Division I student-athlete, in both basketball and softball. Hannah serves as a human performance advisor for Leadership Under Fire. She has worked with FDNY, MLB, Business Executives, actors, and athletes of all ages. She is also the host of #MentalSweatMonday, a 1-minute video posted every Monday of different tips and tricks to help strengthen your mental performance. Hannah shares her story, her work and her journey as she connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND AND THRIVE LOUD  

Victoria Kennedy is the CEO of Victorious PR, an agency that gets entrepreneurs and internet marketers into the biggest publications in the world, including Instagram and Facebook verification. She is a highly in demand speaker on all things digital marketing, and has helped many clients boost their visibility and revenue. Because of her expertise in marketing, she has been a trusted speaker and contributor to such organizations as the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inman News, Forbes, and Yahoo Finance. In addition to running a successful PR & Marketing agency, she also has given talks, workshops, and has worked as a trusted consultant for Entrepreneurs, C-level executives, and top marketers and influencers. She has been featured in over 200 publications and podcasts both nationally and internationally. In addition to her marketing expertise, Victoria is a #1 selling classical-crossover singer and has sung with the likes of Andrea Bocelli, as well as toured all over Europe with her music. E

Futurist, Technology Translator, People Connector, Speaker and Author Crystal Washington is featured in a Thrive LOUD minisode. Pulled from her original interview, Crystal shares how she balances technology with human connection and how she completely unplugs to better connect. *** CLICK TO CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Rather than harp on the troubles 2020 has presented us with this year - we decided to reach out to some recent guests on Thrive LOUD and focus on GRATITUDE. Listen in, Give Thanks and Be Appreciative of what you have this holiday season.