Ep. 274: Playing football and basketball shaped this CEO who oversees 32,000 financial advisors and $2.6 trillion in assets. You will learn:

• What getting benched after an 0-6 start to his high school football season taught Rich about the impact of his effort on others.

• Why HOW you win matters just as much as WHAT you accomplish—and why LPL uses it as the deciding factor when evaluating talent.

• How unexpected "surprise and delight" moments can create a culture where people feel valued and celebrated.

Do you want to write a book? In my new role as Publisher at Forbes Books and with the incredible resources and expertise of their team, we're making it easier than ever to help YOU to tell your story. Send us a message here to get started: https://books.forbes.com/don/

Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness.

Special thanks to Abbie Brandt for making this episode possible.

Ep. 273: Six months before his daughter's wedding, he got a diagnosis: liver cancer, less than six months to live. Three years of treatment later, and now he's Chairman, President and CEO of Southern Company — a company that just ranked #1 in its industry on Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies list.

On this episode, you will learn:

• Why he tells his team "I can't do anything by myself" — and means it

• How vulnerability, not authority, built trust across 30,000 employees

• What it actually takes to avoid complacency after you've already won

Do you want to write a book? In my new role as Publisher at Forbes Books and with the incredible resources and expertise of their team, we're making it easier than ever to help YOU to tell your story. Send us a message here to get started:https://books.forbes.com/don/

Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness.

Special thanks to Amelia Prieto for making this episode possible.

Ep. 272: The Business of Storytelling hit shelves this week and Simon Sinek is here to celebrate! Join us for this special edition episode to learn:

• Why you should treat every story like a jigsaw puzzle

• Why AI can write a great story, but can't make you a better storyteller

• The Disneyland detail that reveals the real power of a company's origin story

• Why "I've heard this story..." might be the most underrated four words in storytelling

Do you want to write a book? In my new role as Publisher at Forbes Books and with the incredible resources and expertise of their team, we're making it easier than ever to help YOU to tell your story. Send us a message here to get started: https://books.forbes.com/don/

Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness.

Special thanks to Abbie Brandt for making this episode possible.