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Aug 19
Love45

Mark J. Carter

By Author, Personal Growth, Podcast No Comments

Have you ever wanted to reach out to someone you admire but talked yourself out of asking?

This week on Here’s What We Know, Mark J. Carter has been asking people for their time since he was in college, when he started tracking down CEOs, authors, and other successful people simply because he wanted to learn from them. That curiosity eventually led to his work as an interviewer, the Idea Climbing podcast, and conversations with people like Bo Jackson.

Mark shares what he has learned from years of interviewing successful people, including the two questions that can help an interviewer when they don’t know what to ask next: How? And why? We also talk about networking, asking for help, finding your personal superpower, building a brand, and figuring out how to turn a big idea into something that can actually make money.

This episode is sponsored by:

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In this episode:

  • How Mark started reaching out to successful people before social media changed networking
  • Why asking for someone’s time can be much easier than we make it
  • The importance of genuine curiosity
  • Mark’s “How and Why” approach to interviewing
  • What he learned from interviewing Bo Jackson
  • How to find your personal superpower
  • Why everyone has a personal brand
  • How to ask for help without feeling like you’re imposing
  • Turning a big idea into a business
  • Why successful entrepreneurs keep looking for the next challenge
  • How Mark uses interviews to help coaches, consultants, and speakers tell better stories

Quotations:

“I figured if you want to be successful, surround yourself with and learn from successful people.” – Mark J. Carter

“It’s not going to hurt to ask. That’s my big thing. It never hurts to ask. The worst you’re going to hear is no. No harm done.” – Mark J. Carter

Bio:

Mark J. Carter is the founder and host of the Idea Climbing podcast, as well as an interviewer, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. For more than 27 years, his curiosity about how successful people think, solve problems, and turn ideas into action has led him to conversations with entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, and other accomplished people. He is the author of Idea Climbing: How to Create a Support System for Your Next Big Idea, and his upcoming book, Idea Scaling: How to Monetize Your Next Big Idea With Passion and Purpose, draws on interviews with six-, seven-, and eight-figure business owners to offer practical guidance for entrepreneurs. Mark also brings his experience as an improv practitioner to his interviews and presentations, creating conversations that are curious, collaborative and spontaneous.

Guest Contact Info:

Website: https://www.markjcarter.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjcarter/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markjcarter/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mjcarter/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkJCarter

Jul 01
Love44

Deadair Dennis Maler

By Comedian, Personal Growth, Podcast No Comments

What keeps someone creating after the industry changes, the paycheck shrinks, and the path gets harder?

This week on Here’s What We Know, we welcome comedian, producer, and podcaster Deadair Dennis Maler for an honest conversation about radio, stand-up comedy, podcasting, and the lifelong search for your own voice.

Dennis shares how growing up in punk rock shaped his do-it-yourself mindset, why radio first captured his imagination, and what eventually pushed him toward stand-up comedy and podcasting. We’ll talk about creativity, authenticity, representation, and how staying true to yourself might be the only business model that works anymore.

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re on the right path or you’ve questioned whether it’s worth continuing to create, this conversation will remind you why the work still matters.

This episode is sponsored by:

(Be sure to tell them Gary sent you!)

In this episode:

  • How Dennis went from punk rock DIY culture to radio to stand-up to podcasting
  • The story of radio consultants who made everyone talk the same way for 10 seconds at a time
  • The one thing that separates successful creators from those who burn out
  • How Dennis’s tour guide job in Boston became his favorite platform
  • The reality of building a creative career
  • The real numbers: why most podcasts die, and how to build one that doesn’t
  • What it actually takes to grind out content every single day

Quotations:

“Even if I were independently wealthy, I would still be doing this. I would still be finding a way to perform. I would still be trying to find a way to broadcast, talk to people, or entertain people.” – Deadair Dennis Maler

“I can watch the light up in their face when they laugh at how hard it is. And then I got addicted.”  – Deadair Dennis Maler

“Everyone needs somebody else, whether it’s emotional, whether it’s mental, whether it’s pushing buttons, or whether it’s editing. We all need others in our lives, and I’m as happy to be there for someone else as I am when somebody else is there for me.”  – Deadair Dennis Maler

Bio:

Deadair Dennis Maler is a comedian, actor, writer, & podcaster who has been heard on radio stations throughout the country including SiriusXM, DC101, The Party Playhouse with Jackson Blue, and more.

He has been featured on comedy festivals throughout the country, is the Comedy Editor for DigBoston, and hosts the Big Comedy Network podcast So, What Do You Really Do? and the YouTube show Word of the Day with Comedians.

Deadair Dennis is funny, loud, abrasively social, and allergy-free since 1981.

Guest Contact Info:

Website: https://deadairdennis.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deadairdennis/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deadairdennismaler/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deadairdennis