The podcast is hosted by one of the top franchise development executives in North America, Don Schin. With 23 years of experience in all aspects of franchising, Don teaches all the ins and outs of selling franchises whether you’re a franchisor, a broker, a consultant, or a franchise development manager. Additionally with Don’s large network of some of the top marketers, trainers, and professional speakers in business, and his to the point/maximum punch interviewing style, you’ll never want t ...
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Each month we take a topic, and discuss it using 5 games as examples of those highs and lows.
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My Favorite Mistake: Navigating Business and Career Pitfalls for Leadership Growth and Innovation
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Are you a leader searching for a path to greater effectiveness, insight, and innovation? ”My Favorite Mistake,” hosted by Mark Graban, turns the spotlight on how today’s foremost business thinkers, C-suite executives, and industry disruptors navigate through the labyrinthine world of errors and missteps to come out on the other side with powerful insights and innovative solutions. The Concept: We deconstruct the idea that mistakes are something to be brushed under the carpet; rather, we argu ...
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Being famous has many benefits. Money, prestige, and recognition for your talent, would make most people very happy. On the other hand, being crowded by paparazzi, and getting death threats in the mail, makes being famous a very complicated thing. In this show, you will be getting an inside view of what it's really like to be a star. With opinions fromJack Black, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldmann, Kevin Weisman, Merrin Dungey, and Ildy Modrovich. You will learn the perks and pitfalls of being ...
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So often as Business Owners and Upper Level Managers, we see great talent in our team and immediately think, "HEY, they'll make great managers!" Are you SURE? If they are not trained how to be effective LEADERS, it could have dire consequences on your organization and the morale of the employee that you have just promoted. There are some tips to ensure that becomes a success, however it requires that we train them to be true leaders as opposed to just taking their skills and hoping that they ...
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Embracing Life's Twists: A Journey of Yoga, Meditation, and Unexpected Opportunities with Ann Swanson
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My guest for Episode #256 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Ann Swanson, the author of the internationally bestselling book SCIENCE OF YOGA, which has been translated into over 15 languages. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Her new book, Meditation for the Real World, illuminates the fascinating science behind meditation with step-…
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Bonus Episode Update with Sarah Lohse: Unearthing the Power of Storytelling Her episode of "My Favorite Mistake" Today's episode of "My Favorite Mistake" features Sarah Lohse, founder of Favorite Daughter Media and author of "Open This Book: The Art of Storytelling for Aspiring Thought Leaders." Sarah illuminates storytelling's potential as a power…
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The Trials and Triumphs of Terry Bartley: An Author with ADHD
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #255 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Terry Bartley. He is a high school journalism, literature, and English teacher and writer of the new collection of short stories, Tyranny of the Fey. Terry is the host of the podcast “Most Writers are Fans,” about the intersection between w…
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Attorney Gina Mundy's Motherhood Career Mistake; Preventing Labor & Delivery Errors
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My guest for Episode #254 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Gina Mundy, author of the book A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth: Expecting the Best: Using the Power of Knowledge to Help You Deliver a Healthy Baby. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Gina is an attorney who specializes in childbirth cases. Throughout her career, Gina…
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Overcoming Burnout with Julian Reeve, Former Hamilton Music Director
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My guest for Episode #253 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Julian Reeve, former Musical Director for the musical Hamilton and CEO of Perfect Equilibrium, Inc., a firm that provides consulting services related to employee burnout and retention. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Julian graduated with honors from Anglia Ruskin Univers…
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The Franchise Journey of a 24 year Successful Franchise Executive and Owner pt1
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Thinking of owning a franchise? Hear what it's like after 24 years; share Don's experience as he journeyed through it all.Don Schin
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Military Veteran and Retired Federal Air Marshal Russell Jack on the Mistaken MAGA Movement
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #252 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Russell K. Jack. He’s a retired US Senior Federal Air Marshal, working in that role from 2002 to 2022. Russell previously served five years as a Federal Police Officer. And previously served five years in the Colorado Army National Guard an…
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The Most Important Question in Franchise Development
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3 different ways in which this question is so important in franchise development.Don Schin
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Turning Stumbles into a Dance: Elaine Hart on Building Resilience at Power Fitness
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My guest for Episode #251 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Elaine Hart, the Chief Banana Officer at Power Fitness Events. She’s a resilient fitness enthusiast and former luxury event manager at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Overcoming challenges including anorexia, she discovered strength in fitness and …
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One of the Biggest Mistakes Franchisors make is Uncovered and Solved!
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The secret to profitable unit sales is a strong manager. Learn the ins and outs of hiring and managing units toward increased profits.Don Schin
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250 Episodes! Celebrating and Reflecting on a Podcasting Journey
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In this episode, host Mark Graban reflects on 250 episodes, sharing a few clips, admitting a few mistakes, and telling a few stories. Kevin Harrington episode Mark Teich episode Rep. Will Hurd episode Rep. Adam Smith episode Sofie Roux episode Tom Peters episode Video of Karyn Ross and her suitcaseMark Graban
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How to Better Communicate with your Sales Prospects and Win more often
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World-renowned behavioral assessment expert Dr. Tony Allessandra shares how to use DISC profitably in your business.Don Schin
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How Important is a Good Operations Manual for a Franchisor?
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Can your operations manual help retain good employees? Can it help you sell more franchises? Find out today.Don Schin
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Own your own business without quitting your day job! Don teaches what you need to be considering. He talks about what's going on in franchising right now.Don Schin
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How Speak-Up Culture Builds on Psychological Safety: Stephen Shedletzky
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My guest for Episode #250 (!!!) of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Stephen Shedletzky or “Shed” to his friends. He is a sought-after speaker, coach, and advisor, — As a thought leader on psychological safety in the workplace, Shed has led hundreds of keynote presentations, workshops, and leadership development programs around the world. Episode …
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Buying or Selling a Franchise, you Need to Educate Yourself
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SELLERS: When is the last time you had professional sales training? BUYERS - don't let fear hold you back - get some training.Don Schin
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Breaking Barriers in the NHL and Building Fitness Communities: Sandy Weston
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My guest for Episode #249 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Sandy Joy Weston M.Ed. She is a keynote speaker, international podcaster, three times published author, and entrepreneur, who has owned and operated health and wellness companies over the past 30 years. Episode page Early in her career, she became the first female trainer for the Phila…
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Pipeline Management how to Effectively Implement and use CRMs.
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Dave Hansen helps Avoid the pitfalls and leverage the use of your CRM for greater profits.Don Schin
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Building a Prototype the Customer Didn't Believe: Bruno Pešec
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My guest for Episode #248 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Bruno Pešec, A Croatian living in Norway. Episode page with video, transcript, and more Bruno Pešec helps business leaders innovate profitably. He is the rare innovator who can claim he's worked on a regulation-defying freight train and an award-winning board game. In addition to his c…
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Rest - it could be the most productive thing you do today
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Don shares personal experience on how he has made resting a success habit.Don Schin
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Driving Growth: The Generosity Culture and Sharing Mistakes with April Shprintz
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My guest for Episode #247 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is April Shprintz, owner of her firm, Driven Outcomes. She’s is a leading sales expert and business accelerator, having generated over $1.2 billion in direct revenue in different roles. Episode page with video, transcript, and more She is also the creator of The Generosity Culture® and th…
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Leadership in Small Business with Luke Frey
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Don and Luke discuss the 5 things you need to be successful at while owning a small business and franchise/franchisee.Don Schin
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Embracing Mistakes, Opportunity, and Success: Stories from JM Ryerson, Let's Go Win
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My guest for Episode #246 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is JM Ryerson, co-founder and CEO of Let's Go Win. He's an author, leadership & performance coach, international speaker, and host of the Let’s Go Win podcast. Episode page with video, transcript, and more JM Ryerson founded and sold three businesses and is now helping leadership teams do…
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3 Strategies for Qualifying Franchise Sales Leads
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How do you know whether you've got a serious candidate or not? Don shares 3 simple things you can do to determine the quality and interest of a candidate in your process.Don Schin
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Marketing, Mistakes, and Mastery with Lauren Petrullo of Mongoose Media
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My guest for Episode #245 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Lauren Petrullo. She is an award-winning marketing expert, digital marketing and eCommerce consultant, and successful multi-founder. Lauren has overcome great adversity from a young age, as well as living by the F.A.I.L. method with her Mongoose Media “pack mates” as she calls them. Ep…
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7 Attitudes and Actions for your Best Year Ever
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How to have the best year of your life as Don shares his 7 Attitudes and Actions for the best year ever. Sometimes you have to do different things, and sometimes you have to STOP doing some things.Don Schin
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Rokrbox’s Journey Towards Five-Star Company Culture: Lessons in Resilience & Growth Josh Cunningham
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My guest for Episode #244 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Josh Cunningham, the CEO and Founder of rokrbox – an inside sales assistant company based in College Station, Texas. Episode page with transcript and more After starting rokrbox in 2013, Josh’s real estate company has worked over 3,000,000 internet leads for teams all across the countr…
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2024 Trends, Predictions, and what to Watch Out for in Franchise Development
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No one can predict the future, But Don shares what he's seeing in the marketplace as continuing from last year, and that will impact your results in 2024.Don Schin
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Moving Mountains: How Jenn Drummond Conquered Entrepreneurship and World Peaks
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My guest for Episode #243 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Jenn Drummond. Episode page with video, transcript, and more She is a Mom of seven, a successful business owner, and a World Record holder. As the first woman to climb the second highest summits on each of the seven continents, she now spends her time inspiring others to create a thriv…
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What will you do to get better results make more money in 2024?
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Tips on making more money in the new year. What will YOU do differently?Don Schin
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Leave a legacy; make an impact; make a difference. Here's how.Don Schin
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Amazon’s Culture of Experimentation and Learning; Big Bet Leadership with John Rossman
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My guest for Episode #242 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is John Rossman, a leadership and digital transformation expert. John is the author of three books on leadership and business innovation including the best seller The Amazon Way. He is an early Amazon executive who played a key role in launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002. Hi…
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One BIG thing to Consider before Starting a Business!
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Health and fitness has such a tremendous impact on business ownership. Hear strategies to be more successful in business and in life from a fitness expert.Don Schin
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Bouncing Back from Mistakes and the Importance of Diversity in Casting: Jazzy Collins, CSA
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My guest for Episode #241 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Jazzy Collins, CSA, a Casting Director who holds the honor of being the first Black two-time Emmy® nominee in the Outstanding Reality Casting category. Episode page with video, transcript, and more She has worked for hit reality shows including Lizzo's Watch Out For The Big Grrls (Amaz…
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How it Benefits your Company When you Give Back to the Community
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Volunteer, donate, support - what franchisees and franchisors should be doing. It helps others and it will come back to benefit your businesses.Don Schin
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The Military Approach to Learning from Failure: Insights from George A. Milton
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #240 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is George A. Milton, America’s Failure Coach. George is the CEO of Failure Is Not The Problem, LLC, a consulting company that specializes in leadership development and training, life coaching, and motivational speaking. He is a United States A…
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Life and Business Success : Other Critical Relationships to Have
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Accountability in life is key to success. Other advisors are needed for key stages of life.Don Schin
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Thrive with a Hybrid Workplace Without Getting Sued: Julie Kantor, Ph.D. and Felice Ekelman, J.D.
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #239 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast are Felice B. Ekelman, an employment lawyer, and Julie P. Kantor, a business psychologist and executive coach — they are authors of the new book, THRIVE WITH A HYBRID WORKPLACE: Step-by-Step Guidance from the Experts. Felice is a principal of…
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Life & Business Success: The Family
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Want success in life and business? Family relationships are key.Don Schin
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Avoiding Mistakes in HR and Leadership: A Conversation with Tom Applegarth
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #238 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Tom Applegarth, Vice President Human Resources for Preferred CFO, a company that provides Finance, Accounting, HR & Payroll support for small companies. Learn more at PreferredCFO.com. Tom has over 30 years of experience, including serving …
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Roadmap to Buying a Franchise: What is going to Hold you Back?
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The elephant in the room about buying a franchise.Don Schin
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Lessons from Failures: Navigating Mistakes with Amy Edmondson, Author of ”Right Kind of Wrong”
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #234 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Amy C. Edmondson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, renowned for her research on psychological safety over twenty years. Named by Thinkers50 in 2021 (And again here in 2023) as the #1 Manage…
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Roadmap to Buying a Franchise: What Kinds of Businesses are out there?
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With over 80 industry/categories and 5000 franchise brands, how do I decide what franchise to buy?Don Schin
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Inside the BloomBox: Reimagining Global Education with Sofie Roux
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #236 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Sofie Roux, the visionary Gen Z Founder & CEO of BloomBox Design Labs, which is transforming education through innovation. Sofie's journey began long before her studies at Stanford University, where she studies civil engineering and archite…
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In our series on having the most successful year in business and life, Don talks about the importance of having a mentor.Don Schin
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Roadmap to buying a franchise Part 2: What's your why?
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The most important thing you can do is decide what your why is.Don Schin
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The Art of Overcoming Mistakes at Work: Lessons from Cliff Hazell
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #235 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Cliff Hazell, a leadership coach and startup advisor, formerly of Spotify. Cliff has made a career out of breaking down the obstacles that stand in the way of great work. He is often challenging the status quo in his quest to develop the ri…
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The Beer Blogger turned Podcast Maestro: Jason Cercone’s Story, Mistakes, and Lessons
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Episode page with video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #234 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Jason Cercone, the host of “Solo Podcasting Simplified.” With nearly a decade of experience in the podcast world, Jason has built his brand around the consumptive power of storytelling and simplifying podcast initiatives. He helps results-d…
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Roadmap to Buying a Franchise - 9 Characteristics you Need to Have
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Do you have what it takes to be a business owner? Part 1 of a series about having a roadmap to buying a franchise. 9 characteristics all successful business owners have.Don Schin
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Victory Beyond the Soccer Field: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Phebe Trotman
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Episode page with video and moreMy guest for Episode #233 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Phebe Trotman, a successful and heart-centered entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, who is passionate about helping others discover their joy. Her book, released in July, is Never Quit on a Bad Day: Inspiring Stories of Resilience – Thriving Entrepre…
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