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Never stick to just one thing. Life can be crazy sometimes, jobs will come and go along the way just like the many career paths of Dorie Clark. Dorie was named to the by Thinkers50. She is a writer for Harvard Business Review, FastCompany, and Business Insider. She is also the author of the book, Stand Out which Inc. Magazine declared the #1 Leadership Book of 2015. Join your host, Tony Martignetti as he talks to Dorie Clark on how she started her career as a journalist, then how she tackled fre…

Sometimes, it takes one traumatic moment to really change your life for the better. These are the things that can really open your eyes to your future. That's exactly what happened to Michael O'Brien. Michael is the Executive Business Coach of Peloton Executive Coaching and serves on the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association global board. He is also a speaker, a cyclist, and the author of the book Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows; Winning at Work and in Life. In this episode, Tony Martignetti t…

"Your story helps you to uncover your purpose. Connect with your past to move yourself forward." 

I recently had the pleasure of being featured on The School of Purpose Podcast hosted by Bradley Wright, Ph.D. Brad and I had a deep conversation about purpose. What made it especially meaningful was that we come from very different backgrounds and our conversation was a warm convergence of what purpose can mean to people. We covered a lot of ground but, here are the key areas:

• Unearthing th…

"You need teamwork. You can’t succeed on the mountain alone. You need to be prepared."

One of my recent favorite episodes of The Virtual Campfire is my interview with Erik Seversen, "Forging A Path Of Extreme Adventure: Creating Success And FulfillmentErik has forged a path filled with extreme adventure and personal success, and he embodies living life to the fullest. He models the way to step outside of our self-imposed boundaries, so we can expand our capacity to experience more. As a full-t…

We live in an ever-changing world. In just a blink of an eye, your whole life can take a turn for better or for worse. Take the last few years for example. Not one of us expected the pandemic to come in and ruin so many businesses. During this time, companies were forced to pivot in order to continue making a profit, or even just to survive. This is why adaptability is so important because no one can predict what will happen next. Join Tony Martignetti and his guest, Mike Raven, co-founder of Le…

Reading: Ozan Varol is a former rocket scientist, turned award-winning professor, successful blogger, and author of the number one best-selling book Think Like a Rocket Scientist. He is also a past guest on The Virtual Campfire (have a listen). One of his recent blog posts titled "Your safety net is a straitjacket" was packed with some great insights I wanted to share with you. Ozan realized that the safety net of his tenured professorship had become a straitjacket to bigger potential opportun…

It takes good connections and a strong relationship in order to grow a business. It’s a business leader’s main job to create, form, and sustain healthy relationships because at the end of the day an organization is just a group of people in a relationship. They’re in a relationship with each other, they’re in a relationship with the customer, and they’re in a relationship with themselves. Join Tony Martignetti and his guest, Blaine Bartlett as they give meat to the bones of this timely and relev…

"Balance is not something you find; it is something you create." - Jana Kingsford

I am sure that you are sick of hearing about "work/life balance." You have probably wondered if that is even possible, especially without any boundaries between work and life these days. In today's post, we will uncover some ideas about creating a different type of balance, leadership balance, by tapping into ancient Buddhist wisdom that couldn't be more relevant today than when it was first founded in the 6th …

Have you ever started a completely new relationship with something really old? Like something from the back of your closet that suddenly becomes your favorite new thing?

Well, I'd like to offer you a new relationship with a particular word. Many people don't really know what a mission is, much less how to know their own mission. Here's my simple perspective on it.

Imagine a child with one of those solid rubber, bouncing balls. They throw it down, and it bounces incredibly high. Then it comes d…

How does it feel to know you did something wrong? For most people, there's nothing worse than having to admit they messed up.

And it makes sense. Back when we were running from dinosaurs and pterodactyls, being wrong about something could be the kiss of death for your whole cave clan.

So, we've got this instinctual response to being wrong that feels like we are in the spotlight of shame. But, in today's world, we need to upgrade our relationship with the word "wrong" if we're going to create w…