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You don't have to be a coach to be a leader. You need to be someone you can trust with confidence. Meet Shermain Melton, a Creation Coach and Chief Courage Officer, who started as a boss in a Pizza Hut. He is now an up-and-coming entrepreneur who is changing lives as a coach. Join Tony Martignetti and Shermain in this episode, where Shermain shares how he was already a coach before he earned the title. He discusses his work experience in managing groups of people who trusted him to do the right …

Often when I am connecting with people, I will bring up the concept of ikigai (pronounced Ick-ee-guy). If you have not heard of it, it is a Japanese term that means “a reason for being” or your reason for getting out of bed in the morning.

In order to get to your “sweet spot” or ikigai, you have to ask yourself a few “simple-yet not-easy-to-answer” questions: 

• What do I love? 
• What am I good at? 
• What can I be paid/rewarded for? 
• What does the world need? 

So where do we go from here? …

Following your own advice is probably the hardest thing to do. In this episode, we look at how to make that happen and pave the way for success. Tony Martignetti sits down for an interview with the founder of Boston Speaks, Kit Pang. Kit talks about learning to follow your own advice. He explains why his current profession was his first hurdle and how he convinced himself to push through with a career in public speaking. He explains how a person nurtures their adult mindset and discusses why peo…

What is your relationship with fear? Some people are paralyzed by fear, while others are motivated by it. Lately, I have been thinking about how fear can be fuel if you have the right relationship with it. When you allow fear to stop you from taking action, it prevents you from growing, and it will ultimately prevent you from living fully.

As the Egyptian existentialist Naguib Mahfouz bluntly stated, "Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life." Fear is responsible for holding most people ba…

"Our thoughts can empower or imprison. They empower when we try something new, and they imprison when we let them convince us to stay comfortable." 

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to catch all the breaks and win over and over again? What do the super successful know? What is standing between you and your wildest dreams? The Book of Mistakes will take you on an inspiring journey, following an ancient manuscript with powerful lessons that will transform your life. You will meet David…

The Leader's Journey is an immersive coaching experience that will allow you to dig deep into many areas of your personal and professional life. This experience is for the leader or emerging leader who is navigating through challenges, or they anticipate challenges on the horizon, and they are ready to take action.

The Bold Expedition is an immersive coaching experience that will allow you to have a bigger organizational impact by including leaders in your organization. This experience is for the leader who wants to build a strong, connected organization and provide a clear vision and purpose to all its stakeholders (especially employees).

The Quest for Clarity is a coaching experience that will allow you to gain clarity and move into action. This experience is for the high performing professional who is going through a transition and is ready to take action. They have had success in the past, but they want to break out of old patterns and step into a role that will truly *light them up* and inspire them.

You have heard the saying "seeing the forest through the trees," and maybe in the corporate world, you have been told that you are too detail-oriented, and you need to see the forest through the trees. As with everything in life, context is everything. Your brain does not do absolutes; it only deals with relationships and meaning-making. That being said, sometimes we need to focus on both the forest and the trees. We need to bring the details into focus so we can understand what is truly going o…

If we want to be successful, we must start with developing ourselves. We have different skillsets and talents that we could nurture and offer to the world, no matter how weird they are. Hayden Lee joins Tony Martignetti for a conversation about how we have a specific weirdness and why it’s one of the best traits of being human. Hayden is an Executive Leadership Coach who helps high-potential individuals through self-awareness and goal finding for their personal and professional lives. He holds t…