Success Made to Last Legends

We heard Des Wadsworth as the keynote speaker at a Men's Retreat at Gateway South. 

Des Wadsworth, a native of Australia, explained his accent, which comes from his upbringing in northwest England. 

Hear his extraordinary story of the American Bison and Inside the Storm. 

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Ben Reinberg, seasoned business leader, author, Dad, and CEO of Alliance Consolidated Group of Companies has built a team and culture that has scaled the organization to over $1 billion in assets and 28% historical IRR. He credits the leadership within his culture, dominated by women. 

Hear about the defining moment when Alliance decided that women in key leadership roles would fuel rapid growth. Listen to the details on loyalty, dedication, nurturing management style and commanding respect, setting the tone to move forward. 

Pay attention to your own company's core values and how women embrace the core values, wa...

Michael Menard was educated as an engineer, holds over 200 patents for the invention of many products you enjoy today.  Michael has shifted to a truly significant issue of our lifetime. 

At 74, Michael discovered the most important truth of my life: the real enemy isn't the bottle, the pills, the needles and early death—it's the wounds that drive people to them. Now he is breaking the silence because 787 Americans will die today from a crisis we refuse to name.

Michael has responded to a Higher Calling to inform, teach and lead a movement to arrest childhood trau...

"Easily one of the best podcast conversations of the year" cites one of Austin's top investors. This show with Mike Grossman, six time CEO of Silicon Valley companies, provides a short master class in scaling companies, staying focused, and navigating failures in high stakes. 

His book is revealing, hard hitting and full of reflections. Purchase and read Failure is An Option: Reflections of a Silicon Valley CEO. 

Mike insists that you embrace the Serenity Prayer to understand the extent of your control in a start up and how this prayer has kept his perspective intact. 

Straight out of Philly is Billy "Shoes" Johnson, one of my favorite drummers of all time on today's show. 

He was the MAN playing with Santana during the Supernatural tour and the sound on Da Le Yaleo! 

Billy riffs about his favorite musicians including Stanley Clark, Chick Corea, George Howard, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, and Jerry Brown. We are talking music history and Billy was in the jam.  

Billy pays homage to his parents, siblings and Grandparents for listening to his drumming in his early years. 

"Put your ego in your back pocke...

TrulySignificant.com honors the one and only Dame Jane Goodall. 

Why Jane Goodall Matters 1. She expanded our understanding of animals
Her groundbreaking research with chimpanzees showed that animals use tools, have emotions, build relationships, and display intelligence once thought to belong only to humans. She helped erase the false line between “us” and “them.”
2. She made science more human
Jane Goodall combined rigorous observation with empathy, patience, and respect. She proved that compassion and science can work together.
3. She became a voice for the planet
Her life’s work moved beyond research into global advo...

Truly Significant honors the one and only Porter Garner III, pioneer of Aggie Network and leader of the Texas A&M Former Students Association as TRULY SIGNIFICANT TEXAN. 

For more than four decades, Porter has been a steady hand and a trusted voice guiding the Association of Former Students. He made Aggie core values strategic. Porter is emblematic of the heroes from our book When Core Values are Strategic.Porter didn’t just lead an organization, he strengthened the Aggie Network. Clearly, it’s one of the most loyal and powerful communities anywhere in the world. His leadership and t...

Steve Carlis can be viewed as a Truly Significant pioneer because the highest form of significance is not just building brands—it is seeing greatness in people before the world does. That is a rare gift. It means recognizing talent in its early, unfinished stages and helping it become influence, impact, and legacy.

Why That Matters: Many people can judge performance after success is obvious.
Very few can identify potential before the applause begins. That kind of vision requires:Discernment – noticing gifts others overlookPattern recognition – seeing future momentum in present behaviorCourage – betting on people earlyStewardship – helping talent grow, not...

Truly Significant honors Dr. Ken Ro, 35+ year ER doctor, founder of Back in the Game Men, providing physician led concierge healthcare for men and author of PRIME: How to Win the Second Half of Life. Drawing on decades in the ER, Dr. Ro provides the most vulnerable conversation, opening his heart and soul to life, our daily stresses with such clarity and grace. 

Most people see stress as the enemy, but Dr. Ro has a different view. He helps us understand good stress. 

Of prime importance, rise above your current situation to look at your life wi...

Finbar O'Hanlon is a futurist, music prodigy, and native of Liverpool, England. He now resides in Australia and creates the most fabulous music, sonic brands, and pantheon of sounds.

Finbar riffs on the irrelevancy of prime time television and how it mirrors today's audience and how they are not reaching their full potential. 

Finbar has worked all of his life to live and be distinctive. Being different is the most powerful tool. 

Hear about the importance of chemistry in a team or in a musical band.  It's enlightening. 

Listen to his experience and...

Truly Significant Texans honors Bob Schneider, prolific Austin songwriter and musician. He moved to Live Music Capital in 1989 and owes his significance to his Dad. Considering him a genius, his Dad was once an opera singer and could hear a song once and know the lyrics. 

Enjoy hearing about Bob's influences ranging from Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Queen and The Beatles. 

Hear about "how the sausage is made" meaning how songs are written, structured and finished. It includes coming up with a phrase, sending to fellow songwriters and forcing a deadline to finish. "You are always st...

Truly Significant celebrates today's Moon Shot, John Glenn...all through the lens of Bryan McCleary. 

Bryan is the celebrated speechwriter for our hero- John Glenn. 

This special show honors our hero and weaves in Bryan's career at P&G, his message as an author, and provides timely advice to want to be entrepreneurs leaving corporate America.

Follow Bryan on LInked in at Bryan McCleary. 

We promise that Bryan will return to talk about his latest book in a series that will help define YOUR own legacy. 

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Truly Significant honors Sonic Guild of Austin featuring their CEO Dave Verratti. 

Sonic Guild of Austin  (www.sonicguild.org) is a nonprofit, membership-based organization that supports local musicians and the Austin music scene—financially and through community-building. Here’s a clear breakdown:A community-powered music nonprofit (originally called Black Fret)Founded in Austin in 2013Part of a broader national organization with chapters in multiple cities💡 What it doesGives grants and financial support to local artistsOver $6.5 million awarded to hundreds of Austin musicians and music businessesHosts live music events and private concerts for membersBuilds a community of music supporters (patrons...

Truly Significant honors Chantel and John Steinreich, Austin based, husband and wife team that perform around Texas and oversee JDS Entertainment. 

Hear their inside story that includes 30 years in LA, early years in New Jersey, a chapter in Vegas, and now in Austin. They met at an arts and media church in the center of Hollywood. They have been playing professionally together since 1998 and started JDS Entertainment. 

Listen to Chantel's layered life that has a foundation from her Grandmother's value system. 

Pay attention to how Chantel and John have built their enterprise, keeping family pri...

Deborah Farone has spoken to and inspired women on four continents often meeting with "rainmakers" who rank among the world's top business generators. As the former CMO of two of the world's most prestigious law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore, along with with Debevoise & Plimpton,. Deborah made it her mission to shed light on the accomplishments of leading women lawyers in those practices. 

Hear about best practices from Deborah's experience especially in business development. Of significance is the beautiful metaphor of gardening that comes out of this conversation. 

Deborah speaks of unique gardens where there was supreme fo...

Dr. David Hilmers is one of my heroes. We respect, honor, and love Dr. Hilmers. 

Some lives do not move in a straight line. They arc. They climb, break, turn, and then rise again in a direction no résumé can fully explain. Dr. David Hilmers has lived that kind of life. He was a Marine aviator. A NASA astronaut on four Space Shuttle missions. An engineer. A man who saw the Earth from the cold black silence of space and logged more than twenty days above it.

 By any ordinary telling, that would have been enou...

TrulySignificant.com honors the one and only Tina Neel, DVM. She went to Oklahoma State to become a veternarian. Hailing from the wild and wooly city of Lawton, Oklahoma, she grew up on a farm loving animals. 

Rock Star Vets series is a high energy, emergency case program. Hear Tina talk to about carrying the life-saving responsibility and along with heartbreak. 

Learn about compassion fatigue of vets. What happens when you have euthenize a pet that is the ONLY family member that someone has? The pet is okay. It's the people left behind that are grieving mi...

Dan Ashley, award winning journalist and ABC 7, San Francisco anchor, delivers a powerful, positive message on the state of our union relative to Significance. 

Dan has devoted over four decades reporting on the biggest stories in America. Hear his perspective on how Americans see themselves. 

We often hear "we the people," yet our culture often feels centered on "me the individual." Dan comments on the shift. 

Pay attention to Dan's stories on Americans at their very best, working together.   What is the media's responsibility to highlight stories of unity and service to others, not just...

William Keck began his career working for TV titan Aaron Spelling, grew into studio page at NBC and CBS and then graduated to journalism and eventually television production. 

William honors his Mom as his central mentor and fuel for curiosity to follow Hollywood stars. 

Hear about the angel and devil that sat on William's shoulders during his days at the National Enquirer.   Listen to the guilt and soul crushing moral dilemmas. 

Of interest is William's definition of truth and how it has evolved from tabloid reporting to where he is today.  

William's reflect...

TrulySignificant.com riffs with the one and only Warren Hood. Warren is one of Austin’s most respected musicians—known especially as a fiddler, violinist, mandolin player, singer, and songwriter. He’s deeply rooted in the Austin music scene and blends Americana, country, folk, bluegrass, and swing influences.

He comes from a musical family: his father Champ Hood was a member of the legendary Austin acoustic trio Uncle Walt’s Band, which had a major influence on the Texas singer-songwriter movement.

Here are the bands and artists Warren Hood has played with starting with The Warren Hood Ban...

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Blazy Awards.  Hall of Fame songwriter Kent Blazy host this insightful awards ceremony with TrulySignificant.com founder Rick Tocquigny.  Enjoy special tributes to Les Paul, The Beatles and our annual Memorium to musicians that went on their eternal home. 

The envelope please..... Kent's special awards for Newcomer of the Year- Jesse Wells. Listen to his extraordinary album Middle. According to Kent, he is the modern day traveling troubadour.  

The Blazys pay tribute to the most influential duo of all time- The Everly Brothers. Consider how Phil and Don inspired Lennon and McCar...

TrulySignificant.com honors the extraordinary culture of the Texas Parks & Wildlife division led by Rodney Franklin.  

Hear Rodney's backstory, starting with his upbringing in Paris, Texas and the positive influence of his Spanish teacher. 

And here is an excerpt from the upcoming book Big Hearted Texans that captures the spirit of this podcast:

Every significant life has a moment—sometimes a single flash, sometimes a slow dawn—when a person realizes: This isn’t just work. This is stewardship.For Rodney, it sharpened when his world expanded from a small historic site to the wide acre...

TrulySignificant.com presents the story of Heartgift.org as told through graceful, visionary leadership of their CEO Christy Casey Moore.

Heartgift has saved nearly 3000 children's lives with a global mission to provide life-saving heart surgeries to children with congenital heart defect who live in areas with little or no access to specialized cardiac care. 

Hear the inside story on this Truly Significant organization, how they mobilize teams, and how one particular story of Christian has become emblematic of Heartgift.org legacy. 

Contribute today and volunteer for www.heartgift.org.

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TrulySignificant.com honors Austin based, Ecuadorian artist Javier Jara who is debuting your latest album Our Rhythms, Our Voices. 

It's more than an album, it's a personal project that honors and celebrates the Latin American community. Javier and his team interviewed immigrants from all walks of life to create songs about their experiences, using rhythms from their native lands, resulting in a body of work that is focused on spreading positivity and light. 

Our Rhythms, Our Voices is part oral history and part roots music experimentation, the project aims to celebrate the Latin American community, their di...

Trulysignificant.com honors Patrick Sweeney, globally known as the Fear Guru, author of five books including Founders Creed, and cancer survivor. 

Patrick is also a 5x CEO, venture capital operating partner, and investor in over 75 startups. He couragely took a flying lesson and now flies stunt planes.

Facing his mortality taught him how to live. 

Learn how we overcome a 2 million year old software inside the amygdula. The pre-frontal cortex is like the modern day i-phone with one application. Hear about how the amygdula highjacks you with fear, flight, or freezing...all innate actions wi...

TrulySignificant.com honors Jacqueline Perez, founder and CEO of Kuel Life, a leading voice in the movement to normalizing aging for women over 50. 

Listen to Jacqueline riff about visable leadership, reinvention, positioning mid life women as a powerful cultural and economic force. 

This is a point in history with the sheer number of women over 50 hitting a record high. Marketers must pay attention, celebrate unique strenghts and contributions of women in their prime years.

Be inspired by this brilliant, insightful conversation. Visit www.kuellife.com today. 

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TrulySignificant.com welcomes back Dr. Laurie Cure riffing on Emotional Intelligence. 

Hear how emotional intelligence informs us and helps us make decisions. 

How can you make Emotional Intelligence a part of your tool kit? 

How do you show up as a leader and manage change by integrating emotional intelligence?  Can we integrate humanity back into an AI infused corporate world? 

Learn that emotional intelligence is not a static construct. Decide if you want a "truly significant" company.   Email Rick@trulysignificant.com with questions and contact Innovative Connections to talk to Dr. Laurie Cure. ...

TrulySignificant.com brings back a favorite guest, author and futurist Marc Morgenstern. Read his books..The Soul of Deal Making...is our favorite. 

Here's why you should listen to Marc.

Marc is significant because he reframes the concept of “deal making” from being purely transactional to being deeply relational, values-driven, and purpose-centered. Here’s why that matters: 1. He Elevates Deal Making from Tactics to Character Most books on deal making focus on:
Negotiation tacticsFinancial engineeringLegal structureCompetitive advantageMorgenstern shifts the conversation to:
IntentIntegrityAlignment of valuesLong-term relationship healthHis central idea is that great deals are not won — t...

TrulySignificant.com presents Oren Fanok is the 27-year-old CEO of Pegasus Ticketing, a startup quietly modernizing how zoos, aquariums, and attractions run their operations while funneling funds into conservation. In just two years, Oren has gone from data analyst to CEO, building a unified, AI-enabled point-of-sale system that replaces outdated infrastructure across mission-driven institutions. His story is compelling for a leadership audience not just because of the tech, but because of the intention behind it. Oren designed Pegasus from the ground up with a 3% giveback model embedded into every transaction, ensuring that each ticket sold helps fund wildlife and habitat...

TrulySignificant.com riffs with Kevin Adler, new Daddy, founder of Miracle Messages. 

Kevin F. Adler is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, speaker, and “street sociologist” whose work focuses on homelessness, relational poverty, and community connection. He is best known for founding Miracle Messages, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people experiencing homelessness rebuild social support systems and find belonging and stability. He has been featured in major media outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, and delivered a TED Talk on his work. Adler has received recognition as a TED Resident, Presidential Leadership Scholar, American Express / Ashok...

TrulySignificant.com presents GO TEXAN honoring Guy Stout at the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association. 

Guy has been in the wine industry for over 40 years holding every conceivable position from grape growing, making wine, working in restauranteur, master sommelier, CEO and mentor to many.

Enjoy this odyssey that will inform, entertain, and illuminate.

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Truly Significant honors Yasiris Ortiz, featured professional table tennis player in the movie Marty Supreme and founder of Spin and Learn Foundation. 

Enjoy her remarkable story of immigration, resilience, vision, and tenacity to serve others. Ms. Ortiz defines Truly Significance as she lifts young people up, especially the special needs community. 

Yasiris speaks candidly about accessibility, cultural relevance, and disadvantaged youth. 

She answers the CALL to help, uplift and educate students, instilling courage, pride and purpose.

Contribute today to www.spinandlearn.com or call 718-690-1693. Email info@spinandlearn.com. 

TrulySignificant.com honors Monica Nasif, founder, entrepreneur, and brand builder of Mrs. Meyers. Inspired by her mother Thelma Meyer, she entered into the $19B household cleaning product market with their fearlessness of Thelma. 

Today, Monica is sharing details from her illuminating book- I Bottled My Mother (The Mrs. Meyer's Story: Grit, Grime and Growing a Business), debuting March 2026 from IdeaPress Publishing)

Learn what is truly significant to Monica beyond revenue, exits, and brand recognition. 

Hear about the toughness and playfulness of Monica coupled with her work ethic. 

Did Monica actually retire at 53 or...

TrulySignificant.com presents author Kyle Young riffing on his book Success is a Numbers Game: Achieve Bigger Goals by Changing the Odds. 

Learn this: every goal has two hidden numbers attached- probability of success and probability of failure. Hear about the inner qualities that will influence those numbers.

Is "changing the odds" really about changing external conditions or changing ourselves first? 

Kyle is training for a marathon. Hear about his success diagram for eating, sleeping and training and never falling into the "averaging trap." 

And listen to Kyle stepping back from the boa...

Dr. Bill Sappenfield, theologian, man of grace and gifted with common spiritual sense, returns to our studio to celebrate the beginning of Lent. 

Enjoy hearing his perspective and wisdom as we recalibrate our lives over the next 40+ days of Lent. 



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Stephanie Michelle Pimentel is a force of nature serving as Founder and CEO of Lumena Global. This "take no prisoners" leader brings cultural fluency, compliance precision and discipline, and operational clarity for companies seeking to scale their businesses to Latin America. 

Enjoy this insightful interview where Stephanie shifts the narrative to boardroom topics that are of prime interest.  

Visit www.luminaglobal.com today to learn more about their services and the extraordinary leadership of Stephanie Michelle Pimentel....born in the Bronx by Dominican parents and resonating clearly with business expertise for the Latin American markets. 

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner wrote one of the finest pieces of non-fiction with Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist. It is a book for "the ages" and is a finalist for non-fiction book of the decade at Truly Significant.com. 

This book is pure gold blending joy, history, social justice, accessibiity, and more. 

We recommend this book for every student of art, music, film, television, dancing, and even anthropology. It clarifies purpose and intention. 

In this conversation, learn about "perfection paralysis," the rhythm and process of "page-system-measure," the value of the smartest form of collaboration, and...

According to author Kyle Young, every goal has two hidden numbers attached- probability of success and probability of failure. Hear about the inner qualities of leadership that influence those numbers. 

Learn the secret to achieving bigger goals and changing the odds. Listen to Kyle's framework that prevent you and your enterprise from falling into the trap of averaging.

From a cultural and significance perspective, you will be illuminated with tips on probability hacking where your culture will flourish. 

Most importantly, Kyle steps back from boardrooms and frameworks and shares his heart on being truly si...

When Barry Hoffner lost his wife Jackie in a sudden tragedy, his grief was a black hole that consumed everything. But amid the quiet wreckage of loss, something unexpected stirred: the call to move, to reconnect, join a community and to live again. 

What you will hear today is a remarkable recovery and an audacious mission visit to all 193 countries on Earth. 

Listen to the incredible story tied to Belonging to the World, a deeply felt memoir of healing from grief, finding resilience, and forging human, emotional connection across the globe.

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TrulySignificant.com kicks off Valentine's Day week with Dr. Shannon Poach, Founder of TheRightOne.net doing a fun, couples Q&A. 

Hear this robust conversation that covers: 
How to say emotionally connected when work, stress and life takes over.Why do we keep having the same argument even though we think we understand each other's point of view?How and why do past relationships and life experiences keep shaping the way? How can couples support each other's individual growth without drifting apart? What positive patterns exist with couples that have been married over 30 years? How can long stand...