Beyond Networking with Brian Miller
How do you build a sustainable career in an unpredictable world? We believe if you learn to weave a network of people who trust you, there will always be someone willing to hire you, buy from you, or work with you. Beyond Networking features intimate conversations with legends and leaders of industries about the relationships, connections, and chance encounters on which they built their success. Your host is Brian Miller, a former professional magician turned author, speaker, and consultant on human connection. Follow on social with #beyondnetworking
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
Brian on Relationships Rule! with Janice Porter
From Relationships Rule! show notes:
Talking is easy, connecting is hard – and according to Brian Miller it can be learned!
A magician turned author, speaker, and consultant on human connection – Brian…
Overcoming Toxic Independence with 7-Figure Business Coach Cait Scudder
Cait is a Forbes-featured 7-figure Business Coach for women and, in her words, your excuse’s worst nightmare.
But back when we met in 2019, she was in distress.
She’d been invited to deliver a TEDx tal…
Telling Stories That Connect with Storytelling Expert Francisco Mahfuz
Do you want to become more interesting than Netflix? Francisco is a storytelling expert and one of my favorite professional friends.
We met a couple years ago when he invited me to be one of the first…
Becoming Undisruptable with Change Engineer Julia Freeland
Julia Freeland is a passionate educator and change engineer, who has spent most of her life working to help people break through limiting beliefs and seemingly impenetrable barriers to become better …
Recovering From Social Anxiety - Entrepreneurship with Top 100 Podcaster Mark Metry
Mark Metry is an entrepreneur, a Forbes featured TEDx and keynote speaker, and a podcast host who has interviewed billionaires, New York Times bestselling authors and world-class human beings on his …
The Barrel of a Loaded Calendar - Reclaim your humanity with writer Corey McComb
Corey McComb is a writer based in San Diego. Through blog posts, essays, and the occasional short story, Corey examines the human condition and new ways of thinking.
He also works with people and comp…
Making Ideas Behave - Crafting Irresistible Messages with Tamsen Webster
Today’s guest Tamsen Webster, and she’s just as cool as her name suggests.
Tamsen is a message strategist. In a sentence, she helps experts make their ideas irresistible.
She’s the former executive pro…
Time, Talent, and Treasures - Navigating Change with Helen G. Sneed
Today’s guest Helen G. Sneed.
Helen is a career coach, HR consultant, and speaker.
She also founded Drive The Goal, a consulting firm that helps people and organizations take charge of their lives and …
The Positive Apocalypse - Framing and Influence with Zoe Chance
Today’s guest is Zoe Chance.
Zoe is one of the world’s foremost researchers and speakers on ethical influence and persuasion.
She’s a beloved Yale professor who teaches the most popular course at the …
Connection via Solitude - Landscape Photography and YouTube Success with Thomas Heaton
Today’s guest is Thomas Heaton.
Thomas is a landscape photographer and YouTuber.
His YouTube channel has attracted over half a million subscribers and features weekly video blogs of his photo shoots…
Stop asking for feedback
When you ask for feedback, you reinforce any existing power dynamic. When you ask for advice, you eliminate the power dynamic completely. People feel more comfortable giving advice, and you'll receiv…
Empathy vs Perspective-Taking: Obama got it wrong
Empathy isn't all that it's cracked up to be. It leads to burnout and irrational decisions. Plus, it's nearly impossible to teach. But instead you can learn perspective-taking, a skill that leads to …
From the Vault: Seth Godin's INSANE story of a chance encounter
In 2019 I had the privilege and honor of chatting with legend Seth Godin for an hour. We spoke about marketing, work-life balance, and human connection. But when I asked him for a story of a chance e…
How to Respectfully Disagree, Respectfully
Connection is not about agreement, but understanding- by being grateful, being humble, setting the tone, and seeking common ground.
Read the blog or watch the video instead: https://brianmillerspeaks.…
Vault: Getrude Matshe on how Ubuntu can save us in a world gone mad
From the vault, serial social entrepreneur Getrude Matshe teaches us the African philosophy of Ubuntu. Getrude was my guest back in Season 2 when the show was still called One New Person.
Listen to or…
I haven't bought a sponge in 15 years
Life is sometimes unbearably difficult and unreasonably cruel. Let’s all give each other a break. Here's a lesson I learned from my grandmother.
Read or watch instead of listening: https://brianmiller…
You're Not Special: An Open Letter to Artists
People aren’t going to do what you consider respectful, or fair. They’re going to do what they believe serves the audience, which is not you.
Read or watch instead of listening: https://brianmillerspe…
How to Act, Feel, and Be Seen as a Professional
Being an artist is hard. People aren’t going to do what you consider respectful, or fair. They’re going to do what they believe serves the audience, which is not you. How do you stand out as an artis…
3 Questions Before Your Next In-Person Experience
Now that we have 18 months of practice in virtual experiences, let’s not have our excitement get away from us. “In-person” is finally an option again, but it’s only one option. Ask yourself these 3 q…
Yes, And a Pandemic
Kelly Leonard spent most of the 90s and 2000s as an executive producer at the world famous Second City improv theater in Chicago. He is personally responsible for hiring Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Am…