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
When to pay for free stuff #thursdaythoughts
Here are four reasons it may be worth buying information you could otherwise find for free online, or learn how to do yourself. This is a guide for making better buying decisions.
Read here: https://b…
Want to change the world? - 2021 New Year's Resolution #thursdaythoughts
We know it’s not simple, and we really can’t change the world. Maybe everyone can’t change the world. But you can certainly change your world.
Read the blog at: https://brianmillerspeaks.com/change-t…
Good vs Bad Tension #thursdaythoughts
Attention can be bought, but trust cannot. Whether in your businesses dealings or in your personal relationships, get creative, sure. But in your quest for relevance, always be sure to honor the audi…
Connection from Afar: Loving people you've never met #thursdaythoughts
Put kindness and generosity into the world and, even if no one ever writes back, recognize that you’re still making a connection. Not with everyone, but with someone.
This year I lost my aunt, my gran…
Embracing the Pause with Cal Fussman
Cal Fussman is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. He is the Writer at Larger for Esquire magazine where he interviews legends upon legends, including Mikhail Gorbache…
Start before you're ready #thursdaythoughts
Far worse than failing at the finish is failing to start. There’s always going to be one more thing you need to learn, one more book to read, one more course to take, one more TED talk to watch, and …
Protect Your Data & Your Relationships with Cybersecurity Expert Dominic Vogel
This week's guest is Dominic Vogel. Dominic is a cybersecurity expert and an absolutely wonderful conversationalist. We talked about cybersecurity and who's most at risk these days, the value of ment…
What sets your soul on fire? #thursdaythoughts
Find something outside your job that sets your soul on fire. Then give it everything you’ve got, and share it with others. The world needs more generosity. And we all need a little more joy.
Blog vers…
How to Launch Your Career with Matt Zinman
Today's guest is Matt Zinman. Matt is a personal success trainer, author of the new book Z-Isms, and founder of The Internship Institute, which bridges the gap between education and employment.
Matt's…
How thinking like an artist will make you better at life (and business) #thursdaythoughts
Here's what I learned when Lord von Schmitt went on Shark Tank. How can you best your true self, or your best self, at work? What aspects of your work are immeasurable and irreplaceable?
Watch the vid…
Articulating Imperfection with Michael Kras
Today's guest is Michael Kras. He's a Canadian playwright and actor who I met via the inter webs when we were just teens on magic forums.
Yes, that's a real thing.
Michael and I discuss the creative di…
Donuts worth dying for? #thursdaythoughts
It’s about selflessness and community. I’m much more concerned about the bubbling “me over everyone else” attitude than how accurate the science of mask-wearing is.
Read instead at: https://brianmille…
Going All In On Your Dreams with Teresa Dufour
Today's guest helped re-establish my career as a young professional magician when I first moved to Connecticut in 2010.
Teresa Dufour is a news anchor and media personality. She hosts CT Style on ABC …
Are you a premium customer? Employee? Friend? Service? #thursdaythoughts
One thing we can agree on, however, is it’s easier to sell to someone who can afford your asking price. No matter how hard the Aston Martin salesperson works, how good the car is, or how convincingly…
Driving Behind the Tour Bus with Erin Jackson
My guest this week is Erin Jackson.
Erin is an extraordinarily talented comedy writer and stand-up comic who has appeared on Conan, Seth Meyers, and Ellen.
I discovered Erin almost ten years ago when m…
Observations from Two Years of Weekly Blogging
It's my two year bloggivesary! Here are 17 observations from two years of writing a weekly blog, and some thoughts about committing to a project before starting.
Read the blog here: http://HumanConne…
Adapting to Anything with Norman Ng
My guest this week is Norman Ng, a former nationally touring magician who gave up his lucrative career to save his family - a wife and four children.
In a career move that came completely out of left…
Vinyl Communication #thursdaythoughts
Slowly (and then rapidly) technology enabled us to do the miraculous: communicate from anywhere, with anyone, at any time. But that freedom came at the cost of true connection.
Mobilizing Kindness with Morgane Michael
You'd never know from the language in the intro clip to this episode, "humanity is contagious," that we recorded this conversation months before the pandemic hit North America.
My guest this week is n…
"Obviously..." (don't you hate that?!) #thursdaythoughts
This week's #thursdaythoughts is about leaning into your uniqueness, understanding that what's obvious to you is rarely obvious to people you're trying to help, and being ok with knowing just enough.