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
Today's guest is Joe Young. For decades Joe has been making the world a better, happier place.
Joe is a cartoonist, filmmaker, producer, and educator. He is the president of Joe Young Studios, a multi…
This week's guest is Rich Rochlin, a family attorney extraordinaire practicing in Connecticut.
His abundantly positive attitude is infectious. Combine that with an unwavering focus on his clients, ra…
If you know where you’re going, and you’re sure, then by all means take the moving sidewalk. Swim with the current, go with the flow - pick your metaphor. If you have a clear destination you may as w…
Shawn Askinosie is the founder of Askinosie Chocolate, an award-winning, small-batch luxury chocolate company that sources 100% of its beans directly from farmers and shares in the profits.
Shawn is a…
This will become the new norm, and with that, the calls will decrease. Video conferencing technology is currently standing in for connection. Soon we will discover that a video chat is merely a means…
Heather Monahan pulled herself out of poverty and food stamps to become of the few women to crack the C-Suite in corporate America. Then her world turned upside down when she was fired by her boss's …
You are no longer the consumer. You are the product. Your data is worth more than you are. Technology companies have figured out how to control and monetize your attention.
We can’t help ourselves an…
In this episode of Beyond Networking, Brian Miller sits down with Julian Treasure for an in-depth conversation on all things sound, communication, and the audio revolution.
Julian Treasure is a sound …
Season 3 of Beyond Networking (previously One New Person) features legends and leaders of industries sharing intimate stories of the relationships, connections, and chance encounters that got the the…
When your rival succeeds, they just got lucky.
But when you succeed, it’s the result of hard work, persistence, and talent.
Curious, isn’t it?
Either you believe luck is an irrational force, swirling ar…
The One New Person podcast is getting a rebrand: new title, new tone. But same conversations with legends and leaders of industries you've come to know and love.
Join the community here: BeyondNetwor…
Clarity comes from saying more with less. The longer you take to make your point, the more likely you are to lose your listener or reader.
Watch the world's shortest joke, in context: "Pretentious? Mo…
We don’t fail resolutions or new projects because our intentions aren’t genuine, but because building new habits or a business is really, really hard. And one of the primary reasons it’s so hard is w…
You don’t need to be the kind of person who buys what you’re selling. You just need to understand who that person is, what they believe, and what they value.
I had the great pleasure of being interviewed by Morgane Michael on her brilliant show KindSight 101, recently nominated for a Canadian Podcast Award.
Listen to that conversation in its entirety here.…
Billie Eilish is in the news for not knowing who Van Halen is. But our artistic tastes are deeply rooted in our childhood, associated with memories, nostalgia, stories, and experiences. Within that f…
How many parts to a guitar do you have to replace before it's no longer the same guitar you started with? And what does it say about our personal identity, as we change over time?
As Bill Gates once said, "We tend to overestimate what we can do in a year, and underestimate what we can do in a decade." Here's a look at the previous ten years and how I moved slowly from local ma…
My esteemed guest today is Matt Dillahunty, who has the rare distinction of being a public intellectual. That's right - he makes a living producing and debating ideas.
Matt has shared the stage and go…
Today's guest is a dear friend of mine, and someone I was very lucky to have as a mentor when I was a young magician, which I definitely did not appreciate at the time.
Jim Spinnato is a local legend …