The Culture Matters Podcast

"Invest in a business any fool can run, because someday a fool will.  If it won't stand a little mismanagement, it's not much of a business.  We're not looking for mismanagement, even if we can withs…

"Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly.  If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group, then to hell with them." - Charles Munger



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"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." - Peter Drucker



Greg Rushin is a real estate entrepreneur, life coach, and founder of Rush-In Motivation and if you …

"If I can be optimistic when I'm nearly dead, surely the rest of you can handle a little inflation." - Charlie Munger



If the expression "never a dull moment" had a poster child, it would be today's gu…

"Character is higher than intellect.  A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think." - Ralph Waldo Emerson



One of the realest real estate professionals in the game and a mentor to ma…

"Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans." - Peter Drucker




The founder of Duffin Media and Duffin Coaching John Duffin is back on the show and there is never a dull …

"Never yield to force.  Never yield to apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." - Sir Winston Churchill



Bill Mervin is the leader of the Bill Mervin Mortgage Team and he's back on the show today t…

"It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it.  Every complaint already contains revenge." - Friedrich Nietzsche



We are back today with the founder of South Fork Business Ventures Tony…

"The highest result of education is tolerance." - Helen Keller



Our guest on the show today is the leader of the DeNicola Foundation, Humanitarian Program Manager for Cosmo DeNicola Companies, Vice-Cha…

"Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Being willing is not enough, we must do." - Leonardo da Vinci



Real estate entrepreneur Brian Meara joins us on the show today from Northern Italy in what might …

"Pessimism leads to weakness; optimism to power." - William James



Our guest today needs no introduction, but we are going to give him one anyway!  The founder of EPM and dear friend of the Culture Mat…

"Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - William James



Author, musician, mortgage professional, and host of the "Laugh, Lend, and Eat" podcast Fobby Naghmi …

"We built everything as if we were a 50 person company." - Brian Hess



Founder of The Pavement Group, Top Contractor School, and the host of "The Brian Hess Show" Brian Hess is back on the program like…

"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster." - Friedrich Nietzsche



Christine Beckwith is the founder of 20/20 Vision for Success and the author of Finding…

"This is the lesson: never give in.  Never give in.  Never, never, never, never in nothing, great or small, large or petty; never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense." - Sir Winston…

"Questions are taken for granted rather than given a starring role in the human drama.  In all my teaching and consulting experience has taught me that what builds a relationship, what solves problem…

“As it takes 150 years for a Copper Beech Tree to mature, plant today, because there is no time to waste.” - James E. Hughes Jr.



Our guest on the show today is an asphalt and pavement expert with over…