I am Driven Podcast

I am Driven Podcast

Hosted by: Douglas Brackmann

Some people are born with a drive often seen in entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, adventurers and Navy SEALs. It's in their DNA. Research has shown that certain genes can manifest resilient and highly focused people who...

Episodes

Episode 99: Jeff Hays

Season #1

Jeff Hays recognized that he had an entrepreneurial brain and he found a way very early in his life to harness his Drivenness for his supreme benefit. He became the president of a publicly traded firm at the age of 29...
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Episode 98: Christine McCarron

Season #1

Christine McCarron has been involved in different levels of real estate for 20+ years as well as being a podcaster, entrepreneur, realtor, speaker, author, coach, home improvement contractor and real estate investor....
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Episode 97: Jim Harshaw Jr.

Season #1

Jim Harshaw Jr is a former Division I All-American Collegiate Wrestler, then became the youngest DI College Wrestling coach at the time he was hired. He has now transitioned into performance coaching and speaking as a...
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Episode 96: Ethan & Stephanie Bull

Season #1

We have another Driven couple ladies and gents! Ethan & Stephanie Bull own and operate their business ProAssisting which pairs up remote executive assistants with entrepreneurs. They share their story and dynamic...
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Episode 95: Ruth Cohn

Season #1

Ruth Cohn struggled, like many drivens, finding a way to live life in her own skin. She found a purpose in activism then, following therapy of her own, in helping others through trauma therapy. She speaks with us on...
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Episode 94: Craig Weller

Season #1

Craig Weller is a former USN SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant Crewman) who, like may other Drivens, grew up going through school just bored out his mind while also getting perfect scores on tests. He decided to early...
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Episode 93: Marianne Lewis

Season #1

Marianne Smith is an academic who works directly in studying paradoxes and has found life is full of them. In her fathers' work with Harvard MBA students, he shared that the biggest complaint they had from their...
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Episode 92: John R Miles

Season #1

John Miles is the founder of the Passion Struck podcast and is another one of our former military Drivens. John spent a lot of his post-military career in the security and cybersecurity space, and his Driven...
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Episode 91: Justin Breen

Season #1

Justin Breen is yet another serial entrepreneur in the Driven community who sees Drivens as the cream that rises to the top and won't accept excuses. He also shares a story from his dad's diary from battles in World...
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Episode 90: David McRaney

Season #1

David McRaney is the author of How Minds Change and that concept is the basis of his conversation with Dr. Doug and Meg. From his upbringing to his journey through writing and how writing about how minds change in...
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Episode 89: Batja Mesquita

Season #1

Batja Mesquita is a social and cultural psychologist, as well as the author of Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions. She shares her perspective on understanding different cultures and how they interact in both...
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Episode 88: Wendy Smith

Season #1

Wendy Smith is a professor at the University of Delaware, as well as the coauthor of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems (available on Amazon). In a conversation that appeals...
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