Thursday May 14th 2015, Antoinette Gangi and Marc Demertiou welcome guest Scott S. Smith author and freelance journalist, whose 1,200 articles have appeared in 175 publications. Broadcasted on WVNJ 1160 on your AM dial.
Extraordinary People: Real Life Lessons Show Topics
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix–what have been the keys to his success?
Indra Nooyi, CEO of Pepsico
High achievers from history, like President John F. Kennedy, Catherine the Great, and Simon Bolivar relevance to business success.
Founding Fathers, President John Quincy Adams and Gouverneur Morris, who drafted the Constitution- what’s important about them that we should remember today.
Stephen Hawking and Olympic athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee–how is knowing about them helpful to someone who owns a business?
Scott S. Smith is a freelance journalist, whose 1,200 articles have appeared in 175 publications, including Investor’s Business Daily, Success, Entrepreneur, and Chief Executive. He has interviewed such influentials as Bill Gates, Stan Lee, Meg Whitman, Howard Schultz, Barbara Corcoran, Lee Iacocca, Kathy Ireland, Brian Tracy, and Dean Koontz. His new book, Extraordinary People: Real Life Lessons on What It Takes to Achieve Success looks at the careers of 21 famous people, past and present, to understand the attitudes and actions that can help anyone achieve their goals. These include Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, author Anne Rice, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, music producer Quincy Jones, and Catherine the Great of Russia. He created www.ExtraordinaryPeopleBook.com to encourage reader participation in the exciting process of learning about and modeling high achievers.
