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At least, in the way that I wanted to be involved with it. You could even make the argument that the industry that I wanted to be a part of didn’t exist anymore. As all these new technologies started to come out, the music industry that I grew up loving and wanting to be a part of was changing. I was touring a lot of the time but I was also managing a rock and roll club, a talent buyer and created a life centered around music, which is what I wanted to do. In my 20’s, I was living in North Carolina. I grew up playing music, wanting to be working, involved in the music industry and I set out to do that. When you’re that young and the floorboards of your house are reverberating with your dad’s band downstairs and you’re hearing the songs that you heard on the radio being played by your father, it was easy dots to connect. Music, the tradition, the ritual was a big deal. My dad’s band used to rehearse in the house that I grew up. I was born in ’73 and the world that I had grown up in my house. My story is slightly different because the technology was a disruption in my life. Rock and roller, Johnny, let’s hear about it. We’ve got a rock and roller and a pre-doctor. Johnny can talk about his rock and roll background and how he was the rock star who helped our clients and me and coaching in the very beginning. Let’s create something and create a coaching company around this idea of a podcast.” The podcast started first, me seeking out information and knowledge to grow in this area. I met Johnny and we teamed up and I said, “I have these listeners of this podcast. I was still focused on becoming a doctor. He can talk a little bit about his self-development journey but he was a coach helping people with social skills and relationship building.Īs the podcast took off, I was looking for coaches to help all of our show fans because I was still in graduate school. I stumbled across a company that Johnny was working with at the time. That struggle, I internalized and it hit my confidence and I started looking for resources. When you’re in graduate school and you’re fighting for projects to be seen and heard, get your data and results published, you start to see other people who are working less hard, who maybe you don’t feel are as smart as you get ahead. If you don’t try to change, you’re going to expect the same results every single time. It was assumed you either knew it or you didn’t.

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I felt lost because there were no resources in school to learn how to do these things, how to grow your influence and how to build better relationships. I started to struggle with imposter syndrome then there was a cascade of that impacting my social life, my dating life. I was struggling with the politics in modern medicine and that hit my confidence. I do not have the influence to win people over onto my side. I was not forming the connections with my peers and my mentors that I needed.

I got into graduate school and then I realized that my social skills were lacking. I was following in his dreams of me becoming a doctor. He pushed hard work and education as values on me and my sister and me. Meeting Johnny was around my career stalling because of my lack of influence and social skills. I can tell you that it’s the case for me and the genesis of the show. How did the two of you meet? How in the world did you get into this personal growth world? The first thing I’d love to do is get into your background a little bit to get started. They’re building workshops and an empire and impacting and helping thousands of people. You are so lucky because we have AJ and Johnny and you’re in for a treat. Just read the blog and you’ll learn a lot more about what we’re talking about. These are two people who have had one of the most successful podcasts around personal growth. We are talking about so many different things. In this episode, we’re talking to AJ and Johnny, the hosts of The Art of Charm podcast. Pre-order your copy today! Episode 19: Bringing the Art of Charm to Friendships Learn more about Keep Connected host David Siegel’s experience as a leader and decision maker in his book, Decide & Conquer. Drop us a line at If you like the podcast, be sure to subscribe and leave us a rating on Apple Podcasts! For more details on other episodes, visit Keep Connected on the Meetup Community Matters blog. Ranked as one of the top 25 CEO podcasts on Feedspot, Keep Connected with Meetup CEO David Siegel is a podcast about the power of community.