Expert Interviews

In April of 2012 Stephen McGhee and Jeff Patterson will be launching the second Aconcagua Man Project. If interested, please call Stephen McGhee at (303) 887-8404, Jeff Patterson at (310) 951-4525 or visit www.aconcaguaman.com. In 2011 six unique men pushed themselves to the edge of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual boundaries. They summited the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia…The Mighty Aconcagua. The Aconcagua Man Project challenged each participant’s physical, financial and relational success. This project was not for the faint of heart. The team claimed the clarity and integration of their lives. This interview is an overview of the Aconcagua Man Project and is the catalyst for the change that is yet to come. Each person faces his or her own Aconcagua and the principles in this interview will help him or her to summit and discover their capability. As you listen, apply the lessons of this interview to yourself. Make them relevant to you because it is not so much what is being said that matters, as much as what you learn.    

The world of leadership is on the verge of change and leadership consultant Stephen McGhee is at the forefront. For centuries, people looked at leadership as a top down structure; one leads and the rest follow. According to Stephen McGhee, leadership must flatten and be accessible at all levels for it to be successful. In this recording, you will discover what it takes for you and every member of your organization to become leaders. Learn more about Stephen and his leadership projects at http://www.miracleleader.com    

 Kim Marcille Romaner is an expert on the science of amplifying possibility into reality, and on the practical applications for both people and businesses. If you’re looking for Kim, you may find her expanding her comfort zone by driving a stock car, jumping off the tallest building in New Zealand, or rappelling three hundred feet into a cave system. She invites you to come along on her next adventure! Kim has served for twenty-five years in possibility leadership, ranging from small business ownership to Fortune 500 executive experience. Founder of Possibilities Amplified, Inc. and author of The Science of Making Things Happen: Turn Any Possibility into Reality, Kim is a popular motivational speaker and sought-after consultant. She has delivered programs for a large variety of audiences and organizations, igniting them with her message of possibility and empowerment. Known for her ability to teach others to see undiscovered possibilities, craft strategies to take measurable advantage of them, and inspire with a compelling vision, Kim is passionate about helping people, businesses, and communities transform themselves. She’s also starting a day camp for the possibility impaired. In today’s teleseminar, Kim and I discuss concepts from my new book The Art of Accomplishment and how a person can keep the promises he or she makes in his or her life. This recording will change the way you view your goals and how you approach them. Please share it with your closest friends, family and associates.  

The Aconcagua Project In this interview with Jeff Patterson you will discover Jeff’s secret for pushing through to success even in the most difficult of circumstances. Pay attention as Jeff talks about witnessing a man fall to his death and how he decided he would succeed regardless of the fear. Jeff is making a radical difference in the world. Check out his website at www.radicallyalivenow.com About the project: In 2011 six unique men pushed themselves to the edge of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual boundaries. They summited the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia…The Mighty Aconcagua. The Aconcagua Man Project challenged each participant’s physical, financial and relational success. This project was not for the faint of heart. This team claimed the clarity and integration of their lives. This interview is an overview of the Aconcagua Man Project and is the catalyst for change that is yet to come. Each person faces his or her own Aconcagua and the principles learned in this interview will help him or her to summit and discover their capability. I ask as you listen to apply the lessons of this interview to yourself. Make them relevant to you because it is not so much what is being said that matters, as much as what you learn. The Aconcagua Project is not over, it has merely begun and like an iceberg in the vast ocean, we have only seen the surface. So please, shut out all distraction and really listen. This could change your life Learn more about the project by visiting http://theaconcaguaproject.com/

Even coaches need coaching! In this coaching session with Rich Litvin I lay it all out on the line. Rich exposes my deepest challenges and helps me work through them. I am nervous about sharing this, but this me and my life. I hope it helps you be authentic in your life.

Rich Litvin Rich Litvin, is one of the world’s most exclusive coaches. He works with no more than five personal one-on-one clients a year and his clients are by invitation or referral only. His coaching is highly personalized and tailor-made for each individual client and ranges from $40,000 to $250,000 a year. An expert in deep, natural, inner confidence, Rich is the founder of The Confident Woman’s Salon – a select and elite group of highly empowered women. Rich’s clients are exclusively women who are already powerful and passionate, confident and successful. Women who have already achieved a great deal in life. And women who – despite a track record of success – still have bold, outrageous or “Impossible” goals ahead of them… Like the Olympic Athlete, struggling with her blocks around money and selling calendars at $19 a time to fund her Olympic bid… A single coaching session with Rich and within 24 hours she had raised $40,000 of corporate sponsorship. And the mother of two who dreamed of the billionaire entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, writing the forward to her book and becoming President of her organization. He has just agreed to do both. And the woman who built the confidence to turn down a job offer of $350,000 because they wanted her to work on Fridays – the day she spends with her 5 year old son… (They later came back and met her terms). And the coach who just signed her second ever paying client for $160,000. He paid her in full; in advance. You can learn more about Rich at www.thatconfidenceguy.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!

The Aconcagua Project In 2011 six unique men pushed themselves to the edge of their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual boundaries. They summited the highest mountain in the world outside of Asia…The Mighty Aconcagua. The Aconcagua Man Project challenged each participant’s physical, financial and relational success. This project was not for the faint of heart. This team claimed the clarity and integration of their lives. This interview is an overview of the Aconcagua Man Project and is the catalyst for change that is yet to come. Each person faces his or her own Aconcagua and the principles learned in this interview will help him or her to summit and discover their capability. I ask as you listen to apply the lessons of this interview to yourself. Make them relevant to you because it is not so much what is being said that matters, as much as what you learn. The Aconcagua Project is not over, it has merely begun and like an iceberg in the vast ocean, we have only seen the surface. So please, shut out all distraction and really listen. This could change your life Thank you Stephen McGhee for putting together such a tremendous program! Visit http://www.theaconcaguaproject.com today and become a member. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Get Your Copy of “Summiting Your Personal Aconcagua with Stephen McGhee” for only $4.99 plus shipping. Click the image to order: CD Image

Eli Davidson Heralded as “The Quantum Leap Queen,” Eli Davidson has x-ray vision for seeing business opportunities and creatively converting them into bottom line profits. Eli delivers a proven system for turbo charging small business owners into explosive growth. Davidson is the undisputed expert of creating quantum-leap business growth. Eli started a design firm with $17 and a glue gun and grew it to $1.5 million in sales in four years. Using the system she teaches landed Davidson on numerous media outlets including The Today Show, Dr. Phil’s Decision House, & The New York Times. http://elidavidson.com/media-room/ Davidson has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS and last week Joan Knows Best with Joan Rivers.  Davidson was featured with teachers from The Secret in The Meta Secret which is a current international best seller. Eli is a featured columnist with The Huffington Post. The consistent results of Davidson’s trademarked business growth system landed her the cover story for Kiplinger’s Money Magazine. Her coaching program was called  ”The best way to invest $1000.” Eli Davidson is the author of Funky to Fabulous which is an international best seller. And winner of three prestigious book awards, including Motivational Book of the Year. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!

Rick Itzkowich Rick Itzkowich, The Linked in Guy is the creator of the Link Power Coaching Program and has created live presentations and products that meet today’s demand for tools to use with social media.  His marketing articles, podcasts and blog messages regarding how to add LinkedIn to a company’s marketing plan, as well as his QuoteActions or web-based quotes and actions to keep your brand “top of mind” are in high demand. The Link Power Coaching Program and eBook, Social Networking for Business Profits, educate the solo-preneur and small business owner in powerful referral marketing strategies. Most recently Rick was a presenter at You Learn Twit Face, an international social media conference held in Dubai where he earned the Best Speaker Award. Rick is also a featured columnist for The National Networker (TNNW). His column is titled — Being There When It Matters. Rick brings a wealth of business experience to his coaching programs and products. In 1992 he co-founded Productive Learning & Leisure, an organization that offers courses, learning adventures and products that enhance people’s success in both their business and personal life. As a small business owner, Rick understands the cost of marketing. Over his 20 years in the industry, he has identified and designed highly successful online and offline strategies to cost-effectively market a business’ products and services. You can learn more about Rick at rickitzkowich.com and be sure to look for his powerful top-of-mind tool, Quote Actions. This program has made an enormous difference in my business. Also, make sure you contact Rick today about his Link Power Coaching Program, he can be reached at Rick@rickItzkowich.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!

Craig Zablocki Craig Zablocki is one of the most sought-after speakers across the country —and around the world. He has spoken to over 900,000 people internationally and in all 50 states. Thousands of organizations rely on Craig’s expertise as a keynote speaker and consultant. Not only is he one of the most audience-engaging speakers you have ever experienced, he can provide transformational tools that will help improve lives both individually and organizationally—immediately and for years to come. Whether his message is delivered through a keynote address, a workshop, a weekend seminar or executive coaching, Craig’s unique approach engages, confronts and transforms individuals toward more authentic expression and purpose. He unravels us from our habitual ways of being and the social conditioning that keep us stuck. And he does it with humor and heart. Described as a compelling combination of Robin Williams and Wayne Dyer, Craig is in the top 2 percent of America’s most recognized speakers. Microsoft, Disney, Chase, United Airlines, the Mayo Clinic —his client list reads like an international who’s who. He’s even shared the stage with the likes of Al Gore and Tom Peters and has keynoted dozens of national conferences. Craig offers a compassionate perspective to groups dealing with intense adversity, from post-combat soldiers, to 911 victims, to domestic violence and victim advocates. You can learn more about Craig by visiting his website at craigzablocki.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!

Jim Manton In this interview with expert Jim Manton you will discover the true meaning of appreciation. Not just appreciation as in holding in high regard, but increasing ones value as well. Jim teaches these principals and more in this amazing recording. After 20 years as an executive and business leader, Jim founded Manton Advisory Services, Inc. As a leadership and business transition coach, he helps CEOs select and develop senior leaders. Jim also serves as a confidential advisor to business owners, helping resolve various strategic issues and growth challenges. Jim’s career has spanned all phases of the business life cycle including start-up, growth, turn-around and reinvention. A general manager for most of his career, Jim has had operating accountability for all aspects of the business including most of the major staff areas found in corporations today. He knows from first hand experience the strain of exponential growth, the disappointment of a shortfall and the stress of unrelenting demands for even greater results. Formerly the President of Pinacor, Inc., a $5 billion technology distributor, Jim has served in a variety of executive positions. At MicroAge, a Fortune 500 company, Jim was the Chief Operating Officer when MicroAge became a public company in 1987. He also served as a division president in three of MicroAge’s business units, taking those divisions from start-up to industry leadership positions. Jim’s career started when Johnson & Johnson recruited Jim after receiving his MBA from the University of Denver. Following J&J, Jim worked at White Motor Co. (now a division of General Motors and Volvo), as the Superintendent of Materials. Jim also founded a systems integration company as well as a consulting firm specializing in cycle time management. Jim served as a member of the Board of Directors for Mercari Technologies, a software company with advanced merchandising and supply chain solutions, headquartered in Washington, DC. Active in the community, he is a volunteer and a former board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters, was elected President of the Enterprise Network – a non-profit organization supporting growth businesses in Arizona, and taught Responsible Leadership at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His recently published book, The Secret of Transitions, draws on his many years as a top executive as well as his current work as a leadership coach to give the reader a true handbook for success in this rapidly-changing world…a book that shows you how to make your transitions yourself, with vision, skill and purpose, without waiting for change to “happen to you.” Visit his website today at http://www.mantonadvisory.com/ Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: Also watch for this interview on CD!

Jonas Otsuji Jonas is a fourth-generation Japanese American born in Hawaii and prides himself in the art of making sushi and creating unique Japanese inspired dishes. Jonas got his start as a child learning to cook Japanese cuisine at the age of 6 from his grandmother, Fumie Otsuji. Chef Otsuji apprenticed at the #1 rated sushi bar in Las Vegas, Sushi Roku. He went on to work at a number of sushi bars on the west coast learning new skills and techniques from each one.  One of his most influential teachers was Master Sushi Chef Kunio Jimbo.  ”Chef Jimbo was free with his knowledge and took the time to explain things in great detail.  This inspired Jonas to teach others.” Chef Otsuji has paid it forward by teaching sushi classes at some of the most respected culinary schools in Utah. This award winning Chef can be seen at www.sushisurfer.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Zna Trainer Zna Trainer is professional fitness master, Certified in Exercise Physiology.  She was trained by some of the foremost PHDs in Exercise Physiology and Nutritional Sciences.  A professional in her field, she invested years in studying the body and has conducted extensive research in customizing exercises to create her own powerful trade secrets to health. Her trade secrets have been taught since 1973 to fill in gaps left by traditional fitness training with such incredible results that she decided to share this by starting her own business in 1981. With at least two scientific university studies underscoring the proven results brought about by her trade secrets, Zna’s clients have also attested to their success by experiencing peak fitness levels unlike exercises they had done before. Zna’s knowledge and understanding of the body along with her experiences as a trainer for pre-conditioning athletes in various sports including golf, tennis, skiing, etc., continued to create a groundswell of positive results for her trade secrets. Her clients enjoy every day physical activities with more safety, health & better mobility and wellness paralleled to none. Zna’s powerful techniques and sessions have been proven over and over with endorsement from Doctors and people looking to better their way of life by taking control of their health. You can learn more about Zna by visiting her website at www.bodybyzna.com Clearpath Training does not represent, promote or recommend programs or products mentioned in the Expert Interviews. It is recommended that listeners do their own research when getting involved with any program. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Jack Medina- America's Coach Jack Medina has been a strength and conditioning consultant for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys, and Golden State Warriors. He has Developed 19 All-American gymnasts and 3 National Champions. He has worked with the top gymnasts in the world, including Olympic Champion Cathy Rigby. He is a Fitness Specialist certified with the Cooper Aerobics Center in Dallas, Texas and is an Active member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Jack also works with world-recognized Orthopedists, Chiropractors and Physicals Therapists. With 20 years experience designing fitness programs for all ages, he provides practical answers for many health and fitness problems. Jack is the author of numerous articles on Health Issues and is a featured guest on many radio and television shows. You can learn more about Jack at www.jackmedina.com Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Performance Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here:

Jeff Patterson, M.A. Jeff Patterson, M.A.- Professional coach and founder of SeedCoaching Jeff Patterson is a leader who is radically alive. He has a rare and powerful gift to see straight through fear and the stories that stop people. His commitment to his personal growth emits an energy that has people seeing their own life with greater clarity and purpose. As a professional coach, Jeff is known for his warm-hearted, bold and honest style that produces powerful results for his clients. Whether he’s strategizing with a coaching client or fly-fishing in the Rockies, Jeff approaches life with enthusiasm and humor. Jeff lives in Colorado with his sweetheart Lindsay and their black lab, Bailey. You can learn more about Jeff at SeedCoaching.com. Choose Up! Nicholas Townsend Smith The Expert Productivity Coach Subscribe in iTunes by clicking here: