Joe Weston is a prolific writer and the author of two groundbreaking books. Mastering Respectful Confrontation: A Guide to Personal Freedom and Empowered, Collaborative Engagement (2012) has sold well worldwide to individuals, corporations, government agencies and humanitarian organizations. It continues to catch peoples’ attention when looking for empowered ways to have difficult conversations.

The Amazon #1 bestseller Fierce Civility: Transforming our Global Culture from Polarization to Lasting Peace  (2023) provides a clear, step-by-step pathway into a dynamic new human story with hope at its foundation.

Click here to learn more about Joe’s books. His popular advice column, “Ask Joe”, is published in the U.S.-based online magazine, The Fulcrum, which reaches more than one million readers per month. 

Listen in as Joe shares with Lou on Thrive LouD what ‘fierce hope’ is all about  ***CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD***

Justin Buonomo and his wife achieved financial freedom largely from scaling their company Journey to Financial Freedom to a 7-figure company in only the second year of business. He teaches intentional live lessons packed with expert level content but easy enough to apply for anyone in attendance.

Justin helps business owners heal their relationship with money.

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Oz Akgun is a visionary leader in the luxury transportation industry, driven by his passion for hospitality and commitment to exceeding client expectations. 

At an early age he launched launched Limo Miami, a company dedicated to delivering unparalleled hospitality and service excellence. His unwavering dedication has transformed Limo Miami into one of the largest fleets in Miami, setting new standards for luxury transportation.

Hear his story and his passion for providing unparalleled comfort, convenience and focus for his clients on Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond.

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Dan Tocchini III is a business and social entrepreneur, a published author, a master trainer, executive coach, leadership whisperer and culture development specialist.

He is the Founder and Senior Partner at Take New Ground where he champions founders & executives to scale their organizations.

Dan shares his wisdom on Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond.

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When companies need to inspire, engage, and develop their people while at the same time delivering stellar results in today’s hyper-competitive and complex business environment, they call URS KOENIG. His message of Radical Humility in leadership draws on his world-spanning career growing leaders on four continents.

Urs’ research-backed Radical Humility Framework is packed with tangible tools and practical takeaways, leaving audience members with the ultimate actionable blueprint for a new type of leader for a new type of world.

Urs sits down and chats with Lou sharing how to unlock leaderships winning edge.

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Bethany Ayers is a seasoned Chief Operating Officer and has helped raise over $200m from top funds - Softbank, Bessemer, TCV, MCC, Notion and Oxx. She’s built the GTM engines at Peak AI, NewVoiceMedia and Codilty. She now sits on the boards of AI companies ToffeeAM and DeepOpinion.

She’s a seasoned scale-up executive and strategic powerhouse.

She’s an advocate for women in tech and champions authenticity in leadership.

She’s been a CRO at numerous companies and her podcast The Operations Room, a podcast for COOs, is one that every person operating an organization needs to check out.

Bethany shares with Lou that she’s still trying to figure out who she wants to be when she grows up.

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Josiah (JJ) Harling has devoted his life to helping shepherd others towards the good works they’ve been designed for. 

He serves as the co-founder and President of Compel Global, a nonprofit organization that helps people connect with opportunities for world impact – from digging wells to planting churches, medical volunteers, and theological educators. Whatever your skillset, he will help you find a way to use it to serve the world.

JJ shares how he’s serving the world with Lou on Thrive LouD.

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Dave Wolcott started his career serving the country as a Captain in the Marine Corps. In 2000, he and his wife won the baby lottery having triplets which inspired him to challenge the traditional financial planning advice of Wall Street. He then started an obsessive journey to understand how the top one percent were building their wealth.

A serial entrepreneur at heart, Dave spent the next 20 years building several businesses, investing in alternative assets and creating The Pantheon Holistic Wealth Strategy: the playbook to becoming ultra-wealthy and having not only freedom of money, but freedom of purpose, time and relationship.

Today, Dave is the Founder and CEO of Pantheon Investments and is more passionate than ever about helping entrepreneurs build wealth by passively investing in superior real estate and alternative assets that provide predictable cash flow, tax efficiency, and upside potential as a reliable alternative to the volatility of the stock market.

Dave is the author of “The Holistic Wealth Strategy”, A Framework for Building Real Wealth and Living an Extraordinary Life and is also the host of the top rated “Wealth Strategy Secrets of the Ultra-Wealthy” podcast.

Enjoy this ‘wealth creation’ episode as Dan shares some of his lessons with Lou on Thrive LouD.

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Owen Sammarone is a former D1 Basketball Conference Champion, entrepreneur, online business builder, book reader and book marketer, social media growth expert and lifelong learner.

He is the host of The Daily Author and the founder of Unleash the Knowledge where he’s connecting authors to listeners to readers across the globe.

His unique marketing and branding expertise are highlighted in this fun episode of Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond.

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Jill Lublin is a 25+ year Media Magnet. She is a world-renowned publicity expert, international speaker and 4x Best Selling author.

Jill has made thousands of stage appearances alongside celebrities such as Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield and Barbara Corcoran, to name a few.

She has worked with over 100,000 clients implementing her signature formula for getting media attention, creating next-level visibility in the marketplace that results in boosted sales.

These lead and profit generating formulas are included in her signature program, the Media Mastery Intensive and her monthly Kindness Circles.

Jill and Lou talk shop on Thrive LouD with Lou Diamond and talk about creating buzz, going viral, getting great press and stealing the spotlight via good publicity.

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Paul M. Caffrey is a master of the sales craft.  An elite sales professional that focuses on preparation to help sales people prospect better, sell more and get promoted faster.

He is the lead author of “The Work Before the Work” - which shares the hidden habits that elite sales professionals use to outperform the competition.  

Paul and Lou talk shop and break down all of the preparation you need to think about before the real work happens.

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