What a Former D1 Athlete Turned TEDx Speaker Can Teach Us About Self-Care and Presenting
Most of us learn to wear a mask long before we ever walk into a boardroom. Darryll Stinson learned it in elementary school, when classmates mocked the way he talked and laughed. So he changed both, along with his music and his friends, until he barely recognized himself. That disconnect followed him for years, and […]
050 – What a Former D1 Athlete Turned TEDx Speaker Can Teach Us About Self-Care and Presenting
In this episode, former D1 football player and communication coach Darryll Stinson joins Bryan Buckley to share how he went from a career-ending injury to coaching executives and TEDx speakers. He explains why self-care is a productivity tool and how leaders can present with confidence by staying present and reading the room. This episode is […]
The 5 Forgotten Moves of the 1st 5 Minutes
You can walk into a meeting fully prepared, completely credible, and genuinely valuable, and still lose the room before you say anything that matters. I’ve seen this happen more times than I can count. Over three decades in sales meetings, client calls, front desks, and leadership huddles, the pattern rarely changes. A capable professional arrives […]
049 – The 5 Forgotten Moves of the 1st 5 Minutes
Most conversations are won or lost before the pitch begins. In this solo episode, Bryan Buckley breaks down the 5 Forgotten Moves of the 1st 5 Minutes™: Read the Room, Nail the Name, Ask Curious Questions, Locked-In Listening, and Identify the Problem. You’ll get simple, repeatable skills for sales, customer experience, and leadership that help […]
The Interviewer’s Edge: How Suzy Kolber Applies Pro Sports Prep to the 1st 5 Minutes
It is NFL Draft night. Suzy Kolber is live, moving through the green room in a segment that looks loose and spontaneous but has been carefully choreographed. She has about three minutes. Her final stop is the player about to be selected first overall. She reaches his spot, and he is not there. In a […]
048 – The Interviewer’s Edge: How Suzy Kolber Applies Pro Sports Prep to the 1st 5 Minutes
In this episode, Bryan Buckley sits down with Suzy Kolber, who spent nearly 30 years at ESPN as an anchor, sideline reporter, and one of the most trusted interviewers in sports. From prepping NFL Draft prospects to saving a live broadcast when the No. 1 pick wasn’t in his seat, Suzy shows how preparation creates […]
Humor Seriously [Book Breakdown]
A four-year-old laughs roughly 300 times a day. The average forty-year-old needs about ten weeks to match that number. Nobody sat us down and told us to stop. There was no memo and no formal policy. Yet somewhere between the playground and the boardroom, most of us arrived at the same unspoken conclusion: people who […]
047 – Humor, Seriously [Book Breakdown]
In this episode, Bryan Buckley does another Book Breakdown, this time on Humor, Seriously by Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas. Most professionals think being serious shows competence, but the research says the opposite: humor works as a Click Accelerator that makes you seem more confident, competent and trustworthy in the 1st 5 Minutes™. You don’t […]
Mastering the Basics of Rejection, Questions, and Persuasion in Business
A few years back, I sat across from a young sales rep after a keynote who told me something I still think about. He said, “I know all the techniques. I’ve read the books. I still don’t know why I’m not closing.” I asked him one question: “What did the last three people you talked […]
046 – Interview Mashup: Session Two
In this episode, we’ve mashed up the best moments from four powerhouse conversations — Alan Stein Jr. on mastering the basics and navigating life’s “next plays,” Andrea Waltz on reframing rejection and following up without fear, J.R. Briggs on asking better questions, and Joshua Bandoch on the real mechanics of persuasion. Together they reveal a […]