Showstopper Episodes

“We have this terrible attitude that sacrifices are bad things. No, sacrifices are the things that make things meaningful to you." – August Turak

"You are far more powerful than you've been told. We have a sense of powerlessness now…I just want you to know that this power, which is usually denied by authority figures, is something you were born with." - Lynne McTaggart

"There can be many solutions to our financial problems, but most of us try to solve them by working more hours, and it's not an intelligent way of doing it. You have to work smarter, and the way you do it is to use your gift, use your talent." - Ken Honda

"Live the best life you can, then give it all away. We're called here to live a life that is more than just our own." - Ahmard Vital

“Start doing things and figure out what it is that you want to do that leans into your creativity.” – Rella B.

“You have to create an undying, almost unrealistic belief in yourself.” – Eliot Marshall

"When you know who you are, it doesn't matter what anyone else says." – Richard Kweku EzeAgu Akinyemi

“There are no limits. If you're still alive, no matter what you’ve been through, God (Source, Creation) has not finished with you yet.” - Melanie Tonia Evans

“Connect you to all of you.” - Janell Warkentin

"I'm only positive because I got knocked down so hard a few different times in my life.” – Kate McKay

“It doesn't have to take a long time. You just have to address the right problem in the right way.” - Mandy Barbee Lanier

“You can't win with everybody, but you can win with yourself, so why not bet on you?” – Karin Freeland

“Writing your story is an incredibly empowering act." – Alison Wearing

“I speak very vividly in the book about redemption, because my dad at one point did seek redemption, and God did give it to him. God gives everybody a second chance and he took it.” – Felicity Nicole

"Introvert is not a get out of jail free card to avoid hearing your voice, nor is it just a more academic-sounding vocabulary word as a synonym for shy." - Dr. Laura Sicola

"We are sending an image of ourselves through our words." - Erin Lebacqz

"Luck is the ability to take the correct action in an opportunity." - Victoria M. Gallagher

“We wanted to do something that created a personal impact for women and men, and that's where our book kind of bloomed out of.” – Lisa Cox

"Once I changed my relationship with myself, from not liking who I was to accepting and changing what didn't work for me, it changed my relationships with everyone else." – Martin Salama

"You don't regret the things that you did; you regret the things you never did.” – Magda Kay

“Morning pages saved my writing life.” - Liz Mugavero

“You are worth every single minute you put into yourself and your health” – Pam Sherman

“Business leaders or organizational leaders tend to think that the goal of appreciation is just to make people feel good…and that's good. We want that to happen. But really, the main goal is to create a functional, effective organization.” – Dr. Paul White

"Improv is play, it's playing as an adult with everything … it's in a supportive place and there's not really many places where you can just go hey how's it going? I'm a robot and I got sausages for hands and everyone's going to agree with you." – Keith Saltojanes