Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

Number 547. I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners

along their journeys.

Lou was doing well on Wall Street, working in the fixed income area to bring stability

back to the market, but something was missing that he couldn't put a finger on.

Could his teenage memories of a jewelry store in Brooklyn point to an answer?

I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Lou Diamond.

Welcome, Lou.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Lou, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

Yes.

All righty, well, we want to hear the whole story.

Lou Diamond, who's been a top producer at every firm where he's worked, has led sales teams at Accenture, Deloitte, Omnicom, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America to achieve record revenues year after year.

He's the CEO and founder of Thrive, a leading consulting and coaching company focused on making the most incredible leaders and top performers even more amazing.

Lou, that's a summary of your career. Tell our listeners around the world what you're engaged in now that has you excited and motivated, if you would.

I think I've got four things on the docket right now that are keeping me not only excited but very busy.

One is the work that I'm doing with my clients at Thrive.

And as you stated, I'm working with the most amazing people and companies and making them more

amazing. My book just came out, Master the Art of Connecting. So I'm doing a little bit of

promotion of that and speaking about it in different places. I've got some new marketing

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