606: From a Closet to the Largest Lecture Agency in the World

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Bernie Swain had started his dream job as athletic director at a major university, when he and his wife discovered a major opportunity in an entirely new field. His wife convinced him to quit his dream job and start a lecture agency, with their headquarters being a friend’s large office closet. Nine years later The Washington Speakers Bureau lecture agency became the largest in the world.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.5	Welcome to discover your talent to do what you love, number 606.
0:16.3	I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:18.5	Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone from around the world
0:22.1	who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction,
0:28.4	and freedom. On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business
0:33.8	development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along
0:38.7	their journeys.
0:40.3	Bernie had started his dream job as athletic director at a major university.
0:44.7	An article in Fortune magazine got him and his wife to consider an entirely new field, which
0:50.0	they knew nothing about.
0:51.6	So he quit the university, and they set up their headquarters
0:54.6	in a friend's large office closet. I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Bernie Swain.
1:00.4	Welcome, Bernie. Well, thank you, Don. Glad to be here.
1:04.0	Thank you. It is our pleasure. Bernie, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
1:08.5	Yes, I certainly am. All righty. Well, we want to hear the
1:11.4	whole story. A few words about Bernie. Bernie had a teacher in high school who encouraged him to be
1:16.9	the first in his family to attend college. By the time he was 36, he'd been offered his dream job
1:22.9	as athletic director of a major university. Around the same time, a friend sent him a copy of Fortune
1:28.8	magazine with an article about what was then the largest lecture agency in the world. Bernie's wife,
1:34.5	Paula, convinced him to quit his dream job and start a lecture agency together. With no experience,
1:40.9	no plan, and no money, they launched the agency in a friend's stationary closet.
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