Changing Lives Selling Knives
Business & Economics Podcasts
This is Changing Lives Selling Knives — a podcast that shares transformational life and business lessons from highly successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. All the guests on this podcast have two things in common. First, they're all changing lives today through their work and their influence. Second, they all got their start in business by selling Cutco knives with Vector Marketing. This podcast was created to share inspiring stories from Cutco's most prominent alumni and current leaders. On this show, you'll meet successful entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, superstar business executives, and transformational leaders from many walks of life. The lessons of the Cutco/Vector experience are numerous, are compelling, and are REAL-WORLD concepts for business and life. Through hearing real-life stories and hands-on experiences, you'll gain insights that can help you in whatever it is that you do in life. Press play to learn how you apply these life-changing lessons.
Location:
United States
Description:
This is Changing Lives Selling Knives — a podcast that shares transformational life and business lessons from highly successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. All the guests on this podcast have two things in common. First, they're all changing lives today through their work and their influence. Second, they all got their start in business by selling Cutco knives with Vector Marketing. This podcast was created to share inspiring stories from Cutco's most prominent alumni and current leaders. On this show, you'll meet successful entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, superstar business executives, and transformational leaders from many walks of life. The lessons of the Cutco/Vector experience are numerous, are compelling, and are REAL-WORLD concepts for business and life. Through hearing real-life stories and hands-on experiences, you'll gain insights that can help you in whatever it is that you do in life. Press play to learn how you apply these life-changing lessons.
Language:
English
Website:
http://changinglivespodcast.com
Episodes
440: Jordan Curtis - Sales Success Fundamentals
4/24/2024
Jordan Curtis started selling Cutco on January 28, 2023. In just about 11 months, he sold $215,298 to win the Silver Cup as the #1 new (Rising Star) sales representative in the company, more than doubling his closest competition and setting an all-time Vector Marketing company record. Jordan displays a rare combination of confidence, coachability, discipline, and a relentless work ethic. He’s a student at Texas State University, graduating in May 2024, and is looking forward to a role as a Cutco Sales Professional.
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Duration:00:50:36
439: Ben Lee - Flashback Friday
4/19/2024
Ben Lee is a young leader with a true passion for excellence. In high school, he was a captain on 2 California State Champion football teams. He started selling Cutco in 2019, and was #1 in sales among over 40,000 others recruited by the company that year. He advanced to the position of District Manager in 2020, and became the company’s #1 New District Manager out of over 100 dynamic competitors. He has evolved into a Pillar of the Western Region and has recently been appointed to serve as Assistant Division Manager in the Los Angeles Division. Ben Lee has the will to win and the ability to inspire others to join him in his mission. He’s one of the finest young leaders you might ever encounter.
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Duration:00:14:23
438: Will Jenkins - A Blueprint For Entrepreneurial Success
4/10/2024
Will Jenkins has spent the past 15 years of his career building businesses and cultivating sales talent. Will leveraged his Cutco/Vector management experience to develop expertise in scaling a customer-facing sales team, including all aspects of attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. He co-founded the freight brokerage MoLo Solutions, which he helped build to over 900 employees and $1 billion in annual revenue and achieved a highly lucrative exit. Will’s passion for personal and professional development is the driving force behind his new venture, Journey, a recruiting, consulting, and training company focused on freight brokerages. Will also consults/invests in start-ups, and is an advisor/mentor to various entrepreneurs, sales professionals and founders, and he serves on the Board of 3 local Chicago charities. Will’s successful experiences provide a duplicatable blueprint for entrepreneurial success.
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Duration:00:56:58
437: Shelby Brandt - Flashback Friday
4/5/2024
Creating a great organizational culture is at the forefront of any leader’s mind. It’s the one key factor that affects everything else, so it’s critical to craft and shape and develop. Shelby (Wildgust) Brandt has spent her entire life on an entrepreneurial journey of discovery, learning about herself, others, business, and life. As Cutco/Vector Marketing’s Program Development Manager, Shelby has been on a deep dive into the ingredients of culture. In this special episode, Shelby pulls nuggets from eight past CLSK guests that form a recipe for great organizational culture, and adds one ingredient of her own. This episode features snippets from current and former Vector leaders, including Dan Casetta, Isaac Tolpin, Kristin Alli, Trey Harris, Drew Frank, Kate Vasey, Paige Weber, and Kevin Barthe. Use these ideas as a basis for crafting your own amazing team culture.
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Duration:01:03:56
436: Amir Habash - Flashback Friday
2/23/2024
Amir Habash is a young leader who has learned to walk his own path in life. He became a Cutco/Vector District Manager at 18 years old, and has achieved consistent growth over the past 9 years, while accumulating over $10.8 million in Cutco sales, and advancing to serve as the Assistant Division Manager in Vector’s Carolina Division. Amir has been able to combine talent, work ethic, and the mindset of a champion to become the best version of himself and find his edge. In 2023, he won the Silver Cup in Vector’s Elite League manager category, and he continues to grow his results and his influence.
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Duration:00:11:21
435: Jon Gordon - The Wisdom & Insights of Jon Gordon
2/14/2024
Jon Gordon is one of the most prolific and best-known business and personal development authors in the world today. The author of 28 books, most notably “The Energy Bus”, Jon has inspired readers and audiences all around the world with his message about the power of positive energy and positive leadership. His principles have been put to the test by countless Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals, college and professional sports teams, and non-profits. He has consulted with leaders who have transformed organizations, won national championships, and are currently changing lives all over the world. Today’s episode is a mash-up of lessons from several of Jon’s books, including a quick opening message from a surprise guest speaker.
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Duration:00:29:16
434: Jon Berghoff- Flashback Friday
2/9/2024
Jon Berghoff epitomizes the “changing lives” theme of this podcast as well as anyone we’ve ever featured. As a Cutco rep, Jon raised the bar of possibility for the entire company through his spectacular and unprecedented achievements, along the way to becoming the youngest ever inductee into the Cutco/Vector Hall of Fame. Now, as a respected business leader with an international following, Jon is teaching leaders how to multiply their influence through use of the “XChange” method of uniting groups of people, facilitating events, and leading others to embrace revolutionary challenges and opportunities. Jon teaches here how to ask the kinds of questions that open up new worlds of possibility, for yourself and for all those who you lead.
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Duration:00:20:03
433: Tyler Strauss & Elliot James - Building A Championship Team
2/1/2024
Tyler Strauss was Cutco/Vector Marketing’s Silver Cup winner in the Branch Manager race in the Summer of 2022. He’s now a District Manager in Nebraska, and is leading the company in New Business Sales for 2024. Elliot James was the Branch Silver Cup winner in the Summer of 2023. He’s about to graduate from the University of Minnesota and will be a District Manager starting in May of 2024. Both of these young leaders are a part of new wave of superstars in the Central Region of the Vector Marketing organization.
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Duration:01:06:20
432: Tina-Marie Cooper-Minar - Flashback Friday
1/26/2024
Tina-Marie Cooper-Minar has been one of the top-producing District Managers in Cutco/Vector history with over $19 million in career sales. Her early influences in the business include company legends such as Marty Domitrovich, Tim McCreadie, Chris Heigel, Jeff Bry and others. Tina-Marie has overcome numerous personal and professional challenges over the years, and she approaches it all with a tremendous spirit of optimism. Her combination of attitude, work ethic, and skill development has made her into a tremendous role model and major winner in business and in life. She was recently promoted to Division Coordinator of the Mid-Michigan Division, headquartered in East Lansing.
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Duration:00:14:46
431: Stephen Hunt - The Call To Be Your Best
1/17/2024
Stephen Hunt was the Silver Cup Champion in the New District Manager category in Cutco/Vector Marketing for 2023. He started in the business in 2019 and ran the #6 Branch in the company in 2022. He was promoted to District Manager in Amarillo TX in 2023, and is building an amazing organization. Stephen is already an integral part of the Lone Star Division and the Southwest Region.
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Duration:00:47:43
430: Dan Casetta - New Year New You
1/10/2024
A New Year is a perfect opportunity to reflect on the year gone by, and also to decide what you want in the year ahead. There’s a natural motivation to make the changes necessary to achieve your goals. Dan Casetta has spent his entire professional life coaching others on the process of goal-setting and goal-achievement. In this podcast episode, Dan shares 4 changes that you can make in order to fully manifest a “New You” in the New Year.
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Duration:00:28:38
429: Stefanos Sifandos - Standing In Your Power
12/21/2023
Stefanos Sifandos is a trained educator and relationship expert with a background in behavioral science and social psychology. He is passionate about leading people closer to their highest potential and to each other. From trauma release to navigating the murky waters of modern masculinity to helping women understand the men in their lives, he helps people escape negative patterns and cultivate a positive sense of self. Stefanos has worked with thousands of men and women from all walks of life; special forces soldiers, Olympic gold medalists, elite fighters, and everyday people have relied on him to restructure and reframe their relationships with themselves, their purpose, and their loved ones.
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Duration:00:47:30
428: Robert B. McGuinness - Flashback Friday
12/8/2023
Robert B. McGuinness is the CEO & Founder of Soul Venturer, a company that helps corporate professionals navigate a smooth transition from just a career into their calling. Robert shares a unique methodology that evolved from his own deeply personal journey to live out his own calling. Now, he helps others to navigate their own journey to find, then clarify, then walk their own path in life. Robert has been seen in many publications to talk about this process such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Disrupt, Thrive Global, ABC, NBC and FOX.
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Duration:00:12:45
427: Chantel Waterbury - Success Through Servant Leadership
11/29/2023
Chantel Waterbury is a life-long entrepreneur whose drive and tenacity have enabled her to support herself since she was just 13 years old. She started with Cutco/Vector Marketing in the Summer of 1993 and became a College All-American sales rep. After graduating from Santa Clara University, she began a career in corporate fashion retail, rising to hold executive positions at some of the most recognized brands. In 2011, she launched Chloe + Isabel with the mission of creating a social retailing platform devoted to empowering the next generation of female entrepreneurs. Under her leadership, C+I experienced explosive growth and success, and Chantel was widely recognized for her leadership excellence. Now, she serves primarily as an advisor to help other businesses scale their operations. She lives on Long Island with her husband and 2 children.
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Duration:00:54:38
426: Danielle Posa - Flashback Friday
11/17/2023
Danielle Posa is deeply passionate about the subject of wellbeing — what it means to live a full and meaningful life. As a workplace wellbeing advocate and advisor, she works with organizations to help them develop comprehensive, long-term wellbeing strategies. She has worked with the best thought leaders in this space, including being personally mentored by Deepak Chopra, and notably, she is a cancer survivor. Prior to starting her own business, Danielle was a management consultant for Gallup. According to the world’s largest study on wellbeing, which Gallup produced, your work is the single biggest influence on your overall quality of life. Danielle Posa is committed to helping individuals and organizations prioritize wellbeing as the core measurement of real success.
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Duration:00:13:04
425: Steve Sims - The Real Deal
11/7/2023
Steve Sims has been described as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz” for his remarkable ability to make things happen. He’s the visionary founder of the world’s first luxury concierge service, delivering world-class personalized experiences to individuals interested in living life to its fullest. Steve has worked closely with luminaries such as Sir Elton John, Elon Musk, Sir Richard Branson, and many other A-list achievers in life. Through shrewd and intentional observation, he has developed a unique set of competencies and insights. He’s now leveraging his expertise to help others transform their personal and professional lives. Steve is the author of 2 books — “Bluefishing : The Art of Making Things Happen” and “Go For Stupid : The Art of Achieving Ridiculous Goals” — with a 3rd book on the way. He also hosts a VIP Mastermind called Sims Distillery.
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Duration:00:57:58
424: Adam Sobieski - Flashback Friday
10/27/2023
Adam Sobieski is one of the top all-time sales professionals in the 75-year history of Cutco. Through building the company’s Closing Gift Consultant (CGC) program, Adam was able to win 2 National Championship Silver Cups, and broke the company’s yearly sales record 3 times. Since then, he has leveraged his influence by helping others grow this program throughout North America. Currently, he is Cutco/Vector’s North American CGC Trainer. He has also been able to parlay his success into a massive real estate portfolio with currently 122 rentals. He lives in San Diego with his wife and 2 young children.
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Duration:00:14:10
423: Jackie Kiku Snyder - My Career Adventure
10/18/2023
Jackie Snyder is an Entrepreneur, Business Development Executive and Recruiting Leader with 20+ years experience. She serves as a Mindset & Success Coach for aspiring women entrepreneurs and Fractional Executive & Advisor for mission-aligned venture capital firms and startups through her consulting firm, KIKU. She is Head of Business Development at She’s Independent Investments, a women-first Angel investor group with a mission to diversify the face of investing and startups and close gender equity gaps. Jackie specializes in creating outside-the-box collaboration to fuel the mission of impacting the world through innovation. She is an investor, MBA, community leader, and former NCAA Division 1 record-holding athlete.
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Duration:00:48:24
422: John Dankanich - Flashback Friday
10/13/2023
John Dankanich is the Chief Technologist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. His primary role is to foster relationships and guide investments for technology development for NASA’s future mission needs, including efforts to sustain life on the Moon and landing humans on Mars. John believes that space exploration yields technologies and tools that positively impact numerous areas of everyday life on Earth. He is a champion of innovation and a culture of constant improvement. John’s expertise is in optimizing trajectory, not just for rockets, but also in life.
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Duration:00:14:20
421: Alex Funk - Living Your Dream Life
10/4/2023
Alex Funk is living his dream life, and it’s all by design. He takes the time to identify all of his dreams, both big and small. Then he intentionally crafts them into his plans for each new year. He achieves most of his goals by applying many strong habits, and he strives to bring all of his learnings to his team, where he is building one of the strongest Districts in the Cutco/Vector Marketing sales organization. He’s a National leader in the Rising Star, District Office Total Business, and District Team categories in Vector for 2023. And it’s crystal clear to anyone watching that the best is yet to come for Alex Funk.
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Duration:01:06:23