Innovating Life with Jon Sabes

Podcast #13: NFL Players Jack Brewer, Mackensie Alexander and Sergio Brown at Super Bowl LII

This is a special podcast taped at a party we held on Super Bowl Saturday in Minneapolis from our offices overlooking US Bank Stadium, the site of Super Bowl LII held the next day between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. My guests were two retired NFL players, Jack Brewer and Sergio Brown, and current NFL player Mackensie Alexander. The three players talked about what it's like to play in the NFL, including their experiences with two of the greatest coaches of all time, Bill Belichick and Tom Coughlin, and their lives outside football. It is an amazing conversation unlike any you may have ever heard from professional athletes that will give you insight into what it takes to get to that level and how they apply those same skills to a life beyond football. There are lessons in the conversation for anyone and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did in hosting it.

Podcast #12 - Chris Orestis and the "failure to plan" crisis

This is a discussion with Chris Orestis, a nationally known senior care advocate, a legislative expert, featured speaker, columnist and contributor to a number of insurance and long-term care industry publications and author of the Amazon best-seller book "Help on the Way," and "A Survival Guide to Aging." Chris is a frequent guest about senior issues on national radio programs; and has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Fox Business News, and PBS. He is Executive Vice President at GWG Life.

Podcast #11 - Live Panel at InsureTech Connect 2017

This is a special podcast recorded live at InsureTech Connect 2017 in Las Vegas on October 4, 2017. I participated in a panel about the future of life insurance underwriting called "Underwriting 2.0: Opening Pandora's Box." I was alongside three industry professsionals and the panel was moderated by Samantha Chow of Aite Group [http://www.aitegroup.com/]. You'll hear a spirited discussion that highlights the exciting new capability of our subsidiary Life Epigenetics, Inc. Life Epigenetics applies the predictive epigenetic science to life insurance underwriting. It was great to begin to tell this story to an audience of insurance professionals, most of whom were hearing about epigenetics for the first time.

Podcast #10 - Chris Voss

This time, Jon Sabes talks with Chris Voss, the Founder and CEO of the Black Swan Group Ltd and author of Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It [http://info.blackswanltd.com/never-split-the-difference]. Chris has used his many years of experience in international crisis and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program and team that applies these globally proven techniques to the business world. In the conversation, we dig a little deeper into the techniques he developed from these high-stress situations and how he is helping companies apply them to their sales and customer service practices. This talk shows the ways in which Chris is a remarkable person who will give you insights and ideas that can help you become better at whatever you do.

Podcast #9 - C.H. Maguire

On this podcast, Jon Sabes talks with CH Maguire, a man with many interests beyond his career as Director of Financial Institutions Services Group at Merrill Lynch. Among CH's interests is a passion for leadership and the great outdoors. This passion led CH to a twenty-five year involvement with Outward Bound [http://www.outwardbound.org/], a wonderful outdoor leadership program for youth and adults. This podcast is a must for anyone interested in the history of the Outward Bound organization and its leadership objectives.  CH talks about how the outdoors can lead to the development of great leadership qualities. CH's philosophy and approach to life is derived from these experiences, making him a wonderful mentor in this field. Jon considers himself lucky to be a part of the group who learns from him.  CH Maguire serves as on the Board of Directors of GWG Holdings, Inc.