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Discover Your Purpose in College

By admin on August 28, 2026

Salvatore J. Tagliareni is an internationally respected speaker whose life and work are deeply influenced by Viktor Frankl, the distinguished psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of legotherapy. Frankly developed legotherapy, a meaning-centered approach that helps people find purpose, even in life’s most painful circumstances. Its core belief: we can’t always choose what happens to us, but we can choose our attitude and our response – and in that choice, we discover meaning. Through his rare mentorship with Frankl, Salvatore carries forward this timeless wisdom for leaders, teams, and individuals facing uncertainty, loss, and change. A former Catholic priest and executive leadership consultant, Salvatore is the author of nine books, including the bestselling “Roving Leadership”.

In episode 702 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how the different chapters in his life shaped him, why he called Viktor Frankl and eventually studied with him, how that experience changed his life, what is the power of choice and how that leaders us to purpose, why leadership is service instead of power, what is Roving Leadership, how we can learn from bad decisions, why we sometimes feel like “we are not enough”, and gives Sal and his life meaning today. Enjoy!

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Mike Mooney: How to Avoid Mistakes When Facing Reputation Damage

By admin on November 17, 2025

How to avoid mistakes when facing reputation damage is something that we discuss on the podcast today. After 25+ years working in the high-stakes, high-speed world of NASCAR, IndyCar, and Formula 1, Mike Mooney has seen firsthand how elite teams consistently outperform the competition—not because they have more talent, but because they execute brilliantly in the micro-moments others overlook. That’s the foundation of his work today—helping executives, leaders, and teams unlock championship-level performance under pressure using a dynamic framework he has developed called Your E.P.I.C. Pursuit™. This framework empowers leaders and teams with the four essential keys that all high performers use – and you should be too! Mike’s keynotes, workshops, and coaching programs have helped companies like Frito Lay, U.S. Bank, U.S. Army, PepsiCo, and Advance Auto Parts drive daily leadership habits that deliver measurable business results. If you’re ready to equip your leaders and teams to show up strong, execute with precision, and thrive under pressure—connect with Mike Mooney today!

On episode 620 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why he chose Elon University for his undergraduate experience, why he joined Sigma Chi Fraternity, how his journey began in the motorsports industry, what leadership lessons he learned on the way to Senior Vice President at Roush Fenway Racing, what inspired him to write the book “Reputation Shift”, what is reputation capital, how we can avoid mistakes when facing reputation damage, what is Mike’s E.P.I.C. Pursuit™ Framework, and how students can reframe failure so it becomes part of their growth story. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABpFqEINKFw

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Will Yank: How to Reclaim Hope

By admin on June 27, 2025

Will Yank is a 2020 graduate from Wabash College who is also a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. At 21 years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia and septic shock, and now he speaks on reclaiming hope, something that is a very important lesson for us all to consider when life throws us a curveball and we start to feel pain, failure, or regret. Today we’re going to hope for something.

In episode 581 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Will decided on Wabash College, what made him want to join Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, what it was like to be diagnosed with leukemia and septic shock at 21 years old, why hope is more than just a “feel-good” emotion, why having a future vision so important for college students today, what we can do for students who feel like they have no one to lean on, how students can turn past pain, failure, or regret into a teacher instead of a burden, how to support members going through difficult mental health or life challenges, what is one action students can take right now to reclaim a sense of hope, and what his legacy will be for this generation of college students. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAXpk2yK2Z8

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Rob Dubin: What did you learn about happiness and where personal growth comes from?

By admin on April 1, 2024

Rob Dubin is an international keynote speaker and Amazon #1 Best Selling author on happiness and employee engagement. His TEDx talk on Happiness has been viewed over 250K times. Rob was an award winning filmmaker who traveled the world making TV programs and commercials for Fortune 500 companies. He is also a serial entrepreneur who created multiple 7 figure businesses. After a near death survival experience that would have sidelined most, Rob bounced back more resilient than ever. At the age of 42 he and his wife sold their home, moved onto a 40’ sailboat, and spent the next 17 years sailing around the world studying human happiness and fulfillment. Given the ever changing nature of life at sea Rob learned first hand the key traits of resilience. Today Rob gives back by teaching courses in resilient leadership and employee happiness which increase engagement and reduce burnout. In episode 439 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out how he and his wife survived a snow storm for days while missing in Aspen, Colorado with no tent or sleeping bag, how being happy in his subconscious mind ultimately saved his wife’s fingers and feet, what he learned about happiness and personal growth by sailing around the world for 17 years, why visualization is so important, how we can rewrite the stories of our past failures, how to overcome fear, what is his advice in retaining our members or employees, and how to balance business success with personal fulfillment. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyrrNl1QFvs

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Chris Hood: How do we build a culture of innovation like Google?

By admin on September 1, 2022

Our next guest is Chris Hood, a digital strategist, podcast host, and writer. He loves storytelling and has made it an essential part of his career. He’s always loved escaping into words, sounds, images, and events, to paint a solution for others to experience. It is the primary reason he is a veteran of the digital entertainment industry with more than three decades of working across various mediums, including television, film, music, and video games. Today, as the Head of Business Innovation & Strategy at Google, his thought leadership and strategic insights on digital and business transformation have fueled countless enterprises’ digital success. At Google, he’s been fortunate enough to keep his pulse on the media and entertainment industry with strategic participation in our industry solutions and developing incredible digital experiences across all of the mediums. He also has the honor of hosting That Digital Show, a weekly business podcast for Google Cloud.

In episode 296 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what was so appealing about cinema to Chris at a young age, how he came up with the idea to revolutionize onscreen advertising at the movies, how he knew the future of music was digital, how he developed television engagement tools across multiple platforms, what the interview process is like at Google and what’s it like to work there every day, how to get hired at Google, what is the future of Google, how can we build a culture of innovation in our companies, how can we build failure skills within our college students, and how you can prove your organization is the best with data. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7L9C8IDNdg

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Oliver Seidler: How did you go from waiting tables to a successful real estate business?

By admin on July 22, 2021

There’s a big world out there—do you want to make your mark on it? Are you hungry for more money, success, confidence, or security? To get to that next level, you’ve got to make it happen. Entrepreneurship is one of the best ways to move your life and career forward, so long as you have proper expectations and the mindset for success.

Oliver Seidler, our guest on episode number 164 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, had to learn these lessons the hard way. He started his own real estate company right before the recession, fought like crazy to keep it alive during the lean years, then saw rapid growth and expansion in the years that followed. Oliver’s new book, “A Renegade’s Rules: How a ‘C’ Student Created An ‘A’ Life, and How You Can, Too” recounts Oliver’s journey from waiting tables to heading up a company that pioneered the wholesale real estate industry. What you’ll discover is a life filled with more options, excitement, challenge, fulfillment, and purpose.

We find out why Oliver chose Florida State University, how his grade-school worth ethic transferred to his work ethic in adulthood, how he went from waiting tables to becoming a successful real estate agent, how the 2008 recession impacted his business and him personally, the best possible response when things don’t go according to plan, how he stayed so resilient in the face of adversity, how you can handle the doubters in your life, how to overcome your fear of failure, how his business (PropertyForce) works, and his favorite restaurants in Miami. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLl9LmxL8BQ

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Lauren Beane: Why should we embrace the process of failure?

By admin on May 31, 2021

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In episode # 155, we find out what made NC State the right place for Lauren, what was special about Kappa Delta at NC State, how she was able to increase impressions so significantly on social media for Cisco during an internship, how that internship led to a full time position with Cisco, why we should we embrace the process of failure, how fraternity and sorority members can unlock the potential of the other members around them, what chapters should post and who they should they engage with on social media to grow their network, and why connecting and engaging on LinkedIn is so important. Enjoy!

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9lV8vv78U