The Jeff Crilley Show

As you may know, I have a son named Dallas Crilley, who is about to be 32 years old. He wrote a book when he was 14, and every time I tell people about it, they are blown away. Well, I'll tell you what. He's a slacker because my next guest wrote a book when she was ten. Hargun Khatra is in the studio, and she wrote Johanna of the Misty Mountain.

When I graduated from Michigan State in the 80s, they didn't have an entrepreneurship class. I think the message was, go get a job in corporate America, keep your nose clean, and don't get fired. But these days, all major universities are introducing entrepreneurs into their curriculum. One of the most respected schools in the country is the TCU Neeley School of Business. Michael Sherrod is in the studio.

You've heard me talk about Success North Dallas many times on this show, and we are always honored to have these amazing speakers. As often as possible, I like to get the speaker to go straight from the meeting to my studio so I can introduce him or her to my viewers. I was blown away by my next guest, Vip Vipperman, the vice president of Eagle Venture Fund.

This show is about repaying a debt to veterans. We can't truly repay them for what they put on the line for our freedom, but we can help them with benefits. One of the best benefits that any veteran gets after returning from service is the VA Home Loan. To talk about that today is Wade Betz with Winning With Wade.

We had low interest rates for years, and it was easy to sell homes. Then suddenly, you had this spike in inflation, and so many people were sitting in a house that they couldn't wait to get rid of. But now, the fed may start easing here shortly, and I think that will unleash a lot of pent-up demand. Somebody who agrees with me is my next guest, Tom Sherman, Branch Manager at Benchmark Mortgage.

I think I speak for millions of Americans who wonder about COVID-19, all the advice we were getting from the federal government and all the pills we were being made to take during COVID-19. It caused many people to wake up and question Western medicine. Somebody who also questions that and believes there's a higher calling if you will, is my next guest, Dr. Robin Perry Braun, the president of Integrated Life Strategies.

We've all heard the term narcissist, but it's being thrown about more often now than ever before. I have a theory. We're all growing up with social media, looking at ourselves on the computer screen all day. Why wouldn't there be more narcissists today than there were 50 years ago? Cindy Hyde with Living Strong Counseling joins us to discuss that.

I am always impressed when talent and performance run in the family, and I can't think of a more powerful mother-daughter team to have in the studio right now than the two who are here. Merry Miller Guba is a world-renowned harpist, and Sue Grandi is the current Ms. Texas Senior America.

I have always had a lot of respect for bartenders. They have to have eyes in the back of their head to ensure they're taking care of everybody at the bar and then some. But it takes a special bartender to become an entrepreneur. That describes my next guest, Maylee Gray, CEO at Top Shelf Tending.

If you are a small to mid-sized business and you don't want to take on full-time employees here in this country, there are some wonderful companies out there that can help you with some staffing support. One of the people who is leading that effort is in our Austin Studio right now. Sean Devitt is the head of sales for Outsource Broker Support.

Divorce is so painful that it rips apart families. What it also does is set people back on their heels when it comes to their finances. You're coasting along, feeling like you've got it all figured out, and then suddenly, there are divorce papers, and you don't know where to turn. Many people turn to my next guest, Luke Suminski, with Encircle Wealth Advisors.

I love my life. I get to work with my kids. I own a fabulous company, where I call it "Thank God it's Monday." When I see somebody else who loves their life the way I do, I have to have them on my show. Gwendolyn Griffin is in the studio, and she specializes in reverse mortgages.

I like to think I have a pretty cool company, but my next guest is putting us into outer space in terms of cool factor. Chris Cassidy is in the studio. He's a retired Navy Seal, a former astronaut, my friend, and the CEO of the National Medal of Honor Museum.

I have never served in the military, but I have so much respect for the men and women who have, especially the discipline and all the leadership lessons they learn as they climb the ranks. I am honored to have the Honorable Raymond D. Kemp in the studio. He's an author and speaker and rose to the rank of Fleet Master Chief in the US Navy.

I have this obsession with excellence. Everything has to be correct. If I'm walking down the halls here at Real News and see a little speck of something on the carpet that doesn't look like it belongs, I'm the guy who goes down, picks it up, and puts it in the trash. I'm obsessed with excellence, and so I admire other people who have that same gene, like Eason Maykus with Maykus Homes.

Most Americans don't even look at the label when they use deodorant. They don't know what chemicals they're putting on their bodies every single day. They just want to smell nice. My next guest has a personal journey that brought her here, Zuly Matallana with Tiara Natural Deodorants.

I did 25 years of TV news, and I would have killed for the voice of my next. They call it the voice of God in TV news. Jim Blythe, with the Veterans' Impact Show, is in the studio.

I think all of us are walking around with undiagnosed PTSD. You can't take the whole world and put it on time out for two years because of COVID-19 and expect that to have mental and emotional repercussions. My next guests are very passionate about this and came together on The Brandon Show. Nicole Blackwell and Brandon Gillespie join us in the studio.

If you are a small business owner or a startup, listen up because you want to know about this next organization. It's called SCORE, and back in my public speaking days, I spoke to these organizations quite a bit. They're unique in the country, as the people are from all walks of life, and they have all the expertise for struggling business owners. Bob Siffermann is the SCORE District Director of North Texas.

Michael Jordan is clearly the greatest of all time in basketball, but he lost a few games. My next guest is the Michael Jordan of trial attorneys, but she's undefeated: 127 to nothing. Sandra Spurgeon joins us in the studio.

I grew up in an all-loving household. Dad is a minister, and Mom is a preacher's wife, so I never heard yelling. When I first started dating my wife, Victoria, I said, look, here's how my brain works. I cannot hear loud sounds. I cannot. So whatever you need to tell me, please say it gently. And so that gives you much information about how my brain works. My next guest, Jacqueline Campbell, is somebody who does this for a living and helps leaders become more effective by dealing with childhood trauma.

This is a classic story: You own a bakery and are good at baked goods. Then you expand, and suddenly, you have 2 or 3 locations. Now, you've never been good at HR, and you don't want to be good at HR. That's when you bring in a fractional HR firm like my next guest runs, Neil Katz, with Exceptional HR Solutions.

I got into Dallas in 1992, and I was spoiled. We started winning Super Bowls. The moment I touched down, the man sitting next to me had a lot to do with that. He was part of those three Super Bowl-winning teams of the 90s. Chad Hennings is in the studio.

We all watch the news daily, there's another hack attack, and we all say the same thing to ourselves. Can we not stay one step ahead of the hackers? We're all still kind of suffering from what happened a couple of weeks ago with that much-publicized hack attack. To talk about this, Shawn Tuma, a security expert and good friend.

Some of the wealthiest people on the planet got their money in real estate investing. I think about even Jerry Jones. You know him from the Dallas Cowboys, but he owns much land in Frisco and beyond that is worth much money. Somebody who knows about that is Jordan D'Silva, CEO of Web City Properties.

Obviously, divorce is hard on everyone in the family, including the kids, but my next guest makes the point that it hits women harder than it does men. Michelle O'Neil is in the studio. She is an author, speaker, and award-winning attorney.

Over the last half-century, the banking industry has had several ups and downs, and I think we're in a positive mode right now. But a guy who has seen it all since 1986 is in the studio, Stephen Curry with Endurance Advisory.

Let's face it, all social media companies are trying to make a buck. They're trying to keep you on their platform as long as possible. The problem with that is, let's suppose you started to search for Robin Williams's suicide. They begin to feed you more of that stuff. And if you're already having some mental health issues or some stress, suddenly, they call that doom scrolling. Somebody to discuss that is Dave Batt with PredictView.

As we speak, a lot is going on in the market. Stock markets around the planet are cratering right now, which has created some anxiety. On the positive side, it may fuel more momentum for the Fed to start lowering interest rates. And we'll hear from my next guest to confirm this. I'm convinced that many people have been sitting on the fence. They've just been waiting for permission to make that home sale. Joe Atkins, with Joe Atkins Realty, is in the studio.

I think you'll agree that every day, we come to a fork in the road. We can go to the right or the left. You make choices as you go along, and sometimes, you can find yourself going down the wrong path. My next guest knows a lot about that. Scott Allen Curley is an author, keynote speaker, mentor, and friend.

When I got to Dallas in 1992, UT Dallas had an excellent reputation, but it was still something of a local campus, drawing students from a 30-mile radius. Now, it has become so global. The Vice Provost for International Engagement, Dr. Juan Gonzalez, is here to discuss that.

I've often said on this show that the media can scare people into sitting on their wallets or opening their wallets. And the media has done a pretty good job in the last two years of scaring people about home sales and buying homes. We've seen so many cycles here in Texas in the past few decades that next year could be good for people who want to get into a home. Geni Manning, a realtor and certified divorce specialist, knows that very well.

I love the late, great Zig Ziglar quote, "You got to eliminate the stinking thinking." And so much of what happens in our lives isn't what somebody said to us, but the fact that we replayed it 100 times in our head. Or we did something wrong and then spent the rest of the day beating ourselves up. So much of how you approach life is the story that you're telling yourself. My next guest, Sarah Schroeder, an executive life coach and my friend, knows that very well.

This is the summer travel season, and of course, a lot of Americans are staying in different hotels right now. I'm sure you've seen those reports on the news where they take one of those black lights and show you where all the germs are. My next guest and good friend, Trisha Holderman, the CEO of Elite Facility Systems, knows this area very well.

Let's imagine you're the CEO of Exxon. Well, you're something of a target. You deal with oil and gas, are very prominent, and are well-known worldwide. You might have somebody like my next guest, Frank Roberson, with The Black Rhino Group, protecting you throughout the day.

When we have an obesity epidemic in this country, it's surprising because we know more about how the body works than ever before. The problem is that there's just so much crazy advice out there. If you start following TikTok influencers every week, they're coming out with a new fad diet or fad exercise. And so much of that comes down to living a healthy lifestyle. WiL Turner knows all about that. He is a men's health, fitness, relationship, and lifestyle coach.

I never served in the military, but I have so much respect for the hardworking men and women who did. And to have an entire 25-year career is a lifetime. That describes my next guest, Burt Vergez, a retired colonel and part of P3 Builds.

I've heard of artificial intelligence my entire adult life, but it didn't hit me between the eyes until ChatGPT came along. That describes millions of people around the planet, and suddenly, we realize this is a thing. Someone who was into A.I. before it was cool is Dr. Yeshwant Muthusamy, Owner of Yeshvik Solutions and A.I. Principal at Improving.

On this show, we feature many nonprofits, and my heart goes out to them because they're doing so many amazing things, and raising money almost becomes a full-time job. One overlooked area of their business is often grant writing. Today, Jeanna Davis, the founder and CEO of JMD Enterprises & Associates, is here to discuss this.

Unfortunately, we see a lot of homeless people here in Dallas-Fort Worth. It always tugs at my heartstrings when I see a homeless person who has a sign saying, veteran. I think about that person, whether it is a male or female, who put their lives on the line for our country, and now they are homeless. Somebody who shares that same feeling is my next guest, Dana Prewitt, CEO of the L.I.F.E. Development Community.

During my two and a half decades in TV news, unfortunately, I covered far too many domestic violence calls. Often, it would be a standoff with police. And those are just the calls that we know about. There are so many people who are suffering in silence even today. Someone trying to shed light on this problem is my next guest, Dr. Brooke Jones, the founder and president of Stronger Women.

I wrote a book in 2002. In addition to my TV job, I went around like a crazy man giving 300 speeches a year for six straight years. I sold 70,000 copies of a $10 book, which launched this PR firm. This experience gave me a great respect for the speaking industry and the people who do it at the highest level. They have to be on, no matter their personal life. Somebody who knows that well is Antoniette Roze, CEO of WPC Global Speakers & Trainers.

The Gen Z generation and Millennials sometimes put off getting married, so their pets become their kids. The pet product industry is just exploding like it never has before. My next guest, Eugenia Davis, the founder and CEO of The Paw Social, knows that very well.

I've seen on the news that we're in the middle of the most significant transfer of wealth in human history. There's an old Chinese proverb that the first generation makes the money, the second generation tries to preserve it because they saw mom and dad work so hard, and by the third generation, they've squandered it. That is still true today. Jim Shields is the founder and CEO of The Shields Group.

I've got a confession. I'm such a pleaser. I like to say yes to people. I always want to please people, and I often over-commit. I join too many boards and associations, and suddenly, I don't have time to put my oxygen mask on first. I need to learn how to quit more often. Lloyd Banks is an expert on that, he is an international keynote speaker.

As the owner of a PR and marketing firm, and now podcast/television network, I'm fascinated by people who are playing at the top of their game. That's why James Weiss, Managing Director with Big Drop Inc, is joining us on the show today.

A decade ago, I had the privilege of doing some PR work for the town of Forney. At the time, they hired me because nobody knew where they were. I guess the secret is out because everybody is moving to Forney. According to the Dallas Business Journal, it is the top town in North Texas in terms of percentage of growth. The secret is out, and today, we speak with the mayor of the City of Forney, Jason Roberson.

Have you ever met somebody and felt like you've known them your whole life? That describes my next guest, and it's because we share so many things in common. We both did the TV news thing and now we're both entrepreneurs. I want you to meet my next guest, Kezhal Dashti, with Dashti Media.

What happened to civility? Don't you remember when everybody talked and listened, and there was a give-and-take? And social media has only amplified this. So many comments on social media may not be something the person believes, but they're trying to get enough likes and shares. Jonathan Thorp, Chief Learning Officer at Quantum Connections, is somebody on a mission to change.

During my career in TV news, I covered some significant cases and just happened to cover a few cases that my next guest also covered. But he was on the other side. I'm covering it as a reporter, and he is covering it as a crime scene investigator. Daniel Rhodes is in the studio and has more than 40 years of experience in law enforcement.