How I Broke That

Gil Gutierrez grew up in a humble home, where he wanted to learn cello but was gifted a guitar instead. His creativity and motivation couldn’t be stopped by small bumps in the road. Gutierrez has several impressive stats, including: Starting his performance career at age 14.Paying for college by playing guitar on city buses.Starting a band, soloing in symphonies, performing in Carnegie hall, and more. Listen along as we discover where Gutierrez finds his inspiration to overcome and succeed in classical music. We may even get a glimpse into his unique, Cuban-Mexican style along the way.

From radio and real estate to restaurants, Mark Bucher has done it all. He’s shattered norms along the way, adding incredible achievements to his list along the way — closing several hundreds of leases in a few years’ time, hosting an entrepreneurial radio show on CBS and the NFL Players Association, forming multiple “Best Of” restaurants, feeding the hungry in DC, and so much more. Of course, these ventures have had near breaks —and plenty of real, shattering moments— throughout the years. How did Mark Bucher take these challenges head-on and build his businesses stronger? Listen along to find out.

“Take a Pause. Breathe in. Breath out. And Smile.” If you’re tired of the stress typical business building brings, Lisa MK Ling is the voice for you. She’s shattering the entrepreneurial norm by bringing the power of healthy minds, bodies, and spirits into the workspace. Lisa is a Human Potential Coach along with countless other roles. Most notably, she’s transforming lives with her FLOW approach, supporting entrepreneurs in industries of all kinds.  What can Lisa’s innovative efforts do for you as you strive to build —and break parts of— your own business? Tune into today’s show to find out.

Delbert McClinton’s breakage didn’t stop at the stage — this man has been through incredible hardship, from broken hearts to literal heart surgery. But that didn’t stop him from excelling in music or living life as a kind, enthusiastic soul. Listen along to learn from Delbert’s lessons yourself as he dives into personal challenges in a way that’s never been shared before.

From playing harmonica in Bruce Chanel’s infamous —seriously, look it up— “Hey Baby,” to touring England alongside the Beatles and spending a night on the town with John Lennon himself, Delbert McClinton has experienced far more fame than most of us. Tune in as he shares these incredible memories firsthand, and discusses in detail the breaks that occurred along the way.

Delbert McClinton’s life holds lessons of breakage for people of all backgrounds, and he’s coming aboard to share them with us all. The hit musician broke plenty of things throughout his time on stage, from genre norms to racial barriers. He broke in his personal life before building back better, too. His vast life experiences ensure today’s show will have something to inspire everyone. Whether you’re looking for creative inspiration in your art of choice or motivation to move past closed door challenges, McClinton’s insight will get you well on your way.

Are you looking for your next big break? Maybe for your business, maybe for yourself, maybe even for your bank account? Today’s guest has done it all. He’s the ultimate breaker — breaking himself, the bank, the education industry, and almost a marriage. He works to abolish the achievement gap by bringing an equity focus to every task he takes on, too.  So what can we learn about breaking for the better from John Gamba himself? Or should we ask — what can’t we learn?  Tune in this week to find out.

Arianna wrote a best-seller about a courageous and world-changing woman who lived to break things, and completely shattered the typical book writing approach in the process. Now, she’s coming aboard to share her own experiences with breakage. From her quest to let others live as boldly Mexican artist Frida Khalo to her incredible creativity and the life that brought it to be, we have plenty to learn from author Arianna Davis. Who knows, maybe her story will be the inspiration you need to begin breaking things -for the better- yourself.

Join Josh Chernikoff, an entrepreneur, educator, and small business advisor. If you’re experiencing a pain point in your business, Josh probably come across the same thing too. This podcast will host other entrepreneurs to learn how they built, broke, and rebuilt within their industry. Each episode will simultaneously induce cringes and provide comfort in helping you realize you are not alone in breaking something on your path to innovation! Twitter @jdchernikoff Instagram @joshuadcdc https://www.joshchernikoff.com