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NAVIGATING GROWTH

ABOUT THE PODCAST CLUB

Navigating Growth is a community for professionals focused on development. Instead of a traditional book club, we meet monthly to discuss podcasts about professional growth and wellness, emphasizing the importance of self-care for career advancement.

First Meetup: Thursday, September 25, 2025. Discussion materials are linked below for download.

upcoming podcast club discussions

September 25, 2025, at 5:30 PM | ETC Coworking, Downtown Elgin, IL

SESSION 1: COMMUNICATING YOUR VALUE AND SHINING BRIGHTER


Are you working hard but still feel overlooked? This month at the Navigating Growth Podcast Club, we’re diving into how to communicate your value, shine brighter, and build connections that actually stick. Join the conversation—you’ll walk away with practical tips you can use right away.


Download the meet up guide below for more about this episode and a discussion guide.


Listen to this episode on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple (click each for a link)


***SPACES ARE LIMITED TO 15. PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPACE BELOW***

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Meet up guides

The downloads below contain PDF files. Each file contains an episode guide and a discussion guide. 

Sept. 25, 2025 - Learning to Shine | Diary of a CEO w Steven Bartlett (pdf)Download

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Podcasts we will explore

Connecting & Communicating

Learn to connect better with others in every area of your life. Immerse yourself in spirited conversations with people who know how hard it is, and yet how good it feels, to really connect with other people – whether it’s one person, an audience or a whole country. You'll know many of the people in these conversations – they are luminaries in our culture. Some you may not know. But what links them all is their powerful ability to relate and communicate. It's something we need now more than ever.

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The Future of Business

A podcast that lets you tune in to the leaders who are successfully reinventing the future of business.

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Entrepreneurial Strategy & Personal Transformation

From the creator of the 5AM Club, Sharran Srivatsaa brings you, "All the good stuff that they never taught us at business school... that I wish they had."

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Growth through Confidence

Looking to take your life to the next level? Every Tuesday Heather sits down to share with you the techniques and strategies to create your confidence, pursue your dreams and leapfrog the villains you’ll meet along the way. After successfully shattering the glass ceiling in corporate America, Heather is now a best-selling author, professional speaker and entrepreneur. She is currently pulling back the curtain to expose what it takes to get ahead in business and life so you can claim the greatness that you deserve. Find out why USA Today, CNN, and Steve Harvey have all featured her and most recently seen as a guest lecturer at Harvard.

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Unique Insight on Marketing

Jay Schwedelson has built and led businesses that have generated over $400 million in revenue—all by doing what most marketers are too afraid to try: breaking the so-called “best practices.” His podcast, “Do This, Not That: For Marketers,” ranks as the #1 marketing podcast in the U.S., out of more than 55,000, according to Apple Podcasts.

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Raw Entrepreneurial Insight & Emotional Insight

"The Diary of a CEO" is a popular podcast hosted by British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett. It features interviews with influential people, focusing on their stories, insights, and lessons learned. The podcast aims to provide an unfiltered look into the lives and experiences of individuals who have shaped culture and achieved significant success.

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Data-Driven Curiosity & Economic Storytelling

Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior. 

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Human Behavior

Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world.

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Entrepreneurial Experts in the Home Service Industry

The Home Service Expert podcast is the No. 1 podcast for ambitious home service entrepreneurs. In this show, I will talk with the best entrepreneurs and experts in the home service industry and beyond, to share insights that have made them successful: from the newest marketing tools to the best scaling strategies.

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About Today's Economy

A bite-sized show about big ideas. From the people who make Planet Money, The Indicator helps you make sense of what's happening in today's economy. It's a quick hit of insight into money, work, and business. Monday through Friday, in 10 minutes or less.

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How Everything Ties to the Economy

Money makes the world go around, faster and faster every day. On NPR’s Planet Money, you’ll meet high rollers, brainy economists and regular folks — all trying to make sense of our rapidly changing global economy.

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The Side Hustle Show is a top-rated podcast featuring the ideas, actions, and results you need to start and grow a successful business.

Put a little hustle in your earbuds as I extract the actionable tips and business strategies from successful entrepreneurs.

Each week you’ll get new business ideas, side hustle opportunities, and high-value content to help you make extra money and make the most of your time.

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Health & Science for the Everyday

Regularly ranked as the No. 1 health podcast in the world, Dr. Andrew Huberman discusses science and science-based tools for everyday life. New episodes are released every Monday and Thursday.

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All Things Finance for Everyone

Nicole Lapin—New York Times bestselling author and seasoned finance pro—hosts this daily podcast as a kind of “financial therapy.” It’s designed to help people recognize harmful money habits, rethink their financial routines, and rebuild control over their wallets. Lapin tackles real listener problems and invites experts to offer simple, actionable solutions.

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All Things E-Commerce from the Best

In eCommerce, a legendary WhatsApp group is rumored to hold the secrets of unimaginable success.

The catch? You must have nine figures in revenue to gain entry. Legacy retail’s old guard has denied its existence for years, until now.

Four titans known as “Operators” are leaking the secret contents in an effort to share its wealth of knowledge with people like you.

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Deep Dive into Life from a Scientific View (but it's fun)

There are a lot of fads, blogs and strong opinions, but then there’s SCIENCE. Science Vs is the show from Spotify Studios that finds out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. We do the hard work of sifting through all the science so you don't have to and cover everything from 5G and ADHD, to Fluoride and Fasting Diets.

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A Quirky Deep-Dive into EVERYTHING

Stuff You Should Know is a long‑running educational podcast hosted by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, launched in April 2008. Produced in collaboration with HowStuffWorks and later iHeartMedia, it's dedicated to exploring a wildly diverse array of topics—from champagne, chaos theory, and LSD, to true crime, historical events, and conspiracy theories

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Marketing for Entrepreneurs

The Amy Porterfield Show is a weekly conversation about how to create sustainable scale in your business. 

From solving problems in the right order, to prioritizing your time, to building a team, and beyond.

You’ll get a no-holds-barred look at how I run my business, plus candid conversations with experts, leaders, and unexpected entrepreneurs who’ve cracked the code on financial and lifestyle freedom.

All to help you go from struggling in your business to systemizing and growing with stronger marketing, more revenue, better help, and greater confidence.

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Dealing with Life Based on the Stoic Philosophy

The Daily Stoic Podcast is a daily podcast hosted by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ryan Holiday. Each weekday the podcast features the audio version of our popular Daily Stoic email meditations. A short 2-3 minute Stoic inspired meditation designed to help you live your best life.

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All About Communication!

Change your conversations. Change your life. Every episode of The Jefferson Fisher Podcast will give you the tools to communicate with confidence. Whether you’re heading to work, sitting in the school pick-up line, or just looking for quick advice, listen now to start changing the way you communicate.

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Fun Show All About Marketing

Bored of the same boring marketing podcasts? If you’re looking for insights from some of the sharpest operators in the business, then The Marketing Millennials is the podcast for you.

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Marketing Mastery & Funnel Strategy

So... the big question is this... how are entrepreneurs like us... who didn't cheat and take on venture capital... who are spending money from our own pockets... how do we market in a way that let's us get our products and our services and the things we believe in, out to the world and yet still remain profitable. That is the question, and this podcast... will give you the answers.

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Practical Advice about Human Behavior

Mel researches and hand-selects the most interesting and accomplished experts in science and human behavior and engages with them each week to turn science-backed wisdom into practical advice.

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High-Performance Tactics & Life Optimization

The Tim Ferriss Show is often the #1 business podcast on all of Apple Podcasts, and it’s been ranked #1 out of 500,000+ podcasts on many occasions. It is the first business/interview podcast to pass 100,000,000 downloads, it has been selected as “Best of” Apple Podcasts for three years running, and readers of Fortune magazine‘s Term Sheet recently selected The Tim Ferriss Show as their top business podcast. It has now surpassed one billion downloads.

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Strategic Communication for Everyday Life

Join Matt Abrahams, a lecturer of Strategic Communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business, as he sits down with experts in the field to discuss real-world challenges. How do I send my message clearly when put on the spot? How do I write emails to get my point across?

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Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship & Real-World Strategy.

Hosted by Charles Schwartz, the Proven Podcast is a business and entrepreneurship show operating since around 2024. Its mantra? “It does not matter what you think, only what you can prove.

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