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The Re-Engineered You –
The Self-Help Podcast In Disguise
Todd Lemense, MS3 and Joe Anthony, DTM
and saying “Uhhhm, let me see what I’m doing self-improvement, without any working
that month…” whenever I get the offer to collab. equipment. And you know what? It was amazing!
But something about Todd’s attitude made It didn’t feel silly at all. It felt like good
me want to do this podcast. His enthusiasm is practice. We sat and read through the entire
infectious. Whenever he hosts Tabletopics, he hour-long episode as if the world was listening,
makes you want to share. My phone calendar and afterward I felt like we had conquered the
couldn’t shield me from his kind of life’s-a-buffet ocean.
energy. That, and neither of us had completed As of writing this article, The Re-Engineered
the Pathways podcast project yet. You is now on its 13th episode (7 released) and
Our first episode was a re-written speech Todd our Spotify reviews have been glowing. And it is
and I had outlined. It was about why Franklin truly thanks to respectful, spirited collaboration,
Roosevelt bought a day-spa (where he would and closing my calendar instead of coming up
ultimately die) and how de-stressing is the secret with reasons ‘why not.’
power all great leaders share. This guts-and-glory If you want to listen to a fantastic Toastmasters
president, who once stared down a torpedo from collaboration, you can check us out at
the deck of a battleship as it rushed toward him, re-engineeredyou.com or look for us on the
bought a mineral bath to soak his toes in. What major podcast platforms. If your goal is self-
a speech! What a great episode it would make! improvement, don’t tell the Universe what you
We sat down to record with our brand-new Yeti want. Instead, ask science and history how to
microphones, and . . . nothing worked. re-engineer a better you.
Our first podcast episode, and we couldn’t get Todd Lemense joined Toastmasters in 2011. He
the software to run on our laptops. Our podcast is a member of Babble-On. Mentors of Focus, West
was a dud on our very first day. Beaverton, Sporty Speakers, and PMI Portland. He
As the realist (aka pessimist), I was ready to is currently serving as VP Membership in Sporty
call it a day. But once again, having a high-energy Speakers.
collaborator saved us, because Todd suggested Joe Anthony joined Toastmasters in 2014. He is
we do it anyway. With the microphones off. currentlty a member of Storymasters where he serves
For our very first episode, we talked about as club secretary.
the history and science of leadership and
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