Education
In episode 613, Tom Stern talks about how to deal with anxiety, sell more and make more money. He is a successful executive recruiter who works with many national and international companies, including Accenture, Bain & Company, Coca-Cola, Sony Pictures, Sutherland Global Services, NBC Universal Studios, and many more. In addition to running Stern Executive Search, Tom also created the syndicated comic strip “CEO Dad,” the successful syndicated national radio talk-show host of Opportunity Knocks, and was a frequent contributing humorist to NPR’s Marketplace. He was formerly a writer/ producer for HBO and president of a division of Spotlight Enterprises, whose clients included Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, and Bill Maher. He was also part of the writing team that won an Oscar for Best Animated Short, The Moon and the Sun. As a young, dyslexic child with ADHD, Tom Stern developed extreme anxiety towards the great expectations set by his successful father and grandfather. Over his long and storied career, he has developed methods for conquering his fears and anxieties and achieving success in the entertainment industry. Now, he wants to share those methods. The first key to becoming a great salesman is to overcome your fears.