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Bose Akadiri

Bose Akadiri

Founder and CEO of Goal and Grind LLC; motivational keynote speaker and corporate trainer known as "The Joy Amplifier"; author of The Stay Joyful Method.

Jul 27, 2026

13:42
We'll
13:42
still be good friends.
13:44
And I think it's the same in your career.
13:46
Because I remember there was a time when someone referred a role to me.
13:51
They said, oh, bossy, this is going to be great for you.
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I said, OK, let me talk to the hiring manager.
13:56
Let's have some conversation.

11 MINS LATER

25:02
But how has disappointment redirected your life in ways that success never could?
16:15
How do you make the business case for joy in the language they'll actually use on the job?
16:23
Definitely, Andy.
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So this is one of my favorite questions.
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I love, love, love it because this book is definitely for the skeptical reader, and because I know how to meet people where they are, and that's where the numbers are, right? And I think when you're looking-- Not I think.
16:39
I know when you're looking at the numbers, it's not just a short-term gain.
16:43
It's a long-term gain that you're looking at within a company.
16:47
So if you take, for example, a study that I reference in the book from BCG, there are two main motivational blockers when people do not have joy at work.

7 MINS LATER

24:03
Yeah.

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