With Dr Evelyn T Samuel, Jim Mumford, Brittany Cooley, Dr Garry "Pearl" Pierce, Charles Gore, Billy Harper, Alvin Jones & James Spencer Sands

Weekday evenings at 7pm - The James Cooley Show presents It's Your Life!

This LIVE show is broadcast on The Answer San Diego FM 96.1 AM 1170 North County, San Diego, and multiple other national platforms including Amazon Alexa, iHeart Radio, Tune-In and Radio.com; and also made available as a podcast.

Listeners also have the opportunity to call LIVE into the show KCBQ Hotline number Call-In 1-888-344-1170

This week's Co-Host

Michelle Cooley - has been part of the JC Cooley Foundation since its inception in 2014.
Her continued focus is on giving back to the community and finding ways to inspire and help those in need

#242 Monday Jan 24th: Success doesn't come by accident - with Dr Evelyn T Samuel

• Introducing Dr. Evelyn Samuel.
• Dr Samuel's professional background and The Efficiency Institute.
• Designing your life and allowing your business and dental practice to follow suit
• Systems and their role in a successful business
• Vision, Goals, Purpose, and their relationship to creating a life of fulfillment

Dr. Evelyn T. Samuel is the founder of the Efficiency Institute.

Billed as the dentist’s dream coach, she helps dentists decrease stress, attract loyal high performing team members, create better patient (guests) experiences, and make more in less time. With over 20 years as a CEO and practicing dentist operating in the top 1 % percentile of her field, Dr. Samuel realized her purpose was to help others attain and realize their purpose, especially in the areas of business efficiency, profitable systems and achieving balance that leads to long-term self-actualization. She’s the author of the highly-acclaimed 100 Things I HATE/Love About Dentistry: A professional’s guide to efficiency, profitability and sanity, and her world renown Efficiency Institute provides the practical tools, methodologies and systems that provide new hope, renewed drive, and a world of new and promising possibilities.

More information: www.drevelyntsamuel.com 

#243 Tuesday Jan 25th: Good Earth Plant Co - Transforming the Environment, Health and well-being with plants.

• Introducing award winning plantscaper, green roof and living wall designer Jim Mumford
• Jim's business Good Earth Plant Company
• The 2nd edition of the white paper he wrote
• The industry’s conference he attended and the award/accolades received.
• Living walls, moss walls, and green roofs

Jim began his career in 1977 with the opening of Good Earth Plant & Flower Company, a flower “bucket stand” in downtown San Diego. More than four decades later, Jim is a thought leader in expanding the potential for bringing the living world of plants into our everyday lives to experience their positive environmental, aesthetic, and health benefits. Jim is an award winning plantscaper, green roof and living wall designer, and a recipient of numerous local and national awards

For more information about Good Earth Plants & GreenScaped Buildings visit the website: https://www.goodearthplants.com/ 

#244 Wednesday Jan 5th: Brittany Cooley - Her Past, Present and Future. PREVIOUSLY AIRED SHOW

• Introducing Brittany Cooley-past, present, and future
• Her challenges and how she overcame those obstacles
• The Fear of Failure: Changing your Mentality
• The true meaning of growth and discipline

Brittany Cooley is currently a Member Support Specialist for Branch Insurance. Her focus in her role specializes in agency support, underwriting, special projects, and improving customer/client satisfaction to better help improve their overall experience. She has over 15+ years combined working experience in the insurance industry, finance industry, and customer service. Facing life struggles in her in mid-twenties, Brittany had to regain her mental strength to get back on the right track for her future.

#245 Thursday Jan 27th: An Attitude of Gratitude, with Dr Garry "Pearl" Pierce

• Introducing Dr. Garry “Pearl” Pierce the Pastor of Kingdom Life Church Worldwide Ministries in Decatur, Georgia
• Why the pastor has a servant’s heart towards others
• The concept of Gratitude
• How Dr. Pierce has shown gratitude in his life.

Powerful. Driven. Bold. Compassionate. If one were to describe the character of Dr. Pierce, these words plus so many more would not do him justice. Hailing from Bed-Stuy, an urban section of Brooklyn, New York, Garry “Pearl” Pierce is a man after God’s own heart. In 2005, Dr. Pierce established a non-denominational organization, Ambassadors for Christ Worldwide Ministries, Inc. where he leads the movement to assist families in need from financial blessings to personal and spiritual counseling.

As an intense, insightful and inspirational mentor, motivator and friend, Dr. Pierce has created a niche for his ministry in connecting with youth, collegiate and professional athletes. He believes that through empowering and equipping athletes with practical and spiritual nourishment, they are able to perform better on the field and in life in general.

In 2012, Dr. Pierce was called to pastor and he established Kingdom Life Church Worldwide Ministries in Decatur, GA. It is the mission of Dr. Pierce to provide outreach ministry services by consistently addressing the needs of the complete person through effectively ministering the word of God to the people of God, through teaching, preaching, and outreach.

#246 Friday Jan 28th: "Botherhood" with Charles Gore, Billy Harper, Alvin Jones & James Spencer Sands.

• Introducing Charles Gore, Billy Harper, Alvin Jones, and James Sands/li>
• Discussion the topics: Fatherhood/Male role models, African American Male stigmas, Marriage, Wills/Trusts, Purpose, Giving Back, Legacy/li>

Charles Gore:
Charles Gore, born and raised in Chattanooga, TN. Married for 35 years with four adult children and two grandkids. Graduated from Chattanooga High School. Colleges attended and graduated from are DeVry Institute and Chattanooga State Technical College. I have been living in Atlanta, GA since 1985 initially working Southern Technical College and for the last 32 years working with the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks.

Billy Harper:
Billy is a certified Catastrophe Insurance Claims Adjuster and a Claims Examiner for a government agency. Every day he is a husband, a father of two, a PaPa to one and tomorrow he will be a retiree at 100% of his projected retirement financial goals.

Alvin Jones:
Originally from Cattanooga, TN Alvin is an Army Veteran who worked as an Nightclub DJ for ten years playing play music from Sea-Tac, to Chattanooga, Atlanta, Seoul Korea as well as Nuremberg/ Firth, Germany. Alvin and his wife settled in Atlanta in 1988, where he has worked as a Health Information Management Specialist for almost 33 years. Alvin has been married to the love of his life, Elaine for almost 40 years.

James Spencer Sands:
James was born in Chattanooga Tennessee at Erlanger hospital. He graduated from Riverside High School and graduated from Tennessee State University and finishing up his MBA at Strayer University. James moved to Atlanta in 1983 and has been married to Pamela Sands for 36 years. They have 4 children and 2 grandchildren.