As a clinical psychologist, best-selling author, and founder and Executive Chair of Multi-Health Systems (MHS), Dr. Steven Stein spent over four decades advancing the science and application of emotional intelligence and psychological assessment. At MHS, they've built a global reputation for delivering scientifically validated tools used by governments, militaries, Fortune 500 companies, and elite sports teams. Their work has earned recognition as a three-time Profit 100 winner, one of Canada's Best Managed Companies, one of the 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and an E&Y Entrepreneur of the year in Health Care. Dr. Stein also brought psychological expertise and candidate selection assessments to reality TV, consulting on shows that include Beast Games, Big Brother Canada, Yes Chef, The Amazing Race Canada, MasterChef Canada, and many, many more. Whether Dr. Stein is speaking on stage, consulting with leaders, teaching at The Directors College, or conducting psychological evaluations for reality TV, his mission is to help people and organizations thrive through emotional intelligence, resilience, and evidence-based insight.

In episode 663 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what a psychologist does behind the scenes of a reality show, why reality TV resonates so strongly with college students, what inspired Dr. Stein to to start studying these personality patterns, when does healthy competition become unhealthy, what does "The Strategist / Mastermind" bring to a team, how these personality archetypes can help you navigate friendships, leadership roles, and conflicts on campus, how emotional intelligence will influence whether someone becomes a respected leader in a group, three habits college students should start practicing today, what skills will matter most for students entering the workforce, and what advice he would give his 20 year old self. Enjoy!

Ron Dushkin, MD is a Holistic physician, Stress Management Specialist, Former consultant to Westinghouse and Johnson & Johnson in setting up their Stress Management Employee Wellness Program, Charter Member of the American Holistic Medical Associate, and a Former President of the American Institute of Homeopathy.

In episode 662 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what inspired him to focus on stress management as a physician, what he discovered when he began studying the relationship between diet, stress, and disease, what resistance he faced with alternative and holistic medicine, how students can use the early warnings systems for stress, how Stress Management Breath works, how diet and exercise really influences stress levels, what are some daily stress-management habits students should develop early in life, what stress mistakes young professionals make, how younger generations handle stress versus older generations, and the most surprising thing he has learned about stress after decades of working with patients. Enjoy!

Mike DeJong is a multi-business owner, keynote speaker, and the author of Grow Smart: Your Path to Freedom: Mastering the Transformation from Operator to Owner. Over the past 30 years across multiple industries, including the last decade in franchising, Mike has built businesses, turned around struggling operations, and often been the person called in to fix what isn't working. Through that experience he discovered something most entrepreneurs do not realize until it is too late: Owning a business and having an owner's mindset are two completely different things. Mike now teaches entrepreneurs how to escape what he calls the operator trap, the cycle where owners work harder and harder but never actually gain freedom.

In episode 661 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what pushed Mike toward business ownership, what is the most common problem he seed when things start going wrong, what is the difference between an operator mindset and an owner mindset, what is the difference between a student leader who runs everything themselves versus one who builds systems within their chapter, why growing too early can hurt your business, how should young entrepreneurs think about scaling, what is the difference between having "staff" and building a true team, what are the first 3 steps students should take when starting their business, what habits should students build now to avoid burnout and overwork later in life, and what is the definition of success. Enjoy!