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Redefine Your Success Through Value-Aligned Connection

Laurie-Ann Murabito interviews Bernie. He shares that he defines success as his experiences aligning with his values and making deep connections.

This week Laurie-Ann Murabito  (episode 201) “hijacks” the episode by interviewing host Bernie Borges. Here are three key discussion points from the conversation:

1️⃣ Core Values as a Compass: We explored how Bernie’s core values: faith, family, fun, fulfillment, finances, and fitness create a foundation for meaningful success and a fulfilled life.

2️⃣ The Evolving Definition of Success: The discussion highlighted how Bernie defines success as his experiences aligned with his values, not just with career milestones or titles.

3️⃣ Fulfilled at Work Academy & Masterminds: Bernie described the Fulfilled at Work Academy’s mission to help leaders and professionals align personal fulfillment with career growth, and outlined the availability of mastermind groups designed to provide deeper, experiential learning and peer connections outside of one-off workshops.

Main takeaway: Living and leading through the lens of fulfillment is not only possible but necessary for lasting impact, personally and professionally. Bernie shared that he treasures the opportunity to build connections with listeners of the Life Fulfilled podcast across continents, thanks to the power of the podcast medium.

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Episode 33: The Power of Regret with Daniel Pink

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Episode Transcript

Bernie Borges [00:00:02]:
Welcome to the Life Fulfilled Podcast. Because, you know, life’s too short not to experience fulfillment. Have you ever caught yourself thinking, wait, shouldn’t life feel a little fuller than this? That ache for real soul deep fulfillment is exactly why this show exists. I’m Bernie Borges, your host and the creator of the Fulfillment Centric Leadership Framework. Every Monday, I. I show up with practical, no fluff conversations around the five pillars that make or break a rich life, no matter your age or stage. A more fulfilled life is on the table on the Life Fulfilled Podcast. So pull up a chair and be sure to press that follow or subscribe button.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:00:51]:
Well, welcome everybody, to the Life Fulfilled Podcast. And as you probably can tell, this is not Bernie. As a matter of fact, my name is Lorianne and I am the host of another podcast. But I’m sort of hijacking the Life Fulfilled Podcast and I am going to interview Bernie. Hey, Bernie, how are you?

Bernie Borges [00:01:12]:
Great, Lorianne. Thank you so much for hijacking this episode. I’m really looking forward to being on the other side of the microphone with you on my own podcast.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:01:20]:
On your own podcast. So something that I really just love to. Let’s start off with, because I believe that this is the foundation of every person, every business, and even every podcast. Bernie, what are your core values?

Bernie Borges [00:01:37]:
Okay, my core values. I’m just going to answer that question at the human level, Laurian, which I think is probably how you mean it. Anyway, they all begin with the letter F. They really do. First one being faith. I’m a person of faith. I believe that the Bible is the ordained word of God. And so I’m anchored in my faith.

Bernie Borges [00:02:00]:
There’s family. I’ve been married almost 38 years, two kids, four grandkids. So family is very important to me. There’s fun. Fun is important. Although it’s probably the one core value that needs the most improvement in my life. There’s, of course, fulfillment. Lorianne.

Bernie Borges [00:02:19]:
That’s another core value. In that’s an F word. There is finances. We just, we all need to manage our finances and be good stewards of the. The money that we make in our career. And then there’s fitness. Fitness is very important to me. I think my listener who’s been with me for any time, knows that fitness is important.

Bernie Borges [00:02:41]:
I know it’s important to you as well. And so those are my core values. Let me see if I, if I left anything out. Faith, family, fun, fulfillment, finances and fitness. Those are my core values.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:02:57]:
That’s six. I was counting. And I really like and I really like those. And it’s like spirituality, mind, body, and the people that surround you.

Bernie Borges [00:03:08]:
Yeah, exactly.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:03:09]:
That’s beautiful. That’s beautiful. This is a question that comes up a lot for both myself and also for clients that I work with. But what does success mean for you?

Bernie Borges [00:03:20]:
So success really is tied to my core values. I don’t think, Laurian, that I could define success in a way that would be completely separate from my core values. Oftentimes, society and a lot of people also will define success associated with their career, their title, their financial position in the world, their status in the world. And if I’m honest, there was a point in my life in my youth where that definition of success was probably more in line with how I thought about success. But as I’ve matured over the decades, I really define success as to how well I’m doing in the core values that I just shared with you. You know, if. If I’m living those core values and I’m living them in a way that is good for my life, good for my family, then that’s success. And so really, that’s how I would define success.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:04:23]:
I have found success to be an ever evolving definition throughout my years. Just kind of exactly what you have said. My definition of success was very different in my 20s than it was in my 30s, my 40s, and now my 50s.

Bernie Borges [00:04:39]:
Yep, exactly. Exactly. But, yeah, anybody.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:04:43]:
So I think anybody who’s listening to this should just understand that, like, it just. It changes. It changes because of, like, probably life experiences and how you see things. So thanks for. Thanks for sharing those two. You know, you have been podcasting since 2012, which. Bravo. I think that’s absolutely wonderful.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:05:10]:
What’s been your biggest takeaway from podcasting as. You know, like, I’ve only been a podcast host for. I’m coming up on five years, so.

Bernie Borges [00:05:19]:
Yeah, I really love podcasting. I joke, Lorianne, that this microphone, anybody who’s watching this episode on video, you know, can see the microphone. And I joke that this microphone is really an appendage because I spend so much time in front of it and use it, you know, pretty much on a daily basis. I also use it when I’m on zoom calls, that sort of thing. But to your question, what. What’s been my biggest takeaway right from podcasting? I can’t really narrow it down to one, Lorianne. It’s really multiple.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:05:49]:
Okay, give me multiple.

Bernie Borges [00:05:51]:
Yeah. So first of all, it’s evolved quite a bit. It used to be a lot more difficult to do a podcast. It’s It’s. It’s a little easier than it was years ago from a technology standpoint and also from a distribution standpoint. You know, you can go to one place, you. You pay a monthly fee to be, host your podcast, and then it sends it out to virtually every podcast player that exists out there. So, you know, the technology has evolved.

Bernie Borges [00:06:17]:
But I think, really, I would say if I was to boil it down to one takeaway, is just. It’s the power of the medium, of the podcast medium. When I look at my analytics and I see how many countries people are listening in, it’s over a hundred countries. Here I am in. In Florida, and people are listening as far away as Africa and Australia and all these other countries. So just the power of the medium. And because I’m also a podcast listener, I listen to your podcast, and I know how you can really make a connection with the podcast host. So there’s podcasts that I listen to now.

Bernie Borges [00:06:58]:
I happen to know you, so it’s different because I know you. You know, we’ve. We’ve actually met in person, you know, that kind of thing. But. But there’s a few other podcasts that I listen to where I’ve never met the person. You know, I don’t know the person, but I still feel a connection because of the content that they produce. And that’s what excites me about being a podcaster, that the fact that I have that ability or that opportunity to make a connection with people again as far away as, for me, as far away as Africa or Australia, and just that opportunity to make connection with people and. And to build some kind of a relationship with them.

Bernie Borges [00:07:36]:
And I know that. Well, to you, it’s not weird because you’re a podcaster, but to some people, it may sound weird relationship, but, you know, what does that mean when you’re. Well, as you know, Lorianne, when you are in someone’s ears and. And they’re listening with some kind of a regular cadence, there. There is that connection, and that is a form of a relationship. So that’s my biggest takeaway, is that it is a powerful medium that really gives us podcasters an opportunity to make a connection, a human connection with people and to sustain that over time.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:08:10]:
Oh, that’s. That. That’s so fun to, like, really hear that a little bit more. But here. Here’s another question about podcasting. Why did you start?

Bernie Borges [00:08:19]:
Well, way back in 2012, it was just a fun little project. A buddy of mine, a guy named Chuck Palm, who’s a real character, he was the funny one of the two of us. I’m not a funn. Funny one. He’s funny. We just decided like, hey, let’s do this. Right. It was kind of an up and coming thing.

Bernie Borges [00:08:36]:
And so the why behind the first podcast was just kind of an experiment. And we did 49 episodes. Yeah, sometimes I wish we did 50, but whatever we did, 40 died. And then I decided to kind of get serious. And then the next podcast, which was, I named it the Modern Marketing Engine podcast, where I featured marketing leaders and interviewed them. That was a little bit more intentional. I had a strategy behind it. It was tied to my.

Bernie Borges [00:09:03]:
My. My business. At the time. I had a digital marketing agency, so there was a connection there. So the why behind that one was it was part of my content strategy and my relationship and business development strategy. And then the why behind this podcast is I was in between podcasts. I had retired the Modern Marketing Engine podcast at episode three, 300 Laurianne. And then I had this little void where I didn’t have another podcast.

Bernie Borges [00:09:29]:
And I like, okay, I’ve got to have another podcast. Because like I said, this microphone is like an appendage, and I was missing it. And I just decided to do a podcast initially focused on midlife, but then what happened was I focused in on the theme of fulfillment. So Midlife Fulfilled was what I launched in February 2022. So the why behind that was focusing on the things we experience in midlife and the theme of fulfillment. And then, as I know we’re going to discuss recently, that’s changed a little bit. But that’s the why behind each of the three podcasts. I don’t know if you expected me to give you an answer for three podcasts, but there you go.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:10:06]:
I did not expect you to talk about three podcasts. I mean, I was thinking, okay, if you started this and started podcasting in 2012 and you’re up to what episode, I was like, what’s the cadence on that one? But thank you for leading me into my very next question that I’m super curious about. Episode 240 of this current podcast. It went from Midlife Fulfilled and you changed the name. Now it’s Life Fulfilled, as I introduced in the beginning. Tell me about that.

Bernie Borges [00:10:39]:
Yeah, it’s. It’s actually a contrarian thing to do. And what I mean by contrarian is, as you know, as a podcaster, the conventional wisdom is to be very niche, be very narrow in who you want to reach. And I went broader. I went broader from a demographic standpoint, but I actually didn’t go broader from what I call a psychographic standpoint. So let me explain what I mean by that, Lorianne. So the Midlife Fulfilled podcast was focused on the demographic of people in midlife, which is loosely defined as people over the age of 40, and then again, the theme of fulfillment across my five pillar platform. Health, fitness, career, relationships, and legacy.

Bernie Borges [00:11:22]:
And so I discovered over some time in studying my analytics that about 25% of the people listen to my podcasts are under the age of 45. So 25% under the age of 45, and then another 10% that were in their 20s and 30s, they’re listening to the Midlife Fulfilled podcast. So I kind of scratched my head on that. And then I also admitted to myself, Lorianne, which I was in denial for quite a while, that the word midlife is really considered a negative word for a lot of people. I embraced it. I celebrated it. But I’m a Data point of 1 in the world, and roughly there’s 3 billion people in the world over the age of 40, meaning there’s roughly 3 billion people who qualify to be called midlife. And me, little old me, one person was embracing it, and a lot of people are not embracing the concept of midlife.

Bernie Borges [00:12:16]:
And I fought that for quite a while. Quite a while. So, long story short, I decided to focus in on what I call the psychographic of people who care about fulfillment. And so instead of going narrow on a demographic, I’m going narrow on the psychographic. And if. If that’s a word that’s unfamiliar to anybody, all it simply means is anybody who really cares about the topic. You know, if someone cares about a topic like trees in the forest, you know, without regard for geography, the topic is trees in the forest. Without regard for.

Bernie Borges [00:12:50]:
I mean, you could say trees in the forest in, say, South America, but if you’re just focused on trees in the forest, which is a really weird tangent example, the point I’m getting at is anybody who cares about fulfillment. That’s who the Life Fulfilled podcast is for. And that’s behind the name change.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:13:08]:
I love the name change. I think it’s absolutely perfect. And I think it’s also fascinating that young people were listening to the Midlife Fulfilled podcast, isn’t it?

Bernie Borges [00:13:19]:
Yeah.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:13:19]:
And I will admit, when I was in my 40s and heard that you’re considered now in your midlife, I was like, what?

Bernie Borges [00:13:28]:
Yep. Yeah.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:13:29]:
And most likely because midlife does sort of have a negative. A negative emotion around it, you know, thank you, media.

Bernie Borges [00:13:39]:
Well, the word crisis Just gets attached to the word midlife. And so people hear the word midlife and they think midlife crisis.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:13:46]:
That’s right. That’s right.

Bernie Borges [00:13:48]:
And again, I was in denial for, let’s call it three years because I was embracing midlife and hoping to bring billions of people along for the ride, but it wasn’t happening.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:14:01]:
Yet. Okay, so you change the name of your business also to the Fulfillment at Work Academy. You have to explain that to me because the last time we talked, this is something new.

Bernie Borges [00:14:15]:
Yeah, yeah. It’s actually Fulfilled at Work Academy. And so that also is something that a lot of thought went into. Essentially, at the beginning of 2025, I went full time on my business, which is speaking and teaching people leaders, specifically my fulfillment centric leadership framework. And so as I was going through this name change for life fulfilled, I thought, well, it’s just a good time for me to also just revisit my company brand identity. So I won’t bore you and the listener with the backstory and how I got there, but I settled on Fulfilled at Work Academy. And basically what it is, Lorianne, is it’s really a leadership development experience, and I call it an experience. And it’s designed to really help people integrate personal fulfillment with career growth and impact in the workplace.

Bernie Borges [00:15:09]:
And it is rooted in my fulfillment centric leadership framework, where I teach individuals and teams and how to thrive through greater awareness, values alignment, and emotional intelligence. And I do this through speaking, keynote speaking, workshops, masterminds, which I want to talk a little bit more about coaching and where people learn to not only lead else, but also lead others through the lens of fulfillment. So the Fulfill the Work Academy is really grounded in, in the belief that fulfillment is a performance strategy, Lorianne. And let me just say that because I really want to emphasize that I really believe that fulfillment is a performance strategy both in our lives and in the workplace, because in the workplace, it drives engagement, it drives innovation, and ultimately it’s driving success. So that’s the new brand Fulfilled at Work Academy.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:16:09]:
I love it. And as somebody who has, you know, I was working with you around your keynote, and I was learning a lot about your thought leadership around being fulfilled at work and how it really does change engagement. And, you know, like, you also know that I come from that leadership corporate engagement industry, so this work fascinates me. But I really want to talk to you now about, this is interesting about the masterminds. What is. What’s going on with the masterminds?

Bernie Borges [00:16:40]:
So the mastermind is something that I’m really Excited about. Because, you know, as I talk to and work with organizations, you know, one of the ways that I can help them help their leaders lead through the lens of fulfillment is by coming in and doing a workshop. But conversations started to evolve. Well, what if it was more than a workshop? What if it was? And it really led to the concept of a mastermind. So I listened, okay, there’s an interest in that. And so I structured a service offering around that, where I’m offering masterminds in two ways. One is for cohorts of individuals. And this is public facing.

Bernie Borges [00:17:20]:
So on the website, my call to action is join the wait list. And then as enough people come together as individual contributors in the workplace, then I create a mastermind around that. Another cohort is a mastermind of leaders. This can be inside an organization, which would be private, obviously to the organization, but it can also be public. It can just be a cohort of eight to 10 people who are leaders. And the idea basically is to walk through the fulfillment centric leadership framework, again grounded in the five life pillars, Health, fitness, career, relationships and legacy. But walk through it instead of in a workshop environment, walk through it by having 90 minute virtual meetings again with a small group twice a month, and then doing exercises not only together, but separate, alone. And then coming back and having conversations and going deep into those conversations.

Bernie Borges [00:18:17]:
And I have a prediction, Loriann, that in a lot of these masterminds, I even think all the masterminds, I think there are going to be some people in there that make connections with each other that become meaningful connections. Because the things we us that they’re very personal, they’re. They’re all about achieving, experiencing fulfillment across the five life pillars, applying that in the workplace. And those conversations are very personal. And I think people are going to make some very meaningful connections.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:18:48]:
And I think there’s something so valuable about having some sort of a community that is longer than just that workshop, you know, however long the workshop is, like a half a day, a full day in the program, you know, because unfortunately, like, we all go back to our regular life. And so to be able to really implement and have that support system, I think is going to be an absolutely beautiful thing that you’re going to be able to change environments, work, work environments and leaders at the same time.

Bernie Borges [00:19:16]:
Yeah. There’s one more thing I want to say about it before we move on. And that is, and I know it’s not a new concept, so I’m not that I’m inventing this, but I’m embracing the concept of the masterminds are very experiential. This isn’t me lecturing anybody for 90 minutes. This is an experience. That’s what makes it meaningful.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:19:37]:
That’s beautiful. So how can your listeners get involved with Fulfilled at Work Academy? That just seems like the most logical next question.

Bernie Borges [00:19:48]:
Okay, well, I don’t want to overcomplicate it. I would just say follow what I’m doing. You know, my vision is to. Is to grow it over time. And so follow what I’m doing. Just fulfilled@workacademy.com join my newsletter if you’re not already subscribed to my newsletter. And I actually have two newsletters, Lorianne. I have the one that’s on my website, so join there.

Bernie Borges [00:20:11]:
I also have one on LinkedIn, and that one is called Fulfilled at Work. But just follow what we’re doing, learn more about the masterminds. Maybe that’s something that you want to check out again. I’ve got a wait list for it. So instead of opening and closing carts, which is fairly common in the digital world, with a service offering, my approach is a waitlist approach. So you just click on get on the Waitlist. There’s no credit card required. There’s no commitment.

Bernie Borges [00:20:39]:
It’s just simply expressing an interest. And then I send a little questionnaire to learn something about you, and then you’re on the wait list and there’s no commitment. And you’ll see that in the communication. So follow what we’re doing. Of course, continue to follow along with the Life of Phil podcast, but specifically to your question with Fulfilled at Work Academy, just again, get on the newsletter and if you. You think the mastermind thing is something that appeals to you, then get on a wait list and follow along.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:21:08]:
All right, that’s great for the listeners, but how about brands? How can brands get involved with Fulfilled at Work Academy?

Bernie Borges [00:21:17]:
So one of the things that I’m doing with Fulfilled at Work Academy that I’m really excited about, Laurie Ann, is I am putting together a program. At the time that we record this, I’m still putting it together. It should be ready soon, so maybe when this publishes, it’s ready. But it’s, it’s the idea of benefactors. And that, that is where I’m going to selectively partner with some brands who partner with me at the Fulfill the Work Academy. Their partnership with me is financial. They make a financial commitment and that aligns them with the Fulfilled at Work Academy brand in everything that we do. So every single piece of communication that goes out, website, podcast, blogs, Everything has their brand associated with it.

Bernie Borges [00:22:04]:
They also participate in long term planning. So they become sort of part of what we’re doing and contribute their thought, thought leadership as well as your thoughts on the direction, the guidance and direction of the academy. So I’m really excited about that because it’s really like having a group of companies that become sort of like a board of directors kind of, but they have a financial investment, not investment in the company as in like an investor, but from a brand identity standpoint and a brand affiliation standpoint. They’re, they’re joining me and, and I, and I welcome their guidance along the way. Lorianne. So I’m really excited about that. The benef, I call it the Benefactor Program.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:22:50]:
That’s beautiful. That is beautiful. What a, what a great way to help more people and be aligned with certain brands. So Bernie, just a couple more questions. If you could go back in time. What do you love about the 25 year old version of Bernie?

Bernie Borges [00:23:09]:
The 25 year old version of Bernie? Okay, so a few things, Lorianne. Even though I’m pretty fit for a man my age, I was in better shape when I was 25. But of course it’s also youth, right? You know, when I was 25, I was probably a little overconfident. I would, I wouldn’t say that I was a jerk. I wasn’t, you know, full of myself, but I was overconfident just because I kind of hit the ground running and my career got off to a really good start. I was in software sales and things were going well and I was enjoying life and I was single when I was in my mid-20s. I got married at age 30, so I was still single and just kind of having a good time, you know. And so I guess the other word that comes to me was carefree.

Bernie Borges [00:24:02]:
I mean, look, I was working and self sufficient, you know, living on my own. In fact, I, I grew up in New York City and I, by 25, I had moved to California. I was living out in the San Francisco Bay area, specifically down in the Silicon Valley area. So I was just, you know, loving life, you know, had a, had a great sales role, making friends, having a good time, even bought a boat in my little bit, little bit after age 25, I was still in my 20s, bought a boat and just having a grand old time. And other than making sure that I made my sales, you know, I was pretty carefree. So those are kind of the memories from age 25.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:24:43]:
Very nice, very nice. Now if, opposite question, if you go back, what do you regret about the 25 year old version of Bernie?

Bernie Borges [00:24:53]:
Okay, before I answer that question, I’m going to preface it by saying that I have read the book the Power of Regret, one of the best books I’ve ever, ever read by Daniel Pink, who is a very well known New York Times best selling author. I seriously recommend reading this book. I am not kidding. It was life changing for me. The biggest takeaway from the book which is relevant to your question, Lorianne. So this is not a complete tangent. The biggest takeaway is that we should embrace, regress, you know, the whole notion of like no regret. That’s a fallacy.

Bernie Borges [00:25:25]:
We all have regrets. The idea basically is that he gets across in the book is know what your regrets are and learn from them. That’s why he titles the book the Power of Regret. Okay, enough said about that. Go buy the book the Power of Regret by Daniel Pink. You can thank me later. I think the biggest regret from the age 25 ish range is that even though I had the idea of being an entrepreneur at some point, I didn’t pull the trigger on becoming an entrepreneur until my early 40s. So I’d say my regret is that I didn’t really think about and take action on it much sooner than my early 40s.

Bernie Borges [00:26:08]:
Especially if think about in my early 40s I was married and you know, our kids were still young and at home and you know, all those responsibilities in my mid-20s, single and carefree. Right. So I’d say that’s my biggest regret is that I didn’t take the plunge on the entrepreneurship journey sooner.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:26:29]:
Now I have not read Dan Pink’s book on the power of regret. However, I did participate in his survey, his research project for that book. So I am going to have to go pick that book up. I have never heard anybody talk about it the way you just.

Bernie Borges [00:26:48]:
And by the way, I, I had the privilege of interviewing him on the podcast. It’s episode 33, so it’s way back, but it’s out there, it’s available. Episode 33 where I interviewed him about the book the Power of Regret.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:27:01]:
I’m going to make sure I go listen to that one also. Okay, I got one more question for you and that is about the future. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Bernie Borges [00:27:13]:
10 years? Wow, Lorianne, 10 years is a long time. I hope I’m still healthy, both physical and mental. That’s really important. Boy, you know, the first thing that comes to mind, Lorianne, is my grandchildren at the time of this recording are age five three, two and one. Now the two year old is my daughter, five, three and one is my son and his wife. So four grandchildren. Age, ages five, three, two and one. So 10 years.

Bernie Borges [00:27:52]:
I immediately think of them like what are they going to look like and be doing right and, and my involvement in their life. That’s one aspect of how I think of 10 years from now. Fulfilled at Work Academy. So career wise. I hope that it’s global. I hope that it’s impacted millions, if not billions of people through the multiplier effect through I’m planning to certify people not only to teach my fulfillment centric leadership framework, but the masterminds. And I also wanted to permeate through institutions beyond businesses, so maybe educational institutions, that sort of thing. And maybe within 10 years it’s acquired by a big, big global brand that shares the vision and has the capacity, meaning they’ve got the ability to go global with it and impact a lot of people.

Bernie Borges [00:28:48]:
So summarized, you know, enjoy my grandchildren at a little bit older age, hoping that I’m, I’m healthy and that my family is healthy. And then career wise. Fulfilled at work Academy has had a global impact, whether I’m still running it or it’s been acquired.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:29:05]:
I love your big. I love a big vision in general, but I love your big vision in particular because I know the impact that it will have and the ripple effect, you know, when you take just one leader and you teach this, your, your thought leadership on fulfillment, I mean, the domino effect of all the people that they’re going to be leading and so on and so on. So I hope that I get to see this vision come to fruition. So thank you so much, Bernie, for letting me basically hijack your podcast and interview you here on your own podcast.

Bernie Borges [00:29:44]:
Thank you, Lorianne. I’ve really enjoyed this. It was fun to be on the other side of the microphone. But before I let you go, I don’t want to let you off the hook because I want the listener to know a little bit more about you. So tell a listener where they can learn more about you.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:30:01]:
Well, thank you very much. And I am a reformed, painfully shy girl who accidentally said yes to a speaking opportunity and ended up on the speaking circuit. I spoke on leadership and corporate engagement. And back in 2017, something happened at a Florida airport that made me take a pivot. Somebody asked me if I wrote speeches and I was like, I helped her write a speech that completely changed her business. So today I work with coaches, consultants and service providers to help them write and deliver amazing presentations to use as their best form of marketing to showcase their expertise. And you can find me on my website, which is speakandstandout.com and also my podcast is Be in Demand where we talk all about how to leverage public speaking events.

Bernie Borges [00:30:54]:
Fantastic. And Lorianne, I’ll just give you a shout out. I went through one of your programs, I think of what you call a signature speech. How to write a signature speech in demand.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:31:03]:
Signature speech in demand.

Bernie Borges [00:31:05]:
Signature speech. So that was essentially like a mastermind, small group of people. And, and at the end, I had developed my signature speech with your coaching and guidance. So it was really terrific. So I just want to give you a shout out on that. And, and again, I just want to thank you for again flipping the script on me today. It’s been. This has been a blast.

Bernie Borges [00:31:27]:
And you know what? I think I want to do this again sometime.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:31:29]:
Well, you just let me know and I’ll come back.

Bernie Borges [00:31:32]:
All right. Thank you so much, Lorianne.

Laurie-Ann Murabito [00:31:34]:
You’re welcome.

Bernie Borges [00:31:37]:
Hey, thanks for listening all the way to the end. If you’re a leader inside an organization, I invite you to explore how the fulfillment centric leadership framework can help boost employee engagement and retention. You’ll find the link in the show notes to get to fulfilledatworkacademy.com Remember, fulfillment is a performance strategy. I’m Bernie Borges, your fulfillment architect, and I’ll see you on the next episode. Sam.

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