MKC - Micro Keynote Concert by Jim Perona is a groundbreaking podcast from one of the world’s first international keynote concert speakers. Jim uniquely blends storytelling frameworks, music, and business insights to unravel complex topics in an engaging and memorable way. Designed for corporate leaders and professionals, each bite-sized episode transforms leadership, strategy, and innovation into an immersive keynote experience. Tune in for a fresh, dynamic approach to business storytelling.
78 - The Power of the Pivot How Quick Recalibration Builds Confidence Under Pressure
This video teaches why the pivot is one of the most powerful tools when performing under pressure. Learn how quick recalibration, presence, and adaptability allow you to stay effective even when plans fall apart.
77 - Responding to Pressure How Adaptability Creates Successful Performances
This video shares a powerful lesson about performing under pressure. When conditions cannot be controlled your response can be. Learn how presence adaptability and intentional action turn challenging situations into successful outcomes.
76 - Performing Through the Setback: How Presence Unlocks Excellence
This video reveals how presence and perseverance allow you to perform at a high level even when circumstances change. Learn how adapting with focus rather than panic helps you deliver excellence under pressure.
75 - Running Into The Storm: The Mindset That Builds Real Strength
This video explores how facing storms in life and work builds true resilience. Learn why moving toward challenges accelerates growth and how meeting adversity directly creates lasting progress that remains long after the storm passes.
74 - The Mindset That Built Legends: What the 1985 Bears Can Teach Us About Greatness
This video explores how the legendary 1985 Chicago Bears built greatness through mindset, consistency, and relentless effort not talent alone. Learn how their approach to work ethic and resilience can elevate your leadership and performance.
73 - Gratitude in the Dark: How Hard Moments Become Your Strongest Training Ground
This episode reveals how gratitude especially in difficult circumstances can build resilience and shift your perspective. Learn how reframing adversity through gratitude helps you persevere with strength and clarity.
72 - You Cannot Fail When You’re Fully Yourself: The Leadership Power of Authenticity
This episode explores why showing up authentically is the most reliable path to connection and success. Learn how embracing your full self removes pressure, builds trust, and ensures you never truly fail.
71 - The Undeniable Offer: Why Authenticity Beats Persuasion Every Time
Discover how authentic, value-driven offers deepen client trust and transform selling into genuine service. This episode explores why aligning your offer with who you are makes it not just appealing, but undeniable.
70 - What a Children’s Show Teaches Us About Real Resilience
Resilience isn’t just endurance, it’s intentional effort. This episode explores how a surprising source of inspiration reveals why showing up with care, presence, and purpose is the real key to performing under pressure.
69 - Start Small, Build Big: How Simplicity Reignites Creativity
Stuck creatively or professionally? This episode reveals why simplifying to the core then rebuilding intentionally sparks breakthroughs in music, leadership, and innovation. Learn how returning to fundamentals can restart momentum and unlock clarity.
68 - What If The Hard Seasons Aren’t Detours? But the Road Itself
What if your hardest seasons weren’t wrong turns but part of the main road? In this episode, discover how reframing struggle builds resilience, reclaims purpose, and shifts your entire view of progress.
67 - Being Fully Yourself is The Risk That Creates Results
Sometimes playing it safe kills momentum. In this episode, discover why stepping outside the brief, trusting your instinct, and being fully yourself can lead to unexpected breakthroughs and long-term success.
66 - What You Care For Will Carry You Through
Passion isn’t something you feel; it’s how you treat the work you claim to love. This episode explores why care, attention, and presence turn effort into legacy. Learn how deep commitment fuels resilience through hard seasons.
65 - The Fire Doesn’t End Your Story. It Starts Your Next Chapter.
This episode shares a powerful story from the historic Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, a real-world example of rising from the ashes. Learn how adversity can spark your greatest chapter in leadership, business, and personal reinvention.
64 - Every Rose Has Thorns. That’s What Makes It Real
Even passion has pain. This episode explores how frustration, setbacks, and emotional letdowns are not signs of failure but proof that you’re doing something real. Learn how to embrace the thorns that come with meaningful work.
63 - Five Stars Come From Professionalism
Five-star results aren’t built on talent alone; they’re built on professionalism. This episode breaks down the habits and mindset that create client trust, long-term reputation, and consistent excellence in high-stakes environments.
62 - Letting Go Builds Real Resilience
Resilience isn’t about holding on; it’s about learning to let go. This episode explores how releasing old versions of yourself creates space for growth, adaptability, and authentic leadership transformation.
61 - Obsession: The Real Secret Sauce
Obsession isn’t a weakness; it’s the foundation of resilience. This episode explores how loving what you do builds the staying power needed to push through the hardest seasons of your career.