Book 101 Review

Matt Thomas
Matt Thomas Poetry
Matt Thomas is a smallholder farmer, engineer, and poet. His poetry has appeared in Triggerfish Critical Review, Ponder Review, Hampden-Sydney Review, Hiram Review, Dunes Review, Avalon Literary Review, Galway Review, Milk House Review, Cleaver Magazine, Elm Leaves Review, River Heron Review, The Thieving Magpie, Common House Magazine, The Broken Plate, Hawk & Whippoorwill, Spellbinder Magazine, Pinhole Poetry, Slab Magazine, Kestrel, Susurrus Magazine, Temz Review, and elsewhere. Cicada, Dog & Song , a book length collection, was published by Serving House Books in 2026. Foxy Love: All American Poems , a chapbook collection, was published by Kelsay Books in 2026. Disappearing by the Math , a book length collection, was published by Silver Bow in 2024. He and his family live in Virginia where they practice land conservation and stewardship in the historic Shenandoah Valley.

Cody Sturgess
Most Realtors Don’t Need More Leads. They Need Better Follow-Up.
Cody Sturgess is the founder of Agent Lions Den, an AI-powered sales infrastructure company helping real estate agents turn more leads into booked appointments and real client conversations. Before building Agent Lions Den, Cody spent years in high-performance sales and represented Canada internationally as a professional equestrian. Today, he helps agents solve one of the biggest problems in real estate: slow follow-up, missed leads, and inconsistent conversion. Cody believes AI should not replace the human relationship. It should help agents spend less time behind a computer and more time speaking with clients, building trust, and closing deals.

Dror Ben Am
Dror Ben Ami is the author of two recently released books on metaphors in the Bible: "The Vineyard" and: "The Final Jubilee". Dror studied Comparitive Literature in both the USA and Israel and was greatly influenced by the work of the scholar and mystic: Maurice Nicoll. Dror brings an entirely new perspective to Biblical analysis, challenging views held for centuries in both the Christian and Jewish communities. THE VINEYARD: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HH1GXZB1

Ryan Drumheller
Technology leader, entrepreneur, author & podcast host with 20+ years in IT. Co-Founder of DogLeg Digital, talking leadership, tech, AI, entrepreneurship, career pivots & golf.
Ryan Drumheller is a golf technology entrepreneur, IT executive, author, and cofounder of Dogleg Digital, a connected technology platform being built for golfers and businesses across the golf industry. His professional journey includes beginning college at 29, earning over 170 certifications, and leading technology organizations across multiple industries. Ryan is the author of From Firewalls to Fairways, a memoir about navigating toxic workplaces, career setbacks, leadership challenges, recovery, and personal reinvention. The book uses a round of golf to explore the different decisions, obstacles, and recovery shots that shape a career. Ryan can speak about building Dogleg Digital, opportunities within golf technology, creating stronger industry partnerships, career resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship, lifelong learning, and turning difficult experiences into a new direction.

Carol Enneking
Why Work-Life Balance Is a Myth and What to Do Instead.
Today’s guest is someone who openly challenges one of the most popular ideas in modern work culture. Carol Enneking does not believe in work-life balance. In fact, she thinks the pursuit of balance is exhausting people more than it is helping them. Carol Enneking spent decades inside high-level corporate roles, including serving as a vice president in talent and leadership at a global company. On paper, it looked like success. Big roles, big responsibility, big impact. But she started noticing a pattern, not just in herself but in other high performers. The more successful people became, the heavier their lives felt behind the scenes. She saw leaders who were admired professionally but depleted personally. People who were achieving more and enjoying it less. That observation changed the direction of her work. Instead of teaching people how to squeeze more into their lives, Carol began helping high achievers ask a different question: What if success was not just about how much you accomplish, but how sustainable it feels while you are accomplishing it? She is the author of The Rebalancing Act, and her work focuses on what she calls “rebalancing,” the ongoing, real-life adjustments we all have to make as priorities shift, careers evolve, and life happens. Her message is not about doing less or lowering ambition. It is about pursuing meaningful success without burning out or losing yourself along the way. Carol works with senior leaders, ambitious professionals, and high-performing women who want success that aligns with their values, energy, and real lives. She is known for being both practical and honest, blending corporate experience with real-world perspective. If you have ever looked successful on the outside but felt stretched thin on the inside, this conversation may feel uncomfortably relatable, and incredibly refreshing. Today, we are talking about sustainable success, ambition without self-sacrifice, and how to redefine achievement before it quietly redefines you.