The Doug Sandquist Podcast

John Dunkle is a Real Estate and Fine Art Landscape photographer in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Today's podcast takes a dive into the untold parts of John's Biography!

Quote from this Episode

"... practical experience may be more valuable than a [college degree]"

"...I've got about 1700 kids! " (His Kids in Haiti that call him Mr. John!)

"... some people toss $10 in the offering place which is great, for me [building orphanages] in Haiti is my $10 in the offering plate"

".. you can't walk down a street in Haiti without tripping over a church... kids can't eat or live in a church.. "

".. now is the time to explore, to push, to learn something new! "

" We get really comfortable in what we know, now is the time to get uncomfortable and learn something new!"

John also is the Founder and CEO of Project Rennwish(http://www.rennwish.org/index.htm) that he built with his wife Jennifer. Here's the biography from Rennwish.org:

Mr. Dunkle graduated from Boston University in 1980 and went on to product and senior management positions within several major corporations including Nashua Corporation, Hunt Chemical Corporation, Centronics Data Computer Corporation and Genicom Corporation.

Currently, Mr. Dunkle is founder and President of Workgroup Strategic Services, Inc., an executive management consulting and strategic planning firm. Based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, its list of clients includes many major hardware and software vendors in the United States, Europe and the Far East. Throughout the years of operation, he has consulted to dozens of senior executives within major industry manufacturers and suppliers including: IBM, Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard/Compaq, Microsoft, Apple Computer, Xerox, Fujitsu, Sharp, Sony, Hyundai, Toshiba and a host of other major vendors and worldwide corporations.

Within the last several years, Mr. Dunkle has been solicited and sought after as the key note speaker at technology industry conferences throughout the world including Japan, Europe and the USA.

Mr. Dunkle with his wife Jennifer, most recently owned, operated and hosted one of the predominant and most pervasive automotive websites on the Internet - Rennlist.com. This Internet portal provides discussion forums, classifieds, Memberships and Sponsor programs for PorscheTM enthusiasts from throughout the world. Today, the site enjoys daily visits from hundreds of thousands of users, members and enthusiasts worldwide. The site has been in continuous operation since May of 1998 and was sold to a major corporation November of 2008.

Be sure to give John a follow on Instagram!

Thomas Trinkner, DDS is a cosmetic dentist in Columbia, South Carolina. Since 1985, he has provided his patients with exceptional care and personal attention. Dr. Trinkner treats patients of all ages! Although, his primary focus is treating adults who have complex dental problems and cosmetic dental concerns.

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“I’m decided I’m gonna go from scratch, I’m gonna pick an area, and I’m set up my own practice, In August of 1984, I opened my practice with 2 chairs, one assistant and no patients. “

"I had to get over the fear of extreme fear of public speaking"

"I did about 600-650 hours of CE and went all over the world to be the best dentist I could be."

“If you could gift your child anything, Travel, food and cultures is such a powerful education... sometimes way beyond sitting in the classroom”

"Professionally I have earned respect from my peers...and whatever I have learned I have tried to give back."

"Having Dad be able to see the type of dentistry we can now do and come to a couple of my lectures was rewarding..."

“2% of any profession is a Master, A master learns it, does it, and teaches it”

Doug’s Discovered Biography:

Tom has been able to navigate his own path! He trusted his own instincts and was willing to alter the path if necessary to create the life he wanted to live!

Theme Music by: Marklyn Retzer

Bio from Ron's Website:

Ron always says: "do what you can't help but do."

For me, that means exploring the natural world, photographing the people and places in it, and helping others to do the same. I'm Ron Clifford, a photographer, an educator and speaker

Quote from this Episode:

I was born an artist, knew it from the age of 10

Artist asks what can I add to create a masterpiece, a Photographer asks what can I take away to create a masterpiece

“Your job is finished, a retoucher’s job will be replaced by photoshop! 6 months later I was out of a job!”

“Went to a full time photographer in 3 years”

“I’m an educator, that’s what I love to do!”

“I want to write that blog post, How I lost 3 Million followers”

“My greatest success is the relationship I have with my children”

“I get excited about seeing a student hit the next level!”

“I want to be able to tell success story after success story...I want to see students reach their goals “

“To a young Ron: Don’t take yourself so seriously and lower your expectations”

“I need to be making a different in leveling up others along side of me.”

“The greatest accomplishment in life is being part of humanity, contributing to others”

Doug’s Discovered Biography

Ron is an educator at heart and a mentor’s mentor! Ron has a unique ability to help others find their path and reach their goals.

More info about Ron's Mentorship Plus network, head to https://ronclifford.com/mentoring

Follow Ron on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ron_clifford_portrait/ and https://www.instagram.com/ron_clifford and https://www.instagram.com/ron_clifford_branding

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RonCliffordPhoto/

and his Thriving Photographers Facebook Group:

Thriving Photographers Facebook Group

Watch Ron tell his story at Tedx Newmarket here: https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_clifford_how_traveling_to_the_ends_of_the_earth_helps_me_cope_with_my_diagnosis

Theme Music by: Marklyn Retzer

Dr. Muna Strasser is a Restorative and Cosmetic Dentist in the Quad Cities area of Illinois.

Quotes from this episode:

"Spent 5 years in Libya, evacuated Libya to Rome, 2 weeks before Qaddafi threw all the Americans out of Libya."

“Went to a Bedouin school in Saudi Arabia”

“Apart from Drinking Camel milk which I didn’t like, they would let us ride their camels it was kind of a neat growing up”

“Dad what am I going to be? You’re going to be a dentist!”

“dentistry can be done anywhere in the world.. “

“My office was in a building on the flight path of the plane that hit the pentagon on 9/11”

“(in September 2001) I was on standby for forensics, and never got a call... there was nothing identifiable... “

“Living in Libya was like living under Covid”

“Covid is like wartime Lebanon except there’s no bombs going off and there are no bodies in streets and you don’t see the skies lighting up at night..”

“Taking time to stop and think about how good they have it, that’s a good thing”

“Hopefully we’ll come out of COVID wiser”

“Were just here to change the world for the better!”

Doug's Discovered Biography:

Dr. Strasser life experiences have enabled her to see the world and life in a way that allows her to embrace her family, friends and patients in a way no others can. I mean who went to school with the Bedouins? :)

Thank you Dr. Strasser for the engaging and informative chat!

Dr. Philip Ovadia (https://OvadiaHeartHealth.com) is a Cardiac Heart Surgeon and champion of Low Carb/Keto/Carnivore diets to improve Metabolic Health and prevent heart disease. The Discovery of Low Carb/Keto/Carnivore helped Dr. Ovadia regained his own health and conquer life long challenges with obesity

Quotes from this Episode:

"My parents remind me that from a very young age that I always wanted to be a “sturgeon”, not just a doctor."

"I no longer fall in the paradigm that high LDL cholesterol is the cause of heart disease".

"I’m most passionate about spreading the message of metabolic health to as many people that will hear it".

“While on the Obesity surgery rotation, I discovered that my personal obesity numbers qualified me for weight loss surgery”

"Heart Surgery is just the band aid, moving forward patients have to change something or they’ll be back on my table".

"Half of the patients I operate on have normal to low cholesterol levels".

"Get back to eating how your parents and grand parents you used eat... Eat Whole Real Foods"

"We thought that low fat was going to be the way to health.. and we now have evidence that isn’t the case".

"People don’t expect to be healthy anymore.... Medication and poor health is part of the aging process".

"Why can’t we be healthy for the vast majority of our life"?

"You have to train your body to work off of fat instead of sugar".

"Eggs are a good nutrition source, eggs have everything in them to to grow a new chicken".

"Pay attention to how you feel eating certain foods and Eat the food the foods that make you feel good".

"The difficult part of my job isn’t doing the surgery, the difficult part of my job on who to do surgery on".

Doug's Discovered Biography:

Dr. Ovadia has always wanted to be a surgeon from day one! Born to be a surgeon! Raised in a home where nutrition was often discussed and strictly followed as his brother was a Type 1 Diabetic. Although following the "best diet recommendations" he and his entire family struggled with Obesity. Which led Philip on the weight loss roller coaster. At age 40, Philip discovered Low Carb/Keto/Carnivore, which is outside the professional norms. That changed his life! Now, Philip is a renegade wants to share his message with anyone that ready to hear it!