Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring Coach, Speaker, and Gifted Author Doug Fleener. In this episode, we explore the powerful ideas behind his upcoming book, Start With What If: Weekly Questions to Spark Immediate Change and Growth, releasing on January 6, 2026. Doug helps people reframe challenges and uncover better perspectives and possibilities through his simple yet transformative framework known as The What If Rule.

Drawing from his own remarkable journey—from addiction and the bankruptcy of a Family business to becoming Director of Retail for Bose Corporation and later a CEO—Doug shares honest stories and practical insights rooted in real-world experience. His work focuses on helping individuals grow at home, at work, and in life by taking intentional action and asking better questions. This is an inspiring and grounded conversation about resilience, leadership, and personal growth, one What If at a time. He’s stellar. Enjoy this interview.

More on Doug: https://www.dougfleener.com/

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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.