John St. Augustine
Survivor, Author, Radio Producer

John St. Augustine, author of Living An Uncommon Life: Essential Lessons from 21 Extraordinary People. Many of you know what this man has meant to me over the years. I started doing his Power! Talk Radio Show when my first book was released in 2000. He invited me back several times to talk about the book, and we even did a show with my dad and talked about his chapter of the book. We've stayed in touch over the years and he is now a producer for Oprah & Friends Radio in Chicago. I flew out there last year to be a guest on two of the shows he produces and met him for the first time after all these years. It was a truly amazing experience to meet John and be a part of his work. His book is a must read, with a highlighter pen, Post-It Notes and a pencil. It makes you want to do more, know more and be more.

This is the guy who died -- "at least for a moment or two," walked 1,000 miles when he was 37 and on a "vision quest" and a few years ago gave his daughter one of his kidneys, giving life to his child a second time. John certainly has lived an uncommon life and I was thrilled to have him as my very first guest!