Episode 21: Creating Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives with David Page

The Level Up Leader with Michael King

27-04-2023 • 28 mins

David Page joins the Level Up Leader Podcast with Michael King to discuss his creative and exciting journey from investigative journalist w/ NBC to creating Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. He talks about leading by example, his radio show, and his journey to becoming a successful voiceover artist. He shares his experiences in leadership, the importance of curiosity and intelligence in creative endeavors, and how to promote his radio show.    Key Points • Created Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives for Food Network • Wrote book Food Americana to explore American cuisine • Leadership requires patience and understanding • Curiosity and intelligence are essential for success in creative endeavors • David Page is a voiceover artist • His advice on how to Level Up   Best Quotes 08:59 - 09:09 • "Immigrants brought various cuisines with them. We then modified them, revised them, made them our own, and together they created American cuisine." 13:06 - 13:16   • "My hobbies are my avocations. In other words, if I find something interesting and creative, I do it. It's, it's not as if at some point I'm going to stop doing that." 15:41 - 15:49     • "I never hired based on television experience so much as I hired based on two things. These are the only two things you need in any kind of journalistic or beyond that creative endeavor. You need intelligence and you need curiosity. If you're not curious, I have no interest in you." 27:13 - 27:24   Michael King: www.michaelkingjr.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkingjr75/ https://twitter.com/michaelkingjr https://www.facebook.com/michaelrkingjr75 Instagram: michaelkingjrofficial Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/levelupleader   David Page: pageprod@icloud.com https://www.facebook.com/david.page.1840   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices