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David DeSteno is the director of the Social Emotions lab at Northeastern University. He examines the truth about the liar, the cheat, the sinner and the saint lurking in each of us from his book Out of Character.

Robert Dilenschneider is living proof that you can change your mindset and succeed. Once the head of this country’s largest PR firm, he now heads his own, eponymous firm. He talks about how his business has changed in the Internet age as we discuss his book Public Relations: Leveraging PR in the Digital World.

Mel Robbins is a recovering attorney who now advises millions of people daily on her syndicated talk show. She help us change our mindset to discover a more powerful person inside from her book Stop Saying You’re Fine.

Nicholas Sullivan tackles a thorny issue. He has evidence that subsidized mobile phones result in economic gains for poor and near-poor Americans. We talk about the impact mobile phones have in today’s society and evaluate the merits of taxpayers subsidizing phones to help others.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Thursday, May 12, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 9 o’clock am Pacific time.

Ben Keesey is an example of several things: 1) the power of social networking 2) the influence a dedicated group of individuals can have on the world 3) the knowledge of how to motivate Millennials into action and 4) making a difference while making a living. We discuss his non-profit organization, Invisible Children, and recount some of his many achievements.