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Today's guest has been a Forbes featured TEDx speaker, host of a global top 100 podcast, bestselling author, documentary series cast member, who is helping the world effectively manage social anxiety. He takes his personal life and his habits very seriously. People don't see results in their life because they aren't consistent. The human brain is so interesting because it can normalize anything. When you do the same stuff everyday you feel stuck. Certain habits like meditation teaches our brains how to rewire our brain cells to give us that boosted confidence. In 2017 Mark Metry was in a spot in his life where he didn't know what to do. Some of his biggest realizations came when he was having 1 on 1 honest conversations. You look at your goals and you don't compare yourself to anyone negatively. Comparing yourself to other people can be a great thing if done correctly. Some key nuggets that really hit home were the fact that Mark doesn't go on social media before he posts, which helps tremendously as you can go down a rabbit hole if you start scrolling and consuming toxic information. I recently enrolled in Mark's Social Anxiety program and I believe it's something that we all need in our lives: markmetry.com/program This was a great episode where we touched upon mental health, social anxiety, systems, his book & programs, how to build confidence and much more. When you smile in the moment, it gives you more control. If you or your company is interested in Mark speaking at any of your events, conferences, please reach out and text him at 508-925-0261. To follow Mark Metry's journey head to his website- markmetry.com or email him at markmetry722@gmail.com. Subscribe to all Big Kat Lounge Podcast episodes and please leave us a review to help us grow to international status. #screwbeingshy #mentalhealth #wellness #podcaster #forbes #speaker #tedx #helpingothers #support #authors #anxiety #bigkatlounge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest is a person who completely connects to humans authentically. He can forge relationships and build connections right away. He understands the struggles of everyday people and through his conversations, podcast, mastermind classes, interactions you can witness his leadership at hand. As speakers we were all used to speaking in person and not virtually. The natural connection can never be replaced. As of this recording he was able to reach over 156 organizations. There is a lack of courage, too much fear going around in the world with a lot of stories. We shouldn't make things worse than it is. Whether it's a health issue, people get scared and stop taking positive action. People build on courage, pause, reflect and take massive action to do the best they can. Bobby Dsouza and I touched upon leadership, a hybrid model for when we come back into the office and much more. Small steps will never despise small beginnings. It's so easy to move to the bed or go to the couch and sleep when working from home. Every action we take has a significant impact for the future. One key takeaway from our lounge talk with Bobby was the importance of having a trusted guide or mentor at an early age. The type of people you have in your life is crucial. You have to surround yourself with the right people and be intentional. Bobby Dsouza fell a lot of times and made a lot of mistakes which can be found further in his Fallen to Rise book on Amazon. Fallen to Rise book: https://www.amazon.in/Fallen-rise-Bobby-Dsouza/dp/B07N44VZYY Bobby Dsouza Inspires Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZFwvQ2lkfb3QUsPyS0alc?si=pdSJxsW-S4e6Gxe3MPoHHw&dl_branch=1 To listen to this episode and all other Big Kat Lounge talks head to linktr.ee/bigkatlounge #motivationalspeaker #virtual #keynote #engaging #team #inspire #barriers #mindsets #performance #bobbydsouza #bigkatlounge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest is showing the world how to get a job in the e-sports industry. Uzair Hasan is the founder of Esports How. Uzair has been actively involved in the business side of the esports industry since 2017, where he has grown to love what makes the esports industry both super unique and dynamic. His passions led him to run a series of various esports tournaments and events. From that point he concluded on taking a formal education behind the business of esports in the Esports Entrepreneurship and Administration program. While being apart of that institution, a lot of the information was easily presented and it all made perfect sense. Adding that to his own experiences it started brewing a formula for success in the industry. Uzair Hasan is releasing the how to get a job in the e-sports industry career guide on November 3rd, 2021 on Amazon. The purpose of Esports How is to provide information that he learned from his own trial-and-errors. Within his blog you will learn to grasp how to develop a business in esports at a grassroots level, scale yourself and make your dreams into a reality in the crazy industry of esports. Join the discord today to start finding out how you can do this. https://discord.com/invite/5Uhw5XsAq5 The website esportshow.com has a tremendous amount of resources for everyone to go through ranging from productivity hacks, articles, books, Uzair's favorite podcasts, news outlets, and much more. To listen to this episode and all others head to linktr.ee/bigkatlounge #discord #esportshowto #uzair #kelfish4 #gaming #esports #consultant #entrepreneurs #level #industry #leader #win #call #knowledge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest comes from Bangalore, India where she is passionate to bring about a positive mindset shift among women and students with every interaction that she has with them. Neeraja Ganesh is a consultant, coach, mother, who is focused in the gender diversity space where she heads the JobforHer Foundation. She was awarded at a TEDEX Women's event for her 25yrs of achievements in the corporate world. Learning never stops and we have so much access these days with Coursera, online portals, podcasts and much more. We are truly spoiled for choice as there are plenty of options for us to check, it's just being intentional with the information we consume. We may have multiple tabs open on our laptops & a handful of devices, so we aren't able to focus and our priorities aren't listed down. Priorities are different than a bucket list. We have to ensure to make a refined priority list to build into our calendars and implement a routine. Neeraja shared with us life, and leadership lessons for the entire Big Kat Lounge community to reflect upon. This was a fun episode and everyone needs to follow her journey, as she continues to build communities towards bridging the gender gap for all in India and the world. Below are some links to stay updated with Neeraja Ganesh and the impact that she's making to organizations everywhere. https://www.linkedin.com/in/neeraja-ganesh/ https://www.jobsforher.com Subscribe to stay in tune with all Big Kat Lounge Podcast episodes as we capture a voice from every country & background in the world. #diversity #inclusion #womenintech #leaders #bigkatlounge #womenleaders #future #neerspires #personalbranding #jobsforher --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest comes from the Washington DC - Baltimore Area where she is a keynote speaker who is helping companies energize & engage leaders through boosting resiliency with leadership development. Rachel is on a mission to humanize the workplace by her connection, energy, engagement and compassion in organizations, associations and their leaders and teams. Rachel is known for her refreshing, dynamic and relatable approach, as she has delivered nearly 200 interactive virtual learning experiences as a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator and leadership trainer since March 2020. Rachel has worked with organizations like Citizens Bank, Adventist Health, Deloitte, Sherwin-Williams, and the American Heart Association. She was recognized as the #1 Health Promotion Professional in the U.S. in 2015, a 40 Under 40 Game Changer in 2019, and one of The Daily Record's Leading Women of 2020, Rachel is a national thought leader in the field of wellbeing and employee engagement. She has been featured as a guest on over 60 podcasts and we were lucky to get her on the show. Some of our discussions ranged from vacation anticipation, Gallup tools, importance of note taking, how to navigate change while creating a dynamic & transformational learning experience. Rachel's energy and enthusiasm makes her the perfect speaker for any events. To book her for any speaking or media inquiries head to www.unmutedlife.com. Rachel also posts inspirational videos and other content on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbdruckenmiller This was an exciting episode where Rachel provided us with some amazing tips that we can all implement into our lives. To tune into this and all other Big Kat Lounge Podcast episodes head to linktr.ee/bigkatlounge #burnout #mindset #leadership #resilience #employeengagement #inspiration #whatinspiresme #virtualtraining #motivationalspeaker #keynotespeaker #womenleaders #mentalhealth #contributor #foundingmember #mentalhealth #bigkatlounge #unmutedlife --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today's guest comes from Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco

Today's guest comes from New Zealand where he is an entrepreneur whose passionate about people and changing lives. He currently works as a quality assurance engineer at PreCast HQ. Pravek Rhaj was passionate about civil engineering at the age of 12 and that led him to seek new opportunities outside of India to New Zealand where there is a shortage of construction labors. One of Pravek's greatest skills is having Empathy, but it also comes very naturally to him. Being able to understand what people are going through and being a support for them when they need it. Pravek is never afraid of learning a new skill or technology and always looks forward to sharing his skills and helping others wherever he can. The growth happens in the areas we don't know. It's entirely new since we haven't even heard of these things. We don't know what we don't know. The growth occurs in those areas when we are intentional about it. We touched upon mentorship programs, networking and different methods that are required to be successful when starting out from an entry level position. Pravek listens to a lot of audiobooks and some of his favorites are from great leaders like John Maxwell & Kobe Bryant. Fun Fact: Pravek was able to sky-dive and bungee jump last year. These were two items that were knocked off his bucket list. Quote of the day: "Most people overestimate what they can do in 1 yr and underestimate what they can do in 10yrs." -Bill Gates To collaborate with Pravek Rhaj head to LinkedIn and Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravekrhaj https://www.instagram.com/pravek_rhaj217 #peoplebeforeprofits #inspiration #humanity #leadership #networking #civilengineering #newzealand #bigkatlounge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 61 with Isabella (Izzy) Ton. Izzy is a coach, meditator, aerialist, friendly vegan who is reconnecting herself with mind & body. She has been supporting others in their own journey through mindfulness and movement. Izzy is a certified yoga, aerial instructor, mind & body empowerment coach who is a child at heart. She recently participated in Valencia Aerial Day where she was able to play and discover the city through it's beauty. She offers services which are weekly 30 minutes mindfulness sessions, which include a writing exercise, identifying roadblocks, where you want to be, by helping you to eliminate any should's and expectations that you might have for your practice and to let go of anything that isn't serving you. We talked about meditation sessions creating a community, free of walls to allow for deep conversations. When you have people in our lives that are supportive it allows us to be our true selves. Izzy can also break it down on the guitar, ukulele at your local coffeehouse, hostel or public space doing singalongs. Izzy is constantly learning new skills and saying yes to opportunities that present themselves to grow. She has a list of fears that she has been working her way through and this year she has stepped up the confidence. She is not letting the fear of failure or the fear of others from preventing her from her dreams. Dream big and do the things we are afraid of. It was so much fun to catch up with Izzy. To follow Isabella Ton's journey head to the below links: https://linktr.ee/IzzyTon Don't forget to subscribe to tune into all Big Kat Lounge Podcast episodes. #aerial hammock #aerialyoga #teaching #instructor #bigkatlounge --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

Today's guest comes from Nigeria where he is a SEO content writer, copywriter, internet entrepreneur who talks about blogging, personal development tips, sales copy and much more. Over the years he has written for several leading brands and organizations. He delivers action-driven sales copies, emails, product reviews, blog posts, to achieve brand awareness. He has several publications online where he goes into further detail on how to improve your copywriting skills with B2B Copywriting Tips to Improve Your Sales Copy. If you are in need of a professional to write a web copy that would connect brands or products to your target audience and also inspire immediate response from them, then Steven Esangbedo is your marketing copywriter expert. Some of the free tools that are helpful to use Grammarly- it helps to check and correct grammar errors & Hemingway Editor it measures the readability of your content. Anything scoring less than 8 is the sweet spot. If I had known the numerous benefits that digital marketing tools brought to the table I would not have waited so long to give it a try. These tools helped me to achieve my goals & to scale my affiliate marketing business more quickly. Never underestimate the power of silence! Always take a moment to pause and remain still. Be calm and patient. And everything will come to you! Most expert Copywriters aren't just limited to writing. They also offer other valuable digital marketing services such as SEO & keyword research. You can contact Steven for academic writing, articles & rewriting, blog content, ebooks, emails, newsletters, press release, product reviews, quora answers, & youtube scripts to name some of the projects he can work upon. Steven Esangbedo is open to work in the follow countries: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom & Germany. Head to his LinkedIn to find out more about his work: https://lnkd.in/dSxBF-b He can be reached via email as well at osaroesangbedo@gmail.com To listen to this and all other episodes head to https://linktr.ee/bigkatlounge Please Rate and Subscribe to help the

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 59 with Arash Sadi. Today's guest comes from the Northern Virginia area where he is finishing up his MBA. He has more than half a decade of contribution to the field of management and finance. He is well versed in developing and trading variety of investment strategies using statistical models. Arash and I go way back to our undergraduate days at Virginia Tech where we were part of the Society of Individual Investors Club. Our podcast conversations varied upon the Baháʼí faith, living in the present moment, his experience volunteering overseas, building a community and much more. The Baháʼí Faith is a relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. It was established in the 19th century and was initially developed in Iran and parts of the Middle East, where it has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. “Investing in yourself is more than just acquiring stocks and bonds. When you make conscious decisions to invest in your financial wellbeing, health, career, and interests, then you are positioning yourself up for a greater chance at achieving success in the future.” Everything we have is based upon pleasure, immediate joy, we are distracted by so many different pleasures. It has helped us to live a comfortable life. We can pursue more fundamental things in life. To find out more about the Baháʼí faith head to the following link: https://www.bahai.org Arash is currently in the job market seeking a business analyst role and he is a committed team player who is passionately motivating everyone around him to succeed. To follow his journey head to the following: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arashsadi Please Rate and Subscribe to help the

Today's guest comes from Cameroon where he has navigated the challenges of having to move into a new town where he had to apply data skills and technical knowledge transfer. He's consistently finding new ways to approach problems and has been able to grow his digital skills immensely. He has 15 years of experience dabbling in the arena of digital marketing, networking, branding, crypto currencies trading, graphic designing, help desk technical services and much more. Throughout the entire Africa continent there is a need to develop skills in a data age and wake up to the reality that the western world isn't going to create the content that we need to learn in Africa. We need to develop it ourselves here to uplift to create our own data space. 97% of the stuff you aren't learning in classes, it's the skills that our self learned. You don't need to stress, there are ways to guide and learn the different sectors that work. Data skills are the solution to the African problems and challenges, it can help to build the economies. If we can learn to manage the data, we can help the company make so much money by being an optimal data marketer with strategic search engine tactics. You don't need a job. You need financial freedom. You are literally one click away from making a change in your life. To connect and follow Tabe Rawling's journey head to the below resources: https://taberawlings.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8FEA3KVNooHWaUqrAifOvQ #bigkatlounge #tabe #rawlings #digital #marketing #experience #invest #inyourself #manage #data #people #money #age #economies #future #impact #classes #learn #books #skills #space #content #create #guide #develop #uplift #tactics #quality #Africa #clients #technical #knowledge #newtown #application #move #hustle #navigate #challenges #reality #westernworld #consistent #positive #success #change --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 57 with Faisal Alvi. Today's guest comes from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada where he is helping clients achieve their strategic project goals and objectives. When you have a project charter, scope statement and objectives are some of the things that will help you in writing your statement of work. This document needs to have requirements or some level of scope. From a milestones project management perspective it doesn't need to be complicated. There is the initializing the project where the teams are introduced. The planning stages (pre-requirements). The socializing of the requirements with stakeholders followed by the completing of the business requirement document that will be a good map for developers to be designed as a project service. We highlighted upon the importance of meeting milestones to produce results. Your success will come when the outcome is producing a result oriented decision. Through the development cycle you can show the demos, so the testers or UAT folks can run their scenarios to put it into market. Agile is used so much in the industry, as it's a fundamental methodology. It was a blast to talk with Faisal and learn about the various project management skills that we can all implement in our lives. To follow Faisal Alvi's journey head to LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/falvi

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Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 52! Today's guest is coming from Nairobi, Kenya where she just finished her Masters in Mathematical Sciences, Computer Security and Big Data. Blockchain is secure. It's being used worldwide, it's a technology that we know isn't going to end any time soon. Her passion is to keep the world safe. There are many injection attacks that occur where the input gets processed with malicious content. What can we do to prevent attacks? Faith Kimongo has years of experience in troubleshooting server and network security-related issues, designing, implementing, and testing compliant network security systems and solutions, and maintaining security infrastructures. She has specialized in blockchain technology, website security, hyper ledger fabric, back-end creation, and delivering complex back-end and web applications using various programming languages and technologies. Tune into the show to listen in to some of our discussions where we talked a little bit about deployment code, sanitizing of data, debugging before it goes into production, validating the user input, java programming, IBM award certifications and much more. To follow Faith Kimongo's journey head to Linkedin where she has a significant interest in exploring the software security wheel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-k-3b6991120 Please subscribe and rate the show #bigkatlounge #faith #kimongo #kenya #masters #computer #security #bigdata #injection #attacks #input #processed #malicious #content #prevention #data #science #blockchain #secure #passion #kodekloud #devops #engineer #architect #fraud #hardware #threats #networks #events #server #designing #compliant #complex #technologies #languages #interest #software #validations #certifications #production --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

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Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 38 with Dr. Joel Bryant. Today's guest comes from the Queen City in Charlotte, NC. From Homelessness to greatness. Joel is a prolific author and passionate speaker who has published 33+ books in the past 15 years. He is a former award winning Corporate Trainer and University Lecturer. He is known for his ability to inspire greatness in others. We talked about a variety of things ranging from the below topics: How does your books inspire us to take action? What can we do about Tent City here in Charlotte? How do you help us achieve our dreams instead of eyeing others? Network groups. How do you continue to have motivation when you have gone from homelessness to greatness. How does one go about writing a book, did you go through a publishing agency? Startup costs a lot for the average person to launch. How are you able to help people write books? If you could go back to when you were 18 yrs old, what advice would you give yourself now that you have had all this knowledge. How does ghostwriting work? How does one come up with that much content? Content after 1 book, but you are continuing to produce one after another.. when will you stop? A certain milestone in mind. To keep in the loop with Dr. Joel Bryant's book release party head to the C-Suite network zoom event link below: https://c-suitenetwork.com/event/book-release-party-featuring-dr-joel-bryant/ https://drjoelbryant.webs.com https://twitter.com/voiceofgreatnes #bigkatlounge #podcast #voiceofgreatness #produce #network #books #author #charlotte #queencity #action #tent #homelessness #greatness #publication #leadership #ghostwriter #director #executive #csuite #northcarolina #founder #word #season #episode --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 37 with Samuele Barrili

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Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 23 with LaTisha Young from NIKKIYUG. LaTisha Young is a faith-based fashion designer, entrepreneur and mom. She was born and raised in College Park, Georgia. Her love for fashion started in 2010 and her daughter inspired her to take her hobby into something more seriously and into a career. LaTisha Young is the owner of a Christian based clothing line called NIKKIYUG.com (pronounced (NIKKI- YOUNG). She is a self-taught designer learning from watching Youtube and skills from various sewing jobs. You can pre-order NIKKIYUG's shoe line now by clicking on the below link: https://www.aliveshoes.com/nikkiyug-2 LaTisha published her first podcast called The Truth, which you can listen to as well on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/couturier-nikkiyug Our discussions primarily consisted of guns, fashion & stuff. We look forward to having LaTisha Young again on the podcast in Season 2. Head to the links below to follow LaTisha's journey: https://www.nikkiyug.com/ https://instagram.com/nikkiyug https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5CbyDcTJwaHbcxq4zvUyEw #lifecoach #wisdom #improvinglives #fashion #podcast #thetruth #anchor #nikkiyug #entrepreneur #guns #life #shopsmallbusiness #bold #shoes #design #spiritual #god #outfits #bathingsuits #swimwear #clothes #attire #style #casual --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bigkatlounge/message

Welcome to the Big Kat Lounge Podcast Episode 22 with Jim Zhang

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