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In this episode of Eyeway Conversations, host George Abraham sits down with Sunil J. Mathew, the Director of the Indian Blind Football Federation and Chief Coach, along with two exceptional blind women football players, Nirma Thakkar and Shifali Rawat. As India prepares to host the second World Cup of Blind Football in October 2025 in Kochi, this episode delves into the challenges and triumphs faced by the Indian blind football teams on their journey to international success. Sunil discusses the evolution of blind football in India, the growing interest and participation among visually impaired athletes, and the strategic plans laid out for the upcoming World Cup. He also highlights the importance of early preparation, international exposure, and the need for robust support systems, including government backing and sponsorships, to elevate the sport to new heights. Nirma and Shifali share their personal experiences of competing on the international stage, including their participation in the IBSA Women's Blind Football Championships and the World Cup in Birmingham. They talk about the physical and mental demands of the sport, the camaraderie with their teammates, and the invaluable lessons learned from playing against some of the best teams in the world. This episode is an inspiring testament to the spirit of resilience and determination that drives India's blind football teams. Whether you're a sports enthusiast, an advocate for disability rights, or simply curious about the world of blind sports, this conversation offers deep insights into the lives and dreams of those breaking barriers in the world of football. Key Takeaways: India's hosting of the second World Cup of Blind Football in 2025 marks a significant milestone in the sport's development. The challenges faced by Indian blind football teams, from securing sponsorships to navigating international competitions. The resilience and dedication of athletes like Nirma Thakkar and Shifali Rawat as they continue to push boundaries in the world of sports. The need for continued support and recognition from the government and corporate sponsors to ensure the growth and success of blind football in India. Stay connected with the Indian Blind Football Federation to follow the team's journey as they prepare for the 2025 World Cup. Support the cause by spreading awareness, advocating for better resources, or contributing to their efforts through sponsorship or partnership opportunities. Tune in to this episode to learn more about the inspiring journey of India's blind football teams and the impact they are making on the global stage.
In this inspiring episode of Eyeway Conversations, host George Abraham sits down with Munawar Anzar, the Founding General Secretary of the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association and the Chief Coach of the Indian Blind Judo team. Munawar Anzar shares his incredible journey from being a judo player to becoming an international referee and pioneering blind judo in India. He details the challenges and triumphs of establishing the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association, which now boasts over 5000 players nationwide. Munawar Anzar delves into the efforts to promote blind judo at the national and international levels, highlighting the training and competition structure that has led Indian athletes to excel on the global stage. He discusses the categorization of blind judo, the significance of discipline in martial arts, and how judo has become a powerful tool for self-defense and personal growth for visually impaired individuals. Listeners will also hear about the journey of two outstanding blind judo athletes, Kapil and Kokila, who are set to compete in the upcoming Paris Paralympics. Munawar Anzar sheds light on the rigorous training camps, international exposure, and unwavering support from organizations like the Paralympic Committee of India, Sports Authority of India, and Olympic Gold Quest, which have been instrumental in elevating the standard of blind judo in India. Please tune in to learn about the impact of blind judo, how it has transformed many lives, and the prospects of the sport in India. Shownotes: Introduction to Munawar Anzar Founding General Secretary of the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association Chief Coach of the Indian Blind Judo Team International referee with a remarkable journey in judo The Origin of Blind Judo in India Munawar's transition from a judo player to an international referee Introduction of blind judo at the 2010 Guangzhou Para-Asian Games Formation of the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association Development and Growth of Blind Judo Registration and training camps across 17 states in India Annual district, state, and national competitions International participation and recognition Blind Judo Categorization and Competition Structure Transition from B1, B2, B3 classifications to J1 and J2 categories Weight categories and rules specific to blind judo Success Stories: Kapil and Kokila Kapil: World Ranking 1 in Blind Judo Below 60 kg, aiming for gold in Paris Paralympics Kokila: World Ranking 6, with increasing confidence and international success Training and Support System Intensive training camps in Japan and Lucknow Role of the Paralympic Committee of India, Sports Authority of India, and OGQ Facilities, diet, psychological support, and the role of international coaches The Future of Blind Judo in India Munawar Anzar's vision for expanding blind judo across the nation How to get involved: Contact details and joining the Indian Blind and Para Judo Association The role of judo in self-defense, fitness, and personal empowerment Conclusion and Hopes for Paris Paralympics Anticipation for the Indian team's performance at the Paris Paralympics Final words of encouragement for aspiring judo athletes Resources: Indian Blind and Para Judo Association: www.indianblindandparajudoassociation.org Connect with Eyeway by emailing now scorefoundation@eyeway.org.in Learn more about Blind Sports: International Blind Sports Federation Follow Eyeway Conversations on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more inspiring stories. Stay updated with the latest episodes and initiatives by following us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
I'm delighted to speak with Patrick “Paddy” Ryan this week. Paddy is Chief Coach of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club (CUWBC). Paddy has a wealth of rowing experience, having first started as a rower himself in his native Australia. After a move to the UK, he joined the Thames Rowing Club. Paddy also spent six years at London Youth Rowing (LYR) helping the small charity grow to a London-wide group, supporting thousands of teenagers every year. Paddy began his career at CUWBC in 2013 as assistant coach, bringing his considerable knowledge from his rowing experiences, and most importantly, his recipe for ‘knowing how to win'. In 2021 Paddy became the CUWBC chief coach. His career highlights include, as an athlete, winning Wyfold Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, winning the first Blondie Race in 2016 as Assistant Coach and then as Chief Coach, working with the winning 2022, 2023, and 2024 Blue Boat. Paddy and I speak in depth about the culture he has created at CUWBC.
Before I get into who Dr. Kesslyn is, I want to introduce you to a life-changing course from Dr. Akilah Willery.The Midlife Educator's Job Search Blueprint is your personalized roadmap to navigating career transitions confidently. Whether you're seeking a leadership role in K12 education or exploring new paths beyond the classroom, this beginner-friendly, 6-module support program equips you with the actionable steps you need to shine.You can learn more about the course here: https://upskillservices.mykajabi.com/a/2147852369/pCgXU4WdDr. Kesslyn is an educator, doctoral coach, speaker, and author. Dr. Kesslyn Brade Stennis' goal is to be a dynamic difference-maker!As an award-winning educator, a leading doctoral coach, respected international personal empowerment speaker, and noted faith community servant-leader, it is her mission to inform and inspire as many as possible to live in a space where apex and opportunity intersect. Dr. Kesslyn holds several degrees: PhD in Social Work and a Master's of Divinity from Howard University, a Master's of Social Work Degree from The Ohio State University, and a Certificate in Women's Studies, also from Howard University. And she is a proud graduate from Oakwood College! Currently, she is Director of the Minority Fellowship Program at the Council on Social Work Education. There she supports doctoral and master's students through their academic programs. She also addresses a wide range of issues faced by emerging BIPOC scholars and marginalized communities including diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, racism, oppression, and marginalization. Prior to this position, Dr. Kesslyn was a tenured Full Professor in the Department of Social Work and was the Executive Director of the Dr. Dorothy I. Height Center for the Advancement of Social Justice at Coppin State University.In addition, she is Founder of Kesslyn Enterprises, LLC, and is Chief Coach and Consultant with The PhD Consultants which she founded to provide inspiration and information for doctoral pursuers so they too can leverage their knowledge and experience to make a difference in the world.
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This time we get to hear from Paige Lewis, a clearly unstoppable leader and executive coach. Paige grew up in the Phoenix area until she went to college at the University of Texas where she learned about advertising and business. After college she spent a year in Japan selling products for Estee Lauder after which she returned to the U.S. Through an introduction from a friend she secured a position at Disney in Home Entertainment. Later she moved to DreamWorks and then to Universal where again she specialized in Home Entertainment. At Universal she rose to the position of Senior Vice President. Paige thought she had reached the “pinnacle of her career”, but over a short time she became seriously ill and was hospitalized for a week. As she describes that time now, she experienced serious burnout. She quit her position at Universal and began an analysis of her life which lead her to realize that she truly enjoyed mentoring people. She became a certified coach and has spent the past six years with her own business coaching and helping mainly senior level women to not “make the same mistakes she made”. I think you are going to hear some good observations from Paige. She has wonderful life advice we all can use. I hope very much you enjoy what she has to say. About the Guest: Paige Lewis is a leadership coach who spent over two decades as a highly regarded leader in marketing, building some of the world's most iconic entertainment brands for Disney, DreamWorks and Universal Pictures. After being promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing at Universal Pictures, Paige had reached what she thought was the pinnacle of her career. But she ended up in the hospital with a deadly infection brought on by extreme burnout. Soon after, she left the corporate world to heal her body and figure out why she had reached a breaking point without realizing what was happening along the way. She has turned her experience into her mission: turning executive burnout into career success. With a unique ability to transform complex challenges into actionable insights and the real-world business experience as a former executive, Paige is a trusted guide for leaders seeking to excel without compromising well-being. She is dedicated to helping organizations and people realize their greatest purpose and impact without sacrificing their productivity, health, values and most meaningful relationships. Paige is one of the elite Founding Los Angeles coaches at CHIEF, a network recognized by Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list, created to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there. She has coached over 200 individuals and groups across Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, media and marketing agencies, and start ups. She holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Science in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin. ** ** Ways to connect with Paige: Website: ** https://paigeonecoaching.com; PaigeOneCoaching.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-lewis/; Paige Lewis Sandford | LinkedIn About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes:** Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hi, and we want to welcome you to unstoppable mindset. This is our latest episode, needless to say, and we're really glad that you're here with us today we get to chat with Paige Lewis Sanford and I'm sure you're all familiar with Paige. Oh, you're not? Well, you will be by the time we're done here. Paige is a fascinating individual. She's worked to help improve and greatly increase the brands of organizations such as Disney and DreamWorks universal and my gosh, I don't know what all and hopefully, her influence will rub off and help unstoppable mindset but we're gonna see about that. So Paige, welcome to unstoppable mindset. And whatever happens, we're glad you're here. Paige Lewis ** 02:07 Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here. Well, Michael Hingson ** 02:11 it'll be a lot of fun. And we'll, we'll make it useful and fun in some way or another. And as I told you earlier, one of the rules of the podcast is we got to have fun. So that's as good as it gets. Well tell me a little about kind of the early page growing up and all that sort of stuff. Paige Lewis ** 02:28 Well, I am a Phoenician, I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. So I am a lover of the sun to this day, and had a really a really lovely childhood. I have a younger brother. He's 14 months younger, we were very close. And we spent a lot of our days inventing things and laughing a lot. My parents instilled a lot of curiosity in us. I'm grateful they exposed us to a lot of things. So whatever we wanted to try. We got to try even gymnastics, which I failed at. I was terrible. But thanks to my parents, I have a strong love of music. I have a lot of curiosity. And yeah, I am they made me who I am today. Michael Hingson ** 03:15 So you grew up in in Phoenix in Arizona who have been there a number of times we've spent part of our honeymoon my wife and I a long time ago, at the point Tampa to hotel. Paige Lewis ** 03:29 Oh, yes, I think I had a prom there. Michael Hingson ** 03:35 Well, and our last night of the honeymoon, we went to the restaurant. At the point HEPA to which was up on the top of a mountain. And I think one way you look in there you see Phoenix and the other way, I think a Scottsdale if I recall, Paige Lewis ** 03:50 a Scottsdale or Paradise Valley. Yes. Michael Hingson ** 03:53 And I think it was a restaurant called a different point of view, which was cute. 03:58 Yes, yeah, Michael Hingson ** 04:00 I've been there. My wife bought a lobster and she thought it would just kind of be a typical. So it ended up being a three pound lobster. And she didn't know what to do with it all. Paige Lewis ** 04:10 Oh, my goodness. That's a lot of lobster was Michael Hingson ** 04:12 a lot of lobster. But it was our honeymoon. So it was worth it. And the other thing is that that was when they made Caesar salad right at your table and actually created the dressing right at the table using rye eggs and everything's still the best dressing I've ever had. Paige Lewis ** 04:27 Amazing, amazing. Well, I hope you were not there in the summer, because that can be brutal. Michael Hingson ** 04:33 It was no Well, we got married on November 27 1982. So it would have been we'll see that was a Saturday. And so it would have been probably the well the third or the fourth that we went so of December so No it wasn't. It wasn't in the hot part or the hottest part. Paige Lewis ** 04:57 That's good. That's actually a person Big time of year to beat. Yeah. Yeah, it Michael Hingson ** 05:01 was great. We very much enjoyed our time there. So. So did you go to college in Arizona? Or did you go to college or what? I Paige Lewis ** 05:10 did not stay in Arizona. I was 17 when I graduated high school, and I really, really, really wanted to leave Arizona. And I was very interested in getting a degree in advertising. And I'll tell you why. And it sounds silly now. But I was very determined and stubborn at that age. I always know. I know. I know, ask my mother she uses could not change my mind. So I was fascinated with how people described products. So if you looked at a box of cereal or a bottle of suntan lotion, how did they come up with the coffee? I was fascinated by how they would construct that, which seems very simple, but so I was really determined to find a good school and advertising. And one of them was the University of Texas at Austin. I also wanted a very traditional college college experience. I wanted the football I wanted to, you know, big Grecian looking buildings and grassy lawns and never thought I would like Texas, but fell in love fell in love with the campus. And so that is what I what I chose. In retrospect, it was way too big for me was 49,000. undergrad. I knew nobody. This is a this is a theme in my life is I put myself in situations where I don't know any anyone. It's uncomfortable. But I loved it. I did. I did enjoy it. I learned a lot. I had a minor in Japanese at that point, too. And after I graduated, I wanted to become conversationally fluent in Japanese. And surprisingly, in college, we didn't do a lot of speaking Japanese. It was a lot of fun and writing. Yeah. So I had an opportunity to go to Tokyo and work for one of the divisions of Estee Lauder, so cosmetics company. And some of you may remember the line prescriptives. Michael, I would not assume you would know this line. They had just opened in Japan. And so I got a job working in a department store selling makeup in Japanese. My Japanese was not very good. So it was trial by fire. Well, Michael Hingson ** 07:37 my wife loved white linen. And when I worked in the World Trade Center, I discovered that there was an Estee Lauder second store in the tower one on the 46th floor. I think it was so little bit familiar with Estee Lauder and invaded the store often. Okay, Paige Lewis ** 08:02 yes. So. So yeah, so I did that I knew nobody. And this was before the time of cell phones or even relatively affordable international phone plans. So I took two giant duffel bags, and my parents put me on a plane. And I showed up and they arranged for someone to meet me, a friend of a friend of a friend and I spent a year in Japan. Michael Hingson ** 08:30 So why Japanese in the first place? Well, when I was Paige Lewis ** 08:34 think I was a senior in high school, my high school turned into an international magnet program. And they offered what they thought were going to be the emerging important business languages of the world, which were Japanese, and Russian, in addition to what they already had French and Spanish. So I decided to Japanese my brother took Russian, I thought it would be handy no matter what I ended up doing. So that's why I went with it. Michael Hingson ** 09:03 I took a year of Japanese in college as well. I did it was in graduate school. It was one year and we talked some but you're right. It was a lot of reading and writing. And I actually learned Japanese Braille, which was was kind of fun. I don't remember a lot of that now. But still, it was fascinating to you know, to take and people said it was simpler than Chinese and given everything I've learned I think that's probably very true. But I've spent time since in Japan when thunder dog our book was published. I was also published in Japanese. So in 2012 I went and spent two weeks over there and literally with the publisher of the book in Japan we traveled all around Japan took the bullet train from Tokyo to Hiroshima and all sorts of places in between which is a lot of fun. Paige Lewis ** 09:53 Did you use any of your Japanese while you were there? Michael Hingson ** 09:56 No, I didn't remember enough. It had been way too long. So, so I didn't didn't practice up enough to keep it going all that well. Paige Lewis ** 10:06 I understand that 100% Yeah, but that's okay. Michael Hingson ** 10:11 But I understood a lot about the customs and the people. And that was a big help as well. Paige Lewis ** 10:16 Yes, absolutely. Michael Hingson ** 10:18 So what did you do after a year in Japan? Paige Lewis ** 10:23 Well, I came back. Yeah, it was a, it was a great growing experience. But it was challenging. And I missed, I missed America. So I came back. And I worked for a promotions company. And while I was there, the CEO introduced me one to Disney and to to his graduate school, which was an internationally focused MBA program. So I ended up going to Thunderbird. Some of you may have heard of it. It's the International Business School of International Management. It's now part of ASU and finished my International MBA studied more Japanese. And then at the end, when I was interviewing for jobs, there was a job at Disney. And I really thought I was going to do international business and work with Japanese companies. And you know, maybe Toyota or something like that. But this job at Disney came up. And I was fascinated by it. So luckily, I ended up getting it. It was in the home entertainment division of Disney, which was back then it was VHS tapes. You gotta remember those VHS? I do? Yes. The very, very beginning of DVD. So I took the job and I moved to LA and again, didn't didn't know anyone that my brother was there, but really didn't know anyone Michael Hingson ** 12:01 and VHS and not beta. Yeah, that VHS had won Paige Lewis ** 12:05 the war. So beta was gone. Yes. It was VHS. Yes. Thank you for remembering that Michael Hingson ** 12:11 show. Your brother was in LA. He was in LA. Yes, it was he. Paige Lewis ** 12:18 He went to school at Loyola Marymount to study Recording Arts. So he's a composer and he writes music for commercials. Okay. Yeah, he has a very cool job. Very successful. Michael Hingson ** 12:33 So what did you do in home entertainment at Disney. Paige Lewis ** 12:37 I started out in retail marketing, which means I was helping selling movies to the big brick and mortar retailers. So Walmart, Toys R Us, target all of those. And I did that for a few years. And then I moved into brand management, and was actually working on the strategy for selling some of the new releases. And I was there a couple of years and then a few of the Disney people moved over to DreamWorks. Everyone remembers DreamWorks. When DreamWorks started, Jeffrey Katzenberg went over there. And then a couple of people I knew from Disney, and they recruited me to come over to their home entertainment division, which was very small, very entrepreneurial, but a very exciting time to be there. As they were building the business and figuring out I got to work on track and the prince of Egypt and Gladiator Saving Private Ryan, a lot of those really great fun movies. Michael Hingson ** 13:39 So that that kept you busy for a while. Paige Lewis ** 13:44 And then I moved over to universal and spent 16 years at Universal Pictures and home entertainment. et Michael Hingson ** 13:53 phone home. Paige Lewis ** 13:56 Yes, exactly. Exactly. I didn't get to work on that movie. But I mainly worked on the family movies, so a lot of animated movies. Shrek continue with Shrek and Despicable Me. I actually worked on a lot of the Barbie movies, which was which was really fun. And I eventually worked my way up into to senior vice president which was my pinnacle, which was what I really wanted to achieve in my career. But then, as we talked about a little bit, some bad things happened at that point in my career, Michael Hingson ** 14:34 what kinds of things happened that you want to talk about? Well, Paige Lewis ** 14:40 I ended up in a very dangerous burnout situation. So I had been promoted to senior vice president. And soon after that a couple of major things happened in my life. My father died and then a couple of very close friends passed away So that sort of shifted how I approach life and what I thought about my priorities. At the same time, universal was having its biggest year ever. So it was the year of Jurassic World and the latest Fast and Furious movie. I think another Despicable Me It was, it was just a very, very busy year. And I noticed I started having these symptoms, so I was getting sick a lot. I was really irritable and cranky. People actually had to come mention to me that I was acting a little out of character. I was getting strange things like I had this rash on my face for no reason. And then, you know, I just ignored all this and kept, kept working because I was an achiever, and I just wanted to get the job done. So then I started having I had this pain, and I'll just say it on my butt on my right, but and it got so painful that I couldn't sit. And I thought, Okay, well, maybe a spider bit me or something. And then at one point, it got so bad that I couldn't I had to work from home, lying down. And at that point, a kind colleague said, you know, Paige, I think you might want to have that looked at. So I was like, alright, and you know, it was getting bigger and more and more painful. And so I went to my dermatologist, she took a look, she called in her colleagues to get a second opinion. And then they said, Alright, we've called the er, at the hospital next door, we need you to go there right now. So what I learned is that I had contracted Mersa, which is, yeah, an anti bot, antibiotic resistant staph infection. And it's so dangerous that if it gets into your bloodstream, it can kill you. So I was admitted to the hospital for a week, they gave me a very heavy duty antibiotic that works on this. It's so strong that it made my veins collapse. So they had to put in a PICC line. And it really, it was, you know, like they say, it was what it was my wake up call. Michael Hingson ** 17:20 What year was this? That this was 2016. Okay, so that was your wake up call? That was Paige Lewis ** 17:28 my wake up call. And then I went, and I had to take a month off of disability? Well, Michael Hingson ** 17:34 certainly, that's understandable, given the severity of it, and so on. And what did you do her think about during that month, and then going forward? Paige Lewis ** 17:45 Well, I realized, as I you know, wine there in the hospital, that something wasn't working, obviously. And I really, I really didn't understand how this happened. How did I get a staph infection on my butt. And I just, I just figured I really needed to make a change I wanted to live, I did realize that. And I wanted to get healthy. I mean, something was really, really out of whack. So this is what really did it for me. I came back in January. And this was the time when Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds had passed away. And I went into the meeting into a meeting. And this was the first meeting my first day back. And what was brought up was, you know, Debbie Reynolds just died. Do we have any movies we can put out and leverage this. And that just hit me as being so distasteful. And I realized, this is not the business I want to be in anymore. This doesn't fit. So about a week later, I went in, I quit. I quit my job, nothing lined up. No idea what was I was gonna do. But I knew it was the right thing to do. Yeah, Michael Hingson ** 19:08 that, that just certainly seems like a pretty insensitive thing to say. I understand. Some people do that. But gee, when do you draw the line and recognize maybe it's a time to just let people mourn? I mean, look at Debbie Reynolds for such a long time, and I are going to do is try to promote you in the brand. T does that really make sense? Paige Lewis ** 19:33 Yeah, it just it just seems a little gross to me. So I quit and then I realized that I needed to figure things out. So the antibiotics I realized, after doing a lot of research had completely wiped out all the good bacteria in my gut. And I learned that you have to have that good bacteria to stay healthy. So and I also was a diet coke addict, big time diet coke addict. And I learned that one Diet Coke can destroy your gut biome. So I quit. I quit Diet Coke, it was not easy. I will tell you. I don't know if you drink it. It's Michael Hingson ** 20:18 no, I'm more of a water drinker. I got to say, Okay. I've never been that much of a soda drinker. Paige Lewis ** 20:24 That's a lot better for you. Yeah. So I figured out my health. And then I started trying to figure out why this all happens. Michael Hingson ** 20:33 Now, I was just gonna ask you what you decided about why it occurred? Well, Paige Lewis ** 20:38 one, I learned a lot about burnout. And that stress can kill you. And that this staph infection was a literal sign, it was a literal pain in my butt that my work was a pain in my butt. And I needed I needed to find something different and, and after really thinking about things, I realized my values had shifted. So my values were no longer aligned with the work I was doing. And that caused a lot of friction, and disengagement, and stress. And so then I wanted to figure out, okay, all right, I understand that this job. Marketing movies isn't a good fit anymore. But what is, so I let curiosity kind of leaves me and I did some research. I found this great book, I don't know if you've heard of it. It's called What color's your parachute? It's been around forever, I think, in my 20s, forever. And so I picked it up again. And it had me really think about what am I good at doing? How do I use my brain? What really drives me? And I also did some work, figuring out what my new values were. And I realized, I really like the mentoring part of what I do at work. I like solving problems. And I like helping people rise to their full potential. So then I started looking into, well, do I want to become a therapist? I'm not sure I want to go back to school again for that long and spend all that money. So then I started talking to coaches, executive coaches, and I realized, well, they do a lot of what I think I want to do. And they also can give you specific direction, and steps to take. So unlike the therapist model, where it's just a lot of questions, you can actually draw upon your experience and share that to help people. And so So I actually, because every day, what I would do is I would get up and I would read, I would read articles, and I would just sort of follow the breadcrumbs. And I stumbled upon a woman who wrote a really great article, I reached out to her, she was a coach. And she was so motivating in that one conversation, that I ended up writing an article and ended up deciding I wanted to go get my coaching certificate. So this was this was end of 2017 into 2018. So I ended up getting my coaching certificate and started working with women so that they wouldn't end up like, like I was, I really don't don't, there was no reason I needed to hit that level of burnout. Tell Michael Hingson ** 23:46 me? Well, first of all, a little bit about why do you think you actually contracted versus and why do you think that? Or how do you think that happened? Do you really know? Paige Lewis ** 23:58 I think my immune system was so beaten down and compromised. That it happened. I don't know how it got there. I honestly don't know. I promise you I'm a clean person. I take showers. I know like wandering around rubbing myself and dirt. I just I just think, you know, there were there were signs leading up to it other smaller illnesses and my body fine was like, Okay, you're done. But I don't know, I don't know the source. Good question. Well, so Michael Hingson ** 24:31 you went off and you started to study about being a coach and so on. What does it mean to get a coaching certificate? What's the process? Paige Lewis ** 24:39 Oh, that's a good question. Well, there are lots of different coaching programs and the one I chose is based on human needs psychology and behavior. So I had been through a lot of leadership programs through my my days as a marketing executive. So I knew a lot of the traditional Leadership, procedures, methods, whatever you models, whatever you want to call them. So I really wanted to get into almost kind of going back to why I got into marketing, why people do what they do what's driving them. So I learned all about the six core needs and what motivates people and really had to get into their brains and change behaviors and habits. So it was 100 hours of training. I think I did it pretty quickly. I was motivated, I think I did in about four months, and then was and then was certified. And then there are all different types of coaching programs, some people do mindfulness route, some people just do a very traditional corporate route. So I wanted to kind of balance out what I already knew. Michael Hingson ** 25:47 Well, so you went ahead and did that. And you got certified, and have been coaching ever since. I have, I've Paige Lewis ** 25:56 been coaching for about six years, and also doing excuse me marketing consulting, because I like to keep my toe and in that part of the world also. Michael Hingson ** 26:06 So what Tell me a little bit about the the coaching program or what you do, then how do you help people? And where do you where do you help people all over? Or where does that all come from? Paige Lewis ** 26:21 Well, luckily, I do everything virtually. So I can help people no matter where they are. My specialty is helping women executives, I want to help them excel in their careers without impacting their well being. Someone once told me, when you become a coach, your message becomes your message. So clearly, yeah, my my story of burnout is something that really drives me and it's a passion, a passion of mine. So I typically work with women executives, who are director level all the way up to C suite. And they come to me one because they aren't loving their job anymore. They don't know why they want a career change. They're in some sort of toxic work environments and don't know how to manage it, they are experiencing signs of burnout, they don't have the tools or skills to deal with it, I help a lot of people who are wanting just to jump jump a level or two in their career. So helping them with executive presence and managing teams, a lot of your traditional leadership development skills. So I love it tremendously. And it fits really nicely with my values. Michael Hingson ** 27:44 I had a conversation yesterday with two women who also are very heavily involved in leadership and, and coaching. But a lot of corporate leadership training, they have developed a program that they describe basically is, well the company is missing logic. And the program is based on polarity, they talk about the fact that everything is really about polarity, and like breathing is polarity exhaling and inhaling, you got to do them both. And whether you're dealing with work, or life and polarity, again, you've got to really understand that both are part of what your world ought to be. And so many people get stressed out because they don't really look at trying to balance polarity, which is really pretty fascinating. We had a great discussion about it. Paige Lewis ** 28:42 That's an interesting way to think about it. I have stopped saying work life balance, and I call it work life harmony, because it's never equally balanced. Michael Hingson ** 28:52 Right. But at the same time, what what Tracy and Michelle would say is that you need both poles. And it's a matter of finding how to, to have a well, I keep saying balance, but to have some sort of that making both poles work to help each other because one or the other isn't going to work. Paige Lewis ** 29:19 That's that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, I agree with them. Michael Hingson ** 29:22 It's a lot of very fascinating discussion, but in your case. So you do that and you don't necessarily use those terms, but it sounds like you end up getting to the same place. So you've been doing that now. Six years. Yes, Paige Lewis ** 29:36 that is true. Six years. It's gone quickly. Michael Hingson ** 29:40 So you think you have now found a niche that's going to last a while? Paige Lewis ** 29:46 I think so. We still have a long way to go and getting women to an equal playing field as men. Unfortunately it isn't. It is improving. But there are a lot of things that still Need to improve. So, for example, women experienced burnout much more than men 43% of women or executives experienced burnout men only 31%. And I think it just it has to do with the kind of silence responsibilities a lot of women take on, whether that's Child Care caring for elderly parents, it's taking more on at work, that's sort of outside the your job responsibility or your job description. And women also don't think that corporations are quite there yet. And having good strategies and good programs to have gender equity in the in the workplace. I mean, 92% of women don't believe that companies are kind of walking the talk in that area. So yeah, I think there will be a need for a while it would be my dream, if there isn't a need. For this, that means that women women are equal in the workplace in terms of opportunities and roles and pay. Yeah, that's a good piece of news. I have a good piece of news, though, that I just learned, sorry to interrupt you is that there was there were, you know, people would say for a really long time, and there were stats to back it up that women were afraid to negotiate for salary or promotions, it's actually changed. And women are just as likely, if not more, to negotiate for increased salary or promotion, whatever. So. So that's some good news. And a common belief that is now has now changed. And Michael Hingson ** 31:42 should, by any standard, we haven't seen a lot of that yet, in the world of persons with disabilities, where we're still even though we're by any definition, the second largest minority, or maybe the largest minority will be the second because there are more women than men, although people keep saying women are the minority, but in physical sense, there are more women than men. So either way, you look at it disabilities as the second largest minority, but the most excluded from any of the conversations or any of the real involvement in the workforce, which is why we continue to face an unemployment rate in the 60 to 70% range among employable persons with disabilities, like, especially with blind people. And the reality is, it's fear, it's a lack of education. And it's not understanding that, just because we may do things in a different way, it doesn't mean that the technology and the tools that we need shouldn't be part of the cost of doing business. But yet, that's what happens. Those Paige Lewis ** 32:49 are staggering numbers, Michael, but your company is doing a lot to help with that. Well, Michael Hingson ** 32:54 accessiBe is doing a lot to help with that and is being pretty successful. And the number of people using the technology are are growing, or is growing, and excessive. He's working on some programs to really teach more people about Internet access and website development with access and accessibility. So hopefully, that will continue. And we'll be able to make more strides, but it is a thing that we face on a regular basis. Paige Lewis ** 33:24 Yes, it is. So for Michael Hingson ** 33:27 what you're doing and so on. You've talked a little bit about burnout, are there different kinds of burnout? And do you deal with them all the same way? How does that address get addressed? Paige Lewis ** 33:39 Yeah, that's a great question. I think people generalize the term burnout and and the, you know, when someone is just stressed, they'll say I'm burned out that the actual technical definition of it from the World Health Organization is that burnout is chronic stress in the workplace that hasn't been successfully managed, which puts a lot of onus on on the person, right? If you haven't successfully managed it, the company's not really helping you set up any systems to help you with that you person has to have to deal with it. But Michael Hingson ** 34:15 which is also I'd seems to be not totally fair either. Right? Paige Lewis ** 34:19 Right. And there's not a lot of progress in that area. Everyone is going to be burned out at some point in time. Everyone, everyone's going to face it. But there are different types. There's physical burnout, which is you're tired, you're getting sick a lot like I was you're not moving around a lot. You've kind of forgotten to exercise or even stand up from your desk and those those signs can show up like headaches or just different physical things. And then there's emotional, which I also had, that can show up as being you're cranky, you're short tempered, you're impatient. and you're not spending time with the relationships that you know are strong. Yeah, just maybe a little bit of a change in your demeanor. Then there's there's mind, there's mind related burnout, which is, when you're kind of in that fight or flight mode, and you're spending a lot of time putting out fires at work, you're distracted. You can't focus. That's that type. And then the last one is burnout of the Spirit, which often can show up as being bored. So a lot of people get really bored or uninterested in their job or whatever is important to them, and they don't realize that it's burnout. And so that could be you're doing a lot of things at work that just really aren't aligned with what you do. Well, what you like doing. And so you just kind of just kind of check out. Michael Hingson ** 35:59 Do you find, though, that people that are, that are in that situation? Oftentimes haven't really sat down and analyzed what they really want to do or analyzed? Am I really doing the right thing? And that contributes to that? Yeah, yeah. Paige Lewis ** 36:17 100%, like, I didn't know, I had no idea. I just kept a lot of people, you know, they're on the treadmill. They just keep going every day. And it's rare that people stop and they reflect and they reassess. It's only when people get into a state of burnout, sadly, that they need to wake up and realize, okay, something isn't working. But there are always signals, they're always signals. And oftentimes, it's more than one one type of burnout that's hitting at the same time. Michael Hingson ** 36:50 But you just you distinguish between emotional, mind and spiritual, if you will, they're they're all three different even though in one sense, it seems like they're all sort of mental in one way. Paige Lewis ** 37:03 They are sort of mental in one way, but they come out in different ways. And they the route of them is different. So there are two main ways to, to sort of manage burnout, the traditional way that everyone thinks is how you, you manage burnout, unfortunately, this is what companies kind of latch on to is just go take some time off, go to a spa, get a massage, and that'll cure everything. This self care really only works for the body and the emotional burnout. Because that's you're just exhausted, those two are fall under exhaustion. And with that, you actually do need to take a timeout, and take care of yourself. You only need 15 minutes, but it could be you know, take a walk, walk away from your computer, or your phone, don't take your phone with you on your walk. You know, just leave it alone. Don't let anyone interrupt you. Call call a friend, just do something that's enjoyable for you that is, will reboot your system. For the mind in the spirit burnout, which you know, is you're just distracted and you're or you're bored. Or you're in fight or flight mode, you actually are having cynical detachment. So, okay, yeah, it's different. So you so self care actually does not work. Because when you're in this space, you're focused too much inward, and on yourself, and you've lost perspective. So what you do when you have that type of burnout is you need to clarify things. And it could be clarifying your role. So role clarity, write down the three to four most important things in your job. And then ask yourself are you spending time on the high value activities, because you may not be the other. There are three parts of this. The second one is relational clarity. So you may have lost perspective about other people in your life. So a way to break yourself out of this is write a note of thanks to someone, maybe someone on your team, remind yourself that you are not alone and all this. And then the last one is perspective, clarity. So a lot of people just completely lost perspective. So go do something totally different. Go watch a or listen to a comedy video. Call your mom and ask about you know, bring up an old memory just something that reminds you that work isn't everything because these two types mind and spirit burnout, as these are a lot of the workaholics too, and they keep working, working, working and they've just lost complete perspective about everything else in the world. Michael Hingson ** 39:55 One of the things that I realized during In the pandemic is that although, on September 11, I escaped and wasn't afraid. And I knew why I wasn't afraid, which is that I prepared and knew what to do in the case of an emergency. And as I now say, that created a mindset. But what I realized is that, the fact is, we can control fear, and we can control a lot of what we do. But we have to be mindful. And we really need to keep things in perspective. And one of the best ways to do that is to be introspective in our lives. And really practice that, until it gets to the point of being a habit, and you develop that whole introspective and self analytical muscle. And I, so we're writing a book about all of that. And we're going to, I'm going to, it'll be out next year, and we're going to talk about how to control fear and not let it as I would say, blind you or paralyze you or overwhelm you, but how do we get people to start to be more introspective in their lives and in what they do, and recognize that that's an extremely valuable thing to do. Paige Lewis ** 41:08 You make a really, really good point. I think a lot of it like, to your point about habits, a lot of us have, you know, that inner critic, who is just saying, you know, you're not good at this, you shouldn't try to do this. You always done it this way. If you can take yourself out of that, and almost become an observer. And look at your thoughts and what how you talk to yourself as just another person, you can even name it, that kind of helps you take yourself out of it so that you can change your habits. Because a lot of the what we tell ourselves are just habits. They're not even true anymore. They're based on beliefs that you you made up a long, long time ago and had value back then. But they're not even true anymore. So I think we just need to be aware and stop ourselves. And remind ourselves, when we're thinking things, you ask yourself, Is this really true? Or is this just the habit? Michael Hingson ** 42:14 Good point. And I also learned that along the way, I always used to say, and I still do this, but I record presentations that I give, so I can go back and listen to them. And I always say that, I love to do that. Because I'm my own worst critic, I'm nobody's going to be as hard on me as I am. And I learned, that's the wrong thing to say. And that's the wrong way to approach it. Because in reality, even teachers can't teach me they can present me with information. But ultimately, I have to teach myself. And in fact, it's not that I'm my own. I'm my own worst critic. I'm my own best teacher. And if I turn it around and use that terminology, then it becomes more of a positive process, to look at things and think about them and teach yourself even when something doesn't go well. And even when it does go well. What can I better learn to even make it go better next time. I'm my own best teacher is such a more positive thing to say. Paige Lewis ** 43:19 I love how you reframe that, that's a great way to look at it. And, and also, you know, we talked ourselves worse than we would talk to our friends. Yeah. Which is just crazy. Michael Hingson ** 43:32 In reality, we should talk to ourselves and really get better at thinking about things and saying, Okay, well, how do I deal with it? Don't hide from it. And no matter what it is, allow yourself to teach yourself how to deal with it. Paige Lewis ** 43:50 And it's practice it. And then it will become a habit. Yeah. And just like we talked down to ourselves and criticize ourselves. It's just the habit. Yeah. Michael Hingson ** 44:05 And it is a habit that we can break. Paige Lewis ** 44:08 Absolutely. And it's just practice. It's just practice, and it's micro micro steps. You don't have to get it perfect the first time. And we forget, you know, we're not supposed to be perfect beings. We're supposed to be in this world to try new things and learn from them. And we just are so hard on ourselves that we have to be perfect at every single thing we do. And oftentimes, other people aren't even paying attention. And they forget about it Michael Hingson ** 44:38 much more quickly than we do. And yes, there's a lesson there too. Paige Lewis ** 44:42 Yes, and I always I always tell my clients like when they're all worked up about something or ruminating and countless something go, Well, this really matter. In two weeks. Will this matter in three months in a year? No. No one will remember you probably won't ever remember To your point, learn from it, and just let it go. It's hard, it's practice, I get it. But just to put things in perspective, it usually is not as important as we think. Michael Hingson ** 45:12 And if it really affects you, and you're thinking about it a lot, then take a step back, as you said, and think about why is this affecting me so much? It's appropriate to do that. It's appropriate to help to understand you better. Paige Lewis ** 45:31 Yes. And I'll give you a tip that I give my clients that I actually learned from my dad, for people who ruminate a lot of worry a lot. Actually schedule worry time in your day. And don't do it right before bed? No, no, because then you won't sleep well, but schedule it at a time. Have no distractions, sit there for 20 minutes and worry about everything. And you have to sit there even if you've run out of things to worry make it up like, my my sock is starting to unravel, you know, stupid things. My dog is panting more than usual. Whatever it is, Michael Hingson ** 46:14 I can't figure out anything to worry about. I'm worried about that. Right? Exactly. Paige Lewis ** 46:18 I'm worried about that I have to sit here. And Paige said I can't move for 20 minutes. So you do that every day. And what'll end up happening is one, you'll realize you don't really have that much to worry about to you train yourself that you can only worry during a certain period of time. So you're not spending your whole day worrying and ruining your day. And if you start thinking about something out, or you're worried time you say, okay, Paige, no, you're scheduled to worry about that at 10am, from 10am to 1020. And it's remarkable how people improve with the ruminating and the worrying. Michael Hingson ** 46:56 So what mostly do you coach about what what is your specialty, if you will, overall, Paige Lewis ** 47:01 my specialty is helping women leaders excel in their careers without impacting their well being. So a lot of that is what we've talked about today, how to handle burnout, how to manage your thoughts, how to improve your leadership skills. You know, I mainly work with pretty senior women who don't have anyone else to talk to, and this is this is a theme that I've come across a lot, and I felt myself is a lot of women leaders don't think that they have people they can talk to at their companies or within their industries. Michael Hingson ** 47:44 Yeah, that was what I was gonna get to. Is it true that they don't, or they just don't think they do have people to talk to? Paige Lewis ** 47:54 Well, a lot of times, it's difficult to talk to people, I do work with an amazing organization called chief. And they're a private network for women. But what they've done is they have put together peer based groups, they curate these groups of women at similar points in their career, similar levels, so that they have a safe space of peers from whom they can learn, get different perspectives. Because I, when I was first, you know, talking with Chief about coming on, as one of their first coaches, I said, if this had existed when I was at Universal, and burning out, I would not have burned out, because a lot of a lot of the struggle is feeling like you're the only one and not having the tools and the skills to manage through it. Michael Hingson ** 48:46 And a lot of times we don't look for people to talk with, because we just feel that we're an island in the middle. And oh, I don't want to talk to people who work for me because that that wouldn't be good. I mean, there are just so many excuses that we can come up with. Paige Lewis ** 49:05 Yeah, or you're embarrassed and you are you're embarrassed. You know, I'm the only one who's dealing with this, I must be crazy. Imposter Syndrome comes in a lot. So, no, almost everyone is going through the same things. And it's just really reassuring and helpful to know that other people are going through it, and can share some ways that they have managed it. It's these these meetings are so powerful, I can't even tell you they really, really are amazing. Michael Hingson ** 49:39 What do you say to people who are thinking of a career change or who don't know where to start? You know, because I'm sure that comes up and what you do? Paige Lewis ** 49:48 It does and it can be really scary. And I think I think people don't give themselves enough credit. What what helps most of my clients and help me is having a having a mindset of curiosity. Because I know for a fact that people have transferable skills, it's just getting curious and following the breadcrumbs to find out what else is out there that aligns with my values that motivates me. And that uses my skill set I can do. So one, one of the exercises I have people do is to think about sample some activity that they're doing. It doesn't have to be related to work where they are completely what you would say in flow, meaning they lose track of time they forget to eat, they know that they're kicking ass and what they're doing. And they are loving it. So it could be for example, gardening. Who knows it could be gardening. And so then what I asked them to do is, okay, really, really dissect what you're doing. What, like, how are you using your brain? Maybe you are researching the different kinds of plants that work in your soil, maybe you are laying out where they go, maybe you are looking at the different seasons? And what works best and what time of year? And then how are you interacting with people? are you collaborating with the you know, the gardener at the nursery? Are you talking with friends who have who've made great gardens? And then what skills are you using, researching, maybe strategizing, maybe organizing, and then what you'll end up seeing, and it's something totally unrelated to your job is here, all the things? And the way here are all the different ways of thinking parallel the skills I use, and here's what I love doing, and you find this intersection. And then you use your curiosity to find out okay, what industries are interesting, and what are the jobs? You reach out to people, it's curiosity. If you lean into curiosity, you cannot go wrong. And Michael Hingson ** 52:16 all too often, we don't. Paige Lewis ** 52:21 Correct, we kind of block ourselves. And Michael Hingson ** 52:24 many times were discouraged from it. I mentioned earlier, the whole concept of if I've been talking to people this morning about people with disabilities, and then somebody said, What can we better do to improve the world for people with disabilities, and my response was, include us in the conversation and so many times, I can be somewhere and when when I went to my wife was live with her, she was in a wheelchair, and people would come with their children, and we'd be in a store, whatever. And a child would ask a question and say, I want to go meet that person, I want to go look at that wheelchair. And the mother would say no, don't do that. They might not like it, or that dog might bite you. And we we we discourage curiosity, especially in children, who are the most curious people of all? Mm hmm. Paige Lewis ** 53:12 Yes. And wouldn't it be great if we could bottle that curiosity and take it with us? Our whole lives? Yeah. Michael Hingson ** 53:20 It's important to do that. I think I think you use the term superpower, everybody has a superpower? Or how do you how do you teach people to to find their superpower? What does that mean? Paige Lewis ** 53:34 Yes, this is this is an important piece of finding a career that works for you. And so if you think about a Venn diagram, I'm a big fan of Venn diagrams, there are three components. So they're, they're your values, you have to get really clear on what your values are, what you are good at doing and what you love doing. So when what you love doing intersects with your values, you have a passion for what you're doing. So let's say your values are adventure, and learn learning and experiencing new cultures, you may be passionate about traveling. So you can kind of see how those work. Now, when your values connect with what you're good at doing, you're going to be engaged. So if you're really connected and aligned with your values at what you're doing for work, you'll be engaged, you'll be interested, you'll be connected, you'll still be excited to go in every day and do your job. And then what you what you love doing and what you're good at doing intersect. And I've mentioned this a little bit for you're in flow. So that's when you just are just completely happy because you're doing what you love and you know you're doing your best at it. So the superpower comes in when those three things connect, when your values, what you're good at doing and what you love doing connect. And I truly believe everyone can figure this out. Once you know that, you can find a career that meets that 80% of the time, if you have that, you will be happy, you'll be happy in what you're doing. So it's a little bit like the Japanese term of ek guy, which is finding your purpose. I don't know if you're familiar with that. Remember that. And that actually has been attributed to longer life. So this idea of IKI guy or finding your superpower, and living to that will make you happier. But it also helps extend your life because you're getting up every day, and you're doing what you love doing and what you're good at doing. Michael Hingson ** 55:56 And I find that when people are happy, they self motivate themselves. And in general, they have better days. Yes, Paige Lewis ** 56:06 yes. And the bad days can roll off a little easier. Yeah. Michael Hingson ** 56:11 You need to learn to live more like dogs, you know, and live in the moment and forget all the other things. And there are so many things we can't control. And we worry about them. Dogs don't Paige Lewis ** 56:20 write, I would like to come back as a dog. Dogs have the best lives. And I think we we also have this culture of busyness being the new status quo. And we forget that we're human beings and not human doings. And I think that's where people get in trouble. Michael Hingson ** 56:44 We so greatly overanalyze everything and not necessarily in the right way. And again, as we talked about, we don't step back and really look at it, which is part of the problem. 56:55 Yes, yes. Michael Hingson ** 56:58 Have you written a book or anything about all of this? Paige Lewis ** 57:01 I've written some articles. I have not written a book. I have not written a book? Well, if Michael Hingson ** 57:06 you do, you'll have to let us know. Paige Lewis ** 57:08 I will, I will do that. Well, if people Michael Hingson ** 57:11 want to reach out and get in touch with you, maybe explore using your services and skills. How do they do that? Paige Lewis ** 57:19 Well, you can reach out via my website, which is page one coaching.com. And it's spelled out I'll spell it. It's P a i g e o n e. c o a c h i n g.com. And you can also find me on LinkedIn at Paige Lewis Sanford, my new married name, yeah, you can. Yeah, you can also email me at page at patreon coaching.com. Michael Hingson ** 57:44 So what is your husband do? Paige Lewis ** 57:45 He is a naturopathic doctor. Oh, so he focuses on root cause? And getting to you know, the bottom of what is causing your symptoms and, and managing that and addressing that versus just throwing things like antibiotics all the time, which, you know, don't always work out. Not very good for you overall, long term. No. Michael Hingson ** 58:10 And ultimately, we have to take a little bit more mental control over ourselves. And that's another whole story. Yes, Paige Lewis ** 58:20 I totally agree with that. Well, gee, Michael Hingson ** 58:21 maybe we should explore getting him to come on and chat sometime. Oh, Paige Lewis ** 58:25 I think he would love it. Michael Hingson ** 58:26 I'll leave that to you to set up. Yeah. I want I want to thank you for being here. And I know, you've given us a lot of really wonderful ideas. And I'm very grateful for you being here. I'm glad we had the opportunity to meet and hopefully we will do more of this anytime you want to come back on. You just need to let us know. Paige Lewis ** 58:46 Right? I would love it. Thank you for having me. It's been great talking with you. Michael Hingson ** 58:51 Well, this has been fun and I hope that you enjoyed it listening out there. Reach out to Paige she I'm sure we'd love to hear from you and if she can help you in any of the decisions that you need to make. That's what coaches do. So reach out to Paige. You are also always welcome to reach out to me, we'd love to get your thoughts on what you heard today. You can email me at Michael M i c h a e l h i at accessibe A c c e s s i b e.com Or go to our podcast page www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast and Michael Hingson is m i c h a e l h i n g s o n.com/podcast. Of course as we asked and I really appreciate y'all doing it, please give us a five star rating wherever you're listening to us. We love your ratings. 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In this episode of Last Stroke Counts, we have the privilege to chat with the Cambridge University Women's Chief Coach, Paddy Ryan. With over a decade of dedicated work at Cambridge, Paddy has not only led his squads to a remarkable clean sweep victory last year but has also ingrained a culture of excellence. Paddy gives us an insider's look into what goes into creating a winning machine as well as some strategies that helped Cambridge secure victory after victory in the recent years. We delve into how the integration of science and sport can significantly elevate performance, especially when understanding the nuances of women in sport and research about their bodies. Moreover, we dive into Paddy's personal journey, exploring the philosophies, habits, and mantras that helped shape his incredibly successful career. He shares invaluable insights not just for those in the rowing community, but for anyone passionate about leadership, coaching, and success. So, tune in & join us, as we uncover the stories, strategies, and philosophies of a coach who truly makes every last stroke count at Cambridge. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @cubc_women_chief_coach @cubcsquad @laststrokecounts @rowgearuk @thomasclark.gb @piotrgggolawski
Gail Zugerman host of Growing Older with Gusto speaks with Jeff Williams, Chief Coach for Bizstarters and creator of the Virtual Incubator Business Startup Program. If you're thinking that you are not quite ready to retire and want to strike out on an entrepreneurial venture of your own, listen to this podcast episode.
Welcome to the 100th episode of the Performance Intelligence podcast. 100 episodes is a significant milestone and first I would like to thank The Wizard, Shannon, Liuba and Angelynne who all do such a great job behind the scenes. Thank you as well to you, the listeners.To commemorate our 100th episode I am joined by Simon Katich, former captain for both the NSW and Derbyshire cricket teams. Simon also played for Lancashire, WA, the Perth Scorchers and Kings XI Punjab in the IPL.Simon played 56 test matches for Australia with a batting average of 45 and best bowling figures of 6/65. Upon retiring as a first-class cricketer, 'Kato' worked as Football Operations Manager for the GWS Giants. He then jumped back into the global world of cricket as head coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, Manchester's Hundred team, and was recently appointed Chief Coach of Mumbai Indians Cape Town in the SA T20 league.Kato is a regular cricket commentator for channel 7, a former competitor on celebrity master chef and on weekend's he can be found umpiring his children's junior cricket games on Sydney's lower north shore.In this episode Andrew and Simon discuss:4:30 Helping out kids.8:15 Simon growing up and the differences in playing sport between now and then.21:15 Being competitive and white line fever.26:10 Having something outside sport.30:00 life after playing and the importance of family.42:00 Coaching a cricket team and celebrity culture.49:45 Getting into the media and being analytical.59:20 The Michael Clarke incident.1:04:15 Simon's thoughts on his teammates.1:14:00 How Simon handles his mental game.1:17:40 Performance Uncovered Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://www.andrewmay.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Follow StriveStronger: https://www.instagram.com/strive.stronger/If you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.
On this episode of the Marketing Boost Solutions Podcast, Meet Affiliate Marketing Veteran Dustin Howes, Founder & Chief Coach at Performance Marketing Manager Dustin shares with us an insight of the Affiliate Marketing World with the Affiliate Management course that helped dozens of businesses scale up their affiliate marketing program revenue. Learn the best practices of affiliate marketing. Find out how you can grow your business program to its fullest potential with his courses that are designed and structured to teach you Affiliate Management at its best. So when do you think you should start an affiliate program? Tune in and find out here. If you want to learn more about Affiliate Marketing and Dustin Howes, check below: Website: https://dustinhowes.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clearbrand-co/ Course: https://performancemarketingmanager.com/
Jeremy Toye is one bad dude. In addition to winning Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on his first attempt he was also on the podium at the Macau Grand Prix and was the fastest newcomer at a small race called the Isle of Man TT. If all this doesn't impress you he survived racing with Gal Ratner at WSMC just by hitting the apexes. As Crew Chief to Sean Dylan Kelly and Ashton Yates he used his extensive racing experience to develop both machines and riders.
We are often faced with dilemmas in life, especially when it comes to our career-related choices. The daily inner fights of how to deal with a situation? The tracking if we are on the right path or not? We often need an ear to either listen to our dilemmas or a person who can open our perceptions, enabling us to make better decisions. Thus, lies the importance of executive coaching. In today's discussion with Mr. Jaykumar Hariharan, we discuss how coaching enables us to become better leaders. About Jaykumar Hariharan Jay is the CEO and Chief Coach at Blue Fire Coaching Consultant. He is also an author and a speaker. He has written a book titled, “Rewire - How To Be The Leader Of Your Own Life.” He calls it a letter of love to leaders of his generation. Having a great love for life, Jaykumar is a certified deep sea diver and a certified paraglider too. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support
Scott is the Founder and Chief Coach for Quick Hit Sales Tips, a sales consulting company. He has been a GTM leader for the past 25 years where he has developed strategies for Sales, Marketing and Customer Success teams with tactical implementation plans to drive repeatable and predictable results. He has helped countless Board Members and Executives, across multiple industries, attack new markets, scale their Go-To-Market teams, integrate acquisitions, and develop best practices for sustainable growth.His passion is to help make great companies better and help sales teams excel.He has trained over 15,000 people on his sales and sales management foundations to provide the skills and resources to ensure sellers succeed and drive growth. Connect with Scott: Website: https://quickhitsalestips.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quick-hit-sales-tips/ +++++ Exclusive Offers: I am providing the details of the exclusive offer for your listeners that we would like to promote on your show through different ad formats; Offer 1: Get Exclusive 15% on Designhill's Contest Service Use code: WF15 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Link: https://www.designhill.com/launch?utm_source=grindsellelevate&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=contest Offer 2: Get Exclusive 25% Off on Designhill's Logo Maker Service Use code: WF25 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Link: https://www.designhill.com/tools/logo-maker?utm_source=grindsellelevate&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=LM Offer 3: Get Exclusive 10% Off on Printshop by Designhill Use code: WF10 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Link: https://www.designhill.com/shop/?utm_source=grindsellelevate&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=PS +++++ Subscribe to the Podcast! ▶︎ PODCAST | https://bit.ly/3bU6D3l Please Follow & Connect with me! Link's Below ▶︎ WEBSITE | https://tyzerevans.com ▶︎ YOUTUBE | https://youtube.com/c/tyzerevans ▶︎ INSTAGRAM | https://instagram.com/tyzerevans ▶︎ FACEBOOK | https://facebook.com/grindsellelevate ▶︎ LINKEDIN | https://linkedin.com/in/tyzerevans ▶︎ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/tyzerevans ▶︎ TIKTOK | https://tiktok.com/tyzerevans ▶︎ PATREON | https://patreon.com/tyzerevans Check out Tyzer's other podc...
In the latest episode of Hockey Te Charcha, we interacted with Indian Men's Hockey Team Chief Coach Graham Reid. Graham Reid is no stranger to success on the Olympic stage, having won the Silver medal as a player for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However, clinching an Olympic Bronze medal as the Chief Coach of the Indian Men's Team after a 41-year long wait for India ranks amongst his most impressive achievements. Reid spoke at length about the challenges and the process that led to this remarkable feat in an insightful conversation on Hockey Te Charcha; a podcast series initiated by Hockey India. You can follow us and leave us your feedback on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @hockeyindia. Our entire podcast is also available on hockeyindia.org.
From a joint roundtable podcast to this one-on-one podcast, Cassandra is joined by Julie Gordon White. From Cassandra's first impression of her radiating a cool vibe, Julie also has a cool story that she shares with us in this episode. She has been a serial entrepreneur her whole life and a wife and mom of 3. As an award-winning entrepreneur, business coach, bestselling business author, and TEDx speaker, Julie has proved her entrepreneurial skills at the early age of 10 when she wrote her first business plan and sold items door to door. Fast forward, after college, she took up a corporate job which she spent eight years perfecting her business sense. Then Julie touched base with her entrepreneurial roots again after becoming a mom and leaving her corporate job. She is now the Chief Coach and CEO of The WELL. A new addition to her entrepreneurial endeavors is Bossa Bars which produces energy bars for women in the menopausal stage of their lives and was created just as COVID started!This episode touches base just about anything entrepreneurship-related. Hear the stories Cassandra and Julie exchange as you continue to listen in on this episode. Don't press that pause button or you'll miss out.Key Points From This EpisodeJulie shares her entrepreneurial background starting from the age of 10 until working in corporate to having her own companyShe shares about the fascination she had for selling companies which she made into a multi-million business before the recession hitLearn about the major synchronicity in Julie's life which was meeting her husbandHow Julie supported the women in her coaching program when COVID started by not charging them for a yearThe Bossa Bars - the energy bar for menopausal women; a business Julie birthed during COVIDTweetables“Most women don't think about selling a company, they build it for flexibility or passion, but they don't think about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” [0:04:51] -Julie Gordon White“There's a lot of parallels and trying to do something that I think a lot of women lean into from a business perspective, especially from a product perspective: We try to meet the need that we have.” [0:21:18] -Cassandra Shuck“To me that's what came out of COVID that it's time to go way beyond your comfort zone. Do something for the community that you love, add yourself and just knock it out the park, have some fun with it.” [0:38:55] -Julie Gordon WhiteMentioned linksJulie Gordon WhiteBossa BarsCassandra Shuck
Scott Kaplan is the speaker, author, and GTM Board Advisor who Founded Quick Hit Sales Tips. Also standing as the Chief Coach for the sales consulting company, Scott has been working with sales reps who wish to crush their quotas and sales leaders who wish to double their bookings, having trained over 15,000 sellers and over 5,000 frontline sales managers. With 25 years background as a GTM leader, Scott has developed strategies for Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success through the use of tactical implementation plans in driving repeatable and predictable results. Having advised Board Members and Executives from multiple industries, he’s been their go-to person when it comes to attacking new markets, scaling Go-To Market teams, integrating acquisitions, and developing the best practices for sustainable growth. He’s very passionate in helping companies become great and improving their sales teams excel by providing them with the much needed skills and resources to ensure they succeed and drive growth. He’s even trained managers to become great and better coaches to their team. Find out more and reach out to Scott Kaplan through his LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottkaplan/Join the Sales Hustle Community! Text “Hustle” to 424-401-9300!If you’re listening to the Sales Hustle podcast, please subscribe, share, and we’re listening for your feedback. If you are a sales professional looking to take your sales career to the next level, please visit us at https://salescast.co/ and set a time with Collin and co-founder Chris.Please make sure to rate and review the show on Apple.
In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Jaime Chambron, Founder and Chief Coach of Career Agility System talk about How to get started. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Career Agility System: http://careeragilitysystem.com/ Learn more about InnovateHER KC: https://www.innovateherkc.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast - Hosted by Patrick Fitzgibbons
Hello everyone and welcome back to The Top Ranked Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast. A show for the criminal justice professional. The purpose is to make you better personally and professionally. If you would take a moment and rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, we sure would appreciate it, and continue to share this show and others with family and friends. A big THANK YOU to the brave men and women who serve in the criminal justice field. It’s a very tough time, but you are STRONG and RESILIENT. We will get through these difficult times and emerge stronger. Remember you are honored, cherished, and loved. Do you LOVE coffee? I do! I bet you will love the coffee from Four Sigmatic. I am a big fan of their LIONS MANE MUSHROOM COFFEE and I bet you will be too. Check out their link at www.cjevolution.com and get 15% off your purchases using the PROMO code CJEVO. The CJEvolution Podcast is honored to be partnered with Detectachem. This amazing company is helping protect our brave men and women who protect us by offering mobile threat detection that fits in the palm of your hand. The application-based technology detects illicit drugs, explosives and now COVID-19. This is MUST HAVE technology for your organization. Check out their link here: www.cjevolution.com Are you going to be testing for a promotion soon? If you are or you plan on going for a promotion in the future, you need to listen to my next guest. He is the expert and helping you get promoted and his name is Bill Reilly. He is known as the Police Chief Coach and he is helping police officers of all ranks achieve their next promotion. Bill was a police officer for over two decades and retired as an Assistant Chief of Police, and he want to bring his years of experience to his clients. Bill says he can help you in the following areas: -My Oral Boards Made Easy for Police Promotion method was developed using easy to recall acronyms that correspond with commonly asked categories of oral exam questions. You can experience this method through coaching or through an online video e-Learning course.-My Ultimate Oral Board Prep for Police Officer Candidates uses a similar design to assist those who are seeking to become police officers. Video course only.-And my Police Chief Coach services are customized for those seeking to rise to, or excel in, the executive levels of policing. Due to the custom nature of this development process, it is only available as coaching.All of these offerings help you make the complex more simple. Simplification is critical to recalling what to say and do at an oral exam or assessment center. Using easy to remember acronyms for the commonly asked categories of police oral board questions is the strategy that propelled me to the #1 position on each of my promotion lists: Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Assistant Chief.Here's how you can put these services to work for you: Coaching - Oral Boards Made Easy for Police Promotion and Police Chief Coach services Online Video Courses - Oral Boards Made Easy for Police Promotion and Ultimate Oral Board Prep for Police Officer Candidates Training Programs: Police Excellence and Leader Skills for Police Supervisors A great and informative interview with Bill Reilly (The Police Chief Coach) You can find Bill here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billreillyfpd/ https://finests.com/ https://twitter.com/billreillyfpd?lang=en Stay tuned for more great episodes on The CJEvolution Podcast www.cjevolution.com Patrick
Absent our thoughts, there’s no feeling naturally associated with any item, event, or situation we may experience. Regardless of what’s happening in the world, how you feel in any moment is purely between you and you. The depth of this uncommon, but freeing, belief, convincingly shared by Naphtali Visser, Founder and Chief Coach of Humans Working, challenges us to consider our world differently. If we can do this, his quest to create a more just and peaceful world may well be accomplished. About the Guest: Naphtali Visser has had steady and not-so-steady roles as a software engineer, entrepreneur, corporate goon, photographer, cook, coach, world traveler, husband, father and other things perhaps best left unsaid. Now, he just wants to help others create a more peaceful, just world and at the same time, help them create more personal “success,” whether that means better relationships, more financial success, or better health. He's anti-dogma. He eats meat and a lot of it. Personal Links: Website: https://humansworking.co/about/philosophy/ Website: https://naphtalivisser.com/ Email: naf@nafster.com Resource Links: Man’s Search for Meaning: https://amzn.to/3je1mUB The Inside out Revolution: https://amzn.to/3m5b4ub Mooji’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Moojiji Dr. Amy Johnson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DrAmyJohnson The Surrender Experiment: https://amzn.to/31t15H5 The Untethered Soul: https://amzn.to/37uvysa About the Host: Dan McPherson, International Speaker, Business and Personal Development Coach, and CEO of Leaders Must Lead, is on a mission to help Creatives and Entrepreneurs create and grow profit and understand that Dreams ARE Real. With more than 25 years’ experience in corporate roles leading teams of up to 2000 and responsible for more than $150M in revenue, Dan is a recognized expert in leadership, sales, and business strategy. Through his Leaders Must Learn Mastermind, Dreams ARE Real Podcast, Foundations of Success Training, and powerful 1-1 coaching, Dan helps hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world from musicians and artists to chiropractors, coaches, retailers, and beyond experience success and accomplish their goals. To learn more about Dan or to follow him on Social Media, you can find him on: Website: www.leadersmustlead.com Leaders Must Lead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leadersmustlead Free Coaching Assessment: https://leadersmustlead.com/free-coaching-assessment Dreams are Real Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/365493184118010/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leadersmustlead/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/leadersmustlead YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXypDeFKyZnpeQXcX-AsBQ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a note in the comment section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to me and greatly appreciated. They help my podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes the show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.
En este episodio # 25 ya después de comer mucho pan dulce y aplanar nachas, mejor tomamos los consejos del Coach Edgar Perdomo, Chief Coach de Elevate Fitness Center, especialistas en sacar el jugo con Functional Training y CrossFit, de los primeros en implementar los entrenamientos vía zoom en esta pandemia nos cuenta como llego a ser coach, como bajar la barriga o pasar de ser un sandillero plus a estar fit y poner a prueba tus límites físicos para ser más rápidos y más fuertotototes!!
My guest on Episode 119 is Natasha Wallace. Natasha Wallace is Founder and Chief Coach of Conscious Works, a coaching and leadership development company specializing in wellbeing. Having spent many years working in organizational and leadership development and as a former HR Director, Wallace left her job having reached burnout. It led her to recognize that […]
I chat with Justin Moore.https://hydrow.com/athletes/At Yale, he led the freshman eight to the 1996 Eastern Sprints Championship and, later that summer, a victory in the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. He then went on to Williams College, where as Head Women's Coach, he guided the team to six NCAA Division III national championships. With an incredible streak from 2006 to 2010, Williams became the first Division III school to win five consecutive NCAA titles. After that, he took over as the Head Women's Coach at Syracuse. Under his leadership, the orange earned seven top-three conference championship finishes and three trips to the NCAA Championship. He was also an active international coach, working with the US Women's Junior National Team on 2009 and 2010 and the US Under 23 Women's Team in 2012. His crews collected 4 World Championship medals.Today he is co-founder and Chief Coach at Hydrow, the company that is revolutionizing the indoor rowing experience, bringing the river home with live workouts on stunning waterways from around the world.
How to lead people during a crisis from Natasha Wallace, author of The Conscious Effect: 50 Lessons for Better Organizational Wellbeing (https://lidpublishing.com/book/the-conscious-effect/) and Founder and Chief Coach at Conscious Works (https://conscious-works.com/) .
In this episode, we're joined by Jeff Williams. He is the CEO and Chief Coach for Bizstarters.com, which was selected by the editors of Kiplingers Personal Finance magazine as "The Best Entrepreneurial Guide for People Over 50". Jeff combines 20 years of experience as a corporate marketing executive with Corning, Sears and Rand McNally with an MBA in marketing from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and thirty years of experience in guiding more than 700 new entrepreneurs through the business launch process. He'll be talking sharing information about: How to use experience and market feedback to determine your focus.How to build service offerings to support your focus.How to automate your marketing system to let you grow your solo business. You don't want to miss this one. Sit back and enjoy! Jeff's website: https://bizstarters.com/fdn
Justin Moore, Chief Coach at Hydrow, talks about training methodology and challenging the paradigms that currently dominate the sport.
Welcome to Episode 37 of the Rational Reminder Podcast. On today’s show we are joined by Lindsay Plumb, Chief Coach-ess of MOOLA Financial Coaches and Advisors. We’re discussing spending and budgeting, because that’s kind of the opposite end of the spectrum of what we always talk about. We usually assume people already have wealth, but that’s not always the case. Even if you do, both spending and budgeting are super important. Just getting in line with your values and what you spend money on, that affects everybody, no matter how many assets you might have. So in this episode we dive into what it means to have an understanding and alignment of what your values are and what your goals are and how that should inform your financial decisions. We’re helping you help yourself and for that we’ve brought in the Chief Coach-ess with the most-ess. So, for all this and more, keep listening! Key Points From This Episode: Hear about Lindsay’s background and what she does within MOOLA. [0:02:20.0] Why budgeting is so hard. [0:03:35.0] Discovering your goals and articulating your values. [0:04:56.0] Using a tool that allows you to stick to a budget. [0:05:48.9] Understanding the difference between budgeting and tracking. [0:07:40.0] Why people blow out their budget on food. [0:08:32.0] Coaching people to change their behaviour. [0:09:47.0] How Lindsay advises her clients to coach their kids to modify their behavior. [0:12:41.0] Speaking in somebody else’s language, especially kids. [0:14:13.0] How to do bank accounts as couples. [0:16:48.0] Sudden wealth and how it can affect someones relationship with money. [0:21:50] Retirement and planning for philanthropic or legacy goals. [0:24:50] How Lindsay defines success in her own life. [0:29:30.0] And much more!
This episode, we get the great opportunity to speak with Hussain Bandukwala, PMO Coach and founder of the PMO Virtual Summit this October. Hussain helps us understand what a PMO really is (and should be), then shares some great insights into the career path of someone who wants to be a PMO leader. Some great tools Hussain shared are linked here: Article about co-existence of product & project management for startups: https://www.parwaazcc.com/5-reasons-why-project-management-is-a-no-brainer-for-your-rapidly-growing-startup/ Introspection Attribute Analysis (direct file download) https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=165cCFwnYRGB3TJIQ07_PCAAUcu0ZbXKs CHECK OUT THE PMO VIRTUAL SUMMIT Check out the PMO Virtual Summit October 16 - 18 - Hussain will have some amazing guests! Click HERE to check out the PMO Virtual Summit! OUR AMAZING GUEST HUSSAIN BANDUKWALA Hussain Bandukwala is the Chief Coach at Parwaaz Consulting (https://www.parwaazcc.com/) and helps PMO leaders succeed. Through coaching, workshops and other resources, Hussain arms aspiring and first-time Project Management Office (PMO) leaders with experiential learning and confidence to achieve PMO triumph systematically and effectively. He also works with PMO leaders and executives at high-growth small- and mid-sized organizations to conquer their biggest challenges in meeting strategic goals, achieving operational efficiency, and delivering project value. Hussain has led and facilitated the setup of PMOs at several companies and advised numerous PMO leaders throughout their own PMO setup journeys. He has authored several PMO-focused publications, teaches at LinkedIn Learning and speaks frequently on the subject. JOIN THE HAPPY HOUR! Get access to all podcasts, PDU certificates, bonus content, exclusive member Q&A webinars and more from our membership! https://pmhappyhour.com/membership STUMP THE PM’S! We love to hear about your tough PM issues, so please hit us up at podcast@pmhappyhour.com or on Facebook at facebook.com/pmhapyhour and we’ll see if we can help you. If we use your question, we’ll send you a PM Happy Hour coaster you can enjoy at your next happy hour.
Money Learnings: Jeff’s dad taught him about earning and spending as he was growing up. His dad was very entrepreneurial and would share his ideas with Jeff. Jeff started mowing lawns at a very early age and was very successful. Take away: Possibility is everywhere. Action step: Have a conversation about what you want to do next. Show notes: https://wp.me/p43fRN-en Jeff Williams is CEO and Chief Coach for Bizstarters.com, a Chicago-based business startup coaching company that has specialized in guiding clients over age 50 since 1993. Jeff publishes the popular "Business Startup for Boomers" podcast series and is frequently quoted on the topic of boomer entrepreneurship on business websites such as forbes.com, entrepreneur.com and nextavenue.org. Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to more a purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom! Thanks for listening! If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com Music: https://www.bensound.com Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.
Introduction Jen Brown is the Chief Coach and owner of Sparta Chicks. She created Sparta Chicks to bring together women all around the world who enjoy triathlons or trail running and who want to feel more confident and pursue all the big, and sometimes seemingly impossible dreams they’ve always had (without self-doubt or fear standing in their way). Jen is a Running and Triathlon Coach, podcast host, and reformed Lawyer. In addition to being a stepmother, daughter, and sister, Jen is often found trail running, drinking coffee, and watching Criminal Minds. She has hiked or climbed mountains on 4 continents around the world after realizing in her late 20’s that running is an amazing way to change your life. Questions we ask Jen include: -How did you get your start in running? -Tell us a bit about your drive, reasoning, and inspiration behind starting Sparta Chicks. -What was it like for you to be so transparent with others? -What advice would you give listeners who want to accomplish their dream, but are too nervous to take that first step? -How do you suggest individuals with busy lives incorporate “me time” into their already hectic schedule? -Comparison in social media? How do you suggest we deal with this? -Who have been some of your favorite guests/episodes on Sparta Chicks Radio? -What are you fearing right now? -It seems as though you lead a very adventurous life! Any new adventures on the horizon? -What advice would you give your younger self? -What does being a Strong Runner Chick mean to you? -How can listeners connect with you? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/strong-runner-chicks/support