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Have you ever dealt with that voice inside your head that has told you that you “can’t” do something? I feel like we’ve all dealt with this at some point in our lives, which is why I HAD to bring on my friend, Joanna Ziemlewski to the podcast. Joanna is a breakthrough coach that helps people to overcome their limiting beliefs and transform their lives. So many women I meet run into this tiny seed of doubt in their brains when they create a business, and it holds them back from being truly successful. On this podcast, we dive into how being an introvert can be an advantage, why you need to take an inventory of your skills and how Joanna helps clients to overcome their imposter syndrome. If you’ve ever felt the need to change your mindset and rewire your brain so you can up-level your life and business then today’s episode is for you. We talk about: How Joanna and Mallory met each other What Joanna does and how being an introvert is an advantage in business How to know the difference between imposter syndrome, action problems or skillset problems Taking an inventory of your skills How your drive and mindset can help you build the skills you need What imposter syndrome is How Joanna helps clients by helping them to identify who they believe they are How certain events in your childhood creates patterns in your life Rewiring ourselves to up-level in our lives as we grow and want to do new things Adjusting your environment to What clients need to believe to overcome imposter syndrome Allowing discomfort to work its way through when going after a big goal Therapeutic and healing ways of releasing energy Joanna’s rule for failures How the universe will test you when you want to up-level How Joanna got started in her business after tragically losing her sister Healing what’s going on at the root and overcoming your past trauma About Joanna Ziemlewski: I help remarkable women stop fighting themselves so they can double their business, make a greater impact, and live a life they truly love. To put it simply, I help you transform years of struggle and self-doubt into the results you want in just 90 days. Sometimes even in 1 day. It’s based on my belief that there is nothing wrong with you. You are whole, you are complete, and we just need to integrate what you forgot back together. I’ve learned how to use the body, mind, and spirit combined with expert problem solving to help you strategically build your business while you simultaneously design a fulfilling life. I like to keep things simple and efficient (yeah I’m a former chemical engineer). So I’m one part logical to one part spiritual. A little woo woo, but based on science. As a certified Master NLP Practioner and Senior Leader with Tony Robbins, I’ve had the pleasure of helping people from all over the world and in different stages of life, transform their suffering into empowering meaning that now fuels them. I have spent the last 3 years as a mentor with Sue Bryce Education helping photographers gain confidence and clarity as an artist to create and grow a profitable business. As a photographer myself, I adore helping women transform from the inside out just by stepping in front of my camera. Nothing makes me happier than to see that special spark lit from within. And this is what I capture in each woman, whether it’s in portrait or in spirit. It’s by accepting and integrating all the parts of myself that I realized this was the missing piece. This is why so many women sabotage themselves without even knowing it — filling themselves with judgment, blame and guilt, and then feeling like an imposter either after failure or success. Well, I’m here to tell you no more. Let me show you how to shift this once and for all. Connect with Joanna: Website| Instagram| Facebook| How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Episode 059 / Thriller author and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn podcast joined us this week to talk about learning from mistakes, the importance of mindset, and taking the long view in your writing career. The sun is out in Houston and we’re recovering from the great “snow-apocalypse” of 2021. Jami has running water again (yay!) and her lockdown novella, Locked in Love, launches this week and at the end of the novella she’s giving away her brides novella as a lead magnet. Sara is writing and researching a possible French translation. Question of the week: What is your approach to translations? Did it change after listening to Episode 58 with Tonya Anne Crosby? Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. In this podcast episode, you’ll discover: Getting better with practice - the continual opportunity to grow in your craft The importance of backlist for established authors What Joanna learned from marketing her first book and why she doesn’t use those tactics now The assumptions Joanna made in the beginning of her writing career about podcasting and writing fiction and why they were wrong How Joanna used what she learned from a failed business to create a business and life she enjoys Joanna’s tips on how to choose a pen name Why multiple streams of income are so important for authors How authors can prepare for the growth in subscription services in Links: The Creative Penn J.F. Penn Books and Travel podcast The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes

In today’s world, trying to get married has become... a hot mess. So, to all the COVID brides to have been, grooms and wedding professionals: you’re not alone. Welcome to Bride To Have Been, a StudioPod original podcast hosted by Emily Lewis, with the purpose of building a community by sharing the reality of this new normal in the wedding industry. Let’s keep inspiring each other and celebrate the thing we treasure the most: love. In the world that we’re living in, plans need to be fluid! In this episode, Emily sits down with Joanna Reardon, who got engaged to her fiancée in the middle of a pandemic, to chat about her love story, her wedding plans, and the biggest challenges she has faced as a future 2021 bride (fingers crossed!). Brides and grooms all over the world have been forced to see the silver lining in everything, even when surrounded by uncertainty. It is important to highlight that when it comes to weddings, there are no rules anymore, so let’s go with the flow and have fun! Jump straight into: (01:03) - San Francisco, the city of love: How Joanna met her fiancée, Sam - “As all great relationships start, we met in a dingy bar.” (03:56) - On the expected (yet delayed) proposal - “He told me that the ring was delayed, and that I had to be a little bit more patient.” (09:09) - A big Canadian wedding: Joanna’s vision for her special day - “For us, having that excuse to bring everyone together was going to be pretty cool.” (13:06) - How to plan a wedding in the middle of a pandemic - “There was a part of us that was like, ‘Are we crazy to even think about planning a wedding? Should we just not even bother and do this in 2021, 2022 or 2023, or God knows when?’” (24:58) - Weddings and siblings: Pushing dates, giving space and rolling with the punches - “With them getting married in 2021 and then us wanting to get married in 2021, we had to be a little bit sensitive about the timing there.” (29:45) - The biggest roadblocks brides and grooms will bump into - “The demand is so, so high, that I feel like the power is definitely in the hands of vendors.” Thanks for listening! Follow us on https://www.instagram.com/bridetohavebeen (Instagram), don’t forget to use the #COVIDBrideTribe, and feel free to send us your COVID wedding stories. Bride To Have Been is a podcast brought to you by https://www.giveagiftpod.com/ (GiftPod) and produced at https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod). Edits were made at https://nodalab.com/ (Nodalab) and music was produced by https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ugRqsUUkY3Dxc35llDO07?si=4eTLwb3CT_SDuXuBbEDNAw (GaryOAKland). Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and share with all of your fellow brides.

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JoAnna Haugen is a seasoned writer, speaker, and founder of Rooted, a solutions-storytelling platform. Her work has been published in more than 60 print and online publications, including Fast Company, Popular Science, Mongabay, BBC, and CNN. Her time as a returned Peace Corps volunteer, commercial travel writer, intrepid world traveler, international election observer, and American expatriate informed the establishment of Rooted, a storytelling platform at the intersection of sustainable travel, environmental conservation, and community-focused advocacy efforts. Rooted’s mission is to responsibly document, support, celebrate, and share sustainable travel initiatives that put communities first and to help others do the same. Learn more about JoAnna’s background here: https://www.joannahaugen.com/about/ Destination on the Left is joined by JoAnna Haugen, the founder of Rooted, a solutions storytelling platform. On our podcast, JoAnna and I have an amazing conversation about using the diverse voices of a local community to help tell that destination’s story. JoAnna talks about how the world is a messy place, and she shares her thoughts around embracing the messiness to develop a greater sense of authenticity. Learn how JoAnna uses authenticity, creativity, and collaboration to navigate the new challenges posed by the global pandemic. What You Will Learn in This Episode: JoAnna’s journey into the travel and tourism industry Why JoAnna was inspired to combat the damage caused by travel writing by creating her own storytelling platform How Rooted is helping destinations thrive Rooted’s three target audiences, and how the platform brings them together as a cohesive force How JoAnna is using her platform to promote responsible travel communication and sustainable travel How JoAnna’s experiences in Kenya shaped her entire perspective of the travel and tourism industry JoAnna’s perspective on what destinations should be doing to stand out from the crowd How destinations can embrace the diverse voices of their communities Different ways destinations are using authenticity, creativity, and collaboration to navigate the new challenges posed by the global pandemic Projects that JoAnna will be introducing in the near future Best practices from JoAnna’s Collaboration in Crisis Guide The Power of Storytelling in Travel and Tourism JoAnna Haugen is the founder of Rooted, a solutions storytelling platform seated at the intersection of sustainable travel, environmental conservation, and community-based advocacy efforts. On our podcast, JoAnna and I have an amazing conversation about using the diverse voices of a local community to help tell that destination’s story. JoAnna talks about how the world is a messy place, and she shares her thoughts around embracing the messiness to develop a greater sense of authenticity. Learn how JoAnna uses authenticity, creativity, and collaboration to navigate the new challenges posed by the global pandemic. Local Solutions with a Global Impact JoAnna says that “local solutions can have a global impact,” and that nugget inspired her to look for ways to combat the damage and destruction that travel writing has on the destinations we travel to and the people we meet while we’re there. It culminated in the creation of her storytelling platform “Rooted,” which aims to responsibly document, support, celebrate, and share sustainable travel initiatives that put communities first and help others do the same. We need to communicate about people, places, and the planet in a way that can activate impactful change. To accomplish this, JoAnna focuses on three specific audiences: travel service providers, representatives for local travel initiatives, and content creators. Responsible, Sustainable Travel and Tourism Many of us travel to certain places because the people there have shaped the destination as we know it. At the end of the day, JoAnna’s goal is to lift up local people, enterprises, and communities to highlight the work they’re doing and create vibrant destinations. That is what drives Rooted’s initiative to amplify everything being done on the local level. And in the midst of this global pandemic, we have an opportunity to tell an even greater story. If we want to maintain a sustainable travel and tourism industry moving forward, we need to do so in a way that lifts destinations up and paints them as something more than a pretty backdrop. Rooted’s bi-weekly newsletter: https://www.joannahaugen.com/rooted/ Website: https://www.joannahaugen.com/rooted/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahaugen/ Twitter: @joanna_haugen

Joanna Paredes, Quality Assurance Manager, Swingle Collins & Associates   Swingle Collins & Associates is one of the largest privately owned agencies in Texas. Like any other agency in the modern era, getting to the next level meant change, and change can be hard.   Listen to this discussion to learn how a well established agency embraced modern communication to not just meet the expectations of today’s consumers, but win the hearts and support of their producers. How Joanna used automation to improve client satisfaction and boost retention Tips to increase policy per client count How this agency implemented automation in a way that won the hearts of their own producers   If you’re trying to make new tech work in your agency, or if you need to win support from your team to make change stick, do not miss this episode.    Presented by Agency Revolution, the Connected Insurance Podcast provides weekly opportunities for listeners to dive deep into the trends affecting insurance agents and brokers today and to gain proven strategies and tactics for agency growth. Our hosts facilitate thoughtful panels and 1:1 conversations with a variety of prominent thought leaders, with a focus on how to streamline and drive operational efficiency for your independent agency through the intelligent use of technology.

Joanna Penn is an Award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author, as well as a writer of non-fiction for authors.She's written over 30 books and sold over 500,000 books in 84 countries and 5 languages. She's an independent author and also runs a small press, Curl Up Press, with her husband and business partner.Joanna is also an international professional speaker and award-winning creative entrepreneur. In 2018, she was awarded Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World. Her show, The Creative Penn Podcast, has been downloaded 3.7 million times in 219 countries.Based now in Bath, Joanna is a travel junkie who also likes hiking, and relaxing with a book and a glass of pinot noir, or a gin & tonic (Hendricks & Fever Tree). In this episode we go deep into:How Joanna’s handling herself during the coronavirus lockdownHow Joanna’s writing process and approach to business has changed since she first started writingWhere does Joanna’s information come from to remain ahead of the indie gameLessons learned from Joanna’s first bookWhat keeps Joanna accountable to keep delivering on her projectsThe struggles of writing while in lockdownThe benefits of routine and creating positive associations in certain places for particular kinds of workWhat a typical day looks like for JoannaThe reality of being a full time independent authorHow to keep on top of all you need to doBenefits of working episodicallyBeing able to learn to be organizedPrioritizing your health and looking after yourself as a writerWhy you should work with experts inside and outside of writingHow Joanna decides which non-fiction too prioritize nextWhether Joanna feels the pressure of being a high profile name in the independent author communityHow accolades have affected Joanna’s career and the truth about lists and awardsGetting everything you want, but not at the same time Genre awards vs bestseller listsWhy Joanna Penn writesJoanna answers questions from Patrons:Mark Mclure: How are sales for large-print books going (n/f and fiction)?This week’s questionWhat are your highest aspirations with your writing career?Find out more about Joanna:https://www.thecreativepenn.com/https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/

Joanna Wiebe is the creator of Copyhackers and the Copy Chief at CH Agency. More than 70,000 marketers have chosen her as their copywriting coach. For nearly 15 years, companies like Intuit, Sprout Social and VWO have trusted Joanna to optimize their copy. In this episode, Joanna tells us how she went from a shy girl from a small oil town in Alberta to creating a massive movement of thousands online. INSIDE THE EPISODE: [01:23] Joanna talks about the difficulty she faced growing up as a shy person & trying to express herself creatively [06:15] Joanna discusses the winding road of careers that she had & how she ended up as a copywriter [15:15] How Joanna’s first products made her $20,000 in 3 days [21:37] The experience of explaining what a “copywriter” is to family & friends Get your cheatsheet for Joanna’s episode at unstoppablebusiness.com/podcast

Joanna Lovering, Style Coach, shares tips and tricks to help you make the most of your closet as you build a style that sparks joy. After a successful weight loss journey in 2011, Joanna founded Copper + Rise, a New York City-based style coaching service dedicated to personal and professional empowerment. A passionate stylist and trained executive coach, Joanna pairs her seasonal sensibilities with leadership development techniques to help clients rise to the next level. We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show. While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast. Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy) In this episode, you’ll enjoy: - How Joanna made the jump from organizational psychology to fashion styling Joanna’s personal transformation that led to her style philosophy The importance of closet editing as the first step in building a wardrobe that sparks joy How letting go of clothing that doesn’t fit or doesn’t work for you turn getting ready in the morning from stress to joy Learn fashion tips from Joanna that will help you find the perfect clothing items regardless of your body type Learn about "The Line, The V and the Rule of Three!" Joanna's favorite styling tip: “If you chose to wear something voluminous on the top, wear something tighter on the bottom and vice versa. And if you wear pants that are cropped, your top needs to be shorter as well. It’s all about proportions.” What sparks joy for Joanna: "I’m planning an event in New York for curvy girls. It’s important to me to show women that they are not tied to some traditional concept of fashion. It’s important to me that all women are recognized.” To connect with Joanna, visit her website at Copper and Rise (https://www.copperandrise.com) and her Instagram @CopperandRise (https://www.instagram.com/copperandrise/) Gems: “My ideal client is someone who just doesn’t have the time to think about what they are going to wear that day.” “When you think about your closet, what percentage of your clothes that you actually wear?” “My thought is that if you want to keep that sentimental dress, then let’s get a nice box and call it your ‘Nostalgia Box’! “ “How you feel and how you want to make other people feel should be the only consideration when it comes to what you decide you wear.” “As Tim Gunn always says, “That’s a lot of look!” You can find Karin Socci at The Serene Home (https://www.theserenehome.com/) You can find Kristyn Ivey at For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/) Special Guest: Joanna Lovering.

In today's episode, we discuss the following: The effects gymnastics culture can have on a young athlete Becoming independent at a young age What triggered JoAnna's eating disorder and how she overcame it The red flag health issues that motivated JoAnna to change How JoAnna wants to help retired female athletes What it means to train like a gymnast Takeaway: Have you ever had obsessive thoughts the way JoAnna explained? If you have followed through with those thoughts or had an eating disorder yourself, what were the feelings and emotions you were seeking and how can you strive for those in a healthier way? UPCOMING EVENTS: 2020 Hawaiian Fitness Retreat: Surround yourself with likeminded people, do the deep work to become your best self, and actually EXECUTE the strategies you learn that will transform your life to the next level. Improve your life and the lives of all those around you! Learn more about this gymnastics and personal development experience here! FREEBIE: My 20 FAVORITE Gymnastics Drills Snag Your Must-Have Athlete Success Kit By Leaving Us A Review! If you’ve loved everything in this episode or have any takeaways, be sure to leave a review. As a thank you, I’d like to send you our Athlete Success Kit. I’ve included everything in this guide that helps me stay successful and productive personally and professionally. If you want your copy, just leave us a review and send us a screenshot to team@trainlikeagymnast.com and we’ll shoot it over to you! Prior Guest, Kelsey Heenan's Recommended Resources: http://eatingdisorders.ucsd.edu http://www.centerforbalancedliving.org http://tabithafarrar.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: Train Like A Gymnast Instagram (#TrainLikeAGymnast) Train Like A Gymnast Website Danielle's Instagram JoAnna's Instagram Danielle helps athletes regain confidence in their identities so they can show up as their best self in all areas. She helps unlock their full potential through gymnastics-based conditioning, mental repatterining, and emotional discovery. See if you have what it takes to Train Like A Gymnast. Support our podcast so we can continue to deliver the best free content possible here: https://anchor.fm/trainlikeagymnast Intro/Outtro Music: Creative Minds from Bensound & Hawaii Music by Dizaro --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/trainlikeagymnast/support

Felicia is the worst. She gets in my head, shoots down all my ideas and leaves me feeling horrible every single time. No, you’re not flashing back to middle school with me. This is the mean girl in my head. I’ve had to finally name her so I could tell her to pipe down.  It’s funny how entrepreneurship brings out internal things you never knew were there. Have you ever dealt with that voice inside your head that has told you that you “can’t” do something? I feel like we’ve all dealt with this at some point in our lives, which is why I HAD to bring on today’s guest, my friend, Joanna Ziemlewski. Joanna is a breakthrough coach that helps people to overcome their limiting beliefs and transform their lives.   So many women I meet run into this tiny seed of doubt in their brains when they create a business, and it holds them back from being truly successful. On this podcast, we dive into how being an introvert can be an advantage, why you need to take an inventory of your skills and how Joanna helps clients to overcome their imposter syndrome.   If you’ve ever felt the need to change your mindset and rewire your brain so you can up-level your life and business then today’s episode is for you.   We talk about: How Joanna and Mallory met each other What Joanna does and how being an introvert is an advantage in business How to know the difference between imposter syndrome, action problems or skill set problems Taking an inventory of your skills  How your drive and mindset can help you build the skills you need What imposter syndrome is How Joanna helps clients by helping them to identify who they believe they are How certain events in your childhood creates patterns in your life Rewiring ourselves to up-level in our lives as we grow and want to do new things Adjusting your environment to  What clients need to believe to overcome imposter syndrome Allowing discomfort to work its way through when going after a big goal Therapeutic and healing ways of releasing energy Joanna’s rule for failures  How the universe will test you when you want to up-level How Joanna got started in her business after tragically losing her sister Healing what’s going on at the root and overcoming your past trauma   About Joanna Ziemlewski: I help remarkable women stop fighting themselves so they can double their business, make a greater impact, and live a life they truly love. To put it simply, I help you transform years of struggle and self-doubt into the results you want in just 90 days. Sometimes even in 1 day.   It’s based on my belief that there is nothing wrong with you. You are whole, you are complete, and we just need to integrate what you forgot back together.   I’ve learned how to use the body, mind, and spirit combined with expert problem solving to help you strategically build your business while you simultaneously design a fulfilling life. I like to keep things simple and efficient (yeah I’m a former chemical engineer). So I’m one part logical to one part spiritual. A little woo woo, but based on science.   As a certified Master NLP Practioner and Senior Leader with Tony Robbins, I’ve had the pleasure of helping people from all over the world and in different stages of life, transform their suffering into empowering meaning that now fuels them. I have spent the last 3 years as a mentor with Sue Bryce Education helping photographers gain confidence and clarity as an artist to create and grow a profitable business.   As a photographer myself, I adore helping women transform from the inside out just by stepping in front of my camera. Nothing makes me happier than to see that special spark lit from within. And this is what I capture in each woman, whether it’s in portrait or in spirit.   It’s by accepting and integrating all the parts of myself that I realized this was the missing piece. This is why so many women sabotage themselves without even knowing it — filling themselves with judgment, blame and guilt, and then feeling like an imposter either after failure or success. Well, I’m here to tell you no more. Let me show you how to shift this once and for all.   Connect with Joanna: Website | Instagram | Facebook | How To Transform Self Sabotage So You Can Create A Business You Love Download   About Marketing Magic: The Marketing Magic podcast is where women entrepreneurs trying to do all the things come to get inspiration, business strategy, and on-air coaching on how to get their business noticed and growing. If you have a business that people need to know about in order for it to grow, you’re in the right place. This is the place to uncomplicate your marketing. Be sure to listen, subscribe, and leave a review! Join the conversation of other unapologetically successful women in her Facebook community, The #girlboss Club.

For more show notes, tools and resources, please visit: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/joanna-penn  Joanna Penn (https://www.thecreativepenn.com/) helps authors make a living writing through her bestselling books, courses and podcast. She's an award-winning entrepreneur, international professional speaker and also writes bestselling thrillers and dark fantasy novels. Trivia Joanna Penn’s main website - thecreativepenn.com has over 800,000 unique visitors each month She is from the UK and she currently lives in London She posted her first blog post on TheCreativePenn.com on December 3rd, 2018 She runs a 6-figure business today. (She hit 6-figure for the first time in 2015 and her husband joined the business shortly after) Joanna has been podcasting for over 10 years before it was called podcasting (but downloadable audios) She has two podcasts - The Creative Penn Podcast and her new podcast called Books and Travel She’s on Patreon and has nearly 700 patrons (as of October 2019)   Cheat Sheet In this episode, we talk about: How Joanna got started How you can begin doing your creative work (writing, podcasting, filmmaking, whatever it may be) Why it’s important to start a business you're passionate about and you can be consistent The truth about finding your niche The trends of podcasting over the past 10 years (and why you should consider getting transcripts for your podcast - Joanna uses Trint.com) Why your listeners want to learn more about you What to avoid as a creator (hint: create a big bucket for your brand so you can change over time) How Joanna created “scalable income” and what these income streams are (her incomes is currently 95% scalable)   Favorite Quotes Find role models who are making a living in the way that you want to. And that's not just about like the products they have. It's about the lifestyle they live. Find someone who's making money and has a life that you would like to live and then see how they did it. The idea of scalable, the fact that it's not about your time. These are sort of principles that can free you from the day job mentality.   People Mentioned Tony Robbins Yaro Starak Robert Kiyosaki  

Joanna Arch is an associate professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also a member of the Cancer Center in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control. Her research initially focused on anxiety disorders, but she’s recently added a focus on cancer patients. Being married to an oncologist and having a personal interest in existential issues helped her embrace her initial reservations about entering work on cancer, which can be very emotional and challenging. Once she braved the waters, though, she found increased meaning, drive, and satisfaction in her work. An avid runner and trained as a classical musician, Joanna understands the power of discipline, and she brings structured discipline to her work day. In today’s episode, you’ll hear how Joanna stays focused and maximizes her time at work, whether it’s with students, in the lab, or writing grants.  Speaking of grants, Joanna’s favorite part of writing grants and papers is -- wait for it -- editing. The hardest part for her is getting started. When it comes to grants, she’s tasted both success and failure, and she understands that rejection is just part of the grant-application game. That said, she’s determined to learn from each failure, each bit of criticism, every line of feedback. She’s also keen on recognizing her own weaknesses and getting help when needed. In this episode, you’ll learn… How things changed for Joanna about a year ago after she received tenure How Joanna stays healthy and productive as a faculty member About the “zone of genius” and how Joanna monitors her time and plans her week How to stay connected to your purpose and avoid burnout How to deal with rejection in academia Joanna’s grant writing tips How Joanna transitioned her career from a focus on treatment of anxiety to including psychological issues unique to cancer patients Tips from the episode On structuring and tracking time to increase productivity… Use an Excel spreadsheet to track every minute of the workday Review tallies at the end of each week Brain dump at the end of each week and create a list of what you want to accomplish in the coming week Schedule small tasks for when you’re a passenger in transit Create writing goals and block/schedule writing time Track your mood throughout the day to understand what tasks most light your fire and then plan accordingly   On writing and applying for grants Understand that applying for grants is a hyper-competitive space and have realistic expectations about the odds Be responsive to feedback Don’t give up. Keep hitting. When a paper is rejected, write responses (for yourself) to each point made by the reviewer, even if you aren’t going to resubmit to that journal Be honest about your weaknesses and get help in those areas Break down the writing process into small parts Links from the episode: How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity About Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Arch Lab Joanna’s bio at Colorado.edu Research Matters Podcast is hosted by Jason Luoma, who can be found on Twitter @jasonluoma or Facebook at: facebook.com/jasonluomaphd. You download the podcast through iTunes, Stitcher, or Spotify. 

Launching a brand new product or service can be scary. How do you price it? How do you package it up and tie it with a pretty marketing bow? Will the market pay as much as you want to charge because you know how valuable it is-- and they may not yet? This and so much more was on the agenda for today’s guest: Joanna Sapir, a business coach, and consultant who helps entrepreneurs create a more profitable and sustainable business through automation and sales processes. On today’s on-air strategy session, I chat with Joanna, a former high school history teacher and teacher educator who got started as an entrepreneur when she decided to open her own gym. After selling her business, she started working as a coach and consultant to help people systemize and streamline their business. We chat about what she is currently struggling with and how to determine where to price your digital products and services. We talk about: How Joanna got started as a business coach Why Joanna decided on Active Campaign for her clients Joanna’s clients and what they need help within their business How she teaches her clients about automation for their business The mindset that clients must have for automated services Importance of a consultation and vetting your clients The ultimate result to aim for in your business Affiliate income and how to integrate that into your client sequence Mallory’s advice to Joanna on pricing strategies for her digital products and services About Joanna: Joanna Sapir is a Business Coach, competitive Olympic-style Weightlifter, and Commander-in-Chief of the Ginger Army. She has been a teacher and mentor her whole life from the classroom to the gym floor and now to businesses across the world - helping consultants, coaches, and changemakers that are skilled at their craft and passionate about what they do build profitable, sustainable and fulfilling businesses. Learn more at joannasapir.com Connect with Joanna:Website | Facebook | LinkedIn Links: ActiveCampaign About Marketing Magic: The Marketing Magic podcast is where women entrepreneurs trying to do all the things come to get inspiration, business strategy, and on-air coaching on how to get their business noticed and growing. If you have a business that people need to know about in order for it to grow, you’re in the right place. This is the place to uncomplicate your marketing. Be sure to listen, subscribe, and leave a review! Join the conversation of other unapologetically successful women in her Facebook community, The #girlboss Club.

From the outside, Joanna Penn is a successful author of both fiction and non-fiction. And she’s an entrepreneur in that she controls her “products” by self-publishing.But as with her last interview on the show, there’s a lot more going on under the hood. Take an inside look with this episode — because there is lots of great information for you to consider for your own business.Joanna and Brian discuss how she has built a successful business that fits her lifestyle, the surprising impact that affiliate marketing has had on her bottom line, and how the rise of audiobooks, podcasting, and voice tech is changing the online landscape for writers.How full of knowledge and insight is this episode? Just know that toward the end of it, Brian is compelled to say the following: “Okay people, if you stopped listening at the halfway point, you screwed up and you don’t even know it.”So make sure you listen all the way through.This week’s rundown:• The rise of audio — both audiobooks and podcasts — and how it is changing the future of both consumption and publishing. (They return to this at the end too.)• How Joanna stays “sanely ambitious” with a successful 6-figure business that remains completely on her terms … and why she is not striving to hit seven figures.• Why it’s important to regularly review your business and double down on what you love.• Why Joanna and Brian struggle with Seth Godin’s definitions of freelancer and entrepreneur.• Joanna goes into detail about her business model and the many ways she makes money.• The specific strategies Joanna has used to leverage affiliate sales into half of her total revenue.• The many different tools and services Joanna uses to manage her independent publishing empire.• Joanna explains a few remarkable examples of what’s next in audio and voice — including A.I. voice synth and licensing a voice brand.• Why even a writer like Joanna is thinking and planning for #voicefirst moving forward.To access the show notes, transcript, and links mentioned in this episode, view the episode page at: http://unemployable.com/podcast/writing-business

Joanna is a single-mother-by-choice who conceived two children, one with her own eggs and the other with a donor’s eggs. As an only child having more than one child was very important to Joanna. She tells me about the process of conceiving her first child, and the painful decision to reduce her pregnancy when genetic issues were discovered with one of her twins. Joanna explains how she chose her sperm donor, whom you used for both pregnancies. Then she shared the much harder process of conceiving her second child with an egg and sperm donor. Although the pregnancy was more difficult, Joanna shares that parenting her second child was somewhat easier. We discuss the differences between children and how the genetic connection plays into it. Joanna explains about what she enjoys about parenthood and what she dislikes, her answers are honest and inspiring to anyone considering an alternative path to motherhood. If you have one child and are contemplating trying for a second, Joanna’s story will encourage you to weigh your options and make the right decisions for you. Some highlights of today’s conversation: Joanna’s early ideas of motherhood. Why she felt the need to have more than one child. The rigorous fertility treatments and the IVF (In vitro fertilization) that worked. How Joanna picked her sperm donor. The devastating news that one of her twins was not likely to survive. The decision to reduce the pregnancy and what followed. The exhausting year that led to Joanna’s second pregnancy. How she chose her egg donor. The bonding experience with Joanna’s children and the surprising results with each child. Why Joanna is a big fan of making the 4th trimester easier. Joanna’s support system and how being an introvert can interfere. Joanna’s opinion on maternity leave and how the return to work differed from child to child. Why nature versus nurture is bogus. Why self-care is so important to your sanity. Resources Sign up to be a podcast guest Motherhood Reimagined Website Motherhood Reimagined Tribe

In this episode of the Interior Style Hunter Podcast we are joined by none other than Joanna Wood! With decades of experience, a hugely successful company, and a resume to die for, who better to discuss the past, present, and future of interiors than Joanna. In our conversation we talk about some of the fundamental building blocks to Joanna’s practice and how history and lineage play an important part in her approach to fresh and new spaces. We discuss specific projects that she has worked on, notably the recent refurbishment of The King’s Library. Joanna gives us great insight into what has helped her stay relevant and inspired over so many years and we get some behind the scenes details on her business secrets and tips! Joanna emphasizes the importance of internal and external relationships and swears by having a strong team performing at their best. We also get to hear a little about Joanna personal favourites in media, design, and destinations. For all this and much more be sure to listen in! Key Points From This Episode: Joanna’s recent project at The King’s Library. The approach that Joanna takes when slipping into the mindset of a space. Changes that have happened in the last few decades in interior design. The latest trend back towards maximalism, patterns and colours in interiors. Looking back at the past for inspiration across the centuries. The inclusion of personal favourites and hero pieces in a client’s space. Business lessons that Joanna has learned over the years. The importance of a strong and high performing team and good relationships. How Joanna brings herself and her personality into her work. The spaces and places that help Joanna feel inspired. Some of the biggest challenges that Joanna has faced running her business. The best and worst decisions that Joanna has made in retrospect. Looking forward to the future with Joanna and her company. A round of quick-fire questions with Joanna! And much more! Tweetables: “I like presenting options and I also probably like pre-organizing myself into whoever’s life it is.” — @joannawooduk [0:03:59.9] “Now there’s mid-century and then there’s mid-century rubbish.” — @joannawooduk [0:11:49.4] “I love that purity of line of early Georgian.” — @joannawooduk [0:12:55.2] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Interior Style Hunter Joanna Wood Joanna Wood Twitter The King’s Library Cath Kidston The Lord of the Rings Things Tony Blackmore

Joanna Taft of the Harrison Center discusses the role of the arts, place, and story to humanize, connect, and empower a neighborhood. We talk about how a neighborhood can change and improve in inclusive and equitable ways, and how important it is for people to feel known and loved in their community and their homes. Central to it all is being a neighbor to your neighbors. This is a jam-packed discussion you can't afford to miss! 2:15 – Brief recap of our Cultivating Strong Towns workshop in Shreveport 9:30 – Introducing Joanna Taft & the Harrison Center 14:15 – Beginning of interview: Joanna's role as a neighbor, helping her neighborhood grow stronger through the arts, education, entrepreneurship, youth development and more 15:00 – What "community building" means to Joanna, and how her thinking on the matter has evolved over the years 18:00 – Harrison Center's neighborhood partnerships, and how residents' concerns about being left out of their neighborhood's story and evolution led her organization to try a new approach to storytelling 22:45 – "Preenactment," or reimagining a neighborhood the way it ought to be 28:00 – How Joanna's team collected stories and concerns from the neighborhood 32:00 – Changing behaviors and attitudes, not just the physical makeup of a neighborhood, and how Joanna uses the concept of preenactment in her personal life 38:00 – Preenactment as a response to the question: "How do we revitalize in an inclusive way?" 39:05 – The centrality of art and place in building vibrant, equitable, and human neighborhoods 43:05 – Cultivating a generation of arts patrons at Herron High School 48:10 – Partnerships with the City of Indianapolis 50:15 – Some of the challenges (and unique opportunities) that come from working directly with a city government 52:50 – The role of relationships and how other cities could set themselves up to be welcoming to grassroots community building 54:00 – The Harrison Center's City Gallery: "Could the arts actually help with the abandoned housing issue?" 57:45 – Porching! How the simple act of inviting neighbors onto your front porch can begin to change your neighborhood 1:00:25 – How to start a grassroots community building movement in a neighborhood without much current involvement (We had some audio quality issues on this episode. Sorry about that! Hoping to have those fixed for the next one.) Links: The Harrison Center PreEnact Indy City Gallery Music in this episode is from Custodian of Records and Tours

Joanna Bryson (@j2bryson) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computing at the University of Bath. She works on Artificial Intelligence, ethics, and collaborative cognition.In 2010 Bryson published her most controversial work, "Robots Should Be Slaves" and has helped the EPSRC to define the Principles of Robotics in 2010. She has also consulted The Red Cross on autonomous weapons and is a member of an All Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence.Joanna is focused on "Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems". In 2017 she won an Outstanding Achievement award from Cognition X. She regularly appears in national media, talking about human-robot relationships and the ethics of AIEPSRC's Laws of Robotics: * Robots should not be designed as weapons, except for national security reasons * Robots should be designed and operated to comply with existing law, including privacy * Robots are products: as with other products, they should be designed to be safe and secure * Robots are manufactured artifacts: the illusion of emotions and intent should not be used to exploit vulnerable users * It should be possible to find out who is responsible for any robotYou can listen right here on iTunesIn our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including: * Why robots and AI should not resemble people * How Joanna helped the British replace Asimov’s laws of robotics * How people confuse consciousness and intelligence and likely problems this creates * Why Joanna is skeptical we'll achieve AI superintelligence * The big problem with conflicting interests creating filter bubbles, disinformation and overly aggressive Facebook * Why robots cannot be liable/punished for their actions * How people should think about ethics of robot design * The ethical dilemmas with AI and robots in society * How psychology, neuroscience, ethics and AI are merging * The problems with control and governing AI usage * How bad incentives create bad artificial intelligences--Make a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFMFringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.Donate   

Do you suffer from physical pain relating to your writing life? Are you struggling with back pain, weight gain related to sedentary working, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, neck pain, eye strain, stress, loneliness, digestive issues, or repetitive strain injury? These are the most common issues reported by writers and if you struggle with any of them, you are not alone. Let's face it: writing (and especially typing on a computer) is not a physically healthy activity, but if you want a long-term writing career, then you need to look after your body. Awhile back, I f. Joanna has been through her own pain journey over the last six years. She used to get crippling migraines that sent her to a dark room, and back pain so bad that she couldn't sleep, as well as stress levels so high that she wasn't able to breathe normally. Now, her back pain, migraines and repetitive strain injuries (including elbow pain) have almost gone completely, and she manages her writing life in a far healthier way than ever before. I was planning on having her share her personal journey and insights with you in her new book "" once again on the podcast. However, due to some technical difficulties on her end, she was unable to join the call. However, I was able to talk to her co-author for this book was , who also shares his insights into how you can reduce pain, improve health and build a writing career for the long term. Euan Lawson is a British medical doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He's ex-British Army and enjoys fell running. During my , you learned: -How Joanna developed chronic repetitive motion injuries in her wrist, and why ergonomic keyboards and an ergonomic computer mouse weren't working for her... -Why Joanna decided to go way above and beyond simply using a standing workstation or treadmill desk... -How Joanna is simultaneously working on multiple books while also training for an ultramarathon... -Whether you can really, truly be creative while standing or walking, and why it's a myth that you need to sit to write effectively... -The exact tools, microphones and software that Joanna has found to work very well for dictation... -A book that will teach you exactly how to dictate quickly and effectively... -How to  "train" your computer to recognize your voice and accent... -How to enhance productivity with ambient noise and focus apps... -And much more! Resources from the previous episode: - - - - - - - - (an author who dictates while walking 4+ hours per day) - - - - (this is a place where you can also get  or we talk about) - - - - - - During today's discussion, you'll discover: -Why writing is good for your health... 8:00 -The kind of health issues Joanna had to deal with as a writer... 11:30 -Why you need to know about type 1 vs. type 2 RSI... 12:45 -Why screens can cause problems and the "20-20-20" rule... 18:15 -The concept of "active sitting" and whether all these "core chairs" and sitting on giant exercise balls are a gimmick... 23:45 -What it means to be ambi-mouse-trous... 27:30 -What kind of external keyboard Dr. Lawson uses... 29:15 -How to fix ergonomic issues using something called the "Alexander technique"... 35:15 -Why writers experience great relief from gas and bloating by utilizing FODMAP... 40:00 -Why Dr. Lawson and Joanna wrote about psychotropics in the book, and how many writers are using them... 43:30 -How Ben walks over 20,000 steps... 52:00 -The software Dr. Lawson and Joanna use to write... 55:45 -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - - - - - - - Episode Sponsors Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Joanna, Dr. Lawson or me? Leave your comments at http://bengreenfieldfitness.com/healthywriter and one of us will reply!

Joanna is currently the Vice President of Marketing at WeWork, a seven year old real estate-meets-technology-meets-community start-up, originally founded as a shared office space provider - now on a mission to transform the way we work, live and play.  Before WeWork, Joanna spent over 10 years in the fashion world at brands like J.Crew, Lilly Pulitzer and Vera Wang, working across retail and digital marketing.  Joanna also did a brief stint on Wall Street, working on the trading floor at Goldman Sachs right out of college.  She did her undergraduate degree in French and Political Science at Georgetown University, and has a Masters in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design.    In this podcast Michael and Joanna discuss: How Joanna’s eclectic background is her greatest strength. What makes a great leader. How to stay focused in a fast-past, rapidly growing business. When and how you know it’s time to scale your team. How to turn your customers into evangelists for your brand. The challenge of scaling culture and community. The role design can play in creating community. The promise and peril of close friendships at work. How millennials are driving new expectations in the workplace.

In this episode, I talk to Joanna Maxwell all about career change.  Joanna has worked in a wide variety of jobs throughout her career and she helps a lot of other people change careers as well. She's now taken all that experience and recently gained a position with the Australian Human Rights Commission in the Age Discrimination Team. Joanna is the author of the book Rethink Your Career in your 40s, 50s & 60s.  In this episode we cover: Why Joanna has had a such a varied career How her love of travel impacted career choices and led to her interest in career change The challenges of identity with career change  How men & women deal with their sense of identity How Joanna took her interests and satisfy those through her career choices Planning financially when running your own business Finding strategies to create a working life that is sustainable How the book came about and what's included Joanna's tips to make career choices work Links mentioned in this Episode Joanna Maxwell's Website  Joanna on Linkedin Rethink Your Career in your 40s, 50s & 60s

Joanna Penn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She writes thrillers and nonfiction. She is a professional speaker and entrepreneur who was voted as one of the Guardian UK Top 100 Creative Professionals of 2013. Her website The Creative Penn is regularly voted as one of the top 10 websites for writers. Her site has a lot of great content, but today we are going to dive into her writing process. Joanna is a prolific writer, and she shares a lot of value. Her writing gets a lot of accolades, but she also has a lot of books out. She is known for publishing quality and quantity in the fiction and nonfiction arena.  After college Joanna became a consultant, but she was in search of the thing that she really loved and tried many different things. Joanna wrote a book about Career Change which ended up changing her career trajectory. In writing this book, she learned that she loved writing. She didn’t get to where she is overnight. It has been a 15 year journey. Today, we talk about that journey, Joanna’s writing, and more.   You can find Joanna here: The Creative Penn Books by Joanna Penn The Creative Penn Podcast Joanna on Twitter @TheCreativePenn   Show Notes [01:30] Joanna's journey began with journaling as a teenager. She studied Theology at Oxford and then became a consultant. [02:25] Joanna tried many things like a scuba diving business and property investment, but she was searching for what she loved. [02:36] She wrote a nonfiction book called Career Change. This actually changed her life because she learned about writing and publishing and she quit her job 3 years later. [03:57] How reading a lot is important to understanding nonfiction. She wrote notes and made her first book up as she went along. [04:53] She used beta readers for her first book and listened to their feedback. [05:16] She also paid for an editor and cover design. She also learned that she loved the process. [05:51] How working for a paycheck you don't feel like you have earned anything. A book can earn and create a permanent impact. [07:10] How reading someone's book is like access to their brains. [07:33] How Joanna's first book really changes your life. [07:56] If you enjoy writing books and you love the process you are a writer.  [08:28] Joanna's passion was in the writing and learning and helping other people. [08:47] Her business came out of a passion. [09:38] Joanna's writing process. She uses Scrivener. For nonfiction, she brainstorms the chapters and table of contents and then fills in the blanks. [11:27] She prints out and goes over her draft and then gives it to her editor. Then her beta readers and proofreader. [13:08] How writing improves over time. She is now a better writer. Every time you write a book you learn new things. [15:20] Things that Joanna has done to be a better writing include using better editors and understanding flow. [16:26] How a book needs to lead people through a journey. [17:02] How Joanna also takes courses from people who are doing what she wants to do. [18:02] How reading a lot is a great education. Read in your genre to understand how it works. [19:06] The more book you write the more you earn. For writers, it keeps on going up. [19:40] How she went from nonfiction to fiction and learned to tell a story. She started with NaNoWriMo. [23:07] Choosing your mentors carefully and learning from people who do what you want to do. [25:58] How with fiction it is more personal because you become part of the book. Fear of judgment. [27:51] Writing the novel was "type 2" fun which is fun but it is hard work. [29:19] How tiring writing fiction can be making so many decisions. It is work with a sense of achievement. [30:59] Listening to waves and rain and thunderstorms helps relax Joanna when she writes. [33:17] How it is important to get out of the house. Creativity is hard and needs to be done in the morning before Joanna is tired. [36:07] Setting a timer and getting away and actually committing to writing. Learning structure and having a series also helps. [39:27] Joanna uses a wall calendar to keep track of her word count. Our creative sides are children. She also uses stickers and adult coloring books. [42:18] Balancing writing for her books and for her blog posts. She mostly focuses on podcasts now and writes for books. [44:07] Joanna's best writing productivity tips are using Scrivener and getting into the flow state with rain sounds. She also writes in the mornings.   Links and Resources: self-publishingschool.com Spsfreetraining.com All About Joanna’s First Novel Alastair Humphrey On Writing Stephen King National Novel Writing Month NaNoWriMo The Creative Penn Books by Joanna Penn The Creative Penn Podcast Joanna on Twitter @TheCreativePenn

Today's Guest I'm excited to introduce today's guests, Joanna Hennon and Karina Ladet. They've both been on the show before: Joanna was with us twice, on episodes 86 and 158, and Karina was recently on episode 152. They're back to discuss an exciting project of theirs that they're running for the second time: the No Limits event in Brussels. Despite having no previous experience in planning events, they decided to create their first conference in early 2016, which they're running for a second time, with new speakers, in 2017. About No Limits No Limits! is the first European gathering of heart-centered entrepreneurs. It is about bringing your deepest, innermost wisdom into your business. You will leave this 3-day event feeling inspired, supported and guided by something bigger. You will connect with your purpose, you will be better able to discern which options are right for you, and you will learn to attract the perfect people, projects and opportunities. Invite flow, ease and joy into your business with like-minded entrepreneurs. Learn practical business solutions that work for the soul-centered entrepreneur, in areas such as mindset, visibility, marketing, sales, branding and energy work. If you are an entrepreneur looking to expand or deepen your reach in the world, then No Limits! is the event for you. Head on over to Brussels and you will tap into something bigger and more powerful to support that expansion. Why? To help you touch more people and fulfil your purpose. It’s time to connect with more people like you so that together we can create Big Change in the world! Brussels March 24-26th 2017. http://nolimitsevent.biz Speakers: Lenka Lutonska, Ruby McGuire, Alisoun Mackenzie, Holly Worton, Sashka Hanna-Rappl, Jodee Peevor, Joanna Hennon & Karina Ladet Listen to this episode What You’ll Learn Joanna and Karina's top tips on how to run your first conference or big event How to correctly visualize big goals, like running your first big event How Joanna and Karina learned what they needed to learn (they had no experience in events planning!) The fears and blocks that came up for them (so you can avoid them yourself) The biggest challenges they had to overcome How the actual event compared to the original vision The most effective marketing tactics that helped them to sell tickets Click to Tweet It would make me so happy if you could take a minute and share this with other women entrepreneurs on Twitter. If you enjoy the Business Mindset Podcast, please click to tweet: [BMP178] Joanna Hennon & Karina Ladet ~ How to Run Your First Conference http://wp.me/p3507p-3Gb  #podcast How to Subscribe Click here to subscribe via iTunes Click here to subscribe via RSS Click here to subscribe via Stitcher Help Spread the Word If you enjoyed this episode, please head on over to iTunes and kindly leave us a rating and a review! You can also subscribe, so you'll never miss an episode.    

Joanna Herrick started in the men’s clothing industry over 12 years ago, primarily in custom clothing. She joined Trunk Club in 2013, heading Operations in men’s custom clothing division. During that time, they have grown to be the 2nd largest custom retailer of men’s clothing in the country, using technology to combine a modern interactive experience with this old world craft. Here are the highlights of my conversation with our guest: How Joanna picked up tips and tricks through her early experience in the clothing retail industry which gave her knowledge on both frontend and back end processes in this field and bring this expertise to Trunk Club. From being a French horn player, Joanna shares how she got led to this industry through Craigslist and how she continues to hone her craft especially that the company continues to scale positively. With Trunk Club’s speedy expansion, the company grew from 3 people to 18 employees pretty quickly and Joanna tells us how Trunk Club was able to scale this fast, the changes they did to keep up with the rapid growth, and how she, herself, had evolved in able to meet demands. The priorities within their internal and external Operations team which Joanna needs to drive to ensure logistics in both sides work as they should. From websites to word of mouth, Joanna shares how customers find Trunk Club and how engagement is applied in the end-to-end process of their customer’s journey. We find out what makes Joanna great at the what she does, including maintaining about 20-30 customers of her own so she can experience firsthand whatever it is that they are building or putting in place. In building a digital space, what do you integrate first and build early on? Joanna shares the answer to this is being cognizant on where digital makes sense and where customers need human connection. Use technology and going digital to drive sales but do not take the personal aspect out of it. How Trunk Club gets to know their customers from onboarding to post- sign up; how their technology processes gathered data to arrive with the items to pack inside the ‘trunk’ of the customer; and how their app bring custom clothing to another level. Their hurdles and areas of improvement, where they are focusing on to make the next big enhancements in the clothing industry; and where they want Trunk Club to be to be ready for the next big growth. How mobile has affected their approach the digital infrastructure for their supply chain; how their app helps aggregate problems; and the process which takes place in their company to ensure that changes are made timely so they progress at the right pace. Joanna shares future enhancements and trends that she is foreseeing including the concept of visualization, and talks about the danger of going digital but losing the romance of custom and what makes it work. Rapid Fire Questions: Would you put more emphasis on the idea or the execution? How would you weigh each of them and why? Execution, for sure. We sit in rooms brainstorming all day but if it doesn’t work well and it doesn’t improve things for our team members, then it doesn’t really matter. No ideas are important because it keeps things fresh and it allows improvement but at the end of the day, it has to work in order to impact your business. Execution is 75%. What is your biggest learning lesson on your journey so far? Never get super attached to your work, just get attached to what works. What is your favorite business book? The Tipping Point What is your favorite digital resource? Our tech team is my favorite digital resource. What is your favorite app and why? HauteLook What is the coolest thing that you are working on right now that you want everyone to know about? The communications process I talked to you about and making it visual and seamless. It’s the enhanced Trunk Club version of the Domino’s pizza delivery.

As your business grows you have to make many decisions around hiring employees. Bringing on employees brings on an entirely new set of challenges, and highlights challenge areas in your business you never realized you had. Joanna Wiebe, founder of Copy Hackers, shares the struggles and challenges she endured with her hiring process. The struggle to hire the someone who won’t sleep on the job, to the challenges of training and building a cohesive team. Joanna is a joy to talk with and this is a conversation you want to listen to, even if you never plan to hire an employee. Here’s what Joanna and I discuss: How she put off hiring anyone after being burned by her first hires. Writing a blog is a lot more work than most people think. How her first hire fell asleep on the job, literally. The emotional struggle she faced when firing him, and how it took a long time to recover. How she tried to live with only virtual assistants and the constraints that placed on her. Why she should’ve hired someone immediately and what stopped her from making that decision. Why she thought just doing it herself was the right thing, even though is could be deadly. Why she said she’d be much further ahead if she would’ve hired sooner. The challenges faced when training new people. The problem Joanna faced with virtual employees. Why she needed people to be in the same room with her. Why saying, “Forget it! I’ll just do it myself,” is a garbage attitude to hold. What shows inexperience when hiring and training people. How not bringing on people kept her from producing as much as they wanted. Why Copy Hackers is based on courses and not taking on client work. Why email is important for selling courses. The challenge to keep your list engaged between product launches, and what she’s done to fix it. Why it’s important to have evergreen products. The 3 questions every growing business owners needs to step back and ask about their business, before things go bad. How to put systems in place, even when it’s hard. Why she said her team is amazing, despite her challenges training them. How Joanna screens and brings on new people now, and how it has changed the way they operate. Why product promotion is often more important than product creation. How she’s gone from hiring on “gut instinct” to building a process that filters better candidates. How she’s more aware of her flaws when hiring. How Airstory will change the way you write. Enjoy the show: FtL 32: Lame Hiring Process Caused Regret And Slowed Growth At Copy Hackers, And What They Did To Fix It

Have you ever dealt with frustrating wrist pain or carpal tunnel or tennis elbow or golfer's elbow or climber's elbow - pain that is aggravated by typing and computer work? Have you ever wished you could walk one, five or ten miles while still being able to work on a book, a project, or a paper? Have you ever wished you could simply talk your thoughts into existence, and have them appear in your emails, documents, books and more? Then today's podcast episode is for you. -------------------- Before jumping into today's episode, let's take a look at folks who have abandoned traditional methods of simply sitting down to produce, create and be productive. The list of historical figures who have used standing desks is veritable “who’s who”. Here is just a brief snapshot of famous folks, writers, and inventors who leveraged the standing desk’s benefits throughout history. For example, Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa while he stood at his standing desk. Da Vinci also stood at his desk while sketching new inventions, including parachutes, flying machines, and armored vehicles. The standing desk also made its appearance in one of the world’s oldest colleges, the University of Cambridge, founded in 1209. Standing desks were first recorded as being used in the library in 1626, and the idea of writing while standing was placed at the epicenter of intellectual thought. Napoléon Bonaparte also used a standing desk and found it conducive to quick thinking and strategizing for battle. Thomas Jefferson also used the standing desk while composing documents, including the Declaration of Independence (he actually developed a six-legged adjustable standing desk, and was one of the first known people to use an adjustable standing desk). Charles Dickens' workspace where he penned such timeless classics as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. is described as having “books all round, up to the ceiling and down to the ground; a standing-desk at which he writes; and all manner of comfortable easy chairs.” Winston Churchill was often seen writing at his standing desk. Ernest Hemingway’s fashioned a standing desk out of a bookcase near his bed. Honest Abe Lincoln was never too far from his trusty standing desk. He used it to deliver the Emancipation Proclamation and is famously quoted as saying 'Verily, 'tis my standing desk that gave me the inspiration to end this wicked and iniquitous trade.' In addition to standing while writing, both dictating while writing is also something famous authors have done. For example, in her book , author Cindy Grigg reports: “Leo Tolstoy received one of the earliest dictaphone prototypes. To this he replied that the “Ediphone” was impressive but “too dreadfully exciting” for his methods. Instead, he seemed to favor dictating to his daughter Alexandra or even house guests. Fyodor Dostoyevsky reportedly struck a bargain with his publisher to pay off his and/or his brother’s debts. The deal required that the author submit his manuscript for The Gambler in short order. To do so, he employed stenographer Anna Grigorievna, who gave him collaborative feedback as well. He finished the manuscript in four weeks then married Anna. “Thomas Hardy dictated his wife Florence Hardy’s ‘biography’ about himself to her, seemingly to retain control of the account. Like many authors, Hardy also dictated once he became ill. Stricken with pleurisy, he spoke his last poem to his wife Florence. John Milton was blind when he created Paradise Lost, dictating the epic poetical work to his several daughters. This inspired paintings of him and his daughters by artists George Romney, Delacroix, and others. Alexander Dumas was rumored to never touch up his drafts, having served as a historian, which had given him practice in thinking about what he wanted to say before he dictated it. Michel de Montaigne , an acclaimed 16th-century essayist, dictated his journal and possibly other writings. Henry James referred to his hired transcriptionists as amanuenses, needing to contract such help at least partially due to rheumatism in his wrist. One of them, Theodora Bosanquet, recorded in her diary, “Indeed, at the time when I began to work for him, he had reached a stage at which the click of the Remington machine acted as a positive spur. He found it more difficult to compose to the music of any other make. During a fortnight when the Remington was out of order he dictated to an Oliver typewriter with evident discomfort, and he found it almost disconcerting to speak to something that made no responsive sound at all.” William Wordsworth was a kindred spirit to mobile writers such as myself. He ‘wrote’ Tintern Abbey mentally on a “ramble of four or five days…Not a line of it was altered, and not any part of it written down till I reached Bristol.'' Thanks to transcriptionist Isabella Fenwick, he also dictated The Fenwick Notes commentary about his poetry. Of his long poem The Excursion, Wordsworth mentions, “Something must now be said of this poem, but chiefly, as has been done through the whole of these notes, with reference to my personal friends, and especially to her who has perseveringly taken them down from my dictation.” Charles Dickens was rumored to act his characters out in front of a mirror, giving vocal dramatizations of dialogue and text. In 1882, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle published an interview with someone who claimed to be Dickens’ amanuensis, describing him this way: “‘Yes, I did shorthand work for Mr. Dickens for eighteen months. I did not take dictation for any of his novels, only his fugitive pieces…Most people seem to think Dickens was a ready writer. This is by no means the case. He used to come into his office in St. Catherine Street about eight o’clock in the morning and begin dictating. He would walk up and down the floor several times after dictating a sentence or a paragraph and ask me to read it. I would do so, and he would, in nine cases out of ten, order me to strike out certain words and insert others. He was generally tired out by eleven o’clock, and went down to his club on the Strand. A singular thing was that he never dictated the closing paragraphs of his story. He always finished it himself. I used to look in the paper for it, and find that he had changed it very greatly from what he had dictated to me. Dickens had a very odd habit of combing his hair. He would comb it a hundred times in a day. He seemed never to tire of it. The first thing he did on coming into the office was to comb his hair. I have seen him dictate a sentence or two, and then begin combing. When he got through he dictated another sentence.” Bram Stoker was himself a secretary and director of London's Lyceum Theatre, as well as a manager for Henry Irving. His own experiences may have influenced how several chapters of Dracula are dedicated to asylum director Dr. Seward recording dictations on a phonograph, to the chagrin of Mina Harker, who typed them up as soon as possible, believing the veracity and emotion of the audio to be too much for other readers to bear. “I have copied the words on my typewriter, and none other need now hear your heart beat, as I did.” Dictation is also mentioned in Stoker’s The Jewel of Seven Stars. Stendhal (the pen name for Marie-Henri Beyle) dictated The Charterhouse of Parma in seven weeks, 52 consecutive days--another kindred spirit to Marcel Proust dictated the Death of Bergotte to Celeste Albaret on his death bed, even though it was already finished, saying it needed to be written a second time. He supposedly explained, “I didn’t yet know what it’s like to die when I wrote it. I know it more now.” James Joyce found inspiration in a random happening while dictating Finnegan's Wake. While recording the story, Joyce was interrupted when someone came to the door and was welcomed with a phrase like, “Come in,” which Joyce thought worked well in the manuscript so he left it in his draft. Thomas Aquinas was apparently so skilled at dictation that he gave observers the impression he could speak on several topics at once to multiple scribes and even to dictate in his sleep.” In today's podcast, we're going to delve into how you too can be more productive, build endurance, maintain muscle, and burn more calories, all while writing from a standing desk and / or while dictating. ----------------------- My guest, is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of thrillers on the edge, as well as bestselling non-fiction for authors published under Joanna Penn. Joanna’s site for writers, has been voted one of the Top 10 sites for writers three years running. She is a professional speaker on creative entrepreneurship, digital publishing and internet marketing, and was voted one of The Guardian UK Top 100 creative professionals 2013. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Joanna developed chronic repetitive motion injuries in her wrist, and why ergonomic keyboards and an ergonomic computer mouse weren't working for her... -Why Joanna decided to go way above and beyond simply using a standing workstation or treadmill desk... -How Joanna is simultaneously working on multiple books while also training for an ultramarathon... -Whether you can really, truly be creative while standing or walking, and why it's a myth that you need to sit to write effectively... -The exact tools, microphones and software that Joanna has found to work very well for dictation... -A book that will teach you exactly how to dictate quickly and effectively... -How to  "train" your computer to recognize your voice and accent... -How to enhance productivity with ambient noise and focus apps... -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - - - - -Dragon Anywhere cloud software - - - (an author who dictates while walking 4+ hours per day) - - - - (this is a place where you can also get  or we talk about) - - - - - - Do you have questions, comments or feedback for Joanna or I? Leave your thoughts at  and one of us will reply!