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In a world full of copy-and-paste success stories, it's easy to believe that hard work alone is enough to make you stand out. But the truth is, doing your best doesn't always mean you're meeting the standard and meeting the standard doesn't mean you're the best.  Many people are comfortable with working harder or improving their skills, but the real challenge lies in being different. Being different means stepping outside of what's normal, expected, or accepted. That's uncomfortable.  You don't have to be perfect. You don't need to rush. But if your goal is to be the best, then just meeting the standard is not enough. You have to push past it. You have to study what the best are doing, learn from them, and then take it a step further in your own way. What makes you different might just be what makes you great. Be different. Be great. In this episode, I reflect on a powerful experience I had at the Momentum Conference with Dr. Eric Thomas.  I will share the key takeaways from his speech, focusing on the importance of setting a high standard for yourself, being relentless in pursuing your goals, and the mindset shift required to achieve success. Tune in to hear how you can apply these lessons to elevate your game! "In order to become the best, you're going to have to do more, be better, and be different."– Dr. Derrick Burgess Topics Covered: (00:00:00) Welcome to TimeOut with the SportsDr Podcast (00:00:45) Celebrating Frederick Nettles (00:02:35) Our financial literacy initiative (00:05:08) The hunger for success (00:06:15) Identify the standard (00:07:56) Choosing your inner circle wisely (00:08:41) Advertisement: Struggling with your finances as a young physician? Doc2Doc Lending is here for you. Founded by doctors, we offer loans tailored to your unique career path—crediting your certifications and specialty training. Visit https://www.doc2doclending.com/ today. (00:10:39) Strive to be different (00:12:19) How to meet the standard (00:13:12) The importance of building a team (00:15:06) Be laser-focused on the goal (00:16:37) What are you trying to be the best at?  (00:17:40) Stay tuned for upcoming content Key Takeaways:   “So many of us are very driven. We've already achieved what the world might deem success, but we're still hungry and searching for more." "It's hard to win the game if you don't know exactly what game you're playing." "When you don't know the rules, it's hard to become successful in that field. Being able to understand and really identify the standard is important." "Be careful who you surround yourself with—comparing yourself to others, especially if you're already doing better, can stop you from working hard to truly be your best." Connect with Dr. Derrick Burgess: Website: https://www.drderrickthesportsdr.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drderrickthesportsdr/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOut.SportsDr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-burgess-72047b246/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.derrickburgess243 Email: thesportsdoctr@gmail.com This episode of TimeOut with the SportsDr. is produced by Podcast VAs Philippines - the team that helps podcasters effectively launch and manage their podcasts, so we don't have to. Record, share, and repeat! Podcast VAs PH gives me back my time, so I can focus on the core functions of my business. Need expert help with your podcast? Go to www.podcastvasph.com.

On this guest episode, I am pleased to welcome, Bri Deemer!! Bri is on a mission of opening up heart chakras through somatic experiences. She is a retreat leader and somatic coach based out of Hawaii with 18 years of body work and reiki behind her (which is nothing short of powerful, calm, and clear). Bri has gone through a lot of change, grief, and triumphs in her 37 years of life, which has allowed her to have a depth many don't experience until their 50s. Her presence and embodiment is regularly put to practice through being a mother, free diver, and avid somatic experience seeker. Bri loves bringing this depth to you through her work, and she invites you to experience a transformation of stepping into your shameless power while having fun! Key Takeaways: So much of healing is within the integration process Grief is meant to be shared Duality of grief and love Stop trying to fix the moment by wanting to make people "feel better" when they're grieving, just let them grieve The importance of respecting people's threshold of discomfort When people are the abuser or the victim, both are having an internal war over self-worth People can become abusers when they aren't given the tools to process trauma Grief must be felt to break cycles When we are healing, we are witnessing our wounds, which allows us to transmute and release   Check out all of Bri's offerings on her website!! https://mariposabri.co Connect with Bri on instagram! @brideemer Watch this episode on YouTube

On this episode Kat is joined by Francesca McClory, who is killing it in her business in Future Cloud Accounting and who has been on the most incredible life journey, who talks about when you put your mind to something and believe you can do it, you really can. KEY TAKEAWAYS So many people stay stuck and don't dare change something because of the unknown of what will be next. I've embraced that, I don't want to stand still and be unhappy. My first marriage ended because I sensed something wasn't right just weeks before the wedding. He admitted he was unsure he wanted to go through with it, if someone's unsure about something weeks before you shouldn't go through with it just to save face. It's uncomfortable starting again, I was humiliated but I'm so much happier now. I do little challenges with myself which is how I got into fitness training while running a business, because so many people told me I wouldn't have time to do it. Training has helped me run a better business, even if it comes across as selfish, I'd rather  make time to do the things that make me happy, otherwise what's the point? The stronger you get and the more you achieve through doing an activity, the more you look after your body, it makes you more confident about yourself and your abilities in your friendships and relationships. Unless I'm injured, I'm always doing something. You have to have a balance on LinkedIn. To me it's simple: You either share your solutions to people's problems, share some motivation, but the more you help others the better, you won't necessarily get something back – you shouldn't do it for that – but just watch what happens. BEST MOMENTS “In order to do certain things in life you've got to get uncomfortable.” “Fitness is absolutely key in life.” “Comparison is good, to a point, for inspiration. But, if you're spending too long looking into other people's lives and feeling unhappy in your own, that's where you've got to think ‘what am I doing?'” “I became an accountant because I realised that everybody needs an accountant and I love businesses.” ABOUT THE GUEST Francesca McClory is the managing director of Future Cloud Accounting and co-founder of Quirq –  a personal branding agency. Whilst working as an accountant with various businesses including retail, construction, cafes, bars, restaurants and farms, Francesca discovered a passion for helping businesses find solutions to help them grow. She also loves how using cloud technology to its full potential then enables businesses to make better decisions. LinkedIn Website ABOUT THE HOST Kat started her career as a teacher, before moving into Tech where she worked in different executive roles within teaching and consulting working across the globe, both in the public and private sector. Despite appearing 'successful' on the outside, she paid a heavy ‘life' price. In 2016, her whole world collapsed. The reason? The compound effect of years of unhealthy and toxic habits that destroyed her health, relationship and career. She suffered a severe breakdown and lost everything. In the middle of this she got headhunted for her first CEO role. She rebuilt herself by changing just one small habit, and built a series of positive habits which has transformed her professional and personal performance, resulting in becoming the healthiest and happiest version of herself.  She is a positive habits international keynote speaker and teacher, giving talks and delivering high impact programmes to organisations across the globe.  LinkedIn Instagram

Greetings, everyone! In another episode of I Hate Numbers, your go-to for demystifying business finance, we unravel the intricate web of business costs and operational gearing.Understanding Fixed and Variable Costs:In the business realm, understanding your costs is pivotal for success. We're diving into two fundamental types: fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs, like the steady beat of a drum, remain constant, encompassing expenses such as salaries and rent. Meanwhile, variable costs fluctuate based on activity, akin to fuel consumption in a car.Operational Gearing Unveiled:Now, let's delve into the core concept of operational gearing—the intricate relationship between fixed and variable costs. This relationship profoundly influences the risk and profitability of a business. The higher the fixed costs in relation to total costs, the higher the operational gearing.Scenario Analysis - Lower Operational Gearing:Transitioning into our first scenario, with a 50% fixed cost burden, we'll explore the impact of a 20% sales fluctuation. Fixed costs stay static, but variable costs adjust accordingly. The result? A substantial profit increase, showcasing the dynamics of lower operational gearing.Scenario Analysis - Higher Operational Gearing:Conversely, in our second scenario, where fixed costs make up 60% of the total, we'll observe a more pronounced impact of a 20% sales fluctuation. The higher operational gearing leads to a more significant profit increase when sales rise but a more substantial decline when sales drop.Key Takeaways:So, what's the key takeaway? High operational gearing can be advantageous during growth but risky in challenging times. Being cost-conscious is crucial, offering a buffer against unexpected downturns.Tools and Resources:Furthermore, explore our Numbers Knowhow site for a free online calculator and other resources, including BudgetWhizz. Planning for the future? Dive into our online planning tool with a cash flow planner—your ally in business strategy.Conclusion:As we wrap up, remember to share this valuable insight with others. Your reviews and comments help expand our community. Until next time, happy calculating, and stay tuned for more business wisdom on "I Hate Numbers."This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In this episode, Keith dives into the inconvenient truth about levelling up in life and business. From sharing personal mindset insights to discussing the impact of external circumstances and internal responses, Keith explores the gap between stimulus and response, drawing inspiration from Dr. Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for Meaning." He emphasizes the importance of facing challenges with resilience and choosing to respond to difficult situations. Keith also reflects on the concept of toughening up and building emotional resilience to navigate the adversities of business and life.   "The secrets to leveling up - surround yourself with A players and people who have a great attitude and who actually genuinely care about you. There are people who are coming to your life and they leave for just a season. And if you make the mistake of thinking that and opening your heart up too much to somebody who doesn't deserve that part of you. Then you're, you're opening yourself up to getting hurt."  - Keith Kalfas Topics Covered:  Impact of external circumstances and internal responses on personal and business growth. Concept of freedom of choice in responding to stimuli How to toughen up and develop emotional resilience in business and life. The importance of selective sharing of personal matters with a trusted inner circle. Maintaining boundaries and not exposing vulnerable aspects to everyone. Strategic quitting in business and life. Celebrate and acknowledge progress to build self-worth. Finding your purpose through helping others Key Takeaways "So here is the inconvenient truth to leveling up. You might've heard this stuff before. And it's funny that the cliches are true. It's when you're faced with hard times, how do you respond?" Connect with Keith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithkalfas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelandscapingemployeetrap Website: https://www.keithkalfas.com/resources Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@keith-kalfas   Resources and Websites: 

Welcome to "The Untrapped Podcast," where we unlock the secrets of building business systems that liberate you from the daily grind. Join us as we explore topics like the cashflow quadrant, owning a service business, passive income, and the power of content and commerce in the digital age. Discover how to become a hands-off business owner while your venture continues to thrive and grow. Get ready to break free and unleash your business's true potential.   "Okay, so a B type business owner can walk away from their business for six months. Hands off. And if you listen, basically six months hands off, and their business just keeps generating the same amount or more revenue, it grows without them. Why? Because the business has systems." - Keith kalfas Topics Covered:  The cashflow quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki Owning a service business How do you decide what type of business owner to be Work the system Power vs force and the power of letting go The five different stages of business Passive income and passing on passive income The three C's of commerce The three C's of the internet Key Takeaways  "So if you said anybody that's gonna make money in business, in the future of the internet, you have to have these two things. I know this for sure. You have to have content. And you have to have commerce, ways of transacting transacting goods and money so you can get money, right? You have commerce, if you're a merchant, and you have a table set up and you're selling things or you're providing services by way of word of mouth but on the internet, you have to have content out there. Good." - Keith    Connect with Keith Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithkalfas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelandscapingemployeetrap Website: https://www.keithkalfas.com/resources Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@keith-kalfas     Resources and Websites: 

It was great to see Dillon Leonard back on the show from episode 9 last year. In this interview, he shares what's happening with his company. After flipping cars, houses, and candy machines, he now runs a booming storage unit business. They also started renting out some of their units on Airbnb to cover some expenses, and now his wife has her own business. He is still a first responder in Kentucky and has not retired. Having been a first responder and an entrepreneur at the same time, he is an excellent example of someone who can do both. We invite you to learn from our guest today as he shares his strategies and methods. And listen to his advice if you want to start your storage rentals and grow them as he did.      Why do you need to listen to today's episode? Discover different ways to use the space you have on your property. Make sure they all generate income for you. Then, identify the tools you could use to ease the flow of your business and which would be most appropriate for you and your team.  Find out what the snowball method is in real estate investing. Here is how our guest applied it to his business.  Learn about the different rates involved in buying a property. In terms of costs and rates, what is the difference between commercial and residential? “So all the properties I have, are off-market properties. We have a really heavy marketing kind of turn or presence that we try to keep up. I've identified about 330 storage facilities in the state that I call every three months. It's a lot.” -  Dillon Leonard. Topic Covered: 1:37 - “I'm a third-generation firefighter. My grandfather and father both retired from the city of Louisville. The last time we spoke, I was around 12,000 square feet, 96 doors. I had just transitioned from multifamily into self-storage. Actually, due to a fire in one of our apartment complexes, I decided I wasn't going to own anything people could live in anymore. And that's when we made the jump. And I had some gas for one of our crews also respond to that fire. So that was a really good time. But today, we're kind of setting around that 86,000 square foot. We got another contract or property under contract.”  In this episode, Dillon shares an update on his business since he last appeared on the show last year. A lot has improved for him and his company, which has been a giant leap forward.  10:07 - “So her boutique, she's from the medical field, but it's more just women's clothing is the boutique, but we have to separate LLCs. And I believe in simply stupid ideas, more or less. So what I mean by that is when I formed our LLCs, I formed what is literally named active income LLC and passive income LLC. And they're both single members of disregarded entities. All of our active income, or all of our active operations, pass through the active, which is where her physical boutique operates. Then I have passive income, which I'm the sole member of, and the passive income owns all of our real estate assets and will lease back that property to the active income LLC. So it's, you know, tax-wise as a Schedule A and Schedule C, we just try to keep it super basic. But that's the structure of how our business works on that same. A brief description of how Dillon formed their LLCs. He described each and explained how they got started. 12:22 - “So kind of the way we always do that exact strategy is essentially like a commercial burr. With that being said, all of our debts we're locking in right now on 25 years, as far as a five-year term. The right we got on that we got in right before things got crazy. We locked it in the right around 4.95, which is really good money for a commercial. I'm getting quoted right now, by my banks, around 8%. And most of them are pulled-out development projects. They're tightening. Oh, yeah, I mean, the markets really shifted just in two months for us. I mean, we took them close on February 28. But the plan is to get it fixed and stabilized. And if market rates kind of come down, we might refinance in the future, and we typically try to snowball and pull that equity out and keep rolling as long as properties can cover themselves.” The snowball debt strategy consists of rolling over debt over a period of time. Is this type of method right for you?  Listen to Dillon explain. 17:11 - “I still think it's gonna go up by a quarter or half. And that's fine, too, because many people freak out. They say, Oh if it goes up a half a point for residential, my interest rates gonna go up? No, it's usually the opposite. if they adjust the Fed funds rate, which is separate from the prime rate that they adjust to adjust the Fed funds rate, and it's what everybody's expecting, then usually the rates will stay the same or go down like the last time it happened. Rates went down. I still think we're going to have a small rate increase. But I don't think it will get crazier after that because things are starting to show signs of softening.” Tyler clarifies the differences between commercial and residential rates. What are the differences between them?  25:45 - “The way we do a cap rate or a capitalization rate, essentially, is the business revenues, based on what either market standard rate is or what you want to see as horse returns. So like the way that kind of looks for us, and most of the storage facilities in the last two years, for the size I focus on, which is 10 to 40,000 square foot, just underneath the Giants footprint, which would be your REITs, or real estate, Investment Trusts, such as public storage, extra space, all those guys, and they're dipping down into smaller sizes.” A brief explanation of cap rates. Dillon shares a few examples. 29:10 - “The easiest way to do this and then God This was actually free tools that are pulled from government websites. I believe NASA actually has a map link that you can drop a pin in you can more or less pool a circumference off that pin in kilometers or miles, and it will tell you the population from a sense of study. So then what you do is you more or less take that, and then you identify the storages that are in the area, which can be hard, but I mean, when you're talking about a five-mile radius, you can Google Map and scan over a five-mile radius pretty quickly.” To calculate the capita per square foot, how do you measure the area of the location? Dillon will tell us how. 36:52 “Google Voice, it's just a Google Voice number, more or less as what it is; it's the same number for all of our facilities. They text us and call us to leave us voicemails. The phone lines live from 10 to two. After that, they shoot straight to voicemail. The voicemail says that we're open between those hours. If you need anything outside of those hours, you can go online and do most things with your account, which would include paying bills and codes, that kind of thing. “ Using Google Voice is a very cost-effective method of communicating with your employees and customers. 1:16:35 - “Everything that you do, every kind of business, anything, needs to align with your goals. And I feel like for any new investor trying to get out there. You need to really define what that is before you jump in. And it's okay if you go down a different path. I did houses. I did multifamily. And then I jumped into this. I had small operational businesses before, but I knew I wanted to continue to scale. But just like anything else in life, I think you have to have a map of where you want to go and be able to adapt and overcome. I mean, that's just the reality of it. Storage. Sounds great. That sounds great to everybody. I would say, I mean, but I've given you all the highlights of the business.”  What Dillon advises anyone considering this type of business. What is your take on this?  Key Takeaways: “So basically, if they look at your business, they don't want to see the pro forma data necessarily, or basically think about it, they don't want to see what you think going to happen in the future. They want to see what's happened for the last 12. Or they'll say, like, the trailing 12 months, like so basically, think about the last year's information, think about it. That's all it is. But you'll hear people say like t12, t24, all that kind of stuff. So, they can sit there and see month after month, like my income on this facility is just going up to where now it's like, okay, we're delivering on basically the business plan. Well, now this thing I have no control over basically met me head-on. And the downside for me is right now, basically, I've just had a conversation with my private lenders and said, hey, here's what's going on. What makes sense for you? What makes sense for the deal? And I just said, Hey, what if we switch you to a principal and interest type payment instead of interest only, and we keep your interest rate, like x? So until I can get a favorable interest rate to pay for the appraisals and the closing costs and whatnot, I'm basically sitting on higher interest money than I wanted. But to that point, what you were just saying is, so right now, it's like being stressed tested at these higher rates? Well, whenever we do go back down, it's like, well, we've basically built this thing now based off of, like, today's rate, if I can get it down to 5%, or whatever, over the next year or two, we're going to be in a good position. But those are just things like you can't control that I had no control over that, really. And maybe if I was a little bit smarter, I would have seen some of that stuff coming. - Mike Webb “The way we do a cap rate or a capitalization rate, essentially, is the business revenues, based on what either market standard rate is or what you want to see as horse returns. So like the way that kind of looks for us, and most of the storage facilities in the last two years, for the size I focus on, which is 10 to 40,000 square feet, just underneath the Giants footprint, which would be your REITs, or real estate, Investment Trusts, such as public storage, extra space, all those guys, and they're dipping down into smaller sizes.” - Dillon Leonard. “The easiest way to do this and then God This was actually free tools that are pulled from government websites. I believe NASA actually has a map link that you can drop a pin in you can more or less pool a circumference off that pin in kilometers or miles, and it will tell you the population from a sense of study. So then what you do is you more or less take that, and then you identify the storages that are in the area, which can be hard, but I mean, when you're talking about a five-mile radius, you can Google Map and scan over a five-mile radius pretty quickly. Now in Kentucky, there's gonna be a lot of chicken coops, but I've got a razor I had to be able to pick those out now. You know, I can see storage like a hawk, but then you can use like a Google Map tool to draw out the footprint of the building to give you the sizes so you can just do a spreadsheet piece Paper, you know, write it out, and then you can get a real quick market study, you know, based on that.” -  Dillon Leonard. “I'm at a point where I can focus more on the lifestyle side of my business, but now I'm at a point I can turn away deals, but it just gets your feet wet. I mean, try something, fail at something, you'll get to a point where you'll get enough nose that you crave them because it's closer to the next Yes, and, and sometimes no doesn't mean no, you just knew to follow up on it, you know? So, I mean, just try things out, be willing to learn, and grow to be a lifetime learner, just like anything else. Look for the bright side in everything. failures, not failure unless you don't learn anything from it.”  Dillon Leonard     Connect with Dillon Leonard Website: https://simplistored.wixsite.com/simpli Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smallbizky/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmallBizKY Connect with First Responder Financial Freedom: Website: https://firstresponderfinancialfreedom.com/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/First-Responder-Financial-Freedom Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groupsfirstfinancialfreedom YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@firstresponderfinancialfre3914

This week's Trainer Talk is with Olatunde, SAFe Program Consultant (SPC). A student asked about the importance of psychological safety in a scaled agile environment. If you are interested in attending a training class, please view a list of our public SAFe training classes. Key Takeaways So, someone asked me recently, “why do you believe in psychological safety? Why is it important when you're working in an enterprise and have teams of teams?” My answer is a simple one. Anytime you cannot bring yourself to work and be part of the team, you don't belong in that organization. Anytime your words are not valued, or your feedback is devalued, you have outgrown the organization. The organization might be operating in its winter season while you are operating in your summer season. Or, you might be in the winter season, and the organization is operating in the summer season. Did you get my gist? Psychological safety means the ability for me to bring myself to work and add value to the organization as the organization adds value to my life. Without psychological safety, there's no trust. Without sociological safety, there's no passion. When you lose passion for what you do, when you lose passion for where you are, it means the organization does not have safety dealing with you. And, you as well don't have the safety to deal with the organization. However, when you have psychological safety, the passion it brings with it brings innovation. Innovation brings new ideas. Where there are new ideas, it brings growth. Where there is growth, you bring multiple clients. Psychological safety is important when you're working in an enterprise. When you come to any of my SAFe training, I always take half a day, maybe three hours, to talk about the importance of psychological safety, respect for people, and respect for cultures. Related to this Episode: A complete list of the current Agile Training by AgileThought.  Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!  

You've spent a lot of time teaching your landscaping employees, but they still don't know how? The probable cause is that we are training them in the wrong way. I have learned 4 easy steps on how to train your employees that will remain in their minds. Check out these steps. You might be missing a few steps, so this episode is for you. Please join me for a quick episode touch-up where I discuss how these steps can help you train your landscaping employees This changed my business, I promise you, this is so easy and so powerful already, and you're gonna come back and you're gonna thank me and I didn't make this up. I learned this from someone else. And I was too stubborn to listen - Keith Kalfas Topics Covered 00:37 - “So you make sure they have the proper gloves, eye protection, ear protection, safety equipment, they've signed the paperwork” Make sure all these things are done correctly and that they are all equipped with safety equipment before you get started. 1:13 -  “Step one, had them relax, and just their whole job right now you tell them your job is just to hang out and watch me. You trim the shrubs. And you explain why you're trimming.” It begins with teaching them, explaining why you are doing it, and letting them know the importance of the task.   3:06 - “Step two, is you hand them the shrub trimmers, and you tell them alright, now I'm gonna hang out and I'm gonna hang out and watch you trim the shrubs.”The second phase is to let them experience the job once you have educated them about its importance. You shouldn't shout at them if they make a mistake since they are in the adjustment phase. Make any necessary corrections. 4:15 - “Step three is you say, All right, now that you have learned how to trim shrubs, you're already getting decent at it. I want you to teach me how to trim the shrubs.” Once they are ready and have a clear understanding of what they need to do. They can teach you the same way you taught them. If they don't explain in the same way as you did. There's nothing to worry about. The most important thing is that they understand how the process works well 5:18 - “Hey, Joe, Joe already knows the drill, right? Come over here real quick. All right, now we're standing here. Now I want you to teach Joe, what you just learned. I want you to teach Joe. Step four, have him teach somebody else how to turn shrubs.” A fourth phase involves asking them to teach someone else. By repetition, learning takes place.   Key Takeaways: “So there's an accountability thing that happens in the brain that triggers because the best way to learn something is to actually teach it. There's something that happens like when you teach something, especially when you just learned it and it integrates it into your subconscious mind faster.”    Helpful Resources: The 16 Documents You MUST HAVE When Hiring Landscaping Employees

Dr. Tom O'Bryan is renowned for his work on autoimmune disorders, particularly around celiac disease. He joins Donna in this episode to talk about his work, the common misconceptions around gluten as well as the role of inflammatory diseases in our individual health.   KEY TAKEAWAYS So many people are now gluten-free but many of… Continue reading Why We All Need to Rethink Our Relationship with Gluten with Dr. Tom O'Bryan

Dr. Tom O'Bryan is renowned for his work on autoimmune disorders, particularly around celiac disease. He joins Donna in this episode to talk about his work, the common misconceptions around gluten as well as the role of inflammatory diseases in our individual health.   KEY TAKEAWAYS So many people are now gluten-free but many of… Continue reading Why We All Need to Rethink Our Relationship with Gluten with Dr. Tom O'Bryan

Just like that, 2022 is coming to an end and the New Year is right around the corner. In this episode I discuss choosing abundance in the upcoming year. Actively choosing abundance can help you ward off fear of failure, take new leaps, and make strides in your life and business. Listen in to my last podcast episode of 2022, and get ready for the good things to come in 2023.  In this episode: [01:00] Post-pandemic effects on life and businesses.  [04:00] Being present and conscious over our inner thoughts [05:30] Choosing abundance for yourself.  [09:30] Taking calculated leaps as you transition into the new year.  [10:15] What will it take to make 2023 exciting and abundant?  Key Takeaways:  So much of life is our perception of reality, not actual reality Taking control of our inner thoughts can allow us to no longer hold ourselves back and take leaps we feel good about Take a moment to look inwardly and listen to what your soul is telling you. This will help you choose abundance when taking calculated leaps in 2023.  Quotes:  “Things that we take for granted aren't necessarily available to us in the way that they used to be.” - Jessica Fearnley “Life feels different when we start taking calculated leaps instead of settling for something smaller. I don't mean crazy, unwise, financially irresponsible leaps. I mean the things that we know deep down we really want that make a massive impact on our day to day lives and that connect us with our future higher selves.” - Jessica Fearnley “I don't think anyone goes into a new year thinking ‘oh great, I think I'd like to struggle this year', but when we don't choose abundance, often we are choosing to still struggle.”  - Jessica Fearnley   Useful Links Get in touch with Jessica to discuss your consulting business Jessica's LinkedIn

Offering too many services may increase your income, but you may not be aware that offering this small type of service to many customers can lower the quality of your work since you tend to hustle and work fast because you have a lot of commitments to these services for a small fee.    Do you think this is the right way to work? Do you think this is a good strategy for increasing sales? In today's episode, I explain how to earn more money by doing less by following the right strategy and understanding why your landscaping business shouldn't offer too many services.   Whatever. you do. You got to do it right in order for it to all pass so you can actually get the check. You're gonna do a lot of different things, right.  You can't have any of those things wrong because you're serving people.   - Keith Kalfas   Why do you have to listen to today's episode.   00:24 - “So imagine it's just like yellow Legos. And you gotta build that thing. So can pass, and the Legos are coming down the conveyor belt quickly. Well, what if there were red, not just yellow Legos? But there are green and yellow Legos. And now you're building two different castles. But they're totally different types of castles because they're different services. It's a totally different thing” When you offer too many services, your business may suffer. The quality of all services may vary, and some factors may be the same, but others may be different. Know what's what before you jump in.   2:05 -  “How long did it take you to learn how to do all this, right? So it's like, if you got too many services, it's over complexify the hell out of your business, lowering the quality of each service.” When you offer too many services, make sure that the quality is not compromised.   4:15 -  "So why don't you rather do just like ten $10,000 jobs are 100 grand, but what type of jobs? So are you going to get to that 10,000 by offering a whole bunch of different services like I was talking about? Are you going to just do one service like luxury hardscape outdoor living? Wouldn't it be better if you focused on bigger projects instead of offering a wide range of services for a small fee?   4:48 - “There was a meet-up with this person who was in a room in the highest-paid entrepreneur in the room of this group of people who did like over 20 million a year, and all he did was gutter cleaning. That's all I've got her cleaning, but he was like the best, most prominent gutter cleaning company in his whole multi-state area or something; that's all they did.” After you refine the processes, you get the tools and can train people. It would be even better if you did just a handful of things really, really well, and tuned it and did it really, really fast and efficiently.   5:40 -  "Now, the amount that you can get paid is not really tied directly to just your skill. Because if you have the skill, you can do something faster and make more because you can increase the rate and pace at which you do it. But part of how much you make, how much money you can make, is directly proportional to how many people are lined up willing to do the same exact thing." This world is full of people with skills, and you're not the only one who has them. What will you do to dominate?  Key Takeaways “So it's like if you got too many services, it's over complexify the hell out of your business, lowering the quality of each service”   “You could offer way more stuff to each customer in the form of packages could be a good thing to limit and increase the average ticket price of each individual customer from 40 bucks 200 bucks to 10,000 depending on each customer”    "So are you going to get to that 10,000 by offering a whole bunch of different services like I was talking about are you going to just do one service like luxury hardscape outdoor living?"   Connect with Keith   Facebook Instagram  YouTube LinkedIn Website   Resources/People Mentioned:  My Website: Official Site Keith Kalfas My Podcast Page: The UNTRAPPED Podcast Please leave us a well-written, positive 5-star review if you liked the show. You may click here.    

In today's episode of The Women's Vibrancy Code, Maraya is joined by a leader in the field of mindfulness psychology Dr. Shefali to talk about reclaiming feminine power and the freedom to simply be. The healing journey begins with our inner child and stays with us through adulthood, as past experiences and conforming to expectations have lasting effects into our relationships. It's by embracing our own feminine power and destigmatizing our own beliefs and personal relationships with our own bodies that we can begin our transformations and stand in our own power, even when at conflict in relationships. Dr. Shefali talks about how her courses are designed to empower women to embody their feminine power and relinquish control, allowing their needs to be met and their pleasure prioritized, leading to stronger and healthier relationships.   IN THIS EPISODE:   [05:36] The flow of the Free To Be course and how to begin your transformations [10:46] The power in and importance of overcoming existing societal expectations [12:03] Destigmatizing knowing our own bodies [13:02] Standing in your own feminine power in face of relationship conflicts   KEY TAKEAWAYS:   So often feminine pleasure and power take - at best - a back seat. But speaking with Dr. Shefali, we discuss how we can reclaim the power over ourselves and our own pleasure with intentional transformations, healing and destigmatization.   RESOURCE LINKS:   Maraya Brown Connection Call   Register for the next Vibrant Life Workshop BIOS: Dr. Shefali's blend of clinical psychology and Eastern mindfulness sets her apart as a leader in the field of mindfulness psychology. As an international speaker, he speaks at events around the globe spreading her message of conscious parenting and mindful living. She also has a private practice where she consults with families and couples. Oprah has endorsed her work as “revolutionary and life-changing.” Dr. Shefali's groundbreaking approach to mindful living and parenting has taken her books to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list. She also offers online courses that cover topics like anger, anxiety, purpose, meaningful relationships, and conscious health.   Register for Dr. Shefali's courses - https://courses.drshefali.com/   Follow Dr.Shefali on Instagram and Facebook   Maraya Brown is a Yale and Functional Medicine Trained CNM, MSN with her undergraduate degree in marketing. She helps women feel turned on by their life, their lover and themselves.  Her work online brings her 21 years of experience supporting women together in one place to co-create deep transformation, energy and passion. Maraya is the founder of this Podcast and does a great deal of work with women to expand their energy, hormones, libido, confidence and much much more.   Maraya Brown Facebook Page   Maraya Brown Facebook Group   Maraya Brown on Instagram   Maraya Brown on LinkedIn   Maraya Brown on TikTok   Maraya Brown YouTube Channel DISCLAIMER: The podcasts available on this website have been produced for informational, educational and entertainment purposes only. Listeners should take care to avoid program content which may not be suited to them. The contents of this podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, No person listening to and/or viewing any podcast from this website should act or refrain from acting on the basis of the content of a podcast without first seeking appropriate professional advice and/or counseling, nor shall the information be used as a substitute for professional advice and/or counseling. The Women's Vibrancy Code Podcast expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

When a Hero's story comes to a great end, when they have seized the sword and taken their hard-earned reward, that is where most people assume the story has ended.  I'm here to tell you today that it is not. Today, we talk about the gift of perspective.  In fact, I will show you how you can use reflection to not only multiply the results of your reward but to help others as well. I'll relate this to my experience hiking through ash on my way up a volcano and share why my perspective looking back on my path was even more amazing than the view at the top.  Because reflecting on how hard it had been: that perspective is the multiplication effect.  Join me today and help to debunk the corporate-wide stigma that sharing your successes means others have a leg up against you. Instead, think “Now that I've gotten the reward, how can I use this wisdom to be that mentor for someone else?” This wisdom will lift up your esteem to other people AND prepare you on your next adventure.  It's like MAGIC. Who wouldn't want to be Gandalf?! Because that kind of kindness: bringing that fire back to the village to share it with others, that is what real leaders do. 3 Key Takeaways So many people think that once you've reached the “sword,” the reward of your Hero's Journey, that's the grand ending. It's NOT.  Reflection is the key element for multiplying your success into an onslaught of wisdom that can be translated into your home life, work life, and your next adventure. Stop believing that if you share your wisdom with others it will hurt your success. Real leaders share their experiences with others to help others.   Get the full show notes and more information here:  https://storiedcoaching.com/the-road-back/

Are you constantly struggling to find your zone? Sometimes it's like we're in a dark room and we can't seem to find the switch to turn the light of focus on. You're not alone. In today's fast moving world, attention, energy and focus are constantly being pulled away from us and adding more work and just trying to force ourselves is not going to cut it. So how do we equip ourselves to get back into our zone of focus? Tune into this episode and I will give you the 3 hacks I believe will help you flip the switch to focus.  On this episode: In this fast paced world we live in, it's even faster for busy leaders. So many things after our attention and focus and, honestly, we're tired! Here I'll give you a way to get out of autopilot mode and into a state of consciously deliberate. I talk about how employing habits consistently will train your brain to strengthen your focus, how challenging yourself will engage your brain, and how to break the cycle of stress that causes distraction. Key Takeaways: So many things are vying for our focus  We need to switch from autopilot to consciously deliberate Train your brain - it's like a muscle that needs exercise  It's important to take breaks and ‘fuel up' Challenge yourself - the mind needs stimulation  Break the negative cycles that cause stress and distraction   Tweetable Quotes: “You can find the switch and turn it to the on position with a little bit of work. It's almost like going from autopilot to, unconsciously doing things, to being consciously deliberate.” - Denis Gianoutsos “Stress and distraction are often cozy together, they go hand in hand, they feed off one another. Stress leads to distraction, which then leads to missed tasks, which then adds on more stress.” - Denis Gianoutsos Reach out to Denis: Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.com Website: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/ (http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/)  Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/) Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/)

Starting a landscaping business can be overwhelming if you don't know what you're doing. This episode discusses 5 mistakes you need to avoid, particularly if you're in the landscape business or work in another field. So, if you are trapped in your fears, insecurities, and old belief patterns, those things are actually holding you back, imprisoning you. If you're struggling to wake up and face the challenges ahead despite your fears, then join me and listen to this episode.   "I know that your life is complex, you have a certain set of karmic debts or whatever you want to call it that you're going through whatever belief that you have that are probably a hell if you could be totally willing to do all this yet you're still handcuffed in with your hands tied behind your back fighting with your nose. But when you've been through enough shit in life, I think the only thing that you can do is peace a level of peace within yourself." - Keith Kalfas     Why do you have to listen to today's episode?   1:41 - It will seem like you're totally over your head when you do counterintuitive things. Stop forcing yourself. This will not help you. What you need to do is step up. 2:42 - Your problems at work shouldn't disrupt your work. Don't rant, don't make your employees suffer because you have problems at home. Do your best to behave at work by sticking up for yourself and not talking when you are there. 5:18 - Everything you do in front of others has a tenfold effect on them. So if you accept disrespect from others or if you disrespect others, your employees and other people will no longer respect you. 7:04 - Your business is a mirror image of what's going on inside of your mind in emotions in real-time. If your business is in a constant state of emergency, so too will be your life as a whole. 10:26 - If you're a man in a primarily masculine relationship with a feminine woman. In your professional life, the relationship with your woman is the key to your teamwork. Hence, your relationship with your spouse is the relationship with your business.     Key Takeaways "So you're not perfect, but you're set. They're the tracks. Now you're setting the railroad tracks that this is the definiteness of purpose. This is your path, and you know what it is. You can't stray from it. Sometimes you can't explain it to other people; they don't want to hear it doesn't matter. But you know, in your head, when you're doing these counterintuitive things, and the marine on these lists, and you're looking like a jackass out there, and you're giving your best shot that one day, it'll all come together. And then you'll be like, you just have to laugh."     Connect with Keith    Facebook Instagram  YouTube LinkedIn Website   Resources/People Mentioned: My Website: Official Site Keith Kalfas My Blog: The Blog of Keith Kalfas My Resources: Resources (keithkalfas.com) Get My Landscaping Business Startup Course: How to Start a Landscaping Business RIGHT NOW (keithkalfas.com) Get My Free PDF Download The "7 Steps To Marketing Your Business" 7 Steps to Marketing Your Business Online (keithkalfas.com) Get a Free Trial of JOBBER Software & save 20% for the first 6 months. Grow Your Business With Jobber (getjobber.com) If you liked the show, please leave us a well-written, positive 5-star review. You may click here.    

In this episode, Barbara and Robert Plank discuss: What platforms to use when starting a membership site The “Why, What, How-to, What-if” structure and how it works How offering free courses or content will help you with your business Some tips in starting a podcast   Key Takeaways: “So before even getting to the solution,

So, the question is, do you live in a friendly or hostile universe? Do you think life is happening for you or against you? I know you heard this, but I want to give you my take on this. Don't you dare not listen to this podcast (lol), hear me out. Because what happens in your personal life at home is exactly what happens in your business.    "If you don't have a foundation, then you can't go up. You can't scale up in anything to keep running around in the same pesky stuff your whole life. And the clock's ticking, the clock is ticking." - Keith Kalfas.   Topics Covered: 1:32 - I believe that what happens at home if you're resisting commitment then, it's going to happen in all things. 6:06 - The more your life becomes stable financially, you have to find a way to break free and let go of some of those old identities. Forgive yourself, forgive the people you love, forgive, just forgive and upgrade your identity and move into a more abundant frame of mind. 12:59 - I know that my wife wouldn't be doing what she does for no reason. The hardest thing is to sift through all the emotional storms that a woman can throw at you and sift through and find the truth of why she's saying what she is saying. She has a real reason for feeling what she feels. 17:19 - Marriage is like a business. As soon as you're tied up, you're in this thing for life. 20:30 - Final advice, I am not a relationship guru or relationship counselor. I am not an expert when it comes to relationships. But, one piece of advice to throw at you to help not ruin your relationship is, DON'T LOOK AT OTHER WOMEN. Because that is a wolf trying to put poison into your household.    Key Takeaways: "So in the midst of the storm when your woman is upset with you, just like in your business, because if you can't come home to a stable home, how are you going to have a stable business? Your relationship to the feminine is your relationship to your business. You come home, and sometimes, just because she's upset doesn't mean you have to smear all over yourself, or you can hold the garbage can."   "I think all relationships, not just marriage, you keep finding the truth and sorting, and these people are your everybody in your life. They're your soul mates. And they've come to teach you a lesson. They're spiritually evolving around you. And just like my wife, every single time, we didn't give up."   Connect with Keith Facebook Instagram  YouTube LinkedIn Website   Other Helpful links! Here's the KAJABI software I run my internet business on Click Here Get my new landscaping book here. Click Here If you liked the show, please leave us a well-written, positive 5-star review. You may click here. How I Charge for landscaping jobs Click Here Save up to 55% On Quickbooks

Hello Beautiful People, I am a Holistic Health Coach turned Sex/ Relationship Coach. I am all about empowering you sexually, spiritually and in your health. Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris O'Brien. He is Self Made Entrepreneur in mindset, health and business. Key Takeaways - - So important for men to do the inner work as much as women. -Using Sexual energy to create - Men need to learn how to deeper sexually - Are you leaking sexual energy or expanding it in your body? -Learning to let go of sexual shame - Most men do not last longer than 5 minutes in bed - Do a Dopamine detox -The answers are within you - Your aura grows when you are celibate - Sex - Sacred Energetic Exchange - You are always manifesting - why not manifest consciously - Your eyes use a lot of energy - Embracing your feminine energy - What is my relationship to my feminine energy - Accounts mentioned - https://www.instagram.com/sexual.kungfu/ - Reflect, unlearn and relearn, practice sexual practices, and slowing down Chris O'Brien's Links= Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/comeoutbetter/ Be sure to subscribe to my podcast and share with friends! My links= Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/haley.helveston.3 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/haley.helveston/ Twitter- https://twitter.com/HaleyHelveston Email - helvestonhaley@gmail.com Youtube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU49NnKO6nEAO226_Z2kdIQ?view_as=subscriber

Key Takeaways: So many people are tired and they don’t know why! What is the Epstein-Barr virus? A large population already has this virus, Dr. Kasia estimates around 90%. Why did Dr. Kaisa decide to write her book? How does the Epstein-Barr virus affect our aging? What does this virus create terrible fatigue and brain fog? Antioxidants are critical for your health because that’s what keeps aging at bay. How do you know if you have the virus? It often starts with having a very bad flu. Like it’s the worst flu of your life. The longer the virus is in you, the more damage it causes and it can lead to autoimmune disorders. Women are most impacted because their lifestyle often overextends themselves and stress is the main cause that reactivates the virus. When was the last time you felt pure joy? You can’t feel fear and joy at the same time. You become a host for so many viruses when your emotional body is not clear. How can you recover from this virus?   Episode Summary: Dr. Kasia Kines has spent her entire career studying the Epstein-Barr virus and has discovered some interesting and complicated health issues that patients experience from it. The virus can live in you undetected for a long, long time and can it lead to a cascading level of weird medical conditions. It first starts with the flu, but it can easily turn into an autoimmune disorder if left untreated. Dr. Kasia shares the signs and symptoms with you today.   Guest Bio: Dr. Kasia Kines is a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition and Founder and CEO of Global EBV Institute, and Holistic Nutrition Naturally. She is an author, speaker, wellness expert, and international authority on Epstein-Barr Virus, with the Amazon best-selling Epstein-Barr Virus Solution, the EBV Recovery Program, and the EBV Clinician Training and Certification Program.   For 15 years she has served clients throughout the United States and globally in her virtual clinic. She helps those who struggle with complicated health issues, especially gastrointestinal and autoimmune, with EBV being the main focus in the last few years. Dr. Kines lives on San Juan Island in Washington with her family.   Resources for a Younger Lifestyle: Dr. Robyn Benson’s Free Youthful Aging eGuide Connect with Dr. Kasia Kines: ELEVATE® Method Mini-course: Kasia.clickfunnels.com/elevate-optin Book: Amazon best-selling The Epstein-Barr Virus Solution: The Hidden Undiagnosed Epidemic of a Virus Destroying Millions of Lives through Chronic Fatigue, Autoimmune Disorders and Cancer The book on the website: Ebvhelp.com/the-book Thank-you gifts for buying the book: Ebvhelp.com/gift-for-readers Sample chapter from the EBV book: Ebvhelp.com/the-book   Quotes:   “A lot of women are buried under responsibilities. That certainty taps into the virus because it reactivates with stress. The chemicals of stress can reactivate it.”   “If you are tired and the tiredness is excessive, that’s when you need to think about it. When you literally cannot perform normal functions, cannot move, or if you feel like you have cognitive decline. Oftentimes it starts with a very bad flu.”   “For most women, they don’t remember the last time they felt unfiltered joy. So if you can turn on the joy, you can turn off the chemicals of stress.”   “Organic food has better quality of soil, so more nutrients. These are things for me that are non-negotiable, whether I have the virus or not.”

“To me, it’s a heaven to eliminate stress. And so I do.“ - Kellan Fluckiger  Listen to more episodes of Your Ultimate Life: your-ultimate-life-by-kellan-fluckiger.simplecast.com  What you are about to learnThe first episode of this podcast was Meditation - The amazing journey, and we just talked about what a fantastic journey it is. And we talked a little bit about some of the benefits. I'm going to talk a little bit more about the benefits bits of meditation. There are several psychological benefits, many documented medical benefits. And all of these have been the subject of rigorous testing. Interesting, get a whole bunch of brain scans on people who pray or meditate, and those who don't. And there are significant differences between the brain structure functioning frequency and all that sort of stuff. So there's lots of dedicate dedicated and clear evidence about benefits physically, mentally, and so forth having to do with meditation. So we are now detailing it bits by bits. Yesterday I tackled how we should be slowing down on everything, but today’s topic is not the same as slow down. This time, Be Still. Your ultimate life is not frantic. I doubt I've never heard anyone when we talk about creating your ultimate life say to me, and I want my ultimate life frantic. Never had that happen or any word that even resembled that never been one of the descriptors, yet we create and respond to our current life in that way. Frantic is moving quickly. Designing your ultimate life is not by hustling. As much as possible, building your ultimate life is by enjoying it and savoring every memory. And there's nothing frantic or incredibly urgent about that. Because we don't live that way, so this is where meditation comes in and can solve this problem for you. You slow down, be still, and savor the moment our ultimate life has to offer. So what is the difference? Slowing down and be still? You can't always be and notice what is there until you have slowed down, that is the difference.  So it is crucial to being still enough to notice what is there now after you slow down. And that means you get in the habit of allowing thoughts to come in your surroundings. So at first, you feel your chest expand, or perhaps your diaphragm expands or possibly your diaphragm and then your chest, or you do three stages, which is diaphragm and chest and then the upper lung, which moves the shoulders a little. And you know, you can practice that, and you feel the clothing against your skin, and you might feel something gurgling in your stomach as you breathe in your diaphragm moves and disturbs the stomach. You'll notice that as you slow down and then You're still, and you return more quickly and more easily to the present moment, and the point of focus, I'm using the breath, you return more rapidly and efficiently entirely to the breath.You will notice the difference. You will start seeing things. You'll start noticing the material things and the spiritual, intellectual, and emotional things that were always there. But we're so busy, and the noise level is so high in our lives that we can't hear them. We don't know them. And it doesn't matter that they're there. We can't understand what's going on. And by intentionally creating a place where we've slowed down, and we have made ourselves still, those little quiet thoughts and voices can come to the fore. My own experience has been very, very profound with this. So if you're interested in doing this and creating your ultimate life faster, then take the opportunity to learn and make yourself practice. You'll find that it moves you quicker and quicker toward your ultimate life.Key Takeaways“So we often become overwhelmed with bills with work with noise, with television, with relationships with traffic, all of the stuff that pounds incessantly in on us. And meditation is the way to eliminate that and to get stress completely out of your life. So you can eliminate stress if you want to.” “Whatever it is that comes in and pushes into your consciousness. That's fine. acknowledge it, let it go. And return back to whatever you're concentrating on. If you have nothing else, I suggest you use the breath. Think about what it is to breathe and feel every breath coming in and going out, and you feel your clothing and your chest cavity and your diaphragm and all of those things, and you get used to feeling that, and pretty soon it becomes not a chore, it becomes a joy. Because what happens is, guess what, you start noticing more and more things about the experience of breathing.”Helpful Reference for youMeditation – The Amazing Journey Within if in case you are interested, you may get this on Amazon by clicking here Connect with Kellan on your favorite platforms:Facebook: www.facebook.com/kellan.fluckiger3YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/ultimatelifeformulaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellanfluckigerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/kellanfluckigerYou can find out more about Kellan and how he can help you achieve your ultimate life by checking out his website.Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRADIO, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on  Apple Podcasts

Today I'm going into The Chat Room where women from around the world join me in my virtual studio to discuss the topic of the week. The conversations are really eye-opening and we usually uncover nuggets to help us all live this single life like a boss. Episode Summary Today Debbie-Ann and Marc-Anne join me in the Chat Room. Debbie-Ann is a great believer in using your singleness to focus on yourself while Marc-Anne, who agrees, says women should also focus on readying themselves for marriage because otherwise they become too me-focused. It was a really interesting discussion and as we deep dived, we discovered that there are some things that we do as women that may be a turn off to men. Things that we take for granted, which we may need to begin to do differently. Key Takeaways So being single is the time when you actually need to focus on yourself, develop yourself, getting to know the real you (2:04) When you're in a relationship your identity doesn't get wrapped up into being Mrs. or being somebody's wife (5:57) Not every male that you meet is a potential partner (7:20) You're so focused on you sometimes that you don't realize when you're making everything, no matter how small, about you (9:46) We have to prepare [for marriage] (19:02) Top Quotes ...getting yourself ready for you, focus on you, just being you, developing you whether or not a man comes or he doesn't come (3:06) I think that sometimes we can get too me-focused, as in we get into a relationship and we don't know what to do because everything was centered around ourselves (3:51) Don't spend all of your single life trying to become a wife (6:54) And sometimes, as ladies, you may think I am it you know, as a person that I like a trophy to be achieved. And you're, you're so lucky to have me (10:58) I like to read books about relationships and about finding yourself (17:53) You have to expand in knowledge base from just yourself. You have to know what people are like in certain situations (19:17) I think we are not really ready for relationships, if we are looking at, you know, experiences through television or what we read in, in books like you know, photo romance (24:45) Stay Connected Thanks for listening to this episode. If you want to be notified when new episodes are available subscribe HERE. Also, stay connected by following me on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. Email me at pod@sfswoman.com if you have topic ideas, want show notes, want to be a guest or have questions/comments.

“We have gifts and talents. And we're happiest when we are serving each other, loving each other, helping each other with those gifts and talents. And so here's, today's thought, and that is, you’re a child of God. If you are present to that, you will act and be completely different in your daily walk, number one, number two, you'll have much easier and better access to your ultimate life.”  - Kellan Fluckiger Listen to more episodes of Your Ultimate Life: your-ultimate-life-by-kellan-fluckiger.simplecast.comWhat you are about to learn:Who are you? You are created intentionally by God. And there is also the definition of science, which is too technical to explain through biology.  Now, if I take the position and I make a choice, in my heart, to define myself, as a child of God, with divine design, and a divine destiny, then being present to that reality brings an entirely different consciousness, focus, choice of being, acceptance of responsibility and so forth. To me, then it what if I chose to be or look at myself as accident biology, in which it doesn't matter how I got here, there is no place to go.So after birth, you made yourself who you are by the decisions you made, and about to make, the things that you did, and about to do. I did some things and in that place, living it that way. I never was happy. I did not have my ultimate life. I was the opposite. I sought more pleasure, bigger thrills, higher highs, more things to buy and spend in places to go and find all those kinds of things that access and experiences that cash produces, but the one that I could never get was in-depth, meaningful. Sad. Satisfaction and joy, the idea that we were designed to have, as creations of God, the joy I couldn't get. And of course, I couldn't get it because I wasn't paying the ticket price to that experience. I was trying to buy it with cash. And there is no cash price on peace of mind and joy.So the choice that I make about looking at myself as a child of God, and intelligent divine creation, built for a purpose, or an accident of biology with no place to go and no reason to be here, provides an entirely different focus. We talked about being present to what you are in the last episode, which is about the roles that we've all accepted. And we continue to receive them and to be fully present to it. We need to fully embrace them and recommit in the same fashion, being present to the fact that you are a child of God means that you are aware of that in every circumstance. The choice you make in the current time defines who you are.Key Takeaways“So, being present. And if you think about the construct of meditation where you relax and turn off all externalities, you focus on the presence of here and now and your breath and return to the breath repeatedly. If what you're responding to is a divine being who is a light, who's connected to Infinite Light, infinite mind, an infinite spirit that brings a different set of experiences with it. Van if I'm connecting to nothing Because there is nothing.”“Think about every interaction that you had, from the smallest to the greatest, every text message you sent every reaction to an email that you had every comment to your spouse, your partner, your children, your business associates, or the stranger on the street or the highway. Think about just for a moment thinking through every one of those reactions and do it slowly and tell the truth. Would it be influenced by remembering that you and the other person on the other end of that interaction are a child of God that you were together before you came here that you and they were created with divine intent and purpose? You were both created to be happy; you were both given gifts and talents. And you're both here struggling, striving, desiring to have joy and learning to have it, learn to love to be loved, and give love?”Hopeful Resources for you: Please check my book: Tight Rope of Depression  on amazon   Connect with Kellan on your favorite platforms:Facebook: www.facebook.com/kellan.fluckiger3YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/ultimatelifeformulaLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellanfluckigerTwitter:  https://twitter.com/kellanfluckigerYou can find out more about Kellan and how he can help you achieve your ultimate life by checking out his website.Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRADIO, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts.If you haven't already, please rate and review the podcast on  Apple Podcasts

Cam Manning is the owner and CEO of Next Steps Media – a company designed to help businesses succeed by creating a larger and more intimate community with their customers. Key Takeaways:"So much of doing something right in business is figuring out how to do it wrong." – Amber Fuhriman"Put your aces in their places." – Cam Manning"I don't want to be busy all the time. I want to be productive for a short period of the day, but then go off and do what I want to do." – Amber Fuhriman"The old adage of "you don't talk about [difficult subjects] at the dinner table" is bullsh*t." – Amber Fuhriman"All the things that you're not supposed to talk about – those are my favorite conversations." – Cam ManningConnect with Amber and other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the More Than Corporate Facebook group: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53MoreThanCorporate.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brittany Michalchuk is an expert in social media marketing and branding. She works with CEOs and coaches to help them scale and monetize their businesses online. She has built an incredible personal brand with hundreds of thousands of followers. She has shared stages with legends like Ed Mylett and Andy Frisella. She also has a top-rated podcast called The Vitamin B show.   On this episode: Learn how to brand and market yourself. Discover how to conquer your fears. Hear how to develop a bulletproof mindset. Brittany unpacks how anyone can add value to someone. Key Takeaways: "So many people have great ideas, but how are people going to know that if you're not marketing properly?" – Brittany Michalchuk "A personal brand is what people say behind your back." – Brittany Michalchuk "How people think of you determines whether they are going to buy from you." – Brittany Michalchuk "You can't help people when you're above people." – Brittany Michalchuk Brittany Michalchuk instagram.com/brittanymichalchuk The Vitamin B Show For more information about Chris Vasquez and Next Level Mindset: http://chrisjvasquez.com https://www.instagram.com/chrisvasquezofficial  

As Alissa has said time and again, we're all perfectly lopsided puzzle pieces, a part of this larger puzzle, or threads in the larger tapestry. We have just relaunched this show and what better and more-fitting episode to start with than to invite Kari Romeo as our opening guest because she is everything that this show embodies. Kari is no stranger to limiting beliefs, fears, and self-doubt. Before all the success, she's dealt and struggled with insecurities—much like we all do. Today's episode is truly inspirational and a real testament that what you believe, manifests. I hope that by the end of this episode, you find the power to reframe your thoughts and experience the beautiful transformation that Kari and myself had the opportunity to, and together, let's claim our successes. About Kari Romeo Kari Romeo is a transformational life coach, she's a motivational speaker, a personal transformation and mindset seminar facilitator. She's also a retired Air Force officer—a decorated one, mind you—a life coach, and author of the new book, Becoming Beautiful: A Personal Journey Towards Happiness. She enjoys speaking with groups, organizations, and businesses about using the positive power of appreciative inquiry to achieve success.   Kari’s Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes:   Connectedness Positivity Empathy Individualization Maximizer     Key Takeaways So many people are trudging through life instead of bouncing joyously through life. We're meant to live fulfilling joyful lives. If we're not, then it's time to let go of whatever's holding us back and be happy. We each are our own color of thread in the tapestry of life. It's the little shifts of perspective which help us to live more fulfilling and joyful life. Time-Stamped Show Highlights [00:53] Getting to know our 'relaunch' guest. [04:04] Important things we need to know about Kari."I just didn't think I was enough." [07:25] How everything around Kari became brighter and clearer. "When your inner light starts to shine, it shines the light on all of that." [09:21] Talking about courage [11:03] How Kari digs and uncovers fears and limiting beliefs [16:02] What are Kari's superpowers?"My job is to be the light that helps somebody else to find their own light." [18:10] Kari's top five gorgeous strengths [20:02] Alissa shares her personal challenge."Everybody has a place. Everybody fits in some fashion." [22:44] An experience better than any paycheck Kari's received, ever. [26:44] How Kari mirrors her shine back to herself and the challenges she's had."I do transform lives but it's hard to go out there because it's just how I am." [27:57] The deal: There's no proven formula as per Alissa."You craft the experience for that particular person. " [29:48] The thread for all of Kari's clients."Part of the job as a coach is to call the BS flag." [33:03] Developing other avenues and outlining processes. [35:10] Alissa's challenge to Kari."Let's get you shared with the world so that more people can have a little slice of that magic.  [37:58] What Kari wants every woman to know. [40:28] Kari's commitments. [43:04] Where to find Kari and her book. [45:14] Episode wrap up. Selected Links for This Episode Kari’s Website Connect with Kari on LinkedIn TEDx Talk: Teaching the Inner Critic a New Story Becoming Beautiful: A Personal Journey Towards Happiness Frickin’ Awesome Resources Frickin’ Awesome Entrepreneurs Facebook Community From Frustrated to Frickin’ Awesome by Alissa Daire Nelson Daire Success Coaching website StrengthsFinder 2.0 test  StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath  

Get a walkthrough on how to turn raw land into a monthly passive income, know more on how to overcome the hurdles in raw land investing, and learn the art of engineering geeky systems that create, grow, and protect your cash flow.   Resources/Links http://www.thelandgeek.com/launchkit Dirt Rich: How One Ambitiously Lazy Geek Created Passive Income in Real Estate Without Renters. Renovation, and Rehabs by Mark Podolsky Summary Mark Podolsky is the author of “Dirt Rich” and has completed over 6,000 land deals since 2001. He is also known as the Land Geek and the host of the Art of Passive Income Podcast. In this episode, Mark shares his expertise in this interesting strategy of investing in raw land. Dig in and find out exactly how he does it and how he manages to get returns on his money very quickly. Topics Covered: 01:43 –  How he got started in investing in raw land 04:11 – How does he earn big time at the same time have a quick return on investment 09:02 – How long did it take him to create an efficient system at what he does 12:32 – On helping others actualize Maslow’s hierarchy of needs 13:25 – Biggest mistake people commit when buying a raw land 15:02 – What could be his unfair advantage over others 17:23 – One valuable actionable tip for everyone: “Look where other people are buying raw land and start there.” Key Takeaways: “So what I would do is I would sell partially on that note. So 12 months of the cash flow to an investor, I get my money out or I make a profit, I redeploy it, but I get two bites of the apple because then that note reverts back to me after 12 months. And I’m getting that beloved passive income back into my portfolio.” – Mark Podolsky “So I wish land investing were a little simpler as far as like, that first step is going to be County research. So there’s 3,007 US Counties. I would say, look where other people are buying raw land and start there. That’d be worth checking out. I know it’s counterintuitive. You’d think, well, I don’t want to go where there’s any competition. There’s really no competition.” – Mark Podolsky Connect with Mark Podolsky: http://www.thelandgeek.com/ http://www.thelandgeek.com/launchkit Connect with Dave Dubeau: Property Profits Podcast www.davedubeau.com www.investorattractiondemo.com Facebook LinkedIn Enjoyed the Podcast? Please subscribe on iTunes for updates

This week's guest is Abbey Chamberlain. She has been a highly profitable full time photographer for 40 years, is a teacher on creativity and business success. Semi retirement gives her the luxury of growing as a fine art photographer where work for sale in several galleries Our conversation goes deep into how Abbey "loved", ie...stays in touch with her best clients, in ways that kept them coming back year after year, referring her consistently, and investing thousands in wall art every time. In this episode, Luci and Abbey discuss: Importance of keeping a robust contact list and continuing the relationship with clients What clients received when they purchased $12K with Abbey's wedding photography How Abbey kept in close contact with her clients Key Takeaways: So many professional photographers undervalue their talents in photography It is crucial that business owners collect all the information possible from clients so there is always an event to offer their services to Having a more friendly relationship to clients versus a purely business relationship "Photography seemed just a natural extension of who I am and it was something I did and love and I still love." — Abbey Chamberlain Connect with Abbey Chamberlain: www.abbeychamberlain.com Email: info@abbeychamberlain.com Connect with Luci Dumas: Twitter: @lucidumas Facebook: facebook.com/LuciDumasInsightTrainingForPhotographers Website: www.lucidumascoaching.com Email:   luci@lucidumas.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/luci-dumas Show Notes: Jacquelynn Nguyen  

Know how to raise capital without using your own money, discover why multi-family strategy lets you quit your job, and find out what is in it for you with multi-family investment.   Resources/Links themichaelblank.com Summary Michael Blank is a leading authority on apartment building investing in the United States. He’s passionate about helping others become financially free in 3-5 years by investing in apartment building deals with a special focus on raising money.  In this episode, Michael walks us through the exciting income-generating world of multi-family real estate. Be awed at his expertise, beginning from when you are a start-up up to the time you want to scale up and diversify your portfolio. Topics Covered: 01:30 – How he got into Real Estate 03:09 – How many deals to have as a start-up to completely give up one’s job 04:34 – The wrong notion people get about multi-family properties 06:41 – Talking about his system for getting started with multi-family properties 08:02 – Thoughts on investing outside of your backyard 08:35 How to raise capital for real estate business 12:11 – How he got and when did he get into multi-family properties 13:31 – What one  strategy did he use in helping his clients 14:15 – Free E-book: How To Raise Money to Buy Your First Apartment Building. Key Takeaways: “So the biggest mistake people make is that they dismiss multi-family as an advanced strategy that they will get to after a decade of single-family house investing. After having saved up a bunch of money, they will then graduate to multi-family and it’s just not true.” – Michael Blank “The first thing is you do have to educate yourself, to some degree. And I think at one point you have to start investing in yourself. But there’s a lot of free resources out there as well where you can actually educate yourself for either free or very little money. But you have to educate yourself a little bit because you have to appear knowledgeable and confident when you’re talking to other people.” – Michael Blank “And my other advice is not to go out and raise money. My advice is to simply share your enthusiasm with people in an intentional way.  – Michael Blank “..clarity allows them to be very, very clear on what action to take because someone’s very clear on something. It’s very easy for someone to take action versus someone who is not clear on what they want. It’s a wishy-washy thing and they might take some action here and my take some action here and nullifies what they did over here or complete inaction. So clarity is really important.” – Michael Blank Connect with Michael Blank: Email: michael@themichaelblank.com themichaelblank.com Connect with Dave Dubeau: Property Profits Podcast www.davedubeau.com www.investorattractiondemo.com Facebook LinkedIn Enjoyed the Podcast? Please subscribe on iTunes for updates

Welcome to the Inside Yorkshire Podcast, a podcast full of stories and tales from the people of Yorkshire. Key Takeaways: So many of our great buildings have been lost, yet still many survive. Ed seeks the standing and the fallen and in turn aims to create images which look at the very fabric of our identity. "I am fascinated by the past. Our architectural heritage is a huge source of inspiration for me. The great edifices of the realm, past and present, have always conveyed a sense of power, which fails to dwindle with the passing centuries. Even the overgrown foundations of a long demolished country house hold a melancholic power, as does the shattered body of a great abbey" Valuable Resources: Ed Kluz:The Lost House Revisited  www.amazon.co.uk/Ed-Kluz-Lost-House-Revisited/dp/185894662X Place Makers exhibition is at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh which runs from the 3rd to the 27th of October. This is a joint exhibition with Vicki Ambery Smith and they are giving an informal talk in the gallery on 13th October 11-12. About the Host: Susan has been living in Yorkshire for over 30 years. She is passionate about the county she has adopted as her home and she never ceases to be amazed at the wealth of talent ‘Inside Yorkshire’ and the tales that people have to tell. About the Guest: Ed grew up in Swaledale just outside of Richmond  and he attended Richmond school where he was inspired by his art teacher Christopher Moss. They have recently had a joint exhibition at the Lotte Inch Gallery in York. Ed’s next big event is a talk at Chatsworth House with author Kate Hubbard, and after that a lecture in New York in November on lost country houses as part of the Hamilton Lecture series. His latest exhibition Place Makers is at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh which runs from the 3rd to the 27th of October. This is a joint exhibition with Vicki Ambery Smith and they are giving an informal talk in the gallery on 13th October 11-12. Contact Method for Inside Yorkshire  Susan Baty-Symes www.insideyorkshire.co.uk susan@insideyorkshire.co.uk

As some of you may know by now, I spent some time in New Zealand. While I was there I was fortunate enough to have Laurey McVicar take me under his wing. We worked side by side and I learned a great deal from him through our friendship. One such lesson came when we went to Lester Higgins’ ranch to help round up some cattle. We were pretty much just along for the ride with our dogs doing a good bit of the work. But as we got up to the pens I noticed many of the boards weren’t in good shape. Lo and behold, some of the cattle started pressing up on them and escaping one by one. Each time I yelled that some had gotten out Laurey told me, “Don’t worry mate, she’ll be alright.” Well, after about the sixth time of me shouting out Laurey finally said, “She’ll be alright, mate. She can’t get off the island.” While this cracked me up at the time, it also taught me that sometimes the right way to do things goes out the window. When that happens you need to focus on the job at hand, keep a positive attitude, and work with what you’ve got. Key Takeaways So how do you know when you need to address an issue and when you need to just let it go? Let’s say you want to have your horse lope circles, but the horse is giving you problems with just walking. This is more of an issue with basic control of your horse, and you’ll want to focus on walking before moving forward. Now, if you work up to a lope and the horse is speeding up and slowing what do you do? There’s no real safety issue here. The horse is working itself too hard and is slowing down and speeding up because it hasn’t learned to find a steady, even pace. It’s okay here to keep asking for what you want of your horse. If you know what you want is achievable by your horse, then by all means, keep asking. There is no hard and true “if that - then this” in horsemanship. Absolute answers aren’t going to crop up. You need to assess every situation based on safety, confidence, and being aware. If you lack the confidence in your ability to assess a situation, then it’s time to find someone with more experience to help you. Often times I see people doing all the right things with their horses, but they still aren’t getting anywhere. This is usually because the training lacks a grounded structure. The horse can be taught all the right things, but if taught out of order, the horse can’t piece them together. Finding a routine that stops your horse from being confused will help them progress more efficiently. Sometimes we just want to do everything right. But what happens when right just doesn’t work, like on the Higgins’ ranch? You have to learn to accept what the circumstances will allow for and be adaptable. Focus on the job at hand and leave smaller problems alone as long as there is no safety issue. Again, those cattle weren’t getting off the island. It can be quite humbling when you’re not constantly distracted by always trying to be right.

Matt LaVoie discusses the differences between developing user interfaces for yourself and being a servant designer, empathizing with customers. Matt LaVoie is a User Experience Designer at PowerDMS, and founder of the Downtown UX Meetup group in Orlando, FL. He enjoys teaching and learning about UX, gardening and building things. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/matt-lavoie-people/ Key Takeaways So many times we solve problems for ourselves, we need to solve them with other people in mind Empathize with customers - be a servant designer It doesn't matter if you know how to use it, you developed it Conduct usability sessions and have everyone on the team sit with the customers, including developers Always keep in mind that there are real people you're writing this code for Watch people use the software you build According to Forrester Research we are officially in the age of the Customer It's no longer good enough to solve a problem, it needs to serve the customer well Have a human centric development process Lean startups are about failing faster, but you dont have to launch to fail - use rapid prototyping Drawing on a napkin Balsalmiq Invite people to use it and watch them use it Are you actually building something that somebody wants? Resources Mentioned PowerDMS Forrester Research - Winning in the Age of the Customer Balsamiq downtownux.com mattplavoie.com Sponsors BookMoreNights.com - You've got the best vacation rental property, but are you getting enough clients? About Hello Tech Pros Hello Tech Pros is the daily podcast that interviews business professionals who work with technology and discuss Motivation, Productivity, Leadership, Technology, People, Entrepreneurship and Being Unplugged.