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On this episode of The Karen Kenney Show, I dive into a topic that might make some folks squirm: Sometimes, the problem really is YOU.

What if our effort to listen well actually interfered with the power of listening itself? What happens when we let go and allow listening to be about presence, depth, and genuine human connection? In this episode, we're joined by James Cook, a learning and development specialist in coaching and team development at a large global organization. With 28 years of experience in fast-moving consumer goods—spanning process development, supply chain, business optimization, and leadership—James has spent his career fostering growth and transformation. An ICF- and EMCC-accredited coach, he's deeply committed to the power of listening, not just in leadership and team development, but also in life's most critical moments. As a volunteer listener for Samaritans UK, he brings a unique perspective on the profound impact of listening in times of crisis. In this conversation, James shares personal stories and insights that have reshaped his understanding of what listening truly is—and how he applies these lessons in his daily work. We explore how deep listening builds stronger teams, fosters real connection, and even transforms lives. Enjoy listening in!   “Listening is something that we shouldn't interrupt. It's there between the two of you.” - James Cook   SUPERPOWER Notes: 02:01 – The Journey to Listening Awareness. James Cook reflects on his personal and professional experiences that led him to recognize the power of listening. 05:00 – The Birth of a New Understanding. How the arrival of his daughter with a rare skin condition opened his eyes to the need for deeper listening. 15:30 – The Impact of Crisis on Listening. Exploring how moments of personal loss drove James to volunteer as a listener for the Samaritans. 21:00 – The Power of Presence. James discusses the importance of being fully present in conversations and the impact it has on connection. 28:00 – The Role of Silence in Listening. Understanding how silence can enhance the listening experience and create deeper connections. 31:00 – Listening as a Leadership Skill. Why developing deep listening skills is essential for leaders to drive meaningful change. 38:00 – Practical Tips for Enhancing Listening Skills. James shares actionable strategies for improving listening in everyday interactions. 44:00 – The Future of Listening in Leadership. A discussion on the evolving role of listening in effective leadership and team dynamics.   Key Takeaways: "Sometimes it's not about what you can do for the other person or how good you are at listening. It's actually the offer you make to people in crisis which is your presence and just being there." - James Cook “...sometimes we see it in business meetings that we're almost going in there with an agenda... waiting to have our turn, to have our say." - James Cook “...space will allow the listening to happen, the listening will happen without me doing anything."- James Cook   Recommended podcast episode:  Oscar Trimboli Full Interview: Getting Personal and Down to Business with Listening: https://listeningalchemy.com/listen-in/oscar-trimboli-full-interview-getting-personal-and-down-to-business-with-listening/  Oscar Trimboli on Listening in Organizations and to Customers: https://listeningalchemy.com/listen-in/oscar-trimboli-on-listening-in-organizations-and-to-customers/    Resources and People Mentioned: Samaritans - A charity organization in the UK that provides a listening service for people in crisis or feeling suicidal. Oscar Trimboli - Author and speaker known for his model of the five levels of listening. Nancy Klein - Creator of the "Time to Think" methodology, which focuses on creating thinking environments for effective listening and conversation.   Connect with James Cook Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-cook-a62633/    Connect with Raquel Ark  www.listeningalchemy.com Mobile: + 491732340722 contact@listeningalchemy.com LinkedIn

Feeling overwhelmed by emotional and physical clutter after your divorce?   In this episode of The Divorce Revolution Podcast, I break down how to use the spring season as a catalyst for renewal in your post-divorce life. I share my proven two-step approach to spring cleaning both your mental and physical spaces, starting with clearing emotional clutter through a simple brain dump exercise that helps you separate fact from fiction in your thought patterns. I then explore how to reclaim your physical space through intentional changes—from redoing entire rooms to simple updates like changing bedsheets and pillows that can transform how you feel in your home.   Resources Mentioned: Sign up for ReNewU waitlist to get early access: https://products.ambershaw.com/signature-waitlist Nail Your Niche: https://ambershaw.samcart.com/products/nail-your-niche   What I Discuss: How to identify and reframe limiting thoughts that keep you up at night Why decluttering unexpected spaces can be surprisingly therapeutic Budget-friendly ways to make your space feel like yours again The power of putting away sentimental items until you're ready to address them Setting up a manageable decluttering schedule    Key Takeaways: "Sometimes the biggest transformations really just start with opening up one door, opening up one cabinet, or moving one picture frame." "You get to choose what you keep and what you leave behind."   Find more from Amber: Instagram: @msambershaw Website: ambershaw.com  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@msambershaw

Eric details his experience rescuing a red-eared slider turtle from a small aquarium where it lived in isolation for years. He purchased the turtle and named her Freedom. Initially placing her in a large pond, he realized she lacked the muscle and experience to thrive, so he began rehabilitating her. He used smaller water tubs to help her regain strength and mobility before introducing her to a larger community. Eric then describes constructing an elaborate pond and duck enclosure for Freedom and other turtles, sharing details about the build and the pond's ecosystem. He concludes by discussing filtration and maintenance, and answering audience questions about pond care.   Key Takeaways:   Sometimes, intervening in an animal's life can drastically improve its well-being, even if it seems like a common species. Patience and tailored environments are critical when rehabilitating an animal from poor living conditions. Building a suitable habitat for animals, like a pond, may require repurposing materials and a collaborative effort. Maintaining a healthy aquatic environment for multiple animals involves a commitment to filtration, aeration, and regular cleaning. Observing animals and adapting to their needs can lead to creating enriching environments that enhance their lives. Links to resources:    Contractor Sales Secrets: ContractorSalesSecrets.com   Water Garden Expo 2025: WGExpo.com   The All American Koi Show: AllAmericanKoiShow.com   Fitz Fish Ponds: Koi Trips   Book A Call With Triplett: Call with Triplett   The Pond Digger: https://theponddigger.com/   LA Pet Fair: https://www.lapetfair.com/    Atlantic-Oase: https://www.atlantic-oase.com/   You can also check out The Pond Digger's products at:   http://helixpondfiltration.com/    TWT Contractor Circle   TWT Contractor Power Circle   And follow his adventures in the pond world at: Instagram  Facebook  TikTok 

Welcome to Mind Power Meets Mystic! In this episode, Cinthia Varkevisser, your spiritual shit disturber, and Michelle Walters, the mind power, sit down with the amazing Jen Darling—a true force of nature, revenue-generating machine, and in-demand speaker. Jen shares her inspiring journey of transitioning from a successful career in corporate advertising and sales to launching Bliss Hydration and Wellness, an IV vitamin hydration and medical weight loss business.In this episode, Jen discusses:How her journey of self-discovery and constant growth led her from working in advertising sales to starting a business in health and wellness.The importance of being true to your calling and trusting that inner voice, even when the path seems uncertain.How the concept of energy, both physical and emotional, played a key role in her decision to pursue holistic wellness through IV hydration.The process of finding a balance between two seemingly different businesses—LinkedIn training and IV wellness—and how both are aligned with her personal values and purpose.Insights on authenticity in business and how it's key to building a robust and meaningful life and career.The emotional and transformative experience of moving back home to Michigan and reconnecting with family after years in California.Jen shares the powerful impact that B vitamins, IV hydration, and holistic wellness have had on her physical energy and emotional well-being, and how these experiences led her to create Bliss Hydration and Wellness. She offers valuable insights on trusting the process, overcoming challenges, and stepping into your true potential.Key Takeaways:Sometimes the calling inside you may not be a sudden realization but a lifelong process. Trust that even small steps lead to big transformations.Align your career with your personal values and passions. Authenticity and purpose in business lead to deeper fulfillment and success.Don't be afraid to change direction or pursue something new—if it's calling you, it's worth exploring.Building a business with authenticity means surrounding yourself with the right people, staying positive, and focusing on what truly energizes you.Taking action doesn't always require perfection—it's about taking consistent steps forward, even when you don't have all the answers.Resources Mentioned:Say Yes, Then Figure It Out by Jen DarlingFind Your Leadership Rhythm by Jen DarlingIncrease Your Leads with LinkedIn: 52 Tips for Sales and Success by Jen DarlingConnect with Jen Darling: Website | LinkedIn | Bliss Hydration and WellnessConnect with Us:Cinthia Varkevisser: Website | Social MediaMichelle Walters: Website | Social MediaIf you're feeling inspired and ready to take that next step in your journey, whether through mentorship or energy work, reach out to Cinthia and Michelle for one-on-one support. Let's unlock your potential and transform your...

Rejection isn't the negative we often believe it to be, it instead redirects us and our life in the right direction. Summer calls these setbacks ‘setups in disguise' and, in this episode, talks about why what we think might be best for us might not be, the power of redirection and how to learn to trust in God's plan. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes we don't know what is best for us and rejection changes our direction and puts us on the right path. Redirection is needed to protect us, so we can be given better. The universe doesn't say no, just not yet or I have something better. Rejection can be painful but if we can try and turn that pain into a catalyst for growth it can be easier to handle and help us build the best life for ourselves. BEST MOMENTS  “As humans we often have the belief that we know what is best for our lives, that our plan is the only way” “Setbacks are really setups in disguise” “Rejection can feel like a personal attack but what if we reframe this experience, transforming it from a source of pain into a catalyst for growth” HOST BIO I am Summer. A spiritual being having human experiences. From the age of 11 I have been obsessed with all things self- development; looking at it from every angle, in pursuit of finding answers for my life. Like all other humans I am figuring out. Along the way I have discovered knowledge and concepts that have changed my existence and helped navigate my youth. The process of learning and undoing, growing and evolving has lead me right here. The host of Inner wealth, where I bring together the most profound teachings I've learnt during my time here on earth; in hopes of making it a little easier for others to get to the same wisdom. Sharing the line of truth to living a prosperous life. The core of my purpose is to be of service to humanity.    CONTACT ME Follow Summer on Instagram for more insights and to stay up to date with the pod @innerwealth.podcast

Michael Melicia, the founder and CEO of Coastal Paving and Excavating, joins Taylor this week to share his remarkable journey from starting a business with just $500 to leading a thriving civil engineering and construction company. Along the way, Michael and Taylor explore the challenges of starting a business at a young age and how Michael navigated these obstacles with determination and resilience. The discussion also highlights the transformative power of social media in business growth, with our guest emphasizing how a strong online presence has been instrumental in expanding his company's reach and reputation. Additionally, Michael talks about the importance of maintaining a warrior mindset in the face of adversity, balancing family life with the demands of entrepreneurship, and the critical role of personal branding in building a successful business. Michael further delves into his unique and effective leadership style, which sets him apart in the industry, and shares his perspective on the future of Coastal Paving and the evolving landscape of content creation. He offers valuable insights on risk management and the lessons he's learned from past failures, reinforcing the idea that staying true to oneself is essential for long-term success. This episode is rich with advice on work-life balance, entrepreneurship, and strategic business growth, making it a must-listen for anyone in the industry or aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking to learn from Michael's experience and expertise. With powerful takeaways on the intersection of personal and professional development, this conversation provides listeners with the tools and inspiration needed to succeed in their own ventures. Topics: The journey from $500 to a successful paving and excavating business The impact of social media on business growth The challenges and rewards of starting a business at a young age The importance of a warrior mindset in entrepreneurship Balancing family life with business responsibilities The role of personal branding in business success Michael's unorthodox and effective leadership style The future of Coastal Paving and content creation  Key Takeaways: "Sometimes you're just two letters away from being what you need to be to get the job done: a warrior or a worrier." "Starting a business is all about effort at the end of the day." "I want to live forever a little bit through my personal brand and my story." "Business takes sacrifice, but the balance with family is what creates a healthy ecosystem." "If you can't read the energy of other humans, you're missing a crucial skill in business." "Every failure is a lesson – learn from it, adjust, and move forward." "I want to create a legacy, something big to leave behind." "You need to water your plants at home for them to give you the oxygen to grow your business." "Whoever you are when the camera's off, that's who you should be when the camera's on." "High risk, high reward – it's all about managing that balance." As always, thank you to our good friends over at Komatsu for sponsoring this podcast: https://www.komatsu.com/ Links: Taylor White on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-white-9881a5170/?originalSubdomain=ca To see highlights from the 2023 show, go to: https://www.conexpoconagg.com/show-experience/show-highlights Komatsu: https://www.komatsu.com/ Coastal Paving and Excavating:  https://coastalpavingex.com/ Coastal Paving Instagram: coastalpaving_ex Michael's Instagram:  michael_a_melicia

Welcome to this week's True Fiction Project Podcast. During this special episode, we are mashing up two fantasy fiction author interviews and true fiction pieces from season 4! These episodes include Mr. Taffles Pants of Insanity and New Rock, New Role. Both stories have unique plots and are sure to make you laugh! Tune in today to hear interview snippets and full story stories from each episode! Find the link to the full episode in the notes below.IN THIS EPISODE:[1:37]  Interview snippet of Daniel Finkel discussing his life on the other side of Hollywood.[3:04] Short story Mr. Taffles Pants of Insanity by Daniel Finkel. [13:34] Interview snippet of Richard Sparks discussing how he entered into fantasy writing. [15:42] Short story New Rock, New Role by Richard Sparks.KEY TAKEAWAYS:Sometimes your fun projects that seem crazy can actually turn into something big! You never know what will change your life, one second you could walk out on a stage and be unknown, and the next you could be a star walking off the stage.Fiction Credits:Mr. Taffles Pants of InsanityA short story written and read by: Daniel FinkelDaniel Finkel's Personal Facebook Page | Daniel Finkel's Instagram | Trailer for the Audiobook New Rock, New RoleA short story written and read by: Richard SparksRichard Spark's Website | Richard Spark's Facebook | Richard Spark's Instagram | Buy New Rock New Role Fantasy Novel Today!RESOURCESSeason 4 - Episode 8: Mr. Taffles Pants of InsanitySeason 4 - Episode 5: New Rock, New Role  Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/true-fiction-project/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In episode 104 of The Business Development Podcast, host Kelly Kennedy and guest Connor Nichols share their personal journeys into the world of business development. Both individuals recount how they initially pursued different paths, only to find themselves unexpectedly drawn to business development. They reflect on the emotional and transformative nature of discovering their passion for the field, highlighting the pivotal role of personal connections and influential mentors in shaping their career trajectories. The episode delves into Connor's experiences at NAIT, where he encountered diverse perspectives and honed their communication skills, ultimately leading him to embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic.Throughout the episode, Kelly and Connor's parallel narratives underscore the universal themes of self-discovery, adaptation, and the power of mentorship in the business development industry. Their candid reflections offer valuable insights for aspiring professionals and underscore the importance of remaining open to unexpected opportunities and continuously evolving in the dynamic landscape of business development. The episode serves as a testament to the transformative impact of personal connections, resilience, and a willingness to embrace change in pursuing a fulfilling career in the field.Key Takeaways: Sometimes career paths can unexpectedly shift, leading individuals to pursue roles they hadn't initially considered.Personal connections and recommendations can influence career choices, leading individuals to explore new opportunities.College and university experiences can provide valuable exposure to diverse perspectives and help individuals develop adaptability and communication skills.Influential mentors and professors can play a significant role in shaping career aspirations and providing industry insights.Networking and relationship building are crucial components of career success, particularly in fields like marketing and business development.Industry-focused education and practical experiences, such as client presentations and promotional campaigns, can prepare individuals for real-world challenges.The COVID-19 pandemic presented both difficulties and opportunities for personal growth and self-improvement.Independence and adaptability are valuable traits that can help individuals navigate challenging circumstances, such as transitioning to remote learning during the pandemic.Embracing change and finding the positive aspects in difficult situations can lead to personal and professional development.Family influences and early experiences can shape individuals' values and attitudes towards independence and self-reliance.

In Episode 58 of The Business Development Podcast, host Kelly Kennedy interviews Cole Rosentreter, the founder and CEO of Pegasus, a technology company based in UAV aerospace. Cole shares his journey from his military career to founding and leading a successful technology company. He talks about his love for aviation, his experiences in the military, and the critical decision-making skills he developed. Cole also emphasizes the importance of gaining experience and proving oneself in the business world. Pegasus has achieved remarkable success, with partnerships and clients including notable entities such as the Government of Alberta, Boeing, Thales, and Canadian Pacific Railway. They have also received prestigious awards, such as the Prince's Trust Global Sustainability Award.Overall, this episode highlights the story of Cole Rosentreter, a veteran turned entrepreneur, and his path to success with Pegasus. It provides insights into the challenges and rewards of starting a technology company and the value of gaining experience in the business world. Listeners can gain inspiration and learn from Cole's entrepreneurial journey.Key Takeaways:Sometimes important decisions are made without even realizing it.Don't rush into university or a degree if you're unsure about what you want to do.Some decisions in life may be unclear or forgotten, but they can still shape your future.The experience of serving in the military can provide valuable skills and opportunities.Building relationships and adding value in business should be prioritized over short-term gains.Technology and innovation can have a significant impact in various industries, including aerospace.The military experience can shape an individual's perspective and drive them to pursue meaningful work.Success is not guaranteed or permanent, and it requires ongoing effort and adaptability.

This episode features an interview with Matteo Pomoni, Global Head of Retail Daily Banking and Funds Entrusted at ING. Matteo joined ING in 2004 occupying various positions within the local Italian retail organization. Previously, he served global companies such as Campari Group and L'Oréal. In Matteo's current role, he manages key retail business lines across 10 countries and leads global centers of expertise for sustainability and customer experience.In this episode, Kailey and Matteo discuss do's and don'ts of customer obsession, coping with channel competition, and key moments of truth in data.-------------------Key Takeaways:Sometimes, organizations think they know what's important to customers, however data may be telling you a different story. If you identify key moments of truth when handling onboarding or customer complaints, you can create a seamless and consistent customer experience.Customer expectations are changing rapidly. To keep up with the customer's change of pace, you need to offer them personalized and instant solutions. You have to show up for them when it matters most and meet them where they are.Customer complaints should not be limited to the front end office. Everyone in the organization should know and feel the pain points of customers. That way, everyone shares the same goal of providing a superior customer experience.-------------------“We ask the clients, ‘What really makes a difference?' What are the moments of truth that make a client become an advocate of your organization or a detractor of your organization? We like to think that what we believe is important, is important for our client, but sometimes things are different. I would like to think that my onboarding process is a key moment of truth. But, sometimes you discover that when they file a complaint, that is much more a key moment of truth than when they onboard on your bank.” – Matteo Pomoni-------------------Episode Timestamps:‍*(02:34) - Matteo's career journey*(06:28) - Challenges in the omnichannel customer experience at ING*(16:47) - How Matteo identifies key moments of truth in customer data*(21:54) - Do's and don'ts of customer obsession*(27:53) - An example of another company doing it right with customer engagement (hint: it's Apple and Disney)*(30:44) - Changes in the next 6-12 months in customer engagement*(31:38) - Matteo's recommendations for upleveling customer experience strategies-------------------Links:Connect with Matteo on LinkedInConnect with Kailey on LinkedInLearn more about Caspian Studios-------------------SponsorGood Data, Better Marketing is brought to you by Twilio Segment. In today's digital-first economy, being data-driven is no longer aspirational. It's necessary. Find out why over 20,000 businesses trust Segment to enable personalized, consistent, real-time customer experiences by visiting Segment.com

So, you ask your spirit guides for a sign, and you get it…big time. Now what do you do? In this episode, our guest Heather asked her guides to show her the next steps in her career and got the strong message that it was time to take a big leap. The only problem is she's not sure that she's ready to follow their guidance. Tune in as the guides support Heather in learning to listen more deeply to her own spirit guides and trust herself more in navigating this life changing decision.   Key Takeaways: - Sometimes our spiritual guidance feels so natural to us, that we don't even recognize it as guidance. A big part of developing your intuition is discovering how it is already working for you.  - Our intuition does not always give us the entire answer at once, so we must be content to follow the breadcrumbs. -We have free will to choose and create our lives as we see fit. Our guides cannot give you information about a future that you haven't created yet!  - Fear can block us from hearing our intuitive guidance and/or following those intuitive nudges. It's important to remember that you always have free will, and can go at the pace that is most comfortable for you.  - Intuition is receptive and cannot be forced. Ask a question, let it go, and wait to receive it.   Listen to previous episodes about Spirit Guides on the Intuitive Connection Podcast here: Episode 5 - Connecting with Your Spiritual Support Team (Spirit Guides): https://victoriashawintuitive.com/podcast/connecting-with-your-spiritual-support-team-spirit-guides/  Episode 116 - Communicating with Your Spirit Guides: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/podcast/ep-116-communicating-with-your-spirit-guides/  Episode 131 - How Do I Connect with My Spirit Guides? A Reading with Monica: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/podcast/ep-131-how-do-i-connect-with-my-spirit-guides-a-reading-with-monica/  Episode 145 - Who Are My Spirit Guides: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/podcast/ep-145-who-are-my-spirit-guides/   Connect with your soul tribe in the Intuitive Connection Premier Community! Enjoy 30% off with code INAUGURAL23: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages/46947  Awaken the magic in you and experience a one-of-a-kind in-person retreat experience at Cactus Blossom Retreat in Escondido, California: https://cactusblossomretreat.com Did you know I offer intuitive readings and coaching sessions to clients all over the world? You can book your session here: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/packages?provider_id=13555 Connect and learn with me here: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/ www.instagram.com/victoriashawintuitive https://www.facebook.com/victoriashawintuitivecounseling/  If you would like to connect with other like-minded souls, take a deeper dive into the topics discussed in these episodes, or learn more about how to awaken to your own inner magnificence, please join us in my Facebook group, Intuitive Connection Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Intuitiveconnectioncommunity Are you ready to take the next steps in awakening your intuition? Please enjoy and download a copy of my Free Activate Your Intuition Ebook: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/free-e-book/ If you would like to take a deeper dive into leveraging the power of your intuition, please check out my self-paced, online course, Activating Your Intuition at: https://victoriashawintuitive.com/courses/activating-your-intuition/ On Clubhouse: @victoriashaw Books can be found: https://bookshop.org/shop/Victoriashawintuitive Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Bookshop.org and I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan, your host, welcomes Patrick Kucharson to today's episode. Patrick is a B-gift-giver by nature; he runs Better Gift Coach, a free newsletter that is a weekly 1-minute shortcut to always having awesome gift ideas well in advance. Each week, he enjoys sharing a story of the best gift someone has ever received, analyzing it, and providing guidance on how others can replicate it.   Key Takeaways: Sometimes all you want is for people to be present. Give people the gifts they want to receive, not what you want to give. Patrick talks about gifts given in times of crisis; he highlights one of his episodes called What someone grieving really needs. Offer three ways in which you could help a grieving person; this way, they could have choices. Some grievers are not ready to tell what they need. When thinking of a gift, offer the most lasting value you can offer them. Best gifts are often not the most expensive, but they usually are handmade and personally crafted for the receiver. If you really want to make an impact, mark the special day in your calendar so that when the anniversary of the event comes, you can make sure this particular person will receive something special from you. Patrick lists several presents that could be really impactful for a grieving person. Sometimes “I owe you…” gifts could be the best idea; this way, the griever can choose when to collect his or her gift. Patrick shares a particular story from a subscriber.   Resources Tendrilsofgrief.com Email Susan: susan@tendrilsofgrief.com   After the Shock: Getting You Back On the Road to Resilience When Crisis Hits You Head On, by Becky Sansbury    Meet Patrick Kucharson Learn more about Better Gift Coach Newsletter: The free Better Gift Coach newsletter is a 1-minute-a-week shortcut to always having awesome gift ideas well in advance. Every week, the free newsletter shares an entertaining story of the best gift someone has ever received, analysis on what made it special, and tips on how you can do your own version of that gift. The newsletter has been featured in the New York Times, Real Simple Magazine, and Yahoo!  

Seth Morozowski is a former K9 Deputy and has started two companies. He was a devout atheist for many years but has seen a radical transformation over the past few months.On this episode:Seth shares how he was never taught how to process his emotions.Hear how growing up in a difficult home environment helped direct Seth's journey into law enforcement.Joseph and Seth discuss the hardships of the faith journey.Seth opens up about his struggles with alcoholism and the deep depression he found himself in.Key Takeaways:Sometimes you have to see the monster within to truly change.Build a support system around yourself.Christ forgives you, and you can forgive yourself - but don't forget where you came from.Connect with Joseph James:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpnFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

Would you ever take the chance of faking a sponsorship? In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I sit down with Robby Berger, also known as Bob Does Sports, and chat about his journey from being a doorman at The Four Seasons Hotel to being a multi-millionaire content creator. In just a little over two years, Bob has built up an enormous following through different platforms and gigs, such as Bob Does Sports and The Brilliantly Dumb Podcast. He shares with us how he got Yamaha to be his first podcast sponsor, how much money he makes from sponsorships, and how he built a team from scratch. Bob also shares what his morning routine is like and why he believes his audience got so engaged with his content so quickly in the game.  Robby Berger is a podcast host known as the personality "Bobby Fairways" that hosts both the podcast The Brilliantly Dumb Show, and its offshoot show, Bob Does Sports, which is popular on Instagram. Both shows focus on comedy and his fandom for sports, mostly the sport of golf.  What we discuss: 00:28: About Bob 05:18: Why did Bob get a job at The Four Seasons? 15:31: When did Bob quit The Four Seasons? 18:55: Who was Bob's first sponsor? 24:40: Who was Joey cold-cuts? 29:28: How did Bob grow his audience? 38:21: What did Bob do when he stopped getting paid? 44:01: What happened when Bob started filming golf content? 45:15: Who's idea was Breezy Golf? 49:17: How much money is Bob making? 54:16: Who is Bob's manager? 55:29: What is Bob's sponsorship pricing? 59:20: Is it a real golf tournament that Bob is a part of? 01:04:04: What ownership does Bob have in these different businesses? 01:07:13: Why did Bob break up with his girlfriend? 01:13:42: What deals does Bob have going on right now? 01:18:26: Where are Bob's favorite bagels from? 01:20:54: What is Bob's morning routine? 01:27:56: How did Bob's audience get so engaged? 01:29:17: What food does Bob eat? 01:46:52: Where to learn more about Bob? Key Takeaways: Sometimes you have to fake it until you make it if you want to experience success. While Bob Does Sports has a huge audience and plenty of major sponsors today, he started by faking a year-long sponsorship with Windex to lure potential sponsors in. This allowed him to play his cards right and lock down his first real sponsor, Yamaha. Building a team that cares as much about the business as you do is the key to building something big and worthwhile. In Bob's experience, he once reached a point where he had no money to pay his editor and he continued to support his content and work for free because he believed in Bob. If it weren't for his editor, he wouldn't have the massive audience and success he has today.  Monetizing your audience is something you should look at like any other type of business. There is more than just one way you can generate revenue and it's certainly not good practice to rely on one source of revenue. In Bob's case, he makes money through Cameo videos, sponsorships, ads, and merch, and eventually built a Golfing brand.  To learn more about Bob: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brilliantlydumb/ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@thebrilliantlydumbshow8757 Thank you to our sponsors: This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/hustle This episode is sponsored by Organifi. Visit organifi.com/hustle and use the code HUSTLE to save 20% on your order  My links: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seth Morozowski is a former K9 Deputy and has started two companies. He was a devout atheist for many years but has seen a radical transformation over the past few months.On this episode:Seth shares how he was never taught how to process his emotions.Hear how growing up in a difficult home environment helped direct Seth's journey into law enforcement.Joseph and Seth discuss the hardships of the faith journey.Seth opens up about his struggles with alcoholism and the deep depression he found himself in.Key Takeaways:Sometimes you have to see the monster within to truly change.Build a support system around yourself.Christ forgives you, and you can forgive yourself - but don't forget where you came from.Connect with Joseph James:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpnFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/

In this week's episode, we learn the story of Trent Crawford. At age 27, Trent was involved in a hunting accident where he fell from a tree and broke his back leaving him partially paralyzed from the waist down with little hope of walking again. He didn't let his paralysis stop him from living his best life. He walks, is a husband and father, and lives life on his terms. He has a great story of overcoming.  Key Takeaways  - Sometimes you just have to deal with what life throws at you. - If you can overcome the tough problems, everyday problems are easy. - In overcoming adversity, it helps to have a great attitude. - Someone always has it worse than you do.   - There is no substitution for hard work.  - To get through tough times, know yourself and know what motivates you.  - It's okay to rely on others for help to get you back on your feet.     This episode was made possible by: Hand Arendall Harrison Sale  Buy Rod's Book "Get Back Up" >>> Buy Here Learn more about & contact Rod Cate:Rod Cate Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Have you ever met someone who you immediately just click with? Well, that's exactly how it went when today's guest, Amy Collins, and I met at Wedding MBA in November 2022. Amy is the owner of Collins Off Main, a beautiful and unique venue in Chelsea, Michigan which is a city in the greater Detroit area. Since meeting we've planned and hosted a 2 day workshop at her venue where we shared the GSD Framework business owners from all over the country! Opening a venue was definitely a shift for Amy and her family. Amy is an industry leader in event design with over two decades of experience. She and her family moved from California to Chelsea, MI and Amy was spending many hours traveling back and forth to continue working with her clients in the Santa Barbara area, however after months of this she decided there had to be a change. That's when she and her husband decided to create something different, something new for the city of Chelsea, they brought their talent and knowledge together to create a space for everyone, The Collins Off Main, as well as, soon to open The Collins at the Clock Tower.  By embracing change Amy has grown an amazing business and space that leaves a lasting impression on the guests who walk through its doors. Listen in to hear more about Amy's journey! Main Topics: *Many times change is the pathway to growth, don't let fear rule your path *Time is precious, spend your time doing what matters most to you *Growing a business is never easy, build a team who wants to see the vision through Key Takeaways: *Sometimes we don't always know how to communicate with others until we dive deeper into their personality *Learn from change and grow from it *Knowing how to communicate with your team and vendors is key to success! More About Our Guest: Amy Collins is a nationally recognized and award-winning wedding expert who has been featured in US News & World Report, Bloomberg, Value Penguin and the National Association of Women Business Owners along with other leading news agencies. She is an industry leader on event design and build-from-scratch weddings, events and festivals. With over two decades of experience her knowledge is sought heavily by industry peers and colleagues alike. Over the last two years Amy has been opening two of Detroit's hottest wedding venues, The Collins off Main & The Collins at the Clocktower; urban, chic, industrial venues for today's trendy client. Amy is an avid volunteer and spends her time working to end human trafficking through legislative advocacy in Junior League along with helping to propel women entrepreneurs into economic, social, and political spheres of power worldwide by volunteering on two National committees for NAWBO.

Are you willing to be cocooned in the adversity process to emerge stronger and beautifully ready to glide into success? How must we strive to embrace our struggles and keep on fighting?   Life is a journey of ups and downs, successes and failures, and joy and pain. At times, we struggle with various challenges that threaten to weigh us down. When we encounter challenges, our natural response may be to give up and retreat. However, it is important to remember that struggle is an essential part of life.  How we respond to it determines our success or failure. We should not let struggle strangle us; instead, allow it to strengthen us. It is important to remember that every battle has a purpose. It can help us grow and become stronger. Challenges can teach us important life lessons that we would not have learned otherwise.    Through struggle, we develop the skills and knowledge necessary to achieve our goals. We may struggle with failures and setbacks, but through these struggles, we develop humility, resilience, discipline, and love for what we do. Therefore, we must keep moving forward, wait for our God-given opportunities, and prepare ourselves to be entrusted with them. Remember that those passionate about their dreams will pursue them regardless of the adversities and obstacles they face. Their passion will keep them focused and on track. Hence, we must also recognize that we can learn essential life lessons and develop character and resilience through positively coping with our daily battles. Thus, we should embrace struggle as an opportunity for growth and development.  Then persevere and never give up in the face of adversity.   Chef Roderick Hollins is a passionate chef, culinary instructor, trainer, and food fanatic chef who works at one of the largest private companies in America, US Foods. Chef Rod grew up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and was raised in a single-parent home. He graduated from Jones College in South Mississippi with an Associate of Arts in Food Production Management. Today, Chef Rod is traveling the United States and doing food shows. He goes into restaurants and develops new products for menus. Chef Rod also does kitchen visits regarding the company's latest products that they would release.   In this special episode with Chef Roderick Hollins, we'll learn about the fantastic journey of a man who encountered the highs and lows in life and chased his passion despite the bitter taste of his circumstances. Be captivated by his story and how God shifted his hopeless life into a blessed and more fulfilling one.   "Don't let struggle strangle you; let it strengthen. It would be best if you embraced your struggles." – Chef Roderick Hollins   Topics Covered: (00:00:00) Introduction + Episode Snippet (00:00:42) Introducing our special guest, Chef Roderick Hollins. (00:01:33) How Chef Roderick gets into the game of cooking (00:02:17) Let struggle strengthen you. (00:03:40) Follow what you love to do (00:04:18) Traditional Mentality: Get a job with good insurance. (00:05:37) Find where your value lies. (00:07:00) When God stepped in during Chef Roderick's challenging moments (00:08:07) The essence of sharing your pain points (00:09:08) Your passion will add value to your character. (00:10:16) Taking a leap of faith in entrepreneurship. (00:11:53) An entrepreneurial mindset: Discipline and Consistency  (00:13:20) Don't try to do everything yourself: Buy people's time  (00:14:53) Quick Reminder: Are you enjoying this episode? Please share it, leave a five-star review, and give feedback. Go to TimeOut with the SportsDr website.  (00:15:35) Surround yourself with people older than you.  (00:16:12) There is got to be more to life than failures. (00:18:03) US Foods: God will open a door of significant opportunity. (00:20:32) Life experiences: The menu of Roderick's inspiration (00:21:30) Serve your competitors: Success requires servanthood.  (00:23:20) There's a blessing on the other side of adversity. (00:24:11) The journey of a beautiful teacup. (00:26:14) Are you willing to go through adversity to be made beautifully ready? (00:28:29) Never quit. Keep going. (00:28:53) What can you do for love? (00:29:19) Connect with Chef Roderick Hollins.   Key Takeaways:     "Sometimes life will knock the life out of you, but you got to let life strengthen you, and you got to keep moving forward." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "A lot of times in the school system, we give up on students instead of seeing what they love to do." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "A couple of generations back, the mentality was to get a job that has good insurance. To not take chances because chances will make you broke instead get an education, a thing that was just to tried and true." – Dr. Derrick Burgess   "I didn't realize that the Lord was all I needed until the Lord was all I had. I didn't have anything else. I didn't have anybody else." – Chef Roderick Hollins    "I believe everyone in their life is going to have a pivotal point whereas you can either go down, stay where you are, or else move forward in your life." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "When you start to reveal some of the pain points and setbacks that you had to overcome, you become more realistic and more somebody that people can identify with you with." – Dr. Derrick Burgess   "As the carpenter builds the house, the house builds the carpenter." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "Once you give your life over to God, no matter what kind of adversity you've got, he can use you in that capacity to change other people's lives." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "As you move forward, you must pick up different tools from each experience like you're building a nest." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "Surround yourself with people that are older than you and have been in the game longer than you." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "Sometimes in life, you think that you were above things when you made it to the point of success, and you may feel like you are above certain things. But that's when you start to let your guard down." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "If you can just give God eight minutes, he can do more in eight minutes than you can do in a lifetime." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "If you want to go to the top, you got to be a servant." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "I had to go through the ovens. I had to go through the wheel. I used to be that lump of clay, and I still don't feel like I'm ready yet." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "As you move forward, you must pick up different tools from each experience like you're building a nest." – Chef Roderick Hollins   "Life will challenge you; obstacles will test you, but it's what you got on the inside that's going to determine if you fail or if you make it through." – Dr. Derrick Burgess    "Stop looking at what love could do for you and look at what you can do for love." – Chef Roderick Hollins     Connect with Chef Roderick Hollins:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chef_rod_h/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roderick-hollins-b3219b85/   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/channel/UCHGDu1zT4K_X6PnYELu8weg 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. 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The new year is the perfect time of year to reflect upon what has gone before. In this episode, Jeannette talks about the lessons she has learned from the year gone by, the goals we should try to focus on in 2023, and how we can use the events of 2022 in order to ensure our success in the year ahead. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Sometimes we can be so busy chasing the next thing and moving forward, that we miss the chance to reflect upon what we've gained and lost, and take the teachings from both. We could never have anticipated that the economy would be as unstable and damaged as it was. There was initial growth, but some decisions have left us even worse off. If you're relying on a single source of income, then it might be time to think about diversifying now in order to fortify your financial prospects in 2023. It doesn't matter how tough things get, there will always be the chance to find opportunities. Even when markets are bad, it means good things for someone. BEST MOMENTS 'This is the perfect time to reflect' 'Risk can leave you in a vulnerable position' 'My aim is to help as many people as possible to be the best versions of themselves' 'Opportunities are everywhere' This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It's never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you'd like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette's linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot VALUABLE RESOURCES Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970 ABOUT THE HOST Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development. Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.  CONTACT THE HOST Jeannette's linktree - https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/ YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsU57ZGoPhm55_X0qF16_Q LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot Facebook - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot/ Email - info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com Podcast Description Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big' international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true' to yourself is the order of the day.Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfootSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest for the second episode in this series is Ivy Slater, CEO of Slater Success; a boutique training, consulting and coaching company. Ivy joins Coach Keren to talk about her own midlife crisis to awakening story, that all started with a breakdown in a Starbucks line, and through her moment of reckoning at the realization that her dreams of becoming a dancer had somehow ended in a career in printing. From there, Ivy pivoted, and she shares how she navigated this monumental change and how she got to where she is today.  This season will be entirely dedicated to the midlife crisis and turning it around into the best time of your life. Join as we answer your questions on how to navigate the big changes that occur or signal this stage transition. The ride itself might be rough, but Coach Keren is here to help you get to the other side.    IN THIS EPISODE: [02:25] Ivy shares her story of crisis to awakening [10:00] If you're faced, too, with career stagnation - here's how to do a career change right [15:04] How to find your support team through the midlife crisis and leaning on them   KEY TAKEAWAYS:  Sometimes, we have to break down in order to build up new and better things Talk to everyone you know and do “Market Research” when you are thinking about change during a midlife crisis.  From changing careers to partners, you might be surprised at what you find if you take the time to sort through Midlife doesn't have to be scary- it can be a huge catalyst for change Finding people around you who tell you the truth and support you is the greatest asset on this journey   RESOURCE LINKS Slatersuccess.com Her Success Story | Podcast on Spotify Her Success Story | Apple Podcasts Kereneldad.com https://kereneldad.com/resetretreat/   BIO:   Ivy Slater is the CEO of Slater Success, a boutique training, consulting and coaching company focused on growth strategies and leadership development for high-level, service-based businesses. Ivy is a professionally certified business coach, speaker, internationally bestselling author and podcast host. She's scaled her own two businesses to multiple 6 & 7 -figures and speaks nationwide on the topics of leadership, sustainable growth and the value of relationships. In 2020, she was a recipient of a Power Women of New York and of Long Island award, presented by Schneps Media.   QUOTES:  “When we're full down, the greatest strength is in the pulling of ourselves back up.” -Ivy Slater “We are very unwilling to burn it all to the ground and then essentially be left naked as we pivot into our next phase, but it has to be done in order to bridge that gap between where you are and where you are going next.” -Keren Eldad

Dawn welcomes back award-winning and internationally renowned professional consultant Doug Gordon to the show in a brand new episode of Wake Up To Real Love. Together they discuss how to create happy and healthy relationships, the need for emotional intelligence and how the energy of love encapsulates us all.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Sometimes the love you have for someone will always remain and needs not to change, however, the relationship may need to change because it may not be helpful or healthy for anyone in its current capacity.  The encapsulating energy of love, energy and connection never alienates or discriminates against anybody in this world. Religions are like rivers, they're all beautiful but they're all just different paths to the sea.  The biggest reason why we have wars in this world is that we all have opinions. We all have one. It's so important to make sure that we really understand each other with empathy and compassion and emotional intelligence. We need to respect and appreciate other people's perspectives, where they are and where they come from.  For all relationships in life to work you need to rely on terms of conscious communication and active listening, not just listening, but actually hearing and listening to the conditions, expectations, needs, and values of someone.  Many of us lack emotional intelligence, lack the feeling of safety and the ability to trust in ourselves, we lack a sense of love.  BEST MOMENTS “The main problem with my marriage was that I encountered a near-death experience and that experience changed me.”“It was like I was encapsulated in it, connected to everything and there was no man with a beard, but there was a living, conscious, loving energy that was surrounding me.”“The biggest power in the world is your inner power and that comes from love.” CONTACT METHODhttps://www.instagram.com/theawakeningwithdawndawn@theawakeningwithdawn.com ABOUT THE HOSTDawn Rishárd, M.A. with 20 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor, Marriage and Family Systems, I empower people to release the past, open their hearts, and receive the love they desire. I have a soft spot to help women struggling in their marriages as I did. As an Intuitive Healer, I help unlock Self Love, Clarity, and Connection, despite the challenges. I am an expert at restoring people's intimacy in life and love. ABOUT THE GUESTDoug Gordon is an award-winning and internationally renowned professional consultant, TEDx speaker,  and CEO and corporate trainer known in national newspapers for growing an asset management business from $50m pa sales to $1.75Bn pa.Doug is a certified mental wellness practitioner, master teacher and healer of the five modalities. He is also an ex-premiere National League hockey player, radio presenter, Global Goodwill Ambassador and recipient of an award for his Contribution to Humanity and the Global Women's Magazine. CONTACT METHODhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-gordon-216091b/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, and bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let's dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. In today's episode, Jenn discusses everything related to our immune system. She breaks down each component of the immune system, how they work, and what can positively and negatively impact these areas. She talks about autoimmune diseases and how to manage them. Jenn also discusses food sensitivities and allergies and how to catch them before they become full-blown issues. Tune in to learn how to keep our bodies and immune systems happy and healthy.IN THIS EPISODE:●   [6:02] Understanding the immune system. ●   [8:41] Understanding white blood cells. ●   [10:50] What are antibodies? ●   [14:39] What is the complement system?  ●   [16:38] What is the purpose of the spleen? ●   [17:52] What is bone marrow? ●   [19:32] What is the thymus? ●   [21:24] What do we overlook as part of the immune system?●   [29:50] Lifestyle pieces that suppress our immune system.●   [34:13] Disorders of the immune system.●   [37:27] What is autoimmune? Overactive vs. underactive immune system.●   [40:36] What are food sensitivities, and how does our immune system impact them? ●   [43:40] What foods should we avoid to keep our immune systems functioning well? ●   [47:00] What nutrients are most beneficial for keeping the immune system in balance?●   [58:40] What does aloe help with?KEY TAKEAWAYS:●   Sometimes when you aren't feeling well, detoxing is happening in your body. Leave it alone, drink tea, and go for a walk, but don't try to suppress the process so the healing can complete. ●   Our skin makes sure that we aren't falling ill from everything we come in contact with. It is also an organ and can show many things occurring inside our bodies. Typically when they show up on the skin, we have another issue going on inside the body. ●   Your allergies can change. Every seven years, our bodies change which can change our allergies!QUOTES: “Our body, our immune system, remembers all of the things that it has fought, ever. And our blood cells are known as memory cells. That means that when something shows up again, it recognizes it, it can destroy it, and it doesn't make us feel sick in the same way. So there's massive support that we get for our overall health from the immune system, way beyond just thinking that it turns on when we need it. It's here all the time in so many different ways.” - Jenn Trepeck“The role of a fever is essentially the body raising its temperature to kill the pathogen. Sometimes a fever can be really helpful; certainly, it can be uncomfortable, and we may take some things to help with the fever because if the fever gets too high, there can be issues there, but a fever triggers the body to do other things too. To start to repair, it's a function of the immune system, so it's an indication that our immune system is turning on and working and fighting something.” - Jenn Trepeck“Just like Goldilocks, we're looking for it (our immune system) to be just right.”  - Jenn TrepeckRESOURCES:Become A Member of Salad with a Side of FriesJenn's Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram

Are the systems I share on this show and in Free Time just a “Jenny Blake Thing?” Rest assured, the answer is no! If you don't see yourself as a tech geek or systems person, have no fear—Terri Trespicio is here to share her journey with implementing the principles and the difference she is seeing in her life and business as a result. More About Terri: Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, brand advisor, and author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You (Atria / Simon & Schuster, December 2021). Her TEDx talk Stop Searching for Your Passion has more than 7 million views, and Hubspot named her one of the Top 18 female speakers who are killing it.

Episode Summary In today's episode, Fobby Naghmi is joined by Clayton Jones, VP of Credit Risk-Mortgage at First Option Mortgage, Mark Thomas, EVP at Truly Mortgage, a division of Amerifirst Financial Inc, and Phil Brousseau, SVP of TPO Underwriting at EPM. We get into the future of the mortgage industry using social media, the human aspect of underwriting, maintaining diligence, and some of the craziest files received throughout their careers. Key Takeaways · “Sometimes a quick ‘no' is the best response.” · “Breaking a habit requires energy, so we all resist because we don't want to spend that energy.” · “It's about being thorough, and it's about being consistent, and it's about doing the right thing.” Topics Discussed · [02:31] Where the mortgage industry is headed. · [04:42] Is this a new market? · [06:00] Credit tightening and credit loosening. · [08:20] Using social media. · [12:16] The human side of underwriting. · [17:40] Managing emotions. · [21:35] Underwriting for third parties vs employees. · [25:36] The “feel good condition.” · [29:27] Touches. · [30:42] Credit scores. · [34:47] Maintaining diligence. · [38:45] Crazy files. Relevant Links LinkedIn: Clay Jones. Mark Thomas. Phil Brousseau. Follow the podcast: www.laughlendandeat.com Host: Fobby Naghmi.

About Kute Blackson: He is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He speaks at countless events that he organizes around the world as well as outside events including A-Fest, Young Presidents Organization, and the Entrepreneur's Organization. He is a member of the transformational leadership council, a select group of 100 of the world's foremost authorities in the personal development industry and he's a winner of the 2019 Unity New Thought Walden Award. He is widely considered to be a next-generation leader in this field of personal development. His mission is simple: to awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically and fulfill their true life's purpose.    In this episode, Jordan and Kute discuss: There is a profound revolution happening on the planet Empowerment from letting go  A different perspective on how the generations are relating A critical gift of the greatest leaders Key Takeaways Sometimes your soul guides you to do something that may not make sense nor be convenient at the moment. Listen to your soul because it will lead you to where you are meant to be.  One of the greatest gifts a leader can give is for others to be able to see who you really are when they can't see themselves. When they look into your eyes they don't see their own BS, they see their magnificence You can't control the ocean, but you can control how you surf the waves. It is the same with life, you can't control what happens but you control the meaning that you give to it. Surrender is about letting go of control - it's letting go of trying to force and manipulate how you think life should be - so that you can truly be available and open to the authentic life that is seeking to truly happen.  The younger generation needs to recognize that people older than them have paved the way for the kind of life they are able to live right now. They must respect their wisdom and experience. Older generations too have a responsibility to give respect, to empower, and to exemplify true leadership to the younger generations. Mutual respect is necessary.  The only way we will truly evolve is to honor the blessing of both the newer generation and the older generation. The younger generation must recognize that the older generation may have the wisdom that they newer generation lacks while the newer generation has the progress and new ideas that the older generation are reluctant to accept.  “When you find your true purpose, that's when the real challenges begin and those challenges are like soul tests that you have to go through and order to grow through to prepare you to develop the mental, emotional, psychological, spiritual muscle to be able to fulfill your true destiny.” —  Kute Blackson   Check out Kute's latest book, “The Magic of Surrender: Finding the Courage to Let Go” by clicking on this link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LMJ8YQF/  Connect with Kute Blackson:   Website: https://kuteblackson.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kute-blackson-35755519/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/kuteblackson  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kuteblacksonlovenow  Instagram: http://instagram.com/kuteblackson  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KuteBlackson/  Books: https://www.amazon.com/Kute-Blackson/e/B01F4GXVOQ/  Connect with Jordan:  For executives wanting a complimentary executive coaching conversation: jordan@jordangoldrich.com  Website: www.workplacewarriorinc.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordangoldrich1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordan.goldrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordangoldrich/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgoldrich/  

Being an entrepreneur is not always an easy path to go down. Keeping your vision alive and continuously working on your goals can seem daunting. On this episode of Inspired Living, Keri shares her tips for getting through the season of life you're in and how to align your gifts and your goals so you can live your most inspired life possible. IN THIS EPISODE: [03:00] Keri shares about her background.  [09:30] Pivoting and reimagining new possibilities.  [14:00] Surround yourself with like-minded individuals.  [19:00] Creating a brighter vision & bigger dreams. KEY TAKEAWAYS:  Sometimes you have to lose it all to reimagine and create a new path for yourself.  Inner work creates outer work.  Surround yourself with like-minded individuals to help you reach higher potential. RESOURCE LINKS Inspired Living Inspired Living on IG Keri Murphy on Facebook Join Keri at the Brilliant Event 2022 both in-person or virtually: The Brilliant Event Become an IL Insider Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here's How » Join the Inspired Living with Keri Murphy Community today: http://www.inspiredliving.tv/podcast LinkedIn Instagram Facebook YouTube https://www.facebook.com/groups/igniteITfactor/

Welcome back to the Scale Your Small Business Podcast with your host, Jillian Flodstrom! Today, we're tackling overwhelm. It's something we all are challenged with, but for some reason struggle to talk about. We're going to talk about some strategies that can help you get out of that cycle quickly.    Sometimes, procrastination is both a product and a cause of and for overwhelm. Just as often, the source of the overwhelm is a task that is smaller than we think but has been left to fester and grow into something that encompasses us.    A good place to start is getting focused on priorities. It's important to know what you need to get done first. Start with what makes you money, or what has a firm date deadline. A lot of overwhelm stems from way too much to do.   Depending on what your procrastination destination is, you may be getting sucked in to hide from a task. No matter what the action is, you've got to get around it. Try making a list of every single thing you're overwhelmed by. Getting things out of your head and onto paper can make it much easier to attack.  If you're avoiding your overflowing email, start with organizing your inboxes. When things are laid out for you, it can become more manageable.    Create a workspace free of clutter. Turn off all your devices, and let yourself focus.   Finally, break larger tasks down into smaller, more digestible ones. Write them down on sticky notes and keep track of the to-do, in-progress, and completed sections of your Kanban board (check out our other episode on them!).    Key Takeaways Sometimes, the source of the overwhelm is a task that is smaller than we think but has been left to fester and grow into something that encompasses us.    Try making a list of every single thing you're overwhelmed by. Getting things out of your head and onto paper can make it much easier to attack.    Finally, break larger tasks down into smaller, more digestible ones.

What you will learn from this episode:  A perspective shift to help beauty bosses reach their goals faster Find out how your marketing must evolve for you to stay relevant What holds most beauty professionals back from the success they want (hint: it isn't talent, skills, or marketing)   Wisdom comes from various life experiences and embracing different perspectives. Building a beauty business is a process, and learning from the knowledge of others is recommended along your journey. Since starting a new business can be very challenging, I've had to re-learn some life and business lessons while managing my expectations. In this episode, I share 3 pieces of beauty business advice I wish I had known sooner.    I'd love to hear any lessons or words of wisdom you have to share if you want to reach out and message me on Instagram or Facebook.   Topics Covered: 01:05 - Is it bad or beneficial? 01:52 – Different perspectives in business 02:05 – Relationships lead to revenue 02:48 – Evolving your marketing 04:01 – When to start a new goal or project  04:45 – Hiring a team member or virtual assistant 05:10 - Avoid this trap 06:26 – Working on your mindset 06:49 – Beauty bosses with "Impostor Syndrome"   Key Takeaways: "Sometimes the things we need the most are all around us. We just need to shift our perspective." – April Meese   "Your marketing must evolve for you to stay relevant. As you know, marketing will always be as important as skills. So being seen and knowing how to convey your value, which is how to articulate how you are different from your competition, and why your client should choose you, is essential." – April Meese   "When you do more videos and show up more, you create this omnipresent. So more people will get to know, trust, and like you through association, and seeing your work feels like they've known you." April Meese   "You do need to slow down a little bit to train them in order to speed up in the long run. But I definitely think that you can get a lot more done and go faster when you have an assistant or a teammate." – April Meese   "When you have the consistent cash flow and up-level your marketing, it's time to scale up your operation so that you can do more in less time and get more freedom." – April Meese   "Our mindset can be really powerful. We should speak to ourselves as we would speak to someone we really cared about." – April Meese

What does it take to make a lasting impact? In today's episode, Denis interviews Mario Bekes, managing director of Insight Intelligence Group. He shares his background and experiences as a war veteran, business consultant, and best-selling author. They discuss how leaders must be aware of their surroundings and act in a way that is beneficial not only to themselves but also to those under their command. Mario Bekes is a natural leader, public speaker, result-driven, published book author, relationship-builder, and facilitator with experience in investigative techniques and interviewing, interrogation methods, and corporate human and competitive business intelligence. Pay attention as Denis and Mario tackle the importance of staying conscious of the way you act and the way your mind works in order to ensure a more significant impact on those around us. In this episode: Leadership is not something that you are born with, it is something that you earn. Mario shares how he was able to earn his leadership position through his service to his country and by setting an example for others. Denis and Mario discuss how leadership is not just about having the ability to lead troops into battle or make strategic decisions, but also about being able to connect with and understand the people under their command.  Mario discusses the importance of premortem analysis, which is a technique used to identify potential problems before they happen. Mario shares his two favorite books, which are https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772 (The Art of War by Sun Tzu) and https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Nicolo-Machiavelli/dp/1514649314 (The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli). Leadership is not just about making decisions for others, but also about being able to display compassion and care. New generation leaders are different and more strategic in their thinking.  Leaders also need to be able to develop new methods of thinking in order to stay ahead of the curve. Mario discusses how the expectations of employees have changed in recent years, with employees looking for more accountability from leaders. Key Takeaways: Sometimes, leadership chooses you Always be grateful and don't take things for granted We can do so much today to impact generations of the future New generation leaders are needed as the landscape of business changes The key ingredient is information Stay ahead of the curve by seeking knowledge Tweetable Quotes: “Sometimes we just need to step back and take stock of where we are and understand what we've got in our hands and maybe be a little bit grateful.” - Denis Gianoutsos “Information is the most valuable commodity in business.” - Mario Bekes “When you put people who follow you, and people you follow… It's a golden rule, you find the middle ground, and then you become the proper leader.” - Mario Bekes “The leader is not a job, that's not the job, that's a lifestyle. And it requires a lot of sacrifices, requires a lot of learning, education, and training” - Mario Bekes Connect with Mario on https://www.facebook.com/insight.intelligence.7 (Facebook) andhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariobekes/ ( LinkedIn), follow him on Twitter @sydneybiz, and check out his websites https://insightintelligence.com.au/ (Insight Intelligence Group) and https://www.mariobekes.com.au/ (Mario Bekes).  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/)

When employing a Virtual Assistant how much should you pay them and do you have any other responsibilities towards them? What is the best way to structure reward and praise? Sometimes in the world of VA’s the rules and regulations can be a little unclear so Steve is here to summarise what you should be putting in place to pay and support your team and fulfil your obligations as an employer. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes the payment that people ask for in other countries can seem low. However, if you pay them the normal wage for your country, you may be significantly overpaying them in relation to the economy where they live. Bear in mind that VAs will be paying all their own taxes so you need to bear that in mind when deciding how much you are going to pay them. When advertising a job ask the applicant what they expect to receive then you can eliminate them based on your range you are deciding to pay. You can hire at a lower rate if you recruit at a base level and train the employee up in your specific systems. You can then give pay increases as their skills improve in line with your company policy. You can give bonuses based on performance or provide payments like Christmas bonuses. Paid time off can also decrease burnout. Health insurance, depending on the country, can be a good incentive for employees. BEST MOMENTS ‘We’ve learnt a lot in all of those experiences and a lot about how to bring people on board, how to pay them what they are worth so they feel they are getting good bang for their buck in terms of the time that they actually give to you, and that you’re getting good return on your investment for the amount you pay them relative to where they live.’ ‘The way that I chose to go was to pay people a good wage, above the average based on the country that the person lives in.’ ‘We are looking for people who have the aptitude and the ability to learn and progress and that’s why most of the people we start at general assistant level.’ ‘We actually reward people in terms of their appraisal if they are the type of person who brings solutions rather than bringing problems.’ ‘I used to have staff, they just work and work and work and never ask for a day off. Then you realize the reason they’re not asking for a day off is they don’t want to lose their wage. So we actually force people to take time off.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/SystemsAndOutsourcing/ Website: https://systemsandoutsourcing.com/welcome-1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drsteveday The RIGHT Assistants For Your Business by Dr Steve Day http://bit.ly/sys-10 ABOUT THE HOST Steve used to be a slave to his business but when he moved to Sweden in 2015, he was forced to change the way he worked. He switched to running his businesses remotely and after totally nailing this concept he decided to spend his time helping other small business owners do the same. Steve’s been investing in property since 2002, has a degree in Computing, and worked as a doctor in the NHS before quitting to focus full-time on sharing his systems and outsourcing Methodology with the world. He now lives in Sweden and runs his UK-based businesses remotely with the help of his team of Filipino and UK-based Virtual Assistants. Most business owners are overwhelmed because they don't know how to create systems or get the right help. Our systems and outsourcing Courses and coaching programme will help you automate your business and work effectively with affordable virtual assistants. That way, you will stop feeling overwhelmed and start making more money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes it's hard to understand how God operates. That makes sense, because we know that God's ways aren't ours. But it can be frustrating and confusing when our expectations don't match our plans. Listen as Josh Barlow shares how his walk with God has taught him the importance of resilience and reliance on God. ➡️ https://leadersmoment.org/233sn (Read the blog post) ➡️ https://leadersmoment.org/233snt (One click tweet) ➡️ https://leadersmoment.org/233snf (One click Facebook share) KEY TAKEAWAYS:Sometimes our expectations don't line up with what God's doing. Pain can bring growth. We can be resilient and also rely on God. LINKS & RESOURCES:https://Techmuscle.com (Techmuscle.com) https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-barlow-645a0711/ (Linkedin)  contact@techmuscle.com ABOUT JOSH BARLOWJosh is the owner of TechMuscle, Inc. TechMuscle helps companies save time, gain insight, solve business problems and capture marketing opportunities. Their work spans from building websites (large and small) to custom web and desktop applications. They are seasoned in planning and managing large projects with numerous requirements. ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP MOMENTScott McClelland of Foundational Missions shares bite-sized insights into leadership, with a focus on the Bible, missions, and ministry. He pulls from a wide variety of sources and always has something to inspire and challenge us to greatness. ✅ Follow to get the show for free: https://leadersmoment.org/follow (https://leadersmoment.org/follow) ✅ Let's Connect: https://leadersmoment.org/links (https://leadersmoment.org/links) ✅ Get updates on my book: https://nscottmcclelland.substack.com/ (https://nscottmcclelland.substack.com/)

This time, we talk about Tara's very recent decision to quit her job and make a departure, after 20 years, from the animation industry. This is definitely a Great Resignation story, and we discuss how this is both simultaneously uncomfortable AND reassuring. As of the publish date, Tara is one week into the rest of her life! What's next?? Key Takeaways: Sometimes the biggest A-HA moments come when we see ourselves reflected by the people around us. Our careers can be really impactful to our identities. When we are so often asked, “So, what do you do???” – Who are we without our careers? If you are thinking about an idea and want to see it become more real, consider talking about it with your people! Talking about it may create more accountability. Annnnnd, if you are making a big life-change decision, find your “boosters”!! And talk to them often. Also: Is a “retirement job” something that other people are planning on?? Asking for a friend…

Fiona Minett is an award-winning expert and coach who helps female entrepreneurs do their own PR and make it accessible, affordable and effective for every business no matter what size you are. Fiona joins Nicole on Start Scale Succeed this week to discuss what types of PR generate the best results. Why you should also be talking to the press about your story, not just the story behind your products. What you need in your PR tool kit. What to do if you have hit a wall and your PR has plateaued. timelines for PR and publications. How to choose the pieces the press are going to love. How to approach a PR strategy, and when to decide if you will use an agency or do it yourself. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes the most powerful PR coverage a product business can have is one where you’re sharing more about yourself or your business, rather than a product itself. A profile of a founder or business owner is often the most impactful for your sales. The “so what” test helps you peel back the layers and get to the core of what matters. Keep asking yourself “so what” so that you can get deeper answers you can use in your PR and marketing. At the bare minimum you need in your ‘PR Toolkit’ before you’re looking for coverage are a functioning website, content, and imagery. Nobody will want to feature you if your website doesn't work, or if your imagery isn’t to a professional standard. Look to see if you can involve any of your products in lists that journalists will be compiling throughout the year. Also make sure you have the quantities to back that up. Long lead magazines will work 6 months ahead of publication. Short lead magazines work 2 to 12 weeks in advance. Keep and eye on the Lightbulb Facebook group (linked below) and #journorequest on Twitter for journalists looking for someone to help with a story. See if your story, business, or product would be right for their request and if you can get yourself in an article you have free PR. BEST MOMENTS ‘Don’t neglect telling the story of you, your product, and your business’ ‘If you want to be in the pages of those magazines, you’ll need to be doing it 6 months early’ ‘There’s nothing a PR agency can do that you can’t do yourself, it’s about time’ ‘Start small, you do not have to take over the world on day one’ VALUABLE RESOURCES www.bossyourpr.com www.thebuyerandretailcoach.com www.instagram.com/thebuyerandretailcoach https://www.bossyourpr.com/the-pr-warm-up https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightbulbhangout/ ABOUT THE HOST Buying & retail expert Nicole Higgins spent the last 18 years working for companies such as Primark, M&S, Debenhams and Asda, sourcing & developing products from all over the world, building strategies for blue chip businesses, and increasing bottom line sales and profit, adding over £40 million in incremental business to the bottom line. Nicole now uses that experience and works as a consultant and coach for entrepreneurs and small to medium sized business owners, helping them start and scale their product businesses as The Buyer And Retail Coach (TM) Join the Start Scale Succeed waitlist. How to start & scale a product business. A 12 Week programme: thebuyerandretailcoach.com/startscalesucceedwaitlist CONTACT METHOD Website http://www.thebuyerandretailcoach.com IG https://www.instagram.com/thebuyerandretailcoach/ LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/nicolehigginsuk Email nicole@thebuyerandretailcoach.com Newsletter https://thebuyerandretailcoach.com/newsletter-sign-up/ Book a call with me https://thebuyerandretailcoachltd.as.me/discoverycall See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I've had several meet ups with listeners thanks to them buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ordsherpa I just want to give a shout out to Dani and Julia.  It was great connecting with you and learning more about your adventures.  You may even hear from both of them on a future podcast episode.  Meeting and connecting with listeners is one of my favorite things, building a community of adventure families who support each other in reaching new heights.  To walk beside parents as they design a life, explore an epic opportunity, or create simple adventures in your own backyard.  The highlight of hosting this podcast is connecting with others, learning and sharing ways to help you create simple and authentic experiences.   The topic from this episode was actually requested through the contact form on my website.  I apologize that I don't have their name in front of me.  If you are looking for specific content I include link to the website in every episode, there is a contact form there, but feel to reach out to me on any platform.   Website for this episode: https://ordinarysherpa.com/055 Subscribe to the email List: https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ In the Spanish language Camino is a path; road; journey or way. The Camino de Santiago is also known as the Way of St James and was an important Christian pilgrimage in the Middle Ages. Pilgrims walked the route in order to reduce the punishment of their sins. (Link: https://www.mountainiq.com/why-walk-the-camino-de-santiago/). Carrie Arnold received her Medicare card in the mail last week but that hasn't slowed her willingness to explore the unknown.  She has been married to her husband Bob for 45 years and has three adult children.  She has a master's degree in theology and worked in a Catholic parish for lots of years until she spent 5 years at the  local county jail, which curtailed her travels. It was the death of her youngest son at the age of 23 that was the impetus for setting out on the spiritual adventure known to many as the Camino.  Carrie loves to read, hike, eat new foods, and travel and we are blessed to have her joining us. Key Takeaways Sometimes we just need a puke bucket to puke all the thoughts and worries holding us back, then decide what's worth holding on to and what's worth dumping down the drain. Someday can continue to be further and further away.  As Carrie stated, “I needed to stop postponing my dreams for someone else's deadlines.” What is on your someday list?  Why is it there? The Camino is unlike many thru hikes due to it's spiritual origins.  It's a 500 mile hike that ends at an apostle's tomb.  It offered Carrie an experience to clear her head and clear her heart.  Sure you can cheat, but remember “Jesus didn't start in Sarria” Are you simply trying to check a box or are you willing to commit to the full experience? The culture of the trail is simplistic with small villages and  wholesome food.  It is difficult to leave the Camino and come back to real life.   The connections made on the trail offer lifelong friendships. Don't assume things will remain as they are.  Carrie packed her rain gear and gloves in the pack she sent along with the porter only to wish she had them later when the weather turned.   Knowing simple things in advance like where they would be gathering each day would've allowed her to take some things off her worry list.  Overall they could've gotten by with less. The terrain will vary.  Despite how much they prepared and trained they still experienced the physical effects of the trail largely due to the rough terrain.   Thanks to the generosity of others, the Camino is well marked with yellow arrows.  Your generosity might be instrumental in helping others finding their way.    To Connect with Carrie Arnold: Email: shewhob@gmail.com Resources Cited in this episode: https://www.mountainiq.com/why-walk-the-camino-de-santiago/

Melissa Soalt is a women's self-defense pioneer, a black belt hall of fame recipient, former trauma psychotherapist, and the creator of Fierce & Female Self Defense. She is a forerunner in full-force padded assailant scenario training, her approach is both practical and transformational. She has taught thousands of women how to safeguard their boundaries, protect themselves from danger and resist attack while reconnecting women with deep-seated, primal and emotional powers to live safer, bolder, and fuller lives and to reverse female fear. Melissa is an outspoken advocate for self-defense as physical feminism, she has been featured in national and international media and has also taught in Europe, India, Nepal, and Kenya. She provides customized online training and corporate consulting and is at work on a manifesto for women.   In this episode, Melissa and I discuss: When submission is necessary Tonic immobility or rape paralysis  Skills and strategies to counteract tonic immobility Self-defense options when being attacked by a rapist   Key Takeaways: Sometimes submission is the best choice against an attack if there is too much at stake.  Tonic immobility is something that happens to anyone, whether animals or humans, who are attacked by a predator. It serves as an automatic biological response - a cushion for the person who's supposedly experiencing imminent death. This happens to rape victims too.  Use your intuition to dissuade and trick the predator, make some type of noise with the objects around you. Coil in to yourself and don't telegraph your thoughts. Bring awareness into the situation but don't let the assailant's words get under your skin.  If you see a space to take action, take it. If they're face is near your head, scream into their ear. Use your body's natural weapon or get a weapon from around you. Go zero to a hundred on them. If you can get your legs and heels planted on their hipbone, you might be able to get up and run - control the hip to control the situation.   "Your goal is to facilitate escape. But often, to enable escape you have to disable or hurt something on the other person. That's what enables our escape. —  Melissa Soalt   Connect with Melissa Soalt: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fierceandfemale/  Website: http://www.fierceandfemale.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-soalt-aka-dr-ruthless-a457456/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTwPfQoC4d7TTj6KPoR1J5w     CONNECT WITH CYNTHIA: If you'd like to chat with Cynthia, sign up for your Personal Safety Preparedness Consultation with her today! Remember to subscribe to "Born to Be A Badass" so that you don't miss a single episode, and join us in the "Born to Be A Badass Collective" group on Facebook. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! If you work in the self-defense world, are a survivor, a healer or otherwise BADASS woman and you would like to be interviewed by Cynthia, reach out at cynthia@jolicoeur.com To learn more about previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to Apple Podcasts or here. Connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Linkedin

There is no handbook to life, but sometimes it would be nice.  Kids add a layer of complexity requiring an extra level of planning and support.   Website for this episode: https://ordinarysherpa.com/042Join the Ordinary Sherpa Facebook Group to interact with other listeners.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/ordinarysherpa Will you leave Written Review on Apple Podcasts:  https://ordinarysherpa.com/review/ Subscribe to the email List:  https://ordinarysherpa.com/subscribe/ Martha has been adventuring in the outdoors since she was 12 and spent many weekends backpacking, climbing, and skiing. Never finding herself doing anything short - she thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and John Muir Trail, preferred multi-pitch all-day climbs, overnight backcountry ski tours, climbed mountains like Mt Shasta and Mt Kenya, and did a 6-month trip around the world - and then found a partner who also loved all those things. They wanted to have kids, but also to figure out how to keep doing all those things with kids while also both working. When they had their first kid in 2009 they started trying to figure out how to keep adventuring. There weren't many resources online back then and some people suggested maybe their adventures were over. Through the years they have found ways to make adventures happen with their two children, currently 9 and 11. Martha  worked in manufacturing since finishing grad school and really loves operations, optimization, and continuous improvement. She put her skills to use to create OutdoorKidHandbook as a resource to help parents simplify the process of getting their families out on adventures frequently. On that site I also collate information and resources - lists of Facebook groups by area and topic, list of bike tours by location, and more - to create a single location for information on different outdoor sports.  Martha, I am so excited to dive deeper into your story and the resources you are compiling.   Key Takeaways Sometimes inspiration for adventure come decades before we are ready.  Don't overlook that pull or give up on an adventure dream. Partners can have complementary but different adventure skillsets. Teaching the kids also enhances your own skills, or encourages you to take the next step.  Your adventure story might evolve and change over time.  Kids like what they like. Do what works for your family and adjust. Hiking and camping are great gateway adventures and starting points with kids. Lean into your kids adventure passions.  You can leave the thing behind or adapt as your story evolves Outdoor Kid Handbook is designed for other others to contribute and support families while crowdsourcing outdoor adventure resources.  Consider contributing to wiki.outdoorkidhandbook.com/ Don't focus on the gear.  It doesn't matter and is far less important than the doing.   A tip for prioritizing outdoor activities for Martha was to optimize everything to get out the door ASAP, which means don't bring so much gear.  In interviewing other adventure parents the themes that helped them adventure often were: A) Proximity, or being near their adventure landscape; B) One parent doesn't work or has flexible work schedule to help get things ready to go; C) Offer less choices and most weekend the focus is on the adventure options.   Embrace the discomfort.  Whether it be smaller sleeping arrangements or forgetting your shoes.  Some of the biggest mistakes or things that didn't go according to plan make some of the best memories.  To Connect or Follow Martha Website: OutdoorKidHandbook.com Email: martha@californiaclimber.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OutdoorKidHandbook Wiki: wiki.outdoorkidhandbook.com/ Check out the wiki and share your insights, tips and strategies to help other parents do outdoor activities with kids. 

Zoe speaks with Samah Dada, cookbook author and founder of her blog DADAEATS, about her childhood love of dolphins, the power of representation in food and beverage media, her current love of Harry Styles and Justin Bieber, and the many food experiences that have shaped who she is. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes we need to look outside of our own world in order to recognise that people like ourselves exist, and that they thrive. The world is bigger than we sometimes believe it to be. There's nothing glamorous about working every hour of the day, although there seems to be this perception in the media, and through influencers. Life is about caring for yourself. When you find the thing you love to do in life, it's never a job. It becomes a passion – a force that drives us, and money becomes less important than this drive. When we take our place in front of the world, we are empowering those like us – we are reassuring them that they too can find their own place. BEST MOMENTS ‘It transcends more than what you're putting on the table. It's the intention behind it' ‘It showed me that the word's a bit bigger' ‘When you're being present – doing something because you love it – it stops being work' ‘I love that you're bringing your culture back, and using your platform to be a guiding light – to be a representative for other young women who look like you' VALUABLE RESOURCES Samah Dada Twitter - https://twitter.com/dadaeats Samah Dada Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dadaeats Dada Eats - https://dadaeats.com ABOUT THE HOST Zoe Adjonyoh is a writer, chef, and food justice activist from South-East London on a mission to bring African food to the masses. As a mixed-race, Black queer woman born to a Ghanaian father and Irish mother from a working-class background who works at the intersections of food, culture, identity, and politics, Zoe Adjonyoh is driven to create change in the food landscape. Zoe has taken her fresh interpretation of classic Ghananian flavours to venues across London, Berlin, Accra, and New York and become a leader in the new African cuisine revolution. Through her supper clubs, kitchen residencies, mobile catering, a former restaurant space in Brixton, her highly successful cookbook, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen: An Introduction to New African Cuisine - from Ghana With Love, and a thriving e-commerce spice business, Zoe has sought to inspire African food entrepreneurs, cooks, and chefs from the continent and the diaspora across the world. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoe has held events, demonstrations, and talks in addition to launching a crowdfunding campaign to support some of the most vulnerable in her community. In 2020, Zoe founded the thought leadership platform Black Book for Black and non-white people working within hospitality and food media. Join Zoe as she dismantles, disrupts, and decolonises the food industry while supporting marginalised communities and building a more equitable food system. NOTES Thank you for cooking up consciousness with me! Love & light- Zoe Adjonyoh Follow Cooking Up Consciousness on Clubhouse for conversations and community and visit www.zoeadjonyoh.com to subscribe to all of Zoe's consciousness-raising projects including Black Book and Ghana Kitchen. For more about Zoe and her work, follow @zoeadjonyoh on IG and on Clubhouse. Please visit Patreon to support this self-funded podcast from as little as $4 per month. CREDITS Executive Producer, Creator, and Host- Zoe Adjonyoh Producer- Dani Dillon of Lunch Group Graphic & Website Design- Sara HeldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeadjonyoh/?hl=enSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What you will learn from this episode: Understand what it is you're doing that maybe confusing people more than clarifying for them Learn how to break down your message into more simplified language Find out the five recommendations on using words or acronyms that confuse people Have you thought about the consequence of assuming that people understand what we mean with words or acronyms, especially using industry jargon? Just because it is widely used in the real estate industry doesn't mean everyone knows what they are. In this episode, Paul shares something he is guilty of, as most of us are, talking to someone using words or acronyms that confuse rather than clarify. We're often so fixated on our own space and industry that we set aside the fact that there are those outside our fold who don't know the industry jargon we are talking about. We want to get our message across to prospective real estate investors in ways and at the level that they understand. Otherwise, we might be losing them in the process just because we confuse them. That's why Paul came up with the five recommendations around not using words and jargon that people find confusing so your messaging will work out for you. Topics Covered: 01:29 - What Paul is guilty about 02:18 - Why you need to be very cautious when using industry jargon 06:00 - What is jargon? 07:05 - Five recommendations to avoid over jargoning Key Takeaways: "Sometimes we do spend so much of our time kind of focused within our own space within our own industry, within our own markets that we forget that sometimes we're over complicating things." - Paul Copcutt "Keep it simple. Keep it around about 12 to 15-year olds' language level of understanding. And you can't go wrong with that." - Paul Copcutt "Make sure that it's a focused message, that you're sharing the benefits of whatever it is you're trying to explain. And it's aimed at the people that you're trying to explain it to." - Paul Copcutt "Make sure that the messaging is consistent, on your website, in presentations that you make, marketing materials that you're sharing with people. Any touchpoint that people are coming across your messaging, you want to ensure that there's consistency there." - Paul Copcutt "If you're going to do a weighing upscale between Google and the audience, then you want to err towards the side of the audience versus making it Google Keyword focused." - Paul Copcutt "Make sure that you're injecting YOU into your messaging; people buy from people." - Paul Copcutt Connect with Paul Copcutt: reibranded.com LinkedIn E:podcast@paulcopcutt.com Music: Thank you to Zoax for the intro music

Could you be happy in life without finding love and having a family? This was the question that Ambi Kavanah was asking herself in her mid 30's. She did indeed find love in the coming years, only to be faced with fertility issues after marriage. Several failed IUI attempts, surgeries and about to move forward with IVF, Ambi was tired of the pressure to get pregnant and the anxious energy she felt. Ambi, a Lawyer, turned modern day Alchemist, healer and author, allowed modern medicine and intuitive wisdom to shape her journey into motherhood. Tune in and listen to Ambi's story of her struggles with fertility, and listening to her deep intuition. https://www.storkdpodcast.com/season2 Key Takeaways: Sometimes, taking the pressure off of yourself will help you relax and in turn, may help with your fertility. There is no right or wrong age to become a mother. Each person's situation is unique when it comes to conceiving. Respect the facts and statistics of science and modern medicine, but also understand and believe in your body. Have hope and faith, but ensure to back it up with action and be accountable Links Mentioned: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alchemyambi/ Website/Podcast info: https://alchemywithambi.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Chakras-Self-Care-Activate-Healing-Everyday/dp/0593196686/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ambi+kavanah&qid=1619120006&s=books&sr=1-1-spell Disclaimer: The podcasts available on this website have been produced for informational, educational and entertainment purposes only. The stories and experiences contained within reflect the experiences and opinions of the guest and may contain content found to be triggering by listeners. Listeners should take care to avoid program content which may not be suited to them. The contents of any podcast do not constitute medical or professional advice, do not reflect the opinions of the podcast or its host and do not create any type of  professional relationship between the audience and presenters.  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. Stork'd Podcast expressly disclaims any and all liability relating to any actions taken or not taken based on any or all contents of this site.

In the past, we have talked about content and how it can make or break your business. Today, we are going to talk about personality types and how they affect your content creation process. Understanding who you are - and those around you - is key to creating content that is tailored for specific personalities; this will take your business from surviving to thriving! Once you understand how other people think and process information, it feels like the missing puzzle piece that completes the big picture. But at GSD Creative, we don’t think of that understanding as the missing piece, but instead as the foundation for everything. In this episode, I am diving in and sharing about each of the four personality types that make up the psychology methodology we use, and how it has become the foundation of everything we do - from team communication to how we assign tasks. We even use this methodology to help us serve our clients more effectively.  If you want to know more about how this foundational part of Angela’s business works, she walks you through everything you need to know in GSD Academy. Click here to learn more about how this step by step program helps you build and grow your business.    Main Topics: Understanding team members Communication methodology and framework   Key Takeaways: Sometimes when unexpected things happen in your business - especially when communication with other team members or clients is involved - it may help to have a system to understand how others think and what they value most so you can meet them where they are. When you’re being asked to make big decisions with limited time, having a foundational system like our psychology methodology allows you to make decisions with confidence.

Seth Morozowski is a former K9 Deputy and has started two companies. He was a devout atheist for many years but has seen a radical transformation over the past few months. On this episode: Seth shares how he was never taught how to process his emotions. Hear how growing up in a difficult home environment helped direct Seth's journey into law enforcement. Joseph and Seth discuss the hardships of the faith journey. Seth opens up about his struggles with alcoholism and the deep depression he found himself in. Key Takeaways: Sometimes you have to see the monster within to truly change. Build a support system around yourself. Christ forgives you, and you can forgive yourself - but don't forget where you came from. Connect with Joseph James: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn (https://www.facebook.com/purthrpn) Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/252908273026721) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/ (https://www.instagram.com/meetjosephjames/)

In today's episode, Troy and his guest talk about an example of some sub-standard service Troy witnessed, specifically around different delivery services. We've all experienced a bad exchange at a company, but the effects can stay with us long after our experience.   Key Takeaways:   Sometimes poor customer service can affect not only the direct consumer but also other parties not directly involved. As consumers, our perspectives on local or global brands are really only as good as the experience we had with that brand. They talk about some of the quality checks these companies have in place, as well as some of the customer experiences they've had personally with delivery services. No matter what line of work you're in, when you're on the clock or at the job, you are a reflection of that brand. This is especially true for jobs that are on location. When employees don't follow the systems and procedures in place at their jobs, the consumer will suffer.   External Links:   Maintenance-one.com

This week, Taylor talks to "modern day alchemist", Karen Darke, a learning and development, mind-set and heart-set coach, who specialises in helping others to find their "inner gold". Karen talks about the concept of inner gold and what it means to her, and how dedication, hard work and a positive mind-set can lead us to any form of success we can dream of. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes we limit ourselves, mentally, far too much. When we have passion, and are dedicated to working hard, there really are no limits to what we can achieve. We can never get anywhere in life unless we begin the journey. The first step to achieving success is to start moving towards it. Goals that seem unreachable can push us to bettering ourselves. Challenge shows us what we're truly capable of. Synchronicity and serendipity come as a result of mental and spiritual focus. Manifestation is the result of this focus. BEST MOMENTS 'Everything centres around gold' 'It's much more fun to dig holes in the earth than other people' 'Moves are energy' 'What you dream or dream you can, begin it' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Adventures Of Self Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Adventures.of.Self ABOUT THE GUEST Karen could be described as a modern-day ‘Alchemist’: a learning & development specialist turned mindset-heartset coach, explorer, athlete, speaker and author, Karen’s purpose is about helping individuals and organisations ‘Find Inner Gold’: turning challenge into opportunity, turning ‘mud’ into ‘gold’. Karen started out as a geologist researching gold in the Bolivian Andes, but a life-changing accident that left her paralysed led her away from being a ‘rock-doctor’ to winning Paralympic gold in the sport of Paralympic hand-cycling in Rio 2016. It was the 79th medal for Britain, and 79 being the elemental number for Gold led to Karen creating Quest 79. The project has Karen cycling 7 continents in 9 iconic rides, raising £79K for Spinal Injuries and encouraging many people to step out of their comfort zones and discover passion, purpose, strength and other aspects of their ‘inner gold.’ She is a Guinness World Record holder for landspeed by armpower, has skied across icecaps, kayaked at extreme latitudes of the planet, and hand-cycled across the world’s biggest mountain ranges and alongside some of the longest rivers. These experiences combined with unique studies of mind, resilience and performance have led to helping people view life as an adventure, and to embrace all its experiences as opportunities to learn and grow. Karen has extensively studied what goes on ‘inside’: the power of the mind and language to positively impact emotions; improving presence, performance and wellbeing. Karen Darke: www.karendarke.com ABOUT THE HOST Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose. He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England. Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure. “The adventure you seek in life is yourself!” CONTACT METHOD Website: https://www.galliant.life/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-roark-a852169/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetaylorroark/ Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@galliant.life Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Taylor chats with inspirational coach, Dan Warburton, the author of best-seller, 'Dream It, Choose It, Live It', about the ways in which we can embrace life's mission, ensure that we are travelling along the correct path, and ultimately live the dream. KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes we spend so long looking for the missing component in our lives, but fail to recognise that it is ourselves that we're not happy with. Success is a matter of belief. If you think you can't you will prove that to yourself. If you think you can, the opportunities will seem more obvious. It is up to us to be responsible for our path. It is us to us to transform when it is needed. No one ever achieved greatness by relaxing and apportioning blame. Transformation begins on an internal level, but cannot truly be at its most effective until we externalise it and take it out into the world. BEST MOMENTS 'I realised that I am responsible for everything in my life' 'Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right' 'Ultimate responsibility is ultimate power' 'This enables us to achieve things that are simply miraculous to what we've known ourselves to be able to do before' VALUABLE RESOURCES The Adventures Of Self Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The.Adventures.of.Self ABOUT THE GUEST Dan Warburton has now coached over 1,000 entrepreneurs and is known for enabling entrepreneurs to break through their limitations and be able to access a totally new and inspirational future often after having only one coaching conversation with him. He is the best-selling author of the book, Dream It, Choose It, Live It. https://danwarburton.com ABOUT THE HOST Taylor Roark is the founder of Galliant Trainings, which guides and facilitates individuals and organisations in Creative Purpose. He has worked variously as a school bus driver, a blacksmith, a Wall Street lawyer and a developer of offshore wind farms. He has lived on 3 continents, travelled to more than 50 countries and currently resides in London, England. Taylor is a keen cyclist, an amateur photographer, an alchemical writer, a weekend DJ and a Taoist at heart. He chooses to live life as a mythical adventure. “The adventure you seek in life is yourself!” CONTACT METHOD Website: https://www.galliant.life/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-roark-a852169/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetaylorroark/ Clubhouse: https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@galliant.life Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventures.of.self/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Usually, when you say you don't know how close you came, it means you almost succeeded but gave up or you thought you'd lost but you were really close. But it also is in the other direction. You might think you've already arrived - but you haven't. So sometimes the expression, “you never know how close you are,” means you're 99% of the way. And if you just put in that tiny bit of effort, you'd be 100% of the way... Today, Raymond will share insights and stories from his life about how to push through to the finish line and achieve the fullness of success. Raymond Aaron has committed his life to teach people how to dramatically change their lives for the better, he transforms lives by helping people tap into their own potential. Today, Raymond is helping people achieve greater wealth, branding, recognition, confidence, respect, and authority. Raymond teaches his clients how to become respected authorities and experts in their fields. Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of 10 best-selling books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love and the co-author of New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul and author of the Canadian best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul. www.Aaron.com  Key Takeaways: Sometimes the expression  “you never know how close you are,” means you’re 99% of the way. And if you just put in that tiny bit of effort, you’d be 100% of the way. If it’s worth the effort, go for it.

This week is our inaugural artist takeover show with guest host, Michael Stipe and his friend, Jem Cohen. Michael and Jem open the show talking about the role artists have in politics and activism and how artists want their work to carry on for generations. Fame is great, but infamy is really what an artist strives for. They talk about infamous works of art, like Moby Dick, that they simply haven't read, and notorious movies that Jem honestly wished that he had time to watch. Later, Michael reveals one of his most significant regrets and the greatest compliment he has ever received. Tune in as Jem explains how chance plays a significant role in his work, and Michael gives his advice to Jem.In This Episode:[02:10] The role that artists have in politics and activism. [16:15] How art will carry on for thousands of years. [23:00] Who has really read Moby Dick? [35:20] Michael reveals one of his most significant regrets. [44:00] Jem explains that there’s nothing bigger than chance in his work. [68:10] Michael gives advice to Jem. Key Takeaways:Sometimes it’s beautiful being in a hateful space; every place is part of our world, and there can be beauty in terrible things. We need to keep discovering new artists because we never know how much more joy we could have.The thing about street photography and about documentaries that matters so much is that you can't control it.MICHAEL STIPE:Artist Website: https://michaelstipe.com ; https://www.remhq.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/remhqYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eaRqtonpyiYw0Pns0Au_gJEM COHEN:Artist Website: https://jemcohenfilms.comVimeo: https://vimeo.com/gravityhill/vod_pages-------------------- LAUNCHLEFT OFFICIAL WEBSITE https://www.launchleft.com LAUNCHLEFT PATREON https://www.patreon.com/LaunchLeft TWITTER https://twitter.com/LaunchLeft INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/launchleft/ FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/LaunchLeft --------------------- LaunchLeft is an alliance of left-of-center artists, a label, a podcast, a curation engine. LaunchLeft Podcast hosted by Rain Phoenix is an intentional space for Art and Activism that enlists famed creatives to launch emerging bands. LaunchLeft begins with music, but ultimately aims to launch left-of-center artists in all creative fields.

Get ready for THE TRUE NORTH COLLECTIVE℠ PODCAST: SEASON 4! With co-hosts Rachel Bellotti (she/her) and Jenell Riesner (she/her), this is a gathering of un-sugar-coated conversations celebrating the untold stories of everyday people fearlessly finding and living their true north.  In our own search to discover and live from our TRUE NORTH, we continue to meet many interesting, courageous people from all walks of life, doing all sorts of amazing things to live life in their own unique way. Stories from all over the world. Stories with heart. Stories with grit. Stories with plot twists. Stories going untold - until now. This season, we continue to celebrate these untold stories of everyday people who are fearlessly living their true north and inspiring each of us to do the same. Today, we’re talking to Ethan Waldman, tiny house author, speaker, and teacher, who built his own tiny house on wheels in 2012 and has been passionately helping future tiny home dwellers on their own tiny home journeys every since. He has a guide called Tiny House Decisions, is the creator and host of the Tiny House Lifestyle podcast - conversations with tiny house luminaries, builders, and DIYers, and currently lives part-time in his tiny home with his wife in Vermont. We talk about being in the suck parts of your dream life, Type 1 vs Type 2 fun, making time to see what’s around you, creating a free form lifestyle, learning as you go, not knowing what to do with your life, dealing with shame, linear + templated living, and the realities of being an entrepreneur and generalist. This is a curious conversation that takes you on a journey through the mindset of tiny house living and will leave you questioning what things are truly needed to make you feel at home?   *note: this episode includes explicit language appropriate for those ages 16+   RESOURCES MENTIONED: #amplifymelanatedvoices @nanggaahlaangstangs #amplifymelanatedvoices @napministry #amplifymelanatedvoices @healyourliving Travels with Willie by Willie Weir Gran Fondo Whistler Couchsurfing True Hue Stargazing candle Music from: https://www.jukedeck.com/   3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Sometimes when you are in the middle of a hard “thing” - a project, a trip, a goal, a conversation, an experience - it can feel grueling and hard and like, “why did I decide to do this?!” It can be easy to get lost in the short-term pain/uncertainty/discomfort and lose sight of the long-term gains/outcomes/consequences. And when we are able to look back on a thing and see it for all that it is, in context to the whole of our lives, the pain might actually end up seeming small compared to the gains. Where in your life are you in “it” and it’s hard to see the long-term impact that this current discomfort might actually serve + inspire? Can you allow yourself to reconnect to the possibility of the longer term gains, while still acknowledging the parts you’re in that might still suck in the present moment? You’ve got this. It’ll be worth it. Learn as you go. Chunk that thing down that you really want into smaller steps and learn as you go. What are you waiting on because you don’t know how to do it all yet? What if you just got started and trusted that you would figure it out along the way? You will never know everything or be able to be fully ready for all that will come up, so just begin and meet each moment, each step of the process where you are and where it’s at, and figure it out one thing at a time. Until soon enough you have written a book, built a house, started a podcast, created a profitable business, had the conversation, made the dream a reality. What’s your mindset right now? What’s your mindset when you do anything? What’s your mindset most of the time as you’re living? What’s your mindset when you’re going after a dream or NOT going after a dream? Pay attention to what your mindsets are and how they are supporting or not supporting you. Sometimes we think that the way to get what we want is only through how the outside world shows up for us. But in reality, we have a lot of power in experiencing what we want through the mindset that we have. For example, you can have a tiny house mindset without actually living in a tiny house. It’s more of a state of mind vs just a set of external things that look a certain way. It’s both! And sometimes we don’t have control over the external world, but we do have control over our mindset, so why not check-in + start there?   TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:10] Biking from Seattle to Vancouver [3:20] Couch surfing [6:00] Type 1 vs Type 2 fun  [9:00] Making time to see what’s around [10:40] AD:  In 2021, we’re so excited to be offering live zoom workshops, every month, to support you in the journey of reconnecting to your TRUE NORTH. Join us on Jan 28th, as we kick-off the series with an INTENTION SETTING WORKSHOP - inviting you to reflect, unpack, + get clear on who you want to be + how you want to show up this year. AND, if you want to play with us all year, we are offering a deal to get all 11 workshops for only $99! Learn more + sign up here. [12:30] Welcome, Ethan! [14:00] Creating a free form lifestyle [17:00] Leaving a corporate job [24:00] Being scared of not knowing what to do [25:30] Dealing with shame [30:00] hustle lifestyle [38:00] Feeling unemployable [39:00] The difficulties of being a jack of all trades [41:45] Imposter Syndrome  [45:25] AD: Right now, Soul Care Collective, a Black woman-run virtual wellness center, is taking donations for their Affordable Wellness Initiative, where you can sponsor healing sessions for Black, Indigenous, NB, and Femme people who aren’t able to afford mental health + wellness services right now. Follow @soulcarecollective, spread the word about this initiative, and/or donate if inspired here. [48:00] Linear + templated living [50:00] Tiny house state of mind [53:00] Our relationship to stuff [56:00] What do you REALLY need? [1:00:00] Home [1:07:00] Resources for Tiny Home living [1:08:10] How do you live your TRUE NORTH in 1 word? [1:08:30] Connect with Ethan via thetinyhouse.net, listen to his Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast, or follow him on IG @ethanwaldman

All businesses have a tax department, an accounting department, and a marketing department. But unfortunately, many businesses also have a sales prevention department. Entrepreneurs don't come up with ideas in order to be silly, or in order to reduce sales, they actually solve one problem. But then, without realizing it, they create another problem. Notice what you are doing to prevent sales and clean it up! Raymond Aaron has committed his life to teach people how to dramatically change their lives for the better, he transforms lives by helping people tap into their own potential. Today, Raymond is helping people achieve greater wealth, branding, recognition, confidence, respect, and authority. Raymond teaches his clients how to become respected authorities and experts in their fields. Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of 10 best-selling books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love and the co-author of New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent’s Soul and author of the Canadian best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul. www.Aaron.com  Key Takeaways: Sometimes we can create situations that prevent more sales than they gain. When solving a problem, try to be aware of all of the unintended consequences of your solutions. Notice what you are doing that is preventing sales and clean them out.

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Ryan interviews Thiago Lusvarghi a medical student who owns his own video agency that helps businesses scale through the power of video. Listen to learn more on Starting A Business To Work From Home. On This Episode: Thiago shares his unique perspective as someone who is pursuing entrepreneurship in addition to a traditional career path. Hear how Thiago's upbringing influenced the course of his life. Learn the role that faith has played in Thiago's mindset. Ryan explains why vision is so important. Thiago and Ryan discuss the power of video. Get the formula for having maximum impact. Key Takeaways: Sometimes faith is all you need to get to the next step. Tie your goals to people that you love. Fall in love with the process of growing your audience. Tweetable Quotes: To be a successful business owner you have to be a solution finder. Your biggest weakness may someday become your number one strength. Connect with Thiago Lusvarghi: https://linktr.ee/thiagolusvarghi (https://linktr.ee/thiagolusvarghi) To find out more information about the Home Based Business Podcast and host, Ryan Allen Bell, visit https://my.captivate.fm/ryanallenbell.com (ryanallenbell.com).

Do you have a website for your small business? Have you updated your website in the last 9 months? If you said no to either of those questions, today's episode is just for you! This week at the Small-Minded Podcast by Molly Knuth Media we have our second guest interview with my friend Caryssa O'Connell of Franklin + Willow, graphic and web designer from Manchester, Iowa…and it is MUST-LISTEN. In 2020, we learned the advantages of having our small businesses set-up with digital presence to facilitate communication even if we can't meet our clients and customers in-person. But sometimes we can drop the ball if our social feeds haven't been updated since last month, or worse yet, if we can't be found at all online. In today's episode of the Small-Minded Podcast, my friend Caryssa tells us why it's so important for small-town small business owners to have not just a site, but a beautiful, streamlined website for potential customers to build that know-like-trust factor they need to be able to do business with you. Key Takeaways: -Sometimes moving away from your small town for a little bit is what you need to appreciate the way of life a small town can afford you. -Starting a small business looks different for everyone. Some people see entrepreneurship in their future, but -Even small towns can be in the middle of everything and tap into resources and people from towns down the road. -Small business owners who help other small business owners have the unique, beautiful opportunity to grow community and grow THEIR communities. -It's more important than ever for small businesses to get online with a website. -Branded photos that are high-quality can make your website shine. Do not use iphone photos alone for your small biz site. Work with a brand photographer to get high-resolution, scroll-stopping images. -Copywriting (the text on your site) can also be a gamechanger in the effectiveness of your site and getting visitors to take the actions you'd like them to. If writing isn't your forte, copywriting can be hired out with experts. -Don't forget your Call-To-Actions (CTA's) guiding visitors through your site and showing them where to go next. Think about it like giving a tour of your home! For more action-packed tips and best practices for small business websites, listen to the full episode with Caryssa of Franklin and Willow! Work with Caryssa If you want to have a show-stopping online storefront for your business before the end of 2020, contact Caryssa at Franklin + Willow today. Whether you're looking for a done-in-a-day website or a longer process over the course of a few weeks, Caryssa has flexible options to help you get set up before the new year. Connect with us: Read the full show notes here: http://www.mollyknuthmedia.com/podcast Follow Small-Minded on Instagram and Facebook Follow our Guest, Caryssa O'Connell: https://www.facebook.com/franklinandwillow https://www.instagram.com/franklinandwillow https://franklinandwillow.com/

Michael Filler and Matthew Realff discuss Fundamental Manufacturing Process innovations. We explore what they are, dig into historical examples, and consider how we might enable more of them to happen. Michael and Matthew are both professors at Georgia Tech and Michael also hosts an excellent podcast about nanotechnology called Nanovation. Our conversation centers around their paper Fundamental Manufacturing Process Innovation Changes the World. If you’re in front of a screen while you’re listening to this, you might want to pull up the paper to look at the pictures. Key Takeaways Sometimes you need to go down to go back up The interplay between processes and paradigms is fascinating We need to spend more time hanging out in the valley of death Links Fundamental Manufacturing Process Innovation Changes the World(Medium)(SSRN) Michael on Twitter Matthew Realff's Website Michael Filler's Website Nanovation Podcast Topics - The need for the innovator to be near the process - Continuous to discrete shifts - Defining paradigms outlines what progress looks like - Easy to pay attention to artifacts, hard to pay attention - Hard to recreate processes - The 1000x rule of process innovations - Quality vs price improvements - Process innovation as a discipline - Need to take a performance hit to switch paradigms - How to enable more fundamental manufacturing process innovations Transcript [00:00:00] this conversation, I talked to Michael filler and Matthew Ralph about fundamental manufacturing process innovations. We explore what they are, dig into historical examples and consider how we might enable more of them to happen. Michael and Matthew are both professors at Georgia tech and Michael also hosts an excellent podcast about nanotechnology called innovation. Our conversation centered around their paper called fundamental [00:01:00] manufacturing process. Innovation changes the world, which I've looked to in the show notes and highly recommend the fact that they posted it on medium. In addition to more traditional methods, give you a hint that they think a bit outside the normal academic box. However, I actually recommend the PDF version on SSRN, which is not behind a paywall only because it has great pictures for each process that I found super helpful. If you're in front of a screen, while you're listening to this, I suspect that having them handy, it might enhance the conversation. And here we go. the, the place that I'd love to start is, to sort of give everybody a, get them used to both of your voices and sort of assign a personality, a personality to each of you. so if each of you would say a bit about yourselves, and the. The, the sort of key bit that I've loved you to say is to, to focus on something that you believe that many people in your discipline would sort [00:02:00] of cock an eyebrow at because clearly by publishing this piece on medi you sort of identify yourself as not run of the mill professors.   Oh boy. Okay. So we're going to start juicy, real juicy. So I guess I'll go since I'm speaking, this is Mike filler speaking. Great to be here. so I've been a professor of chemical engineering at Georgia tech for a little over 10 years now. my research group works in nanoscale materials and device synthesis and scale up. So for say electronics applications, Yeah. I mean, this article, which we'll talk about emerged from, you know, can I say a frustration that I had around electronics really is where it started for me, at least, that. We have all this focus on new materials or new device physics or new circuit. And I know your listeners are probably thinking about morphic computing or quantum computing, and these are all very cool things, but it seemed to me [00:03:00] that we were entirely missing the process piece. The, how do we build computers? and, and, and circuitry. And, and so that's where this started for me was, starting to realize if we're not dealing with the process piece, that we're, we're missing a huge chunk of it. And I think one of the things is that people, people miss that where within working within the context of something developed 50 or 60 years ago, in many cases, and it's it's was really hidden to a lot of people. And so that, that was where I came at this. Great. All right. So, yeah, so I'm, also a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Georgia tech. my background is actually in process systems engineering. And, if you go back to the late 1960s, early 1970s, actually frankly, before I was a much more than in shorts, there was a, that was a real push towards. The role of process systems engineering in [00:04:00] chemical engineering in it really arose with the, with the advent of computing and the way that computing could be used to help in chemical engineering. And then slowly over time, the, the role of process systems engineering has become, I think, marginalized within the chemical engineering community, it's gone much over towards. What I call science and engineering science in a way from the process systems piece of it. And so, you know, as Mike would, would berate me with the, with his travails over, over what he was trying to do with nano integration and nanotechnology, I realized that what he was doing was describing a lot of the same frustrations I felt with the way that process systems engineering was being marginalized and pushed to the edges of chemical engineering with the. Focus more around fundamental discoveries rather than actually how we translate those fundamental discoveries, into, functioning, processes that then lead to outcomes that affect society. So for me, it, it, it [00:05:00] was a, it was a combination of, talking to Mike and then my own frustrations around how my own field was somewhat marginalized within the context of chemical engineering. Got it. And, sort of to, to anchor everybody and, and start us off. could you just explain what a fundamental manufacturing process innovation it's. So the way we think of fundamental process innovation or manufacturing process innovation is actually rethinking how the steps in a process are organized and connected together. And so that has become the paradigm which we have. we have set for fundamental manufacturing process innovation, and these innovations come in in different categories that enable us to put these processes together. And one of the examples of which for example, is. I'm factoring taking something that has been done together at one process step and separating it into two different steps that occur maybe at different [00:06:00] times or in different places. And by so doing, we actually enable us to make, a tremendous change in the way that that process operates. So it's really around. The strategy for organizing and executing the manufacturing steps and using a set of schema is to sort of understand how over history we have been able to do that. Do you want to add to that mic? Yeah. I want to take a step back outside of manufacturing. So one of the examples we give at the outset of the piece is not in manufacturing, but in shopping something that every single person listening to this can wrap their mind around, I think. and I still love the example cause it just kind of. I miss it every single day. and this is all pre COVID thinking of course, but the idea that say a hundred years ago, and a lot or Western societies, you would go to let's call it the general store. and you'd walk in, go up to the counter. And, if I have a list maybe, and you'd handle lists to the purveyor, and they would go [00:07:00] in the back rows of shelves and they'd pull off what was on your list and they'd bring it out to you, you pay for it and you go on your Merry way. And then, you know, several decades ago, this started to change, probably half century my ex ex ex. Exactly sure. The timing, but, to, to a model, where instead of a single shop keeper, having to interface with many individual, shoppers, it was now many shoppers who did the traversing of those aisles themselves, right? This is at least in Western society is what we are familiar with today as the grocery store or the target or the Walmart. And what you do is you. Trade one thing for another in doing that right. Instead of, the person, the, the purveyor, getting things for you, which from a customer's perspective is very nice. Right? you, you, you no longer have that, right. You're being told. Okay. He used to, yeah, he or she used to get it for you now. You're going to go and traverse the ALS yourself. But you do get something in return as the [00:08:00] shopper. And that is a lower costs because now one store at the same time can be, open to many, many people stopping shopping simultaneously. So, selection goes up, costs go down and there's a benefit for the customer, and the shopkeeper. So this is an example of a process innovation it's the it's still shopping, but it, it takes the old process paradigm and inserts a new one. Excellent. And so you, in your paper, you illustrate eight major historical, fundamental process innovations. And I would love to sort of frame the conversation by walking through them so that, a just because they're great history and B, so that everybody can sort of be anchored on the very concrete, examples while at the same time, I'll, I'll sort of poke at, The, the more sort of abstract questions and ideas around this. so the, the first, [00:09:00] the first one you talked about is the shift from the new Komen to the watt steam production process. So like, what was that? And, and why was that important? it was important because, what it did was it changed fundamentally how we could make power. So the newcomer engine had, the condensation of steam in the same vessel, as, as the, as what was being the vacuum was being pulled to enable the, Pulling of water up from the coal mines in Britain, turns out it's actually 10 mines rather than coal mines, where this was first developed. And what, what did was to factor that's one of a fundamental process schema factor, the two pieces so that the vacuum pulling and the condensation happened in different vessels. And as a result of that, he was able to increase the efficiency of the steam engine by, an order of magnitude. and, and through other innovations that then followed from that. The steam engine became [00:10:00] significantly more efficient. Now, what did that do? Well, the first thing it did was is it meant that you could pump water out of deeper mines, so you could actually now get coal out of deeper mines and so you can increase coal production significantly. The other thing it did, of course, it meant that for the same amount of power, the engine could actually get quite a bit smaller. In fact, it could get small enough that he could actually move itself on rails. And so what that also then enabled was. Stevenson and essentially the invention of railways without the steam engine. You wouldn't have railways with railways. Now, suddenly you can bring the coal, which you've now enabled yourself to dig out of Deepa mines. You can now bring that to manufacturing sentence. So there's a whole follow on set of innovations. And in fact, a complete reorganization it's called the industrial revolution. That is, that is based on these kinds of process innovations. And this was one of the most central ones, right? To that actual outcome was the idea of factoring these students. [00:11:00] Two steps leading to much greater efficiency in the way that a steam engine could be used. And, and that, there's actually two pieces that I think are fascinating about that. And one is, this phenomenon that you see over and over again, where what I would sort of call a continuous efficiency increases, right? Where it's. It was, it was like a fairly steady, increase of efficiency. But then, because as you point out, it eventually got efficient enough that it could power, a rail car that all of a sudden made this like discrete difference in what the process was actually capable. and I feel like you see this in school, many of the examples that you give, and I like, I just love that. And then the other piece. That I believe is the case. Is that, what was, what was, new Cummins apprentice, right? That I'm not sure about that actually. I mean, I think he was familiar with new [00:12:00] comes work. but I don't know if he was actually his apprentice or not in that particular context. W w and the reason that I ask is that, like, do you think that what would have been able to. Create this, this process innovation, if he hadn't been like, sort of actively working with the new Komen engine in the first place. No, I think the answer is, is that without that he, he, you know, you have that you had to have a starting point. And I think he understood, once, once he sold the starting point that, yeah, that was a, there was a way in which he could make this more efficient. the other thing about the, the, the efficiency and the scanning of efficiency is what we see in a lot of these fundamental process innovations is that there is a step change, but not only that, it shows how then off to that fundamental process innovation has happened. That, that can be this continuous increase, right? So there is, it unlocks an enormous potential to suddenly change the game in terms of the efficiency. So, [00:13:00] so the point being that say the original engine was maybe less than, than 3%. Maybe one, 2% efficient. And what, what did with the sort of next version was increased that by an order of magnitude, and then suddenly with that innovation now by better manufacturing, higher pressure vessels, et cetera, you could actually then go into an even higher level of, of efficiency. Not only that, but it drove the development of the sort of discipline of thermodynamics. Now you have to analyze the engines on their efficiencies and understand what could lead to greater efficiency in the future. And so, and you know, entirely scientific discipline was built on top of the, of innovations that were occurring in heat engines. Yeah. Well, I think there's an important point here in the efficiency discussion, right? And Matthew and I have chatted about this. A fair amount is that you kind of have the efficiency piece and as you're pointing out, Ben, it's really critical. Look it up for some threshold with a lot of these, but efficiency is kind of zero to a hundred, [00:14:00] right? And then you have the whole cost throughput piece. And as we show in the piece, you have many orders of magnitude possible gains on that side of the equation. and some of it goes hand in hand with efficiency, but I sometimes think that that is there's an overemphasis, often on efficiency.   you gotta get through the threshold and then recognize that the driving down of costs or increasing of throughput can happen, you know, a million X, you know, as, as for example, the planar process of integrated circuit shows it's more than a million X decrease in cost over time. Yeah. And, and this, this idea is that, that you point out about almost sort of like the process innovation, defining a paradigm that then sort of sets the pack for things is, is a theme that we'll like, let's, let's almost like poke it that as we, as we go through through everything else. and, before we move on, I guess the last piece, [00:15:00] sort of going back to. like Watts familiarity with the process in the first place. And sort of tying it back to to today is, I guess what, what's your take on sort of like the, the, the familiarity that the people who are working on cross as possible process innovations have with the processes now, Let's see, I probably phrased that a little bit weird, but, I guess my concern is that there's, there's more of a separation between the people that we expect to do the innovating and the people who are working on the processes. So, so yeah, this is a really critical point. I mean, what we have done in the modern innovation enterprise right, is we've split, so-called fundamental research with applied research. and, these examples, many, the ones that we give are really squarely between the two and they need both [00:16:00] to function. And so this is, for this kind of innovation or real. I think a real issue with the current way, things are set up, because it requires some knowledge of the science that's kind of emerging. It requires some knowledge of some engineering, and it's a matter of integrating these things. And it's not, so much, I think what the prevailing view of the world is, which is fundamental innovation gets developed and leads to some specific technology. It happens between the two. and so that's, that is, that is, That is a theme I think, and these innovations and it's something that I think today is harder to do. we could talk for a long time about why it's harder to do, but it's harder to do today. Cool. Well, we'll, we'll we'll. Circle back on that, as, as we get sort of closer to the present. so can I say one more thing? This is such a good example, but everyone knows the, the watt engine and we are very careful to call it, the watt, what do we call it? We call it the [00:17:00] walk process, right? We call it the what process, what process for energy generation or something like that. But yeah, we focus on the process and I think this is one of the reasons why these kinds of manufacturing innovations are missed all the time is that you focus on the engine, the physical thing that carries out the process and you're missing that. Oh, actually, what, what did was he factored these two steps? It's still a machine like new Coleman's machine, but in the end, what made it so powerful was the underlying process that. It carried out. And I think that that is one of the reasons why these manufacturing innovations are missed in manufacturing versus in other areas where process is talked about much more frequently. So I wanted to make sure, well, actually, as long as we're on that topic, I want to, sort of the talk like the. call out the sort of obsession with novelty in academia, where like, [00:18:00] if like, it's, it's really important to call out the, the process innovation. Because if you look at it just as like steam power, then you could sit, like you could sit a lot, like what's novel, like near your dinner, your power from steam, new colon generated power from steam. and so, so we, like, we need to. Really sort of pay attention to what's going on on the inside and like how that really different, even though on the outside, it does not look that different. For sure. And, and I think the point that we arrived at there is, is, is when we went back into deep history and asked ourselves, well, what do we call the ages of the past? And we call them things like the INH. We don't call it the smelting age. Right. Right, right. We could, we could call it by the process, but we don't, we call it by the thing that was made. you know, we don't, we don't talk, we talk about Flint's and we talk about Flint arrows. We don't talk about the ways in [00:19:00] which those flints were shaped into arrowheads, the flaking and the, and the, and the. But essentially those kinds of processes, which we don't even know in many cases how to reproduce and they lose that knowledge for, for many, many years. In fact centuries, the one example we use in the paper is that a Roman concrete, you know, we were able to, to look at Roman buildings, but we were not able to reproduce them because we had lost the, the recipe. We lost the recipe for making, concrete, with the, with the sort of dissipation of the Roman empire. And so in fact, we couldn't reproduce these buildings, so we could look at them, but we couldn't reproduce them because we had lost the process. Well, I think that that's so key to point out because it's almost what, like similar to the, the streetlight effect where, it's, it's so much easier to look at and point out and talk about the, the artifact. but it's, it's, not as legible what work went into making and even, even now, like, even [00:20:00] now, when you like, literally when everybody's writing everything down, it's still, there are so many little things that go into these processes, that are sort of illegible. and I think that it's. Easy to forget about that and think like, Oh, well, you know, someone wrote it up. Therefore we know everything that can be known about it. Yeah. History is kind of similar, right? The history. Yeah. We, we, we look back on history and we don't see the generator of the history. Yeah. So it's, it's often very hard to get our true handle on what it was that led to certain phenomenon. We, we, we look back and we start to come up with theories. and I mean maybe sometimes they're right. Sometimes they're wrong. We don't have, we have some ways of knowing and other areas. We have no way of knowing because it's, what happened is lost to time. Yeah. Sorry. This is kind of very similar in terms of the fleeting nature of processes. Yeah. And, and, and the fact that it's not easy, I think it should be born out [00:21:00] by anybody who's ever tried to read the materials and methods, sections of academic papers, because you will discover that very rarely do the researchers actually document the materials and methods in sufficient detail to actually reproduce them. There's a, there's a, there's something that they do in the lab that they just forget to write down. That's actually absolutely critical to make the, the, the, the material process work. you'll just discover that they, Oh yeah, we soaked it in methanol for 60 minutes. Oh, I'm sorry. We left that out. you know, there's, there's there are, there are easy to leave out these steps that turn out to be crucial, but they're not the final artifact that's being exhibited in the paper. Yeah. Yeah, there's this, there's this, sorry, there's this, this kind of discussion in, today in science about irreproducibility and we have this reproduction crisis and okay. Maybe we can be doing a better job, but I think a lot of it it's just, as Matthew's describing it's stuff that is not obvious you, as the experimenter are doing the experiment. You, even, if you wrote [00:22:00] down absolutely everything you thought you did. There are things you didn't even realize you were doing that were central to the process and it gets lost. And that, that to me is likely the main source of a lot of these, these issues. Yeah. I wonder what would happen if we actually had a system where you just videoed, literally everything that someone did in a process and then, like captured every key stroke on their computer and it would be it. Yeah, but , I wonder, I wonder whether it would just be completely, unintelligible or  whether there'd be something useful that came out of it. Just for the sake of time. I love, yeah, let's move on the second of eight. so, the, the, the second process you talk about is, the, the, the foreigner process for continuous papermaking, which I did not know anything about before I read this. so yeah, like what, what was that, why was it important? So, so here is it's a lot like, what,   Gutenberg good with the press. but, [00:23:00] paper prior to this innovation was Preston single sheets and dried as single sheets. basically a fully integrated process on one sheet of paper. And, what, continuous papermaking did was it took each of those steps and separated them into individual components. So that's a factoring schema, as we describe in the paper, where you first throw down the slurry of pulp. Right. And then, there's a section where you let the water drain. you consolidate the Pope down into something that's like a sheet, and then you push that sheet through rollers. and then you dry it, but each of those steps are different, right? The pulp deposition, the rolling and the drying are separated in space and time now. Whereas before they were more or less in the same space. And so that, that factoring allows you to scale up by orders and orders of magnitude, that production rate of paper. And so we talk a lot about Gutenberg's press, being central to mass literacy and it clearly [00:24:00] was. But, and, and we're not the first people to point this out, Tim Harford, who I like a lot who writes for the financial times and his own books, has talked about this where, you need to have the continuous paper. Manufacturing piece so that you could get those books to so many more people. And it was really both of those together that, that led to that. The other point I was going to make about that is, is it also revealed that we, that we were going to that as soon as we were able to, you know, produce, paper at large rates, we needed some sort of raw material that could also be produced. At large rates. And so this idea that you are going to continue to use rags as the, as the input, suddenly became difficult. And so people had to scout around for other forms of fiber that you could use. And that's really what led to the whole, you know, creation of, of the pulping industry that, that takes what. Well on the face of it, a tree doesn't exactly. Look like paper, takes a tree and turns it into something that you can make a make paper out of. [00:25:00] So again, it's this upstream and downstream it's the, the downstream effect is, is. The societal mass literacy, the upstream effect is, is the, is the creation of a, of an entire industry around, you know, turning trees into, into pulp. and so some people might disagree with doing that, but, but the bottom line is, is that's what enabled, the, those two pieces to be driven was the creation of the, of the, of, of papermaking in the, in the middle of that. Yeah. And something that. So, did you have a sense of how people were thinking about papermaking? Oh, for, before for generic came up with process that is like, did, did they realize that it should be possible to make paper more efficiently? Or was it just like, just that's the way it wants? because I feel like so many of these process innovations. [00:26:00] There are people just sort of accept whatever level of whatever process we have. And we're like, Oh, like that's the way it is. Yeah. Maybe we can make it a little better until something new comes along. One of the things we were careful to do in the piece. And I'll be honest because we're not historians is to, to try to stay away a little bit from like the, the, the driving forces. Right. And kind of what people were thinking. I'm really focused on the mechanisms. And that's one of the things, you know, I've really enjoyed learning from people who are in the, the progress studies community, that emerging community. in general, I find that they really know a lot about history and that's great. and we really wanted to make sure we could pay attention to mechanism at the, at the actual innovation level. and so I guess I'm saying that as a long winded answer to say, I don't know how they thought about it. but, you know, but I think that there's kind of been a shift over time. you know, Matthew was sending me, show me something from scientific American recently. [00:27:00] They just, what was their anniversary? Matthew? A 175th. I can't remember what that is in Latin, but, but it's, it's a very long and complicated word. Yeah. But  DECA. Yes, exactly. Quickie and no versary. Yes. It's something like that. I buy, if I pumped up, I could go get my issue and they have it in there, but, but it is, it's quite a complicated word. That's all I remember. And they have a article in there talking about the shift in how people speak, spoke about science and engineering. And, h hundred years ago, there was this kind of more engineering processing, which that was far more common. And then around at the time of world war two, it kind of shifted, be more about science and the emphasis on science. At least as far as that magazine goes, but I think the magazine is probably fairly representative of the endeavor as a whole. And so, yeah, that's, that's kind of fascinating. You're saying, did they appreciate, whether the process could be [00:28:00] better? And my gut feeling is they maybe in, in the 18 hundreds, they appreciated that it could be better, more. Did they have an appreciation for how much better that's that's probably dubious. Right? I think most of these, if you went back and asked the original innovator. Did you know, you were setting us on a pathway or a trajectory that led to, you know, the world, as we know it today, I think they'd probably be like, wow, no, I did not expect that. I just was trying to make an extra buck. Yeah. But I think it's like, it's actually almost like a powerful, admonition people to sort of like, keep in mind the different schemas that you lay out and just to like walk around the world. Saying like, Oh, like, could this, could this apply here? and it almost like gives you a bit of humility that it might be possible that like these could always happen. that's for us, that's kind of [00:29:00] emerging from doing this and we're, we're continuing to work on, on, on next pieces basically is a kind of a thousand X heuristic. Whereas you have a two D technology today and you ask yourself, can I do it a thousand X cheaper or a thousand X faster? with the way we do it today? if the answer is yes. Okay, great. And you're really competent that if the answer is no, it may be time for a process innovation. Maybe to us a thousand X is, is sufficiently beyond someone,   you know, giving you the pop out answer. Of course, we've made progress in the last 10 years and I expect more progress. Well, that's kind of a cop out answer. A thousand X is quite a bit faster or quite a bit a higher throughput. So that's, I think that's a good metric for anyone working on any technology. and I think COVID COVID is a great example of what we've been experiencing in the last, however many months. It feels like two years, and you know, we needed rapid vaccine [00:30:00] manufacturing. We needed rapid testing, basically a thousand X faster. And we didn't really have that capability in hand and people have done tremendous work right in the, in the intervening months to try and get us a lot closer. I know Matthew has done some work on this. but when the whole thing started, we hadn't really thought about it so much yet. How could we speed up this a thousand X? And so for us, it's a pretty good heuristic is that, is I like that a lot. That is a very powerful heuristic. and it's also like it's, it's aggressively ambitious, which really, really does speak to me. cool. And so, let's, let's talk about the, the Bessemer process for steel manufacturing, which, His age is really cool. everybody listening, go check out the pictures. so, so what is that and why was it important? So again, I think it was important because what it led to obviously was a, was a, a better steel and, steel that you could make. Again, as Mike has pointed out, you could [00:31:00] make,   the steel significantly faster than the existing processes. and what it came down to was was, was a recognition that actually to remove the impurities from the steel, you, you could blow air through the steel. That that would cause a reaction that would cause the steel to heat up. Whereas if you think about blowing edge generally, if you blow on things, it makes things colder. So this idea that you would blow air through something to make it hotter was was, was obviously a, you know, something you do in bellows and had been at. Had been thought about in terms of bellows, but actually literally blowing the air through the steel was, was not something that had been done and, and combined with that idea was also this idea that by removing all the impurities and making essentially something that was, that was pure. And then adding back dosing back impurities after you've purified. So that you had control over the composition instead of attempting to stop right at the moment when you had exactly the [00:32:00] right amount of carbon, for example, in the steel, that, that was then another powerful idea that came about. So, so the Bessemer process really. Had a profound impact, both in terms of, again, how much steel you could make in a given amount of time, because it increased the rate by this heating, and then also the control of quality by this site, this very counterintuitive idea of removing all the impurities and then adding something back in order to get to the, to the final product that you wanted. That led then to, to much stronger steels than had been capable of being produced previously and much higher quality control too. I mean, that was a key piece of that. And so actually on that point, you, you, you, you note that the, the best word process led to, three order magnitude, three orders of magnitude increase in, in steel production. And, I'm not, this is something that I, I always wonder about with the, these process innovations that both make it cheaper and [00:33:00] increase the quality, Do you have a sense of whether the order of magnitude increase was primarily due to sort of like moving down the supply demand curve, where there was just like people, you know, because the see was cheaper, they would consume more of it or was it primarily driven by, by new applications of the higher quality steel? obviously it was both, but it's interesting to think about like, which of those. Ends up being, I think the high quality in this case was a, was a very critical factor in the, in the, in the equation poly, because one of the things that opened up was is it opened up the idea of making steel rights, as opposed to what was made from iron rails and steel rails were able to bear a huge, a significant amount, more weight. And because of the fact that they could bear more weight. Now, suddenly again, you could increase the distances and volumes of which trade could happen. And so this, this was one of the reasons why, for example, you could spread [00:34:00] all the way across the United States because you could connect the resource rich West to the, population rich East. with, you know, now a much more powerful, communications network driven by, you know, the steel rails that you were able to produce. So I think that a lot of it was, was, was, you know, bound up with this idea that suddenly now this new application came, came about, that you could do much as the steam engine sort of. When you were able to move the steam engine with its fuel, you now actually could even start that whole process going. So, so again, it's this knock on effect, here, follow up on that and just make the connection for everyone that the efficiency threshold we talked about with watt is very similar to the strength threshold Matthew's talking about with steel. Right. And cross that threshold to a new material, a new strength threshold, but then it was really this driving up production, driving down costs by orders of magnitude. And yeah, we, we got better [00:35:00] higher stress, but you're not going to change the strength of something by a million times. Right. Right. So again, it's, it's kind of these two columns, the efficiency or performance column, and then the manufacturing scale column. Right. And, and going on to the next process in the, in that, in that, in our list, the calorie cracking process, again, you have that same, juxtaposition. You have the fact that by factoring the catalyst regeneration from the production of the fuel, you enabled yourself now to have a continuous process. which enabled you to increase the throughput in terms of the barrels of oil that you could, you could bring through this process, you enabled it to be increased significantly, but also this innovation was happening at a, at a time period where aviation in war was a significant factor and the quality of the fuel that you actually produced. Out of the, out of the catalytic cracking process was higher than the quality of fuel you [00:36:00] produced just by distilling off a certain fraction of the, of the crude oil. And so what you were able to do essentially was, was have a higher performance aircraft engine that was quite significant in terms of its power to, to wait. A ratio in terms of what it could deliver. And so that gave a, you know, allied aircraft, actually a significant boost in performance by having this fuel available to them. And again, provided a significant driving force to scale up the process, which again, went up by a factor of at least a thousand, over the course of, two or three years. Yeah. It's these numbers like whatever, would it be? Say these numbers it's still sort of crazy because it feels like. So many things, focus on like getting, you know, like 10% more efficiency. whereas like, like truly getting to a thousand thousand Xs is like mind boggling. So, I believe this was the case for catalog cracking, and I know that it's the case for many process innovations, [00:37:00] where, at first the, the innovation actually makes the process less efficient like wall while you sort of are figuring out how to get everything working. And then, once you do that, then it makes the whole thing skyrocket. and so I, I guess, The question is like, do you have a sense of how people sort of got past got out of these, like these local equilibria where, you know, if you went to someone you're like, Hey, I want to think less efficiently so that eventually it will become more efficient. so like how, how these, these things even got through. I'm not sure I have any great answers except perseverance. I mean, I think a lot of this stuff comes down to, to the inventor, really, you know, from their experience from their early work on, innovation recognizing in themselves and in their work, that there is the potential, even if right now it's not quite there. you know, [00:38:00] Bessemer was the same thing where, you know, you first,   licensed the patent to people and they could reproduce what he did. So the separation of full separation of impurities came later, so that people could reproduce it. So that was a reproducibility problem in the beginning, not so much a strength problem. and, yeah, I don't know. I think a lot of this just comes down to the person, saying I see it just like any of today's, you know, visionaries we talk about in the innovation space and then just keep hammering on it. Yeah, right. I mean, there's counterfactuals, right? So sorry, Matthew. I mean, it was just, we can't, we don't know the ones where the person didn't hammer on it and it never came to fruition. So it's hard to know. Right. I'm going to string together, you know, a few thousand laptop batteries and stick them on the bottom of, of a, of a car. And that is going to create a company called Tesla. Right. so, so, so the answer is, is, is it's very hard to predict, obviously a and B the T's about a lot of it is about [00:39:00] perseverance and certainly Elon Musk will we'll talk at length about the fact that he, he. He's thinks his quality is perseverance. And that it's, that that's, that's very important in this context or I'm going to have a rocket that goes up into the air and then eventually pirouettes and lands on a, on a platform floating in the middle of the seat. so these, these are, these are, you know, innovations where, where certainly the, the individual involved has plays a pretty signature. If you can, too, to the perseverance necessary to get it to that stage. But, but it's also important to recognize, right. That it's not perseverance along the existing trajectory. Right. It's stepping aside trying to establish a brand new trajectory and pushing on that. And I think sometimes those, those two are missed a lot. When you use the word perseverance people, miss that. It's it's, it's also this stepping outside of the existing trajectory. Yeah. I I'm, I'm particularly interested in whether we can like. Create Mehta innovations in sort of [00:40:00] roadmapping out what that stepping aside looks like. So instead of just, I'm saying like, okay, we're gonna go this other way. Like really sort of saying, we'd go this other way. And like, this is what it will take to get this too. Do that, that thousand X to hopefully make it easier for, these individuals too. So just convince other people that they're not crazy, when, when they don't maybe have a couple of million dollars to go off and like blow up rockets on an Island. Yeah. It's I think it's, it's, it's hard to figure out. I mean, look at, look at the bottleneck that emerged that Matthew was talking about and continuous paper manufacturing. I, you know, I think I'm pretty sure when they started, developing that process, they didn't expect that to be the next roadblock. Right. but it was, and so, so again, this comes back to the perseverance thing. I think, I think you can try and outline it stuff, but there's going to be roadblocks. And you probably should. Right? Don't just, this is not just serendipitous. I think there's a certain kind of [00:41:00] force that comes with these things that people push on the innovations. but you know, recognizing that there's going to be one new bottlenecks that emerge, but not to let those discourage you and that, you know, this, they think of them as, you know, motivating new science and engineering and, and that's how I view a lot of this stuff. And, and yeah, that's what I would say, Matthew. Yeah. And, and actually on the note of sort of unexpected bottlenecks, I think that that's another key point is that, like so much science and engineering does come out of trying to implement things and then running into bottlenecks that you can't even expect. Right. Like, instead of trying to like, imagine everything through,   cool. So just in it for the sake of time, let's talk about the, the planar process for integrated circuitry, which like arguably, has been the driving force of at least the second half of the 20th century. [00:42:00] Yeah, and I think it's often a missed, right. We talk about the integrated circuit and information technology, and miss the fact that there's this process underlying it, that has enabled us to interconnect. I mean, it's in certain settings, it's hundreds of billions of transistors now. Right. And so, in the early days, everything was discreet. just like everything else, everything was modular and discrete components. Yeah, transistors were all sold as single tracks. I would tell them that way. Yeah, exactly. No, no. Yeah. I'll, I'll take three. And, they, P people have the idea of interconnecting them. We, we were building computers. We recognized how hard it was to take these modular components with the technology of the time and integrate them. the other thing that was happening at the same time was some science. And actually, this is one of the cool things about the planar process was that there was science going on. Where there was a recognition that embedding these electronic devices all the way inside a single crystal, Silicon wafer gave you much better performance. [00:43:00] And so it was kind of the realization that you could jam these things inside the top surface of a wafer. There was also surface passivation, for those who are familiar with this process, that was key to making the devices good once they were embedded, but then once they were inside the wafer, the top surface remained flat. but they were embedded. Right. but the, the technology before that was what they used to call Mesa technology, where the transistors were kind of built on top, like mesas and Utah or Arizona, but putting them in, okay. The wafer left the top surface flat and much easier to interconnect using this development of photo lithography. And then it went from there. and, and so that, that was the key innovation, was this extreme parallelization basically. of embedding, not just a single transistor, but thousands and then millions and billions of transistors. And I want to also point out, you know, The, the, the trajectory that, that set us on as described by Moore's law, [00:44:00] this idea that we, decrease the size, increase the number at a, at a rate that's, gives us Moore's law and, and potentially that's slowing down. that's another one of the features of process innovations in many cases is that they, they eventually will run out of steam. and, I, I think we're starting to see this with the planar process, where it's had a tremendous runway. but we're getting to the point where the underlying assumptions of it may no longer not, they're not going to go away, but that we may benefit from an alternative way of building circuitry. Yeah. The, these processes they're, their effects tend to fall as you point out, tend to follow S-curves. Right. So that's, we're sort of, you see it when you start to like hit the top of that. S-curve that's when you need to think about like these fundamental process innovations. I think we've been at the top of the S curve for a long time, the processing, I mean the prediction of the [00:45:00] end of Moore's law. And I say that in quotes, it has been around for decades and, always been able to get around it. and that's impressive. It's a Testament to the scientists and engineers that work in the industry. But, you know, you can only get so small. yeah, that was an interesting thing here about biases also that, the planar process biased us towards miniaturization, right. biased us. But one of the central tenants of the planar process is perfection at every step. Once you put transistors in the solid wafer and you can't pull them out very easily, or really you can't, if they're defective, You're now in a world where every transistor up to these tens of billions, we're talking about better, be really close to. Perfect. And, so what that drives you towards it incentivizes you to, not change too much about the process and find a trajectory that allows you to still increase performance. And that trajectory was just shrinking thing. Don't change the materials too much. Don't change the [00:46:00] processes by a large amount to shrink stuff. And that was very synergistic, right? That's Moore's law and it's a tremendous success, but it did incentivize us down that pathway. And it's a bias that process innovation set up and that other innovations would set us up to go in a different direction. Yeah. Yeah. That's the, the counterfactuals are fascinating. And, and, and another thing that I think is really interesting about the, the planet process. and, and it happens in other places where,   horny, who, who came up with it happened to have had experience with printing, if I remember correctly. And so you tend to see these, these situations where like someone who has experienced in like a completely different discipline. Just so happens to be interacting with the process and say like, Oh, Hey, perhaps this thing from this other discipline can be applied in this process. and I wonder if there are that, like, do you have an incentive, like sort of better ways to get that to [00:47:00] happen? well I do, which is to create a specific, discipline around, this. So, so I, you know, if I'm going to take a very strong position here, I would say we need, we need a discipline of process studies. where we do try to lead, you know, young minds because ours have too inflexible at this point, across these different kinds of examples and allow them to see the connections between the different processes in different technological domains. And that may be, although that's not a, not a, a pedagogical, certainly that will be this opportunity. They will then connect these ideas in some other manufacturing domain, or even across. for example, service domains, I do see that there is this general principle around process innovation, manufacturing, so potentially, possibly founded on the schema that we've, that we've outlined that could enable people to see these [00:48:00] connections and start to use ideas from one process discipline in another. And so factoring could be sunny appears as we've said, in, in services. And it could appear in other manufacturing domains as well. So, so I would advocate for a borough, sort of a discipline that's built around this, these ideas so that we could lead people to make this more efficient in terms of our discovery. Wait, Mike's refraining. No. I, I, I agree. I think probably the things we're talking about or the discipline Matthew's talking about, I would liken it a lot to the role mathematics plays, right? Mathematics is its own discipline. it's separate, but all of the engineering and sciences use it. and so this is kind of similar and we were very careful, to pick out to process innovations that span the gamut. We really, we think, I think it's hard to argue that any of the eight we picked, were not really impactful. but they, they really [00:49:00] span a whole variety of, of disciplines kind of showing that it really is everywhere, but we don't recognize it as, so as pervasive as something like mathematics. and, I, I don't want to be heard as saying, well, we're as important as mathematics. mathematics has been along around a long time, but it's something akin to that. Right? I think the one place that I think it's different and would need to be adjusted somehow is that there's there isn't a ton. I mean, there are some, but like there isn't a whole lot of feedback loops between. Matt and the, all the other disciplines that math, enables. so the, so like occasionally you'll see like a mathematical problem. That's been inspired by a, a sort of more applied problem. whereas I imagine in some kind of, process innovation discipline, you really do need to have these, like these feedback [00:50:00] loops. Between, the, the discipline and the, and the sort of like the effective disciplines and sort of like setting up those, those feedback loops seems, important and harder. Yeah. Discipline is hard. Yes, absolutely. And I think with mathematics, we may have been doing it for so long that we don't see it. Right. I think, I think, you know, if you think about astronomy, for example, astronomy uses uses mathematics falling objects, is one of the inspirations for a lot of, a lot of mathematics. And so sometimes I think we know that mathematics has become the problems in mathematics have become so embedded with each other in some sense that we don't see that we need to create that, that, that feedback loop. Right. whereas, you know, geometry, for example, is another one, where, whereas in, in process, I agree with you. It's still something that I think is despite us having, you know, used [00:51:00] processes since we were, you know, since we were time in Memorial, right. We haven't really set up that as a formal means of, of analyzing the way we, the way we do things, right? I mean, that's, that's, if you like, it's the science of the way we do things. and that's what we need to, we need to think about and actually put that out. I'm going to argue against myself and, and there's, there's tons of examples of math, being inspired by, by applications where like, look at information theory, right? Like the whole reason that. We have information theories because they wanted to see how much information they could cram in a single copper wire. So, so I will actually rescind that really. Yes, I think so. And I, and I think the other thing there is, is look how impactful, what is the impactful mathematics? It is actually, I mean, in some sense, almost by default, but it is the sorts of things where now, you know, where information theory was obstructed away from the app, from the original idea. And [00:52:00] now has come back to influence a whole range of. Of of applications beyond that. And that's, that's the, the value. And I think that's the same thing with process innovation, right? If we could abstract away find the, find the, the, the core of that as a discipline that could then come back and influence a whole range of, of the way that we do things. Yeah. And, and so, so I do want to be respectful of both of your times. so, what I will do is encourage people, listening to go look, read, like, read the paper, to discover, the, the last three, fundamental process innovations. And the way I'd love to close is, sort of beyond reading this paper, like, how do you think that we could. Get beyond, reading the paper and Vicky about a new discipline. Like what, what are ways to get more of more fundamental process innovations? Well, I think we, we, at least in some, [00:53:00] some amount of our innovation sequence, need to recognize that there are things that happen. Within the Valley of death. So, you know, we talk a lot about the Valley of death as something to cross. first of all, Valley death is very manmade because we've split fundamental science and applied science and processes. An example where the splits are really bad thing. And instead of crossing it, we should look at at it as we want to go into it and hang out in it. Yeah, right. I think this is one of the issues with it. This course is it's all about something bad versus no, it's actually where we need to be. for, for certain innovations. you know, I think you think about the Nobel prize from this last week for CRISPR like that, that is squarely in my mind, that is a discovery. It's a fundamental discovery and it'll be translated that that's kind of the conventional view of things, but there we are not doing ourselves any favors by. By having the scale too [00:54:00] much on the fundamental side and that we should at least rebalance a little bit and force ourselves down into that Valley. Just hang out. Yeah. Love it. Matthew, what do you think. Yes. I think the, the stepping away from some of the things that we take for granted, like electronics manufacturing, and, and considering Mike's question around what would make this a thousand X,   better in some dimension. Is is, is really the way that we can, that we can make progress. And again, your point was very well taken, which is sometimes when we get better at something, we're going to get worse at something else. Right. And, and it could be that we're going to have to accept that we will not have circuitry that behaves as, as, as well, or as fast as it did previously. But now we may have gained in some other dimension. So again, it's about taking the blinkers off and not saying, okay, we have to have these particular metrics [00:55:00] always be improving, but think about how through processes. We may take some other metric and now make that significant it'd be better than it was previously. And then. Hang out and see what happens as Mike said, because by doing so, we may in fact then lead ourselves to improve other areas as well. And that, that could then lead to the kinds of scalings we saw with making steel, making paper or making energy. And so that's what we really need to think about. Here are my key takeaways. Sometimes you need to go down, go back up. The interplay between processes and paradigms is absolutely fascinating. And we don't talk about it enough. And finally, we need to spend more time hanging out in the Valley of death. [00:56:00]

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Today Christina switches roles and is interviewed by Azzy Aslam. They talk all things personal branding as well as online privacy, professionalism and more. Tune in today to discover what you need to be doing to have a great personal brand in the workplace and truly ‘market yourself’. Sign Up For Jessens' Webinar Here: https://bit.ly/jessenct KEY TAKEAWAYS Sometimes you don’t realise that a moment was pivotal in your career until you look back years later – Both Azzy and Christina experienced this. Personal branding is about people knowing about you, not just the business you work for. If your personal brand is strong enough then people will choose you and your brand rather than a competitor. It’s key to get the balance right between the business branding and personal branding Your personal brand is all about deciding the perception you want to create. Just because you are making yourself personable it does not mean that you have to completely open yourself up to the world – you don’t have to share everything publically. You can still have a strong personal brand without revealing all. If you wouldn’t want particular information published on a billboard outside your house for all to see – then don’t put that information online. If you ever need to do anything really difficult that requires a lot of brainpower – do something physical, it helps blood flow and kicks in neurotransmitters to make you more alert. BEST MOMENTS 07:09 “Personal branding is about building the awareness of you as an individual professional” 08:04 “People buy from people” 17:42 “Your personal brand is like a caricature of yourself” 22:29 “Instant gratification in a business sense has created some quite unrealistic expectations” 32:23 “You have to have a plan for yourself, don’t wait for the company to give you a plan” 1:12 “You’d be surprised how much more they can do and achieve when they step into a character” VALUABLE RESOURCES Christina Talks Podcast ABOUT THE HOST Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player. For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know how to use them! LinkedIn Twitter Website See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Christina Martini and Sonya Sigler discuss: Sonya’s journey to becoming a lawyer and what she learned and accomplished along the way. Her work with mentoring and empowering women. The importance of having important role models. The need to be authentic, have an open mind and mentality of inclusivity.    Key Takeaways: Sometimes you get to where you are meant to go by knowing what not to do. There is a time and place for formal mentoring, but sometimes the most valuable mentorship can happen more organically.  Don’t dismiss men as role models or mentors.  Reach out to someone you admire, let them know why you admire them, and ask them questions, you might just form a mentoring relationship that way.   "We're all in this together and we have to support each other. You can't just succeed as a woman leader just by yourself or with the help of other women; it's going to involve men and women. Cultivating that support wherever it is, from a man, or a woman, or a well rounded group of people, is really important to keep in mind." —  Sonya Sigler   Connect with Sonya Sigler:   Twitter: @sonyasigler (https://twitter.com/sonyasigler) Facebook: Worthwhile Coaching (https://www.facebook.com/worthwhilecoaching/) Website: SonyaSigler.com (https://sonyasigler.com/) Email: Sonya@SonyaSigler.com (mailto:Sonya@SonyaSigler.com) Blog: (http://www.iampractigal.com/) Free Book: Welcome to the Next Level - 3 Secrets to Become Unstuck, TAke Action, and Rise Higher in Your Career (https://sonyasigler.com/book/) Instagram: @sonyasigler (https://www.instagram.com/sonyasigler/) LinkedIn: Sonya Sigler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonyasigler/)   Connect with Christina Martini:   Twitter: @TinaMartini10 (https://twitter.com/TinaMartini10?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Website: www.paradigmshiftshow.com (http://www.paradigmshiftshow.com/) LinkedIn: Christina Martini (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamartini) Email: christinamartini.paradigmshift@gmail.com (mailto:christinamartini.paradigmshift@gmail.com)     Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. (https://www.turnkeypodcast.com/) You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Linda was married to Scott for 35 years and it was a rocky marriage. They got accustomed to living as roommates and were close to throwing in the towel when Scott got diagnosed with cancer. They spent a year working on all the pain their relationship had and it became a year of healing where they both forgave each other. Even though it was a very horrible year, Linda is so grateful because it brought them closer together. She shares her grief journey. Key Takeaways: ● Sometimes a terminal diagnosis can bring people together or tear people apart. ● Linda shares her story about how she met her husband, Scott. ● Scott suffered from depression all of his life. When it came time to retire, his depression got worse. ● Linda and Scott had gotten accustomed to living as roommates. Linda was sad and done. She was ready to divorce. ● However, Scott didn’t want her to go and was willing to reshape their lives so that they could live a better life. The following summer he was diagnosed with cancer. ● All those years, Scott didn’t wear his wedding band, but when he was faced with this, he wanted to put it back on again. ● It was a year of healing the relationship. They both forgave each other. ● Scott was so afraid to leave Linda behind. ● Scott had so much regret about all the years lost in the marriage. He apologized to Linda for ‘blowing it’. ● Linda remembers when she was completely alone after Scott passed. She asked, ‘Now what?’ ● Linda trusts God and has told herself she is going to be thankful and open to new paths. ● Linda feels so blessed. ● Linda was able to find a very supportive group at her church to help her through after Scott’s passing. Linda’s soul is filled with gratitude.

Welcome to THE TRUE NORTH COLLECTIVE℠ PODCAST: SEASON 3! With co-hosts Rachel Bellotti (she/her) and Jenell Riesner (she/her), this is a gathering of un-sugar-coated conversations celebrating the untold stories of everyday people fearlessly finding and living their true north.  In our own search to discover and live from our TRUE NORTH, we continue to meet many interesting, courageous people from all walks of life, doing all sorts of amazing things to live life in their own unique way. Stories from all over the world. Stories with heart. Stories with grit. Stories with plot twists. Stories going untold - until now. This season, we celebrate these untold stories of everyday people who are fearlessly living their true north and inspiring each of us to do the same. Today, we talk to Agora Artists practicing movement artists and co-founders, Avery-Jai Andrews (she/her) + Lauren Kravitz (she/her). Agora Artists is a new arts service organization run by dancers, for dancers; focused on providing programming and resources that contribute to a supportive ecosystem for dance, maintaining an active and sustainable creative life in DFW. We chat about the importance of hibernating, having a supportive community and space to create, allowing life to express itself through your body + your organic movements, and saying yes to the open doors in front of you even if they seem like they are totally not in line with where you thought you would be going. This episode shares the importance of having a physical experience of life, inviting you to step beyond your thoughts and your words to allow movement to be an intuitive way of receiving new information about life, from your body.  *note: this episode includes explicit language appropriate for those ages 16+   RESOURCES MENTIONED: Agora Artists Booker T Washington High School for the Performing Arts Arts Mission Oak Cliff Artist’s Way Kibbutz contemporary dance company Firefly Cacao + Virtual Cacao Ceremonies Music from: https://www.jukedeck.com/   3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Sometimes we end up in places where we don’t feel like we fit in or are conducive to supporting us in the way that we like being supported. And in fact the very discomfort there and the time you must learn to get comfortable and accept yourself there is actually the thing that leads to and fosters your growth. Having a physical experience of life opens up pathways of expression, release, understanding, forgiveness, curiosity, etc that just cannot be tapped with words alone. We are typically taught to only really value the head as a means to intelligence and wisdom, however, the full body is a massive untapped resource. By getting quiet and listening to physical sensations, we can allow ourselves to let life move through us, we are able to connect to a deeper, subtler connection and understanding of life. We connect to a universal language that invites intuition to step forward through the body and give us new information that would otherwise lay dormant. Importance of hibernating to think about what you really want and what is really important to you and what you want to create or get up to. Taking time to look at where you aren’t satisfied and how you could be, reflecting, and not doing that much to allow new insights and awarenesses and desires and directions to emerge.     TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:30] Being a child model [3:10] Falling in love with a clown in Costa Rica [6:30] Introducing Avery-Jai + Lauren from Agora Artists! [9:30] Becoming a choreographer + entrepreneur  [16:00] Benefits of being forced to be in a place where you don’t feel like you fit in [19:00] Dreaming about a sustainable movement career [21:57] The kibbutz for creativity - living in a community of people that fosters your creative lifestyle [28:00] Could a virtual kibbutz community exist? Or does tech kill the magic of IRL? [38:00] Creating life experience anchored in movement [45:00] Learning to untrain your body + movements [51:00] Understanding the importance of having a physical experience of life [56:00] Changing up your body movement patterns [59:00] Hibernation periods [1:01:00] How movement relates to living your TRUE NORTH [1:05:00] What’s coming up for Agora Artists [1:12:00] How do you live your TRUE NORTH? [1:14:30] Contact Agora Artists via email welcome@agoraartists.com or Avery-Jai via IG @aveand or Lauren via IG @lauren.kravitz

About the Guests:Rema Abedkader – Founder & CEO of Cup O' Sugar. 12+ years in the non-profit sector with a background in sociology, passionate about solving cultural issues and building stronger communities. Between designing and creating, she loves to put her witty personality to the test. Guaranteed she'll have you laughing in no time. She's right handed, right brained, and just right for this team.Brook Sheehan – Founder & CFO of Cup O' Sugar. 10+ years in Financial Accounting, 5+ years in Nutritional Sciences, an environmental activist passionate about social change.Between chiropractic classes and reading books on business and personal development, she can easily become a ball of fire when she starts discussing things that she's passionate about. She's left handed, left brained, and if left up to her, we'd all be activists in our own way.Key Takeaways:Sometimes you need to let a good cry come out, pull yourself off the ground and move forward.As human beings, we’re so scared to ask for help ourselves but we’re so willing to give help to others.You fly before you soar. You have to first love yourself before you can get to the next level of life.Rema Abedkader & Brook Sheehaninstagram.com/brooksbeeinstagram.com/cuposugarappinstagram.com/rema424cuposugarapp.comSponsor:Surviving to Thriving is brought to you by Knight Protection Services. A veteran-owned and operated company, Knight Protection Services employs a diverse group of former law enforcement officers and military veterans of the highest integrity, with extensive experience in risk assessment and crime prevention. Find out more by visiting https://knightprotectionllc.com/.For More Information About Surviving To Thriving: http://tothriving.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the TRUE NORTH COLLECTIVE PODCAST: SEASON 3! With co-hosts Rachel Bellotti and Jenell Riesner, this is a gathering of un-sugar-coated conversations celebrating the untold stories of everyday people fearlessly finding and living their true north.  In our own search to discover and live from our TRUE NORTH, we continue to meet many interesting, courageous people from all walks of life, doing all sorts of amazing things to live life in their own unique way. Stories from all over the world. Stories with heart. Stories with grit. Stories with plot twists. Stories going untold - until now. This season, we celebrate these untold stories of everyday people who are fearlessly living their true north and inspiring each of us to do the same. Today, we talk to Margaret Bienert - photographer, videographer, harp player, co-founder of Marginal Creative in LA and A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour youtube series, and super creative human - about coming from a pretty conservative, religious upbringing, and eventually challenging her “rules”, moving to LA, and finding a passion for creating and doing things different from the world around her. Plus, because it’s Valentine’s Day, we chat candidly about losing your identity in a relationship, discovering your partner has Autism, learning to not care what outsiders think about your love life, and allowing yourself and your partner to be the freaks that you are!  *note: this episode includes explicit language appropriate for those ages 16+ RESOURCES MENTIONED: Death, etc by Faux Margaux Margaret’s Blog  Catfish Tibby Wells on the Bachelor in Paradise Lana Del Rey A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour by Margaret + Corey John Krakauer - Under the Banner of Heaven Marginal Creative by Margaret + Corey Music from: https://www.jukedeck.com/   3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Sometimes we meet people who we look up to and have placed on a pedestal and we realize that they too are just people. And we ALL have the ability to try things, to find that thing that feels like it might be our thing - a passion, a strength, a pull, a curiosity, a dream, a hope, an idea - and give it our best shot and see what happens. Each one of our “idols” and “heros” were just like us wondering if they should give it a shot before they became “something bigger”, so why not give it a try? Learn how to not be afraid of doing something that you think might sound crazy or stupid so that you can innovate and create things that no one has seen before. Many people aren’t going to understand right away and that is actually ok. Eventually, people may catch up and catch on - or maybe they won’t - but don’t wait to try things and do it your way just because you are afraid of what others will think. Life is WAY too short. It can be really helpful to have people in your life who challenge you to see who you want to be and what you want out of life in a loving way, whether that’s a partner or therapist or friend or family or co-worker. Allowing people the chance to get uncomfortable in finding their own answers and not giving them their answers is a huge gift that allows layers to fall off and unlocks an ability to truly live. It can be really uncomfortable to trust this process (as the challenger and the challenged), but if you can get past the uncertainty and fear and really dig deep, there is unmatched magic that exists for each of us. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:00] Being an emo kid [9:00] Bachelor recap [13:00] Introducing Margaret! [19:00] I only saw myself as a wife + mom [24:00] The Lana Del Rey effect...what if I try things [28:00] NOT doing what everyone else is doing [35:00] Realizing the world is different than we were told it would look [55:00] Having a partner who challenges me to be me [1:06:00] Fear of identity being associated with your partner  [1:08:00] Having a husband with Autism [1:10:00] Realizing you aren’t responsible for who your partner is or what they do [1:19:00] What to do when other people aren’t into you? [1:21:00] What people should know about Autism [1:23:00] An inability to be fake [1:31:00] Ghosts and haunted hotels [1:37:00] What the hell is A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour youtube series? [1:46:20] How do you live your TRUE NORTH? [1:29:30] Contact Margaret via IG @aprettycoolgirl or @marginalcreative and check out her youtube series @aprettycoolhoteltour

Welcome to the TRUE NORTH COLLECTIVE PODCAST: SEASON 3! With co-hosts Rachel Bellotti and Jenell Riesner, this is a gathering of un-sugar-coated conversations celebrating the untold stories of everyday people fearlessly finding and living their true north.  In our own search to discover and live from our TRUE NORTH, we continue to meet many interesting, courageous people from all walks of life, doing all sorts of amazing things to live life in their own unique way. Stories from all over the world. Stories with heart. Stories with grit. Stories with plot twists. Stories going untold - until now. This season, we celebrate these untold stories of everyday people who are fearlessly living their true north and inspiring each of us to do the same. Today, we’re talking to our dear friend, former co-worker, and Ragnar team member, Courtney Nikolay, aka Scout Lacroix. Courtney has had 29 jobs since graduating from college, currently working in biotech and recently launched a blog called Tiny Steps - a journey of how to improve your choices to make better behaviors that lead to better habits. She is FULL ON firecracker, hilarious story-teller, genuine human on a mission to figure out who she is on this journey called life. We talk periods, music, leadership styles, getting debt-free, choice, regrets, and a whole bunch of other down-to-earth, real stuff. The conversation was so good, we had to break it into two episodes - this is PART 1. *note: this episode includes explicit language appropriate for those ages 16+   RESOURCES MENTIONED: Elf Ricki Martin Simple Plan: Addicted Head + the Heart Need to Breathe Ayokay band Arizona band Chainsmokers Quinn XCII Jeremy Zucker Mallrat Patrick Watson: Adventures in Your Own Back Yard Lucius Shakey Graves Fruit Bats Henry Jamison THINX period underwear: Boys have periods DIVA cup To Kill a Mockingbird TikTok: Jenell’s crocodile video Idiocracy Kickapoo Coffee The Fireside Dinner Theater REI Americorp Vista Borrowed Future podcast Music from: https://www.jukedeck.com/   3 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Sometimes we stop being ourselves in our jobs (and in life) because we think we are supposed to act a certain way or show a certain set of qualities that fit the situation. But, when we cannot be ourselves, it stops people from being able to truly trust us and connect with us because people can feel the wall, even if we think they cannot. And worse, over time we stop being able to trust and connect with ourselves, slowly losing the magic that lives in our genuineness. It’s a slippery slope becoming disconnected and not being able to trust your authentic way of being and it absolutely has an impact on the businesses and communities and relationships we are a part of. Anger is actually the emotion that gets us the most motivated to make a change, for ourselves and in the world. It can be an uncomfortable emotion to experience at times, however, it can also be seen for what it is and then harnessed for good if we allow ourselves the space to process it and then follow the energy into creating something that can evolve a broken system (either within us, individually, or even globally). Your life is a series of experiences that you choose to participate in. Whether you deem them good, bad, ugly, beautiful, they are actually all equally viable options of experiences to have in this life. And we cannot experience them all - if you want to know what it’s like to have kids, then you will never know what it’s like to NOT have kids, and visa Versa. So, invite yourself to slow down from time to time and check in to make sure that you are having the experiences that YOU want to have. And if you aren’t, then make a different choice and know that even the process of noticing that you are choosing experiences you actually don’t want is also a very valuable experience to have. Every experience is valid and valuable; just make sure they are yours. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:15] Debating Elf the movie [1:50] NOT being able to burp [4:00] First concerts + Top Songs of 2019 on Spotify [10:00] VERY REAL period talk [20:00] Introducing Courtney, aka Scout Lacroix! [28:00] When your job makes you NOT who you actually are [31:30] Acknowledging different types of leadership [35:30] Becoming debt-free [44:30] Student Loan Forgiveness Program realities [50:00] Being qualified for loans that you actually cannot afford [53:30] Do you regret your education? To be continued...check out PART 2 of our interview with Courtney soon! Contact Courtney via IG @scoutlacroix or follower her blog Tiny Steps and learn new ways to build better habits, behaviors, and choices + find ways to laugh at yourself when you don’t!

In this episode Doug and Kimberly discuss:   Knowing what you want to get from your podcast.   The importance of flexibility in podcasting and business.   Wins and mistakes in the startup phase of a podcast.     Key Takeaways:   Sometimes you have to kill your darlings – that means sometimes scrapping work you love as it may not be relevant, useful, or related to what you are doing anymore.  Be organized and prepared ahead of time – things will come up that are outside of your control and it will make things less stressful.  There is more to podcasting than just recording the audio.       "Figure out what you want your purpose to be. And that will help you figure out the process for creating your podcast. " — Kimberly Weitkamp     Connect with Kimberly Weitkamp:    Website: TheAudienceConverter.com  Show: The Audience Converter Podcast  Email: Kimberly@TheAudienceConverter.com  Twitter: @audienceconvert  Facebook: The Audience Converter  LinkedIn: Kimberly Weitkamp     Connect with Doug Sandler:     Twitter: djdoug    Facebook: dj.doug.sandler    Website: turnkeypodcast.com/    Email: doug@turnkeypodcast.com     Phone: (410) 340-6861   Instagram: turnkeypodcast/  LinkedIn: doug-sandler-1a346649/        Interested in Podcasting? Learn 5 ways that you can profit from your own show at TurnkeyPodcast.com/money     Canva Pro: Create Stunning Design in Minutes!    

Too often we ask, "Why is this happening to me," when we should really be asking "why did this happen to me?" Amber dives into the Why VS Why debate on this Solo Friday episode.Key Takeaways:“Sometimes it's not the message, it's the messenger.""Our "why's" change with our perspective of the world."Our "why" is irrelevant but our purpose is so important.""What have the experiences in your life been preparing you for?"Register for Amber's upcoming goal-setting workshop: https://www.facebook.com/events/2474145842710862/Connect 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.

John Bura runs a company called Mammoth Interactive. They make games, apps and training content. Mammoth Interactive currently has over 300,000 students worldwide and they are a leading company in the e-learning industry. The've produced XBOX 360, iPhone and iPad games. It has also produced several iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac apps. Some of these apps have risen to #1 in the app store. In addition to producing games, Mammoth Interactive has consulted with a number of different companies on projects that include: programming, music, level design and business development. Recently Nickelodeon has featured a game produced by Mammoth Interactive.On this episode:John explains how to let the market determine your direction.Learn the "10/10/10 rule" that John constantly implements at Mammoth Interactive.Get a key learning tip that is applicable to anyone trying to break into a new industry or learn a new skill.Key Takeaways:"Sometimes you don't get to pick your career." – John Bura"Sometimes success is a step or two away from what you're currently doing." – John Bura"Something that's trending will make you more money than something that isn't." – John BuraJohn BuraWebsite: http://mammothinteractive.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/mammothcompany?s=17 Schedule a free 15 minute call with Hans here:https://calendly.com/h-struzyna/15minFor more information about Hans Struzyna and Another Way to Play, visit:anotherwaytoplaypodcast.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn   Aaron Gordon is the Vice President of Gordon Companies - Insurance Services. Gordon Companies specializes in risk management and has been in the insurance business since 1968. Aaron represents the second generation of the company, with his father being its founder. His responsibilities include managing agency relationships, working on day-to-day activities of various groups, and supervising claim data and the company’s management systems. Today, Aaron joins us to share what it’s like to be part of a large family-run business and how it all started. He shares his humble beginnings and what piqued his interest in the insurance industry. He discusses the benefits and drawbacks of managing a family business. Aaron also explains some of their company’s upcoming plans for branching out and offering new services to their clients. “I believe this is a service business. We sell a promise. We have to be there.” - Aaron Gordon Today on Spot On Insurance: What Aaron’s life was like growing up and how he entered the insurance industry. The highs and lows of managing a family business. Why he doesn't want to push his kids into managing the business. His personal goal for his parents and their family business. What he does to take their agency to the next level. The areas he is responsible for, but his parents haven't worked on. How he got the CAPI Certification and what it means to be CAPI certified. Upcoming plans for branching out and new service offerings. Key Takeaways: Sometimes the weird things are creative things. Doing what everyone else does won't make you stand out. Those who think that technology is the answer to everything is taking the wrong path. If you force your kid to come into your business, there's no way it will work. The hardest thing is probably being a spouse of someone who works in a family business. Resources mentioned: CHUBB Connect with Aaron Gordon: Gordon Companies LinkedIn Phone: 917 727 7205 Email: aaron@gordoncompanies.com This episode was brought to you by….. Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your thoughts Apple Podcasts Rate and Review for SpotOn and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Today's Guest: Lisa Walker and Janell Scannell, Owners, Pop Up Art School Pop up Art School is a mobile art workshop business. Art teachers Janell Scannell & Lisa Walker have been taking the show-on-the-road to public libraries all over Massachusetts for six years. Pop up Art School’s workshops for kids, teens & adults provide hands-on art fun! Libraries can hire us to teach a workshop or librarians can use one of our downloadable lesson packages to provide art experiences for their patrons. Summary Lisa and Janell met 20 years ago at a local gym, and struck up a friendship based on their mutual love of art.  They never imagined it would lead them to be business partners.  When Janell suggested they work with a local cable access station to produce creative programming, they decided to go for it.  The learning process was fun, and it solidified Lisa and Janell's partnership. Their business has gone through several iterations, each time learning a bit more about who they want to work with, and how they want to do things.  They discovered that working with public libraries provided a perfect setting for their programs, and are now looking for ways to expand beyond their local area. Key Takeaways Sometimes opportunity is scary... but still amazing Learning on the job is a fantastic way to learn new skills and open new doors Working as a team brings with it a whole new world of challenges and opportunities Everyone's entrepreneurial journey is unique, but it often has a lot of unexpected twists and turns

Caribou Honig is the Chairman and Cofounder of InsureTech Connect, a company that holds the world’s largest insurtech event annually. They provide a place for entrepreneurs, investors, and other members of the insurance industry to gather and network. Caribou obtained his BA in Physics and Philosophy from Harvard University, his MBA from the University of Virginia - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and his JD, LAW from the University of Virginia School of Law. Today, Caribou discusses the concept behind InsureTech Connect. He shares how he came to found the company and why he wanted to have an annual event for members of the industry. He describes his life before becoming an entrepreneur, his drive for higher education, and some of the lessons he’s learned in running an investment company. Caribou also shares advice to those who are interested in joining the insurance industry and explains what you can expect by attending InsurTech Connect 2019. “For the most part, people are generally judged by the track record of their successes, not so much their parallel track record of failures.” - Caribou Honig Today on Spot On Insurance: How Caribou Honig began his career in the insurance industry. The funny story behind the name "Caribou." His many academic pursuits and where his passion for learning started. The challenges he's faced in his career and how he overcame them. The lessons he learned from the mistakes he made in the venture capital world. His criteria when it comes to investing in startups. What are "elegant businesses" and how you can find them. The story behind InsurTech Connect and the goal of creating the event. What to expect from InsurTech Connect 2019. His advice to newcomers in the industry. Key Takeaways: Sometimes you have to commit to the universe that it's time to move on and the universe will look out for you. Focus on getting business done, so you can go back to living your life outside of work. Connect with Caribou Honig: InsureTech Connect InsureTech Connect 2019 LinkedIn This episode was brought to you by….. Insurance Licensing Services of America (ILSA), America’s Premier Insurance Compliance and Licensing experts. To learn more about ILSA and their services, visit ILSAinc.com. Connect, Learn, Share Thank you for joining us on this week’s episode of Spot On Insurance. For more resources and episodes, visit SpotOnInsurance.com. Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Love what you’re learning, Spot Light your review on iTunes and share your favorite episodes with friends and colleagues!

Today's Guest: Renee Peña Lopez, Owner, Made for You Learning Renee Peña Lopez is an Early Childhood Learning Specialist and proud native New Yorker. She is a licensed special education and early childhood teacher who has a passion for Littles and their quirks. Renee pulls from her creative background in dance and her vast experience in an array of classrooms from museum education to progressive to play-based models. She truly believes that #playmatters in the lives of Littles and for it to matter it must be purposeful. It is her passion to guide early childhood teachers from daycare providers to homeschoolers in this whirlwind time in a child’s life and figure out together the quirks of learning that creating strong foundations to allow them to be their best selves. You can find out more about her mission to provide student support for Littles with their quirks at madeforyoulearning.com. Summary Renee fell into early childhood after working as a dance teacher when the funding ran out. Her boss saw something in Renee and encouraged her to go into teaching, especially young children. After teaching young kids she discovered her true passion and talent was helping children who needed extra support.  She returned to school to get her Master's degree and became a special education teacher and now helps parents, teachers, day care centers, homeschoolers, and the like create programs that support early childhood development Key Takeaways Sometimes your gifts are more apparent to those around you than they are to you As your business grows, listen to your clients to determine where to go next The riches are in the niches

 Discover how to build a real estate investing career while working fulltime, know how to use your unfair advantage to dominate the real estate investing industry, and learn steps to finding, screening, and keeping great tenants.   Resources/Links   Kijiji: Buy, Sell & Save with Canada's #1 Local Classifieds 10 Steps to Finding, Screening and Keeping Great Tenants   Summary Sarah Larbi is an experienced real estate investor, speaker, coach, and author.  She specializes in helping take the mystery out of homeownership for millennials, who thought real estate investment was going to be out of reach. She has earned their trust and respect by having the drive and focus to embark, build, and grow a seven-figure investment property portfolio by her early 30’s. In this episode, Sarah talked about how she managed to enter the real estate investing industry while working fulltime, how she discovered the real estate investing opportunity at her lowest time, and the importance of proper tenant screening to any rental business. Sarah’s story is a combination of inspirational and informative; above all, it shows the unfair advantage of young professionals that with the right approach and attitude real estate lifestyle is achievable.   Topics Covered: 02:03 – How Sarah got introduced to real estate investing a career 03:28 – Why Sarah vouch for the BERRRR (Buy, Renovate or Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat) strategy over other real estate strategies 04:49 – Sarah talks about how to have long term wealth through long term property hold 06:58 – She discussed why it is essential to get a mortgage broker and how it helps in the real estate investment decision 08:00 – Biggest real estate mistakes to avoid: picking the right real estate deal that matches your portfolio, alignment to goals, tenant screening 09:52 – What is Sarah’s unfair advantage AKA “superpower” in the real estate investing game: her age, skill, and the proper mindset. 11:41 – Sarah defines who her ideal clients are 13:21 – How setting up a POWER TEAM helps Sarah manage her time between a full-time job and real estate career 14:36 – By experience, Sarah gave the tips to screening potential tenants of your rental property 17:14 – Sarah’s ultimate advice: Follow the people who are leaders in their field.   Key Takeaways: “Sometimes people just care about getting the deals and getting the next deals, and they don’t take the time to analyze like does this deal match their portfolio. “ – Sarah Larbi “Take direction from those whom you want to be like not people that are just trying to help you. “– Sarah Larbi “Take direction from those that are doing what you want to be doing.” – Sarah Larbi “Ready fire aim instead of ready aim and fire. I go and take action. “– Sarah Larbi   Connect with Sarah Larbi: sarahlarbi.com thereiteclub.com Podcast: Where Should I Invest? Podcast: The Reite Club Facebook Instagram  Connect with Dave Dubeau: Property Profits Podcast www.davedubeau.com www.investorattractiondemo.com Facebook LinkedIn Enjoyed the Podcast? Please subscribe on iTunes for updates

In this episode, Christina Martini and David Susler discuss: What 2018 meant for Christina and David professionally and personally. Hopes and goals for 2019 and building on their accomplishments so far. How to best prepare for the year ahead. Tips and advice for how to plan and strategize now for a successful year. Key Takeaways: Sometimes you need to change an environment to continue to grow and develop the way you want to. Make sure you set your 2019 goals to stretch you and help you grow as a person. Life’s too short not to be happy. Decluttering your environment declutters your mind. “If you’re really serious about making a change in some way for yourself, whether it’s personally or professionally or both, think of a goal, and then tell somebody who you care about. It’s your insurance policy. You speak it into the world, you speak it into existence, and you’re more likely to accomplish it.” —  David Susler About David Susler: David is Associate General Counsel of National Material LP. An attorney with 30 years’ experience in both private practice and as in-house attorney, David provides an insightful and valuable perspective on what it means to be both an effective legal partner and trusted advisor. Connect with David Susler: Twitter:   @DavidSusler (https://twitter.com/DavidSusler) LinkedIn: David Susler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-susler-935a403a/) Connect with Christina Martini: Twitter: @TinaMartini10 (https://twitter.com/TinaMartini10?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Website: www.paradigmshiftshow.com (http://www.paradigmshiftshow.com/) LinkedIn: Christina Martini (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamartini) Email: christinamartini.paradigmshift@gmail.com Show notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. (https://www.turnkeypodcast.com/) You’re the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

In this episode, KT discusses: The sound bullets of FIRE – the hot new topic in financial planning.How the perspective on lifestyle has changed spending over the years.How the economic climate effects the rising generations.Who is retiring at 50 and why.Key Takeaways: Sometimes things fall apart, and if you’re not careful, you can fall apart too.Don’t get too far ahead of yourself financially.People tend to spend more money in the first few years of retirement than they did when they workedThere’s nothing wrong with living lean with no debt and saving like crazy, but early retirement doesn’t have to be the end goal of financial independence.  "Ask yourself, if you were 50 and you weren’t working, what would you do?" — KT Thomas   Click here to reach KT  See KT’s interview on C-Suite Network’s Best Seller TV Connect with KT Thomas: http://ktsmoneymatters.com/ Purchase KT’s book- The Hardworking Woman’s Guide to Money    Show Notes by Podcastologist: Chelsea Taylor-Sturkie   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you been wanting to build an online business but are not sure about the steps to take? In the Quiet Empire series, I talk about how you can quietly build an online “business of you”, achieve success, and live the life that you’ve always wanted. Visit http://thetruthaboutliving.com/podcast/ for complete show notes of every podcast episode Topics Discussed in this Episode: Moving from the general concept of online entrepreneurship into Quiet Empire, a business built on the idea of sharing what you are already doing How Quiet Empire can be something that will greatly impact your life How you can use Quiet Empire to continue to grow or to make a huge shift in your life How to steadily and easily over time build your online business while you work full-time or operate your business What you need to have a successful online business Key Takeaways: Sometimes we can’t anticipate all of the changes that are to come our way and what’s going to feel right in the future. We are always on this path of perpetual learning, and growth and development, and it’s a beautiful thing. The backstory for the concept of Quiet Empire is kind of the antithesis of what so many marketers out there are selling you today. The idea behind Quiet Empire is to “work full-time on your salary and work part-time on your fortune.” You don’t have to drop everything and suddenly invest all your time, money, and energy into building this new online business. In quietly growing your online business, there is no competition because no one else can you YOU. There is no substantial money investment needed. It’s really just the cost of a domain name and the cost of your time and attention. You can build your online business on the side without any worry that you have to make this profitable right now. Allow it to breathe. Allow it to grow. Allow it to take root and to take shape. Action Steps: Take what you’re doing in life: your loves, your interest, your challenges, your life, document it, make it into online content, and watch it grow. Consistently put out content and build an audience. Find ways to monetize that traffic to your website. (We’ll talk about this.) Get some serious headspace around the commitment level you have around doing an online business. Thank you for listening! If the Quiet Empire piques your interest, I invite you to get on the email list so that you can be notified when I open up an offering for building your own quiet empire. You can find that over at TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire. Quotes: “That’s part of what really sets apart successful entrepreneurs from (the ones who are) not -- is that we can take the punches in the face and we can keep going and get through it ...persevere and come out the other side successful.” (from Gary V) “When you start a blog or let’s say a YouTube channel or a podcast or whatever it is, there is something that works exponentially in your favor that you only experience when you stick with it. There is a time factor. The internet favors a time factor.” Resource Mentioned: Full Speech: Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at the 2014 MUM Graduation More from Bridgett Tulloh: Book a Soul Session or Life Breakthrough with Bridgett here: http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/private-coaching Get the course: The Divine Way of Manifesting - 5 Simple Steps http://the-truth-about-living.teachable.com/p/the-divine-way-to-manifesting/ Watch & Subscribe on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgW0B8eytH3KK7RUi6o-7uA Enter your email to be notified when this class opens! http://TheTruthAboutLiving.com/quietempire

Elizabeth McCourt is a certified leadership coach, speaker and writer committed to helping people embrace their whole self and become the authentic leader they are capable of being. Prior to forming McCourt Leadership Group, Elizabeth was a top ranked executive recruiter in financial services for 16 years, working with Wells Fargo, UBS and Ameriprise, among other clients. Since 2013, she's been invited to the prestigious Recruiter's Roundtable with On Wall Street magazine. Her former career was as a trial lawyer where she worked on the plaintiff's side for product liability and class actions in both federal and state court, including with the New Orleans Castano Group on the class action Tobacco litigation. Since 2014, she has presented a case study at the yearly ESMT Coaching Colloquia at ESMT Business School in Berlin, Germany. In 2015, she presented a poster case study at Harvard University's Institute of Coaching.  She's been published in the Philosophy of Coaching: An International Journal, where she is also on the Editorial Board. Elizabeth speaks at a variety conferences and events including The Most Powerful Women's LEAD Banking, Women's Financial Advisor Forum, The Quorum Initiative Leadership Conference, NonprofitPRO conference, the US Army Recruiting Battalion, Smith in the City, and also gave a TEDx talk entitled, “Why You Should Spill Your Secrets.”  For fun she is an avid triathlete, longtime yogi and writes and publishes essays and fiction. In March, 2018, she published her first novel, Sin in the Big Easy, by Post Hill Press. In our conversation today, Elizabeth demonstrates qualities of an authentic leader, using stories of her own experience in the corporate world as well as personally. She describes distinctions in leadership, cultural issues, resilience, and how to bring your whole person into the role of leader. She further emphasizes the importance of empathy as a leader, both to others and yourself, while understanding the deeper motivations and values that drive performance. Whether you are an aspiring leader or desire to improve your effectiveness in your current leadership role, Elizabeth will provide valuable insight and practical tips for being an authentic leader who causes positive transformation within teams. Key Takeaways Sometimes you have to ask the question (as a coach) that's going to get you fired. Find leaders and mentors that you want to emulate and then develop your own style as you learn from them. If you really want to be an impactful and engaged leader you've got to use all of your experience – your whole self. Empathy is essential as a leader. What you learn from failure can be more valuable than what you learn from success. Use comparison as inspiration but not as a ‘not good enough' mode. As a coach you don't necessarily need to pull people out of the darkness right away. Have the courage to stand there with them in the darkness. Sometimes we need to stand in the darkness to be able to appreciate the light. Receive Your Free Gift(s) Resilience Quiz First 3 people to email Elizabeth will receive a signed copy of her new book, Sin In The Big Easy: Elizabeth(AT)mccourtleadership.com Additional Resources Book - Sin In The Big Easy (available in print and on Kindle) Connect With Elizabeth McCourt Website: www.mccourtleadership.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/ecmccourt Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmccourt

That’s My Story and I am Sticking To It   In this episode, Sam, Pat, Heather and Derek discuss: Who takes care of the kids and who gets to go golfing. You are not the only crazy one. Strategies to avoid fighting. Don't be a shitty husband. Key Takeaways: Sometimes its best to find a different caddy. Trust and support is vital in relationships. Communicate before the problem happens.     Knowing and learning from your partner is a key part of problem solving.     "Sometimes your greatest strength is also your greatest weakness." — Derek Busby     Connect with Sam and Pat:   Twitter: @biggerlovebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiggerLoveBook Website: http://www.biggerlove.com/ Book: Bigger Love       Show notes by show producer: Danielle Taylor   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

It’s our first anniversary edition! Key Takeaways Sometimes simpler is better. Remember this when looking at a shiny, new object or project. Taking on a brand new platform—be it blogging or podcasting or something altogether difference—is a challenge that will lead you toward several failures, but will also teach you lessons and bring you great successes. An accountability partner will work side-by-side with you and will adjust with you as your needs adjust. 50% of success is just showing up! Gauging success of a new undertaking means going beyond looking at profitability. Listen in now! [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/maximizeyourstrengths/MYS089.mp3" title=" Looking Back on Year One with Accountability Partner Alan Bruess " artist="Alissa Daire Nelson" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" social_email="true"] Time-Stamped Show Highlights 2:30 – How Alissa and Alan met 6:54 – The slippery slope of skipping “just one” episode/post/etc. If you skip one, it’s super easy to skip the next. And any loyal following you have will think you aren’t dependable. 7:52 – Challenges over the first year 16:31 – How an accountability partnership works 21:50 – How Alan measures success 23:03 – The importance of hearing from your audience It is human nature to want to feel needed and wanted and that you’re doing important work. 25:55 – Start with your “why” and keep an eye on the long game 28:15 – Capitalizing on Strengths when running a business with your spouse As much as married couples really need to understand not only what their own Strengths are but to see the light in their spouse's Strengths, to be able to re-shift that is important to change the conversation.  31:32 – Shining the light on Alissa Over the course of the past year, Alissa has not only released 89 podcast episodes, but also wrote and released a book! 34:02 – If you’re thinking about starting something new… If you think you just don’t have it all together yet… That time will NEVER happen! You just have to move forward. 35:14 – When you feel like you just want to quit 37:13 – How to handle your failures to keep moving forward You can either be crushed by your failures or you can seek out the lesson. Pivoting is awesome, and we need to do that, quitting should never be an option. 39:25 – Quitting versus a planned exit 39:45 – Closing with a quote

Rob Swanson is a second-time return guest on the Flip Empire show. This week, Rob discusses how you can structure your deals in such a way, where you're making not just short term cash flow, but mid- and long-term cash flow. Sometimes it does take a little of out-of-the-box thinking, but your future you will thank you for it!   Key Takeaways: Sometimes real estate investors get a little bit blinded towards achieving financial freedom. Did you know Rob loves to bake pies? Creative deal structuring is like baking a pie. The wholesaler who gets good creative deal structures will not only build short term cash, but also mid- and long-term cash flow. How do you build residual income while still wholesaling? Rob shares a quick example of how he was able to structure a deal that builds long-term cash flow. What is seller financing? Alex and Rob do some quick math on how much you'll need to pay a seller. When Rob meets with a seller, he will often have two or three different options for them to choose from. Basically, Rob makes the seller into a bank. Instead of paying Wells Fargo once a month, the seller gets paid. Alex and Rob walk through another scenario. What happens when the seller wants more than initially offered? What kind of homeowners are more open to doing deals like this? You're leaving so much money on the table, long term, if you're not thinking about structuring your deals in this way. Not sure if you quite understood how to setup these deals just yet? Don't worry, you can listen this show again, and sign up to Rob's Freedom Blueprint waiting list.   Mentioned in This Episode: [Brand New] Simple 3 Step System Get's Motivated Seller Leads In Under 9 Minutes (Step-by-Step) Rob Swanson's Freedom Blueprint Episode 14: Rob Swanson — Painting the Bigger Picture for Your Real Estate Business   Tweetables: “The wholesaler that gets good at figuring out how to use creative deal structures is going to beat everybody else.” “If a [wholesaler] is not able to make [this creative deal structure] elementary, the confused mind says, ‘no.'” “Who in your town has the nicest buildings? The bank.”   Ask Alex A Question: Have a question you want featured on an upcoming Flip Empire Show? Head over to the Ask Alex page, and record your question. We've made it super easy for you, so let us know what challenges you are having, and Alex will answer it personally!   Did you get your FREE Online Course? Text the word EMPIRE to 67076, and we'll send you a link to get instant access to the “5 Ways To Scale Your Real Estate Wholesaling Business To Six Figures (In 6 Months Or Less)” video module training course.   Subscribe To The Flip Empire Show, and Leave a Rating & Review!

Learn some hacks that will result in increased mental clarity and better musical work with Spencer Jones, choral director and founder of of Jonesin’ to Get Fit. Click to download episode! Show Notes: Schedule it  Lay it out in front of you on tools like a day planner or Google Calendar. Year-at-a-glance calendars are perfect for zooming out and seeing what’s coming up. Make a daily to-do list as a way to get everything out of your head. Feels great to cross it off! Prep - Did you adequately prepare yourself and your group for the event? Sometimes we just can’t be as prepared as we’d like, but you get as close as you can through… Looking over your calendar to see what’s coming up and making sure everything is in place. Just like a good sight-reader looks a measure or two ahead, so do you. Adequate score study Prepping non-musical things (Give away the menial tasks through delegation.) Delegate-  GIve away things that don’t need you, such as... programs taking attendance uniform organization social media team activities Breathe (Find me time) - We get so wrapped up in the anticipation of the event that we can get a little (or a lot) crazy.  Take a step back, know that you’re doing what you can, and breathe.  It could be as simple as 3 minutes to clear your mind or as much as a weekend of not thinking and worrying about it. Enjoy the Performance - You did as much as you could in the time you had.  Now stop fretting over it and enjoy it.  As Constantin Stanislavski said “The rehearsal is the work, the performance is the relaxation.” 3 Key Takeaways: Sometimes our frustration with our choir comes from our own lack of preparation. GIve away menial tasks, like taking attendance, to students. You’ve worked hard! Take time to enjoy the performance. Resources/links Mentioned: The Honest Guys - Meditations on YouTube Sponsored by: Sight Reading Factory (Use promo code “NINJA” at checkout for 10 free student accounts!)

Getting motivated is easy, staying motivated over the long term is difficult but achievable. You just have to focus on the vision of your future reality. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/how-to-achieve-motivation-longevity/ Key Takeaways Sometimes we feel unmotivated. Life is hard. You have to have a reason for doing what you do. Your WHY. My WHYs are Family, Experiences, Financial and Health. What are yours? Your WHYs can help bring you through the tough times.   Resources Mentioned Will It Fly by Pat Flynn (Listen to audiobook free with Audible trial) Laughing in the Face of Cancer — Motivation Monday with Alan White   Sponsors Minio Cloud Services Transource Media - Podcast audio editing. Be a guest on Hello Tech Pros. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book from Audible.

After a medical emergency as an infant left him with cerebral palsy, Jason Freeman hated his voice until he realized that it is our uniqueness that makes us stand out. Jason Freeman resides in San Diego where he is a public speaker and a Bravery Coach. Jason coaches his clients to express themselves with confidence, clarity and ease. Jason has a very unique voice, which we will let him explain for himself. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/jason-freeman-motivation/ Key Takeaways Sometimes when we get up to speak we get tongue-tied because we are nervous. There are methods to navigate the nervousness and stress issues. We can either deal with the nerves in a way that propel us forward or we can deal with it by shutting down. Jason knew there was someting more for himself but was not taking any steps towards it He was doing the best job he could but then going home and saying "I want more". Then he would think "Oh no, that's too much work, I would fail." His self-esteem told him to just stay with familiar stay with what you know, take what you can get. Imposter Syndrome plagues many of us. We don't believe we deserve anything more than we already have. We don't believe that we are good enough to If we aren't trying new things, we are a slave to the predictable. Realizing that learning something even if the results don't turn out the way we expected is empowering. Jason took yoga, which was a small step in gaining confidence and creating motivation and inertia. The things that we hate about ourselves that we wish we could change, those are the unique aspects about us that make us stand out. In business we are told to create uniqueness to differentiate ourselves. When it comes to personal looks and habits we want to be perfect and fit in to the group. Acknowlege the thought of limitation. Example: Jason thought he wouldn't be taken seriously due to speech pattern Acknowledge the thought and let it be. Don't argue with the thought or be mad at it or you'll be in war with your own thoughts. What if people are drawn to us in posititive ways because of the very attributes that we are ashamed of? Find the smallest next step instead of worrying about all the overwhelming things. Go towards something challenging and exciting but not overwhelming. If that step feels completely miserable then it will be frustrating. If the next small step is a little bit scary but somewhat fun, it's probably in the right direction. Take the step. If the step fails in your assessment, try a different step. Keep going until you find a step that is challenging that you enjoy that leads to more steps. Momentum will carry you where you want to go. Dreams are so powerful and bring so much joy. Go for your life, step by step.    Resources Mentioned jasonwfreeman.com Sponsors Transource Media - Podcast audio editing. Be a guest on Hello Tech Pros. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book from Audible.

This construction worker, $38k in debt, decided to spend an extra $300 to ensure he got to a video game conference. The experience changed his life. Dave Voyles is a construction worker turned Technical Evangelist at Microsoft and it based out of Philadelphia, PA. His role has him working with students and startups across the country to help get their projects off the ground. His work frequently has him working with game consoles, web development, and high performance mobile applications. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/dave-voyles-motivation/ Key Takeaways Sometimes you have to take a job, ANY job, to pay the bills If you are getting deeper in debt, evaluate the situation and look for alternatives Facebook (AKA: "Fakebook") shows the highlight reel of friends and family, only their best moments You have to invest in yourself, even if you are already in debt A missed opportunity is gone forever, but if you take it, it may change your life Keep an optimistic mindset on everything you do When getting into a new industry, take a pen and paper and listen more than you talk Business cards are not dead - they are critical for networking Create a simple website to start marketing yourself Network and learn - talk to as many people as possible Find out what you are passionate about and figure out how you can make money at it Look at other people in the industry - how do they get paid? People do care what you think - put your thoughts out in the universe Indecision IS a decision, but ANY OTHER decision is better Make something, anything and get started today Resources Mentioned Game Developers Conference Unreal Engine Patreon The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss (Listen on Audible) Reddit: cs-careerquestions Twitch Armless Octopus PAX Udacity Coursera Microsoft Virtual Academy Sponsors Levant Technologies - Website design and development. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book and a 30-day trial to Audible.

The tragedy in Flint, Michigan created a public outcry that got policy makers to ask questions on what to do about the state of water quality in municipalities. Concerned about the national security implications of the availability of potable water, Michael Morford is working to improve water treatment technologies which have not significantly changed in the last 50 years. Michael Morford is CEO of The Bison Group, an Oklahoma-headquartered privately-held company with a long-term focus on environmental and water scarcity issues. A former U.S. Army Captain and Iraqi War Veteran, he is a Fellow for the Truman National Security Project. He is a sought-after speaker for his understanding of the complexities facing the Water-Energy Nexus. An Oklahoma native, Michael is married to his wife Megan and has three children, Ava, Hayes, and Finley. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/michael-morford-entrepreneurship/ Key Takeaways Sometimes chemicals in water supplies only 6 miles apart can be drastically different Many regions in the southwest United States are struggling with clean water supplies due to droughts The technologies to clean water has not been much improved in 50 years Work until you have no more time left - wait to hire until things are not getting done Resources Mentioned Truman National Security Project Forward osmosis Electrocoagulation Flint, Michigan water state of emergency Sponsors GetMoreNights.com - You've got the best vacation rental property, but is it 100% booked? 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.