Podcast appearances and mentions of tracy neal

Tracy Neal, Director of Customer Support, GPN Technologies talks to our co-hosts about motivating and cheerleading teams to not only produce output, but on how to thrive personally and professionally. Creating goals and challenging yourself to work outside of your comfort zone is a skill Tracy has honed in her more than 33 year career in optical. Listen to this episode to hear Tracy's enthusiastic perspective on leading teams to greatness vs simply managing to goals.

While many of us aren't going overseas this summer, lots of kiwis are looking for places to explore closer to home. More and more, we're doing that on two wheels on our bikes! There are now 22 "great Rides" around the country and the government has poured over 103 million dollars into creating them. South Island journalists and cyclers Tracy Neal and Jill heron have been exploring how that money has been spent in Te Wai Pounamu.

Professors Anne Salmond and Mason Durie have been appointed to the Order of New Zealand - the country's highest honour in the New Year Honours 2021 list, announced today. They're among 154 people to be acknowledged in the awards, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says recognise people whose work continues to improve lives. Tracy Neal reports.

Farmers and growers are counting the cost - thought to be in the tens of millions of dollars - of the Boxing Day freak hail storm in Tasman. A cloudburst shredded vineyards, smashing greenhouses, denting and bruising apples, kiwifruit and hops and severely damaging buildings in Motueka. Some say it's the worst hail storm in living memory, in a region where recent summers have been marred by cyclones, floods, and fires. RNZ's Nelson reporter Tracy Neal reports.

A long-time fruit grower in the Moutere and Motueka area says the devastating Boxing Day hail storm was the worst he's ever experienced. The storm threw down hail stones that tore through crop protection structures, shattered glasshouses and shredded fruit and vegetable crops. It lay a metre-deep in places, and remained frozen on the ground until the next day. Ian Palmer is a former chair of Pipfruit New Zealand and told our Nelson reporter Tracy Neal that he's lived through hailstorms before, but nothing like this one.

The sound of tills ringing throughout the land have all but drowned out jingle bells in stores this year. It's better than expected, after what's been a tough year for many. Our reporters around the country were out and about today, talking to last-minute shoppers about the year that's been, and if they're ready for tomorrow. Tracy Neal compiled this report.

The curious case of the native Westland petrel fledglings which keep crash-landing on the West Coast. LED street lights through Punakaiki have been switched off to try to help the birds. But the seems to have just shifted the problem further south.. Tracy Neal explains.

Air crash investigators are due to arrive in Kēkerengū this morning, the site of yesterday's fatal helicopter crash, just north of Kaikōura. Three children are the sole survivors of the crash that killed the pilot and a woman, who is believed to be the children's mother. Two of the children pulled from the crash were last night stable, while a third was in a serious condition in intensive care. All are in Wellington Hospital. An eyewitness told RNZ the chopper was coming in to land at the mouth of the Kekerengu River, when it spun out of control and crashed to the ground. Nelson-Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal was at the scene yesterday, and speaks to Corin Dann from nearby Ward.  

Two people have died and three are injured after a helicopter crash north of Kaikōura. Emergency services were called to the crash on the beach at about twenty-to-one, and one of those first on the scene told Checkpoint three of the injured are children. Our reporter Tracy Neal is in Kekerengu where the crash happened.

Air crash investigators are appealing for witnesses to this afternoon's fatal helicopter accident on the Kaikoura coast. An Airbus Helicopter EC120 was traveling from Christchurch with five people on board, including three children, when it lost control and crashed into shallow water close to the beach at Kekerengu. Karyn speaks with RNZ's Nelson-Marlborough correspondent Tracy Neal who has been at Kekerengu on State Highway One.

The first plants of New Zealand's largest ever medical cannabis crop are now in the ground. The plantation on the sun-drenched slopes of Kēkerengū - just north of Kaikōura - will eventually cover the size of 10 rugby fields. Top of the south reporter Tracy Neal took a trip to the farm last Friday, and filed this story.

Global consumer giant Unilever is using its New Zealand workers as a test run for a four-day working week. From Monday, its New Zealand-based employees will start a trial working a shorter week, and if successful it will be rolled out to 155,000 of its workers around the world. It follows what Vodafone calls a successful trial last summer allowing its workers more time in the sun, and a four-day work week already in place in a handful of companies in New Zealand. RNZ Tasman reporter Tracy Neal with what Unilever's moves might mean for more workers.

Reefton residents are horrified at the prospect of losing the only bank in town. The Bank of New Zealand will shut its West Coast branch along with 37 others by the middle of next year. The Coast is now putting up its hand to be included in a regional banking hub scheme, for which a nationwide pilot is now underway. Tracy Neal reports.

A Reefton resident says closure of the town's only bank means those without transport or a computer will struggle to manage their finances. The West Coast township is among others around the country affected by the Bank of New Zealand's decision to close down 38 of its branches by mid next year. Reefton local Di Griffin says the closest banking service will be in Greymouth, which is an hour away by road and an hour back. She told RNZ reporter Tracy Neal, that's bad news for those without a car, or a computer.

Nelson residents have been getting the detail on how their homes could be submerged by sea waters rising as much as two metres. Last week, 4500 property owners in Nelson City received letters telling them their homes and commercial buildings are at risk. A public meeting late yesterday was a chance for residents of the coastal city to learn more from council staff and scientists. Nelson reporter Tracy Neal went along too.

New Zealand has just recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate. The latest quarterly data from Statistics New Zealand shows the ratio of births to the number of women of child-bearing age is now 1.63. That's now well below the ratio needed to keep the population growing. What that translates to, is that without migration, the population will shrink. Tracy Neal reports.

A painting that's a tribute to Colin McCahon has been doctored and sold at auction in London as one of the celebrated New Zealand artist's own. The painting by Dunedin artist John Z Robinson sold in June for $13,500. The New Zealand art world says it's not only a travesty against McCahon, but against Robinson who fears people think he forged the painting. RNZ's Tracy Neal reports.

The population of the Tasman District is booming and is now home to more people than neighbouring Nelson. Marlborough, on Nelson's other flank, is also fast catching up. What's putting the brakes on a city once described as "The Naples of the Southern Hemisphere"? Nelson reporter Tracy Neal finds out.

Crop growers and meat producers say any ban on coal fired boilers could force New Zealand to raise imports of food. Dairy giant Fonterra is standing apart from some others in the food sector, saying it supports a ban on all new coal boilers. The competing views are being laid out in submissions to government on how to reduce the emissions generated by industrial processes. Tracy Neal reports.

A Marlborough Sounds watchdog group says it's time that Tory Channel was closed to all shipping and an alternative inter-island route put in place before the arrival of the new, larger passenger ferries in 2024. The narrow, rocky gap which passenger ferries ply daily is considered one of New Zealand's most tricky areas to navigate. Guardians of the Sounds says Kiwirail's proposed new ferries will be about 50 metres longer than the current ships, and that will pose problems. Peter Beech told RNZ Nelson-Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal there is an alternative through Queen Charlotte Sound, and they want the ferries to use it. [audio_play] Maritime New Zealand says it's committed to working with all groups to ensure any potential risks are managed.

A Marlborough Sounds watchdog group wants an alternative route to Tory Channel in place before the arrival of the new, larger passenger ferries in 2024. The narrow, rocky gap which ferries ply daily to and from Cook Strait is considered one of coastal New Zealand's most tricky areas to navigate. Guardians of the Sounds wants it closed to all commercial shipping and large fishing boats. Tracy Neal reports.

Taonga stolen during the invasion of Parihaka remain in vaults and on mantlepieces of Nelson homes. About 200 of the 1600 constabulary and volunteers who destroyed the unarmed Taranaki township 139 years ago, were from Nelson and Marlborough. During the plunder soldiers also took souvenirs, some of which are still held by their descendants. As RNZ's Nelson-Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal found out, they're now being asked to do the right thing and return them.

A discovery that kea might be able to detect toxic 1080 bait by how it looks, could be a breakthrough in teaching them not to eat it. The controversial poison is used widely to control pests on conservation land, but it also kills non-targeted animals and birds - including, sometimes, the endangered kea. New research shows that an additive that makes it shiny, might be the tool needed to teach the curious alpine parrots to avoid the toxic pellets. Tracy Neal reports.

New research shows that an additive that makes 1080 shiny to kea, might be the tool needed to teach the curious alpine parrots to avoid the lethal pellets. The controversial poison is used widely to control pests on conservation land, but it also kills non-targeted animals and birds - including, sometimes, the endangered kea. Zoologist Amy Brunton-Martin says the research was backed by Department of Conservation subsidiary, Zero Invasive Predators, or ZIP, based on her work with seabirds. She told RNZ reporter Tracy Neal about how kea might learn to avoid the bait, just by looking at it.

There are fears Picton's air quality could suffer thanks to an expanded ferry terminal. The plans include a new cruise ship berth, almost right in front of the township. Tracy Neal reports.

The head of Fiji's Port Denarau Marina says they are now full with more than 40 foreign yachts, all seeking to batten down their hatches ahead of the cyclone season. The yachts would normally head south out of the seasonal storm zone, but they've been prevented from leaving the Pacific because borders are closed in New Zealand and Australia. Cynthia Rasch told RNZ reporter Tracy Neal weather experts are warning up to four cyclones could hit the Fiji area this season, which is causing a few challenges for the marina.

A maritime lawyer says a legal argument for allowing foreign yachts into New Zealand might be possible through electronic tracking. Hundreds denied entry because of the border closure have tried convincing authorities they pose no threat, because of the time it takes to sail here. Peter Dawson told our reporter Tracy Neal that a simple ship tracking device would show authorities that yachts alone at sea for days present no risk of bringing Covid-19 into New Zealand. [audio_play] The Ministry of Health says the primary pre-requisite for yachts coming into New Zealand is not about the quarantine period, or whether it can track them via AIS - which it's unable to do anyway. It's whether they are allowed entry into New Zealand or not.

A maritime lawyer says it could be argued that foreign yachts with electronic tracking, should be allowed into New Zealand. Hundreds denied entry because of the border closure have tried convincing authorities they pose no threat because of the time it takes to sail here. But the Ministry of Health won't budge. Tracy Neal reports.

Two years after medicinal cannabis was made legal in Britain, many doctors are still not prescribing it. And although it's early days, with only one medical cannabis product approved for use in New Zealand, our GPs appear to be in the same camp. British psychiatrist David Nutt is the author of new research on prescription trends of cannabis-based products, and says it's outrageous people are being denied what he calls life-changing medication for some. Tracy Neal reports.

The Nelson City Council has deemed a dog, which attacked and killed a sheep, must remain muzzled in public. Banshee the Husky mauled a sheep in June and was classified as a menacing dog. Its owner today unsuccessfully appealed in having that classification overturned. A warning, some may find parts of Tracy Neal's report distressing.

It's taken a global pandemic to reverse the fortunes of an ailing West Coast. House sales are on the rise, New Zealanders are flocking there on holiday and the call is out for shovel-ready workers. The Grey District's mayor Tania Gibson says prospective home-owners better be quick if they want to capture a bargain. Here's Tracy Neal with the story.

This month we tackle the topic of women in the Black Lives Matter movement with an interview with black radical feminist, Tracy Neal, from Detroit and commentary from WLRN's Dani Whitaker. In addition to exploring this topic, we'd like to welcome our newest member, Emiliann Lorenzen, who wrote and delivers our world news segment for this month of September. Featured song: Four Women by Nina Simone. Because there were technical difficulties with the interview, we have created a transcript for you to read to make sure you catch every word of Ms. Neal's interview. A big THANK YOU to WLRN's Jenna DiQuarto for offering to transcribe the interview so quickly for us to share with you. You can find it on our Wordpress site under the posting of this podcast. https://wlrnmedia.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/edition-53-women-in-the-blm-movement/ Thanks for staying tuned to feminist powered community radio, WLRN.

Spring started today with a cold snap to jolt parts of the South Island out of unseasonably warm temperatures. Heavy snow fell on inland and coastal Canterbury, with a dusting for Ashburton and Temuka. The weather left spring lambs and calves shivering, and newly sprung daffodils wilting, with the MetService warning of a few frosty days ahead. Tracy Neal reports.

One hundred years ago today a small bi-plane made the first air crossing of the often treacherous Cook Strait. The Canterbury Aviation Company's successful mission was a major milestone in New Zealand aviation. The journey from Christchurch to Trentham took a total of seven hours, including stops in Kaikōura and Blenheim. Today, a re-enactment took place to mark the centennial, as well as tea and scones at the Marlborough Aero Club in Omaka. Our reporter Tracy Neal was there.

Record high gold prices have prompted hobby prospectors to dust off spades and pans and head to South Island rivers in the hope of striking it lucky. The precious metal recently hit NZ$3000 an ounce, as global investors look to safer bets in shaky economic times. Seasoned fossickers told RNZ Nelson reporter Tracy Neal, there's as much chance of finding a mortgage-busting nugget as winning $50 million in Lotto.

Some temporary migrants - backpackers - are more than happy to stay in New Zealand through the pandemic. French backpacker Marine Baiguerra is among more than 13,000 people to have signed a petition seeking a six-month extension to working holiday visas. The petition, organised by German backpacker Marie Bock, is now before Parliament. Immigration New Zealand extended the deadline earlier this year for those unable to return home because of Covid-19. It says it's now looking at further options for those on working holiday visas, but New Zealanders made jobless by the pandemic are the priority. Marine Baiguerra told RNZ reporter Tracy Neal there are many reasons she and others want to stay in New Zealand.

Nelson is about to launch back into heated debate over the city's commuter gridlock and how best to get people in and out from the south. The Transport Agency has put forward a range of options for widening or building roads that could finally see some decisions after decades of argument. A prized old railway line remains in the mix. Nelson reporter Tracy Neal has more.

Unemployment in the top of the south has doubled to more than 4000 since late March, but it's less "the now" than it is the future that business and local government leaders are worried about. The economic impact of Covid-19 is hitting those under 30 the hardest - the demographic on which the region's future relies. Here's RNZ Nelson reporter Tracy Neal.

A plan to build up to 700 homes in part of a quiet Nelson valley has stunned local residents. News of the proposed Mahitahi/Bayview development first emerged a couple of weeks ago. Conservation group Friends of the Maitai is already driving a social media campaign against it, while the developer claims the design will enhance the area. Nelson reporter Tracy Neal has the story.

A single tea bag and a burned sock were vital clues that led to finding trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds alive and well. The pair was found hungry and exhausted last week in a remote part of the Kahurangi National Park, 19 days after setting off for a hike, and more than a week after they were reported overdue. One of the volunteers who helped to find them, hiked more than 100 kilometres over the seven days he spent on the ground. Dwayne Lohmann of Nelson says it was the most challenging search he's been involved in. He told RNZ Re Tau Ihu reporter Tracy Neal it was also the most incredible, because of the result.

It's possibly New Zealand's smallest island, but it's still large enough for rats and other pests to colonise. Haulashore Island, which has been a backdrop to Nelson's waterfront for 113 years, is the focus of a community restoration programme. Volunteer trappers are flocking to the little island to help with the return of penguins, lizards and rare lichens. Nelson reporter Tracy Neal joined them.

"I've been looking for you" - those were the first words of New Zealand Defence Force medic Jase Denharder as he reached trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor. Amid emotional scenes the pair was rescued yesterday from dense bush in difficult terrain in the remote Kahurangi National Park. Air force personnel involved in today's retrieval of rescue crew who remained overnight, were on their way back to Ohakea this afternoon, when they diverted to Nelson to talk to media. Here's RNZ Nelson reporter Tracy Neal and videographer Simon Rogers with the story.

After spending 19 days missing in rugged bush in Kahurangi National Park, trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor were totally out of food when they were finally rescued alive and in pretty good nick all things considered. It was a smoke signal that alerted rescue teams to the pair, who were picked up by a helicopter and taken straight to Nelson Hospital. Sergeant Malcolm York delivered the good news this afternoon. RNZ reporter Tracy Neal is at Nelson Hospital and joins Lisa Owen with the details.

Traci Neal isn’t only inspirational, she’s funny too. Traci is a poet, cook and so much more, including a teacher.Former NBA Champion and University of Utah legend Mike Doleac joined me for the second hour and reminisced about his glory days. He’s considering “home school” this fall if things don’t change. 

Marlborough winemakers are hoping the best harvest in a decade will help them shore up exports and boost cellar door sales. Covid-19 hit hardest as the harvest was in full-swing, forcing a rapid shift in how it was managed. Now the grapes are in, some say the hard work is only just starting. RNZ's Nelson-Marlborough reporter Tracy Neal has the latest.

A Defence Force helicopter has now joined the search for two trampers missing in a remote part of north-west Nelson. Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23 and from the Tasman area, started out on May 9 into the rugged wilderness of Kahurangi National Park, but have not yet returned. They are understood to have entered the Anatori River car park, which is in a remote part of western Golden Bay. Senior Constable Dave Cogger told RNZ Nelson reporter Tracy Neal the latest development in the search.

A union and a former Nelson mayor are raising questions over the employment of three members of one family at a council-owned firm. But the Nelson City Council-owned maintenance firm, Nelmac, says thorough processes were followed employing a new chief executive and then two of her family members all within a year. Tracy Neal reports.

A remote corner of New Zealand, Golden Bay, is once again relying on its ability to be self-sufficient. Two years ago the only road over the Takaka Hill was blocked by a storm, leaving the area's 5000 residents completely isolated. They say it's been a dress rehearsal for the Covid-19 lockdown. Tracy Neal reports.

New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about. However we're still being asked to stay in our household bubbles whenever we are not at work, school, buying the groceries or exercising. RNZ reporter Tracy Neal is in Nelson.

On the tenth episode of Forum Confidential, we’re boarding the EO Global Jet to take you to the US West region! Our host, Katty Douraghy from EO San Francisco, will interview EO Seattle member Marc Rousso. Marc Rousso is the CEO and Captain Vision of JayMarc Homes. In partnership with Jay Mezistrano, he builds luxury custom homes that people can’t help but fall in love with. Based in Mercer Island, Washington, JayMarc Homes is a boutique building firm that builds luxury presale, move-in ready and custom homes in the Greater Seattle, Mercer Island and Eastside areas. Timestamped show notes 0:58 Tracy Neal presents Forum Confidential Host Katty Douraghy. 2:39 Katty Douraghy presents his guest Marc Rousso. 3:40 Marc explains that he worked as a DJ at weddings. 5:00 He sold the business for $15,000. This was the seed money to buy properties and turn them into rentals. 7:00 It takes one dreamer and one executor to make it happen. 8:40 They became developers in their early 30’s. 9:24 “What is the 1% thing that we do, that no one else do?” 11:30 Face to Face Marketing. 13:00 Our company became really well known for being land developers. 14:00 All of the sudden, the market turned. 15:37 “We never imagined that the recession was going to last 5 years” 18:00 They had a 2 million dollars debt with the bank in 2010. 20:00 “Marc what you need to do is just start small.” 23:00 “One thing you don’t want to do when you raise money, is cry” 25:00 Buy from confidence and trust. 26:44 One bite at a time. 28:30 The emotional struggle. 29:30 “I don’t have a lot of money but I would love to have you as my mentor” 31:00 Who Marc was as a leader. 32:00 “I only had one person that I needed to prove something: myself” 38:00 Stopping growth to be moderate. 40:00 “It was important to have a great customer service. That allowed us to build the brand” 44:00 Everybody wants to be in the Seattle Market Place. 45:00 Brothers relationship. Great team and partnership. 46:00 The importance of authenticity and transparency as a leader. 47:00 One of Marc’s favorite things in Seattle: Ferry boat ride  

On the eighth episode of Forum Confidential, we’re boarding the EO Global Jet to take you to the APAC region! Our host, Erik Ten Have from EO Indonesia will interview EO Malaysia member George Gan. Timestamped show notes 1:11 Tracy Neal presents Forum Confidential Host Erik ten Have 3:00 George presents himself. 4:05 The guest talks about his youth and how he learned about leadership with his mom. 6:28 George explains how he studied a degree in England, UK. During those days he communicated through letters with his family, once a year ye bought a phone card to call his family. 7:45 The first months in England were very excited for George. He took advantage of the opportunity it was given to him and he was motivated to get the degree to start working after that. 8:50 “I made a conscious decision that if I had a degree from the UK, and my knowledge from my home base I would put myself in a very unique advantage that I had the Asian heritage knowledge and the exposure to a more advance way of doing things.” 9:20 After his graduation he worked in London for 4 years as an accountant. Then he decided to go back to Malaysia and start his own entrepreneurial journey. 12:40 The guest talks about how his ambition of being an entrepreneur started. 14:29 How he set up his first office. 17:00 He sold his first company when he was 32 year old. 20:00 When George became the Motorola distributor for China and started scaling. 24:00 George explains how he lost his company and spent some very painful years after that. 26:11 When his Forum came up for him and were there for him. 27:30 “I’ve learned that good people can do bad things.” 28:35 His Forum mates became his soulmates. 30:14 “I became the most amazing father in the world. My life transformed. That uptown was my family, I found clarity in terms of who I am.” 31:15 EO is his tribe, he has been in EO for 22 years now. 32:30 “I came to the realization that I am hitting 60 years old. There is urgency of time now and I must be careful how I spend my time.” 34:30 George shares that he has a durian (Asian fruit) farm and he is going to create a retreat location at his durian farm.

Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa     SHOW DETAILS   NBWA NextGen Conference celebrated its 7th year in New Orleans, and Tracy Neal was honored to meet the next generation of beer distributor leaders. Episodes 023-026 will feature stories from the young and up-and-coming. As much as the industry has changed, the heart has stayed the same: we all work together to sell more beer. To see more about the new NBWA initiative, download these sales decks.   Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa   David Steinman is the senior editor for Craft Brew News and his father and grandfather run Beer Marketers Insights. He is young in the industry but is a part of a legacy that he will carry on.  Special thanks to Craig Purser, Lester Jones, and NBWA!  

Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa     SHOW DETAILS   NBWA NextGen Conference celebrated its 7th year in New Orleans, and Tracy Neal was honored to meet the next generation of beer distributor leaders. Episodes 023-026 will feature stories from the young and up-and-coming. As much as the industry has changed, the heart has stayed the same: we all work together to sell more beer. To see more about the new NBWA initiative, download these sales decks.   Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa   Douglas Cone III on the Chain Reset and Customer Support Team at Cone Distributing from Ocala, Florida. He is young in the industry but is a part of a legacy that he will carry on.  Special thanks to Craig Purser, Lester Jones, and NBWA!  

With over 18 years of cross-functional experience in technology, entrepreneurship and organizational development, Zeeshan Aftab is an entrepreneur, technologist and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of 10Pearls and has grown the company from inception to a thriving organization, serving both large enterprises and exciting start-ups. Timestamped show notes 1:00 Tracy Neal presents Forum Confidential Host Abeer Qumsieh. 1:49 Tracy Neal presents the most distinctive features of Jordan. 2:40 Abeer mentions that Pakistan is one of the oldest and prosperous civilization in the world. She also describes that the word Pakistan means “the land of pure”. 4:00 Zeeshan explains why his business is called 10Pearls. 5:05 The podcast guest, Zeeshan Aftab talks about his childhood, how he was homeschooled in the early ’80s and that he comes from a very humble background. They were six siblings. 5:40 Zeeshan spent his childhood in Singapore and Turkey, and learned on his own. 6:30 When he was 18years old he didn’t knew what to do with his life. 7:40 Zeeshan explains how homeschooling has affected his todays success. It has helped him to be more independent, thinking out of the box, proposing different solutions. 9:10 Abeer express that when you first start a business, it is really common to make a lot of mistakes. She asks Zeeshan which were his mistakes. 10:30 Zeeshan talks about the importance of being fearless, using your first judgement, learn from failures. He says that sometimes mistakes are a blessing. 12:20 How did the idea of 10Pearls came into his mind. 14:00 Zeeshan dives into adversity in his business and his highs and lows. 17:08 Explaining how the 10Pearls team was built, based in a growth mindset. 18:40 Revealing Marketing secrets. 20:40 Lead by example and inspiration. First deserve, then desire. 22:00 Certain failures are good for you. You have to have a strong mind and a strong persistence. 23:40 “I’ve made a promise to spend time with my family”. 25:00 Retirement plans. Retiring is a phenomenon that occurs when you think you have accomplish something. 26:35 Leaders always create leaders, not followers. 27:00 What has impacted you the most within EO? Warren Rustand and Forum training. 28:15 Productivity hacks.

On the fifth episode of Forum Confidential, we’re boarding the EO Global Jet to take you to the South Asia region! Our host, Kanika Dewani from EO Nagpur, in India will interview EO Gurgaon member Gaurav Jhunjhnuwala.  Episode Summary Gaurav Jhunjhnuwala discovered that he had retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic disorder that leads eventually to blindness when he was in his teens. Since then, he felt that every day is the worst day of his life. In this episode, he talks about how his mindset changed and how he is able to not only live as normal as possible but also thrive in his personal and business life. Listen now! Timestamped show notes 0:50 Tracy Neal presents Forum Confidential Host Kanika 1:13 Tracy presents New Delhi 2:10 Kanika presents her guest Gaurav Jhunjhnuwala 3:01 Gaurav talks about his genetic disease retinitis pigmentosa 3:50 Gaurav explains how he uses a text to speech software to communicate 4:40 Kanika asks Gaurav how was his journey losing his vision 5:00 Gaurav talks about his childhood 6:30 Guarav’s operating mindset during his adolescence was “Every day is the worst day of my life” 8:00 Facing a new challenge: moving to the University Campus 9:00 Trying to fit in and wanting to be like anyone else 10:30 “The biggest issue I was facing was myself” 11:50 Gaurav dropped out of college and went back home in Hong Kong 12:50 “My parents were really supportive”. He addresses that he has been very lucky to have the parents that he had 13:30 Studying in Houston with a spiritual mentor. “He told me there are four most important days in our lives. The day we born, the day we day, the day we find out our purpose and the day we achieve that.” 15:00 Today, his purpose is to inspire everyone around him to live their life to the fullest and to lead the best version of themselves that they can 15:22 At age 22 he started his journey of figuring out his purpose 15:40 Visiting a hospital in south India 16:00 It’s not about what has happened to me, it is rather how I respond to what has happened to me 16:00 I always had a business mindset 17:00 Joining the Education business and creating the Netflix of Education in India 18:40 Gaurav talks about being the owner’s son. He learned that responsibility was something it was not going to be given to him, but it was something he had to take for himself. 20:00 Gaurav tells how he met his wife 20:25 Focus on five things in life: Family, relationship, career and health 21:30 “I want to pull myself out of my comfort zone” 22:00 Gaurav started his own company from scratch 23:15 The importance of good communication in marriage 24:40 “This is the life we have chosen and we are going to get through it one way or another” 27:00 When he had to give up books that was something very difficult for him to handle. Audiobooks really helped him. He tried to apply what he had learned in audiobooks in his own business 28:50 The most important part was understanding and accepting what was happening to him 29:30 Because of EO: Mentoring session I with his parents to have a better relationship 30:40 My Forum had played a pivotal part in my life. 31:30 I feel it’s even more important for someone like me to interact with people, and get them to see that just because an individual has a disability doesn’t mean that they can’t add value to the world

Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa     SHOW DETAILS   NBWA NextGen Conference celebrated its 7th year in New Orleans, and Tracy Neal was honored to meet the next generation of beer distributor leaders. Episodes 023-026 will feature stories from the young and up-and-coming. As much as the industry has changed, the heart has stayed the same: we all work together to sell more beer. To see more about the new NBWA initiative, download these sales decks.   Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa   Bud Dunn is the Vice President at Atlas Sales, Inc., an AB distributor in Battle Creek, Michigan. He has 15 years of hard working and relationship building, and he is just getting started.  Special thanks to Craig Purser, Lester Jones, and NBWA!  

On the fourth episode of Forum Confidential, we’re boarding the EO Global Jet to take you to the North Asia region! Our host, James Li from EO China North, in China will interview EO member Ta-Wei Wang. Episode Summary Ta-Wei is an education industry professional from Seattle, Washington with nearly 15 years of education management experience. Ta-Wei's educational career began in 2005 in South Korea. His six years in South Korea brought him experiences in teaching, faculty training, content development, center management, and franchise expansion. In 2011, Ta-Wei moved to China to develop a new education program and later moved on to co-found Shang Learning to serve as the Director of Education. In this episode, he shares his path as an education industry professional and the challenges Education faces nowadays. Tune in now! Timestamped show notes 0:58 Tracy Neal presents Forum Confidential Host James Li 3:19 Ta-Wei Wang presents himself, he was born in Taiwan and his family moved to Seattle when he was 4 years old 4:26 After graduating he wanted to travel abroad for one or two years. He went to South Korea to teach English, from that experience he was able to do R&D, curriculum development, becoming a faculty manager and train teachers. 5:25 From South Korea he moved to Beijing and was able to help start two different education companies, helping students with their admissions processes, to fulfill their dreams to be able to study abroad. 6:44 To the question: “Is being an entrepreneur something that you are born with or something that is developed over time?” He responded that thinking back to his childhood he started working in his family business at 11 years old, at the chain of a Chinese restaurant. Thanks to the experience of learning the value of money at a very young age, a lot of that work ethic was already in place when Ta Wei turned 16 and started getting a job. 7:40 A lot of the jobs that he got were on the entrepreneur spectrum. It is something that Ta-Wei enjoyed, being able to start companies. 8:30 He learned a lot of his work ethic from his father who works in the cooking business. which he learned from his father. His father never missed a day of work, never complained about was he was doing. Ta Wei Wang addresses that hard work does pay off. 10:00 One of his biggest challenges was that he was teaching English but he was rejected because he had a non-American looking name and I looked Asian. 11:00 Luckily a company in Korea looked beyond that and now the market has become a little savvier and looking for people that share the same experience that their children are going through - being a person who was born in Asia and studied in the United States. 12:00 In the education industry this is very common. It is so stereotypical and racist but also understandable. 13:22 To being able to hire good mentors or good educators you have to look to their background. 14:00 We get to hire American looking people that went to Harvard or Stanford or Yale. They come over to be teachers and the thought for a lot of parents is like “this person will be a great teacher”. But that’s not always the case. 15:15 When looking at who might be a good educator, the most important thing is how you can effectively deliver the information. 16:40 The Programs I have been working on, help students develop critical thinking skills and XXI century skills such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creative thinking. 20:30 One of the large challenges that his company faces is that before a lot of the focus was on the memorization of knowledge. We have to educate families that now knowledge is at the tip of your fingerprint and the important thing is being able to know what to do with this knowledge. 23:30 Most of our classes don’t have any grades and the question is how do you measure progress? We do it through project-based learning. 26:00 Ta-Wei Wang talks about his mentor, who was his boss in the Korean company. 29:00 Joining the Chapter and being in the Forum has helped Ta-Wei discovered himself more deeply.

Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa     SHOW DETAILS   NBWA NextGen Conference celebrated its 7th year in New Orleans, and Tracy Neal was honored to meet the next generation of beer distributor leaders. Episodes 023-026 will feature stories from the young and up-and-coming. As much as the industry has changed, the heart has stayed the same: we all work together to sell more beer. To see more about the new NBWA initiative, download these sales decks.   Click to Download the NBWA decks www.isellbeer.com/nbwa   Chris Landers is a management trainee at L. Knife and Sons, an AB distributor in Kingston, Massachusetts. He is a 5th generation beer  industry worker, and his story has something for everyone.  Special thanks to Craig Purser, Lester Jones, and NBWA!

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