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Negative, Pessimistic, Scared Of Failing- Could We LEARN Not To Be? Can we learn how to be Positive, Optimistic, and can we learn HOW to succeed? if YES - HOW?

“I’m never going to do business.”*Goes and works at an aviation company and expands the business.“I heard about this concept called Business School. Harvard has one? Cool!”*Gets into HBS.“I had 6 job offers during MBA campus interviews.”*Takes the lowest paying job, with pretty much the worst interview experience, ever.“I wanted to move to a country where they speak French or German”*Gets transferred to a country where they speak neither.Careers are built not by meticulously planning every detail, but by embracing unexpected and unimagined opportunities. If you are looking for lots of laughs and lots of learnings, this is a conversation you cannot miss.The episode is called: Embrace the UnexpectedMy guest today: Brenda Bence has built mega brands for Fortune 100 companies like Procter & Gamble where she headed multi-million dollar brands, first based in the U.S., then in Europe and then in Asia.Then in 2002, at her career peak, Brenda made the leap, and started her own coaching business, which now has offices in Asia and the US. There’s so much in this chat:-How Brenda got hired right out of university, and how she turned a NO to a YES-How she got hired by P&G (lots of giggles guaranteed)-How she got hired by her very first paying clientEach story is unforgettable and the 51 minutes fly by!Join Brenda and me in the unexpected and fascinating journey through her very successful and very squiggly career. You won’t fail to be inspired!Brenda's new book The Forgotten Choice can be purchased here. If you'd like the companion guide, send your proof of purchase to books@brendabence.comFollow Brenda Bence on LinkedIn here.For all other social channels as well as to sign up to Brenda's newsletter: www.BrendaBence.comEnjoyed the show? Tell three of your closest friends!And please leave a great review on Apple Podcasts, as it would mean a lot to me and hopefully help others discover this resource for Job Seekers !https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/how-i-got-hired/id1536817985And finally, connect with me on LinkedIn, I'd love to hear from you: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonalbahl/

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with Melody Belliveau Welcome and intro – Listening live on FB, LI we have my EVA Pao ready and waiting to respond to your comments and questions with website links etc, like subscribe and email, radiotoni.com bbsradio.com/radiotoni, big shout out and thankyou. Today's guest is the beautiful Melody Beliveau who is a Blogger. Before I introduce her live on the show here is a bit about Melody Melody is a Content Creator/Web Publisher at The Social-Commentary.Com who's passion and purpose is writing thought provoking articles that can create discussion and changes in our society. Melody created a blog to share with others, food for the soul. I had an opportunity for a column in a magazine that wasn't a good fit, and the mentor I had told me I needed to create my own website. The passion and drive were strong enough to get past my limited technology challenges and TheSocial-Commentary.Com was born. Melody wants to have an impact on the world by helping people see that they matter and that they have a purpose. Her favourite quote is “We are all in this together” Welcome to the show Melody it's a pleasure to have you on the show today in person as you are often listening in and commenting on the live shows, which we appreciate so much. Today we are going to talk about Blogging Before we get into the subject of blogging, can you tell the audience a little more about you? Notes - Where you live, your life and what are your hobbies are outside of blogging What is one fun fact about you that might interest the audience the most? What is blogging? Notes - a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style, blogs can help you develop an online presence, prove yourself an expert in an industry, and attract more quality leads to all pages of your site. The history of Blogging according to Hubspot - 1994, Swarthmore College student Justin Hall is credited with the creation of the first blog, Links.net. At the time, however, it wasn't considered a blog … just a personal homepage. In 1997, Jorn Barger, blogger for Robot Wisdom, coined the term "weblog", which was meant to describe his process for "logging the web" as he surfed the internet. The term "weblog" was shortened to "blog" in 1999, by programmer Peter Merholz. In the early stages, a blog was a personal web log or journal in which someone could share information or their opinion on a variety of topics. The information was posted reverse chronologically, so the most recent post would appear first. Melody Why were you drawn to starting a blog? – notes – recount your story about your mentor and website. How challenging was it to start a blog and what were those challenges? What steps did you follow to start your blog? Notes pick a name, get your blog online, make it unique, promote it What are you most passionate about and what gets you up in the morning? Lets talk about some of those blogs. One in particular is called the struggles of Loves Expressions. What prompted this blog and what's it about? One of your most poignant blogs is called The shatter of Suicide – can you tell us about that blog? The wellness corner – What can find in there? Herbs and spices and hand reflexology Can you make money from a blog? Yes How do you do this? Notes – 1. money from ads, (adsense, adthrive) pay per impression and paid per click and its paid per 1000 impressions. 2. Affiliate marketing – here the blogger makes a connection with a company and then promotes the company's products or services and get paid a commission 3. From Sponsored posts – where a company pays a blogger to create content about their brand. 4. Bloggers make money by creating and selling products – often digital or educational products. 5. Bloggers can make money from selling services, coaching and consulting.

Serbs finally got their patriarch and we comment on multiple facets: what were people hoping for during the elections? Did even the atheists have their preferred candidate? (Yes) How difficult is to be a patriarch? (Very) Will we stray from the subject? (Yes)

Selling is how you bring your soul purpose into the world and allow it to financially support you. Its how we share our soul mission with the world and actually help others with our unique soul gifts. In this episode I cover: - How to shift out of cringey old school selling to soul aligned selling - How to align with your soul purpose to sell your offering - The KEY to ensuring your sales are actually converting - How to energetically behind your offerings so your soulmate clients say YES - How to show up online to be a match to your soul mate clients - How to ensure selling feels good for you AND your soulmate clients Selling is unavoidable for income, sales and success, but it can be something you genuinely love to do and easy to do. ---> Are you ready to hit your business & income goals this year? Business Alchemy doors are open, heal your blocks, connect with your guides and grow your soul aligned business. The Business Alchemy Mastermind is coming up.⁠ Where healing, quantum energetics and channelling meets business strategy.⁠ ⁠ This is for you if you know that building a successful business is more than just having a good marketing strategy.⁠ ⁠ The 6 month program designed for light leaders to get visible, create your tribe, expand your income and create your soul aligned impact. Business Alchemy will help you: - Sell out your offerings - Have 5 figure launches - Heal trauma that's holding you back -Clear blocks around visibility - Feel worthy AF and energetically aligned to your offerings - Activate your energy system to receive - Sell from a sacred heart space - Create massive impact without burning out - Creating an audience and following that loves you and your work - Confident in your manifestation abilities - Build a sales funnel - Receive Channelled guidance from your spiritual team   And much more. Learn more here

On this episode of SWTP Podcast, Tay and Sade have a discussion about the importance of rest to the black woman (22:06) and the relationship between black women and luxury. They also have a conversation about Lori Harvey's public perception and the stance from people like Lil Boosie (39:38) and much more. Book Recommendations: The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shewearsthepants/support

This week the Betches talk non-fiction! Kristin and the Betches discuss the plot of "Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person" by Shonda Rhimes. The Betches discuss race, Shonda as the visionary she is, and motivations within the book. Follow us on Instagram for previews of next week's episode!

Exercise - it is the LOVE Drug too? Can exercise produce the chemical response in our brain that helps us to love, trust, and feel loved? No, or YES? and if YES - HOW?

Collecting records is an art. It takes a specific set of skills to accumulate the most inconvenient and expensive medium for listening to music. What makes records so great? How should you approach collecting them? Should you even bother? (Yes) How can you spot a bargain in a record store and what’s the best strategy to use when spending an afternoon in a wax palace. Get some insider tips and stories this show courtesy of Pat Ryder. Piccadilly Records dance buyer and record label owner. Liam and Pat talk about the Manchester club scene, surviving Covid, and what makes a great record collection. If you’ve just picked up a record player and you’re at a loss where to begin your collection this podcast can help. Check out more from AMF here: allmyfriendsmcr.com/

Hey friends! Today’s episode was actually recorded in March of 2020 and given the topic, we didn’t feel it was appropriate to air it when it was originally scheduled to be released. However, the story is really powerful and important so I wanted to share it with you and hope you gain the inspiration for how you can grow your business any way you want! Thinking about selling your business? Even if you’re still in the early stages of entrepreneurship or if you’ve been at it for quite some time, it’s never a bad idea to at least consider the thought of one day selling your company. That’s why I invited on a past guest, Mary Beth Storjohann of Workable Wealth. Mary Beth was on the podcast for episode 28 and we talked about money misconceptions and the importance of knowing your numbers in business… Well, that has all paid off for her and today we talked about what it was like to sell her business. She shares the nitty-gritty of the decision-making process, how she weighed out the pros and cons, concerns she had and what non-negotiables she made sure were included in the contract (like the ability to work remote and live in Italy for 3 months out of the year!)  We discussed how her definition of success has evolved from the early days of business to now. She shares how this process gave her a glimpse into who she was and what was most important to her and she ultimately shares her candid advice to those who may be thinking about selling their business one day (and why you absolutely need a lawyer to help you with the process).  ON TODAY’S EPISODE: How Mary Beth defined success in the early days of her business Mary Beth’s experience with being approached with inquiries of buying and merging Her initial reaction to Abacus expressing interest in purchasing her business The concerns that came up that made Mary Beth decline the merger  Being offered the role of the Chief Marketing Officer to revamp their marketing  Her fears and frustrations around letting go of Workable Wealth Weighing each layer of her decision on whether or not to do the merger The non-negotiables that Mary Beth insisted on having in the company merger Planning her dream life and putting it all in her merger contract Keeping her rights to be able to run Workable Wealth Lessons that she’s learned about herself through this process How Mary Beth defines success now  Her advice for something thinking about selling their own business RESOURCES: 028 | Money Misconceptions & Financial Accountability with Mary Beth Storjohann, Workable Wealth Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own PersonHow are brick & mortar shop owners navigating Covid-19? Interview Series   MEET MARY BETH:  Mary Beth Storjohann is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER(TM) and has been a partner and Chief Marketing Officer with Abacus since 2019, following the merger with her firm, Workable Wealth. With over 14 years of experience in the financial services industry, she works as an author, speaker, and financial coach to apply a fun, albeit no-nonsense approach in working with entrepreneurial women and couples in their 30s – 50s across the country, helping them make smart, educated choices with their money.   CONNECT WITH MARY BETH:   Website: https://abacuswealth.comBlog: https://workablewealth.com/blog/ Podcast: https://workablewealth.com/wywpodcast/ Facebook: @workablewealth Instagram: @marybstorj Twitter: @marybstorj   SLOW STEADY GROWTH ARE HOW STRONG BUSINESSES ARE BUILT Building a business is a long game, won with patience, fortitude, intentional decisions and passion.​ Inside Proof to Product LABS, you’ll receive the support, education and accountability to move your business towards your goals.   ​Join Proof to Product Labs, our 12-month group coaching program built specifically for product based business owners. SUBSCRIBE To subscribe on iOS, go to the iTunes page and subscribe to Proof to Product. On Android, you can listen using your favorite podcast app.  WRITE A REVIEW Writing a review on iTunes will help other product based business owners find Proof to Product as they are working to up level, scale, and build profitable and sustainable companies. FOLLOW PROOF TO PRODUCT Follow Proof to Product on Instagram for the latest updates. JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST If you'd like to receive more information about our upcoming episodes of Proof to Product including show notes and information about our guests, head over to www.prooftoproduct.com and sign up for our email list.   SHARE Be sure to share Proof to Product with all of the product based business owners that you know!  ABOUT PROOF TO PRODUCT: Proof to Product is hosted by Katie Hunt. Since 2011, Proof to Product has worked with thousands of product based businesses to help them up level, scale, and build profitable sustainable companies. You can find our show notes and additional resources at ProofToProduct.com. If you like what you heard today, please head over to Apple Podcast to leave a five star review and subscribe. Thanks so much for listening. We'll be back next week with a new episode!

Sometimes saying YES to the right things can change your life. In this episode, we talk about the magic that happens when you're willing to indulge in the goodness presented to you. It is easy to play the "devil's advocate" or consider the cons in every situation. What happens when you permit yourself to willingness?  Books mentioned in this episode: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, HTGAWM). You can purchase your own copy *here: https://amzn.to/3e6JZUQ.  *This is an affiliate link. We will receive a commission from your purchase if you use the link. 

Can you advocate for climate solutions and dramatic population growth at the same time? Or are the two ideas mutually exclusive? Matthew Yglesias argues that while electoral politics is a zero-sum game, policy is not. And any two priorities can be reconciled to craft a win-win, provided both sides accept the premise that we need to take action on climate change. Matthew Yglesias is the cofounder of Vox, host of The Weeds Podcast, journalist and author of the national bestseller, One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Matt joins Ross and Paul to discuss the premise of his book, explaining why it’s crucial for the US to grow its population and commit to keeping our #1 status in the world. He shares his liberal approach to this conservative idea, describing how immigration makes us stronger and what we can do to support families with children. Matthew goes on to offer insight on the dysfunction of American federalism, discussing how a shared goal would create more constructive politics, and why it’s shortsighted to invoke climate change as an argument against population growth. Listen in for Matthew’s take on why we need right of center solutions to climate change and learn how we can prioritize both population growth and climate solutions in a way that moves America forward. Nori on Patreon Vox Matthew on Vox The Weeds Podcast One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger by Matthew Yglesias The Idea of a European Superstate by Glyn Morgan Bryan Caplan on Reversing Climate Change S2EP2 Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration by Bryan Caplan ‘Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing’ in PEN America Wendell Berry Dorothy Day Brad Plumer at The New York Times Green New Deal Matthew on Conversations with Tyler EP104 Getting to Yes: How to Negotiate Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama David Roberts on Reversing Climate Change S2EP3 Benji Backer on Reversing Climate Change EP074 Bob Inglis on Reversing Climate Change EP086 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reversingclimatechange/support

Jann is joined by special guests Tegan & Sara to discuss their memoir High School and how the writing process helped them work through past trauma. They also answer burning questions like: do Tegan and Sara share the same brain and just pass it back and forth? (Yes) How do two people write a memoir? (hint: it involves one person holding a pen and the other holding their arm).

The reason that the Impact Makers Podcast exists is to bring you tools, tips and resources to help you build a career that you love, and to live a life that matters. I love introducing you to people that I believe are truly making a difference out there in the world, who can inspire you to take action in your own life, or help you to discover paths to impact that you may not have considered possible for yourself before. Julie Turney is one of those inspiring people, and I hope that you’ll listen closely as she shares how she’s taken intentional steps to grow her career and her network, and also to increase her impact. And she’s just getting started. Julie describes herself as a People Champion, and she’s also a woman of many talents, who wears many different hats. She’s a mom, a Human Resources Manager, an HR Performance Coach, an HR Disrupter, a Public Speaker, and she’s the host of the HR Sound Off Podcast Show. She’s also currently writing her first book - in her spare time, of course - so she’ll soon be adding published author to her collection of titles. And she’s accomplished all of these things - and more - while living on the tiny - and beautiful island of Barbados. Since I first connected with Julie a little over a year ago, I’ve been super impressed with the growth that I’ve seen in her personally and professionally as she’s continued to expand her network, and has challenged herself to say “yes” to sometimes hard and scary things - all while continuing to work full time, and during a global pandemic that has isolated her and her fellow Bajans from the rest of the world. I think that you’ll find some inspiration in Julie’s approach to growth and creating an impact in the world, and if you can get past the first few minutes of me fangirling out, and grilling her about Rihanna’s whereabouts on the island, you’ll be glad you did.   Topics Discussed In This Episode:​​ The surprising answer to the obvious question: Is Julie friends with Rihanna? What Julie loves about HR, and why she feels that now - during a global pandemic - is the most exciting time to work in the profession. What breaks Julie’s heart about how HR others sometimes perceive HR. The important role that mentors have played in Julie’s life, and why she chose to actively mentor others in order to grow her own career. How Julie originally connected with DisruptHR, and her plans are to expand DisruptHR events throughout the Caribbean. Julie’s advice for people who make excuses about why they are being held back from achieving their dreams. The surprising online Influencer that sparked Julie to take action, and become a podcaster, DisruptHR organizer, Agile trainer, and HR Coach - in addition to continuing to work in a full-time job. The power of LinkedIn for making connections that can change your life.   People & Resources Mentioned In This episode: HR at Heart / Julie Turney Julie Turney LinkedIn Julie Turney Twitter Julie Turney Facebook HR Sound Off podcast Confessions of an HR Pro: Stories of Defeat and Triumph by Julie Turney DisruptHR Barbados DisruptHR Caribbean HR Summer School Ben Eubanks DisruptHR London Katrina Collier DisruptHR Cayman Chris Bailey Meighan Newhouse Gary Vaynerchuk Hacking HR Enrique Rubio Erich Kurschat Tracie Sponenberg Steve Browne Tim Sackett Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes Ryan Holtz   Connect with Jennifer:   Send her a message [https://jennifermcclure.net/contact/] On LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifermcclure On Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferMcClure On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_mcclure/ On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JenniferMcClureSpeaker   *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.   He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. *** Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com  

Today I am excited to bring to you the story of the iconic screenwriter and producer, Shonda Rhimes. You probably know her best as the showrunner for Grey’s Anatomy and its spin-off Private Practice, as well as the creator of How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal. Shonda herself and her shows have received innumerable awards, nominations, and other recognition. She also started her own production company, Shondaland, and is a published author with her book, “Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person.”  Just those accomplishments alone make her iconic, but it’s bigger than that: Shonda is the first African American woman to create and executive produce a Top 10 Network Series and she has made and continues to make a HUGE impact on the television industry by casting her roles in inclusive, fit and relatable ways. Shonda has always made it a priority to tell women-centric stories, with diversity in race, religion, physical ability, and more. She also often portrays women in powerful, male-dominated industries - such as law, medicine, and politics, to name a few. -------------- Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iconicwomenpodcast & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahkheeter/ Shop Merchandise!: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CupcakesandApplejax

This kickback is about the importance of combining your passion & purpose to build a legacy as displayed in the beautiful life of Chadwick Boseman.  From managing babies while obtaining degrees or seeking a life coach, balancing career demands, yoga or daily fitness, we know all too well how easy it is to procrastinate.  We dive into our own experiences, share resources & perspective that can help overcome mental hurdles.  When it comes to purposeful planning, let's get unstuck, manage our time wisely and have some FUN on purpose!  This episode is a build on from Episode 4 "Life Goals, Purpose & Vision Boards".  As always, Peace & Love! Send any comments and questions to Queenbeautypodcast@gmail.com.  Please subscribe, rate and review this episode.  Follow us on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter @Queenbeautypodcast References within this episode:   Chadwick Boseman's Agent: He Chose Roles "Always Bringing About Light": https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/chadwick-bosemans-agent-he-chose-roles-always-bringing-about-light Plex TV: https://www.plex.tv/ Book "Get Unstuck, Be Unstoppable": https://www.amazon.com/Get-Unstuck-Be-Unstoppable-Imagined/dp/0736956786  Hello Fear, Kirk Franklin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHf6b8LUYCw Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Shonda Rhimes - https://www.amazon.com/Year-Yes-Dance-Stand-Person/dp/1476777128  Sunrise Yoga with Quandras - Thursday morning @ 7:00am est.  Follow and send her a message for special access into the weekly yoga series: https://www.instagram.com/yogabyquan/?hl=en  Burn Bootcamp - https://burnbootcamp.com/  Rory Vadan - https://gls.multiplyyourtimewebinar.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2X7c9TUQJ8 4 Time management techniques: https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=keys+to+time+management&vid=d1dec4ebdaaed6b3a5a38aa681d82352&l=27%3A03&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608038468636641794%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9g9BQwmveJA&tit=Chet+Holmes+-+BGM+-+03+-+Time+Management+Secrets+of+Billionaires&c=12&sigr=11a96k28l&sigt=120t391jt&ct=p&pstcat=business+and+finance&age=0&fr=iphone&tt=b --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/queenbeauty/message

In this Coaching Uncut Series we take you behind the scenes and allow you to listen in to the coaching I do with clients so you can learn right along with them! All of these coaching calls have been recorded with permission from my clients. Please be aware that these are not studio recordings and the sound quality may vary. In today's episode, we're diving into the details of an amazing sales tactic that will transform your relationships! And remember: just because it's a concept that comes from sales, doesn't mean it's evil ;-) It's okay to use it to improve your personal relationships too! Listen in so you can start helping your loved ones alter their mindset right alongside you, and permanently change your relationship dynamics for the better! What To Listen For The impact of listening in helping people change How to navigate difficult conversations Breaking through the money scarcity mindset for good Life is sales – and why that isn't an evil concept! How to help your loved ones get over their mindset issues The secrets to time management success Letting people reach their own “Yes” How to start holding yourself accountable in the areas that really count Get Out of Your Own Way. Increase Cash Flow. Find Your Freedom. Schedule a Consult: https://theunstoppablewoman.com/nextlevel Join us at the Income Breakthrough Summit, November 6th – 8th (virtual): https://theunstoppablewoman.com/breakthroughsummit Resources Check out our free resources for listeners www.theunstoppablewoman.com/freestuff Join our Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/bizposse Join us at the Unstoppable Woman Summit https://theunstoppablewoman.com/breakthroughsummit/ Join the Morning Mindset Club https://theunstoppablewoman.com/mindset Schedule a Consult https://theunstoppablewoman.com/nextlevel

Business Success in TOUGH TIMES? Is that possible- YES / NO and if YES- HOW?

ENERGY Drinks, Food, PIlls- do they work? Can we create our own energy and if YES- HOW?

Join me and relationship coach Amy Louise Cash (http://instagram.com/amylouisecash) to explore why working on your relationship with self is what you need today. From creating space for infinite possibilities, establishing boundaries in the way you show up and how to work out what self love is for you. In this episode: * Creating space in your body, creates space your life * Amplifying your relationships * Discovering your worth through Self Love * Using sacred No's to power your Yes * How to discover what self love means to you. * Setting boundaries in the way you show up! * The power of using your voice, and how * Using your intuition to support you and your journey * The #1 question to being your day with Visit www.wellsome.com for more Well Woman updates, menstrual health guides, free resources and more. Got a question from today's show? Email us at info@wellsome.com or post and share over on IG at www.instagram.com/wellsome_jemalee/, #WellWomanPodcast

Can we ALL be self-confident? YES / NO - if YES- HOW?

Cindy: (00:00) This is Exploring the Seasons of Life podcast episode 15. I’m Cindy MacMillan and today I am being interviewed by my friend Debra Healey. Cindy: (00:10) Welcome to Exploring the Seasons of Life, a podcast for women with a big heart on a spiritual journey. Each week join Cindy MacMillan as she interviews coaches, spiritual explorers, and celebrants from all walks of life about beginnings, endings, and the messy bits in-between. Self-love, well-being, and mindset are at the heart of our conversations because once you change the inside, the outside will begin to change as well. Cindy: (00:40) Hey friends, Welcome back to Exploring the Seasons of Life podcast. Thank you and I appreciate you for listening today as my friend Debra Healey turns the table on me and asks me questions. Cindy: (00:52) Debra is a nurse leader with a background in Home Health, Hospice and Hospital administration. She has a special interest in Patient safety and helping healthcare professionals handle stress. She holds several certifications in safety and stress management and currently works as a Nurse Consultant providing education that helps healthcare organization achieve a safe environment for patients while helping the healthcare staff handle the stress of patient care. Cindy: (01:23) Deb, thank you for interviewing me today. This is going to be a lot of fun. Debra Healey: (01:28) Yes, it sure is going to be fun, Cindy, turning the tables on you. So, Cindy, what does exploring the seasons of life mean to you in regard to your podcast? Cindy: (01:40) Deb, thank you for asking me that because I love that question. “What does Exploring the Seasons of Life mean to you” because I get a vast array of answers that are personal to my guests. Some of my guests have mentioned the Maiden/Mother/Crone. The Maiden is all about enchantment and new beginnings, youthful ideas and enthusiasm. The Mother is the next phase in a woman's life. She is fertility, abundance and growth, the gaining of knowledge. She is fulfillment—sexual, social, and emotional—and she is represented by the full moon. The Crone aspect is the final stage. She is the hag and the wise woman, the darkness of night, and eventually death. Cindy: (02:28) Some of my guests have talked about the seasons themselves: Spring is the season of new beginnings and a time when we feel energized to experience life in so many ways. In summer, we needn’t hide, hibernate, or bundle up. Life is an open book, with adventures waiting around every corner. Autumn is a time to be thankful for what we have experienced throughout the year and begin to wind down and prepare for next year. Winter is a time to analyze your actions. Think of the year that has passed. Understand what you have achieved and what you need to think about in the coming New Year. Cindy: (03:58) I was thinking of all those different aspects but for me Exploring the Seasons of Life means…let’s explore where you are right now because there is a cycle to everything and there are many seasons within the course of a lifetime. Deb, it has taken me a lifetime to really understand that. Maybe we are graduating college or getting married and having babies, maybe we are grieving and trying to make meaning after loss, maybe we have been cheated on or maybe we are the cheater, maybe we are an empty nester, maybe we are in the throes of a devastating illness, maybe we are lonely, maybe we are in the messy bits of divorce, maybe we are retired and wondering what’s next, maybe we and honestly the list can go on. Cindy: (04:24) No season is perfect, but when we embrace every season of our lives fully, and stop resisting, we become more alive. Henry David Thoreau said, “Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.” And I love that because it reminds me that there is beauty and learning in every season regardless of which one we are in. Debra Healey: (04:25) Cindy, that was a beautiful answer. And I have listened to every single one of your podcasts. And what I love most about them is how authentic you are and the authenticity that you bring out in each one of your guests. And I think you've just beautifully explained to us the seasons of life and those messy bits in between that, you know, each and every one of us, in this human experience, uh, have experienced all those happy times and sad times. And I think exploring those seasons and really living within each season is what your podcasts bring and what they mean to me. Cindy: (05:10) Oh, thank you, Deb. Thanks so much. Debra Healey: (05:12) So should we move on to inspiration? Cindy, what inspired you to make this podcast in the first place? Cindy: (05:22) This is a really interesting question for me. So, Deb, it was somewhere around the 2008/2009 time frame I was in a Training Program and at the end we were to visualize our future and what we wanted to create. For me it was a center of learning where people came together for personal growth + social change. It would feature leaders and teachers from around the world. The economy crashed and that is another season of my life for another time but in a nutshell, I was laid off and started commuting 1.5 hours each way to the only job I could find. I stumbled on this thing called podcasts. I thought well instead of a physical location I can do a podcast…let me learn how to do that. So it has been a journey of learning how to do a podcast and now having my first 15 out. So that was what inspired me to start the show as well as obviously going through all the different seasons in my own life. Debra Healey: (06:39) Right. And I know we've sure had some great talks about that. Cindy: (06:43) Yes we have. Debra Healey: (06:45) So, you know, now that you have started your podcast, can you give us a quick overview of what you expect your listeners will get out of the podcast that you're putting out there? Cindy: (06:57) Yes, absolutely. I really narrowed this down and I've kind of struggled because when you listen to all the experts out there, they tell you to niche down. So I have had a problem niching down, loving all kinds of different learning, but I, I have gotten to the point where I really feel like the show is for women with a big heart on a spiritual journey because I'm interviewing coaches and spiritual explorers and celebrants from all walks of life about beginnings endings and the messy bits. I really want the show to focus on self-love, well-being, and mindset, because I really and truly do feel that once we change the inside and the way we perceive life, that's when the outside changes as well. Debra Healey: (07:47) Right. And you've shared a lot of that with me, you know, as we've become friends over the years of how, you know, you changed the inside and your outside changed and also your whole, your whole life really changed. So, you know, from my perspective, you bring that to your listeners and that part about niching down. You know, I think those seasons of life, like we say, Oh, we want to work with 40 year olds or 50 year olds, but we're all in those seasons of life, no matter what our ages and all those messy bits oh boy they're in every season. Cindy: (08:25) Yes they are. Debra Healey: (08:28) So I'm moving on to another question. Let's see. What have you learned from starting these podcasts? Cindy: (08:36) Deb, I have learned so many things. The podcast is truly a labor of love for me. Cindy: (08:43) 1. That I really enjoy the creative process of producing a podcast and that when people who were already podcasting said it is more work than you think, believe them. You will need to be dedicated to continually be putting out new episodes. 2. The power of yes: Deb, the women who said yes to me, who raised their hand, in the very beginning of my podcasting journey showed me that saying yes is truly a leap of faith. The majority of the first 15 women I interviewed did not know me at all. It reminds of the book Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person - by Shonda Rhimes. Have you read that one? Debra Healey: (09:36) No, I haven't. Cindy: (09:37) I recommend that. Debra Healey: (09:39) Oh, I will read it. Cindy: (09:41) So, yes, the power of, yes. Cindy: (09:44) The third thing I've learned is: The power of no: I have asked women to be a guest on the show who said no. I learned not to take it personally because that was a perfect example of self-love. If it wasn’t the right time for them it wasn’t the right time for them. Period. Debra Healey: (10:02) Yes. And I know you talk a lot about self-love and acceptance, so that's a really important feature. And I think in every one of your podcasts that I have listened to, there's a common thread of a message of how important it is for us to look at ourselves and see ourselves as others see us. I remember one time we talked about how, um, we can be our own best friend talked a lot about that one time. And I think that that is a common thread that comes through in every one of your guests that you bring out in that guest is, is the power of self-love and how it is okay to put yourself first and maybe sometimes say, no. Cindy: (10:44) So that's number three. Was that power of no, four, okay, Deb, I get to talk to amazing women. They, you know, I'm learning from them. I stay in this positive place, you know, after talking to them and listening to their stories. And sometimes, you know, the things that they say to me might be something that I've never heard of, or I've never thought of. So I'm looking at things in a total different way. That's one of the things I am enjoying so much is getting to talk to amazing women like you. Debra Healey: (11:19) Well, thanks, Cindy. Debra Healey: (11:23) This has been a lot of fun. I've learned a lot more that I thought I knew everything about you developing these podcasts, but I certainly have learned a lot more of why this is your heart's desire. And you know, I'm really proud of you because I've, um, really watched you grow from something that was an idea while you were driving to a new job to, you know, having really 16 podcasts already completed and put out for people to listen to. I put them all on my Facebook page. Um, you know, every, every time I listen and, you know, for any of your listeners, I would, I would encourage them to do the same because the messages are so important to especially women right now in the times that we're in. Cindy: (12:11) Thank you, Deb. I appreciate that so much now. And I do want to mention one other thing that I've learned because it was it was actually; it was a tough one and I had to sit with it for quite a while. And that is, you mentioned that you've listened to the podcast. And I so appreciate that. I have friends that I would send the podcast to who just dismissed it. They didn't even listen. It was nothing to them. And I was really feeling hurt because I thought, Oh, that's my friends. They know how important this to me. Why wouldn't they support me by just listening and giving me feedback? I love that feedback that you give me whenever you listen to a podcast. And what I really had to learn was that it's okay. My podcast and my friendships are separate. They do not have to commingle and that it's not for me to judge what they listen to. And that was a really big learning piece for me. But once I got that piece it set me free. Debra Healey: (13:21) Right. Well, what you're just mentioning to me is all of that about self-acceptance. And I think you and I have talked about the book, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book), which, you know, The Second Agreement: Don’t Take Anything Personally is one of them, you know, because it's usually not about you, it's about them. And you know, also sometimes there's a lot of, I guess I would use the word fear that they, you know, the, you don't, you're not ready for that information. Right. And also accepting where another person is coming from. Because, you know, in these times that we're in where we're so divisive in the world right now, I think where we can be kind and more gentle and accepting that not everyone has the same, opinions or, you know, the same, life or interest. And that's okay. That's what makes us great as human beings. Cindy: (14:20) Absolutely. So those are the, really the five things that I can say that I've learned that like really made such an, an impact on me. And I want to bring those through in future podcast, because I think those were great learning experiences. Debra Healey: (14:36) Yes. And I know you have some future podcasts plan that are going to be exciting. Cindy: (14:42) Yes I do. Thank you. Oh, all right, Deb. Well, I think this has been fun. Have you thought this been fun? Debra Healey: (14:52) Yes. I think this has been a lot of fun. And I do have a last question for you because it's the question that you ask all of your guests. So I think it'd be fun to hear what your answer is. And maybe I could give a little bit of an answer too. So Cindy, if you could turn back time and tell your 18 year old self, what would you tell her about you in this season of life that you're currently in. Cindy: (15:21) Now, I know how my guests feel when I ask that. Okay, If I could go back and talk to 18-year-old, Cindy, I would tell her everything's going to be okay. You think that the season you're going in right now is going to last forever, but it's not. You are going to have so many experiences. You're going to do things that right now at 18 you cannot even imagine that you will do; at 18 you cannot imagine what you will do. I would tell her, keep your love of learning that's going to serve you well in your years to come. Be kind and keep loving your family. Yeah, that's what I would tell her. Debra Healey: (16:08) Well, I think that's a beautiful answer. And I did think about a little bit about that myself. Do you mind if tell you a little bit about that? Cindy: (16:16) I would love to hear it. Debra Healey: (16:17) My 18 year old self, because you know, when you talk about the seasons of life, I am in my mid-sixties. So I don't even like that word crone, but I love the season. I love the season of life that I'm in right now. And it's one of my happiest seasons ever in my life. So looking back, I would say I've gained wisdom about all my life events. I look back on them and I would tell even my 20, 30, and 40-year-old self, not to worry so much. Don't worry because the happy parts and the sad parts, it's all going to be part of what we'll look back on what I look back on now that has brought me to my present moment. Debra Healey: (17:08) And so in the season that I'm of life that I'm in now, I look towards a grateful mindset. I'm grateful for everything that I've experienced in my life and the wisdom that I've gained to just be, and to take each day as they come and be grateful. I know that sounds a little bit corny, but it is, you know, that when you look back on everything that happened to you looking back on it, I mean, when you're in the middle of the messy bits, you don't know, you don't know how things are going to turn out, but when you look back is when you can say, Oh yeah, I understand that now. So that's what I would tell my 18, 20, 30, and 40-year-old self is don't worry. It's going to be okay. Cindy: (17:57) Deb, I love that because yes, when we're 18, like you said, 20, 30, 40, whatever that worrying about what's going to happen is in hindsight, you know, it's not worth it. Debra Healey: (18:11) That's right. And you know, we've talked about, I'm very interested in finding balance in life and stress and especially helping people to, deal with the everyday bumps that, you know, we all experience. And if you can just, take that deep breath and say everything is happening exactly the way it's supposed to unfold and for my greatest good, which is pretty hard to do in a lot of, you know, intense moments. But if you can achieve that, it does help you get through those messy bits to see the sunshine that's on the other side. Cindy: (18:49) Oh, thanks, Deb. I think this is a perfect place to end. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart, coming on the podcast and interviewing me Debra Healey: (18:58) And I appreciate giving me the opportunity to interview you. It's been an honor. Cindy: (19:03) All right. Thank you. Cindy: (19:05) Thank you for listening to this week's episode of Exploring the Seasons of Life. I had fun being on the other side of the microphone so to speak and hope you enjoyed this episode of finding out what was behind my desire to start a podcast. I loved the questions Deb asked me and really appreciate her being on the podcast. I do plan on having different friends interview me from time to time…it’s just a fun way for me to tell my story. . Cindy: (19:05) I would love for you to share your favorite episode with your friends and family. . (19:05) Visit our website, CynthiaMacMillan.com, and sign up for our weekly newsletter. Until next time, live inspired!

When someone asks if you’re “born again”, how do you answer? Yes? How do you know? If you say, “Well, I’m Catholic, so I was born again when I was baptized as a baby.” Sorry, that’s wrong. That is a false teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. If you were baptized as a baby, that does not mean you are saved and are going to Heaven when you die. (By the way, you’re not going to Purgatory because it doesn’t exist!) Let’s start with the Gospel Truth as Jesus tells Nicodemus, the Pharisee in John 3… Keep reading in my blog where there are links to more resources and answers... If you truly want to be born again and have the assurance of salvation and a 1-way, non-stop ticket to Heaven and that you won’t be left behind at the Rapture, this is what you have to do… Believe. Repent. Be Baptized. Receive the Holy Spirit. Pray this prayer humbly and wholeheartedly… “Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I believe You died for my sins. Please forgive me. Right now, I turn from my sins and open the door of my heart and my life to you. I confess You as my personal Lord and Savior. I will follow you for the rest of my life. Thank You, Jesus, for saving me. In Jesus' name, Amen.” “And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians‬ ‭2:6-7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.” ~‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ 
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Naomi Garrick is an author, International Speaker and Personal Branding Coach that helps individuals, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and CEO’s to discover and develop their unique personal brand in order to effectively communicate their expertise and standout in their craft or industry.   She is also the founder of Garrick Communications – a boutique PR agency and a Certified Reputation Champion by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) with over 16 years of experience in Public Relations & Marketing, working with over 100 brands and individuals and Co-Founder of EMERGE personal development summit and workshops.   Naomi is passionate about helping people to see the greatness that sometimes they cannot see within themselves by helping individuals to identify or re-invent their unique personal brand in order to stand out in a noisy world.   Questions   Could you share with us a little bit about your journey, how it is that you got to where you are today? What are maybe two or three things that you think a company can do to ensure that they maintain a strong brand especially in this time that we're operating in? In a case where let us say the story got ahead of you and you were not able to do any damage control, what are some of the things that you think an organization should do in order to recover their reputation? Because one of your R's in your book is reputation. So how would you told you manage that reputation if you realize that it's becoming tarnished and people are saying negative things? Can you tell us how do you stay motivated everyday? Could you share with us one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely cannot live without in your business? Could you share with us maybe two or three books that have had the biggest impact on you? What’s one thing that’s going on in your life right now that you’re really excited about – either something that you’re working on to develop yourself or your people? Where can our listeners find you online? What is one quote or saying that during times of adversity or stress or any form of obstacle that you maybe faced with, you tend to draw on this quote or saying because it kind of helps to keep you refocused or get you refocus so that you can achieve your goal or get your mind set to on what you need to achieve?   Highlights   You are the P.R. chief, personal branding coach, so many different titles and themes that go according to your name. Can you share with us a little bit about that? And then we'll dive right into how we can dovetail locked into customer experience.   Naomi shared that it's funny because a lot of people now know her as the PR chick, but she wasn't always known as the PR chick, she actually studied Hotel and Tourism Management because she thought at the time that that's what she really wanted to do.   And that's also because at that age where you're deciding what you want to do in University, she wasn't quite sure. But her best friend was studying Tourism, she was going to study Tourism Management and people said that she (Naomi) had the personality for the hospitality industry, and that's why she jumped into that space. But even after completing for year 3, she always ended up working in the marketing or sales side of the hospitality industry, but after being in that space for about two and a half years, she realized a couple of things about herself. One, she really missed being around her family. Two, working in the hospitality industry is really a 24-hour industry, especially if you live on property at the hotel, which she did in Negril.   And so, she came back to Kingston not really quite sure what she wanted to do next. And luckily, she had the opportunity to meet with a gentleman in Jamaica Kimani Robinson, who had just launched RETV, which was Reggae Entertainment Television, which was really like the B.E.T. of the Caribbean, she would say, or MTV.   And after speaking with her, he offered her an opportunity to be a Sales and Marketing Coordinator, which then led to Sales and Marketing Manager for almost 5 years. And it was during that stint with the company, someone else had approached her about doing some publicity work for an upcoming dancehall artist. And she was a little bit confused at the fact that he would ask her to do that because she really didn't do a lot of PR for RETV, it was more of the marketing and sales side.   But he was so convinced that she was the person for this role. And so she said, “Okay, I'll try.” And she remembered walking to the nearest bookstore and getting all the books that she could find about being a publicist, and public relations, because she knew some of the basics but she really didn't know that much about the space.   And she realized when she started and she did her first press release, that because relationships is such a big driving force for her, she had really built these amazing relationships with the people behind the scenes, like the key decision makers in the media, the editors, the directors, the producers, the writers, the people that actually determine what we see, hear and read in the media.   And they saw her as a very credible source of information, and she had really good writing skills. She actually thinks that if she didn't study hospitality, she would have become a literature teacher.   And so, that's where she started doing PR work really for entertainers, the artists, upcoming artists, established artists. And she did that for a period of maybe about a year and a half while she was still at RETV. And then she became pregnant with her son in 2005. And at that point, it's like her brain does this shift. And she was just like, “I actually don't think this is the right space for me right now,” because being in the entertainment space, it required being out a lot at different types of events, at different types of hours, in the morning and in the night.   And she still went back to that original thought of wanting stability and flexibility to spend real quality time with her family and being in that position, she wouldn't be able to do that. And so, again, she started trying to figure out what's next for her.   And even doing the PR work was great, but working with entertainers would put her in that space of entertainment, which wasn't very stable for her at the time. And so another opportunity came up where a new hotel was opening in Kingston, a boutique hotel.   And as much as she thought she didn't want to go back into hospitality, there was an opportunity for the role of Corporate Communications Manager. And she didn't have corporate communications experience, but she had hospitality experience and she had PR and media experience. And so, she went ahead and she did the interview and she got the interview on the spot. But very quickly, after about three months, again, she realized that hospitality really is not for her.   She actually really loves this PR thing, especially because now, she had the opportunity to work in the lifestyle side of PR, which she really, really loves.   And so, she made a very hard decision to just start her own company, Garrick Communications and to just go headfirst into entrepreneurship without the savings, without a plan, really. But she knew that she didn't want to work for anyone ever again. And so, she started her company really with just her, her BlackBerry, a camera and a laptop, no office.   And luckily, again, because of relationships, one of the media houses in Jamaica heard that she had started this journey on her own and offered to do a feature or story about her, which ended up being the cover story for that publication and that's what led to her first client. They celebrated their 10th anniversary last year and they've never advertised their business. It has really just been through referrals, recommendations. And of course, their results as well and relationships, which is as she said before, is a massive driving force. Three years ago, she started this new journey into personal branding and personal brand coaching, and that came out of being a part of an accelerator program for entrepreneurs. And one of the things that their coach had suggested was finding a way to make this nocturnal revenue or revenue in your sleep by putting in the effort one time. And the example she gave was a book.   She first start writing about PR and PR storytelling, but it just wasn't grabbing her and she couldn't get past chapter one, and then literally, she remembers watching something about using your experience and your skills to offer value and to serve others.   And she woke up the following morning like at about 3:00 am and she just had this idea that she had to write about personal branding, which is her personal journey to this point, because even without the degree, it was the other skill set or the other not so tangible things that really helped to propel her career over the last 15 to17 years.   And so, she just started thinking about some of the steps that she took and she created a workbook. And now 3 years after that, she has 3 books, she’s a speaker, she’s a coach, she does workshops. She just launched an online course and she’s really stepping into this role of personal branding coach because as much as she loves PR and she loves her agents and she loves her clients, she gets so much fulfillment from what she does right now by really helping individuals to see the greatness within themselves that sometimes they just don't see and then how best to communicate it to their ideal audience.   Me: Awesome. Brilliant. So really, really an amazing, a fantastic journey. And you touched on something that basically dovetails into what we're all about in this program. And it was actually highlighted in a webinar that I did this morning with some customer service experts globally. One of the things one of the speakers said was people who are hired for social channels must have certain skill sets that may not have existed before. And you touched them both.   They must be good writers and they must have public relation training. They are the voice of the company. So writing and PR training and I mean, you said it. You said it not in the template of a training that you would have gone to or something you learned in school. But basically because these are skills that you would have had naturally, as well as develop through the different experiences that you had that now materialize into a way that you can give back and help others.   Me: Branding is a great buzzword. I see it on the internet all the time. And you can look at branding from different aspects. You have a corporate brand and you have personal brand. Now, a client’s experience with a brand is very, very important. And it can make or break your business. We've seen a lot of negative news floating around recently, both locally and internationally when companies are not responsive, when they delete comments off of their social media pages, when they don't try to do things in a way that helps to enhance the customer's experience.   So could you give us maybe two or three things that companies need to be doing if they're not doing it already?   Naomi shared that the first thing she would say is that every single member or employee of a company is actually the brand manager for that company.   Every single person plays a role because every contact point that we have with a member of an organization or a company or a brand, can actually make or break our relationship or our experience or our views about that company or brand.   so, she would tell her clients that even the first person that you meet which sometimes is the security guard at an establishment, especially here in Jamaica. Sometimes just the way they greet you can throw off your entire mood as you are getting prepared for a meeting with someone in that organization, or it can completely lift your spirits.   And you end up having a super successful meeting just because your energy levels have changed just because of a very short one to two minute interaction and engagement, your employees actually become the spokespeople for your company, because when there is a crisis, a lot of times they are going to say, “Hey, let me pick up the phone and speak to my friend or this person that I know works at this organization.” And so, communication to her would be also extremely key.   And you start as a company first with your internal customers, which are your employees, because a lot of times when there's a crisis, sometimes your employees are hearing about it for the first time in the news or on Twitter.   that should not be the case, because if someone asks them, they should be able to have some kind of response that has been discussed with the company. So, they also know what to say if they are approached by just a friend, by an individual or by a client or by the media, because we all become these media/brand managers for that company as well.   Another thing that she would say, because you said two to three, is transparency because now we live in this digital world where we can find information about everybody and information is shared so quickly. So, you want to ensure that if there is some kind of crisis, that one, you are ahead of that story, even if you don't have a complete response yet, it's important to just acknowledge, use the same channels that the story came out.   So, if something came out about your brand or our company on Twitter, that's where you need to respond first and then you can use your other channels to respond. And that's why so many companies now post press releases through their social media channels first before even sharing with the media so that individuals know that this is what we had to say about this particular incident, this is our stance and we will continue to update you as we get more information. So it's very important to lead the story instead of you trying to play catch up now.   And to address things that may not even have been real or related but it's just because you've allowed the media or you've allowed individuals to create the story because you're not being a part of the storytelling process.   And so, timeliness, she thinks would be the last thing. Have to respond in a timely manner, we can't be taking 24 hours or two days or a week to respond to something, even if it's not a crisis. And as she said, if you don't have the full answer yet, say that, say…..   “This is a situation; this is what we know right now, we are addressing this and we will have an update for you within 24 hours or in the next two hours or continue to follow us on our social media platforms for the latest updates on this situation.”   And she thinks that's where we go wrong a lot of the times is we don't respond immediately. And then we end up with that “No comment” thing, which she thinks is like the worst thing ever. So when you say no comment, it's kind of like people feel that you're hiding something or like you are actually in the wrong. And then they create their own stories, which is not what you want.   Me: So your first was communication. Second was transparency and third was timeliness.   Naomi reiterates that the first one is really just acknowledging that we're all managers for whatever company or brand that we work for. We all have a responsibility to carry the correct message, which would lead then to communication.   Me: So it's very important for us to focus on all these areas to ensure that our customer experience is one in which is positive. Everybody's looking for the same thing, customer loyalty, customer retention, positive word of mouth advertising, testimonials. And unfortunately, even though there are opportunities for you to pay for some of these things, if it's done organically and it's being done from a place of authenticity, your customers are really your best marketing tool.   Naomi shared that one; she would say that personal branding is really your reputation. But they use this new buzzword. But it's not. It is your reputation. And as you said your reputation matters so much more so even now. She likes to quote Warren Buffett where he says, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and only 5 minutes to ruin it.” And if we think about that, we do things differently.   But in this digital world, you can ruin a reputation in seconds with a tweet, a screenshot, a voice note, a video, it can go viral. But the great thing is that that viral-ness can also help us to correct a situation. So, we have a great opportunity with social media platforms to really get our message out there in a very quick way.   So, yes, maybe we missed the original mark and we were behind with responding to a crisis or there really was something that we were involved with that left a not such a pleasant taste with our loyal fans or our customers.   And that's why it goes back to those tips that she had recommended earlier, that timeliness of response and being authentic and genuine with your audience and your customers. And so, she would recommend, and even not just doing a static press release, but doing a video, letting them see you, feel your emotions to show that you care and you actually took the time to sit down and do this, you the CEO and owner of the company, not your corporate communications manager, not your director of public relations, but you the person, because she honestly believe with leadership, when things go right for the company, it's the leader of the company, when things go wrong with the company, it’s the leader of the company.   And so, that's a time when a leader really needs to step up to the plate and get in front of those cameras and really share what is really happening. Show empathy and show that you care especially if you are in the wrong and you know you are in the wrong. Apologize, acknowledge the situation. Apologize for it; these are the steps we're taking to make sure this never happens again. And this is what we're doing with our team to ensure that we have things in place to mitigate a situation like this in the future.   So it's almost like you let them in to become a part of the process and you can even open it up to say, “If you have any ideas that you believe would be helpful to us during this time, please don't hesitate to email me directly.”   And you give them your personal email address so that they can contact, they can reach out to you and you respond to them.   That’s how you retain that loyalty from those customers, those raving fans that you had that were your ideal audience, because they are the ones now that will speak to this new experience you know, “I'm starting to have second thoughts about this company because this happened. But then when I got this email with this letter from the owner of the company and he asked for our opinion and our help. It made me feel good and it felt like this was a brand that I still want to support.”   Me: Agreed. Brilliant. Excellent answer, Naomi. And I think many of our listeners that listen to the podcast have small businesses. Some of them are part of large entities as well, play very significant roles. And so reputation is very important, especially during this time. As you said, empathy is so, so critical. And I like the fact that you said that they put themselves out there and put their own e-mail or contact number so that the client can actually reach in touch with them.   It shows that they're making themselves a part of the solution. So it's not them trying to fix it, the team trying to fix it. But I am a part of the solution as well, and I'm committed to it. And I'm here to hold your hand and walk you through it to make sure that we both come out on the positive end of this. So I really, really love that response.   Naomi shared that at the end of the day, we just want to connect. We're all human beings and we crave connection, significance. And she speaks about this all the time that, Tony Robbins says that, “People are not in the business of buying goods and services, they're in the business of feeling and connection and emotion.”    And so that's what draws us to our brand or company more than the actual product or the cost of the product or even the service that you provide.   But it's the experience that you create with different people when they meet with you or they engage with your product or they engage with your team.   Me: And they buy you before they buy a product or service. So it's important for you to ensure that you are being very genuine about whatever you're doing because people can pick up if you're being fake. It comes over in a tone of voice, your body language, how you respond, as you said, you send somebody a message and you say to yourself, “But I know they got the message. I know they saw the message. They've been in this application for quite a few times after I've sent a message and they haven't even acknowledged that they got the message to give a response.” People pay attention to those things.   Naomi shared that of course, because she celebrated Brand Day last week on her birthday. She has gotten so many emails, messages, everything. And so like she’s just using this week to start going through. And she noticed that a colleague of hers had sent her an email probably on Saturday, today's Friday. She had not responded yet because she’s still going through but what she did was let me (Naomi) send her a quick WhatsApp just to let her know that she sees her email, and she will respond by end of day to day. And she responded right away saying, “I was starting to wonder what was happening. So I really appreciate the fact that you sent me this message.” So sometimes it's as simple as that.   And people don't know what you're going through, so they just can't assume that, it's because she’s trying to respond to everybody's email. They may think that she just doesn’t have the time to respond to them or you don't care. And she cares about everybody because everybody that she interacts with, she wants to create a positive experience with them, even if it's not to buy a product or service because it's her.   And so when she responded, she knew she was doing the right thing, your gut tells you something. She flags things in her email that she hasn’t read yet. And she saw the purple flag, and she’s like, she’s going to message her right now so that she knows that she didn’t just see her email and not respond.   Me: It really goes a very far way and it's always the little things. It's always the little thing that goes a far way.   Naomi shared that she doesn’t stay motivated every day that would absolutely be the most honest answer, especially during right, right now. There are some days where she still doesn't have the energy to do anything. She thanks God that she has a child and that's what actually gets her out of bed some mornings.   So, he is a big motivator for her. But also she leans into a couple of things when she needs motivation. So, her morning routine, it helps a lot with that because she starts off using intention cards to just set her intention for the morning.   She gets up early every morning and she just needs the quiet time to really sit down and not really do any work. But she’ll listen to a podcast like maybe this (Navigating the Customer Experience) podcast. She listens to a podcast or listens to a positive meditation or something just to start the day right with a great cup of coffee. That's very important to her to set the tone but also her tribe is very, very important to her.   And she has different types of tribes. She has tribe of girlfriends where it’s just her close friends from high school. But she also has a tribe of entrepreneurial women. Women in business who she would lean to during a time like this, because we are going through a similar experience together and just sitting down and talking to each other. We get to share ideas, share experiences, you know it's not you alone and we're always motivating and encouraging each other.   So that is very, very important to her. And her colleagues and her, Rochelle and Catherine, they talk about your circle of genius all the time. Who do you let into that space? One of the things that she also do for her motivation is, she’s not on social media very often, so she’s on it very purposefully because she don't want to come across maybe a post or something that's shared that maybe gives her a sense of anxiety, because sometimes she’ll go online and she’ll see other people in her field of knowledge sharing and doing the most.   They're doing all these amazing things every single day. And for her, she gets a little bit anxious because then she starts thinking, “Am I not doing enough? Why am I not doing all these things?”   And so, actually, one of the purposeful things she started doing was actually muting some of her friends, some of the people that she follows so that she’s not bombarded with that as she gets up in the morning. And so, she really goes online when she’s ready to share or to respond to queries or questions that are on her pages.   And so she has had to create those social media boundaries for herself to keep her own motivation up. And the last thing is that she reads a lot. So, she’s always reading and learning from other people's experiences. So that really helps to keep her motivation up for sure.   When asked about an online resource that she cannot live without in her business, Naomi shared that that's Canva. So she doesn't have graphic design skills. She comes from a very creative family but that gene skipped her. Canva allows her to be a graphic designer. So she uses Canva for everything, for her social media posts, for her e-books, for her on boarding emails to her coaching clients, for her proposals, for her backdrops.   She just saw today that you can customize your Zoom backdrops using Canva, they have a template for that now. So, it is what she uses to do all of her branding. So, she usually has someone create a really great piece of branding for her in the form of a logo and then she just utilizes the brand colours to now use Canva to create her own content, that she can use on all her digital media pages, her website, YouTube channels. And just for promotional material for her business or just basic information and creating content. Canva is her go to, it’s free and if you pay for the pro version, she believes it's like US $12.00 a month, it's worth it.   When asked about books that have had the biggest impact, Naomi shared that there's so many. But her two favorite, favorite, favorite books are The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. And that's really just about tapping into your purpose and really just understanding that your journey makes you who you are. And that's how you develop your personal legend by just starting with you. So, she loves that and she listens to Audibles as well. And she read the physical book, but she also listen to the audible sometimes when she needs just a little bit of motivation.   And then the second one is the Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes, because that book literally changed her life in 2017 and that's really a book about starting to say yes to everything. The things that scare you the most because they lead to so many opportunities for your life. And so Shonda shares her story about how one Thanksgiving her sister was saying that she doesn't say yes to anything.   And for example, at that time she hired a publicist and his job was to tell people that she can't attend an event or she can't speak at an event because she just would not do those things. And then, so her first real big speaking event was a graduation ceremony, that clip is still on YouTube because it's her most powerful thing to date. And speaking engagement and that just led her to so many opportunities to speak, to lose weight, to do all the things she was scared to do really.   And it has transformed her life. And so for her (Naomi), 2017 became her year of yes and that's when her life also changed in a very positive way. And then she would also say any book by Tim Ferriss, if you're a business person, is great. The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich is amazing, now is a great time actually to be reading that book because we're all kind of living in this four hour workweek life right now with this pandemic. And he shows you how to do it the right way.   But he also has these two big books, Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss, that’s amazing and he has another one – Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris. They are two massive books and what it is, is a collection of tips, tools, books, all kinds of information from hundreds of people, whether it’s authors, celebrities, cooks, athletes, all kinds of individuals just sharing tips on their morning routine, lessons learnt, favourite book to give away and it’s just like this massive book of awesomeness.   Me: Great resources, some parts of it must resonate with you and helped to advance you in some ways.   Naomi stated that somethings you never thought about until you read it, so it’s really great.   Naomi stated that she will share two things, one, during this time she has discovered that she is an expert banana bread baker. She started baking banana bread literally on a weekly basis and she just bakes them to give away to people actually. So, she has been on Amazon a little bit too much during this time but she bought these little mini baking tins so now when she does a batch, she can actually do 5 small mini banana breads and she keeps 1 for her house and then give away the rest to her friends or her neighbours.   And it just makes her feel good, her son is annoyed with her because he thinks she should sell them but that’s not why she bakes them. It’s actually one of her coping mechanisms during this time, it just puts her in a different place and she just loves when people calls her back to say how delicious the banana bread was. Banana bread chronicles.   And then also, she finally launched her online course on Building a Personal Brand and it’s something she should have done 2 years ago but she never had the time. And so, she has taken this time to finally sit down and build the courses, it’s 18 modules with coaching videos and work sheets and she’s really excited about it and the feedback she has been getting from individuals that signed up for the course last week has been so great.   And she loves that she can actually see their progress in the course and the respond to them in real time if they have any challenges. So, she really proud of that, it’s 2 years in the making and COVID forced her to buckle down and launch it and she is really excited about it.   Naomi shared listeners can find her at – www.iamnaomigarrick.com LinkedIn – Naomi Garrick Instagram - @naomigarrick                      @theprchick   Naomi shared that her favourite quote and she speaks about it all the time is, “The journey is the reward.” It’s a Chinese proverb and really it just reminds us that everything that has happened in our lives, the good things and the bad things, the things that we don’t like, the things that we don’t want to acknowledge and accept, are actually the things that makes us this person that we are today.   And without those experiences, we wouldn’t be who we are in this moment. And so, a lot of times, we get very flustered thinking about the future and we get anxiety and we don’t know what’s next or we haven’t achieved the goals that we wanted in our lives right now without remembering to look back at all the things that got us to this point.   And yes, COVID-19 is one big challenge and we’re in a pandemic, but you can think back, every individual must have had something in their life that happened, some kind of challenge that they were able to overcome.   And so, it just reminds you that we will get over this, when, she’s not sure but there are lessons to be learned during this time, find the lessons in the journey and then accept that this is just making you the person you are meant to become.     Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest   Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners     Links   The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss PR Chick’s Guide : 8 Steps to Building Your Personal Brand Workbook PR Chick’s Mini Guide : 8 Steps to Building Your Personal Brand       Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC’s of a Fantastic Customer Experience.”   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

Marketing with your mouth- can we market and promote our business, product or service without the awkward uncomfortable sales "presentation" Can we build solid business relationships with our mouths? YES / NO and if Yes- How?

Fernando with Steve Hackett on the Cruise to the Edge Produced by Jeffrey Crecelius, Wayne Hall, Preston Frazier and Bill Govier This week, Mark and I had a hugely enjoyable conversation with the amazing Fernando Perdomo. A long-term collaborator with a previous guest, Dave Kerzner, Fernando tells us about his fascination with Peter Banks, his work on the 50th Anniversary Yes tribute CD and his own music in the new Peter Banks continuation project, The New Empire whose album is out soon. Fernando has even given us permission to play a song from the new album exclusively here on the show so listen out for that later on - I’m sure you’ll agree it’s brilliant. Mark and I also had time to record our thoughts in a two pence segment about the rumours around the producer for the new Yes album. Hold on tight for that as well. Fernando in full flow How does Peter Banks' style differ from Steve Howe's?What drew Fernando to the music of Yes?How is Fernando preserving the legacy of Peter Banks? Listen to the episode and let us know what you think! If you would like to support the Yes Music Podcast financially and also have access to exclusive activity and opportunities, there is a special page you can use to sign up and 2020 is the time to join us: Become a Patron! Why not get yourself one of these? Head over to the YMP Emporium via the link on the menu. https://youtu.be/3dix0FL7SQE Show notes and links: Fernando's website - https://www.fernandoperdomo.com/ Order Faraway Friend - https://thenewempire.bandcamp.com/releases https://youtu.be/skox3uaqjNU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqLBrudiDE Roger Dean's live painting: https://www.rogerdean.com/news/ YMP Patrons: Producers: Jeffrey Crecelius Preston Frazier Bill Govier and Wayne Hall Patrons: Aaron SteelmanDave OwenMark James LangPaul TomeiJoost MaglevDavid HeydenMartin KjellbergPaul WilsonBob MartilottaLindMichael O'ConnorPeter HearndenBrian SullivanDavid PannellMiguel FalcãoLobate ScarpChris BandiniDavid WatkinsonNeal KaforeyRachel HadawayCraig EstenesDemPaul HailesMark 'Zarkol' BaggsDoug CurranRobert NasirFergus CubbageScott ColomboFred BarringerScott SmithGeoff BailieSimon BarrowGeoffrey MasonStephen LambeGuy R DeRomeSteve DillHenrik AntonssonSteve PerryHogne Bø PettersenSteve RodeIanNBSteve ScottJamie McQuinnSteven RoehrKen FullerTerence SadlerMichael HanderhanTim StannardJimTodd DudleyJohn CowanTony HandleyJohn HoldenJoseph CottrellJohn ParryKeith HoisingtonJohn ThomsonWilliam HayesBarry Gorsky Robert and David Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything: Subscribe on AndroidListen on Stitcher Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Discount your prices- WHY? Should we ever discount? YES / NO / WHY and if YES- HOW?

Last week, Mandi talked about having hard conversations, and this week, Tiffany had one! Listen in to find out more. As always, we're answering your questions, like: -Since federal student loan payments have been waived until September, what should I do with the money that would normally go to my loan balance each month? -What are some of the pros and cons of putting your money into a money market account? -If now is a good time to invest, how do I start? Check out these links for more: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Reach out with your questions to brownambitionpodcast@gmail.com or hit us up on Instagram @brownambitionpodcast

This week Tayla is joined by Karen the branch librarian at Auburn and Dave from the Central Branch. They talk audiobooks, what fiction can teach us about real life, virtual concerts, and Morris dancing. We’re excited to announce our first author visit to the podcast! Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty will drop by to share from their book It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and Other Stories. You can join the conversation by sending us a question for the authors. Record a voice memo and email it to central@cranstonlibrary.org by Monday, May 25. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun, and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes The Printed Letter Bookshop by Katherine Reay Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon Join our discussion of this book on May 12th at 2:00 PM (register online) or May 13 at 7:00 PM (register online). The Broken Earth Series by N. K. Jemisin The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells Join our discussion of this book on May 14th at 7:00 PM (register online). Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear AV: Some Good News hosted by John Krasinski Firefly (2002-2003) Firefly: the Unification War. Vol. 1 by Greg Pak Firefly the Game Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburne --Banjo House Lockdown, Friday evening Rhiannon Giddens and Francisco Turrisi Art Lives On - Connecting Fans to Artists in a Stay-at-home Climate Other: Ladies of the Rolling Pin The Last Post podcast by Alice Fraser Alice Fraser: Savage (2020) Two Noble Kinsmen at Shakespeare’s Globe

The current health crisis has many of us operating from a place of fear. We’re worried about losing money and some of us are losing our confidence, too. But what if we could shift from a mindset of scarcity to one of abundance? What if we could replace our anxiety with a sense peace and move forward in faith, knowing that whatever happens, we are going to be okay? Megan Everett is the Founder and CEO of Perfrm, a software platform that helps sales professionals and teams meet their goals through data analysis and sales education. Megan launched the business in April of 2018, and within 18 months, she had grown Perfrm into a $27M company. She is also the mastermind behind Love and Clarity, a community dedicated to providing people with free resources and business strategy calls through the Coronavirus crisis. On this episode of Destined to Be, Megan joins us to share her journey to building Perfrm, walking us through her bold moves from healthcare admin to commission-only sales to starting her own company. She offers her take on the pros and cons of the body positivity movement, challenging us to take care of the bodies we have—whatever size they may be. Listen in to understand how Megan is stepping up as a leader during COVID-19 and learn how YOU can replace fear with peace by joining her Love and Clarity Movement. Key Takeaways Megan’s bold career move from healthcare admin to commission-only sales How selling door-to-door helped Megan develop the ability to handle a NO How Megan came to start her own software company The fundamentals of the Perfrm sales forecasting + quota tracking platform Megan’s superpower in building relationships and connecting people Megan’s take on the pros and cons of the body positivity movement What inspired Megan to initiate the Love and Clarity Movement Love and Clarity’s aim to replace the current climate of fear with one of peace The responsibility we have as leaders to give back through the Coronavirus crisis How Megan’s faith and abundance mindset fuel her confidence Connect with Megan Perfrm Megan on Instagram Love and Clarity Love and Clarity on Instagram Connect with Jeremiah & Mallory Destined to Be Jeremiah on LinkedIn Jeremiah on Facebook Jeremiah on Instagram Mallory on Instagram Mallory on Facebook REVOLUTION WELLNESS Facebook Group Resources Motionloft Salesforce HubSpot Alli Webb of Drybar Dr. Quantum Double Slit Experiment Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

In this week’s episode I’m chatting to someone I consider a kindred spirit, and a soul sister Emma Cannon.Emma is a fertility and women’s health expert, registered acupuncturist, founder of the Emma Cannon Clinic, a mentor and TEDx speaker. She has been practicing for over 20 years in a clinical setting and has helped countless patients achieve their dream of having a family. She is the author of five books including the best-selling The Baby Making Bible.In this episode we talked about:⚡️How she overcame her fear of needles and embraced acupuncture as a career⚡️How being one foot in / one foot out doesn’t give you success - you have to be all in and say YES⚡️How she stays relevant to her ever-changing younger audience⚡️Her view of plant medicine and herbs and how they help us to respect the planet⚡️Much, much moreEmma is also offering a 10% discount code exclusively for Be Electric listeners for her fertility programme. 90 Days Fertile is an online programme, guiding you on how to think, feel and be fertile, through videos, meal plans, fertile tips, guided meditations, recipes and much more.Just enter JS10 at checkout for 10% off the programme.Listen now and ⚡️Be Electric⚡️You can follow Emma on Instagram and check out her website here.For more on Jody Shield, success coach, wellbeing entrepreneur, speaker and author, head to https://jodyshield.co.uk or @jodyshield. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Annoying people - what to do about them? Could we learn to love them coming into our lives? Could we be excited about becoming wiser, stronger, tougher because of annoying / difficult people? YES / NO - if YES - HOW?

Die or Live - what do we focus on and WHY? We are all going to die- do we focus on that or could we focus on how we are going to live? Do we choose what we focus on? Could we LIVE with passion every day YES / NO - if YES - HOW?

PANIC - can we stop our brain and body from doing it? Do you need to be a STRONG, cool, calm solution finder and panic is never a part of your solution? if YES - HOW?

– Lucky 13th Readalong – Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HEREOur conversation about the book will air on May 26th– Currently Reading –The Odyssey – Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (CW)the audio version by Clare Danes can be found hereThis Town Sleeps – Dennis E. Staples (EF)– Just Read –A Good Marriage: A Novel – Kimberly McCreight (EF) release date May 5, 2020My Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists – Tracy Walder, Jessica Anya Blau (CW)Lakewood – Megan Giddings release date March 24, 2020The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel – Grady Hendrix (CW) release date April 7, 2020See his website to see his other booksThe Red Lotus – Chris Bohjalian (EF) release date March 17, 2020The End of Your Life Book Club – Will Schwalbe (CW)From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home – Tembi Locke (EF) (audio)Old Mrs. Harris – Willa CatherPart of the Willa Cather Short Story Project on Chris’s Blog– Biblio Adventures –Emily visited Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, MAChris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester to celebrate the release of Simone St James’s new book The Sun Down Motel where she was in conversation with Jennifer McMahon. They also did some Shirley Jackson fangirling in North Bennington on the way, including the John G. McCullough Free Library.Emily had a couch Biblio Adventure watching Oprah’s Vision 2020 Tour with Michelle ObamaChris visited the Jefferson Market Library and the Elmer Holmes Bobst Library in New York City.– Upcoming Jaunts –March 7 – Nationwide anniversary celebrations of the Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch March 15 – Chris Bohjalian will be at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NHOn May 9, 2020 we will be co-hosting Kimberly McCreight with BOOK CLUB on the Go at Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor, CT. You can preorder the book here.– Upcoming Reads –A Small Thing to Want – Shuly X. Cawood (EF) release date May 3, 2020Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo (EF)Black is the Body: Stories of My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and My Time – Emily Bernard (CW)The Lost Book of Adana Moreau – Michael Zapata (CW)– Conversation with Ashley Olson from the National Willa Cather Center –https://www.willacather.org/You can donate to the Willa Cather Campaign for the Future here– Also Mentioned –Reading Envy podcastImmortal Life of Henrietta LacksThe Handmaid’s TaleThe Impossible FortressBrené BrownYear of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own PersonNikki McClureThe InvitedThe Librarian Is In podcastPurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle!We are an affiliate of Bank Square Books and Savoy Bookstore & Café. Please purchase books from them and support us at the same time. Click HERE to start shopping.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group!We have a BookTube Channel – please check it out here, and be sure to subscribe!Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.

Limiting Beliefs - Can we get rid of them? YES / NO / WHY and if YES - How?

SELF ESTEEM - what to DO so you have a strong one? Is there a plan, a strategy, a unique way to have s strong self-esteem? YES / NO / WHY- if YES - HOW?

In this episode, we’re sharing a 2019 Collective Impact Convening keynote talk titled, “From the “Why” to the “How": Operationalizing Equity in Collective Impact” by Professor john a powell, who serves as Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of California Berkeley. Following the keynote, Michael McAfee, President and CEO of PolicyLink, joins Professor Powell in a discussion about what’s needed to prioritize equity within collective impact work. Episode Contents 1:27: Sheri Brady of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and co-lead of the Collective Impact Forum introduces Professor john a. powell.4:36: Keynote talk by Professor john a. powell on the topic of “From the Why to the How: Operationalizing Equity for Collective Impact.”29:47: Sheri Brady introduces and welcomes Michael McAfee, president and CEO of PolicyLink, to join Professor Powell in a fireside chat.Footnotes and Resources Targeted Universalism: Policy and Practice Equity: The Soul of Collective ImpactEquity Matters in Collective ImpactGetting to Yes: How to Generate Consensus for Targeted UniversalismMoving Equity from Theory to PracticeBringing an Equity Lens to Collective ImpactMore on Collective Impact approach to collaborate for social change:Infographic: What is Collective Impact?Resource List: Getting Started in Collective Impact:  The Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found here and is licensed under CC: By 4.0.The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under CC: By.Have a question related to collaborative work that you'd like to have discussed on the podcast? You can send it to us at info@collectiveimpactforum.org.

140 | Marc St Raymond Shares the Secret to Getting To #1 on Amazon Do you sell online? Marc St. Raymond is a co-founder of Jade Leaf Matcha, the number one selling tea brand on Amazon.com and provider of premium quality, CCOF certified organic Japanese matcha at a fair price. In his position, Marc oversees Jade Leaf Matcha’s sourcing and works directly with partnering farms in Japan to provide the highest quality matcha to Jade Leaf Matcha’s consumers. Prior to Jade Leaf Matcha, Marc applied his talents to software engineering and app development for tech startups, including some alongside Jade Leaf Matcha’s other co-founder, Will Crowthers. It was in this endeavour that he first discovered matcha and saw a gap in the industry. As a result, Marc left his job in tech to become an entrepreneur, founding Jade Leaf Matcha with the core belief that organic matcha green tea is a great addition to a healthy lifestyle. Online sales can be difficult. There’s so many algorithms, so many competitors - how can you stand out? Service providers must stand out to grow their top line revenue - what’s going to bring in more of those ideal clients? What’s one of the greatest secrets to achieving amazing online sales growth?  Reviews. Reviews are everything in your business: any entrepreneur can make a claim about their business or their product, but it’s the reviews from satisfied customer reviews that other customers trust.  If you follow up with your customers after they purchase, and ask for their review, you then receive that social proof that other customers want to make a decision. In fact, more than 70% of your potential customers are reading reviews before they make a purchase.  I love Yelp so much because it’s a FREE place for reviews. I love reading reviews before I make any purchasing decisions. Having reviews available helps solidify what a great service you offer. This week’s guest on Success Unfiltered, Marc St Raymond, started a business selling matcha tea using Amazon as one of his distributors. Because of his intentionality in asking for reviews, his business is the number one matcha tea seller on Amazon! If you’re ready to be inspired by how reviews can jump start your business, you won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Success Unfiltered! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn  To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Marc St. Raymond for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us on 3/2/2020, for our next new episode! Is Your Prospect Saying “Yes, BUT….” Instead of YES? How do you get to the bottom of their indecision? In our FREE mini- workshop, Master Business Strategist Denise Mandeau and I, the Pitch Queen, use our decades of sales experience to help you distinguish between real objections and big-time excuses. Want to save yourself (and your prospect) time, energy, and unintentional awkwardness? Join us for this FREE mini-workshop How To Get To The TRUTH of Your Prospect’s Objections: A Mini NO BS Workshop From The Pitch Queen right HERE! Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Marc St. Raymond. Marc shares about Jade Leaf Matcha, and how it got started. Amazon was where Jade Leaf Matcha got its start in eCommerce - they used that as their primary sales platform for 4 years! The number one reason that businesses don’t grow is because founders don’t work together: they are not unified in their goals for the business. Jade Leaf Matcha started out as a side project, not a main business. It took 3 years for Marc and his business partner, Will, to figure out that they wanted to grow the business.  A NO turned into an opportunity - Will and Marc decided that it was time to grow the business. Founding teams are key in business: you both have to be 100% all in. It’s key to learn how to balance the desire to be all in right now, and being methodical in starting a business. Marc shares about experiences finding a co-packer: their co-packer said NO to working with them, and they had to find a new one! It took several months to find the right copacker. One of the biggest NOs that Marc has experienced has been that they have had NO investors.  As they’ve reached out to investors, they’ve consistently heard NO. That NO turned into them learning more about how they have to add value to their offer for investors, and learn more about how to reach out to them. Jade Leaf Matcha, as a small business, has been a “bootstrap” endeavor, and is looking to continue their explosive growth using the bootstrap mentality. Marc shares about how they’ve reached out to investors, only to get a 100% NO response. Jade Leaf Matcha became the number one matcha sales on Amazon through intentional work. Just being smart on sales tactics on Amazon will help skyrocket your sales. Asking for reviews and following up with customers will be huge for your business. The simple practice of asking for reviews made sales rise for Jade Leaf Matcha. In product sales, packaging and presentation is key - people do make decisions on looks. Orders on your own website let you control the communications: you have to be super intentional about communication with Amazon purchases - you only get a limited chance to communicate with your customers. Focusing on productivity and systems can help streamline your creativity and ideas. Marc shares what he would tell his younger self. Connect with Marc St. Raymond: Amazon Store Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Website Is Your Prospect Saying “Yes, BUT….” Instead of YES? How do you get to the bottom of their indecision? In our FREE mini- workshop, Master Business Strategist Denise Mandeau and I, the Pitch Queen, use our decades of sales experience to help you distinguish between real objections and big-time excuses. Want to save yourself (and your prospect) time, energy, and unintentional awkwardness? Join us for this FREE mini-workshop How To Get To The TRUTH of Your Prospect’s Objections: A Mini NO BS Workshop From The Pitch Queen right HERE! Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com

FIT and STRONG FAST - is it possible? Can we get fit and strong for a lifetime in just minutes a week? YES / NO / WHY? WHAT IF the answer was YES? HOW?

Alex Torres is hairdresser + facilitator, brother, uncle, mentor and friend who has a lot of experience taking risks and expertise in BEING HIMSELF throughout all of life's challenges. Join us for our authentic conversation around: - Discovering his passion for the Beauty Industry - The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron - Human Design - How to tell when it's a hard "NO" vs. Fear disguised as a hell "YES" - How to lean into what's calling you - "Fear Less" Alex's NEW podcast - Finding self-care everywhere + appreciating joy in the mundane Connect with Alex: @AlwaysAlexTorres @Fear.lesspodcast Join Beauty Therapy Magic Makers Say Hello @BeautytherapyPodcast Music Credits: Little Dream by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quads Music provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/fB_y8exQ1V8 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beautytherapy/message

HELP - Can we help people to be healthy, fit and strong? YES / NO / WHY and if YES - HOW?

HELP - Can we help people? Can we help change people? YES / NO / WHY - if YES - HOW?

People - can we choose who we have in our life? Can we choose not to have negative people in our life OR can we choose to be thankful for them, appreciate them? YES / NO / WHY and if YES- HOW?

People - how to deal with ALL of them delightfully? Can we LOVE and be thankful for all the folks in our world- even the nasty, horrible folks? Yes / No / WHY and if YES- HOW?

Top salaries- who earns them and why? Can you earn a top income, top salary, top dollar in any profession? What about the Exercise Profession? Can a Personal Trainer earn 100K or more? YES / NO / WHY and if YES- HOW?

Day 2 - Create Your RoadmapToday’s training we’re going to get clear on these 4 main ingredients:WHAT services you want to offer/help people with (plus the importance of packaging them in a way that makes it easy for your potential client to say YES)HOW do you want to help people? Go through the different ways you can offer services one-on-one or group.WHO specifically do you want to help?Brainstorm WHERE they might be.Tune in to learn more about creating your roadmap.To download the workbook for this challenge, head to www.shediditherwaypodcast.com/challenge.To watch the trainings head to www.shediditherwaypodcast.com/youtubeWe'd love to connect with you on Instagram! Head to https://www.instagram.com/shediditherwayFor shownotes, head to www.shediditherwaypodcast.com.Remember to keep doing it your way!

Dear viewers, it appears we're back? Yes? How do it know. Many stories afoot from that GCP crew in this 59th episode. Who's to say even if videogames? Imagine the possibilities. We missed you. Have a Gaming Cult Podcast.Episode 59 - Hallway Evacuation

Joe Heitzeberg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Crowd Cow, an e-commerce site that sells premium meat. And when I say premium, I mean meat straight from the farm, or Japan! We all hear about the innovations of alternative meat, plant-based or cell-based meat all over this podcast so I was delighted to interview a new perspective in the way we view protein, the fact that you can not only find out where your steak comes from, but how it was raised, what breed it is, and it’s delivered straight to your door. As long as it reduces the system in how we farm animals now, I’m all for it. Learn about how Joe pivoted the business from actually crowdfunding a cow, to building out a way to sell Wagyu beef to his customers. And most importantly, learn how innovation doesn’t have to be a new method of making meat, but maybe just showcasing old methods using modern technology. Sponsor The Cultured Meat Symposium is taking place in San Francisco on November 14-15th. Join experts from science, food, and tech industries to discuss the future of food. Join speakers from Aleph Farms, Finless Foods, Memphis Meats, Wild Type, IntegriCulture, VOW, the American Meat Science Association and more. Use coupon code MYFOODJOBROCKS20 for 20% off General Admission tickets. Or use this link here I’ll be there with a mobile podcast studio. See you there! Show Notes In a sentence or less: We help consumers know the source of their meat Why online? We can bring a richer experience than in the grocery store Why is the meat better?: The type of meat and what they eat is much higher quality. They’re well-taken care of Why did you start Crowd Cow?: When an Entrepreneur in Residence, one of my friends was bragging about getting a cow. I went to the farm with him and saw just how different it is to get a cow We first started with crowdfunding one cow, it was fun and engaging but in reality, it didn’t work Wagyu/Kobe Beef – called Koroge Washu, genetically, the marbling is different. We had to get it. We called the slaughterhouse in Japanese and asked them to sell us meat. I had to visit them to get their business. Why Does Your Food Job Rock?: I love learning the process and the consumer feedback What do you think about plant-based and cell-based?: Imitation is flattery. However, I agree that the industrialization of meat is an issue that they are trying to solve. We also have a way to fix it. People want an alternative to factory farming What’s the biggest challenge right now?: Reach and brand recognition Favorite resource: Badass: Making Users Awesome Any advice for entrepreneurs?: Keep one foot in front of the other, you’re farther than you think Also, be around people with founder empathy Until you’ve convinced someone to do things for free with no resources or brand, you’re not an entrepreneur Where can we find you for advice?: joe@crowdcow.com What’s your favorite beef right now?: We just launched an Iwate Wagyu beef. Even the less-marbled cuts taste amazing Are you sharing the efficiencies of your model verses factory farming?: Yes How can you get away from the commodity system?: The people who sell commodity meat don’t know or care about how special the beef is, we do  

If you follow me on Facebook Live, you know that I have been teaching and gearing up for my course INK Replacing What Stained You With What Can Change You. I launched this course for the first time back in May of this year. Hundreds of people took the course and loved it and benefited from it. Women, we know that when we buy something we tell the truth.  The feedback, reviews, and encouraging words that we received from INK only solidified that the course was God given and God inspired. The thing that most people want to know before they purchase anything is what will it be like. So today, we are doing something a little different and giving you a sneak peek. Each lesson in INK is in video and audio format. So, today's show is going to be the audio version of week one lesson one.  Show Notes: [07:24] I've always wanted David's name on my ring finger.  [09:48] A couple of years ago, I made this video of me alone in this room. The video was about what happened to me the year I turned 41. The video was titled Eat Cake Be Brave. My editor ended up seeing this video and that's how I got signed for the book deal.  [11:34] That night I said something that I had never heard before. I'll play this video now. [12:43] Music is the first talent that I knew I had. I can write a little bit, but music is my talent.  [13:51] My professor made glowing comments about my voice in music school. He then said I would never make it in the music business, because of the way that I look.  [15:05] He tattooed words all over me. Words that stayed on my skin deep into my flesh for years. Then I decided to audition for Diva's Live. [16:01] I got on stage, sang my song, and killed it. The producer then said, "to be on my show, you can sound like this, but if you look like this, it's not going to happen." [16:58] At this point, I had a tattooed sleeve on my arm of words like embarrassing, ashamed, glutton, fool, ridiculous, dreamer, and a waste of time.   [17:19] I'm just tired of being tattooed with words that aren't true. [17:27] Last year, I saw an interview with Shonda Rhimes. She said she was sick of living in fear and wanted to step outside of her comfort zone. I too wanted my mojo back.  [18:55] I drove to Houston and tried out for the voice. All it takes is one more try. [19:50] I decided last year on my birthday that I would live the year of yes. [20:10] I started a Facebook page and started to put up videos.  [21:11] I referenced tattoos on this video and how we allow ourselves to be marked up by things that are said to us and done to us. [23:29] Think about what may be marking you up that you may not even realize is there. [28:20] People speak things over us from the moment we are born.  [31:16] Hurt people, hurt people. If you were damaged with words, they were too.  [35:58] Did the things stick with you? Chances are it did. [37:18] How did we get here? Other people and secondly us. [37:54] Don't beat yourself up, because you didn't know any better. [40:12] You weren't prepared to replace a lie with the truth. [41:09] Don't beat yourself up. Give yourself grace. [45:45] Those words are what you did, not who you are. [49:57] Taking someone else's baggage doesn't fit. Don't cover yourself in ill fitting truths. [53:11] It's time to take the disguises off and remove what doesn't belong to you. [53:41] In this course, we are going to erase, and we are going to replace. [55:16] I'm constantly replacing old ink, and it just gets easier and easier. [56:57] We are going to go deep and clean up those old wounds. We aren't doing it alone. I'm here for you, and God is right beside you. [59:23] Each week comes with homework. There is more for you to do after the lesson. This week has four questions. It's important that we journal significant moments.  [01:01:00] The cart for INK is only open until Wednesday October 2nd, 2019. You will get five more lessons like this one in audio, video, and transcripts, along with homework, and access to the Facebook community. I'll also be doing a five weekly Facebook Lives related to the material. The course belongs to you forever. There is also a 30-day money back guarantee.  Thanks for joining us on Ordinary People Ordinary Things. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave a nice review. Just like your mother taught you. Links and Resources: Podcast Web Page Facebook Page @MsMelissaRadke on Instagram @msmelissaradke on Twitter Autographed Copy of Eat Cake. Be Brave. Eat Cake. Be Brave. Extended Book Trailer Sign Up for Insider Access Home Chef Use code MelissaR80 to get $20 off your first four meals INK Replacing What Stained You With What Can Change You Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Let's All Be Brave: Living Life with Everything You Have

  In today's episode Michelle Berry, Founder of P Corp joins us for an engaging conversation about how having a personal Board can bring deep fulfillment to your life. We discuss the following topics: How to choose the right Board members to advise and influence your life How to invite members to formally be a part of your Board and say YES How to create an effective life planning framework to achieve results faster How to conduct an epic Board retreat to achieve your goals twice as fast How to develop a feedback and accountability system for lifelong success Everyone will go through a crisis in their life, whether marital, health, career or with our children. It is imperative to have a trusted group of advisors to help you through life's greatest challenges and opportunities. According to the Blue Zone studies in places where people live to be greater than 100 years old, community is one of the leading factors of longevity and vitality.  Unfortunately, in many cultures today we don't have the same level of community as we once had, nor are generations of family all living under one roof, or in one village together.  So how do we create this type of community in modern times?  Creating a personal Board of Advisors is one way to do that.  If you'd like to learn more about P Corp and how to create your own personal Board you can reach out to Michelle Berry via our contact form to the left of this page. 

Another week, another episode of Rosè with Rae. *CHEERS* This week I’m pouring it up with my bff Stephanie Fernandez, and we kick off the episode with a rosè taste test that quickly takes a turn for the worst!  Today we’re pouring up and chatting about: Menstrual cups: how to insert + full review of Saalt brand at Target YOLO and learning to say YES How to live a confident life at all sizes (yay body positivity) Combating the stigma on mental health Rosè with Rae is best consumed after 1 (or 3) glasses of rosè, so pour a glass, sit back, and join us for episode five.   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiaFpro_iMh11hwpIkfSOoA Get to know my heart over on Instagram: instagram.com/rachelsymonegilliam or on my website: rachelsymonegilliam.com  Want to be featured in our next Sip on This segment? Email us: hello@rosewithrae.com

Produced by Jeffrey Crecelius, Wayne Hall, Preston Frazier, Bill Govier and VR Hoisington This week we finally get back to the second part of our look at what Bill Bruford did after leaving Yes. So Mark and I talk individually and then together about King Crimson’s Larks’ Tongues in Aspic. Listen and let us know what you think! What did Bruford take with him from Yes?How is this new rhythm section??Does Larks' Tongues in Aspic still sound good today? If you would like to support the Yes Music Podcast financially and also have access to exclusive activity and opportunities, there is a special page you can use to sign up and 2019 is the time to join us:Become a Patron! Show notes and links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w7GeJCLpJc Mark's Larks' Tongues Photos: YMP Patrons: Producers: Jeffrey Crecelius Preston Frazier VR Hoisington Bill Govier and Wayne Hall Patrons: Aaron SteelmanDave OwenMark James LangPaul TomeiJoost MaglevDavid HeydenMartin KjellbergPaul WilsonBob MartilottaLindMichael O'ConnorPeter HearndenBrian SullivanDavid PannellMiguel FalcãoLobate ScarpChris BandiniDavid WatkinsonNeal KaforeyRachel HadawayCraig EstenesDemPaul HailesMark 'Zarkol' BaggsDoug CurranRobert NasirFergus CubbageScott ColomboFred BarringerScott Smith Geoff BailieSimon Barrow Geoffrey MasonStephen LambeGuy R DeRomeSteve DillHenrik AntonssonSteve PerryHogne Bø PettersenSteve RodeIanNBSteve ScottJamie McQuinnSteven RoehrKen FullerTerence SadlerJeremy NorthTim StannardJimTodd DudleyJohn CowanTony HandleyJohn HoldenJoseph CottrellJohn ParryKeith HoisingtonJohn ThomsonWilliam Hayes Barry GorskyMichael Handerhan Robert and David Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything: Subscribe with RSSSubscribe on AndroidListen on Stitcher Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

This week, Misty and Lisa review the New York Times Bestseller Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In The Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes. Shonda Rhimes is the creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" as well as founder of Shondaland which produces "How to Get Away with Murder," "For the People," and "Station 19." Her book "Year of Yes" from Simon & Schuster was an instant New York Times best seller. Her Masterclass.com course on TV writing is a top draw. Her site Shondaland.com, launched in September 2017 as a part of Hearst Magazines Digital Media Network. In 2017, Shonda Rhimes was inducted into the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. In this Year of Yes book review, Misty and Lisa give the overview of the chapters: No Maybe? Um, Yes…? Yes to the Sun Yes to Speaking the Whole Truth Yes to Surrendering the Mommy War (or, Jenny McCarthy is my everything) Yes to All Play and No Work Yes to My Body Yes to Joining The Club Yes, Thank You A Note About Time: Yes to More Year of Yes Yes to No, Yes to Difficult Conversations Yes to People Yes to Dancing It Out (with the right people) Yes to Who I Am Yes to Beautiful If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here. You can visit the book’s website here. or Shonda's website here. Watch her Dartmouth commencement address here. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Go Help Yourself! 

One Live Badger - or more... Produced by Jeffrey Crecelius, Wayne Hall, Preston Frazier, Bill Govier and VR Hoisington This week we complete our two-part episode on the second musician to leave Yes, Tony Kaye. Mark and I listen to the One Live Badger album and share our thoughts. Listen and let us know what you think! What's the overall feel of this album?Does Tony Kaye play the same part as he did in Yes?How does it stand up as the first official album from Badger? If you would like to support the Yes Music Podcast financially and also have access to exclusive activity and opportunities, there is a special page you can use to sign up and 2019 is the time to join us:Become a Patron! Show notes and links Mark's photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRiEHm-rO0 YMP Patrons: Producers: Jeffrey Crecelius Preston Frazier VR Hoisington Bill Govier and Wayne Hall Patrons: Aaron SteelmanDave OwenMark James LangPaul TomeiJoost MaglevDavid HeydenMartin KjellbergPaul WilsonBob MartilottaLindMichael O'ConnorPeter HearndenBrian SullivanDavid PannellMiguel FalcãoLobate ScarpChris BandiniDavid WatkinsonNeal KaforeyRachel HadawayCraig EstenesDemPaul HailesMark 'Zarkol' BaggsDoug CurranRobert NasirFergus CubbageScott ColomboFred BarringerScott Smith Geoff BailieSimon Barrow Geoffrey MasonStephen LambeGuy R DeRomeSteve DillHenrik AntonssonSteve PerryHogne Bø PettersenSteve RodeIanNBSteve ScottJamie McQuinnSteven RoehrKen FullerTerence SadlerJeremy NorthTim StannardJimTodd DudleyJohn CowanTony HandleyJohn HoldenJoseph CottrellJohn ParryKeith HoisingtonJohn ThomsonWilliam Hayes Barry Gorsky Robert and David Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything: Subscribe with RSSSubscribe on AndroidListen on Stitcher Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

What does personal development mean to you? Is it self investment? Finding resources? Becoming the best version of yourself? What wraps all the areas of your life is personal development and choosing to adapt your mindset to the vision you have for yourself.    Part 4 of this 4-part series is all about your personal development. The most profitable investment you will EVER make is to yourself.    What you can expect:  Mel Robbins popular TED talk Brene Brown and her Netflix special, A Call to Courage  An important lesson from the movie, A Bronx Tale When and how to find a professional coach to help you succeed Today's YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! crazy, big idea is to get real on the concept of investing in yourself. When you make the decision to invest in yourself, you send a powerful message to yourself and to the world. You are declaring that you are important enough to devote time, energy and space to your growth, to your learning, and to your personal goals no matter the size or the scope.   Episode Resources:  Book:  Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg ------------ **Join the YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! Facebook Community  (www.facebook.com/groups/youwannadowhat) Join a FREE community and feel supported as you invest in yourself in these very real and sometimes challenging ways.    -------- Check out this week's Wordspiration (#wordspiration) and be sure to give them a follow, and tell them @youwannadowhat sent ya! ------- **Love the show? Leave a review! Visit the YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! online: www.youwannadowhat.com Let's Connect! Have a question? Want to recommend a topic or guest? Email me: monica@youwannadowhat.com Follow me on Instagram and Facebook NEW: www.twitter.com/youwannadowhat1 Subscribe to YOU WANNA DO WHAT??! on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

Several weeks ago, I hosted my M2 Mastermind meeting in Clearwater. These are handpicked financial advisor clients of mine who come together several times a year to mastermind, strategize, and talk about best practices. I always present a new concept for the group and they get it first. This past meeting, I unveiled “Getting the Yes: How to Influence Yourself, Your Clients and Your Prospects”. To see this excerpt from the mastermind watch my latest video! http://www.ipginc.net/2019/04/how-to-get-the-yes/ ___________________________________________ The Magellan Academy & Network The rules and tools for success in the financial services industry are about to change radically. I have spent over 25 years coaching only financial advisors. In that time, I have personally conducted over 50,000 individual coaching sessions. I have built a profound knowledge base of what it takes to achieve lifelong success in business and life. In my career, I have transformed 1,000's of advisors (below are video and written testimonials by many of them). Many of you probably paid thousands of dollars to various coaching programs with very mixed results. Most coaching programs are just that. A pre-planned process that is “cookie cutter”. Where they have salespeople having to “sell” you on their program and results. In most cases, it's about the coach, their ego, and their money. They base their program on “practice management” or “marketing”. They make you more intelligent. What they all fail to do is help you make that “mindset” shift that must happen for you to realize your dreams and vision. I am going to coach you, teach you, inspire you, and train you all on your mobile device every business day. You are going to get better at business development, practice management, personal development, and your vision. Here is what you are going to get from me each month:  A 5-10 minute morning coach video each business day.  3 training videos of 20-30 minutes each. This will be a deep dive into four areas I mentioned above.  A live group coaching session where you and I can interact and work together. Here is what you can do each month:  Post a question to me and I will answer it.  Collaborate and associate with like-minded advisors.  Invite other great advisors into the network. Your Bottom Line: Here is the deal. I am not going to ask you for a credit card. Like I said before, coaching is personality driven. You might not like my style or tactics. So with that in mind here is my offer to you. Complete the short form below. You will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to join the network for the next 30-days. I personally approve each submission so this might take a few hours or a day at the most. I will not ask for compensation of any kind during that 30-days. If after experiencing my work for 30-days and if you believe that I can help you, here is the deal. To remain in Magellan Network and have access to Magellan Academy, your daily investment in yourself will only be about the price of a Latte these days. One more thing, it's a month-to-month deal. I'm not going to lock you into anything. Take action now and complete the short form below and I look forward to welcoming you personally inside the Magellan Network. ___ ► Subscribe to our channel here: www.youtube.com/user/CoachJoeLuka…ub_confirmation=1 ___ Facebook: www.facebook.com/coachjoe.guru/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/coach_joe_guru/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/coachjoelukacs/ Website: www.magellannetwork.net/ Soundcloud: @themagellannetwork Twitter: twitter.com/CoachJoeLukacs

Welcome to Episode 44 of Dreams Inspire Reality Podcast!   Marketing is the key to making your business successful. It brings awareness to your brand, but copying your competition’s marketing strategy is very popular today. How does it affect your brand? How do you protect your brand from cloning? Audria Richmond is the founder of UnCloned Media, LLC, an award-winning marketing and launch consultancy for top-notch brands who want to command first-rate profits. As a highly sought-after marketing and launch strategist, Audria champions entrepreneurs to stand in front of their brands—UnCloned and unafraid to be seen. With her incomparable formula of innovation, unquenchable creativity and tech-savviness, Audria is a force to be reckoned with. Audria has left her mark on personal and company brands all over the world, from the United States to Singapore and continues to do so with her elite UnCloned Marketing Membership. She is always the woman who is thinking of—and executing on—a master plan. Since changing the game with her signature system, The UnCloned Marketing Method; a revolutionary system that teaches clients how to build wildly profitable marketing systems and personal brands from the ground up, with proven practices, tools and strategies to go big and stay there, she released three bestselling books in 2017. The books are titled Are You Ready for the Yes: How to Prep Your Brand for Lucrative Opportunities, UnCloned: Seven Epic (Un) Rules for Owning Your Shit, and The Yes Experience. She also lends her expertise and unconventional, never-inside-the-box perspective, to her digital marketing platform the UnCloned Marketing Membership. Audria has a background in photography and graphic design before she got into marketing. She uses her creativity in marketing strategy. Audria wanted to be different, therefore she challenged the norms and always wanted to be “the first to do it”, the first in everything that people said she couldn’t do. Audria speaks about Uncloned Marketing, how she came up with the idea, and when it all started. She spoke on the virtual conference, which is her most recent and sizeable achievement, the difference between marketing and selling, how she deals with people cloning her ‘uncloning marketing’, how she protects her brand, how she’s able to secure her clients and getting the clients she wants. Furthermore, she shares how she deals with clients who want guaranteed results. Audria tells us what her biggest takeaway from entrepreneurship is, that helps her to where she is right now. She gives advice to people who want to own space and industry, and to listeners who want to become successful entrepreneurs. Audria believes in making time for yourself to learn and invest in yourself to attract clients. She encourages listeners not to look at failure as anything other than a lesson. “Fail fast and keep moving”, she says, level up and don’t let yourself put in the box, but find keys to unlock the motivation to do whatever you want.   “Marketing is fun.”   Thank you so much for listening. Be sure to Subscribe, Review & Rate! Dream Big, Execute Hard.     Connect with Audria Richmond on: Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Be sure to check out our website at www.dreamsinspirereality.com  

I searched high and low before finding out about passive investing. Along the way, I put in a lot of time, and even lost some money. Once I realized the power of passive investing, I was hooked. Here at Good egg, we're on a mission to help you live your best life. And often, that means getting your money worries out of the way first and foremost. ​That's why we're an investment company and not a travel agency, because we know that in order to truly live a life free from worry and on your own terms, you need to take the money worries out of the equation first. We never set out to become a real estate investing company, but we found real estate to be the single best way to help you create stable and reliable passive income. ​So, that's what we do. We help you learn about and invest in this thing called real estate syndications (group investments), so you can get your money worries out of the way and focus on living life exactly as you've always wanted. Contact Julie www.goodegginvestments.com Content mentioned Apartment syndication Training : https://www.passiveinvestoracademy.com Book: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person https://www.amazon.com/Year-Yes-Dance-Stand-Person/dp/1476777128/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KPC821U9HZER&keywords=year+of+yes+shonda+rimes&qid=1553115707&s=books&sprefix=year+of+yes%2Caps%2C151&sr=1-1 Follow Ola on instagram [www.instagram.com/oladantis] @OlaDantis for all other social media Send me a DM when you follow so I can say hi! www.dwellynn.com/invest Get your free book: www.audibletrial.com/dwellynn

Do you remember what you were like when you were newly single? Reckless? Grieving? Angry? Probably all three at some point! We join Alice and co on their adventures through singledom, in this 2016 NY-based film, and pull out and discuss all the juicy, realistic goodness the piece has to offer from eligibility to choosing to be a single mother to rules of texting!Strangers https://m.facebook.com/StrangersSeries/ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471157326/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OGoqCb609Y64J   Have some feedback, a question you would like us to answer or a topic suggestion? Drop us an email at freeandfiguringitout@gmail.com Follow us https://www.instagram.com/freeandfiguringitout/   Your hosts are... Charelle Griffith, 30, is a marketing strategist and founder of PropelHer, a personal development blog and book club. She lives in London, dates men and has been single for 3 years. Connect with Charelle https://www.instagram.com/charellegriffith/   Verity Brown, 32, is a freelance marketer and empowerment coach living back in her hometown in the north of England. She dates men and women and has been single for 3 years. Connect with Verity https://www.instagram.com/theseasaltplan/

Today I have a chat with the co-founders of Bebo Mia (a seven figure doula+ training & support business), Natasha Marchand and Bianca Sprague. Both are doulas become doula trainers and we get into the nitty gritty of how their journeys began and transformed into the successful business they run today. We talk about goals, measuring progress in a way that works for you, and how to support other doulas versus tearing them down. I hope you enjoy the interview and follow the links below for additional information.Book Recommendations: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls by Elizabeth Renzetti, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes.Bebo Mia 20% Discount Code: Doulaship

The ladies live by Shonda Rhimes's New York Times bestseller, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. We love hearing from you! Email us at kristenandjolenta@gmail.com, or tweet us @jolentag, @kristenmeinzer, or @bythebookpod. And if you haven't already, please join our By The Book Facebook community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/116407428966900/?source_id=475465442806687 And a big thanks to this week's sponsors:Phlur, creator of sustainably crafted, award-winning perfumes. To get your Holiday Gift Set of three stunning perfumes for 20%, go to phlur.com and use promo code BOOK.Quip, the electric toothbrush designed to make brushing better. Go to getquip.com/bythebook to get your first refill pack for free with a quip electric toothbrush.Helix, a new kind of DNA testing.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before introducing today's guest, I like to setup a bit of context. Within the last two years, I wanted to get out of my regular circles and do something that didn't involve technology (for people unfamiliar, my day job is a software engineer at Amazon). I ended up picking up salsa dancing - little did I know that this decision would lead to some of the most significant relationships that I have today. Most of these encounters took place within the Century Ballroom, an incredible dance studio in the heart of Capitol Hill Seattle. Hallie Kupperman is the owner of the Century Ballroom and the Tin Table Restaurant adjacent to the ballroom. She's created an incredible community at the Century which is something I and many others here are incredibly grateful for. Hallie moved to Seattle over two decades ago and learned to swing dance after arrival. She started teaching swing to the LGBT community not soon after which soon expanded into teaching all forms of dances when she signed the lease on the Century Ballroom. Hallie has been managing and teaching at the Century Ballroom for over two decades and has overcome many hurdles in the interim, including a dramatic rent increase after the building was sold to a new developer that drove out all other tenants and a steep dance tax levied by Washington. With the Century Ballroom, Hallie has created not just a great dance hall but an incredible community, one that comes together in times of hardship. Examples include events such as "Dance Your Pants off for Lorraine", a fundraiser held for fellow dancer Lorraine which raised money for her cancer treatment and another fundraiser held in 2013 that raised over $90,000 to help keep century afloat after the dance tax. Thanks for listening and if you want to leave feedback or nominate folks to the show, please send emails to feedback(at)folkstories.org Notes Hallie's swinging start to dancing origins of century ballroom perseverance through hard times mission and community a day in the life of Hallie everyone can learn to dance future plans for century ballroom Hallie's suits experiences of being a female lead Links The Century Ballroom TimberLine Spirits What Color Is Your Parachute? Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

We talk about the latest survey on divorce in the @TheSTStyle, why Strictly's Susannah Constantine felt invisible after turning 50 and chat to comedienne Helen Lederer about her grown up life. Our TV picks are BBC's Killing Eve and ITV's Vanity Fair and our book picks are The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan and Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes

Ohhhh boy! Buckle up for this one! We have a lot of laughing to get through ;) Audria Richmond is the founder of UnCloned Media, LLC, an award-winning branding and marketing consultancy for top-notch brands who want to command first-rate profits. As a highly sought after consultant, Audria champions entrepreneurs to stand in front of their brands—uncloned and unafraid to be seen. With her incomparable formula of innovation, unquenchable creativity and tech-savviness, Audria is a force that is impossible to reckon with. In 2016, she helped her clients to reel in over $1 million in profits and she’s left her mark on personal and company brands all over the world, from the United States to Singapore. She is always the woman who is thinking of—and executing on—a master plan. Since changing the game with her signature system, UnCloned: The Seven Phases of a Profitable Personal Brand, a revolutionary system that teaches clients how to build wildly profitable personal brands from the ground up with the proven practices, the tools and the strategies they need to go big and stay there, she released two bestselling books in 2017, ​Are You Ready for the Yes: How to Prep Your Brand for Lucrative Opportunities and ​UnCloned: Seven Epic (Un) Rules for Owning Your Shit. She also lends her expertise and unconventional, never-inside-the-box perspective to Forbes Magazine’s digital platform as a member of the Coaches Council. Meet Audria at ​www.audriarichmond.com​. Sign up for Uncloned Con: www.unclonedcon.com   FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SPIRIT LOUNGE HERE: www.businessbeyondbelief.com/spiritlounge 

Amy Porterfield- The Dais Podcast Today on Dais I’m sitting down with online marketing expert, educator and the host of the top-ranked podcast, Online Marketing Made Easy, Amy Porterfield. We’re discussing what it takes to create a successful online marketing campaign, why processes are key and how entrepreneurs can bypass self doubt. SHOW NOTES: Amy Porterfield- http://www.amyporterfield.com/amy-porterfield-podcast/ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person- https://bit.ly/2INKR02 The Life Coach School- https://thelifecoachschool.com AmyPorterfield.com/listbuilding

How Much Is Too Much Synopsis: 1 in 4 (around 40 million) Americans has more than two drinks a day. The overuse of prescription drugs is a known public health problem. Both of these issues can negatively affect your life. So how do you know if what you're doing is risky? Highlights Of The Show: Everybody Needs A Little Push: Dear Pushy Broad From The Bronx, I don't understand how people can have a drinking or drug problem? [2:55] No or Yes: How do you know if your drinking or drug use is risky? [12:12] Ten Minutes of Tears: How do we handle addiction? [16:17] I'm Talking Here: If you SEE something, SAY something [20:12] Links That Benefit This Episode: Follow me on social media: Twitter, and Facebook.  Join my email list, and get my latest episodes, blog posts, and announcements right to your inbox. Need to ask me a question? Check out my Ask Ellen page and submit any question (or comment) your heart desires!  Ready to take command of your life? Check out my new course Think Differently & Take Command of Your Life.  Hosted By: Ellen Stewart Produced By: Ellen Stewart & Richard Torres Tune in every Monday for a new episode of the Pushy Broad From The Bronx. Talk to you soon!

Taken Hostage By Your Adult Child Synopsis: Do you feel as if you can't do anything in your own home because of your adult child? Do you feel like you've been taken hostage? I'm talking all about being taken hostage by your adult child, and how to stop it in my latest episode.  Highlights Of The Show: Everybody Needs A Little Push: Dear PBB, my son is 32, an only child, and doesn't have a job so I pay for everything. This is draining my finances and putting a strain on my marriage. What do I do? Help! [2:10] Dear PBB, My son is spending all of my money. No matter what I say, he feels entitled to it and always overspends. What should I do? [11:20] No or Yes: How do you know if your adult child is holding you hostage? [18:16] Ten Minutes of Tears: Feeling drained by your adult child? Here's what you need to do. [21:15]  Links That Benefit This Episode: Follow me on social media: Twitter, and Facebook.  Join my email list, and get my latest episodes, blog posts, and announcements right to your inbox. Need to ask me a question? Check out my Ask Ellen page and submit any question (or comment) your heart desires!  Hosted By: Ellen Stewart Produced By: Ellen Stewart & Richard Torres Tune in every Monday for a new episode of the Pushy Broad From The Bronx. Talk to you soon!

I'm joined by Cordelia Gaffar in this episode! . You will learn about: . -Cordelia Gaffar and hear her talk about creating boundaries. -Cordelia's story, what she does, and her journey to Stress-Less Mom -Which Danielle LaPorte's truthbomb is one to live by! -Common stressors for women and Cordelia's recommendations to move past them -The Best Yes concept and how you can apply it to your life -Stepping up as leader and how delegating helps you be a good leader -How you can work through the emotions of shame and guilt around saying "NO" or even "YES" -How you can stress less and go from Chaos to Calm . Get the full blog post with links mentioned here: http://www.madewell345.com/2017/10/13/stress-proactive-boundaries/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/madewell345/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/madewell345/support

What would you do to be able to say Yes to your life? Do you know how you want to feel? If you knew what feeling good really felt like, would you choose it? Also, check out: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes. It's GOOD!

How many of you try to be everything to everyone? If you struggle with saying No, (like I used to), or feel guilty when you do, then you’ll love this episode. Today I share how making conscious decisions will allow you to respond, rather than react, to the opportunities that are presented to you.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:  For every Yes, there is at least one No   You need to give yourself permission to make better choices and decisions  There’s only a finite amount of time in each day, yet an infinite amount of ways to fill it   How when it comes to our time, there is ALWAYS a trade-off   How your self-care time, even it’s just watching TV, matters…  Where do you start when trying to gain awareness, and how does it relate to mindfulness?   What happens when you’re not engaged in, or passionate about, volunteering  A way to gracefully say No, all while giving someone else a chance to do something   Why I very rarely accept lunch invitations for the middle of the day   Never say Yes on the spot!    And much more!   LINKS:   Episode #3: How to Take Back Your Day   Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes  Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less by Tiffany Dufu Get full show notes and more information here: http://www.hustleandflowpodcast.com/8  

In this episode we discuss the importance of getting out from behind the computer and building your business in other ways.  It is important to have the online component of your business set up, but it is also necessary to build it up in other ways, like getting out there and talking to people about it.  Tanya and Mike both give actionable examples of the various ways they build their business while out from behind the screen.  You'll hear: Launching a website Creating an ebook Hiring a graphic designer using upwork.com or 99designs.com The importance of getting out from behind your computer and connecting with potential clients Why building a website can be a distraction Why you need to do the scary thing and the scary thing is putting yourself in a position for people to say no Why you need to take some risk to get the reward No doesn't always mean no. How to journey with a potential client/customer from NO to YES How continuing to push through the NO is what makes you a successful entrepreneur Shifting your thinking from, "Can you afford my service" to "can you afford NOT to have my service" Help your potential buyer SEE the return they will get on your service Talk about the benefits of the benefits when you speak about your service rather than the features "Most businesses grow from client one to client two... and you get that organically by talking about it" "If you're not putting yourself in a position for people to say no... you're also not putting yourself into a position for people to say yes!" "If you're hiding from being in a position for people to say no, you're also hiding from the feedback that you need to get yourself to the position that people will say yes" "You've got to buy the lottery ticket, if you want to win the lottery. You've got to put something in to get something out." "Every no gets you closer to your next yes" "As an entrepreneur you are creating money, you are creating a product, you are creating a service, you are creating a need" "If you believe in your business so much that you will do anything and continue through any no THAT is how you will be successful"   Follow us on Instagram @howwehustlepodcast  NEED HELP WITH YOUR EMAIL MARKETING?  MIKE'S COMPANY PEACOCK COPY CAN HELP!   Get Tanya's FREE GUIDE - The 6 STEPS to a BADASS Business   Have a book idea? Download Mike's 7 Signs Your Book Idea is Worth Publishing   Join Tanya & Mike's Private Facebook Groups:   Tanya's Private FB Group for BADASS Women Entrepreneurs: http://bit.ly/LadiesLivingCourageously   Mike's Private FB Group for Aspiring Authors: http://bit.ly/writeyourbookfb   Learn More about Working With Tanya & Mike on their websites:   Wholehearted Business Coaching: https://www.wholeheartedbusinesscoach.com/   Book Peacock: http://bookpeacock.com/

Do you dream of hosting a television talk show or writing for the industry? If so, then you’re in for a treat because my topic this week is about breaking into the entertainment industry. I explore some of the steps you can take and common challenges that women face with my guest, Madim Touch. Madim is a woman with multiple talents and experience in the entertainment industry. She’s a producer, director, media personality and co-host of We Talk Weekly, an entertainment talk show that keeps listeners updated on the hottest topics. She has experience with freelance writing, managing artists and founded the first hip hop awareness group at Drexel University. She has hosted hip hop awareness lectures and performed with top artists that include Lauryn Hill and Amy Winehouse! Madim is also a mom of two and just welcomed her second bundle of joy into her life. In this episode, Madim shares: her journey and how she got started in the entertainment industry how, as a little girl, she knew that she wanted to produce, create and entertain how women can break into the industry (even in later stages of) what steps you can take right now- even with no experience how to network and get connected with key players in the industry her advice for aspiring producers and directors why starting on YouTube doesn’t work for everyone and knowing when it will work for you and more… Resources & Suggestions: Philly CAM – http://phillycam.org Book: The Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person, by Shonda Rhimes (creator of Scandal, Greys Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder and others) Where You Can Find Madim Touch online: @MadimTouch on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram http://wetalkweekly.com – broadcasts every Monday at 9:30 pm EST, available on Comcast in the Philadelphia area and on YouTube – http://youtube.com/wetalkweeklytv Madim’s Parting Words of Wisdom: “When you stay true to who you are and what you believe, that’s when things will truly work in your favor.” I hope you gained value from listening this week. The one takeaway that I want you to have is: get started. I’m always here to support you in your journey, so you don’t have to do it alone. If you have questions about how to pursue your passion in the midst of your busy lifestyle, send me an email at Erica@momswithdreams.com. Feel free to leave your comments below. I look forward to being back with you next week. Take care, Erica      

Hey Sistas, Today, Cara and I talk about not one but two books as we discuss our Nos and Yeses of 2017.      Books mentioned in the podcast" The Wangs vs. the World Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Food, Health, and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life Articles mentioned: Real Simple "Say Yes to Saying No" Hapelujah, Indeed written by our very own Cara   What are you saying "No" and "Yes" this year that you're hoping will bring you Shalom. Come over and share them  in the Hangout: https://www.facebook.com/groups/960443290670157/   Shalom and Books, Osheta and Cara    

For the first time ever, Maggie and Kristine invite a guest to join in the conversation. Their good friend, who is a new entrepreneur, sits down to chat resolutions, life cues and candy. SHOW NOTES: --Buy Shonda Rhimes "Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person" Here: https://www.amazon.com/Year-Yes-Dance-Stand-Person/dp/1476777128 --Steve Jobs Commencement Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc --Pixies "Wave of Mutilation" Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pixies/waveofmutilation.html --Empire of the Sun "Walking on a Dream" Lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/empireofthesun/walkingonadream.html --What to Learn From Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-i-learned-from-studying-zappos-ceo-tony-hsiehs-schedule-2016-1 Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @tobetransported Look for updates on Maggie and Kristine on tobetransported.com

Inventor Brant Berger joins Kurtis & Jon as they discuss patents and building Berger Bindings on this episode of Surf Goggles Chronicles.  How Brant went from an idea, to over 1.5 Million raised in investment, to his first 1 Million dollar order.   What happens when you poke the 500 pound gorilla?   Is your patent only as good as your ability to fight it?  What is SEO?  Kurtis gives his take on why you should be looking beyond SEO for your website and look into everything above the fold in a google search.  Jon explains the importance of incognito browsing to check your results.   In this episode of the Surf Goggles Chronicles   Google Images vs Google Shopping Images How we market to Australia and what we should be doing Keywords for adwords and youtube Incognito and your private browsing history Flickr, youtube and instagram Kurtis vs Amazon - Who won? Berger Bindings vs Rossignol Patagonia says NO, but did they have the power to say YES How to start your company LLC, Benefit Corporation, Sole Proprietorship, C Corp How to start your company A, B, C.  Do you have $150 or $1,000 dollars to start your company?  Kurtis and Jon explain what they did and how they would do it differently today.  Time to think of your URL or domain name as real estate.  Plus if you have a day job their are many advantages to starting with an LLC, umbrella protection, pass through of taxes and much, much more.  Plus the inspiration behind Surf Goggles Chronicles and why you must read “The Mouse Driver Chronicles” by John Lusk and Kyle Harrison.  www.MouseDriverChonicles.com .

My special guest and Shelf Addiction Podcast resident non-fiction reader Samone and I review and discuss Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes!Pick up your copy here: http://amzn.to/2aHn28PShare your thoughts on this book with me on Twitter. Tweet at me @shelfaddiction************************************Blog Updates:Send me a voicemail! I want to hear from you!! Please go to my website now to leave your book recommendation for the genre of the month! Send me a 90 second voicemail (the button is located on http://www.shelfaddiction.com/) with your name, where you're from, plus the book and author that you recommend and why for the mystery/suspense genre. Your clip could be used on a future podcast episode!************************************Find Tamara on social media!Book Blog | shelfaddiction.comYouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/ShelfAddiction/feedTwitter, Periscope, & Instagram | @ShelfAddictionIntro/Outro Music created by Samone WardFTC Disclaimer: The show notes may contain affiliate and/or referral links. I receive a small commission if you purchase using my link(s). If you purchase using my link(s), you will be supporting the Shelf Addiction website and podcast. This is NOT a sponsored podcast. All opinions are genuinely my own..

My special guest and Shelf Addiction Podcast resident non-fiction reader Samone and I review and discuss Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes!Pick up your copy here: http://amzn.to/2aHn28PShare your thoughts on this book with me on Twitter. Tweet at me @shelfaddiction************************************Blog Updates:Send me a voicemail! I want to hear from you!! Please go to my website now to leave your book recommendation for the genre of the month! Send me a 90 second voicemail (the button is located on http://www.shelfaddiction.com/) with your name, where you're from, plus the book and author that you recommend and why for the mystery/suspense genre. Your clip could be used on a future podcast episode!************************************Find Tamara on social media!Book Blog | shelfaddiction.comYouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/ShelfAddiction/feedTwitter, Periscope, & Instagram | @ShelfAddictionIntro/Outro Music created by Samone WardFTC Disclaimer: The show notes may contain affiliate and/or referral links. I receive a small commission if you purchase using my link(s). If you purchase using my link(s), you will be supporting the Shelf Addiction website and podcast. This is NOT a sponsored podcast. All opinions are genuinely my own..

Before I start this episode on the topic of why you should not hustle I have to say thank you. Thank you to all of you who listen to this podcast, comment, share your stories or leave reviews! I woke up this morning and saw on iTunes that The Shameless Mom Academy is ranking in 3 categories for new and noteworthy! So thank you so much for your feedback! Why you shouldn’t you hustle? I have five reasons why you shouldn’t! The hustle can have such an effect on your body not just physically but mentally as well. Your body needs rest and a chance to recharge so you don’t lose your mojo or passion.  Today we learn: Long term is not so pretty—for me personally I’m not going to lie some of it has to do with my age You don’t want to burn out and lose passion—At 25 I burned out to the point that I wanted to get my tubes tied! I went back to school for another field that didn’t work with kids—Don’t get to the point you burn out You will lose your mojo—pace yourself Not sustainable—my business has to be sustainable between 9 to 5, anything before or after those hours I’m not responsible for It’s not fair to your loved ones and YOURSELF—If you’re busy hustling when do you have time for anything else? The impact it has on your body…literally—don’t push yourself so hard it could affect your health No space left for creativity—you need to rest and recharge If you want something bad enough, you will make it happen— try to relax on deadlines to make sure this is what you want to do You will make it work if you have to—don’t make it seem sacrificial  You can’t quit right? WRONG! —When you quit something you are opening up the door for something new Links Mentioned: www.shamelessmomacademy.com/review  Yes Please by Amy Poehler Year of Yes: How to Dance It out, Stand in the Sun and be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes 

SHOWNOTES South By South West http://www.sxsw.com/ Vrouwen en programmeren http://www.nu.nl/internet/4214170/vrouwen-beter-in-programmeren-dan-mannen.html South By South West : Keynote van Barack Obama http://www.sxsw.com/interactive/news/2016/president-obama-sxsw-keynote-video Grumpy Old Men! Onder de buitendouche op SXSW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iem9DHcM8zE Grumpy Old Men 2 (2016): Welke banen gaan er aan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OIukWLqBOQ Grumpy Old Men 3: Over god, kunstmatige intelligentie en muziek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2QQpaoMgz8 Glitch Podcast http://www.glitch.show/ Direct abboneren op de Glitch Podcast in iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/glitch-podcast/id1086090393?l=en&mt=2 Shonda Rhimes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25690958-year-of-yes Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA TED: My year of saying yes to everything http://www.ted.com/talks/shonda_rhimes_my_year_of_saying_yes_to_everything Een YouTube video met een goeie samenvatting van het boek The Miracle Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sqhxl7hHSE Een YouTube video met een interview met de schrijver van het boek The Miracle Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI5DcBRPopk Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com

How many times have you seen or listened to an entrepreneur profiled in the media as a “white-male, hoodie-wearing, unicorn-hunting, Stanford engineer”? Hungry for substantive advice from accomplished entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders who look and sound like you? Welcome to BroadMic where we are breaking the mold about what it means to be a successful entrepreneur. You have to see it to be it!   Here you will learn from unconventional role models, get the picks and shovels you need, and access the candid conversations that normally go on behind closed doors. It’s no longer necessary for women and minorities to sacrifice their identities in order to fit into the tech community. We believe in strengthening the BroadMic community through shared expertise. Together, we can change the narrative. No more white papers, no more studies, no more theses about change – let’s act! #ThinkBroad Notes This Is What An Angel Investor Looks Like - Sara Weinheimer by Women 2.0, Forbes A Colleague Drank My Breast Milk and Other Wall Street Tales by Maureen Sherry, The New York Times Betty Friedan's 1957 Questionnaire at Smith College by Betty Friedan Gloria Steinem on iBooks by Gloria Steinem Feminine Mystique 50th Anniversary by Betty Friedan Additional Reading Ellen Pao Speaks: ‘I Am Now Moving On’ by Ellen Pao, Re/code The Myth Women in Tech Need to Stop Believing by Terri McCullough, Fortune Year of Yes – How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes It’s Payback Time for Women by Judith Shulevitz, The New York Times “I’m starting a startup that helps other startups start up.” by Kaamran Hafeez, New Yorker Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.

Tom Brislin, keyboard wizard! In a week which I describe on the episode as 'a complete car crash' for me, I was hoping to present a conversation with Mark Anthony K about Magnification but instead I'm replaying my interview with Tom Brislin about his live exploits with Yes on the Symphonic Tour. What was it like to play live with Yes? How much did Tom feel part of the band? Was this the best musical experience of his life? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show notes and links Tom's website Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

2015 in review In a short episode, I take a quick look back at some of the events in 2015 for Yes and the YMP. There are also some great items sent in by listeners. What was the most important event of 2015 for Yes? How difficult was producing the YMP in 2015? How did I find the motivation to continue? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links Mark Anthony K's Ramshackled photographs:   My episode on Michael Pursche's Sitting in a Bar in Adelaide Beau Dure on Union David Reilly's link to the Jimmy Haun interview Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

2012-09-12 - The Freedom of Yes - How do we accept ourselves or others when our actions are causing harm? Does acceptance mean passivity? Does it undermine our efforts towards change? This talk responds to these questions with a simple, illuminating and challenging principle about genuine transformation: Acceptance is the prerequisite of true healing and awakening. Only when we've paused to recognize and allow this moment's experience to be fully as it is, can we respond from our intelligence and compassion to prevent future suffering. Please support this podcast by donating at www.tarabrach.com or www.imcw.org. Your donations allow us to continue to freely offer the teachings!