0 FF75: Style Your Personal Brand and Dress With Intention with Tania Sterl

In this episode, Tania Sterl, Personal Stylist, shares how to express your personal branding message by dressing with intention. Each us brings a little something unique to the approach of our brand and business. We need to be relatable to our industry and clients, yet we still need to stand out as our own brand and we can do that through our style

Highlights From This Episode:

• How our personal style is relevant to our personal brand
• Crafting a unique personal style that speaks to one’s uniqueness
• The importance of dressing with intention before you arrive on that networking event
• Enclothed cognition and the effects clothing has on our self perception and the impact on our mindset, mood and productivity
• Expressing yourself through the work that lights you up and then showing people how lit up you are about your work

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0 FF74: 2020 In Review and Forward Looking Into 2021 with David Greer

David Greer and I reflect on 2020, speculate about 2021 and looking after the most important asset in your business … YOU. David shares his wisdom as an exceptional entrepreneurial coach and the things to do in this new year to maintain rhythm and success.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Why having clarity makes it much easier to make the right decisions
• The context of looking back and looking forward
• The 3 areas to achieve in next year: career finances, relationships and yourself
• The importance of refilling your bucket and seeking help when you need it
• Creating and maintaining rhythms for continuing success

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0 FF73: Project SOMOS Guatemala Children’s Village with Heather Knox

Heather Knox is the Co-Founder of Project SOMOS Children’s Village in Guatemala. She works with Guatemalan children and their families to overcome issues of poverty by providing educational and nutritional programs. They are celebrating 10 years from buying a piece of property to supporting 100’s of children and their families. Heather tells us about their eco sustainable buildings, the unique story of a Canadian teenagers wish to see their clinic built and the transformations that are being made in the lives of these children.

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0 FF72: Featuring Build a Biz Kids Non-Profit That’s Preparing Our Future Adults

In this special episode of groups doing great things for kids, we feature the Build A Biz Kids Network. They are a non-profit helping the next generation have a different, more fulfilling and momentous entrepreneurial or career path journey. Leah Coss, founder, looks at these 7-13 year old kids as future adults and giving them a head start on whatever their future holds. Join us as Leah shares a new perspective on learning and kids doing great things in the world.

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0 FF71: How Pronunciation Impacts Us As Professionals with Catherine Steele

In this episode, Catherine Steele, Pronunciation Coach, shares how we can be more effective in our communication as professionals. It is surprising how often we rush through conversations in business and leave the listener wondering what we just said. Catherine’s knowledge and expertise in pronunciation is extensive and she leaves us with a simple message, just slow down.

Highlights From This Episode:

• A strategy to get your staff to contribute in your organization
• How your enunciation can hurt you as a professional
• The importance of speaking in a style that supports the listener.
• What to do if your elevator pitch is not working.
• When someone understands you the first time you get the funding, you get the sale, you get what you need

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0 FF70: How Communication and Resistance Impacts You and Your Client Sales with Mike Irving

In this episode, Mike Irving shares how communication and resistance impact you and your customer. Mike started his career selling door to door and was soon recruiting people for himself. He now provides services and training as a performance coach for business owners and executives around the world.

Highlights From This Episode:

• The 5 steps to every purchase decision
• How resistance is impacting you and your customer
• The ability to effectively communicate dramatically impacts your performance in your life and business
• Resistance stops us from moving ahead and getting what we want in life across all areas
• Improving your performance starts with centered breathing

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0 FF69:: How To Use Automation To Create The Most Efficient Version of Yourself with Jon Lamont

In this episode Jon Lamont, a leading expert in Business Automation, has been improving bottlenecks in business processes his entire adult life. Jon shares how automation can free up your time to do that thing which you do best.

Highlights From This Episode:

• How taking all that stuff off your plate allows you to do what you do best and just let’s you focus on growing the business
• Getting to the place where a client knows that the person they referred to you is going to have the exact same experience that they had because of the way that your automation works in your business
• The four areas that need to be automated that leads to much more success and more time every day
• The importance of automation in sales and marketing
• How automating can save you 6-10 hours a week

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0 FF68: Staying The Course In These Crazy Times | Val Low

In this episode I do some reflecting on these crazy times and the deeper meaning many of us have discovered along the way. What are you doing to stay the course? How are you staying positive and focused? I offer some suggestions for continuing to navigate through challenging times. So join me on the ramble and you’ll hear my promise to you.

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0 FF67: Profit Comes First with Rocky Lalvani

When Rocky Lalvani learned that most business owners don’t look at their financial reports he knew it was his purpose to help them be profitable. He shares the simple formula to pay yourself first and the banks accounts to use that makes accounting feel and work like entrepreneurs feel and work.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Why 80% of business owners don’t look at their financials and what to do about it
• The simple accounting formula that pays you first
• The 4 bank accounts that makes your accounting simple
• How to make tax time a bonus time
• Focusing on the bottom line can be the reward for your efforts and investments

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0 FF66: The World Needs Us To Step Up As A Leader

Marshall Stern believes that leadership is the key to business and life success and fulfillment. Leadership is not a term to be scared away from rather it’s about stepping up in spite of the fear. Marshall shares his passion to help Business Operators become Business Leaders so they can have a business of freedom and joy … one that serves their life.

Highlights From This Episode:

• Why the world needs us to step up, not just as business operators but as business leaders
• Business owners are in the maze of their business and only see the corn in front of them and how to find your way out
• How creating some space can be where amazing things happen
• Leadership is all about taking control of your life
• Don’t do it alone. Reach out. Get a coach. Get a mentor. Join an accountability group. Surround yourself with people who lift you up.

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