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Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Dalai Lama, “Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values.”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/i3xhs1MYbhA   Check Out These Highlights: As I prepare for the show. I usually start with my guest’s topic and then go look for a quote that sets the stage for the episode we are recording.  For today’s show, I loved this quote because the show is all about embracing and navigating changes that happen in life and business.   I also like the component, in this short quote, about values.  As I reflect and think about my own personal life stages and changes, I know that my core values have been tested repeatedly.  For me, my values have guided me to leave jobs, take new jobs and ultimately for me to open my business over 20 years ago. What are your core values and how do you honor them in your life and business?   About Tom English: Tom is the Founder of 3 Stewardships Ltd whose mission is to empower individuals across the globe to create lives of purpose, meaning and

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Gail Blanke, “When we throw out the physical clutter, we clear our minds. When we throw out the mental clutter, we clear our souls.”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/1kaiM4ATeaM   Check Out These Highlights: As I look back, I can recognize decisions I have made because they simply felt right at the time.  For example, just shy of 3 years ago we moved and the first thing I did after the movers left was to hang a floral wreath on the front door and put our welcome mat on the entry steps.  My husband thought I was crazy, making that a priority over all the boxes that were piled high throughout every room in the house.  All I said to him was I just needed the front of the house to be welcoming.   About 6 months later I was part of a zoom networking event and one of the women on the call spoke about Feng Shui.  Not knowing much about this topic, I mentioned our moving day and my need to decorate the front door and entry.  Apparently having a welcoming entry is a Feng Shui t

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Andy Hargreaves, “Too often, shared visions really mean, ‘I have a vision; you share it!’”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZQQyirqyoYw   Check Out These Highlights: Lately, I have read more articles about the new leadership skills (agility, empathy, respectful communication, and the list goes on), that are needed.  So, my curious mind keeps questioning, “are these skills new, or should they have been part of a solid leadership model for organizations all along?” As I reflect, I personally feel that leaders from around the globe are waking up to what true leadership should have been all along and that we have been blindly using the model that has been used throughout corporate cultures at least during my 40-year career.  I believe the cost of not having a tangible and duplicatable leadership culture, will cost organizations millions of dollars in lost productivity and ultimately lost revenue.  So, what is a great model to follow?  I’m glad you asked! About Kevin Hancoc

Connie's motivational quote for today is from – a Chinese Proverb, “If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/COnzMiB7u3g   Check Out These Highlights: As I look back over the past 20 years of being in business, I reflect and think about the many ups and downs.  After COVID my business was decimated, and I had to rebuild and rethink my entire business model.    At times it was so frustrating and other times super energizing.  Most times, during my rebuild, I felt like a yoyo of emotions.  Highs and lows!  Again, because of my 40-year working career, I know that ups and downs are inevitable.    That doesn’t mean it is ever easy to navigate and move forward.  Burnout for me was always just a step away and I sometimes felt like I was losing the battle.   Help is on its way!    About Jessica Fearnley:   Jessica is a business coach who helps women build seven-figure consulting firms. She specializes in the transition from six to seven figures in turnover and

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Charlotte Eriksson, “Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.”   YouTube: https://youtu.be/bIILgY7qllk   Check Out These Highlights: I love this quote!  Sitting and thinking so we hear our own genius and drown out all the noise is critical to building a business that is worthwhile, profitable, and serves others in a big way!  So, we do have to rise above all the noise on the digital playing field.  Why is this so important and how the heck do we do this, well my amazing guest and I are going to dig in and discuss what a genius-driven business is and why it’s so important now more than ever.   About Jim Niswonger: Jim is the owner of Enlightened Profits, and he helps mission-driven coaches, consultants, and other experts sell more of their products and services by helping them zone in on a clear message so they can show up bigger and serve their clients better!   How t

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Anonymous, “A quiet mind is able to hear intuition over fear.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/thD89cPjFpE Check Out These Highlights:  As I am writing this introduction for today’s show, my mind is moving a million miles a minute.  It’s how I roll.  So, quieting my mind is often difficult for me.  Once I saw this quote, “a quiet mind is able to hear intuition over fear,” I knew I had found the right quote for today’s show. In this episode, my guest Larissa Popov and I are going to discuss why we undervalue ourselves and our intuitive gifts and how you can develop your intuition to support you in your business every single day! About Larissa Popov: Larissa is a Divine Business Mentor & Self-Mastery Coach. With a combined 35+ years of experience as a former Naturopathic Doctor, College Instructor, and Spiritual Teacher, she merges ancient yogic wisdom, insight, and intuition with a sharp, diagnostic mind by providing business guidance that's truly holistic: supportin

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Edward deBono, “Creativity involves breaking out of expected patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/qTwy7fvvug8 Check Out These Highlights:   As I reflect on my life and having a dad who was an engineer by trade, I was taught how to look at any situation, problem, or life event through a lens of logic. This is funny because I remember as a kid loving to draw and create pictures of landscapes with horses, colorful sunsets, a field of trees and flowers, and the list goes on.  I’m not sure what happened or why I stopped drawing and using my creative mind.   I think as my life became busier with academics, sports, working part-time jobs, family obligations, friends, and boyfriends, (you know you have this type of list too) life just got too busy and I stopped creating pictures on paper and canvas. Guess what?  Today is the perfect time to get excited about creativity and how it can transform your life.  Some tools may work i

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Chris Grosser, “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/9FBTxcT_L0s Check Out These Highlights:   I love this quote.  Perhaps because I love being in control and in control of creating my destiny.  Sounds great, doesn’t it?  I think most of us know that control is simply an illusion, to the point that I can only control myself and what and how I live my life.  Beyond that, I guess I have no control.  That doesn’t mean I don’t try to force things.  Maybe we all do that to some extent.  Instead of forcing things in your career journey, perhaps we implement some control factors that work.  About Valerie Martinelli:   Valeri and I are going to discuss taking control of your career using proven strategies and skills to secure the job you have dreamt about and feel you are finally ready for.   Valerie is the CEO of Valerie Martinelli Consulting and she and her team help mid and senior-level executives to land new roles, cultivate careers,

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Shep Hyken, “Show value, create an experience and always strive to exceed customers expectations.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/vCrEPG0Ybyo Check Out These Highlights:  Every week as I write the intros to this show, I reflect on my experiences both professionally and personally.  When I started my business over 20 years ago, I didn’t charge the fees that I enjoy today. Even though, when I started my business, I had almost 20 years of experience in sales.  Running a business, where I was teaching salespeople and business owners how to improve sales skills, and teaching how to build client relationships, was a whole new game for me. Today I’m able to use my personal and professional journey as a frame of reference.  Sometimes I see that fear holds my clients back from charging what they should be charging for their services because of their mindset and believing they are not capable of having high end clients.   About Dr. Michelle Peticolas:   Michelle is an internatio

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Henry Ford, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/mhp6HWAA3QY Check Out These Highlights:  Being in business for 20 years many things have changed and yet many things have stayed the same.  Recently I have been taught about my business’s soul language.  I know right…what does that mean? Most business owners, like myself, see their business and their personal self as the same thing.  Well surprise, they are not.  I was shocked to learn that my business has its own soul and its own strengths. Intrigued by this whole new perspective, I asked my guest to teach me about my business's soul language and to come on the show to share her gift and knowledge with you. About Jennifer Urezzio:  Jennifer is going to help you understand what you are energetically putting into your business and how to listen so you can receive more and be of service in a big way. Jennifer is the founder of Soul Language –

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Jimmy Dean, “I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/JPb560FAy34 Check Out These Highlights:  This is one of my favorite quotes.  When things are not going well in my life, I know I always have a choice in how I choose to respond. Here’s the ugly truth, we all face hardship and tragedy during our life. I believe that social media shows the highlights, and happy times in life not the tragedy that is so common for us all.  This can be isolating. We love to compare ourselves to others in our feed.  We view these posts and images thinking to ourselves, “They look so happy, their family seems so close, good things happen to them but not to me.”  The lists go on.  So how do we deal with hardship?  About Mark Aylward: I am looking forward to my conversation today with my friend and brilliant guest Mark Aylward.  Mark and I are going to discuss his 30+ years as a staffing expert and bu

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Kierra C.T. Banks, “Health is the new wealth!” YouTube: https://youtu.be/gFwuP8vCOs8 Check Out These Highlights: My parents are 91 and 92 and in relatively good health given their ages.  I believe that their good health is a result of them not taking any medications through the years.  My sister is a pharmacist and sees people with varying levels of health in all age groups.  She often tells my parents that not taking medication for every ailment they have had through the years is serving them well today. I think as a society we have been raised to believe that when we get sick and go to the doctor, the doctor will provide the medicine necessary to help us feel better.  Has this caused us to not be proactive in caring for our physical well-being?    Our health is our greatest asset, without it, we can't build our business, raise our family, earn an income, live our purpose, and yet I think many of us have taken it for granted.  Where do you fall within this topic?

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Marc Maron, “The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you—they could be just sitting there, chuckling and listening…there’s nothing like that.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/aIXwsbEx8Sc Check Out These Highlights: I have been podcasting for 9 years.  Yes, I am a dinosaur! Hosting my two shows has brought me so much joy because I get to meet so many amazing thought leaders and innovators around the world. The other thing I am grateful for with hosting my shows is that people trust me quickly because I have built that like, know, trust factor weekly by just being me!  What an amazing platform to connect and grow your community with like-minded people. About Tony Guarnaccia:  Tony has helped thousands of businesses survive crises and helped businesses navigate the uncertainties and emerge stronger on the other side. As a child, Tony experienced firsthand the devastating cri

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Wayne Dyer, “Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/pvjWuUWQlKI Check Out These Highlights: I’m always excited to discuss financial matters and how to accumulate more money to allow abundance to flow to us both financially as well as in building a thriving life.  I believe we need to have both aspects of abundance to truly live a fulfilled life filled with joy. An important piece of this financial puzzle comes from learning about the connection between self-worth and net-worth and how to leverage tools from psychology to help you cultivate an abundant life including mental wellbeing, connected relationships, work-life balance, and financial prosperity. About Joyce Marter:  Joyce Marter is a licensed psychotherapist, entrepreneur, national public speaker, and a mental health thought leader. She is the founder of Urban Balance (a national outpatient mental health company) and the author of The Financial Minds

Connie's motivational quote today is by – George Bernhard Shaw, "A life spent making mistakes is not only honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."  YouTube: https://youtu.be/bvAhfWY69ZM Check Out These Highlights:    I was recently asked why I work so hard and why on earth would I expand the business seeing as I just turned 60. I had to pause for a second and didn’t fully understand the question.  After hesitating I responded, “why wouldn’t I expand my business?  I still have a ton to offer businesses to help them grow revenue streams and love creating and helping businesses serve bigger by selling more and expanding their business.  Instead of slowing down, I feel I need to expand my business because the need for business owners to grow their business has grown exponentially since COVID and our new Global economy. I believe we have options in our life choices.  To live a default life from cradle too grave or to create a more fulfilled life, maybe even an exponential life. I choose exponent

Connie's motivational quote today is by - Katharine Paine, “The moment you make a mistake in pricing, you’re eating into your reputation or your profits."  YouTube: https://youtu.be/WijR3BZYL78 Check Out These Highlights:   When I started my business 20 years ago, I had no idea how to price my offers or write a proposal to spotlight the value the client would get from my services. It was scary.  The little voice in my head was very loud telling me I should discount my prices since I had just started my business.  I bet this sounds familiar to many business owners who just started their business or have been in business just a few years. The funny thing is, when I started my business, it wasn’t like I didn’t know what I was doing. On the contrary, I was an expert in sales for the previous 20 years.  So why did I feel like a fraud and afraid to charge my fees?  Fear of rejection, Imposter Syndrome, my negative record player getting the best of me.  It was really all of the above! So what did I do?  I sought hel

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Jim Rohn, “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”  YouTube: https://youtu.be/BEfx--EPhbQ Check Out These Highlights:  Recently I was asked if I was afraid or second-guessed myself when I opened my business 20 years ago.  I had never thought about fear as part of my decision-making process.  I think I felt that I would work hard, as I had always done, and would figure it out as I moved forward, so failure wasn’t an option.  Now looking back, I’m not sure it was a naïve perspective, or it was pure determination and confidence in myself. Don’t misunderstand, I took that leap of faith very seriously and had a business plan in place, money in the bank, and a clear vision of what I wanted to build.  I had 2 babies at home, a mortgage, and my income was needed for us to survive.  Things didn’t happen by accident.  Throughout my life, anytime I chose to create something new, I developed a plan that is fluid and can change and

Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Oprah Winfrey, “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q1QootlXC_Y Check Out These Highlights:  I network a lot and meet a ton of new people each week.  I feel like no matter the networking platform, there seems to be more and more conversations around mindset, skillset, and get off your asset.  I love the idea of using these three frames of reference.  First, I have done a bunch of internal work on myself, building a healthy mindset and yes it takes effort but so worth it.  Second, the skill set, I consider myself a lifelong learner, because I feel like if I don’t keep learning and growing myself and my skills, I will start to shrivel up and die…lol!  That was very dramatic!  The last one, “get off your asset,” is my favorite.  All the inner work, learning, and change we create in our life is nothing if we can’t put it into practice and use these changes to form the life we desire.  Applying all th

Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Chris Hogan, "If you are going to have a real dream, you will need a real plan."  YouTube: https://youtu.be/0dSIq8ddlYk Check Out These Highlights:  I grew up in a household where my parents said things like money doesn’t grow on trees, you must save for a rainy day, get a job with benefits and a 401(K), you must pay the piper, and the list goes on. I am not criticizing my parents.  On the contrary.  They both grew up in the aftermath of the 1929 crash.  Life-changing event.  So as an adult with retirement pressing down on me, what do I believe about money?  What am I teaching my kids?  These are super important questions to contemplate because what served my parents and what will serve me, and my kids are dramatically different. So where do we go for clear and correct information about money? About Anna Felix: Anna Felix is a California native and Smart Money Strategist. Her background is in education and linguistic intelligence. Her roles as wife, mother, inter

Connie's quote today is by - Seth Godin, “A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories, and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/F8IcTD91WUY Check Out These Highlights:  I feel privileged to have been able to host this show for the past 9 years and enjoy the various topics of change that my guests and I discuss.   I see change everywhere.  Sometimes I feel like I stand alone because I get energized, and dare I say excited when change finds me.  I certainly feel the fear at first, then something shifts, and I get pumped because I see the new opportunities and potential that may lie just around the next corner.  That never knowing that constant learning, that thrill when it all turns out successfully, and even when the failure creeps in, and it does, there is always a new lesson, a new triumph to celebrate. Interestingly enough, over the past 18 months, I have had some big changes happen. I needed