The Intentional Encourager Podcast

Part 2 of this 2-Part Episode telling my story.

The night we found out we were going to have our son.
Losing my best man and my Father-in-Law.
Getting fired for the first time.
The phone call from my Dad that opened up the opportunity of a lifetime.
Recalling the events of December 6, 2012.
Getting fired for the second time, facing emotions I'd never faced before and the miracle that happened exactly six months later.

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After 280 Episodes with other guests telling their stories, I tell my stories.

My parents overcoming obstacles in their childhoods before meeting and marrying as teenagers.
My birth and the miracle that happened in my little body.
My transient childhood and how I adjusted.
The conversation with my grandmother and losing my grandfather and two uncles in 2 consecutive years.
The blind date that changed my life and what happened the next night.
The question I got asked by my future Mother-in-Law.

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Part 2 of a 2-Part Episode with Filmmaker, YouTube Sensation and the Father of The Pooter, Jack Vale. In this episode, Brian talks with Jack about:

The conversations with his hero during the last 8 months of his hero's life.
The challenge of telling his hero's story the right way.
The divine order of the movie and the "Half Billy Graham, Half Godfather" story he intends to tell.
Thinking he'd be a singer and minister and his Mom's unwavering belief in him.
Having an Entrepreneurial spirit and always coming up with something.
Using YouTube as a glimpse into his life.

Find Jack's content by Googling "Jack Vale" and on Social Media @JackValeFilms or go to www.thepooter.com to get your own Pooter.

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Part 1 of a 2-Part Episode with Filmmaker, YouTube Sensation and the Father of The Pooter, Jack Vale. In this episode, Brian talks with Jack about:

The man who inspired him and bringing comedy wherever he went.
The support of his wife and the conversation they had.
The joke always being on him and God giving us the gift of laughter.
The moment where filming stopped and prayer began.
The walls of Social awkwardness.
Coming full circle with a Christian music legend and one of his heroes.

Find Jack's work by Googling "Jack Vale" or on his Social Media platforms @JackValeFilms.

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Part 2 of this 2-Part Episode with the Hosts of the Revitalize Kindness Podcast Yvette Walker and David Weaver. In this episode, Brian talks with Yvette and David about:

Bringing ourselves to a centered place of kindness.
The importance of character to kindness and the installation of values to previous generations.
Teaching kindness through Social Media and using Social Media correctly.
How leaders create false impact.
The 2 things in life you don't mess with.
What brings us to the Golden Rule

Connect with Yvette and David on Facebook and find the Revitalize Kindness Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of a 2-Part Episode with the Hosts of the Revitalize Kindness Podcast Yvette Walker and David Weaver. Yvette and David talk with Brian about:

The bitterness and meanness of people today, the dearth of joy and what caused it.
The importance of loving one another.
The power of platform.
Chasing the meaning of life.
Marrying Joy, Kindness and Encouragement.
The truth is hard, but important.

Connect with Yvette and David on Facebook and find the Revitalize Kindness Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 2 of this 2-Part Episode features Entrepreneurs, Leadership Coaches and Podcasters Robert and Noelle Peterson. In this episode, Brian talks with the Petersons about:

Both marrying and divorcing before finding each other.
The Christmas service that changed their lives.
Deciding to go into Full-time ministry and becoming missionaries to Columbia for 10 years.
The transition back to the United States.
Letting go of knowing and being more curious.
Learning to say "Yes" to priorities.

Connect with the Petersons at www.addvalue2life.com or www.addvaluemindset.com and on Social Media platforms @n2r2peterson. Check out the Add Value 2 Life Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part Episode features Entrepreneurs, Leadership Coaches and Podcasters Robert and Noelle Peterson. In this episode, Brian talks with the Petersons about:

Building their business in 2018 around Face-to-Face networking and the struggles that came at the start of the Covid pandemic.
Taking on the Virtual world the best way they could by building relationships and staying connected.
Learning to ask different questions.
The shift from the logical to the emotional.
Noelle's goal to be a Stay-At-Home Grandmother.
The most powerful tool a leader can use.

Connect with the Petersons at www.addvalue2life.com or www.addvaluemindset.com and on Social Media platforms @n2r2peterson

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Part 2 of a 2-Part Episode features the Author of "She Seems So Normal" and the Host of the "She Seems So Normal" Podcast, Leigh Mackenzie. In this episode, Brian and Leigh talk about:

Tending to be a Lone Wolf. * Dismissing the abuse that happened to her as a child. * Being fully aware of PTSD from her and her husband's Military service. * Crying through a massage. * Not having to people please any longer. * Figuring out who she is.

Connect with Leigh at www.leighmackenzie.com or on Facebook and Instagram @xoxoleighmackenzie. Find her book, "She Seems So Normal" on Amazon and Barnes and Noble and the "She Seems So Normal" Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part Episode is with the Author of "She Seems So Normal" and Host of the "She Seems So Normal" Podcast, Leigh Mackenzie. In this episode, Leigh and Brian talk about:

Moving back to Chicago and it not being the city she remembered.
Her mindset change after turning 50.
Serving others to encourage herself and being a support person for Leaders.
The one thing about her book that will surprise the readers.
What happens when people fall from pedestals.
What's really behind the filter.

Connect with Leigh on Instagram and Facebook @xoxoleighmackenzie; www.leighmackenzie.com and find "She Seems So Normal" at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

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Part 2 of our 2-Part conversation with the Co-Host of the Creatively Christian Podcast and Songwriter/Singer Andrea Sandefur. In this episode, Brian talks with Andrea about:

Her Grandfather-in-Law trusting her to put one of his poems to music.
The lesson she learned from her Piano teacher.
Being publicly rejected for a staff position in a church and its impact on her.
Losing a dear friend suddenly, its impact on her and her public struggles.
Wrestling with God on several issues.
The biggest gift of life.

Connect with Andrea at www.andreasandefurmusic.com or on Facebook and Instagram @andreasandefurmusic. Find the Creatively Christian Podcast at www.theophanymedia.com/podcast

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Part 1 of a 2-Part episode with the Co-Host of the Creatively Christian podcast and Songwriter/Singer Andrea Sandefur. In this episode, Brian talks with Andrea about:

Learning from all her guests and finding common ground.
Creation versus Inspiration in Songwriting.
What makes a unique song.
Her process in writing and a good posture of writing.
Ideas that come from everywhere.
Who she rides along with in her writing.

Connect with Andrea at www.andreasandefurmusic.com; Facebook and Instagram @andreasandefurmusic. Find the Creatively Christian podcast at www.theophanymedia.com/podcast

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode with the Host of the "On My Mind with Remy Keene" Podcast, Jeremy Keene. In this episode, Brian talks with Jeremy about:

*His parents divorcing at 12 and his misunderstanding of their divorce.
Fighting depression as a teenager but finding a church through a Bus route.
Craving a change in his life.
His Dad's 7 failed marriages leading to his fear of commitment and the decision he made about divorce.
Attempting to see the value you possess before anyone tells you what they see.
Always hunt the good.

Connect with Jeremy on Facebook and Twitter @onmymindpods or at www.onmymindpods.com and find the "On My Mind Podcast" wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part Episode with the Host of the "On My Mind Podcast with Remy Keene," Jeremy Keene. In this episode, Brian talks with Jeremy about: * Checking your motives and drives. * The instability of his job causing a near mental breakdown. * The impact of his podcast on himself. * Finding things that spark your joy. * Why his podcast title isn't what his podcast is about. * Intentions versus approach and the 1% better mentality.

Find the On My Mind Podcast wherever you get podcasts on at www.onmymindpods.com

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode features the Host of the Vigilance For The End Times Podcast Mark Judy. In this episode, Brian talks with Mark about:

How a North Carolina boy ended up in Canada.
Sending an email to someone he didn't know and knowing after a week of correspondence something was happening.
His wife's difficult decision to choose her Christian faith over her family and its faith.
The birth of their child triggering a lifelong condition.
Working full time, taking care of his wife and ultimately, her sleeping in a hospital bed as not to choke to death.
The dream that changed him.

Connect with Mark on Facebook and find the Vigilance For The End Times wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part episode features the Host of the Vigilance For The End Times Podcast Mark Judy. In this episode, Brian talks with Mark about:

What he's learned about vigilance and how he used that mantra with his daughter.
The Wake-up call to humanity.
The dangers of "Escape Mode."
The recurring theme of his podcast and the guest that blew him away.
The struggle form getting from A to B.
Knowing where to go to quench Spiritual thirst.

Connect with Mark on Facebook and find the Vigilance For The End Times Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 2 of a powerful 2-Part episode with Healthcare Leader and Entrepreneur Tom Willoughby. In this episode, Tom talks with Brian about:

How the most typical day turned upside down.
Overcoming a bad Genetic history.
Having 100% blockage in the "Widowmaker" artery of his heart and a 12% chance of surviving his Heart attack.
What happened to him while he was unconscious.
The other people fighting for his life.
Trying to wear out a Cardiac Rehab machine.

Connect with Tom on Facebook or at www.340b-max.com

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Part 1 of a 2-Part episode features a powerful conversation with Healthcare Leader and Entrepreneur Tom Willoughby. Brian talks with Tom about:

The football coach that changed his life.
Not thinking any dream is too big.
One of the biggest lesson he tried to teach his kids.
What running a company is not like.
The single best piece of Business advice he ever got.
It's okay to walk away from the wrong opportunity.

Connect with Tom at www.340b-max.com or Facebook @Tom Willoughby

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode is with Podcaster and Entrepreneur Tony Swisher. In this episode, Brian talks with Tony about:

Being molested by his cousin as a boy and working through the journey to healing.
Feeling the stirring to Ministry as a teenager.
His wife's Spirit Baptism rocking his world and opening a deeper curiosity of the Scriptures.
The Missions trip to Jamaica that shaped his relationship with God.
Finally seeing how God saw him.
The equality God sees in people.

Connect with Tony on Facebook. Find the Gospel Effect Podcast on Anchor and on YouTube @TheChurchKeeler

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Part 1 of this 2-Part episode features Podcaster and Entrepreneur Tony Swisher. In this episode, Tony talks with Brian about:

The effect podcasting has had on him and the surprising thing about his podcast.
Leaving his job to start his business.
The Biblical story that provided him with the Intentional Encouragement to become an entrepreneur.
What happens when we find freedom.
Conquering the battle of the mind.
Not being afraid to step out of the boat, even in the midst of a storm.

Connect with Tony on Facebook or at shineeventsservices.weebly.com

Find The Gospel Effect Podcast on Anchor

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode with Stay-at-Home Dad and Host of the "My Dad, I'm Dad" Podcast Doug Dorda. On this episode, Brian talks with Doug about:

The "Wally Wisdom" that ends each podcast.
Doing something purposefully.
The experience his family shared several months after his Dad's passing.
The Every-Man perspective of his Dad.
His immense respect for his Mom.
What he hopes his daughter got from his Dad.

Connect with Doug on Facebook and Instagram @mdidpodcast.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part Episode with Stay-at-Home Dad and Host of the "My Dad, I'm Dad" Podcast Doug Dorda. In this episode, Doug talks with Brian about:

Getting his voice from his father and the gifts his Dad gave him.
Wanting the world to know his Dad.
The appreciation of small tasks.
The question he'd love to ask his Dad.
How much of himself his Dad gave his family.
The one listener he never expected to get.

Connect with Doug on Facebook and Instagram @mdidpodcast.

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Part 2 of the 2-Part Episode with Sock Queen and Entrepreneur Lisa Riggs. Lisa and Brian talk about:

One of the best things anyone said to her.
Being a Type-A perfectionist.
Knowing her sense of purpose in her community.
Her boss' comments after having her first child.
Having her Epiphany moment in a meeting.
How she got into the Sock business.

Connect with Lisa on Linkedin @Lisa Riggs or www.spiritsoxusa.com

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Part 1 of a 2-Part episode with Sock Queen and Entrepreneur Lisa Riggs. Lisa and Brian talk about:

Running her company by trial and error.
Being proactive over reactive in her business.
Traditional Promotional items are not "One Size Fits All."
The art of Subtle Branding.
The easiest thing for her about being an entrepreneur.
Her best Sock story.

Connect with Lisa on Linkedin @LisaRiggs or www.spiritsoxusa.com

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Part 2 with Trainer and Fitness Coach Moe Ghias. Moe and Brian talk about the Encouragement of Fat loss including:

How shrinking fat cells really work and the Savings account of our bodies.
The biggest misconception of Intermittent fasting.
The vital importance of protein and why we forgot about it.
Even bad foods have some good things.
The movement of our ancestors.
Not taking health and fitness for granted.

Connect with Moe on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook @MoeGhias.

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Part 1 of a 2-Part Episode with Trainer and Fitness Coach Moe Ghias. Moe joins this episode and talks with Brian about:

The habits of the season.
The only way to keep our bodies strong.
Meditation versus movement.
Everyone thinking they're an expert on health and wellness.
Re-wiring our Dopamine-driven brains.
Going slow to go fast.

Connect with Moe on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook @MoeGhias

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode with Sales Trainer, Author and Podcaster Catherine Brown features these topics of conversation:

Growing up with hard-working parents.
Studying to be a Professional musician and thinking she had to perform to earn praise.
Taking her Self-Management talent to a new career pursuit.
The scariest conversation she ever had.
What are the seeds of greatness in you that we can grow together?
What could I do if I could do anything?

Connect with Catherine on Linkedin or at www.howgoodhumanssell.com; Check out The Extra Bold Sales Podcast wherever you get podcasts and get her book, "How Good Humans Sell" on Amazon: www.amazon.com/How-Good-Humans-Sell-Success

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Part 1 of this 2-Part episode with Sales Trainer, Author and Podcaster Catherine Brown features these topics of conversation:

How we define Sales and don't realize it.
Persuasion to the point of manipulation.
Selling against our Personal values.
Adding value in the lives of others.
The Intentional Encouragement she has for Salespeople.
Being an Evangelist for helping people.

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Part 2 with Magician's Assistant (not like you think) and Entrepreneur Amanda Duseberg. In this episode, Amanda talks with Brian about:

Her parents using theater to help with Public speaking.
Being able to relate to the characters she played.
Why be well-rounded when you could be sharp?
Using her Teacher training to help her son during the pandemic.
Finding diverse ways to be involved in things.
Everything passes, both good and bad.

Connect with Amanda on Linkedin @Amanda B. Duseberg and Facebook.

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Magician's Assistant and Entrepreneur Amanda Duseberg joins The Intentional Encourager Podcast for a 2-Part episode. In Part 1, Amanda and Brian talk about:

Transitioning from teaching to managing her husband's business.
Her husband, who's a Magician, needing to be connected with his audience virtually.
The "Look at Me" Syndrome and its ineffectiveness in connection.
Authenticity first.
Why her and her husband don't do "huge tricks" in his shows.
Staying connected to the audience.

Connect with Amanda on Linkedin @amandabduseberg and Facebook

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Part 2 of a 2-Part Episode with Evangelist, Former Pastor and Encourager Rev. Mark Foster, who joins Brian and talks about:

Always having encouragement around him and enjoying encouraging others.
Wanting to be a Horse Rancher and Veterinarian because of his love for horses and cattle.
Feeling the call of God on his life at 15 and meeting his wife at 18.
After becoming a Pastor, the Ecumenical spirit he helped build in West Monroe, LA.
The two things Pastors on which Pastors can agree.
The Lord has never or will never let us down and is never changing.

Connect with Mark on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @wmarkfoster

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Part 1 with Evangelist, former Pastor and Encourager Rev. Mark Foster who joins Brian on this 2-part episode and talks about:

Staying faith-filled and positive.
Growth over gratification.
Deep insights being the result of deep valleys.
What most people don't understand about Pastors.
Everyone needing an Encourager.
Not being an accident and the Lord calling people for a purpose.

Connect with Mark on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @wmarkfoster

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Part 2 with the Host of the Johnny Tacos Show Johnny Engle. Johnny talks with Brian about:

Suffering through his Mom's turmoil.
It's never too late to forgive.
The light part of his Mom's darkness.
People remembering negativity over positivity.
Never giving up on your dreams.

Connect with Johnny on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok at The Johnny Tacos Show and the johnnytacosshow@gmail.com

Catch the Johnny Tacos Show wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of a 2-Part Episode with the Host of The Johnny Tacos Show Johnny Engle. In this episode, Johnny talks with Brian about:

Using his voice to glorify God.
Thinking he was destined to be a monk.
Dealing with controversial topics in a loving way.
How he's intentionally encouraging his kids.
The next place the Johnny Tacos show will go.
The greatest lesson he learned from his Mom.

Find the Johnny Tacos Show wherever you get podcasts.

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Author, Speaker and Coach Charles Schultz joins Part 2 of this 2-part episode and talks with Brian about:

Where his quest for greatness really began.
The common denominator of greatness.
Passion vs. Reality.
Playing three years of College Baseball, getting benched his Senior year and how that affected him.
The book that woke him up.
Asking people what they need.

Connect with Charles on Twitter @Coach_Schultz or www.theedgeofgreatnessproject.com

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Author, Speaker and Coach Charles Schultz joins Part 1 of this 2-Part episode and talks with Brian about:

The expectation of excellence.
The problem of wanting to be "The Star."
The toughness issues of life.
The accountability of greatness.
Holding the standard higher.
Leaders being willing to take ownership rather than control.

Connect with Charles on Twitter @Coach_Schultz and at www.theedgeofgreatnessproject.com

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The 2021 Cincinnati Bengals representative for the NFL Fan of the Year Bengal Jim Foster joins this episode on The Encouragement of Winning and talks about:

Nothing like winning to bring the city of Cincinnati together.
The Joe Burrow effect.
The national and international recognition of the Bengals.
The best person he's met in the Bengals organization.
His legacy impact with his 4 boys.
The one thing about Head Coach Zac Taylor he didn't realize.
Taking things from other people.

Connect with Jim on Twitter @bengaljims_BTR and follow Bengal Jim's "Before the Roar" Tailgate Experience on Facebook.

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Part 2 of this 2-Part episode with the Host of the All Things Gratitude Podcast Nick Dorsey. In this episode, Nick and Brian talk about:

Conversations outside the sphere of influence.
The responsibility of podcasting.
Growing up a "typical jock" and having too much fun in College.
The "Come to Jesus" moment that changed his life.
Seeing a Keynote speaker in Las Vegas that impacted him.
Wanting people to exceed him.

Connect with Nick on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/nick-dorsey

Find the All Things Gratitude Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 1 of this 2-Part episode features the Host of the All Things Gratitude Podcast Nick Dorsey. Nick joins Brian and talks about:

The various things that can be covered in a podcast.
Not dictating where the conversation goes.
The moments on his show that have blown him away.
The challenge of podcasting in the future.
Getting comfortable in front of the mic.
Learning to talk to your audience.

Connect with Nick on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/nick-dorsey

Find the All Things Gratitude Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Keynote Speaker and Singer Rachel Druckenmiller joins this 2-Part episode for Part 2 of her conversation. In this episode, Rachel and Brian talk about:

Her PTSD from an accident with a car in May 2020.
Growing up in an unusual environment with both parents being Entrepreneurs.
Burning out 5 years ago and having a huge wake-up call.
Letting people help and support her.
Having needs doesn't make us needy.
We can't heal what we don't feel.

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/RachelBDruckenmiller or @Unmutedlife on Instagram or www.unmutedlife.com

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Keynote Speaker and Singer Rachel Druckenmiller joins this 2-Part episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast and talks with Brian about:

The identity of community.
The influence of influencers on her Dad.
The misunderstanding of Leadership around Intentional Encouragement.
The little things that make people feel they matter.
Showing up with Selected Vulnerability.
Being willing to go on the journey of growth.

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbdruckenmiller; Instagram @Unmutedlife or www.unmutedlife.com

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Minister Michael Merkel joins this powerful episode and in Part 2 of our conversation, talks about the journey he faced following his accident, in which he was given a less than 1% chance to live. Michael talks about:

Being unconscious for 1 month after the accident and developing pneumonia and COVID during that time.
The night he woke up and praying after coming to himself.
The word that was spoken over him.
What gave him comfort during a 3-month stretch in Rehab.
The doctor that prayed for him and the healing God did in his leg.

Connect with Michael on Twitter @McGreatest1

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Minister Michael Merkel joins this powerful episode and talks about:

Being in a waiting room the last couple of years.
Having COVID three times and being told by a Healthcare professional they couldn't help him the last time.
Piecing together things from his accident in September 2021.
The phone call that changed the direction the day of his accident.
Coding on the airlift on the way to a Trauma Center in Baltimore MD.
Having less than a 1% chance of living after coding twice more.
Expecting to be brain-dead after being put on Life support.

Connect with Michael on Twitter @McGreatest1

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Part 2 of this conversation with Top 50 Most Impactful People of Linkedin and The Chick With the Toolbelt Nancy Barrows, who tells her story in this episode around:

The magic of telling your story and creating a Brave space.
Being sexually abused by her grandfather from childhood to 16.
Her grandfather taking bigger risks with her.
Her parents questioning everything they'd ever done in her life and coming together with them on a new level.
The anorexia and depression that spawned from the abuse. The most surprising thing to her journey.
Truly liking herself and having gratitude from it.

Connect with Nancy on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/nancybarrows or on Twitter @NancyDebra2

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Top 50 Most Influential People on Linkedin and The Chick With the Toolbelt Nancy Debra Barrows joins Part 1 of this 2-Part episode and talks about:

Recognizing the value of people.
The power of being relatable.
The surprising tool in our toolbelts and the most powerful tool in our toolbelts.
What keeps people from voicing their vibe.
The five things you love.
What Radiant Real really is.

Connect with Nancy on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com/in/nancybarrows

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Author, Publisher, Visionary and Host of the INForum Podcast Ryan O'Neal joins this episode and talks about:

How he came to be a visionary.
The Muhammed Ali quote that changed him.
The "ME" Atmosphere and how it detracts.
Being exposed to Adult conversations early in life.
Believing God could use him to make people smile.
What causes people to shirk responsibility.
Paying attention to tomorrow.

Connect with Ryan on Facebook and at www.mediagroupsouth.com and get the INForum Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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The Host of the Chit and Chat Podcast Jody Shuffield joins this episode and talks about:

The negativity that led to him pursuing encouragement.
Everyone having a story of encouragement.
The story that impacted him most.
The work involved in podcasting.
Encouragement being contagious.
Not being afraid to step out of your box.

Connect with Jody on Facebook and find the Chit and Chat Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Part 2 of a special 2-part episode on The Wisdom of Encouragement with Entrepreneur, Business Coach and Wisdom Seeker Kevin Ward. Kevin talks about:

The importance of experience in wisdom.
Having so much to learn.
The impossibility of being totally disconnected.
The JOMO Concept.
The challenge of OSTD.
Wisdom from God's point of view.

Connect with Kevin on Linkedin or www.wkwconsulting.com

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Part 1 of a special 2-part episode on The Wisdom of Encouragement with Entrepreneur, Business Coach and Wisdom Seeker Kevin Ward. Kevin talks about:

What isn't wisdom.
The correlation of wisdom and gold.
Taking the leap in wisdom in seeing a different perspective.
Common sense isn't common anymore.
The Wisdom Sequence.
His definition of Wisdom.

Connect with Kevin on Linkedin and at www.wkwconsulting.com

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Entrepreneur, Marine Corps Veteran and Former West Virginia House of Delegates Member Jim Butler joins this episode and among other things, talks about:

Learning business from his Paternal grandmother.
Growing up with alcoholic parents who served time in jail and desiring a different life for himself.
His first day at Marine Boot Camp and the regret of not serving longer.
Crediting former President Barack Obama for his Political career.
Believing he could do everything by himself.
Politics bringing him to a relationship with the Lord.

Connect with Jim on Facebook and his Political page on Facebook, Jim Butler for 18th District House of Delegates.

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Part 1 of this conversation with Entrepreneur, Marine Corps Veteran and former West Virginia House of Delegates Member Jim Butler focuses on:

The sense of entitlement that causes service to slip.
Talking down to people and the fallacy of doing it.
The overpromises of Politics.
Expecting his kids to explain their position when they disagree politically.
The importance of correct education.
The power of getting involved.

Connect with Jim on Facebook and his Political page on Facebook, Jim Butler for 18th District House of Delegates.

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Part 2 with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck dives into her incredible story and among other things, Rachel talks about:

Being adopted by a US family after her birth mother died shortly after her birth and the identity issues of adoptees.
Suffering 2 miscarriages of her own.
Going through PTSD after a traumatic event.
Hating her birthday.
Not putting your future in someone else's hands.
Our dreams belonging to us.
The power of one kind action.

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin or www.vlakshmiauthor.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/DpbRcbqzSPc

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Part 1 of this conversation with Author, Speaker and Influencer Rachel Beck goes deep and among other things, Rachel talks about:

The responsibility of being an influencer.
The art of Content Creation.
The rising toll of Mental health.
The 3 biggest mistakes of Social Media and the 3 things she'd change about it.
Knowing the failures of life and others and learning from them.
What message are you transmitting to the world?

Connect with Rachel on Linkedin or www.vlakshmiauthor.com

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Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood returns to The Intentional Encourager Podcast for a 2-part conversation. In Part 2, Brad talks about:

The first dream he had at 8 years old and who enabled that dream.
Reverse Engineering your dream.
The only thing you'll have that lasts forever.
The man who preached his own funeral.
The true cost of dreams.
Will the dream be worth it?
The best way to live your life.

Connect with Brad on Facebook and Twitter @DreamITPro and www.dreamitpro.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/9L5YShmYKaA

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Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Bucket List Life Coach Brad Norwood returns to The Intentional Encourager Podcast for a 2-part conversation. In Part 1, Brad talks about:

The requirement of action.
The Head trash of the Bucket List.
What FEAR really means and the real distraction of the Bucket List.
Eliminating the Cant's of a Bucket List.
The 3 things needed for a great Bucket list.
ICE in your bucket.
Are you complaining or bragging?

Connect with Brad on Facebook and Linkedin @DreamITPro or www.dreamitpro.com

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Part 2 with Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody, who joins this episode and, among other things, talks about:

Never living in desperation before.
The year her husband begin having debilitating pain leading to five surgeries in five years.
Her husband falling into depression, losing himself and becoming hopeless.
Breaking the news to her adult children of her husband's suicide.
The complicating grief of a suicide survivor.
Hope on the other side of tragedy.

Connect with Tricia on Facebook and Instagram @TriciaZody and www.triciazody.com

Listen to the Another Beautiful Life Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Podcaster, Life Coach for Women and Speaker Tricia Zody joins this Two-Part episode and in Part 1, talks about this and other things including:

You don't know until you know.
One of the 5 Givens of Life.
Losing both parents and her Mother-in-Law in a 12-month period.
Being prepared for her husband's death.
Feeling others loss as it's her own.
Not realizing what her idols really were.
How to really define life.

Connect with Tricia on Facebook and Instagram @TriciaZody or at www.triciazody.com

Check out her Another Beautiful Life Podcast where you get podcasts.

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The Founder of Smile Project Louisville Michael Ray joins this 2-Part Episode and in Part 2, among many things, talks about:

Not knowing he'd have a Down Syndrome child and the impact Maddie Moo has on her brother and sisters.
September 16, 2006, the day he will never forget.
How losing a child ruined his marriage and his career falling apart.
Finding joy in the simple things.
Understanding God's plan for his life through Maddie Moo.
What he feels Maddie's biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement might be.
The simplicity of Maddie's life.

Connect with Michael on Linkedin or Smile Project on Facebook or go to www.smileprojectlouisville.com to donate.

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The Founder of Smile Project Louisville Michael Ray joins this 2-Part Episode and in Part 1, among many things, talks about:

Knowing what Unconditional love looks like.
Loving strangers through difficult circumstances.
What makes people amazing.
Choosing to smile when things are hard.
The giant "Pay it Forward" movement.
What Intentional Encouragement means to The Smile Project.

Connect with Michael on Linkedin or Smile Project on Facebook or go to www.smileprojectlouisville.com to donate.

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Live Stream and Virtual Event Producer, Podcaster and Cancer Survivor Tim Sohn joins this episode and among many things, talk about:

The challenges and rewards of business.
Living with Leukemia for 15 years and finally beginning to share his story.
The two "C words" people don't like to talk about.
Thinking about legacy.
The story that impacted him most.
Continuing to encourage others.

Connect with Tim on Linkedin or tim@sohnsocialmediasolutions.com

Check out his show www.risewithlive.com/impact

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Author, Coach and Podcaster Tim Winders joins this episode and among many things, talks about:

The Lord speaking to them to travel and living in homes they didn't build and pay for.
The word that's been overused.
The idol of comfort.
The divine moment of writing his book.
Opting for the "safe route" of Corporate life out of college.
The 2 ways people go through significant change.
Being homeless and broke after the 2008 Real Estate collapse.

Connect with Tim at www.timwinders.com or connect@timwinders.com. Find Tim's book "Coach" on Amazon releasing May 17 and find Tim's "Seek, Go, Create" Podcast.

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/3Xf7l7bO5qI

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Emmy-Nominated TV, Live and Virtual Event Director, Author and Coach Bill Dolan joins this episode and among other things, talks about:

The gift we give the audience through the screen.
The difference between destiny and distraction.
Walking away when business isn't right.
The most hideous transaction we face each day.
Hearing the echoes of our inadequacies.
Not letting go of your destiny.

Connect with Bill at www.spiritmedia.com or at www.7drm.com and on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/billdolan/

Get Bill's book, "The 7 Disciplines of Relationship Marketing" https://www.amazon.com/7DRM-Disciplines-Relationship-Marketing-Transform

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Motivational Speaker, Entrepreneur and Overcomer Westley Morris joins this episode and among other things, talks about:

The power of Financial stewardship.
Taking turns saving each other's lives.
The change of perspective.
The event that changed his life at age 12 and carrying shame for 20 years.
Being a homeless heroin addict.
Your why has to be greater than your how.

Connect with Westley at www.westleymorris.com; on Facebook and Instagram @WestleyMorris and at westleymorrisspeaks@yahoo.com

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Speaker, Coach and Co-Author of The Locker Room Stephen Mackey joins this episode and among other things, talks about:

The power of being an Overbeliever.
January 12, 2017 and the conversation that changed his life.
Getting Excellence reps.
The 3 things a parent needs to say to their child after a sporting event.
The 4 roles parents play with their kids.
The miracle of a Locker room.

Connect with Stephen on Twitter @MackeySpeaks or www.mackeyspeaks.com and www.thelockerroombook.com

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Speaker, Coach and Contributing Author Colby Richards joins this episode and among many things, talks about:

The reinforcement of no guarantees.
The last thing he tells his kids every morning.
What Intentional Encouragement does in people.
The one leader in history he'd like to sit down with.
Discovering a genetic Heart condition in his 40's and the same condition manifesting in his 1-year old son.
Not worrying about the end game, but about today.

Connect with Colby on Instagram @ColbyGRichards and Facebook @ColbyRichards.

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Author and Retired Pastor Robin Jennings joins this episode. In this episode, Robin talks about:

The correlation of the Civil Rights Movement and today and pastoring in Memphis TN after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What he'd share with his younger self one bite at a time.
The great need in his life for mentors.
Recognizing the love of people in the midst of hard times.
What can we learn in trying situations?
The word that should precede encouragement.

Connect with Robin at www.robintjennings.com and get his FREE 40-Guided Reflections journal on Vision and Renewal.

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Episode 216 with Educator and the Author of No Teacher Left Burned Out John Maynard joins this episode and talks about these topics and others such as:

Growing up in a diverse neighborhood.
How basketball changed his life and the larger than life coach he had in High School.
What made him become a teacher and how God chose his profession.
The book he wrote that wasn't meant to become a book.
Feeling burned out himself as an educator and remembering it's about the kids.
What the greatest teachers have.

Connect with John on Facebook @John L. Maynard and email: johnlarkinmaynard@gmail.com

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Part 2 of this Special episode with Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur and Sales Coach Ben Gay III. Among other things, Ben talks about:

Always checking your references.
Where the term "Comfort Zone" came from.
Suffering from the Imposter Syndrome.
The problem Dr. Napoleon Hill discovered in his life.
Stumbling on the Sales equivalent of the "Dead Seas Scrolls."
The Magic Close.

Connect with Ben at www.bfg3.com or bfg3@directcon.net

Get your copy of The Closers Series at www.stores.ebay.com/ronzonebooks

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Author, Speaker and Sales Coach Ben Gay III joins this Special 2-part episode to talk about his life and career. Included in this conversation is:

The year that changed his life.
Seeing a famous person die before his eyes and having to speak to the audience who witnessed it.
Working with men like Dr. Napoleon Hill and Zig Ziglar and their impact on him.
The one thing he'd wished he'd learned sooner.
Having a high Comfort Zone.

Connect with Ben at www.bfg3.com and bfg3@directcon.net and order his The Closers series at www.stores.ebay.com/ronzonebooks

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The Founder of Battle Cry Moms Debbie McNinch joins this episode and talks about:

Overcoming pride and giving stability in an unstable world.
The Battle plan of Parenting and knowing who you are first.
Growing up with out a father and having a Mom full of joy.
Thinking she'd have the "perfect family" and the call from their oldest son that changed that thinking.
The transformation that happened in her life.
Having purpose in pain and the message of joy and hope.

Connect with Debbie at www.debbiemcninch.com or www.battlecrymoms.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/Oe7CSZfTv7o

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Author, Speaker and Messaging Coach Keith Ferrin joins this episode and talks about:

The value of nuanced conversations; The four key steps of messaging; Social Media being a billboard, not a diary; The cost of Common ground; Defining the true meaning of "speaking truth in love and Not yelling your truth.

Connect with Keith on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @KeithFerrin or at www.keithferrin.com and www.simplycommunicate.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/3GtAN261S1g

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Sales and Business Coaches Marcus Chan and Jason Cutter joins this special episode and talk about:

The power of adjustment.
Avoiding the Comparison mindset.
The collaborative process of Sales.
The power of Inclusive language and AND's.
Choosing sharks over people.
Being the guide over being the hero.
Writing down the one win of each day and the one thing to improve.

Connect with Marcus on Linkedin and at www.sixfiguresalesacademy.com and Jason on Linkedin and at www.jasoncutter.com

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Author, Speaker, Dancer and Podcaster Laura Padgett joins this episode and talks about:

Learning how to pivot from her Dad.
Getting Intentional Encouragement from another podcaster.
The ongoing journey of patience.
Losing our sense of community.
Understanding that we may never understand.
Her father suffering from PSTD after returning from the war.
A seminal moment at age 12 while sitting on a fence.
Carrying emotional scars through her early adult years.
You are not what you came from.

Connect with Laura at www.lauralpadgett.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/wBz7De2rnVI

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Podcaster and Online Guy Wes Wyatt joins this episode and talks about:

What makes a great communicator.
Shovel, Blower or Plow?
Planning for Mundane Moments.
Being Psychologically unemployable all his life.
Having a problem with not dreaming.
The Jerry Seinfeld Lesson.
Coming back from a trip with his daughter and getting fired.
Losing his Mom a few months ago and the impact it had on him.
Die empty.
The Benjamin Franklin quote that motivates him.
Staying in the same place is not the same place.

Connect with Wes on Twitter and Instagram @weswyatt.

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Culture and Creativity Expert Anne Jacoby joins this episode and talks about:

The power of Creative Constraint.
Valuing perspectives.
Shifting our mindset to find creativity.
Negating the good stuff in the Creative process.
Creating an environment of learning.
Overcoming a crippling hip disease in her childhood to become a dancer, actor and singer.
How 9/11/2001 changed her destiny.
Having strong encouragers in her life.
This being the time to activate your creativity.

Connect with Anne on Linkedin; Instagram @annejacoby.author; www.annejacoby.com or www.springstreetco.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/MsgEVKhuFzE

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The Author of Planting Your Purpose and Podcaster Alec Kassan joins this episode and talks about:

The burden of creating content.
The biggest question of Content Creators.
The mistake of the ask.
Being reliant on things that weren't permanent.
Living in a broken world.
Working one-on-one with people.
The Jersey Shore Principle.
The moment he decided to break free from a Marijuana addiction.
Going to Addiction meetings that took him out of his comfort zone.
Failure being part of the journey.
Difficult things don't meant you're doing the wrong things.

Connect with Alec at www.plantingyourpurpose.com

Get Planting Your Purpose at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Planting-Your-Purpose-Discovering-Calling

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Mental Performance and Executive Coach and Author Brian Levenson and talks about:

Creating new behaviors.
The importance of working for yourself.
The power and focus of agility.
What gives me energy?
The science of happiness.
What causes diminished decision making.
The essence of defining personal values.
His Dad being a dreamer and instilling it in him.
The lunch that changed his life.
Learning in the reflection of adversity.
Staying curious a little longer.

Connect with Brian on Linkedin and Twitter @BrianLevenson and at www.strongskills.co

Get a copy of Brian's book, Shift Your Mind on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Shift-Your-Mind-Preparation-Performance

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/67EOhJkWfTc

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Transformational Coach and Best-Selling Author Dr. Mrinalini Garv joins this episode and talks about:

The affect her upbringing had on her and finding her voice.
Being exhausted and finding out she had an Auto-immune disease.
Having an epiphany to help women just like herself.
The cost of not speaking up.
Being disadvantaged and discriminated.
What leaders can do to lift discouraged people.
Refusing to die after finding her illness.
Realizing she was a fighter.
Allowing guidance to come into her life.

Connect with Dr. Garv on Linkedin; @unshackledwoman on Instagram; drm@drmgarv.com or www.careerwoman.com

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Entrepreneur and Business Coach Zach Altmyer joins this episode and talks about:

Focusing on what you can control.
Making the most of your environment.
Challenging himself with work.
Staying consistent in trying things.
The power of something sticking.
Finding dusty things.
Loving to see people win.
Keeping the wheels of the economy moving.
The reminder to himself.
Having a lifelong Bucket List.
Wanting to do Extreme sports.
If today was your last day, would you be okay with that?
Being around the right people.
The appreciation of appreciating.

Connect with Zach on Twitter @ZachAltmyer.

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The Outbound Sales Guy Martin MacArthur joins this episode and talks about:

Taking stock of conversations and relationships.
Changing a mindset in business.
Transitioning from an External to an Internal environment and from buying to consuming.
Becoming a Thought Leader and Content Creator.
Competition is good.
The best opportunities existing now for Entrepreneurs.
The power of the right messaging.
The things that have come from being The Outbound Sales Guy.
Being diagnosed with an Eye disease at age 7 and becoming totally blind by the time he was a teenager.
Always being a laborer with his Dad's help.
His family never treating him differently.
Failure by fire.
How The Outbound Sales Guy came to be.
The tools he was instilled as a child to keep himself encouraged.
The high standards he has for himself.

Connect with Martin at on Linkedin/The Outbound Sales Guy or at www.theoutboundsalesguy.com

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Author, Speaker and Coach Lauren Roskilly joins this episode and talks about:

Being mindful of each other.
The boundary of our responsibilities.
The struggles of overthinking.
God's prompting to write her latest book.
Less Jonah, More Job.
Going from grief to depression.
Turning your mindset around.
What is your mind full of?
Crying out to God for help.
Giving God all the areas of life.
Having fainting issues starting at 14 but actually getting a diagnosis in 2018.
Feeling the "Here We Go Again" feeling when having a fainting episode.
Concussing herself after each fainting episode.
Overcoming the mental part of her condition before physical healing came and the healing process the Lord took her through.
Learning how to deal with your circumstances as they are.

Connect with Lauren on her Mindful of Christ Facebook page and YouTube Channel and www.mindfulofchrist.net

Find Lauren's books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=lauren+roskilly

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/U76_idJ2BKM

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Director of Foster Care at Chestnut Mountain Ranch, in Morgantown, West Virginia, Greg Clutter joins this episode and talks about:

Homeschooling his twin sons and the opportunities they created.
Keeping his boys encouraged in different ways.
The toll of the opportunities they pursued for his boys was taking on him.
The encouragement of his sons' High School basketball coach.
The simple conversation he had with his sons from the time they were young.
What would happen to kids they serve without Chestnut Mountain Ranch.
Pointing boys to the true source of hope.
The startling statistics of their program and the shift in families in West Virginia.
The instability of Foster Care.
Being on the original board of Chestnut Mountain Ranch and coming full circle.
Having emergency surgery and stopping to re-think things in his life.
Losing a family friend suddenly.
Who are you and what are you doing here?
Looking at yourself and knowing your purpose.

To find out more about Chestnut Mountain Ranch, go to www.cmrwv.org

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Author and Counselor Evelyn Leite joins this episode and talks about:

Having a stroke caused by COVID and living with Brain fog and confusion.
Learning to compartmentalize.
Having a Photographic memory.
Sending her first manuscript to a company that owned a Treatment center.
41 years of sobriety.
Working in a Treatment center before she got sober.
Knowing everything there was to know about alcoholism.
The message her father imbedded in her.
Surrendering to the idea that God loved her.
Surviving a molestation attempt at age 9.
Whatever anyone says to you isn't about you.
The "3 Times" Rule.
Her Mother's example to her and how it shaped her.
How alcohol and drugs changes someone's personality.
The truth of Romans 8:28.

Connect with Evelyn and get her books at her website: www.evelynleite.com

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The Co-Host of the Surf and Sales Podcast Scott Leese and the Host of the Quarterback Dad Podcast Casey Jacox join this special Super Bowl and Sales episode and talk about:

The power of belief and poise under pressure.
Acting like the score is 0-0.
The one thing we can do to create momentum. Having fun in the huddle.
Finding little wins along the way.
The one word Sales people don't like.
Going internal to have the best performance.
Turning off the distractions.
Being Audible-ready.
Game planning to be a buyer.
The process of buying and selling.
The film never lies and the power of Self-scouting.
Never betting against a confident seller.

Connect with Scott and Casey on Linkedin; Twitter @thescottleese and @caseyjacox and find The Surf and Sales Podcast and The Quarterback Dad Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/ZGM2mnZGwBU

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The EQ Gangster Noble Gibbens joins this episode to talk about:

The power of an emotional fitness program.
The book he used to help himself and others.
How hard it is to learn emotions.
Becoming fundamentally disfunctional.
The uncomfort and unknown of EQ.
Re-defining the word Gangster.
The three things his wife said to him after 20 years of marriage.
Turning the little monkey into an 800-LB gorilla.
Things to do to help your emotions.
Going into Army Ranger and Airborne school.
Being in a 20-year Business cult.
The episode his daughter had at 10 and how it changed him.
Emotionally healthy people help heal others emotionally.

Connect with Noble on Facebook and Linkedin and at www.eqgangster.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/wpvppdlEj1s

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Writer, Blogger and Author of "A Perfect Storm: Devotions During a Crisis" Sarah Nelson joins this episode and talks about:

Everyone understanding the impact of COVID.
Having a "V-8 Moment" with a friend.
The hope of the Scripture.
Engaging in community.
Taking 7 years to write her book.
Never aspiring to be an author.
Her husband being an encourager in the process and his confirmation of her book idea.
What she would have told herself in the writing process and the two big moments in her writing journey.
The time and place she cried out to God and the confirmation He provided three days later.
Having a fear of speaking before Moms.
The 2014 Ski Trip her family took and the traumatic event that happened on it.
Caring for a sick child 1000 miles from home.
The Medical community being baffled at the cause of her daughter's illness.
The conversation she had in the Utah ICU about her daughter and praying that her daughter would run.
Seeing mind over matter in person.
God is always with us.

Connect with Sarah on Facebook or through her blog www.sarahnelsonblog.com and find her book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Storm-Devotions-During-Crisis

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/jgdMFWHIgUM

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It's an Encourager Team-Up with The Strengths Encourager Wendy Willard joining this episode and talks about:

Foster parenting 2 new children and working them into a "normal" life.
Creativity improving Mental health.
Broken people coming together and the things that come from it.
The 12 things that keep her anchored to truth.
The "Me" thing she has to do every day.
The one piece of Intentional Encouragement she learned in the last year.
The prescription her friend gave her.
Using singing to change her thinking.
The ratio of things that energize you.
Descriptive vs. Perspective Strengths.
The word she created.
Going to Nicaragua in 2005 and visiting a mission.
Parenting 24 Foster children.
The 5 Buckets of Needs.
The ABC's of Love.
The language we can use in the workplace.

Connect with Wendy on Linkedin or at www.slathy.com

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Entrepreneur and Preacher Jerry Touchstone joins this episode and talks about:

Being sensitive to what others around you are feeling.
Working at night to avoid the hustle and bustle and the peace he gets from working at night.
Having a quicker connection to the Lord.
His life as a Paramedic and the conversation that changed his life.
Keeping his employees mentally safe and not overreacting in his business.
Everyone being on the same page.
Being a leader rather than a boss.
Seeing two of his Pastors commit adultery.
The suicide note he found on his first call as an EMT.
Becoming a Pastor and trying to suppress the feelings he was having over things he'd seen.
Resigning his church and stepping away from ministry.
The PTSD that developed from his life and career.
The conversation with his uncle and working the accident involving the uncle 2 hours later.
Diving into gaming to escape his PTSD feelings.
Getting to the end of his rope and beating back suicidal thoughts.
Knowing he needed to be back in church and being desperate for a change.
Getting his healing from his PTSD.
God will help you.

Connect with Jerry on Twitter @JWTouchstone and his group Apostolic Bread on Facebook

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Pastor and the Author of Forgiving the Nightmare Mark Sowersby joins this episode and talks about:

The 3 things he's always known and been reminded.
The ways people celebrate, forms of celebration, seasons of celebration and how it impacts people.
The different expressions of life.
Having Dyslexia and writing a book.
The moment God put on his heart to write a book and the person who gave him the title.
The encouragement he got to go to Bible college and the woman there who changed his life.
Leading by serving.
The nightmare and the scars of his child abuse.
Coming across "religious" people who told him not to tell his story.
Wanting to feel a certain way about his abuse and abuser and feeling another.
The day the abuse stopped and the person who became his defender.
The right time in his life to meet his Biological father.
What he felt after becoming a father and trusting the Lord through it.

Connect with Mark on Facebook; the Facebook group Forgiving the Nightmare and www.forgivingthenightmare.com

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The Authors of "Journey Well: You Are More Than Enough" Byron and Mariah Edgington join this episode and talk about:

Living in South American and moving back to Iowa to care for Mariah's mother.
Being "We" instead of "Me."
"No Mas Nieve" and the deep meaning behind it.
Awareness being a critical advantage.
Having a choice and the opportunity of the choice.
Being in tune with your own belief system.
The underlying thought Byron had during his career.
Never knowing the people they would help after the intersection of the moment of time.
Finding lessons from negative moments in life.
The value of preparation, not being able to eliminate risk and the elusiveness of perfection.
Learning to live with negative outcomes.
The reason their book needed to be published now.
Ignoring the Inner Critic.
Gaining and harvesting the gems from past experiences.
Allowing ourselves the grace to remember that we are all human.

Connect with Byron and Mariah on Linkedin or at www.mariahedgington.com

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Coach, Trainer and TEDX Speaker Steven English joins this episode and talks about:

The power of 168 hours.
Having a Proof of Concept for himself.
Following his feelings and really understanding his skills.
The day with his uncle that changed his thinking.
Honoring the Zone of Genius.
Finding the thing that lights you up.
The analogy of vacuuming the carpet.
What he's discovered about introverts.
Drinking every day and the routine of it.
Living at the bar and getting multiple DUI's.
June 2014 and the moment that changed his life for good 2 years later.
His palate changing against alcohol and the lesson he learned from it.
The area of pain under the surface.
Don't worry about the low.

Connect with Steven on Linkedin at Steven English, PCC or at www.stevenenglish.net

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The Host of The Pantry Podcast and US Army Veteran Shea Watson joins this episode and talks about:

Digging in and meeting people where they are.
God sifting him through stages.
Coming down with COVID and thinking he might die.
How he kept his mind sound.
Saying the name of Jesus just to try and breathe.
His podcast born from conversations on the couch with his wife.
What's been added to his Spiritual pantry.
The perfect podcast guest.
The various avenues of his life.
Overcoming the temptation of drugs and his Ex-wife leaving him.
Driving 45 minutes to a friend's house and not remembering how he got there.
Needing to find a church he could walk to.
The ultimate turning point in March 2014.
Sitting back in the brokenness and how God sees broken messes.

Connect with Shea at www.thepantrypodcast.com

Watch The Pantry Podcast on their YouTube Channel.

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Consultant, Mindset Coach and the Author of Less Is The New More Chris Lee joins this episode and talks about:

The impact of carrying the load.
The power of staying in the game.
Needing Laser focus along the way.
The 2-Minute Rule.
Parkinson's Law.
What you really get with less.
Urgent versus Important and setting correct boundaries.
The most surprising thing he discovered.
Losing his Mother suddenly in 2008 and the wake-up call he got.
Heading down the same path as his Mom.
The definition of success changing over generations.
Getting started being the only thing that gets you started.

Connect with Chris on Instagram and Twitter @thatchrislee; Facebook and Linkedin and www.thatchrislee.com.

Pick up your copy of Less Is The New More: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=less+is+the+new+more+chris+lee

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People Development Strategist Elena Pastore joins this episode and talks about:

The Common Denominator around skill recognition.
What we truly realize when looking at our strengths.
Taking other people out of the equation.
Struggling with external validation.
Mistaking validation for feedback.
To every business problem, there is a personal problem.
What prompts people seeing solutions.
Her father passing away when she was 8 and growing up a lot through that process.
What she learns each year about her father and the one question she'd ask him now if she could.
Knowing the right words to say.
Not getting in your own way.

Connect with Elena on Linkedin and at www.elenapastore.com

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Author and Leadership Coach Jason Fry joins this episode and talks about:

Becoming a better Dad through healthy leadership.
Preparing and working for the opportunity.
The real fault of a leader.
The 3 things Leaders need people to know.
Defining a Healthy leader.
The #1 thing that's toxic to teams.
The real reason behind the why and spending too much time on the what.
What you don't need in the heat of stress.
His parents divorcing when he was 3 and the impact of his Mom.
Seeing persistence in his Dad.
Going to college to be a Preacher and ultimately becoming a Coach.
His parents showing him a Servant's heart.
Allowing discomfort to keep him down.
The reason he climbs mountains and knowing that we will get to the top of the mountain.

Connect with Jason on Instagram and Twitter @CoachJFry; Linkedin or at www.coachjfry.com

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The Author of Health, Healing and Wholeness Tracy Crump joins this episode and talks about:

Caring for her then 99-year old Mother-in-Law and not being able to give her a 100th Birthday party due to the pandemic.
The Heart attack that changed everything.
The Christmas gifts her kids got this year.
Her Mother-in-Law's impact on her church.
Her Father-in-Law dying when her husband was a small child.
Miss Fairsey's famous quote.
Leaning on the Lord through difficult times.
Her Mother-in-Law being her biggest supporter of her book.
The conversation she had with God about her book.
Being her parents primary caregiver for 6 years.
Never feeling like you have to do it alone.
There's no shame in needing a break.

Connect with Tracy on her website www.tracycrump.com and find her book there as well. Connect with her Right Life Newsletter.

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Keystone Speaker, Virtual Trainer and Thought Leadership Expert Bobby Umar joins this episode and talks about:

Working 27 straight days.
The powerful journey of figuring things out.
Encouraging deliberate storytelling.
What consists of a good Personal brand.
Doing a deep dive on ourselves.
The power of legacy.
What's on his wall.
What he doesn't miss telling his kids.
What's on this wall.
Finding your Why statement.
Dealing with weight issues his whole life.
Getting released from his job for needing time off.
Almost losing his wife.
The 2013 post that changed his life.
The most powerful lesson of his journey.
His wife's statement that encourages him daily.

Connect with Bobby on Linkedin, Clubhouse and Instagram and at www.raeallan.com

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Host of the Building Wins Podcast Randy Chaffee joins this episode and talks about:

The day the world changed for him.
Making notes of how he’d move forward.
Ramping up his Virtual presence.
Doing what no one else was doing.
What he learned about engagement.
The call from a customer that’s most memorable to him.
The correlation of Sports and Sales.
The power of the right plan.
Being adopted at 3 days old.
The lesson he learned at age 9.
The attention to detail his Dad taught him and the Sales lesson he learned from his Dad.
Looking for the next step in his life.
Figuring out how to answer “The Call of the Road.”
Winning everyday and the question you ask each morning.

Connect with Randy on Linkedin and Facebook; Check out the Building Wins Podcast or www.ibuyfromrandy.com

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Author, Speaker, Clinical Research and former NFL Football Player Dr. Robert Turner joins this episode and talks about:

People dealing with adversity differently.
The importance of a 2-way street.
What athletes really suffered during the pandemic.
The great need for Social support programs.
Treating athletes like Pros before they're Pros.
What led to his Brain study and the difference between CTE and Concussions.
What prompted him to write his book.
The constant found among NFL Athletes.
The conversation he would have had with himself if he could go back to his playing days.
What was harder for him to achieve.
The impetus for getting his Ph.D.
The impact of his Grandmother.
What he wants to get out of his study to help athletes.
Being actively involved in Player health.

Connect with Dr. Turner at www.robertturnerphd.com or www.brainhealthstudy.com or www.rwturnerlab.com; Linkedin and Twitter @robertturnerphd

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Sales Leader, Coach and Mentor Alex Alleyne joins this episode and talks about:

The journey of Self-discovery and adjustment.
Waking up each day with structure and discipline and having the day in a tight grip.
The mantra he calls on.
Getting granular with comfort.
The 3 letters top of mind in his mind.
The power of Brain conditioning.
What a teacher said to him that impacted him.
The ingredients he looks for in people.
The greatest soccer player on the planet.
Growing up in a Single-parent home with a chip on his shoulder.
Starting an EBay store at 13 to buy a Play Station.
Dropping out of University 8 months into a Law scholarship to pursue a Sales career.
Getting a job in a "Boiler Room" environment.
The award he got for top performance.
The sacrifices his mother made for him.
Not allowing his starting point to lead to his finishing point.
Always finding a way to win and choosing greatness.

Connect with Alex on Linkedin; www.alexalleyne.com or contact@alexalleyne.com

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Founder and President of End It For Good Christina Dent joins this episode and talks about:

Buying bikes during the pandemic and playing Ping-pong with her husband.
Finding new ways to connect with people.
The new "addiction" in our society and the things we go to when we want to "check out."
The society of deeply connected relationships.
The core answer for addiction.
The worsening crisis of addiction.
What lockdowns disrupted and the massive scale of relapse.
The thing that really kills the addicted.
What End It For Good does to truly help people.
The drivers of Fentanyl use.
Growing up in a Conservative Christian home.
Being the last person thought to be working in addiction.
Meeting Joann and her incredible impact.
Challenging her heart and mindset.
Rethinking the approach to Harm reduction.
Maintaining and open door and what addicted people need most.
Wherever we are, we can be a helping hand.

Connect with Christina on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @EndItForGood.

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Sales Trainer and Podcast Host James Buckley joins this episode and talks about:

The "Help Me" question.
The formulaic approach to messaging.
Not a History lesson, but a reinvention.
Hope is not a strategy.
The seller in the trenches and the key metrics of Sales.
Capitalizing on your people.
What good Salespeople do really well.
Leaning into his energy and personality.
The time and place to be transactional.
Why the Sales cycle is broken and looking for the wrong thing.
The most important question a Sales person will ask.
Going from needing encouragement to giving it.
Moving to East Tennessee from Miami with a drug problem.
Cocaine being his gasoline working in a Restaurant kitchen.
The moment he realized he had a drug problem.
His heart nearly exploding and finding it in an X-ray.
Going through 3 Treatment centers.
The 2 words he would've said to himself in the hospital.
Recognizing your real worth.
Making the change for the better in everything in your life.

Connect with James on Linkedin; @saywhatsales on Twitter and Instagram and james@jbarrows.com

Don't forget the Special link event James mentions during the episode as well: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/come-prospect-with-us-tickets-203072684867?aff=friends

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Author and Artist Anita Burkett joins this episode and talks about:

The power of coming together.
Using phone calls to overcome loneliness.
Being ready to meet the Lord and always having him on our minds.
Selling her first paintings in her Grief Therapy class.
The fear of putting her book out into the world.
The special meaning of her Pen name.
The various emotions of writing a book.
Going through a divorce and meeting a man named Mike seven years later.
Mike's passing three months before their wedding.
The hurtful things people say in grief.
The "God Thing" about dating Mike.
How she believes Mike would respond to her books and art.
Healing is always available through grief.

Connect with Anita on Twitter @AnitaJada1 and get her book "Mike and Me: A Guide to Caring for the Grieving" at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mike+and+me+a+guide+to+caring+for+the+grieving&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Author of Really Care For Them and Chief Customer Officer Mareo McCracken joins this episode and talks about:

The expansion of the Sales cycle.
The courage in encouragement.
The most important part of business.
The correct way to listen to clients.
The pursuit of empathy.
The 3 Power statements.
The restaurant he looks to for courage.
Living all over the world and what his life was built to do.
His single Mom raising 6 kids after his father left.
What he learned from his father and what his mother taught him.
Moving to Arizona 10 days before his Senior year of High school.
The story you tell yourself.
The hard thing to do is the right thing to do.
Approaching emotions correctly.
Thinking about someone else for 5 minutes and then going to help them.

Connect with Mareo on Linkedin or at www.mareomccracken.com and get his book Really Care For Them at https://www.amazon.com/Really-Care-Them-Everyone-Increase

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Entrepreuner and Business Coach Joseph Oliver joins this episode and talks about:

Getting laid off in April 2020 and having no idea what to do to support his family.
Flushing out the blind spots.
The Black Swan effect in his life.
The opposite of "Blue Sky" thinking.
The systematic and creative system of Job farming.
Action replacing apathy.
The investment he made that felt big.
Meeting the person that changed his life.
The simplicity of business.
The flywheel that runs the Economic engine.
Losing logic in the midst of emotions.
The history behind someone's eyes.
His "Hope Road" experience.
Re-thinking his life and giving it to the Lord after a physical reaction to doing drugs.
Keeping it simple and staying optimistic.

Connect with Joseph on Twitter @OliverFlips and Instagram @Oliversflipfinds

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Inspirational Speaker, Inventor and Small Business Owner Dana Knowles joins this episode and talks about:

The value of preparation.
Tapping into adjustment and adaptability.
Fighting the wind.
The 3 things she needs in life and the 1 thing she could rely upon.
Practicing gratitude for many years of her life.
Finding your God-given talent.
The disease of more.
Being sexually molested at 12 and her first alcoholic drink at 13 and ultimately, the other things the abuse led to in her life.
The significance of September 4, 1997 and what happens to her every year on that date.
Being homeless and rebuilding her life by overcoming her guilt and shame.
Dreaming of being an inventor and speaker in the midst of addiction.
What her mother taught her.
Playing your passion tape all the way through.

Connect with Dana on Linkedin and Facebook and www.danaknowlesinspires.com

Find her product Grand Fusion Housewares Shower Caddy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=grand+fusion+housewares+shower+caddy&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

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Children's Author and US Military Veteran Jered Zank joins this episode and talks about:

The dichotomy of chaos and blessing.
The plan of action in place in his life that changed in a moment.
What makes God laugh.
Having the Adapt and Overcome mentality.
Volunteering to go to Iraq after 9/11.
The gift he's had for a long time.
Revisiting his former elementary school and the impact of his Second grade teacher.
Developing the patience needed to be an author.
What he wants people to know when they buy his book.
The roughest day and the story that came from it.
Working to find the happy ending of his life.
How serving in Iraq changed him for the better.
Remembering that God is in control.
His 7-year-old's Intentional encouragement.

Connect with Jered on Facebook and pick up a copy of The Ruffest Day on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ruffest-Day-Jered-Zank

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Entrepreneur, Trader, Yogi and Founder of the Forex Group Clay Hodges joins this episode and talks about:

Finding the truth in the center of the storm.
The advice of Warren Buffett.
The beautiful rebound of the market and the real value of numbers.
Avoiding vices that can cripple you.
The normalization of drug abuse and the journey he took to get clean from it.
The depths of his denial and sabotaging himself with his issues.
Thinking he was fooling people.
Calling his counselor in the midst of desperation.
Catching himself in a Misery indulgence.
The failed relationship that finally got him clean and the public struggle of what happened to him.
Being found dead behind a Walmart toilet and being revived with Narcan.
Reaching the ultimate point of surrender.
Having nothing to lose in going for it.

Connect with Clay on Instagram @Clay.B.Hodges; Ronin Forex Group on YouTube or www.roninforexgroup.com

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Author, Evangelist, Publisher and Podcaster Rev. Brandon Crooker joins this episode and talks about:

Going to church despite mandates.
The connection between God and man.
Where the grass is truly greener.
The three things that will impede progress.
How we can transform our minds.
Removing the things that trigger our past.
The key to moving forward.
The biggest misconception of ministry.
The influences of his aunts on his Spiritual journey.
Surviving an abusive encounter at a Church camp.
The moment of being set free in the midst of a failing marriage.
The secret to overcoming things.
The power of making a decision.
Never forgetting that God loves you.

Connect with Rev. Brandon on Twitter @bm_crooker; Instagram and Facebook at www.crookerfamilyministries.com and find his Apostolic Theory Podcast at www.anchor.fm/ApostolicTheory

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Sales and Business Coach and Storytelling Expert Chris Watson joins this episode and talks about:

Telling generational stories and finding out more than just the facts.
The restaurant chain that tells a great story.
The St. Louis Cardinals legend Chris would love to have a chance to tell his story.
The impact of his Dad in storytelling.
How to begin telling a more impactful story.
The 4 things critical to a great story.

Connect with Chris at chriswatson@craftandcompel.com or go to www.craftandcompel.com

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Podcast Coach and Host of the Halfway There Podcast Eric Nevins joins this episode and talks about:

Surviving a shooting at his kids' school and how he and his wife led his family through it.
The most resilient generation in our times.
The Sunday Morning Church Show.
Using his background in Ministry to do his podcast.
The one question he always asks in his podcast.
The impact of America's evangelist.
The real truth behind podcast numbers and the coolest part of podcasting.
Growing up in a Christian family in Iowa and wanting to be an actor.
Deciding he wanted to be a Pastor and how it shaped him.
Discovering Podcasting and the night it changed his life.
Overcoming himself as his biggest obstacle.
Getting over Imposter syndrome.
Keeping your audience in mind.

Connect with Eric at www.halfwaytherepodcast.com

Find the Halfway There Podcast on your favorite Podcast platform.

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Podcaster, Teacher and Coach Joe Ferraro joins this episode and talks about:

What comes to the surface in a normal conversation.
The elevation of great conversation and the Third person involved.
Everyday conversations turning into podcasts.
Getting a free question with a guest.
What 1% better sounds like to him.
A movie scene that describes conversation.
The real struggle in asking questions.
Losing a former student and its impact.
Becoming the youngest College Baseball coach in the country and the lesson he learned from the experience.
The daily reckoning of doing the right thing.
Being a more open communicator than his father.
The intentionality of the 3 C's of Conversation.
Conversation being playful.

Connect with Joe on Twitter @FerraroOnAir and find the Damn Good Conversation podcast and the 1% Better Conversations wherever you get podcasts.

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Speaker and Author of "Find Your Fire" Terri Broussard Williams joins this episode and talks about:

A freak accident causing her own quarantine before the COVID pandemic.
Being on the Hamster wheel of life and learning rest for the first time.
Defining the "Great Me-Set."
The lesson she learned as a child from her Art teacher.
Three things she learned in injury recovery.
Being a Teen reporter at 16 and the desire to give people access to information.
The confusion of skills and traits.
Firestarters are everyday people.
Great movements in history.
The 4 things in her Invisible backpack.
The impact of her grandparents.
Always finding ways to turn obstacles into opportunities.

Connect with Terri at her website: www.terribwilliams.com and on Instagram @movementmakercollective

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Author of Apples and Oranges on Your Team Steve Sullivan joins this episode and talks about:

Understanding the power of words and voicing life into your life.
Speaking a language of appreciation.
The real number of the perceived value of external rewards.
The one action item leaders can implement to build value.
The analogy of hidden chocolate and his new book.
What his book is not.
How he rediscovered storytelling.
The impact of his writing partner.
The times of emotion in writing and how to get into the flow of it.
How his book would've helped him grow as a leader.
The power of speaking to people.

Connect with Steve on Linkedin and find Apples and Oranges on Your Team at https://www.amazon.com/Apples-Oranges-Your-Team-Life-Giving-ebook

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Entrepreneur, Founder of the Talent Champions Council and Author of the Standing O Book Series Scott MacGregor joins this episode and talks about:

Life being full of challenges and not catastrophizing things.
The inspiration of watching people figure things out.
The bus around the corner.
The three attributes of top competitors.
The impetus of the Talent Champions Council and the road trip that inspired it.
Being a community builder.
The greatest asset he possesses.
His strong affinity for the United States Military and the sacrifices of Military families.
Realizing at an early age he wanted to be successful.
Getting to know people who've accomplished special things.
Living in a different world from his family.
Growing up playing baseball with a Baseball Hall of Famer and what he learned from it.
Injuring his back before getting to play baseball in college.
Getting the Swine Flu and discovering a rare, deadly disease that caused a Pacemaker installation.
Finding the opportunities to build resiliency.

Connect with Scott on Linkedin and Instagram and at www.trysomethingnew.com and www.talentchampionscouncil.com

Find the Standing O Book Series on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=standing+o+book+scott+macgregor&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Pastor and Author of the book, "The Cave: When Ministry Becomes Misery" Scott Distler joins this episode and talks about:

The most different time in his life.
Losing his Dad to COVID-19 and the hymn he sang as his Dad passed.
The power of a Positive word.
His book being born out of personal experience.
Running into a Well-Intentioned dragon.
The steps that led him into a cave and the shelter of it.
Having "McEnvy" after an encounter at a McDonald's.
Spending six months at an Insurance agency to learn lessons he needed.
The freedom of Personal ministry and having no expectations.
Always wanting to be a Pastor.
His wife's influence of "getting him out of the cave."
Answering a single question each day.
What became his first priority.
The reason God uses brokenness and life after the cave.

Connect with Scott at scottd@miefree.org and find his book at https://www.amazon.com/Cave-When-Ministry-Becomes-Misery

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Content Creator, Sales and Leadership Expert Darren McKee joins this episode and talks about:

Leaning on connections and converting them to friends.
What is and isn't needed in business.
The things wrong with Social Media and the influencer that helped him.
Being "woke" in the midst of the Great Resignation.
Making content your own.
The fear of tension and how leapfrogging helps everyone.
The encouragement around moving to the next level.
Enjoying school for the camaraderie.
College not being for him.
His wife being an incredible encourager.
Not being geographically tied down.
Taking a $35K per year pay cut and failing miserably.
Being real and intentional.

Connect with Darren on Linkedin.

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Entrepreneur and Host of the Recorded Content Podcast Tristan Pelligrino joins this episode and talks about:

Having the ability to be flexible and adaptable.
Accessing talent all over the world.
Doubling down on his own content.
The two questions around podcasting.
How to produce a show to help people.
The difficulties companies have around Content Marketing.
Getting to see how big corporations work and finding out he was just a number.
Not wanting to keep the status quo in one place.
Making many of the same mistakes in his new company as he did his old company.
Losing his father in Graduate school and losing a mentor as well.
How his father would envision his company now.
Having the ability and desire to pursue the dream.

Connect with Tristan on Twitter @tpelligrino and @motionagencyio on Linkedin and www.motionagency.io and check out the Recorded Content Podcast

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Marketing Consultant, Speaker and Author Jaris Tucker joins this episode and talks about:

Not doing things in a traditional sense and creating a positive space.
How his book "Nature Flow" came together and using it as an Exit strategy.
The definition of great service and being in the right mindset to give great service.
The one thing that immediately makes service levels better.
Being responsible for others and taking care of his whole family.
Getting treated differently as success came his way.
Learning the value of treating people from having strong parents.
The stigma of being an entrepreneur when he wasn't seen as one.
The journey of finding his passion.

Connect with Jaris on Linkedin; jtucker1consulting@gmail.com and follow the hashtag #thinkersatwork

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/8AMJQgY1JB4

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The Seed Sower Coach Kirk McCarley joins this episode and talks about:

Doing remote broadcasts with ESPN, behind the scenes of a broadcast and knowing what you can and can't do during a broadcast.
The genesis of the Seed Sower Coaching program.
Knowing how to ask good questions.
Having the ability to read a situation.
Seeing enough of himself to be inspirational.
Playing Pee Wee basketball and falling in love with stats.
The world going dark during an workout and an ensuing Triple-bypass surgery.
Getting better than he was before.
The richness of connections.
Looking at obstacles as a way to find opportunities.

Connect with Kirk on Linkedin and at www.theseedsowercoach.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/p4YXBb5rMg4

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The Host of the Beyond The Rut Podcast, Jerry Dugan, joins this episode to talk about:

Taking a job against his nature and finding out why.
Clarity in the midst of purpose.
His "Joseph Moment."
Turning a blog into a podcast and finding podcasting easier than blogging.
His first podcast and his Co-Host.
The five circles of life where most people struggle in them.
His parents meeting overseas and having an arranged marriage.
Growing up an Army Brat.
The life-changing moment when he was 11 and the bet involved.
His Dad becoming suicidal.
Changing his family's reputation at age 14 and the role his Family Crest played in it.
The 2 weeks that re-defined his career and his time in Iraq.
The deal he made with God and the kid that changed his life.
Life being too short to be stuck in a rut.

Connect with Jerry at www.beyondtherut.com and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @Beyond the Rut

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast Channel on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1y3HDZHpfus

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Business and Attorney Coach Liz Wendling joins this episode to talk about:

Going back to an old behavior.
The ability to always land on her feet.
Getting pitched in the pandemic.
The inspiration of "AHA" moments and a multitude of surprises around connection.
Going wide and not going deep.
The analogy of The Eye Doctor.
Helping versus Selling.
Selling in Kindergarten.
Zigging when others were zagging.
Her Dad working in a building next to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Stepping into service rather than sorrow.
Where she goes and what she does when she doubts.

Connect with Liz on Linkedin, Facebook and at www.lizwendling.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/oTF5bhEKhcM

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Co-Founder of the Tea Party and former White House Speech Writer Michael Johns joins this episode and talks about:

The origin, timeline and lack of answers around COVID-19.
The historical significance of June 6, 2015.
The three issues any Presidential candidate faced entering the Presidency.
Growing up in Pennsylvania and its impact on him with the decline of the Steel industry.
The vital importance of Natural resources.
The story of conflicting Financial interests.
His relationship with President Richard Nixon.
A discussion he had in the 1990's around the Economic salvation of the Chinese market.
The power of the American people.

Connect with Michael on Twitter @michaeljohns and linktr.ee/michaeljohns

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube page: https://youtu.be/o0duC4oWY-Y

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The Hosts of the Lead Sell Grow Podcast Eric Konovalov and Harry Spaight join this episode and talk about:

The real competitor for Sales people.
The ideas that have come from COVID.
The preparation of customer questions.
The repetition of experience.
The difference between a wandering generality and a meaningful specific.
Pulling things back a bit.
When "Commission Breath" is talking.
Eradicating assumptions.
The Waitress Technique.
Eric's definition of selling with dignity.
Harry's B2B Sales Secrets.
Your past doesn't have to define your future.

Connect with Eric and Harry on Linkedin and find the Lead Sell Grow Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/H5md9VWtnVw

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Leadership Expert and the Host of the Woman to Woman Podcast Divya Yerranguntla joins this episode and talks about:

Having the right support system and a plan with milestones.
Half of all the work we do is mental.
Looking at the bigger scheme of things.
It's okay not to do everything to perfection.
The three listener segments of her podcast.
The power of building genuine relationships.
Her first taste of rejection.
The toughest eight months of her life.
People reacting from authenticity.

Connect with Divya on Linkedin and check out the Woman to Woman Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast channel on YouTube: https://youtu.be/AxMlbryvbsU

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Sports Director, Television Journalist and Broadcaster Keith Morehouse joins this episode and talks about:

Understanding the relevance of sports in the News business.
Enjoying telling the stories of other people.
His Dad's career as a Sportscaster.
The night of November 14, 1970 and the Marshall plane crash.
The phone call his Mom got and the chaos that ensued.
The main reason he stayed in Huntington, West Virginia.
Becoming the Television voice of the Marshall Thundering Herd 26 years after his father's death as the Radio voice of the Marshall Thundering Herd.
Breaking the story of Randy Moss coming to Marshall.
His Dad never finishing the job and finishing it in his stead.

Connect with Keith on Twitter @KeithMorehouse

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Former NFL Offensive Lineman and Founding Partner of S.T.A.T.T Financial Tony Hills joins this episode and talks about:

The chance encounter at a Super Bowl that changed his business.
Protection being a part of his entire life and what great protectors have in common.
The fundamentals and foundation of finances.
The calmest place to be in a storm.
Breaking down an NFL Game week.
The lingering effects after football and the amount of sacrifice of an NFL player.
The word of his early childhood.
Always knowing he had purpose and talent.
The reason he attended the University of Texas.
His NFL Draft experience.
The one thing he will take from being a Pittsburgh Steeler the rest of his life.
Listening to yourself.

Connect with Tony on Linkedin; Instagram @TonytheTycoon

Check out this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/f31XQ6tPaic

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Transformation Strategist, Conscious Leadership Coach and Host of the Awake and On Purpose Podcast Jennifer Spor joins this episode and talks about:

The importance of human connection.
Working with Disrupters and Growth-Driven people.
Being Eternal students.
Defining purpose and vision.
The reason for pursuing an Online business.
The power of Energetic Resonance.
Having clarity in who you serve.
Living a less than conventional life and being on her own at 16.
Not having to be a victim of circumstance.
Losing the challenge lifts the fog.
Her Mom's diagnosis of terminal cancer.
God doesn't put a dream in you that isn't meant to be achieved.

Connect with Jennifer on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and at www.jenniferspor.com

Watch this episode on The Intentional Encourager Podcast YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/b-2aDYNpDPk

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Speaker and Author of Triumphant Surrender Tony Green joins this episode and talks about:

The power of fellowship and talking to people.
Crazy thinking becoming rational.
The communities near and dear to his heart.
His false Self-identity.
The writing process of "Triumphant Surrender."
The chapter of the Bible he studied in a Psychiatric ward.
Having a performance mentality from childhood and the trauma it caused.
Opening the wrong door.
Falling out of favor in his career at Coca-Cola and having an "I'll show you. I'll hurt me" mentality.
Changing the way he thought about himself.
Believing bigger and surrendering deeper.

Connect with Tony on Facebook and at www.triumphantsurrender.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ivRf-5_VWzY

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Happiness Life Coach and Foundress of Fast Track to Happiness Gianna Sullivan joins this episode and talks about:

The stress to business.
The misses of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The genesis to Fast Track to Happiness and the Divine encounter around it.
The analogy of the painter.
Are you a victim or a victor?
The things that trigger a reset.
Returning back to God.
Entertaining constructive discussion.
The heart condition plaguing the United States.
Expanding in abundance and love each day through inner happiness.

Connect with Gianna at www.fasttracktohappiness.com

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Another outstanding pod-swap with The Host of the Causing The Effect Podcast Scott Gazzoli who joins this episode to talk about:

Taking a break from the rat race of New York City.
Having two sisters that are NYC Police officers and a mother who is on the Healthcare frontlines and checking on them daily.
Discovering what worked and what didn't in his life and business.
How it feels to be a native New Yorker now.
The women in his life that are tougher than him.
Playing High school football, being recruited by many Division 1 schools and suffering a knee injury.
The deeper meaning of his podcast and the podcast's three components.
The correlation of the consistency of podcasting and football and focusing on the wrong pieces of a podcast.
Lifting others to lift yourself.
Thinking his father was in the coffee business but being in another business.
Not meeting his paternal Grandfather until three years ago when his grandfather left prison.
Living a life opposite his father.
Being the guy who wanted something different.
The fantastic Fall-back plan.
Attacking the fear in your life.

Connect with Scott at causingtheeffectpodcast@gmail.com www.causingtheeffectpodcast.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QfX0RGmUx8M

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Social Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker and Founder of UP Academy Tanya Sheckley joins this episode and talks about:

Communication and community.
The guilt of her school being open during COVID when most were not.
Staying true to their school's mission.
The inspiration of her oldest daughter and the challenges of finding the right education with her special needs.
Finding a different way to be inclusive and do education different.
The 2 ways to start a revolution and the 3 parts of starting their school.
The conversation she'd have with the Education Director of the United States.
Selling beer for 10 years and the lessons she learned from it.
Moving along with where the next thing took her.
Becoming like the people she surrounded herself with.
Her daughter's birth without normal function, the battles with doctors and nurses around her care and how to advocate for her.
Losing her daughter suddenly at age six.
The different ways of handling grief and having grace and patience through it.
Trauma changing her brain.
Her daughter's words that became her biggest piece of Intentional encouragement.

Connect with Tanya on Linkedin and Facebook or go to www.upacademysf.org

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/INah_gyZWxU

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A walking miracle, Pastor Pascal Crites, pastor of Calvary Tabernacle in Accident, MD, joins this episode and talks about:

The challenge of pastoring in the midst of COVID and the moving parts of keeping a church going.
The purpose of preparation and what he learned about it.
The audience of one.
The power of connection and the lesson he learned around it.
The encouragement of his community.
Evangelizing versus Pastoring and not making Pastoring a career.
Protecting your family as a Pastor and the people a Pastor cannot afford to lose.
Investing in hungry people.
His grandmother's conversion and its impact on him and his cousin.
Being awestruck by preaching.
The transition he made to Sales, breaking numerous Sales records and ultimately, walking away from it.
The hardest conversation he had with God.
The life-changing events of late 2016-2017.
A 1% chance of survival and the conversation between his wife and his neurologist.
Walking out of the hospital 2 1/2 days after a visit from two men of God.
The Lord truly cares.

Connect with Pastor Crites on Facebook through the Calvary Tabernacle Accident MD page or at pastorpascalcrites@gmail.com

Watch this powerful episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KyuZrFyaGf4

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Entrepreneur Coach Tammy Collins joins this episode and talks about:

The power of being able to thrive.
Purchasing a mountain during COVID.
Knowing what needs to be done and how to do that.
Being a massive problem-solver.
The definition of the box and the New American Dream.
Getting things at any cost.
The definition of Attraction Marketing.
Meeting people authentically and interviewing her clients.
The Bee sting and the power of the truth.
Going back to college while launching her business.
Legacy is everything.
The 15 biggest fears she had to overcome.
Listening to herself.

Connect with Tammy on Linkedin and Facebook or at www.tammylcollins.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m1h71CjlGCQ

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CEO of Founders Space and Author of Surviving a Startup, Make Elephant Fly and The Five Forces, Steve Hoffman, joins this episode and talks about:

How his life changed during COVID by not traveling.
Moving his business totally online and writing two books.
The energy and excitement of travel being channeled a different way.
Taking the advice he coached entrepreneurs to do.
The value in other perspectives.
Working with his wife and the value she brings to their business.
His time in the infancy stage in Interactive Television.
The legendary video game company he worked for.
Watching his business lose everything in the Dot.com bust.

Connect with Steve at www.foundersspace.com

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Longtime friend and Carolina Panthers Beat Writer for The Athletic Joe Person joins this episode and talks about:

Covering an NFL team in the midst of COVID-19.
The NFL Owner's meeting that wasn't.
The moment he and his oldest daughter shared in his Home office.
Covering a new coach and Quarterback he hadn't met in person.
Going on the road for the first time during the 2020 NFL Season and realizing he what he could do going forward to cover games.
The newest Carolina Panthers quarterback and his expectations.
The comparisons of Panthers Offensive Coordinator Joe Brady and his college quarterback, Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals.
His college teammate who is a Hall of Fame Head coach.
His first love in High school and why he chose to play football in College.
His first job after college and the towns the newspaper business took him.
His parents divorce and how that shaped him.
The power of forgiveness.

Connect with Joe on Twitter @josephperson or to subscribe to The Athletic, go to www.theathletic.com

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Certified Emotional Intelligence Specialist Adam Rosensweig joins this episode to talk about:

His wife's Heart Attack in late 2019 and recovering from it at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fear gripping their family when their son gets sick at the same time as his wife's Medical setbacks.
The power of attentiveness and the power of a phone call.
Sometimes needing a good cry.
The varying definitions of Emotional intelligence.
The Non-verbal ways we verbalize emotions and how to leverage our emotions.
The EQI and the alignment with Intentional Encouragement.
Emotions are contagious.
The life crisis and person who changed his life.
Feeling hope for the first time in his life and becoming a better husband, father and person.
Working with his father and assuming he'd be a carpenter the rest of his life.
Contending with other people's mistakes.
The lack of confidence.
How valuable you are as a person.

Connect with Adam on Linkedin or adam@rrd-inc.com

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Marketing Strategist Islin Munisteri joins this episode to talk about:

Going to school with her son and having the time to help her kids.
The power of getting a nap.
The difference of ages and stages.
Working from home before most worked from home.
Scheduling time to be interactive with people.
The definition of Cutting-Edge Growth marketing.
Getting to the root of the Customer problem and onboarding a customer correctly.
Being successful in school during her adolescent years and missing things she needed emotionally.
Having a massive breakdown at 28 while living in Alaska.
Being close to her Dad but having no relationship with her Mom.
After finishing a report, being anxious and suicidal and checking in to a Psychiatric hospital.
Continuing to work on her anxiety triggers.
Taking care of things inside you and getting help if you need help.

Connect with Islin on Linkedin or at islin@theiamarketing.com

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Talent Acquisition Specialist and Colon Cancer Survivor Tabitha Cavanagh joins this episode to talk about:

Her cancer journey teaching her lessons through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Living graciously and unapologetically.
Living for the "living it up."
One conversation can change the course of your life and the conversation that changed her life.
The reminder to breathe.
The things to bring to every conversation and the one thing she wants to bring to business.
First discovering Cancer symptoms while pregnant and ignoring them.
Landing in the Emergency room the week of her wedding.
Having a polyp that needed removed but needing multiple surgeries, including a six-hour procedure.
Being re-born through chemotherapy and the realization of community.
What happens after cancer.
Doing things now instead of waiting.
Connect to your next career change.
Making her own decision to change her outcome.

Connect with Tabitha on Linkedin (Tab The Recruiter).

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United States Army Desert Storm Veteran and Founder of Valor Pins and Coins Brent Casey joins this episode and talks about:

Learning how to order groceries online to deliver to family in another state.
Watching National events unfolding in his backyard.
The necessity of preparation.
The company he founded to honor United States Veterans.
The definition of a Challenge Coin and the emotion of designing one.
Starting a Non-Profit organization with his brother for his Grandfather, the last-surviving Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient from World War II, Hershel "Woody" Williams.
The event that changed his life and the mixed emotions that came with it.
The memory of Desert Storm burned forever in his mind.
His body coming home from war, but not his mind.
Not realizing he had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), how bad it was and his Grandfather's help for him.
The six-week education that gave him his life back.
The power of not giving up and the plethora of resources available for those with PTSD.

Connect with Brent on Linkedin and Facebook and go to www.valorpinsandcoins.com to learn more about Challenge Coins.

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An incredible first "Live" episode with an American Hero, the Oldest Surviving Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Hershel "Woody" Williams. Williams was awarded on October 5, 1945 by President Harry S. Truman.

According to www.woodywilliams.org:

"Williams enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served in the Battle of Iwo Jima with the 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division. During the battle, Mr. Williams displayed “valiant devotion to duty” and service above self as he “enabled his company to reach its objective”. Mr. Williams’ actions, commitment to his fellow service members, and heroism were recognized on October 5, 1945, when he received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman at the White House."

Williams talks about:

Growing up in Quiet Dell, WV and wishing he could join the military, but was too short.
Getting the chance to enlist and being sent off to war.
The Battle of Iwo Jima and the two men who sacrificed their lives for his.
Attacking Japanese pillboxes in the midst of fire fight.
His life since that day and his mission to honor families of fallen soldiers.

Visit www.woodywilliams.org to learn more of this amazing man and find out more about The Gold Star Families Memorial Monuments.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/46oTwDVX2Y4

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Sales Leader and Coach Larry Long Jr. joins this episode to talk about:

Looking for the good, great and wonderful.
The value of prioritization.
The degree of separation between players in College baseball and Professional baseball.
His toughest conversation with his father.
The combination of relationships and experiences.
Thinking he would play Professional baseball.
Being involved at the University of Maryland in more than just sports.
Sales is not a Four-letter word.
Being flexible, creative and grounded in your why.
Moving around a lot as a kid before settling in Maryland.
His Mom's theme sung to him.
His Dad being the only one in his family to graduate High school and college.
His Dad's advice to him.
Being with eight different companies in 10 different positions.
Preparing for the moment to help people.
Losing the inner greatness within us.
Faking the funk.
Losing his Dad in 2015 and carrying the baton left to him.
Living life with intention.

Connect with Larry on Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter @LarryLongJr

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Linkedin Growth Specialist and Chief Visionary Officer of ShedWool Cory Warfield joins this episode to talk about:

Everything that happens to us is through the lens of faith.
The power of technology.
The variance and challenges of restaurants.
Working two Full-time jobs to pay for a Destination wedding.
The reasons people should be nicer to Waitstaff.
The one thing celebrities treasure.
The toast made to him from a celebrity.
Overcoming homelessness and eating out of garbage cans.
The power of leveraging connections.
The real reason Linkedin exists.
The power of a compelling headline.
Growing up in the Chicago area and becoming suicidal as a teenager.
Wanting to be a rapper and entertainer and glorifying violence.
Getting hit by his family's new car while in West Virginia and being in a cast for six months.
Making money, getting beaten up and robbed and left with nothing.
Holding his Mom's hand as she died.
Being diagnosed with a Liver disease.
His Dad being his Intentional encourager.

Connect with Cory on Linkedin, Instagram and Twitter @Cory_Warfield #CoryConnects and at www.shedwool.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/znwqPZ1-918

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Host of The Sports Spectrum Podcast Jason Romano and his brother, Pastor Chris Romano join this episode to talk about:

One of the best gifts Jason got for his sixth birthday.
Rooting for different teams and avoiding watching games together.
The first Fantasy Sport that became popular.
The value of teammates.
The impact of records.
Jason's trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Winning is the ultimate return on investment.
The two types of people in a church and the role of a Pastor.
The most frustrating experience of the pandemic and the leadership decision that had to be made.
The power of adaptability.
The opportunities that come through adversity.

Connect with Jason on Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @jasonromano; Connect with Chris on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @cjromano21

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Former College Basketball Coach at Notre Dame, North Carolina, SMU and Florida Atlantic and Author of Rebound: From Pain to Passion Matt Doherty joins this episode to talk about:

Liking the grind of a season.
The difference in messaging during a season than in the Postseason.
What he misses in coaching in March Madness.
The story of the Notre Dame band.
Discovering the need for a book from Executive coaching.
Needing someone to hold him accountable.
The ease of letting yourself down and reliving the moments that cut deep.
Being taught about the importance of the little things.
Playing for a College coach that appreciated what he could do.
The promise Coach Dean Smith didn't make to him.
An energetic kid that showed up to North Carolina named Michael Jordan.
The National Championship game in 1981 that almost wasn't.
The National Championship game in 1982 people still talk about and the moment in it that stands out to him.
We all need encouragers.
Having a personal Board of Directors.

Connect with Coach Doherty at coachmattdoherty@gmail.com or www.rebound-book.com

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Speaker, Author and TEDx Speaker Dave Sanderson joins this episode to talk about:

Ways to grow out of things and Post Traumatic Growth Syndrome.
The pandemic and a plane crash.
Practicing staying in front of people.
The startling reactions of phone calls.
The definition of a Distinct Advantage.
Focusing on your PITTCHE.
Having to swim to save his life.
Him not supposed to be on the "Miracle on the Hudson" flight.
The connection to the number 15.
What the moment's like when you believe you're going to die.
Knowing what was happening even in the midst of chaos.
Being the only person on the plane with leverage.
The longest 10-yard swim of his life and why he now wears glasses.
The meaning of "We attack life."

Connect with Dave on Linkedin and at www.davesandersonspeaks.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uOpVC63VTaY

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Author, Speaker, Coach and Host of the Quarterback DadCast Casey Jacox joins this episode to talk about:

Being a naïve optimist.
Bringing people together with great questions.
The two appreciation questions he asked his family.
The definition of Leadership.
His book hitting him about nine years ago.
Following up with customers after losing them to competitors.
Writing for four months straight after leaving his company.
The best editor he had, he didn't pay.
The % of Cerebral activities to play Quarterback.
Almost not getting to play College football.
Breaking his foot in four places in High school and figuring out a way to be a part of the team.
18 Summers to make an impact on our kids.
The gift of speaking truth to people.
Using his first paycheck to build a tire swing to throw footballs through.
Being intentional about everything.
Playing with an NFL QB what people don't realize about playing QB at any level.
Being inspired by humility.
The biggest deal in his company's history becoming the biggest disaster in the company's history.
The constant hope that we can do great things.
Being totally honest with yourself.

Connect with Casey on Linkedin; www.caseyjacox.com and check out the Quarterback DadCast wherever you get podcasts.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XGuhtKe0mxg

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Heavyweight Pro Boxer, Competitive Chess Player and Author Ed Latimore joins this episode to talk about:

Being in control of your emotions regardless of the turbulence of the world.
Stoic street smarts.
Understanding the Human motivations and understanding the Human in front of you.
Most people aren't as logical as they appear.
The low-hanging fruit in conversation.
The Litmus test of a conversation and the intention of conversation.
Removing arguments from your life.
The quote he posted on Twitter and where it came from.
The hard work of an addict.
Getting control of your dark side.
Understanding how your brain works.
The guy who changed his opinion of talent.
Being born in a Single-parent home in a Public housing project.
Boxing at 22, realizing what it would take to go professional and turning Pro at 28.
Alcoholism hampering his development and judgement.
His second birthday.
Years of doing things he shouldn't have done.
The most important thing to have.

Connect with Ed on Twitter @edlatimore, Linkedin, Instagram and www.edlatimore.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VNbH2qQOl30

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Interim President at EnableU Silvia Li joins this episode to talk about:

Practicing grace personally and professionally.
Thinking carefully about how to show up for others.
Each person is like a fruit.
People don't know what they don't know.
Finding the right internal balance.
Stepping into others shoes.
How to be "brain-ready" to meet people and add value.
Dragging people along instead of inviting them along.
Learning how to meet people on their journey from her Dad's business philosophy.
Thinking about adaptation after immigrating to the United States at 10.
Moving to Hawaii before leaving for Cincinnati, Ohio.
Building resilience and agility.
Her Dad believing where they lived was a Divine plan.
Seeing the joy her Dad had interacting with people.
The challenge to staying true to her path.
Staying in an Abundance mindset.

Connect with Silvia on Linkedin and at www.enableu.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BJadgmhnsJ0

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Entrepreneur Justin Martin joins this episode to talk about:

Finding different ways to bring in revenue.
The power of Word-of-Mouth advertising.
The advice he'd give his business if he could step back one year.
Not being able to please everyone.
Growing up with another guest of The Intentional Encourager Podcast.
A conversation about "Money Twitter."
How a coffee mug changed his financial future.
Raising money for needy families.
The vast and various ways to make money.
Deciding in College he'd rather make money than study.
A baseball tournament in Cooperstown, New York that changed his life.
The impact, influence and encouragement of his parents.
The stranglehold of debt through a failed relationship.
The power of being Debt-free.

Connect with Justin on Twitter @jmar1357, Instagram and Facebook.

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Sales Influencer and Host of the What Is Your Legacy Podcast Galem Girmay joins this episode to talk about:

Seeking excitement and exploring new places.
What Culture shock truly means.
How an International move works and the emotional journey involved.
Being intentional about Self-care.
The power of helping other people.
Preparing yourself for what's ahead.
The correlation of connection and a puzzle.
Wanting to be the person she wishes she had earlier in life.
The intentionality of legacy.
The shift of perspective and understanding more people.
Born and raised in Sweden and living with a Foster family until 18.
The middle child of five, being close to her Dad and him ending up in jail, never to see him again.
Desiring excitement being why she moved to the United States.
People are the same everywhere.
Getting sober five years ago and staying true to herself.
The power of unsubscribing.

Connect with Galem on Linkedin; Twitter @GalemGirmay and igirmay1@babson.edu

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International Sales Trainer, Author and Podcast Host Mark Hunter joins this episode to talk about:

The ability to get focused in chunks.
The power of boundaries and discipline.
Celebrating moments personally that helps us professionally.
The 3-Second pause.
The real definition of value.
The definition of a Salesperson and Leadership are the same.
The main goal to selling and the two things Salespeople have.
The correlation of baseball and Sales.
Being careful who mentors you.
Being a College Disc jockey to overcome stuttering.
Too many Speeding tickets leading to his career in Sales.
"Commission Breath" costing him Sales jobs.
A conversation and a mirror turning his career around.
The book he would have put in his Company car.
Leaving Corporate America to start his Sales training company.
The simple goal of life and Sales.

Connect with Mark on Linkedin and Facebook or www.thesaleshunter.com

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Co-Founder of Unlimited Life Concepts and Financial Coach Nate Dean joins this episode to talk about:

People hitting uncharted territories with their finances.
The reasons he's purposeful about investments.
The basic education about finance and the discouragement of finance.
The non-conventional approach to investing and the biggest paradigm shift moving from the conventional to the non-conventional.
The Ben Franklin quote on wealth.
The microwave mentality of society.
Getting blocked on Twitter by Dave Ramsey.
The book that changed his life.
Reconnecting with his business partner years after High school.
A podcast that changed his mindset.
Growing up singing and getting a Choir scholarship to college.
Losing his best friend and father to cancer.
Your circumstances can't dictate your life.

Connect with Nate on Twitter @ChroniclesofNate; @ulcmoney on Instagram and www.unlimitedlifeconcepts.com

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Creator of The Genius Path and Podcast Host Steve Bonenberger joins this episode to talk about:

Working with broken people.
The gift of time to create The Genius Path.
Being a fan of the Human spirit.
The common denominator of broken people and theory of care.
The Brain Gap Theory Model and the "Swoosh Moment."
Understanding the concept of cohesion.
The transformation of the mind.
How leaders effectively work with broken people.
Having stories come to him as a boy and reading 10,000 books in his lifetime.
Pastoring at 19 and loving the New Testament Church.
Feeling responsible for conflict in the church.
Discovering genius being personal, being inside of everyone and intrinsic to us all.
Pay attention to you.

Connect with Steve on Linkedin; Twitter @proftribute and proftribute@gmail.com

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Sales Coaches and International Entrepreneurs Brittany Baldwin and David Masover joins this episode to talk about:

The tests people have gone through collectively and finding ways to pivot.
The challenge of pushing products versus providing value.
Forgetting the human connectivity in Sales.
Remembering who to go to market with and understanding perspective.
Why entrepreneurs don't want to be considered Salespeople.
Understanding the roles Sales people play in a company.
Liking systems, order and processes.
Studying the craft and working to successful execution.
Being true in what you do and what you offer.

Connect with Brittany on Linkedin and at www.ticktocksales.com.au and with David at www.davidmasover.com

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Co-Host of Thursday Night Sales and Founder of Avenue Talent Partners Amy Volas joins this episode to talk about:

The last year being a whirlwind and the one thing that goes on hold and comes back in a downturn.
A quality-first mindset.
Having a firmly-planted why.
The beauty that happens in the face of adversity.
Being reminded that she's been through worse.
Being an underdog most of her career.
The one thing that action requires.
Why "why" is so hard to ask.
The true definition of recruiting.
Her parents divorcing when she was four and how she learned to deal with things.
Spending a lot of time with her grandparents and their impact on her life.
Being the only kids in her school with divorced parents.
Learning the power of work as a coping mechanism.
Never thinking she'd get married, yet meeting her husband and getting married three weeks later.
Her advice to her younger self.
Life is a puzzle that correlates.
The clarity of boundaries.

Connect with Amy on Linkedin; www.avenuetalentpartners.com; www.thursdaynightsales.com

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Pharmacist, Business Owner and Host of The Business of Pharmacy Podcast Mike Koelzer joins this episode to talk about:

The worst thing to happen to most people but the best thing to happen to business.
Being in a 75-year old family business.
Focusing on different goals while also focusing on a singular goal.
Pride not standing in the way of people.
Competition creating iteration.
Losing money of 10% of prescriptions and the solution of converting to a Generic-Only pharmacy.
The value of procrastination and the options that surfaced.
Taking his expertise from locally to nationally.
Attending a Catholic seminary for a year.
The one business question he'd ask his father and grandfather.
The best thing government can do.
The biggest reason he's in business and becoming who he is.

Connect with Mike on Linkedin. Check out The Business of Pharmacy Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Media Marketing Strategist and the Host of the Better Call Daddy Podcast Reena Friedman Watts joins this episode to talk about:

Finding balance during COVID from having to take a step back.
Getting rid of things that were seemingly unimportant.
Giving too much to clients and not enough to family.
Always calling her Dad and asking him for advice.
The television show that inspired her podcast title.
The greatest joy of doing a podcast with her Dad.
Not getting into a Performing Arts High school and her Dad stepping in.
Finding her passion was broadcasting while in college.
Interning on The Jerry Springer Show.
Moving to VH-1 and understanding how to ride on the coat tails of giants.
The danger of working with some people.

Connect with Reena on Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter @reenareena and check out the Better Call Daddy Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Dale Carnegie Sales Trainer and longtime friend Laura Jones joins this episode to talk about:

Being an extroverted introvert.
Making steps toward goals and realizing them.
Being at a crossroads from leaving a great place to chase her dreams.
The power of working hard and playing hard.
Filtering out the negativity when delivering messages.
"To be unclear is to be unkind."
Her journey to college at Auburn University.
The Senior leadership project she worked on at Auburn she still uses today.
A relationship with a Nashville musician challenged her to find her passion and ended the relationship to help her find it.
The advice she follows every day.

Connect with Laura on Linkedin and Facebook.

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The Host of An Unexpected Launch Podcast Kirsten Duncan joins this episode to talk about:

Getting energy from interactions.
The best time to end a meeting.
Being intentional with your time.
Turning off things to turn on your mind.
Showcasing the stories of others and looking for stories she resonates with.
The encouragement of listening to a podcast.
Feeling isolated in traumatic situations.
Having suspicions about her Ex-husband's sexuality but loving the life they had.
The lack of control in the moment.
Getting a call at 4:30 AM on the East coast that her son was in an accident on the West coast and the survival mechanism that kicked in within her.
Taking things one moment at a time.
Her son going to High school the day after being released from the hospital.
Never losing hope.

Connect with Kirsten on Linkedin or kirsten.duncan@comcast.net and check out An Unexpected Launch Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

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Entrepreneur, Author and Host of the Winning at Business and Life Podcast Professor Pete Alexander joins this episode to talk about:

The internalization that professional coaches have.
The greatest trait of Leadership.
Defining a person's top Personal values.
The LIGHTEN Stress Management model and where stress happens most.
How one's formative years affect their adult years.
The place where real change happens.
Missing out on being a kid,
Stress raising its ugly head in his Mid-40's due to his parents' health issues and his own business and family issues.
How clarity goes by the wayside when one is over stressed.
Being one hour from coma due to extreme dehydration.
Trading health for anything is a bad trade.

Connect with Professor Pete on Linkedin or www.petealexander.com

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Product Marketing Expert and Host of Discover Your Own Self (DYOS) Reggie Waterman joins this episode to talk about:

The power of connection and Linkedin magic.
What truly happens after a post.
The thing that slows down most First-time authors.
The last opportunity to make an impression.
The hesitation of posting content.
Avoiding being POOR.
Investing the time to find your Superpowers.
The correlation of a Personal brand and a Conventional brand.
Filtering out dreams from realities.
Being scared to fail and be themselves.
Being the odd person out in his school as the only Black person.
Observing the dynamics of people.
Fathering a son at 21 and shaping his mindset to support him.
Life coming at him in 2's.
The first time being a job and navigating through it.
Discovering hidden talents and developing products.
Embrace the imperfections.

Connect with Reggie on Linkedin and waterman.reggie@gmail.com

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Former Apple CFO and Transformational Coach Rusty Gaillard joins this episode to talk about:

The scariest thing about ambitious people.
The 3 ways to the path of success.
More to life than a "Nose to the Grindstone" mentality and getting stuck in the grindstone.
The expectation and badge of honor of working long hours.
The notion of an internal operating system and finding the right time and place to upgrade it.
Your inner technology.
The difference between a huge step up and a huge step down.
In new situations, our brains check straight to the risks.
Growing up where everything looked good on the outside but sucked on the inside.
Building a support network after his divorce.
Thinking he was a person who never got angry.
The moment he felt whole and having nothing left he hadn't told anyone.
Moving to Apple in 2005 and the wisdom of Steve Jobs.
Being a part of the launch of the iPhone.
Achieving more than you think you can.

Connect with Rusty on Linkedin or at www.svdreambuilders.com

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Growth Mindset Coach Simon Parsons joins this episodes to talk about:

The difference between thrive and survive.
Abundance versus Scarcity mindset.
The definition of fear and the % of fear that manifest.
The definition of #fullsend.
Where the damage occurs in taking risks.
The perfect example of Tribalism and caring about what others think.
What you get when you're authentic.
Finding the childlike version of yourself.
Walking to school in High School and wondering what life would be like.
Finding out people are all the same.
Having a path of ups and downs and getting dialed into the right mindset.
Being $100K in debt and turning around in less than a year.
Not accepting going bankrupt and creating a business that erased the debt.
The #1 regret of the dying.

Connect with Simon on LInkedin and Instagram @simonparsons76 or www.simonparsons.com

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Australian Leadership Coach and Founder of Leadership by Design Pushpa Vaghela joins this episode to talk about:

The profound events of the last year.
Seeing anxiety, fear and depression around her and offering help.
Building relationships through trying circumstances.
Coming from a place of empathy and understanding.
Working with the Tony Robbins organization.
Her mother teaching her leadership from an early age.
The five decisions involved in her business.
Looking after her family as a child after her Mom died and her father's depression from it.
Having to leave school to work and finding the love of her life.
Finding her business mind through a trying time in their own business.
Learning saving her after losing her husband.
Knowing she's here for a purpose.
Your intent is your biggest encouragement.

Connect with Pushpa on Linkedin or at info@leadershipbydesign.com.au

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Linkedin Connection Expert and Founder of Leverage Up LLC Deanna Russo joins this episode to talk about:

How connection really works.
Getting to know people offline as well as online.
The intimidation factor.
A false expectation of who people really are.
The two ways ways to decide to connect.
The power of leveraging up.
Realizing Linkedin was more about connection and engagement.
Times you have to disconnect.
Knowing your ideal connections.
The events of March 6, 1998 and the words her sister said to her in their last conversation.
Her sister killed instantly in a car accident with a drunk driver.
The drunk driver stopped by the police five hours previous.
Speaking out against drunk driving and helping people who've walked similar roads.
Her parents being the strongest people she's ever known.
What the world missed by her sister not being in it.
Ignoring people who tell you to "get over it."

Connect with Deanna on Linkedin and at www.leverageupllc.com

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Personal and Leadership Development Coaches Sherri McManus and Lou Everett join this episode to discuss:

Being born for this moment in time.
Leaning in to coaching.
Giving value to others and finding more ways to give.
Proactively reaching out to their coaches and mentors.
Aligning yourself with the right people.
Feeling it to be sinful not to share information.
Leading out of confusion and into clarity.
The power of impact on change and being intentional about it.
Starting their company in 2018 and leaving Corporate America.
The life event of August 13, 2018 that changed their trajectory.
The rare disease that caused Sherri to burn from the inside out.
Finding the root cause of Sherri's illness and the newfound purpose that emerged from it.
There's no such thing as a straight line to the top.

Connect with Sherri and Lou on Linkedin or go to www.loueverettgroup.com

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Speaker, Coach, Best-Selling Author and Podcast Host Matt Crump joins this episode to talk about:

Seeing doubt and fear most often in his community.
The selflessness of service.
Volunteer versus Servanteer.
The thing missing most in Leadership.
His battle with cancer and the impetus for writing his book.
Overcoming a bleeding brain tumor and having 24-48 hours to live.
God putting him at the right place at the right time.
Growing his beard due to losing his hair and a symbol of his cancer fight.
A nurse at Duke University Medical Center praying with him and became a daughter to him.
Ministering to her family and the bracelet she wore when killed in a car accident.
One of the toughest questions we ask in the midst of sorrow.
Joining the Army out of High School and getting on the path to being a drug and alcohol addict.
Being on Guard duty with a Christian and former drug abuser.
Seeing a sky in the desert.
Having an insatiable appetite for the Bible after giving his life to Jesus.
The power of the sparrow.

Connect with Matt on Facebook and Linkedin and watch his Hope Revealed broadcast.

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Author, Minister and Host of the Delivering Dunamis Podcast Matthew Deibler joins this episode to talk about:

Creating more clarity and truly understanding priorities.
The great revival coming from the pandemic.
Spending lots of time outside.
Beginning each day at prayer and exercise.
The transition from darkness to light and the encounters with Satan that led him to write his book.
Beginning to blog in 2011 and sharing his Mental health issues.
Stepping forward in faith and not having to figure it all out.
Adapting behaviors as a child to accommodate OCD thoughts and hide them externally.
Using football to escape in High School and dreaming of playing at the Division 1 level.
Getting overwhelmed in Junior College, quitting football and feeling his let his father down.
Experimenting with drugs that leading to one of the worst nights of his life.
Betting on a Women's soccer game, losing his temper at the results and smashing his TV.
A man intervening in his life and repeating something he said in his apartment.
Asking God to forgive him and turning his life around.
Inching his way out of captivity.

Connect with Matthew on Linkedin and Facebook; www.lamponthestand.com and Lamp on the Stand Ministry on Facebook

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Social Media Marketing, Linkedin Content Expert and Founder of Impaxs Alex B. Sheridan joins this episode to talk about:

Never coming back to where he was in a day's time.
Starting his business in a pandemic.
The opposite of playing it safe.
Come out swinging when your back's against the wall.
Not fast-tracking around truly connecting with people.
Being a human being on Social media.
Getting ego out of the way in interactions.
Meeting emotion with emotion and logic with logic.
Going to 3 different High schools and getting in trouble with the law.
Being a creative teenager but not having a great relationship with his Dad.
Giving a speech in college that changed his life.
Going through a separation and ultimately a divorce.
Not being happy in the Corporate world and hearing the same voice he heard in college.
Getting ultra clear of what you really want in life.
Finding out who you need to become.

Connect with Alex on Linkedin or asheridan@impaxs.com

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Chief Kindness Office at the PEPOK Institute, Author and Podcast Host Randy McNeely joins this episode to talk about:

The definition of a Chief Kindness Officer.
A quiet power in kindness.
The key ingredient to connecting to the heart.
Why nice guys don't finish last.
Practicing blameless conversations.
The need to recognize human beings.
The economics of kindness and the impact of Eddie, the Auto Mechanic.
The highs of building great culture.
Growing up being verbally and sexually abused by his father.
His father going to prison when Randy was a teenager.
Faith getting him through trauma.
Blaming himself for things.
His father asking for forgiveness and getting the healing they both needed.
Having a better relationship with his father but being uncomfortable with his children being around their grandfather.
An emergency heart procedure reminding Randy to be kind to himself.

Connect with Randy on Linkedin or at www.pepokinstitute.com

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Government Relations Expert and Founder of Target Your Impossible Luis Farias joins this episode to talk about:

Challenges giving people opportunities to discover strengths and weaknesses.
The greatest blessing of the last year.
Leg pressing 1300 pounds and the bonding of father and son at the gym.
The best Christmas gift he got from his family.
Making the dash count.
Choosing the harder way.
Starting with yourself to make the world better.
The encouragement of his wife and family.
The beauty of creating things.
Working for former California Governor and Film Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger's ability to focus on large Public issues and assembling a great team of givers.
The desire to connect with people.
Making the choice of who to follow.
Learning to love writing by overcoming the challenge of it.
Don't stop. Keep charging.

Connect with Luis on Linkedin (Luis R. Farias); Twitter @1LuisFarias; Instagram and Facebook @TargetYourImpossible

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Founder of The Harris Consulting Group and SalesForce Top Influencer and Podcaster Richard Harris joins this episode to talk about:

Asking questions more intimately and deeply.
His favorite people to recruit in Sales.
Being really good at observation.
The lack of Sales training in the previous generation.
Coming up with better strategies.
The one thing Entrepreneurs need to learn about Sales.
Knowing he needed to get out of the South after High school and wanting more diversity as a Jewish kid.
Spending part of his Senior year in High school in Israel.
The greatest Sales lesson he learned from his parents.
Educating kids in the value of money.
Being a functioning depressed person and the power of therapy.
The best personal advice his Mom gave him.
Depression being his Super power.
Working with intent and integrity.

Connect with Richard on Linkedin and Twitter @rharris415 or richard@rharris415.com

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Author and High Performance Coach Annie Salvador joins this episode to talk about:

Being reflective on life and death.
Getting more creative with her toolbox.
The reason she works with high achievers.
The difference between male and female leaders.
Giving feedback all the time.
Delivering bad news valuably.
Co-authoring her book with 29 other people.
The recipe for greatness.
The power of "I've screwed up again."
Growing up in an At-risk home and being in Foster homes and Children's homes from 9 to 16.
Starting a drug and transient lifestyle at 16.
Asking why things happened to her and thinking things were a punishment.
Learning that people are magnificent.
Going after a dream and having a plan to pay it forward.

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Author of The Third Gift JD McCabe joins this episode to talk about:

Making the decision to move before the pandemic and transitioning to life in a new area.
Being attracted to the waterfront of Coastal South Carolina.
Writing his book about the collapse of his 23-year marriage and Domestic abuse from a male perspective.
Where the Third gift comes from.
His wife threatening to kill him on a family beach trip.
Getting poisoned with arsenic by his wife.
God walking with him through this journey.
His children being used as weapons against him and the 2 years his daughter was gone from his life.
The compassion his children have shown to both their parents.
His father inspiring him to write the book and how dementia took its toll on his father.
Don't go it alone.

Connect with JD at www.thirdgift.com; @thethirdgift on Instagram and Facebook

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Pastor and President of Vision Christian Bible College Chris Romano joins this episode to talk about:

Making adjustments and being willing to make them.
Still discovering his leadership skills
Bringing the vision back to his congregation.
Developing a culture of consecration in his home.
Staying connected with his brothers and wishing they all rooted for the same team.
Retaliating against his father by rooting against teams his father liked.
Being the first in his family to become a Christian.
Leading his brother, Jason, to the Lord.
Playing Little League baseball and his father's alcoholism being on display there.
The powerful impact of his paternal grandparents and the greatest advice his grandfather gave him.
His Mom being his hero and relying on her wisdom.
Keep dreaming.

Connect with Chris on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @cjromano21

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Founder of SpearPoint Solutions and Author of 101 Freaking Brilliant Business Ideas: And 10 Ways You Can Create Your Own, Bob Sager joins this Special episode to talk about:

A moment where you know something is golden.
Not being memorable early in life but becoming memorable for other people.
The need people have to feel important.
The real definition of clarity.
Life is a 4-letter word.
The power of introspection.
Songs sparking memories.
The euphoria of a live performance.
The power of practice.
Never counting on luck to get you where you want to go.
The memorable moment of practice.
Everything you put into the world comes back to you.
His most memorable connection and the impact of that person on the world.
The ability to have more confidence.
"It's not about you. It's about them."

Connect with Bob on Linkedin and Facebook or at www.spearpointsolutions.com

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Leadership Development Specialist and Author of 7 Ways to More, Brian Willett joins this Special episode to talk about:

His motivation coming from within and knowing we have something of value to say.
The embarrassment of procrastination.
Gaining credibility from writing.
Seeing yourself in your vision and including others in it.
Getting others involved in the solution.
Big "MO."
The leader not needing to do the heavy lifting when teams are motivated.
His brother's death being a powerful motivator.
Asking himself a second time if he was equipped to go to the next level.
The fuel for curiosity.
The regrets of motivation and changing the speed of motivation.
Deciding what you want and not limiting yourself.

Connect with Brian on Linkedin and Facebook or at www.brianwillettgroup.com

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President of Get Life in Balance Rein Kansman joins this Special episode to talk about:

Pulling out the "AHA" moments in delivering training and his "AHA" moment.
The difference between selling and educating.
The assumption in training he stopped and the analogy of the candle.
The storytelling element of unique delivery.
Being uniquely consistent.
The value of an unique approach.
The program that helped him connect uniquely.
Carefully and transparently connecting with "burned" people.
Being true to your word and it becoming an absolute.
The similarity of Tiny Tim.
The unique gifts he passed along to his kids.
Resisting conformity and understanding the power of unique gifts.

Connect with Rein on Linkedin and Facebook (Get Life in Balance); email rein@getlifeinbalance.com or www.getlifeinbalance.com

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President of SEO National and Author of Outrank, Damon Burton joins this Special episode on Authenticity and talks about:

The peace of mind of being authentic.
Being intentionally authentic.
The exhaustion of Social media.
Being addicted to positive feedback.
Showing up consistently to multiple parties and the 2 reasons to be consistent.
Social media is really a business.
Figuring out your audience.
Being an Influencer isn't limited to Social media.
What causes inauthenticity in business.
The 3 types of Content consumers.
The readers are the heroes.
The power of asking.
The weight of a false reputation.

Connect with Damon on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @EntrepenuerDB and at www.SEONational.com or www.freeSEObook.com

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The Leader of the Sales Rebellion and writer of the Foreword to People Buy From People, Dale Dupree joins this Special episode on Engaging to talk about:

The genesis of engagement before Linkedin.
Music being his source to connect with strangers.
Knowing the roles of everyone around you.
Perspective versus perception.
How bands really work.
Learning to become the man he is today through failures.
His Dad's brilliance with engaging and recognizing his impact.
How his Dad would engage with him today.
The principles of a Rebel and how they look at engagement.
The birth of The Copier Warrior.
Engaging with greater effectiveness.
Meeting people where they are and working on meeting yourself where you are.

Connect with Dale on Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter @SalesRebellion and www.thesalesrebellion.com

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Author of Maximize 365, You've Got Gifts Children's Series and YouMap Creator Kristin Sherry joins this Special episode of The People Buy From People Series on Observation and talks about:

The lack of observation within us.
Not noticing the small details.
Our brain's classifying and categorizing of things and people.
People being incredibly nuanced.
Growing in the process of writing.
Sitting in the accomplishment.
Observing her kids and asking more "check-in" questions.
The blessings of the storm.
Being intentional about legacy.
Words living beyond the grave.
The different lenses we use to observe.
The Fundamental Attribution Effect.
Making every effort to be present with people.

Connect with Kristin on Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter @YouMapCreator and at www.myyoumap.com

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President of Knowbility Consulting, Lori Knudsen joins this Special episode on Meekness to talk about:

Meekness turning into a strength.
Motivation coming from within and a focus on values.
The biggest obstacle was herself.
Patience depends on personality.
The beauty of frustration.
The shadow side of our strengths.
Developing your patience.
The Keyboard Warrior mentality and seeking to understand.
Hindsight is a marvleous thing.
Running back to her values.
Finding your Deal-makers and Deal-breakers.
Gifts that go unwrapped.

Connect with Lori on Linkedin and Facebook or go to www.knowbilityconsulting.com

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Host of The Sports Spectrum Podcast and Author of Live to Forgive and The Uniform of Leadership Jason Romano joins this Special episode on Empathy and talks about:

The most powerful discussion he's had in the last year.
Jesus being glorified through conversations.
The person behind the posts on Social Media.
The revelation of forgiveness starting with empathy.
Thinking he was so much better than his then Alcoholic father.
The empathy of God and the uncomfort, at times, of empathy.
The heart check of empathy.
Everyone's involvement in empathy and the intentionality of it.
Living a life of empathy.

Connect with Jason on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter @JasonRomano or go to www.jasonromano.com

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Author of Selling From The Heart and Co-Host of The Selling From the Heart Podcast joins this special episode to talk about:

Asking the question, "Is thankfulness just something to say?"
Living a Thankful lifestyle.
The 5 principles to live and lead with clients.
The best piece of advice he ever received.
Fear and uncertainty about his personal life.
The car ride that inspired his book.
The Linkedin InMessage that hit his Thankfulness center.
Learning how to lead up.
The inner work on ourselves that fuels the outer work to others.
The power of morning routines.
Not getting PIPPed.
The importance of connecting and being thankful.

Connect with Larry on Linkedin, Twitter @Larry1Levine and www.sellingfromtheheart.net

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Host of The Good Advice Podcast and an endorser of People Buy From People, Blake Binns joins this special episode to talk about:

The different perceptions of consistency.
The intense stresser on a brand that affects consistency.
Showing up consistently for customers.
Looking in the mirror around your business.
Two thoughts on Minimum Wage.
The consistency of the Chicken sandwich.
Who you are at home versus who you are in business.
The two things he wants his daughter to be.
The mental game of Imposter Syndrome.
Remembering the value you have to give.
Surrounding yourself with Truth tellers.

Connect with Blake on Linkedin, check out The Good Advice Podcast or go to www.goodadvicecoaching.com

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Digital Media Strategist, Teacher and Entreprenuer Rob Deptford joins this episode to talk about:

Having a year of learning around the COVID-19 pandemic and business beginning to vanish at the beginning of it.
The ever-changing demands of the Marketplace.
How broadcasting changed during the pandemic and how anyone now can become a broadcaster.
Thriving in the Digital economy and becoming "Recession-proof."
Watching these people to figure out the Digital era.
Starting things on time.
The nomadic career of Mainstream broadcasting.
Saying so much in so little time.
The legacy he wants to leave.
Finding learning in every step.

Connect with Rob on YouTube, Linkedin and www.robertdeptford.com

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Cyber Knight and Host of the KD's Journey Podcast Kaleigh Dwyer joins this episode to talk about:

Defining a Cyber Knight.
Meeting the most intelligent people from what she does.
Making it a point to meet new people each week.
Being intentional to help people.
Going all-in on Relationship building.
Finding "Internal Superpowers."
Diving in and embracing the weird.
Being a Honeymoon baby.
Learning Self-sufficiency at an early age.
Not having her Dad around growing up due to his Alcoholism.
Not noticing her Mom's impact and having an epiphany about her.
Overcoming Mental Health issues.
There's more to people than what they think.

Connect with Kaleigh on Linkedin and Instagram @kdsjourney

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Entreprenuer, Speaker and Author of Say Yes Everyday! Laura J. Brandao joins this episode to talk about:

Having a goal of living and working Bi-Coastally.
Managing the chaos of managing 400 employees remotely.
Never having worked from home.
Always being a Servant leader.
Making herself more visible online.
Finding more things to impact from the time savings on not commuting.
Having a company comfortable enough to be digital.
The encouragement she got to write her book.
Connecting with people in new ways after an Industry disruption.
Saying "Yes" creating a torrent of events in her life.
Getting engaged at 19 and getting pregnant two months later.
Wanting to control her destiny.
Doing the same things now she did then.
Getting promoted to COO of a company at 27.
Taking care of yourself first.

Connect with Laura on Linkedin, Facebook and Instagram or at www.laurabrandao.com

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CEO and Leadership Author Brian Cunningham joins this episode to talk about:

Thinking globally instead of locally.
Trading a suit and tie for a Tropical shirt.
Respectfulness setting the tone in business in Hawaii.
The genesis of the Awareness Quotient (AQ).
Immersing yourself in awareness.
The constant dynamic movement in Leadership.
Leaders operating on their current awareness and the things that contracts awareness.
What Higher-Level Leadership is based upon.
The things learned being a "Transportologist."
Being polite under fire externally and being angry internally.
Understanding people at a surface level despite challenges.
Working from the inside out on awareness.
All people being connected.

Connect with Brian on Linkedin or www.awarenessquotientleadership.com

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Legal Shield Director Lisa Jameson joins this episode to talk about:

70% of the United States population not having a will.
Being moved to action but not taking action.
The last love letter to a person's family.
What Mozart did after he died.
How her and her husband became Christians and the hypocrisy she saw in her family after becoming a Christian.
Dealing a tragedy with one of her sons after being on leave dealing with another son.
Losing her Daughter-in-Law in a car accident in 2005.
His son donating his late wife's organs.
Seeing the power of connection.
A person coming into their lives to save their family.
Trusting God through situations.

Connect with Lisa on Linkedin or at www.lisajameson.wearelegalshield.com

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From the Land Down Under, Rachel's Business Coach and father of seven, Anthony English joins this episode to talk about:

Raising teenagers and the lessons available to pass along.
People not knowing their own gifts.
What most view as a weakness is often their own strength.
Being fascinated by working from home and homeschooling as a young man.
Women being more self-aware in coaching.
Trying to please a ghost.
Playing "Tag Rachel" on Linkedin.
Being the only male of seven children.
Finally enjoying watching his own videos.
God giving us everything we need to do what we need to do.
The beauty of Australian Rules Football.

Connect with Anthony on Linkedin and his YouTube channel or go to www.anthonyenglish.com.au

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Personal Growth Strategist, Certified Transformation Coach and Design Thinker Falguni Katira joins this episode to talk about:

The importance of staying active.
The one key area of Leadership she learned from her kids.
Learning different ways to connect.
Defining Mindfulness Implementation.
Spending time with herself after moving to the United States with her husband and wanting to work.
What we go through in life, we grow through in life.
The thing that caused her biggest obstacle.
The magic that happened inside her through what she tapped into.
The transformation to a Victory story.
Going in is the only way out.

Connect with Falguni on Linkedin and Facebook or www.falgunikatira.com

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Sales Coach, Business Consultant, Podcast Host and Author of Selling With Authentic Persuasion Jason Cutter joins this episode and talks about:

Being self-aware in these two areas.
The by-product of being human.
The tribe of humans and the fear of getting kicked out of it.
Why people fear public speaking.
Going from Master to Disaster.
The definition of purpose in life.
Collecting authentic people.
Companies falling in love with what they sell.
Not ever wanting to interact with people.
Tagging sharks after getting a Marine Biology degree.
Beating himself up for not taking a "traditional path" in life.
Making the transition from Microsoft to Mortgage Broker.
Thinking Sales was gross and icky.
Leaving people better than you find them.

Connect with Jason on Linkedin or go to www.cutterconsultinggroup.com

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Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor, Author and Host of the Growth Hacking Secrets Podcast Muhammad Siddique joins this episode to talk about:

The one thing that always brings opportunity.
Speaking to an audience, not at them.
The two things people are doing over engagement.
Thinking like a Doctor.
What saying yes to everything really does to people.
Dumping things that don't add value.
Living in a Mosque during college.
Using Internal encouragement to finish his degree.
Emigrating to Canada and finding his first job in 3 weeks there.
The Tech giant that sponsored his journey to the United States.
Using solutions he learned to launch his company.
Always learning a better way.
Applied knowledge is power.

Connect with Siddique on LinkedIn; www.meetsiddique.com or his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdASN1ixSnxye8LkvxUKqzw

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Coach, Entrepreneur and Creator of Products for Profit Joe Hart joins this episode to talk about:

Using Social Media to hold people accountable.
What bombards people in comparisons to others.
The two things that most overestimate and underestimate.
The deterrent of comparing yourself to others.
Losing people along the way to improve yourself.
Starting his business while working in Marketing.
The person who inspired him most on his journey.
Using his business to pay off $8000 in debt in four months and the conflict it caused internally.
Getting let go from his Marketing job and how he really felt.
The confusion his parents' divorce caused him as a teenager.
His Dad's help to his Mom.
Becoming a Cheerleader at the University of Dayton.
Starting over in a new state and figuring it out along the way.

Connect with Coach Joe on Twitter @CoachJoeHart and on Instagram.

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Founder of Simpletech and Restaurant Software Advisor Ryan Nicley joins this episode to talk about:

The two things COVID-19 brought to the Restaurant industry being here to stay.
What restaurants continue to deliver.
What technology can never replace.
After 24 years in the Information Technology space, the thing that was new to him.
Knowing who he is and his value of honesty.
How he found his company while working for a company.
Two things that powered his growth.
The emotions that came with getting older.
Having the epiphany of where his company could go.
His scariest conversation and the support that came from it.
His biggest Intentional Encourager.

Connect with Ryan on Linkedin or at www.simpletechllc.com

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Podcaster, Author and Founder of The Salesborgs Justin Michael joins this episode to talk about:

This influencer and inventor's approach to Sales.
How a 6-year-old thinks about asking questions.
Re-thinking these 2 things about Sales.
How to correctly interrupt a prospect or customer's day.
Lowering the cognitive load on a propsect.
Working for someone featured in a popular movie and the 2 takeaways of working with them.
The uniqueness in genius.
Speaking to people's strengths.
Doing the opposite of what you do naturally.
Living in three different parts of the United States and learning something from each place.
Never going to college and what that caused inside of him.
Sprinting at problems.
Waiting 10 years to go into business for himself.
What happens by trying to outwork everyone.

Connect with Justin on LinkedIn or go to www.justinmichaelconsulting.com

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Speaker, Trainer, Coach and Wisdom Seeker W. Kevin Ward joins this episode to talk about:

The importance of finding gratitude and thankfulness each morning.
The source he seeks often for wisdom.
The one thing he's honest with clients most about.
The two emotions becoming pervasive and creeping into the Business world.
The confusion of mission and vision.
What vision becomes in a company and what causes people not to execute properly.
Walking at night and lessons learned from doing that.
The power of scanning.
What organizations are operating from and not operating with.
A life-changing moment in 1972 and another, later in life.
Getting angry with God and discovering God's character.
How Intentional encouragers impacted his life.

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn or wkwconsultingllc@gmail.com or go to his website: www.wkwconsultingllc.com

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Blake Binns of Good Advice Coaching.com stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Blake talks about his early career in teaching, his transition to business and his battle with depression.

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Advisor, Public Speaker and Founder and CEO of Esposito Intellectual Enterprises Brian J. Esposito joins this episode to talk about:

Being afraid of having one egg in one basket.
Building an ecosystem and diving into diversification.
Not being Money-oriented, following the passion and protecting time and integrity.
Comparing Business leaders to Professional athletes and needing a team to win.
The value of practice, training and coaching as a Baseball player translating to business.
State of mind is critical to success.
Starting his first company in the Beauty business after seeing his father's success in the same industry.
Learning to communicate his success to his father without arrogance.
Staying in his lane for over 15 years but realizing he was missing opportunities.
The incredible life lesson he learned from a Car accident.
Seeing people accomplishing dreams is addicting.

Connect with Brian on LinkedIn, Email: brian@eie.rocks and on Twitter @brianjesposito Watch this episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/dv74JrM

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Host of the Meet Me In The Field Podcast and South African Addiction and Wellness Specialist Freddie van Rensburg joins this episode to talk about:

The energy of the host and guest in recording a podcast.
Growing up in a Christian home and moving away from God in his late teens and early 20's.
Becoming addicted to drugs at 42 and entering rehab.
Discovering his addiction began at 5 with perfectionism and at 13 with athletics and suffering with anxiety.
Believing the way he thought was unacceptable and thinking he had to be perfect to be accepted.
Having a desire for greatness born from insecurity.
His parents buying a home in a town in South Africa called Triumph, a former area designed for relocated Black South Africans.
Being taught selective history in school and not knowing who Nelson Mandela was until he entered University and its impact on him.
The greatest journey is the journey to self-love and creating a world of love.

Connect with Freddie on Facebook (Freddy van Rensburg) or www.freedie.org.za

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Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker and Co-Author of the Go-Giver Book Series Bob Burg joins this episode to talk about:

Being very fortunate that he tailored his travel schedule and doing speaking virtually before COVID-19.
His business partner being a genius and shifting their business proactively before COVID-19 and loving Virtual speaking.
The medium mattering less than the message and the difference between speaking Live and Virtually.
Noticing the people who weren't receiving the message when he first got into speaking, tailoring the effect they had on him and the message and correcting that behavior.
The early adopters of The Go-Giver series and the impact of his Co-Author on the series.
The anti-business sentiment in our society today.
The power of Third-Party credibility.
Growing up in the Boston area, becoming a Radio Sportscaster.
His hero in Sportscasting giving him Intentional encouragement.
Interviewing Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr and seeing how Orr treated people empathetically.
The adjustment of moving from the Northeast to the Midwest and taking his "Boston accent" with him.
Transitioning into Sales, devouring books by Zig Ziglar and Tom Hopkins and finding a process that made him immediately successful.
Presenting Zig Ziglar with the first "Go-Giver Award" and doing an impersonation tribute to him.
Zig sharing with him about learning something new every day.
Having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), succeeding in spite of OCD and being overly empathetic.
Making your target about serving others and believing in your personal mission.

Connect with Bob on LinkedIn; bob@burg.com or through his websites: www.thegogiver.com or www.burg.com

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Computer Scientist and Negativity Terminator Dimitry Ortiz stops by this episode to talk about:

Some people telling a singular story.
The power of perseverance and how to harness your actions.
Having clarity about what you want.
The biggest difference between people and animals.
Favoring collaboration over competition.
Losing a 5-year old business at the beginning of COVID-19.
Growing up in the midst of Civil War in Guatemala.
Moving to the United States as a 10-year old and the one sentence he memorized.
Relocating to Utah in High school, having a wonderful culture shock and learning to stand out, rather than fit in.
Being a Full-time missionary and realizing the joy of serving.
Learning that selling was the greatest skill he would develop.
Being separated from his son as his marriage was ending and being tempted with things that could destroy him.
Using honesty as his best weapons.
Being created to be creators.

Connect with Dimitry on LinkedIn. or dortiz@scalethroughautomation.com

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Fractional CMO, Author and LinkedIn Strategist Monte Clark joins this episode to talk about:

His best food recommendation in the Kansas City area.
Working on his business intentionally and treating LinkedIn as a Live networking event.
Knowing there's a plan from God and a foundation in life.
Not having a One-sided conversation on Social media and building your own marketplace on it.
Engaging more authentically and how the more you give, the more it comes back to you.
Being dependent on other people to be successful and deciding at some point to be more independent.
Transitioning from Graphic Design to Sales and believing in Relationship Sales.
Growing up a Pastor's kid and teaching himself technology.
Having a unique relationship with God and holding on to authentic intentionality each day.
Having 5 different companies fail and realizing the greatest learning comes from failure.
Facing bankruptcy and divorce that caused a crisis of faith and the decision he faced in it.
The dire need for authenticity.

Connect with Monte on Linked and Facebook or go to www.monteclark.com

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Visionary Leader, Team Builder and a Man of Purpose, Jason Ricks joins this episode to talk about:

The impact of COVID on his home state of Nebraska and limited access to beef.
What Nebraska was like with the prospect of no football in the fall and it's emotional toll on the state.
Being a 13-year old working for his Dad in the family business and replacing an employee who had a fatal Heart attack.
His Dad recognizing he was curious to learn and having a gift with people.
Leaving his Dad's business to make his own name in his work.
Becoming a People manager the day he graduated High school and learning the power of versatility.
Joining the United States Air Force after a change of leadership in his company.
Being in the Air Force during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist attack on the United States.
Leaving the Air Force to have a more stable life only to have his marriage implode.
Trying to be a Stockbroker, losing everything and crying out to God to help him do things right and make things count.
Understanding everything he went through would eventually make sense and there would be peace and opportunity after a hardship.

Connect with Jason on LinkedIn, YouTube and at www.thejasonricks.com

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Former Tech Executive, Entrepreneur and Founder of JW Strategic Advisory Justin Welsh joins this episode to talk about:

As an Ohio State Football fan, the passion of their Fan base across the country.
Parents that had incredible work ethic.
Working in New York City, making his first sale and having a life-altering "AHA" moment.
Investing in himself by reading, asking questions and consuming content.
December 17, 2018 being the day that changed his life through a health scare.
Stopping consuming alcohol for 90 days and losing 30 pounds.
Hitting rock bottom to bounce back.
The importance of his wife in his life and his ability to listen.
Why good Sales people fail and asking yourself what other option you have right now.

Connect with Justin on LinkedIn; www.justinwelsh.me or Twitter @JustinSaaS

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Sales Trainer and Co-Founder of Pici and Pici Dawn Pici joins this episode to talk about:

Being "others focused" to be truly effective in training.
The paramount importance of being in thriving mode.
Breaking down walls in training to help people be most successful.
Realizing if winning is the only reason to compete, you'll eventually quit.
Being humble enough to realize what you don't know.
Being married to a College football coach and how many kids her husband rescued.
Doing a job that had a purpose.
Transitioning from Football to their own business.
Knowing how to work made their business work and paying off $250,000 in Medical debt.
Facing death in 1983, being told there was nothing that could done, knowing where she was going when she died, but her husband deciding she was going to live.

Connect with Dawn on LinkedIn; www.piciandpici.com or dawn@piciandpici.com

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Faith Forward Leader, Entrepreneur and Founder of the Daddy Saturday Foundation Justin Batt joins this episode to talk about:

Moving from Charleston, South Carolina to Nashville, Tennessee in the midst of COVID-19.
His kids doing new things in a new location and moving from the city to the country.
Living life with an open hand.
Growing up an Ohio State football fan, wanting to play College football and having an injury derailing those plans.
Going to Clemson University ready to walk on the football team and having something stop him.
His wife leaving teaching to open her own business.
Creating epic moments on Saturdays with his kids while his wife was at work in her business.
Realizing he didn't have to be perfect but present.

Connect with Justin on LinkedIn; www.justinbatt.com or justinbatt@gmail.com

Also connect with Daddy Saturday at www.DaddySaturdayFoundation.org

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Personal Empowerment Coach and Founder of Unlimited Leader Lauren Ammon joins this episode to talk about:

Learning the power of routine as a College swimmer and Marathon runner and staying in that mode of training.
Asking the question: What am I willing to spend my time on?
Being a big proponent of three.
The moment of the trigger.
Thinking she would be an Attorney and instead going into Human Resources.
Entering the job market in a recession and impacting lives by having to make job cuts in HR.
Feeling heaviness for months due to having to let people go from jobs and taking its toll on her.
What coaching helped uncover.
Feeling like being on an island in her career and going through 4 bosses in 9 months.
Dreams not having an Expiration date.

Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn or www.laurenammon.com

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The People Gardener and Host of The Leadership Simplified Podcast Rhonda Delaney joins this episode to talk about:

Adopting and practicing adaptability, being grounded and being still.
Having philosophies rooted and grounded in nature and not listening to the noise.
The dehumanization of the workplace.
The thread of love, care and honesty her podcast guests have shared.
Realizing she hadn't scratched the surface on Leadership and doing better to work on subjects to be more aware.
Being a leader since Kindergarten and always loving people.
Spending 9 1/2 months on crutches after a car accident, losing her Athletic career and realizing 10 years later, she'd never fully grieved.
Dealing with her daughter's Asthma and subsequent Oxycontin addiction.
Learning to be at peace in the midst of chaos and having gratitude for life as it is.

Connect with Rhonda on LinkedIn; www.rhondadelaney.com

Check out The Leadership Simplified Podcast

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Business Coach and Life Enhancer Jesse Brisendine joins this episode to talk about:

Making a sure bet on yourself in Social engagement.
Compensating for the lifetime of underpreparedness and preparing now to overcome it.
The intuitive feeling developed with repetitive preparation.
Playing poker, strategy games or altering routine to develop intuition.
Living in alignment with Core values, when in the past, it hadn't been a priority.
Producing the product people expect and avoid becoming something you're not.
The critical need for Values clarity and creating a success framework.
The importance of Mission alignment and being in the moment.

Connect with Jesse on LinkedIn; jesse@jessebrisendine.com or @jessebris on Twitter

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Wellness Warrior Caren Cooper joins this episode to talk about:

The definition of a "Wellness Warrior" and being sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Quitting smoking and not feeling as good as she wanted to feel.
Being on the go with her children's sports and not eating like she wanted to.
Always being a "People Therapist," and having a mind-shift change.
Learning she had a choice and taking inventory of herself.
Working with people that are skeptical they can change.
Losing her father and needing an outlet to fill that void.
Doing things she thought she would never do and feeling incredible doing them.
Her Corporate job ending as COVID-19 began.
Dealing with Secondary infertility before getting pregnant with her son.
Being proven wrong by her Mother.

Connect with Caren at www.carencooper.isagenix.com or on LinkedIn and Facebook

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Global Entrepreneurs, Business Coaches and Twin sisters Tam and Tanya Pluckrose join this episode to talk about:

The differences in handling COVID-19 in Australia where Tam lives and in Los Angeles where Tanya lived until moving to Las Vegas.
People returning to Australia from being outside the country and Domestic travel resuming.
Tam believing Australia exploding with travel after the pandemic ends.
Tanya going home to Australia in 2019 after being away 5 years and coming to the United States to fulfill a calling.
Tanya believing America is the greatest country to support the desires of people to make greater impact.
Growing up in South Africa and moving to Hong Kong at 10 years old.
Always having a playmate and being each other's best friend.
Being grateful to end up moving to Australia and becoming the people they are.
Seeing Social injustice in South Africa and being impacted for a lifetime.
The challenges Tanya faced on her moving trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
God giving people opportunities to grow.
Finding the real you.

Connect with Tam and Tanya Pluckrose on LinkedIn tam@multilayered.world

tanyapluckrose.com

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Medical Practice Manager and Broadway Mom Steffanie Peterson joins this episode to talk about:

Brian's relationship with her brother.
Being a transplanted West Virginian living in New York City and the city being "apocalyptic."
Friends who couldn't survive living in NYC, having to move and waiting for hours for groceries.
Her and her daughter, Hannah Jane, getting sick with COVID-19 for 15 days.
Not having the energy to put on her weighted blanket.
Broadway performers losing everything and it's affect on their community.
Keeping the Broadway performers and the audience safe.
Being a Single mom and discovering her daughter's singing talent when her daughter was young.
Finding a Talent agent for her daughter and pressing forward with her career.
Moving to New York City with her daughter in 2014 in a whirlwind time frame.
Missing the audition for the High school her daughter wanted and ending up being able to audition late and getting into the school.
Her daughter gobbling up every opportunity to sing.
Not being afraid to fail.

Connect with Steffanie on Facebook or hannahjane.nyc or get her book, Hot Mess Express and Hannah Jane's music on Amazon.

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Cybersecurity Expert, Speaker and Trainer Dana Mantilla joins this episode to talk about:

Being home more often in 2020, keeping her family busy and realizing they don't need as much as they thought.
Cybersecurity being much worse now that many are working from home.
Setting limitations on the amount of time online.
Scammers playing on emotions or urgency.
Using a Credit card instead of a Debit card when making Online purchases.
Opening an Insurance agency in 2014, looking for a Cybersecurity product to sell and developing it.
Explaining Identity theft using her daughter's American Girl dolls.
Working and running her family's Ford dealership and being a Serial entrepreneur.
Creating a Consignment shop during the 2008 Recession to help others afford "new" things.
The dynamics of a family business and the advice she'd give her daughters.
Running a business through a Recession and the personal toll it took on her.
Always getting back up.

Connect with Dana on LinkedIn, Facebook, her YouTube channel or her website www.identityprotectionplanning.com

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HR Tech Educator, Speaker, Podcast Host and Content creator Frank "Frankie Baby" Mengert joins the last episode of 2020 to talk about:

Growing his platform by creating "Frankie Baby" content 2 years ago.
Jumping on a Zoom call with another influencer who he influenced with his content.
The versions of himself changing over time.
Being around other people doesn't mean he doesn't need to be with them in person.
Meeting with Gary Vaynerchuck, who encouraged him to create content on LinkedIn.
Making mistakes in creating content and getting better at it.
Growing up in South Florida, being a part of a hard-working family and community and not having much.
Moving to Connecticut after his parents' divorce.
Feeling like he was an outcast and putting him on a path to find himself.
Buying a Mountain bike and getting a job washing cars at a dealership.
Saving up money to buy a car, got a better job and going to college.
Working at a papermill and getting let go from the Plant Manager as a favor to him.
Turning a Side hustle into a company.
The effects of 9/11 on him.
Opening a company in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Being relatable and being resilient to connect with others having gone through similar Life circumstances.

Connect with Frank on Facebook and LinkedIn or www.getebm.com

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Marketer, Business Coach and Host of the Take Back Mondays Podcast Krista Mollion joins a unique episode (with a Special guest) to talk about:

Visiting her father in France and ending up having to stay through COVID-19 due to lockdowns.
The American COVID perspective from overseas and not knowing where to get accurate information.
Reducing how much news to consume.
No fear in France, being well informed and the biggest difference between the United States and France.
The one thing she will take back to the U.S.
Her business growing in the midst of obstacles.
Being the child of a French father and American mother and moved to multiple countries as a child.
Attending college in Germany and marrying a Russian.
Spending 20 years in Silicon Valley, including several huge companies and burning out in 2017.
Letting other people be a master over our lives and taking back control.
Not working for people that make you miserable and how to vet out those people.
A challenging childhood and learning how to read people.
Learning to value love and understanding how to survive under adversity.
Finding value in yourself.

Connect with Krista on LinkedIn or www.kristamollion.com

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Integrator, Innovator, Change Leader and RV Enthusiast Aaron Kuchirka stops by this episode and talks about:

Buying a church in Fruitvale BC Canada and using it to serve their community.
Traveling across Canada for 6 weeks and working from his RV.
Getting fired from his position for a difference in values between him and his company.
Moving from their home in Saskatchewan to British Columbia and really finding opportunity.
The impact of not having the Canadian Football League on Canadians and families that can't participate with their kids in hockey.
The hardest point of his life dealing with anxiety over accepting a job.
Trying a myriad of things before deciding he wanted to be in Business and Leadership.
Meeting his wife online and being attracted to her authenticity.
Getting a job in a sawmill at 12 and his friends running Combine tractors.
Living without a lot of money growing up but understanding that they were rich beyond measure.
His Dad working away from home for months at a time to help support his family.

Connect with Aaron on Facebook at Bought A Church or LinkedIn or email: akuchirka@yahoo.com

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A special episode with a childhood friend, Minister and Former Area Director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes Andy Conner, who talks about:

Playing against each other in Little League in South Point, OH.
Having a father that invested time in him as a young man growing up playing baseball.
Reconnecting with each other many years later at an FCA event.
Being extremely cautious through COVID with his underlying health issues.
Having a radical Heart surgery at 19 months old.
Facing another Heart surgery at 12 to correct an arising issue.
Having an event at 21 during a Softball game that led to a pacemaker being implanted in him.
Amazing his Cardiologist by being extremely active and healthy despite early issues and going through a divorce.
Overextending himself through officiating too many basketball games in 2015-16 and causing more issues.
Going to Duke University and being unable to have a Heart transplant due to the high probability of rejection.
Being told by a Cardiologist at Duke to get his house in order and prepare for the end.
Wearing an external appliance that pumps his heart.

Connect with Andy on Facebook or email at aconner.72@outlook.com

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Political Analyst, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Gubernatorial Candidate and United States Military Veteran Marshall Wilson joins this episode to talk about:

True liberty is having authority of yourself and the real reason government exists.
Being dismayed at giving over control of things to people who have no leadership acumen.
True leadership being a function of courage and a lack of it in our society.
Fear is the common denominator of every cataclysmic decision made.
Coming to West Virginia after marrying his wife.
Being a missionary in the Amazon jungle.
Watching a session of the West Virginia Legislature and being move to action to run for office.
The hardest part of being in office was having to make statements calling out friends of his when disagreeing politically.
Feeling called to carry out a mission and running as a Write-in Candidate for Governor of West Virginia.

Connect with Marshall on Facebook and Twitter @S. Marshall Wilson or Parler.

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Founder of Sweet Fish Media and Executive Producer of The B2B Growth Podcast and Author of Content-Based Networking James Carbary joins this episode to talk about:

Things to think about when looking to launch a podcast.
Podcasts are actually multiple streams of content.
How Oprah Winfrey became a household name and her approach to interviewing guests.
Figuring out the relevant content to deliver to listeners.
3 questions businesses should be asking right now.
Growing up in a Single-parent household and coming to the Lord at 15, getting discipled by his best friend.
Buying a house at 21 in college and becoming a "People magnet."
Winning a sweepstakes that changed his life.
Moving to Orlando, Florida and running a division of a logistics company working with NASCAR.
The reunion with his father 19 years after he left and finding out his grandfather left his family as well.
His father losing two siblings to suicide and a drug overdose.
The power of staying with it.

Connect with James on LinkedIn or james@sweetfishmedia.com

www.sweetfishmedia.com

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Episode 71 with Fitness Coach and Well-Being Expert Moe Ghias joins this episode to talk about:

Overcoming the "COVID 15" and the behaviors that caused it.
Suppressing boredom with eating more food.
The biggest advantage of going to a gym versus working out at home.
The critical importance of routines.
Choosing a gym wisely and the reasons why.
Finding what the bare minimum is that you can do each day.
The major setback in someone's wellness journey and the reason people lose momentum.
Habits being totally in one's control.
The proper way to sustain training.
Tearing his ACL after starting his own Soccer team in college and falling in love with Strength training after rebuilding his leg.
Not allowing training to be manipulated by what other people find appealing.
Turning being great at Barbell squats and preparing for Physique shows to competitive Power lifting.
Strength having a funny way of changing your body composition.
His family moving to the United States at 13 for better education.
Building a Taj Mahal.

Connect with Moe on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram or at www.moeghias.com

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Professional Speaking Coach and President of Speaking CPR Michael Davis joins this episode to talk about:

Being ahead of the game with Online presentations before COVID-19.
How being online dull the senses.
The importance of the delivery over the message, but making the message the Central theme.
The importance of a clear, concise and short messaging.
Commonality, not perfection, that connects people.
The staying power of Virtual meetings.
Not presenting to a camera the same way as a Live presentation.
Stories are the Great connector.
How a defining moment in his childhood and his fear of being looked at shaped his view of presentations.
Customer evaluations exposed his fear of speaking and his fear of speaking was not as great as his fear of losing his job.
Moving from being a "Polished" speaker to an Authentic connector.

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn at: michaeldavisspeakingcpr; Email: mike@speakingcpr or www.speakingcpr.com

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Leadership Development Coach and Trainer and Host of The Cannoli Coach Podcast Dr. Kimberly Hambrick, a fellow West Virginian, joins this episode to talk about:

The rivalry between Marshall University and West Virginia University and getting degrees from both schools.
Great West Virginians and creating the life you want here.
The common ground of leadership and focusing on people over profits.
Asking Team members a specific question.
What leaders aren't good at doing.
Overcoming the "Old School" mentality of seeing people doing work and how proximity doesn't make a good employee.
The importance of being interested over being interesting.
Being an acquired taste.
Being successful on the outside but fighting a "Middle-Child" mentality on the inside.
Realizing she deserved so much more and finding out how broken she was.
Borrowing the belief others had in her until that belief became her own.
Getting comfortable with having a story and having a voice.
It is never too late to push the reset button.

Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn and subscribe to The Cannoli Coach on Podcast platforms.

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Sales Leader, Coach, Official Member of the Forbes Business Council, Founder of the Six-Figure Sales Academy and 2020 LinkedIn Top Voice Marcus Chan joins this episode. Marcus talks about:

The fundamentals never going out of style and the bad habits Sales people developed are biting them in the backside.
The power of Social connection in relationship building and consuming content in greater ways.
The content he likes to consume and putting his content in buckets.
Caring more about impact than likes and shares in Content creation
Companies using their people as Brand Ambassadors and partnering with those companies doing great things.
His father escaping from China and coming to the United States and opening a restaurant.
Working in his parents' restaurant growing up until they sold the restaurant and getting "an actual job."
Didn't begin speaking until he was 4 years old and overcame a serious Speech impediment.
Going from being one of the fastest swimmers in the state of Oregon to being average and working harder to regain his position.
Attending the University of Oregon and selling Speedo's while going to college Full-time.
Never assume what your customer needs.
Asking more questions that led to leading his team in Sales while selling Speedos.
Realizing the biggest obstacle was between his ears.

Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn, Instagram and www.marcuschan.io/resources

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Speaker, Founder of the Happy Healthy Workplace and Host of The Happy Healthy Workplace Podcast Kimberly Ficklin joins this episode. Kimberly talks about:

The sign above Kimberly's desk and her magical desk.
Not everyone being happy working from home.
Setting up boundaries at home while working to make things smoother and happy and surrounding yourself with things that personalize your space.
The first time she had significant trauma in the workplace in her early 20's in the Automotive industry.
Questioning herself wondering how to call out inappropriate behavior and harassment.
The importance of saying something and trusting yourself.
Telling your truth and listening with empathy when someone is uncomfortable and the ability to be vulnerable at work.
Being open to new workplaces and moving on to an new opportunity.
Having a physical altercation with a male boss and having nothing to lose standing up for herself.
Holding on to something toxic and getting rid of it.

Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn and Twitter @AntiDietCoach

www.thehappyhealthyworkplace.com

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This Intentional Encouragement Roundtable features Karen Markle and Steve Sullivan, Hosts of The Positivity Chat. In this episode, Karen and Steve talk about:

How a One-time event turned into a Weekly event.
Networking without networking and organically building a community.
A place where professionals come to just be people.
Conversations that affected Karen and Steve and took their breath away.
Positivity as a strength.
Intentionally encouraging people during and after a Positivity Chat.
People speaking with greater confidence as they find their voice on the Positivity Chat.

Connect with Karen and Steve on LinkedIn and Facebook

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Recruiting Guru and Talent Acquisition Specialist Deborah Bubis stops by this episode to tell her remarkable story. Debbie talks about:

The most important thing for recruiters to keep in mind.
How to ask for support from a displacement and the importance of telling your story.
The power of being listened to.
What a like or a share on Social media can do to empower someone looking for a new opportunity.
How a seemingly minor injury from a car accident at 5 impacted her life in college and became major injuries.
How 9/11 was a huge wakeup call to live her life to the fullest.
Finding out her health was worse than she thought after taking a Government position.
Discovering a $6 million oversight during an audit.
Working in a building with mold and being forced to make a career choice.
Powering through medical challenges to fight to get to where she is today.

Connect with Deborah on dabubis@cavtel.net or LinkedIn:

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Translation Expert and Owner of Rapport International Wendy Pease joins this episode to talk about:

How people are the same everywhere.
Starting a Gratitude journal before the pandemic and how that's changed her days.
The importance of translation to both the speaker and the receiver.
Technology handling language and understanding that language is rapidly changing.
The size of a dictionary today versus the 1930's.
Falling in love with languages as a young girl moving to Mexico with her family.
Being a natural extrovert helped her adapt to moving to Taiwan, the Philippines and back to the United States as a teenager.
Her love of Penn State football and spending the night at Joe Paterno's house with his daughters growing up in State College, Pennsylvania.
Losing two Sales positions even as a High-performer due to Sexual harassment.
Being laid off on Maternity leave and buying a Translation company.
Going through a divorce, having young children and running a business and feeling alone.

Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn or www.rapportintl.com

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DreamIT Professional Events CEO and Host of The Bucket List Life Podcast Brad Norwood stops by this episode. Brad talks about:

Finding other ways to pivot his business after COVID-19 after losing all his business in a single day.
His daughter breaking his arm starting the day that changed his business.
The mad rush of canceling Sporting events.
The day panic set in for him and realizing that it could be a blessing.
What he learned about pivoting into coaching.
How companies can spend less on a trip than a bonus.
Teaching at a Detention Center where most of the students had no fathers present in their lives.
Taking 11 friends on a Golf trip to Las Vegas that routed him to a new career path.
Carving out new events based on his own Bucket list.
Success doesn't happen overnight.
How a storm nearly ruined his business and a miracle that happened.

Connect with Brad on LinkedIn, Facebook and on Twitter @DreamItPro

www.dreamitpro.com

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Longtime friend, mentor and Executive Leader in the Higher Education space, Joe Leonhardt joins this episode. Joe talks about:

Continuing to produce in a pandemic and building trust with and in his people.
Calling on past experience to navigate current experiences.
The real power of flexibility.
The most simple, basic tenet of Leadership.
Choosing a team well, "baking in" core values and creating a culture.
The impact of diversity on a team.
Running a KFC at 21, how to "squeeze out a buck" and overcoming a life-altering situation in that role.
The advice he would give himself now if he could go back in time to 21-year-old Joe.
Giving his life to the Lord that really changed his life direction.
The fulfillment that Leadership has brought him.
His mom moving away after divorcing his father and why he has a strong marriage today.
The rippling mentality.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn and on Twitter @JoeSLeonhardt and on Facebook.

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Owner of We Market Online Courses and Host of The Smart Brand Marketing Podcast Tom Libelt joins this episode to talk about:

Setting up his business intentionally and working from anywhere in the world.
The power of being nimble and flipping his time off to react to changing market conditions.
Using far more empathy with customers and letting their customers relax.
Growing up in Poland and his Dad smuggling alcohol into Germany and bringing electronics back into Poland.
Laying in the backseat as a kid as his "first job" to create a diversion for his parents crossing back into Poland from East Germany.
The things you needed to be a "Baller" in Poland.
Leaving Poland with his family to move to the United States and how it was better for him than his parents.
The greatest difference between being a Business owner and an employee in the United States.
Having nothing to lose in competition.
His definition of success and freedom.
The restraints of business in the United States and his real dream of living in different parts of the world.
Overcoming the "hustle" mentality and run a proper business with long-term vision and goals.

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomlibelt/

https://tomlibelt.com/

https://www.smartbrandmarketing.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Libelty_SEO

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Founder of Parachute Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee Rutledge Long joins this episode. Rutledge talks about:

Pivoting his business from Experience, In-Person based to Virtual.
Removing Barriers-to-Entry in his business with a greater impact on customers.
The power of a Gap year for students and a major University that encourages it.
The insanity of Student-Loan debt and why only 37% of College students have a positive outcome.
The amount of open positions that do not require a College degree.
Growing up in Charleston, SC and leaving the South to go to college in Maine and graduating in the 2008 Recession.
Through focusing on serving others, finding his true calling.
Realizing the power of a dollar.
Founding his company through a Graduate school project.
Everything getting faster and cheaper except College and failing to keep up with a changing economy and technology.
The "New Collar" jobs that are emerging in today's economy.
Taking ownership of your own learning.

To learn more about Parachute Bridge go to www.parachutebridge.org

@Parachute Bridge on Instagram or connect with Rutledge at rutledge@parachutebridge.org

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Sales Leader, Mentor and Coach @Chris von Huene joins this episode to talk about:

Doing challenging exercises each day that lead to unusual results.
Knowing millionaires that aren't happy with life and the two things some of them possess.
Focusing on purpose to lead to true happiness.
Being afraid to have honest conversations with ourselves and covering it up with things.
The defining moment of how good life could get.
Losing people close to him and how he became intentional of valuing time with people he loves.
Transitioning from Finance to Sales after discovering what he was really doing for a career.
Shifting from a Victim mentality to an Accountability mentality.
Going deeper to optimize your output and finding that next gear.

Connect with CVH on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvonhuene/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.vonhuene

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUzmU_ILbol3XuBfxS3Kow

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Business Coach and Creator of the Values Based Mindset Mike Garrison joins this episode to talk about:

Being a coach because he's not as good as his clients and being a great talent evaluator.
The best coaches don't coach teams, they coach individuals and using the set of glasses God gave you.
The volatile combination coaches possess.
The secret to coaching and their personal satisfaction is derived.
The question he asks new clients.
The difference between "Chicken Little" marketing and pursuing the right clients.
Renting your mindset from the culture.
How a BNI group changed his life personally and professionally.
How he grew his business by being a great customer.
Raising an Autistic child and hoping he outlives his child.
Watching his Dad die terrified.
Embracing fear as truth.

Connect with Mike: mike@valuesbasedmindset.com

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This Veterans' Day Special episode features United States Military Veteran, CEO of eZara, Inc and Veterans Mental Health Advocate Pasha Palanker.

Pasha talks about:

The uptick in suicides during the pandemic and Pasha checking himself into Walter Reed Medical Center for help.
Emigrating from the Republic of Moldova at 16 to Los Angeles, CA, living in a rough area of the city and trying to buy a Big Mac with Food stamps.
Coming face-to-face with a Suicide bomber during a deployment to Baghdad, Iraq and seeing horror on a daily basis.
Standing over an IED Explosive and surviving not only the blast with all body parts intact, his unit thinking he was killed in action, but also coming to himself and walking away from it.
Seeing US soil for the first time returning home after injury and being a walking miracle.
Not thinking he would be impacted by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), but underestimating the true extent of his injuries.
Getting hurt again in 2015 on another deployment to Iraq and having a Panic attack after coming back home from the deployment.
The internal conflict of being deployed in a mission but feeling emotionally overwhelmed.
Having so much pain and feeling dangerously numb internally.
Speaking transparently due to losing many friends to suicide and reaching those struggling with Mental Health issues.

Connect with Pasha at pasha@pashapalanker.com

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Entrepreneur and LinkedIn Strategist Michael David Chapman joins this episode. Michael talks about the need to be social for his teenagers and right-sizing expectations; business flexibility with customers during the pandemic; what Organic Marketing really is and why some businesses feel Cold calling is dead; reminding his clients what the end game is and how there is no business without sales; overcoming an absent father and no attention from a Male role model; growing up around 2 of America's most popular Pastors; how the pursuit of Male affirmation turned into excuses personally and professionally; how Christians slide from relationships to roles; overcoming a traumatic second divorce; the value of being alone with the Lord but not be lonely and learning to lead your heart.

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International Keynote Speaker and Author of Bringing Data to Life and Life to Data Dr. Joe Perez joins this episode. Dr. Joe talks about Virtual speaking in the midst of COVID-19; using games to engage Virtual audiences; the 3 R's of change; being an educator at heart and building bridges from known to unknown; the three factors of knowing how to respond; wanting to be a teacher and being passionate about New knowledge; the things he learned about teaching that applies to speaking and nearly losing his wife 10 years ago and the impact it made on him.

Connect with Dr. Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwperez/

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The Sales Rebellion joins this Intentional Encouragement Roundtable with Joy Hewitt-Carvajal, Joshua Desha, Dale Dupree, Jeff Villegas and Chris Watson. The Rebels talk about the fact that people have never been fully in control and getting past that mindset; creating something lasting from a defining moment; taking responsibility for what happens to us in life; overcoming criticism for doing something radically different and shrugging off the naysayers; who God intended you to be and being worthy of love and seeking unorthodox sources on Intentional encouragement.

www.thesalesrebellion.com

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Emmy-winning Voiceover Artist and Founder of Give Great Voice Tasia Valenza joins this episode. Tasia talks about the power of togetherness in people sharing their unique voice and the willingness to be courageous; the role practice plays in giving great voice and the four questions to ask around it; finding herself discovered by a famous Movie director at 15 and being in a movie with a famous actor; losing her job on a Soap opera and the lesson learned from it; how discovering Voice acting discovered her true talent; winning an EMMY from lending her voice to an obscure project and rewiring her brain to love herself.

Connect with Tasia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasiavalenzavoice/

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Leader, Speaker, Singer and Co-Author of "Evolve--From Heart Break to Hearts Healed" Shumon Hudson joins the episode to talk about connecting virtually with a Remote team and the real question to ask them often; the importance of implementation in coaching people; giving people her genuine self; the role her sons played in saving her life in the midst of an unhappy marriage to her first husband; her attempted suicide and crying out to God in her bathtub; needing God's help in picking herself back up and protecting her peace and raising her boys and the lessons learned that she will write about next year in her book, "Raising Kings."

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Author, Forbes Contributor, Owner of SEO National and Host of The Learning From Others Podcast Damon Burton joins this episode. Damon talks about using a weekend trip to meet a connection he'd never met in person; being a Random Gift giver; being intentional with his life and "grinding it out" on his schedule; "dating" jobs to find his ultimate career; what Entrepreneurs truly give up when taking on investors; building a true Team environment in a Remote-based company; taking his Dad to a Minnesota Vikings game and finding a new normal from dealing with a Gastrological disorder by eating what hurts the least.

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Business Therapist and Owner of A Better Place Consulting Bunny Young joins this BONUS episode to talk about our mutual friend, Damon Burton and a hat tip to his book, Outrank; the shift of Business coaching of focusing on the well-being of people instead of metrics; the toughest thing a business has to do; the power fulfillment and immediate gratification release Social media has on people and its true detriment; using Social media to unload internal toxicity on others and the things we deal with that the Bible doesn't talk about.

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Orthopedic Surgeon and Entrepreneur Dr. James B. Cox joins this episode of to talk about how medicine has changed for him in the midst of COVID-19; his life's journey being born in West Virginia to moving all over the country following his father's Pastoral career; having difficulty getting into Medical school in California and returning to West Virginia to study medicine; his first professional job out of residency and struggles in it; what he learned working with one of the premier Orthopedic surgeons in the world, Dr. James Andrews; the power of helping people in Africa working with 1040i and the story of Junior.

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Stetson Head Men's Basketball Coach and West Virginia native Donnie Jones joins this episode The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Donnie talks about the losses of four Hall of Fame College Basketball Coaches in 2020 and their impact on the game and players; the impact of West Virginia Basketball legends such as Jerry West, Hot Rod Hundley, Mike and Dan D'Antoni, Jim Harrick, Greg White and Jason Williams on him and his career; a six-week "tryout" with current Chicago Bulls Coach Billy Donovan that changed his life and Donovan's impact on him; trusting the Lord to lead his Coaching path back to Marshall University and leaving the place he loved; coaching Michael Jordan's sons at the University of Central Florida and what he learned from MJ; losing the UCF job and taking steps back to a Head Coaching position and waking up each morning with faith.

Stetson Men's Basketball: www.gohatters.com Connect with Coach Jones on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnie-jones-93767737/ Twitter: @DonnieJones

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Author of No Mess No Message and Owner of the Drifted Drum Company, April Jones stops by this episode to share her family's powerful story. April talks about taking time to intentionally re-prioritize things in life' the importance of Self-analysis and understanding the role of grace in it; seeing Childhood cancer from two different perspectives; her son, Tyler's cancer diagnosis at 2 years of age and the eventual amputation of his foot; forgiving God for her anger through her son's treatment; Tyler finding his purpose in life and their dual purpose through events and apparel.

Connect with April:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-jones-pharmd-mba-25760757/

Check out her website: www.thedrifteddrum.com

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The Voice of The Sales Rebellion and the Author of Earn Your Story Chris Watson joins this episode. After getting through some technical difficulties, Chris talks about what is stirring inside of people during the pandemic and the why behind it; the importance of listening to your own internal voice; the power of telling stories and learning that from his late father; getting a large Commission check AFTER leaving a company; finding out while on a trip that his father passed away; seeing the hundreds of people his father impacted from the richest man in the small town to the janitor his father worked with; giving up a Sales career to teach in the Inner cities and witnessing a Drive-by shooting on his first day and the real definition of The Sales Rebellion.

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Author, Host of Meaningful Conversations and CEO of SpearPoint Solutions Bob Sager joins this episode. Bob talks about where the hashtag #freakingbrilliant came from; the concept of what you put out comes back to you; how the smart companies look at things from the customer's point of view; what leading Meaningful Connections really means to him; what working on ideas for others creates great ideas for you; working for a Family-owned company led to "Sunday Dread"; having a great work ethic; course corrections in business and the biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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YouMap and Confidence Coach and Co-Host of The Positivity Chat Steve Sullivan stops by this episode. Steve shares his powerful story about what he learned through the YouMap Certification process and the surprise he learned about himself; the courage to propel Work from Home when it was unpopular; being on his fourth life through health issues; being a two-time Cancer survivor and the power of living fully in one day as opposed to 1000 mediocre days and realizing the power of healing through forgiveness (there's a surprise in the story here).

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Musician, minister and Sales Manager Demitrius Apostolon joins this episode to talk about his life growing up with a local celebrity for a father; his father's appearance on the 1950's Television Show, "This Is Your Life" and why his father appeared; his parents' divorce and his mother's remarriage; his mother moving away and how she landed in prison for over 30 years and becoming a father to triplets at age 47.

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World-Renown Speaker, Sales Trainer and Co-Host of The Sales Edge Podcast Joe Pici stops by this episode. Joe talks about losing $75K the first day of the pandemic; his wife of 49 years, Dawn, and their partnership in life and business; the quick pivot they made in their business; putting faith into practice; delivering quantifiable results; Joe's story of how he left the College Football coaching ranks; the impact of coaches and the importance of not having a Rear-view mirror.

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Host of the Everyday People by the HR Dad Podcast and Marshall Goldsmith Certified Coach Greg Brenner stops by this episode. Greg talks about re-prioritizing life during the pandemic; having both his parents pass away within 8 months of each other and a desire to be home to lead him to give up College Football officiating; thinking officiating defined him; how officiating about taught him anger being met with anger and the lessons learned from his greatest business failure.

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In this episode, Tom Ziglar CEO of Ziglar Inc and son of the Legendary Motivational Speaker and Sales Trainer Zig Ziglar stops by to talk about owning what happens in life; Zig's greatest advice to Tom; the Number One cause of a poor Self image; why Tom didn't pursue a Professional Golf career and competing against a young John Daly; the advantage of wisdom over talent; running a company at 30 and overcoming the worst business idea of his career and the Intentional Encouragement his father gave him.

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On this episode, The Ambassador with The Sales Rebellion and Sales Coach Joy Hewitt-Carvajal stops by to talk about learning Negotiation skills from her Mom; selling Door-to-Door against her Dad; growing up in New Zealand; moving to the US and battling for her citizenship; developing her faith and following the destiny in her life and leaving her job because she felt God was calling her to work from home.

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In this episode, Entrepreneur, Sales Coach and The Rebel Lion of The Sales Rebellion Joshua Desha brings serious Intentional Encouragement. Josh talks about people desiring genuine connection; sprinkling in some Football talk and overcoming the greatest obstacle of his life from an early childhood secret he kept for over 35 years.

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This Intentional Encouragement Roundtable episode features The Avengers: Kristin Sherry, Author and Creator of YouMap; Lila Smith, Creator of Say Things Better; Lori Knudsen of Knowbility Consulting and Blake Binns, CEO of Good Advice Coaching and Host of the Good Advice Podcast. Kristin talks about the greatest skill to work on right now; Lila talks about the power of being curious and talking to others; Lori discusses proper networking in Self-Awareness and extending grace to yourself and Blake explains how having incredible people around you makes you better. This is a powerhouse podcast!

Connect with Kristin on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinsherry/

Connect with Lila on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilasmith/

Connect with Lori on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-knudsen/

Connect with Blake on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakebinns/

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This is the Premier episode of The Intentional Encouragement Roundtable Series that brings multiple voices together to bring more Intentional Encouragement. In this episode, the author of the new book, The Bonus Round, Patrick Tinney and the host of the daily podcast, The Sales Life, Marsh Buice join Brian Sexton to talk about selling in a Global recession; overcoming challenges; developing the mindset needed to win and their own unique Intentional Encouragement.

Find Patrick on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/patrick-tinney-903556145/

Find Marsh on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marsh-buice-1301ab23/ and find the Daily Sales Life Podcast on all podcast mediums.

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Another long-time friend, Leader, Personal Coach and Serial Entrepreneur Dustin Hall stops by this episode. Dustin talks about being an early podcaster before podcasting was cool; learning work ethic from his parents at an early age; what it means to be a Serial Entrepreneur; the ability to put things in the rear-view mirror after business failures; the biggest obstacle he sees in people and a quote from the movie "Jerry Maguire" that still inspires him.

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A personal treat as long-time friend, mentor, leader, Personal Coach, Sales Trainer and Solution Finder Joe Romzek stops by. Joe talks about leading in unusual times; the best ways to help people stay engaged and valued; professional struggles he's faced and his best piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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In this special BONUS EPISODE with Authors Phil and Al Robertson, they discuss Phil's new book, "Jesus Politics," that released August 4, 2020. The Robertsons talk about praying before voting, true healthcare reform and Phil expounds on the Scriptures that led him to write the book.

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A special BONUS EPISODE with Author, Speaker and Ziglar Inc. CEO Tom Ziglar, the son of Legendary Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Author Zig Ziglar. Tom talks about writing two free E-books during the COVID-19 pandemic, how his father would have handled the pandemic and the wisdom his father's words still hold.

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CEO, Business Strategist and Business Coach Kent Dinning joins this episode to talk about people becoming closer to each other through adversity like the COVID-19 pandemic; asking "Who Do You Want To Be?"; the importance of encouraging yourself by who you surround yourself with; how this time of his life is the most important; the power of enlightenment through questions and how the sudden death of his nephew changed his perspective on life.

Connect with Kent on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentdinning/ or kent@newperspectivenewresults.com

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Life and Career Development Coach and Author Shari Lueck stops by this fun, fascinating and powerful episode to talk about listening to your gut instead of ignoring it and how to better trust it; how she learned not to feel her emotions; facing death nine different times; the things in her life that created the skeletons in her closet and the names she gave them and being the hero of your own story.

Connect with Shari on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shari-lueck/ or on her website at www.sharilueck.com

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Author, Teacher and Training Specialist Mike Hernandez joins this episode. Mike talks about his early childhood in my home state of West Virginia; being abandoned by his real Mom there; getting Looney Tunes glasses with his Dad; the Brady Bunch-Dugger house he grew up in; the impact of his father; how a seminar they attended changed his life; gravitating to training from seeing a lack of it and the precise timing of business.

Connect with Mike at: www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hernandez-b276b733 or at https://1crd.me/MikedOut

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Author and Partner in the OnPurpose Growth company, Bryan McDonald, joins this episode. Bryan talks about organizations finding their purpose and getting lean on purpose; the power of a short memory; surviving the 2008 recessions and lessons he applied to 2020; the amount of energy applied in treading water; knowing a Heisman Trophy winner; learning early in life about hard work and the difficult choices it produces.

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Author of the Book, "Behind Every Good Decision" and Speaker Piyanka Jain stops by this episode. Piyanka talks about using Lifelong learning as a positive; the concept of "Data Responds"; what stands in the way of a good decision; how she became a "So What?" person; moving through different creative phases of her life and her biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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Author of "Perpetual Hunger," "Unlocking YES!" and "The Bonus Round" and Sales Coach Patrick Tinney joins this fun-filled episode. Pat talks about the greatest lesson he learned on giving and why he's a giver; as a kid why he always looked down; the importance of thinking bigger and being your own best friend.

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Author, Speaker and Co-Host of The Positivity Chat Karen Markle stops by this episode. Karen talks about the current state of our country; the importance of person's authenticity; the time she faced bullying because of her race and the years she carried shame until setting it free. Join us for a powerful conversation!

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Author, Publisher and Host of the Author to Authority Podcast Kim Thompson-Pinder stops this episode. Kim is known as The Extraordinary Word Ninja and talks about the power of words to affect our lives and thinking; overcoming loss at an early age; a teacher who changed her life and her biggest piece of intentional encouragement.

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Author of The Wow Factor and Sales Leader Chris Gingrasso stops by to talk about his early years losing a close friend as a teenager; becoming a touring magician; making the transition to magician to minister; losing his first marriage and discovering a calling to Sales and rediscovering ministry in a whole new light.

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Author, Sales Leader and Host of The Surf and Sales Podcast, Scott Leese stops by to talk about always having another gear; the quote his then 5-year old son said that impacted him; developing the mentality of getting through the most difficult times in life 15 minutes at a time; overcoming nine major surgeries (two of them life-saving) and getting addicted to opioids over a four-year stretch and being your own advocate.

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Tom Roten, host of The Tom Roten Morning Show based in Huntington WV, stops by to talk about the interview with a now United States Senator that launched his Talk Radio career; the impact of 9/11 on Talk Radio; the interviews he's done and the one he never got to do and painting the picture for his listeners five days a week.

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In this episode, Speaker, Business Coach and Author of Revenue Growth Engine, Darrell Amy, talks about being a "Marketing Nerd"; how his parents' 25th Anniversary turned him on to business; the power of a reset to find a business' why; the biggest personal obstacle he overcame and the biggest intentional encouragement he gained from it.

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Workbze Founder and Host of the Unapologetically Bold Podcast Emily Elrod stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast to talk about career and life challenges; the importance of having one's financial house in order; the three real keys to better health; having a child out of wedlock and helping people become better at life.

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From the Land Down Under, an extraordinary lady, Speaker, Sales Coach and the author of "Converting Your Database to Dollars," Brittany Baldwin joins The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Brittany talks about being a World-class Horse Jumper, a Stuntwoman in the Australian Film industry; working with a Hollywood icon from Australia; getting into Sales and the demands on her life and health and overcoming melanoma.

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Author, Speaker, Sales Coach and Co-Host of the Lead Sell Grow Podcast Eric Konovalov joins the riveting episode. Eric talks about growing up in Azerbaijan as a boy and leaving in the midst of a Civil War to come to America; joining the Marine Corps and being deployed to Afghanistan two weeks after 9/11 and the obstacles and challenges he's overcome in his brilliant Sales career.

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Ryan Zadrazil joins The Intentional Encourager Podcast to talk about his "Be Kind" shirt; his transition in his teenage years to a private school; his correlation from Skateboarding to Sales; and the struggles with Mental Health he has overcome and becoming an advocate with those struggling with the same issues.

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In Part 2 of this episode, the Leader of The Sales Rebellion, Dale Dupree talks about the toughest obstacle he's ever faced; the things his late father wanted him to know and do and the impact of his father's teaching and legacy on him.

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In Part 1 of this 2-Part episode, the Leader of The Sales Rebellion, Dale Dupree stops by to talk about the wild success of The Sales Rebellion; selling in a previous pandemic; the three words Sales people should never use and how his father's influence helped him discover his authentic self.

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This episode features Sales Coach and Trainer Andy J. Solomon. Andy discusses his entry into Sales in an unusual way by "beating the streets"; the victory of overcoming himself; the power of perseverance and tackling challenges head on.

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Alex Smith, Host of the Stories of Selling Human Podcast stops by this episode to talk about his sharing of the same name with a quarterback of his favorite NFL team; describing his first Sales "job" as a youngster and his two favorite Sales stories and discovering the power of his Bi-Racial heritage and ancestry.

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Author, Speaker, former ESPN Producer and Host of the Sports Spectrum Podcast Jason Romano stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast. In Part 1 of our first 2-Part Episode, Jason talks about his early love of sports on radio and his time at ESPN as a part of Mike and Mike, arguably one of the greatest shows in radio and ESPN history. Jason also talks about the greatest lesson he learned at ESPN.

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In Part 2 of this episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast, Author, Speaker, former ESPN Producer and Host of the Sports Spectrum Podcast Jason Romano talks about leaving his dream job at ESPN, his relationship with his father and the game changer he discovered in rebuilding his relationship with his father. Enjoy this powerful episode.

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Sales Leader and Podcast Co-Host Harry Spaight stops by this episode to talk about being born to parents in their 40's, his intellectual father, visiting Russia and Germany after the fall of Communism, envisioning his Sales career on a veranda in the D.R., spending $300 to work his first Sales job and his biggest piece of Intentional encouragement.

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Best-selling Author of "Selling From The Heart" Larry Levine joins The Intentional Encourager Podcast episode. Larry talks about a promise he made to his wife, the book that inspired him, the person he wrote his book to impress, a second book coming out of his first book, what he works on the most and how he spends the first 45 minutes of his day.

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Marsh Buice, Host of The Sales Life Podcast, stops by to talk with Brian about his College Football career as an undersized Offensive tackle at McNeese State in Louisiana and what he learned about true relationships after his last college game, which he still thinks about 25 years later. Marsh also talks about the power of recovery, the 7 C's and "staying in your own bowl."

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In this episode, Lori Knudsen of Knowbility Consulting stops by to chat with Brian. Lori talks about the shift in her life to gratitude and how it changed her, her transitions in her life and career, looking in the mirror to see the biggest obstacle to starting her business and how an American Business icon shapes her biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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In Part 2 of our Episode with "The Beardless Bro" Al Robertson of the Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty Family, Al talks about the power of clarity, the main thing he and his wife Lisa learned walking through a deep trial in their marriage and Al's biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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Part 1 of a 2-Part episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast features "The Beardless Bro" of the Duck Dynasty clan, Speaker, Author and Co-Host of The Unashamed Podcast, Al Robertson.

Al stops by to talk with Brian about LSU football, share a quick story about a conversation his Dad, Phil Robertson, had with his former college teammate, Hall of Fame Quarterback Terry Bradshaw; why Al prays harder for his oldest granddaughter, who is the age he was when bad influences began entering his life and offering hope to those in seemingly hopeless situations.

Hope you enjoy this entertaining and encouraging Part 1 of the conversation with Al Robertson here on The Intentional Encourager Podcast.

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It's a Rocky Mountain High episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast with Author and Life Balance Coach Rein Kansman, President of Get Life In Balance. Rein shares his experiences with problem solving in a large corporation, transitioning to an unfamiliar role and using his connective skills to correct inefficiencies. Rein also shares the head-splitting moment when he finally had to learn to get his own life in balance.

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This episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast comes to you from the Land Down Under as we welcome Sandy Columbo and Dee Mills from Austraila. Sandy and Dee, who run Valuable Business Conversations, talk about buying congruently with one's values, the struggles and physical toll of working too much and a deep responsibility for fifghting for the underdog.

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West Alabama University Assistant Women's Basketball Coach and former Sales leader Jeff Lovell stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Jeff talks about the challenges of virtual recruiting, connecting with Student-Athletes and the correlation of his current world to his former world and how he left selling to pursue his dream of coaching.

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A little International flavor this week as all the way from Hungary, B2B Sales Guru, Trainer and Author David Masover stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast. David talks about his definition of Sales, persevering through early challenges and his biggest piece of Intentional Encouragement.

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Entrepenuer, husband and father Cory Rich joins this POWERFUL bonus episode of The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Cory talks openly about his father's struggles with addiction, losing his step-mother to cancer, his son's struggles with ADD and overcoming his struggles with addiction to becoming the man he is today.

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Sales Trainer, Speaker and Author Brian Willett is this week's guest on The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Brian tells his story of how losing his brother as a teenager and his father a few years ago changed his outlook on urgency and shaped the man he is today.

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In this episode, Author, Speaker and YouMap Creator Kristin Sherry stops by The Intentional Encourager Podcast. Kristin talks about her new book "Your Team Loves Mondays...Right" and the person who is her biggest Intentional Encourager.

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This special episode tells the story of the original Intentional Encourager, Jerry Sexton. We share Jerry's story of early loss, the impact of a historical tragedy and the milestones of his life. We share the 3 things Jerry left to his son and its impact on him.

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Our first episode explains the why behind Intentional Encouragement and the need for it now more than ever in today's world. We explain the five reasons of Intentional Encouragement and how to apply them to daily life.

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