The Zone: Recent Episodes
Liam Forde & Paula Benetton
Step into the zone. Welcome to flow state. Change your mindset. On this podcast, Paula Benetton and other team facilitators talk with guests about life, work, and changing the world of work, one human at a time.
๐ข Life is a rollercoaster: From India to Dubai. 01:03
๐ Vishal took a Reboot program last minute: transformation he experienced. 01:57
๐คฉ Having the courage to accept truth and reality: the exercise of removing transgressions. 04:28
๐ Learning to be present during work and also with the family. 06:30
๐ต Not using a phone the first hour in the morning and the last hour in the day. 07:41
๐ง Vishal trained his brain to be focused again with exercises and small rituals. 09:56
๐ฅณ Paula is a great motivator. 12:08
๐ Vishal became more understanding, more human, empathetic, and became true to himself.13:35
๐ Bringing the improvement to his company: happiness, loyalty, and productivity are higher. 15:46
โก Zone ripple effect: the power of inner strength is spread all around.. 17:22
5๏ธโฃ Vishalโs values: discipline, compassion, gratitude, happiness, and well-being. 20:06
๐๐ผโโ๏ธ Zone rituals are for the long run, and benefit keeps compounding. 24:10
๐ช How to control your urges: midnight snacks, alcohol consumption, and uncontrolled reactions. 26:27
๐ Healthy habits monthly schedule: Vishal did it all in the program. 27:39
Connect with VIshal: www.linkedin.com/in/vchiripal
โก๏ธ Connect with us: www.thezone.co
โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ฅฃ Bringing Semsomโs Lebanon hummus to NY: cooking 200 tons of hummus.ย 01:22
๐ Carine asย Queen of Excel: solving problems through weird and convoluted formulas. 03:11
๐ฉโ๐ผ Embracing all your passions: Journey from graphic design, consulting, restaurant owner to an executive advisor. 04:47
๐ True feminism: we can do whatever we want, but we don't need to do it all at once. 07:11
๐ฏ Trust yourself and your abilities - if you trust life, it will make the journey more exciting with less anxiety 08:51
๐งก Carine comes from a very supportive family: her safety net and the empowerment she gets were crucial. 09:42
๐ค There are some things you lose to a change - donโt make decisions about the change when you are angry. 12:47
โก๏ธ Fear and comfort in change: leaving people you love.ย 14:46
๐ Rewarding experiences for Carine: The luxury to say no and learning skills to help others. 16:04
๐ Amazing and wise gems for women. 18:05
Connect with Carine: www.linkedin.com/in/carine-assouad-0b651b2
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐๏ธ Every surferโs dream: Nico is now in Nicaragua, and he loves the smiling people there. 01:14
๐งโโ๏ธ Enabling private health care and unlimited doctor and psychology consultations to people of Central America and the Caribbean. 04:23
โฝ Former soccer player now startup owner who partners up with big companies: 70% of the population can be treated through telehealth. 06:56
๐ฅ Being egoless to create an organization with impact: Having a great team to learn from is very important. 09:19
๐คฉ Master's on osteopathy who sacrificed his clinic: having a mission to help more people long-term 11:40
๐ It is challenging to find specific types of occupations in Latin America. 14:57
๐ Being in the middle of a funding process and looking for feedback. 17:54
Connect with Nico: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-iba%C3%B1ez-579972194/
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ Relax, and enjoy the journey. 01:03
๐ When life pushes back against what you're trying to do, it is time to stop pushing. 01:45
๐ณ๏ธ Traveling for three and half years helped Dean find himself. 05:02
๐งโโ๏ธ Deanโs background is working as a personal trainer in sports rehab: mental and emotional impact on the body. 06:54
๐ง There are no short-term results: The mind needs repetition too. 09:36
๐ค Most people are playing it too small in life. 11:59
๐ Deanโs book on seven principles of how to play the game of life: The Inside Out. 13:14
โฏ๏ธ The soul is being, and the ego is doing. 14:04
๐คฉ Understanding ego - it is working in your favor. 15:12
๐คซ Understand who you think you are and quiet the mind to hear your soul. 16:21
๐ค Dean has different techniques he uses with different people. 17:53
๐ Remember, you've got so much time to learn the game of life. 18:36
Connect with Dean: www.deangriffiths.com
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ Carlaโs relationship with values: making choices while discovering her values. 01:02
๐ฉโ๐ผ Waking up and feeling anxious and not having time for herself: asking herself the same things as others about values. 03:52
๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ Examine your triggers and reactions. 07:32
๐ข Value hierarchy work: non-negotiable things in your life. 09:04
๐ฎโ๐จ โValues are like oxygen; they are essential to your happiness.โ 10:13
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ Freedom, flexibility, and her family as the most significant value. 11:41
๐ฏ We choose our mindset, our habits, and how we react. 13:35
๐ฉโ๐พ Mindset of gratitude: we should cultivate it. 15:17
๐ฃ The first step of moving away from a lousy mindset is the key; others will come after.16:23
๐ค Carla works with men and women: we all feel overwhelmed. 18:16
Connect with Carla: www.carlamaroussascoaching.com
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐จ๐ฟ Radka is from Prague, Czech Republic. 01:13
๐ฝ MBA from Harvard: a crisis period when she redefined her purpose. 02:16
๐ Re-inventing leadership: content element and a flow with form element 05:23ย
๐ค Strategic choices: focus, creating series with the most relevant topics, empowerment, and live sessions. 09:19
โฉ The two-speed leadership concept and changes COVID brought: fast innovation and need for managing multi-speed organisations. 15:20
๐ฉโ๐ผ Being a mother of three and a successful businesswoman: It all starts from the mindset perspective. 20:26
๐ Motherhood upgraded Radkaโs leadership skills and encouraged her to follow her purpose. 24:45
Connect with Radka: www.linkedin.com/in/radka-dohnalova-26398a14
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ A successful love story: Liz made her home in Houston, TX. 01:11
๐ง Mental health is a global pandemic no one is talking about: my zone is me. 03:29
๐ Fear of judgment: Lizโs story about living in depression. 07:21
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Getting professional help, learning to hide, judging herself, living a lie. 09:23
๐ The most profound depression period and self-medicating: Liz became suicidal. 12:06
๐บ Coming back to life and authenticity: working on herself for 12 months. 14:02
๐ฃ Obligation to speak out and the many people she connected with internationally. 14:44
๐ How to be a better colleague at work: Finding our empathy and sharing that with one another.16:16
โ๏ธ Have a better sense of how to be supportive through free sources or training for First Responders. 19:30
๐ง Teaching kids to be safer online by making better decisions: the internet is big and not always a good place for growing and learning. 21:56
๐ฅ Liz loves to create meaningful connections. 26:03
๐ โOur highest calling is to create opportunities for one another to flourish.โ 28:26
Connect with Liz: www.linktr.ee/LizSweigart
โก๏ธ Connect with us: www.thezone.co
โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ฆ Badge of honor: Getting his inhaler from the emergency. 01:27
๐ Liamโs kids: Remy, Felix, and Vivi. 03:04
๐จโ๐ผ Liam is a primary school principal and local leader in education. 03:35
๐ A strategic and technical overview: An incredible amount of hard work is needed to develop a professional culture that drives you forward. 05:41
๐ฏ Modeling culture example: rewinding all he did before, showing a leader who was prepared to be vulnerable and learn with his team. 08:42
๐๏ธ โA key piece around any success has to be owned by the team. But any shortcomings or failures have to be taken by the leader.โ 12:08
๐ค Decision making: delegating, trusting people, and learning from it. 14:28
๐ฅ Rooting everything on purpose: articulating the reasoning behind decisions or thought processes. 17:18
๐คฉ Next step for Liam is to become an Ofsted inspector: bringing human elements to inspection and building relationships with leadership teams. 21:25
๐บ The Zone jumpstarted Liamโs work, and after six years, it flourished beautifully. 23:46
Connect with Liam: www.twitter.com/LiamColclough1 and www.twitter.com/TransformLDSHP
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ท March 11th, 2020 for Carla was not only about COVID. 02:53
๐จโ๐ง Carlaโs dad was an amazing man, with international leadership and a focus on legacy. 04:39
๐โโ๏ธ โI know how to help!โ - but she was playing small. 07:45
๐ค Systemic solution with Brilliantly Engaged:ย three ways to connect people across organizations. 10:08
๐ Collaborations with other companies and higher-end events. 11:55
๐ Career Happiness Project: helping people to know themselves and their values. 13:30
๐ Carlaโs legacy:ย helping people bring their brilliance to the world. 15:52
๐ฅ Being in the zone: creative and innovative conversations and the energy Carla flows in. 16:33
๐ Life is hard, but being in the moment and showing up as you are is crucial. 20:32
โจ โIt is time to bring your brilliance into 2022.โย 23:15
Connect with Carla: www.bringyourbrilliance.net
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โ๏ธCheck out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ฅ๏ธ AJ is a nickname from his first business - a clickbait site that caused a lot of trouble and taught him many lessons. 01:29
๐ฉธ With a family background in the medical field, AJ decided to study programming and work to impact the medical space. 06:41
๐ช๐ผ Big challenge: working on hard things. 07:59
๐ฏ His dream is to be a part of multiple MedTech startups to create better, longer lives. 08:46
๐ Being a net giver rather than a net taker. 10:27
๐ Tech shortage in NZ: the value of immigrating people in the country. 11:16
๐ Need for a commercial aspect to everything and value exchange. 12:38
๐ฒ Chasing only the money: burnout, risk, and the shady things around it. 14:23
๐๏ธ Looking at his clients from their shoes, trusting the process without cutting corners. 17:11
โ๏ธ Not cutting corners as a moral guide through life. 18:38
๐งโ๐ป Helping companies that are struggling to attract tech talent. 20:53
Connect with Anuj: www.picwa.ai
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Check out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ฅจ Craigโs work with kids: movements, snacking, and adaptation of behavior change and habit formation. 01:49
๐คธ Falling in love with play and movement: Helping adolescents incorporate these fundamental pieces into their lives. 04:37
๐ How to connect with the foundational skills and fall in love with movement? 08:28
๐ง Mental health of young children and identity formation: Effects of removing diversification of both movement and psychological stimulation too early. 13:30
๐ Concept of structure without control: learning vs. performance at doing approach. 17:09
๐ง Right mindset is not learned, the intuition of the kid's body too: More is better vs. better is better. 18:58
๐ Craigโs grandmother's speed genes and how sports dominated his life until college. 21:51
๐จโ๐ Masterโs degree, Craig Palmerโs influence, fitness for top sporting teams, and returning to university for a Ph.d. 24:09
๐ฏ Sports are the best way for successful development if it is done correctly. 27:34
โฝ The impact coaches have on kids: Craig walked away from football. 28:48
๐บ Being a good gardener vs. architect: leaving kids to grow freely in a good environment. 32:04
๐ Supporting parents, coaches, and administrators looking to provide opportunities for young people to ultimately take control of their journeys. 34:34
๐ Change the future for your children. 36:25
Connect with Craig: www.athletedevelopmentproject.com
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Check out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐ Growing up in the UK and thirst for knowledge: Hament chose a career in medicine. 01:01
๐จ๐ฝโโ๏ธ Being swept up with life: Realization that he is living in the Matrix and moving to New Zealand. 04:31
๐ฉบ His knowledge in PET CT scanning resulted in collaboration with other doctors, institutions, and private practices. 07:00
๐ Hamentโs entrepreneurial bug: Bringing new ways of imaging in radiology to others and learning from his mistakes. 08:50
๐ป Idea of AI gained a lot of hype: Hament learned to code and became a software developer. 9:57
๐ Many things need fixing in medicine: Questioning the whole paradigm of modern medicine between information and knowledge. 12:07
๐ฏ Hament is building a system that encompasses and encodes tacit knowledge: being taught about diseases, not wellness of the whole human being. 13:03
๐ฅผ Connection is critical: Issues with the typical road of getting into medicine. 17:42
๐คฉ Hamentโs mission: Making a change in the medical field is very hard. 21:20
๐ค Hamentโs software will be free and who he is interested in connecting with. 24:02
๐ The Zone Reboot: helping people on a journey to rediscover their authentic selves. 26:57
Connect with Dr. Hament www.sectaur.org
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Check out the Reboot: www.thezoneschool.com/reboot
๐๏ธ Birds are singing, and Steve is on vacation. 01:19
๐ New Zealand vines and picking each grape by hand gives outstanding vine quality. 02:11
๐ท Steveโs birthplace: Hawke's Bay has some of the best wines in the world. 03:20
๐ Steveโs philosophy on finding purpose. 03:43
๐ค A customer-centric kind of thinking: finding the purpose behind products or people. 04:46
โก An epiphany on his 50th birthday: he decided to help people get through emotional bankruptcy through coaching, reiki, and becoming a death doula. 06:22
๐คท Asking why someone exists - the usual answer is 'I donโt know'.ย 09:21
โ How to get some clarity about where your purpose is? 11:29
๐ Saying no in a heartbeat is so important. 13:46
๐คฉ โThere's an absolute sense to what you do and how you want to behave.โ 15:01
๐ฏ Be an observer of your own life; find your Zone. 17:01
Connect with Steve: www.linkedin.com/in/stevegshawย
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๐ฆ Big lion with Aboriginal spirit work behind Joshua. 01:31
๐จโ๐ Becoming a tennis coach at 15, and burnout from doing so many things he loved in college. 03:20
๐ฆธโโ๏ธ Cookie jar: What is a real superpower? 07:44
๐คฏ David Gogginsโ story and motivational power he has on Joshua.ย 08:54
๐ Journey from 40% and how to build up that other 60%? The answer is in your mind. 13:19
๐ค What is the internal belief, and how can we apply it? 16:57
๐ญ Consistency and creativity: Resting is work, and creating space can give us the best ideas. 21:35
๐ฌ Presence and the science behind Flow. 24:08
๐ What are energy sources and energy leaks? 25:04
โ Question what society might have taught you and get comfortable being uncomfortable. 27:29
๐ค Creating inbox chatbots to turn engagement into revenue. 28:55
โก When two passions come together: sports and messenger marketing. 30:08
Connect withย Joshua www.izzybots.com
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๐คฟ Caroline dove into a different world. 00:20
๐ She and Liam met in California and clicked instantly. 02:08
โ๏ธ Quitting corporate America and buying a one-way ticket to travel. 02:58
๐คซ Trying out something different: Swapping marathons and triathlons with a silent retreat in Thailand.ย 04:43
โฏ๏ธ As a high-energy person, Caroline learned to redirect it internally and learned things from this change.06:53
๐งโโ๏ธ Omflow: the world's first 24-hour interactive online yoga studio. 10:35
๐ Ripples of our being are here even though we don't think it is showing and affecting others. 13:51
๐ฏ โWhen you are happy with yourself and focused on yourself, you permeate positivity that people are drawn to.โ 14:40
๐ Limiting the number of students allows for a genuine connection in classes. 16:36
๐ Carolineโs message for corporate leadership. 18:59
๐บ Helping people increases self-awareness and connections. 22:24
๐ New Zealand has many dedicated yoga teachers who can join Omflow. 25:13
๐ Liamโs supportive emails to Caroline before she left on her journey. 26:14
Connect with Caroline: www.omflow.yoga
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๐ฎ๐ช Lisa is from Dublin, Ireland. 01:13
๐ Lisaโs bookshelves. 02:03
โ๏ธ What moves Lisa in Seamus Heaneyโs poetry? 02:45
๐ Her journey to endometriosis diagnosis and a self-care path. 03:55
๐๏ธ Looking at your body holistically: The cyclical nature of hormones in one month. 06:24
๐งโโ๏ธ Get to know your nervous system, your body, and intuition. 09:36
๐โโ๏ธ Mindfulness practice for the female cycle. 12:39
โ๏ธ How to be a better partner or colleague to women and understand women's needs? 15:04
๐ค Insights that surprised Liam. 16:49
๐ What is really going on, and why women have โmood swingsโ and powerful energy? 18:04
๐ฅ๏ธ Lisaโs website is full of resources. 22:36
๐โโ๏ธ Donโt judge yourself: things that are happening to you can be explained and healed. 23:30
๐คฉ Learning so much from Lisa. 25:20
Connect with Lisa: www.yourcyclematters.com
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๐ท Lockdown: day 72. 01:13
๐ Michael loves Hotel de Dream by Edmund White. 01:36
๐ง Can we be ourselves and fully express who we are? 03:12
๐ค A sense of belonging for the people coming into the workplace is essential. 03:52
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Setting the Rainbow Tick program: most people from the LGBT+ community are hiding who they are in the workplace. 04:34
๐ Working with people with disabilities and excess needs. 05:53
๐ก A public statement of a company's values is crucial for everyone. 07:15
๐ข The way modern workplaces are working around culture. 08:55
๐น๐ท Living in NYC, London, and Istanbul. 09:23
๐จโ๐ซ Teaching the English language in Istanbul and learning about eastern cultures. 11:30
๐ Coming back home and feeling like a foreigner and seeing things from different perspectives. 13:15
๐คฏ Living with HIV. 14:34
๐บ Coming back to life. 17:02
๐คฉ Connecting with employers who are open to giving people with disabilities an opportunity. 18:10
Connect with Michael www.belab.co.nz
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๐ค Rachelโs she-cave and passion for DIY. 01:57
8๏ธโฃ What is the number eight wire philosophy? 03:13
๐ A family with specific characters and mischievousness. 05:01
๐ท Covid and a level of uncertainty mixed with positive changes we are experiencing. 06:50
๐คฏ People think they know their values until they go through Rachelโs values circumplex process. 09:00
๐ฉโ๐ผ A doctor in Organizational Psychology: โYou are not getting the job - youโre overqualified.โ 12:26
๐ฉโ๐ฌ Why does Rachel call herself the evidence-based coach? 13:53
๐ Coaching based on psychology research and data vs. fake manifesting and toxic positivity.ย 15:17
๐ Evolutionary bias, the similarity of modern people with cavemen and cavewomen. 18:12
๐คฉ Amazing tips: Understanding that a lot of your painful thoughts and feelings are not your fault. 20:42
๐ฆธโโ๏ธ Rachel loves working with people who tried have tried โwoo-wooโ coaching methods and would like to try science-based coaching. 23:46
Connect with Dr. Rachel: www.drrachelmcinnes.com
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๐ณ What is OE? 01:55
๐จ๐ฆ Traveling to Canada to find out who she is without external influences..02:29
๐ธ She wanted to be a world-famous photographer but jumped into marketing. 03:27
๐คฉ โIf you're meeting a customer's need, you're making a difference in their lives and leaving the world a better place.โ 04:42
๐ช From getting out of a marriage and the country to learning biculturalism. 06:53
๐ค Her dream is to get a Ph.D.: โYou can't do it all - life needs balance.โ 08:19
๐บ A need to lean into your values and your authenticity. 09:12
๐ช Valor - living and standing for your values. 10:53
๐ Hard conversations: Not accepting all opportunities but only ones that align with her values. 11:51
๐ Boundaries and showing up vulnerable and authentic to conversations. 14:06
๐ PJ welcomes anyone who wants to talk about authenticity, being true to yourself, and living in your values to a conversation. 15:52
๐งโ๐ The First Foundation: helping students who are the first in their families to go to university with scholarships. 16:57
๐ PJ has been a mentor in the First Foundation for five years. 17:39
๐ Seeing kids go from being shy to being confident, amazing people making such a difference in the world.17:53
โก โLive your values, be true to who you are and what matters to you. Opportunities will come that will allow you to live your values.โ 18:56
Connect with PJ: www.linkedin.com/in/pj-morris/?originalSubdomain=nz
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๐ Beautiful blue sky behind Amanda: sunshine makes lockdowns bearable. 01:35
๐ Two books changed her thinking and her parentsโ support to take a leap of faith. 02:25
๐คฉ When she was 21, she was running her first business: mistakes and learning curves. 04:50
๐คฏ Dealing with a highly emotional time while trying to learn the business. 06:51
โ Donโt have a business if you are unprepared for challenges. 09:41
๐โโ๏ธ Amanda explains how to find a good mentor. 10:39
๐ โIt takes a family or a village to raise a business.โ 12:32
๐ถ Taking care of yourself during lockdown: music, walking, and relaxing. 13:04
๐คฃ Travelling in Central America by herself and her interesting story about a Brazilian taxi driver.15:58
๐ Amanda has an amazing team, and when women support each other, they can do amazing things. 18:14
๐ค Two most influential women; her mom and her sister. 21:31
๐ฉโ๐ผ Amanda is the owner of two companies. 23:07
๐คฐ Pregnancy: Another journey and adventure. 24:02
Connect with Amanda: www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-morrison-b07b7226/?originalSubdomain=nz
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๐ฎโโ๏ธ His career in the police force lasted 7 years. 01:54
๐ง Your greatest weapon as a police officer is your brain and voice, and both came in handy while creating corporate connections. 02:27
๐ Glenn is a massive believer in servant leadership rather than control and power. 04:03
๐ All the things his approach is bringing to the workplace. 05:34
๐คฉ His favorite scene in Star Wars. 07:17
๐ฆน The hero's journey is all about the clients. 07:53
๐ท Introverts thrive and extroverts struggle during lockdowns. 09:52
๐งโโ๏ธ Glenn is taking care of himself now. 11:57
๐โโ๏ธ Getting his balance in place: trail running. 13:23
๐คฏ His big plan is to run in the Southern Lakes Ultramarathon in 2023. 15:26
๐จโ๐ป Glennโs companies: Konnector and Touchpoint Group. 17:23
๐ We might have achieved a goal. But there's always the sequel. 20:07
โ ๏ธ โDon't underestimate the power of the information that your customers can actually give you.โ 20:39
Connect with Glenn: www.linkedin.com/in/glennmarvin/?originalSubdomain=nz
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๐ The very special cloth behind Johnโs desk.ย 03:34
โก Two very simple values: make things better & be better people. 06:50
๐ Rebellious behavior and issues in school drove him toย French polishing. 09:38
๐ Champagne socialist: Principles of fairness, and everybody having equality.11:54
๐ฏ Still rebelling against injustice and unfairness that permeates our modern society. 14:13
๐ The evolution of his French polishing business. 15:00
๐ Negotiation in business: โAlways leave something on the table for the other guy.โ 16:45
๐ด๏ธ Johnโs story about resolving issues in Juicy Group. 19:31
๐ช Starting a business in the middle of the pandemic: โNever go into a business without an exit plan. 23:35
๐ Helping suffering businesses, even through pro bono work. 26:27
๐ Connect with John Luxton www.regenerationhq.co.nz
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๐๏ธ Formula One, drinking, and construction are related? 01:14
๐บ A big fan of beer. 02:50
๐ก Construction and planning: managing change over days. 03:24
๐ As a Lewis Hamilton fan, Andy never misses a race. 05:00
3๏ธโฃ Three M's that define success in Formula One that Andy uses. . 05:19
โ๏ธ The balance is essential: find time for family and execute when it is needed. 07:26
๐ค Helping influence change in the construction industry. 08:04
๐ Living in different cultures: Hindu, Catholic, and Muslim. 10:19
๐ซ Boarding school and learning self-reliance 11:09
๐ฏ Bringing structure into planning and structure into decision making is crucialย 12:31
๐ Breaking down the structure so people can deliver it. 14:13
๐ Andy is a strategist focusing on the critical path. 15:58
โ๏ธ He loves crypto too. 17:43
Connect with Andy: www.strategicplanning.nz
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๐ป Working from a garage and interesting pauses along the way. 02:06
๐ฉโ๐ผ Started her career at 18: a fundamental gap in understanding of productivity. 05:05
โ๏ธ Learning healthy boundaries and not accepting burnout as if it is normal.05:57
๐ Productivity guilt: grinding makes us lose interest in work but also in things we would normally enjoy. 07:18
โ Question things and learn to say no. 10:32
๐ค Many different types of intellect: โWe donโt often pay enough attention to the non-traditional types of intellectโ.ย 12:18
๐จ Breaking the mold: Curiosity, passion, and enthusiasm is needed to do well in tech. 14:28
๐ Blettaโs happy place: tech and business strategy, tech transformation, and emerging tech. 15:40
โก โYou donโt always need to 100% know you can do something to be successful in that thing. You just need to want it enough.โ 17:00
๐ โYou will regret every single shot in life that you don't take. Don't be afraid of failure. Just go for it.โ 19:10
Connect with Bletta: www.linkedin.com/in/bletaa-jasharii-1b54a2153
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๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand lockdown and takeaway dining. 00:44
๐ Supporting communities by shopping locally amidst the pandemicโs total lockdown. 01:31
๐ Helping locals during the lockdown with buying gift vouchers. 02:00
๐ Jack strongly believes in helping people in need whenever possible. 02:41
๐โโ๏ธ Having friendly people around helps. Jack is hoping for a nice summer without lockdowns. 03:25
๐ Lockdown life: Board games, walking in nature, and connecting with the group of people he lives with. 03:59
๐ป Most of Jackโs co-workers live alone, so Kahoot quizzes and video conferences help release anxiety. 04:38
๐ฅณ Having a big team that gets to know each other via random chat rooms on Zoom brings joy and change to the teamโs daily life and routine. 06:23
๐คฉ Being there for each other and hearing positive feedback from team members and customers are enjoyable elements for Jack. 07:45
๐ He liked two studies about the importance of meeting new people, so Jack decided to learn from people and grow genuine connections even in a sales environment. 08:55
๐ Listening is essential to help your clients. (he carefully reads people's responses, facial expressions, and tone of voice) 10:17
๐ค Self-work through hypnotherapy made him realize it is better to be vulnerable and to open up.12:32
๐ People generally appreciate openness because, with it, trust is more quickly built. 13:40
๐ฏ Supporting businesses to communicate in better and more open ways. 14:18
๐ Jackโs takeaway: โBe yourself, be you be open, be kind and be genuine.โ 16:52
Connect with Jack: www.linkedin.com/in/jack-olliver-6b8923a1/?originalSubdomain=nz
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