Mint Green Ukulele: Achieve Your Goals Through Joy Not Stress

Humor DOES belong in the workplace! Join today’s guest, Kathy Klotz-Guest, and I as we discuss how to build trust in the workplace to have better communication, more innovative ideas and higher engagement.

Follow Kathy’s work here:

👉https://www.keepingithuman.com/

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyklotzguest/

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Joy Not Stress offers entertaining events for high performing teams and 1:1 coaching with busy high achievers - DM me today and let's move you and your team from busy & stressed to happy & productive. 

More JOY please! The Queen of JOY herself, the one and only Cindi Cohn, is coming on the show and we will talk about bringing more JOY in the workplace. Ready?

Here is the rundown:

👉Rapid Fire Questions

👉Question 1:  When the world is such a mess, how can I choose joy?

👉Question 2: How can I help bring more joy in the workplace?

You’ve burnt out…. but “resting” didn’t make any difference?

Yeah, it’s time to try something else.

Because no matter how much you rest, doing the same thing will lead to the same results.

So what can you do differently?

PLAY!

Tune in this episode with Playful Humans’ Mike Montague and let’s open up possibilities!

Here is the rundown:

👉00:02:18 Rapid Fire Questions

👉00:10:22 Question 1: How close to burnout am I?

👉00:23:57 Question 2: How can I help my team produce results while preventing burnout?

👉00:37:40 Games : Awkward Questions AND Existential Questions

More fun stuff:

🔥The backward laws of work

🔥Why play is what you’ve been looking for, for yourself and your team

🔥What the opposite of work is (hint: it’s not play)

🔥And loads of laughter and games!

More about Mike:

Mike Montague is the Director of Community Engagement at Sandler and author of LinkedIn The Sandler Way. He is also a game show host, public speaker, podcaster, and writer at Playful Humans. He has been a radio DJ, karaoke host, virtual game show host, MC, and DJ for live events including opening for Billy Idol, Frankie Valli, and MC-ed at Toby Keith's Bar & Grill.

Playful Humans is a community designed to help the burned-out and bored get re-energized and engaged with life. His mission is to help adults discover the power of playing for a living and how to avoid burnout, quiet quitting, or a midlife crisis. Find out more at https://www.playfulhumans.com.

Connect with Mike:

👉PlayfulHumans.com/quiz

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikedmontague/

👉https://playfulhumans.com/

Don’t underestimate the impact you have on others, whether you are aware of it or not.

A conversation can save a life.

Listening can change someone’s reality.

We spend a huge chunk of our time at work - as a leader, how can you support your team and create a culture where people feel good and safe to share any struggles that may impact their life and work?

This is what I tackle with my guest Greg Kettner in this episode.

Here is the rundown:

👉00:01:44 Rapid Fire Questions

👉00:09:53 Question 1:  I want to create a positive team culture, where do I start?

👉00:20:37 Question 2: How do I talk to my team about mental health without it being awkward?

👉00:38:43 Game: Yes, And Story

More fun stuff:

🔥Why team culture is a long game

🔥What you need to start a mental health conversation

🔥What truly made a difference for him and his family when a family member took their life

🔥And an honest look on these difficult topics

More about Greg:

Greg Kettner is a TEDx Speaker and Happiness Coach who helps organizations to WorkHappy so they can boost revenue, lower employee turnover and foster a culture of mindfulness around mental health.

Such organizations as S.A.P, Coca-Cola, Ford, RE/MAX, iCIMS and Traction Guest have consumed his keynote "The Power of Laughter" which motivates and inspires audiences all over the world to be their best selves. His passionate stories will engage you, make you laugh and touch a tender part of your heart as well.

Over his 27-year sales career, he has sold over $12 million in products and services for such companies as Business Objects, BuildDirect, the Vancouver Canucks and a small shoe company (long pause) named (pause) Nike.

He is a world-class connector who has had beers with Wayne Gretzky, shared the stage with Robin Williams and almost knocked over Queen Elizabeth the second.

His WorkHappy approach has been featured on NBC, CTV, CBC and Sirius XM.

Here to share how WE can change OUR world with laughter…please welcome Greg Kettner.

Connect with Greg:

Want to get better at public speaking AND you like games? This episode is for you!

I am a huge fan of learning through play (duuh - that is a big part of what I do!) and communicating powerfully.

However, I have my insecurities around public speaking, especially as English is not my first language, I think in images, and sometimes I keep debating in my mind what words to use from the 4 languages I speak to best express what I want to say.

That is why I reached out to Shelley and Mark from Remarkable Speaking, and they really helped me!  I got them on the podcast to demo some fun speaking games and debunk a few myths!!

Here is the rundown:

👉00:02:01 Rapid Fire Questions

👉00:15:40 Question 1: How can I stop using filler words

👉00:22:27 Speaking Game: Analogies Rapid Fire

👉00:32:57 Question 2: English is not my first language, how can I be a confident speaker?

👉00:43:17 Speaking Game: Snow Globe

More fun stuff:

🔥Why breathing will save your butt when speaking

🔥The most embarrassing story (that I wish I edited out…)

🔥How to help people to connect with your stories

🔥And many laughs, games and deep questions

More about Shelley and Mark:

As founders of Remarkable Speaking, Shelley Goldstein and Mark Bossert created a transformational and gamified coaching method serving those who speak to connect, inform, and influence with confidence, clarity and courage.

Shelley has been on a communications journey for 25+ years. Learning from her own speaking challenges, she realized that everyone can be a leader at every level and experience a true sense of belonging.

Mark started training in hypnosis and NLP 30 years ago with certifications in both disciplines. Behind that desire to be a better communicator was a deep fear of being fully seen, of being found to be “not good enough”.

Shelley and Mark have coached hundreds of people in over 40 countries from a vast array of industries. The duo’s unique and fun coaching methods help today’s top business executives and career professionals access full self-expression with meaningful and engaging speaking.

Connect with Shelley and Mark:

👉https://remarkablespeaking.com/,

Motivation - we chase it, we want it, we want others to have it. But what is it and how does it work?

This week, Ken Carlson and I have a candid conversation about motivation. We discuss the following:

👉00:01:28 - Rapid Fire Questions – get to know Ken beyond the professional

👉00:11:20 - Question 1: I feel like my team is not motivated, how can I motivate them?

👉00:25:45 - Question 2: I am not motivated, what can I do?

👉00:40:26 - Game 1: Existential Questions

👉00:46:45 - Game 2: Finish The Proverb With A Rhyme

A few points we cover:

🔥The reality of motivating others

🔥What does it mean to NOT be motivated?

🔥 What actually happened to Elvis? 🕶️

And much more!

More about Ken:

Ken has over 17 years of experience as a corporate leader and since then has over 14 years of experience as an international coach and trainer. He is a certified coach with experience coaching hundreds of unique clients from all over the world.

Connect with Ken:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/authenticdevelopment/

👉www.authenticdevelopment.com

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Joy Not Stress offers entertaining events for high performing teams and 1:1 coaching with busy high achievers - DM me today and let's move you and your team from busy & stressed to happy & productive.

🚀 Come say hello on LinkedIn 💃👉https://bit.ly/GenLIProfile

Also watch the episode here:

First episode of format 2.0!! – and today we discuss the following:

👉00:01:30 - Rapid Fire Questions – get to know Mark’s deepest secrets

👉00:08:49 - Question 1: I just can't meditate, what else can I do?

👉00:18:22 - Question 2: I used to love my job, but now I am stressed all the time. What should I do?

👉00:34:47 - Game: MadLib Argument

Fun facts we cover:

🔥What it means to come home to yourself

🔥Our respective silent retreat experiences (ouch!)

🔥Juggling avocados

🔥Jee whiz!?!

And much more!

More about Mark:

Mark is a life and executive coach, as well as a corporate wellbeing coach and consultant. He is a passionate public speaker and current national toastmasters champion.

He escaped from a corporate career to start living his best life and he now works to help bring other back home to themselves so they can live the life they want, and more importantly, need.

Connect with Mark:

Entertainment has its place in your team strategy and life strategy. There I said it.

Whether it is to create connection, or to drive effective learning, you are missing out if you keep your team, and yourself, on a diet of grey spreadsheets and boring meetings.

Tune in to:

🔥Hear about the value of engaging your team with entertainment

🔥Learn the mindset David holds to bring energy to groups and teams

🔥Witness a magic trick that just BLEW MY MIND!

More about David:

Moving from the corporate world and stepping into the magic circle, David John entertains audiences worldwide with fun and interactive online magic shows.

Based in Japan, David John is helping companies and individuals worldwide reconnect virtually and relax with his virtual magic show.

Connect with David:

👉IG : @virtualmagicninja

👉LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjohndj/

👉Work Site : virtual.themagicofdeejay.com

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Joy Not Stress offers entertaining events for high performing teams and 1:1 coaching with busy high achievers - DM me today and let's move you and your team from busy & stressed to happy & productive.

🚀 Come say hello on LinkedIn 💃👉https://bit.ly/GenLIProfile

Also watch the episode here:

Many leaders and managers will tell you - building a team is hard work, building an empowered one is even harder.

How can we minimize the stress while scaling our work through building an engaged team?

If you are scratching your head, tune in to this week’s episode with Christa Gurka, Owner and CEO of Pilates in the Grove, and business strategist and mentor for female boutique fitness and wellness entrepreneurs.

Tune in the learn:

🔥The mindset that hindered her productivity as a leader

🔥The steps she took to completely redirect her management style with a team of 15+ employees

🔥How to build and maintain a strong culture that lives on when you are not in the room

🔥How Christa takes the stress out of hiring

About Christa:

Christa Gurka is a board certified orthopedic physical therapist specializing in Pilates-based fitness, rehabilitation, injury prevention and overall wellness. With two decades of experience training those of all ages and fitness levels, the founder/owner of Miami’s Pilates in the Grove, which serves the Coconut Grove and South Miami communities, believes in offering her clients personal attention with expert and well-rounded instruction.

Christa considers herself an accidental entrepreneur that started a small business to support her patients and grew it into a 7 figure brand with the help of a google search bar and a passion to empower others.

Aside from operating her Pilates business she also serves as a business strategist and mentor for female boutique fitness and wellness entrepreneurs.

As a wife and mom of two teenage boys she spends her free time with her family.

Connect with Christa:

It’s no secret - whether you are a professional or an entrepreneur (or both), your personal brand matters. It matters offline, AND online.

But putting yourself out there on LinkedIn, or other platforms can be intimidating and scary. I get it!

How do people show up and stay consistent in the online world?

You’re in luck! We've got JD Gershbein on this Mint Green Ukulele Podcast episode - let’s talk about showing up in the virtual world with joy AND style!

Tune in the hear:

🔥How the improv mindset will help you in the online world

🔥How to work off script to bring out your personality

🔥The difference between your brand and your style

🔥What to pay attention to for human connection in the virtual space

🔥Loads of fun and creative solutions in the Problem, Object, Justification game 😯

About JD:

Since 2006, JD Gershbein has been at the forefront of the social media conversation. One of the world’s first independent LinkedIn consultants, JD pioneered a model of authentic business communication that serves ambitious professionals striving to make their mark in the Digital Age.

As a speaker, facilitator, writer, and media producer, he draws upon his diverse academic background—a fusion of psychology, neuroscience, and the humanities—and the improvisation skills he honed at Chicago’s famed Second City to bridge the knowledge gap that exists between professionals and the virtual world.

Widely regarded as a leader in personal branding, social networking, content marketing, video storytelling, and social entrepreneurship, JD is blazing a trail as one of the most original personalities in the professional development arena.

Connect with JD:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/jdgershbein

Influencing people requires understanding people.

What makes them tick, what their doubts are, how they perceive you, etc.

And this is no different for your customers - so how do you give them real good reasons to choose you?

This is exactly what you will learn in this Mint Green Ukulele Podcast episode with Zineb Layachi, Founder of Raise the Runway.

Tune in the hear:

🔥What to know about your customers’ mindset

🔥When your customer’s buying journey really starts

🔥How to make the best out of feedback

🔥Loads of fun and laughter and a revealing game of Truth Or Dare 😯

About Zineb:

She brings over a decade’s worth of experience, from business development and sales enablement roles to marketing, where she has been two-time CMO.

Today, she is the founder of Raise the Runway, a marketing consultancy that teaches entrepreneurs what they should be talking about instead and gives them the confidence to show up as themselves.

She is also the proud co-founder of PitchSLAP, investor pitch mentoring for tech founders. Zineb is actively mentoring early stage founders in pitching and marketing through incubators and international startup communities. Loves to binge on comedy and make T shirts!

Connect with Zineb:

👉www.raisetherunway.co

Making Virtual Meetings Fun with Melissa Dinwiddie

Virtual meetings … are what we have been swimming in for the last 2 years and they are here to stay.

So how can you make virtual meetings engaging AND productive for your clients and team?

This is exactly what I talk about with Creative Learning Strategist, Melissa Dinwiddie, in this episode.

Tune in the hear:

🔥Elements to consider to adapt the meeting to your audience

🔥8 exercises to engage your audience right away

🔥How to help your team be more creative

🔥Some singing and loads of laughing!

More about Melissa:

A former professional artist and trained improviser and jazz singer, Melissa Dinwiddie works with innovative, people-first companies to grow, and retain customers or employees, through creative virtual experiences. From custom-designed offsites, to trainings on how to lead amazing, effective virtual meetings, she’s known for designing interactive, playful experiences that attendees rave about because they acquire new skills and behaviors and build connections while having a blast.

An acclaimed creativity instigator, Melissa is the author of The Creative Sandbox Way™: Your Path to a Full-Color Life, an interactive playbook that countless readers have sworn freed them from creative block virtually overnight. She is the founder of Creative Sandbox Solutions™, and has degrees from UC Berkeley and the University of Birmingham, England.

Connect with Melissa:

👉https://creativesandbox.solutions

Building and growing a business is tough. But you don't have to lose your sanity to do so.

Mindsets like

"All work no play",

"I need to do it all myself",

"Everything is important",

they are very common and seem sensible - but they are not helpful to make your growth sustainable.

In this episode of the Mint Green Ukulele Podcast, I speak with Jeremy Blubaugh, founder of Coinflip Marketing, about how he is growing FAST in his business while creating time for joy.

Tune in to learn:

💥 How he creates the space to step away from work at 5:30 pm to enjoy time with his family daily

💥 Jeremy's system to delegate effectively with VA's

💥 How he gets 50% conversion with high-value leads

💥 Some awesome mad lib karaoke 🤣

About Jeremy:

Jeremy is the Chief Prospecting Officer at Coinflip Marketing.

He's a passionate and creative entrepreneur who absolutely loves to hunt for new business. In fact, he loves it so much - he made it a full-time career. That's what he does - he helps you open doors. He helps open hard-to-open doors. And he helps you swing doors that are stuck an inch or two by strengthening existing relationships.

Coinflip Marketing was founded in 2019 - but in 2021 Jeremy went all-in with the brand. But the journey really started back in 2016 after reading the book Giftology by John Ruhlin. That book really compounded something he already knew - that personalization, customization, humor, and personability - coupled with strategic gift-giving - can be a game-changer for any business.

On a personal level, Jeremy lives with his amazing wife and four kids (Calhoun-7, Leo -5, Cora-3 & Boden-1) in Richmond, VA. He loves the St Louis Cardinals and often bids on eBay for bronze heads of Ozzie Smith. And for leisure, he enjoys reading books about business.

Connect with Jeremy:

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/coinflipmarketing/

👉www.coinflipmarketing.com

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I do 1:1 coaching with busy high achievers AND entertaining events for high-performing teams - DM me today and let's move you and your team from busy & stressed to happy & productive. 🚀

Come say hello on LinkedIn 💃👉https://bit.ly/GenLIProfile

If you’ve been on LinkedIn for a while, you probably noticed that your favorite creators use the #creatorschallenge hashtag.  

A.What is that about?  

It is a weekly challenge offered to members of The Beast Club – a creative community designed to amplify your personal brand & content creation.  

B. Who is behind it?  

MultiMedia Producer at The Beast Node and content creation extraordinaire Travis Lachner.  

And he spills all the beans about how to create epic content without the stress on this week's Mint Green Ukulele Podcast.  

Tune in to learn:  

💥 Travis’ system to create content saturation in a strategic way 

💥 How to find your sweet spot when creating content 

💥 How to reframe “failure” on live streams 

💥 The power of the creative journey (and how to survive it) 

💥Awesome improvised wisdom that came out of this week’s game 🤣  

About Travis: 

Travis Lachner is the CEO & MultiMedia Producer at The Beast Node, and Chief of The Beast Club –a creative community designed to amplify your personal brand & content creation.  

Connect with Travis: 

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/travislachner/

👉https://thebeastnode.com/

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I do 1:1 coaching with busy high achievers AND entertaining events for high performing teams - DM me today and let's move you and your team from busy & stressed to happy & productive. 🚀  

Come say hello on LinkedIn 💃👉https://bit.ly/GenLIProfile   

Marketing yourself can be a painful experience. I mean, let's be real. 

It takes work, courage, consistency, clarity.  So, better do it with no BS advice, shall we?  

Join Doug Lawson and I as we talk about making your marketing a joyful experience.  

Don’t know Doug? What you need to know is that he is the person that will make your content connect and convert.  

Tune in to hear about: 

💥How to find your voice and Doug’s journey in doing so 

💥How to position yourself to your competitors 

💥How Doug gets video shy clients to get on camera 

💥And much, much more.  

Connect with Doug: 

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-lawson-marketing/

👉https://www.douglawsonmarketing.com/ 

***  Come say hello on LinkedIn 

👉https://bit.ly/GenLIProfile   

Also watch the episode here: Lien vidéo

What stories have you got? Probably more than you think!  

Join us on this episode of the Mint Green Ukulele Podcast for a conversation with Francisco Mahfuz, the person that will make you more interesting than Netflix.  

Tune in to hear: 

💥Francisco’s tips on improvising a speech (that got him the Champion Title!) 

💥How to make a story engaging (and the mistakes to avoid) 

💥Francisco’s unique way of making stories humourous 

💥A simple formula anybody can use to quickly structure a story  

More about Francisco: 

Francisco Mahfuz has always loved speaking, even before he had anything useful to say. He's been telling his stories in front of audiences for close to a decade, and even became a National Champion of public speaking.    

Today, Francisco is a keynote speaker and storytelling coach and offers communication training to individuals and international organisations. He's the author of "Bare: A Guide to Brutally Honest Public Speaking" and the host of The Storypowers Podcast.   

Connect with Francisco: 

👉https://www.storypowers.com  

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/fmahfuz/ 

👉Check out the Story Powers Podcast: https://anchor.fm/storypowers  

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"I want to be less of a perfectionist, but I also don't want to half-ass things." 

"I want to say no more often, but I also don't want to be an asshole."  

That is something I hear a lot with people I talk to - there is a fear of extremes.  

If I plan too much, I will miss out on opportunities. 

If I relax too much, I won't perform anymore.  

In this episode, I introduce a tool I use with clients to illustrate the different choices we have when we tackle a situation: the spectrum.  

We rarely go from 0 to 100, from one extreme to the other. There is wiggle room we can play with, so that we tackle situations with the attitude that serves us best.  

Life is not one size fits all.  

In this episode I talk about: 

👉What is the spectrum. 

👉How to use it. 

👉Examples of where it can apply.  

Tune in!  

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Risk is not always fun nor easy, but one thing is for sure, it is always there. 

How do you deal with risk?  

This is what I talk about with my guest in this episode, serial entrepreneur David Grégoire.  

He is currently building his startup to $1B evaluation - while being a father of 4 and on a road trip around Europe with his family.   

David is the type of person who, when he wants to do something, he finds a way to make it happen. "Life is meant to be lived!"  

Tune in to hear: 

👉What he does when crap happens to not let his emotions run wild. 

👉The mindset David adopts to put risk in perspective. 

👉Our crazy stories of doing a one-day road trip to catch pizza in Boston.  

👉Sinatra inspired performances.

More about David:  

💥Founder of SousTitreur.com, a french transcription service (captions, subtitles) 

💥Founder of MisterECommerce.com & http://snapshop.cam - eCommerce Turnkey solution, 

💥Top 30 of 30 and under in IT for lesaffaires.com, 

💥Ex-VP of a large online travel agency, 

💥Father of 4 kids, 

💥On a road trip across Europe with his family.  

Connect with David  

👉https://closedcaptioner.com/ 

👉https://twitter.com/daige 

👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgregoire/  

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Life is too short to take ourselves seriously - and it is much more flavorful when we add a bit of levity in there.  

But how? And do you need to be a funny person or worse, a comedian?  

Nope, you don't.  

Tune in to this podcast with Humor Marketing Consultant Kimberly Kennedy and hear about:  

💥Kim's tips on adding some levity to your work and home life  

💥How to bring the funny to connect, even in a remote environment   

💥The story of how a flute can change a company culture  

💥The type of humor that's appropriate in any environment   

💥How practical jokes and community helped her surf the (multiple) pandemic uncertainty waves  

And seriously great prank ideas for your loved ones 😂😂😂  

More about Kim: Former marketing/advertising and production professional turned into small business owner (Performing group for kids) turned into comedic content writer (sandwiched in between having 3 small kiddos at home). After getting into wine sales and education, she decided to infuse her comedic flair into her wine sales, and that is where it all changed!  Here she is now 😎 Consulting with businesses to help them find their funny bone 🦴  

Connect with Kim here 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-kennedy-357468a/ 

#ownthecheesiness 

#wheninarutmoveyourbutt 

#ovantheoven  

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Picture this: You want to declutter your calendar. 

You see there are a few meetings coming your way that you are not contributing to..

..but you always say yes because, well, that's what you've always done.  

Right there - that's an opportunity to choose differently. 

And an opportunity to use your choice button.   

We all know we have the power of choice over plenty of things during our day.  

In fact, we often have more opportunities to choose than we realize.  

Identifying those opportunities AND using our choice button is a muscle to build. And once you see it, you can't unsee it.  

I tackle a few examples in this week's podcast and talk about: 

👉when to use your choice button 

👉how to use it 

👉what makes it more effective  

Join me in choice?

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Real talk: Sh*t happens.  

It does. And no amount of planning can eliminate risk.  

My point is - we will always have to deal with a certain amount of unpleasant situations. That's a given.  

Unfortunately, when a lot of things accumulate, our negative thinking can lead us into a rabbit hole of negative thoughts which make those crappy situations out of proportion.  

Can you relate? Who are you kidding, of course you can.   

So, how do we deal with unpleasant situations without getting into the rabbit hole?  

How can we minimize the damage and the cost (time and energy) that these inevitable situations generate, without repressing and just 'toughing it out'?  

That is what I talk about in this week's podcast.  

👉2 perspectives that really help me when I find myself in negative situations 

👉3 steps to minimize the damage that negative emotions can cause  

This week is a quick one considering I am still dealing with covid brain fog.  

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400 times.
That's the average times children laugh in a day, according to research. And the stats for adults is about 17 times (Palmer, The Power of Laughter).

So, where did we lose the fun?

As adults we are conditioned to be more stiff and serious – at what cost?

In this episode of the Mint Green Ukulele I am joined by Laughter Yoga Leader and 20-year improvisational theater performer, Amy Angelilli.

We talk about laughter and why it is a smart move to connect better, perform better, relax better and LIVE better.

You'll hear plenty of laughter stories, Amy's tools for laughter AND plenty of joyful laughs 😂😂😂

Give yourself the permission and joy us in laughter!

👉Find Amy at www.adventure-project.com

Does networking sound icky to you? If so, this episode is for you!  

My friend Tom Broxham, networking expert and founder of Broxham-Network, is joining me to debunk the icky myths around networking.

He shares how to approach networking in order to get the most out of it while having fun!  

⚠️Warning: This episode includes lots of dancing and lots of laughing. You are warned!  🕺🏽⚠️💃

Connect with Tom 👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-broxham/ 

👉www.broxham-network.com  

Tom's motto is today’s connection is tomorrow's opportunity. 

He is a public speaker, facilitator, avid outdoorsman, father and cheesecake lover!  

He gives people the ability to network confidently by showing them the necessary skills to make connections and gain opportunities anywhere.  These are the same skills he used to make himself a more comfortable and confident networker. Some of these very skills have helped him gain confidence and a sense of trust which were all taken from him after his bullies tried to drown him at the ages of 8 and 13. These incidents happened after already drowning at the age of 3 where his dad had to perform CPR on him.  Public speaking, swimming, and connecting with people were all skills he learnt as an adult. These were 3 of his biggest fears he had to overcome. Instead of shying away from these fears facing them and turning them into passions.  

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Is it just me or the New Year Resolution thing has been broken for a while?

Only a few days in and I am already fed up with all the goal-setting talk.

Of course, goals are important, but I don't buy the New Year New Me hype.

So I do things differently - and this is what I share in this podcast.

💥 Build The Basement Before The Roof: What are you moving toward? What is your vision?

We can't productively progress toward something we don't know about.

💥Tool Box: How do you align your day to day with your long term vision?I share my What To Focus On framework helping you create consistent progress so you FINALLY end the day, and the year, knowing you're getting closer to what you want.

It's the end of the year - what are you celebrating?

Celebration has its place in our daily lives - no matter if we received a medal or not.

I hear you, high achievers: "Yeah but I can't be happy when things are not done."

I hear ya.

The thing is, when we stay in a mindset of: "I'll be happy when...." we set ourselves up for NEVER being happy because the "when" part is always moving.

Can you relate?

When we retrain our brain to notice the positive and the progress, we can feel satisfaction daily, knowing that we are making constant progress toward our goals.

And, it also retrains the brain to stop identifying threats everywhere - those threats that add unnecessary stress to our day-to-day.

So how do you do that?

I am spilling the beans in this episode of the Podcast with two segments:

💥 Build The Basement Before The Roof:

There are two gaps you can focus on to sustainably make progress (while keeping your joy) - even if most high achievers only focus on one of them. Balance your focus on both!

💥Tool Box:

How do you retrain your brain to notice and celebrate the progress?

This powerful daily exercise will help you ditch the default negative interpretations you give to everyday events.

Anybody said more joy and less stress? 🙌