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In this episode, we get to speak with Kiki connects. She's a transformational guide. She facilitates supportive spaces in order to step into the true and authentic you in the grooviest ways possible through guidance, we can explore realms you never imagined existed. Without further ado, let's be kind. Kiki connects How did she get her name? To be Kiki Connect? We'll find out more in this episode. Our Guest Kiki Connects Website: kikiconnects.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiki.connects/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kiki.connects Hacks to take Away Step into the true and authentic you in the grooviest ways possible through guidance, we can explore realms you never imagined existed. Kiki connects How did she get her name. Face the disconnection of this world by being even more deeply connected to me so that we can all rise in this feeling like we are all one and we are all a part of the same Earth. What are the most interesting things about it is like,

In this episode,  I get to speak with Engel Jones. He was born and raised in the Twin island of Trinidad and Tobago, and he loves great conversation. He’s an entrepreneur, life coach, and the podcast host of the 12 minute convo. His passion is to help you find YOURS. Your Own Unique, Real Self. I discovered Engel Jones when he invited me to be a guest on his podcast. In 2016. He started with creating 1001 conversations, guests to be had on his podcast. In 2019 He was looking for 900 new guests, I had the opportunity to be on the podcast. And hence, we connected through the network got to be on his podcast. And it’s been a long time coming. Since then he’s had a new baby. And he’s been busy with that. And I was like, Hey, now that enough time has passed, do you have some time to come and be a guest on my podcast, and I am happy to announce that Engel Jones is here on the podcast. Our Guest Engel Jones Podcast Website: http://12minconvos.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/engeljones/ Insta

In this episode I'm speaking with Brendon Kumarasamy. He is a business transformation consultant at IBM. But more than that, what really drew me into his vibe is the way he holds himself up and the way he is teaching others. I connected to Brandon through the Unconventional Leaders Group. And we've got to share each other's stories in the green room and few times ago in the back in the past, and he's been generating some really cool content on YouTube, where he's teaching you how to actually speak. So I've learned a lot through these videos. He's also a speaker and weekly speaking in front of many organizations, helping many people and learning the art and Mastering the Art of public speaking. Our Guest Brenden Kumarasamy Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/brendenkumarasamy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBYFP4mZLQovr7W6Si6sueA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteryourtalk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mastertalkyt/ Hacks to take away The way he holds himself up and th

In this episode, we get to speak with Jacob Levin. Jacob is a former infantry soldier and a wildland firefighter. He's an amateur Muay Thai fighter, a passionate science fiction fan and a crossword puzzles fanatic has been a certified CrossFit instructor for over a decade. In 2018. He participated in fit opposite charity dedicated to helping veterans becoming fitness professionals. And now he is a certified veteran fitness operative. his motto is to strive to seek to find and not to yield. And this is taken from Tennyson's poem, Ulysses. So he runs a company, Ulysses training.org. And it is a cornerstone of his personal ethos. We met through Facebook, and we've been chatting back and forth and I really love what Jacob is doing with his life and with helping other people achieve their greatness. I am happy to bring him on to the podcast. Our Guest Jacob Levin Podcast Website: https://ulyssestraining.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ulyssestraining/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ulyss

In this episode, I get to speak with Hussain Al-Mutawakil. He is passionate about people, technology, and the relationships between them. He's a project manager at sahouri.com. And I met him at a thing about a year ago at a link In local here in Northern Virginia, we hit it off. And we've been connected since then he is into all things digital marketing, he's building brand storytelling. So we had a lot of things that are going for us, you know, being in the same type of stuff that we're creating. So it's like, Hey, dude, it's been a while since we talk, let's bring you on the podcast, you know, interviewed over 100 people. And it's been really exciting because building these connections, building these relationships is what human beings are being all about. Our Guest Hussain Al-Mutawakil LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hussainmuta/ Twitter: twitter.com/Bamf_abulous Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hussain.mutawakilii Hacks to take away Digital Marketing What human beings bein

In this episode I get to speak with Dr. A.J. Minai. He's a two times TEDx speaker, a best LinkedIn influencer brand storyteller, and one of the most inspirational LinkedIn icons in Malaysia. I connected with him through LinkedIn, and his LinkedIn is game really strong. This is where you get to connect with real people that have experienced the world in a professional capacity. We've been chatting on and off for the past few months and having deep meaningful conversations. I just can't wait for you to check out this episode and learn the story of Dr. A.J. Minai. Our Guest Dr. A.J. Minai LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drajminai Website: subture.com Email: itsajminai@gmail.com Hacks to take away Connecting with real people that have experienced the world. Becoming something that may not necessarily really want to be. Education has become big business and religion will are playing the glamour game. Education was meant to empower the individual to find who they are generally within thems

I get to speak with Joshua T. Berglan. He's a world's mayor, host of gratitude unfiltered, a talk show ministry, brand designer producer and MC. Well, the world's mare is driven to be the voice for the voiceless and empower others to live with Truth.  Enjoy the episode Our Guest Joshua T. Berglan LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/livemanaworldwide Website: joshuatberglan.com Twitter: alohaboca Hacks to take away The voice for the voiceless and empower others to live with the truth. Living everything out loud living life in real-time. How God works in his life. Things that we overcome are like keys Providing value for people discovering a need, and finding a way to provide that and the world's Mayor nickname that came from being in service to others. Never looking to sell anything. Having that attitude and being out there to push yourself forward. You're only limited by your thoughts and the way you're talking about yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega

In this episode, I get to speak with a good friend, VJ Niles. She's been helping professionals get to the next level in their careers. She's a career strategist and a speaker. We go into the details of her journey and how she launched her business to help others realize their potentials. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest VJ Niles LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/vjniles Website: thenilesgroup.com Twitter: VJNiles Hacks to take away A strategy is something that's very important for all of us to get to that next level. Helps you strategize your career, help you catapult to the next level in your career, whether you're a mid-level professional wanting to get to the next level, and executive trying to decide your next move between C suite and your own thing, or an entrepreneur trying to figure out how to bring your ideas to fruition. How to make your side households and two full-time things. Always had a plan to not work for somebody for the rest of your life. Save money learn all the d

In this episode, I get to speak with Jonaed Iqbal, he's a founder of nodegree.com and nodegree podcast. He is a career strategist and helps folks like you and me with build better resumes and come up with better, better interviews. Speaker and he is one. He is the originator of the LinkedInsomnia live show on LinkedIn. And he caught my attention through one of his slides. And I was like, dude, a man, after my own name, I need to connect with this dude and get in touch and see what he's doing because it was just so exciting to see somebody with my own name. And like going out there and making changes making waves and making the world a better place. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Jonaed Iqbal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonaed Website: NoDegree.com  (Company Website ) Jonaed.com  (Personal Website) Hacks to take away Build better resumes and come up with better interviews. Mindset comes from absorbing content and absorbing motivation from other people. Figure out those goals and then you

In this episode, I get to speak with Ronan Leonard, he's a specialist in creating mastermind programs. Most self-employed professionals struggle to build their expertise and to sustain nimble revenue and have the impact their skills warrant. And what's really amazing about speaking with Ronan being as a specialist in creating mastermind programs. I've had this thought of creating my own mastermind program, or at least have a mastermind group called about three months ago and it's just been that it thought and I've contacted a few people like, Hey, how about this? I'm trying to start this, you know, business. I'm trying to start this video production company and star try this podcast. And I'm sure there are other people that are in the same boat.  Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Ronan Leonard LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ronan-leonard Website: eccountability.io Twitter: Eccountability Hacks to take away How we can help other people that are that have those questions that we can answer as many a

In this episode, I get to speak with Nate the Great Peterman. for over four years, Nate has focused his energy on building long term, trusting relationships. He has a unique way of helping people, increase as a person company, and decrease frustration when it comes to attracting clients. I've had the opportunity to be connected with Nate through LinkedIn, and other social platforms for about a year. And I've been following his story and his success. And it's been super amazing to see what he's doing. And it's just fascinating to see how far you can make it. When you keep going with the rate that Nate has been going, and I'm honored to have Nate here on the podcast. Our Guest Nate Peterman LinkedIn: Nate Peterman Website: natethegreatpeterman.com Twitter: NateTGPeterman Youtube: natethegreatpeterman Instagram: natethegreat Hacks to Take Away A unique way of helping people Passion for really not just talking to people one on one, but actually talking deep. Interview peop

In this episode, I get to speak with Jesse Well, he's the creator of habit-based lifestyle. He's the best author for a man in the mirror, a podcast coast for a habit-based lifestyle, and a multimillion-dollar fitness business owner. So he's got some of The technology that your mind can use and building habits is a surefire way to get the success that you're looking for. And we all have habits and Jesse here, he's created this system that helps you figure out what habits are going to get you to the next level.  Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Jesse Ewell LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/coachjesse Website: linktr.ee/jesseewell1 / closerpanel.peek.link/bER  (Company Website) Hacks to take Away The best author for a man in the mirror, a podcast coast for habit based lifestyle and multimillion dollar fitness business owner. Some of the technology that your mind can use and building habits is a surefire way to get the success that you're looking for. Figure out what habits are going to get you to

In this episode, I speak with Del Shaffer. He's a host to The Leagues Podcast on iTunes. He's also a father, a husband, a realtor, and he's voted one of the best realtors in Mount Pleasant. Del and I are both huge fans of Gary Vaynerchuk. And when Gary said who should I call on Twitter. A twitter conversation got started and we all retweeted. And Del had a really awesome message and he got tons of likes and I was like Del, why don't you come on and be a guest on my podcast. He happily played along and here we are! Enjoy the episode! Our Guests Del Shaffer LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/del-shaffer-55953346 Website: searchmountpleasant.com/  (Company Website) Twitter: delshaffer Poscast: The Leagues: World Soccer Podcast Hacks to take away Providing value and helping others through a different type of kind of service and I want to be different than other realtors. Training practices I started the podcast because I needed to have an avenue to talk about it. Learn about how you

In this episode, I get to speak with Matt Bertram. He's a trainer, author, and a local keynote speaker and consultant in digital marketing and social selling. Now he's also a co-host for The most popular SEO podcast on iTunes and is also the CEO at EWebResults. A very high-end internet marketing agency. He's definitely the best in the space of Digital Marketing. Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Matt Bertram Website: ewebresults.com Twitter: mattbertramlive LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mattbertramlive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattbertramlive1 Hacks to take Away One of the best selling you've got an amazing SEO podcast. The specific specialty of Internet Marketing. Be able to do everything with the phone and a computer. LinkedIn for Recruitment purposes. Doing some consulting on the side because I was trying to get this thing going that I was self-funded. Building their brand and attracting their ideal customer to them. Kinds of stuff that's going on in hum

In this episode, I get to speak with Kelsey Anne, she's a host for "You can have it all" podcast. She's also a master certified practitioner with NLP and Hypnosis. She specializes in subconscious programming, identity and relationship. I'm so honored to have her as a guest on my podcast.  Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Kelsey Anne LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kelsey-anne-583955171 Instagram: Iamkelseyanne Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009551899301 Hacks to take Away Mindset that drives you to achieve success. Awesome story with NLP and hypnosis The career I got like the six figure career I did like everything Building a business. Training other people and the mindset side. We all have this internal need for validation. More grateful to just notice everything that's so awesome in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I get to speak with my good friend, Carey Ransom. I got to work with Carey over 10 years ago at one of our favorite companies. WebVisible, and we all left and did great things. I'm happy to say that I've been in connection with a lot of the people that I worked with at WebVisible.  Carey had a really amazing role at WebVisible and since then he has done some really astonishing work in the local business arena for Orange County. He's been creating long term value through his podcast. As marketers, companies, and, as human beings, we want instant gratification. We forget about what it takes for that overnight success. Carey has, from my perspective established some of these remarkable companies.  Listen in as we learn Carey's journey in business and building his community. Our Guest Carey Ransom LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/careyransom Website: OCTANeOC.org  (Support Innovation & Startups in Orange County) Twitter: ransomthoughts Hacks to take Away Creating some really long

In this episode, I get to speak with Gaetano Dinardi. He started his career as a singer, then writing songs, and finally producing music with big names. He's also a digital marketing leader and brings a very unique blend of raw talent passion to music, merge with business experience to a crossroads. I got connect with him through our Mutual friend Mike Shaw of SpotAGuest.com. Gaetano relives his journey with us and reveals some fundamentals around how he used SEO and SEM through creating authentic and heart felt content around his music. Gaetano can be reached through his website: https://officialgaetano.com and the many social media platforms. Enjoy the episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we get to speak with Kirk Westwood. He's an upcoming author for a new book that's coming out. But he's an award award winning creative director, content strategist and a business communications consultant. I met him through LinkedIn. And as we are all so connected in this connected world through social media, LinkedIn is one of the professional places. And when I got to speak with him and get to work with him on some of the some of the projects back in the past. I thought to myself, what better way to learn than to interview them for the podcast so here we are, learning the journey of Kirk Westwood. His book has finally released and can be purchased here: The Very Best Bad Idea  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I get to speak with Ron Newcomb. He's an organizer & moderator for the VIP TV & Film Summit, and that's one of the first ways I connected with him. He's a director, writer, actor and producer at The Forge Studios. He's written and directed many award winning shorts and feature length films. And I was like, hey, that's a place that I've been struggling to figure out and have been passionate about for the past, many, many years. How can I get a behind the scenes of what it takes to have a short film that's been produced. how to get out there and connect with people in this field. And I figured Ron is the perfect candidate for us to talk about tv & movie production.  Enjoy the episode! Our Guest Ron Newcomb Website: http://fantasy.network LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ron-newcomb-745a82191 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronnewcomb Hacks to take Away Entrepreneurial spirit and the biggest business acumen, as well as that creative element people. The certain right alignment of

In this episode, we'll get to speak with Tony J. Selimi. He's a visionary, philanthropist, a cognition expert, and international speaker, filmmaker, business coach, educator, and an internationally published award-winning author and He made it really easy for me to come up with those words because his website is still very well maintained and up to date. But I've heard a lot about Tony J Selimi. He wrote the foreword for the Magnetic Entrepreneur book series.  I heard a lot about him through Robert J. Moore. Luckily, I was in the same network with Tyler Wagner' Authors Unite platform, and I connected with Tony and he agreed to be on the podcast! So tune in a check out the episode and discover Tony's journey to success. Tony can be reached through his website: http://tonyselimi.com where you can discover some of his award-winning books. Our Guest Tony J Selimi LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tonyjselimi Website: tonyselimi.com  (Company Website) apathtowisdom.com  (Book) thevelvetjourney.com  (Company Websit