Awaken Your Inner Superstar

Michelle Villalobos interviews Nancy Norton, winner of the 2018 Boston Comedy Festival, about using humor to connect more deeply with audiences and people in general. They discuss how to stay loose and creative while speaking, how to deal with the haters, and how to have more joy, love, and connection in your life.

“Sharing a laugh is a lot more than just a laugh– we’re really saying we understand each other.” – Nancy Norton

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LeeAnn Marie Webster and Michelle talk about how to build and nurture relationships using email marketing. You'll hear why email is STILL highly relevant and why -- in an era of spam and overcommunication -- email marketing with H.E.A.R.T. is the way to go.

“The greatest lesson I’ve learned in business and in life is to always be tuning in to whether you are aligned with who you really are.” – LeeAnn Webster

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Michelle speaks with Love & Life Coach Lisa Concepcion about how high-achieving, type-A workaholics can find and keep true love. You’ll learn the real reasons why high-achievers often struggle to find love, the value of intuition in love and business, and why everyone needs to stop worrying about finding “the one”.

“As long as we are in a high-vibing place and we are open to love, love can find us.” – Lisa Concepcion

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Former Army helicopter pilot Elizabeth McCormick talks about the awesome (and sometimes not so awesome) realities of being a trailblazing woman. You'll hear how Elizabeth became a pilot at a time when there were few other women in that role and the lessons she learned in the process.

“Everything I do today either takes me closer to [my goal] or it takes me further away because there is no neutrality to momentum.” – Elizabeth McCormick

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Turn LinkedIn into a lead generation machine for your business! Learn from Jennifer Darling how to use LinkedIn strategically and effectively. These days, LinkedIn is the Google for business professionals: your potential clients will check you out there so you have to know how to put your best foot forward!

“One thing that I love about LinkedIn that is different than Facebook is the social media culture. Because in LinkedIn, it’s all about business– I’m not going to get lost down a rabbit hole about what’s going on with my niece and her latest boyfriend.” – Jennifer Darling

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In this episode, New York Times bestselling author Sally Hogshead teaches us how to find out what makes YOU fascinating. By the end, you'll understand the importance of "Fascination" in your life and how to optimize your business and speaking style to align with your natural tendencies.

“If we can understand how other people perceive us at our best, it’s much easier to show up at our most impressive and influential. Because when we fascinate the person sitting in the audience, we’re far more likely to change their opinion and make a change with our message.” – Sally Hogshead

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Learn how story is the absolute best way to connect with other people, whether onstage, online or in person. In this episode, Marsha Shandur shares some great stories of her own, while sharing how each of us can use story to drive business, transformation and connection.

“As humans, we’re desperate to belong; it’s what we crave more than we crave being happy. So by telling a story that has some vulnerability in it, you’re saying to people: "you belong" – not when you’ve fixed yourself, not when you’re perfect, but you belong where you are right now.” – Marsha Shandur

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In this episode, Michelle shares 9 practices to boost your influence when it comes to enrolling people in your mission, message, perspective, and programs. These practices combine the energetic approaches of hustle and flow, enabling you to be productive without burning out, and effective with grace and ease.

“When you’re out of alignment, you don’t feel good and other people can feel that. That will spill over into your enrollment!” – Michelle Villalobos

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Did you know that the government and large corporations are actively seeking out woman-owned and minority-owned businesses to feed contracts to? In this episode, Nancy Allen shares how women, minorities and other special groups can certify their business to qualify for contracts with the government and corporations.

“When women do well, their communities do well, their cities do well, everybody does well. Women tend to, on average, invest back into the community at a greater rate than men.” – Michelle Villalobos

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Tune in for Michelle's interview with sales expert Phil M. Jones about how you can sell with more grace and ease using "magic words" that help prospects (or even your spouse and kids!) be more receptive to your message.

“If we can get somebody to see themselves doing something before we invite them to do it, the chances of them doing it become significantly higher.” – Phil M. Jones

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