Boiling Point Podcast

In This Episode:

• Greg and Dave talk with Adam Lordon who is both the mayor of Miramichi, New Brunswick and a passionate filmmaker.
• Adam reveals the touching story of why he moved back home to Miramichi and how he got into politics.
• He talks to Greg and Dave about the rich history and culture of Miramichi.

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• [2:00] Gavin explains why and how he is helping to combat iron deficiency with his heavily reusable product, ’Lucky Iron Fish’.
• [9:04] He explains how his companies biggest failure ended up becoming their biggest success in increasing the sales of his product in North America.
• [12:35] Gavin describes his experience pitching the Luck Iron Fish Enterprise on Dragons Den.
• [15:53] Gavin explains his business journey and the lessons around he learned along the way.
• [22:35] We learn how Gavin intends to improve the lives of 1 million people by 2020 with Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise.
• To donate 5 Lucky Iron Fish to families in need, click here! https://luckyironfish.com/collections/all/products/give-5-lucky-iron-fish-to-families-in-need

BIO

• Dr. Gavin Armstrong is the Founder and President of the multi Cannes Lion awards winning company, Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise, a social enterprise attempting to alleviate iron deficiency around the world.
• He was a Fulbright scholar at Auburn University, was awarded the Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Social Entrepreneur category in 2016, and was named 'Social Entrepreneur of the Year' by EY Canada.
• In 2018 He brought Lucky Iron Fish Enterprise onto CBC's Dragons Den.
• Gavin is the first Canadian to receive the William J. Clinton Award for international work against hunger, and according to Town & Country, he is one of the 50 philanthropists changing the world.

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• [1:38] Greg and Suzanne explain B Corps and how Suzanne’s company, Lunapads, makes a positive social impact.
• [4:00] We talk about the de-feminization of period care that Suzanne has been evolving with her company.
• [8:10] Suzanne explains the importance of being true to your companies values and the importance of checking one's privilege.
• [17:00] Suzanne explains keeping her personal social and environmental values in owning a business, and rejecting traditional capitalist business practices in being a social entrepreneur.
• [22:43] Greg explains how he discovered and fell in love with B-Corp by watching a documentary that Suzanne was in.

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In This Episode:

• Greg and Dave celebrate the beginning of season 3!
• Greg shares how Seth Godin is a hero of Dave and Greg’s.
• Seth explains his heart for teaching someone new things and making significant changes.
• Seth also explains why Psychographics are important for marketing in a modern social media culture.
• Dave describes the concept of listening to understand versus listening to respond.
• Seth describes how to shortest route always looks like the longest one and why taking shortcuts is never the path to success.
• Using a ‘Grateful Dead’ analogy, the three explain the benefit of focusing on impressing your smaller audience that is really passionate about what you do instead of aiming to please a wider range of people.

About:

• Seth Godin has been a teacher for 40 years starting at the age of 17. He is also an author with 18 best sellers underneath his belt.
• He has his own successful podcast, as well as one of the most popular blogs in the world.
•  Seth is the founder of two companies, ‘Squidoo’ and ‘Yoyodyne’, as-well-as an online leadership and management workshop called ‘altMBA’
• In 2013, Seth was one of just three professionals inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame and in 2018 he was also inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame.

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In This Episode:

• Courtney Blair talks about being a mompreneur and how being a mom led her to start her business.
• She talks about her traumatic past and the struggles she’s overcome.
• Courtney talks about learning neuro linguistic programming and how it helped her understand more about herself.
• The three talk about the podcast community and why people start podcasts.
• Courtney talks about a new podcast she’ll be starting called Unzipped where she will interviewing her favourite podcasters within her network.

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In This Episode:

• Rumeet explains her work with Viewpoint Leadership and how it helps with the development of leadership in businesses by building the leadership in individuals through research, studies, and workshops. She also talks about her new picture book.
• She discusses the study Viewpoint ran in relation to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, and how it cuts down the motivation, productivity, resilience, and even the self-confidence of individuals in a workplace environment.
• The three discuss what may be the root of motivation, and what is the root of de-motivation in all people.
• Rumeet tells Dave and Greg how parents can support their children in not having their motivation cut down, and how to support their resilience and personal happiness.
• The three discuss how being ostracized can bring the same level of pain as being physically harmed, and how this feeling can be prevented in children and teens by eliminating the fear of failure.
• Rumeet talks about owning your achievements and being yourself, and how it impacts being a stand-out entrepreneur.

• Dr. Rumeet Billan is the CEO and Chief Learning Architect of Viewpoint Leadership.
• She has a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and designs programs and courses in leadership and personal resilience for her company.
• She is an expert in Psychological resilience and how it can help businesses, by focusing on the resilience of individuals.
• She led the groundbreaking national research study on The 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' which is related to 'Silent Systemic Syndrome' that many women experience when in the workplace.
• She is also the National Ambassador for 'Not Myself Today®', an initiative of the Canadian Mental Health Association that aims to transform workplace culture.
• Viewpoints website link! - viewpointleadership.ca

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• Ed has nearly 20 years’ experience working with Atlantic Canadian ICT companies.
• He has a thorough understanding of the business landscape in New Brunswick and believes that technology helps our businesses compete and work with different companies around the world.
• TechImpact, the company he was the CEO of in the past, had and still has the size and capacity to develop smart solutions for global problems.
• Ed is working to help the New Brunswick region develop strategies that will be needed for our economy to set an example of  innovation and 'smart government'.

• Ed, Greg, and Dave joke about their past nicknames.
• The group talk Ed’s past company, TechImpact, and how it helps build the important educational relationship between technology and education.
• Ed tells a story of bringing ‘Scratch’ coding into a classroom and how it benefited both the kids and the mentors by tricking them into having fun learning.
• Greg discusses going to Dubai and how there are teachers there going above and beyond their qualifications to teach kids the skills they will need in the unpredictable future. They also discuss the great teachers doing so in New Brunswick.
• Ed uses his life experience to discuss being successful and building important connections even if your life and career path doesn’t go in the direction you were expecting.
• Dave shares his experience with moving provinces and with refugees that sparks a conversation about the importance of making sure everybody feels welcomed in a small community.
• The three discuss why New Brunswick is looked over and misunderstood.

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In This Episode:

• Greg and Dave talk about good public relations and how important it is for your business.
• Bonnie talks about being strategic and consistent with getting your message out there by investing in a plan.
• She wants business owners to understand their customers and what they really want.  Always ask yourself what is keeping your customers up at night.
• She talks about the strengths of each of the biggest social media platforms.

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In This Episode:

• David starts by telling us about his first time firewalking and how terrified he was.
• He also talks about how his career in the firewalking business started.
• David talks about some of the celebrities he’s seen firewalk and how the process effects people.
• David talks about being your own hero.

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