"You won't believe what happened last night" is a great way to start a conversation. It grabs your audience, piques their interest, and connects you with them. When it comes to public speaking, you need to be able to do this so that you can build a strong relationship. You need to tell a story that will make you relatable and trustable, only then will you have their loyalty. To tell you more about customer connection are your host, Adam Markel and his guest Chip R. Bell. Chip is a world-renowned authority on customer loyalty and service innovation. He is one of the best keynote speakers in the world. He is a war veteran. He is also the author of several books, including his bestselling book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination. Learn how to connect with your audience and build customer loyalty. Learn how to be innovative and different so that you can stand out. 

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How do you bring more peace, love, and harmony into your life? By stillness and meditation. Adam Markel interviews Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha, a New York Times Best-Selling Author and Founder of the Institute of Soul Healing & Enlightenment™. Master Sha talks about how you often look outside of yourself to find healing for stress and anxiety. But the answer comes from within you. To deal with stress, you need to calm down and meditate. Forgive unconditionally. Focus on healing words. Join in the conversation to learn more about bringing love, peace, and harmony. You have the power to heal yourself. And together, we can heal the world!

How do you shape your habits? How do you train your mind so you could deal with life’s uncertainties? John Assaraf is here to help us answer these questions. He is one of the leading mindset and behavioral experts in the world who has appeared numerous times on Larry King Live, Anderson Cooper and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He is the founder and CEO of MyNeuroGym.com, a company dedicated to using the most advanced technologies and evidence-based brain training methods to help individuals strengthen their mindset and emotional skills, so they unleash their inner power and maximize their results. In this episode, he joins Adam Markel to talk about working on strengthening and training your mind which is the greatest tool you can have in your lifetime. It’s important to exercise and be physically fit but you have to make sure you’re training your mind too. Don’t stay stuck. Learn how to create habits that would make you grow and achieve great things!

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Courage and resiliency. These are the words Captain Daniel Lim, USMC, lives by. In this episode, Adam Markel sits down for a conversation with Captain Lim as they look at his efforts to support resiliency in the United States Marines Corps. Using education and support from key resources, Captain Lim is helping servicemen to cope with the pressures of military service and try to reduce the suicide rate in the military. Learn more and be inspired by Captain Lim and his story.

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Julian Reeve has been all around the world working on various musical theatre productions, including Hamilton, which sadly ended abruptly after suffering from a mild heart attack. Now, he focuses his mission on perfectionism management. He joins Adam Markel to delve into the power embedded in achieving to become perfect, which also poses some challenges in self-compassion and self-worth. Julian explores how to attain equilibrium among these various forces to become resilient and always ready for all kinds of sudden pauses and pivoting. He also explains why perfectionism must be instilled in the minds and hearts of young people so they can learn to manage it well as early as possible. 

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Best-selling author, lifestyle entrepreneur, and founder of Professional Basketball Combine, Jake Kelfer, talks to Adam Markel about his journey to success and the beliefs that got him to where he is today. As a life elevator, Jake helps entrepreneurs and small business owners create impactful businesses. Today, through Jake and his management in the Professional Basketball Combine, they are giving an opportunity to basketball players to showcase their talents in the hopes of being drafted. Jake also shares that to be successful, you need to be elevating other people and bringing them to your journey of success. 

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Overwork causes stress and burnout, which ultimately hurts both your physical and mental health. In today’s modern world, taking care of yourself is as important as ever. Adam Markel sits down for a conversation with author, public speaker, wellness expert, and CEO of SanaView, Janet McKee. Janet talks about almost dying from massive work-related burnout, the challenges she faced in her professional and personal life, and what she did to turn things around and get her health and wellbeing back. Learn the secrets Janet found on her road back to recovery and wellbeing, reminding yourself of the importance of self-care through it all. 

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Growing up, Billy Broas took the traditional path and did very well in school. He got into a great college and got a great career and thought that would be the end all be all… until he got the entrepreneurial itch. That’s when he started the beer website, something he was passionate about fresh out of college. On today’s podcast, Billy joins Adam Markel to share how he pivoted and got into the whole craft beer scene and started home brewing and selling online beer brewing courses. He also reveals the toughest part of becoming an entrepreneur and why he thinks mentorship and coaching are essential if you want to make a difference in the world.

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An athletic phenomenon known for breaking records, Michael Andrew longs to revolutionize the sport of swimming. As a world-class athlete, champion and Olympic team hopeful, Michael trains under the guidance of his father, Peter Andrew on his quest to achieve his goals in the sport. In today’s episode, Adam Markel sits down and interviews the father and son duo and discusses their training methods and philosophy. We hear about their views on how mental and spiritual health impact performance and why they train different. If you’re interested in how Olympic-level athletes train, then this is a great place to start.

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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board-certified Internal Medicine Physician, speaker, author, and international wellness expert featured in numerous media outlets. Together with Adam Markel, they discuss how taking a rest at the most optimal levels can save you from the dangers of burnout, exhaustion, and overwhelm. Without having even a short pause, even the most successful people are at the risk of feeling empty despite the many wins in life and even encounter suicidal tendencies. Dr. Saundra explains how depriving yourself of sleep just to accomplish your goals is not worth it under any circumstances. She also talks about the seven types of rest, emphasizing why rejuvenation must always go beyond just the physical level. 

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