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How can lawyers get interviewed in the media?

What are the secret tips to landing incredible media features, becoming a recurring guest expert, and becoming the go-to source in your area of law?

Joining me for this conversation is Robyn Stevens, PR expert.

After fifteen years working as a television reporter and meteorologist in Philadelphia, Robyn Stevens' experience in the media industry enables her to obtain major media placements for her clients. Robyn creates highly innovative media and marketing strategies that dramatically raise brand awareness and value.

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• Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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What are the best marketing methods for introverted lawyers?

There are many misconceptions introverts face, such as ‘they are no good at sales’ or ‘marketing is hard for them’. In fact, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Joining me for this episode is Tara Reid. Tara specializes in helping introverted entrepreneurs, and has been an online entrepreneur for 16 years. She is currently a business and marketing coach with 3 businesses and 8 different revenue streams. She loves helping other entrepreneurs find more authentic ways to market their businesses.

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• Quiet Voice Fearless Leader by Terrance Lee

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How can women lawyers be financially empowered?

Why is it important to feel heard, respected, and create boundaries in the workplace? 

Sibgongile Ngako joins me on the podcast this week to talk about financial independence and becoming financially empowered.

Sibongile is a Harvard-educated corporate fintech and compliance executive leveraging her expertise and background to help empower women professionally, personally, and financially.

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• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

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How can lawyers use the power of story to build better relationships and a more loyal client-base?

There is a lot of power in owning your story, and knowing how to communicate it effectively without ego or being boastful.

Joining me for this conversation is Bridget Cook-Burch. Her clients call her “The Book Whisperer”. She is a New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, mentor, trainer, mamma-bear humanitarian, and speaker known for riveting stories of transformation. Her powerful work has been showcased on Oprah, Dateline, CNN, GMA, The History Channel, NPR and in People among many others. 

She is the CEO and Founder of YourInspiredStory.com. Bridget is also a co-founder and former executive director of SHEROES United, a non-profit organization that helps women and girls rise from trauma. 

As a leader, storyteller, trainer and humanitarian, her greatest passion is helping others to discover the importance of their own story, and to become leaders in their own communities, and worldwide. 

Bridget’s many national bestsellers include The Witness Wore Red; Shattered Silence; Skinhead Confessions; Leading Women; and also Living Proof. Bridget invites you to believe in the power of your story to change the world. 

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• Life Force by Tony Robbins

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Why do lawyers need a happiness formula? How do we create more happiness in our jobs, relationships, businesses, with our coworkers and within our firms?

Joining me for a conversation about creating more happiness is Mike Duffy.

Mike is a philanthropist and an author of five books on happiness including: The Happiness Book: A Positive Guide To Happiness!, The Happiness Book For Men and The Happiness Book For Kids Volumes I & II. 

He has interviewed the top thought leaders, athletes, rock stars, CEO's and celebrities in the world on happiness, work/life balance, resilience and success for his books. He was an MC at Woodstock '94. He gave a TEDx talk at TEDx Berkeley. He loves to speak about how you can gain greater happiness and joy in your precious life. 

Mike Duffy is the CEO of Happiness Wealth Management in San Carlos, CA. He has over 27 years experience in finance. Mike started The Happiness Hall Of Fame to recognize, encourage and celebrate people and organizations that make other people happy. Mike also founded the Happiness Hall of Fame Homeless Outreach which provides money, food, counseling and hope to the hopeless.

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• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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What sources of failure should lawyers plan for? How do we navigate the failures that undoubtedly will come up?

Joining me for this conversation are Drs. Kim and Todd Saxton, award-winning professors at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, as well as co-authors of The Titanic Effect, The book is a practical guide to help startup founders, as well as their investors and supporters, successfully navigate the icebergs that so often sink startups in the ideation and early stages of development.

They tap into decades of academic and professional experience in business strategy, entrepreneurship, marketing, market research, and venture-funded startups to help you navigate the “debtbergs” that so often sink early-stage startups.

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• Drive by Daniel Pink

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How are lead generation and personal branding the same? Did you know they go hand in hand?

Your personal brand amplifies your lead generation strategy, and helps to build credibility around the ‘know, like and trust’ factor your prospective clients are looking for.

Joining me for this conversation is Mary Henderson.

Mary is an internationally recognised Personal Branding & Online Business Specialist. Mary helps Industry Experts systemise, digitalise and commercialise their knowledge, wisdom and skills into a scalable & profitable online business and a brand so they become an authority in their niche or industry. Mary has 20+ years of experience building 7 & 8 figure businesses & building high-performance sales teams in the IT sector and 15 years delivering online solutions for large and small businesses. She has been featured in many publications and is regarded as a thought leader in the digital sector.

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• Influence by Robert Cialdini

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Why do you need to read more? This is what we’re exploring in today’s conversation with Dr. Danny Brassell.

There are so many benefits to reading that span wider than we can imagine. Dr. Danny shares that insight with us here.

For nearly three decades, Dr. Danny Brassell has served as an educational advisor to students ranging from preschoolers to rocket scientists. While he has held a variety of titles and worked with leaders from a variety of fields and disciplines, Danny has always considered himself first and foremost a teacher.

A recognized authority on leadership development, motivation and communication skills, Danny has been honored consistently for his strategic intellect and practical solutions. Audiences rave about Danny’s ability to deliver meaningful and memorable messages that are applicable for individuals within all levels of organizations. A gregarious, sought-after author, speaker and business consultant, Danny is characterized by friends, colleagues and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful and compassionate individuals in business today.

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How do the mentally strong manage their money? 

In a world where it seems like there’s a disconnect between those who have money and those who don’t, are there things we can do on a daily basis to transform our mindset around money?

Joining me for this conversation is Winnie Sun.

Winnie is one of the most trusted financial voices on social media today. With 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry, Winnie serves as Managing Director of Sun Group Wealth Partners, CNBC Financial Advisor Council, Forbes contributor, regular Good Day Los Angeles, host of the Yes Factor podcast, and is also tv host of LevelUp With Winnie Sun on NASDAQ, Amazon Fire, Roku. Her trending business tweetchat averages over 150MM impressions per week.

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• The Trillion Dollar Coach by Bill Campbell

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How can lawyers be healthier? It’s no secret that the legal industry has a high threshold for burnout. So, is there anything we can do about it?

My guest this week, Julian Hayes II says yes.

Julian is an author, an executive health consultant, and the founder of The Art of Fitness & Life. His mission is to help entrepreneurs, executives, and high performers elevate their status and upgrade their energy and entire human system so they can run around with their great-great-grandchildren—not just see them. 

This mission is accomplished through leveraging their unique D.N.A., data-driven health metrics, N of 1 personalized programming, high-tech toys, and a performance team. He's also the host of Optimal Health for Busy Entrepreneurs and has written extensively at many of the world's largest publications such as Inc, Entrepreneur, SUCCESS & many more.

Julian gives listeners actionable tips on:

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• Levels of Energy by Frederick Dodson

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