In this episode, Ariana shares a story that triggered today’s podcast, and a list of typical reasons why people fail. We all think differently when it comes to success or failure, and we all consider different things when we judge our performance. Some practice self-reflection to figure out the reasons, others like to move on as quickly as possible. In today’s episode, Ariana also talks about a habit she developed to learn from her mistakes, and the mistakes she made as well.

Today’s episode of the Honestly Series is the 3rd in the Thought Leadership for Creating Authority Series. Ariana talks about Thought Leadership and what can help you become a thought leader. While it is a widespread belief that it is enough to share your knowledge on the internet to create authority for your business, there are distinctive characteristics to thought leadership.

Why do people listen to some while not to others? Is it about what you say or how you say it? Perhaps both? Listen to this episode if you want to know more.

Today’s episode is about the innate desire for connection, and how mindful communication influences the behaviours of individuals in groups and in teams. Ariana also talks about sharing workload and structuring tasks supported by mindful communication, and how that impacts the effectiveness of teamwork.

This episode touches on the importance of openness and mindfulness in building work relationships that promote better mental health and allows for a quick insight into why mindful communication is not only about adhering to fundamental values.

Ariana today speaks about marketing tactics expertise-based businesses use to increase their visibility. This episode is the 2nd in the series of four episodes digging into How Thought Leadership Increases the Positive Impact of Marketing Efforts for Expertise Businesses, such as coaching, consulting, advisors, counselors, knowledge-based service providers, online educators. This episode will uncover mistakes many expertise-based business owners make in social media and while creating content. Ariana also answers the question of whether it is worth to niche at all.

In this episode of the Honestly Series, Ariana talks about how thought leadership increases the positive impact of marketing efforts of expertise-based businesses. She gives an insight into how consulting and other expertise-based businesses, marketing, and thought leadership are interlaced and what influences these different elements are to practice on each other.

In today’s episode, Ariana answers questions related to choosing and building a career. Beyond usual answers, Ariana shares guidance that helped her clients in transforming their professional lives significantly within a shorter period.

Ariana shares a concept you can use to decide what career path to follow and also explains how a choice of your career path can make you happier.

Business owners are no strangers to problem-solving. Some live as undercover firefighters, spending most of their time solving one tactical problem after another. Where does it lead? Burnout. When you do that, it is essentially a flag for your business.

Today’s episode of the Honestly Series answers questions about creativity and problem-solving, highlights what behaviors help you better concentrate on what matters, be a better problem-solver while reducing stress factors in your life and provides pointers for creative problem-solving. Hear about the types of thinking you can use to be more effective in creative problem solving.

Decisions govern the flow of our life. We make decisions at every step of the way of our waking moments, from the minute we open our eyes till we fall asleep at night. As expertise business owners, we face different types of decisions day in, day out. But what kind of decision-making techniques do we use. Let’s see a few.

This episode covers a few frequently used decision-making techniques, such as collaborative decisions, including consensus, the command type of decisions, and the choices we make out of convenience.

Have you ever felt like you did not belong to a team? Feeling like an outsider is quite common and natural if it's not a constant feeling that follows you around. If it is, and you feel like you cannot find your place, then listen to Ariana as she explores what you can do about it.

This podcast episode is about looking at the world with a positive mindset. Ariana discusses the benefits of a positive attitude, examples of fake positivity, and how your mindset can determine outcomes. Hop in and have a listen!