Influential U

Before embarking on a full-time real estate career, Karina Christensen was part of the personal flight team for American business guru Jack Welch and media proprietor Oprah Winfrey, having the opportunity to travel with them for many years around the world and cultivate within herself what it takes to partner with high-profile clientele successfully.

As a specialist now working with Keller Williams Luxury Homes International, she and her team specialize in luxury condominiums in Denver, Colorado. Having lived in Munich, London, Singapore, and Montana, Karina followed the sage wisdom, "you are the company you keep," and built her career by nurturing coveted relationships. Attracted to this education and its influential ecology of peers, Karina learned that 'relationship' is only one of many powerful tools and unlocked the ceiling on her income and satisfaction.

In a recent program webinar, Vice President Drew Knowles and I spoke about the Influence Ecology conferences and the value of placing yourself in a powerful environment to connect, study, and practice.

What she considered flaws are now valued assets — having embraced her Judge Personality, she has become keenly aware of the resource, value, and role she offers a transaction.

Lisa Baptista is a senior faculty member at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, a leading chiropractic institution with an international reputation for excellence. Her extensive family originates from a Portuguese colony off the coast of China next to Hong Kong; raised bi-culturally Portuguese and American, her grandparents' generation helped her family lineage survive the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong and immigrate to America. Now residing in New Zealand, she's overcome a lifetime of feeling like she had to hide what she had considered her flaws: being introverted, analytical, or judgemental.

What she considered flaws are now valued assets — having embraced her Judge Personality, she has become keenly aware of the resource, value, and role she offers a transaction.

Lisa Baptista is a senior faculty member at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, a leading chiropractic institution with an international reputation for excellence. Her extensive family originates from a Portuguese colony off the coast of China next to Hong Kong; raised bi-culturally Portuguese and American, her grandparents' generation helped her family lineage survive the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong and immigrate to America. Now residing in New Zealand, she's overcome a lifetime of feeling like she had to hide what she had considered her flaws: being introverted, analytical, or judgemental.

New York Pastor E. Bernard Jordan measures his faith the same way we measure health, money, and career. He preaches that if it doesn't get practiced — if it doesn't get measured — it doesn't get valued. His ultimate aim is for all people to know their value and recognize it as key to honoring others as they honor themselves. His participation at Influence Ecology taught him much about the business of an ever-expanding church and that 'those who transact powerfully, thrive.'

In our Guru Talk, we listen in on a webinar classroom led by myself and Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels, where we address the measurement of our Conditions of Life.

New York Pastor E. Bernard Jordan measures his faith the same way we measure health, money, and career. He preaches that if it doesn't get practiced — if it doesn't get measured — it doesn't get valued. His ultimate aim is for all people to know their value and recognize it as key to honoring others as they honor themselves. His participation at Influence Ecology taught him much about the business of an ever-expanding church and that 'those who transact powerfully, thrive.'

In our Guru Talk, we listen in on a webinar classroom led by myself and Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels, where we address the measurement of our Conditions of Life.

Michael Dunn in Wellington, NZ, is highly regarded for advising governments across all areas of public finance and economics - he helps build forecasting models for government revenues. Superbly analytical in his thinking and personality, he has learned (and is still learning) to develop his ability to navigate the general environments where extreme analytic prowess may prove a social scarlet letter.

In our Guru Talk, we listen in on a webinar classroom co-led by Co-Founders John Patterson and Kirkland Tibbels, where we address how we sometimes think we'll look weak if we ask for help.

Michael Dunn in Wellington, NZ, is highly regarded for advising governments across all areas of public finance and economics - he helps build forecasting models for government revenues. Superbly analytical in his thinking and personality, he has learned (and is still learning) to develop his ability to navigate the general environments where extreme analytic prowess may prove a social scarlet letter.

In our Guru Talk, we listen in on a webinar classroom co-led by Co-Founders John Patterson and Kirkland Tibbels, where we address how we sometimes think we'll look weak if we ask for help.

Ross Clennett has applied accurate and objective thinking to his financial plans and his business model to produce a robust and satisfying life. He's a high-performance recruitment coach in Melbourne, Australia, whose successful journey did not begin so well. However, you'll hear how he overcame the naïveté of his trajectory, fired his biggest client, and took the right actions required to live a great life.

We'll also listen in on a webinar classroom co-led by myself and Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels, where we address the opportunity of your specialized knowledge and the importance of knowing your aims.

Ross Clennett has applied accurate and objective thinking to his financial plans and his business model to produce a robust and satisfying life. He's a high-performance recruitment coach in Melbourne, Australia, whose successful journey did not begin so well. However, you'll hear how he overcame the naïveté of his trajectory, fired his biggest client, and took the right actions required to live a great life.

We'll also listen in on a webinar classroom co-led by myself and Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels, where we address the opportunity of your specialized knowledge and the importance of knowing your aims.

John James and Lauren Cato Robertson are co-founders of the C-Section Recovery Center. They are massage therapists with a specialized practice that focuses on clients suffering from C-Section Recovery. Their assertion is that, in modern times, we often "interrupt the biological process" and don't account for the impact of that interruption to our children - or our own bodies.

Through their study with Influence Ecology, they have discovered their own entitlement and conceit and have not only learned to specialize and accept help from others, but have also overcome their differences to develop a solid, powerful, and working partnership. In their words they "both grew each other up."

In our guru talk, we listen in on a webinar classroom led by Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels, on the topic of specialized knowledge and how this unique and uncommon knowledge is so more than just another kind of focus.