What does it mean to be in your element?

Whatever it means to you, I hope you're able to find it. I'll be here along with you to try and figure it out.

On average, we spend half of our waking day at work. Taking such a large part of our lives, it's no secret that your happinness and success at work can bleed over into many other aspects of life.

Today, I have a conversation with Terry B. McDougall, an executive career coach who's used her 30+ years of experience in Corporate America to uncover exactly what it takes to "Win the game of work".

In this episode, we cover:

Find Terry

Website: https://www.terrybmcdougall.com

Winning the game of work: https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Game-Work-Happiness-Success-ebook/dp/B087115W6C

Checkout Terry's Podcast - "Marketing Mambo": http://marketingmambo.net 

Without realising it, you could actually be learning incredibly valuable life skills through games.

For many, games have, and continue to, play a large part in the process of growing up - creating good times with friends, and memories which stick around longer than even the dustiest Playstations lurking under your bed.

In this one, I speak with video game expert Vanessa Haddad on:

Find Vanessa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanessalhaddad

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessalhaddad/ 

In this conversation, I share a coffee with John Florey, the president of SAMA Labs, a digital marketing agency based in Boca Raton, with experiencing managing a portfolio worth over £50M in ad spend.

In this episdode, we talk about:

John's Book Recommendations:

Think and Grow Rich: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30186948-think-and-grow-rich 

Find John:

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jflorey/  

SAMA Labs 

https://www.sama-labs.com 

https://www.facebook.com/SAMALABSFL/  

If you're interested in learning more about marketing and building brands, keep an eye out for John's upcoming podcast.

Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, and other Distributed-Ledger Technologies are making headlines once again for their incredible surge in adoption, and value over the past few weeks and months.

In this episode, we sit down with Keno Budde, a core developer at SushiSwap, to try and understand:

If you're curious about what the latest hype is all about, or what an NFT is, this one is for you.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenobudde/ 

SushiSWAP: https://sushi.com 

Strudel Finance: https://strudel.finance 

That feeling of being completely absorbed by an activity - where time stands still and brings the most difficult tasks to its knees - sometimes called flow - is a key part of being in your element. 

According to Sophia Zafar, we can find many more of these moments through silence, gratitude, and intention-setting. 

In this conversation, we take a dive into Sophia's story from transformational change leader to entrepreneur and life coach, diving into a variety of topics:

If you're interested in working with Sophia and would like to connect, you can find her on LinkedIn, or her website.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sobiazafar/ 

https://sobiazafar.com.au 

Ever wondered what it takes to compete in CrossFit, Iron Mans and then help others to achieve similar featss? Trevor Rocca hasn’t, because he’s done it. 

In this episode, we unpack Trevor’s story, learning from his top insights on living a fulfilled, wholesome life, and dive into the psychology of peak performance.

You can find out more about Trevor, Gibraltar’s top lifestyle coach and trainer on his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-rocca-016216173/?originalSubdomain=gi .

Doing anything worthwhile typically invovles discomfort and fear. Our relationship to fear can often time determine how far we're able to push ourselves, and can sometimes be the secret to exceptional performance in the arts, sports, and business.

In this episode, we sit down with Keith Blakemore-Noble, the UK's #1 Fear strategist. Keith is a renowned anti-fear coach, using practices such as NLP and Hypnosis to help 'reprogram' the minds of over 5000 people to break free from their phobias.

You can find out more about Keith's work at https://keithblakemorenoble.com. 

Energy - the elusive force that we spend entire lifetimes seeking, renewing, and spending. This is a short spoken piece on energy, and letting go.

On this first episode of the InYourElement Podcast, we have a conversation with Stewart Harrison, a local teacher, ambassador for the development of digital skills, mentor, and a friend.

We explore the journey that Stewart is on to bring digital skills to the community at large, narrowing the digital skills gap, raising awareness for the importance of Cyber Security, and putting Gibraltar on the map.