Lead and Lift

About Amanda Bedell: Amanda Bedell has spent more than fifteen years in the marketing and public relations fields working with multimillion-dollar organizations. In between, she built a bakery from a farmer’s market booth to a retail shop to a manufacturing facility employing fifteen people. Through a series of decisions over six years, she exited the bakery, defeated and exhausted.  From that experience of business failure, combined with her marketing experience, BCC Business Consulting was born. She now helps business owners beyond the start-up phase and experiencing tighter than anticipated resources after building for five years or more. Usually, these business owners are antsy about getting a return on their investment and worried about their financial future. Their relationships are strained, and they are exhausted, burned out, and about ready to throw in the towel.  She is a graduate of the 10,000 Small Businesses program through Goldman Sachs and Babson College and has an MBA from Western Governors University.   As a sorter of business chaos, Amanda offers her simple-to-use process to bring clarity and focus to business owners who want to write themselves bigger paychecks and take vacations without cash flow anxiety and endless calls from staff. If you’d like to see $150,000 or more hit your income statement in 90 to 120 days, you “better call Amanda.”

In this episode, Chabidaye and Amanda discuss:

• Five-part framework for creating a successful business
• Going back to the purpose of your marketing
• Success leaves clues 
• Protecting your #1 investment 

Key Takeaways:

• It’s important that you apply the 80/20 rule by considering what is that thing that’s going to give you the biggest return on your time, energy, and money. Look for two or three things that you do and just focus on them relentlessly, then, everything will fall into place. 
• The marketing technique that might work for others might not work for you. You’ve got to shift the perspective back to the purpose of your marketing and take a look at how you can do something different to produce a better result. 
• Find a mentor, someone who does what we want to do, someone who sees the grander picture of where you are going. Mentors and coaches will help us to set big, audacious goals and help us keep track and keep it consistent. 
• Protect your investment, protect yourself. When you hire a coach or seek mentorship, you’re investing in your growth and in your continuous success. It is scary to think about financially, but it would be even scarier without support. 

“If you’re lonely right now in your business or at work, you’re doing it wrong.”  —  Amanda Bedell

Connect with Amanda Bedell: 

Website: https://www.chaostocalm.xyz/profitjolt

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

 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bccbusinessconsulting/

 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCCBusinessConsulting/

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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About Valerie Martinelli: Valerie Martinelli is a Career Leadership Coach and the CEO of Valerie Martinelli Consulting, an award-winning coaching and consulting business, since 2016. VMC helps mid and senior-level executives land new roles, cultivate careers, and earn massive salary increases between $15K- $60K using 1:1 and group coaching strategies. VMC has helped numerous professionals achieve and advance their dream careers and crush their salary goals. Valerie is a current member of SheSource, CT Women's Business Development Council Connect, and DWEN.  She has authored numerous articles in which her insights have been featured, including publications such as Careers in Government, Forbes, Fairygodboss, PayScale, Vault Careers, Terkel, and NYE Editorial. Valerie is a co-author of the #1 International bestselling book “Ready Connect Grow: Grow Your Business Through the Power of Your Connections”, an anthology featuring stories of why building a dynamic and profitable network are the easiest and fastest way to grow a business, career, and income.

In this episode, Chabidaye and Valerie discuss:

• Networking and connecting consistently 
• Building your brags
• Investing in yourself 
• Claiming your power 

Key Takeaways:

• Build your network. Don’t wait until the last minute to do this, start now and do it consistently. Building your network takes time and you’ll need to put work into it consistently throughout your whole career. 
• Keep records on your computer or on a cloud system like Google Drive of emails, kudos, or even performance reviews, data, or metrics that show what you’ve done in your career. 
• Invest in yourself. Find a good coach and take time to see what you can do outside of the organization. Don’t tie yourself to a company, no matter how solid it seems.
• You have the power to change your circumstances. You’re in the driver’s seat. All you’ve got to do is realize that and take charge, claim what’s yours, and get what you want. Don’t wait for a company to acknowledge that they should give you a promotion.

"Claim your power, claim your confidence, and declare it to the world. Show them who is in charge." —  Valerie Martinelli

 

Organize Your Job Search With Valerie’s Ultimate Job Search Checklist, download it now for free: https://askvmc.com/organize-your-job-seach-with-my-ultimate-job-search-checklist/

Connect with Valerie Martinelli: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AskVMC 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AskVMC/ 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askvmc/ 
Website: https://askvmc.com/ 
Post.News: https://post.news/@/askvmc 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@askvmc 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/askvmc/

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:
 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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About Sara Geyer: Sara Geyer is CPA by education turned High Performance Coach and consultant. She helps ambitious CFOs go from burnout to a life of harmony and well-being, so that they can have more control over their life and spend more time with those they love.

In this episode, Chabidaye and Sara discuss:

• What is burnout, and how does it happen? 
• Getting yourself unstuck from toxic cycles
• How people can help you gain progress
• Stepping into your confidence 

Key Takeaways:

• Burnout happens when ambition takes over a person’s life until it becomes unhealthy and unmanageable. It doesn’t come from just one decision, but from the daily choices that one makes. 
• The key to getting out of being stuck is realizing that it is you who’s doing all this to yourself and therefore it is also you who can get yourself out. Examine your life and strive to know who you really are and what you really want in life. 
• Having a coach will help you see your blind spots and help you pivot to a better direction and break toxic patterns. Surrounding yourself with people and getting a coach is the key to breaking out of burnout. 
• Confidence is stepping into being in alignment with your purpose, and getting that confidence requires clarity and awareness. Step into your confidence, it will get you far in your personal development journey. 

"Things don’t just have to happen to you, they can happen for you, and you can learn and grow from them." —  Sara Geyer

Access Sara’s Free Mini-course about overcoming obstacles by clicking on this link: https://www.sarageyercoaching.com/freecourse-overcomingobstacles 
 

Connect with Sara Geyer: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarageyercoaching 

Website: https://www.sarageyercoaching.com/ 

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

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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In this episode, Chabidaye discussed:

• Asking for help 
• Coaching, clarity, and champions 
• Timelines and teams
• Dream bigger dreams 

Key Takeaways:

• We’ve got to open our eyes to the people around us. If you share the dreams and the goals that you’re trying to achieve, you’ll find people who can help you get there. All you’ve got to do is ask. 
• Getting coached takes less time and makes better use of every time spent doing what you have to do to succeed in what you want by providing guidance and clarity.  
• When you have timelines attached to your goals, you can better identify the tasks you need to accomplish. Focus on what you’re good at and delegate the rest of the tasks to others better suited to handling them. 
• Dream bigger dreams, don’t limit yourself. Share your dreams with people and let them in on your journey to get there and you will surely get there. 

"You don't have to chase your goals alone anymore. You don't have to set small goals because you don't know how to do it. My friend, dream big. Get a coach and get a team to help you because you can achieve anything that you want." — Chabidaye Jaglal Ramnath 

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chabidaye.ramnath.3

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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In this episode, Chabidaye discussed:

• Reflecting on your wins and removing distractions
• Reevaluating your plans and pivoting 
• Delegating to others and automating your process 
• The time to relax 
  
   

Key Takeaways:

• Reflect on your wins and consider the practices, habits, and methods that helped you get to that success. Remove the things that hold you back or distract you from doing your best. 
• Your plan at the beginning of the year was your best idea at the time, but now that you’re further into the year and have gone through a lot of changes,  it’s time to reconsider and reevaluate your plan. 
• You don’t have to do everything yourself. Delegate the work that are outside your zone of genius to people who can do it better and faster or figure out how you can automate some parts of your process. 
• There really is a time for everything and now is the time to relax. Think about how you could celebrate the progress that you’ve made these last three months and reconnect with your “why” or your purpose in order for you to come into the next quarter re-energized. 

"Reconnecting to the “why” helps us re-energize so that we can get up everyday and give it our best." —  Chabidaye Jaglal Ramnath



CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chabidaye.ramnath.3

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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About Rob Fortier: As a copywriter, Rob Fortier’s goal is to help coaches, consultants and service providers use the written word to get their message out into the world so they can effectively market their products and services. He is dedicated to helping his clients increase their leads and sales, and believes that email is one of the most cost-effective marketing tools for  solopreneurs and small business owners.

In this episode, Chabidaye and Rob discuss:

• How to enhance your writing with AI tools
• The limitations of ChatGPT and AI tools 
• Getting over mental blocks when writing email sequences
• Done is better than perfect 

Key Takeaways:

• In order to use ChatGPT in the most effective and most responsible way, you’ve got to use it and let its responses spark ideas in your head then run with those and create your content the way that you do. 
• ChatGPT can’t replicate your personality and it doesn’t know your people. Therefore it is unable to tailor-fit your content to your audience in the way that you can. You are the expert when it comes to your people. 
• Change the way you look at writing an email sequence. See it not as this burdensome thing but as a conversation chopped up into multiple segments. 
• Done is better than perfect. The only way to get better at writing is to keep writing. Don’t let your ideas stay hidden in your head, write them down and spread them out even in their imperfect form. You will improve as you go. Meanwhile, if you never take a step, you’ll never get anywhere. 

"You have to sound like you because that’s what people want. They want your personality." —  Rob Fortier

Connect with Rob Fortier:

Website: https://www.robfortier.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobFortierCTW 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rob_fortier_nyc/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-fortier-764a377

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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About Sherry Richert Belul: Sherry Richert Belul, founder of Simply Celebrate, helps people find creative, intentional and impactful ways to celebrate life and to express love for family and friends. As a certified high performance coach, Sherry supports people in living their best lives, full of joy, success, engagement, and meaningful relationships. She is the author of Say it Now: 33 Creative Ways to Say I Love You to the Most Important People in Your Life , creator of the Mango Publishing Heart Wisdom Panel, and co-founder of The Secret Agents of Change. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Town + Country, and The Wall Street Journal. Sherry has been a guest speaker and workshop leader for countless podcasts, bookstores, and companies. 

In this episode, Chabidaye and Sherry discuss:

• How to live a more joyful life
• Redefining celebration
• Investing in relationships
• Knowing people and listening to them

Key Takeaways:

• Be careful not to take any blessing for granted. We've got to bring celebration and gratitude in the front and center of our awareness so that we could live a more joyful life.
• We have to redefine what the word celebrate means and bring it into the tiniest moments of our lives.
• We need to invest our time, energy, love, thoughtfulness, and gratitude into relationships because they will not always be there.
• People want to feel that they are being seen and heard and that they are loved for who they are. It’s hard to express that to a person when you don’t really know them and it’s hard to know them if you don’t listen.

"Once you have one tiny light, in the complete darkness, everything's different. that was how I changed my life, literally looking for and then creating pinpricks of light." —  Sherry Richert Belul


Connect with Sherry Richert Belul:

Website: Https://simplycelebrate.net

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplycelebrate/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplycelebrate

Twitter: https://twitter.com/simplycelebrate

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/sherrybelul

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

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sherrybelul/creative-gift-giving/

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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About Melissa Deally: Melissa Deally is an Integrative Mind Body Health Practitioner, also trained in NLP, Time Line Therapy and Hypnotherapy.  She’s dedicated to helping her clients discover the root cause of their health issue and truly heal, while detoxing their physical, mental and emotional bodies.  Melissa’s business is 100% virtual, and she works with the entire English speaking world.  Melissa also uses the power of functional medicine lab tests mailed to your home, while offering a very high level of support, to ensure her clients’ success, as we navigate the path bringing the physical, mental and emotional bodies back into balance, while creating new lifestyle habits to ensure lasting results. 

In this episode, Chabidaye and Melissa discuss:

• The cause of chronic illnesses 
• Making your body inhospitable to disease
• How stress affects your health 
• True healing can only be done by you 

Key Takeaways:

• We live in a world that is surrounded by man-made chemical toxins. They enter our body through our water, airways, food, etc. They overburden our livers and end up causing chronic illnesses. 
• Most of your health outcomes are a result of the environment that you create inside of your physical body and mental body.  When you master your thoughts and emotions and control the toxins going into your body, you can create a body that’s inhospitable to disease. 
• Stress affects the health of your gut, it negatively impacts your sleep leading to your brain and your body not being able to heal effectively overnight. We also start to have lower energy leading to less productivity during the day. 

True healing is not done by anyone else, it’s done by you with a guide. Having a guide is critical because the body doesn’t heal in a stressed-out state. Relax, trust in the process, and from there, your body can heal. 

"Don't wait to get sick, take proactive action. For those that are already in it. I want you to know that your chronic illness doesn't have to be the way it is for the rest of your life. You can recover from it, but we have to address it in all four bodies and remove the toxins." —  Melissa Deally

Discover your toxic load for free by clicking on this link and taking the quiz: https://bit.ly/mytoxicload

Connect with Melissa Deally: 

Website:  https://www.yourguidedhealthjourney.com  
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/yourguidedhealthjourney 

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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In this episode, Chabidaye discussed:

• How changing your morning could impact the day
• Practicing movement or exercise 
• Having a quiet time to yourself 
• Investing time in your personal development

Key Takeaways:

• Starting the day differently can give you more time and energy and will create momentum that will propel you forward during the day. Dedicate your first hour to powering yourself up. 
• Exercising in the morning has a lot of health benefits not only for your body but also for your brain. 
• The morning is the perfect time to reflect through prayer, journaling, or meditation. Visualize the day before it happens and focus on what you want to achieve. 
• Invest some time in your morning to work on yourself and your growth. Read personal development books, audiobooks, or listen to podcasts. 

"Change your morning, change your life." —  Chabidaye Jaglal Ramnath

CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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In this episode, Chabidaye discussed:

• Time is your most valuable and scarce resource  
• Work from your calendar not from a to-do list  
• The secret to having a clearer mind  
• Meetings should be a last resort  

Key Takeaways:

• Time is your most scarce resource. Put your day into perspective. The moment you wake up, you have 1440 minutes left. Utilize each one well. Whenever you waste time, you cheat no one but yourself.  
• Work from your calendar, not from a to-do list. You'll always have to add more, no matter how much you accomplish from your to-do list. You’ll end up feeling like you’re not accomplishing anything.  
• Always carry a notebook and a pen. Write things down when thoughts come up. Dump all the noise your brain generates so you can be calm and clear in other situations.  
• Schedule and attend meetings only as a last resort. Resort to having meetings when all other forms of communication won’t work.  

"A total of 1440 minutes… how you spend those minutes is critical. Because time spent is one thing you will never get back." —  Chabidaye Jaglal Ramnath  

15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management by Kevin Kruse: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Successful-People-Management-Straight/dp/0985056436 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/  

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

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CONNECT WITH CHABIDAYE:

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chabidaye/

Website: https://leadandlift.com/

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

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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