Level Up Academy by Dr. Leyland

In this episode of Level Up Academy, I talked to Tatiana and her journey to her U.S. life from Nicaragua. She and her husband were both International students, worked hard, and now owned their own successful businesses helping other while giving back to her community. She co-founded a social media marketing call Hite Digital. In this episode, we talked about so many topics like skills to build your business, she talked about being an International student, where she is now, what kind of characteristics you need as an entrepreneur along with the necessary skills you need to scale up. She also talked about how she planned to become a Philanthropist someday and so much more. Tune in and listen to so many added value conversations.

This episode of Level Up Academy is a great conversation between Sande and I. Sande Hart, author of The Liminal Odyssey, The Alchemical Power of The Spaces In-Between, is an award-winning leader in the fields of women’s empowerment and interfaith community building. She founded the women’s interfaith grassroots international organization S.A.R.A.H. (The Spiritual And Religious Alliance for Hope) the morning of 911, an instinct to gather women of diverse faiths to protect all that they consider sacred. This episode we talked about many skills that business leaders today should have. It also serves as the beginning of our conversations of why there are plenty of quite quitting happening in today's world of business and what that look like. We are expanding this conversation live with three other gentlemen this Monday 12/12. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/483926054857

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In this episode of Level Up Academy's podcast, our conversation with Josh Sanchez, a master student, it reveals to us how one's journey of self-discovery leads to multiple opportunities to get to know yourself. Our conversation is about how he persevere when he doesn't have the proper tools or budget to continue his courses at school. His determination led him to graduate with his bachelor's degree. This story might be familiar to some of our student listener's who wants to graduate but their current situation impedes their ability to continue or does it? Find out how Josh is making it happen.

Michele Thompson comes from a humble beginning. She strived to be the best at whatever she does. Through her adversity and professional experience, she found her passion for helping others through creating courses/programs that helps business leaders to be the best person they can be to level up. In this episode of level up, we have conversations of how business leaders can change their skills through shifting their mindset and priorities. What are some of the ways you can do that has also been discussed in this episode. Stay tuned. Listen up!

Ishani Behl is a curious person who was born in new Delhi, India from an amazing parents. She grew up being told that she needs to be independent, stay curious, and do what you love. From this upbringing, Ishani has developed a passion for helping and feeding her curiosity. She moved to London to find herself and her passion. She didn't know what she wanted to do with her life but she knows she wants to help others, create a company someday, and educate herself on the tools she needs to get what she wants. Today, Ishani talks about her life's project, sustainr. Self discovery and curiosity is the key to finding yourself. If you are a student out there who don't know where you are heading or what you want to do, Ishani Behl has talked about many tips and added value in this podcast. Listen Up!

He is a first generation graduate in his family. His goal was to always go to London. He has practiced litigation law both in London and Australia and ended up going to school in Texas, USA at Baylor University. In this episode of level up, we talked about many things both from a student perspective, a teachers perspective, and of course as an academic counselor. He provided guidance to someone who wants to be a lawyer on when to shift career and figure out what you want to do. He is now a successful business owner of Prelawpro.com where he helps his clients with career advice and law school admissions. What are you waiting for? Listen up.

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This podcast is full of inspirational adversities and tips on how to increase your potential both as a personal journey and as a business leader. Bret has been managing over 2000 employees. In this podcast he went over 3 ways to increase your adversity quotient, as he used these to solve and help businesses around the world during the Asian financial crisis, 911, and now the pandemic. He talks about how Bruce Lee stated in one of his interview, "Be like water my friend". See how he sees managing vs. leading using the iPhone analogy. Brilliantly compared. He talks about tasks vs. teams and many more lessons learned. So listen up! Tell me what you think and if you would like to ask Bret to answer anything for you on my next podcast, email them to [email protected] subject: Bret Packard.

He has a great background of grit, commitment, and resilience. He was let go at middle school and didn't do so well in High School but with a help of a teacher who believes in him and his capabilities, he rise to his potential. Today, Dr. Dufresne, is well known for his abilities to provide hope and inspiration to many students. In this podcast, he talked about one of his students he helped. This podcast provided many aspects of how to help our student's. Are you ready to listen? What are you waiting for? Let's go!

Adva was once a K-12 educator. She never felt that she fit in within the institution so she tried to figure out what she is passionate about. Within that journey, she found that she wanted to support her fellow educators from onboarding to classroom management and anything in between. She is on a mission to help as many people as she can with her own business. I commend her for trying and doing something about a current issue with our educational system and that is the lack of support. Listen up!

This conversation was so refreshing to have. Billy talks about how it is okay not to have a plan with your life but be intentional on everything that you do. Much like leadership, we can have many skills and abilities and it is up to us to create a path that is conducive not only to us but to our team. We also talk about how taking care of ourselves is not selfish but selfless. We need to start taking care of ourselves first so we can take care of our team. Do you want to know more about our conversation? Listen up!