Level Up with Dan Chiodo

If you want to explore the subject of sleep and wonder what goes into a good night’s sleep, this

is the podcast you will want to watch. Sleep expert Nick Lambe explores the topic from many

angles.

I. How to take steps to new opportunities

A. Evolution

1. Deciding when to go to the next setting

2. Use any opportunity to educate yourself

3. Balance out opportunities to work alone v. collaboration with others

4. Figure out your skill set within your industry

B. Your unique abilities

1. People gravitate to those they think can be helpful to them

2. They don't necessarily look just for degrees

II. The need for a Sleep Coach

A. There are 7,500 sleep doctors and many thousands of patients

B. Many or most sleep issues are behavioral in nature, not just medical

1. Even if sleep issues are medical in origin, there is still a behavioral component

2. There is lost confidence in the ability to sleep

3. Sleep hygiene (ex. lights, food, temperature, etc) is a part of the solution, but not the sole solution

C. Determining the proper amount of sleep

1. No sweeping recommendation

2. Depends on energy spent during the day

3. Based on quality, depth, regularity, and continuity

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Selling isn’t for everyone, but when you have a natural talent for it (starting at the age of 12) it

may be the career that you are destined for and excel at. Watch Tara Yaryan’s sales journey.

It will inspire you.

I. Selling skills

A. Do you have pride in your job?

B. Understand what you are selling

C. Believe in your product 1. Are you passionate about it?

D. Organization is key 1. Constantly have a To Do list 2. Constantly reprioritize

E. Sales skills are inherent, natural 1. Product knowledge can be taught 2. Training needs to be hands on

II. Find a way to reset often

A. Regularly

B. Otherwise stress piles on

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Leadership is a field that is not only an important skill for some people in their profession, but their talent in this area can extend to the community, where they can improve the quality of life for everyone. Garrett Terry, our next guest on Level Up does exactly that.

I. Values Important to a Leader

A. Patience

B. Communication

C. Tact

1. With these traits/ values, problems can be remediated or avoided

II. Competition

A. Mostly offer the same services and products that you do

B. Most people choose to work with you because they relate to you and the relationship they will build with you

III. Side Hustle

A. Find something/s outside work to interest you and round out your skills

B. Volunteering

1. Feels good

2. Meet people

3. Learn new skills

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Even if you are successful in a corporate life, sometimes you have the hopes to start your own

organization and create your own success. Richard McVay has done that with two of his

organizations that are all about fun!

I. Making the Jump

A. Look over the options

B. If you are a prayerful person, pray about it

C. Look over the "cliff"

1. Either you jump or you don't

II. What is your super power?

A. Taking initiative

B. Positive attitude

C. You choose the direction you want to go

D. Keep moving forward

E. Good people skills

F. Keep it fun/ create fun

III. Young people keep you going

A. They have the best new ideas

B. They have no filter

C. Listen to them

D. Have fun

IV. Pay it forward

A. Ex. They give away a free birthday party for every 10 parties they book

1. They partner with three agencies representing needy children

V. Some good philosophies

A. Yesterday ended at midnight. Concentrate on today.

B. Fight to be a positive person

C. Be open to learning and trying new things

D. Look for what's there, not what you want to be there

E. Wisdom can come from many others. You never know where it might come from.

Yvonne Raczkowski is a guest who always works with passion—passion at work, passion in her pastime activities, and passion about life in general. She has done much in life and is a lifelong learner, so she’s always ready to learn even more.

I. Lifelong Learning

A. If you can make a living for someone else, you can make a living for yourself

B. Something different you can do that will make you better at your everyday tasks/work

C. Not going forward is not an option

D. Have a servant's heart.

1. People don't care what you know until they know that you care

2. Really listen, don't just get ready to respond

II. Sales

A. Over time, you can learn to sell a variety of items and services

B. Sales equals facilitating between the person and the product/service

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Check out Doug Hunt’s explanation of the Business Incubator concept. As Director of Entrepreneurship at the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, he is growing an incubator for organizations from all walks of life.

I. Business Incubator

A. Fosters entrepreneurship

B. Advanced training and technical center

1. Providing help to small businesses get to them to a level of success as quickly as possible

C. Cash solves everything in small businesses

1. Incubator mitigates as much risk and overhead as possible

a. No long term lease: month to month

b. Small monthly space rental fees

c. Individual space, shared space, or hot desk

d. No other expenses

D. Fosters collaboration

1. Allows networking, many times with individuals/companies you wouldn't otherwise encounter

2. An ecosystem feeding one another

II. Steps to being a successful entrepreneur

A. Find a mentor/s

B. Find systems and processes that work for you

C. Be willing to take constructive criticism

D. Have a business plan and follow it

E. Take advantage of resources available to you

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You name it, Mo Holloman has done it. She is a performer, trainer, improv extraordinaire, and much more. Watch this video podcast to learn how to not be afraid to try anything, for it may turn out to be stellar!

I. Developing Yourself

A. Skills

1. You can be born with certain skills

2. You can work and develop skills even if they aren't inherent

B. Energy Exchange

1. Includes any conversation, interaction, or performance

2. Learning to balance the exchange

3. Processing

a. What did you do right?

b. What can you do differently?

c. Don't lose appreciation for where you came from

II. Your Purpose

A. Speaking your joy will lead you to your higher purpose

B. If it feels good, follow it

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Perhaps you’re looking for something different to do than just work in your career. Have you ever thought about dance? Join Yuriy and Olex Datsyk, international dancing stars that opened their own Fred Astaire Dance Studio.

I. Challenging yourself with something new, ex. Ballroom Dance

A. Open to everyone, adults, and children

1. Mostly adults here in the United States

a. Empty nesters

b. Looking for something new

c. Couples getting married or anniversary party

d. Individuals or couples

2. Europe typically includes more couples and children

II. Why consider Ballroom Dance

A. Exercise

B. Dance and rhythm skills

1. The skills stay with you long after the lessons

2. How to operate your body with your partner

3. How to read your partner

4. Body language and balance

C. Get through a hard time/ fill the emptiness

D. Performance skills

1. Draw you out

2. Discover the beauty of your dancing

3. Education to become your best

III. Some of their philosophies

A. Earn your trophies at practice, pick them up at the competition

B. Dance to express, not to impress

C. You've got what it takes, so give it everything you've got

D. If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you

E. Look in the mirror. That's your competition

F. Always want to be better than you are

Contact info for Bonita Springs Fred Astaire: 239-949-9680

Or FredAstaire.com for studios in your area

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In J.J. Kelly’s new book “Intellopy: Survival and Happiness in a Collapsing Society with Advancing Technology” we learn a lot about why our society is at the present stage it is. This book traces human thought and functioning from early times to now. You’ll want to grab on to some of these meaningful concepts.

I. Evolution

A. A function of reality

B. Originally was biological, but is now technological

C. Taking unintelligent matter to intelligent use

D. The degree to which the universe has awakened

II. Two ways society responds

A. Those who trust emotions, not reality

B. Those who trust reality, reason

1. Ancient Greeks, lasted 200-300 years

2. Then Rome defeated Greece and mysticism ruled for 1700 years

C. Aquinas tried to reinstate enlightenment during renaissance

D. We are eroding away from reason since the declaration of independence

III. Learned outcomes from Intellopy

A. Become a new intellectual

1. Take big abstract ideas and connect to reality

B. Learn how the world works

1. Evolution

2. Plastic brain

3. Conceptual thinking

4. Technology cycle

5. Ivory tower

6. Happiness skills

C. Anticipate the future

IV. Technologies moving us forward

A. Transcendent

B. Genetics

C. Nanotechnical

D. Block chain

E. 5 G network

F. Artificial intelligence

G. Augmented intelligence

H. Quantum computing

I. Fusion energy

V. Achieve your heroic vision

A. We are on the threshold of radically extended lifespans

B. Getting from your present position to your vision

VI. How to prevent society's collapse

A. Cause is the abandonment of reason and reality

B. Technology can accelerate the collapse but can also be the prevention

VII. How to influence or critique technology

Take a look at a 9-year career officer from the United States Army and note some of the great things he learned as a leader and replicates in the business he is in today.

I. Communication

A. Root cause for many if not most issues

B. Group or interpersonal cohesion occurs when

1. You have trust in them and they in you

2. You have their best interests in mind and they have yours

II. Best Leaders

A. Start out as the best followers

B. Understand that leaders have to be out in front with their employees

C. Don't expect their team to do what they aren't willing to do

D. Results in a cohesive team

III. "Front Porch" Time

A. Wisdom isn't gained overnight

B. It's gained by listening and understanding

C. Where most of the healing and learning takes place

IV. Customer Service

A. Everything we do is people-centric (taking care of people)

B. Everyone is buying and selling

1. Ideas, things, wishes

C. Establish a rapport, trust, or a connection