Live Your Values

Bagel extends gratitude, shares some celebrations and lessons learned, and teases some news for 2021.

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Mentioned in this Episode:

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instagram
• 2 Guys, 1 Popcorn Podcast

Brooklyn-born. Jersey-raised. Educator. Fitness lover. Rocker. Husband. Father. Son. Ancona shares his take on IG bios.

This doozy of a conversation with Bagel's "8th best friend" is for anyone out there who has resisted starting something, struggles with follow through, sets goals and sometimes doesn't stick to them, or even feels overcommitted. We break down the importance of both, "just starting," and "showing up," and why it's crucial to give and get feedback. 

"Unless you get started, you're always going to remain where you are."

Contact:

• Check out The Monarch Experience wherever you listen to podcasts

Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Monarch Experience
• The Count Rockula Podcast
• The Arnold Quote about Working Out 
• Live Your Values - Caring vs. Giving a Sh*t with Joel Lindenfeld
• Live Your Values - Making and Maintaining Friendships with Age (Pt. 1 of 2) with John Gray Williams

Jess Hainsworth, owner of Honest Thrift Studio and Garden Coffee in San Diego, CA, walks us through her journey of starting two people-focused businesses in her new home of San Diego. In this episode, you'll hear about her:

1. Deciding to travel and work abroad, and making a gut decision to move to San Diego
2. Starting an honest, accessible thrift store that has evolved over time
3. Embracing the space to allow customers to engage and business to thrive
4. Creating a culture of community by putting people first

Social Accounts: 

@honestthriftstudio (IG)

@gardencoffee.sandiego (IG)

Mentioned in this Episode:

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

In part two of this lively and passionate episode, you'll hear Justin continue his real-life text bombs on:

1. Differentiating transparency and honesty
2. Thriving BECAUSE of the hardships you face, not IN SPITE of them, like the Blues musicians of the 1930s
3. Doing right by your natural talents instead of curating an image of success
4. Considering both sides to all things and living your life in the balance

We neatly wrap up the episode talking about finality, and how it can give us the perspective we need to give life meaning.

Guest Bio: Described by those who know him as: creative, quick-witted, a character, good-hearted, layered, eclectic, Wide-ranging, "duality of man", exuberant, edgy, counter-culture, uniquely mustachioed, a metaphysical anomaly, bro, hysterical, enterprising, amicable, all-around-good-time

Social Accounts: a_record_of_my_quarantine

Mentioned in this Episode:

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram
• David Bowie The Oral History
• Joe Rogan's podcast
• Beatles and Rolling Stones
• Morning in the Morning - Otis Rush
• Justin's LYV Playlist 

Other links to check out:

• Bruce Springsteen interview with Trevor Noah
• Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal

In this lively and passionate episode, you'll hear Justin's real-life text bombs on:

1. Looking at your life through both the telescope and the microscope.
2. Harnessing the power of the yin & the yang.
3. Chasing other people's successes never adding up to your own.
4. Acting truly selflessly, and whether it provides a benefit to us one way or another?

Guest Bio: Described by those who know him as: creative, quick-witted, a character, good-hearted, layered, eclectic, wide-ranging, "duality of man", exuberant, edgy, counter-culture, uniquely mustachioed, a metaphysical anomaly, bro, hysterical, enterprising, amicable, all-around-good-time

Social Accounts: 

a_record_of_my_quarantine

Justin's LYV Playlist

Mentioned in this Episode

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

In this special crossover episode LYV host, Mike "Bagel", joins Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom on the Do Good, Be Good podcast. 

Mike opens up about the impact of the economic crisis on his current role as a Small Business Counselor, and the two share some success stories of how some local businesses have adapted to stay afloat. Bagel also reflects on his career to-date and how it led him to launching the Live Your Values podcast. The episode rounds out with some practical advice to those who need some guidance in the next step of their career.

Host Bio: The Do Good, Be Good podcast is about helpful people, and the challenges they face in trying to do good. The host, Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom is a career do-gooder, who also enjoys craft beer, and a good, hard tackle in rugby. Sharon speaks to everyday people about why they do good, and what it means to be good. You can find the Do Good, Be Good Podcast here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Guest Bio: Mike Barugel, or "Bagel", is the Founder of the Live Your Values podcast, and Free Your Time Virtual Assistants. His primary role is as a Business Counselor with the NC Small Business & Technology Development Center, where he advises existing business on growing, scaling, and working through challenges. Bagel lives for connection, harmony, and making everything around him just a little more efficient.

Social Accounts (Host):
Do Good Be Good, Facebook

Social Accounts (Guest):

@lyvshow (IG)

Live Your Values (FB)

Contact:

[email protected] (Host)

[email protected] (Guest)

Quinn and Bagel uncover the story of the early days in their career and how they both left the same job that was dragging them down. Quinn shares her journey of discovering what type of work mattered to her and how she pursued opportunities that brought her fulfillment from things like skill based training for women in Honduras to nonprofit and community development work in the triangle of North Carolina. She emphasizes the value of networking and how it's been an integral tool in advancing her career. We even get to hear Quinn's novel advice to her 22 year old self.

Guest Bio: Quinn strives to be the best version of herself. She has quirks and flaws, but has passion, knowledge, and amazing experiences to share. Quinn believes in making an impact by showing kindness and consideration, continuously learning, and taking each day as a challenge to be a better human. 

Social Accounts:
@mightyquinn22 (IG)
@mightyquinn22 (Twitter)

Contact:
Quinn Novels, www.qengrantconsulting.com

Mentioned in this Episode

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

Other Links

• Leadership Triangle
• Caring vs. Giving a SH*T with Joel Lindenfeld
• Making and Maintaining Friendships with Age (Pt. 1 of 2) with John Gray Williams 
• Making and Maintaining Friendships with Age (Pt. 2 of 2) with John Gray Williams

In this interview, Andrew shares many personal anecdotes about little and big ways he's both given and received acts of kindness. We also explore the world of Couchsurfing and hostels, and the uniqueness it can provide to travelers. "Beard" also shares his perspective on leading with trust and when to put your guard up. Overall, Andrew has a truly unique perspective on the world and how we connect with other humans, and I can't wait to share this conversation with you. 

Guest Bio: Andrew thinks it is important to live life to the fullest and have great experiences with wonderful people. He loves traveling and meeting new people, as well as having deep discussions with friends old and new. Andrew also enjoys building community and thinks that is important to treat others with respect, regardless of their status or ability to help your interests. 

Social Accounts: 

@yanks157

Contact:

yanks157.wordpress.com

Mentioned in this Episode

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

Other Links

• Couchsurfing

In part two of this two-part conversation with John Gray Williams on making and maintaining friendships with age, this conversation features a deep dive into maintaining friendships as an adult. What we look for in friends as we get older, discussing gender and family norms. Dig in for this open, honest, and insightful dialogue between two close friends.

Guest Bio: John Gray Williams currently serves as the Director of Recruitment for the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, and has been in that role since 2015. Prior to that, he worked for five years as a Career Counselor, and had a brief three year stint as an Urban Planner for a civil engineering firm. He holds an M.A. in Counseling from the University of Delaware and B.A.s in Geography and Urban Planning, both from Virginia Tech. He is passionate about social justice work, especially as it relates to LGBTQ, women, and people of color, as well as increasing college access for first-generation and low-income students. He is also a self-identified "map nerd" who loves to travel. He has been on two cross-country road trips, and visited 47 US states and 10 foreign countries. He is passionate about people and hookah, and often finds that the two go hand-in-hand.

Social Accounts

• John Gray Williams (Facebook) 

Mentioned in this Episode

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

Other Links

• Medium 5 Easy Ways to Make More Friends 

How do you work on making and maintaining friendships as you age? Do you have the same type of friends in your 30s as you did in college or high school? In this two-part episode, we hit on a number of deep and insightful points on how we've made and maintained our friendships, what we value in others, the challenges and burden of toxic relationships and so much more.

Guest Bio: John Gray Williams currently serves as the Director of Recruitment for the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, and has been in that role since 2015. Prior to that, he worked for five years as a Career Counselor, and had a brief three year stint as an Urban Planner for a civil engineering firm. He holds an M.A. in Counseling from the University of Delaware and B.A.s in Geography and Urban Planning, both from Virginia Tech. He is passionate about social justice work, especially as it relates to LGBTQ, women, and people of color, as well as increasing college access for first-generation and low-income students. He is also a self-identified "map nerd" who loves to travel. He has been on two cross-country road trips, and visited 47 US states and 10 foreign countries. He is passionate about people and hookah, and often finds that the two go hand-in-hand.

Social Accounts

• John Gray Williams (Facebook) 

Mentioned in this Episode

• FYT Virtual Assistants
• Live Your Values Podcast
• LYV on Facebook
• LYV on Instragram

Other Links

• Medium 5 Easy Ways to Make More Friends