Never make a decision when you're Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired (HALT).  Those amazing words come from our very special guest today Maika Leibbrandt.  How did a 6th grade teacher set a long term direction for Maika?  How does Maika promote "take stock in where you are and be the best of it"?  What does the term "Pandemic Classroom" mean and how did it shape the future of one of the amazing voices of Gallup?  

All of these questions are answered in this episode and as a bonus, you also find out how intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs work differently and how do the two things that strengths aware people happen:

1. Have their strengths identified
2. Find a difference maker who knows what those strengths and is challenging them to be better

Step on in, Maika is holding court.

To contact Maika:
https://www.hellomaika.com/

Maikas Top 10 CliftonStrengths
1) Strategic
2) Positivity
3) Woo
4) Communication
5) Ideation
6) Connectedness
7) Developer
8) Activator
9) Adaptability
10) Belief

Bill's Top 10 CliftonStrengths 

1) Individualization

2) Developer

3) Activator

4) Woo

5) Restorative

6) Empathy

7) Harmony

8) Connectedness

9) Relator

10) Learner

Sarah's Top 10 CliftonStrengths 

1) Positivity

2) Woo

3) Communication

4) Harmony

5) Activator

6) Developer

7) Input

8) Individualization

9) Responsibility

10) Arranger 

Official Strengths On Fire Website:  https://strengthsonfire.transistor.fm

GET MORE FROM BILL AND SARAH:
Bill's info:
https://billdippel.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdippel/
https://www.instagram.com/billdippelcoach/

Sarah's info:
https://www.wearecollinsco.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcoachcollins/
https://www.instagram.com/sarahcoachcollins/

Transcript:
Bill Dippel (00:02.716)
Sarah, and here we are!

Sarah Collins (00:04.523)
I am feeling great. Mr. Dippel how are you?

Bill Dippel (00:08.801)
I am absolutely fantastic. I've had a great preview to today. Last night I did some really fun stuff. Last night I think you did some pretty cool stuff. So what were you doing last night?

Sarah Collins (00:20.081)
Yes, I was at a local women in business event talking to 250 of Lincoln's best women in business. Not the best. I mean, I'm sure there's others that are good out there, but the ones that came out for it. were kicking off our rise season. do local programming through the Chamber of Commerce for

Women in business, just highlighting different education opportunities, networking. So I do a coaching community called Strong as a Mother, where we talk about CliftonStrengths and motherhood. I always do that for free for local women in our community over the summer. So I got to tell everybody about that and get them excited for it. So it was really fun. That sort of stuff gives me so much energy. And it sounds like you also had an exciting night with one of our past podcast guests.

Bill Dippel (00:59.683)
Yes. Yes.

No.

Bill Dippel (01:10.475)
I did, I'm not super fueled by 250 people, a little more intimate than that, but fantastic evening. do, I want those deep relationships, right? So one of our past episodes, Matt MacGyver, one of our really good episode, one we've got a lot of good download and feedback on, Matt and I, Matt being a professional photographer in town, we have been...

Sarah Collins (01:16.915)
Yeah, good thing you have that relator. Mm-hmm. That's right.

Bill Dippel (01:35.735)
threatening to go out and do photography together. I'm a so-so photographer at best. Pretty good. I have more money than since at times in my life. So I bought all the gear and now I got to figure out how to use it. And Matt and I went out after hours last night, late night, not late, but after the sun went down and did a lot of night and motion photography in the middle of downtown Reno and a lot of the neon and cars blazing through some beautiful structures and just a beautiful.

Sarah Collins (01:44.158)
Yeah

Sarah Collins (01:47.967)
Yeah.

Bill Dippel (02:05.017)
Beautiful night. It stayed out for like five hours and just had a blast. And. I gotta I gotta up my photography game, you know, as I'm as I keep moving and doing stuff, because I love I love the art expression part. I have some photography in my house that I did that I love it when I can say I actually can tell you everything about that photo and that I took it so and then tonight tonight I'm going.

Sarah Collins (02:06.603)
Look at that.

A man with a hobby. Gotta love it.

Sarah Collins (02:25.973)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Bill Dippel (02:34.041)
This is another client of mine. He hasn't been on the podcast yet, but as we as we build out his team, we'll bring him on. He has a side hustle out of his main job where he groomed snow up at Lake Tahoe on the ski resort. And he was like, hey, I'd love to have people ride along. Come on up. And I said, well, I'd love to do it. That's amazing. And he's like tomorrow. I was meeting him Thursday. So today I'm heading up. So.

Sarah Collins (02:47.421)
Ugh.

Sarah Collins (02:57.161)
Wow. Look at you. Honestly, the things that a person can do when they don't have small children, I mean, it's really quite incredible.

Bill Dippel (03:08.2)
my. my.

Sarah Collins (03:09.867)
I had to be home by 7 p.m. last night to help put the kitties to bed, you know, and tonight, more of the same, more of the same.

Bill Dippel (03:13.675)
that's a great point. It's a great point. Well, I feel like I feel like for me, these are kind of like like dream days where I'm having a having a great man I get to do and I get to build this. So I've got a question for you, Sarah. You ready? Bizarre dream. Do you have you ever had? What's the most bizarre dream you've ever had?

Sarah Collins (03:23.519)
Yeah. Aww.

Sarah Collins (03:30.697)
Okay?

Sarah Collins (03:37.706)
man, I really can't get into it.

Bill Dippel (03:40.281)
hahahaha

Sarah Collins (03:43.701)
The funny thing is I was just thinking this morning as I was taking a shower about how vivid my dreams have been, but I can't tell you about them on the podcast because you know, I like to read romantic books, which are like romance and fantasy. So there's a lot of dragons and phase and things happening. And it is written in a way where you're like, wow, this is

Bill Dippel (03:45.152)
Yes.

Bill Dippel (03:53.422)
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Bill Dippel (04:00.366)
yes. Wow.

Sarah Collins (04:13.087)
very descriptive and then it penetrates my dream. So that is as much as you all get to hear about my massage.

Bill Dippel (04:22.347)
I am so glad I asked this question today. my... I... I can't... Welcome! Come on in!

Maika Leibbrandt (04:25.576)
What podcast did I just join?

Sarah Collins (04:28.043)
Welcome! This really took a left turn, didn't it?

Bill Dippel (04:34.697)
Wow, I'm, I'm, I've actually made Sarah completely blus...