Ladies and Gentlemen, we would like to welcome this week's guest, the man himself, Samuel Miele! You won't want to miss this one, as he shares a bit of his story with us!   

Sam started applying for business grants at the age of 17.  After numerous rejections it was by faith he got approved.  Normally being turned down would discourage most, but not Sam.  Sam was hungry to pursue his dream of owning his own studio. The vision was to have a place in the Niagara region.  A creative space for people to grow their content while growing their brand name meant a lot to Sam.

Along with taking on the challenges that came with opening the studio.  Sam learned a lot rather quickly. For starters getting out of your comfort zone was a big one. Being prepared to hear "no", how to control your ego, and most of all just developing a good, happy, healthy mindset.  

Sam has learned a lot from the guests he's had the pleasure of interviewing.  As well as the clients he works closely with on projects of Vision Luxx. He looks forward to growing strong relationships with the Niagara region and family.

You're going to want to listen in as Sam gives details on his new show called - My Generation.🎥📺

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Meeting Gold proudly presents to you Sandra Miele on this week's episode! This Interview is  jammed pack with an abundance of knowledge, advice on parenting, and above all. Love.  

Sandra didn't grow up to have a family at a young  age. Sandra had Sam when she was 36 years old. She had lived her life. She was independent, worked hard, attended university and didn't marry until she was 32. With the plan God had laid out for her, she was ready for Sam. Sandra had shared with us that her most significant part of her life was when she found out she was pregnant. From that day forward all she did was pray over Sam. For who he would become and the person he would marry someday.   

 The bond that a mother has to her child is something unexplainable. All Sandra wanted to do was get to know Sam ever since she found out she was having a boy. She shares that Sam taught her so many things in life. Patience, how to have fun, and to be present in the moment. It's important to not only teach our children love and responsibility, but to also listen to them and be able to grow with together.   

Sandra grew up with the knowledge of love, and the understanding of it based on her environment. Love shows in her story of parenting and being a stay at home mother. The importance of this interview is to love your children. Engage with them, play with them, get to know them as a person. But not forget to take it easy on yourself. There's no blueprint to being a perfect parent. As long as you show them what love is, you'll have a great relationship. Love is defined.  

Sandra's question she leaves the next guest is: 1). what was your favourite childhood toy? 2). What is the purpose of your existance? 

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Everyone, please give a warm welcome to this week's guest on Meeting Gold.  Nick Crozier!  From starting his life pursuing firefighting to a well-known Real Estate Agent in the GTA.  Nick talks about his characteristics and his personal self-awareness traits that keep motivating him to his next goal.  

Nick grew up with a Caribbean background in a hard-working household.  He learned at a young age that "You need to earn what you deserve."  To be content with what you have.  Growing up with this kind of mentality has shown Nick how to be humble and happy.  Being able to self-reflect on yourself and really disconnect in life is a priority to Nick.  Going on vacation, playing hockey, going for a run.  These are times when Nick sets aside his phone and takes in the moment.  Yes, it's important to socialize and keep in contact, but it's also important to feed your soul and completely disconnect.  Holding these strengths of mental toughness and communication has brought Nick great success. 

Nick talks about relationships and being in the present.  That speaks volumes about his integrity not only as a person but as a real estate agent in the competitive area.  If you want someone genuine and honest when looking for the "it house" Nick is your person.  With his honest outlook of helping you through one of the biggest moments in your life, why wouldn't you?   

Nick's question for the next guest is: "Who is the person you look up to, and what trait attracted you to follow them?"

If you're looking to get in touch with Nick Crozier's services: socials: nickcrozer_realtor Phone: 647-404-2418

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This week Meeting Gold proudly presents to you Sherry Campbell! Registered Psychotherapist and Professional Speaker.  With over 20 years in therapy abroad. Specializing in children with trauma, sexual abuse from domestic violence and much more.
Sherry's experience will blow your mind.  This interview will have you feeling refreshed and wanting to build up resilience.  

Sherry dives right into the good stuff.  How society is now and where it could lead if we aren't taking the time to be more self-aware of ourselves.  If we are more self-aware, then we could be more aware of the people around us.  Understand what people are going through and what we can do about it individually and as a community.   

If we're all maintaining our well being we can be better prepared for the tough waters that life brings us.  Sherry speaks on the importance of prioritizing mental health, physical health, and spiritual well-being. 
"We're all desiring meaningful living. purpose. that's the thing about resilience is we want to be our best selves." 
Slowing down will help us be more emotionally intelligent so we can be more present in life. 

Sherry grew up always in tune with people's emotional well-being. We're thankful she was able to share her experience with us,
and how we can learn from starting and ending our days.
How to respond to people's actions, conversations and the ability to be mindful of these skills. To truly be a good human being and care about other people.

If you're looking to reach out for Sherry's services you can reach her at: www.SherryCampbellGroup.com
(289) 362-3252

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The moment you've all been waiting for... We welcome MATT CAMPOLI as our Golden Guest this week on Meeting Gold!   

Wow, where do we even start on this fire episode?! Matt kicks off this interview with a heartfelt journey growing up.  His struggles were always in comparison with what his friends had and what his lifestyle was like.  Growing up with divorced parents and financial challenges.  Matt realized early what he did and didn't want for his future. 

After taking a year off of university.
Matt worked at a variety of places but he made the most money and sustainable relationships as a barber.  Which started out by cutting his friend's hair and grew to be much bigger.  In the midst of his mom selling the home and seeing what the realtor did he grew a strong interest in real estate.

Matt invested his time in reading more and listening to podcasts to grow his knowledge of the industry.  He started thinking of ways to leverage his experience as a barber.
He did just that!
Matt built relationships with his customers and started reaching out. While gaining confidence in a humble way that shows in his work as a sales agent.  

The most important tool Matt learned throughout his journey of success is self-development.
Matt has implemented meditation as a strict morning routine in his life.  When he gets the chance he takes the time to practice at mindset retreats. To cut out the noise of the world and focus his balance.  We all go through hardships in life, but it's about using those challenges and failures as fuel to chase our passions.
"We're all here to be good humans, to positively impact others" Matt shares. 
We think that's a good way to look at life.  

If you're struggling with the chaos of the world and need a reset. Mindset retreats might be your calling. ✨

Matt leaves us with this question for the next guest "What do you think living in alignment really means?"

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Let's kick this week's episode off with a huge bang! We are honoured to welcome Kristian Tazbazian. Co-founder/ COO of Gastronomous Technologies with us on Meeting Gold. 

 Kristian shares his crazy but inspiring story with us this week.  As we dive into a young and very talented entrepreneur's journey.  When Kristian finished high school, he attended the University of Waterloo. 
After fulfilling a summer internship at the Royal Bank of Canada in finance, it wasn't long after Kristian found out that school wasn't for him.

He wanted to pursue his interest in technology and computer science. "Technology is the future" and it's something that is going to continue to grow. 

Kristian grew a team and started his love of manufacturing for operations.  He knew that the restaurant industry needed more. It needed quality, cost efficiency, and consistency.
Kristian went after what he wanted and sacrificed everything personal in his life. 

It landed him a 2 million dollar grant to develop smart kitchen equipment which will enhance labour efficiency.
The world is changing rapidly and with the help of Kristian's evolving company. This can improve people's jobs so they can engage and interact with their customers more while allowing people to do what they do best. 

 Kristian inspires us to go after what we want in life while giving it our all. Working on it piece by piece and mastering our skills.
Kristian's goal is to be one of Canada's most innovative companies and we don't doubt for a second he'll make that list!
 
This interview is incredible and if you're looking for the right mindset to give you that push you need, you'll be sure to find it in this interview!

Kristian leaves us with this question for the next guest "Why you and not someone else?"

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Everyone, please welcome Evan Sitler to this week's Episode of Meeting Gold! Wow, this episode is absolutely engaging from start to finish! Evan is CEO and Co-Founder of XpertVR for 5 years now.   

XpertVR provides three services. consulting, where they go into schools. Firefighting, Policing. They provide a quote for virtual reality training based on what they would need. They specialize in Custom development, where they review course obstacles and strategize a process in a safe, cost-effective, environmentally efficient and realistic way. Then offer the best products for that individual school to best suit their requirements to improve education.   

XpertVR has already seen a huge improvement with this as a learning tool. One of the professors has said, "This is the most prepared I've seen classes in my whole 13 years of teaching." Virtual reality is a more hands-on learning technique and is always improving. This very well could be the next phase of learning altogether! Listen in on the full interview, you're not going to want to miss out on where technology is bringing us! This is wild!

"Next evolution of the internet," Evan says.

Evan leaves this question for the next guest. "When you hear the term Metaverse. What comes to mind?"

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We welcome this week's guest on Meeting Gold Filip Terlecki!! It was such a pleasure sitting down with Filip. Going through the behind-the-scenes production of how commercials are created. Originally Filip wanted to get into fashion photography. He applied to Ryerson University for photography and branching off from this course lead him to get involved in a filmmaking class. Seeing the first film he produced on the big screen and watching the audience react to it put the spark in his heart to pursue filmmaking instead. 

Now Filip runs a production company and handles all big branded content all over the GTA and beyond. Filip's goal is to expand into filmmaking, it's one of the things he loves so much about what he does now. Filip walks us through the process of his work. How he starts with a creative company to create a storyboard and works step by step with the client to produce and visualize how to shoot the content so it's most effective. From there he breaks it down from location, wardrobe and script.   

This interview revealed the secrets of how commercials are made. Filip specializes in delivering the proper content with depth and not just for the sake of mass production. "you can have great actors, a great storyline, and great dialogue. But if you don't have a good script you don't have anything." Filip shares. Generating an audience response or emotion keeps Filip fuelled for success.   

Filip leaves this question for the next guest. "If you could be a lead singer in a band, who would you be and what would that band be?"

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Everyone, please welcome our new guest this week on Meeting Gold. Head Coach from Revel Evan MacDonald! 

Evan started out in the top ten in the world for wrestling for Team Canada and competing in the Olympics. Something clicked over the years with what Evan thought was his forever life plan. Evan discovered a love for real estate. building homes, apartment buildings, restaurants, BNBs, and even a winery, not to mention founding MAC inc. 

As Evan takes us down memory lane we learn that his success comes from a very competitive but also very nurturing childhood. Life lessons that have stuck with him as a child to work hard to get the things he desired, only helped him pursue things even harder as an adult. Having to go through struggles, risking everything you have, and winning, Just makes you strive for more. 

"You have to find your purpose in life, where you have value, joy, and passion," Evan tells us. "Giving someone everything isn't going to give them passion and purpose". We've learned a lot from Evan this week. How you can have absolutely nothing in life and become something so distinguished. With the motive and the mindset of never giving up! If you make the journey the destination you'll always achieve greatness!

The question Evan leaves for our next guest is this: "what are your dreams and why haven't you accomplished them?"

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Ladies and Gentlemen!! We finally welcome the famous Dave DeStefano on this week's episode of Meeting Gold.
Our proud and loyal show sponsor himself!
Dave first started out in mortgages in 2009. His knowledge carries over 14 years in the industry!
We don't waste any time on this interview, as we dive right into all the juicy details you want and need to know about mortgages.  Dave educates us on the basics of being a first-time home buyer and what you need to look out for if you're not well-informed on the topic. 

We walk through the differences between: 
Variable Rates, Fixed Rates, as well Secured Lines of Credit, that you'll definitely want to take notes on. Dave touches on leisure spending and why building an emergency fund is always a good thing. Steps that are crucial in the stages of purchasing a home.   

The economy is built on mortgages so doing your research on the market is key. Dave breaks down how to save you from penalties when selling your home and re-purchasing a new one when sticking with the same bank. Taking the proper precautions of getting pre-qualified, re-financing, closing fees, lawyer fees, land transfer fees, and talking about good and bad credit will help steer you in the right direction.

This interview is exactly the kind of information we need to hear on how mortgages work and what you should be aware of when your thinking about purchasing your home. Don't live in the now because you don't know what the future is.

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