Positivity Effect

Courage amidst tragedy

Rich Rotanz. Emergency Manager, Safety, and Fire Science Professional with forty years of experience in public policy, safety and mitigation, emergency management, fire protection, rescue tactics, hazardous materials incidents and planning/research for all natural, civil, and technological hazards including acts of terrorism.

CLICK HERE to contact Rich

On today’s (Part II) episode we discuss:

• Lessons from Rich’s experience of 9/11

And so much more…

Rich's Impact: Want's to be remembered for being a dad and a husband

Rich's nugget of wisdom

“Courage takes on all forms”

Another episode of The Positivity Effect goes live next Tuesday - Stay Tuned !!!

Enrichment Through Service

Rich Rotanz. Emergency Manager, Safety, and Fire Science Professional with forty years of experience in public policy, safety and mitigation, emergency management, fire protection, rescue tactics, hazardous materials incidents and planning/research for all natural, civil, and technological hazards including acts of terrorism.

CLICK HERE to contact Rich

On today’s episode we discuss:

• How Rich became so involved with the NYC Fire Department

And so much more…

Rich's nuggets of wisdom

"You want to have integrity, you want to have endurance, and you want to have the desire to really go forward and also the courage to say, you know what, “I have to take this on?” OR “alright I failed” and even if you failed, you bounce right back up and keep trying"

“There’s no I in team”

Part 2 with Rich goes live next Tuesday – stay tuned!!

Connection And Purpose Through Transformation

This week is a re-run of one of my most popular episodes with Luis Congdon, The co-founder of Thriving Launch an online business resource and podcast to help business owners map out clear and practical tips that are essential to thrive in today's economy. Luis also hosts a podcast with his girlfriend called Lasting Love Connection where they interview the top relationship experts to help couples and singles keep their love passionate and strong and enduring. Luis lives a life of gratitude and transparency. He has a heart of giving and an incredible drive for entrepreneurship, I’m honored that he joined us on the Positivity Effect.

Luis’ story

• Born in Columbia during the height of the cocaine cartel

• The Lasting Love Connection

Thought on becoming a monk: He was striving for perfection and realized he didn’t have to be.

Luis’ thoughts on having an online business

• Took a long time to become okay with accepting payment

“Learn how to take care of yourself as an entrepreneur”

Thoughts on life

• Why we need coaching/mentorship: “There are so many things we don’t know that we don’t know”

Soul Food

• God gives regardless. “Be like God” – Dr. Wayne Dyer

Gratitude

• “Every time we take a breath, that’s the last time we breathe that breath in that moment”

Book recommendation

• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

The Crystal Staircase

Jaret Grossman is the co-founder of a popular fitness brand, Muscle Prodigy. Jaret's mission in creating this brand and product was to help debunk fitness myths that have existed for decades and help millions of people change their bodies naturally like he was able to without deprivation. Jaret was 96 pounds his freshman year of high school and was able to more than double his body weight, get down to 6% body fat, and become a 3x All-American wrestler. 

CLICK HERE for Jaret's personal blog

CLICK HERE for Muscle Prodigy

CLICK HERE for Jaret's Youtube channel

CLICK HERE for Jaret's book "Cracking The Code"

On today’s episode we discuss:

• How fitness shifted his internal self-image

• Take action!

• Productivity

And so much more…

Jaret's nuggets of wisdom

“It's out of my need, essentially to solve problems. Mainly that starts with trying to solve your own problems. You eventually gain some golden nuggets, and wisdom and insight, and that becomes valuable for other people”

“It'ss the middle ground of, well I'm not sure if this isn’t going to work, and we just hesitate. It’s this perpetual hesitation in a way. What’s really holding us back is some element of fear”

"If you can help as many people as possible, not only will it come back you, you will also experience more pleasure and the world will experience more pleasure"

Jaret's Impact: Wants to be remembered as someone who was a force for good and who always put out pure energy into the world

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Tuesday – stay tuned!!

The Fingerprint Metaphor

Jim Rees is an Ultra Cyclist, Ironman Triathlete, Author and Executive Coach. Co-founder of The Long And The Short Of It, Jim and his business partner Mark Foster combine the experiences of two very different athletic styles: sprint and endurance. With that, they join as one mind to help their clients understand the required cognitive and emotional discipline for competition how that translates into specific behaviors for success and reaching high-performance targets. 

CLICK HERE for Jim's Website

CLICK HERE for Jim's book "A Quick Guide To Emotional Intelligence"

On today’s episode we discuss:

• Applying a "weekend warrior" Ultra Cyclist mentality to everyday life

And so much more... 

Jim's nuggets of wisdom

“Every decision we make is based on pain and pleasure”

The importance of dialing in our awareness to our pain/pleasure trigger points

“We have a feeling which then drives our thinking. Actually, it's the feeling-thinking trap that we get caught up in as human beings. As opposed to what really it should be is, thinking feeling”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Tuesday – stay tuned!!

Rhythm And Flow

Erin Elizabeth Wells is a Productivity Strategist who works with high performers including corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, and influencers to improve their productivity, focus, and effectiveness in their work and daily life. Her approach focuses on creating productivity with purpose for her clients connecting to the WHY of our action rather than simply doing more faster. – she’s the founder of the productivity company Living Peace and now functions under the company title Chosen Course.

CLICK HERE for Erin’s Website

CLICK HERE to download her FREE Life Rhythm Map

On today’s episode we discuss:

• Erin’s journey into the productivity world

Erin’s Impact: She hopes that the people who’s lives she’s touched would say that they lived life with intentionality because of her interactions and the things they were inspired to consider based on their conversations

Erin’s nuggets of wisdom

“How many times in our lives has something significant occurred, and the systems that were in place before that event no longer fit the life that we’re living”

“In any major life change, if you are introducing something new, and you don’t know why it’s important to you, the likelihood of it sustaining for a long period of time is small”

“We’re all very good at keeping ourselves busy. Just kind of having a whole bunch of things that show up in our worlds that drive our attention but they may or may not be the things that are most moving the things that we care about most deepest forward”

“I encourage people to throw out the old concept of annualized thinking. Don’t wait for a specific moment like January 1st.”

“Create the shape, but hold it loosly”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Tuesday – stay tuned!!

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Visualizing Positivity

Glenn Poveromo is a Personal Development Facilitator. He has created The Power of Visualization, a self-help program offering mental tools and strategies that empower you to live your best life possible. The Power of Visualization will teach you techniques that allow your powerful mind to work for you and gain the confidence you will need to achieve success in all areas of your life.

CLICK HERE for Glenn’s Website

On today’s episode we discuss:

• What drove Glenn to spread positivity

Glenn’s Impact: Glenn wishes to be remembered as someone who helped the world a little better.

Glenn’s nuggets of wisdom

“Anyone likes to be reinforced with positive feelings and positive emotions and I just saw that as my obligation, as my commitment as an educator to help impart that to the kids so that when they believed in themselves, they performed at an entirely different way if they didn’t believe in themselves”

‘You uplift people by your own spirit”

“I believe you have a responsibility to bring what you know out to people because you can help people in their awareness”

“How would you like to spend your living time? Would you like to spend it in a positive way of thinking and feeling or would you prefer to spend it in the negative way of thinking and feeling, and what’s the better choice?”

“I was not an innately positive person growing up.”

“We can speak to ourselves as a coach or a critic. The coach is going to give a solution, the critic is going to dig in with a knife”

“There’s a coherent between what we think and what we feel in our heart”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Tuesday – stay tuned!!

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The Beauty In Broken

Gary Genetti has been designing and making glass art for over 38 years. Genetti received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in sculpture and graphics from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. In 1978 he began his apprenticeship in a production glass studio and in 1980 established his own studio in rural Warwick, NY.

CLICK HERE for Gary’s website

Gary’s Instagram handle: GenettiGlass

On today’s episode we discuss:

• Gary’s thoughts on the word “Positivity”

Gary’s Impact: Gary’s wish for himself and for everybody is to see, that near the end of their life, it’s opening it’s expanding, the moment of death is when we really start to live. Life and death is ongoing all the time in us

Gary’s nuggets of wisdom

“An affirmation of positivity, an affirmation of some deeper meaning in our lives, that is there in good times and in bad times. We can always affirm this deeper meaning to who we are and how we relate to the world.”

“I never looked at it as more than anything than meeting my needs because I loved what I do. I felt I was more than rewarded because of that perspective. If you went in to it for the money.. there were people who did that.. they got big… but you became a business man rather than  the hands on work… I loved the making and that’s what kept me directed towards being an artist”

“My work has taught me the value of exchange with other people”

“I would testify that I was not born with a talent in the arts, but I did have a wish to do it”

“the feelings of joy teach talent”

“I get into a state where it’s a conversation with a material, as if the material is speaking with me”

“the ego is what dampens us down”

“Submitting in a way, you’re just part of a picture. There’s more to it, that’s in a way, the whole world is praying, if yo can open up to that”

“It’s a healing project for us, the idea of fusing broken species together really is a metaphor for what we were going through as a family”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Monday – stay tuned!!

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Wisdom From A Yogi

Michael Kohan, or Mukunda Chandra das (affectionately known as Mukunda) is dedicated to helping his clients and students find balance in all aspects of their lives—emotional, spiritual, mental and physical. He is a Certified Health and Lifestyle Coach and a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher who works with others to help them restore balance in their lives by helping them to make healthier and more conscious lifestyle choices.

CLICK HERE for Michael’s website

CLICK HERE for A free copy of his “Mindful Living And Goal Setting WorkBook”

Michael’s Instagram handle: Your_Wellness_Yogi

On today’s episode you’ll learn:

• Why tragedy is not a requirement for success

Michael’s Impact: Wants to be remembered as a person who helped people and created a place for people to go to study yoga, spirituality and mindful living in a safe and authentic environment. To develop a learning center in Pennsylvania that people can spend the next 500 years to go to to develop healthy habits and mindful living.

Michael’s nuggets of wisdom

“The suffering is the free will, whether you choose to suffer or not in any situation”

“Yoga gave me the tools I needed to get off the couch and to look at my life and find space to examine who I was as a person”

“When I eat healthy and I have a clean diet, I feel better about who I am as a person”

“Politics, religions, you name it, is an easier conversation to have than when I talk to people about food”

“The food you eat here, affects how somebody else lives down their street”

“Our easiest change is to start with ourselves. The easiest way to start is through diet. It’s the simplest way to change the world”

“If you don’t feel good about your self, and if you don’t feel like you’re moving forward in life, than you’re not going to care about the food you eat. Food is comfort”

“If we’re not growing as an individual, then we’re dying as a person”

“You have to look at your life and say, it’s about how I lived my life today”

“The music that we listen to, the tv that we watch, the books that we read and the food that we eat, that is who we become”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Monday – stay tuned!!

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The Unrehearsed Heart

Harriet Turk has been inspiring teens and adults to discover their true identities and pursue a life of substance for more than 20 years. She has worked as a probation officer, youth programs coordinator, flight attendant, pharmaceutical sales rep, college-level instructor, and nationally-known professional speaker, trainer, and consultant. Harriet is also a mom, friend, sister, and daughter. When she was a teen, Harriet struggled with her own identity crisis. She fell into the trap of feeling like she had to be perfect. This led to an eating disorder that took years to overcome. Harriet’s life experiences have taught her that success and happiness come from celebrating who you are and pursuing a life that honors your strengths and abilities. Because her stories and experiences come from real life, Harriet’s message is authentic, relatable, and compelling.

CLICK HERE for Harriet’s website

CLICK HERE for a free chapter from Harriet’s book, “Transparent Hearts”

Harriet’s twitter handle: @HarrietTurk

On today’s episode you’ll learn:

• Why tragedy is not a requirement for success

Harriet’s Impact:  Remembered as someone who was able to make people feel safe.

Harriet’s nuggets of wisdom

“I just wanted people to realize that life doesn’t have to be full of crazy stuff”

“Practice and try new things until you have enough in your back pocket so if something isn’t working, yo can switch it out at a moments notice”

“Some of my best stories come from just in the moment, thinking, I’m just going to talk about this”

“The more that we give ourselves positive messages, the more we start to live it”

“We are the microwave generation, we want things now. We’ve been taught that if you follow an action plan, you’re going to have success. Sometimes you follow the wrong action plan”

“You set the tone for your life and people will follow you whether your negative or positive”

“Small conversations can end up having majestic moments”

“Capture the moment? lets change that to, be present in the moment”

“Its true, we get so bogged down on how we define success or what’s going on in our lives that we don’t think about the good things”

“If we look for the lessons, just stop, and look for the lessons in what has happened to us, we will see how to be better for the next time”

Another episode of the Positivity Effect goes live next Monday – stay tuned!!

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