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In episode 54, I converse with Teamika Jeffrey, the owner of My Dream Staffing Agency and the author of "Fountain of Happiness: Open Your Arms and Embrace Your Joy".We chat about the importance of teaching business and career advice to children starting at a young age, the correlations between recruiting and chess, her new book and more.

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In Episode 53, I converse with Linda Diaz, a long-term chess friend, who currently is an up and coming singer, based in Brooklyn. She has her BA in Comparative American Studies, Africana Studies, Gender Sexuality and Feminist Studies from Oberlin College. She know is a full-time musician, performing around New York and producing albums. We converse about her 13-year chess career, the correlations of chess and music, ways to encourage new vocalists, her new EP "Magic." and more.

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In Episode 52, I converse with Richard, Kistnen, Esq, who is a bankruptcy and eviction attorney. We talk about the bankruptcy progress, correlations between law and chess, the importance of unleashing your creativity, and more.

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In Episode 49, I have the privelege of conersing with Rachel Glazer, the founder of Rachel G Events, who I first met in 2017 when she referred On the Spot Photo Magnets' professional photography and instant photo magnets service to the JCRC Boston gala. While most of my focus these days is working chess business, I do still remain sales manager for On the Spot Photo Magnets. For the last 12 years, Rachel G Events has organized countless, fundraisers, corporate events, weddings, bar mitzvahs and other events. We discuss the importance of staying flexible during co-vid time, ways in which event strategy mirrors that of a chess game, methods of fundraising and more.

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In our 48th Episode, I had the pleasure of conversing with Leona Krasner, the owner of Krasner Law PLLC and Krasner Review. Leona is a dear friend and colleague who is one of my accountability partners. Whether she is working with couples getting divorced, students looking to get into college or graduate school or her colleagues like myself, she always trys her hardest to lend a hand.In this episode, we discuss accountability, legal strategy and how it relates to chess, the importance of knowing your opponent, the importance of extracurricular activities for the college admissions process and much more.

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In 47th Episode, I had the sincere honor and pleasure of conversing with Dewain Barber, the "Dean of Scholastic Chess". Having played chess for over 50 years, Dean has been an integral part of the US Chess Scholastic scene, having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships at national events and . He is the founder of American Chess Equipment, which he sold to our mutual friend and previous podcast guest Shelby Lohrman. He created “A Guide to Scholastic Chess” which provides information to school-based persons on how to start a chess club.He has been a member of the U.S. Chess Federation’s Life Member Assets committee, Scholastic Committee, and former member of the Scholastic Council. During this time he asked the US Chess Delegates to create the Scholastic Service Award to recognize persons for their “Many Contributions to Scholastic Chess”. In addition, he helped create the National Girls Tournament of Champions (NGTOC). He has been chairman of the GM Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions. For more information on his involvement with the Denker Tournament see “GM Arnold Denker: The Legacy”.In 2010 the US Chess Board of Delegates approved the “Dewain Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions”. In this lengthy episode, we discuss chess travel, ways to motivate scholastic players, the important of dealing with state affiliates, especially during the COVID-19 time, the effects of the nationals being canceled on US Chess and tenative plans for the Denker, Barber, Rockefeller and Senior Championships to be played online, his humor book series and much more.

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In Episode 46, I converse with Timothy Madden, CPIA, an independent insurance broker for Honig Conte Porrino Insurance Agency, Inc. We discuss the importance of having a growth mindset, collaboration vs competition, the need for constant evaluation of position, the correlation of chess and insurance, and much more.

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In Episode 45, I converse with Zev Gotkin, an entrepeneur and founder of Zev Media, a digital marketing agency that focuses on content marketing, social media management, influencer marketing, etc.We discuss the importance of following one's passion, ideas for networking, the correlations of chess and digital media and much more.