If you want to be inspired by an intelligent and passionate person, then listen to my guest Aastha Sahni. Born in Delhi, India, at age 6 her family moved to Kuwait. She came to Canada to attend university. Now she's helping to grow Advica Health.

Here are some of her insights: 

 “Where are you from? It's definitely a hard question to answer."

""Our company maintains a start-up culture to ensure team engagement... so we can all work towards bringing change to the healthcare system and it's delivery in Canada where their people have better access as well as suitable options available to them""

“In the South Asian culture, mental illness is not spoken about openly. My father has a mental illness and also my parents separated in Kuwait. When I came to Canada, I didn't feel prejudged by people who immediately wanted to know my parent's situation."

“Everyone's social media profile is really their highlight reel and it takes courage to come out with genuine emotion."

"My dog has changed two things for me. She allows me to stay in the moment and she provides unconditional love."

You're going to love my latest guest! Mike Learn is an individual who always impresses me with his thoughtful and well-balanced comments on the Real Human Being Lifestyle Group. 

 “I got my current job because I used some RHB [in my job interview]"

“Once in a while online I run into someone who is very generous they say something like this is a wonderful thing for you to ask Mike and you’re wrong and this is why and I love that.”

"In a bar, you can’t have a political conversation for an hour without some rules, some candor and some acceptance of a different viewpoint. Otherwise you just have a spat I think we’ve lost that we hit spat too quick.”

Have you ever been put in a position of having to sell a product, a service or even selling yourself for a job or a promotion?  

My guest Victor Genova has a long experience in sales in his field.

We have a relaxed conversation that covers:

- the best way to avoid 1st gear-selling with a client

- how hard work can create 2nd gear expectations

 - 2nd gear reasons many young people are moving from company to company 

- is there a "female" way of selling? 

- using 3rd gear to wow your clients

- job interviews: how do you sell yourself if you've had no formalized sales training? 

Additional: here’s the George Clooney interview mentioned by Victor 

Barbara Beller has been an international management consultant for many years, she's a multiple Ironman athlete, and now has been 16 months on a plant-based diet. (She’s also my wife of 23 years!)

Some of the topics we covered in this podcast:  

- how we met (and almost didn’t meet!)

Happy listening!

My very first guest is veteran IT architect, military brat, husband and father, Mason, boat-owner and wise-guy David Wilkins!  He reveals why kids are leaving Facebook, the Masonic version of 1st and 3rd gear, and something that changed the course of Dave’s life and made him shift gears. Dave's a fascinating guy with an interesting perspective, a good sense of humor and is someone who will give you a few great insights into life.