SHARING LIFE LESSONS

I am delighted to welcome you to the last episode (Episode #80) of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal! We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe. Also click on the bell to be notified of all new episodes.

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The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE

Our guest for today is Lousin Mehrabi.  Selected as one of the Most Influential Negotiation Professionals Globally, Lousin Mehrabi is a Professional Negotiator, Trainer and Inspirational Speaker. Lousin believes the world becomes a better place through the art and science of negotiation. She teaches people to become better negotiators to reach meaningful agreements with others, with themselves and with life.

Lousin's linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/lousin-mehrabi

Lousin's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSInTBUpaYLl3MKnQ1jFJZw

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Lousin:

1. Acceptance is key. Accepting what is, accepting what is not in your control. Accepting things that you can’t change so that you can put all your time, energy, money, focus, passion into what you can control and what we can control is a lot.

2. Be aware of your feelings and allow your feelings to be. If you are sad, then go ahead be sad. If you want to grieve, then go ahead and grieve. You want to cry, then cry. You want to rejoice then do that. We must stop pretending that emotions are bad. Emotions are our friends. They are there to protect us. They are there to guide us. Emotions are our allies.

3. Make decisions that seem the best for you, even if others don’t agree.

4. Forgive yourself for whatever it is you are blaming yourself for, because whatever you are blaming yourself for is already in the past.

5. The problem is not that we have problems in life. The problem is that we think we shouldn't have problems in life. Once we know that we're going to have adversities, you just go through it. It's not the end, it's the end of a chapter. And when you are courageous enough to turn the chapter, you'll see that there is another chapter and that the pen is in your hands. So go ahead and write the book of your life as you want it to be.

I will bring you the first episode of Season 9 of Sharing Life Lessons on Wednesday, December 15th.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRdD

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #79 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe. Also click the bell sign to be notified of the release of all new episodes.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE.

Our guest for today is David Justice.  David Justice is an aspiring businessman looking to help others become successful entrepreneurs. He currently is a licensed Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach and strives to help first-time home buyers, investors, and others fulfill their real estate goals.  David has a background in the army, auto sales, and other various industries. David and his wife are also the owners of Urban Grown LLC, a company that produces organic micro-greens for restaurants in the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas. David hopes to inspire future entrepreneurs and educate others on all the available pathways to creating an enjoyable life.

Website (The Young Merchant Blog): https://www.theyoungmerchant.com

Link to purchase David's book "Learning To Say F It": https://www.theyoungmerchant.com/online-store

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with David today:

1.1. When an opportunity shows up at your door, then make quicker decisions and act fast before it passes you by.

2. To do that, let your history tell you more about yourself- your likes, your interests, and your passions. And to better deal with the future, put yourself in uncertain situations on purpose. You will learn how your mind and body react to new things. A good understanding of yourself, will help you make quicker decisions easily.

3. If there is an important decision that needs to be taken, then run the what if scenario. What is the worst that could happen, and are you willing to take that risk? Or what is the best that could happen and is that worth your money, time, and energy? Personally, I have not looked at it this way before. For me, if there is a positive outcome, then I decide to go for it, but whether it is worth my time has never been a criteria for me and I agree that it should be.

4. Remember that if you fail, then you can only learn from it. As Robert Kennedy said ‘Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly’

5. Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do so you can learn from their mistakes, and they can help you get to your goals either by getting you in touch with the right people or maybe even being a resource to pick their brains when you need it.

I will bring you the last episode of Season 8 of Sharing Life Lessons with a special guest next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #78 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe. Also click the bell sign to be notified of the release of all new episodes.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE.

Our guest for today is Shereen Kassam.  Shereen is an internationally touring stand-up comedian who has performed worldwide on stages from New York to Saigon.  Named Florida’s Funniest Female, has also appeared on HBO and NBC. She has had the opportunity to work with Arsenio Hall, Carlos Mencia, Gina Brillon, Rodney Perry, and Myq Kaplan.

Shereen is also the host of the top-rated Apple podcast – Creative Breakthrough – a podcast that spotlights successful creatives and artist.

Her website: www.funnybrowngirl.com

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Shereen today:

1. If you know something will make you happy then definitely step out of your comfort zone if that is what is needed to achieve your happiness.

2. Try new things because you never know who you are going to meet, what you are going to see, what you are going to learn, and how it is going to shape you and your future.

3. We are usually our biggest hurdle. It is our fears and insecurities that stop us from living our best life. Let’s ask ourselves, if we all had a fresh start, and nobody placed any boundaries on us but instead told us that we could do anything. What is it that we would want to do? Once you determine that, then just go after it.

4. You never want to say no to things and close doors to opportunities. The power of yes is super important. Always consider saying yes to trying out new things if given a choice.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #77 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially parents who want to learn about parenting confident children.

Our guest for today is Katrina Wurm.  Katrina is the passion behind Stress Free Super Mum. She works with mothers to help them bring organisation and structure into their homes so that they have time for true self care. You can learn more about what she does at www.stressfreesupermum.com

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Katrina today:

1. Are we being concierge parents to our children? Such as they ask and we get it done for them? Why can’t our children cook one time a week? Why can’t our children do their own laundry and folding? Or help clean the bathroom?

2. In the first few days at an internship or at a job, if your child is given a task to do, he/she should be confident about knowing to break it down into steps and completing it because you have taught them at home to break a bigger task like following a recipe to cook a dish into smaller steps to complete that task. What we have done as parents by training them in such a manner is to take away the feeling of overwhelm when they are exposed to complex tasks in college or at work.

3. Finally, we have so much pressure on us to parent children in today's world. Think about when is the last time you stopped and did something that brings you joy or fills your heart up? If we're living what we love or we find time in our week to do something that lights us up, you know who's watching? You are role modeling for your children, you're showing your sons and daughters that even in their busy lives, they are allowed to have joy in their lives.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #76 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially if you deal with external criticism in life.

Our guest for today is Bill Lee-Emery.  Bill is based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. After over 40 years of working with national and international corporations and businesses, world-class sky-divers, cyclists, triathletes, golfers, and thousands of individuals who want to succeed in life, Bill has distilled his knowledge and experience into a series of books that have just one goal; to help people become better versions of themselves. Bill's latest book, 'How to Be Bulletproof From Criticism'; has attracted rave reviews from health professionals, business owners and world class entrepreneurs.

Besides working in the corporate world, Bill facilitated personal growth programs at one of Australia’s best-known health resorts on the Gold Coast, Queensland

Contact Bill

[email protected]

www.bulletprooffromcriticism.com.au

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Bill today:

1. We should know how to clearly differentiate between someone else’s opinion and facts. Also learn to separate the person from the behavior. If we want to critique, we should be critiquing the behavior, not the person.

2. A comment can last for decades. Especially if that comment is made to our younger generation, then they don’t know how to discern between opinion and fact and it could take them a long time to challenge the validity of their statement, so we should mind our spoken words, when speaking to adults, children or for that matter ourselves. The power of our language literally can shape lives.

3. Whatever we focus on, we get more of – good or bad – this is the classic universal law of attraction.

4. Ask yourselves 2 questions before you go to bed. What did I like about what I did today? This way you are focusing on the behavior that you want to do more of. Second question is if I also do today again, what would I change or do differently? This enables us to focus on what we like, and allows us to attract more of what we like.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to this special Episode #75 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below to subscribe and also click on the bell to be notified of all new episodes when released.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE

We don't have a guest today. This is a unique episode in which your host Hamidah brings you a story that has stayed with her for over 15 years. This story was from her daughter's 2nd grade teacher.  

Hamidah goes on to 'sharing life lessons' she learned from Caroline Myss and Wayne Dyer (RIP), both spiritual authors and motivational speakers. 

Links to connect with Hamidah:

email: [email protected]

https://instagram.com/sharinglifelessons?utm_medium=copy_link

https://facebook.com/sharinglifelessons101

Book references:

A little light on the spiritual laws by Diana Cooper

Anatomy of the spirit AND Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss

Power of intention AND change your thoughts, change your life by Wayne Dyer

I shared life lessons I learned and adopted in my life. I am sure you will find at least one that will speak to you.  There is definitely something in this episode for everyone. 

One important life lesson is recommended by Wayne Dyer. He said in life you will see everything you believe. So stop having limiting beliefs because you are a spiritual, limitless and eternal being.

Another profound life lesson from Caroline Myss' readings is 'If prayer is you talking to God then intuition is God talking to you. Listen to your intuitive voice no matter what anyone says, it will guide you. That is your guiding voice'.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #74 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click the link below and subscribe.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially if you have always said to yourself 'I need to declutter'!

Our guest for today is Lisa Zawrotny.  Lisa is the founder of Positively Productive Systems and the host of the Positively Living Podcast. After experiencing a deeply overwhelming time in her life juggling multiple roles as a caregiver, wife, mother, and business owner, she is now a Productivity + Organizing Coach certified in time and stress management helping multi-passionate creatives boost productivity, balance business and family, and avoid burnout, simply and sustainably.

When she’s not sharing about the wonders of simplicity, self-care, and systems, she’s playing music, drinking iced coffee, and watching movies with her husband and kiddos, or reading while trapped under a cat.

Links to connect with Lisa:

https://positivelyproductive.com/

https://instagram.com/positively_lisa

https://facebook.com/positivelyproductive

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with Lisa today:

1. It is critical that we remember this life lesson from Lisa till we need it, maybe, in several decades. This is the premise of Sharing Life Lessons that we learn from each other’s experiences without having to go through every experience ourselves, especially the bitter ones. Lisa is convinced that she will let her children do what is best for everyone in any given situation and not make them promise that they will not put her in a nursing home. Each one of us is aging. I pray that none of us need to depend on our children physically or financially. But if we ever must then I pray that we are able to give them the freedom to choose the caregiving option that works best for them.

2. We don’t have to fill every moment. We don’t have to always be ‘doing’. Let’s create space and time for us to just ‘be’.

3. We want to try to do less, live more, live better, breathe easier, reduce our stress, and take care of ourselves. Self-care is not optional! There are no bonus points in life for increasing the level of difficulty for ourselves or for not tending to our own needs.

4. Lisa mentioned this insightful quote by Sophia Bush: You are allowed to be a work in progress and a masterpiece simultaneously.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #73 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click and subscribe to get us to our goal of 1000 subscribers by end of this month:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially if you have a DREAM and you love music!

Our guest for today is Robert Miller.  Robert is a musician who followed his youthful dream later in life and became a Rock Star when he was in his 60s, an age when most people are planning their retirement.  In just 5+ years Robert and his band, Project Grand Slam, have released 10 celebrated albums including a Billboard #1, have had over 4 million video views, over 1 million Spotify streams, and more than 50,000 Facebook fans. He’s played festivals and concerts around the world and opened for Edgar Winter, Blues Traveler, Boney James and Mindi Abair, and an after-show for YES.

In March 2021 Robert started the Follow Your Dream Podcast to inspire and motivate others to pursue and succeed at their dream – whatever it may be.

Robert's Podcast Website:

www.followyourdreampodcast.com

Follow Your Dream Handbook:

https://amzn.to/3y2jp7p

My band, Project Grand Slam:

www.projectgrandslam.com

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with our guest for today:

1. You are never too old, and it is never too late to follow your dream!

2. If you have a dream, then take baby steps towards it so that it is not too daunting and it becomes doable.

3. Life is not a straight line and there is no straight line to success. It is going to be a wiggle and you must be willing to deal with that and make adjustments to your plan along the way.

4. Robert took us through his interesting dream theory. He explains clearly what each step towards achieving your dream entails.

5. it's not success or failure that is the key. It's the act of trying. That's what will give you the inner happiness, the satisfaction. Success is just the icing on the cake.

6. Lastly, Covid has taught us that we can’t assume that we have forever so if things were to end sooner then let’s ask ourselves have we  accomplished, and involved ourselves in things we wanted and have we created joy, happiness, and family relationships that we wanted to create?

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be blessed'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #72 of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click and subscribe to get us to our goal of 1000 subscribers by next month:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; literally everyone - parents should have their kids listen to this episode too!

Our guest for today is Simran Chawla.  Simran is visually impaired.  Despite that, she is a model, beauty pageant winner, motivational speaker, video blogger, voice over artist, psychology student, actress, radio jockey, anchor, brand ambassador, writer, and marketing professional.

Simran's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCWAJLcmZRSHH3vxbmEjvYYg

Sharing Life Lesson's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with our guest for today:

1. We should not be guilty or blame anyone. If something has happened, it is because it was meant to happen or if something challenging has happened , then it needed to occur in order for something good to come out of it. This life lesson is particularly special because listeners, think of who is sharing this with us. A pretty person who is visually impaired. Who once could see and knew what the seeing world looks like. She is saying everything that happened to her happened for the good. That is such an amazingly positive perspective of life.

2. If we have that will, the determination, if we have fire in us, if we have that spark in us, we definitely can do whatever we want to do, we are definitely going to succeed.  If we can believe in ourselves, nothing in this universe can stop us from achieving what we want.

3. Being confident and being egoistic are exactly opposite to each other. One can be sure of themselves, one can believe in themselves now that is confidence. If we feel that no one is better than us and if we let our ego be the decision maker then like Simran experienced we won’t achieve success. Confidence is a vital tool to achieving success.  Ego is not needed.

4. Simran’s final sweet message was - You could get through the biggest problems in life by being positive and by smiling. If you keep on smiling, the world is yours.

I will bring you the next episode of Sharing Life Lessons next Wednesday.  Until then, 'be happy, be safe and be well'.

Podcast links:

YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

Anchor.fm:     https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons

I am delighted to welcome you to Episode #71, the first episode of SEASON 8 of 'Sharing Life Lessons'.  A podcast that brings you stories from around the world to have fun with and to learn from because stories inspire, stories teach and stories heal!!. We are one spirit; one soul and together we are creating a library of stories and life lessons.

Sharing Life Lessons has expanded to YouTube.  Please click and subscribe to get us to our goal of 1000 subscribers by October 15th:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCj9tq1TlyMj79sSxITvzdMw

To support the creation of this podcast please go to https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons and hit the support button with the dollar sign to sign up for a monthly subscription for an amount of your choice. This will enable me to continue to bring to you an enhanced season 8.

The target audience for this episode is EVERYONE; especially professionals (there are separate life lessons for junior as well as senior professionals).

Our guest for today is Chris Calabia, a Senior Advisor for Supervisory & Regulatory Policy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Chris leads the Foundation’s global efforts to promote a regulatory framework that enables digital financial inclusion.  He also oversees grants into policy and technological innovations that help central banks and supervisors to promote inclusion, stability, integrity, and consumer protection in lower- and middle-income economies. 

Ref: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/programs/global-growth-and-opportunity/financial-services-for-the-poor

Volunteer matching website recommended by Chris: 

https://pointsoflight.org/

https://www.newyorkcares.org/

These are my Key Takeaways from my dialogue with our guest for today:

1. For a positive experience, do your due diligence on the new company or new department you are moving to. Prior to accepting the role, try to meet with people who are working there and ask them not just about the work, but also about what it's like to work there and what the work culture is.

2. Share few personal things about you with your colleagues and managers that enable them to feel connected with you as a person.

3. If you are a junior person in a new role, it is very important that people get to know you. There may be many people in the same role as you are and you'll need to stand out and distinguish yourself. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, to say I don’t know how to do that, or what would be your recommendations? More importantly, demonstrate that you are the kind of person that can get things done.

4. Make sure you understand the mission of the company that you're in and make sure that you can connect what you are doing in your role to that overarching mission.

5. There are so many ways of giving back to a community in order to create the type of community you want to live in and the type of world you want to be in. Chris’ last message was that he wants to live in a world where we listen to each other, he wants our children to grow up in a world where we listen and learn from each other. If we wish the same for ourselves and our children then let’s ask ourselves - what are we doing about it?

Podcast links:

Apple Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sharing-life-lessons/id1495248815?uo=4

Spotify:     https://open.spotify.com/show/1EZMzRw1cWMyvSiyeeyTRd

Anchor.fm:     https://anchor.fm/sharinglifelessons