#SHOWUP2020 with John Neral

What’s been your biggest lesson learned from 2020?

Whether you’ve been furloughed, laid-off, or gainfully employed, this year has taught you many things.

In this episode, I’m sharing a few thoughts to close out 2020 and what’s next for 2021, including my new podcast, “Your Mid-Career GPS.”

My heartfelt thanks to all of my guests for spending some time with me and sharing their incredible stories. You’ve made this podcast what it is, and I appreciate you.

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

I met AliceAnne Loftus during coach training at iPEC and immediately appreciated her energy and drive. She’s a successful business owner and entrepreneur who helps women lean in to their authenticity and unlock the leader they were born to be.

How will you take the lessons learned from this year and give yourself the space and grace to SHOW UP right now and in 2021?

Join me as I get on the mic with AliceAnne to discuss:

* What 2020 has taught her

* How resilience and positivity help her lead unapologetically and authentically

* How she and her family have adjusted this year

* What it means to be a Leading Lady and celebrate others

* What it means to be unapologetically authentic

* Why it was important to her to build a community of leading ladies and help them SHOW UP in their businesses and communities

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

You can connect with AliceAnne by visiting her website www.leadinglady-coaching.com, as well as on social. You can follow her on Instagram @leading_lady_coach and join her Facebook Group @LeadingLadiesAAL.

I asked my editor, Rich Lucey, to be a guest on my podcast because after all that 2020 has given us, many people are considering writing a book, and you will need an editor. As an editor, Rich didn’t just catch the grammatical mistakes. He read my book for content and clarity as well. With twenty five-star reviews on Amazon, I would say we did a good job.

Join me as I get on the mic with Rich to discuss:

* How his gift of editing is both a talent and a curse

* Why every writer needs an editor

* The value of proofreading in your career

* Why building an editing business is a great addition to his full-time job

* What 2020 has taught him about showing up

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

Connect with Rich by emailing him at [email protected] and by visiting his website – https://captredpen.wordpress.com.

Recently, my friend and coach bestie, Natalie Siston, became a #1 Best Selling Author on Amazon with her new book, “Let Her Out.” I invited her on the podcast because what Natalie has accomplished this year is a tremendous inspiration for showing up in 2020.

Earlier this year, Natalie asked herself, “Who quits their job in the middle of a global pandemic?” She answered, “Someone whose dreams are bigger than her fears.”

Join me as I get on the mic with Natalie to discuss:

* How her career continues to evolve and what it meant for her to be professionally “Free by 40”

* The secrets that lie in our journals and diaries and why we need to “Let Her Out”

* What Natalie learned about herself from speaking at a 4H event when she was growing up

* Her reasons and inspiration for writing her book

* What it means to her to “SHOW UP” and “Let Her Out”

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. Plus, you can follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

You can connect with Natalie on social and through her websites:

https://letherout.com 

https://smalltownleadership.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliesiston/

https://www.facebook.com/natalie.siston

https://www.instagram.com/nataliesiston/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvzFqQhW2S6-JCczQEr0ovg

If you think you can’t find a job this late in the year, let alone in this pandemic, you are wrong.

Remember that your thoughts create feelings, which then create actions that produce results. How are your thoughts helping or hurting you in your job search process?

John gets on the mic with Project Manager, Clare Simmons. Clare was a member of John’s #SHOWUPChallenge, and for the past three months, she has been working hard on her job search, interviewing, and negotiating process. She not only received one job offer, she had two. After months of crickets not hearing anything, Clare got to choose which job she wanted.

In this episode, we talk about:

* Why Clare decided to look for a new job during a pandemic

* How Clare stayed resilient during her job search

* One valuable lesson she learned during her interviews

* How the #SHOWUPChallenge helped her competently and confidently share her value and worth in multiple interviews

* How the #SHOWUPChallenge helped her create her next advancement opportunity

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. Plus, you can follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

You can connect with Clare on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-simmons-a8004311/.

With Thanksgiving just a couple of days away, it’s understandable we may not be feeling as grateful as we have in previous years.

It’s been challenging to SHOW UP this year, and I believe it’s important to acknowledge our frustrations and disappointments. Perhaps you are feeling a little guilty about not feeling as grateful as you “should” be. I’m here to tell you – that’s okay.

However, if you are looking for ways to be a little more grateful in 2020 or looking for some new ideas, join me on this podcast as I share five ideas to help you increase your gratitude and SHOW UP more authentically in 2020

In this podcast, I’ll share with you:

1. Why starting a gratitude practice is essential in 2020

2. How to take time to be grateful for the little things

3. Why it’s important to acknowledge the heartache and pain of 2020

4. The power of volunteering or donating

5. Ways to share your gratitude with others

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

As a huge game show fan, watching Jeopardy! each night is appointment television in my house. And while Alex Trebek is not the original host of Jeopardy!, he certainly left an indelible mark on the show and its legacy.

As 2020 claims another life, I wanted to share a few thoughts about what Alex Trebek has taught me about managing your professional brand, what it means to #SHOWUP even in your darkest hours, and what made Alex Trebek one of the best game show hosts of all time.

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

2020 has given us a lot of stories and it’s making us wonder what’s next for our careers and our lives. Perhaps, you’ve considered writing a book but aren’t sure how to start or even questioned if it is good enough?

Does this sound like you?

What story is sitting inside of you waiting to get out of your brain and on to the page?

John gets on the mic with “The Book Doula” – Andrea Seydel. They discuss a process for getting your book written and why it’s not doing you or anyone else any good sitting unwritten and unshared.

You can contact John with your career story & more at: www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. Plus, you can follow him on Facebook & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, connect with him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral and follow him on Twitter @john_neral.

Visit Andrea’s website https://andreaseydel.com. Also, follow her on Instagram @livelifehappy_as and join her Facebook Group - @LiveLifeHappyCommunity.

Your game-changing moment is when you know, without question, that your life changed because of that event.

In 2020, perhaps you’ve had that game-changing moment or two where your life and career have dramatically shifted because of it.

John gets on the mic with High-Performance Coach Susan Kovacs to discuss:

* Why our beliefs shape who we are and what we can do

* How the pandemic has impacted our beliefs and businesses

* How our entrepreneurial desire to be, do or have drive our actions to create our results

* An entrepreneur’s “Money Thermostat”

* Why a belief in “sucking at sales” holds us back from showing up as impactful entrepreneurs

* How a “Learner’s Mindset” drives our curiosity in our careers and business

* How to stop our six-year-old selves from running our lives

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral, Twitter @john_neral & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, or join his Facebook page @JohnNeralCoaching. 

For more information, you can email Susan Kovacs at [email protected], connect with her on LinkedIn @SusanKovacs and Instagram @susanlkovacs. And visit her website: https://theachievementedge.com.

According to Christianna Silva for NPR, 1 in 4 households have experienced food insecurity this year.

While the daily news reports focus on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths, we can't forget how COVID has wreaked havoc between the loss of jobs and the fear of not having enough food on the table.

And for our family and friends who work in the foodservice industry, this year has been incredibly difficult for them.

John gets on the mic with Chef Jaycee, a DC-area chef, to discuss:

* His journey to becoming a chef

* How the shutdown has impacted his corporate chef job and his business

* Working alongside Chef Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen

* Addressing America's food insecurity

You can contact John with your career story & more at www.johnneral.com/contact or email him at [email protected]. You can also follow him on LinkedIn @JohnNeral, Twitter @john_neral & Instagram @JohnNeralCoaching, or join his Facebook page @JohnNeralCoaching. 

Follow Chef Jaycee on Instagram @Chefjaycee, on Facebook @Cherjayceellc, and visit his website https://chefjaycee.com for more information about his services and recipes.