Team GROW Podcast

Robert Johnstone welcomes the new Team Grow podcast co-host, Jeff Ratanapool, to the show. Jeff turns the tables in this episode and gets Robert’s story that led him to his current role in Wayne Media Group & Speakeasy Podcast Network. Robert tells how a lasting childhood friendship rolled into a successful business. He speaks to Wayne Media’s unique approach to their digital marketing, advertising, and visual media services; as well as the powers of podcasting and how Speakeasy is leveraging that power for their clients.

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Wayne Media Group 

Speakeasy Podcast Network

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www.teamgrow.com/

FB - @growlouisville

In this Member Spotlight, Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes Jennifer Jewel-Smith, of the Jewell Smith Group at Keller Williams, to the podcast. Jennifer shares her a bit of her journey into and through real estate, and why she loves loves her profession and continues to stay in the grind with her agents. She speaks to her perspective of the current market, as well as her excitement about expanding into property management. 

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Jennifer Jewell-Smith

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https://thejewellsmithgroup.com/

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Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes Randy Strause back to the podcast to dive a little deeper into the art of networking. They touch on the dos and don’ts in networking that can make or break a person’s experience. They stress authenticity, and the importance of truly listening to one another, to better understand each other’s business as well as get to know one another on a personal level. The sum of this is the development of real connection and confidence in one’s network.

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www.strauselawgroup.com 

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www.teamgrow.com/

FB - @growlouisville

Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes Grow co-founder and International Developer, Paola Moretta, to the podcast. At an early age Paola fell in love with music and had dreams of singing. She began formal training as a singer in Quito, Ecuador, at the age of 7 and continues singing to this day. Paola shares her experience of growing a trade exchange to over 400 businesses with her husband, Adam Gallagher, and how it rolled into the beginning of a school to teach both Spanish language and Hispanic culture. She goes further to touch on not just the importance of networking, but what is truly at the core of this kind of the activity, relationships.

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www.spanishlouisville.com 

Host, Robert Johnstone, sits down with Benefits Advisor of Byrne Insurance Group, Arra Whitty, and founder, Ben Byrne. They discuss the current landscape of the insurance world and the challenges they’re facing. Arra and Ben emphasizes why they’re staying focused on their principles to ensure they continue to develop relationships with their clients, determining their needs and delivering them value. 

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Arra Whitty - LinkedIn 

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www.byrneinsurancegroup.com 

Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes James Metts to the Team GROW Podcast. James reflects on the origins of his family’s business, Ron Metts Construction, and how his path branched out for many years but ultimately brought him back to become a project manager, working along side his family. After graduating from EKU, James moved to Montana and became a full-time cowboy working on the largest cattle ranch in the region, . Eventually returning home, James has found his stride in the family business, problem solving, putting his focus on building relationships, and further establishing a reputation of mindful project management and dependability for Ron Metts Construction.

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James Metts

502.643.8226

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www.ronmettsconstruction.com 

Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes David Meek to the podcast. David shares his story that led him into the mortgage business, and his successes and goals in the industry. David recalls the need to challenge himself to learn, become more resourceful, and seek a mentor to contuniue developing as a lender. Now, with eight years in the mortgage world, David reflects on the importance of networking, and how his principles and philosophy have been shaped by the relationships he's fostered.

Robert Johnstone welcomes Ben McKain to the GROW Podcast to discuss perspective on motivation; how to find it, maintain it, harness it to push toward personal goals, and even why it could be considered unnecessary when compared to discipline and habits. Ben references several books to paint more of a holistic picture of how to better understand motivation, discipline and habits in order to sustain them all.

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Ben McCain - Northwest Mutual

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Find Your Why – by Simon Sinek

So Good They Can’t Ignore you – by Cal Newport

Discipline is Freedom: Field Manual – by Jocko Willinck

Can’t Hurt Me – by David Goggins

Willpower Doesn’t Work – by Benjamin Hardy

Atomic Habits – by James Clear

Way of the Warrior Kid - by Jocko Willink

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Podcast links:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show/id1344999619?i=1000407570610

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jordan-harbinger-show/id1344999619?i=1000406207138

Host, Robert Johnstone and GROW Co-Founder, Ben Robbins, welcome Rebecca Hadley to the podcast to break down the functions of a Trade Exchange, and why it's such a valuable element of GROW. Rebecca, once a trade broker for a similar trade exchange, tells us how using trade has helped grow her business and helped with a number of expenses in her personal life. This episode should help GROW Members understand how the trade exchange works and give creative ideas of how to use it to leverage your business.

Host, Robert Johnstone, welcomes Randy Strause, of the Strause Law Group to the show. They get into the deeper impact and effects of networking and establishing relationships; as well as what Randy believes is the proper approach to networking. Randy speaks to his pay-it-forward philosophy and the development of social capital in business through a willingness and desire to help others. 

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https://www.strauselawgroup.com/