The Accented World Podcast

Do you believe in magic? I think the answer to this question will depend based on how you look at it. Are we talking about the magic of kindness, the magic of Harry Potter, or the magic of master magicians? Well, today we're talking about the latter, but I do love me some Harry Potter and could talk about it all day every day. 
My guest on the show is Dan Chan, who the Business Insider dubbed the “Billionaire’s Magician” as he performs at events so exclusive he regularly asked to sign non-disclosure agreements for his high profile clients around the world. 

Dan recently pivoted his business to Zoom, where he hosts virtual magic shows. He often performs with his son, James, who at the mere age of 5 years old was juggling 3 balls, at age 8 three flaming torches & by age 10 he was picking pockets. James’ credits include appearing on ABC7 News, national television with Tiffany Haddish, and Access Daily with Penn & Teller.

Daniel is here today to talk about niching down in business, how Zoom improved his business, the importance of connections, what does a magic show looks like, reverse engineering success, and creating smart goals. Tune in now to hear Dan's story and advice. 

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My guest on the show today, Ms. Michelle Enjoli Beato is a bilingual international speaker and career coach who motivates and teaches strategies on how to successfully connect to career and business opportunities. 

A first-generation American born to parents from the Dominican Republic, growing up in a dynamic environment, she understood early on in life the importance of connecting with other people from all over the world. She has leveraged those connections and has worked for global brands in television broadcasting like Univision, Telemundo, ABC, NBC, and CBS and marketing positions for Mercedes-Benz USA and Delta Air Lines. 

In 2016, she created the first all-inclusive business resource group at Mercedes-Benz USA in order to help connect leaders and professionals with each other for growth and development. This position helped her continue to expand on this work and she created her second dream job with the launch of Connect with Michelle Enjoli where she teaches about the power of connecting with ourselves and the power of networking with others. 

On the show today Michelle discusses advice for those wanting to start their own business or pursue a career change, how having coffee with others can help you land new job opportunities, the power of learning from and assisting others, the most important connection to make for success and how failure helps us to become resilient. This interview was filled with so many nuggets of wisdom and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Tune in now to hear Michelle’s take on making connections.

“Communication and connecting with people are so important because you have to stay relevant. You have to stay interested in educating yourself because that's how you will continuously move forward or be able to move forward when something unexpected happens.”- Michelle Enjoli Beato

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"Each pet has its specific mission and role, and definitely in the totality, it's to show us how to practice unconditional love.” - Mark Hernandez

I’m a strong believer in holistic and natural living and try to create a healthy environment for me and my family. When Mark Hernandez, the owner, and founder of People and Pets Energetics reached out to me to come on the show, I was thrilled. I couldn’t wait to learn about his perspective on pet health and how I could integrate it in the life of my extremely anxious dog Luna. 

Mark is an intuitive energy healer and coach that helps pets and pet parents with their health and well-being so that they both are happier and healthier. He uses non-invasive energy-medicine modalities and tools to help his clients experience a change in a gentle and safe fashion. Day by day people is choosing to assume a greater role in their own health and well-being.  Mark's work helps people experience more health, happiness, joy, and freedom in their everyday lives.

On today’s show, Mark discusses working as a professional energy healer, helping animals with behavioral issues & separation anxiety, how to create a healthy home environment at home and how animals can reflect our flaws. 

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Violence is not an easy topic to discuss. Domestic, workplace, and school violence are on the rise, especially now during the pandemic, where many people are living on the edge. Here are some statistics I gathered from NCADV. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States.1 in 15 children are exposed to intimate partner violence each year, and 90% of these children are eyewitnesses to this violence. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. These statistics are staggering, yet, many women and men are deeply ashamed about being in an abusive relationship or don’t know there are resources they can use to help them get out. 

My guest on today’s show, Sabrina Osso is the founder and CEO of OSSO SAFE…Feel safe where you live, work, and play. She is a TEDx Speaker, Domestic Violence Speaker, Real Estate Agent, and Consultant on promoting safety and preventing violence in the workplace, schools, and in places of residence.  Sabrina’s personal and professional experience with the subject allows her to bring a unique and holistic approach for employers, landlords, tenants, students, and teachers.  She believes that by combining education and technology, we can save lives and bottom lines. 

On today’s show, we discuss healing from trauma, violence statistics, warning signs of an abusive relationship, how to prevent domestic violence, how to end an abusive relationship, the importance of educating children, and how to practice not being abusive. 

I am thrilled to have Sabrina on the show today. As a victim of physical and emotional violence myself, I know how hard it is to even admit something like this happened or is happening to you. Know that you’re not alone and that once you open up about your experiences, it is very freeing and healing. Go to the session notes of today’s episode for resources for violence victims. Now let’s meet Sabrina. 

“Pornography is a huge driver of violence. Pornography is the opposite of sexual freedom.”
-Sabrina Osso

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Call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)

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When I met my guest on today’s show Shawn, I have to be honest, I was having a bad few days. I wasn’t sure how this podcast was going to go, because I just wasn’t feeling like myself. I was pretty nervous logging on, and didn’t know what to expect. The minute I connected with Shawn all of my worries evaporated into the thin air. He is ranked as #1 motivational author and international keynote speaker and I got to experience his talents and gifts first hand. 

Shawn is special and got me out of my head within minutes of us talking. It was an incredible conversation. Shawn has been an entrepreneur since the age of 10. He started off selling worms to fishermen. He has come a long way since then, as he is a 7-time author and the creator of "Extra Mile Day"...a day declared by 507 cities on 11/1/2020 recognizing extra mile volunteer heroes in local communities. Shawn walks the talk. He's built a million dollar company, pedaled a bike 4,000 miles across the U.S. (twice), run a 100-mile race, and created adventures in 45+ countries including having walked across seven countries since 2014.

 On today’s show, we discuss how Shawn became a motivational speaker, the power of encouraging others, the battery charger of the human spirit, the gift of self-awareness, the repercussion of being out of balance, the 3 questions you must ask yourself every morning, some motivational words for non-native speakers, The Extra Mile Day and Shawn’s dream box. 

Tune into today’s show to meet Shawn yourself. 

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Instagram can be a source of happiness, friendship, networking but also if we’re not careful frustration and pain. Those accounts which are perfectly orchestrated to look like someone’s life is only full of success and happy moments are frankly not real. It is so easy to fall prey to those accounts, start to compare ourselves, and bring down our self-worth. I’m very wary of those kinds of accounts and brands which set these impossible standards. 

My guest on today’s show, Ms. Connie Chi, is an American entrepreneur, publicist, expert in media communications, and founder of The Chi Group, award-winning public relations and brand management agency working with inspirational talents and personalities. She speaks globally about public relations, brand management, entrepreneurship, and is known for her TEDx Talk titled, “Lonely AF: Lonely About Failure.” Chi has written 2 books titled, Branding Without A Brand, teaching you how to take your brand from zero to hero and “Overachieving AF: Overachieving Failure and The Lessons It Teaches.” 

Connie has a very fresh perspective on how to use Instagram to help change the world rather than create more FOMO and the feeling of loneliness. 

On today’s show, Connie also discusses failure, how it can be lonely but also our best teacher in life, how to recover from failure, the courage to dream big, how to reverse engineer Instagram, how to make it work for you, how to find press opportunities on Instagram, and the e-mail formula that has been 98% successful in creating collaboration and sponsorship opportunities with brands, no matter your following count. Tune in to my chat with Connie.
 
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"If you have the courage to dream big, you need to be an overachiever. Or else you're not going to accomplish your dreams, right? Whatever the dream is. And you can't just do it 20%. If you're dreaming big, you need to do it at 150% with full capacity.”- Connie Chi

I bet if you consider yourself a global citizen like myself you’ve used or at least heard of What’s App. So if you’ve moved to another country, have traveled internationally or had friends abroad, WhatsApp has become one of the most popular communication apps in the world. It’s even slowly making its way to the US. 

Have you ever thought about using WhatsApp for networking with people worldwide? I haven’t until I met my guest on today’s show, Mr. Marc Jarrett. Marc runs 150+ WhatsApp groups covering all kinds of industries and business subjects. He has groups for powerful women, groups for podcasters, global networking groups, and even a group for avocado lovers. I’m personally part of that one, as I sure love me some avocado. Marc is on a mission to help US business people use WhatsApp to help them win more business globally. That’s exactly what we talked about on today’s show. 

Marc is a huge proponent of global networking and niche networking and he has years of experience on this topic. After beginning his career in Banking and Futures Trading, he spent most of his career in the telecoms industry and was first-to-market with cellphone personalization products which went on to become a multi-million-dollar industry. 

In 2009, he founded a boutique consultancy firm that helps his clients expand internationally. He is also VP Europe with Gottesman Company, America’s largest network of International M&A Brokers.  Over the years. Marc has amassed an enormous network and he has been extolling the virtues of virtual networking long before COVID19 came along. On today’s show, we also discuss LinkedIn and how to use it to build connections and he shares advice for people wanting to build a global network.

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You may or may not know this, but I am totally obsessed with my dog Luna. She’s my 3.5-year-old rescue and when I picked her up from the shelter, I immediately knew that the dry food or canned food diet that I was recommended she eat, was not going to make the cut for me. After all, I eat mostly plant-based food and I know that nutrition is one of the most important aspects of our health. Doing the math I knew, that Luna, as a living organism, being a dog and having 99% wolf DNA would not thrive eating factory-produced processed food. It was basic, natural math for me. I just couldn’t feed her that. 

So the diet we decided to feed her is home-cooked meals. We buy her organic meat and cook it with veggies, and add vitamins and minerals to help her thrive. Although she seems to love her diet, in the back of my mind I always knew, that I would eventually switch her to a raw food diet, having done my research and knowing that it’s the healthiest option for her. But the learning curve is steep and something about the raw food diet always intimidated me. I had a lot of questions about it. 

This is why I was so thrilled to meet my guest on today’s show, Micol Romano. Micol is an entrepreneur who specializes in helping dog and cat owners transition their animals to a natural, raw diet and integrate holistic practices in their pet's health. She’s a trained osteopath and homeopath and went to a veterinary school specializing in animal nutrition. She eventually decided to suspend her studies for different opportunities in life. Her greatest moments are those spent with her animals in the wild outdoors. Micol also has a very rich immigrant background, having spent her childhood in Italy speaking a mix of Italian and German, moving to the US and later to Germany. 

On today’s show, Micol discussed the difficulties with the transition period when speaking different languages, looking at nature for best practices, the problem with dry and wet food diet for dogs, how to start your pet on a raw food diet, how to balance a raw food diet, the best thing for cancer prevention in dogs, how to vary the raw food diet and how to batch prepare your dogs food. 

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When I first moved to the United States, I was desperate to find my community, to find a group of friends who would accept me for who I was and who I could spend time with. That’s something that a lot of immigrants struggle with, moving to a brand new country and leaving behind their family and friends. My guest on today’s show knows all about building communities of like-minded people. Julia Minkowski is a Fraud and Risk Management expert, innovator, startup advisor, community organizer, mentor, and speaker. That is a lot of hats that she wears, but trust me she’s amazing at wearing every single one of them. Julia is the co-founder of the Russian Speaking Women in Tech Silicon Valley community that accounts for nearly 3,200 talented local women in technology. If you think about it her group is very specific, it’s for women, who speak Russian and work in tech. But thanks to her incredible community-building skills, she grew it to a whopping 3200 members. Now that’s impressive. Not only is she an incredibly inspiring woman when it comes to her business achievements, she also moved alone to Israel at the age of 17 and rode 500 miles by bike in Thailand, Laos, and Canada. I mean, how brave is that? On today’s show, Julia spoke about building communities and shared advice on how to build a community of like-minded individuals, how to live according to your cycle, the importance of sleep, and the lean startup methodology. Make sure to tune in to hear her incredible story! 

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I am super excited for today’s guest because I was finally able to chat with an English as a second Language teacher.

Olga Prepodobnaya, a Russian ex-pat who teaches in Italy, was the perfect person to discuss learning English with. Thanks to her extensive experience, wonderful personality and willingness to discuss the pros and the cons of learning new languages, our chat was filled with wisdom nuggets for anyone interested in this topic. Her idea of teaching is based on the principle of “eclecticism”: all the students are different in objectives, learning styles, age, and energy levels, and it is the teacher’s aim to define their needs and expose their language potential making use of various techniques and approaches. I couldn’t agree with her more. 

I wanted to add that Olga is not only an English and Russian speaker, she also taught herself Polish, Italian, and Japanese. I mean, she’s totally brilliant. 

On today’s show we discuss how to learn languages by yourself, the pros and cons of living in new countries, the importance of imitation and language immersion, how Olga modified her accent by listening to Whitney Houston and Aerosmith when she was 5 years old, and advice for adults learning English. 

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