The ET project

Today I'm excited to be close to home once again and this time, visiting Melbourne, Australia. Even thou we do spend some time in Broken Hill and Sydney, both of which sit in New South Wales.

Why? Because we are meeting with Aussie Outback legend Ms. Fiona Demark.

I am excited to introduce Ms. Demark who is an adventure-seeking, obstacle bounding, no-regretive kind of girl who lives life to the extreme.

She has spent the past 30 ish years using her talents in human communication, care, and kindness to help others. She shares her story and proves that all of us can be resilient, strong, and grateful for what life presents us.

Fiona is here today to share her inspirational story of resilience, goal setting, and overcoming barriers and will help you realize that you too have the power to change your life in positive ways and achieve your dreams.

So imagine if you can live in an isolated township hours away from the next established location. In many cases that's also hours away from the next property.

Many of you will have seen the American Wild West on TV, well Broken Hill is pretty close to Australia's equivalent, only with rich red soil, and an abundance of wild life inclusive of many of the deadliest reptiles on the planet, plus a few friendly roos and koalas thrown in for good measure.

This is the terrain where our guest grew up all the while, suffering an increasing degree of blindness.

It's a wide-ranging discussion ranging from disabilities to personal challenges and conquests, and to suggestions that all of us can heed in helping make this planet a more friendly and engaging environment

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Today I'm excited to be cyberhopping across the waterways to Arizona in the United States to chat with our guest Mr Brian Wood.

Brian achieved All-Metro, captain and MVP honors while playing basketball at William Paterson University in New Jersey.

After completing his undergraduate degree (BA Communications) in 1987, he combined his hunger for competition and adventure by participating on several traveling basketball teams including tournaments in Denmark, Puerto Rico, Australia, Mexico City, Alaska, Panama, and Hawaii.

Juggling career, family and volunteer responsibilities, Brian was able to earn his MBA at the University of Phoenix in 2014.

Later he secured the Certified Professional Coach designation through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching

Additionally, Brian is an accredited Master Practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index Program and a certified Leadership Circle Profile Practitioner.

He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors with the Tempe Chamber of Commerce and this together with the athletic and Corporate America journey has provided him with valuable perspectives while exposing a clear need relative to coaching.

As Brian highlights, athletes are often provided with essential coaching at an early age. However, when it's time to transition away from active participation, more often than not – coaching no longer takes place.

Brian is inspired to make a difference in his client's lives. He's motivated to collaborate, identify, and help them pursue their higher purpose – building a legacy of greatness!

So, during our conversation, you will hear Brian and I discussing some of the details that lie beneath the surface of things we often take for granted.

Topics such as understanding other cultures at a deeper level and even having genuine empathy with your partner and their struggles while they support us in pursuing our dreams.

It's a wide-ranging discussion that I'm confident you will enjoy.

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Today I have the chance to head back home to Australia and visit our guest Ms Marnie Beauchamp who is sitting in Shellharbour, on the southern coast of NSW in the Illawara region.

Marnie is an award winning business leader, bestselling Author, and Coach who is revitalizing the business landscape for women.

With over 24 years of business ownership, Marnie has built four start-up businesses plus acquired three others.

She is revolutionizing the way that new business owners can truly thrive.

Marnie is a visionary who has developed enviable skills and knowledge during her career. Her bespoke approach has been instrumental in helping others to break down barriers, build resilience, and find the tenacity to face fears, conquer challenges, and overcome obstacles to achieve both short-term and long-term success.

Her accomplishments are impressive and include Business Person of the Year, and Overall Business of the Year, and her Real Estate Agencies won on multiple occasions for the best business in their industry category.

But what truly makes Marnie unique is her never-give-up mindset.

To say that she has faced many challenges, obstacles and adversity over the years would be an understatement.

Her latest venture is her book which soared to bestseller status overnight in multiple categories including "Women & Business" on Amazon.

Marnie has survived many highs and lows, most of which would stop most people in their tracks. But rather than give in, she got back up over and over again and used the lessons learned along the way to rebuild a life and business, which exceeded all expectations.

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Today, I'm really excited because sitting in the seat with me all the way over in Santa Fe is Ms. Ann Betz joining us for a second time, by the way.

We're going to talk about narcissists which is a favorite topic of Anns. Looking at it through the lens of leadership.

Ann is co-founder of BEabove Leadership. An international speaker and a trainer. Has studied and consults on neuroscience as well as leadership and coaching. She has been a professional coach for a couple of decades or more and is an researcher

Ann writes for various different organizations and magazines, including Choice Magazine, Coaching at Work, Coaching World and the ICF. Finally Ann is also a poet and has a published book of poems - available of Amazon and is titled "Coaching the Spirit"

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It's a special day today as I'm off to Costa Rica baby. Pura Vida to all! I think this is my 4th virtual visit to a country that sits high on my "must visit" list.

And we're equally pleased to be chatting with Mr. Richard Blank, who is somewhat of an icon in the capital city of San Jose. You'll understand why in a moment.

Richard's vision quest journey is filled with twists and turns. When he was 27 years old, he relocated to Costa Rica to train employees for one of the larger call centers in the capital.

With a mix of motivational public speaking style backed by tactful and appropriate rhetoric, Richard shared his knowledge and trained over 10,000 bilingual telemarketers.

Today Richard is the Chief Executive Officer for Costa Rica's Call Center which he founded in 2008.

Fun fact and to my point about being an icon - Richard has the largest collection of restored American Pinball machines and antique Rockola Jukeboxes in Central America making gamification a strong part of Costa Rica Call Centre culture.

Richard holds a bachelor's degree in Communication and Spanish from the University of Arizona and a certificate of language proficiency from the University of Sevilla, Spain.

He was a keynote speaker for Philadelphia's Abington High School 68th National Honors Society induction ceremony.

And in addition, has been inducted into the 2023 Hall of Fame for Business. Giving back to Abington Senior High School is very important to Mr. Blank.

As such, he endows a scholarship each year for students who plan on majoring in a world language at the university level.

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Welcome to week three of January 2024 I'm very excited today because we are country hopping to chat with our guest Ms. Karen Deloach, whom we find sitting in Germany for this conversation, although her base is South Carolina, in the US.

Karen is an award-winning artist and art teacher, author, minister, wife, mother, grandmother, and speaker/coach.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting/ drawing and an MA in Studio Art.

Karen has written three art books: How to Draw, How to Paint as well as Art History & Appreciation, which are used in her college and online classes.

Through her best-selling books, training courses, and sold-out LIVE events, Karen DeLoach has inspired hundreds of thousands of creative entrepreneurs and workplace executives worldwide to add FUN and imagination into the workplace. Karen has proven that it doesn't matter your age, your skill level, or what your creative needs are...if you have the desire to add a little more creativity and imagination into your work life, and your leisure time, you too can have your spark lit with expert, personal training and accountability.

As Karen says, she is on a mission to empower the artistic expression of Christian Creatives; to enable us to communicate with confidence, to release the spiritual anointing deep inside. and to get soul-healing through making and looking at art.

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Welcome to week two of January, 2024, and I'm very excited today to be heading to the city of Alexandria in the state of Louisiana in the USA, and chatting with our guest Mr. Wayne Mullins.

Wayne is a husband, father of four, entrepreneur, the founder of Ugly Mug Marketing, creator of the Freelance Accelerator, and author of Full Circle Marketing, which you'll hear us explore deeply during this conversation.

He's an out-of-the-box against-the-grain thinker, and this is more than paid off for his company as well as his clients. Wayne leads from the heart and is passionate and unapologetic about doing so. As founder of Ugly Mug Marketing, he's inspired clients from more than 100 industries, and his work directly influences more than 250,000 entrepreneurs each year.

His company helps entrepreneurs build exceptional teams and create high-performance cultures, driving results for business owners through innovative marketing, branding, social media, and website design.

Wayne has a very interesting backstory about his journey that led to his clients heavily influencing his decision to start his marketing company after they witnessed firsthand how he grew and scaled successfully his Lawn mowing business.

Plus, in his book, Wayne unveils two very simple-to-apply marketing tools that helped him achieve success. Therefore, I'm quietly confident that you're going to find this conversation to be not only insightful but also encouraging for your endeavors.

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Happy New Year!

It's the start of a new calendar year 2024 and I'm very excited today to be heading to Mexico City, Mexico to chat with our guest Ms. Mariana Macias.

Mariana trips between Mexico and New York serving her army of clients, international giants such as Sales Force, North Face, Colgate and Sodexo as well as consulting firms insurance companies marketing agencies, and a host of independent entrepreneurs.

Ms. Macias methodology is 100% pure coaching leveraging KPIs and questioning, that lead her clients to experience powerful breakthroughs by committing to fulfilling their dreams and introducing massive action into their lives.

She's a certified meditation guide and a published author which of course we discussed more during the conversation and Mariana has been selected and recognized for being one of the 500 companies and most influential coaching leaders for her entrepreneurial success achievements and dedication to helping others.

Mariana is passionate about helping top executives and leaders transform their organizational culture as well as being part of their transformational journey with people and leadership.

Additionally, Mariana specializes in employee performance culture and change management. So Team ET Mariana's journey to reach this point in her life and her career is a fascinating story on its own. From being kidnapped to learning her craft under the legendary John Mattone this journey has helped to crystallize her focus and ambition. I think you're going to really enjoy this conversation.

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Today I'm again flying solo which normally means just one thing – yes you are correct. It is the end of another quarter – it is the end of Qtr. 4, 2023. This is our 6th quarter together – or the end of 18 months. This means in total we have spoken with 72 incredible people during that period and of those 12 guests in this most recent quarter.

From the outset I want to let you know that if you are able you are best to watch this episode of YouTube rather than listen to it as an audio. WHY – because of the way we created this one.

You may be familiar with the promo teaser we release each week ahead of the episode release. Well in this recording we insert those promo teasers into the video but not into the audio. As a result in the audio, you will hear me do the intro of each guest but you won't hear the promo video.

Apologies in advance if this causes any challenges or upsets your normal listening pattern.

Today's Guests: All 12 from Quarter 4, 2023

• Dave Goodall | LinkedIn
• Ashton R. | LinkedIn
• Tom Applegarth | LinkedIn
• Pauline Kirk | LinkedIn
• Michelle Hoffmann (Brosler) | LinkedIn
• David D. Doerrier | LinkedIn
• Manoj Vasudevan | LinkedIn
• Pia Wendelbo | LinkedIn
• Jim Bishop, ACC | LinkedIn
• Annie Margarita Yang | LinkedIn
• Ambika Devi | LinkedIn
• John Leister | Indigo Books

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Today we are heading to Stuart, in the southeast of Florida to meet up with our roller-skating guest, who is loving referred to as the Yodini Yoda, and a Meditation Jedi, Ms Ambika Devi

As a speaker, Ambika's expert knowledge of the mind and her engaging storytelling inspire audiences and provides effective tools to demonstrate how they can alter neural pathways and thought loops.

Ambika delivers Keynotes, panel discussions, and in-service retreats for organizations both nationally and internationally. She has appeared on TLC-The Learning Channel, syndicated and public radio, and NY Public Access television, is a recurring guest on podcasts and vlogcasts, and taught holistic health at the university level for 21 years. With 47 years of experience, >13,500 hours of study, and having taught over 20,000 people the art of meditation, Ambika gives three clear steps that lead you directly into a deep state of meditation.

An author of six international best-selling and award-winning books inspire the changes you crave.

As a coach and workshop leader, she places you precisely on your path using tools from her multiple degrees including a Master's in Yoga and Meditation, and bachelor's degrees in Astrology, and in Fine Arts, plus her decade of research as a PhD program candidate.

Join her peace-building mission helping people realize that thought is the architect of reality and that happiness is our true nature.

This is the road map that shows you how to step out of the churning river of thoughts and activity of the mind and stop wearing insane schedules like badges of honor so that your team gets back to harmonious ideation with clear communication and healthy relationships.

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