Today on the show I am welcoming career coach Rahti Gorfien to the show. Rahti specializes in helping creatives with ADHD or other life conditions that make focus especially challenging. She explains how she sees ADHD as more of a super power and unique brain wiring rather than a disability. She can help her clients learn how to manage their time and priorities with more confidence. 

 

In our conversation, Rahti gets personal with my own business and podcast, asking me some helpful clarifying questions. We discuss the importance of having multiple skill sets that enable you to pivot and transition when opportunities present themselves in this new age of careers. Rahti also emphasizes the significance of recognizing which jobs are a good fit because they actually value your time and allow you to showcase your strengths. Lastly, Rahti gives us a teaser about the powerful experience you can expect to have with her on your team as you pursue your business goals.

 

In this episode you'll learn:

 

• Why it is important to view ADHD as a superpower and not a disability
• How time-management is really just a matter of priority management
• Suggestions for how to reframe negative experiences so they don't prevent you from pursuing what you were meant to do

 

How to Connect with Rahti Gorfien:

 

http://creativecallingcoaching.com

[email protected]

Today I am thrilled to welcome professional coach and consultant, Michelle Thompson. Michelle shares her story of starting with a law degree and her experience serving clients in poverty law and health care advocacy. She was passionate about the work she was doing but it became evident that her income was not sustainable for the long term. Around this time she was presented with a scholarship to train to be a coach. She took the risk, even invested in her own business coach, and her business began to take off. 

Michelle has been able to use her law degree and expertise with scholarly writing to empower her clients to stay focused and accountable as they pursue law, masters, or doctorate degrees without losing their sanity. Michelle helps clients carve out time to write, provides editing services, and reminds clients of their need to be intentional about self-care. She even has a free planning assessment booklet available exclusively to podcast listeners! Be sure to grab it today and connect with Michelle! 

 

In this episode you'll learn:

• How Michelle's passion for her career was significant, but not sufficient in some ways in the beginning
• Tips for being able to pursue your passion and still thrive financially
• How you utilizing a coach like Michelle could transform your experience with pursuing higher education. 

 

How to Connect with Michelle Thompson:

Website

Michelle's Free Planning Assessment Booklet

Facebook

Twitter

On today's show, I am pleased to welcome Holistic Practitioner and fellow podcaster, Mark Hernandez. Mark specializes in energy healing for humans, animals, and spaces. He takes time to explain how things like toxicity, our past, and emotional baggage can cause us experience imbalances and how working with an energy healer can address these issues. 

Mark explains how he got started in this field and how you can learn more about pursuing a career in a similar direction. He makes some suggestions for what resources you can check out from Reiki to EFT (Emotional Freedom Tapping). Lastly, Mark gives us a great portrait of what a day in the life in his business looks like and some practical tips for anyone seeking to transition in their career. 

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why and how people, animals, and spaces can benefit from energy healing
• Some key resources for learning more about energy healing
• How energy blockages might be holding you back from launching a new career

How to Connect with Mark A. Hernandez:

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

#44 Understanding How To Use Anger To Make Wise Decisions ft Loretta Breuning

 

In this episode, Loretta talks about how she used anger from a bad job evaluation to make the best decision for her life.

Understanding how your brain works when threatened is important to understand why it's hard to make changes within yourself.

She's the author of "Habits of The Happy Brain" and her most recent book on "Tame Your Anxiety". Loretta has done extensive brain research on how good feelings helps your brain to want to continue doing what is comfortable. But, if you have a bard experience such as pain, your brain considers this as a threat and wants you to stay away.

This is why getting rejected from job interviews causes you to want to not continue the job seeking process because your brain considers this a threat to survival. But, you have to learn how to remind your brain that you are okay and this is a process you have to go through to get to the opportunity you'd like to have.

#43 Ridding The World Of Bad Leaders ft Scott McCarthy

Scott McCarthy helps people develop leadership skills. He helps corporate leaders as well as people who are leading their own entrepreneurship.

Scott understand that there are different types of leaders and there are also different styles of leadership that a leader will encounter throughout their day.

He helps leaders not mimic bad leadership styles that they have been exposed to and create and develop their own style to ensure they keep employees.

Scott works with leaders in how to delegate tasks that are team related and help them become more of a general contractor. Creating 'mini yous' is an ideal situation to help the entity reach its marketplace goals.

#42 The Business of Freelancing ft. David DiVerniero

In this episode, David talks with us about how working for a freelancer can turn into running a business. He coaches people in this space.

The difference between being a freelancer and a business owner is that as a freelancer, you do the work you are freelancing. As a business owner, you have hired people to help you do the business you were freelancing.

As a freelancer, you can quickly reach capacity due to the number of hours in a day. Your income will not increase unless you increase your rates and the marketplace will only accept this to a certain point. This is when you may turn to hiring people to do the freelance part for you and David steps in to help you with this process of managing your freelancing business.

He talks about how to get started freelancing and how to not do any job for less than $30/hour. However, to get work for your portfolio, you can work with a NGO to volunteer your services to get material for your portfolio, this is a win-win for both entities.

You can also become an assistant to another freelancer and this is also a win-win, 1) you'll be paid, very little, but it's something, 2) you get to build your portfolio and, 3) you have a mentor and networking resources.

He also has a pricing formula for determining how to price your services and not go to low to gain clients because there is work out there for everyone.

Don't be afraid to network with other freelancers in your industry space. Great places to network are:

• Eventbrite
• Ten x's
• Meet ups
• Chamber of Commerce

David offers a caution with the networking, make sure it is industry specific. For example, if you are in the IT freelance space, attend IT networking events, not just general networking.

He also states that be aware that it may take up to 12 months to really get going in your freelance business, but if you don't see things moving in about 6 months, rethink your marketing  strategy.

You can connect with David at:

www.freelanceradvocate.com

Free Courses

Paid Courses

I'm including a couple of articles to help you calculate your freelance rates:

How To Calculate Your Freelance Hourly Rate by Jennifer Bourn

How to Calculate Your Freelance Average Hourly Rate (and what it should be) by Chris Walker

 

 

#41 Shawn Anderson is appreciating the moment with his Extra Mile America, where he showcases people who go the "extra mile" in their communities.

He started this non-profit to help people go the extra mile within themselves. Shawn believes we should appreciate the moment we are in because we don't know what will happen next in our lives.

He refers to The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolie, a very powerful read, and how positive words, thoughts equal positive energy. We talked about how the news can control your energy subconsciously. One should be very deliberate in how they monitor their outside energy.

Shawn appealed to mayors across America for them to showcase people in their community who go the extra mile and the first year 23 mayors participated. Now, it has grown substantially.

Shawn has written 7 books and built a Business College. He believes these 2 things changed his life, 1) The people he has met, and 2) the books he's read. Books define who we are and what we believe.

 

Connect with Shawn Anderson below:

 Email: [email protected]  Skype: ShawnLAnderson1 Phone: 310-402-4826 Website (Shawn Anderson): www.ShawnAnderson.com Website (Extra Mile America): www.ExtraMileAmerica.org  Book titles include:  The Four Fibs, SOAR to the Top!, Amicus 101: A Story About the Pursuit of Purpose and Overcoming Life's Chaos, Extra Mile America: Stories of Inspiration, Possibility and Purpose, Lessons From A. Friend, A Better Life: An Inspiring Story About Starting Over Twitter: @ToShawnAnderson Facebook (Extra Mile America): https://www.facebook.com/ExtraMileAmerica LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gotheextramile

 

Today's episode is with Lane Kawao who is a fellow podcaster and real estate investor with Simple Passive Cash Flow.

Lane is not like those typical real estate investors of flipping houses and getting rich quick. Lane talks about how to do this AND work full-time if this is your choice. Because, in order to purchase real estate, you will need to show a W-2.

He talks about how he looks for property he can rent starting at $900 to $1000 because of the calibre of the renter in this price range. He has rental property all over the U.S. and at the time of this recording had just quit his 9 - 5 to work his business full time.

Lane offers coaching sessions to people to help them with getting started and it is not a Dog and Pony show. He gets real with who he can work with. He only works with people who have $20,000 to $30,000 to put into an investment for purchasing real estate because you will need the 20% down for purchase.

He also suggest that before you contact him, please listen to his podcasts so you can get a feel for who he is and how he works. If you'd like more information about Lane and reach out to him look below.

 

www.simplepassivecashflow.com

 

 

 

#39 Helping Managers Lead Dynamic Teams

Grace Judson from Grace Judson.com of Empowered Leadership talks about how she helps managers become excellent leaders. Did you know that 60% of the leaders who acquire a position fail within the first year?

Grace helps prevent this from happening. She focuses on the leader and their needs and how they impact the ROI of a company. Often people leave a job because of their manager and this costs companies millions of dollars.

There is a cost to rehiring positions and often it can be in the millions, this includes the hiring process, time the position is not filled and others are doing the job as well as time re-training an individual for the position.

She helps leaders avoid the number 1 mistake they make which is how to communicate effectively with their teams.

To get in contact with Grace:

www.gracejudson.com

FB: GraceJudsonEmpowersLeadership

LI: Grace Judson

 

#38 The Art Of Branding YOU!

Let's face it, the job search game has changed. There is so much you need to do in today's job market and the competition is very tough. No matter what industry you are trying to get into, there are hundreds of people just as qualified as you.

You can hedge your bet in several ways, updating your resume, hire someone to write that top notch cover letter AND update your resume, hire a career changing coach who can help you with interviewing and salary negotiations, and/or networking to get job referrals, which according to my research this can be risky if it's not with the right person.

So, what do you do? Well, one thing you can do is to brand yourself. According to SIA Global Staffing Solutions & Workforce Solutions, 70% of employers are looking to see if the candidate uses social media, 50% are looking for a professional persona, 58% for information that indicates that you qualify for the position and 22% for a reason to NOT hire you.

Therefore, not to add another thing to your list of things to do, but having a personal brand is very important. Branding yourself allows you to control what others say about you. It's YOU, so why not be in the driver's seat.

So what is a personal brand? It's similar to a company's brand, but it's about you. For example, when you hear Target and Walmart. What images come to mind? One is red the other is blue. 

From my experiences in both places, I think faster check out and long lines. You determine which I'm referring to. But, basically, it's what people think of you.

People like to be around people they know, like and trust, and building your personal brand is very important for you as an employee as well as an entrepreneur, it's how you present yourself to the world.

When branding yourself, you incorporate your beliefs, philosophies, experiences and thoughts on a specific topic.There is a specific group of people in the industry circle you work with, there are targets of people who will resonate with what you have to say.

This will create associates of people who are associated with specific topics and areas in an industry. For example, think of these particular words, Kleenex means tissues, Band Aid means bandages, Google it means research. 

And in my industry background, SPED (special education) means someone who needs additional support for learning which could be any number of things from changing the color of text, audio note taking, to breaking down concepts into smaller pieces for easier understanding. You see, everyone who is in any industry has brand associations. 

In order to be known for topics, you have to brand yourself. I'm going to list two people in the education industry that most have heard of, Max Thompson and Harry Wong. And in online course creation Maria Foeleo.

These people have created a brand awareness around themselves that have developed million dollar industries. I'm not saying that this will happen to you, and I am saying it could. But it all starts with personal branding.

Developing a personal brand allows you to develop a mark around your name and career. This allows you to showcase what you have to offer in your industry. Being a thought leader in 21st Century education or UX platforms for small businesses allows you to express your skills, experiences and beliefs on a topic that will allow you to become the thought leader in that area of your industry.

Now, you can control your career and how you are seen in the marketplace as well as impacting your ability to land the right job and or promotion you seek because you will show up as top talent and this will allow you to attract the right offers in your industry.

So you ask, how do you do this?

First, decide your goals in your industry. If you want to be a nationally known leader in your industry, read, research, share your beliefs, experiences, practices and discuss the good and the bad of what you've experienced.

Decide where you want your future career to be?This will allow you to have a direction of where and who to align with in your industry.

Second, build a website. This allows you to share and create content on your terms, as well as show your unique perspective and stand out and create a new footprint.

Third, share videos, blog posts, content, infographics, and you are able to share based on your social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

Having a website shows your skills and credentials, passions and interests and your core values and beliefs.

How long will this take? Well, building a brand doesn't happen overnight, but using GEBJohnson Consulting to build your brand will help you build a lasting brand around your voice, knowledge and more.

The main objective is for your brand to have your individual voice around your individual knowledge base and credibility.This is why it is important to focus on brand awareness to move you to where you want to be in your individual industry.

You already have a brand on the internet, now you have the job to develop it into how YOU want people to view your brand. That's why hiring GEBJohnson Consulting will help you get to where you want to be professionally.

Want to talk further about building your brand? Click here for a phone consultation.