Think Like an Entrepreneur - Become a Sparkplug

Maritza Coscarelli will share her journey of healing, joy, and abundance. Creator of the Master Authentic Confidence & Communication system, we’ll walk her entrepreneurial path as we continue to celebrate #Women​sHistoryMonth.   

Stay until the end for a special offer with Maritza. www.calendly.com/mcoscarelli1  You will need the special # given at the end of the broadcast.   

"Uncertainty and overwhelm undermine your confidence. True confidence doesn’t come from outside circumstances or achievements.   When you arrive at a point in your story where you’re tired of feeling nervous and unprepared for the life you know you’re meant to live, it’s time to uncover the truth about who you really are and what you’re really capable of. 

Most people have been led to believe that, through achievement, you will arrive at a future destination where you automatically become the highest version of yourself.  Here’s the truth: You already are the highest version of yourself, you simply need to retrain your mind to create habits and mind-patterns that allow you to step fully into the light of your wholeness, confidence and authenticity so you can finally perform at your very best.  

You know in a profound sense that you’re meant for so much more. When you intentionally realize and own your confidence, wholeness, and innate ability to lead, it’s yours to keep. 

Knowing when and how to speak your truth and be heard is the difference between calm self-assured success, and nerve-racking unpredictable performance.  You deserve to be able to count on yourself in any situation, without exception. And I promise you, with some highly-skilled and loving guidance, you can."    Maritza Coscarelli

Michelle Wodtke Franks is today’s guest celebrating #WomensHistoryMonth​​. 

As executive director of Golden Hills Resource Conservation and Development, she has served this community-based nonprofit committed to collaboratively preserving, promoting, and protecting the unique assets of rural western Iowa since 2014.   

We’ll learn from Michelle’s journey as a female leader in the nonprofit world, and the experiences of bringing her city-raised husband back to her home state.   

Rural Community Solutions Livestreams on Facebook and YouTube at 11:30 a.m. CDT. You will always find the episode on our YouTube Channel or listen to our podcast, “Think Like an Entrepreneur, Become a Sparkplug!”

Community foundations are incredible resources across our country, enabling projects and activities that serve our residents in fun and pragmatic ways for community and economic development growth.   

Today’s guest is Beth Tevlin, who has served as the Executive Director of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc. for nearly 30 years, overseeing assets of $82 million in nearly 700 separate funds and scholarship programs.  

We’ll learn from Beth what it’s been like to journey through the growth of the nonprofit world as a woman leader, the importance and impact of community donations, and trends she sees for the future of giving.

Entrepreneurs live curious lives, always learning, and always building new ventures. 

As we continue our March-long celebration of Women's History, today's guest is Tania Burt. Iowa will know her as "Mrs. Maid-Rite."   

Tania has dozens of personal, educational, and business experiences from childhood through the present that have prepared her to be successful in restaurants, commercial land development, a communications company, a strategic planning and marketing firm, film producing as well as her roles in community service and philanthropy.  

An additional important aspect of her entrepreneurial path she'll discuss with us is what it's like to be a wife/husband team on a number of ventures, and what it's like to be a woman in business.

Where you are going should not be where you have been. But you need to know where you have been to know where you are going.   Do not repeat the past. Find the present and move toward your new vision.  

That is how we help communities and organizations create environments that attract people that bring their jobs and businesses with them.   

A community is no different than an individual. A vision and goals are important to move you to a new reality. Going through the motions and letting it sit on the shelf is not an option.

Places such as Bali, Berlin and Lisbon top lists of the best spots in the world for digital nomads to work remotely while living well -- destinations that attract a global community of location-independent souls with Wi-Fi as strong as the espresso drinks and a lifestyle with an attractive quality to cost ratio.

But if one Lisbon, Portugal, native has anything to do with it, a tiny archipelago that's been called Europe's answer to Hawaii might be the next big thing in remote working.

And by big, Gonçalo Hall -- a remote work consultant who is helping launch a new digital nomad community in a tiny village in the Portuguese autonomous region of Madeira -- actually means small. 

Gonçalo Hall, Co-founder at Remote Portugal, Remote Europe, Future of Work Conferences and Remote Work Movement Podcast. Remote Work Consultant.  

Building projects to transform interesting places into digital nomad hubs with a positive local impact. Helping companies to successfully work remotely with quality and proper systems.  

Gonçalo has contributed his share of work toward this end through launching a wide range of projects, including Remote Europe, Remote Portugal, Future of Work conferences, and the Remote Work Movement podcast series.

If you don't know where you have been, where you are, you don't know where to go. Doing the same things in the same way expecting different results...?

The three questions that we ask to find out where you want to go are...  

That is how we find the answers to how to get you there.

Jeni Britton Bauer has been making ice creams professionally for two decades. Before that, she studied art, worked in a bakery, and had a serious hobby blending perfumes and collecting essential oils.   

She has a passion for paving the way for other entrepreneurs to become successful in their dreams!   

Jeni founded Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in 2002. Her ahead-of-the-trend vision—using whole ingredients and dairy from grass-pastured cows, rather than synthetic flavorings and commodity ice cream mix—coupled with inspired flavors sparked the artisan ice cream movement more than a decade before it would become a top food trend.  

Their Mission directs them to be "devoted to making better ice creams and bringing people together. It’s what gets us out of bed in the morning and keeps us up late at night. We believe that you can grow a business as a community of people, with artful attention to detail and the customer experience, and get continuously better at the same time. That REALLY great ice cream served perfectly in a sparkling and beautiful space, with attentive and in-the-moment service (we believe service is an art) brings people together and helps them connect. And that sometimes sparks fly. And that there should be more sparks flying, generally. We like to make people feel good."

This process will "rip up the rug" to look what has been buried for a long time.   

Your community or organization should only undertake this process if you are truly open to finding out what you do not know.   

If you want to confirm what you already know, do not do this process.   

Proceed with caution!

Have you ever got into conflict with another person? 

Have you ever asked, "Why would a person think this is OK?" or "Why would a person vote for them?"  

Everyone takes a position because of their interest. Find our the interest they have and you find out why the position.   

When you seek to understand the why, you will then find Common Ground.