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Precious Williams, the bestselling author of various books and CEO of Perfect Pitches by Precious L.L.C., used her powerful presentation skills to take her business, Curvy Girlz Lingerie, around the world and empower women who wanted to feel sexy in their curvaceous bodies. She used data, stories, and creativity to attract large-scale companies that wanted to partner with her. Now, she’s earned the title of being a nationally recognized pitch master and has been a featured guest on large stages to share her pitching strategies with other business owners.

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Key Takeaway:

You are not showing up as a background figure you are the main character. 

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Stella Leu is a strength and confidence coach, a sales expert, and a podcast host. She is the founder and CEO of 8 Glasses of Water and a founding member of The Human Transformation Club. Since leaving her corporate executive role to pursue her passion for coaching and teaching, Steluta’s classes, workshops, and programs have helped numerous people learn how to manage their minds, and bodies and heal their inner wounds. She is the host of The #BalancingLife Show, a podcast where women inspire, support, and uplift each other by having meaningful conversations and sharing their stories of overcoming challenges, building confidence, and achieving success.

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Key Takeaway:

"It's about creating more space, being able to watch your thoughts, being able to get in tune with your feelings as well, feeling your body, and being able to listen to your intuition.

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Cassidy is a complicated extroverted woman from Cali. She has been an entrepreneur for the last decade building a new business almost every year. She started in insurance as a captive agent and now for the last few years have been independent. She has started from scratch twice and both times grew her agencies to multiple seven figures in revenue, all while barely working. After 10 years of success in building massively profitable businesses and brands (for herself and others), Cassidy now helps other women do the same. Saving them the energy, the time, the money, and the stress of trying to figure it all out by themselves. This is why she created Unburden Your Business.

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Key Takeaway:

"Spending time getting to know who you are and what you want by showing up and taking action even when it's messy, even when you're scared, even when you have no idea if it's going to get the results you want is one of the things that keeps me going all the time. Therefore, truly setting that goal and then simply showing up and carrying it out is crucial because all of those things can be improved and made more effective over time."

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Cat was an Education Director at the National Alliance with over 25 years of Insurance Experience. In this episode, she shares with us her journey and amazing becoming story. We chat about a wide range of topics that will be sure to keep you on the edge of your seat including polyamory, depression, marriage, motherhood, carrier path, and journey. Now, she is off on a new path and journey, and we can't wait to see where it leads! 

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Key Takeaway:

 "It's all about just growth. It's all about opening yourself up to the opportunities to grow and be better."

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Jennifer is a Client Services Director who has been in the insurance industry for 9 years. Her goal is to cultivate a positive culture while encouraging people to grow professionally and personally. During the peak of the pandemic, she partnered with a mentor to build a leadership program for her team - finding a way to connect people virtually, explore soft skills, and build a community. She is passionate about pushing people to find their inner strength and realize their full potential. Jennifer has recently joined Insure Equality as the Treasurer, which is a nonprofit that seeks to create and enforce accountability in the insurance industry in the pursuit of diversity and equality. This organization truly speaks to Jennifer's passions and will without a doubt be a catalyst for positive change within the insurance industry. Jennifer joins the podcast to share how she pushes through a constant battle with imposter syndrome - especially the higher she climbs in her career.

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Key Takeaway:

"It is so nice to hear stories from other women that you can relate to, and I am confident that I will likely resonate with and connect with someone out there. This type of discussion is essential: stories that inspire and motivate you."

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Elisa is an ex-perfectionist and a part-time dreamer. After a decade in the insurance industry and a year of personal horror, she started conversations with people in the industry about their stories and the culture that the insurance industry created. She believes in the power of people, of community, and of coming together for a bigger purpose. Elisa believes that showing up is a superpower that we can all wield - even when we think we are powerless.

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 "We aren't here to compete. We're here to lift everybody and push everybody in the same direction we are stronger when we worked together."

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Daniel Jimenez's career in marketing has spanned the better half of two decades. He has explored everything from visual merchandising displays for luxury designers on 5th Avenue, to producing branding video productions for major financial institutions. His love affair with marketing has led him to the role of VP of Marketing and Sales at a growing Insurtech consulting firm in San Diego California, GoGiles Consulting. In this episode, he shares his story which will resonate with so many of you! It's vibrant, unique, moving, and empowering.'

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Key Takeaway:

"It's all about limits and communication, both of which are essential for everyone. You must set limits for your work. You must set boundaries. You must communicate.

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Adriana coaches business owners on how to create a winning culture that leverages the identity of their company and articulates and integrates the culture into the behaviors of their employees while inspiring them to perform at peak levels and achieve outstanding results. She devoted all her time and effort to learning and implementing best practices in process improvement. ISO, Six Sigma, Lean Enterprise, Project Management, etc. Even though that was fun, and she was successful, she realized that without the right people, a company's processes can’t go anywhere. Process + People doesn’t equal success UNLESS you offer an environment where people can thrive. So, then she founded her own company and now focuses on helping many business owners achieve desired results. 

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Key Takeaway:

"Being afraid and making errors are both normal parts of learning."

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Rachel is Co-Founder and CEO of Siege Technology Solutions. SiegeAOS is the full-powered CRM Based Insurance Agency Management System providing the full tech stack needed to run your agency on one single platform. Modern. Powerful. Customizable, after starting out in the aerospace program at Middle Tennessee State University and obtaining her private pilot license, Rachel ultimately obtained her bachelor's degree in finance and insurance. She then later continued on earning her MBA, with over a decade of experience working in the agency side of the insurance industry, Rachel has a deep understanding of the issues faced by insurance agents and agency owners in today's rapidly changing, digital environment.

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Key Takeaway:

Support system in workplace significantly boosts women’s confidence and so it helps to look for the group you can associate with. Search for a network that uplifts you to develop and further hone your skills. Most of all, surround yourself with women who are secure of themselves and does not fear to build herself and her sisterhood towards triumph.

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Michelle A. Mercier is a Business Coach/ Consultant, a Dare to Lead™ Trained professional, the host of the top-ranked podcast The Resilient Entrepreneur as well as a sought-after speaker. She has 20+ years of corporate and professional experience. Michelle has worked with a wide range of different businesses – from nationally acclaimed non-profits to enterprise-level corporations like PayPal. Today, she primarily works with high-achieving leaders, entrepreneurs & executives to create an incredible business strategy coupled with an effective personal development plan.

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Key Takeaway:

"Set aside 15 minutes each day to give yourself the mental room to reflect, daydream, and simply feel within yourself again."

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