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While traveling to Las Vegas with the Wedo team, David had the opportunity to interview musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and philanthropist Aloe Blacc.

Aloe needs less introduction than most of our Wedotalk guests. David and Aloe talk about Aloe’s music career and the songs he has produced, the most famous of which are “I Need a Dollar” and “The Man”; but the conversation also turns to Aloe’s early life in Southern California as the son of immigrants from Panama, his education and his corporate work, before dedicating himself full time to his music career.

David and Aloe also talk about the social messages in some of his songs, such as the inspirational lyrics in “Together Is Better Thank One”; and also, the mental health challenges facing performers in a high-profile entertainment world.

In addition to being a well renowned musician, Aloe is also very actively involved in philanthropy, and specifically in Malaria no More, a charity whose mission is to end malaria deaths through engaging leaders, rallying the public and delivering life-saving tools and education across the African Continent.

Aloe’s Contact Information:

Website: https://www.aloeblacc.com

Twitter: @aloeblacc

Instagram: @aloeblacc

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aloeblacc

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Website: https://wedo.ai

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On October 22, 2022, David interviewed Dr. Suzy Burke, Co-Founder of Accountability, Inc., a consultancy that helps leaders develop a laser-like focus on their most important priorities and be fully accountable for their actions and results.

Suzy’s diverse career includes serving as an executive at a major international corporation, running her own consultancy, a retail business and teaching in middle school and high school. In her corporate career, she turned a failing division into the most successful division in only 18 months by implementing a system of accountability.

When coaching leaders in accountability, the principles that Suzy believes will deliver success are an unwavering commitment to your priorities and a willingness to fiercely defend them against other interesting ideas, the humility to admit our shortcomings and failures, and the courage to hold ourselves and others accountable for meeting their commitments.

Suzy also talks about her training as a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s prestigious 100 Coaches, and other courses of study that she has undertaken in human and organizational behaviour.

Suzy’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzy-burke-phd-ab77071a/

Website: https://accountability.business

Email: [email protected]

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Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

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Overcoming Setbacks With A Positive Mindset | Wedotalk with David Jaques and Special Guest - Daniel MacQueen

On September 20, 2022 David interviewed Dan MacQueen from Vancouver, Canada. In his mid-twenties, Dan was a recent graduate of a master’s degree in sustainability and was working for a technology company in London. He sought medical help when suffering from headaches, and distorted vision and was diagnosed with a non-cancerous cyst on his brain. During surgery, he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and was severely incapacitated and in a coma for several weeks. On the road to recovery, he was in and out of consciousness before moving to a rehabilitation center for several more months. Slowly, he re-learned how to walk, talk and smile again; but about one year after his initial surgery, he needed a second brain surgery to unblock a shunt, which set him back another couple of months. After a 16-month journey, he was able to return to work. Dan credits his positive mindset and determination not to give up as the main reasons that he was able to recover.

Dan had received great support from his employer, but recently, in a corporate re-structuring, he lost his job. Once again, his positive mindset resulted in him re-framing his life and pursue a new career as a freelance motivational speaker, coach and podcast host. Dan shares with David, many of his stories of recovery and the opportunities that he sees for himself in the future.

Dan’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmacqueen/

Twitter: @macqueendan

Instagram: @macqueendan

Website: www.macqueendan.com

Podcast Channel: https://anchor.fm/playlooselooktight

https://twitter.com/macqueendan

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Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

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Website: https://wedo.ai

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On September 23, 2022, David interviewed Evelyn Santizo, while attending the RevolutionHER conference in Toronto Canada. Evelyn has re-invented herself professionally a number of times, with the recurring theme of serving others and helping people to feel better about themselves.

Originally from Guatemala, she migrated to Canada with her family as a young child. In her early life, she dreamt of becoming a police officer, but when her mother feared for her safety, she pursued a career in nursing instead. While working on a geriatric ward, she tells the story of helping elderly patients feel better about their appearance. In her desire to help people feel more confident about themselves, she went into fashion merchandizing, and later owned a spa. After the birth of her second child, Evelyn had gained a lot of weight and created an online store for plus-sized women’s and girl’s clothing. She then talks about her decision to lose weight with the help of a surgical procedure. Over the last eight years, Evelyn has worked as a commercial, residential and investment real estate broker.

Evelyn’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyn-santizo-12a62013/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esanti39/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kwdreamhomefinder

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Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

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On September 1, 2022 David interviewed Dr. Amit Patel, Founder and CEO of Peachy, an innovative solution for private health insurance in the UK.

Amit trained as a surgeon and worked in the NHS (National Health Service) for almost six years, he is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and has lectured at Oxford University. Having always had in interest in business and entrepreneurship, he took the decision to leave medicine and pursue a career in strategy & M&A consulting, in which he worked for five years across financial services, life science and healthcare industries. He then ran strategy & M&A and was a corporate venture builder for one of the UK’s largest private health insurers, but always had a desire to start his own business.

In 2019, he started Peachy, an innovative new digital platform, providing affordable health insurance products for individuals, freelancers and micro / small businesses. The journey for Peachy has included obtaining regulatory approval, partnering with an insurer, raising capital, navigating market changes due to Brexit and withstanding the Covid pandemic. We finish by talking a little about the challenges of starting a business and the rewards that can be achieved.

Amit’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitpatel911/

Website: https://www.peachy.health

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Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

#gigeconomy #freelancer #solopreneur

On September 20, 2022 David interviewed Trent Simmons from Zurich, Switzerland. A former player of the sport of ultimate frisbee and founder of a sports charity, today Trent is the Founder and Managing Director of the World Spirit of the Game Foundation (SotG), a global NGO with a significant outreach, the mission of SotG is to inspire and empower individuals and organizations to take personal accountability for their impact on the world. One of the core goals of SotG is to change “the definition of winning” across all areas of society.

Represented by over 100 countries, SotG operates divisions in Women’s Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Climate Sustainability and NGO Support. Trent talks about the Five Guiding Principles of SotG:

Be personally accountable

Be continuously introspective

Be actively non-judgmental

Unpack conflicts calmly

Respect the spirit of the rules

Staffed currently by volunteers, Trent talks about some of the goals for future expansion and sustainability of the organization, its membership growth, its online events and coaching services, and ways that those interested can become involved.

Trent’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sotg-founder/

Website:

https://spiritofthegame.org

https://twitter.com/macqueendan

On September 8, 2022 David interviewed Mehaboob Begum in Sydney, Australia, a recent master’s graduate in Information Technology and currently the Quality Assurance and Customer Support Analyst for GetMee.

Mehaboob is from India and although she originally wanted to enter the medical field and train to be a doctor, she decided to pursue her studies in technology and earned her undergraduate degree in computer systems technology. After a few years working in customer service, she migrated to Australia in February 2020 to pursue a master’s degree from the Swinburne University of Technology in Sydney; but had to spend most of her first year in lockdown during the Covid pandemic.

We talk about her internship and later employment with GetMee, an Australian startup that uses artificial intelligence to assist language learning for those learning English as a second language. We also talk about the labour shortage across the globe, and the opportunities that are open to freelance workers in IT and many other industries.

Mehaboob’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehaboob-unnisa-begum-56a9211a4/

Website: https://getmee.ai

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Enjoy the Wedotalks Podcast. Where people share their stories, life, business, success, loss, reinvention, career changes, renewal. Across cultures, in the digital realm and real life.

Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

#gigeconomy #freelancer #solopreneur

On August 31, 2022 David interviewed Military Veteran, and Certified Personal Trainer, James Ward. Physical fitness has always been an important part of James’ life, dating back to elementary school and high school, when the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports implemented training programs in schools throughout the United States.

James joined the United States Marine Corp. where he served for 8 years, was stationed in Japan and the Philippines, and also served in Desert Storm in the early 1990’s. Following his military career, James attended university and earned a degree in Sports Science and Business Management. After a couple of years working as an inventory accountant, he joined the fitness industry and became certified as a Personal Trainer, working in health clubs and gyms until early 2020, in which he and many others lost their jobs due to the closure and lockdowns that were imposed at that time. James saw this as an opportunity to establish himself as a freelancer, and now works with clients in their homes and online.

Aside from maintaining physical fitness, James is an avid surfer and snowboarder and actively participates in other sports.

James’ Contact Information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/james.ward.3990

Instagram: @jaymotrainer

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Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

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On August 30, 2022 David interviewed Abel Garza, Entrepreneur, Military Veteran, Founder of Grey Bug Photography and host of Creative Entrepreneurship Podcast. Abel has been an entrepreneur since his teenage years, has started and sold a number of businesses, and earned two masters’ degrees and several other professional qualifications.

Abel attributes many of his accomplishments to his curiosity and hunger for knowledge. Several of his businesses have been started to give him the ability to learn new skills, rather than learning first and then starting a business. He also talks about what type of mindset is needed to start a business and run it successfully.

We finish talking about the importance of seeking a balance of time, money and health at different stages of life.

Abel’s Contact Information:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abelrgarza/

Website: https://greybugphotography.com/

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Enjoy the Wedotalks Podcast. Where people share their stories, life, business, success, loss, reinvention, career changes, renewal. Across cultures, in the digital realm and real life.

Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

#gigeconomy #freelancer #solopreneur

On August 29, 2022 David interviewed Raj Singh, Founder, Director and Head of PR for Xclusive PR in London. Raj talks about how he started his agency in 2014, which focuses mainly on clients that are startups, struggling businesses and independent artists. He shares some stories of his approach to public relations and what that means to companies and performers.

Raj also talks about his early life in which his family were badly impacted by the UK recession in the early 1990’s, the unwavering support and strength of his family to withstand hardship; his accomplishments and those of his sisters; and his entrepreneurial spirit that resulted in him creating a successful business.

Raj also provides some words of wisdom for people considering establishing themselves or their business independently.

Raj’s Contact Information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XclusivePR

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajxclusivepr/

Twitter: @XclusivePR

Instagram: @xclusivepruk

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/XclusivePR/

Website: https://xclusivepr.com/

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Enjoy the Wedotalks Podcast. Where people share their stories, life, business, success, loss, reinvention, career changes, renewal. Across cultures, in the digital realm and real life.

Social Media Channels Wedo

https://www.facebook.com/wedo.headquarters

https://twitter.com/wedo_hq

https://www.instagram.com/Wedo_hq

https://soundcloud.com/wedotalk

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/wedotalk/id1527052962

Manage your money

With a Wedo money account, you can receive payments, send invoices, automate payments and manage your contracts. Sell your services in real time on video and audio calls. Demonstrate your products and services to your clients, share files and manage your groups and alleys. It’s a breeze!

Website: https://wedo.ai

#gigeconomy #freelancer #solopreneur