The Intentional Encourager Podcast

Episode 133 with Sales Influencer and Host of the What Is Your Legacy Podcast Galem Girmay

Sales Influencer and Host of the What Is Your Legacy Podcast Galem Girmay joins this episode to talk about:

• Seeking excitement and exploring new places. 
• What Culture shock truly means.
• How an International move works and the emotional journey involved.
• Being intentional about Self-care.
• The power of helping other people.
• Preparing yourself for what's ahead. 
• The correlation of connection and a puzzle.
• Wanting to be the person she wishes she had earlier in life.
• The intentionality of legacy.
• The shift of perspective and understanding more people.
• Born and raised in Sweden and living with a Foster family until 18.
• The middle child of five, being close to her Dad and him ending up in jail, never to see him again. 
• Desiring excitement being why she moved to the United States.
• People are the same everywhere. 
• Getting sober five years ago and staying true to herself.
• The power of unsubscribing.

Connect with Galem on Linkedin; Twitter @GalemGirmay and igirmay1@babson.edu

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BJNTA3ldr5I

Episode 132 with International Sales Trainer, Author and Podcast Host Mark Hunter

International Sales Trainer, Author and Podcast Host Mark Hunter joins this episode to talk about: 

• The ability to get focused in chunks. 
• The power of boundaries and discipline. 
• Celebrating moments personally that helps us professionally. 
• The 3-Second pause.
• The real definition of value.
• The definition of a Salesperson and Leadership are the same.
• The main goal to selling and the two things Salespeople have.
• The correlation of baseball and Sales.
• Being careful who mentors you.
• Being a College Disc jockey to overcome stuttering.
• Too many Speeding tickets leading to his career in Sales.
• "Commission Breath" costing him Sales jobs.
• A conversation and a mirror turning his career around.
• The book he would have put in his Company car.
• Leaving Corporate America to start his Sales training company.
• The simple goal of life and Sales.

Connect with Mark on Linkedin and Facebook or www.thesaleshunter.com

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Episode 131 with Co-Founder of Unlimited Life Concepts and Financial Coach Nate Dean

Co-Founder of Unlimited Life Concepts and Financial Coach Nate Dean joins this episode to talk about: 

• People hitting uncharted territories with their finances.
• The reasons he's purposeful about investments.
• The basic education about finance and the discouragement of finance.
• The non-conventional approach to investing and the biggest paradigm shift moving from the conventional to the non-conventional.
• The Ben Franklin quote on wealth.
• The microwave mentality of society. 
• Getting blocked on Twitter by Dave Ramsey.
• The book that changed his life.
• Reconnecting with his business partner years after High school.
• A podcast that changed his mindset.
• Growing up singing and getting a Choir scholarship to college. 
• Losing his best friend and father to cancer. 
• Your circumstances can't dictate your life. 

Connect with Nate on Twitter @ChroniclesofNate; @ulcmoney on Instagram and www.unlimitedlifeconcepts.com 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9-oShSzfTLE

Episode 130 with Creator of The Genius Path and Podcast Host Steve Bonenberger

Creator of The Genius Path and Podcast Host Steve Bonenberger joins this episode to talk about: 

• Working with broken people. 
• The gift of time to create The Genius Path.
• Being a fan of the Human spirit.
• The common denominator of broken people and theory of care. 
• The Brain Gap Theory Model and the "Swoosh Moment."
• Understanding the concept of cohesion.
• The transformation of the mind. 
• How leaders effectively work with broken people.
• Having stories come to him as a boy and reading 10,000 books in his lifetime.
• Pastoring at 19 and loving the New Testament Church.
• Feeling responsible for conflict in the church. 
• Discovering genius being personal, being inside of everyone and intrinsic to us all. 
• Pay attention to you.

Connect with Steve on Linkedin; Twitter @proftribute and proftribute@gmail.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3rAtV4sG2Pw

Episode 129 with Sales Coaches and International Entrepreneurs Brittany Baldwin and David Masover

Sales Coaches and International Entrepreneurs Brittany Baldwin and David Masover joins this episode to talk about: 

• The tests people have gone through collectively and finding ways to pivot.
• The challenge of pushing products versus providing value.
• Forgetting the human connectivity in Sales. 
• Remembering who to go to market with and understanding perspective.
• Why entrepreneurs don't want to be considered Salespeople.
• Understanding the roles Sales people play in a company.
• Liking systems, order and processes.
• Studying the craft and working to successful execution.
• Being true in what you do and what you offer.

Connect with Brittany on Linkedin and at www.ticktocksales.com.au and with David at www.davidmasover.com

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/25fUHhelzGs

Episode 128 with Co-Host of Thursday Night Sales and Founder of Avenue Talent Partners Amy Volas

Co-Host of Thursday Night Sales and Founder of Avenue Talent Partners Amy Volas joins this episode to talk about: 

• The last year being a whirlwind and the one thing that goes on hold and comes back in a downturn.
• A quality-first mindset.
• Having a firmly-planted why.
• The beauty that happens in the face of adversity.
• Being reminded that she's been through worse. 
• Being an underdog most of her career.
• The one thing that action requires. 
• Why "why" is so hard to ask.
• The true definition of recruiting. 
• Her parents divorcing when she was four and how she learned to deal with things. 
• Spending a lot of time with her grandparents and their impact on her life. 
• Being the only kids in her school with divorced parents. 
• Learning the power of work as a coping mechanism.
• Never thinking she'd get married, yet meeting her husband and getting married three weeks later. 
• Her advice to her younger self.
• Life is a puzzle that correlates. 
• The clarity of boundaries. 

Connect with Amy on Linkedin; www.avenuetalentpartners.com; www.thursdaynightsales.com 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3bKOYWys3ZQ

Episode 127 with Pharmacist, Business Owner and Host of The Business of Pharmacy Podcast Mike Koelzer

Pharmacist, Business Owner and Host of The Business of Pharmacy Podcast Mike Koelzer joins this episode to talk about: 

• The worst thing to happen to most people but the best thing to happen to business.
• Being in a 75-year old family business.
• Focusing on different goals while also focusing on a singular goal. 
• Pride not standing in the way of people.
• Competition creating iteration.
• Losing money of 10% of prescriptions and the solution of converting to a Generic-Only pharmacy.
• The value of procrastination and the options that surfaced.
• Taking his expertise from locally to nationally.
• Attending a Catholic seminary for a year. 
• The one business question he'd ask his father and grandfather. 
• The best thing government can do. 
• The biggest reason he's in business and becoming who he is.

Connect with Mike on Linkedin. Check out The Business of Pharmacy Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/77YO2Nailak

Episode126 with Media Marketing Strategist and the Host of the Better Call Daddy Podcast Reena Friedman Watts

Media Marketing Strategist and the Host of the Better Call Daddy Podcast Reena Friedman Watts joins this episode to talk about:

• Finding balance during COVID from having to take a step back.
• Getting rid of things that were seemingly unimportant. 
• Giving too much to clients and not enough to family.
• Always calling her Dad and asking him for advice. 
• The television show that inspired her podcast title.
• The greatest joy of doing a podcast with her Dad. 
• Not getting into a Performing Arts High school and her Dad stepping in.
• Finding her passion was broadcasting while in college.
• Interning on The Jerry Springer Show.
• Moving to VH-1 and understanding how to ride on the coat tails of giants. 
• The danger of working with some people. 

Connect with Reena on Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter @reenareena and check out the Better Call Daddy Podcast wherever you get podcasts. 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MlffPplaWuM

Episode 125 with Dale Carnegie Sales Trainer Laura Jones

Dale Carnegie Sales Trainer and longtime friend Laura Jones joins this episode to talk about: 

• Being an extroverted introvert.
• Making steps toward goals and realizing them.
• Being at a crossroads from leaving a great place to chase her dreams.
• The power of working hard and playing hard.
• Filtering out the negativity when delivering messages.
• "To be unclear is to be unkind."
• Her journey to college at Auburn University. 
• The Senior leadership project she worked on at Auburn she still uses today.
• A relationship with a Nashville musician challenged her to find her passion and ended the relationship to help her find it.
• The advice she follows every day.

Connect with Laura on Linkedin and Facebook.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DZXRpUFCYEY

Episode 124 with Host of An Unexpected Launch Podcast Kirsten Duncan

The Host of An Unexpected Launch Podcast Kirsten Duncan joins this episode to talk about: 

• Getting energy from interactions.
• The best time to end a meeting. 
• Being intentional with your time. 
• Turning off things to turn on your mind. 
• Showcasing the stories of others and looking for stories she resonates with. 
• The encouragement of listening to a podcast. 
• Feeling isolated in traumatic situations.
• Having suspicions about her Ex-husband's sexuality but loving the life they had. 
• The lack of control in the moment.
• Getting a call at 4:30 AM on the East coast that her son was in an accident on the West coast and the survival mechanism that kicked in within her. 
• Taking things one moment at a time. 
• Her son going to High school the day after being released from the hospital.
• Never losing hope.

Connect with Kirsten on Linkedin or kirsten.duncan@comcast.net and check out An Unexpected Launch Podcast wherever you get podcasts.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RbV80yk_H0s