The Intentional Encourager Podcast

Episode 73 with Political Analyst, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Gubernatorial Candidate and United States Military Veteran Marshall Wilson

Political Analyst, Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, Gubernatorial Candidate and United States Military Veteran Marshall Wilson joins this episode to talk about:

• True liberty is having authority of yourself and the real reason government exists.
• Being dismayed at giving over control of things to people who have no leadership acumen.
• True leadership being a function of courage and a lack of it in our society.
• Fear is the common denominator of every cataclysmic decision made.
• Coming to West Virginia after marrying his wife.
• Being a missionary in the Amazon jungle.
• Watching a session of the West Virginia Legislature and being move to action to run for office. 
• The hardest part of being in office was having to make statements calling out friends of his when disagreeing politically.
• Feeling called to carry out a mission and running as a Write-in Candidate for Governor of West Virginia.

Connect with Marshall on Facebook and Twitter @S. Marshall Wilson or Parler. 

Episode 72 with Founder of Sweet Fish Media, Author and Executive Producer of The B2B Growth Podcast James Carbary

Founder of Sweet Fish Media and Executive Producer of The B2B Growth Podcast and Author of Content-Based Networking James Carbary joins this episode to talk about: 

• Things to think about when looking to launch a podcast. 
• Podcasts are actually multiple streams of content. 
• How Oprah Winfrey became a household name and her approach to interviewing guests. 
• Figuring out the relevant content to deliver to listeners. 
• 3 questions businesses should be asking right now. 
• Growing up in a Single-parent household and coming to the Lord at 15, getting discipled by his best friend.
• Buying a house at 21 in college and becoming a "People magnet."
• Winning a sweepstakes that changed his life. 
• Moving to Orlando, Florida and running a division of a logistics company working with NASCAR.
• The reunion with his father 19 years after he left and finding out his grandfather left his family as well. 
• His father losing two siblings to suicide and a drug overdose.
• The power of staying with it.  

Connect with James on LinkedIn or james@sweetfishmedia.com

www.sweetfishmedia.com

Episode 71 with Fitness Coach and Well-Being Expert Moe Ghias

Episode 71 with Fitness Coach and Well-Being Expert Moe Ghias joins this episode to talk about: 

• Overcoming the "COVID 15" and the behaviors that caused it. 
• Suppressing boredom with eating more food. 
• The biggest advantage of going to a gym versus working out at home.
• The critical importance of routines. 
• Choosing a gym wisely and the reasons why. 
• Finding what the bare minimum is that you can do each day.
• The major setback in someone's wellness journey and the reason people lose momentum.
• Habits being totally in one's control. 
• The proper way to sustain training. 
• Tearing his ACL after starting his own Soccer team in college and falling in love with Strength training after rebuilding his leg.
• Not allowing training to be manipulated by what other people find appealing. 
• Turning being great at Barbell squats and preparing for Physique shows to competitive Power lifting. 
• Strength having a funny way of changing your body composition. 
• His family moving to the United States at 13 for better education.
• Building a Taj Mahal. 

Connect with Moe on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram or at www.moeghias.com 

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Episode 70 with Professional Speaking Coach and President of Speaking CPR Michael Davis

Professional Speaking Coach and President of Speaking CPR Michael Davis joins this episode to talk about: 

• Being ahead of the game with Online presentations before COVID-19.
• How being online dull the senses.
• The importance of the delivery over the message, but making the message the Central theme.
• The importance of a clear, concise and short messaging. 
• Commonality, not perfection, that connects people. 
• The staying power of Virtual meetings. 
• Not presenting to a camera the same way as a Live presentation.
• Stories are the Great connector. 
• How a defining moment in his childhood and his fear of being looked at shaped his view of presentations.
• Customer evaluations exposed his fear of speaking and his fear of speaking was not as great as his fear of losing his job.
• Moving from being a "Polished" speaker to an Authentic connector. 

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn at: michaeldavisspeakingcpr; Email: mike@speakingcpr or www.speakingcpr.com 

Episode 69 with Leadership Development Coach and Trainer and Host of The Cannoli Coach Podcast Dr. Kimberly Hambrick

Leadership Development Coach and Trainer and Host of The Cannoli Coach Podcast Dr. Kimberly Hambrick, a fellow West Virginian, joins this episode to talk about:

• The rivalry between Marshall University and West Virginia University and getting degrees from both schools.
• Great West Virginians and creating the life you want here. 
• The common ground of leadership and focusing on people over profits.
• Asking Team members a specific question.
• What leaders aren't good at doing. 
• Overcoming the "Old School" mentality of seeing people doing work and how proximity doesn't make a good employee.
• The importance of being interested over being interesting.
• Being an acquired taste.
• Being successful on the outside but fighting a "Middle-Child" mentality on the inside.
• Realizing she deserved so much more and finding out how broken she was.
• Borrowing the belief others had in her until that belief became her own.
• Getting comfortable with having a story and having a voice. 
• It is never too late to push the reset button.

Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn and subscribe to The Cannoli Coach on Podcast platforms.

Episode 68 with Sales Leader, Coach, Official Member of the Forbes Business Council and Founder of the Six-Figure Sales Academy Marcus Chan

Sales Leader, Coach, Official Member of the Forbes Business Council, Founder of the Six-Figure Sales Academy and 2020 LinkedIn Top Voice Marcus Chan joins this episode. Marcus talks about:

• The fundamentals never going out of style and the bad habits Sales people developed are biting them in the backside. 
• The power of Social connection in relationship building and consuming content in greater ways. 
• The content he likes to consume and putting his content in buckets. 
• Caring more about impact than likes and shares in Content creation
• Companies using their people as Brand Ambassadors and partnering with those companies doing great things. 
• His father escaping from China and coming to the United States and opening a restaurant.
• Working in his parents' restaurant growing up until they sold the restaurant and getting "an actual job."
• Didn't begin speaking until he was 4 years old and overcame a serious Speech impediment. 
• Going from being one of the fastest swimmers in the state of Oregon to being average and working harder to regain his position.
• Attending the University of Oregon and selling Speedo's while going to college Full-time.
• Never assume what your customer needs.
• Asking more questions that led to leading his team in Sales while selling Speedos.
• Realizing the biggest obstacle was between his ears.

Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn, Instagram and www.marcuschan.io/resources

Episode 67 with Speaker, Founder of the Happy Healthy Workplace and Host of The Happy Healthy Workplace Podcast Kimberly Ficklin

Speaker, Founder of the Happy Healthy Workplace and Host of The Happy Healthy Workplace Podcast Kimberly Ficklin joins this episode. Kimberly talks about:

• The sign above Kimberly's desk and her magical desk. 
• Not everyone being happy working from home. 
• Setting up boundaries at home while working to make things smoother and happy and surrounding yourself with things that personalize your space. 
• The first time she had significant trauma in the workplace in her early 20's in the Automotive industry.
• Questioning herself wondering how to call out inappropriate behavior and harassment. 
• The importance of saying something and trusting yourself. 
• Telling your truth and listening with empathy when someone is uncomfortable and the ability to be vulnerable at work. 
• Being open to new workplaces and moving on to an new opportunity. 
• Having a physical altercation with a male boss and having nothing to lose standing up for herself. 
• Holding on to something toxic and getting rid of it. 

Connect with Kimberly on LinkedIn and Twitter @AntiDietCoach

www.thehappyhealthyworkplace.com

 

 

Episode 66 Intentional Encouragement Roundtable with Karen Markle and Steve Sullivan Hosts of The Positivity Chat

This Intentional Encouragement Roundtable features Karen Markle and Steve Sullivan, Hosts of The Positivity Chat. In this episode, Karen and Steve talk about: 

• How a One-time event turned into a Weekly event. 
• Networking without networking and organically building a community. 
• A place where professionals come to just be people.
• Conversations that affected Karen and Steve and took their breath away. 
• Positivity as a strength.
• Intentionally encouraging people during and after a Positivity Chat. 
• People speaking with greater confidence as they find their voice on the Positivity Chat. 

Connect with Karen and Steve on LinkedIn and Facebook 

Episode 65 with Recruiting Guru and Talent Acquisition Specialist Deborah Bubis

Recruiting Guru and Talent Acquisition Specialist Deborah Bubis stops by this episode to tell her remarkable story. Debbie talks about:

• The most important thing for recruiters to keep in mind. 
• How to ask for support from a displacement and the importance of telling your story.
• The power of being listened to. 
• What a like or a share on Social media can do to empower someone looking for a new opportunity. 
• How a seemingly minor injury from a car accident at 5 impacted her life in college and became major injuries.
• How 9/11 was a huge wakeup call to live her life to the fullest. 
• Finding out her health was worse than she thought after taking a Government position.
• Discovering a $6 million oversight during an audit.
• Working in a building with mold and being forced to make a career choice.
• Powering through medical challenges to fight to get to where she is today.

Connect with Deborah on dabubis@cavtel.net or LinkedIn: 

Episode 64 with Translation Expert and Owner of Rapport International Wendy Pease

Translation Expert and Owner of Rapport International Wendy Pease joins this episode to talk about:

• How people are the same everywhere. 
• Starting a Gratitude journal before the pandemic and how that's changed her days.
• The importance of translation to both the speaker and the receiver. 
• Technology handling language and understanding that language is rapidly changing. 
• The size of a dictionary today versus the 1930's. 
• Falling in love with languages as a young girl moving to Mexico with her family. 
• Being a natural extrovert helped her adapt to moving to Taiwan, the Philippines and back to the United States as a teenager.
• Her love of Penn State football and spending the night at Joe Paterno's house with his daughters growing up in State College, Pennsylvania.
• Losing two Sales positions even as a High-performer due to Sexual harassment.
• Being laid off on Maternity leave and buying a Translation company.
• Going through a divorce, having young children and running a business and feeling alone. 

Connect with Wendy on LinkedIn or www.rapportintl.com