Career Competitor

Whether it is a difficult situation you are in at work, a conversation that needs to be had about a difficult subject, or just a change that needs to be made, doing what needs to be done is not necessarily easy. 

Our guest today has built a career, company, and life for herself by doing what needs to be done as we welcome CEO of Wealth Legacy Institute, Kim Curtis to the show. Kim is also an author of 2 books Money Secrets and Retirement Secrets

Interested in unlocking your potential to go and do what needs to be done in your career? Contact Steve Mellor today at Steve@careercompetitor.com to set up your free coaching consultation

Within our discussion Kim reveals how her moral standards were tested and how she was eventually forced into taking action so she could shift the culture of an entire industry. 

Within our conversation, the competitor in you will be educated on how to:

• Handle adversity in ways where it can create opportunity
• Build relationships that can forge business success
• Embrace growth as a part of your journey at all times

You can learn more about the work Kim and her team does at wealthlegacyinstitute.com and she also recommends that you check out financialliteracypress.com to educate yourself on the 10 laws of money

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If you know what you love to do, know how to do it well, and know you can make money doing it... what is stopping you?

This is the story of my guest today Dr. Nadia Brown who is the Founder and CEO of The Doyenne Agency (thedoyenneagency.com) where she has proven herself to be a Global Sales & Sales Training Expert over the past 5 years 

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Within the episode we cover some great insight courtesy of Nadia's life and career journey, while also discuss her new book Sell Like A Lady (www.selllikealady.com) teaching the art of sales using dignity, class, & grace. 

Nadia offers insight on

• Managing your passion and pursuing your purpose
• The skill of sales in how you make it unique to you
• Benefits of having and listening to a support system

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Establishing the most important part of leadership is something you could discuss and argue for a long time, but knowing where to start - according to our guest today - is a much more clear cut case.

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Tony Davis is the President of Arrowhead Leadership Inc, an authorized licensee of Crestcom International, and he leads new cohorts by emphasizing behavioral change as the first and greatest priority throughout their training. 

In addition to the topic of leadership, we relive some of the successful transitions within Tony's career and discuss the ways he has been able to do this successfully.

Tony provides insight on

• The behavioral changes that guide leadership growth
• Simple ways to approach the challenge of transition
• Identifying and defining your competitive nature as a leader

Head to Tony's LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonydjax to learn more about him and the services he provides and be sure to check out his podcast, The Well Rounded Leaders Podcast. 

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Today, everything from the person you are, the roles you play, the teams you are part of, and the people you associate with influence your brand. The question is, are you aware of what you need to know in order to optimize your brand? Fortunately, our guest today can help you in this area as we welcome founder & president of Vision Board Media, Donna Serdula to the show. 

Best known for her work on LinkedIn and as the critically acclaimed author for books such as LinkedIn Profile Optimization for Dummies, Donna has been enabling brand optimization for everyone from high level executives to entry level employees the world over for over a decade. 

Within this episode we cover impactful topics such as

• The competitive nature of brand recognition
• Why you must SOAR in order to elevate your LinkedIn game
• Ensuring you and your brand can be discovered easily 
• Prioritizing authentic connections to spread your brand

You can learn all about the work Donna and her team does with Vision Board Media by heading to their website at https://visionboardmedia.com/ and be sure to go follow Donna on LinkedIn for continued access to impactful content.

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When a competitor refuses to accept any result other than a successful one, they have moved into the mindset of knowing what will happen. On this episode we get to learn from highly acclaimed songwriter, Melissa Bollea Rowe on her story of realizing her greatest goals within the music industry. 

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Author of the book God, Gratitude, & Giving, Melissa is also the CEO of her company, Rhyme Partners. While today she is well-established around Nashville and has been for many years, her journey was anything but easy. In this example of pursuing your goals into reality, we learn from Melissa 

• The importance of recognizing where you have a gift
• How real fulfillment can be achieved through your work
• Why we should clearly define what success will look like
• The rewards that can come from our journey

Melissa is a living example of how investing fully in your goals  can convince both you and the world of what is destined to happen. 

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A special episode this week where we shed light on a great cause that is Athlete's Soul Run for the Soul. I welcome in my fellow coach and friend Charlie Ruiz to discuss our experience with athletic retirement and reasons for why people should consider caring about the topic that is athletic retirement.

Please donate here to support this great cause (https://charity.pledgeit.org/f/6HNJL5RaJV)

Charlie brings his experience of retiring from professional baseball with the Colorado Rockies and having to transition into the real world unsure of where to go and who to connect with. Today he is the founder of his performance coaching company CLR Connection.

Within the interview we reference some important topics including:

• The struggle athletes can have serving their best intentions following sports
• Identifying specifically what it is they want to do now their sport is no more
• How an athlete's community can play a vital role in revealing the options out there to you

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We welcome in a Career Competitor with over 30 years of experience guiding and placing senior level leaders into roles where they can flourish. Co-Founder & Chairman of Rice Cohen INternational, Gene Rice joins the show to tell us about his career & life experiences, as well as discuss his new book Grad to Grown Up

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Gene generously provides an enormous amount of insight through stories of business and life that emphasize the important role that purpose plays in an individuals journey. In addition, the conversation reveals impactful takeaways such as:

• Investing enough in your identity and self to figure out the role you were born to have
• Showing up with an intention to be the linch pin an organization values and needs
• Experiencing worlds you believe you belong in before overcommitting to them
• Reflecting on how you have grown from one phase of work and development to the next

If you are in a place in your journey where you don't have the resources to invest in a book like Gene's then be sure to reach out to him directly through LinkedIn to request a free copy!!!

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As the Head of National Development within his role as a swim coach with Plymouth Leander in the UK, Matt Cross is all too familiar with the competitive world of helping others realize their goals. A great coach will find ways to attend to the individual goals of the group they oversee, because as Matt likes to say, "everyone has a different Olympic final"

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Matt and I discuss various elements within the coach-athlete relationship to consider, including

• Investing in the building of a relationship
• Managing the whole athlete and not just the performer
• Knowing when you should adapt to those around you
• Allowing the space for the occasional bad day

Matt is the host of his own podcast, Behind the Stats with Matt Cross which you can check out here 

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A Career Competitor who prioritizes human connection and delivering impact joins us on the show today. Carly Croman of Carly Croman Consulting provides insight for those pursuing personal growth or searching for an organizational solution. 

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In her full time role, Carly is a Program Manager and Professor at the University of Arizona but is very much driven to make impact both in those roles and with her freelance services. Within this conversation you will learn about

• The power of authenticity being at the heart of your work
• Facilitating business relationships by prioritizing the client
• Delivering solutions that seek to move your work and the world forwards

If you are looking to learn more about Carly's service be sure to reach out to her at Connect@carlycroman.com 

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A competitor that embraces the need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps joins us this week as Ryan Margolin, CEO of Professional Hair Labs joins us to tell us about the work ethic required to become an international business leader and entrepreneurial expert.

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Ryan approaches his work with an intention to make things simple enough that the path to success becomes more clear and more concise. He also sheds light on other perspectives including:

• Be willing to do the work to build the belief
• Ensuring your mind is stronger than your emotions
• Take time to learn about and improve upon yourself
• Acknowledge realization of potential to fuel future discovery

You can learn more about Professional Hair Labs at prohairlabs.com and be sure to connect with Ryan on LinkedIn too. 

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A competitor that appreciates building a career by figuring things out as she goes joins the show. Founder of Soledier Socks, Elle Rueger joins us to tell us all about how she has been able to build a competitive business while serving a cause at the same time.

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Elle Rueger is a businesswoman that has built her company by showing up with a curiosity to learn, a willingness to admit what she doesn't know, and the competitive instinct to know where she can maximize her impact. 

Within our discussion, Elle shares insight on

• The benefits of asking "how can I help?"
• Identifying areas where you can have the greatest impact
• Why authenticity leads to respect and acceptance
• How growth opportunities appear by recognizing problems

Head to solediersocks.com to learn more about how you can serve an amazing cause and get your hands on pairs of premium socks today. 

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A competitor across all chapters of her career to date joins us to discuss how best to utilize the competitor within to capitalize on career growth and performance. Maritza McClendon is the Director of Talent Development & Corporate Communications with Carters Inc. and is best known for being the first African American woman to represent the USA in swimming at an Olympic Games (Athens, 2004).

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Maritza presents a number of insights that will force you to reflect on your own tendencies towards career and personal development, including: 

• The importance of recognizing your greatest achievements
• Embracing the possibility of being exposed when leveling up
• Using disappointments as a catalyst for improvement
• Considering human elements of performance development

For more information on Maritza's story and the services she offers to organizations as a speaker, head to https://www.maritzamcclendon.com 

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On this episode we welcome Danielle Mills Walden who is on a mission to help people achieve their full potential by showing them how to achieve a Champion's Mindset. Considering what we are about as a podcast, this was always going to be a harmonious conversation between 2 competitors with similar mindsets. 

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Danielle is a former international tennis player having played professional tennis for 10 years. Following retirement in 2014, she always knew that she wanted to make an impact on people so she founded HEADSTRONG LLC, a Mindset Mentorship company. 

On this episode, Danielle offers insight for competitors in all fields to gain greater insight into 

• Discovering and revealing your championship mindset
• Overcoming limiting beliefs
• The importance of having a game plan in your pursuit of success
• Approaching competitiveness from a collaborative perspective

Be sure to go and learn more about both Danielle's story and her company at headstrongmind.com and connect with her through LinkedIn and on Social Media @Danielle_Mills_Walden

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With a unique and niche theme to this episode we welcome in journaling coach and founder of Good things come to those who Journal, Amanda Stern to get us all up to speed on the power that journaling can have to give you a competitive advantage within your career. 

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Amanda tells the story of how her passion for journaling evolved and the defining moments within her life that set her on this course to doing what she does today. In addition, Amanda offers insight on 

• The common misconceptions associated with journaling
• How journaling can calm the chaos within your world
• Why you can expect to be thrown into action from the words you put on the page
• What the safe and judgement-free space of journaling can do for your self-esteem

For further information on Amanda's services be sure to connect with her on LinkedIn or check out her website here. In addition, be sure to schedule time to talk with Amanda about her upcoming Journaling for Entrepreneurs program starting July 5th by going to this link bit.ly/ASJournalChat

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The new owner and CEO of IDEA Health & Fitness, Amy Boone Thompson rejoins the show to tell us all about her recent career successes and the role that speaking things into existence has played in realizing these goals of hers. 

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A proven competitor within the health and fitness world, Amy has been working with great intention since her last appearance on the show 2 years ago (listen to that episode here) towards this dream job she has now attained.

Amy offers insight on

• The power of manifesting your dream job 
• The importance of intentional acts driving your work ethic
• The role humility can play to ensure you are educated accordingly
• The need to invest in yourself in order to become more self aware

You can learn all about IDEA Health & Fitness by heading to www.ideafit.com where you will learn all about the IDEA World Convention happening July 20-24th in Las Vegas (more details here)

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A former Career Competitor guest joins us today to dive into the topic of prioritizing the souls of coaches in relation to how they are supported and cared for. Emotional and Leadership Coach Lee Povey rejoins the show to talk to us about his new venture, Coaches Soul (Coachesoul.com) that he co-founded with Myriam Glez of Athletes Soul. 

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Lee shares the idea behind the service and the impact it can have on those coaching within the sports world. Furthermore, Steve & Lee present their experiences and insight on the importance of supporting coaches and not leaving them to handle all pressures and expectation alone. 

A lot of what is discussed in this episode can be applied to current and aspiring leaders everywhere in how you can learn to prioritize the vulnerable tendencies required to reach out to others and admit the need for support. 

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We welcome Career Competitor Daniel Felt to the show who is the CEO of Kura Home (kurahome.com) and proven example of what it means to go beyond the role you have. 

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Daniel came from a family of go-getters and witnessed examples growing up of how to consider being of greater use to another person or situation. Having learned the importance of finishing what you start through his life in sports, Daniel took the same mindset into the creation and growth of Kura Homes.

Within our discussion today, you can expect to receive guidance on 

• How to work on and demand the best version of yourself
• Recognizing the impact of asking "what can I do?"
• Identifying opportunities where you can do 1 extra thing

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On this episode we welcome a competitor of the sports and self-empowerment world in that of coach Eric Stefanski. Having built a career as a collegiate swim coach, Eric grew tired of applying a band aid to the same problems with his athletes and made a career shift to do something about it. 

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Eric shares his strategies to develop a self-sufficient individual, and despite spending most of his days around youth there are countless examples in this episode that apply to business professionals and adults alike.

Eric offers insight on 

• Accessing our "creative imagination" to prompt a growth mindset
• Feeling empowered to pinpoint and work for what you truly want
• The importance of a high performance routine 
• Knowing when and how to utilize a coach or mentor

You can learn more about Eric and the work he does at lifesparq.com and please be sure to leave us a 5-star review and subscribe to the show

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A short episode uder 10 minutes where Steve shares a sentiment with listeners to create a competitive edge within their career. Be sure to take the time to reach out to Steve at Steve@careercompetitor.com to share with him your thoughts on how you relate to this message. 

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On this unique episode of the show, Career Competitor meets The Media Mavens Podcast as Steve welcomes in CEO of Axis Entertainment and host of The Media Mavens Podcast, Sarah Miller. 

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As the CEO of Axis Entertainment, Sarah has built a an award-winning experiential agency that drives leadership, influence and authority through stepped up Public Relations & Events. Having been a prominent and successful leader over the past 2 decades, Sarah reveals within the discussion the endless layers that make up a great leader. 

The podcast mash up approach in this episode allows for Steve to play the role of both host and guest (as does Sarah). This leads to a heightened discussion that delivers a greater level of insight that goes beyond leading people and becomes more about leading yourself.

You will gain insight on what it means to

• Deliver intentional actions to regular progress
• Consider what you must do to bring the best out of others
• Advance your own expectations in order to raise those of others
• Widen your perspective to consider how you are leading

Learn more about Sarah and the wonderful work she does at axis-entertainment.com/about and be sure to check out her podcast at mediamavenspodcast.com

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