Enlightenment of Change

"Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management.  Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices." – Betsy Jacobson. Lately, many people in their 30s have asked me how I was able to start a business, raise my two boys (who played travel hockey from the age of 5), and maintain a marriage for 32 years.  The short answer is that I just put one foot in front of the othe...

"Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong." ― N.R. Narayana Check Out These Highlights:   In this episode, we get brutally honest about what happens when you treat mindset as an afterthought in business: stalled growth, reactive leadership, burnout, and a team that mirrors your worst habits instead of your best. We'll walk through how...

Connie's motivational quote today is by - Katharine Paine, "The moment you make a mistake in pricing, you're eating into your reputation or your profits."  YouTube: https://youtu.be/WijR3BZYL78 Check Out These Highlights:    When I started my business 20 years ago, I had no idea how to price my offers or write a proposal to spotlight the value the client would get from my services. It was scary. ...

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." ― William James Check Out These Highlights:     During today's episode, my guest and I will explore why darker days affect mood, how we can take accountability for healing, and how true healing begins when we take ownership of our energy and intentionally create joy from within. We will examine how micro-moment...

"Leadership grows like tall trees. It needs both toughness and flexibility - toughness for accountability - flexibility to adapt changes with a compassionate & caring heart for self and others." ― Amit Ray Check Out These Highlights: During today's episode, my guest and I are going to explore the future of human potential—where neuroscience, cutting-edge technology, and deep personal transformatio...

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." – Napoleon Hill Check Out These Highlights:   This is one of my favorite quotes by one of my favorite authors and teachers! Life, sales, work, leadership, you name it – it all starts with what we believe.  So how do we shift from fear, uncertainty, overwhelm, and struggle?  The best place to sell is from a place of service. But h...

Why Belief Is Your Most Powerful Closing Tool with Jennifer Maher (episode 401) "Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect."  – William Clement Stone Check Out These Highlights:   In this episode, my guest and I will unpack the Placebo Effect in Sales — the magnetic power of belief, energy, and certainty in every conversation. Long before a client say...

"I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams."  – Craig D. Lounsbrough Check Out These Highlights:  As we learn new strategies and techniques to help us navigate life's ups and downs, we need to be ready for that change and open to what might be.  We all have blind spots, and until the right course of action, solution, or strategy presents itself, we may remain stuck, not knowing how to move...

"Leadership is not about having all the answers but about asking the right questions."  –  Vorng Panha Check Out These Highlights:     A recent topic that's been generating a lot of interest is the subject of "PERMISSION," especially when it comes to taking your career, business, and/or life to the next level! In fact, this has led my guest, Mitch Matthews, to identify some core tenets of success...

"If a door closes, quit banging on it. Whatever was behind it was not meant for you. Consider that perhaps the door was closed because you're worth so much more than what was on the other side."  –  Karen Salmansohn Youtube: https://youtu.be/2DkLl2JHtQI Check Out These Highlights: I chose this quote because I often feel this way.  When doors close or something ends, I ponder if I did something tha...

"Everything is energy, and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics."   –  Albert Einstein Check Out These Highlights: We have all heard about the Law of Attraction. Contrary to popular belief, manifestation goes far beyond the power of wishful thinking. Nothing...

"Wellness is the complete Integration of Body, Mind, and Spirit - the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of Well-Being" –  Greg Anderson Check Out These Highlights: Do you believe in the life-changing power of your mind/body connection? Did you know that stress is often the silent saboteur of health, happiness, and success? Your automatic emotion...

"Music is the vernacular of the human soul ."  – Geoffrey Latham Check Out These Highlights:   What if music were more than sound? I love conversations about things that may not be well-known to the masses and yet may be just what we are looking for to help us live, grow, and thrive as humans. During today's show, we will discuss medicine music — transmissions encoded with remembrance, healing, an...

"If you don't have some self-doubt and fears when you pursue a dream,   then you haven't dreamed big enough."   -  Joe Vitale Check Out These Highlights:   If life's challenges have triggered self-doubt and fear of the future, you're not alone.  Fear is a real emotion that we need to face head-on to create the life, business, or career we are seeking.  Today, my guest and I are going to share how...

"Good leaders build products. Great leaders build cultures. Good leaders deliver results. Great leaders develop people. Good leaders have vision. Great leaders have values. Good leaders are role models at work. Great leaders are role models in life." –  Adam Grant Check Out These Highlights:   I love this quote because it sets the stage for my conversation with my guest about how leaders can move...

"The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body."  –  Dr. Bruce Lipton Check Out These Highlights: I remember the first time I received an email about the law of attraction; I was hooked. I felt like I had uncovered another world that had been hidden from me. Now, 23 years later, I know that our minds are truly powerful and that we have complete control...

"The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." -  M. Scott Peck Check Out These Highlights: Feeling stuck in your career after decades of experience? You'r...

"You can't have a million-dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic."  – Stephen C. Hogan Check Out These Highlights: If you have been following me, I have been on a mission lately to shift the thinking that it's not okay to accept the hostile way some huge corporate conglomerates have been treating their employees. It's unconscionable! I want to help people shift their mindset from feeling trap...

"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."   – Oscar Wilde Check Out These Highlights: I feel that people often respond with aggressive behavior to share their feelings and emotions. I also think that many people don't understand emotional intelligence and believe that sharing their thoughts is the only alternative, assuming their opi...

"Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and of human dignity."  — Herbert Hoover Check Out These Highlights: The word "freedom" has different meanings for different people. For me, it means having the opportunity and the choice to do what I do every day. My dad came to this country from Italy when he was 20. Growing up, he used to tell us that we could do a...

Why CCOs Are a Company's Secret Weapon with Charley Johnson (episode 386) "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."   –  John Quincy Adams Check Out These Highlights: Leadership is so much more than a title, such as CEO, CFO, or EVP. I have seen great leaders who have no title at all; they care deeply, show up big every time they arrive...

" The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation ."  – Vernon Howard YouTube: Check Out These Highlights:   I don't know about you, but lately I feel as though the world has gone crazy. As a society, we have become so good at blaming others for our current situation, as well as our external environments, including work, friendships, and family commitments. When do we s...

"Don't let money run your life. Let money help you run your life better." – John Rampton   Check Out These Highlights:   Did you know that mental health directly impacts financial well-being? My guest today will share some practical tips on shifting your mindset to foster financial success and personal growth. Whether you're dealing with financial stress or simply looking to improve your relations...

"Healing doesn't mean the damage never existed. It means the Damage no longer controls our lives."  — Unknown YouTube: Check Out These Highlights:    Everyone faces hardship and trauma throughout their lives. Some endure more than others. So, how do we rise like the phoenix, grow, and create the life we deserve? About Chanchal Garg: Chancahl is a speaker, executive coach, author, and facilitator o...

"Excellent communication doesn't just happen naturally. It is a  product of process, skill, climate, relationship, and hard work."  – Pat McMillan Check Out These Highlights:   We all crave deeper connections, but most don't know how to achieve them. In this episode, my guest and I will discuss a powerful framework developed at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, known as the 5 Levels of Commu...