The HERO Show

“There are a lot of people who have a very good eye and they have good taste but that does not make them an interior designer. There are a lot of behind-the-scenes kind of things and technical stuff going on. There are principles of design. There is an understanding of what to do with spaces–especially corporate and commercial spaces.”

"I fight for justice. I believe in open access to opportunities especially funding. Without funding opportunities, we are constantly in a situation where some people have it and some people don’t." — Kedma Ough

"One of my passions is the symbolism in fantasy as escapism–as a story. There is a connection to real life. Neil Gaiman said, 'Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.' It allows you to work through stuff that actually happens in your daily life–that happens all the time in reality. Through the lens of fantasy, it softens the blow. It allows you to see from a new angle."

"Most tech things don't come easy to me. I'm 59 & I shouldn't use that as an excuse–you have to adapt & go where your customers are. Learn to communicate the way they want to, not the way you want to because it's easier. If it's outside your comfort zone, adapt and learn how everyone wants to be communicated. You don't have to be a tech guru, just learn the basics." — Brian Winch

"...no matter what it is that you're trying to sell, there's usually a unique way to meet a market demand that's currently untapped & I love the way you phrase that: an elegant solution, delivering it in a way that's so attractive, and that is so perfectly meeting the need. You really need to find that no matter how big or small your solution is, and not everybody's trying to launch the next multi...

"I say relationships are key. People that I knew back then still come to me because I was nice to them. We had a good working relationship. They knew that I was a qualified individual. There's nothing more important than relationship building and making sure that you leave on good terms when you feel like it is time for you to make that exit. Also, plan in advance because it's a very different lif...

"Where do I invest that time and energy? Who am I giving it to? Who am I not giving it to? Because it's not going to be productive. Productive isn't, like, a sales thing. It's not going anywhere. So, if it's not going anywhere, why are you doing it? Give yourself permission. But like, giving yourself permission first before you go out is really important. And that's something that I don't think we...

"By default, you're supposed to have a voice, that's not good because so many people don't feel at ease and relaxed. Your voice should not be good, because the voice is very susceptible to the body. And anything that changes in the body. Anything that makes you feel tense in the body will affect your voice, for example, we all have stress. If you feel stressed, then you are not going to have the b...

"When people ask me what I do for a living, I say that I'm in the business of awakening leaders to be remarkable. I do that by enabling leaders to be in 'heart linked to conscious flow' and 'success flow'. The 'how' will always present itself. It always does."

"One of the questions we ask is, 'What skills do you think today's graduates are lacking?' Everyone says the same thing: communication skills. They don't know how to communicate. They don't know how to talk to each other. Social media plays a huge role in that. If somebody is reaching out to you and you're not interested, just say 'No, thank you.' To not answer at all is just very poor communicati...

"A lot of people are scared of technology or scared of online and digital. They're scared to make their website or even to even have some online presence. I think my superpower has been 'Look, you need help doing something online or digital, my company has a solution for you.' My superpower is finding solutions, at least online and digitally. It's kind of this virtual world but it's real-life as w...

"My superpower is teaching the mindset for success in all life areas. No matter what difficult transition you go through–and I've been tested on this my whole life that you can overcome it. I'm also very faith-based and spiritual. With faith and the mindset for success, you can complete and do anything that you dream to do. This is what I teach my clients when they come to me out of a toxic relati...

"The thing I teach most often that I think would help most entrepreneurs and your listeners, and something that a lot of people struggle with, is removing this whole idea that they have to do everything themselves. To me, if you refuse to ask for help, you rob the other person of the joy that they would have received from helping you. There are a lot of people who could use a bright spot in their...

"'I don't have time'. I want to eliminate the belief that people are too busy. People have the time. Here is your blank day, tomorrow. Fill it in with what needs to happen, with what you want, and what you hope to happen."

"The toughest part is training someone to have the same mindset as you and be driven to think as you do. Especially when it's something that you've created. You create a space and you want to train them to do the things you're doing and how you have done them so that the job is done the same way; so that your client doesn't notice any drop-off. That's the toughest part of the training process. But...

"When we're impatient, sometimes it's because we have set expectations that are unreasonable. We just don't realize what it takes. A lot of times when we're doing something for the first time, who knows? Then we flub up and we have to try again. So, we don't know how long it's going to take. Some of it is a matter of knowing what steps and how long it will take you to do. It helps in dealing with...

"I was made redundant at the age of 48. I had no idea what I needed to do to find a job. I found an Executive job Club which is a charity-based institution and the two outstanding items were networking and LinkedIn. That was the turning point in my job-hunt. I knew I had to use those two to move forward." — Tony K Silver

"I think that there is a small percentage of people who will naturally shift on their own; then there’s the rest of us that has to wait for the universe to push us past the ‘I cannot’ mentality. Most of us are comfortably uncomfortable and unwilling to go beyond that." — Phyllis Ginsberg

"We’re not actually wanting to disrupt social media. We’re wanting to create a framework that can run alongside the existing platforms that are clearly here to stay for a while. We want to give the people a voice and a stake in the economics." — Sue Fennessey

"A lot of them have built businesses where it's financially successful but with wrong clients. They don't know how to negotiate contracts & force boundaries with clients that might be encroaching over the edge, & to communicate effectively about what they do to make their marketing as simple as possible. And then, live the business they want to live. I have people who want to work 40 hours a week...

"...people are coming to me in droves: coaches and therapists specifically. I can help them find more of their ideal clients without paid advertising. So that's my bag. It's about organic, conversation-based marketing for high ticket programs for coaches and therapists. Conversation-based marketing is the opposite of spray and pray, as we call it. It's the opposite of appealing to a wide audience...

"They can feel that there's that compassion that creates safety. And I think that what compassion as that superpower, what it does is it unlocks things. And as soon as something is unlocked, then it opens up this whole treasure chest of limitless possibilities. So, it's almost like, compassion is the key to unlocking one's potential." — Lisha Davidovits

"The first thing people say when I try to understand what their problems are, "I don't want to sound salesy." It comes from what we've grown up with–this throwback 80s 90s, business manager of all the films–a boiler room of sales practices and techniques–growing up in the kitchen, your parents get the hundredth call of the week. Someone is trying to sell them something, yelling at the person down...

"It's the idea that competition exists in a way that sets you back. There are many other people who are doing similar work. You have to understand that the way that you're going to differentiate yourself, is not by saying, I need to create the same thing that they create, but who you serve. If you focus on who you serve, then you do not have to worry about competition, you just have to focus on wh...

"People usually say ‘I know I should be able to JUST WRITE’, which is true but it doesn't help them. Regardless of your outlining process, PREWRITING IS NECESSARY. In FICTION, I can sit down and write by the seat of my pants but for the most part, the outline cuts down a lot of the mental chatter. I would take away that term/phrase/advice, ‘Just sit down and write.’ I would take that away, destroy...