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25: Jessica Rhodes – Connections + Magnetism

Jessica Rhodes is the founder and CEO of InterviewConnections.com, the premier Guest Booking agency for podcasters and guest experts, and she is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic! She is a strong believer in the power of personal stories and shares her insights on connections and magnetism.
Show Notes: 
  • Relationships create meaning and value
  • Entrepreneurs need to build a circle of trust
  • Concept of inability to “legislate love”
  • Love languages and how people show and receive love in different ways
  • Importance of understanding different styles of communication
  • Seeking first to understand before you can be understood
  • Magnetism and relationships of entrepreneurs vs. traditional jobs
  • How to identify and direct the type of people and things you attract
  • Importance of self-awareness and mindset of abundance
  • Knowing your habits tendency and how you can stick with a habit
  • Value in asking questions and doing research on audience
  • Authenticity and knowing/sharing personal stories is powerful and can help others work through challenges
  • Jessica shares experiences where she has discovered higher self-awareness
  • Discussion around being right vs. being in a relationship
  • How Jessica invests in her business and how she’s planning to invest in herself
  • Working to create habits you don’t want to break
  • Creating momentum by having concrete goals and an action plan
  • How to pivot when you realize you are moving in the wrong direction
Connect with Jessica: 
Book + Podcast References:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is a POTAD, LLC production (Partnership of Thinking and Doing)

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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23: Sunniva Holt – Authenticity, Discipline, Habit and Routine

Sunniva Holt describes herself as a serial entrepreneur, property developer, coach, speaker, author, social media queen, wife and mother from Auckland New Zealand. As you’ll hear in our conversation, she gets straight to the point and doesn’t pull any punches.

Now that we’re halfway through January and the New Year is in full swing, it’s the perfect time to harness your own personal power to maintain forward momentum as you live into your 2017.

Show Notes:

  • Discussed Sunniva’s work in property, coaching, public speaking and writing – specifically her interest in personal development
  • How the style of coach needs to match the needs of individual
  • Importance of open, honest, real communication in coaching
  • Finding comfort in discomfort in order to get results
  • Difference in your belief in your abilities to be successful v. true self-belief
  • Need to own and acknowledge past while also moving forward
  • Necessity to surround yourself with the right people and environments – and knowing when to step away from problem situations
  • How utilizing outside resources can help to sustain forward momentum
  • Sunniva’s daily practices and routines that help to maintain alignment
  • How daily visualization and putting pen to paper helps to bring harmony between the conscious and subconscious mind
  • Insights into Sunniva’s work with female go-getters and her desire to build up other women
  • Transparency about past can bring tremendous power and allows you to help others by sharing your stories
  • Journaling is an important first step in helping people to figure out who they truly are: true identity and full potential
  • Ability to be the same person in all areas of your life, of having alignment, can open you up to massive returns
  • Perception can be a game-changer if we seek out the good in every situation and practice gratitude
  • Embracing and sharing ourselves and our unique gifts with the world
  • How Sunniva maintains momentum by pushing herself daily to take actions towards her goals and her views on failure and learning
  • Quick peek into what Sunniva’s working on and her excitement in how businesses are shifting focus towards greater consciousness

Connect with Sunniva Holt: 

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is a POTAD, LLC production (Partnership of Thinking and Doing)

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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22: John Lee Dumas – EOFIRE

John Lee Dumas is the host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he interviews today’s most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. JLD has interviewed over 1400 Entrepreneurs and EOFire has over 1 million monthly listens. John is the author of the record-setting Freedom Journal and his next book, The Mastery Journal, launches its Kickstarter campaign on January 23, 2017. It was an honor to speak with John because his book, The Freedom Journal, was central in my journey to launching the Uphill Conversations podcast in 2016.

Show Notes:

  • John points out the value of improving upon your strengths rather than trying to overcome your weaknesses
  • A quick overview of the Mastery Journal: a 100 day guide to mastering productivity, discipline and focus
  • Tools to accomplish one goal in 100 days via The Freedom Journal
  • The necessity of continuing to dig into your goals once you’ve accomplished them
  • Best practices for keeping yourself fresh
  • The value of doing things that DON’T scale (i.e. 1:1 interactions)
  • How meditation is a daily and important practice
  • How to maintain a growth mindset in a fast-moving world
  • Examples of how John consistently pushes himself outside of his comfort zone to maintain momentum

Learn more about John Lee Dumas and Fire Nation at:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is a POTAD, LLC production (Partnership of Thinking and Doing)

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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21: Live Into Your 2017

Make resolutions you can live into for your New Year!

Be sure your resolutions are in alignment with who you are and what you want! If you want to see growth, make order and structure a priority as growth cannot be sustained without them. Your time and capacity depend upon your actions, productivity, discipline, and focus. And your future will only manifest what you’ve invested.

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is a POTAD, LLC production (Partnership of Thinking and Doing)

© 2016 Uphill Conversations

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17: Jen DeVore Richter – Reinvent, Reenergize and Redesign

Jen DeVore Richter is an author and seasoned business owner recently personally invited by Arianna Huffington to be a contributor on The Huffington Post as an expert on personal branding and marketing.

For over ten years, she enjoyed an achievement-filled career as a marketing executive working in television, at Kennedy Space Center, and for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. In 2003, she made the transition into entrepreneurship and co-founded Rock My Image in 2013 where she spearheads strategic planning.

Her expertise in marketing and creative approach to business has culminated in a co-authored book Amplify Your Business: The Rockstar Professional’s Guide to Marketing Success.

Jen is an active member of her church and a regular participant in their community volunteer initiatives. In her spare time, she takes acting workshops and attends local community theater events. She enjoys traveling with her husband Will, is a “bonus mom” to his two teenage children, and is an avid painter and home cook.

CONNECT WITH JEN:

Website: jendevore.rocks

Facebook : jen.devore.richter

Twitter: @JenRDeVore

JEN’S BOOK:

Amazon: Amplify Your Business

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

No Worries (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)
Gotta Move On (© 2014 Anderson Music, LLC)

Uphill Conversations is a POTAD, LLC production (Partnership of Thinking and Doing)

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