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40: GrowCo 2017 – Lessons, Insights + Connections

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Megan and Tim share insights and inspirations from the 2017 Inc. GrowCo conference in New Orleans.

Notes:

  • Overall vibe of conference – sharing of ideas, connection and collaboration
  • New Ventures Megan and Tim have launched:
  • Going with your gut/intuition vs conducting direct or indirect research
  • If your road to your dream isn’t built, maybe it’s time to break ground
  • Social media has made everyone a part of the media
  • Self-expression & showcasing identity
  • Authenticity and willingness to learn is key to building trust
  • Intentionality in building your business and personal brands
  • Letting people behind the curtain (allowing yourself to be vulnerable) fosters a strong connection and allows for learning
  • Sometimes you need to take a chance and step outside of your circle
  • Importance of being mission focused
  • There is great power in the words we speak into our daughters and son
  • Value of having strong, complimentary, collaborative partnerships
  • Life and business are expansive – take your time and adjust your speed

Books / Resources / People:

INTRO AND OUTRO MUSIC (Used by permission):

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

Uphill Conversations is an Uphill Strategies, LLC production

© 2017 Uphill Conversations

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39: Jessica Nazarali – Follow Your Intuition & Build the Life You Desire

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Jessica Nazarali joins us for an Uphill Conversation around following your intuition and building the life you desire.

Jessica Nazarali knew from an early age that personal development would be part of her life’s work. But it wasn’t until she started a passion project – a blog and health food website in 2011 – that Jessica’s dream came to fruition. Today Jessica merges business with her desire to help people through the courses she releases through It Girl Academy and her podcast It Girl Radio. She is passionate about helping women to use the evergreen model for enrolling consistent clients without having to do big stressful launches.

Show Notes:

  • Jessica talks about her unique Coaching Mastery program
  • Relationship and differences between coaching and mentoring
  • Navigating bends and bumps in a mentor/mentee relationship and owning your decisions
  • Allowing yourself to pay attention to your intuition
  • Even though a method isn’t proven, doesn’t mean you won’t succeed
  • Jessica developed proprietary Evergreen Model(TM)
  • Using the OODA loop: observe-orient-decide-act
  • Appearance that you “have it all,” but still feel unfulfilled and confused
  • Importance of taking the first step when feeling stuck
  • Providing guidance and education while retaining authenticity
  • Recognizing the expanse of life gives perspective on having patience
  • Journaling, working with a coach and fitness are ways Jessica works on herself
  • How Jessica brings her ideas to life and tools she uses
  • The It Girl Foundation empowers women in developing countries
  • Possibilities for both failure and success can hold you back from making changes or taking risks

Connect with Jessica:

Books:

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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38: Kare Anderson – Synchronicity, Clarity & Specificity

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In this episode, Tim and Megan have an Uphill Conversation with Kare Anderson on synchronicity, clarity and specificity.

Kare Anderson is an Emmy-winning former NBC and Wall Street Journal reporter, now connective behavior speaker and columnist for Forbes and Huffington Post. Anderson’s TED talk on The Web of Humanity: Be an Opportunity Maker has attracted over two million views. Her clients are as diverse as Salesforce, Novartis, and The Skoll Foundation. She’s a founding board member of Annie’s Homegrown, co-founder of nine political PACs, and author of Mutuality Matters, Moving From Me to We, Getting What You Want, and Resolving Conflict Sooner. Anderson serves on the advisory boards of The Business Innovation Factory, Gloopt, and TEDxMarin. As David Rockefeller Jr. said after hearing her speak, “Kare forever changes how you see yourself and your world.”

Show Notes:

  • Need to get specific about your top mission in life
  • Synchronistic events and how they shape our lives
  • Why it’s important to be aware of our hot buttons and blind spots
  • Dangers of projection and importance of asking questions (rather than making assumptions)
  • Use specificity when sharing stories, tell them in ways that matter to listeners
  • “When the light shines on you, shine it on someone else”
  • Gives teams rules of engagement and methods to genuinely connect
  • It’s easy to be against something, but the real power comes when we are for something that’s better and brighter
  • Breaking out of our ingrained habits in order to create change
  • A helpful helper provides something before you knew you needed it
  • We all change over time, we grow and evolve
  • Be open to learning, there is something in everybody that we can learn from
  • The power in making and keeping promises
  • Don’t limit your field of vision or beliefs when finding others to partner with – be open to noticing more, expand your awareness
  • Kare’s current purpose in life
  • What and how Kare works on herself and maintains momentum

Connect with Kare:

Books/Authors: 

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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37: Todd Tresidder – Values, Wealth & Happiness

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Todd Tresidder joins us for an Uphill Conversation on finances, values, wealth and happiness.

Todd graduated from the University of California at Davis with a B.A. in economics and a passion for creating successful businesses. A serial entrepreneur since childhood, Todd went on to build his own wealth as a hedge fund investment manager before “retiring” at 35 to teach others. Today, he provides advanced investment and retirement planning education at FinancialMentor.Com showing you what works, what doesn’t, and why based on a depth of proven experience.

Show Notes: 

  • Disproving the “millionaire myth.”
  • Financial freedom opens up possibilities, but will not make you happy
  • Seeking financial wealth to compensate for feelings of low self-worth
  • Todd’s bumpy journey towards a more fulfilling life
  • We have ingrained values and traits alongside developed passions
  • Through actions and work, developed passions deepen
  • Important to align and honor your values with your passions
  • Power of clarity in decision making – theories versus evidence
  • Todd is a “hopeless realist”, not holding romantic delusions in work or life
  • Culture of convenience, instant gratification and “sound byte” environment sets us up for disappointment in journeys to make true impact, learn and grow
  • Todd measures wealth by how much value you’ve added to the world
  • Success takes hard work and resilience
  • Quantifying how much time remains in your life can impact how you’re living this year, month or day
  • Being internally directed versus externally directed in our lives
  • Being successful versus having significance; outcomes vs. process

Quotes:

  • “Judge by results, often harsh, always fair.” – Brian Klemmer
  • “Success is 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
  • “What you do today is important because you’re trading a day of your life for it.” – Unknown
  • “Don’t do work based on what you do, but do it based on what you become.” – Po Bronson
  • “You are more than you’ve become.” – Friend of Tim Pecoraro
  • “Happiness is not the belief that we don’t need to change, it’s the realization that we can.” – Shawn Achor

Books/resources:

Connect with Todd: 

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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36: Lin Eleoff – Guts, Grit and Grace

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Lin Eleoff joins us on Uphill Conversations to talk about the key components of living a gutsy glorious life. She is an author, lawyer and “rock your life” coach for women over 40. Lin has written what she calls “The New Rules” for women who are ready to WOMAN UP in all aspects of their lives, something she says takes GUTS, GRIT, and GRACE.

Lin says one of the worst things a woman can do is turn her back on herself when it comes to the woman she sees in the mirror.

Show Notes:

  • Need to pay attention to your inner voice – your inner 6-year-old
  • How Lin has lived a life filled with bold moves
  • Don’t overlook the importance of SECOND chances, whether they are given to you or you make them for yourself
  • Disciplines needed to cultivate persistence and grit
  • AFGOs – Another Freaking Growth Opportunity
  • Tremendous combination of guts, grit and grace
  • Importance of doing an audit of your own values: Are they yours or did you inherit them from someone else and you’ve been living them your whole life?
  • We are not called to get it right, we are called to learn
  • Trap of self-comparison versus embracing our uniqueness and imperfections
  • In order to change, we must be willing to see that supporting others to the detriment of ourselves is not as a badge of honor
  • Impact our parents have in our lives: inspiring us, imposing wisdom and leading by example
  • Using mantra “Cut. Bleed. Heal.” to work through situations where you’ve been wounded
  • Not allowing past wounds to determine our present or future actions
  • Awareness of inner feelings and recognizing signals to guide choices
  • Sometimes need to scare people into paying attention and taking responsibility, to understand the dangers of ignorance
  • How Lin invests in herself and empowers others
  • Lin’s perspective on the myth of “having it all”

Connect with Lin:

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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