Jun 26, 2019
It’s my birthday and I have some
things to give away. Just a few of my favorite things! How to
enter. Simple! If you’re already subscribed to our
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Someone asked me recently, if
Podcasting has changed my life. It really got me thinking, was this
a game changer for me?
The answer was YES! Podcasting
has made me courageous and more adventurous. I get inspired
everytime I do a podcast episode. I love being surrounded by people
that are challenging the Status Quo. I’m doing more things than I
ever would have done. I’m trying new things and constantly
thinking ‘WHY NOT’, instead of ‘BUT’. A new fresh take on
things.
At the end of 2018, I had made
six month goals (instead of yearly goals), because I wanted the
flexibility to add to things. So, my 3 goals were
- Publishing my Networking book - NAILED IT!!! In
fact, I ended up on the Amazon Best Sellers list, which totally
took me by surprise. First
of all, I need to thank everyone for their amazing support for my
book launch, Connect the Dots, turning strangers into
meaningful network relationships. I have to say, I love all the emails and notes.
I’m glad that many people are finding the book and the companion workbook so useful! One listener, said the book
had the ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ type of feeling and they loved
all the stories! I’m sooo glad. This has definitely been a
labour of love! The best was when my niece that named the book, was
reading it. I was telling my brother in law, that we
shouldn’t let her read it because she’s too clever to begin with
and will learn how to build relationships so that she always stays
ahead.. She’ll negotiate and win like no tomorrow! And she’s only
10!
- Goal
#2 was to conduct a free sales webinar. Which I did. I discussed
common sales proposal mistakes and best practices. I’ve added the
webinar information in the shownotes. I love teaching and sharing
best practices.
- My
goal #3 was to finalize the volunteer partnership, so that we can
start to make an impact on the world. I truly believe that
education and awareness is instrumental in overcoming any
challenges and obstacles. If children start teaching their
uneducated parents, then we have a hope for the future. We need to
provide opportunities for those that don’t have that privilege. And
I found a charity that does just that. I’ve partnered with
Food for Life
Vrindavan (FFLV) . In fact, a portion of the
proceeds of the book is going to them. Primarily, FFLV runs schools providing free
education, meals, skill training and medical help to over 1500
girls in Vrindavan, India. This also includes free Meal
Distribution, Cleaning and Tree planting, Paper Recycling , Organic
farming, Sewing and Embroidery Centre (providing training &
employment opportunity for village women). Over the past 25 years
of working at grassroots, they saw the intense hardships a girl
faces without an education, Child Marriage being the most common
one, where she is forced into an adult role at an early age. FFLV
aims to keep the girl in school until she is 18 to prevent early
marriage. We also encourage & support the girl to pursue university
education if she wants.
I can’t believe that we’ve been
producing podcasts for a year and a half! It’s been amazing and
lots of fun! It’s been incredibly inspirational to highlight
Canadian Innovators. In fact, One of the little shifts that has
been happening is that not only highlighting Canadian Innovators so
that we can be inspired to run our areas of our lives or careers
better. We are also having additional global innovators talk about
innovation best practices. Along with, having episodes about
essential business lifeskills!
I’ve been getting a lot of
questions from some of the listeners being concerned about how all
this Automation/Outsourcing/Mergers & Acquisitions and so on is
going to impact their careers and industries. The truth is, it is
not a question of “IF”, it’s a question of WHEN. We are on
the slow side of the rate of change and it’s only going to
accelerate. Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! I have an online
digital course #FUTURE PROOF that helps people navigate towards this
to get ahead, get noticed and even promoted! I’ve put a link in the
show notes !
What are my goals for the next 6
months
- Do
group coaching calls to help people #FUTURE PROOF themselves. I’m
going to share some timeless management consulting secrets to help
individuals become disruptors. I’m so excited for this online
course - 8 hours of pure GOLD!!!
- Write
my 2nd book - did I tell you that writing this book was literally
the hardest thing that I’ve ever done! Well, going to do it again!
But, I have definitely learned a few lessons! I have about 5
different topics, so I need to sit down and do some
prioritization
- I’m
going to do some workshops & webinars from discussing innovation
trends to how to network effectively.
2019 is going to be awesome!
This 6 months planning & goal setting has really lived up to the
challenge. In 2018, I had set goals for the entire year and only
did 2/3rd of them. I set up my 6 months goal and did all of them
100%, plus I launched a virtual book club that I adore! You can join the BrainFood Book Club! You don’t need to read the book to get the
value from it!
Now, it’s my birthday and I have
some things to give away. Just a few of my favorite
things!
- You
know I absolutely adore truLOCAL! They’ve generously donated an amazing
Steak Gift Basket from truLOCAL - who is ready for the BBQ season!
They’ve been on Dragon’s Den and got so many offers! We had Marc
LaFleur from truLOCAL on the podcast. Episode7! https://caninnovate.io/marc-lafleur/
We are going to get him back
to see how things have changed 1 year later.. truLOCAL is exploding
and expanding soooo rapidly!
- Tease
Tea has generously
donated a brilliant tea basket.. They are really changing the
world! You know I love my coffee… but once I started drinking these
teas… my life has changed!!! Addicted to Skinny in the City and
Tumeric Tonic
Mind & Body Trio
. I’m dying to try their
Matcha Bamboo Kit.. addictive!! We had Sheena Brady on the podcast - E76 - https://caninnovate.io/sheena-brady/
. They are donating their
Mind & Body Trio
with Caramel Cardio, Skinny In the
City & Turmeric Tonic (loose leaf 40g pouches) plus an infuser
(valued at $39.95) as well as one of our
Organic Ceremonial
Matcha 30g tin
and (not
pictured) the Matcha
Bamboo Kit, (valued at $39.95)
- If
you heard Ariel Garten - you know that I ABSOLUTELY love the
MUSE Meditation headband
. Meditation has changed so much
for me! It’s now part of my daily ritual and this MUSE headband
really taught me HOW to meditate! We had Ariel on E41 - where she taught us how to
optimize the crazy in all of our minds! And then we had
Ariel on episode 45, that taught us the Innovation
Mindset! PURE GOLD! I
get so many emails about how Ariel has changed their lives! I even
added this to Connect the Dots book because I thought these tactics are brilliant
and more people need to reset their mindset!
- And..
based on our BrainFood Book Clubs great reads. I’m going to give
away a few of my favourite books - Coaching
Habit by Michael Bungay Stainer (E49: How to Get
Unstuck),
Your ONE Word by Evan Carmichael
(E77: How to figure out your untapped
potential) and of
course, a copy of my own book: Connect the
Dots, turn strangers into meaningful network
relationships!
(E81: Networking Tips & a
cheatsheet)
How to enter… simple! If you’re
already subscribed to our newsletter, I have entered your email
address into the draw! If not, no worries- just go to either
website and put your email in the newsletter subscribe box. I’ve
also created a link and have put in the show notes..
https://mailchi.mp/caninnovate.io/birthday
So excited for the next 6
months! I’ve got some stellar innovators coming up, some starting
as early as 11 years old! Crazy eh!
Till next week!