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Extraordinary America

America has always been about freedom, opportunity, and the pursuit of happiness. However, most Americans are not free when it comes to the financial front. Most are under financial slavery due to losing their jobs, having stagnant wages due to outsourcing, inflation due to money printing, and debt of all kinds. Wealth and income inequality runs rampant across America while the middle class has all but disappeared! Where there is no freedom, there can never be opportunity nor happiness. Such a disconnect between who we are as Americans and our Financial reality cannot be allowed to continue.

Therefore, Extraordinary America is about the abolition of financial slavery. It is about the financial freedom of the 99%. It is about Americans awakening and unleashing the Extraordinary within themselves and setting themselves free!

The truth is Americans are Extraordinary. As immigrants and descendants of immigrants, they have overcome insurmountable obstacles and barriers with their pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit, and this time is no different. Americans should never give up or surrender to hopelessness and despair, no matter how bad the situation is, no matter how much the odds are stacked against them. Just as spring overcomes winter, Day overcomes Night, the light within us shall overcome the darkness around us. Its time for us to know that we are our own saviors, that there is an Extraordinary within us waiting to be unleashed, that freedom is our birthright and that we shall realize the American Dream!

The path to financial freedom is by educating and transforming ourselves into Entrepreneurs and Investors on the light side! In this podcast Cosmos Dar interviews Entrepreneurs and Investors who fought against the odds, and in many cases came from humble beginnings to attain financial freedom, to see how they did it. He hopes through all these stories that the Extraordinary within the audience shall awaken, that they shall take the actions necessary to abolish financial slavery from their lives and finally Realize the American dream!

Latest Episodes:

Phillip Lanos: Preview May 02, 2023

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Phillip Lanos joins us to share his journey from childhood poverty, homelessness, acting and singing career, and family loss, to eventually being a successful podcaster and coach. Phillip gives us advice he has learned from six years of working as an editor, producer, and strategist for podcasting.

{You can hear the full episode on Thursday, May 4th)

An Immigrant’s Perspective on America with Harish Beeram Apr 27, 2023

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Today we have an interview with the guest, founder, and CEO of Solutions UI UX. Harish Beeram was born and raised in India and came to the United States to pursue his Master's degree in mechanical engineering. After he struggled to find a job, he had to let go of his mechanical engineering degree. Harish picked up software engineering and became an architect and technologist. Harish shares his passion for making life easier for the next generation, and people with disabilities.

Highlights:

{03:15} Harish’s Journey from India to America

{05:50} Moving from a degree in mechanical engineering to becoming an entrepreneur.

{14:30} Biggest lesson learned.

{17:10} Seeing failure as data collection.

{20:50} Finding hope in a hopeless situation.

{26:50} America from the point of view of an immigrant

{32:15} Overcoming challenges and finding the American Dream

{34:35} Finding ultimate happiness.

{40:55} Enable the world.

Harish Beeram Bio:

Harish Beeram envisioned EnableWorld.org to provide opportunities for the disabled to thrive, live a life of fulfillment, and know the world desires for them to live a life of full potential.

EnableWorld.org is charged to ensure technology does not by-pass the disabled. To Enable the Disabled!

Connect with Harish:

Website: https://www.solutionsuiux.com https://enableworld.org

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harishbeeram

Harish Beeram: Preview Apr 25, 2023

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Today we have an interview with the guest, founder, and CEO of Solutions UI UX. Harish Beeram was born and raised in India and came to the United States to pursue his Master's degree in mechanical engineering. After he struggled to find a job, he had to let go of his mechanical engineering degree. Harish picked up software engineering and became an architect and technologist. Harish shares his passion for making life easier for the next generation, and people with disabilities.

{You can watch the full episode on Thursday April 27th}

Enhancing our human potential and performance capability with Jon Jervert Apr 20, 2023

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John Jervert is the founder and CEO of Black Point Standard Consulting Group, a strategic advisory firm that specializes in developing high-performance teams for CEOs, venture capital, and private equity firms. John shares lessons learned from his 10 years of experience in human performance improvement, coaching, and consulting.

John has helped clients access the most elite talent and high-level networks on the planet. He is known for his ability to inspire and motivate people to push beyond their comfort zones to reach their goals. He is an avid surfer, extreme sports enthusiast, and outdoor enthusiast who leverages his passion for adventure to enhance human performance.

Highlights:

{02:00} Jon’s Journey to Become a performance coach.

{07:00} How to find your path.

{09:30} When you are afraid to leave your comfort zone.

{16:25} Your fear is excitement.

{18:00} Biggest lesson Jon learned.

{21:45} Pursing the state of happiness (embrace the suck)

{27:00} America moving from greed to a more positive win/win scenario.

{31:20} Overcoming the challenges to find the American dream

{37:20} Black Point Standard

Jon Jervert Bio:

Jon Jervert is the founder of Zerkers Academy. As a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and "Conscious Human Performance Strategist", he specializes in teaching human performance techniques, and strategies that game-changing CEO's, Executives, and Entrepreneurs can use to immediately increase performance, engagement, leadership, health, and high-value connections.

An experienced coach, consultant, facilitator, and creator of high-impact coaching and training solutions, Jon has a passion for evolved educational experiences that impact human performance. His true enjoyment comes from helping others push and challenge themselves to step outside their comfort zones, pursue their legacies, and tap into what makes them feel alive and awakened inside.

Connect with Jon:

Website: http://blackpointstandard.com https://zerkers.com

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-christian

Jon Jervert: Preview Apr 18, 2023

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John Jervert is the founder and CEO of Black Point Standard Consulting Group, a strategic advisory firm that specializes in developing high-performance teams for CEOs, venture capital, and private equity firms. John shares lessons learned from his 10 years of experience in human performance improvement, coaching, and consulting.

John has helped clients access the most elite talent and high-level networks on the planet. He is known for his ability to inspire and motivate people to push beyond their comfort zones to reach their goals. He is an avid surfer, extreme sports enthusiast, and outdoor enthusiast who leverages his passion for adventure to enhance human performance.

{You can hear the full episode on Thursday, April 20th}

Overcoming Past Trauma and Succeeding in Business with Talia Jacqueline Apr 13, 2023

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Talia Jacqueline is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and business psychologist expert. She is the CEO of the company, Visceral, which helps business owners, and their teams bring words to life and bring life to their companies. Talia shares her expertise in business psychology and communications. She has worked closely with entrepreneurs and leadership teams to create positive company cultures, increase new client relationships, and put an emphasis on ownership from the bottom of the torrent flow right to the very top. Her advice will help your company generate the recognition, traction, and growth that they deserve.

Highlights:

{01:30} Talia’s journey into entrepreneurship

{07:55} The biggest obstacle

{12:00} Growing out of pain.

{21:20} Advice for people who have experienced trauma.

{24:10} Overcoming national trauma as a country, the American identity, and the dream.

{30:55} Seeking Happiness vs Consumerist.

{32:35} Communication in Life and Business

{34:30} Visceral Communication

{36:00} Intrepreneurship

Talia Jacqueline Bio:

Talia Jacqueline was just 21 years old when she learned the most valuable lesson in business: Your value cannot be realized until you learn how to communicate it. A year earlier, at the age of 20, Talia started her own trauma therapy practice. It wasn't gaining much traction. Just calling herself a "personal coach" or "consultant" wasn't going anywhere.

But after studying communication and business psychology, Talia realized that titles and labels put you into a box. To truly stand out, your message must be communicated with the right emotion, tonality, and strategy.

That's how Visceral Communication was born. Talia dived deep into the intimate connection between psychology and communication, and she has spent the last several years cementing those bonds after establishing Visceral in 2016. Working with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and their most valuable team members, Talia has helped companies generate the recognition, traction, and growth that they deserve.

Talia currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her partner Max and their cat, Beau. She regularly travels to Los Angeles, where she was born and raised, and to countries around the world to visit friends and family. Outside of her business ventures, you can find Talia hiking around the flat landscape of Austin -- AKA walking -- as well as painting, dancing, and convincing friends to start their own businesses.

Connect with Talia:

Website: https://taliajacqueline.com https://www.viscomm.ca

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talia-jacqueline-17317b13b

Talia Jacqueline: Preview Apr 11, 2023

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Talia Jacqueline is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and business psychologist expert. She is the CEO of the company, Visceral, which helps business owners, and their teams bring words to life and bring life to their companies. Talia shares her expertise in business psychology and communications. She has worked closely with entrepreneurs and leadership teams to create positive company cultures, increase new client relationships, and put an emphasis on ownership from the bottom of the torrent flow right to the very top. Her advice will help your company generate the recognition, traction, and growth that they deserve.

{You can hear the full episode on Thursday April 13th}

How the American Economy Works with Max Sutherland Apr 06, 2023

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Max Sutherland is the president and CEO of the World Trade Center Atlanta. Max talks about his commitment to expanding global trade by uniting and connecting the international business community across the region and around the globe. Max has worked for over 25 years on Wall Street. He explains how wealthy nations need to interact with developing nations to raise their wealth levels.

Highlights:

{02:00} Max’s journey

{04:25} The biggest lessons learned from wall street.

{09:30} How macroeconomics work

{19:30} How the change to the workforce has affected the American worker.

{28:30} Inflation surpassing wage growth.

{41:35} The transition needed to move from the old jobs to the new world.

{50:00} The World Trade Center Organization

Max Sutherland Bio:

Max Sutherland is the President and CEO of the World Trade Center Atlanta, the gateway to a vibrant and formidable international business community across the region and around the globe. With headquarters in New York and more than 325 sister-centers strategically located around the world, the WTC Atlanta promotes and facilitates international trade and investments, providing the commercial environment, industry and government access, trade services, and educational programming that bring executives, entrepreneurs, governments, businesses, and markets together. Max has been on WTC Atlanta’s Board of Directors since 2017, is Chairman of the Executive Board, and has a seat on the World Trade Centers Association’s Global Trade Advisory Council.

Complementing his commitment to the WTC Atlanta, Max is a frequent Keynote Speaker and Panel Moderator at Business Forums and Trade Conferences to share insights, considerations, knowledge, and resources to strategically expand into new markets, domestic and international. Max is also Chairman of the Board for Universal Broadband & Technology Services International (UBTS International) and sits on the board of the American Nigerian International Chamber of Commerce.

Following a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Max redirected from a long-planned career in foreign service to pursue global responsibilities in the corporate world as a better way to “get things done and make a difference” to improve the lives of others, strategically choosing opportunities that built on his international studies, family background, and passions. However, a family tragedy nearly derailed a promising career; but through introspection and asking one question after another, this tragedy became a key motivation to “give back and pay-it-forward”, which only added to his breadth of knowledge, insight, and understanding and bring his dream full circle.

Prior to joining the WTC Atlanta, Max worked over 25 years on Wall Street at Citicorp, The Chase Manhattan Bank, UBS, and Bank of America and in Big 4 Consulting at KPMG and Deloitte, specializing in solving company executives’ most challenging issues: M&A due diligence and integrations, global growth strategies, enterprise-wide turnarounds, investment funding, and strategic international CEO initiatives. His global experience and responsibilities span six continents and multiple cultures and industries, providing insights and alternative practices to broad business challenges and investments.

Max holds a double-major Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Indiana University. His concentration was on International North-South Relations and Sub-Saharan Africa. He earned his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and sits on the Atlanta Business School Alliance Board representing Fuqua.

Max is a trained equestrian and loves all things horses. He also enjoys a relaxing baseball game and recently discovered the thrill of hockey games.

Connect with Max:

Website: https://www.wtca.org

Text: 914-374-1250

e-mail at max@wtcatlanta.com

Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxsutherland

Max Sutherland: Preview Apr 04, 2023

Show notes

Max Sutherland is the president and CEO of the World Trade Center Atlanta. Max talks about his commitment to expanding global trade by uniting and connecting the international business community across the region and around the globe. Max has worked for over 25 years on Wall Street. He explains how wealthy nations need to interact with developing nations to raise their wealth levels. {You can hear the full episode on Thursday, April 6th}

Using the Compounding effect with David Roden Mar 30, 2023

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David Roden is a 31-year-old health and fitness entrepreneur and podcaster. By the time he was 18 he weighed over 400 pounds and was pre-diabetic. And had high blood pressure. At 22, he made the decision to transform his life. Nine years later David has lost more than 200 pounds and competed in two bodybuilding competitions. He has also published a book called Drop the Baggage from suicidal obesity to a life of health and happiness. He shares his tips with us today.

Highlights:

{01:22} David’s journey to obesity and then to health

{07:00} The mindset that changed everything.

{10:35} When you are facing overwhelming defeatism.

{14:10} How to not give up.

{19:10} When you don’t have a support system

{26:20} Overcoming the biggest challenge.

{30:05} Advice for America

{38:35} The biggest obstacle to the American dream

David Roden Bio:

By the time he was 19, David was a 400+ lb, pre-diabetic, suicidal, teenager with dangerously high blood pressure. He drank 15-20 diet cokes and would eat a Costco-size bag of Reese's EVERY DAY. David was depressed on the inside but pretended to be happy on the outside.

He felt stuck. Deep down, he wanted to be healthy and happy, but for some reason, he couldn't get myself to change. David knew what he needed to do but couldn't get himself to do it. He wanted to change, but never could. Then, one day, EVERYTHING changed. Fast forward a few short years, and now David is participating in bodybuilding shows and feels like he can HAVE, BE and DO ANYTHING HE WANTS IN THIS WORLD.

After going through his personal transformation, David found his calling is to help others who feel trapped and powerless just like he did. His mission is to show people it’s possible and provide them with a proven blueprint, which, when followed, will inevitably lead to results. Most people think having a 100+ lbs transformation is all about your body, but your mind is just as important if not more.

Connect with David:

https://linktr.ee/fit_drock

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