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Taking a Chance & Doing What You Love Full-Time (Dominick Racano) May 12, 2021

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“I am not going to wait around for opportunities, I am going to create my own opportunities. ”

Growing up he never thought he could make a career being creative but a few years ago he decided to leave the corporate world and take the leap. Today our guest Dominick Racano shares with us what it takes to go the creative path and go all-in on what you love.

Connect with Dominick:

https://www.shiftdrinkscomedy.com/

https://www.instagram.com/DominickRacano/

https://www.atlcomedyawards.com/

TOPICS:

Going after what you love and ENJOYING it
What do you do with all your ideas when you want to pursue them all
Welcoming adversity and dealing with rejection as a creative

WHO IS DOMINICK?

Born in the Bronx, Dominick Racano, is the youngest of five. Growing up in a large, and oftentimes, loud Italian family led Racano to channel his energy and humor into entertaining friends and keeping out of trouble in his neighborhood. Like others before him, Racano got bogged down in the rat race of corporate America, but he continued to use humor as his outlet for stress; performing stand-up around town. Really enjoying the creative writing side and the platform to perform, Racano then decided to start acting in film, television, and improvisation. This led to his decision to walk away from a secure career to pursue what he truly loves, entertaining people. Today Racano has more than 60+ film and television credits to his name and is a co-founder of Shift Drinks Comedy, and Festival Director of All The Laughs Comedy Awards.

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Being SECURE in Who You Are & Letting GO of Safety Nets (Cam F. Awesome) May 10, 2021

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“It takes guts to break out and change who you are.”

As a young man, he described himself as overweight and said that he only picked up boxing to get a date to the prom. He didn’t get the date, but his life completely changed. Today we have the former Captain of the USA National boxing team Cam F. Awesome to talk to us about the mindset you have to be all that you dream of being and why he is now steering his energy towards teaching youth cultural competence.

Connect with Cam: www.camfawesome.com

TOPICS:

Reinventing yourself and building confidence
Finding freedom within and letting go of safety nets
Teaching students how to be culturally competent and the message of “intent vs. impact”
Reframing disappointment and failure and why people “relate to losers”

WHO IS CAM F AWESOME?

Cam F Awesome is a well-known professional speaker and personality. He is an Emmy Nominated, 6 time USA National Champion, 4 time Golden Gloves National Champion, 3 Time Olympic Trials Champion Heavyweight boxer, and former Captain of the USA National boxing team. Cam F Awesome is also a proud member of the National Speakers Association.

Cam now focuses his efforts on teaching teens about diversity and cultural competence to better prepare them for the diverse world they will meet post-graduation.

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Radical Inclusion: Creative Teachers who Fight for Their Students (Jack Catalano) May 07, 2021

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“Empathy always”

Jack Catalano is a high school accessibility specialist. He has been in the field for over ten years and said he was super inspired by the events of 2020 and the disability community on TikTok. What he has created since is nothing but Unconventional...

TOPICS:

What internal work needs to be done for “radical inclusion”?
Overcoming your fear of putting yourself “out there” and creating content around things you are passionate about.
Educating online and approaching big topics creatively

WHO IS JACK?

I am a public school teacher for students with disabilities. I teach a self-contained classroom for autistic students. I have a masters degree in educational leadership and I am an advocate for radical inclusion, acceptance, and greater opportunities for people with disabilities. I believe that when everyone is given room to be themselves, accepted for who they are, and given the proper accommodations to help them live and work like every other able-bodied human being, that there isn't anything anyone can't do. Connect with Jack: https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.jackcat1

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Creative and MEANINGFUL Email Marketing (Kate Doster) May 04, 2021

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“Do the Brave thing.”

Whether you are wanting to grow your business or promote the work you have probably been told that you need an email list. But that doesn’t sound fun, does it? It’s a GREAT tool for marketing but the stigma around email marketing is real. How can we make it creative and meaningful?

TOPICS:

What if you don't have an offering or monetize your audience- how can we use email lists?
Coming up with content ideas and creative ways to serve consistently
Can we make emails interactive and include media? Or will that hurt open rates?
How to make email marketing feel less icky and something you are actually excited about
Nurturing an email list you haven’t been consistent with

WHO IS KATE?

Kate Doster is the host of the Inbox Besties Podcast, creator of the Love Your List 2.0 email marketing mega course, and is dangerously obsessed with helping ethical entrepreneurs carve out their slice of the interwebs. She helps her students woo open the hearts (and wallets) of their small but mighty audiences thanks to fun email marketing and easy yes mini-offers.

She believes you don’t need to bleed the alphabet or be a dirty rotten spam face to write emails that jolt subscribers into taking action, gobbling up your paid offers like candy… or kale if that’s their thing.

Connect with Kate: https://www.katedoster.com

Listen to her show: https://www.katedoster.com/inbox-besties/

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Creative Ways to Deal with STRUGGLE (Grace Marshall) Apr 27, 2021

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Is struggle always a sign that something went wrong?...or could it be a sign of something else?

As creatives, business owners, those going the unconventional path, there are going to be struggling. I mean come on- we are pushing the envelope in our industries- it’s inevitable. Sometimes we make “the struggle” about us or our work instead of understanding its role.

Connect with Grace: https://gracemarshall.com/

TOPICS:

What do we do in the moment of struggle? When we notice fear trying to come in?
How to best respond to someone who is struggling
Not rushing through the struggle & confidently struggling in front of others

WHO IS GRACE MARSHALL? Author of the award-winning How to be Really Productive, Grace Marshall is known for her ‘refreshingly human’ approach to productivity. Featured in The Guardian, Forbes, and Huffpost, her work as a Productivity Ninja with global productivity training company Think Productive has helped thousands of people to replace stress, overwhelm, and frustration with success, sanity, and satisfaction. Her new book Struggle: the surprising truth, beauty, and opportunity hidden in life’s sh*ttier moments is out in April.

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Break Free From INTIMIDATION & Think BIGGER (Steve Sims) Apr 20, 2021

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He got kicked out of school at 15, left his dad’s bricklaying business, became a bouncer, and then built the world's Largest Concierge Company. Say what?

Yup. Steve Sims joins us today to share how he got in the right rooms, led with a spirit of service, and ended up working with people like Sir Elton John and Elon Musk to organize wild adventures and become according to Forbes and Entrepreneur magazine, “The Real-Life Wizard of Oz".

Connect with Steve: https://www.stevedsims.com/

TOPICS:

Breaking free of intimidation of getting out of “our pond into another pond” with people who think bigger.
Using nerves and fear in your favor & being the SOLUTION to someone’s problem
Asking “What can I bring to this party?” and a new philosophy to networking

WHO IS STEVE? Do you know anyone that’s worked with Sir Elton John or Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed or closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andrea Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta – you do now

Quoted as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is the best selling Author with "BLUEFISHING - the art of making things happen”, sought-after coach and a speaker at a variety of networks, groups, and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard – twice!

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Comedy about Trauma (Sebastian Scales) Apr 14, 2021

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Can you laugh about trauma? How do you create content and art around taboo topics? Today’s guest Sebastian Scales was molested by his friend’s dad as a kid and now does stand-up comedy about it. He has a podcast called ‘What happened to you?’ where he and others talk and laugh about their trauma in an effort to remove the stigma around these types of conversations. He also runs a nonprofit called the ‘What happened to you Foundation’ dedicated to providing trauma victims with the resources they need.

Connect with Sebastian: https://www.whtyfoundation.org/

TOPICS:

How standup helped him heal from his experiences
Removing the pressure in how we talk about trauma
Having difficult conversations with your kids/helping them feel comfortable to talk to you
How to create content around heavier topics & moving past the fear of offending people

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How to LEAD with Love (Ryan Hartley) Apr 06, 2021

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We all want to make a difference through our work, right? Regardless of what your creative pursuits are or what you feel called to do, if we want to really make an impact we will lead with Love. And it all starts with leading ourselves. Today we have my good friend and creator of Always Better than Yesterday, Ryan Hartley, on to talk about why we should not only work on our “mindset” but also lean into and embrace our “heart-set”. Connect with Ryan: www.ryanhartley.co.uk

TOPICS:

Trusting your own instincts and not comparing yourself to others
How to refill when you are always giving of yourself
An encounter Ryan had with God that changed his life
Heart-Set VS. Mindset
Attracting opportunities vs the grind

WHO IS RYAN?

Ryan Hartley is a Heart and Mind coach from Wiltshire, England. He helps people lead with love and serve with purpose and believes the impact of the leaders he helps develop will create a world that is Always Better than Yesterday, one person, one team, and one community at a time.

Ryan has developed his Always Better than Yesterday community to reach all corners of the world, with his podcast being listened to in 103 countries. Free life languages mini profile that will help your audience build their self-awareness. http://www.lifelanguages.com/profile/starter?affiliate=257101_abtyfree

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HUMAN DESIGN (Victoria Jane) Mar 30, 2021

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How are you meant to show up in this world? What is the story you are telling yourself about who you are? Our guest this week, Victoria Jane, looked at my birth time and location and literally read my book. How? Well, she says she read my Human Design. Connect with Victoria: https://www.victoriajane.co/

TOPICS:

What exactly is Human Design?
The five types and how that can inform how we understand ourselves
How Human Design can help us learn to trust ourselves
Human design strategy, authority, and centers
Why is this important to understand and does it help us discover our bigger purpose?
Does our design ever shift or change as we grow and develop?

WHO IS VICTORIA?

Victoria is a human design coach whose mission is to guide growth-oriented humans to live with less hustle and more flow. After a decade in Silicon Valley achieving everything she thought she was supposed to, Victoria was earthquaked into the harsh reality: she was burnt out and in danger of doing irreparable damage to her health. As she searched for how to heal not just her body, but her spirit, she discovered her design. Today, she is passionate about sharing Human Design with others so they can boldly live their truth.

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ON BOLDNESS: Lessons from Spoken Word (Kim B. Miller) Mar 23, 2021

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Want to be bolder? I think some of the boldest people I've seen are spoken word poets- today we learn from one about the power of vulnerability and how we can use our voices more powerfully.

TOPICS:

Finding and using your authentic voice (boldly)
Allowing yourself to be more vulnerable in your work
Finding your own creative process and shutting out the noise

WHO IS KIM?

Kim B Miller’s poetry is inspirational, her words are bold and she is unapologetically blunt. Kim is the Poet Laureate for Prince William County. She is the first African American Poet Laureate for PWC, VA.

Her poems have been published in African Voices magazine, a Portuguese book, a DC newspaper, an interfaith anthology, and several magazines and books. Her latest powerful poetry book is called: My Poetry is The Beauty You Overlook.

Kim performed at The National Black Theater, The Atlas Performing Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, and many other venues. Kim’s a motivational speaker that cultivates growth. She uses her words to connect people to their strength. She makes empowerment touchable so you can obtain it. Connect with Kim: www.kimbmiller.com.

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