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Britt Lightning Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp Vixen Britt Lightning is the Musical Director for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, as well as the lead guitarist for the legendary all-female Platinum selling 80's rock band Vixen. Britt has played guitar for top 40 artists like Rachel Platten and Jason Derulo, performing live at festivals and on national TV shows such as Good Morning America, the Today Show, Live with Kelly and Michael, VH1, the Teen Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, and performed on the 2016 finale of America's Got Talent, which took place at NYC’s Radio City Music Hall. Britt performed for 22-time Grammy Award winning artist Alejandro Sanz in his stadium-level world tour. Britt is featured in Sanz’s "La Musica No Se Toca – En Vivo" CD/DVD. Britt joined Sanz at the 2013 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas performing the single “No Me Compares”, and performed with the band at prestigious festivals, venues and international TV specials. During COVID Britt hosted and helped produced over 150 online masterclasses for Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp with top rockstars like Roger Daltrey (The Who), Alice Cooper, Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), Robby Krieger (The Doors) and more. Now that live events are back, she is helping to plan the camps as well as working as a counselor and the musical director. This May Britt will be running the first ever Women's Only Rock Camp featuring Melissa Etheridge, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's), Orianthi and more. Britt has a vast knowledge of the music industry; on the creative side being a professional musician and songwriter, and on the business side, having earned a degree in Music Business from Northeastern University graduating Summa Cum Laude, and continuing her education at Berklee School of Music. In addition to Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, Britt has worked in the music industry at Live Nation and Universal Music Group. Labeled the “Closer” by Lady Gaga, Britt has followed her dreams by striving to grow and evolve as a musician and person. brittlightning.com rockcamp.com http://vixenofficial.com (vixenofficial.com) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcription : Vision In Word Marlana Britt Lightning is a musical director for rock and roll fantasy camp as well as the lead guitarist for the legendary all female rock band vixen. To say her accomplishments are outstanding would be an understatement. And the list of musicians She's performed with beyond impressive. In addition to playing stadium tours, festivals, and international TV specials, she has also hosted and helped produce over 150 online master classes for rock and roll fantasy camp, as well as planning live camps and working as a counselor and the musical director. Labeled to closer by Lady Gaga, Brett has followed her dreams by striving to grow and evolve as a musician and person. Welcome, Brett. I'm really excited to have you here. Britt Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. Marlana first of all, I have to ask how why the closer. Britt Basically, when I did the audition for Lady Gaga, we got the callback, we auditioned in front of other people, then finally, we auditioned in front of her on this soundstage for a few days, and she didn't really want us to play any of her songs initially, she just said, do something to impress me. So, I just kind of got up there. I shredded and I played behind my head, and I was on the floor, and just, trying to be flashy and doing what I thought at the time might be impressive. And she loved it. And she just said, you're like the the closer when the baseball team needs to close the game, they throw in that one guy and then he'll just close the game up, he'll hit the homerun at the end and just sweep it.

Success Development Solutions Amber Fuhriman is an attorney, speaker, success architect, and podcaster. She is the Owner and Attorney at Fuhriman Law, a Law Firm she operates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Amber practices Criminal Defense and Immigration Law. She graduated from Law School in Michigan and immediately moved to Vegas to being her career. Throughout her educational and professional career, Amber always thought there would be a moment where everything would fall into place, as she calls it, her “I’ll be happy when moment.” When that moment never came, Amber started to realize her entire identity had been tied up in being an attorney and chasing accomplishments to fill a void that accomplishments could never fill. Amber’s road to becoming a success architect began in 2016 when she dug into personal development. Since 2016, Amber has pushed the boundaries of her self-imposed physical and mental limitations, living outside her comfort zone as much as possible and learning about how the mind works and how our limiting beliefs affect our success. In 2020, Amber became a Certified Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and a Certified Master Practitioner in Integrated Timeline Techniques. Now, in addition to practicing law, Amber is a Success Architect and NLP Trainer. She works with “serial accomplishers” like her former self to help them gain clarity what they actually want, define what their best life looks like and helps them get out of their comfort zone to achieve their dreams. Amber believes that pushing yourself out of your comfort zone physically helps challenge your mental limitations of what you can accomplish professionally. She uses her experiences with loss, grief, academic and professional success, and physical challenges including a 24 hour endurance obstacle course race to help her clients get out of their own way and achieve their highest level of success. www.successdevelopmentsolutions.com www.linkedin.com/in/amberraefuhriman https://www.facebook.com/groups/morethancorporate (https://www.facebook.com/groups/morethancorporate) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcription : Vision In Word Amber I'm So glad to be here. Thank you So much for having me. You know, I feel we're just talking about this. And I'm super excited, because I get to travel a lot. And So, I feel like this is one of the benefits of what we get to do is like, we can do this from anywhere. And it really creates like a really cool freedom. So, thanks for work on your schedule around me. Marlana Oh, absolutely. So, you know, when I was mentally preparing for all this, a thought came to mind that I had read it, in effect it was if you live by persons compliments, you will die by their criticism. And I thought that that was just such an appropriate thing for this conversation. Because how does that affect our success and our self-worth and our all those things going forward conversation and community? Amber A lot of times we look for that validation from the people around us. And that will that's what causes So many of the crashes that people have later on in their careers in their life is that they have chased that Person who thought this would be a good idea. So, let me do that. So, they'll like me, when really what we need is that internal validation and that internal compliment, which is the most uncomfortable to give. And So, I really think I love that quote. And I think it could be expanded on by saying that the moment that you start chasing internal compliments, is that moment that things kind of fall into place for you. Marlana And those seem to be the most elusive. So, how do we actually catch those fleeing critters. Amber So, I think that every...

Carli Batson - Miss North Carolina 2021 / Miss North Carolina Scholarship Organization Originally from Wilmington, North Carolina and a current senior at Appalachian State University, Carli studies communication; Public Relations and minors in Theatre Arts. Her passion lies within the arts and she has dedicated her reign as Miss North Carolina 2021 to serving communities across North Carolina, specifically local art communities. Carli has raised over $35,000 for rural theatre communities with her social impact initiative, Carolina Cares. She is proud to be a first generation college graduate this May and a debt free one, thanks to the Miss North Carolina and Miss America Organizations. Instagram - @missamericanc Website - http://missnc.org (missnc.org) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcription : Vision In Word Marlana Carli Batson has experienced the past year as Miss North Carolina 2021, originally from Wilmington and a current senior at Appalachian State University, clearly appropriately studies communication, public relations and minors in theater arts since that's where her passion lies. She is proud to be a first generation college graduate in May 2022. And a debt free one thanks to the Miss North Carolina and Miss America organizations. Welcome Carli. Carli Hi, thank you so much for having me today. Well, I'm so so excited to do this. Marlana So here's the thing. June of 2021, they announced your name, you win a title and you get thrown into the public eye. What has been the best part of that? Oh, Carli my goodness, that's such a hard question to start off with. But I get this question quite often. And what I always say and what will probably always be my answer is the amount of people that I've been able to meet, but the amount of different types of people I've been able to meet, in one weekend, I could be at the poetry Jubilee, and then at a senior citizen center, and then reading to students. And you know, you never get to really understand how broad our state is, as a community and how, how different we are and how special and unique that is, until you're kind of in a position like this. So I've been super, super grateful for that. And being able to make so many connections this year, and hopefully, some professional connections going forward. And it's just the journey of being myself. I think, in this conversation, we'll get into it more. But that's what a lot of people forget. When the crown gets put on your head, or you get an amazing opportunity, they forget that you're an actual human being with actual real human being problems, too. So it's been difficult to balance everything, especially still being a full time student. I'm graduating in a couple of days from Appalachian State. So being able to balance everything has been kind of chaotic, but I couldn't have done it without the amazing support system I have, and how welcoming our state has been of myself, even with all the challenges that I brought to my, to the table on my own. Marlana So what do you think, has been the most difficult part of the job or the part that you wish that you had been either better prepared for or better warned about? Carli Right. So I think in today's society as a whole, the role of a title holder, especially in the Miss America organization, has turned from, she's still a social advocate in her community, but even more, so she has to be able to display that on social media, and almost become more of an influencer on social media. So that was something I was completely uncomfortable with. Moving into this role, I didn't have that pretty much of a social media presence to begin with. I wasn't super comfortable talking and being candid and transparent on social media. So at the...

Marklyn T. Johnson Author/Comic/Host/Motivational Public Speaker Marklyn T. Johnson Born and raised in central New Jersey, he lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 2005-2014 before returning to New Jersey. A graduate of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, Marklyn has worked in the production industry for over twenty years. Growing up, Marklyn idolized many different men. His first idol was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that’s usually the first big name outside of Jesus that many learn in their home. As he got older, Marklyn idolized Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Michael Jordan and Tupac Shakur. Marklyn’s greatest idol was his father, Willie. When he looks back on his life, Marklyn regrets ignoring the life lessons his father taught him. However, when he thinks about the man he’s become today, the way he tells it like it is, the way he tries to lift others up, and his willingness to help others, he is reminded that these are all his father’s teachings. Often times as kids, we take our fathers for granted and don’t take the time to really understand those lessons. https://marklynspeaks.com/ (https://marklynspeaks.com/) Amazon: Lessons From a S*** Talker https://www.amazon.com/LESSONS-SH-TALKER-Marklyn-Johnson/dp/B08MSQ41VL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3F0JUC04FKJTVandkeywords=marklyn+t+johnsonandqid=1648751415andsprefix=Marklyn%2Caps%2C141andsr=8-2 (https://www.amazon.com/LESSONS-SH-TALKER-Marklyn-Johnson/dp/B08MSQ41VL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3F0JUC04FKJTVandkeywords=marklyn+t+johnsonandqid=1648751415andsprefix=Marklyn%2Caps%2C141andsr=8-2) Facebook Conversations The good, The funny, The ugly https://www.amazon.com/FaceBook-Conversations-Good-Funny-Ugly/dp/B09V573R48/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3F0JUC04FKJTVandkeywords=marklyn+t+johnsonandqid=1648751415andsprefix=Marklyn%2Caps%2C141andsr=8-3 (https://www.amazon.com/FaceBook-Conversations-Good-Funny-Ugly/dp/B09V573R48/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3F0JUC04FKJTVandkeywords=marklyn+t+johnsonandqid=1648751415andsprefix=Marklyn%2Caps%2C141andsr=8-3) IG: MisterDirect / MisterDirectComedy FB: marklynscotchplains Podcast: Mister Direct’s Sunday Coffee www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcript : Vision In Word Marlana Marklyn T Johnson is an author, comic host and motivational speaker. Growing up he idolized many different men from Dr. Martin Luther King to Michael Jordan and Tupac Shakur. But Marklyn's greatest idol was his father Willie when he looks back on his life. Marklyn regrets ignoring the life lessons his father taught him. However, when he thinks about the man he's become today, the way he tells it like it is the way he tries to lift others up. And his willingness to help. He's reminded that these are all his father's teachings. Welcome Marklin. Marklyn Hey, how are you doing today? Marlana Good. So, tell us a little bit about you. What was it like growing up? Marklyn I grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. I would say I had one of the best childhoods ever. I was a problem kid meaning like I was a pain not behind consistently a pain in the butt. misplaced energy, misplaced thoughts, misplaced ideas. I think a lot of kids are not traditional learners. books, books to me were whatever. I'm more of a hands-on type of person. Like, I could show you a video really quick of my own entire studio that I put together and built on my own. You know, and I don't say that to brag. Just I looked up the information how to do it. And I did it. And I people are still astonished when it comes down here like, so you really built a studio? And like, yeah, you know, it's, it's, you can see it really quick here with the, the two screens. And if I go that way, you can see the multiple, the multiple microphones, there's a green screen, there's a green screen room over...

Ruth Yunker Author and Humorist Ruth Yunker is an author, humorist and memoirist. She's been writing for thirty five years, and has published three books. Two about Paris, and surviving this beautiful but touchy city, traveling solo, staying in apartments, without a hotel at her back. "Me, Myself and Paris" and "Paris, I've Grown Accustomed to Your Ways". Her third book "Baby, I'm the Boss of Me, My Journey to Ageless" takes on aging with vibrant curiosity, personal power and a well-defined sense of humor, to ensure smooth sailing along this most daunting time in our lives. Ruth lives in Los Angeles, has two grown children whom she adores, is in between pets, does the New York Times crossword puzzle with an erasable pen, and has an unfortunate addiction to barbecue potato chips. https://www.ruthyunker.com https://www.amazon.com/ruthyunker/babyimthebossofme https://www.youtube.com/c/ruthyunker https://www.instagram.com/ruth.yunker/ https://facebook.com/ruth.yunker (https://facebook.com/ruth.yunker) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcription : Vision In Word Marlana Ruth Younker is an author, humorous and memoirist. She lives in Los Angeles has two grown children is in between pets, does the New York Times crossword puzzle with an erasable pen and has an unfortunate addiction to barbecue potato chips. She has been writing for 35 years and has published three books including Baby on the boss of me my journey to Atlas. Welcome, Ruth. Ruth Hi, thank you for having me on. Marlana So, I really am looking forward to having this conversation with you because I think aging is a touchy topic when it comes to women because most of us, as we age almost feel like we have to shrink and become a little more invisible. We aren't in the bloom of youth anymore, opportunities seem to be less, all those kinds of things. And even the beauty industry has such an emphasis on being young, staying young, all these kinds of things. So, I know that you use the term agent by viciously so how do we embrace that as opposed to, you know, wallowing in the corner? Ruth Yeah, first of all, get out of the corner, and stop wallowing and you're not invisible you're making you're doing it to yourself. Now I know people say I feel less visible now, well darken your eyebrows, for one thing, that's a practical thing women give up on their eyebrows as they get older. And I'm serious about this. I taught this is my book, Baby I'm the boss of me. And one of my chapters in it is about when I discovered the day that my eyebrows had turned white on me, you know. And anyway, that's the as you can see. But it's I don't we are from the very beginning. Beginning given a bad rap. Now I was a teenager in the 60s. So, I hit the baby boomers burn your bra, you're over by the time you're 30 types of attitudes. But it was a crazy time, and it wasn't the first time that women rose up and, you know, did their speech. I mean, it's been going on for a long time. But I think it gets back to the whole don't buy into that, that you're less beautiful as you get older, actually in the modeling industry now there is a huge it's called the classic. And using older models, just as diversities come into that world and but it's up to you, you know, you can't this is not a time when somebody else is going to give you a hand when as one gets older. It's their path. It's my path. You know, it's like you're all alone when you're born and you're all alone when you die, no matter how many people around the bed. It's you taking that next step and the sooner and I think I don't think we're born vulnerable feeling I think it really does have to do about have to do with our looks and that aging part but that affects men as well. I have men friends and pen their pay slips you know, the bottom half never really taught. And I can keep the craggy brow, but you know it's and that starts you're preserving your look starts

Kon Apostolopoulos Fresh Biz Solutions Kon Apostolopoulos is the Founder and CEO of Fresh Biz Solutions, a Human Capital Management consulting group that provides performance improvement and training solutions to help organizations develop a pipeline of leadership talent ready to implement their strategy. He is an award-wining coach, a master facilitator, and the coauthor of the timely book, “7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis: A Practical Guide for Emotionally Dealing with Pandemics and Other Disasters.” As a Thinkers 360 Global Top-10 Thought Leader, he is a regular contributor to popular industry and cultural publications, such as Management-Issues, Achievers Engagement Blog, and Thrive Global. When not working with business leaders, “Coach Kon” gives back to his community by developing young soccer players in local, state, and Olympic Development Programs. After all, sports is a great way to teach important life skills! https://www.freshbizsolutions.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachkon/ https://twitter.com/Kon_Ap (https://twitter.com/Kon_Ap) https://www.amazon.com/Keys-Navigating-Crisis-Practical-Emotionally/dp/1734943815 (https://www.amazon.com/Keys-Navigating-Crisis-Practical-Emotionally/dp/1734943815) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Marlana Kon Apostolpoulos is the founder and CEO of Fresh Biz Solutions, and award-winning coach, Master facilitator and the co-author of the timely book Seven Keys to Navigating a Crisis: A Practical Guide for Emotionally Dealing with Pandemics and Other Disasters. But when not working with business leaders, Coach Kon gives back to his community by developing young soccer players in the local state and Olympic development programs. Thank you so much for being here. Kon Pleasure to be here with you Marlana. Marlana So, that's where I really want to start, and use it as a jumping off point; your work with athletes, because competition is a very interesting topic to me. And I really think that women and girls are conditioned and trained differently than boys to deal with it. And I was just curious, what has been your experience in how men and women differ when it comes to competitions? Kon That's a very interesting question. The simplest way that I answer that question, when I get asked is that boys need to play well or play good to feel good. Girls need to feel good to play well. The origin of their validation for themselves, typically, and without trying to be stereotypical. But in general, there is an element of thoughtfulness to a girl's play, to a woman's play, she needs to understand why they're not opposed to getting dirty and getting out there and working hard and doing all those things. But they have to understand why boys don't give it a second thought. They'll jump in there. And they have to get out there and get dirty and wrestle with things in order to feel good, because it's that activity itself, that brings joy to them and satisfaction, whereas with the girls, they need to understand why we're asking them to do that, in order for them to commit to go down that path. And much of the origin of that has its roots in how we raise boys and girls. Talk to me about that. Kon Well, there's an interesting thing to think about it this way, we spend a lot of time for anybody that has children of both genders. Typically, with the boys, we have no problem, sending them out to go get dirty to wrestle in the mud, to go play, to be physical to do all of those things. Anything that they do, and they beat up on each other, we see as healthy competition between males. We don't do the same with girls. We typically emphasize prettiness, we emphasize good behavior, we emphasize speech, we emphasize other elements of who they are, as opposed to the physical attributes, which are associated with athleticism. Marlana So, let's go back to good behavior. Because it seems to me when we look at instances, and...

Fred Joyal The Fred Joyal Company Fred Joyal is an entrepreneur, speaker, business advisor, and #1 Amazon Bestselling author. He co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST, which, in his 30 years as CEO, generated over $1 billion in revenue. Along with this achievement, he has also been awarded the Conrad Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Award by Loyola Marymount University. He has written two bestselling books for his industry, and also written and appeared in over 200 television and radio commercials. Fred Joyal is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and business advisor. He co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST. He has previously written two books on marketing, has dabbled in standup and improv comedy, acted in bad movies and excellent TV commercials. His latest book, Superbold: from Under-confident to Charismatic in 90 days, is an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He once beat Sir Richard Branson in chess and was also a question on Jeopardy. He is an avid cyclist, a below-average tennis player and an even worse golfer. He lives in Los Angeles. https://fredjoyal.com/ (https://fredjoyal.com/) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Marlana Fred Joyal is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, business advisor and co-founder one 800 dentist. He's previously written two books on marketing dabbled in some stand up and improv comedy acted in bed movies and excellent TV commercials once beat Sir Richard Branson and chess and was a question on Jeopardy. He's an avid cyclist, a below average tennis player and an even worse golfer. But today, despite all of that material, we are actually going to talk about the subject of his latest book, which is Super Bold, From Under Confident Charismatic in 90 Days. Welcome, Fred. Fred Thank you very much, Marlana. I'm very excited to be here and talk to your audience. Marlana So, tell us first, what exactly does super bold mean? Fred Super Bowl means that it's bold. And I always have to remind people it's bold, not super ball, it's not a book about football. And, but when you are super bold, you can bring your full confidence into action in every situation, especially when it really matters, when it's critical, when it's important, when it's pivotal in your life. And that takes building your boldness muscle that nobody's born with this, some people are bolder, a little bit by nature and a little bit by nurture, and most of us are confident in some situations and hesitant and shy in other situations very often when they're really important. So, the goal is to develop this ability to summon your boldness in every situation. And so, that's what I teach in the book because that's what I had to teach myself. Marlana So, let me ask you this for somebody who would not consider herself to be a bold person, is that something that all of us can learn? Because what if we feel we just don't have it in us? Fred Well, as long as you can speak or sign even, you have it in you, it is not a genetic thing to be shy or introverted. It is mostly some level of socialization and programming and imprinting from parents and things like that. And, of course, the majority of it is the stuff we tell ourselves that we are not worthy of and that we are not good at. And we have an enormous list of what we're not good at, I can't dance, I can't sing, I'm not good at math. I don't like public speaking. I can't sell all of these things. None of these things is anything but truths that we have made true by telling ourselves these things. And so, I started off as an incredibly shy person, I couldn't ask your girl on a date, I couldn't ask a girl to dance. And this is how old I am as people asked each other to dance. But , and even in work situations, I couldn't, somebody tried to give me a job as a salesman, I was working in their business, tried to give me a...

Shavannah Speaks Moore Shavannah Speaks Moore is a portrait of resilience and grace. The entrepreneur, speaker, life coach and corporate master trainer’s goal is to empower women and Leaders to become ALL that they desire. As a woman who has experienced many hardships in life including but not limited to poverty, molestation and depression, Shavannah has not allowed these obstacles to hold her back. Instead, she has used them as catalysts to push herself forward. She has broken boundaries and challenged the status quo of what society deemed possible. This stellar media mogul will soon be gracing our television screens with her new show, Limitless Living with Shavannah Speaks Moore on CBS, which teaches viewers how to overcome obstacles and live their dreams by letting their voice be heard! https://linktr.ee/Shavannahspeaks (https://linktr.ee/Shavannahspeaks) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Transcription : Vision In Word Marlana Shavannah Speaks Moore is a portrait of resilience and grace. As an entrepreneur, speaker, life coach and corporate master trainer. Her goal is to empower women and leaders to become all that they desire. She is broken boundaries, challenge the status quo and will soon be gracing our television screens with her new show Limitless Living with Shannah-speaks-moore on CBS welcome Shavannah. Shavannah Hello, thank you so much for having me. Marlana So, I know people look at you and where you are at this stage in the game. And think it must have been easy. You know, there have been no obstacles that you've overcome. But I know that you certainly have. talk to us a little bit about what it took to get to where you are. Shavannah Oh, boy, where do I even start with that? So, you're right. a lot of the times, you know, on this journey that we travel, a lot of people see your success, and they have no idea what the story is behind that success. So, for me, I guess without going too much into my backstory, I grew up in a little small country town out here in North Carolina, I grew up with my grandmother, I stayed there until I was about 13 years old. And then I came where I am today in North Carolina to live with my mother. So, throughout my childhood, there was a lot of things that I encountered DOM that children should not have encountered. Absolutely no faults, my grandmother, of course, but just things that we encountered growing up as children, you know, such as molestation and living in poverty and things that I really had no idea that was happening at this time, because we made the best of what we had, right? Because I didn't know any better at the time. So, I transitioned, I came here to live with my mother. And it was almost like, that was a turning point for me, because I feel like that's kind of where my life took a turn for the worse, for better lack of words, where I kind of started getting access to the street life, and you know, alcohol and sex, and just all the things that I feel that as teenagers a lot of us experience, but I experienced a lot younger. So, I feel like I grew up quick if that makes sense. So basically, you know, I traveled that journey, my life took a turn for the worst. And at that point, it was like I was either going to end up somewhere good or locked up, or, you know, it would have been a bad journey. For me, I'll say that. So ended up getting into corporate, I got a background in mortgages. So, I started traveling down the corporate journey and things started to really unfold for me.Then I started to see things from a different light, I started to see possibility, I started to really see another side of life that I had never had access to before. So, once I started doing my corporate journey I got into mortgages, I would like to raise the ladder really quick in the mortgage industry. And then back in 2013 is where my...

Claire Harvey Claire Harvey Photography / You, Your Brand Claire Harvey is a mother of three, lover of nature, adventure and food. For over 20 years Claire has been involved in both the photography and financial worlds. Claire's initial thrilling photographic endeavor was as an intern at the Christian Science Monitor, photographing President Clinton and other White House events. She had her work published in the international publication. Over the past 15 years, Claire has worked for two prominate public financial companies, advising executives on how to communicate with investors. For 5 years she worked for CapitalSource, during both flourishing years and the downturn of 2008. She later moved on to oversee the IPO of Walker and Dunlop and stayed on board playing an instrumental role in the stock's 5-year movement from IPO price of $10 to over $50. Claire brings together her fascination with entrepreneurial endeavors and her love of, passion for, and talent in photography to create meaningful work for her entrepreneurial clients. This unique blend of business knowledge and artistry makes Claire stand out, not just as a photographer, but as a business and brand resource. www.claireharvey.com https://www.instagram.com/claireharveyphoto/ (https://www.instagram.com/claireharveyphoto/) www.marlanasemenza.com Transcription : Vision In Word Marlana Today I had the pleasure of sharing the space with my dear friend and colleague, Claire Harvey began as an intern at the Christian Science Monitor photographing President Clinton and other White House events. She brings together her fascination with entrepreneurial endeavors and her love of passion for and talent in photography to create meaningful work for her entrepreneurial clients. This unique blend of business knowledge and artistry makes Claire stand out not just as a photographer, but as a business and brand resource. Welcome, Claire. Claire Thank you, my dear friend, this is so fun. I feel like we were talking about doing it for so long. Marlana And now it's true. I'll give everybody a little bit of background here. Claire and I are both personal brand photographers, we have worked together, we have traded clients off and on when one was a better fit for the other. So, we have a history. And we have been talking for a while about giving everybody more information about personal brand photography so you can make better choices when it comes to the photographer's you select and the images that you're getting, all those types of things. So, let's just start off Claire by telling people, what should they be looking for, in your opinion, when they are looking for a brand photographer, Claire I think the biggest thing that you and I talk about all the time, and one of the reasons we've been really able to give clients back and forth to each other is each photographer has a niche and like their own niche, their own style that works for them. And I think a lot of it goes to the photographer's personality in a way. And so, you really want to be able to click with the photographer themselves and then also fit into their niche. I mean, just to give you and I as an example, I think that's like the best example to use is that you're more towards like the fashion forward fashion driven people and women and I more like put my hiking boots on and go into the woowoo space. And we joke about it all the time. But it's a really good way of framing the discussion that people have different clienteles. And so, when you're looking for a photographer, you really need to find someone that has experienced kind of in your space or that you're comfortable with their style. And I think that you look at them kind of aspiration, you look at them, and you feel something from their images, and you want to have images like you're seeing you feel like it's a fit, but I don't think it...

Brian Galke Subtle Skills Tagline: Subtle Skills for an Enhanced Life As an Introverted/Extrovert, Brian purposely chose professions where people came to him for help (Retail, Hospitality, and Help Desk) to help ease his social anxiety. Over the course of his career he would pick up a book, or take a class, to learn a new tip/trick to better interact with people. With every new social skill, another promotion soon followed. The #1 skill that changed his Personal and Professional life was learning Facial Feature Analysis. That skill alone lead to moving from being an Installer to Regional Vice President of Sales, not too bad for someone who still considers himself to be a bit of an Introvert. Brian is one of less than 100 people in the world who is certified in Facial Analysis and is one of the few who actually teaches it. Brian Speaks, Trains, and Coaches people on how to successfully enhance their Personal and Professional interactions with others Subtleskills.com https://taplink.cc/subtleskills https://lookingforloveinallthewrongfaces.com/ (https://lookingforloveinallthewrongfaces.com/) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Marlana: As an introverted extrovert, Brian Galke purposely chose professions where people came to him to help ease social anxiety. He was constantly trying to pick up a new tip or trick to better interact with people. But the number one skill that changed his life was learning facial feature analysis. Brian is one of less than one hundred people in the world who is certified in facial analysis, and one of the few who teaches these subtle skills for an enhanced life. Welcome, Brian. Brian Thank you. Marlana So, I'm just going to let you dive right into it. And you tell us what we can learn from somebody's face? Brian Sure. I'll start with how I found this. And because it's a learned skill, that's the number one thing. When people see what we're going to cover today, everybody thinks, oh, this was something that you just came up with, or something that you're born with. And it is not. What happened to me is in 2011, I met a gentleman, and he read my face and I was immediately blown away because like you mentioned earlier, I'm kind of an introverted extrovert, and I love to be around people, but I was terrified of being around people at the exact same time. So, if you see my maroon bookcase over here, that's one of my bookcases. And it's full of books, like How to Win Friends and Influence People body language books, and LP books, you name it, because while I felt like I belong around people, at the same time, I felt like I didn't belong. And I lived a lot of time in the prison in my own mind, because I was overthinking everything. And when I met Mac full for heat was a quick, funny story. Somebody was in town for a trade show. And we were supposed to go to dinner, and she called up to cancel on me and I just sat down at dinner. I'm like I’m stain. And she's like, no, you have to come meet this guy. I said no, I've already got my glass of wine. I'm staying here. Do you know what, thanks for bailing? She said, Trust me come and meet this guy. I went over there, and he read my face, and everything was so accurate. I immediately was like; how do I find this out? It turns out, he lives 40 minutes away from me. And so, I spent time over the next year, he would get to have a get together twice a month, where you could go and learn about different facial features. And then he has a certification as well. I was instantly hooked. And I convinced one of my friends to do it with me so that when we went out in public, we could make it a game, and talk to everybody and what the true power of it all is, it got me out of the prison, my own mind into the present moment. And that's where my teaching people today is. If you have concerns about...

Merrick Rosenberg, CEO, Take Flight Learning Merrick Rosenberg co-founded Team Builders Plus, one of the first team building companies in the United States, back in 1991. In 2012, he reinvented how people learn about themselves through the personality styles and started his second company, Take Flight Learning. He is the author of four books about tapping into the power of your personality, including The Chameleon and Personality Wins. Merrick has worked with more than half of the Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. and around the world. Under Merrick’s leadership as CEO of Take Flight Learning, his company has been selected as the New Jersey Business of the Year by NJ Biz Magazine and has repeatedly been named as one of the Fastest Growing Companies and Best Places to Work in the Philadelphia area by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Websites: MerrickRosenberg.com, TakeFlightLearning.com Twitter: @MerrickR Instagram: Merrick_Rosenberg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PersonalityWins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merrickrosenberg/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/merrickrosenberg/) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio: Ariza Music Productions Marlana: In 2012, Merrick Rosenberg reinvented how people learn about themselves through personality styles and started his second company Take Flight Learning. He's the author of four books about tapping into the power of your personality, including The Chameleon and Personality Wins. Welcome, Merrick. Merrick: Thanks for having me. Marlana: So first of all, tell us what these personality types are. Merrick: Well, there's four core styles, and historically; they've been this alphabet soup of letters. And I wanted to make it easier and simple for people to remember. So I linked the four styles to four birds makes it pretty easy and also very obvious too. If you think about an eagle. Eagles are confident, they're assertive, they're take charge, very direct, they like to be in charge. You've got parrots, parrots are fun. They're social, talkative, outgoing, they bring lots of energy and excitement, doves caring, compassionate, or soft spoken. This is that person in your family. They want everyone to get along. They are harmonious and all like conflict. They're the peacemaker. And then you have the owl who's logical and analytical and detail oriented, if they're going to do something, they have a plan. And they do it right. The first time. They're accurate and very systematic, and they ask lots of questions. So we've got four styles. We're not just one, we're a combination of all four, but they play out in everything we do, from our personal relationships to work wherever we go, Marlana: can we be one, but strive to be another? Or it's pretty much inherent in us, whatever the one is? Merrick: There's often one or two styles that are very strong for us. And, you know, they drive our success, they allow us to be who we are, if you work out of your style, and you want it to be something else, it would be exhausting. If you take something like public speaking, well, parrots tend to like to be in front of a group, they love the energy, they like the fanfare. If you took that parrot and put them out on stage, they're loving it, it feeds their soul. But if you put them in a cubicle eight hours a day, and they have crank data in spreadsheets, and have zero human interaction, they would go home exhausted every day. So if you had a parrot who was trying to be more like an owl, they're just not wired for it, it would drain them, and why not do what feeds you instead of what drains you? So be yourself, trying to be somebody else is just going to exhaust you anyway. Marlana: Which that makes perfect sense. So, tell us, what are the strengths of each one? Like how do we lean into that? Merrick: If you look at the strength of the eagle style,...

Andrew Ryder is a writer and entrepreneur who is reimagining content creation for online educators so they can highlight their uniqueness and build relationships with their audiences. Andrew's work has been recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine for demonstrating leadership in business. https://www.andrewbryder.com (https://www.andrewbryder.com) www.marlanasemenza.com Audio : Ariza Music Productions Marlana: Andrew Ryder is a writer and entrepreneur who is reimagining content creation for online educators so that they can highlight their uniqueness and build relationships with their audiences. Welcome, Andrew. Andrew: Hey, Marlana, thanks so much for having me. Marlana: So that's really the key, isn't it about building relationships with our audience, because I know if we are entrepreneurs, and we are creating content, it's really marketing at its core. And so in the mix there, we have to come up with ideas and create content that people actually want to consume, and still promote ourselves because we are a business well, in a way without feeling icky. So the question is, I'm going to hit you with it all at once. How do we do it? Is it different things or is it all kind of woven into the same thing? Andrew: For me, it's all woven into the same thing. And perhaps the place to start is in defining what content is, a lot of people think that it's, the first thing that comes to mind would be your social media, or your blog, or maybe even your email list. I also include any paid content, you create courses, coaching, it's really any way that you're communicating with your customer, or your audience or with people who you want to be in your audience, it's going to be the stories that you tell, it's going to be the analogies that you use at any scale, right? If you're doing a social media post, you want to use some kind of analogy or story to teach a lesson, right? But you can still use those same analogies and stories to make a breakthrough in a one on one call with a private client. So everything that you do even down to the color schemes and the graphics and the way that you present your website is content that your audience or your prospective audience is consuming, right? They're going to your website, they're looking at the services, you provide the things that you do, the language that you use, and comparing that to a competitor or to a software solution that claims to solve their problems, right. And so we touched on the idea of creating content that builds relationships. At the end of the day, that's what it comes down to is your prospects, your customers looking at all of these different potential solutions. And they're gonna go with whatever the person who they trust, the most says to do. So if they just came across you, they don't really know anything about you. They've probably been burned in the past, they've made mistakes, they've bought things that aren't what they seem to be, they've gotten ripped off, you know, everybody's gotten ripped off by sleazy online marketer. That's just the reality of the market that we're in today. So what if you build trust with them through your content, and you say, hey, you know, I know you've gone through all these problems, you've had all these issues. Here's what worked for me. I, you know, overcame this, personally, I had all these issues, I figured out how to solve it, and I want to share that with you. If they trust you, they're going to go with your recommendation, even if it's more expensive, even if it's harder, they're gonna go with what you recommend to them, rather than going with something that they don't trust or they don't fully understand. there's really a big there's an immense value in creating trust in your marketing. And I think it's becoming a necessity in the climate that we're in. But I think where people get caught up is content creation is such an interesting aspect of what we do in business. Because if you're...