100: Peeling Back the Curtain- The Good, The Bad,The Ugly Crying, and The Future of Maximize Your Strengths
Release Date: 07/24/2017
118: The Pause, Resources, and What's Next
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Saying "Goodbye for now" is bittersweet, but the time has come to put Maximize Your Strengths on a probably-permanent pause. I want Maximize Your Strengths to be a permanent resource for you and the people you share StrengthsFinder with. You can listen to each of the Individual Strength Themes episodes at OR use the search bar on the website: My team and I are launching a brand new podcast, the Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur in mid-January, 2018. In this episode, I share all the reasons for the shift, what I've learned about myself, podcasting, and delegation in the last 18...
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117: Business Finances Done Right with Merrilee Horton
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If you’re like me, you depend on other professionals to help you run your business. Let me introduce Merrilee Horton, my very proficient and patient bookkeeper. Merrilee owns Rescue Me Bookkeeping. She worked as an accountant for 15 years, then in 2011 she started Rescue Me Bookkeeping. Merrilee is a certified Intuit ProAdvisor specializing in QuickBooks Online. She serves a variety of micro to small businesses, and has a proven track record of getting books done accurately! She doesn’t just go through the motions of bookkeeping, she ensures your books...
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116: Learn to Turn Stress Into Bliss with Moneeka Sawyer
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Entrepreneurship can be reallllly stressful. In fact, the anticipation of that stress is one of the things that keeps people from taking the leap into business. Our guest today addresses that head-on. Moneeka Sawyer has often been described as one of the most joyful people you will ever meet. She the creator of the Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula and is the International best-selling author of the award-winning book “Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment,” which covers the proven strategies she has taught as an executive coach for over a decade. She...
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115: Steward What You Have & You'll Get More with Rick Sterger
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Our guest today is Rick Sterger. Rick, in just 5 years, has gone from being a leading tech strategist for companies like Sprint, Samsung, Motorola and Dell to a rising star in the field of immigration law. With nearly 300% annual growth each year, The Immigration Guy, Rick's law firm, now represents over 100 clients in removal hearings and other immigration matters throughout the world. His adopted cause, the Immigration Law Lab, provides Rick an outlet to be of service helping mothers and children fleeing severe domestic abuse and gang violence in Central America. Rick is...
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114: Love-Based Sales and Biz...Yes! It's Possible! With Michele PW
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If you've ever taken any sales training, you've been taught that in order to have the most effective sales, you must identify and dig into your potential client's pain, then make the sale by solving his or her pain. Our guest today doesn't believe that's the only way to go. Michele PW (Pariza Wacek) is the best-selling author of the "Love-Based Business" series of books that share how to sell more with love and build a solid, profitable business on a foundation of love. In addition, she owns a copywriting and marketing company along with writing and publishing fiction. Michele's Top...
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113: Find Your Gold and Turn it into a Career
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We've got a treat today from England! David Ralph is an extremely attractive host of the top-ranked online show Join Up Dots, wherein each episode he takes his guests on a journey of discovery following the words of the late Steve Jobs. From birth to today and back again David Ralph, joins up the dots of his guests lives, highlighting their failures and successes (with more than a few laughs in between) as he leads them to the time travel section “The Sermon On The Mic” where they have the chance to speak to their younger selves and share the advice they have gained. This is a hugely...
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112: Find Out What You're Really Capable of with Lance Carter
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How do you test your limits? How do you know how far you can push yourself, both mentally and physically? Lance Carter, author, triathlon & running coach, entrepreneur, 9-time Ironman finisher, cancer survivor, motivational speaker, and inspiring human being is our guest today. Lance believes every person is capable of more and it’s his purpose in life to empower and inspire others to live a more fulfilling life. He uses running and triathlon events to help people prove to themselves they are indeed capable of more. In 1993 Lance signed up for an Ironman triathlon...
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111: Find Flow and Make Writing Fun with Kathryn Kemp Guylay
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In today's episode, we get to Kathryn Kemp Guylay has inspired tens of thousands of individuals to be happier, healthier and have more fun. As the founder of Make Everything Fun, she is a coach, teacher, speaker, and prolific author. Through her courses on Make Publishing Fun, Make Nutrition Fun, and Make Wellness fun, she helps others spread their own messages to make the world a better place. Kathryn has received over a dozen awards for her writing and coaching work. She has been seen on ABC, CBS, FOX, NPR and other media outlets and hosts two podcasts. Kathryn's Top 5 Strength Themes...
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110: How To Get The Most From Conferences
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This summer, I’ve traveled to more conferences and events than I really ever have. Traveling to events is something I’ve encouraged you to do before on the podcast and I wanted to do an episode on the pros and cons AND how you might approach these traveling, conferences, events with different strength themes leading. In today's episode, I'll share my Top 3 reasons you should make it a priority to go to at least two conferences a year and I'll share my Top 4 ways to optimize the value of those conferences. I also give a small preview of my upcoming course, The Frickin' Awesome...
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109: Gaining Insight, Clarity and Calm with Julie Reisler
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Today's guest is someone I've gotten to know over the past six months in Quatum Leap Mastermind and I love being in her space whether it's in person or on the phone. Julie is the founder and CEO of Empowered Living, a Life Design and personal development company. As a speaker, coach and faculty member at Georgetown University’s coaching program, Julie is enamored with helping you to master your inner world so you can master your outer world. In her book, Get a PhD in YOU: A Course in Miraculous Self-Discovery, Julie authentically shares the extensive personal-growth wisdom that came...
info_outlineWe've done it! We've hit 100 episodes. There have been some a-mazing episodes, guests with golden nuggets of wisdom all day long, and lots of 'aha's about individual greatness.
And behind the scenes, there were tears, frustration, lots of mistakes, laughs, and PLENTY of opportunities for outtakes.
My husband, Joel, the Editor in Chief, co-hosts for a candid conversation about the past, the present, and the future of Maximize Your Strengths.
I'll share my passion for creating a world that cherishes each individual, where every candle burns brighter. BIG dreams and goals are in our future and it will take every one of us to make them happen!!
We'll also talk about how Maximize Your Strengths is taking a shift in focus. No, we're not abandoning StrengthsFinder (How could we ever do that?!), but you'll want to hear what we are doing.
Join in the conversation to Maximize YOUR Strengths in the Facebook Community: www.daire2succeed.com/MYS to join! This is where Alissa hangs out on a daily basis and where you can get the encouragement you are looking for.
We also recommend listening to the Individual Strengths Episodes (titles "All About....") for each of your Top 5 Themes. Go to www.daire2succeed.com/Strengths for a comprehensive list.
P.S. hang on until the very end! #outtakes #hilarious