Episodes 31-40

 #truthseekers is proud to introduce what we are calling Mailbag 1 - the 1st edition of our Coach's Corner mailbag segment!       Today's conversation touches upon CONTRAST, CONTEXT, and SCALE, belief systems, and compound interest.  We take questions from you all (our listeners) who sent in questions to Mailbag@proadvisorcoach.com.  We welcome you to submit your questions for future episodes in any of the following ways: - Unlisted youtube link - Dropbox link - Google Drive link - icloud link - #truthseekers LinkedIn group - email sent to Mailbag@proadvisorcoach.com       Is it possible for $50,000 to feel like $500,000?  It may seem insane to make a statement like that, but we explore how that may be the case in today's episode.  "We get comfortable with whatever's there" is a statement that captures the dual energies of comfort/discomfort.  Enjoy! 

 Raised in a solid blue-collar community in Kentucky, then paying his way through college working construction, this week's #truthseekers guest Brian King finally entered the corporate world at the age of twenty-three.        After working his way up the corporate ladder to executive positions with a multi-billion-dollar corporation, he ultimately followed his childhood dream and started his first business in 2004 at the age of 41. Now, as a successful entrepreneur, CEO and the owner of multiple companies, Brian is engaging in another one of his passions - teaching and sharing what he has learned during his journey, and what he continues to experience in his daily work and interactions with others.       This week's conversation is chock-full of nuggets from someone who has run the gamut of both the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds.  Brian speaks about how to cultivate a culture of personal responsibility, servant leadership, people-first, and his principal advice:  READ! 

 This week's #truthseekers guest, Diane Bogino, is a highly decorated coach with an illustrious professional career.  Aside from authoring 5 books, Diane has earned many certifications and memberships, and is even involved in the Atlanta restaurant scene as the co-founder of two of Atlanta’s longest surviving and most popular restaurants, Provino’s and Scalini’s Italian Restaurants.      Our conversation touches upon Diane's past, which in hindsight appears to have been not only a catalyst for her achievements, but also a motivator in embodying the very best version of herself when other people doubted her.  We speak about why environment is so important, and Diane shares her experience overcoming a toxic relationship.      Fast forward to today, Diane's coaching company does a lot of research on success, and even uses a similar assessment to the Mindscan that ProAdvisorCoach uses when people explore coaching with her. We coaches thoroughly enjoyed this conversation - thank you Diane!    Find more about Diane here:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-bog... 

 Stephanie Bingham is a Marketing Strategist and a Reiki Master... supporting both brands AND people in uncovering their own unique perspective.    Working in mainstream corporate culture for 20 years while maintaining a connected mindset practice allows Stephanie to easily share a different perspective and support people in trading grounded action to achieve more balance and harmony.   As a certified Reiki Master she works with energy to clear the body of the excess societal ‘noise,’ limiting beliefs and energetic clutter that can cause stuckness, anxiety and other physical and mental ailments. She has created a unique series of corporate facing workshops to support professionals in clearing the way to hear their inner voices, feel centered, clear and anxiety free.   Stephanie works with all people seeking a clearer vision and more peaceful way of being but has a special passion for those working and living in the sometimes chaotic life of mainstream corporate culture. 

 This week's #truthseekers guest, Sasha Sadr,i spent over 10 years looking for direction and purpose in life until he hit rock bottom in 2019 and decided he had to finally confront the man in the mirror. He was able to conquer his self-victimization, adopt a growth mindset, and has been pursuing his unstoppable vision ever since.  Sick of the dollar-centric culture of the corporate world, he decided to leave the digital marketing rat-race and started his own coaching business in late 2020. He now lives to serve and inspire other high-performing individuals to create healthier habits to push their success to a higher level. All while putting people first, not dollars.  "When there's intent behind your decisions and your actions, it makes things so much easier."  So true - thanks Sasha! 

 During his training for college hockey, this week's #truthseekers guest Don Jaeger developed a passion for fitness. Graduating with a Business Marketing degree from SUNY Fredonia, he wasted no time applying skills - at 24 years old, Don opened his first fitness facility.   Over his 15+ years being an entrepreneur, he has founded or been involved with 6 startup companies. Don continues to grow personally and professionally through his work at Detroit Thrive and Thrive at Home. He's proud to be changing people's health and more importantly, their lives through fitness, nutrition, and accountability.  Our conversation focused on the balance between Mind / Body / Spirit.  In this week's episode, hear about Don's extensive morning routine, how he and his business navigated Covid, and what he's most focused on today! 

 "I help non-profit organizations, the world over, make the world a better place."  You can feel the meaning and the purpose in Melanie Yohe's Mission Statement!  A cancer survivor, Melanie's journey doing what she loves today was not easy.  After going back to school a couple years ago to finish her degree in English with a concentration in Professional and Technical Writing, and receiving her Grant Writers Certification from the American Grant Writer's Association, Melanie established her own LLC in the beginning of 2020 to connect with, and write grants for, non-profits.  Melanie always loved reading, research, and writing - now she gets to do this everyday in alignment with organizations she enjoys working with. But there's so much more to her story!  We know you'll enjoy Melanie's humility as she describes her success, the journey to get there, and what she's up to today! 

 Larry was born and raised in Buffalo, NY, and got into real estate in the early 2000’s. Growing up learning carpentry, he fostered foundational skills to build houses.  After realizing college wasn’t for him, he faced a series of monumental life events that altered the trajectory of his life!    He acquired his first real estate property, had his first-born daughter, and was in a car accident that had him out of work, all in the same month!  During that time, Larry learned one of  his "WHYs" regarding owning property:  it’s not just about collecting rents.  It was about connecting with people, too.    Everything changed. The way he thought, the way he listened, and the way he responded to his surroundings.  Fast forward to today and many years later, Larry has acquired his fair share of ups and downs.  Major lesson learned:  "NO Bad Days, Just Challenging Days''.  This perspective helps him keep his perspective on what’s truly important, while learning from life along the way.  This hard-knocks MBA has now opened a new chapter in his professional career and Larry is looking to apply what he’s learned while teaching others along the way. 

 Our 2nd Coach's Corner of the month is chock full of success principles.  We challenge you to try to identify them all as you listen.       This week's #truthseekers episode is a bit of a freestyle conversation on wanting more, rigging the game to win, and recognizing that the success we currently enjoy (or don't enjoy) is due to our own self-fulfilling prophecy.       At a time when the world is most chaotic and the future can be perceived to be in a state of flux or unknown, we challenge you to CHOOSE to nourish your mind with only things that serve you to allow you to become the best version of yourself.  This episode may count as 1 example, but what else?  What sort of people are you surrounding yourself with?  What sort of other content are you subjecting your mind to?  What sort of actions are you taking to match the desires you have?         One thing we will always have is the power of CHOICE.  As long as we have our wits about us, we can find peace. 

 This week, Coaches Nicholas Davies and Josh Greco spotlight Alexander Cledaras, a 19-year-old self starter whose sports injuries jump-started a self exploration process that landed him on a path to own his own businesses and pursue side-hustles trading foreign exchange- and crypto-currencies.  We are truly excited to share our #truthseekers conversation. Alex embodies so much of what success, ProAdvisorCoach, and #truthseekers are all about - learning principles in a micro-environment and embodying them on a macro level.  Evaluate your values!  "My identity... I did a complete evaluation," says 19 year-old foreign-exchange- and crypto-currency- trader and investor Alex Cledaras, after a knee surgery and 4 concussions forced him to remove himself from soccer, a sport he loved dearly.  Now Alex, who is of Austrian and Greek descent, travels the world frequently because that's what he truly enjoys doing.  Alex tells us that this lifestyle did not come without excruciating self-reflection... something happened when he could no longer participate in something he loved so much - it forced him to go back to the drawing board... to start from scratch.  We don't think you can watch this conversation without getting fired up about actively pursuing all you wish to enjoy in this beautiful life.  Alex embodies perhaps the most number of principles a #truthseekers episode has encountered so far and we think you'll enjoy this one.  Congrats on the success Alex!