The Elegant Warrior with Heather Hansen

“If someone doesn't do as you expected, all you know for sure is that he or she didn't do as you expected.” Ann Latham explains the disconnect between what you expected and what happened in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of her book The Disconnect Principle.

~ WE’LL DISCUSS ~

• What it means when people do not live up to our expectations
• How shifting our focus to fixing the situation instead of the person leads to a better dialogue
• How our thoughts about someone communicate louder in our body language and facial expressions than in our words
• How to do something with someone rather than to them

About Ann Latham:

Ann Latham is the founder of Boston area consulting firm Uncommon Clarity®, Inc. Her clients represent over 40 industries and range from for-profit organizations, such as Boeing, Medtronic, and Hitachi, to nonprofit organizations as diverse as Public Television, United Way, and colleges and universities. Ann has been interviewed and has been written about in 85 media sources, including The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Forbes, Inc., Management Today, and many podcasts.

Ann Latham is founding the newest branch of management science: clarity. Cognitive clarity, to be more precise. She is credited with exposing our inability to recognize our natural disclarity and the tremendous waste and damage it causes. Showing people how to create clarity quickly became her passion. She knew that clarity offered an enormous opportunity to improve performance and her consulting was the perfect way to practice and prove her methods. This passion drives her writing. She is on a mission to make organizations, if not the world, a better place through greater cognitive clarity.

Read Ann’s Book, The Disconnect Principle

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Her website: Annlatham.com

Forbes article: Embrace the Disconnect Principle

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It was a pleasure to interview Michael Meyer, an author and Fulbright Scholar. He has published three critically acclaimed books: The Last Days of Old Beijing, In Manchuria, and The Road to Sleeping Dragon. His newest book, which we will be discussing today is called: Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most influential people in the history of America. Michael discusses the details and contents of his book, which were all about Franklin’s last will. We also talked about tradespeople and how much they mattered to him. Michael also shares with us how and why Franklin left money for Philadelphia and Boston and how there are lawsuits revolving around the will.

Some topics we will cover are:

• All About the Book: Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet
• Franklin’s Last Will and Testament
• All About Tradespeople
• The Bet against the Factional Elites
• The Money Franklin Left for Philadelphia and Boston
• The Role of Women
• Lawsuits about the Will
• Franklin as a Philanthropist and its Importance

Learn more about Michael Meyer, click on the links below:

• Website: https://inmanchuria.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/meyerwriter
• Book: Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: https://amzn.to/3vm0CVm

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In today’s episode, Heather talks to Marcia Dawood about angel investing and what it means for you. Marcia has been an angel investor for over a decade. She is the author of Doing Good While Doing Well and hosts The Angel Next Door podcast. She’s Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association and a founding member of their Growing Women’s Capital Group. Marcia is a member of Golden Seeds, one of the largest angel groups in the US.

In this conversation, she shares what angel investing is and why you want to be involved. Heather and Marcia discuss the importance of angel investing, especially for women and people of color. Marcia breaks down the ways you can become an investor with as little as $50, and how you can use charity money to invest. This is an important and educational conversation that will get you excited to get involved!

In this insightful episode, you'll learn:

• Introduction to Angel Investing - Heather and Marcia had an overview of what angel investing is and its significance in the investment landscape.
• Investment Strategy and Risk Management - Heather and Marcia advising audiences on how much of one’s investable assets should be allocated to angel investing, emphasizing the importance of risk assessment and not using essential funds for high-risk investments.
• Networking Opportunities through Angel Investing - They both discuss the value of networking through Angel investing or getting to know entrepreneurs and companies before investing, highlighting the long-term nature of angel investing.
• The Halo Strategy - Heather and Marcia had an introduction to the "halo strategy," which refers to investing based on admiration for a founder rather than a structured investment approach.
• Discussion on Women and Minority-Owned Companies - Marcia and Heather are having an important conversation about addressing the statistics related to female founders in the investment space and the need to change the narrative around investing in women.
• Differences in Questioning Between Male and Female Founders - Heather and Marcia had an examination of the different types of questions male and female founders receive from investors.
• Equity Crowdfunding Explained - Heather and Marcia have provided an overview of equity crowdfunding, explaining how it works and its benefits for new investors.
• Conclusion and Summary of Key Points - A wrap-up of the episode, summarizing the key takeaways and encouraging listeners to engage with the topics discussed.

Marcia’s book choice is Buoyant: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative and Free.

Her song choice is Unstoppable by Sia

Link to buy the Doing Well While Doing Good book:

https://bit.ly/3yxekKD

Link to buy the Doing Well While Doing Good workbook

bit.ly/3ToZMUN

Marcia’s website is

www.marciadawood.com

Her podcast is The Angel Next Door

https://www.marciadawood.com/angelnextdoor

In this episode for Libsyn:

[00:49] - Introduction to Angel Investing

[03:28] - Investment Strategy and Risk Management

[08:00] - Networking Opportunities through Angel Investing

[10:27] - The Halo Strategy

[12:13] - Discussion on Women and Minority-Owned Companies

[16:53] - Differences in Questioning Between Male and Female Founders

[18:45] - Equity Crowdfunding Explained

[26:42] - Conclusion and Summary of Key Points

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The goals that you set for yourself are far more likely to be achieved if you also know what your intentions are. Intentions and goals work hand in hand but they are not the same thing. Today, we are going to discuss the characteristics of goals and intentions and how both are necessary to help you get what you want most. Whether it’s winning a court case, earning a promotion, or getting a divorce, your intentions guide your actions as you work toward your goals. My actions in the courtroom and in my personal life have varied widely based on my intentions, but in every case I have seen this truth — when your goals are firmly grounded by your intentions, the sky’s the limit to what you can achieve.

Today we discuss —

Three characteristics of goals

• Goals are defined as something that you want to reach in the future.
• Goals are easily measurable by other people.
• Goals have an end point — data will prove whether you have met a goal or not.

Three characteristics of intentions

• Intentions are something that you have and are aware of right now.
• Intentions can only be measured by you — only you know if you have done your best.
• Intentions focus on stretching and reaching for your purpose today.

Reaching for goals while honoring intentions

• It’s imperative that you know what your intentions are as you reach for your goals.
• Your intentions will dictate your actions as you work toward your goals.
• Ask yourself — what do I want to accomplish in the process of working toward this goal?
• SMART goals can also help you define your intentions along the way.
• Combining your goals with your intentions will give you unlimited possibilities in what you can achieve.

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Candace Doby explains how we can develop courage professionally and personally, and why courage looks different on everyone.

~ WE’LL DISCUSS ~

• Why risk is at the center of courage
• Three questions we should always ask ourselves
• How we can activate courage as though it were a muscle
• How to act courageously without the worry of appearing arrogant
• How fear of judgment is the most common obstacle to courage

About Candace Doby:

Candace Doby is a speaker, author of A Cool Girl’s Guide To Courage, and coach who works with organizations to create a culture of courage where employees perform at their highest potential. She is the creator of The Courage Hotline podcast and host of The Own Your Brilliance retreat.

Candace combines a decade of research on courage with her experiences leading marketing teams at Chipotle and traveling the world solo. This unique combination equips her with the implementable strategies she has shared with thousands of leaders to help them courageously speak up, step up and show up in the workplace. Her work has been featured on MSNBC and NPR.

Candace’s book, A Cool Girl’s Guide to Courage

Candace’s book recommendation, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers

To learn more about Candace Doby, visit the links below:

Website: candacedoby.com

Speaker Reel

Podcast: The Courage Hotline with Candace Doby

Instagram: @candacedoby

Facebook: CandaceDoby

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