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Welcome back to Episode #71 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is How to Build Strong Relationships with Caring and Giving, inspired mainly by all the amazing giving I've been receiving in the midst of all this recent frenzy and fury in my life. Yes, I promise to reveal it all in good time but for now, I know this is a topic that is not a stranger to you and yet how do you build a strong relationship, and what does it mean to be caring and giving and do you have to give under peer pressure or can you choose to give of your own will and choice? That's what we explore in today's podcast. Announce: Check out the amazing 28 day program of Reset, Revive, Restart which my friends, Sandi Amorim and Cigdem Kobu are offering (just to women) to wrap 2012 with a bang. Use the code PROLIFIC for an extra discount. This is not an affiliate link and I get no kickback from this, I just think these two women and their stuff rocks and you better hurry because it starts Dec 1st, baby! The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for How to Build Strong Relationships with Caring and Giving: 1. Giving and caring about your relationships is not just part of the holiday season. It has to become a part of who you are. 2. Is the giving and caring part of the culture and world you live in? It wasn't part of the corporate culture where I was. How to be a role model for it? 3. Why I am supporting Sandi's program without getting a penny in kickbacks and how the circle of giving and caring turns tables. 4. Why not to give into peer pressure when it comes to giving and caring, and how to find the right opportunities and signs of the right giving for you. 5. It counts when you give even if you don't see direct results and have a secondary impact on the outcome. 6. When you are on the receiving side, how to be savvy in asking for support by matching what you ask for to the values and likes of the person you are asking from. 7. The real reason behind giving and caring matters to you and why life is not linear, and how you can connect the dots only on looking back. 8. Why you just don't know what's in it for you because there is no way to calculate it. Thank you so much for listening to The Daily Interaction Podcast, and for being here as a reader and a listener. Don't forget to grab your 21 Step Confidence Building series!

Welcome back to Episode #70 of The Daily Interaction podcast where the topic today is inspired by my most favorite aunt from Iran on one her visits to the US - listen to the show for the full story where we explore the sometimes-dreaded question: "So What Do You Do?". How do you answer the question when people ask you what you do? Do you say you "are" something or you "do" something? And do you go with the standard responses closest to your profession, or get creative and answer in a unique way that sticks out? And how do you feel about the question and the way you reply? Your work is your imprint on society and your mark on future generations, and the question "What do you do" has become a standard part of conversation, precisely because work is so central to our lives. This "work" can be anything from being a doctor or a soldier in training to a stay-at-home mom raising two kids. It is what you do. It is your mark and your imprint. But still, most of us struggle so much with answering the question. At the very least, I know that I have on a million occasions, and as you will hear in the podcast, so has my most beloved Aunt on one of her visits from Iran to our home in the US. Now hop over to the podcast and take a listen. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Answering the Question: "So What Do You Do?": 1. The story of my aunt and how frustrated she was at the American parties with the same question everyone asked her, which was, "So what do you do?" 2. The way I have answered the question "So what do you do?" over the years especially after the transition from corporate to self-employment. 3. The key difference in the response between "I do such-n-such" versus "I am such-n-such". 4. The way association with known professions may put you in a box and how to get creative with your responses. 5. The enthusiasm and the confidence in how you answer it will set the impression in the other person's mind. 6. What to never ever do when you answer the question. Don't commit this cardinal sin. 7. What if people really don't care about what you do but still ask the question? And how to distinguish between you and others. 8. How to suss out people's real motivation for asking and how to leverage that. Thank you so much for listening to The Daily Interaction Podcast, and for being here as a reader and a listener. Don't forget to grab your 21 Step Confidence Building series below before you leave and come back to visit again! Check out: Comment please: How do you answer the question, "So what do you do?"

Welcome back to our Episode #69 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is Leapfrog to Success at Corporate with 8 Smart Boss Strategies. Let's talk about navigating the corporate landscape and how you need to interact with your boss so you can move up that corporate ladder. Remember, your boss is your gatekeeper so understanding these strategies is going position you ideally for that next promotion. I learned a lot in my nearly 12 years at Corporate America, and this was no small business. I worked for a multi-billion dollar Fortune 100 company and I was determined to build a career. For the first half, I was fumbling along, even if it pains me to admit it. For the latter half, I was leapfrogging, and working half as much, and building my other dreams on the side while earning the most money and enjoying the best perks. You know the difference? I figured out how the system works, and yes there is a system and no there is not a manual. Do you know how the system to promotions and advancements and upward mobility at your company works? Are you taking the right steps to ensure you are positioned well for that next promotion or raise? And do you know the role that your boss plays in your career and in your success at the workplace? I am more than half-way done with your uncommon career guide at Corporate America, I am calling it Crack the Code to Get Promoted, and you'll want to know these little-known truths that move you from where you are to where you really need to be, given your talents and strengths and values to the company. So stay tuned by signing up here and let's jump into the podcast to talk about these 8 Smart Boss Strategies that you can start implementing to-morrow! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Leapfrog to Success with 8 Smart Boss Strategies 1. Get your boss to trust you. 2. Do what your boss asks you to do with a sense of urgency and importance. 3. Respect your boss's time. Do not ever waste his time. 4. Never ever gossip about your boss. 5. Be punctual, reliable, and resourceful. 6. Never ever disagree with your boss in public. 7. Become his go-to guy or gal. 8. Make your boss look good. All the time. In his absence and presence. Do these 8 strategies and you will start to see an immediate change in your relationship with the boss, but better than that, you will start to see that your work and your career will become easier, less of a struggle and more of a supportive effort to get you where you are going. And if you enjoyed this post, pick up your FREE Email Career Course by hopping on the list below now:

Welcome back to our Episode #68 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is inspired by a personal story; I titled it: Why Being a Copycat Destroys Your True Essence, and yes, there is a copycat in my life and you know what, she is sadly destroying her own true essence by copying work and my style and my way of running my business, and what a terrible act of self-sabotage. So please indulge me today on the show as we talk about what makes someone want to copy your work and how we can help them see that this is only hurting them. A lot. Sometimes, we overreact and may think someone else is "copying" our work whereas they are simply taking away inspiration and trying to apply what you are preaching. I had the same initial thoughts, and so I decided to ask a few of my confidantes and they confirmed that this does look like this young woman is indeed copying my work and my style, and so much more. Perhaps I am still over-reacting and they are still seeing something that's not there, but my intuition - or my inner guidance, as my friend Angela calls it - rarely if ever has been false. So I trust it and I hope and pray that this person realizes that not only is she hurting her own chances of success, she's doing that by also completely destroying her own true essence. Now on to the show! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Why Being a Copycat Destroys Your True Essence 1. What it means to be a copycat - I define it for you so we are talking about the same thing. 2. Why being a copycat can be an attractive act and why that thinking is completely flawed. 3. How being a copycat destroys your true essence by robbing you of your true potential and all originality and authenticity that you may have inside of you, even if you are not exactly finding your own voice yet. 4. The lack of confidence, the insecurity and lack of self-worth can prompt you to copying someone else and think that you can be successful just by copying and that's far from the truth. 5. What is the biggest act of self-sabotage and how the copycat misses this whole point because if they knew this, they'd never ever do the copycatting, if you will! 6. Why laziness can tempt you into copying the work of someone else and why that is so terribly wrong and a disservice to you. 7. When insecurities and doubts seep into your life, you act in ways that you won't be proud of yourself later. How to watch for this. 8. How a copycat is ignoring their own resources and creativity and giving in to laziness and other lousy excuses to copying others, and remember that there is nothing like being true to your true essence, or else you will never feel a sense of accomplishment about anything that you do. Ever. Now that's a big loss. They say love makes the world go round but confidence isn't too far behind in making a lot happen in your life either. So get grounded, and learn how to tap into and awaken your confidence by this FREE 21-Step Confidence Building Program. Check out the confidence-myth-busting video or sign up below:

Welcome back to our Episode #67 of The Daily Interaction podcast and a forewarning: today's topic is all the reasons why you should stop complaining at work or any other professional settings and the real truth behind this might make you uncomfortable, in fact, you may want to deny any such behavior where it concerns you. That's OK! Deny away but please listen anyway because I am most interested in how you can move up and advance in your career with the changes I am about to share with you in this episode. Complaining at the workplace can be fun, it can be a huge outlet for frustration and pent-up tension. It can even be therapeutic, but you have to understand, that it has serious consequences. If this were a fun game of Party Bingo with your friends, yes, you could have fun all day and complain to your heart's content while enjoying your games, but this is your career we are talking about so exercise caution! The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Stop Complaining to Get Ahead at Work 1. Definitions first: What it means to complain in the first place. The definition of complaining versus just talking about a problem and expressing a concern. 2. Why complaining is a big turn-off for all employers, clients, customers, and how understanding this can help you cut this one self-limiting behavior out completely! 3. How we absolve ourselves of the rules and standards that we expect from others, and what I am challenging you to do just for today's podcast 4. Getting out of your own frame of reference and not letting your ego get in the way when you learn to observe yourself this way at the workplace. 5. Why it's so difficult to stop complaining when you share a passionate topic that pains both you and someone else, and why even doing this is going to harm your career in the long-run. 6. How complaining hurt my career and why I am telling you to do things differently to move up the corporate ladder. 7. Are you working for the company or are you the company? I share some powerful and subtle mental shifts that will put you in front of the leadership team to be noticed. 8. Last but not least: Pledging to a Complaint FREE November! If you are reading this here in the blog, then would you pledge to a complaint-free November with me? No form, shape or size of complaint is allowed. Cool? Tell me you agree in the comments! That makes it a wrap for Episode 67. Stay tuned to the upcoming business program that is going to show you how to crack the code to getting promoted at the workplace, you can get first dibs on it and grab my 21 little-known career advancement strategies both just by signing up below:

Welcome back to Episode #66 of The Daily Interaction podcast. I just love it when one of my listeners sends in a request, so thank you dear Tamkara from Nigeria for asking me to talk about this topic: how do you know when to stay out of it and when to pry to find out more about a problem that your friends, family, colleagues, or peers are having. You know you care about them but how do you show you care without coming across as nosy. Got a topic you want me to talk about on the podcast? Tell me about it by leaving a comment or an email. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Knowing When to Probe in the Right Manner and Spirit 1. Looking inward before going to the outside world. Taking an honest look at yourself and how you think people perceive you. 2. Questions to ask yourself before you decide how to probe or pry into other people's business. 3. Assessing the level of your relationship and reversing the situation to see how you would yourself react. 4. How to ask them about it, the exact phrases to use and the way that you can say them with lots of care. 5. The risks you are taking and how minimal they are so why you should go for deeply caring. 6. Understanding the seriousness of the situation, whether it's a spat with a spouse or a matter of life and death and other grave situations. 7. How to pry or probe in the workplace and how to act professional while caring. 8. How to act when your boss is the person in this situation and not forgetting your boundaries when the boss opens up to you. 9. How this situation can ease tensions in an awkward work relationship so being aware of this is important. Want to give some love to the podcast? A huge shout-out to those of you who left reviews on iTunes, THANK YOU guys!! And if you like these conversations and want to support the podcast, I am not accepting donations - the podcasts are FREE and yours to enjoy - but boy would I love you if you took a few minutes to do an honest iTunes ratings for it. It goes a long way to keep the podcast going strong and spread the word. Thank you for listening! And don't forget to grab your 21-Step Confidence Building Series (check out the video I made you here) and sign up to get it below:

Welcome back to Episode #65 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is all about blogging, which is one of the most essential and well-known forms of interactions and communication in today's world. Learn the hidden benefits of blogging with me today. Whether you have a blog or don't even know what a blog is, you are covered in this podcast, darling, so grab a cuppa tea, have a seat or talk a walk and tune in to the podcast. One of the things I love about blogging is the aspect of mobility. Your blog goes where you go. I love traveling to the furthest corners of the earth - and in fact recently, we have discovered yet another resource to get the cheapest flights! - but I still love to stay in touch with my work. Blogging not only goes where you go - that may not be as sexy in a mobile world where you can take your office work home or on holiday with you - but you can integrate your life, your passions, your travel stories and your dreams into your blog and draw lessons from that experience, just as you are having it, and share it with your readers. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Don't Miss This: Leslie Samuel is offering my fab readers a one-time offer on his insanely valuable Become a Blogger course ONLY through Oct 22nd, Monday. This is the SINGLE blogging resource I endorse now. Why? First-hand experience + top value + deep personal involvement from Leslie: No brainer! Invest in yourself. Show Notes for How Blogging Creates Endless Opportunity for Personal Growth and Profit 1. Why I am a huge advocate for Become a Blogger and what Leslie is offering with his class. 2. What is a blog anyway? I define a blog for those of you who may not be familiar with the term. 3. Some background on my own blogging experience and setting the tone for this podcast. 4. Personal growth benefits of blogging, and why it pulls you out of self-denial like nothing else. 5. How your writing evolves and how blogging can prepare you to write books - and publish them yourself!- and programs and courses. 6. Setting high standards of the type of work and content you put out with your blog and how that relates to personal growth. 7. Who really finds you when you are searchable on Google and how can that add to profit and voice of authority both directly and indirectly. Plus I share the stories of how Google and Forbes found me. 8. All different channels of profit that you can create with your blog, and why you need to think about the business first then the blog. Over to You: What do you think about blogging? Blogging can attract polar views, no doubt. I have heard it rendered completely useless and waste of time by some self-respected resources, and considered the door that can open you to a world of possibilities by other experts, and I am permanently stationing myself in the second camp. How about you? Do you have a blog, want to have one or better yet, have any thoughts about the art and science of blogging? Share away!. For more business and career savvy topics, hop on the list below, grab my 21 uncensored career tips, and stay on top of your professional path in life!

Mingling can be painfully difficult. I am one extrovert woman and I have struggled with it on too many occasions. Mingling seems innocent on the surface, but it has an underhanded way of bringing out every emotion known to us humans, from fear, paranoia, anxiety, nervousness, vulnerability, embarrassment, excitement, joy, laughter, compassion, closeness, and the list goes on. How does it manage to do this and how can we out-stmart the darn thing so we get the massive benefits of mingling like a pro? Welcome back to Episode #64 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's podcast shares the top 10 secrets of How to Mingle Like a Pro, because if you can do this one, you get closer to getting the things that you want in your communication and interactions with the world around you so let's get to it. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for How to Mingle Like a Pro. 1. Two compelling reasons why you need to learn to mingle like a pro. 2. Why being shy is OK but for the purposes of this podcast, I want you to believe you do not have that title. 3. You can't mingle like a pro if you are unapproachable, and we define that on the podcast. 4. You can't give off a good impression if you are slouching and I tell you why good posture is so important. 5. Why you can't make a good impression if you are not well-groomed, and what that even means. 6. Sorry to bring this one up but you can't mingle well if you smell funny and I have an example of this. 7. You can't mingle well if your body language is closed off. 8. You can't expect to connect with someone too well if you don't have enough eye contact. 9. You definitely can't mingle like a pro if you are not welcoming and friendly in conversation and manner. 10. And you absolutely cannot mingle and expect real results if you are not sincere. So did you take my tough love and make some good use of it? If you want more messages of smart communication infused with inspiration, confidence and motivation to help you get the most out of your life, wait not another minute, hop on my list below now:

Grabbed your own copy of the Rumi inspiration photography book yet? Welcome back to Episode #63 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's podcast asks you a deep question: Should you or should not share your fragile dream with others? I have written about how dreams have no age limit, you must not let such things get in the way. I have talked about guarding your dreams. AND I also explained how luck has nothing to do with dreams. That's right. You build it, lucky or not. Well, today, it's about whether you should share that fragile dream just as the tiny little seed is planting in your head and heart, and just as you are wrapping your brain around the possibilities of turning this dream of yours into a reality. When you are in that state, your dream is fragile. Maybe it will turn out to be your true calling, or maybe it will be just a passing phase in your journey through life, but that still remains to be seen! At this stage that you find yourself, is it or is it not a good time to shout it off the rooftops of your social networks? And how do you choose the right decision, timing, and consequences of sharing versus not sharing? The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for Sharing or Not Sharing Your Fragile Dreams 1. I describe how I am always enthusiastic about sharing my good news and definitely my dreams and aspirations with everyone and how that has affected me, how shall I put it, "inconveniently"? 2. The good, the bad and the ugly of sharing your dreams too soon, and why holding off is the best idea. 3. How to think of your dream at the very beginning, how to guard and protect it, and how to speak about your dream. 4. The 10 questions that you must ask yourself before you share your dream with anyone else. 5. The 10th question brings it all back to you and you need to make the final call with the information from the first 9 questions. What will you do? 6. The consequences of sharing a dream too soon with someone, what could go wrong? 7. How the invisible seeds of doubt penetrate your dream and what to do about it. 8. How to keep the strong momentum going strong for your dreams and waiting until ...(listen to the podcast find out) Did you like this podcast episode? Do you want more messages of pure inspiration, deep confidence and true motivation to hear your true voice and live life on your terms? Well, you are in lucky, my dear, wait not another minute, hop on my list below now:

Welcome back to Episode #62 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic 8 Success Mindsets for Employment vs. Entrepreneurship. Before you learn the tools and techniques of the trade in each place, you need to have the right frame of mind, the right way of thinking, the perspective and viewpoints that are going to make you successful in each stage: the stage of employment versus the stage of entrepreneurship, or self-employment. Do you know these different mindsets so you do not make fatal mistakes that are hard to recover from? Do you know the shift you need to make as you go from one to the other? In this blog post, I talked to you about the right mindset for success, and every single one of those will be necessary for your overall personal success. In this podcast, we delve deeper into what it takes to think and act as a successful and thriving employee versus a successful and thriving entrepreneur. If you are in transition from one to the other, or like to make a shift in the future in either direction in your career, then you will need to know the right mindset before entering either place! Disclaimer: I am not making the claim that employment is better or worse than entrepreneurship in this episode. In fact, it is impossible to say because you may be ideal for one at one stage in your life and transition to the other later on. I give you strategies for success for both an employee mindset and an entrepreneur mindset. I've been both and learned a lot, and if you don't come into either game knowing these strategies, you will be set up for failure, so listen up! The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Show Notes for 8 Success Mindsets for Employment vs. Entrepreneurship 1. The Boss Mindset: How do you work and treat your boss versus act as your own boss and what does it take to do both well. I also reference this timeless post by Paul Graham: You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss 2. The Self-motivation vs. No Motivation mindset: Motivation makes everything better doesn't it? Except you don't necessarily need it to survive and do well in a corporate career as much as you do when you are out on your own. 3. The Direction, Mission and Vision Mindset: Who sets the direction of your career as an employee versus a self-employed super star? Are you ready to take on the challenge into your own hands? 4. The Failure and Criticism Handling Mindset When customers or clients aren't happy, do you handle it well if you are not part of an organization? 5. Income or salary mindset: There is no lower limit or upper possibility with income when you are that self-employed super star and this can go either way, it's all up to you. As an employee, you get a fixed pay. Which works best for you? 6. Fears, insecurities and support mindset: Who is your support system when you are an entrepreneur versus an employee when these emotions surface? 7. Your systems, processes and workflow mindset: There is an established way of doing things in a company versus when you are on your own and systems ensure your success so you cannot do away with them. Which way is better for you? 8. The importance of self-discipline and time management: The structure inherent to working at a company keeps you in check and helps you get things done. How do you manage this as an entrepreneur? What works best for you to establish the path to success? Tap into Natural Energy for Productivity Remember you still have until Sept 30th to use tdi10minutes discount code to redeem The 10 Minute Invigorator . What is the 9th mindset? I gave you 8 mindsets of success here. What is the 9th one? How do you manage that as an employee versus an entrepreneur? Share your thoughts on this topic in the comments. Tell me which one you are right now and what works best for you in that position! Plus hop on the newsletter below to get free strategies on your career, wherever you may be!

Welcome back to Episode #61 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic How to Turn Off the Negative Self-Talk and how to return to a more positive and harmonious state. This is inspired by dear Jennifer who sent in a request asking my thoughts on how we can remove negative self-talk and self-sabotage when you are on the path to health and cleaner diet. What is the impact of low self-esteem and how can that stop your good efforts towards better eating and healing your body? You know this well: Negative thinking is detrimental not just to your mood but to the health you ought to preciously guard. And positive thinking and believing can truly influence your well-being, your actions, and in this case, your diet. But it is much easier said than done? Well, first of all, easy is way over-rated. The best things are things for which we work hard. No matter, today, I want to break down the concepts of how you can slowly manage and shift the negative talk with these techniques and start to hear the real "talk", your true inner voice. Your gift from me. From now until Sept 30th, use tdi10minutes coupon code on Udemy to grab The 10 Minute Invigorator in healing your body and your mind. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! How to Turn Off the Negative Self-Talk Show Notes 1. The use of language as you talk to yourself and why to move away from "lose weight" and use "gain health" instead. 2. Why the weight hangs around sometimes to "protect" you and why we feel naked and vulnerable without it, and how this understanding helps you move through your challenges with dieting and cleaning out your diet. 3. A completely different way to handle negative self-talk, and why fighting and resisting the thoughts is the worst way to deal with them. 4. The use of two particular mantras, the use of words and verbs in the presence tense, and how to create your own impactful affirmations. 5. The technique of Acknowledge and Release and why this peaceful way to deal with thoughts is so effective. 6. How forgiveness will open the path to releasing what's not serving you including the stubborn weight and waste from your body. 7. The secret of believing in yourself before others can help and encourage you, and how to do that. 8. The biggest shift in paradigm, and how to prepare yourself for this shift, and how to not be overwhelmed with the ideas here in this podcast. If you like what you see here, and want to be in the loop for new ways to embrace your true self, and transform your thoughts for the better, hop on the list below. My gift for you joining: A FREE 21-Step Confidence Building Series, sent straight to your Inbox, wrapped with heaps of love and care. Sign up below:

Today's topic is How to Deal with Shame and Shine with Vulnerability. When I was attending WDS conference in July, I was ridiculously inspired by Dr. Brené Brown and her research on shame and vulnerability, two human emotions that every single one of us experiences without exception. Yet, two emotions that hardly make the cut for conversation. Why is that, I wonder? Why do the things that we think about the most are the things we talk about the least? I knew I had to explore this topic sooner or later, if only to better understand my own deep connection to shame and guilt, ingrained in me since my early childhood in Iran. What is it about shame that seems to cut through every inner barrier we have built against it to leave us naked and exposed? Why do we give shame so much power, and vulnerability so little credit? Listen to this podcast to find out how I help you deal with shame and shine with vulnerability. The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Dealing with Shame and Shining with Vulnerability Show Notes 1. The amazing research topics of a PhD researcher, and how Dr. Brown does her data gathering research on the topics of shame and vulnerability. 2. What Dr. Brown calls the people who did not "suffer" from vulnerability and how she describes them. 3. How do you always believe that you are worthy of love and belonging, and how that leads to embracing vulnerability? 4. The 3 top traits that all of the happy and whole-hearted people in Dr. Brown's research had in common, and how they are able to do that. 5. Examining what you believe and how that relates to shame and the fear of disconnection. 6. Why and how shame stops you from reaching your goals and gets in your way. 7. The definition of courage and how that relates to approaching your life. 8. How to be totally OK with your flaws and your imperfections and how that leads to embracing vulnerability. 9. The Iranian culture and the tight association with shame and how that affected my own life and what you can learn from that. 10. Why do we allow shame and why to let shame go and how to take steps towards doing that? 11. How I practice vulnerability in my business, especially after the courage it took to leave the corporate world and old career and how you can learn from that too. Love The Daily Interaction? A huge shout-out to those of you who left reviews on iTunes, THANK YOU guys!! And if you like these conversations and want to support the podcast, I am not accepting donations - the podcasts are FREE and yours to enjoy - but boy would I love you if you took a few minutes to do an honest iTunes ratings for it. It goes a long way to keep the podcast going strong and spread the word. Thank you for listening!

Welcome back to Episode #59 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is 12 Steps to Master Your Time and Energy. Time management is not half as useful if you don't take your energy into account. Today, I give you 12 ways on how to not manage but MASTER your time and your energy and get a lot done! Let's get to it! You have probably taken steps to manage your time better many times in your life but how many times have you considered managing your energy along? We have a finite amount of energy to expend during the day and if we don't manage the energy, the time is inconsequential. Think about it: How much can you really accomplish when you are exhausted? Exactly: Not Much at all. So let's tackle time and energy together, let's think of them as two inseparable elements of life and let's learn how to not just manage them to get by but to master them so we run the day and not let the day run us to the ground! Ready? The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! 12 Steps Master Your Time and Energy Show Notes 1. Create the right emotional association with the task, project or items on your to-do list. 2. Do a complete brain dump to create your master list. 3. Select a system of organization that works FOR YOU. I share with you my system of organization and productivity. 4. Do the most important thing first. 5. Know your best energy zones and use them. Check out my 10 Minute Invigorator - and watch Day 1 and do the 10 minutes of invigoration with me. 6. Say a proactive no and prepare for it in advance so you don't get caught off. 7. Remove the clutter in your workspace and create a zen space. 8. Decide about your workplace and why it should be the same place all the time. 9. Create a do-not do list. 10. Experience the energy and power of completion. 11. Use the right language with yourself and how to change it to motivate yourself. 12. Get enough rest. Wanna Give Back to The Daily Interaction? A huge shout-out to those of you who left reviews on iTunes, THANK YOU guys!! And if you like these conversations and want to support the podcast, I am not accepting donations - the podcasts are FREE and yours to enjoy - but boy would I love you if you took a few minutes to do an honest iTunes ratings for it. It goes a long way to keep the podcast going strong and spread the word. Thank you for listening!

Welcome back to Episode #58 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is How to Let Go of Your Money Stigma and Start Creating Your Wealth. This topic was inspired by my fabulous students of the Smart Exit Blueprint, who are going through the ultimate personal challenge: facing their relationship with money, and understanding themselves in the process. Money is a very passionate topic for me, and I've got my own uncensored and perhaps radical views around this wonderful commodity that makes the world go round. Yes, of course, LOVE makes the world go round too, but not without the money, darling! At least, not unless you are in Disneyland or dreamland! Civilizations have been operating for decades and centuries around money. It is a necessity to enable all those things that you love so much in your life, so I'd say hats off to money! Plus, money is simply a great thing so getting rid of your inner conflict will bring you a lot more peace and comfort, not to mention security and wealth and the ability to do great goods in this world. In this podcast, I am openly and unashamedly sharing with you my heart-felt opinion based on my life experience with first, having money, then losing it all and then earning more again. I talk about my own family's brush with poverty after we lost our everything in Iran, and how we rebuilt our lives without extending a beggar's hand to a government or a society or relatives to help us. We've come a long way since we arrived here in 1989 with 2 suitcases for a family of 5 and valuing hard work and building habits of creating wealth have played a key role in that. So my dear constant listener, I have no qualms whatsoever about the power and wonders of financial wealth. Plus, I am here to show you why making your peace with money can be the beginning of a great life filled with everything you want. If all this sounds good to you, let's dive into the podcast together! The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! How to Get Over Your Money Stigma to Create Wealth Show Notes 1. What is your relationship with money? Do you blame it or praise it? Are you even aware of this relationship? 2. Quotations about money and why the good, the bad, or the great is never, ever, ever, EVER, in the money. It is in the people. 3. Why celebrities are such a poor example to watch when it comes to the meaning of money and why money can be an enabler to lots of good things. 4. If you don't charge for your business, you are running a charity or an expensive hobby. If you are cool with that, great. Otherwise, change it. 5. Why you are your very own problem and barrier to advancement and how to think about money and the guilt associated with it altogether. 6. How to make best friends with money because money is an enabler in getting everything you want in life. 7. Why there is nothing glorious about poverty and my story of arriving in America. 8. George Bernard Shaw says "Lack of money is the root of all evil." and I explain why he was right. 9. Are your values, your actions and your goals aligned? If not, get to resolving the inner conflict. How Do You Feel about Money? So there you have it, my honest outlook on money. Now out and over to you: what do you think about what you heard? How do you feel about money? And most important of all, how has that perspective served you in your life? If you want more of my uncensored advice around money, creating wealth on your own terms, never settling for the wrong job and more practical tips & strategies to build your freedom from the ground up, then hop on this list below:

Welcome back to Episode #57 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today's topic is Why Dreams or Passions Have No Age Limit. This is in response to a long-time listener, Steve Walker, and I thank him profusely for sending a topic request. You can do that by leaving a comment below for future podcasts. As for today, I want to give you compelling reasons why it's never too late to pursue your dreams, wherever you may be, in your 40s, 50s, 60s and even your 70s. I aim to inspire you and infuse that with actionable practical steps and give you examples of people who have started very late in life and still became massively successful. I talk to you in this podcast about people who have gone from absolutely horrible conditions to massive fortune and fame while changing millions of lives. You know the names I mention. They are multi-million dollar brands today, but they did not start that way and they did not exactly start at the ripe age of 22. There are millions of others whom you will never hear about that have hit their best mark in life in the golden stage, and so you, my dear, are not alone and no, it is not too late, unless you believe it to be, then it's all over. So please, give yourself a chance, believe otherwise! I started my blog at what I considered to be "late" in the game for me. And it still took me a year to come up with the name Prolific Living, another 6 months before I started thinking of it as a business with untold hours of sweat and work. Now that I am older, I look back at the last 3 years and truly believe I started at precisely the right time in my life. Today, I have no doubt that I am building a future mega brand that will one day be instantly recognizable. Now if you have that kind of vision, that kind of imagination, anything is possible, and that's what I choose to believe when I ask why not create the next best house-hold brand name? The iTunes Page: Subscribe & download! The RSS Feed: Follow the Feed! Dreams Have No Age Limit Show Notes 1. Questioning why we always see our current age as too old and too late and any age in the past as youthful and filled with possibilities now gone by. 2. What really has the most doing with your success? It is you. Not your age, not your circumstances, and not your past. The most important thing you can do for yourself today is get in the right frame of mind. 3. Examples of a few amazing success stories of people who started late in life and yet hit massive success. They did not let their age stop them and neither should you. 4. How to start with massive determination but need to apply the changes in small steps. 5. Why motivational and inspirational speakers can get you half of the way there and why you believing in yourself is the only thing that will save you when the negative self-talk sets in. 6. The beginning of the success mindset starts with loving and approving of yourself, accepting yourself, and believing in yourself. This is the foundation before you can move past your age and towards your dreams. 7. Practical tips that pair up well with the inspiration such as taking action, getting your life partner on board, focusing on one thing and not many things, and having big determination while taking small actions. 8. What words to use and what words to remove from your vocabulary and why they make all the difference in your momentum, and how they will soon make you forget about your age. Do you love listening to the Daily Interaction? If you want to show your appreciation for this free podcast especially on our anniversary, won't you give us a shout on iTUNES! Thank you thank you for showing your LOVE!