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“How To Make More Money Online” with guest Lisa Gottlieb Lise Gottlieb is known as “The e-Commerce Queen of Denmark,” and creator of “Power e-com Formula.” In her work as a Marketing Expert, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Coach, Lise shares her proven strategies with self-motivated, disciplined, hard-working people to help them attain a Wholistic Life-Style that includes personal & financial independence. Lise’s 43 Books, 300+ Articles, business coaching, and health & diet products stem from her true-life story. After successful sales careers at Oracle and Deloitte&Touche, she developed a thyroid disease which inspired her to write a self-help book on the topic to help others facing health challenges. Using her keen mastery of the Internet, her simple marketing strategy, and hard, honest work, Lise propelled her personal quest for health and happiness into a successful entrepreneurial coaching career, inspiring other self-motivated, smart, hard-workers to liberate themselves from co

"From Incarceration to Inspiration" with Guest Nilton Serva (Audio) Nilton Serva is the Co-Founder and CEO of SERVAMEDIA, a digital media company focused on helping small and medium sized businesses integrate and leverage new technologies to grow their revenues. Before becoming the CEO of his own company, Nilton's path was not easy. At an early age, his father was incarcerated and Nilton's family struggled. Despite being a bright kid, he started falling behind in school which amplified his presence on the streets getting him into trouble that ultimately led to his own incarceration. However, Nilton was determined to turn his life around. He started reading books about entrepreneurship and personal development and everything changed. Nilton was released, got off probation, went to college and founded his own company. He has gone on to become an avid speaking presented at Stanford University and even has an upcoming TED talk. At just 19 years old, Nilton is on a mission to inspire the next generation of does an

"How To Lead Like A Samurai" with Guest Claudio Toyama Claudio Toyama is an international leadership coach for executives and professionals who want to become the top one percent in their industry. He has travelled, and lived, and worked, all over the world, in places like the UK, the United States, Italy, Brazil, and Japan. On today’s episode, Claudio talks about his new book, Leadership The Samurai Samba Vinci Way, that explains how to become an international one-percenter. Today we talk about what does it actually take to reach that tippy-top echelon of leadership. Claudio shares what some characteristics of those tippy-top leaders have that they all share, that’s different from their next level of excellence.He also talks about what you need to do to really get up to that 1%.   On this episode… 05:17 - What brought Claudio to Boston? 05:55 - Claudio talks about the work that he does 07:59 - What is the importance of your presence as a leader and an employee? 10:00 - How does Customer Service play out in t

"How To Embody Confidence" with Guest Nancy Martin Nancy Martin is an abuse prevention expert, an empowerment coach and the international best-selling author of “Dance Your Way to An Empowered Self: 4 Elements to Achieve Shining Confidence.” Nancy learned that fighting physical, mental and sexual abuse towards women can be done with lightness and care, not resentment and anger. She has developed her own technique of embodying confidence through movement and dance and her mission now is to take her personal learning and spread it as many girls and women as possible and reach them before they become victims. Nancy has been featured on television is an avid speaker on behalf of women’s empowerment, abuse prevention and the power of empathy to change the world and now she graces Thrive! If you would want to know how become a celebrity personal brand, if you would like to carve out a tight niche so that you’re seen as the leader in your industry, and know how to communicate your value, and talk about what you do o

"From The Streets To The Stage" with guest Mala RamaKrishnan Mala RamaKrishnan’s passion is to empower women. Being a single mother, she was left to be home in 2011 for 3 years with their 3 young children. She struggled to survive, holding three separate jobs. Her prayers were answered when she discovered iSuccess where she found her mentor Suria Muhammad. Now Mala is a business and life coach who runs her own team at iSuccess. She has been featured in Singapore’s national paper, international television, Vasanthm Central, and has also co-authored the book “Once a Queen Always A Queen.” In this episode, Mala shares her journey about how she went from cleaning toilets with her children, to making thousands of dollars a month in her business. If you would want to know how become a celebrity personal brand, if you would like to carve out a tight niche so that you’re seen as the leader in your industry, and know how to communicate your value, and talk about what you do on sales calls and networking events, or be

Brandy Sales is a video marketing expert and coach. He is a  4-time award-winning video marketing expert who specializes in producing videos for nonprofits. He raised over a $100 million dollars using videos from fundraising events. Brandy is a business coach for video professionals and entrepreneurs. He helped them create a lucrative video for them to gain thousands of leads and consistently increase their revenue through video marketing.                   Brandy is also the proud co-founder of Wecast Youth Video Programs, where they use video production to help the youth to create projects that build their confidence to go out and create a better self and be part of a productive community. He also organized the Smartphone Video School, which is a program that teaches entrepreneurs to do their own video content using low-cost set-up but with high quality. In this episode, Brandy shares his journey on video production and he will also teach entrepreneurs to make their own video content for under a $175 low-co

Thrive Episode Ep #48 - "How To Thrive in Living with Less" with Guest Kathy Vines  Kathy Vines is a  Certified Professional Organizer, productivity specialist, and owner of Clever Girl Organizing.  At Clever Girl Organizing, she works with her client in person and virtually helps bring serenity, order and clever solutions to untangle their relationship with their stuff for living more simply and organized into your home or office. She is the author of the book “Clever Girls Guide To Living with Less”. Her book talks about 8 ways we get attached to things causing psychological and emotional barriers that get in our way when we have to declutter and let them go. On this episode, Kathy shares that she helps clients know their identity and mindset of who they want today and understand the importance to make space in their current life in terms of time, money and energy.   On this episode… 05:14 - Kathy shares how she became a professional organizer. 07:11 - What does it really mean to be a business owner? 08:36

Thrive Episode Ep #47 - "How To Create a Culture of Success" with Guest Mitch Russo Mitch Russo is a highly accomplished award winning entrepreneur whose Rolodex looks like the who’s who of business consulting. He co-founded  Timeslips Corporation in 1985, that became the largest time tracking software company in the world. And eventually sold it  for  8- figures and went on to be the COO of Sage PIc. .He is now  the President and CEO of Business Breakthroughs, Int’l. with Tony Robbins, which serves thousands business a year with  coaching and consulting services, Mitch is also the best selling author, who penned “The Invisible Organization ” which is a CEO’s guide to transition a traditional brick-and-mortar company to a fully virtual organization. Today, Mitch helps clients find new and recurring sources of revenue. He shares his expertise with entrepreneurs to help them create certification programs to leverage their revenues. On today’s show, Mitch shares many insights on what it takes to be  truly succes

Thrive Episode Ep #46 - "How To Follow Your Heart with the Penguin Lady" with Guest Dyan deNapoli Call her  “the Penguin Lady”. Dyan deNapoli is a penguin aquarist, author of the award-winning book, “The Great Penguin Rescue” where she tells the story of rescuing over 40,000 penguins off the coast of South Africa from a massive oil spill. The penguin rescue paved her way to be a TED  speaker in 2011. She was part of Homeward Bound --a  3-week expedition in Antarctica with 75 other women-of-science invitees.This expedition aims to heighten the influence and impact of women with a science background to influence policy and decision making, as it shapes the planet. Now, Dyan is the head of her own educational company and gives lectures locally and globally on penguin conservation and delivers interactive penguin programs to all ages.In 2018, she is going to return for the Global Perspectives Guest Speaker Series for the Lindblad Expedition  & National  Geographic. On today’s show, Dyan shares the pivotal pen

Thrive Episode Ep #45 - "How To Write Like A Pro & Birth Your Book" with Guest Catherine Storing Catherine Storing is the founder of Confidence Unchained where she helps professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs embrace their authentic voice and self-esteem to write impactful and relevant books and content. Catherine is a two-time best-selling author and has thirteen books to her name including her newest work, A Match Made in Heaven: How To Marry Your Vocation To Your Divine Calling. She is also an accomplished keynote speaker who has graced the stages of TEDx and Boston Inbound and she’s been featured in many publications including the Huffington Post. On today’s show, Catherine shares how she became a confidence and writing coach and shares practical tips on how to write your first book, how to find time to write especially for busy entrepreneurs, and how to follow the impulse to know what to write! . On this episode... 05:37- Catherine tells her journey of transitioning from being a stylist to a confid