Hacks & Hobbies

This is a fun story, I’m actually really excited to finally release this episode! So how did I meet Jamie Bernard? One of these fine mornings I got alerted to GaryVee going live on LinkedIn with Lilly Singh ‘superwoman’ on YouTube. She came on to announce to her audience and to Gary’s that she’ll be the first woman to host a late-night show on NBC.  The journey of Lilly Singh is an amazing one but through this live conversation between Gary and Lilly and me among other folks watching the stream discovered a new connection. Jamie Bernard, now he got really lucky! On these episodes, Gary asks that people drop phone numbers in the chat so they can call one of the viewers and help answer their questions. Gary first calls a lady (we can remember their name) she didn’t pick up! And Gary says how they should remember this for the rest of their life how they missed a call from Gary.  The next person that got the call was Jamie Bernard, he picked up the phone and immediately couldn't believe that he got this lucky!

Dr. Connie Omari is a certified clinical trauma professional and holds a certificate in PTSD and Hypnosis. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in Psychology and African-American Studies. Later in her life, she went back to school to receive her Master of Arts and Master of Education in Psychological Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University. Finally, she got her Ph. D., in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University, where she defended her dissertation entitled: Marital Attitudes and Expectations Between Whites and Blacks in America. She's been able to bring these focused degrees together to empower resilient trauma and addiction survivors. I get to talk to her on this episode and go a little deeper into her thought processes and discover her journey. Our Guest Connie Omari LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/connieomari Website: techtalktherapy.com  (Company Website) and blackmftmatters.com  (Company Website) Website: https:

In this episode, we get to speak with Jessica Barclay. She is a blogger, a YouTuber. I discovered her on another podcast that let Jessica pick her own topic, where she talked about decluttering. She's got a fantastic Instagram presence based out of London, England. She's got an excellent blog called supermumsociety.com, and it's all about empowering the moms in all of us. As a father myself, it is essential to have that maternal instinct in all of us. So you're able to provide for your kids that love and compassion. Because, at times, you have to do the ma the change of the diversity to the cooking of the food and to get the kids ready to school in the morning. I'm pleased that we were able to get her to be on the podcast today. Our Guest Jessica Barclay Website: http://www.supermumsociety.com Social Media: http://www.supermumsociety.com/links Hacks to take Away About empowering the moms and all of us. Writing down my goals every morning. A good relationship with God. Came into pagean

In this episode, I get to speak with a teacher, a writer, and a speaker, Tyler Christensen. He is a hobbyist like myself, but since he teaches the fifth-grade class, he's always learning from his students. He reached out to me through the SpotAGuest directory and said, "You know, I've got a message that will serve your audience very well." I was immediately intrigued and connected. I learned a lot from this conversation and hope that you will find it as educational and inspiring as I did. Our Guest Tyler Christensen LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tylerchristensen Website: tylerchristensen.com  (Personal Website) Hacks to take Away What is he passionate about? Hobbies are great, but hobbies that make money are better. How he got into teaching school for the last 15 years. All my hobbies are things that of course I am passionate about and enjoy. If you're putting value out to the world, you're going to get something back. The interesting thing with kids. The best part about running f

In this episode, I get to speak with Mark Stephen Pooler. He is a radio presenter at the good intentions show on the UI Media network. And we've been connected for some time, and I love what Mark has been doing with his community. He's helped Entrepreneurs create that mindset and belief system that makes their success a reality. Mindset is something that all of us struggle with, it is something that is ingrained into us from a very young age, and to be able to change our mindset takes real effort. Our Guest Mark Stephen Pooler LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-stephen-pooler Website: contactmark.me  (Company Website), markstephenpooler.com/  (Company Website) Hacks to Take Away How he's helping Entrepreneurs create that mindset and belief system that makes their success a reality. How he overcome totally bullied through his childhood. How he slowly started to rebuild his life from work on his mindset. How his entrepreneurial journey started. How he was introduced into opportunity in ne

In this episode, we get to speak with Courtney Harring. She's a co-founder at Med Snake Media, and she has been running this full-service growth and billing company with her co-founder Shaneé Moret. She's got a fantastic story. We had a chance to chat earlier in the green room, and I've known her for over a year. It has been amazing to watch her journey and growth come full circle. She's been working on some fantastic things. And I'm super excited to have her on the podcast to share her journey.  Our Guest Courtney Harring LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/courtney-harring-95917496 Website: medsnakemedia.com  (Company Website) Hacks to take Away There's a lot of things that you get from school, but I also think that people with creative minds need to also be cultivated. How she got into social work as her profession. How she completely changed everything in her life. Hardcore marketing for a health care f ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by An

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In this episode, we get to speak with Amanda Parker. She is a business owner and abstract artist. She's been passionate about composition photography, game design, coding, lighting, UI, UX, video editing, and storyboarding. When I read her bio on LinkedIn, It felt like I was reading about myself. I got to connect with her through her artwork on Instagram. I was blown away by the level of creativity that went into her drawings, so I reached out and asked her to be a guest on the podcast and share her journey as well as talk about her many talents. Amanda introduced me to a few concepts that I absolutely loved, from the 90-day hack to the guy who introduced Inktober to the world 10 years ago.  Our Guest Amanda Parker Youtube: ArtistAmandaParker Twitter: Artistaparker Website: artistamandaparker.com Instagram: @artistaparker Facebook: fb.me/ArtistAmandaParker Hacks to Take Away How she got into her passion for composition photography, game design, coding, lighting, UI, UX, video e

In this bonus episode I go over what's happening this coming week and talking about Gary Vee and his hour long talk in Australia this past August 2019. ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distributed to the many platforms available to you to listen on. If you’re interested in sponsoring this podcast please connect on the networks below. ——Connect Here!—— You can find Hacks & Hobbies on these popular social media networks: Facebook: fb.com/hacksandhobbies LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hacksandhobbies Instagram: instagram.com/hacksandhobbies Twitter: twitter.com/hacksandhobbies or through our website: hacksandhobbies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I get to speak with Matthew Gagnon. He's a mindset coach, keynote speaker and believes in comeback stories. After selling his soul to the corporate lifestyle for the past 15 years, he was basically selling his soul to the corporate lifestyle, missing birthday parties, family events. holidays. And he made a decision to get out of that and create something that would fulfill his life and make him more. It's just like you and I right. So I'm, I'm so thankful. I'm so honored to have Matt here on the podcast. Matt, thank you so much for coming on. Our Guest Matthew Gagnon LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mattgagnon1 Email: matt@lifestorycoaching.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.gagnon2 Hacks to take Away How he made a decision to get out of the corporate lifestyle and create something that would fulfill his life. How he got a great-paying job. How hormone insufficiency affects his life. How he overcomes being diagnosed with several rare autoimmune disorders and s

I've been recording my thoughts and valuable insights that I've gathered after listening to books, speeches and content I've been consuming to help grow my business. And I finally figured there has to be a better way to share those insights. I introduce to you the Mindfulness Meditation Mondays or how I like to call them "Mindless Mondays" This is the first of many episodes publishing on Mondays. Reach out and leave a message below. I cannot wait to hear your thoughts :-) Junaid over at hacksandhobbies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I get to speak with Michael Whitlow. He owns and operates vetbuilder.com He's a Veteran and a Marine. But what's really interesting is that he also studied culinary arts, meaning he cooked food for a living! I met Michael Whitlow through the Champions group on Facebook by Donnie Boivin, and we've been chatting back and forth open the importance of being present on the social media front. So we had some conversations over the phone and I was like, we totally kicked it off, where have you been alive?  Michael Whitlow can be reached via http://vetbuilder.com and through his many social presences also linked to on the website. Thanks for tuning in! Enjoy the show. ——Sponsorship—— This podcast brought to you by our generous sponsors. It is hosted by Anchor and distributed to the many platforms available for you to listen on. If you’re interested in sponsoring this podcast please connect on the networks below. ——Connect Here!—— You can find Hacks & Hobbies on these popular social media network

In this episode, I get to speak with an award-winning woman empowerment coach, a best selling author of a stage of their own, Altovise Pelzer. She was encouraged to write at the age of eight by her grandmother, and She later found that developing a love of writing would get her through many difficult situations.  She founded the World Voice League and has been the host to the speakeasy podcast for a few years. Now. We connected a few months ago, and Altovise was generous enough to send me a birthday wish on LinkedIn.  Our Guest Altovise Pelzer Instagram: worldvoiceleague LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/worldvoiceleague Website: altovisepelzer.wordpress.com Twitter: AltovisePelzer Hacks to take Away An award-winning woman empowerment coach. Her grandmother encouraged her to write at the age of eight. How she found that developing a love of writing would get her through many difficult situations. How she became a victim of molestation and someone who has been homeless. How

In this episode, I get to speak with Philip Morgan. Now I've been following Philip's story for over a year and I've been reading his PMC daily emails, and we had a chat last year. I was introduced to him by my good friend Fuad Kamal, who was also a guest on this podcast. On the PMC emails, I've been getting so much value. I like the way he thinks, and that's one of the reasons why I brought him on the podcast. Our Guest Philip Morgan Website: https: //philipmorganconsulting.com , positioningcrashcourse.com  (Philip Morgan Consulting) LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/philipmorgan Twitter: Philip_Morgan Email: philip@philipmorganconsulting.com Hacks to take Away Find out what are the marketable skills he has. Plenty of room for him to grow as a self-employed person. How he got closer to something he could call a success story. People will pay for once they understand how to value it. Get funding for your idea. Find out interesting things he has done recently. Why he spent a lot o

In this episode, we get to speak with Mario Castelli. He's a driven passionate individual that views the world through Kaleidoscope vision.  We're going to dig a little bit more on what that all means. He is a recent graduate with a degree in English and History. He has a ton of experience with children both in special needs child inclusion, mainstreaming with individual education programs, as well as applied behavior analysis and generalize classrooms.  He is a passionate writer and he's been doing a ton of writing on Odyssey network.  Our Guest Mario Castelli Website: theodysseyonline.com/user/@mariocastelli Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarioC.41994 Hacks to take Away A passionate individual that views the world through Kaleidoscope vision. How he does a ton of production writing on the Odyssey network. What are his real-life experiences? He challenged readers to see things have forced them to get out of their comfort zone. We all have different shapes, designs, and colors.

I get to speak Emmy award-wining producer, best-selling author, and a marketing expert. He has written for Mashable, Fast Company, Inc.com, the Huffington Post, AOL, and others. He has co-authored some of the best-selling books with Jack Canfield, Dan Kennedy, Robert Allen, and many leading experts from around the world. Our Guest Greg Rollet Website: http://gregrollett.com Instagram: @gregrollett Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gregrollett Hacks to take Away Let's find out how he became an award-winning producer, best selling author, and marketing expert. How to be the best version of ourselves. Selling 10s of thousands of records on his own. How to have some self-motivation. One step at a time without losing sight of where you want to go. Learning to stop consumption and start creating. There's a difference in that in active consumption versus passive consumption. Greg Rollet can be reached via social media @gregrollett or through his website: http://gregrollett.com.

In this episode, I get to speak with Jake Jordan. He solves growth challenges for cause driven organizations. He's the founder and co-host for the unlearn show, an amazing show that started over a year ago and they are breaking bad habits and building new ones. He's been a hobbyist, consultant for strategy and has been helping solve organizational challenges around communications. Our Guest Jake Jordan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakejordan/ Twitter: jakejordan Instagram: media @jakejordan or @baldjake Hacks to Take Away What a lot of successful people do, is they hit a wave at the right time, and they'd have the right experiences. How he solves growth challenges for cause-driven organizations. How to break bad habits and build new ones. How he got into marketing communication roles. Why does he love the lessons that fitness teaches him? He loves helping people, getting a spark or if they have a spark pushing them forward or giving momentum to people are unlea

In this Episode, we get to speak with Marissa Cali. I met her through LinkedIn, and what really pulled me towards her was the fact that she's a font nerd. Being a font nerd just means that she has have a very keen eye and she can tell if the font being used is the correct way. I decided to bring her on the podcast and since she's also a social media strategist and us being entrepreneurs and hobbyists and we love to learn people's journeys, and how they got here and how we can use some of their knowledge to better ourselves. And you know, and on top of that, build a new connection. She can be reached at http://allthesocial.com ——Connect Here!—— You can find Hacks & Hobbies on these popular social media networks: Facebook: fb.com/hacksandhobbies LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hacksandhobbies Instagram: instagram.com/hacksandhobbies Twitter: twitter.com/hacksandhobbies or through our website: hacksandhobbies.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I get to speak with Bo Wernick. He's the CEO and Chief Engineer at Theta Composites. How did I meet Bo? Well, I am part of Nova labs a maker space here in Reston, Virginia. And in the space of hacking things together and making the passion of their hobbies and building stuff. Bo stepped forward and said I'd love to chat about. And as I learned, and with the conversation with him last week, he is a design engineer, a business developer, and specializing in composite structures and autonomous systems. Those are some of the things that his company does. I was totally blown away. Because these are some of the things that have jumped in and out of for the past four years. Building an Iron Man suit with foam core, and then started looking at 3d printers, then looking at all the Kickstarter projects for 3D printers which weren't going to be available for 6-10 months. But at a maker space, they already have 3d printers for you to use, and Bo has had good experience with these. I'm super excited to ha

In this episode, I get to speak with Donnie Boivin. He does not need an introduction. He's got one of the top 200 podcasts on iTunes called Donnie's Success Champions. I've learned so much amazing stuff with him, through him through the podcast through the groups that I'm with him and it's like why am I not interviewing this guy? Donnie is full of amazing information, amazing knowledge and I'm so blessed to be part of his network and to finally have him on the podcast.  We get to learn about what it takes to be a champion, and how to launch a successful business along with an engaging podcast. Our Guest Donnie Boivin LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donnieboivin Websites: DonnieBoivin.com  (Company Website), donnieboivin.com/success-champion-networking/  (Success Champion Networking),feeds.simplecast.com/BUSzsVi3  (RSS Feed) Twitter: DonnieBoivin Hacks to take Away How he got into one of the top 200 podcasts called success champions. The crazy route was a route that he didn't recommend for