This episode describes the future of the podcast, which includes a reflection of where 72 episodes have led to for the overall development of the show, the further development of Your Speaking Voice LLC, and a major update that will provide more options for listeners to develop personal and professional development as a whole.

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Intro/Outro By: Michael Dugan, Podcast Host: Voice4Chefs

Welcome to the podcast where relationships, confidence, and

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determination all converge into

an amazing, heartfelt experience.

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This is Speaking From The Heart.

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Joshua: Welcome back to episode number

73 of Speaking From The Heart, and

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Happy New Year 2024 as we start this

brand new adventure that lies ahead.

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I know that for many of us, we're

probably excited for the opportunities

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that present themselves and I

am no exception to that rule.

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I'm definitely interested in what this

podcast will provide for the new year,

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particularly with the number of guests

that we're going to have over the next

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several months, and even some of the

things that are happening in my own

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business, Your Speaking Voice, LLC, but

I really wanted to spend some time today

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to talk about not only the reflection

of the podcast, which I started to do in

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episode number 71, but I also want to talk

about where this journey will lead us to

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especially as we get towards the new year.

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I know that for many of us, we can think

about the fact that this helps us so much

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with creating that best version of what

we want to be, and I think that for some

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of the things that are lying ahead, which

we reflected quite a lot on what we've

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been able to do in episode number 71, I

think that this is the time now to talk

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about what's lying ahead, and I think that

if you're ready for this new adventure,

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you will be excited to know about some

of the things that are going to be

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happening as we continue to move forward.

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In addition to the fact that we'll

continue the same format that we've been

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having, which mostly have been monologue

episodes on Tuesdays, along with guests

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on Thursdays, we'll sprinkle in some

bonus episodes on Wednesdays, featuring

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some guests of a particular type of

theme, which we started to do in the

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months of September, along with November

as well, but I also want to talk about

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the fact that these guests that we're

going to have upcoming in the new year

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are going to continue to be a mixture

of not only high performance leaders

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and coaches that have helped themselves

become the best version of who they

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are, but also some businesses that might

be helpful for you to engage in; to

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create that best opportunity that might

help you get to where you need to go.

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But I think that with this overall

development of the show and where

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this will lead us, I want to continue

to emphasize the importance of your

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feedback, which I continue to see a lot

of opportunity for us to expand in, so if

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you're interested in a topic that might

want to be covered in the show, especially

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if it was with a particular guest, I would

welcome your suggestions by emailing me

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a podcast@yourspeakingvoice.biz so that

we can continue that conversation and

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continue to book some interesting, unique

individuals, but I also want to discuss

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the fact that there's going to be some

updates later on in the next several

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months that will help you maybe even get

more out of what this podcast provides.

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One of the biggest things that I'm

thinking about in which will help you

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maybe even get more out of this is

having focus groups that would help

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you for a particular type of topic, or

even leading a different type of topic,

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that would help you in your personal,

professional development overall.

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That even includes

businesses for that matter.

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If you're interested in learning more

skill sets that might help you take it

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to the next level, but don't have the

invested time to be able to do individual

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or unique situational coaching, this

type of format might help you become

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that best version of who you want to be.

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I also am looking at potentially giving

you more behind the scenes content

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about what Your Speaking Voice, let

alone Speaking From The Heart, can

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provide for you in helping you develop

those aspects that you're focusing on.

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Now, I'm being very vague about it because

I'm continuing to work on some of those

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opportunities, but I'm also looking for

opportunities for you to get involved.

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If you're interested in sponsoring

or even giving advertisement space

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on the show, feel free to also email

me at the email address I previously

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provided: podcast@yourspeakingvoice.biz.

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I'm looking at not only expanding the

scope at which we will provide that

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opportunity, but offsetting some of the

costs that are involved with running this

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podcast show will also help alleviate

some of the burden upcoming for not only

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some of the things that we're planning

to do, but to give you more added

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benefit and more exposure to some of

these things that you want to work on.

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Even as we continue to build into this

new year, what I'm really excited about

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is now we're officially in year two

of running Your Speaking Voice LLC,

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and first off, I want to say to all my

existing clients that have worked with

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me, whether that has been in the past

or has been an ongoing relationship, to

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say thank you so much for being part of

this experience in running my business.

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It's been really eye opening and

it's also been encouraging to see the

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number of progress reports that have

been positive in nature, not only

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with working with systemic change

coaching, but also working in the

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framework of developing SMART goals.

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SMART being always the acronym of

specific, measurable, actionable,

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relatable, and time bound, but we want

to continue to be able to build upon not

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only those aspects of your development,

but for those that are interested in

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continuing to coach and looking for

that type of coaching in their lives, I

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would love for you to explore what Your

Speaking Voice LLC really can help you do.

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Within the last several months, I have

expanded my business coaching offerings,

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which I want to spend a few minutes

talking about this aspect of it, because

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in the beginning of this podcast, I spent

several episodes exploring what those

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different things are that I offer in

order to help people understand more about

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the background of which I'm providing.

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Business coaching in itself

isn't just necessarily helping an

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individual or a group of people

addressing a problem or task at hand.

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It's really about understanding

what you can do to create not just

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that best version of yourself,

but also for what you're trying

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to do with your own business.

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Business coaching, in my own sense,

is really about figuring out what are

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some of those personal conflicts, that

professional development gaps, and other

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sort of things that might be helping

you to create that opportunity to excel

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where you might be lacking the most.

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This can include anything from

organizational efficiency, process

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improvements, strategic planning.

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Maybe you have a non profit board or

a board of directors and it requires

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some development of their skill

sets and abilities and maybe doing

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some sort of strategic planning.

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It might even work on interpersonal

communication, maybe addressing conflict

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that happens in the workplace, but even

if you are in an existing business, or

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maybe you're just starting out, I also

provide that sort of service for you

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as well, by looking at your mission,

visions, and values development, your

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business and non profit startups, and

even my cup of tea, in which I really

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enjoy doing more than anything else,

which is public speaking, which might

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be including just an introductory

course, helping you with your sales

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presentations, giving you some assistance

and guidance on how you best present

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your data, and formatting that data, for

a round table discussion, or even for

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large conferences, but even much more.

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I'm also excited to offer a new

development in my own business,

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which is because of the training

that I've received, called Crucial

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Conversations for Mastering Dialogue.

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Now, I have mentioned this training

on other episodes, but this is a

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certification that I have received from

the folks at Crucial Learning, in which

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you can learn more about what Crucial

Learning is all about and the different

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offerings that they provide, but if you're

looking to have conflict resolved in a

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healthy way, and learning a new process

that might help you empower individuals

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and organizations within your framework

to help you understand and create those

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opportunities for discussions, especially

when the stakes are high, opinions vary,

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and emotions run strong, this sort of

course might be a betterment for your

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overall situation, and I'm really excited

to be offering all of those things.

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Down the road, especially if you are

interested in working with me, especially

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as we have continued to work on the

podcast, if you are looking to even

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start your own podcast, whether that's

with audio or video, I'd be more than

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interested to help you as an offering

and an extension of my public speaking

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coaching services as well, but more

importantly, above all of those things,

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are really the exciting opportunities

that will lie ahead with more conferences,

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more opportunities to expand my

speaking ability, but also helping

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you to realize your true potential.

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If you are interested in booking

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conferences and even individual speaking

engagements for smaller groups, which

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if you are interested, I can provide

some references upon your request.

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Feel free to email me at

contact@yourspeakingvoice.biz, if

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you'd like to learn more information,

or set up a time with me at

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www.yourspeakingvoice.biz/schedule.

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With all those things said and having

all that advertising put to the side, I'm

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really excited for what's ahead for year

two, not only because of the expansion of

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many of these different types of services

in which we've been able to offer, but

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as a result of all the 72 episodes before

this episode aired, it's been able to

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help me to create some of these best

values for you to expand your mindset and

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create engagement in ways in which you

might have never thought possible before.

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As we continue in the new year, I'll

continue to provide more quarterly

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updates about my business and also what

I'm offering, which will be a change

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in some of the things that I've been

offering in my episodes in the past

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year, especially as we started out.

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Why is this important?

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I know that for many people, it might

be an exciting opportunity to learn a

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little bit more about my business, and

what it's all about, and especially

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if you are interested in starting your

own business, which I've had plenty of

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coaches on the show to discuss their

own flavor of creativity and imagination

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and maybe their own unique story for

that matter in developing their own

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business, you could tell, and I'm

sure that you have noticed that not

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one coach is cut from the same cloth.

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In other words, I'm excited for the see

what you might think as we have new guests

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and new opportunities to explore different

mindsets, which that in itself will

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help so many people realize their true

potential as well, so I'm really excited

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to be sharing most of that with you.

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Coming up is soon going to be the

100th episode of this podcast,

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and I'm really excited about it.

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It's already been in the works for

a number of months, even before we

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started this new year, in which we're

going to be featuring some of the most

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memorable moments of this podcast,

plus so much more, so I'm not going to

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spill all the secrets as it relates to

that episode, but I will tell you this.

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As we enter this new year and we

continue to reflect on what might be

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lying ahead, I want to give you some

perspective that I've been learning as

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we continue to go through these holiday

months and enter this brand new year.

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It is not easy to continuously evolve

and change in this ever changing world,

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which is always my mission, especially

as I continue to help others expand

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their comfort zone and see what they're

ultimately able to provide in the bigger

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sense, but if you're still struggling with

those facts that maybe that reality that

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we're entering into the new year might be

uncertain, might be cautious in nature,

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or might be even concerning overall.

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I want you to know that

everything will be alright.

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As a matter of fact, if you've still

been putting off even reaching out to me,

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or even somebody that might be helping

you with your coaching overall, I would

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encourage you to reach out to them.

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Explore what those alternatives are.

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It's not too late, and this is

the opportunity to start now,

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especially when the year is fresh.

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Especially as we get into more of these

topics, as we explore what Your Speaking

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Voice and Speaking From The Heart will

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to continue to explore yourself, what

you can do, in expanding your services.

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Now, it doesn't just mean in the

business sense what you can provide,

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but also, maybe thinking or retooling

some of the things that might have

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been tried and true, but now are

not as effective as they used to be.

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We're still going through some of the

toughest things that are happening in

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the world, but it doesn't give you an

excuse to put off what might be lying

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ahead for yourself, and for others for

that matter, to create that opportunity

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for yourself, and others as well, and

I know that seems redundant in nature

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to keep referencing that, but the main

importance of doing that is that positive

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reinforcement will help you with not only

exploring some of those opportunities

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for yourself to grow, but also to

understand that there's always more than

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one answer to a significant problem or

concern that you might have, which is

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why I continue to expand my own business.

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The things in which I offer not only

include some of the things that you're

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able to do, but maybe help you refer it

to others that will help them become the

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best version of who they will be in the

long run, but don't be afraid to be who

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you authentically are, and that's my best

advice to you as we enter this new year.

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Don't be afraid of what those

opportunities can be for you to expand

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your comfort zone, to become something

that you never thought possible,

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or maybe to be something as the

best version of who you are in your

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own sphere of influence, let alone

your own team building as a whole.

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As we continue to explore the topics of

personal and professional development,

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and that might be struggles for you

in this new year, I'm excited to

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be sharing more principles, more

techniques, and more aspects that have

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been tried and true, but maybe some

of you have never heard of before.

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By reinvesting in ourselves, and

by committing to the fact that this

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conversation about authenticity, which

has always been the heart of what Speaking

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From The Heart is all about, we want to

be able to continue to have that dialogue,

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and I look forward to not only just

sharing those things and reflecting on

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them with you, but also realizing that

the true potential that lies deep inside

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of you has yet to be fully unlocked,

because it is an ever ending journey in

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which we're able to continue to become

not just the best versions of ourselves,

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but maybe we might just learn a thing or

two about our own ways in which we can

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improve, and that's why I look forward

to not just hearing from you, but hearing

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from the global spheres of what you

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Get ready and get buckled in because

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we're not going to sacrifice anything

else anymore in our personal and

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professional development, and I look

forward to having you in that ride.

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Thanks for listening to episode

number 73 of Speaking From the

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Heart, and I look forward to

hearing from your heart very soon.

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Outro: Thanks for listening.

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See you next time.