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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. Philip can be reached via his website here: https://philipmorganconsulting.com ——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: hacksandho

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.  Mario can be reached at ——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.co

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. He's the a

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 unleashing momentu

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: h

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 recom

Welcome to another Monday Breakdown. Last week we got to hear from Candice Fathi she talks about how to access your limbic brain and utilize your genius,  Eleanor Brick speaks about her passion as an illustrator and following your dreams to open up opportunities.  Then Hani Mourra talks about the power of software and how to build applications to solve your own problems while helping others in the process Lastly on Friday you got to Hear from Jordan Gross on reaching your cloud nine moments through exploration. I’ve enjoyed spending the hours with these amazing guests and always look forward to getting feedback from my audience in what they got to learn from the stories of my guests.  Here at Hacks & Hobbies I try my best to cover as much information as possible to get the back story from my guests. We have an everlasting record of interviews with these guests. This week we have another set of guests that have fantastic stories to share. We’re constantly looking for overnight successes, but

In this episode, I get to speak with Jordan gross. He's an executive coach at Cloud Nine living it two times author three times founder and a TEDx speaker. He reached out to me through LinkedIn saying that he's on an amazing journey to be on 90 podcasts this summer or 2019. I'm honored to bring him on the here and learn his journey on how he discovered this new found love for cloud nine living. Our Guest Jordan Gross LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jordangross9 Websites: journeytocloudnine.com/  (Personal Website), benbellabooks.com/  (Company Website),mindcafe.co/  (Company Website) Twitter: Getting_COMFY Hacks to take Away How he explores his curiosities, and dive into new experiences and opportunities. He ultimately had to learn the hard way that passionate hobbies can often be separated. Why he continues to write and share messages of positivity and optimism and happiness and really finding meaning and purpose throughout a life. Exploring curiosities, and immersing yourself i

Our Guest Hani Mourra LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/hanimourra Twitter : hanimourra Websites: repurpose.io  (Company Website), hanimourra.com  (Personal Website) Hacks to take Away Being a techies software guy. He started blogging about the video, because that was his passion. How he got into blogging, understanding SEO and the video market, and building a little bit of an audience. He had a passion for video and skillset for engineering coding architect things. How he had the biggest mistake turned into the best thing that ever happened. How he got lessons that kind of helped him get confidence and also get comfortable launching another software. Whenever you're up to something that excites you, just go for it. In this episode, I get to speak with Hani Mourra. He's the creator and founder at repurpose.io. Repurpose enables you to automatically publish audios and videos to multiple platforms. I discovered Hani through Engel Jones. He's got this really cool vibe around him

In this episode, I get to speak with Eleanor Bick. She's a German freelance author and illustrator. And I got to follow some of her amazing illustrations on Twitter. She's been posting some really fantastic illustrations of Pokemon related comics. I was super fascinated with the level of detail and the level of clarity in these illustrations. And to top it all off she did a little short tv trailer on the bee's knees. So I had to get in touch with her and bring her on the podcast, talk about beekeeping, illustrations and how she got to be so good at her craft. Her beautiful work can be found on her Tumblr: https://elbdot.tumblr.com/ You can find her engaging with her friends and admirers of her work on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elbdot   ——Connect with Hacks & Hobbies 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/hacksandhobb

Our Guest Candice Fathi LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/candice-fathi Website: marvelvillage.com  (Company Website) Email: themarvelvillage@gmail.com Hacks to take Away Talking about the mind and how it is so powerful, and we can make it do whatever we want The more that we are authentically ourselves, the more that we are just uniquely awkwardly weirdly, operating on our own vibration. An infant's brain is actually more powerful than a supercomputer. Children have just a wonderful capacity, their EQ is just higher than ours, capacity, to love to forgive, to have empathy to respond gracefully. All the things that are vulnerable. So they're very courageous. That is where the golden ticket is. That's the game changer. Children have the humility to learn from everything. They can learn from above, they can learn from bees, they can learn from animals, they can learn from plants. Children are really amazing. The genius part of our brain or even be able to take in the information into

Welcome to another Monday Breakdown. Last week we got to hear from Mark Metry - How to become an evolved version of yourself. Kris Macchiarola - How to create a humanized company and leaders. Holli Shan - How to talk with other beings Bonnie Marie William - How to follow your dreams and become a superhero! This Week we’ll be talking with a dynamic TEDx speaker, an illustrator and author with natural talents, a developer turned entrepreneur and a life coach starting a brand new movement. How to hack procrastination into a productivity hack. Check out the episode for a short summary which is based on this article by Justin Pot from Zapier: https://www.fastcompany.com/90375631/i-turned-my-procrastination-habit-into-a-productivity-hack ——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: h

In this episode, I get to speak with Bonnie Marie Williams. She's a voice actor at vo superhero. She is the ultimate superhero, and voiceover superhero. And she's got an amazing journey that we're about to learn about. She's got a bachelor's degrees in theatre arts and acting concentration, and she's into a lot of cool things that I wish I had the opportunity to get into. Our Guest Bonnie Marie Williams Twitter: https://twitter.com/vo_superhero Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vosuperhero/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vosuperhero/ Hacks to take Away When somebody telling you that you are not good enough is one of the biggest motivators if you can turn it into that. Sometimes you just need to see that it can be done. And then after that, it's like everything just picked up like I hit bottom but bounced back. It's been going well ever since. Everything takes longer than you think it will, you're not going to be an overnight success. Raised with superheroes and comic books, and als

In this episode, I get to speak with a TEDx speaker, Holli Shan. I had the opportunity to attend TEDx Ashburn my first attendance ever to such an event. It was also the very first TEDx in Ashburn with a growing community of speakers their first-ever and she was one of the first speakers to speak about her passion and what she's been doing with her life. She comes from a background of animal communication and has experienced with human communication, which she then translated to just, you know, basically, she's an animal whisperer. And listening to her story. And during her journey, I was just totally blown away. Our Guest Holli Shan LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hollishan Website: compassionspeaks.com  (Company Website) Twitter: HolliShan Hacks to take Away She became an animal communicator because she wasn't completely understanding her own pets. Gravitated towards animals more so than other people. When someone is able to solve their own problem and also has that passion for this thing that

In this episode, we get to speak with Kris Macc. She's a speaker, author and consultant, with an upcoming book coming out hashtag no approval needed. She helps corporations and companies be better emotionally equipped to deal with or have a good way of a balance with employees and having that emotion because a lot of the times companies feel like they are robotic. They're just looking for that bottom line. So Kris here helps those companies be emotionally intelligent companies and leaders, so they can run companies that are humanized.  Kris Macc can be reached on her website: https://krismacc-author.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 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hacksandhobbies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/

In this episode, we get to speak with Mark Metry host of humans 2.0 podcast, his podcast has been featured on Forbes, Huffington Posts, Inc, and listed in the top 20 and growing podcasts for 2019 on the NASDAQ. And I've had the privilege of connecting with him back in 2018. September, have been following his journey and engaging with him on LinkedIn and Facebook. And this dude is the genuine deal, man. He's got it. I love it. And I'm so happy and excited to bring him onto the podcast.  Our Guest Mark Metry LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mark-metry Website: markmetry.com  (Personal Website) , markmetry.com/humans-2-0-podcast  (Podcast) Twitter: VUDreamOfficial Hacks to take Away With the usage of technology and the different advancements, we have the capacity to expand our minds and evolve in ways that are only captured in dreams and movies. When you gain more energy, that enables you to experience life on many different other dimensions that then enable your mind to give you the possi

Welcome back to another Monday breakdown, it's week #27 and we’re heading towards the end of the year. Summer has started off pretty good. But I have no idea where all of these rains are coming from. I mean seriously questioning the seasons right now.  We had a jam packed week of some really awesome conversations with our guests on the podcast starting with Ashely Ann Jones on Tuesday as she walks us through how to use social media to grow your business. Rob Pearson talks about how to market, build and work on your business, Tom Malloy details and gives us a low down on how to approach and close investors for your film, with having raised over 25 million and an author of BankRoll, he knows whats up. Then Lila Smith gives us a sneak peak into her journey and how to say things better with ways to craft an accurate message for your audience. This week is full of some of the biggest names in podcast and voiceover, with experts that can communicate with our pets and an inspiring author and speaker telling us how y

In this episode, we get to chat with the fabulous Lila Smith, she started a brand new way of thinking and messaging platform called, say things better. For the first time ever she talks about her journey that’s not available on any other podcast. The story of Lila Smith as she goes from Theater to Coaching to developing a system that helps you say things better. So come back on Friday to check out Lila’s episode and learn to say things better. Our Guest Lila Smith LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lilasmith Website: instagram.com/lilalasagna/  (Personal Website) , saythingsbetter.com  (Company Website) Twitter: lilalasagna Hacks to take Away Collaborations are the milestones, the stepping stones to bigger and better things. The collective wisdom is sometimes easier to hear than the wisdom in our heads like you probably knew about stuff you could have been focusing on. But to hear a whole group of people reinforcing it. That's really powerful. Everything happens for a reason and the opportunitie

I get to speak with Tom Malloy. He's an actor, writer and producer. I had the opportunity to attend his workshop at the VIP film and TV summit here in Northern Virginia. And I learned a lot of amazing things about the movie business, especially from the production side of things. Tom has raised over 25 million dollars on indie films over the years and in this episode he talks about his experience into film making and his journey. He's the author to Bankroll the book. Our Guest Tom Malloy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActorTomMalloy Instagram: tommalloy Twitter: TommyMalloy Websites: trickcandle.com / imdb.com/name/nm0540176 / tommalloy.com / glasshousedistribution.com / tommalloycomedy.com Hacks to take Away If you're really committed, you should start taking those steps. And you know, making your own movie starting to play, sooner or later thaT you realize, Oh, crap, that's all I'm doing. And now you're 100% in the movie business. And that's a great feeling beautiful. Planning is always the