Subscribe and listen to Enlightenment of Change on your favorite podcast streaming service. New episodes post every Monday – listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business. Connie’s motivational quote today is by ~ Russell Glass “ Focus on the right message for the right people at the right time.” How defined is your company’s marketing plan? Do you have aclear strategy? Does it connect directly to your ideal client? If you have answered, “no o...
Aug 31, 2020•38 min
Subscribe and listen to Enlightenment of Change on your favorite podcast streaming service. New episodes post every Monday – listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business. Connie’s motivational quote for today is by Gabe Zichermann "Gamification is 75% psychology and 25% technology." Okay, so after hearing my quote are you thinking, what the heck is she talking about now? I am trying to keep you on your toes and share all the new things I am l...
Aug 24, 2020•40 min
Subscribe and listen to Enlightenment of Change on your favorite podcast streaming service. New episodes post every Monday – listen to Connie dive into new sales and business topics or problems you may have in your business. Connie’s motivational quote for today is by ~ Michelle Rosenthall "Trauma creates change you don't choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” Lately everything seems to be spiraling out of control. First, COVID, then that awful situation with George Floyd. What...
Aug 17, 2020•36 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Timothy Gallwey "Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." Today your host, Connie Whitman, speaks with Jeff Heggie. Jeff is a lifelong entrepreneur with experience in the banking industry as well. Founder and CEO of Kodiak Mountain Stone (founded in 2005). Certified Business Development Coach – Over time, he noticed that two of the areas that he seems to work ...
Aug 10, 2020•40 min
My song lyric today is by ~ Natasha Bedingfield – her song "Unwritten" "Feel the rain on your skin No one else can feel it for you Only you can let it in No one else, no one else Can speak the words on your lips Drench yourself in words unspoken Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins The rest is still unwritten" Change is inevitable, isn't it? Look at the change the entire world has seen this year? What changes might your business need to go through to gain more visib...
Aug 03, 2020•38 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Socrates " The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new .” When you hear the word change, what do you immediately feel? Fear, excitement, uncertainty, all of the above? Why is it when someone tells us that something is changing, in our work environment, we typically will feel like our stomach is in a knot? The word change at work usually evokes a certain level of panic before we feel or see the ...
Jul 27, 2020•39 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Benjamin Franklin " Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing .” Have you ever wanted to write a book? What would the topic be and the content within? Wouldn't be exciting to be published and see your book in Barnes & Noble and on Amazon? Holy Crap that would be so cool right? So why haven't you written your masterpiece? Is it because you have nowhere to begin? Statistics show that 81% of Americans (about 200 million peopl...
Jul 20, 2020•42 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Jeff Bezos "When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say wow, that was an adventure not, wow, I sure felt safe." Clearly Mr. Bezos took a leap of faith and I'm quite sure he feels safe now. But what about us people with careers or maybe just getting started – and decide that they want to pursue their passion, or what they feel is a great idea. For some there is an aha! moment, for others it may just be that they can't take the corpor...
Jul 13, 2020•37 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Misha.at " Networking is not collecting contacts! Networking is about planting relations .” Do you have an idea and not sure what to do with it? Do you have a creative mind with tons of great ideas that never seem to see the light of day? Why is that? Is it because you have no idea where to begin to create clarity with your idea and then how to actually share it with people to help them grow? You may be thinking, I do not have a network of people to h...
Jul 06, 2020•42 min
Connie has two quotes for today the first is by Bob Kerrey "Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change." The second was posted on Pinterest and it says, " Kindness is free, sprinkle that stuff everywhere!" Do you feel like humans seem to get angrier every day? Do you listen to the news and think, WOW is there any good news happening out there? It feels like respect, kindness, and caring for others is a thing of the past. Why is that and do y...
Jun 29, 2020•36 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Stephen Covey " An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success .” Would you call yourself a leader who empowers or micromanages your team? Do you trust that your people understand the organizational strategies and are able to put the strategies into practice? Micromanaging is dangerous and ineffective, yet so many le...
Jun 22, 2020•40 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by Charles F. Glassman "Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success." Would you consider yourself a positive or negative thinker? Another way to think about this question, are you a glass half full person or glass half empty person? Do you feel like life is happening to you or that you are fully engaged in your life choices and results? Really be honest with yourself! Seeing all the bad things that are happening around th...
Jun 15, 2020•35 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by – Rumi “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.” Do you believe in reincarnation? Do you think that your past lives may be impacting how you see and navigate the world around you in the present? Do you feel that understanding your past may enable your life choices today? Finally, if there were a way you could understand your past lives to impact your life today, would you take action to change your life? These are pretty heavy qu...
Jun 08, 2020•38 min
Connie’s motivational quotes for today is by William Pollard "Without change there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement." Have you been trying to support your local restaurants, and small businesses during the COVID-19 lock down? These small businesses are the tapestry and backbone of what makes our community's special. As off putting as this situation is quarantine, isolation, and mask wearing has been, with these guidelines and to some degree public fear have caused small ...
Jun 01, 2020•40 min
Today on Enlightenment of Change your host, Connie Whitman, speaks with Debi Ronca of Sequoia Coaching. Connie’s motivational quotes for today is from ~ Pinterest "Tell someone you love them today. Because tomorrow is not promised. To my family and my friends, I love you!" Do you ever stop and say, I love you, need you, cherish you, to the people in your life? Why is saying these things so important and do they really matter seeing we are all so busy in our personal and business lives? The reali...
May 25, 2020•41 min
Today on “Enlightenment of Change” your host, Connie Whitman, speaks with Jeannie Hughes about her new book The Faithful Palate Diet. Connie’s motivational quotes for today are by Victor G. Rocine “If we eat wrongly no doctor can cure us; if we eat right, no doctor is needed and “We all want to be as healthy as possible but the sad truth is that a lot of us have issues in spite of our good intentions.” Do you suffer from chronic disease, pain, or weight-gain? Do you take prescription drugs you w...
May 18, 2020•39 min
Today’s topic on Enlightenment of Change is an eye-opener – but in a good way. Bear with me now. What I’d like you to do is ask yourself, “ If I were to die today, how would I feel about my life? Have I left anything undone or unsaid? Are you living the life you’ve imagined or are you living a life based on what people expect from you?” As you reflect on these notions, are you proud of who you are right here and now? I know many of you are thinking, “Really Connie- this topic is a downer.” Would...
May 11, 2020•41 min
Connie’s motivational quote is by Nelson Mandela "There is no passion to be found playing small- in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." How many of us jump out of bed each morning ready to conquer our day? How many of us wake up each day thinking, How many more days until the weekend? Work is truly work when you dislike your job or dislike where you are in your career – Right? Don't you wish that you had the keys to uncover your strengths to make work more f...
May 04, 2020•43 min
Connie’s motivational quote for today is by Brian Tracy. “The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” The COVID-19 Virus has taken us by storm and has forced us to look at our leadership skills and ourselves in a whole new way. So what does the future of leadership look like? Are you prepared for what is yet to come? Are you curious and innovative enough to know change is here, and that you must begin to shift your sails now to remain relevant? Today your host, Connie Whit...
Apr 27, 2020•41 min
Connie’s quote today is by ~ Brian Tracy Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her solve a problem or achieve a goal, not selling a product or service. How do you feel when you are helping a client improve their situation for the better? It feels good? Right? So why when we say we need to sell new options to clients who need our service we start to feel icky and uncomfortable? What's the difference? The only difference in my two sentences is the word sales. Like Brian Tracy said...
Apr 20, 2020•38 min
Connie’s motivational quote today is by ~ Brian Tracy “Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.” Would you say you are a responsive leader? Have you ever heard leadership phrased this way? And did you know there are 4 attributes of great leaders? Are you interested to learn what they are? Of course, I have an expert with us today to discuss her new book The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership. Today your host, Connie Whitman, speaks with Jackie Jenkins-Scot...
Apr 13, 2020•37 min
Connie’s quote today is by ~ Joel Osteen "Just because we're in a stressful situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in you." Right here and right now the tides are changing. You and your entire team are probably getting set up and working from home, how's that going? What other stressors are you feeling as everyone seems to be looking to you for what to do next? As a leader, you know that your steadiness will help your...
Apr 08, 2020•37 min
Connie’s motivational quote today is by ~ Zig Ziglar “Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the gotta have it scale.” Do you wish you were making more money? You are not alone. Â Wanting to earn more money is one of the most popular resolutions people make every year. So what's holding you back? Today your host, Connie Whitman, speaks with Jimmy G Graham and we are going to discuss his new book Master Your Matrix: How o Use Visualization to Create a...
Mar 31, 2020•37 min
Connie’s quote today is by ~ Peter Marshall "When we long for life without difficulties, remember that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." To say that our society is under pressure right now seems like an understatement – right? Between the health threat and sense of foreboding, things are intense. Kids are out of school; we are teleworking like crazy and shopping for almost everything online! If ever we needed to really drill down into our sales process, an...
Mar 25, 2020•40 min
Connie’s motivational quote for the day is from Harriet Tubman "You have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars and change the world.” Harriet is a preeminent example of how one person shaped history through her own personal action. Her work with the underground railroad gave people the ability to live as free citizens. Pretty Heady stuff right? But let's talk about you. On a more realistic scale – what really chafes you? Have you thought about what you mig...
Mar 23, 2020•34 min
Connie‘s motivational quote is by ~ Albert Einstein "Imagination is everything, it is the preview of life's coming attractions." If Einstein's quote is true then we all need to use our imaginations, every day, to create the change we seek in the world, right? Stop and think for just a moment, do you believe you bring value to the world? Is it possible for us as individuals to create change on a global scale? That's pretty powerful stuff! I'm excited for today's conversation! Today your host, Con...
Mar 16, 2020•44 min
Connie‘s Motivational Quote today is by ~ Dr. Ivan Misner "Networking is more about farming than hunting. It's about cultivating relationships." Does your business or your business goals depend on you getting out there and Networking effectively? Ok, so how many of you just groaned hearing the word, networking? Why do we hate walking into a huge room, scouring the faces at the event, searching in hope that we know at least one person. Breath!!! Why does the word networking make us sweat? It shou...
Mar 09, 2020•41 min
Connie‘s Motivation Quote Today is by ~ Don Miguel Ruiz “You see, everything is about belief. Whatever we believe rules our experience, rules our life. The belief system we create is like a little box we put ourselves inside of; we cannot escape because we believe we cannot escape. That is the situation. Humans create their own boundaries, their own limitations. We say what is humanly possible, and what is not possible. Then just because we believe it, it becomes truth for us." Have you ever str...
Mar 02, 2020•41 min
Connie‘s motivational quote today is by ~ Paulo Coelho "Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything because it's all written there." When you look up in the sky at night and see all the twinkling stars, what do you think about? Do you contemplate the Universe and all the miracles it holds for us every day? Or do you just look up at the sky and think, that's pretty? Hopef...
Feb 24, 2020•35 min
Connie‘s motivational quote today is by ~ Albert Einstein "Creativity is contagious. Pass it on." As a kid, do you remember when your mom bought you the new big box of Crayola crayons? Remember how it smelt when you opened the lid and how perfect each pointed crayon looked, as they stood at attention waiting for you to choose the perfect color to draw your picture. Remember as you visualized the picture you were going to create, your next masterpiece, or choose the page in the coloring book you ...
Feb 17, 2020•39 min
