The choice is yours! What I mean by that is each of us has the opportunity to choose how we react to a situation. My favorite quote is the following by Charles Swindoll: "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you deal with it!" Ultimately, the choice on how I react to

Practicing gratitude is key to increasing your joy in life and business! Take five minutes out of your day to write down 10 things you are grateful for! Practicing gratitude can help with resilience, relationships, mental health and more! Host Bio: Allison Turner is the owner of BatCat Media Group, and its subsidiary Dream Plan Start Grow.

Join Allison Turner as she interviews Ryan Atkinson, a 25-year-old entrepreneur who owns and leads two companies, Spacebar Visuals and MagicMedia. In November 2023, Ryan quit his full-time job to run these companies full-time. He attributes much of his success to taking action! Host Bio: Allison Turner is the owner of BatCat Media Group, and its

Marlon Wolfman, owner of FutureFy Tax & Accounting Solutions, decided to leave his accounting partnership to go out on his own. He wanted to build an accounting firm that focused on helping his small business clients grow. To do this, Marlon has focused on a year-round accounting model that has Marlon involved in the business

Charlie Martin, the founder of the Palm Beach County, Florida Chapter of Network Professionals,Inc. is dedicated towards helping professionals (exclusivity in each chapter) increase their business through the resources inspired by structured weekly meetings. Charlie started this business at the age of 60 and has seen it grow over the last 23 years, proving that

You can have it all! Noelia Cristina Ortiz-Santiago (Noelia Ortiz) left a job in South Florida where she was business development for an insurance company to move with her husband to Colombia, where he is from. Now they have two boys and she has started her business, Linguistika LLC. where she translates large scale events

One of the challenges I see with creatives is finding the time and the organization to get it all done! Caitlin Naramore has done just that in releasing her first EP and working on and releasing her first cookbook later in 2024. Host Bio: Allison Turner is the owner of BatCat Media Group, and its subsidiary Dream

Barbara Majeski knew from the time she graduated from college that she needed to create the life she wants! No job was going to hand it to her. At the time, she didn't know the way or the how but was willing to figure it out along the way. She immediately went looking for her

In my interview with Peter Thomson on the Dream Plan Start Grow Show, Peter and I discuss how important it is to create a business around the life that you desire and not the other way around! When we do this, and see the value in what we are offering, we get paid what we

Troy Rand is passionate about doing the hard things first. He went back to school at age 30 and worked straight through to achieve his PhD. He focuses his daily business habits on doing the hard things first. He isn't afraid to share his journey with his clients and others in the community because doing

Join us as we dive into the inspiring story of Jianny Adamo, LMHC, LPC, who used her personal relationship hurdles to create a thriving business. Hear how her personal journey gave birth to her company, 'Fearless Love', now a leading therapy practice in South Florida focusing on counseling, coaching and couples retreats. From the onset

Creating the straight road sounds so easy in business but it isn't! Allison Turner has owned her business for close to ten years! It has been a challenge personally and professionally. What she has found is that the more she continues to work on herself, the better the business does! She had to focus on

Toastmasters is a family where individuals are able to improve their speaking and leadership skills in a nonjudgemental environment. Joining me in this episode are Troy Rand, Oris Martin and Samantha Inguanzo. Troy joined Toastmasters at approximately the same time I did, which was Fall 2021. Samantha joined Toastmasters during college, became a Distinguished Toastmaster

Kate Volman is an entrepreneur but she is currently the CEO of Floyd Consulting.  She is a speaker, the author of Do What You Love, the host of the podcast, Create for No Reason, and sends out her weekly newsletter. This begs the question - do you have to own your own business to be

Zena Krogedal, having immigrated to the United States from Vietnam as a baby, has built her life, career and family by living the American Dream. In order to do that, Zena has had to overcome old belief systems and embrace new opportunities. If the founding fathers of the United States thought twice about crossing the

Michael Butler is the owner of Beyond Publishing, a hybrid book publisher that has published over 759 books in 59 nations. Michael shares with us why he started his company and how important it is to have a book that represents your brand. Publishing a book builds authority on social media, on the speaking stage

Jennifer Perez finally made the shift to full-time entrepreneurship in 2022. Having started her company several years earlier, she had a full-time job she loved with great pay and benefits. Why leave something you love to go out into the uncharted territory of entrepreneurship? In 2022, when her employer sold the company, she was pushed

The impact of video marketing in today's digital landscape is enormous. Its engaging and dynamic nature allows businesses to effectively capture the attention of their target audience, convey their brand message, and leave a lasting impact. With the rise of social media platforms and streaming services, video content has become easily accessible and shareable, enabling

8 Tips to Know When Starting a Business! It's amazing when synchronicity happens! At the end of each interview, I ask my guests for one tip they will share to someone who wants to start a business or is relatively new to business. The eight guests I chose to bring together for this podcast meld

James Barbour is an artist, an entrepreneur and a brand! James believes that everyone is an entrepreneur and a brand whether you are a Broadway Star, business owner, teacher or mom. We are our brand and that brand impacts how people see us each and every day. His most recent role on Broadway was as