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Written by: Dawn Kennedy, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. I have only really become aware of the “other side” of running a business over the last 21 months. The side of the business is a mix of intangibles such as energetics, alignment, and intuition. We’ve all heard of the CEO with the good “business sense” or “gut” but did you know that all of us actually have this power? I don’t remember anyone taking the time to describe the intangibles in business until I hired a coach. Over the last while, I have observed business growth experts that sit on one side of the strategy or alignment divide or the other. The mechanics or the magic, if you will. Depending on who you want to work with, you can get a business coach who focuses on manifesting and mindset, but not much in the way of growth strategy and process. They aren’t about to get into your margins and help you figure out why you are losing profit this quarter. On the flip side, you can find many a business coach who is all about the numbers, looking at the systems and supply chain, which isn’t really going to support you with manifesting. The truth is, it is time that businesses began to focus on both sides of the spectrum. I have a background in project management and strategic planning. I am a “map that thing out” kind of girl. But for all of the ideas in my head or the strategies I planned, when I am disconnected from the intangibles in business, my efforts seem to fall short or downright fail. I’ve become a student of the Universal Laws and energy, and I am finally getting it embodied. Being cerebral is my thing, so it takes a while to take what I know and turn it into what I “KNOW.” But it has made all the difference in my life and business. Alignment and Intuition The thing about being in alignment and the following intuition is that it makes business easier. You make decisions easier. The anxiety is lessened because there is a, pardon the cliché, “a feeling in your gut” that you made the right call, even if it doesn’t seem obvious or involves some risk. A recent example had to do with purchasing a commercial coffee grinder for our coffee roasting business back in May. We are a start-up, and at the time, Convoy Road Coffee Roasters was only four months old. Up until that point, we had made about $1800.00 in our top revenue month. While it is true that we were doubling in revenue every month, that commercial grinder was $1,000.00, which is a lot of money. That “intuitive” decision to purchase the grinder was made in an instant on a Tuesday afternoon. We were getting ready for a local festival event, and we would never have finished the production we needed to do without it. We had been filling bags of coffee to that point with small home use grinders we bought at a local Walmart. We made over $2,000.00 over that two-day event. We added over 100 new customers as well, so the business growth absolutely required the equipment. The thing is that the numbers didn’t quite make sense on paper at that moment. I was expecting to have to make some decisions about moving to commercial equipment later in the year. In fact, that was planned for the fourth quarter. If I had stuck to my plan and only looked at the numbers as they were to that point, I wouldn’t have made the right decision, and we would have missed a huge opportunity for business magic. Growing our customer list by a third over a weekend. The reorders that have come from that event have helped sustain the growth we have made. Trusting intuition isn’t easy, but developing it for business can allow for amazing things to happen in your business. Strategy and Planning So, what about the planning side of things? I believe that winging it to your business will generate very inconsistent results. You need a map of where you are going- but the “how” the “route” isn’t always going to go exactly according to your plan. The strategy must be there, but the execution has to be flexible. I have another recent example. We planned all of our summer events for the coffee business back in April. We sat down and planned as much as we knew, and we started to create this map to guide our business decisions. This included festivals and farmers' markets, as well as a four-day event called the 127-yard sale. Now, the “127-yard sale” is 690 miles long and runs up “Route 127” from Alabama all the way to Michigan. It is a huge event and draws people from all over the place. We happen to be on the corner of 127. How cool is that? We decided that during the sale, we would offer brewed hot or iced coffee for sale. We don’t generally offer anything but samples, and only on our designated “Retail Days,” but we figured, why not? What a cool little additional line of revenue. The problem is that we didn’t have the equipment for serving volumes of coffee. We only had the little 100-ounce “airpots” that caterers use because we only offered samples before that weekend. Undeterred, we decided that we were moving forward, and we just might have to brew coffee every half hour to meet demand. Well. Three days before the event, somehow, two 1 ½ gallon Bunn coffee servers, with the warming platform, became available to us for about 75% off what we would have paid for the new. BOOM. The Universe knows what it is doing, and that was just another confirmation of our being in business alignment. Also, the equipment showed up exactly on time. Not before we needed it, not after. But we planned for this event. We planned all of our events. It was a part of our overall strategy for the quarter and the growth strategy for 2021. We are executing according to plan. This equipment just makes it easier and less complicated to offer this new line of revenue. These servers will be great for an event we have in September and one in October. Plus, each of these planned events has to be carefully planned out and managed to ensure there’s enough product on hand, the roasting is done, etc. When you stay in alignment, the strategy is executed with more ease and flow. Not that there aren’t issues. I had to drive 45 minutes to another town in Ohio the day before the yard sale began to exchange the lids for the cold cups because I grabbed the wrong ones. Not having any strategy at all just makes things confusing and inconsistent. Strategy in alignment is the goal. Follow me on Facebook , Instagram , and visit my website for more info! Dawn Kennedy, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine Dawn Kennedy is an attorney, business consultant and mentor, author, and CEO of Convoy Road Coffee Roasters. She has an extensive background in program management and strategic planning, working for the U.S. Army and for companies in both government and private sectors. Dawn began business consulting in 2011 and, since 2017, has focused on small business growth and profitability. She works in a variety of industries, including attorneys, coaches, spas, restaurants, retail boutiques, and e-commerce businesses. She is the CEO of Convoy Road Coffee Roasters, a company she started with her husband in January of 2021 and has grown over 3500% by the end of July. Dawn is the author of "The Profit Accelerator for Small Business" and hosts the Profit Accelerator podcast. She believes above all else that all entrepreneurs have a unique gift to bring to the world, and they should be profitable doing it.

“It can often feel like you want two different things: to make money as a woman and have a masculine man that knows how to lead and still provides and protects you. Society teaches us that you cannot have both.” - Monica Yates One of the number one things that couples fight over is money. Navigating finances, figuring out who pays for what, and the whole ‘wealth gap’ can feel like a real burden in your relationship. Money, in my opinion, isn’t something worth being the number one source of turmoil in a relationship . Why? Because money is neutral in energy. However, most of us feel a less-than-ideal way about money which we project into our relationships. Over time the fights and resentment will only hinder your long-term wealth growth and, worst of all could cost you your relationship. The number of women-initiated-divorces is on the rise. As is the number of women out-earning their male counterparts. Female breadwinners are becoming the new norm. Many people can end up feeling shame, resentment, and anger around money because of the problems it brings into their relationships. And really, the issue isn't about money … it's about communication and getting our needs met . Most people are not great at communicating about money because it's a sensitive subject with each person's value, ego, hard work, and time behind it. It's easy to talk about what you're having for dinner, but it's HARD to talk about finances. Then on top of that, the stress of wanting him to lead you so that you can be in your feminine can feel defeating when you feel like it’s not happening in the way that you expect it to. At the end of the day, whether there’s a wealth gap or not, women still want to feel protected and provided for, and unfortunately, we still tie that to a dollar amount. Here are three ways to massively improve the dynamics of your relationship if money is driving a wedge between you and your partner: 1. Heal your relationship with money. If you are avoidant or resentful towards money , it will make talking about it that much harder. Most people grow up with limiting money beliefs. Identify which are yours, and work through them so that you and your partner can have open conversations about money without your stories hindering the conversation. 2. Acknowledge that your feelings are your responsibility. Oftentimes when couples come to me and ask to work with me ‘as a couple,’ I turn down the request because, in most cases, the conflict resides within each individual (not always, of course). When you as the individual (and your partner as an individual) can address the issue as your own and heal the root cause of the conflict around the topic of money, you’ll be a much more effective communicator in the relationship. 3. Communicate your needs without emasculating your partner. When our needs aren’t being met, it’s the easy route to get frustrated and take it out on our partner. Show your partner how it makes you feel when they hold a door open for you, when they handle planning the dates, etc. Men are hardwired to want to protect women, and if he sees it’s also a turn-on for you when he provides you with a feeling of safety and ease - honey, the job is done. Navigating this subject does not have to be stressful. It can feel sexy and intimate when you tackle a big hurtle like this together . If you would like more resources on this subject, check out my podcast and my masterclass, The Feminine Female Breadwinner . This masterclass is going to take you from feeling stressed about the impact money is having on the polarity of your relationship to feeling completely in alignment with your partner and how money impacts your relationship. For more info, follow Monica on Instagram , LinkedIn , YouTube and visit her website ! About the author: Monica Yates is a somatic trauma healer, feminine & masculine embodiment coach, period whisperer and podcast host. After struggling with her own health issues, multiple traumatic surgeries and a terrible relationship with men, she finally had to face the issues that she was blissfully unaware of. Her modalities that now help thousands of women and men around the world be free of their big and small trauma. She works with people from all walks of life that are determined to no longer be held back by beliefs, bad habits, health issues, inner child wounds, anxiety, fears etc. She is the CEO of Monica Yates Health and the host of the podcast, Feminine as F*ck.

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In these situations we rather choose to use our power for change for keeping the status quo, or making Patti Johnson identifies in her book Make waves (2014:18) five common obstacles that keep us from being It keeps happening. The process of changing can start if you accept it or not. reflection of the new you and what you’re creating that awakens and strengthens the inner power to keep Keep peeling off till you come to ‘this is my crystal-clear why, and it’s done’.

Written by: John Starling, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to appear and morph at an unprecedented pace, driving deep uncertainty about AI’s future roles and consequences for workers and the global economy. On one side are pundits assuring us that AI for business, like the technological leaps that preceded it, will drive job creation and growth. Other pundits predict global turmoil and societal unrest due to widespread unemployment caused by rapid AI adoption. With so much unknown and undetermined, the best chance for success lies in positioning the businesses and organizations we lead to respond to whichever future develops, be it sunny, dark, or somewhere in between. Wise leaders will ensure they are nurturing a solid leadership team equipped with the skills to steer through uncertainty and transform it into clarity and focus. Times of upheaval and change call for strategic thinking, clear communication and delegation, resilience, emotional intelligence, and more. The time to develop and reinforce those skills is now. Focus on adaptability As the speed of technological change has outpaced the ability to predict where the future is leading, the companies that will survive and thrive will be the ones that are engineered to recognize trends and adjust to take advantage of opportunities that present themselves. A wait-and-see approach won’t work when governments are still scrambling to stay abreast of the AI revolution and the AI trailblazers are facing lawsuits around privacy and intellectual property that may change the products they provide. Adaptable firms are able to navigate the unknown because its people are focused on the challenge and brought into the mission. Their decision-makers have the bandwidth to think strategically as well as the internal processes that enable the organization to pivot quickly to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid new risks. Leaders will need to bolster their teams’ risk assessment and management capabilities to navigate this fast-changing landscape in which AI trailblazers are facing lawsuits alleging intellectual property and privacy violations, and governments are increasing efforts to establish regulations around AI. Shape the future Equally crucial is our responsibility as business leaders to each do our part to positively influence the future of employment by focusing on three key Rs: refraining, retaining, and retraining. Refraining from making significant staffing moves based on hopes or fears about what AI portends. And focusing on retaining and retraining the people who have made our organizations successful. The AI revolution is being perceived by many as an opportunity for massive cost-cutting driven by staff reductions. This is short-sighted on multiple fronts. Economies are ecosystems, and AI is the product of a knowledge economy. Rapid wholesale adoption of AI as a human replacement rather than a human accelerator could negatively impact the long period of peace and prosperity that fueled its development in the first place. Beyond that, it would be a mistake to assume without full testing and quality control that AI can replace people to the degree its evangelists promise. Instead, we can leverage AI to increase the productivity and capabilities of an organization’s people. AI should be thought of as a tool to remove the mundane tasks and sharpen the analysis performed by your employees, focusing them on the critical thinking tasks that create your company’s competitive advantage. AI will be crucial in automating much of the digital assembly line that knowledge workers have been tied to as Big Data changed the face of business over the past decades. By strategically adopting AI tools to give our people more time to engage in inherently human activities like innovation, novel insight, and problem-solving, we will be able to help create a future world we want to see. With the right intention AI can turn writers into editors and programmers into analysts and solution architects. We can free up knowledge workers to tackle the most pressing problems facing our planet, such as those caused by a changing climate, resource scarcity and human conflict. Bet on people If we want a better, safer, and more people-centric world, we must help it come into being. The strategies suggested here can position businesses for competitive advantage, help make AI development a positive societal development, and enable us to best serve the people we have the privilege to lead. David Hickey, CEO of Alirrium, and Chuck Faughnan of Personam.ai contributed to this article. Follow me on LinkedIn, and visit my website for more info! Read more from John! John Starling, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine For over 20 years John Starling built and led management consulting firms focused on growth strategy and personal development. He advised, trained, and consulted hundreds of companies around the world (from start-ups to members of the Fortune 50) and has professionally coached countless individuals. In 2019 he founded Pietential – "The Life Balance and Population Wellbeing Realization System". Pietential is a real-time emotional Index of the people you lead and serve. For Enterprise companies, SMBs, NGOs, NPOs and Advisors, Pietential is a wellbeing benchmarking, monitoring and improvement platform that also allows you to prove the efficacy of your internal internal programs. It provides organizations with an Administrative Dashboard displaying aggregated (and anonymized unless shared by the User) comparative data visualizations of the emotional wellbeing of the different segments of the populations you lead and serve allowing you to better understand you – and how your people are doing. Dedicated to the communities in which he's lived, John has also founded two youth programs: a mentoring & martial arts school for at-risk young people in Baltimore, Maryland (The School of the Way) and a girls soccer club in South Korea (Pride Girls Soccer). He is also the author of an illustrated rhyming children's book "Flight of the Platypus –– a story of self-discovery". John's life philosophy is "If you can see it you can be it" and he's dedicated to helping others visualize and improve their wellbeing through Pietential.

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Written by: Maria Rosa De Zilva, Executive Contributor Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise. It's becoming increasingly difficult to deal with the feeling of being unmotivated and uninspired to move forward. Our minds prioritise our circumstances over our emotions, making it more complex to embrace this feeling. Due to their unhealthy assumptions about themselves, many individuals allow negative situations or events to dismiss their positivity and overlook the opportunities ahead of them. Motivation is crucial in enhancing our well-being, achieving success, and our full potential. We are responsible for embracing this healthy state of mind in every aspect of our lives with faith and determination. Did you know that each of us has the power to change our reality for the better? I will show you four ways to improve your motivation and drive toward a fulfilling life. Our unconscious mind needs our help I used to focus on my circumstances and negative thoughts for many years, which led to a lack of motivation. I was unaware and didn't reflect on it. At one point, I even believed that there was nothing I could do to change my situation. However, embracing healthy habits can stimulate our minds and lead to positive actions. People in similar situations should develop healthy habits to improve their lives. Create a list of ten events that bring you joy and excitement. This list will help you effectively enhance your vitality. You can include memories of past accomplishments, things you enjoy doing, things you would like to do in the future, or your vision and purpose. By envisioning these events or habits regularly, you can improve your motivation tremendously. Self-reflection It is crucial to release negative emotions by using positive affirmations. Throughout the day, I will focus on myself and my emotions. I am responsible for how I feel, and I have the power to shift any negative feelings. I am committed to improving my mental state. Even though I lack motivation, my determination to prepare for any task or challenge remains strong. I will follow a step-by-step process to shift to a positive mindset. Do not take your circumstances personally You can shift to a positive state of mind means, that the circumstances holding you back are not part of this new journey you are embarking on. You are focused, determined to stop taking them personally and live with joy and excitement. Be grateful and boost your motivation daily By starting your day with gratitude, you acknowledge your awareness and commitment to bringing out the best in you with a clear sense of purpose and actions ahead. If you feel unmotivated, shift from your current situation to your attitudes and emotions. Maintaining a healthy emotional state can act as fuel to help you face challenges with faith and determination. Remember that you are embarking on any journey in life, regardless of the circumstances. Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for more info! Read more from Maria Rosa! Maria Rosa De Zilva, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine Maria is an internationally accredited Mindset Coach, NLP Practitioner, trainer, and Motivational Speaker. Who guides and empowers women to reclaim their self-worth, conquer their limiting beliefs, and embrace authenticity, self-confidence, and full potential. Maria struggles with introversion and dyslexia. Still, her unwavering self-confidence helped her to overcome their limiting beliefs, become the best version of herself, embrace a great vision, and change people's lives. Her philosophy is reflected in this Chinese adage which emphasizes action and self-confidence for success: “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only standing still.”

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