ICTPODCAST Brandon Paulseen

"In this community... you really are one phone call away from an opportunity." -Wayne Bell, District Director SBA
Entrepreneurs need to know and understand the resources they have available to them so they can continue to deliver greater value for their customers.  The SBA has an enormous amount of resources.  When an Institution has so much to offer constituents, it can be overwheling.  This is why Wayne Bell and his team at the SBA are so important to know.  
Build your team and create a relationship with people.  The tools the SBA has need navigating and Wayne has spent the last 16 years helping businesses-- giving them a greater chance to succeed.  
I am grateful to know Wayne Bell.  His honest and humble Leadership continues to inform business and entrepreneurship in our community. 

"I have had to get so comfortable with being uncomfortable... keep risking, because its worth it." -- Samantha Lucciarini
When you find what you love, what you are good at and it brings you success, it doesn't mean that you will not face a tough road.  This is the journey of the Entrepreneur.  
Knocked down? Get up.
Samamtha found her love when she found Real Producers, a real estate magazine that celebrates the best of the industry.  And she clebrates them, "loves on them" as she joyfully says.  She is at her best when she is doing that. 
Its not easy to be successful.  It is even harder to stay successful.  Staying there is the measure of the human being.  Samantha measures up.  Knocked down.  Got up.  And she is better now than ever. That means her Customers, her Clients, her beloved Real Estate community will flourish as she works hard for them every day.   
She is a success story and she is going to stay there.  Life is "beautiful when your mindset is great." 

"When you Play, Play for something." - Corey Novascone
Congratulations to Coach Novascone and his boys of Kapaun Mt. Carmel on a 2024 Team State Championship and to Asher Whitaker, 2024 Individual Champion.
Golf is a remarkable game.  So many of us play it, or try to, and very few are excellent at it.  No one beats it.  It is a game of honor, respect and individual accountability.  These are principles that allow all of us to Live and Lead in life.  
Coach Corey Novascone declares, "Golf has given me everything." And he, in turn, gives back to golf through Coaching and Leadership.  
The First Tee program is the definition of Leadership in Life through its programs that offer development to Youth.  It is successful.  The First Tee has positively affected thousands of kids.  
Golf is a great game.  Find a way to make it part of your life. 
visit: firstteewichita.org & wichita.golf

"You gotta take the chance. You cannot sit and aggressively wait for the phone to ring."               -Michael Gregory
Mike Gregory will improve your Business.  He is a self-proclaimed "data driven" guy. And the real strength in that is his application of the data.  He has helped resolve conflict negotiations within large scale Corporations, Start-ups, Family Businesses and the Department of the Treasury.  Conflict resolution at any scale is complicated.  He helps because he never forgets that we are human beings and we all need to be treated that way.  Constantly learning, listening to people and taking action are his best attributes and he can teach us how we can apply them and improve our daily lives.

"Mentoring needs to be Revolutionized. The Talents of our Children are going to waste."  -Sean Gates/ Founder
The reason we get up every day and [should] work towards a "worthy ideal" is the collisions that can take place with other Human Beings.  I am so grateful I collided with Sean Gates.  His work daily is towards a "progressive realization of a worthy ideal."
That ideal?-- alerting society that our chilren are not being given the tools to prepare them for thier future and we all need to participate in fixing that.
He calls it the "Child Industry" and Sean doesn't like the business model or the results.  So he is doing something about it.  The Gates Institute is an Individual approach to child mentoring with Accountability and a focus on Outcomes.
"We live in such a fake world.  These children are dying for something Real!" Sean asserts.
I am grateful I met Sean.  He shares how he helps and why.  
We all have work to do.

Being present with people, "I think it's the way that humans are designed to work together."  -- Phil Mershon
Phil is back on the ictpodcast.com because Experience is a BIG subject.  
Every day is full of experiences.  How are we setting ourselves apart and creating and undeniable experience?