Shotcallers #13 - July/August 2020

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This month is the one-year anniversary of SHOTCALLERS magazine! To celebrate a year’s worth of amazing Meet & Greet interviews, I wanted to recap all the conversations we’ve shared from our first issue to last month’s.

Our first interview, back in July 2019, was with Meredith Allan, an awardwinning public speaker who has worked with Barbara Walters on The View and hosted The Meredith Show on NBC. We talked about her journey to becoming an award-winning speaker, how in the search for success, it’s important to “create magic” in other people’s lives, and how to move from adversity to success.

the finished product, they only see the success and none of what went into it.” To find out more about Meredith, visit her website: https://themeredithshow.com/.

In August I talked to David Essel, the number one bestselling author of ten books. David’s also a counselor, master life coach, international speaker and radio host. Our topics ranged from how During the interview, Meredith made this he broke from the pack and developed his own voice within the motivational important statement about kindness, speaking and coaching industries. We humility and vulnerability: also talked about why he challenges the Law of Attraction and his secrets to help “Kindness is universal, and it’s the most important thing. And being humble feels struggling business owners resuscitate their businesses. good. It feels good to recognize that we all have our limitations, we all have One of my favorite quotes from the struggles, but we can overcome them. Honestly, I don’t enjoy watching people interview was what David had to say about the difference between leaders who aren’t willing to be vulnerable and and those who want to be the best in true. I design my their field: whole series, The It Factor, around “First, leaders are willing to do the people who can uncomfortable. They don’t bitch, whine talk about really and complain. They’re not victims. hard things that they’ve overcome. They’re not martyrs. If things don’t work the way they want them to, they pick it I think that makes you more relatable up and move on. But they’re willing to challenge themselves daily. and more likable because when “Second, they surround themselves with people only see


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