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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1, starting at 0:00: We all deal with disappointment, especially now during this pandemic. But as a Major League Baseball player, how do you deal with a career ending injury and then propel yourself to one of the most powerful sports agents? Nez Balelo is here to share his experience with reinventing himself & leading on and off the field.
SEGMENT 2, starting at 20:45: How do you organize your life to keep your sanity and productivity during a pandemic? Here to help is Sophie Chiche is the founder and curator of Lifebyme.com and becurrent, a simple, proven, step-by-step process that moves you from point a to point b, towards all the things that matter to you.
SEGMENT 3, starting at 40:00: How do adults make new friends in the COVID-19 pandemic? My next guest thinks he has the solution. Michael Pleasants is the founder of Qiirky, a new social networking app to help people meet new friends.
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More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Nez Balelo is a Major League Baseball agent, representing such players as Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels and Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers. He can be found on Forbes’ “Most Powerful Sports Agents in the World” list (ranking at #25, just below Jay-Z).
1:30 – Nez’s journey from a major league baseball player to reinventing himself after a devastating injury ended his career.
6:00 – How and why did you become a sports agent?
8:15 – What is your assessment of how the MLB season is going this year?
10:00 – How do your players feel about playing baseball during this time?
12:45 – Being part of MLB, you know what it’s like to be on a team. In business, how can we be the best team player during the COVID-19 pandemic? 14:00
14:30 – What are the secrets behind leading on and off the field? 15:00-16:15
16:15 – What advice do you have for young adults wanting to become sports agents?
Segment 2: Sophie Chiche is the founder of Shape House, Los Angeles’ premier Urban Sweat Lodge, where people flock to enjoy the rejuvenating benefits of infrared sweat therapy in a revolutionary spin on the modern spa experience. She is also the founder and curator of Lifebyme.com, an inspiring online community dedicated to exploring and closing the gap between what is meaningful and what constitutes our daily lives. Having lost 200 pounds, she is show running, producing, and hosting a TV show called “war and a piece of cake” about food, weight, and body image.
20:45 – How this pandemic has helped many of us become introspective and reevaluate what’s important to us. 24:00
24:30 – How do you organize your life so everything on your schedule every day brings a smile on your face even during a pandemic?
27:30 – How to approach conflict as a terrain for connection and intimacy.
30:30 – How do you manage your inner critic to make it work for you, not sabotage you? 31:30
32:45 – What was the impetus for your 200lb weight loss? How did you decide to start implementing change in your life?
Segment 3: Michael Pleasants is the founder of Qiirky, a new social networking app to help people meet new friends.
40:00 – What are the roots of your entrepreneurial spirit?
43:45 – What challenges have you faced along your entrepreneurial journey?
44:30 – Why is Qiirky an important app in today’s marketplace? How does it help you make friends?
47:30 – How are people using Qiirky during the pandemic?
48:45 – Michael shares more about his goal to become the owner of the first Fortune 500 Company founded by a Black man.
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