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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Adam Jonathan Kaat, starting at 0:00: What is it like to work at a grocery store during a global pandemic? Adam Kaat shares his experience as a frontline worker.
SEGMENT 2 with Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, starting at 19:00: The pandemic has made many people reevaluate what they want in a workplace and in life, but how exactly do you tune into your purpose and discover what you were born to do?
SEGMENT 3 with Ramon Ray, starting at 37:15: After the disaster of 2020, small businesses started to get their sea legs in 2021. What does 2022 have in store for small businesses?
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Segment 1: Adam Jonathan Kaat worked in a grocery store as a cashier and then as a prepared foods supervisor from January 2020 until May 2021. After college, he bounced around through the corporate world until leaving it all behind in the Fall of 2019 to write his first novel. By January 2020, he had taken a job as a cashier to earn money while preserving mental energy for his creative pursuits. He got much more than he bargained for when COVID hit. He began to blog about his experiences as a frontline worker, and 15,000 Facebook followers later, Life on the Grocery Line was born.
1:30 – What was it like to work at a grocery store at the beginning of the pandemic?
4:30 – Were you afraid of getting sick?
7:45 – What did you learn about people during this experience?
10:00 – How did you handle frustrated customers?
11:15 – What were the best experiences?
14:00 – Why write a book about working in a grocery store during the pandemic?
15:30 – Why did you end up leaving?
Segment 2: Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith (aka Rebekah Film Dr.) is an award-winning consultant and media personality with more than ten years of film festival strategy consulting experience. Smith and the hard-working team behind her company, The Film Festival Doctor, are creators of success who are committed to nurturing filmmakers to help them secure film festival screenings, win notable awards and earn positive recognition within the industry. Currently, her company has won more than 1,000 awards for their clients and her team has supported nearly 850 creatives across the world. Her debut book is called “Born to Do It: Becoming the Leader of a Business Niche Using Powerful Spiritual Techniques.”
19:00 – How has the pandemic affected small business owners’ spirits?
21:45 – How to tune into your purpose and discover what you were born to do.
25:00 – What gave you the courage to make the jump from academia to film?
28:00 – How to become a leader in your niche.
29:30 – What is energetic branding and why is it important for business?
32:45 – Advice for professionals with a side hustle. What are the first steps toward doing what you were born to do?
Segment 3: Ramon Ray is an entrepreneur who started four companies and sold two of them. He’s published four books and the latest is – “Celebrity CEO – How Entrepreneurs can Thrive by Building Community and a Strong Personal Brand.”
37:15 – How would you rate 2021 for small businesses?
39:15 – What does 2022 look like?
40:15 – How is the labor shortage affecting small businesses?
43:45 – Listen to your customers. Do they still care about covid?
46:45 – Why you have to raise your prices!
48:30 – Will supply chain issues ease in 2022?
50:45 – Small business owners are resilient. Don’t blame covid and look for ways to thrive in our new reality.
