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When was the last time you saw someone walk away with a whopping $500,000 dollars by bluffing their way onto national television? My guest today is a 13-time elevator pitch champion who has stuns every crowd she stands in front of with her amazing pitches. I am absolutely thrilled to share with you today my conversation with the Killer Pitch Master Precious Williams! Precious is the ​Founder and CEO of Perfect Pitches by Precious, LLC. She has worked with top Fortune 500 companies, successful service-based entrepreneurs, and speakers to help them slay their competitions with powerful pitches, communication skills, and speaker training services. Precious has also authored 3 books, including the best-selling Bad Bitches and Power Pitches. She is working on the launch of her third book, ​Pitching for Profit: The Bad Bitches' Playbook to Convert Conversations into Currency​ Listen in today as Precious discusses how the perfect pitch will get you anything you wish to achieve. She teaches you how to use all of the things people say is wrong with you to your advantage - to make your unbelievable comeback. Listen in for the story behind the making of this incredible personality- how she turned an idea for a lingerie business into a pitch that attracted people and financing to actually start it! Listen in to hear Precious' 5 things that will turn your pitch into a Killer Pitch - beyond those 5 things, remember the most important of all is to believe in yourself, your abilities, strengths, and talents, even the hidden ones. The Cocktail of the Week​ is called Hanky Panky. The Hanky Panky cocktail was invented at the Savoy Hotel somewhere between 1903 and 1923 by Ada Coleman. But her legacy lives on through this drink, thanks in part to its inclusion in Harry Craddock’s famous The Savoy cocktail book, printed in 1930. Ingredients- ●  1.5 ounces of gin●  1.5 ounces of sweet vermouth●  Two dashes of Fernet Branca (No more than two dashes, please. This is strong. Be careful.) In a mixing glass filled with ice, pour the gin sweet vermouth and the fernet Branca. Add a dash of orange juice if you like. Stir well for at least 30 seconds and then strain into a martini glass. Garnish with an orange belt. This interview and its contents are sponsored by Nickerson, a full-service branding, marketing, and PR and communications agency with team members in Boston, LA, Miami, and NYC. https://nickersoncos.com/If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience. Relevant Links: Precious Williams: Book- ​Pitching for Profit: The Bad Bitches' Playbook to Convert Conversations into Currency Website- ​https://www.perfectpitchesbyprecious.com/aboutLinkedIn- ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/precious-l-williams Julie Brown: Website- ​https://juliebrownbd.com/Instagram- ​https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/LinkedIn- ​https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/Youtube- ​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q Facebook- ​https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/ 

Remember when we were all told to work from home for two weeks. And those two weeks were supposed to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. And then those two weeks turned into a month and then another month, and now we have strung those months together to form a year, 525,600 minutesPrior to the pandemic if you had asked the top business advisors how long it would take to transition almost every company and their workforce from in person to virtual they would have told you that it would take years to accomplish - and yet we did it nearly overnight. The question remains will we ever go back? The changes that happened in how we conduct business in that seemingly overnight shift, are they here to stay?According to the experts yeah. A number of the changes will be permanent. Listen as I break down the four changes that are definitely here to stay, and give a visual explanation of what 530,000+ American lives lost actually looks like.Drink of the Week: Mast Landing Gunner’s Daughter Milk Stout (hot damn it’s delicious - with rich with flavors and aromas of peanut butter, coffee and chocolate. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience. And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever-growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_USto make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk!Relevant Links:Julie Brownhttps://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

Time seems to go by so fast doesn’t it. Like one day you're in high school seeing your friends everyday and then you blink and it’s your 25th high school reunion. It happens in business too, you make connections, you have every intention of staying connected, but you get pulled in a million different directions and forget to send that email, or pick up the phone and make that call. And at some point you determine that far too much time has gone by, that it would be weird to reach back out, because you don’t know what you would say or how to explain why you haven’t been in touch. The truth is there is no amount of time that can’t be overcome. No distance between your last hello that can’t be bridged if you use five simple words. People think they need an excuse or a reason to reach back out to people, you don’t. You simply need these 5 words. Listen in to discover how reestablishing connections with your dormant relationships can help boost your career and your social capital.Drink of the Week: Lavender Collins 1.5 ounces of gin, ¾ oz fresh lemon juice (always use fresh juices) ½ oz of the lavender syrupCombine that in a Collins glass and top with soda water and garnish with a lemon. Delicious and a fabulous way to remind you that warm days are ahead. Cheers!If you are interested in working with me 1:1 on either a networking, personal branding or thought leadership content creation breakthrough 60 minute session  Click below to schedule your one hour session, there are only 10 spots available and last time they sold out quickly.https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20330628&appointmentType=18702449Sources:https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-power-of-reconnection-how-dormant-ties-can-surprise-you/

As children we are taught that there are everyday words, and then there are bad words, the kind of words that can get you into trouble. You see, in society we think people will be offended by swear words  - when in actuality most people aren’t offended by profanity at all, it’s why music with explicit lyrics still sell, why we go see R rated movies.There has actually been a tremendous amount of research into swear words. And the findings might surprise you.Scientifically speaking, having a penchant for profanity might be a good thing. Tune in to hear how swearing can make you appear more honest, more intelligent, how it can relieve stress, dull the sensation of pain, and foster camaraderie among peers and friends. You’ll also learn how chimps swear as well. Thanks again for listening, for coming back every week I appreciate you. If you like this podcast please take a moment to review it on iTunes and share it with your friends. I’ll see you next week. Cheers, JBSourceshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/science-swearing-profanity-curse-emma-byrnehttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2016/nov/07/women-swear-as-much-as-men-so-heres-to-equal-opportunity-cursinghttps://www.fastcompany.com/90442773/here-is-why-you-should-swear-at-work-according-to-science

Miriam Webster defines the word too as to an excessive degree or to such a degree as to be regrettable. How many times has that word held you back? As in saying to yourself I’m too old, or I’m too young, it’s too late, it’s too early, I’m too fat, or perhaps as has happened to me on numerous occasions someone has accused you of being too much. In this episode we take a look at the thought process around using the word too in order to describe our age, our appearance, our personality and so much more - and then letting the “degree as to be regrettable” for each of those things stop us from creating big change in our lives and careers. Age is just a number, weight is just a number and you will never be too much for someone who can’t get enough of you. The Drink of the Week: Long Island Iced Tea and the Blue Long IslandThis drink is a hot mess combination of Vodka, Gin, Rum and Tequila topped with Triple Sec because four alcohols wasn’t enough and a splash of coke. You take a sip of this and your tastebuds literally scream LET’S GET LIT and wake up with a hangover and regret. If you want another equally hangover inducing variant, you can swap out the triple sec for blue curacao and the coke for sprite viola you have yourself a Blue Long Island. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience. And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever-growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_USto make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk! Relevant Links:Julie Brownhttps://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook)

How often do you think you use the word just when describing yourself or asking for something. For example, when you describe what you do like this, “I’m just an assistant manager;” “I’m just an administrative assistant;” “I just graduated college, I just got my degree.”  Or how about in your email correspondence, for example, I'm just emailing to check in. I’m just wondering if you had time to review my proposal. I just wanted to see if you had time to talk.The word just  frequently functions as a “subtle message of subordination, or deference.” We constantly fall back on the word just because we don’t want to feel like we are bothering someone, or being a nuisance. Stop it. When you use the word just you are actively diminishing your importance.  In business using the word “just” serves to make the other person think that what you are working on isn’t important. Listen in to learn how to start removing the word Just from your vocabulary to start creating more clear and confident correspondence.  The Drink of the Week: Graft Cider, Birds of Paradise Moscow Mule CiderThis Polynesian inspired Moscow mule is bursting with ginger and finishes with soft citrus and hibiscus berry notes. Best enjoyed cold out the fridge.If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience.And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever-growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk!Relevant Links:Julie Brownhttps://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

Ask any average person why they haven't accomplished their goals yet, and more often than not, their answer will be because they are afraid that they will fail. Why are we, as humans, taught to fear failure, and where does it have its roots? Ever since our school days, we are taught to categorize things as either right or wrong. The answers are either correct or incorrect, pass or fail, with zero lessons designed to teach you how to learn from your failures. We are taught only to be embarrassed by them to fear repeating them. You can't figure out if something works until you break it apart, and that is what our guest today did. Without ever having been in front of a live audience or even trying her hand at comedy before, Geri signed up not only for a stand-up class but an improv class, too, simply because she was interested in it and had always wondered if she was funny. What she got out of it was an amazing mechanism for overcoming her fear of failure. Geri Paige Butner is a Business Launch & Life Alignment Coach, who helps people align their life and work with what brings them fulfillment and joy. Geri shares with us the crazy journey she's had as a stand-up comedian, how she has learned from repetition, retooling, and keeping her cool with a subjective audience. She also discusses the variables that you need to consider when presenting in front of a live audience.Remember the episode with Nicole Kalil where we talked about how perfection is your number one confidence derailer? Well, that sneaky bugger keeps coming up over and over again, and today we discuss how everything doesn't have to be perfect, that there is tremendous value and opportunity in things that are not perfect. We begin to take bigger risks when we know that we will survive whatever we take on.Listen in and make the best out of another few minutes of your life! The Drink of the Week is The Rusty NailCheers to all the times you #NailedIt and failed miserably at trying something for the first time. It’s a simple combination of scotch and the scotch-based liqueur Drambuie, a word derived from the Gaelic meaning “the drink that satisfies. Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces Scotch whisky3/4 ounce DrambuieAdd the scotch and Drambuie into a mixing glass with ice. Stir until well-chilled and then strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience.And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever-growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk! Relevant Links:Geri Paige Butnerhttps://www.geripaige.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/geributner/Julie Brownhttps://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

Aren't we tired of the energy it takes to continually be thinking about our bodies and what other people think of them? Can you imagine what you could do with all the extra energy that you waste fretting about what size jeans you fit into? You would have more time for friends, for work, for actually being active, and you can bet your ass you'd be happier too.But it’s not that easy. Especially for me. Designing a podcast episode around the subject of body positivity, body acceptance, and creating a more welcoming networking environment for our plus-sized colleagues and contemporaries wasn't something I could do alone because I haven't gotten there yet. At my heaviest, my weight pushed me into the category of clinically obese, and at my thinnest, I was so thin that I stopped getting my period at the age of 32. I’m 44 and I still have times when I downright obsess about my weight.  This is why for this episode I have asked Body image Coach and Best-Selling author Summer Innanen to join us. When I discovered Summer’s website, with a picture of her taking a sledgehammer to a scale and then raising that sledgehammer in victory above her head, symbolizing a fiery, free and untamed life I knew she was the person to walk us through this conversation. In addition to being a best selling author and body positivity coach, she is the host of Eat The Rules, a podcast dedicated to empowering people to live life on their terms!This conversation taught me a lot of lessons. One, that body positivity doesn't mean that you love the way your body looks every day; it means that you don't think about your body in negative terms, that you accept it the way it is. And two, that it would be a lot easier for people in large bodies to accept their bodies if there wasn't consistent messaging by the media, advertising, their family, and the general surroundings that told them what they looked like wasn't beautiful or athletic or acceptable.Listen in for tips to feeling more positively for your body and learn how self-love can take you on that much-needed healing journey!The Drink of the Week is The Yellow Bird, a super fun combination of white rum, Galiano (a golden, sweet vanilla-anise Italian liqueur), triple sec, and lime juice. It is served straight up as a martini. For today's drink, I took inspiration from something Summer said in the interview- You're going to have bad days, and you will have really good days, but for the most part, we want balance in how we look at ourselves, like how the wings of a bird balance it in flight.If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience.And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk! Relevant Links: Summer Innanenhttps://summerinnanen.com/about-me/ https://www.instagram.com/summerinnanen/?hl=en https://m.facebook.com/SummerInnanenCoach/Julie Brown https://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook)

Do you ever hear a shitty inner voice in your head that tells you that you aren’t worthy of things, or that you can’t accomplish something for one reason or another?That voice is called your Inner Critic. It’s created by the voices you hear when you are in the formative years of your childhood. It could be the voice of your past, your mother, your father, an aunt, or a school bully. This voice can grow loud and paralyzing if you don’t discover ways to silence. So, how do you arm yourself with ways to overcome this voice in your head - because not only is this voice a real asshole, it’s a liar, liar pants on fire!  Welcome to Episode 25 where my special guest Mia Scharphie joins us to teach you how to silence your inner critic and move beyond the shitty narrative it plays in your head! Mia is a trained facilitator, the founder of the Build Yourself workshop- a programme that helps women build the dynamic, powerful and meaningful careers and businesses they want,​ and has run research efforts for the Harvard Business School. In this episode, we discuss why accountability and trust are key to building your career and how to find the “right” accountability partner for your business, why your inner critic does not serve you any functional purpose and how to mute that shitty voice. Your inner critic gives you a skewed perception of reality. Only you can acknowledge that this voice is not based in reality. If you write down the things that this voice says to you and then read them out loud, you will discover what complete and total bullshit it really is. Perhaps you should name your inner critic and then tell it to shut the fuck up repeatedly until it doesn’t talk to you anymore. Tune in. We could help you do that! Drink of the Week: Rombauer ChardonnayI do not understand the ABC people - the anything but chardonnay people. I absolutely love it and this is one of my favorite Chardonnays.If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience.And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US (HERE) to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk!Relevant Links: Mia Scharphie- https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie/ http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ https://twitter.com/miascharphie?lang=enMindset (Limiting Beliefs Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jmindset Accountability (Accountability Partnership Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jaccountability JULIE BROWNhttps://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

You walk into a room full of people you've never met before; self- doubt, fear, apprehension, do they all kick in? The same probably happens when you speak up and share your opinions or ideas in a work meeting. What does it take you to effectively conquer your mind in such situations? It takes a belief in yourself. It takes confidence.So, if confidence looks so good on you, what keeps you from wearing it everyday? And the confident people, what have they discovered that you don't know yet, what is their secret to being confident?Our guest today is Nicole Kalil, an amazing speaker, coach and also the host of the podcast "This Is Woman's Work". Nicole spent most of her professional life with a Fortune 500 company, where her passion for leadership led her to become the first female Chief Development Officer in the 160-year company history. She joins us on the episode to give us matchless advice, definitions and actionable tips on building self-confidence!And to quench my thirst for constantly validating opinions with research, Nicole makes known that confidence could well have something to do with your genes. But, even if that were the case, it would constitute only 25 percent of your total confidence level. So, confidence is a skill you can always develop! Sounds good? Listen in to today’s episode to discover the major confidence derailers and why perfection tops the list!Nicole shares with us the 5 confidence builders that she has mastered:1. Action2. Failure3. Grace4. Choosing confidence5. Understanding, awareness, and mindfulness that confidence comes from the insideYou’re going to achieve self acceptance and self belief by practicing the confidence boosters that Nicole mentioned, taking action, failing forward, giving yourself grace and choosing to have confidence in yourself. And when you do that, it will be easier to take your head trash to the dumpster and light that shit on fire.Tune in for unparalleled ideas on networking your way with more confidence and grace!The Drink of the Week​ is a cocktail called Crank It To 11 - and since last week was all about music and this week we are lighting our head trash on fire, I think it works well. (This amazing cocktail was a special Shaker and Spoon box that I bought for my husband. If you haven’t tried Shaker and Spoon you totally should - I’ve included a link below where you can get $25 off your first box)Take some hickory wood chips (those come in the cocktail box) and make a little pile of them on a non flammable surface. Light them on fire. When they start smoking, put the glass over to trap the smoke. After you trap the smoke, flip the glass over and add one large ice cube - I used a huge square one from a mold. Then add 1.5 ounces of American Whisky and a little cherry syrup from the jar of cherries (we talked about this in a previous episode. Use really good cherries not the shitty red kind and 4 dashes of cherry bark vanilla syrup). Then use a cocktail stirrer to stir it up and add a black cherry as a garnish. I tell you this drink was fan-fucking-tastic! I am not joking.If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience.And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk!Relevant Links:Shaker and Spoon - get $25 off your first order with this linkhttps://www.shakerandspoon.com/refer/Julie-FQFNNJYE Nicole Kalil:https://nicolekalil.com/about-nicole https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolekalil/ Podcast- ​https://nicolekalil.com/podcast Julie Brown: https://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website)https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook)