“Professional on the Go” is a podcast that will give you the inspiration, tips and tools on how to win and live your best life as an independent professional. Your hosts are Barry Moltz, Small Business expert and Chinwe Onyeagoro, who is the CEO of PocketSuite which an office in your pocket for independent service professionals.
Episode #29: Dr. Ian Dunbar Shares His Story on Becoming a Top Dog Trainer
Dr. Ian Dunbar, the man who wrote the book on pet training and developed the first ever puppy-training courses in the country. Go to any local dog park in your city and most of the dogs there have been influenced by his work!
He has written six books with hundreds of thousands of copies in circulation. He has a Udemy course that has trained more than 40K pet parents and trainers. He was the founder of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, which is now known as the Association of Professional Dog Trainers. Over the past 35 years, Dr. Dunbar has given over 1000 seminars and workshops around the world for dog trainers and veterinarians.
You will learn:
- How Ian found his way to dog training after going to veterinary school
- What Ian’s research taught him about how to train dogs
- The best ways Ian found to distribute his knowledge about puppy training
- Why Ian believes it’s so important to reach prospective puppy owners
- Ian’s advice for planning for retirement as a service professional
- Ian’s idea of the good life and how he lives it every day
Ian’s story is certainly an inspiration for anyone who has a dream of working for themselves and making a good living.
11 Feb 2020
Episode #28: Nicole Stuart Shares Her Story on Becoming a Celebrity Fitness Trainer
On this episode of Professional-on-the-Go, we are talking to Nicole Stuart (https://nicolestuart.com/) (https://nicolestuart.com/)) who is a celebrity fitness trainer who has trained the likes of Kate Hudson, Portia de Rossi, Goldie Hawn, Anna Faris and Julia Ormond. Nicole practices a creative style of Pilates that blends dance, yoga, stretching and cross-training to help her clients benefit their bodies as well as their minds and spirits. Nicole has appeared on MSNBC and in numerous magazines, including People, W Magazine, US Weekly, InStyle, and Cosmopolitan. Her iPhone app is available on iTunes and is being sold worldwide.
You will hear about:
- What Nicole learned from her dance teacher at an early age that shaped her life
- How Nicole kept moving in spite of feeling lost in her life and career
- Nicole’s path from waitressing to fitness training
- How Nicole decided she was going to make a career out of training others in Pilates
- How Nicole got connected to Kate Hudson and began training her
- Is there a fundamental difference between making fitness training house calls for celebrities versus everyday stay at home moms?
- Nicole’s vision for creating her fitness app as a way to expand her service offerings
- How Nicole spends her time outside of fitness training and Pilates that gives her options for an exit strategy and fuels her creative spirit
There are over 300,000 certified fitness trainers in the U.S. and millions more who moonlight. Nicole’s story is an inspiration for anyone who has a dream of working for themselves and making a good living.
31 Jan 2020
Episode #27: Kyra Sundance Shares Her Story on Becoming a Top Celebrity Dog Trick Trainer
On this episode of Professional-on-the-Go, we are talking to Kyra Sundance who is a dog trainer, performer, and author. Kyra quite literally wrote the book on “how to teach dogs to do tricks” called 101 Dog Tricks, which has over 1 million copies in print and has been translated into 22 languages. Her company, Do More With Your Dog (http://www.domorewithyourdog.com/) (http://www.domorewithyourdog.com/)), is the official sanctioning and organizing body for the sport of Dog Tricks and has certified over 20,000 successfully trained dogs. She is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports, trains dog actors, and has been featured on programs ranging from Ellen and The Tonight Show to the NBA halftime show.
Kyra Sundance’s story is an inspiration for anyone who has a dream of working for themselves and making a good living. You will learn:
- What inspired Kyra’s super unique career path of becoming a dog trainer
- How Kyra learned how to train dogs to do tricks (and how you can, too)
- Why passion is a great tool for growing and marketing your business
- How Kyra transitioned from her full-time job to running her dog training business, and how that business evolved over time into the one it is today
- The power of focusing on the important versus the urgent in growing your business
- How to maintain passion and joy throughout different stages of business
- Why you need to think about an “exit strategy” as an entrepreneur and independent service professional
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