Upgrading Your Brand (Series #1: Chat with my College Child on Career, Commerce & Culture)

About Upgrading Your Brand (Series #1: Chat with my College Child on Career, Commerce & Culture)

I started in the field of career counseling in 2000 until 2014. But when I left that field to become the Marketing Director of Mvoss Creation, I started merging my "Product Branding" to "Personal Branding". I did not want to impose some of these skills in giving advice but rather make it more personal by addressing my "counsels" or advice to my son who is now going into college. But then, as teenagers, they would rather listen to their high school counselor which I think is smarter and more appropriate as I am now "rusty" on that part of counseling. But as I continue to evolve in the broader field of career & commerce, as well as culture - I thought I can bring these thoughts and "bottle them up" in case my son gets into the "ocean or sea" of information and stumble one of these VLOGS or Podcast. These podcasts originally appeared as weekly VLOG with my dog Daisy (she passed away in 2019) and now Blinky during my daily morning walk. About This Podcast & Dr. Tony Astro, PhD Thoughts on Career (Personal Branding), Commerce (Business) & Culture (Cultural Intelligence & Networking) from Tony Astro - a Navy Veteran with 20 years of experience credential in career development, educational services, marketing, training, workshop, and entrepreneurship. He lives in Virginia Beach with a mutt Shiba with his teenage son and his spouse and business co-owner of Mvoss Creation Promotional & Consulting. They have been in the business of promotional marketing for over 12 years and attended hundreds of networking in Connecticut, California & Virginia connecting people to their brand. Tony has a PhD in Counseling major in Human Services. He has numerous accreditation and credentials in the field of Career Development , Cultural Intelligence, Organization Management, Public Speaking, Counseling, Technology and Business.

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Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Aug 2020

Latest episode

13 Oct 2021

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Oct 2021

   Grow Powerful in Obstacles, Fears & Failure (GPOFF) - September 22

   Son, We all have abilities to create opportunities by creating them and bring value into them. I failed many times as a student (got an F on Accounting in college, you know about my Ph.D. took 8 years that I rake student loans and failed dissertation) and as a counselor (forced to retirement) BUT all these made me stronger and less scared to take risks. Here are some pointers from being perseverant, have a growth mindset (being open to ideas), let fear drive you instead of stopping you. Failure is a big part of success in everything I did in my 55 years of living.

2. 

   11 Oct 2021

   Boundaries to Have Peace & Real Connections (BHPRC) - September 1

   Son, We all need boundaries or else we will be burned out, abused, and worst, not have true peace & real connections with people and our loved ones. Here is the first version but due to some audio issues, I have to do it again in my office because I think it is important to set boundaries now that you are getting ready for college.

3. 

   11 Oct 2021

   Communicate Issues to Stay Happily Married

   Confronting issues is the secret to stay happily married. Please don't misconstrue my word of "Confront", maybe the better word is Approach, clear, communicate or "Not Deny" the negative issues that are looming in our relationship as your parents & as husband to your mother. Being married is not easy and I am still learning. Here are just a few things I learned in our 18 years of being married: "Confront" issues to stay happily married.

4. 

   11 Oct 2021

   True Compassion is Hard But Necessary (TCHBN) - August 28

   Son, We all need compassion - to receive or to give it can improve ourselves and very universal in all religion even in business & career. Jesus is the ultimate model of compassion. It means being fair, transparent & accountable and we can control them by practice.

5. 

   11 Oct 2021

   Strong Minds Don't Waste Time (SMDWT) - August 27

   Son, Stop complaining about not getting what you deserve but instead, put your energy into comparing yourself to your previous accomplishments & don't waste another time spending too much on social media. Learn to be alone once in a while & keep quiet with no internet. Know yourself. Be a being, not doing. We are human beings, not human doing and knowing that we can be strong in our minds.

6. 

   11 Oct 2021

   Building Good Credit Scores Matters (BGCSM) - August 10

   This was my first VLOG or Chat to my College Child on Career Commerce & Culture and the topic was building a good credit score in order to be financially stable and key to career success. It was a random VLOG as I was heading to the gym for a workout.

7. 

   15 Aug 2020

   Preview of Tony Astro's Chat with my College Child

   These podcasts are reposted from my regular VLOG on topics on career, commerce, and culture. In the first series - I will feature my chat with my (soon to be) college child that may also be useful & practical to everyone who wants to "upgrade their brand". Because these was unscripted VLOGs done in public places, some audios may be unclear. The future podcast will be much clearer.