Elaine's Kitchen Table | Create Better Family, Health, Business, Self

Jody Vance of Vancouver City TV's Breakfast Television, and formerly SportsNet Canada, was Canada's first prime-time female sports anchor - one of the most male-dominated industries before Jody and others paved the way for the many female sports anchors today. Her secret? Tune in to find out, as well as:

• The daily routine of a morning news host who gets up for work at 4am every day
• The importance of paying your dues
• What it's like to go through in-vitro fertilization, and how she treats others doing the same

And much more in this wide-ranging interview!

In this episode, learn 2 key things to help you in business:

• How to ask for advice
• How not to ask for advice!

Elaine gives you the ABC's of getting answers to your questions from people who have gone before you. The tricky part is that they are most often quite busy, but they are usually willing to help - IF you approach in the right way.

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Influential people (or "influencers") play by a different set of rules. Teresa de Grosbois is an international speaker and bestselling author on the topic of influence. In today's interview, we learn:

• How the most influential people share their influence, and how to approach them
• The "Premature Ask", or how NOT to approach people of influence (with hilarious examples)
• How crying on the bathroom floor at her lowest point ignited Teresa's journey to where she is today

As an example of how influential Teresa has become, several of my podcast interviews have been with people to whom I was connected by Teresa!

You can get her newest book, "Mass Influence - The Habits of the Highly Influential" at
http://massinfluencethebook.com

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Spencer McDonald, businessman, author, keynote speaker, and mentor, talks about:

• the top 3 qualities in a profitable business person
• how people starting out in business unknowingly "finance" their coffee
• why setting a beautiful ship (that you own) on fire is sometimes the right thing to do!
• his habits of success

Check out his website at www.thinkingdriver.com

Press and hold the link below for Show Notes:

Show Notes

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Nutritionist Brenda Wollenberg continues to talk family fuel, including 3 connections between nutrition and school performance, and her lesson about "coming off the mountain" that radically changed how she trains her clients.

Please check the Show Notes (www.elaineskitchentable.com/026) for a FREE delicious Smoothie Handbook, and a link to Brenda's brilliant family nutrition training!

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Nutritionist Brenda Wollenberg, author of the book "Overweight Kids In A Toothpick World", talks about something we do multiple times every day - feed our family! Are we moving toward Wellness or Illness? Learn:

• Why World War II matters at your kitchen table
• 3 meanings of the words "sometime foods"
• Why "everything in moderation" is NOT the best motto

And more!

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Google "starting a business" and you'll get millions of pieces of advice.  Ask your friends, family and colleagues, and you'll get the same.  Except it's all different and contradictory! Here are 5 things I learned on my journey that they don't teach in business school.

Be sure to check the Show Notes (http://www.elaineskitchentable.com/024) for a helpful PDF cheat sheet that you can keep, with all 5 points!

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

My friend said weight loss is 90% food, and 10% exercise - I said "That's me exactly! 90% food, 10% exercise!".  I've got stats from 500 moms, and believe me, we are not alone if we would like to lose a few baby pounds. Tune in for a surprising and positive stat about mom weight as well!

Connect with Elaine:

• Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com
• Instagram: @elainetancomeau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine

Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/

Katie Day, author of "The High Heeled Leader", talks about the issues facing women in business - many of which are self-induced - and how to take personal control of your outcomes by using the very traits that make women stand out.

 

Every woman in business needs to hear this podcast with Katie Day.  I assure you will leave feeling more confident and be more assertive in your business after listening to this short inspiring podcast!  She gives three tips that you do not want miss before walking into your next boardroom meeting!  

 

Katie is a global speaker and trainer, who has been interviewed many times on radio in both the UK and in the USA.  She has appeared on television in Canada and Dubai speaking on women in the boardroom.

Here is a quick 9-item list of things NOT to to do when you start to feel overwhelmed.  It comes from time-strategy guru Tim Ferriss, from his incredibly useful book, The 4-Hour Work Week.