Jane McCarthy – Embrace Your Strengths
SEASON: 4 EPISODE: 36
Episode Overview:
Ever feel like you’re not quite living up to your full potential? My guest today is Jane McCarthy, a force of nature dedicated to helping you clear mind clutter, embrace your strengths and thrive with hope.
Jane’s a coach, speaker, and strategist who empowers individuals to unlock their hidden talents and create a life they truly love. Get ready to be inspired as we dive into Jane’s powerful strategies for maximizing your potential, and living your best life. Join me now for my conversation with Jane McCarthy.
Guest Bio:
With over 30 years of experience, including a trailblazing career at Verizon, Jane McCarthy is a HOPE Activator who empowers people to clear mind clutter and embrace their strengths. A pioneer in telecommuting and job sharing, Jane’s speaking and workshop facilitation are filled with positivity, infectious enthusiasm, and unwavering support.
Jane’s inspired audiences of 700K globally with her message of HOPE: Holding On to Positive Energy. As the founder of JaneSTORM, she connects people and ideas, guiding them to lead with heart and achieve success, both live and virtually.
Resource Links:
- Website: Janestorm.com
- Product Link: https://www.janestorm.com/deckofhope
Insight Gold Timestamps:
03:41 They said, “When you show up, we don’t brainstorm, we JaneStorm!”
04:37 Don Clipton said 50 years ago, “What would we do if we focused on people’s strengths instead of their weaknesses?”
06:15 You’re kind of renowned for what you talk about as the top 5 strengths
08:22 You talk about maximizing potential
09:03 W hat is the story you’re telling yourself?
11:50 All anybody ever wants is to be seen, heard, valued, and understood
14:54 I learned about David Hawkins, who is a scientist
16:26 Knowing what people do well and then having them focus on that
18:47 You always want to come from ‘how’ and ‘what’ questions
20:10 DEI is a trigger word
22:36 How do you want to hold on to positive energy in a team?
23:26 When you become a strengths based culture
25:29 Have you determined an origin for the strengths?
27:30 Are some of these attributes or strengths more important than others to develop?
30:08 It’s knowing your audience
33:24 What’s required to fix it and create the transformation that’s required
35:21 I think you made a very important point where we have to put ourselves in the other person’s shoes
36:18 Jane Storm, positive force for your future
37:29 That is my superpower: looking at things absolutely from the glass is half full
Connect Socially:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-mccarthy-janestorm/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneStormHopeActivator
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@janestorm6033
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janestorm_hopeactivator/
Email: Jane@Janestorm.com
Sponsors:
Rainmaker LeadGen Platform Demo: https://bookme.michaelvickers.com/lite/rainmaker-leadgen-platform-demo
Rainmaker Digital Solutions: https://www.rainmakerdigitalsolutions.com/
Resources: https://becomingpreferred-podcast.com/resources/
About the Host, Michael
Michael Vickers inspires enduring success, redefining the possible for today’s sales professionals, leaders, and managers. Whatever the sales or business opportunity, Michael will greatly enhance your odds of success. Every person who has an idea to promote, an employee to motivate, or a deal to negotiate, will attain a new level of success after an event with Michael.
Michael is also the best-selling author of Becoming Preferred: How to Outsell Your Competition, and Dance of the Rainmaker: Creating Authentic Differentiation in Today's Competitive Marketplace, where he shares his secrets to achieving the very highest level of sales mastery.
Whatever the result you’re striving for, if it involves influencing others or achieving success through others, Michael will build your confidence and accelerate your performance.
Michael is the Executive Director of Summit Learning Systems, a company that offers customized in-house training programs to many of today’s leading companies. He teaches thousands of business professionals throughout North America the skills required to achieve optimum performance.