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How to End the Agony of Indecision: The One Question to Ask

Farnoosh — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:53:45 +0000

The Agony of Feeling Indecisive Indecisive. The inability – or the temporary paralysis – to decide when presented with more than one choice. Have you ever felt indecisive? It Is Agonizing! It is like an itch that you cannot scratch, one that keeps you from doing anything else until you make your decision and move [...]

Episode 92: Who Would You Be Without Your Story with Byron Katie

Farnoosh — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:42 +0000

Byron Katie Shares the Method of Self-Inquiry My guest today on the Daily Interaction Show is Byron Katie. Katie created The Work, which is a self-inquiry method that teaches you how to free yourself from your thoughts, the cause of your suffering, and how to find and embrace the truth. She has changed the lives [...]

Are You Committing These 7 Silent Career Killers at Your Job?

Farnoosh — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:23:19 +0000

Do you know if you might be committing any silent career killers at your job? If you are a hard-working savvy employee and still not getting the advancement that you have rightfully earned, you might be harming your career in silence. Nobody is going to tap you on the shoulder and tell you [...]

Episode 91: How to Take Your New Relationships to the Next Level

Farnoosh — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:28:38 +0000

Welcome to Episode #91 of The Daily Interaction podcast. How do you take new budding relationships to a deeper, stronger and more meaningful stage. What comes after the initial meet-and-greet and how can you stay top of mind with those whom you meet and want to build a relationship with? Send questions or suggestions for [...]

How to Eat A Clean and Green Diet by Adding These 3 Super Foods

Farnoosh — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:46:03 +0000

If you are not paying attention to your health today, you will be paying attention to your illness tomorrow. Click to Tweet So stop fooling around with your golden asset. You are not invincible, even if you are young and carefree. Pay attention to your health. Guard your body from the ill effect of poor [...]

Episode 90: Becoming Aware of Your Voice with Marlena Reigh

Farnoosh — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:48 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #90. This Interactive Interview Series brings you a second expert on using your vocal instrument, your voice, and your best asset in all the communication in your life. Our guest is Marlena Reigh. We visited an excellent topic in the communication power “toolbox” a few weeks ago – using our instrument, [...]

Episode 89: Affirmations and Blurts to Win Over the Inner Critic

Farnoosh — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:35 +0000

Welcome to Episode #89 of The Daily Interaction podcast. You’ve read my posts on affirmations, such as the only 100 affirmations that you will ever need and my take on “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Haye, who initially inspired me to work with affirmations. When I first learned about this, I was fascinated [...]

39 Reasons Why You Must Read In Order to Write Well

Farnoosh — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:38:09 +0000

Thank You Stephen King for the Inspiration “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” — Stephen King All great authors of our time were also voracious readers, or so Stephen King tells us in his fabulous book, “On Writing”, but then he [...]

Episode 88: Lessons from an Ex-Lawyer Disney Power Host with Lou Mongello

Farnoosh — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:18 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #88. This Interactive Interview Series brings you a truly inspiring guest: Lou Mongello. If you have ever had a childhood love, obsession, desire, that you fantasize about doing for a living, this story is for you. Lou Mongello is one of the most amazing people I met at NMX in Jan. [...]

When You Just Don’t Feel Like It: The 7-Step Process to Push Past The Resistance

Farnoosh — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:38:57 +0000

What is Resistance? You start a new career. You put down the initial roots into a new business venture. Or you begin a challenge, a program, a new health habit. Whatever it may be, you are passionate about it. You are excited. You are delighted to be doing it. Maybe it’s a writing project toward [...]

Episode 87: How to Create an Information Diet that Inspires Action

Farnoosh — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:00:04 +0000

Welcome to Episode #87 of The Daily Interaction Show where we learn how to create an information diet that inspires action. Think about it. The information that you consume, in passive or active ways, is more powerful than you realize. It influences your thoughts, decisions and actions. So take a proactive approach and create an [...]

Seeking Approval: The Worst Mistake in Pursuit of Dreams

Farnoosh — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:41:16 +0000

Dreams, Approval and The Paradox I wanted to make my parents proud. We all do. Whoever denies this one is lying. I especially wanted to make them proud on the occasion of leaving my well-paying “successful” and “oh so safe” career that I’d built over a decade following my hard-earned education to start over by [...]

Episode 86: Handling Conflict Effectively with Michael Brown

Farnoosh — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:00:57 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #86. This Interactive Interview Series is back with a fantastic and fun guest, Michael Brown. We are going to talk about handling conflict effectively. How do you handle conflict in your life? Do you run away from it? Do you deny it even exists? Does it stress you out? Do you [...]

The Online Business Survival Kit for the New Entrepreneur

Farnoosh — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:18:56 +0000

A Mind Map for Your Online Business Kit: One of the questions that I get asked almost immediately after I answer “what on earth were you thinking leaving a 6-figure cushy corporate job?”, is the how-to part to starting my own online business after being an employee all my life! Click on the image to enlarge: In [...]

Episode 85: Jumpstart Your Corporate Career with 4 Actions

Farnoosh — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:00:34 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #85 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is about achieving that successful career and 4 actions you can take right now to jumpstart your corporate career in the right direction now. Everything I shared with you here in this podcast episode, I messed up in the first half of my [...]

Loving What Is and Finding the Truth with Only 4 Questions

Farnoosh — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:48:55 +0000

“If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval or appreciation. Amen” ~Byron Katie What if four questions could turn your frustration around and create harmony in your life? What if you could ask yourself powerful questions and trust that the process would lead you to [...]

Episode 84: How to Get Comfortable Using Video with Leslie Samuel

Farnoosh — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:42 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #84. This Interactive Interview Series is back with another amazing guest today: Leslie Samuel. Leslie Samuel is a blogger whose sole mission is to create content that inspires others and changes the world. He blogs at Become A Blogger where he teaches you to do just that, and also at Interactive [...]

The Power of Mind Maps to Build Your Career Master Plan

Farnoosh — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:44:22 +0000

This past week, I worked with one of my amazing clients from my coaching program to create her career master plan. She is a young, smart, and motivated entrepreneur finding her way in this world. She has lots of great ideas with plenty to offer the world. What we needed to do for her was [...]

Episode 83: 4 Bold Steps to Communicating Your Prices without Apology

Farnoosh — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:00:41 +0000

Welcome to Episode #83 of The Daily Interaction Show. Whether you are a full-time business owner, entrepreneur, planning to become one or are a hobbyist, you have something to offer the world, it could be an idea, a product, a service, a program, a course, a package, your whatever, in exchange for money. Today, I [...]

Book Deal to Book Shelf in 3 Months: 8 Steps to Delivering Under Aggressive Deadlines

Farnoosh — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:32:56 +0000

This blog post is about working under aggressive deadlines to deliver great results. The task at hand is writing a book under extreme pressure without compromising quality or giving up your life and sanity in the process. I share my experience of going from a book deal to book on the shelves in three months. I [...]

Episode 82: On Writing Memoirs and Protecting Dreams with Firoozeh Dumas

Farnoosh — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:00:35 +0000

Welcome back to Episode 82 of our Daily Interaction Show! Today’s guest is a pretty special person to me. In 2006, I was lost & confused in my corporate career and during one of my many business trips to California, a director friend gave me a copy of this book “Funny in Farsi”. I loved [...]

Juicing with The Healthy Juicer’s Bible

Farnoosh — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:00:58 +0000

If You Want to Transform Your Health … Click on the video below and watch what all the juicing fuss is about ... Sometimes, we exaggerate for effect. Other times we are just telling the truth. And when it comes to juicing, I am just telling the truth. Truth, as they say, may be stranger [...]

Episode 81: 10 Secrets to the Workplace Communications

Farnoosh — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:00:09 +0000

Welcome to Episode #81 of The Daily Interaction Show. If you want to be a corporate superstar and one of those “inner circle” employees, you need to understand the communication secrets at the workplace. Period. You need to know the interpersonal communication skills that work well in the corporate culture, the stuff that nobody teaches [...]

How to Stick to Your Zen Habits on The Road

Farnoosh — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:00:17 +0000

The Home Routine: You and Your Zen Habits You are a health nut. You are an exercise devotee. You are a yoga practitioner. You are a regular juicer. You are [fill in the blank with your own zen habit]. You do it with enthusiasm. You are settled into a routine with it. You even have [...]

Episode 80: Subtle Ways to Deal with Fear with Mordant Mahon

Farnoosh — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:00:39 +0000

Welcome to Episode #80 of The Daily Interaction Show. In this Interactive Interview Series, I have an amazing guest with an amazing name: Mordan Mahon of Success Freaks, talking on a subject near and dear to all our hearts: dealing with fear. The Daily Interaction Mantra: If you can communicate well enough, you can have [...]

The Healthy Entrepreneur: 8 Tips to Stay Fit and Focused

Farnoosh — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:54 +0000

When You Neglect Your Health, You Pay the Price! Remember freshman 10 (or 15)? The extra weight you supposedly gain in your first year of college from partying, drinking, and eating junk food? I never saw it. I lost weight in college. I wasn’t into partying and electrical engineering was not exactly a walk in [...]

Episode 79: You Are Not Alone in Your Quest – Community & Courage

Farnoosh — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:00:17 +0000

Welcome to Episode #79 of The Daily Interaction Show. Our topic is to find community and courage when loneliness pulls you out of the world and makes it hard to keep going. You may be an entrepreneur, a single parent, just single, or simply feel lonely as you go through life. This podcast will help [...]

3 Questions to Bring You Out of Your Darkness

Farnoosh — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:00:53 +0000

How to Deal with Personal Attacks It’s funny how I still get a little upset and a wee bit defensive when I get blog comments like this last one on How to Stop Wasting Life in a Dead-end Job: “Great advice! Now … try paying your rent with it! No one said life is easy. [...]

Episode 78: Unleashing Your Voice, Your Instrument with Sally Morgan

Farnoosh — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:40:00 +0000

Welcome to another Interactive Interview Series here on our Daily Interaction Show. You guys are IN for a treat today so pay close attention because we are going to learn how to use our most valuable instrument: Our Own Voice! Sally Morgan is the creator of a contemporary vocal technique Sing Like You Speak. She [...]

A Brief Guide to Building the Right Relationships

Farnoosh — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:10:13 +0000

Relationships without Intention Most of us build relationships based on circumstance. At school, we meet people that this common circumstance has brought together. We hang out, make buddies, become friends sometimes just from sheer vicinity to each other. We may even stay friends after the circumstance separates us, sometimes because we develop great friendships but [...]

Episode 77: 4 Non-Negotiable Rules to Sell Any Idea

Farnoosh — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:04:59 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #77 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Our topic today is how to sell an idea to anyone, including to yourself. I give you power tips on how to use for any idea and learn how to put your ideas in front of anyone from your boss, your investors, your spouse or [...]

Are You An Entrepreneur and Not Know It? 20 Ways to Find Out

Farnoosh — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:30:47 +0000

Are You an Entrepreneur? When I answer the question, “So what do you do?“, I rarely ever introduce myself as an entrepreneur. Among those who don’t get it, it doesn’t matter (I’ve tried, believe me) and among those who do, well, it does not need to be said. But still, a part of me wonders [...]

Episode 76: Delivering Infotainment with Comedy with Johnny D. Domenico

Farnoosh — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:00:13 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #76 of The Daily Interaction podcast. We have our 2nd guest on the Interactive Interview Series, Johnny D. Domenico. I met my fabulous guest, Johnny Domenico, for this show at the New Media Expo. You are going to LOVE him as we talk about how you can deliver a message with [...]

Enough Feeling Guilty about Living Well

Farnoosh — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:30:42 +0000

Is Guilt The Price of Living Well? Guilt. It is the ultimate assault weapon in relationships around the world especially when it comes to parenting and marriage and particularly in the eastern cultures from Japan to Iran and many others in between. It is the destructive verbal and emotional tool that kills the spirit of [...]

Episode 75: 3 Surefire Ways Negative People Can Ruin Your Future

Farnoosh — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:00:46 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #75 of The Daily Interaction podcast. We are going to talk about how you can deal with negative people in your life, be it anyone from your spouse to your best friend and colleague at work and why if you do not deal with these negative people, their presence and influence [...]

83 Ways to Become a Better Person

Farnoosh — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:11:39 +0000

Small steps. Giant leaps. Are you able to say that today you are a better person than yesterday every day of your life? That’s all. Nothing grandiose. Nothing lofty or ambitious. Nothing to get all anxious about or make big plans for. Just a little better person than you were yesterday? And it doesn’t matter [...]

Episode 74: Learning Foreign Languages with Mark Pentleton

Farnoosh — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:00:02 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #74 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Happy New Year 2013! How is the beginning of this year so far? I hope it’s been fantastic for you. Speaking of new beginnings, this episode kicks off our Interactive Interview Series where I interview people who have either improved their own communication skills so [...]

Make 2013 a Game Changer: The Force of New Intentions

Farnoosh — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:58:47 +0000

It was a toss-up: To do a big wrap for 2012 or a look ahead for 2013 for the last blog post of the year? I was leaning towards the year-end wrap like 2011. It’s been a phenomenal year. My business grew by leaps and bounds. I hired my husband out of his corporate job [...]

Episode 73: How Not to Make New Year Resolutions

Farnoosh — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:00:29 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #73 of The Daily Interaction podcast. We are back from our first ever break on the podcast since our launch in August 2011. I took a 2-week holiday break, during which I wrote thousands of words into my new book – manuscript due to my publisher in January so hustling big [...]

Can You Ever Truly Heal?

Farnoosh — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:30:28 +0000

There is oh so much suffering in this world, either born out of a random tragedy – no shortage of that madness in our world – or from the quiet desperation of a bad childhood, neglected upbringing or other seeds of misery that befall us. The question I want to explore is if you can [...]

10 Safe Driving Affirmations for the Impatient and Careless Driver in You

Farnoosh — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:34:45 +0000

A Persian Princess, Her Ferguson, and Never Having to Drive! I am a terrible driver. A terrible and careless driver. Sometimes, even a clumsy one. Mind you, I am not a reckless or crazy one by any means, just a terrible and careless one. I am good at a lot of things but driving an [...]

Episode 72: The More You Change, The Better You Emerge

Farnoosh — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:00:38 +0000

Think about the last change you had to make in one area of your life. Before you set out to do it, what story were you telling yourself? What lies did you make up to fight the change before giving in? And how do you feel now after the change? Welcome back to Episode #72 [...]

Are You Being Honest with Yourself?

Farnoosh — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:34:36 +0000

Yesterday I spoke on a panel to some 450 women attending a leadership event put on by CWNC Organization with the theme of Reinventing Yourself. I had one goal in mind: To inspire at least one woman in the audience to take a leap of faith and trust into her own self and to stop [...]

Episode 71: How to Build Strong Relationships with Caring and Giving

Farnoosh — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:20:31 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #71 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is How to Build Strong Relationships with Caring and Giving, inspired mainly by all the amazing giving I’ve been receiving in the midst of all this recent frenzy and fury in my life. Yes, I promise to reveal it all in good time [...]

Dealing with Success Envy: How to Shut Up the Inner Ego

Farnoosh — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:23:16 +0000

Suffering from Success Envy? Do you watch others who are more successful than you and secretly envy them? Do you find yourself daydreaming about another person’s life and wish you were them? Do you see things and feel captivated by their aura, wondering why you were dealt such a bad hand of cards in life? [...]

Episode 70: How to Answer “So What Do You Do?” Question

Farnoosh — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:00:26 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #70 of The Daily Interaction podcast where the topic today is inspired by my most favorite aunt from Iran on one her visits to the US – listen to the show for the full story where we explore the sometimes-dreaded question: “So What Do You Do?”. How do you answer the [...]

From Corporate to Self-Employed: How to Adjust to Being Your Own Boss

Farnoosh — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:56:32 +0000

Maybe You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss! “You weren’t meant to have a boss!” wrote Paul Graham on his blog in 2008. It’s a popular piece that taps into the psychology of whether we as human beings are meant to have bosses. It’s a wild article. He compares us to lions in Africa, then [...]

Episode 69: Leapfrog to Success with 8 Smart Boss Strategies

Farnoosh — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:00:36 +0000

Welcome back to our Episode #69 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is Leapfrog to Success at Corporate with 8 Smart Boss Strategies. Let’s talk about navigating the corporate landscape and how you need to interact with your boss so you can move up that corporate ladder. Remember, your boss is your gatekeeper so [...]

How to Write 5000 Words a Day: 3 Irrefutable Rules

Farnoosh — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:36:41 +0000

I am not doing NaNoWriMo, the brilliant writing challenge of November in which thousands partake. I should be though. But this November, I am writing 5000 words a day into my own non-fiction ‘novel’. I am writing my next book and digital product, How to Crack the Code to Get Promoted (at your corporate job) [...]

Episode 68: Why Being a Copycat Destroys Your True Essence

Farnoosh — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:00:09 +0000

Welcome back to our Episode #68 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is inspired by a personal story; I titled it: Why Being a Copycat Destroys Your True Essence, and yes, there is a copycat in my life and you know what, she is sadly destroying her own true essence by copying work and [...]

Uncommon Career Advice: 8 Reasons You Are Not Getting Promoted

Farnoosh — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:35:33 +0000

What You Don’t Know about Your Employer Is Hurting You That’s not a marketing tactic to get you to read this blog post, you can stay or go but it doesn’t change this ugly uncomfortable fact, one that I discovered 5 years into my 11 1/2 year career at this Fortune 100 networking giant (and [...]

Unboxing the Green Star Elite: 7 Reasons to Invest in a Great Juicer

Farnoosh — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:44:46 +0000

First time I am publishing an uncut, unedited and totally off-the-cuff video for you! Talk about gutsy! Talk about a living on the edge! Talk about the trust I feel with my fabulous reader, YOU! Alright, as you may know, I am passionate about green juicing because of all the health habits that I have [...]

Episode 67: Stop Complaining to Get Ahead at Work

Farnoosh — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:00:27 +0000

Welcome back to our Episode #67 of The Daily Interaction podcast and a forewarning: today’s topic is all the reasons why you should stop complaining at work or any other professional settings and the real truth behind this might make you uncomfortable, in fact, you may want to deny any such behavior where it concerns [...]

Warning for Entrepreneurs: Avoid The Trap of Idea Overwhelm

Farnoosh — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:48:54 +0000

Today, we are going to tackle the most common problem for any entrepreneur or a business owner. You have way too many ideas and don’t know which one to pursue so you do what every well-meaning smart person would do: You put all of them on hold until further research and analysis. You have enthusiasm, [...]

The Quest for Freedom: What Are You Willing to Do to Be Free?

Farnoosh — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:46:07 +0000

Deep down, it’s freedom we are really after. The money, the status, the security, the hard work, the investments, all of it we do because we count on it taking us to a place where we feel a sense of freedom that makes sense to us. From Dictatorship to Democracy Maybe freedom means leaving it [...]

Episode 66: Knowing When to Probe in the Right Manner and Spirit

Farnoosh — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:59:37 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #66 of The Daily Interaction podcast. I just love it when one of my listeners sends in a request, so thank you dear Tamkara from Nigeria for asking me to talk about this topic: how do you know when to stay out of it and when to pry to find out [...]

Define Success in Your Words with 10 Clarity Questions

Farnoosh — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:15:07 +0000

Why You Feel So Confused about Success I talked about having the right success mindset in a recent podcast, but hey, let’s go back to basics: What is success itself? What is it to you? How do you define it? Welcome to the Weekly Business & Career Strategy post. Follow the series by hopping on [...]

Master the Distractions: The Quickest Solution to Gain Focus Now

Farnoosh — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:02:57 +0000

Distractions Are Not a Disorder! Ah distractions! The running theme of our era. The nemesis of our age. The unintentional jerk away from our focus on task at hand to something that has no business showing up on our daily agenda. Whatever the distraction may be, we give in. We go willingly. We don’t even [...]

Episode 65: How Blogging Creates Endless Opportunity for Personal Growth and Profit

Farnoosh — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:26:54 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #65 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is all about blogging, which is one of the most essential and well-known forms of interactions and communication in today’s world. Learn the hidden benefits of blogging with me today. Whether you have a blog or don’t even know what a blog is, [...]

9 Little Known Benefits of Having Your Own Blog

Farnoosh — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:14:37 +0000

I always attribute my escape from what seemed to be an eternal sentence in the cubicle world to my little blog. Today, I hardly call myself just a blogger. My business has expanded into so many facets from creating online products and programs to running my own coaching service, writing books and speaking at conferences, [...]

7 Surprising Life Lessons You Learn Fast at the Korean Spa

Farnoosh — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:22:42 +0000

Why You Must Experience the Korean Spa At Least Once There are few things I feel confident saying this about: You haven’t lived yet until you have fully experienced a real Korean Spa, one run by Koreans and (primarily) for Koreans, although thankfully they let us “foreigners” in with a lovely smile. This was my [...]

Episode 64: How to Mingle Like a Pro

Farnoosh — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:20:47 +0000

Mingling can be painfully difficult. I am one extrovert woman and I have struggled with it on too many occasions. Mingling seems innocent on the surface, but it has an underhanded way of bringing out every emotion known to us humans, from fear, paranoia, anxiety, nervousness, vulnerability, embarrassment, excitement, joy, laughter, compassion, closeness, and the [...]

8 Secrets to Balancing Your Side-Hustle with A Full-time Job

Farnoosh — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:01:12 +0000

Why Passion and Balance Do Not Go Together Balance is one overrated myth for passionate people. How can you teach balance to a burning fire like passion? How can you tell someone to do less of what they love when it pulls them in like a magnet and demands that you pay attention? I mean, [...]

Yes You Can: How to Stop Saying You Can’t Do Something

Farnoosh — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:42:38 +0000

Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.” ― Henry Ford Personal growth is a funny journey. The things that you yourself used to do and then stopped in your growing wisdom now begin to annoy you when you notice them in others. Of course, you are not so much annoyed with [...]

Episode 63: To Share or Not to Share Your Fragile Dream

Farnoosh — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:00:44 +0000

Grabbed your own copy of the Rumi inspiration photography book yet? Welcome back to Episode #63 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s podcast asks you a deep question: Should you or should not share your fragile dream with others? I have written about how dreams have no age limit, you must not let such things [...]

A Gallery of Inspiration from Rumi: Why Love Is the Way

Farnoosh — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:48:12 +0000

You were born with wings; why prefer to crawl through life? ~Rumi Grab your Rumi: A Photographic Gallery of Inspirational Quotes for FREE on Amazon both on Sunday Sept. 30th – Rumi’s 805th birthday – and on Monday Oct 1st. Read it on your Kindle Fire, iPad, iPhone, or computer with a FREE Kindle Reading [...]

Episode 62: 8 Success Mindsets for Employment vs. Entrepreneurship

Farnoosh — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:16:41 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #62 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic 8 Success Mindsets for Employment vs. Entrepreneurship. Before you learn the tools and techniques of the trade in each place, you need to have the right frame of mind, the right way of thinking, the perspective and viewpoints that are going to make [...]

A Dog’s Journey into “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London

Farnoosh — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:28:09 +0000

Why I Read The Call of the Wild Well, it’s a brilliant classic by Jack London and the main hero is a dog by the name of Buck! Who doesn’t love classics or dogs? I felt that on a miniscule scale, I could relate to Buck in his departure from the comfortable life to follow [...]

Episode 61: How to Turn Off the Negative Self-Talk

Farnoosh — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:20:17 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #61 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic How to Turn Off the Negative Self-Talk and how to return to a more positive and harmonious state. This is inspired by dear Jennifer who sent in a request asking my thoughts on how we can remove negative self-talk and self-sabotage when you [...]

On Minimalism & Being Happy: Tammy Strobel’s “You Can Buy Happiness”

Farnoosh — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:13:42 +0000

“If you want to be happy, be.” ~Tolstoy Happiness. Oh that elusive, fleeting sensation that we constantly yearn for, wonder about, discuss ad nauseam, search and find only to lose again. In the end, there is one thing we may all be able to agree on when it comes to the state of happiness: Happiness, [...]

Episode 60: Dealing with Shame to Shine with Vulnerability

Farnoosh — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:00:14 +0000

Today’s topic is How to Deal with Shame and Shine with Vulnerability. When I was attending WDS conference in July, I was ridiculously inspired by Dr. Brené Brown and her research on shame and vulnerability, two human emotions that every single one of us experiences without exception. Yet, two emotions that hardly make the cut [...]

17 Business Lessons from a Conversation with Jackie Chan

Farnoosh — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:53:31 +0000

A Conversation with Jackie Chan at TIFF 2012 We are back for the 4th year in a row to the Toronto International Film Festival, baby. Oh time, why dost thou fly? I still remember the 2009 TIFF films like it was just a week ago! This year’s highlight so far was A Conversation with Jackie [...]

What Tolstoy Shows About Life in “The Death of Ivan Illyich”

Farnoosh — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:00:57 +0000

“People have frequently complained about the manner in which death interrupts life.” ~Tolstoy I read The Death of Ivan Illyich not only because it is the work of brilliant Leo Tolstoy, a genius whose every prose cuts through my heart, but also because Dr. Wayne Dyer once said that reading this book at 19 completely [...]

Episode 59: 12 Steps to Master Your Time and Energy

Farnoosh — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:00:16 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #59 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is 12 Steps to Master Your Time and Energy. Time management is not half as useful if you don’t take your energy into account. Today, I give you 12 ways on how to not manage but MASTER your time and your energy and [...]

21 Questions: Is Self-Employment Right For You?

Farnoosh — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:15:52 +0000

Why I Chose Self-Employment over Being an Employee Are you meant to work for yourself or for someone else? Would the lifestyle and working style of self-employment fit you or undo you? Or would you be your happiest as a stellar employee for your favorite company? Much like getting married, having children, or traveling the [...]

Episode 58: How to Get Over Your Money Stigma to Create Real Wealth

Farnoosh — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:48:45 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #58 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is How to Let Go of Your Money Stigma and Start Creating Your Wealth. This topic was inspired by my fabulous students of the Smart Exit Blueprint, who are going through the ultimate personal challenge: facing their relationship with money, and understanding themselves [...]

The Only 100 Positive Affirmations You Will Ever Need

Farnoosh — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:08:15 +0000

Growing Up without Positive Thinking Why are these simple messages of truth that can change our lives so hidden in the culture and the environment that raises us? Why do we have to discover these affirmations by accident and feel like we have found a new gold mine whereas almost all of it is found [...]

Episode 57: Dreams Have No Age Limit

Farnoosh — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:31:25 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #57 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is Why Dreams or Passions Have No Age Limit. This is in response to a long-time listener, Steve Walker, and I thank him profusely for sending a topic request. You can do that by leaving a comment below for future podcasts. As for [...]

Chris Guillebeau Inspires Us with “The $100 Startup”

Farnoosh — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:04:21 +0000

Why You Should Read The $100 Startup The cover of my generous free copy of The $100 Startup reads: Reinvent the way you make a living, Do what you love, and Create a new future. If I had read those words even 2 years ago, they would have meant little to me. Reinvent it how? [...]

Episode 56: 3 Reasons to Invest in Yourself

Farnoosh — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 08:55:29 +0000

Welcome back to Episode #56 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is 3 Reasons to Invest in Yourself. As you may know, we are in the midst of registrations for the last offering of the Smart Exit Blueprint so if you want in, you gotta grab your seat now. During my Q&A calls, this [...]