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SPEAKER 03 : 1:04

Now, with the good news, here’s Angie.

SPEAKER 06 : 1:09

Hello there, friend. Angie Austin and Scott Montgomery. He is back. He is an author. He is a business owner. And we just, you know, find topics we find interesting that are in his area of expertise and have discussions. And welcome back to you, Scott.

SPEAKER 04 : 1:24

Oh, thank you, Angie. Angie Austin, I love this opportunity you give me. And to be with you on your show is so fulfilling for me. Every month we’re getting to do this, so I couldn’t be more grateful. And thank you for having me.

SPEAKER 06 : 1:34

I feel kind of like we’re fraternal twins. It’s so bizarre. It’s like we’re both happily married. We’re both about the same age. Our kids are exactly the same age. We each have three children. There’s a couple that already have their driver’s licenses. One’s getting a driver’s license. We have pets. We have rental properties. It’s like I run my own business. You run your own business. It’s just so crazy. It really is. It’s so nice. We found each other. Separated at birth. It’s just a crack up to me. I remember the first time we did an interview, and you’re like, oh, me too. Yeah, I got a fit. Oh, yeah, I got a 16-year-old. Yeah, I got a kid starting college. It was just like hilarious. All right, so you – my son started an internship this summer. We’re going to talk a little bit about your intern. I have a really great relationship with an organization here called ARC, and they deal with people with – cognitive deficits, developmental disabilities, and so Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, etc. And when my friend started as the president and CEO about 20 years ago, around the time just after his son was born who has Down syndrome, He left the big business world that you’re in, and he’d gone to Booth Business School. I’m one of the top business schools in the country. And he said, you know what? I’m going to devote my life now to doing things that will help my son and people like him. And they went from having five ambassadors who are differently abled to over 500. And my son was working for them in a different capacity. And he met with the president and CEO and said, I’m really interested in finance. I’d love to go to your same business school for my MBA. And then he called me back. He’s like, I just wanted to shadow him for a day. And he gave me an all summer internship paid to be to work in finance and all that. He’s gone to all their big meetings. He gets to present with like the head of finance and other department heads. He gets to give his fee because he’s worked in the stores. He’s worked in the cash register. He’s a thrifter, as you know, so he has his own business. So he knows how their POS system works. He knows about the pricing of other thrift stores and how they price. So it’s been so cool for him. And so many of the people that I know in the organization have reached out to me like, oh, your son is great. He’s really meshed with us. And I’m like, this is a dream come true for a kid. That experience for him, and he’s hoping to do it every summer, is so invaluable, I can’t even tell you.

SPEAKER 04 : 3:54

Yeah, no, you just did tell me, and I feel that passion, and I understand exactly what you’re saying. And it’s amazing for me to hear what you’re saying about the opportunities kids get to actually learn leadership at an earlier age, right? So a lot of what I like to do in my passion projects and in my leadership development piece is, Is, as you know, I wrote the book and I’ve done a companion guide, but I like to pay it forward with opportunities for people to exercise how to be better leaders. Right. So today we were talking a little bit like we said right there.

SPEAKER 06 : 4:25

Learn leadership. They’re not just in there being like a cog in the machine. They’re learning how to properly present ideas, how to make those ideas come to fruition, to ask for extra responsibilities, to say, hey, Scott, I know I’m your intern, but could I head up such and such? Like my son’s had some like Excel projects that were like in the IT department where they’ve allowed him to like work alongside them and do things that really like he’s benefiting them rather than being just like this pain in the rear kid that’s shadowing you.

SPEAKER 04 : 4:56

Well, that’s the thing, and that’s the thing I think where I was also – we had talked a little bit about how do leaders make themselves available. If they’re busy during the day, internship is the first thing that comes to mind for me as an owner of a firm. The interns come in, and I’ll actually allocate an hour of time with them. to talk about various subjects that are related to leadership and not task-oriented work like you’re talking about, right? You’re not going to be a cog in the wheel, but I say to them, it’s noted that you come in 10 minutes early. It’s noted that you tucked in your shirt and that your belt is looped in and that you look nice. It’s noted that you’re making eye contact with me. And in return, you get the opportunity to meet my CFO, meet my CHO. You get to work in these other departments, and then you have a resume build. And you are seeing how I respond to you, so you’re better at communicating when it’s not me you’re working with in the future. You’re learning the nuances.

SPEAKER 06 : 5:47

It’s so interesting that you’re saying about – you have the shirts tucked in, that you’re shaved, that you look – because Bea initially told our son, you know, maybe – it’s not fancy in the office – maybe a polo shirt, you know, a golf-type shirt and khaki pants, right? Yeah, that’s what I’m wearing right now. And then my son has an earring, which I’m not a fan of, but it’s a thing for the young guys now. And he took it out. And one of the bigwigs there said, hey, you don’t need to take out your earrings. I don’t know. My parents said they do that. They’re not they’re not into tattoos and earrings, which he doesn’t have any tattoos. But we wanted to address a certain way. And in this organization, he started that way. But they actually told him, hey, that’s not how we operate here. Don’t worry about that. You can wear jeans and see you, you know, you know, college sweatshirt from your school. That’s fine. you know clean hair combed you know um you know shave a cleanly you know clean shave but you know the other stuff they’ve let him be more relaxed but that you just reminded me to remind him that hey by the way you might have to change your manner of dress depending on the organization well and the fact that the leadership told him is exactly the thing that i think is what

SPEAKER 04 : 7:02

We were going to try and talk about today, and that is how do the leaders make themselves available, right? So first of all, give the instruction. Second of all, pay attention to the new guys that might not know what’s going on. And third of all, the culture of an earring or not or a tattoo or not spelled out for these guys is such an important skill a leader of an intern can bring to that future generation. Because whereas I’m in a polo shirt and khaki pants right now, I also have a quarter sleeve tattoo that is literally showing. In my organization, that’s how we roll. If your shirt was untucked and you weren’t shaven and you looked disheveled, it only is made worse by that versus – art and style and earrings. Does that make sense?

SPEAKER 06 : 7:45

Yes. And like you said, the fact that it was presented, if we, okay, if you have an intern and he or she is coming in saggy pants, you know, no belt flip-flops or the male and like way too much. And I, you know, people are going to say, oh, you’re a sexist Angie, but you know, too much cleavage at work, you know, dressing in a manner that’s maybe distracting for what you’re trying to do. Maybe you’re in customer service and, And people are like, whoa, what is that lady wearing? I’m not saying that once you get established – like I think of Erin Brockovich and how she worked alongside an attorney and then eventually she was taken seriously. But initially people are like, what on earth are you wearing? You look like you could be working as an adult dancer. You know what I mean? Right. You have to earn the ability to dress the way you completely want to. And the business sets the tone. And so you have to go along with whatever the tone is of the organization until you’re running the place and you can dress however you want. Like we see billionaires now wearing flip flops and shorts, but you have to read the room.

SPEAKER 04 : 8:48

Well, I think what we talked about, too, and one of the things I want to described for today’s conversation was how do leaders make themselves available, right? So we’re talking about the duty of a leader trying to be a mentor, trying to be a coach, trying to lead by example. And so whether it’s flip-flops or not, one of the key things you said was that leadership told your son, you don’t have to take out the earring. That’s an opportunity for the culture and the mentoring and the coaching and the how do you make yourself available to the next generation. Don’t overlook that as a leader of an organization, These are key skills and needs that these guys have. So whether or not you’re putting in or taking out your earring, the communication of leadership to the next generation can be found easily in an internship. There’s also clubs. There’s also ways to go to like the Boys and Girls Club of America and sign yourself up as a mentor. And there’s different programs companies can execute and initiate on. There’s my guidebook, my companion guide, my how did you get here book. There are different ways that people can do this. But I think Sometimes leaders get a little overwhelmed. Well, how do I lead if it’s not just task and work oriented, like spreadsheet based work? And you just had some perfect examples on small talk. Make yourself available. Say the culture. Express the culture. Don’t be passive aggressive and don’t just assume it’s understood. And people like you and me who might lean a little more conservative on their appearance, right? Like I know I’m artsy and I have my tattoo, but I would never do that if I went into a client site. That that might be more the norm of the next generation. And you and I might have a little learning to do there. But saying and talking about it is the leadership. It is where you can start to pay it forward.

SPEAKER 06 : 10:31

And, you know, I think about, you know, the sometimes perceived hassle of having a younger person in the workplace who’s shadowing you or you’re doing an internship. First of all, a kid needs to say what they’re capable of and I can handle more so that they become invaluable. Like a lot of news interns did that for me where they ended up working them up the ladder because they were so awesome. And then there were some I couldn’t wait to get rid of. And also, though, that we as the potential leaders… need to take on that little bit of hassle like we might you know it’s our responsibility to mentor you know the next generation of leaders so it might take a little bit of extra time and then when you if you are the kid the intern and you’re given a difficult assignment like my son was given a pretty intense excel project he stayed really late doing that so he stayed like eight or ten hours that day and worked on that and his shift per se and his internship is four hours and So it really, you know, go above and beyond to show them that you’re the type of employee either they want to hire or that they’re going to give a really great, you know, reference for when the time comes.

SPEAKER 04 : 11:41

Exactly. And so I have an intern that I just hired, actually. They started Monday this week. And it’s to your point about having the kids in the same age group. It’s one of my son’s college friends. And so he was looking for a more satiating job than he had for the summer. The hours he was working were getting reduced. I own a company. I see it as an opportunity to run him through my program, my leadership development book, and my companion guide. And I also took a shine to him as my son’s friend. And one of the things we’re doing, and we did it today, we went over his assignment. His first assignment is to read my book. And in the chapters of the book, the way I laid it out, are the leadership skills that I have proven to be trained on as a leadership coach with the International Coaching Federation. It’s what I’ve experienced as a business leader. It’s what I developed as my sort of guideline to good leadership, goal setting, habits, leadership development, communication, self-care. And so his assignment is to read the book. And we are then to go over the book chapter by chapter for an hour every day that he works on the internship here in the office. So today we went over chapter one. And I said to him, what comes up for you as we talk about the different styles of partnership one might encounter? And he said, well, I couldn’t figure out the difference between a kite and a string, the way you define your relationship and partnership. And I said, well, one’s a visionary and one’s more of a task-oriented type person. So what I want for you is to be aware of the difference and decide which is your preferred style. And then look for what complements that. And our work here is done. And it was so fulfilling for me, and it was so clear-headed for him because he was trying to answer, it was a little bit of both. And I’m like, no, no, we are all a little bit of both. This isn’t a test question. This is about awareness. This is about figuring out what kind of partner you want to be in relationships going forward if you’re interested in being a leader either at a development level or as a CIO or CEO of an organization. And so for me as a mentor and a leader, I really get excited about the opportunity he’s providing me to be able to do this. And I know our goal today was to say to the leaders out there that are interested in doing it, look at how interesting that opportunity is. And it’s in my lap when I come to the office.

SPEAKER 06 : 14:02

And I love it that you are going through your book, and so people can find that and maybe read it themselves. Give us the info where we can find that.

SPEAKER 04 : 14:15

Absolutely. So my book and my companion guide and my availability, my coaching, all that is available through HowYouGoThere.com. And we’ve got email addresses. We’ve got links to the book, links to the podcast, links to the audio book, my companion guide, and how to sign us up for workshops there. It’s all in there, and you can get all or some of it. And I think the book is a great place to start for people to put context around the topic.

SPEAKER 06 : 14:39

Excellent. Thank you, Scott Montgomery. Thank you so much.

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Berthod’s dialed in to the mighty 670. Hey, it’s Angie Austin with the good news. Thought I’d throw out this segment with some actual good news. You know, sometimes we don’t think we can make a difference. The power of one, though, like we can make a difference on our own. And sometimes there’s things like the prison system. We know they’re broken or maybe something going on in our political system. We know it’s broken, but it just keeps going on year and year, year after year after year. And we’re like, wait, this is broken. Why do we keep doing this like this? Why is the prison system still failing? You know, when inmates get out, We don’t have a great system oftentimes to reintegrate them into society. And so the recidivism rate is oftentimes much higher than we’d like it to be, depending on the program they come out of. Well, listen to this. This is a collaboration between a charity, formerly incarcerated men, and currently incarcerated women and a design firm that makes furniture, specifically tables. So how does this all come together? Well, the men who are now out of prison, and some of them were homeless and are no longer homeless, they’re trying to create jobs for them, right? So these men, former inmates… X cons are making tables. And when I say tables, really high end designer tables, like one of them, $750, like a little side table that you put like in your living room, but super cool. Okay. And they’re designed by women currently in prison. So you’ve got the men out of prison. the women in prison and then a design firm and a charity. So the design firm is leading the projects of actually teaching the women how to design the tables while they are in prison. And then they’re leading workshops to treat the formerly to train the formerly incarcerated men train. That’s what I’m looking for. Not treat to train the formerly incarcerated men, formerly homeless men, how to actually make these tables because they’re high end designer. So it’s a collaboration between a charity and, What does the charity do? The charity helps the women in prison when they get out of prison, helps them to find homes, helps them to find jobs. Okay, so we’ve got it all together. You’ve got inmates who are women, former inmates who are men who are making the tables, the charity helping the women in prison when they get out to get homes and jobs, and then the design firm that’s kind of heading all this up. and they share over 50% of the profits with the charity. So they’re designing these Japanese-style, using traditional Japanese woodworking techniques, end tables, and they are super cool. And so how did this all – it’s like a cycle of renewal from discarded materials – They find new purpose for this old wood to the people then rebuilding their lives, the men who are building the table, to the women who will then in the future be rebuilding their lives all through the proceeds. And Deanna Van Buren is the founder of Designing Justice Plus Designing Spaces. It’s an architecture, real estate, and design firm that advocates to an end to the current prison system while they’re actively envisioning a replacement for that system. So they’re trying to figure out something that will work better in that system. She uses her background as an architect to lead design workshops inside prisons to help train the women how to design these tables. And for the table, they partnered with former. It’s a wood shop and furniture outlet. And then they’re staffed by marginalized members of society, including formerly incarcerated people, formerly victims. Homeless men, former gang members and former soldiers who can’t find work. How cool is that? And all their products are using reclaimed wood from like condemned urban trees or construction waste, demolished buildings, old buildings that they’ve just torn down. The design for the table was drafted by the women in prison. and then built by the studio former with the marginalized citizens in San Francisco. I know that’s a lot of info, but basically it’s like former inmates helping current inmates so when they get out, they’ll have a life. The premium model is $795, and then they have the basic model that’s $495. And again, former is F-O-R-M-R, not the former. Full word, O-R-M-R. And then the design firm is Designing Justice and Designing Spaces. So I just thought that was just a totally cool thing that they’re doing to make our prison system better. That’s good news. All right, changing gears now. What do we have for you? A little nutrition. And some sports, too, how to fuel yourself for sports. Pickleball is the country’s fastest-growing sport that has increased 311% in popularity over the last three years. I mean, that is a huge increase in popularity. Are you kidding me? And it’s part of an industry that is worth more than $1.3 billion. And if you’re not a pickleball player yourself, chances are you know one. This addictive hybrid of tennis and ping pong is enjoyed by athletes all over the world. And if you would like to know how to fuel yourself well for that game or any other sports game that you’re interested in playing, then we have the woman for you. Sports dietitian Dawn Jackson Blattner is here to discuss how to fuel our body for a day on and off the court. Welcome, Dawn.

SPEAKER 05 : 21:08

Oh my gosh, thanks so much for having me. It’s interesting, you have a pickleball court by you. That’s what got me into it, too, is that pickleball courts were built right by me, and I was like, well, you know what, maybe I’ll give it a shot, and I can see why everybody loves it.

SPEAKER 06 : 21:21

You know, I think it’s cool, too, when I travel, I see a lot of these courts where people have – they put their, like, racket up on the fence. And then, like, when your turn comes up, you just play whomever, you know, comes up next. And they have groups. And it just looks so fun to me. And the people that were older that were playing were so fit. And I’ve got athletes, one that’s going to – and a volleyball scholarship for college, a basketball player that’s getting some interest, and then a 20-year-old son that just needs to eat better for, to be honest with you, I’ve told him every day, for his skin. They don’t realize how important it is to fuel their bodies properly, not just for the athletics, but overall health.

SPEAKER 05 : 21:59

Oh, you’re so right. You’re so right. And what I love about what you mentioned is really why it’s the phenomenon that it is in America is that there’s people of all ages and abilities on those courts. You know, it’s pretty easy to pick up. There’s not that much equipment. It’s so social, and really anybody could give it a shot. And the nutrition piece is a piece that a lot of people do forget, that if you are looking to feel better in your life or in a pickleball game or match, nutrition, what you’re eating, it matters. It matters.

SPEAKER 06 : 22:28

Let’s talk about fueling. I just saw a video last night with a nutritionist talking about fueling before the workout and after the workout and what you should eat and how you break up your proteins or whatever. Let’s talk about how you should fuel yourself before and after a match.

SPEAKER 05 : 22:45

Yes. You know what? I love to give you an example because I created these recipes for pickleball players, but it could be for anybody who’s active. And I can outline how it would work. So before you go, I made a recipe called protein cookie bites. They’re so fun. They’re so easy to make. But why they work is because they have this two to one ratio of carbs and protein. So the carbs get you fueled up. The protein keeps you energized. And so that’s like a great little thing to have 30 to 60 minutes before you’re going to be active. Then while you’re being active, don’t forget to hydrate, please. Hydration with water, but I also make a DIY sports drink with orange juice, water, and a pinch of salt.

SPEAKER 06 : 23:25

I love that.

SPEAKER 05 : 23:27

Yeah, it’s what you’re losing in sweat, so it really is a nice break from just plain water, too. So that’s during you’re really thinking about hydration. And then afterwards, I mean, your body just worked for you. You want to thank it with not only protein. A lot of people know you’re supposed to have protein afterwards. But it’s really a balanced meal. And so the recipe I created for after is called a crispy quinoa omelet. And omelets are any time of the day you could have it. And it’s great because it has 20 grams of protein, 20 grams of carbs, which is your body needs it. Plus there’s some spinach in there. It’s really a great balanced meal. And both of those recipes I gave, the protein cookie bites and the crispy quinoa omelet, I make them both with Eglin’s best eggs. And there’s a real big reason why I do that. It’s because Eglin’s best eggs have six times more vitamin D. They have 25% less saturated fat. They have more than double the omega-3 and B12 compared to ordinary eggs. And these are all nutrients. athletes, but anybody really needs to be healthy.

SPEAKER 06 : 24:25

You know, I have to be honest with you, I didn’t care how much eggs went up in price. They are, we have 18 packs, 12, 12 and 18 packs. I mean, sometimes I even buy flats. I buy as many as I can get at the store. These are the family of six. It’s such a perfect protein to me. And you can do so much with them. You know, the French toast, you can put it in. We just used five of them yesterday for two pumpkin pies. I mean, they, they could be added to so many things to increase the protein. And why, why are egg glands best, better? Like why, why do they have more of all of that?

SPEAKER 05 : 24:59

Yes, a couple of things. So the first thing is I’m going to need your address because those pumpkin pies sound delicious. I need to come over right away. I had it for breakfast. Eggs really are this great buy for nutrition, and not just any egg. These Eggland’s Best eggs have more nutrition than an ordinary egg, and the reason why is because the Eggland’s Best hens are actually fed a more nutritious diet. They have an all-vegetarian feed of healthy grains and canola oil and a supplement of rice bran and alfalfa and sea kelp and vitamin E. So when these hens are eating better, they actually produce better eggs. And so that’s why they have more nutrition compared to ordinary eggs.

SPEAKER 06 : 25:40

Yeah, they’re eating nutritious foods and then therefore we are as well. It completely makes sense. All right, what about any other ideas for quick snacks or anything that’ll help us, you know, maybe increase our fitness level or our goals this summer?

SPEAKER 05 : 25:56

Yeah, those two recipes that I created, really with pickleball in mind, but really any summer activity, I got to just really encourage people to try them because the protein cookie bites are minimal ingredients. It’s Eggland’s Best Eggs, a little nut butter, maple syrup, protein powder, some rolled oats, of course some chocolate chips in there because it’s a cookie bite. And then you just mix it up and bake it for like eight minutes at 350. And these are legit going to give you energy but also help your brain focus with whatever you’re doing. And if you’re a real person who wants to be social, you can bring some with and share, and everyone will be your best friend because these protein cookie bites are great. And then an omelet, that crispy quinoa omelet I was talking about, really easy to make. And when you’re home from any activity you’re doing, whether it’s a walk, a bike ride, a jog, or a pickleball, You want something quick because you’re actually hungry, and so that’s a great one to try for after.

SPEAKER 06 : 26:47

All right. In terms of this contest you have going on, can you tell us about that? I was reading about it. What’s the deal?

SPEAKER 05 : 26:56

Oh, this is such a cool contest. So here’s what’s happening. Eglin’s Best has signed on as the official sponsor of Lifetime Pickleball. So as all of this fun is going on, Eglin’s Best said, okay, I’m going to run the Pickleball Power-Up Sweepstakes. So this sweepstakes is… The details are right now through July 15th. Fans can enter daily at ebfamilysweets.com. There’s no purchase necessary, and there’s a chance to win incredible prizes, like the chance to win the grand prize, which is $5,000, an exclusive lifetime pickleball gear, EB merch, a three-month supply of Eggland’s Best Eggs, and that’s the grand prize. But even every single week, there’s a chance to win other prizes like grocery gift cards and swag and even so much more.

SPEAKER 06 : 27:38

All right, I want to make sure we know where to go again to repeat the website for the recipes.

SPEAKER 05 : 27:44

Yes, thank you. The Protein Cookie Bites and Crispy Quinoa Omelet Recipes and your chance to enter this awesome sweepstakes all at ebfamilysweep.com.

SPEAKER 06 : 27:55

All right, I have to take this opportunity, Don, because I’ve been doing news for 30 years on TV and radio, and I love to find out why people have a passion for what they do. And I know you wrote The Superfood Swap and The Flexitarian Diet, and I always call myself a flexitarian. And my dad told me he was a vegetarian. I saw him eating meat. I’m like, bro, you are a flexitarian. And so then he forgot I told him that, and he said he invented it. And I’m like, Dad, I know you’re losing your memory, but you did not invent the flexitarian.

SPEAKER 05 : 28:26

I love it. I mean, it’s a flexible vegetarian. And I came up with that, you know, years and years and years and years and years ago because of exactly how your dad was eating. is I was like mostly a vegetarian, but then I would eat like hot dogs at a baseball game or turkey on Thanksgiving with my family. And I was like, oh, my gosh, I’m not a lazy vegetarian. I’m a flexible vegetarian. And so that’s where flexitarian came to be.

SPEAKER 06 : 28:47

I love that. And so how did you get into like how did you develop a passion for this? I know we’re almost out of time, but how did you get into this area of expertise?

SPEAKER 05 : 28:55

Okay, I’m obsessed with feeling good. I want to have enough energy so that I can work during the day and have fun. And so in my research, it’s like, yeah, you know, eating makes a difference in how you feel. So if you really do want to feel energized, you know, pay attention to what you’re eating. And so I just got really enamored with the idea of using food to feel good.

SPEAKER 06 : 29:13

That’s awesome. I found you on Instagram too, DJ Blattner. Appreciate you, Dawn. I love all the great info.

SPEAKER 05 : 29:21

Well, thank you so much. Happy summer. Happy pickleballing. Happy New

SPEAKER 03 : 29:27

Thank you for listening to The Good News with Angie Austin on AM670 KLTT.