Women With Balls...in The Air With Casey Destefano

Welcome to Part 2! I’m trying to change the stigma around failure and let you know its ok to fail as long as you try really hard not to! This week we go further to change your mindset into believing that failure rocks! We: 1) Discuss what failure really is & why it's so important. 2) Understand what a great teacher failure can be. 3) Share valuable tips learned from my big fat failure. Here's what's covered in today's episode: Part 2 of My Big Fat Hairy Failure:  When deep in the hole of failure, you still have to always be true to yourself.  If you're ever the winner on the side of failure, be gracious. Practice putting things into perspective quickly and effectively.   Good Luck!

Listen. Learn. Love thyself. Never fear your future again. Because failure is such a hot topic these days and so excruciatingly relevant, I decided to make this a 2 part series on the topic. So the goals of this episode and the next are: 1) Discuss what failure really is & why it's so important. 2) Understand what a great teacher failure can be. 3) Share valuable tips learned from my big fat failure. Here are some things that we covered: -Failure is what humans do best. -The failures make the wins feel really big. -Failure is necessary to achieve success. -My personal rule of thumb: "It's absolutely, undeniably ok to fail only if you tried really hard not to."

In this episode, I interview the owner of one of the mostsuccessful salons in all of Monmouth County New Jersey. SalonConcrete. She has become a leader within the professional beautyindustry AND is well know for her leadership and mentoring skills.These combined skills enable her to give back to her industry,nurture influential leaders, and help beauty professionals reachtheir highest potential. Not only does she run a booming business,not only is she a leadership expert, speaker and trainer, she is asingle mom with three kids. Please enjoy a very honest andinspiring interview with Christine Zilinski.

Listen. Learn. Love thyself. Never fear your future again.   In this episode we focus on how the rules and regs of keeping in contact with the people in your life AND how it’s good for the soul as well as good for your business. Life is about social connection and business is about networking. You must do both to survive.

Negotiating for your life will teach you a thing or two about the art of negotiation.    Boy do I have a story for you. Subscribe to listen to this weeks episode of "Women with Balls...in the Air" and experience first hand what it feels like to face off with an intruder in your home. I tell the story of when I was nose to nose with a burglar in my Santa Monica bungalow. It was one of the most dramatizing experiences in my life. Yet, I still learned a boat load from it. And this week I share it all with you...    I learned that negotiating is a natural way of our survival. It is in our genes.  It's been part of our life ever since we were babies. So with all the practice, how could we not be good at it? All we need to do is believe that we can.   In this weeks episode I will dive deep into the 5 golden strategies that I use while negotiating everything from a new SUV, a business deal, garage sales,...to saving my own life.   I love a good negotiation and my goal is to get you to love it too. We are always succ

Six simple steps on how to inspire yourself to start your next important endeavor. Learn from John Lee Dumas, Kate Erickson, Tim Ferris, John Acuff & Pat Flynn. You could be starting a new career, your own business or maybe even something as simple as work assignment or a home improvement project . The goal of this episode is to give you the power & knowledge to make a meaningful choice, and to get you off that procrastination can and just begin . To take that very first step…a kick start for the next project, or the next part of your life.    

Jessica Rhodes is the founder and CEO of Interview Connections, the premier source for Finding and booking outstanding podcast guests. Sheis the host of the hit weekly web TV show, Interview Connections TV, she’s the host of the Rhodes to Success podcast and she is the co-host of The Podcast Producers, a ten episode audio series selected by Apple as the “How to Podcast” show in iTunes. Jessica is married and is the proud mom to a very busy toddler named Nathan, and baby Lucy learn how she does it all!  

This episode was to enhance our communication skills and bring an onslaught of likability into our lives. We continued on with my experience on the set of The Departed with Matt Damon and Martin Sheen.

Understand the quiet giant named, Authenticity. And how being authentic can get your further in life and career much faster.    

Casey shares her experience with Martin Scorsese!

Entertaining business advice from a mother oozing with gumption.