Welcome to GSD Diaries (formerly Business Unveiled), where we share stories of transformation, resilience, and the pursuit of purpose. Join us as we travel the world, sharing insights from other cultures, highlighting wellness, and what it means to navigate the ups and downs in life and business. We'll uncover the truths behind living a fulfilling and impactful life. In this podcast, we highlight impactful leaders who have navigated change, wellness resorts and companies that prioritize heal ...
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Season Two is here! Welcome to the Unlocking Creativity podcast - a show that's all about ideas. How to have more of them, how to have better ones and how they can change our lives. My name’s Daniel Brookes and by day I’m a Television Producer whose job it is to come up with brand new shows and generally obsess about all things creative. Join me as I speak to trailblazers from the creative business worlds of design, film, fashion, TV, music, art, performance, tech, business, food and more. T ...
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Clint O’Rear, a leader amongst suppliers & retailers in the creative arts & home décor industries, hosts insightful conversations with other leaders and experts to share different insights and perspectives on the retail industry. In most cases the discussion will be related to the arts/crafts/creative/makers segment of retail.
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Embracing Change: Because There Is No Other Choice!
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If you're navigating a challenge such as cancer, take a walk and be inspired by Andrew's incredible journey and how he found resilience and joy amidst the turmoil. In this compelling episode of GSD Diaries, Andrew opens up about receiving a shocking truth about his cancer diagnosis and treatment. When he only thought a quick trip to the hospital th…
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Insights on Managing Chronic Illnesses {Entire Episode}
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In this episode of GSD Diaries, Angela Proffitt sits down with Adam Loeffler to share their personal journeys of overcoming life's obstacles and pursuing their true purpose. They dive into the significance of leaning on the right people and building meaningful relationships for personal growth and resilience. Adam and Angela also discuss the critic…
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Going From Overwhelmed to Purposeful and Happy
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Join Angela Proffitt and Deborah Vahle as they delve into the heart of balancing life and career in the demanding hospitality industry. This episode is filled with powerful insights on finding gratitude, shifting mindsets, and prioritizing relationships. Angela and Deborah share their personal stories of overcoming struggles, emphasizing the import…
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Welcome to GSD Diaries: Exploring Wellness, Resilience, and Purpose
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Join Angela Proffitt as she introduces our exciting new podcast series focused on personal wellness, transformation, and resilience, especially within the hospitality industry. In this episode, Angela shares the journey behind the podcast's evolution from Business Unveiled to GSD Diaries, the impact of wellness on success, and the importance of pri…
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Do you ever find yourself trying to fit into other people’s boxes? Instead of focusing on what makes you happy and lights you up, you are focused on how to make other people happy. That may be clients, family, friends… it seems like you always come last. Well I’m here to tell you from experience, when you live like you are the energizer bunny, even…
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How Accountability and Experience Drive Transformative Change
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I was honored to be interviewed by The Decision by EO Nashville podcast. If you have been a long term listener of Business Unveiled, you have heard me mention EO just a few times!! The Entrepreneur Organization is one of the best investments I have ever made as a business owner. The Decision by EO Nashville podcast was started by the EO Nashville c…
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Have you ever had a nightmare where you wake up in cold sweats in a panic totally disoriented? I’ll never EVER forget the first morning I didn’t show up for work…the night before I went to a Jessica Simpson concert. And let’s just say there were too many pitchers of margaritas ordered. Sooooo, you won’t be shocked when I tell you I forgot to set my…
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How to Use Your Story as a Tool for Business Growth
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What is your personal story? Have you thought about how it has shaped who you are as a business person? If not, it may be time to start uncovering it and how you can use your story as a tool for growth for your business. I am so excited to share today’s guest, Kay Cote, who I met at PodFest in Orlando of 2023. Kay is a podcaster and loves to dance,…
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Are you ready to take the plunge into entrepreneurship? Are you looking for the signs to get started? Starting a business is an exciting journey that comes with its own set of challenges, but you have to remember that nothing is impossible! I met today’s podcast guest recently at a 2 day workshop in Chelsea, Michigan at The Collins Off Main. Brenna…
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How To Know When It's Time To Change Careers
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We’ve all probably gone through a time when we feel like we want to change careers. The challenge is, how do you know if it's really time for a change? Change can be intimidating, and making a career switch can be daunting. However, if what you are doing isn't fulfilling your needs or providing value in your life, that just might be your sign that …
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Have you ever met someone who you immediately just click with? Well, that’s exactly how it went when today’s guest, Amy Collins, and I met at Wedding MBA in November 2022. Amy is the owner of Collins Off Main, a beautiful and unique venue in Chelsea, Michigan which is a city in the greater Detroit area. Since meeting we’ve planned and hosted a 2 da…
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As busy business owners and entrepreneurs we are running constantly. Am I right? We have our eye on the prize but sometimes our focus can be a little foggy. There are certain steps to the process when it comes to success, so are you focusing on the right things at the right time? A common myth we hear from business owners is that “word of mouth is …
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Stories from David & Adam Blumenthal covering 144 years and five generations of an iconic yarn brand in the creative industry. From how it got its name to what keeps it strong and growing. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Lion Brand has been around for 144 years Lion Brand was the sole supplier of yarn to Target for many years up until Target discontinued the catego…
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How Focus and Clarity Helps Your Business Grow
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Time moves fast and so do milestones. When was the last time you celebrated a milestone in your business? It’s so important to take note and take TIME to celebrate the journey. If you’ve been a listener for some time you may remember a very special guest, my brother, Robert Young, Owner of Covert Results. This year Covert Results celebrates 5 years…
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How valuable is your time? Many may say that their time is priceless, but have you broken down the real numbers to determine your ROT (Return on Time)? Time blocking is a process that has saved my business time and time again. It keeps me and my team organized and productive. Setting aside intentional time to Get Shit Done has fueled me in my life …
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How Timing is Everything When it Comes to Business
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Timing is everything. We all have a plan right? The way we think things are going to go. Whether it’s personal or professional, we all have a journey we are on and a path we have planned to take. But life is unpredictable and many times our path takes turns that we do not expect. How we respond to the unexpected is what determines our success in re…
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What is your bigger purpose? Have you really thought about it? I’ve noticed throughout my travels and experiences, that many times people tell me I’m their “first”. The first person who made them feel special and included. Yes, I put pressure on people to step out of their comfort zones, but that’s where growth happens! When you get uncomfortable y…
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Revisit Servant Leadership and Company Culture with Jim Iyoob
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When your company has a Dean of Leadership Development and twelve Character Commitments, you know they take servant leadership seriously. Jim Iyoob, Chief Customer Officer of Etech Global Services, shares the culture that began with a vision “to make a remarkable difference for each other” — clients, team members, and community. KEY TAKEAWAYS Etech…
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Do you remember your first time? Haha… I know what you’re thinking… that’s not what I mean. I’m talking about the first time you did something new! And what you learned from your experience. I recently traveled to the Atlanta Market to shop for a client and it brought back all the memories of the first time I went and let me tell you, I had no clue…
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How to Turn Your Passion into a Real Business
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Have you noticed how every day is full of surprises? Even though I live by my calendar, there is always something unexpected and new that happens! The universe brings us together in amazing ways. We’ve been focusing on lifelines lately (if you’ve listened to the past few episodes) and if you are a business owner, your brand story is a huge part of …
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What is Your Return on Time? Defining the 4 Phases to GSD
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If you’ve been a listener over the years you may have heard me mention the 4 Ps. These are the Phases of GSD, the pieces that every business needs to achieve success! This episode highlights a keynote that I delivered last year in Turkey that sums up the GSD phase of Processes and organizing your business into what I like to call “Time Pots”. Using…
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How it Went Making Memories with a Family Activity on Lifelines
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This podcast will be a little different…special...Real, Raw, BTS of how the family life line activity went… Yes….I’m:A few drinks inWalking at my Treadmill desk at 1am wearing arm weight And…it’s 1 am; so I Forgot to:put audio mic onturn background Music off, sorry in advance This is why sleep is important OH, a Heads up: If you are not watching th…
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How to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and Elevate Your Business
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Recently I had the most amazing experience in Egypt, and my friend Ramez Salama, co-founder of High End Journeys, is sitting down with me to talk about all things luxury travel and exclusive luxury experiences. High End Journeys is a boutique luxury travel agency, started by Egyptologists and best friends, Ahmed Aziz and Ramez Salama. Both share a …
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A look back at how Happy Customers + Happy Employees = Healthy Business
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Retail authority Michael Barker shares his philosophy on how Happy Customers + Happy Employees always leads to a Healthy Business [Podcast first published November 2021] KEY TAKEAWAYS Happy Customers + Happy Employees = Healthy Business If you reduce employee turn 20% you increase profits by more than 20% Happy employees make Happy customers AVID I…
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How to Trust the Process and Achieve Your Goals in Your Business
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Today’s guest and I go way back! Curry McDaniel Owner & Lead Designer of Curry & Co Events, LLC is joining us today and I’m so excited to share with you all the details of her journey and how she has trusted and achieved her goals! Sometimes you have to live it to know what it is like, it’s challenging and sometimes impossible to help someone under…
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How To Protect Your Business with the Top Legal Essentials
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Today's guest, Nancy Wood Stabell, is a business attorney with a focus on entrepreneurs and founders who are interested in scaling their business. I'm gonna be honest, before I got into the Entrepreneur Organization, I had no idea what that meant. So if you don't know… you don't know what you don't know. And that's okay! Nancy started her career in…
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Why Having a Solid Business Strategy is More Important Than Ever
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I'm so excited to share today's guest, Bree Carroll. She is a rockstar military spouse, and first and foremost we want to say a huge thank you to anyone that does service for our country. She's an event planner, a community builder, a speaker, she transforms spaces, and most importantly, hearts. Bree has a background in civil engineering, you heard…
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Breathing New Life Into History: Preserving Our Past For Future Generations
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Listen as we dive in to the experience of Chateau Challain! Our guest, Cynthia Nicholson's story is one of family and determination to restore history. The creation and development of Chateau Challain, one of the grandest private homes in the 19th century, was not an easy task, but with hard work and a talented international team of craftsman,Cynth…
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Taking a Look Back at How to Create Happy Employees Who Create a Happy World
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Garry Ridge, retired CEO of WD-40, is this amazing combination of a confident leader and a very humble servant who has led his tribe very well. Although he was in the oil products business, in this episode we talk about a lot of things that have nothing to do with oil but everything to do with how to grow your business and grow your people. [Podcas…
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How to use life’s challenges as motivation for success
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Today's guest requires no introduction if you tuned in to our previous podcast episode together, this is part two! As a business owner we are often pushed into being really uncomfortable. It's those uncomfortable situations where growth can happen. Johanna White is an award winning graphic designer and visual branding strategist who designs premium…
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Happy Thanksgiving!! I am SO thankful for YOU! Thank you for being here and for your support. This family activity is a great tool to lead to better communication and understanding of eachothers differences, as well as, helping you to be present and bring you closer together! If you try this with your family take a pic or video, post it and tag me …
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Well That’s a Wrap! And this is not just “a” tool you can use to impact your future. It’s THE tool to use to gain clarity on navigating change and what’s next for you. As we wrap up this lifeline series of Business Unveiled, we want to thank you for joining us (in the Bahamas!) on this journey as we share our experiences, why we think the way we th…
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The Importance of Staying True to Who You are and How You Want to Grow
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk about lifelines and what they mean as you grow and gain more life experience! Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics:- What life lessons teach us and allow us to grow - Al…
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How to Embrace the Steps Along Your Journey
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk about lifelines and what they mean as you grow and gain more life experience! Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics:- What life lessons teach us and allow us to grow- Alw…
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ETech’s commitment to servant leadership for the next generation of leaders
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As Dean of Global Leadership Development, Melissa Wood spearheads all learning and development business-building programs for Etech. She shares insights into the next generation of leaders and how you can build your personal leadership development program. KEY TAKEAWAYS John Maxwell had a tremendous influence on Etech and Melissa ever since he spok…
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk about lifelines and what they mean as you grow and gain more life experience! Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics:- What life lessons teach us and allow us to grow- Alw…
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You Grow as You Go - How to Build a Lifeline
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk about lifelines and what they mean as you grow and gain more life experience! Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics: - What life lessons teach us and allow us to grow- Al…
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Experiencing Growth Through Life's Lessons
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk all about lifelines and how life experiences shape who you are. Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics:- What life lessons teach us and allow us to grow- Life isn’t always…
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Worth It - Branding yourself for high dollar sales
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Have you ever struggled with faith vs. certainty? No matter what you believe, believing in something and believing it wholeheartedly can make all the difference when facing uncertainty. I am so excited to share today’s guest, Johanna White, Visual Brand Designer for Design by Jo Studio. She will be sharing her amazing story of faith and how she ove…
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Purpose and Insights from David and Adam Blumenthal
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Creating a more colorful, connected, comforting and caring world with yarn. KEY TAKEAWAYS Lion Brand has an amazing Purpose Statement with four key words Colorful Lion Brand produces high-quality, uniquely colored yarn that stands above the competition Connected Lion Brand stays connected to the craft and the community that the craft creates Comfor…
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Have you ever wondered what goes into destination planning? Sounds like a lot of fun, right? I certainly can be, but it’s also a whole lot of work! It is so different from any other type of planning. It’s important to have a structured process that can be implemented anywhere in the world! I’m so excited to share today’s guest, Kunal Laungani, Foun…
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk with a local who works at Rosewood resort in Baha Mar. He shares his experience as a native to the island and his top tips! Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics:- How to…
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. In this episode we talk about mapping out a life line. Have you thought about it? The life experiences and events that have gotten you to today? When you take the time to sit down and map out the crucial events of your life you ma…
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How to Build a Lifeline for You and Your Business
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Join Angela and Amanda as they travel to the Bahamas and share special behind the scenes stories and experience shares. Thank you Rosewood Baha Mar for the beautiful accommodations! Main Topics: - Always be kind- Mindset is everything- Anything can happen Key Takeaways: - Create an environment of flexibility and kindness- The golden rule!- Be the e…
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Producing the Next Generation of Leaders with Melissa Woods
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When employees and leaders choose to share their talent with your company, give them opportunities on their journey. Melissa Wood shares the 12 character commitments of Etech culture and the 5 Pillars of Education to produce the next generation of leaders. KEY TAKEAWAYS Etech has 12 character commitments for their company culture Humility Integrity…
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Conrad Punta de Mita
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We’ve all been there, a conference for weddings and events with speakers and booths and a ballroom style environment. This is all good and there is a place for it in the industry, but we are an industry of creatives… There HAS to be another way! I’m SO excited to share today’s guest, Chris Anderson, Director of Sales & Marketing at Conrad Punta de …
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Have you been thinking about starting a business but you aren’t quite sure how to take the leap? Deciding to make a big change like this can be daunting and may lead to alot of uncertainty. But when it comes down to creating the life you want it is all worth it in the end. Today’s guest, Nicole Riccardo, Founder and President of Nicole Riccardo Med…
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If you follow me on social media you may be wondering “Where in the world is Angela”? I have been all over the globe with my travel family, experiencing so many of the world’s wonders! On this podcast, along with Brian Worley and Monica Balli, I sat down with Arpita Gandhi in India to learn more about Indian culture. Listen in to learn more about t…
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Creating an International Event Certification
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This week on Business Unveiled, join me and my travel family members, Monica Balli and Brian Worley as we share IEC (International Event Certification). The aim of the certification is to create a proven professionality through international standards. Country Partners and Examiners with proven credibility and the highest professional standards fro…
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How to Elevate Your Business with Technology
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Have you ever wished that you could be in a space but you are just too far away? What if there was a way to save time and energy? What if i told you that there was an intelligent platfrom for augmented reality and virtual reality to bring your property for events anywhere in the world? Meet Monica Balli, I am so excited to have her as a guest on th…
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