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Monica Adams is a radio and television personality in St. Louis. After many years as a local newscaster on both Fox 2 and KSDK, she expanded her reach by adding podcasting and social media video content. She’s also a fitness trainer, life coach, and fashion consultant reachable at The Real Monica Adams website.
She talks to Cynthia about her early days as a goalie at Mizzou and the shocking way that her life took an unexpected turn. She covers her journey into broadcast journalism, and how it led to an even higher calling as a personal transformation consultant. Her words of wisdom will help anyone who wants to achieve greatness, no matter where they’re starting from.
1 – Intro 00:23
2 – Where Monica is from 01:49
3 – How did you get into this business? 02:37
5 – Transformation Journey Program 05:50
6 – College soccer background 07:17
7 – Dream to be a doctor, would you have suspected hospital error otherwise? 10:31
8 – Was this a higher power steering you? 12:41
9 – Transition out of newsroom 15:25
10 – Entertainment news 21:52
11 – Being intentional 27:14
12 – Impact of Negativity 30:10
13 – Why are people afraid to put positivity out there? 32:55
13 – Why is it so easy to give control away? 39:28
14 – Practicing the right positive habits 43:02
15 – the little things we wonder about? 46:32
16 – How do you stay real in the public 48:14
17 – Getting stuck in your head 51:08
18 – Strategies to be more positive 52:52
19 – Not retired just influencing on bigger scale 59:25
20 – Drive to pursue what you want 1:03:50
21 – Playing out the story without living it first 1:12:06
22 – Ripple effect of positivity 1:15:37
23 – Where can we find you 1:18:35
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“Young Shannon became an overachiever because she was a people pleaser. She needed to please others. And so that really developed in my adulthood as well. “
“They say, I’m still working 60, 80 hours a week. I got into this so I could pick my kids up from school and so I could attend their soccer games that are after school and I haven’t been able to attend one. I got into this so that we could go on great family vacations. And I haven’t been on a vacation now in five years. More people are coming to us for those reasons…it’s the lifestyle sacrifices that are causing people more pain than taking home a paycheck that isn’t what they thought it would be.”
It’s not about me selling and, you know, me making money. It’s about you being satisfied and happy with what you want and what you need. And I’ve always had that kind of philosophy, and my dad had that, too. And people recognize you’re not in it for yourself, you’re in it for them. And you’re sincere, and it really goes a long way.
Leadership is not about the leader. And I equate this back to basketball. When you have coach or coaches, they can’t go out on the court and shoot the ball and dribble the ball and pass the ball. But coaches have to be really good at getting work done through others. And so from a leadership perspective, that’s how I see it. As a leader, I have to be really good at getting work done through others.
“Gallup just got done with their survey for 2022. They found 25% better profitability in companies that have great employee cultures. Because when you have happy employees, happy employees make your customers happy. Happy employees want to invite other people to come work at their company. Happy employees want to share their ideas to make the company better. All of a sudden, you’ve created this culture where people want to contribute, and that’s the reason we do what we do.”
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