Never make a decision when you're Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired (HALT). Those amazing words come from our very special guest today Maika Leibbrandt. How did a 6th grade teacher set a long term direction for Maika? How does Maika promote "take stock in where you are and be the best of it"? What does the term "Pandemic Classroom" mean and how did it shape the future of one of the amazing voices of Gallup? All of these questions are answered in this episode and as a bonus, you also find out how intrapaneaurs and entraupaners work differently and how do the two things that strengths aware people happen:Have their strengths identifiedFind a difference maker who knows what those strengths and is challenging them to be betterStep on in, Maika is holding court.To contact Maika:https://www.hellomaika.com/Maikas Top 10 CliftonStrengths1) Strategic2) Positivity3) Woo4) Communication5) Ideation6) Connectedness7) Developer8) Activator9) Adaptability10) BeliefBill's Top 10 CliftonStrengths 1) Individualization2) Developer3) Activator4) Woo5) Restorative6) Empathy7) Harmony8) Connectedness9) Relator10) Learner Sarah's Top 10 CliftonStrengths 1) Positivity2) Woo3) Communication4) Harmony5) Activator6) Developer7) Input8) Individualization9) Responsibility10) Arranger Official Strengths On Fire Website: https://strengthsonfire.transistor.fm GET MORE FROM BILL AND SARAH:Bill's info: https://billdippel.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamdippel/https://www.instagram.com/billdippelcoach/Sarah's info:https://www.wearecollinsco.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahcoachcollins/https://www.instagram.com/sarahcoachcollins/Transcript:Bill Dippel (00:02.716)Sarah, and here we are!Sarah Collins (00:04.523)I am feeling great. Mr. Dippel how are you?Bill Dippel (00:08.801)I am absolutely fantastic. I've had a great preview to today. Last night I did some really fun stuff. Last night I think you did some pretty cool stuff. So what were you doing last night?Sarah Collins (00:20.081)Yes, I was at a local women in business event talking to 250 of Lincoln's best women in business. Not the best. I mean, I'm sure there's others that are good out there, but the ones that came out for it. were kicking off our rise season. do local programming through the Chamber of Commerce forWomen in business, just highlighting different education opportunities, networking. So I do a coaching community called Strong as a Mother, where we talk about CliftonStrengths and motherhood. I always do that for free for local women in our community over the summer. So I got to tell everybody about that and get them excited for it. So it was really fun. That sort of stuff gives me so much energy. And it sounds like you also had an exciting night with one of our past podcast guests.Bill Dippel (00:59.683)Yes. Yes.No.Bill Dippel (01:10.475)I did, I'm not super fueled by 250 people, a little more intimate than that, but fantastic evening. do, I want those deep relationships, right? So one of our past episodes, Matt MacGyver, one of our really good episode, one we've got a lot of good download and feedback on, Matt and I, Matt being a professional photographer in town, we have been...Sarah Collins (01:16.915)Yeah, good thing you have that relator. Mm-hmm. That's right.Bill Dippel (01:35.735)threatening to go out and do photography together. I'm a so-so photographer at best. Pretty good. I have more money than since at times in my life. So I bought all the gear and now I got to figure out how to use it. And Matt and I went out after hours last night, late night, not late, but after the sun went down and did a lot of night and motion photography in the middle of downtown Reno and a lot of the neon and cars blazing through some beautiful structures and just a beautiful.Sarah Collins (01:44.158)YeahSarah Collins (01:47.967)Yeah.Bill Dippel (02:05.017)Beautiful night. It stayed out for like five hours and just had a blast. And. I gotta I gotta up my photography game, you know, as I'm as I keep moving and doing stuff, because I love I love the art expression part. I have some photography in my house that I did that I love it when I can say I actually can tell you everything about that photo and that I took it so and then tonight tonight I'm going.Sarah Collins (02:06.603)Look at that.A man with a hobby. Gotta love it.Sarah Collins (02:25.973)Mm-hmm. Yeah.Bill Dippel (02:34.041)This is another client of mine. He hasn't been on the podcast yet, but as we as we build out his team, we'll bring him on. He has a side hustle out of his main job where he groomed snow up at Lake Tahoe on the ski resort. And he was like, hey, I'd love to have people ride along. Come on up. And I said, well, I'd love to do it. That's amazing. And he's like tomorrow. I was meeting him Thursday. So today I'm heading up. So.Sarah Collins (02:47.421)Ugh.Sarah Collins (02:57.161)Wow. Look at you. Honestly, the things that a person can do when they don't have small children, I mean, ...
