1.Please explain more what you do.
I am raising awareness on PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury and CPTSD, and I am also a writer and amateur photographer.

2. What is your biggest life lesson?
My biggest life lesson is that no matter how rough or dark life gets you have to have faith and love in yourself that things will get better.  Remain humble and compassionate always because the situation could always be worse.  Give to others because there are those less fortunate than you.

3. What is your biggest achievement?
My biggest achievement was raising my kids with my ex husband.   My other biggest accomplishment is giving people that I meet hope about PTSD TBI or CPTSD.  In talking about this condition it will hopefully inspire others to come out and seek treatment or help.   It will raise awareness that Mental Health is important and affects everyone.  This condition can impair a person from enjoy daily life and cause isolation. 

4. How people can get in contact with you?
People can reach out to me by email at oneworldonepeopleone@gmail.com or by cell phone at (408) 438-0398.

1: Please explain more what you do. Currently I am a twice self published author with 2 books on kindle amazon (thawailnwall presents mind juice) with 3rd book coming out in the fall. I also am a 5 yr overcome of homelessness here in Dallas from which am now building a nonprofit to assist those in homelessness for which we are seeking board members. I also am an abstract artist.

2: What is your biggest life lesson?
​Striving through adversity. I struggle with depression and at times when things get heaviest I have to work my hardest to overcome my poor emotional state to find the positive in the situation.

3: What is your biggest achievement?
I have yet to have it.

4: How people can get in contact with you?
I can be reached by email @ popupshelterministries@gmail.com I am found on most social media under Thawailnall. Our organization can be found under Street Shelter Ministries.

1: Please explain more what you do. 
I use human behavior, business, and psychology to deconstruct and reconstruct things, so we can understand the world better and do better ourselves. I started a company 8 years ago to rethink the way businesses do marketing. And most recently I've released a book on how breakthrough teamwork works. 

2: What is your biggest life lesson?
My dad always taught us "people are more important than stuff." 

3: What is your biggest achievement?
Probably the new book, Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart. It was a herculean effort and an important topic for society, not just business.

4: What is currently the most challenging part of running your business?
Hiring the right people and getting them to work together in the right ways.

5: What was the biggest hurdle you had to overcome to get where you are now?
Lack of finances and connections, honestly. The uphill battle is less steep if you start off with more of those. :)

6: What is your favorite book?
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. That or the Tao of Wu.

7: If you could have anyone educate you who would it be?
Jacky Chan

8: What is your deepest regret?
I'd actually rather not answer this one in public. :)

9: What is your favorite podcast?
Reply All!

10: How people can get in contact with you?
shanesnow.com

11: What is your YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts?
@shanesnow on Twitter is the only one I really do a lot


12: Who inspires you on social media and why?
Kumail Nanjiani. He's hilarious and uses humor to address serious topics.

13: What is your favorite tech tool that you use in the your business?
Evernote, hands down!

14: How would you help people with disabilities?
Mental health is really important to me. I think sharing the stories of mental health challenges and how common it is is so important for people to reach out, get help, build community, and destigmatize diseases and disorders that are no one's fault.

15: What is the hardest part of your job that you have to face everyday?
The switching costs of too many disparate tasks, and trying to block out periods of time where I can do work in my zone of genius.

1: Please explain more what you do.
   I learned how to become financially free and earned enough money to travel the world for two years without working. Now I teach people to do the same
2: What is your biggest life lesson?
  Looking closely at American culture and having the ability to decode it
3: What is your biggest achievement?
  Having the courage to buy a one way ticket overseas
4: What is currently the most challenging part of running your business?
  The very erratic WiFi. Most of it is awful.
5: What was the biggest hurdle you had to overcome to get where you are now?
  Taking a path most people do not usually take. Going to travel and learn instead of work.
6: What is your favorite book?
  The Subtle Art of not giving a F@*k - Mark Manson
7: If you could have anyone educate you who would it be?
  I met a Jade carver in New Zealand that I want to learn from. Also my Muay Thai teacher.
8: What is your deepest regret?
  I should have appreciated my friends and family more before I left. I think I did, but not enough.
9: What is your favorite podcast?
  Right now. RadioLab
10: How people can get in contact with you?
  Instagram - nathan.wanders or nathan@oysteryourworld.com or patreon.com/oysterworldradio
11: What is your YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts?
  Above
12: Who inspires you on social media and why?
  Not a big fan of social media
13: What is your favorite tech tool that you use in the your business?
  Kyvio and keywords everywhere
14: How would you help people with disabilities?
  Help them realize how powerful they are. Something everyone needs to learn
15: What is the hardest part of your job that you have to face everyday?
  Which part of the world should I go next? :)

1: Please explain more what you do.

I have been a full time novelist for 10 years, and have been published since 2007. On June 5, my new novel, The Fractured, will be released. It is my 33rd novel.
2: What is your biggest life lesson?

The only way to make your dreams happen, is to put in the hard work.
3: What is your biggest achievement?

My kids!
4: What is currently the most challenging part of running your business?

Getting new readers, and getting the word out about my books.
5: What was the biggest hurdle you had to overcome to get where you are now?

I think the hardest thing was proving to myself that I could actually finish writing a novel. For years I would try, but I would abandon stories part way through. When I finally did finish a book, and knew I could actually get to the end, I was off and running. Now when I start writing a novel, I pretty much always finish it.
6: What is your favorite book?

It changes all the time. A couple of my favorites are 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Fever by Deon Meyer, The Martian by Andy Weir, The Stand by Stephen King
7: If you could have anyone educate you who would it be?

Interesting question…I don’t know if there’s any single person. I believe a good education is a well rounded one, that exposes you to various ways of learning and doing things. So I guess it would be a group of people, ones that believe in the joy of spreading education. I would really have to do some research to figure out who they were.
8: What is your deepest regret?

Pass on this one. Nothing huge, but I’m sure tons of small regrets. But while I believe one can’t forget their regrets, he or she should learn from them and move forward. Have I always been able to do that? No, but I try.
9: What is your favorite podcast?

I am a podcast-aholic. I listen to podcasts all the time. I don’t play the radio in my car, I listen to podcasts. So like with books and teachers, I don’t know if I could name just one. I’m a huge fan of history podcasts especially (but not exclusively)—Hardcore History and Revolutions are both amazing. American History Tellers, Tides of History, Business Wars, Slow Burn (about Watergate) all have me riveted. I also like Science Vs. and You Must Remember This and ID10T (formerly The Nerdist) and…well, I could go on for a while.
10: How people can get in contact with you?

The easiest way is through the contact page on my website: brettbattles.com/contact
11: What is your YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts?

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Author-Brett-Battles-152032908205471/
Instagram: ikstterb
Twitter: @brettbattles
12: Who inspires you on social media and why?

Lately I’m most inspired by some artists and photographers I follow on Instagram such as Joanne Nam (inlander), wikidcanvas, Brian Kesinger (briankesinger), Jason Scheirer (jasonscheierart), Steve Halama (steve3p_0), Natalie Nourigat (tallychyck), Agapito Doronio (thirdeyedea), Dawid Planeta (minipeopleinthejungle), paperandflower. 

13: What is your favorite tech tool that you use in the your business?

My laptop. It allows me to work anywhere.
14: How would you help people with disabilities?

As a parent of an adult child with Down syndrome, I don’t really think about “helping people with disabilities,” it’s just something you do naturally. That said, one of the most important things, I think, is only help as much as a person needs or wants you to help. People with disabilities are more than capable of doing many and sometimes most things themselves. They just might need a little more time. 
15: What is the hardest part of your job that you have to face everyday?

In the first year or two of being a full-time novelist, I would say it was motivation myself to get the work done, and staying on schedule. Now, I would say it’s doing the stuff outside of writing, like marketing and that kind of thing. It’s not something I enjoy, but it needs to be done

1: Please explain more what you do.

I am a pediatric psychologist, which means I work in a Children’s Hospital and help children with chronic medical illness, as well as with unique mental health difficulties. For example, Tourette’s Disorder, OCD, chronic pain, severe anxiety. 
 
2: What is your biggest life lesson?

I have 2. Be kind to others. Take advantage of opportunities coming your way. 
 
3: What is your biggest achievement?

I am most proud of my children. I have worked very hard to be a good parent. They are smart, kind, and admired by their teachers. I have a 15 y.o. son and a 13 y.o. daughter. 
 
4: What is currently the most challenging part of running your business?

Time! I never have enough time to do all the thing I want to do. I work a demanding job as a psychologist and three years ago I became an author, so time is a huge factor, especially when you balance parenting teens as well. I am chronically sleep-deprived. 
 
5: What was the biggest hurdle you had to overcome to get where you are now?

I am not a native English-speaker. I was born in Ukraine. I came to the US at the age of 17. Getting my Ph.D. in Psychology was a huge challenge due to language. Being an author is a huge challenge due to English not being my first language. 
 
6: What is your favorite book?

Jane Eyre is my favorite classic. Outlander is a book I often reread as Diana Gabaldon has such beautiful writing and I love time-travel. One Plus One by JoJo Moyes is a book I reread once a year because it makes me feel ridiculously happy. 
 
7: If you could have anyone educate you who would it be?

Margaret Atwood—I wish she could teach me writing J
 
8: What is your deepest regret?

Not starting to write sooner. I was hesitant to write because my English wasn’t perfect. I waited too long. 
 
9: What is your favorite podcast?

Bestseller Experiment. 
 
10: How people can get in contact with you?
 
I love being on social media. I am always on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. I have a website www.elenamikalsen.com
 
11: What is your YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts?

I am not on YouTube, but I am on Facebook as Elena Mikalsen Author, on Instagram as Mikalsen.writer and on Twitter as @WF_writerEM
 
12: Who inspires you on social media and why? 

Anyone who is reasonable and doesn’t join the mob mentality. I follow many accounts and I can’t say I have one favorite, but anyone who says intelligent things and doesn’t jump to conclusions gets a retweet. I am a big fan of Dan Rather. 
 
13: What is your favorite tech tool that you use in the your business?
 
My Apple laptop
 
14: How would you help people with disabilities? 

I work with people with disabilities every day. I am treating a child with cerebral palsy right now. He is suffering from intense anxiety while having medical issues in the hospital. I am fighting with the medical team to help recognize him as a normal teen rather than a person who is just his illness. 
 
15: What is the hardest part of your job that you have to face everyday?

Not enough resources for the families I work with. Stigma of mental illness. Not enough time to do the things I want to do. Not being able to bring enough attention to issues I care about. I just wrote a book about a rape victim and I can’t get an agent interested in it.