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Karen Chant, Licensed Real Estate Agent at Bob Berry Real Estate, talks about her start in the real estate industry, how burnout impacted on her career, why striving for success at your own pace is better than comparing yourself to the rest, how she implements a goals grid and finding a work-life integration that works best for her.

Vinh Giang, entrepreneur, keynote speaker and magician, talks about how he transitioned from being a magician to a professional speaker, building his brand in the USA, the power of learning improv on one’s confidence, life lessons from his family, how COVID impacted his business and how he plans to future-proof his career. 

Justine McDonald, Finance Specialist at Nectar Mortgages, talks about transition between 3 different careers, her experience with losing career confidence, how she rebuilt her self-worth, her tips for investing and what she would and wouldn’t do again, and and her thoughts on the current market.

Louisette Geiss, Co-Founder of RWIRELA, women’s rights advocate, Sales VP, and former producer, actress, writer and director, talks about the recent financial ruling against Weinstein, what being on the other side of this ruling is like, how COVID has impacted herself and the real estate market in the USA, maintaining a positive outlook and her upcoming project that’s in the works.

Chris Helder, international keynote speaker and best-selling author, talks about moving to Australia for his start in real estate, how he transitioned to speaking and training, the process behind writing his best-selling books, how he has helped businesses with their challenges during COVID-19, what his own obstacles were when it came to travel for work, and his tips for shifting your chaos thinking to useful thinking.

Amy Young, Principal of Laing+Simmon Young Property in Avalon, talks about her foray into real estate as a personal assistant, the crucial feedback that determined her beginnings in business ownership, the challenges she faces around anxiety when it comes to doorknocking and what it’s like working with her husband in a paperless and work-from-home real estate office.

Jillian McGrath, Real Estate Mentor and Sales Agent at McGrath Manly, talks about what it was like transferring her skills to real estate in her 50s, the benefits of using a vision board for goal-setting, the important of authenticity in creating connections, and how she has been helping her industry and the wider community through her mentoring and charity work.

Sadhana Smiles, Director at Harcourts Move and CEO of Harcourts Group VIC, talks about how she entered real estate, moving from Melbourne to Sydney after a divorce, how this impacted on her mental health and her family, the reason she returned to Melbourne and her charity work in Fiji and the event ‘Walk a Mile in Their Shoes’ .

Angela Avgerinos, Performance Leader at LJ Hooker Corporate, talks about entering the real estate space, working with the Laing+Simmons network, how a hurtful comment from within her family made her write in a letter of resignation from her successful role as an agent, and what this meant for her future plans and aspirations.

Cathy Baker, Principal of Belle Property Killcare, talks about her transition from interior design to real estate, her charity ‘Killy Cares’, how she met Richard Branson, how she handled her fears with public speaking and why ‘helping people’ has worked as her motivating mantra in life.