Industry Disruptors On A Mission To Change The World

We feature some of the most incredible individuals in their respective expert niches. All with a burning desire to be a positive impact in the world – and they are!

Elaine Powell

Napoleon Hill shared that those who are successful follow the ‘Decide Commit Resolve Methodology.’  They Decide to do something, then commit, and ultimately Resolve to work it out.  Most people don’t live life that way.  They try to Resolve how they are going to do it in advance and many times give up or become disempowered.  If they push through the Resolve, then they Decide to Commit.  But by that time, opportunities, momentum, and empowerment can be lost.  

Elaine Powell is known as The Thought Disruptor™️ Keynote Speaker who supports organizations to develop the human potential with thinking disciples that elevates their workforce’s performance and results.  She is the very example of living by the Decide, Commit Resolve Methodology.

In 2022, Elaine Decided to trust her intuition to deliver keynotes in the USA.  She Committed and implemented the Resolve by applying for an O-1B visa.  Seven months later Elaine received her three-year work visa and is now living in Atlanta.  She is following her dreams of delivering outstanding keynotes transforming individuals and organizations in the USA.

Having spoken and trained over 40,000 people, featured in Forbes, and Producer of the Amazon Prime Speak Up series, Elaine is a testament to following the Decide, Commit, Resolve Methodology 

Suzy Prudden

At 30, Suzy Prudden’s name was synonymous with Fitness.  Now, at 80, she leads in the publishing world.  Itty Bitty Publishing publishes small books that make a big difference. Books by experts that give the reader the 15 simple steps to learn what they need to know from experts in their fields. A leading entrepreneur, Suzy Prudden is, once again, a leader par none.

  She’s been a pioneer in Fitness (1965-1983), Body Mind Technology (1983-1992) and now publishing (2014-Current). Her innovative approach to publishing is changing the landscape of her industry.  An influencer for the past 50 years, she is, once again, on the cutting edge.

  Suzy says, “It breaks my heart to see all these fabulous authors not succeed.  My mission is to be the force beneath their wings to help them take their place in the forefront of their industries and build their businesses to epic proportions.  I’ve been doing just that for over 50 years. It’s time for me to share my wisdom.”

  In 2023, Itty Bitty Publishing is becoming one of the fastest growing companies in North America.  Suzy says, “This is my final business journey. This is my Legacy. I’m grabbing it by the horns and intend on making a huge difference for the people I work with. Soon we’ll be in airports!”

www.ittybittypublishng.com

Brett D Scott

Brett D. Scott is an award-winning Metaphysical Mindset coach/mentor, bestselling author, TEDx Talk & keynote speaker who is known as The Success Alchemist; helping switched on people turn their bad habits and old behaviour into personal success and freedom.

Brett helps individuals discover aspects of themselves that are holding them back or not serving them by bringing out of their subconscious/unconscious mind the true root cause and then teach them the tools to change/swap for more productive programs.

For 43 years, Brett was simply accepting the outcomes, wanting to experience change, but always finding himself sabotaging his own success.

Before Brett started as a Coach, the late Bob Proctor himself told Brett that in the entire time he had been doing his work (53 years at that time), he had never met anyone more prepared to do similar quality of work than Brett.

Multiple clients have experienced incredible growth in their businesses with Brett’s help, one went on to reach top 3 in her network marketing group of 15,000+.

Brett was awarded an IBA Bronze Stevie for Company of the Year in September 2022 and in November he was awarded the gold trophy for Business Rebel of the Year by Roar Success.

http://www.superchargedfreedom.com/

Tjibaria Pijloo

Tjibaria is a Two Comma Club Award Winning International Speaker, Author of “The Freedom Lifestyle”, Serial Entrepreneur but most of all Empowerer. Her biggest mission is to transform people’s lives to create freedom, in all areas of their life.

She created the Freedom Lifestyle Movement with a vision to help business owners, entrepreneurs and anyone looking to create freedom lifestyle and create more wealth by taking them through a step-by-step process (either done with you or done for you) to scale their business with systems and automation, and double your sales in 49 days, along with lifetime support and 1-1 attention like no other company in the world does.

After creating multiple 7 figure businesses of her own, she formed the most powerful team of heart centred entrepreneurs, with whom she developed the reputation for helping anyone, no matter your background, expertise, age, or income level, create wealth through empowerment.

The Freedom Lifestyle Creators company has helped hundreds of thousands of people around the world: from multi-million-dollar businesses to people who want an exit plan from their corporate positions, to people never been in business and want to monetise their passion.

“I never thought that growing an automated business empire was as ‘easy’ as it turned out to be, and I want everyone to experience that. There is no reason anyone should struggle financially in life. We just need to be educated, supported & empowered the right way, to get results. That’s what our Freedom Lifestyle Movement is about.” – Tjibaria.

http://tjibaria.com/ebook

Ramon Peralta

Superheroes all have unique origin stories in the form of traumatic incidents that not only become the source of their superpowers and drive them to make a difference in the lives of others.

Born to immigrants, Ramon had no choice but to work at his father’s auto repair business from a very young age which kept him off the streets and helped him contribute. When his father exited from the business, Ramon realized how the lack of financial literacy had put him at a disadvantage. This experience would make a tremendous impact on his own passion for entrepreneurship many years later. 

Ramon served on the start-up team behind the initial launch of priceline.com and while many saw financial gain during the dot com era, Ramon found himself part of a massive layoff during the Great Recession of 2008. 

It was during this difficult time that Ramon decided to use his severance package to start a business dedicated to helping others launch their brands and Peralta Design was born.

Today, having built an award-winning digital agency from the ground up, Ramon is a published author and TEDx speaker. He has been hired to speak by universities, banks, and business incubators about the power of branding. He also serves on various non-profit boards and in his free time speaks to at-risk youth, encouraging them to dream big. 

Ramon also enjoys serving as a business mentor to many small businesses through various accelerator programs and provides guidance even when they may not be able to afford the agency’s full suite of services. Ramon’s own brand story of overcoming adversity and using failure as a pathway to success inspires entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and students alike.  

Jacine Greenwood 


Jacine Greenwood is a true inspiration to all those who aspire to turn adversity into opportunity. Despite undergoing five spinal surgeries with fusion, Jacine refused to let her debilitating pain and physical limitations define her. Instead, she embraced the power of neuroplasticity, the science of rewiring the brain, to build a multimillion-dollar business empire in three countries.

Jacine’s journey began with her diagnosis of degenerative disc disease, a condition that causes the discs to degenerate and compress the nerves, leading to chronic pain and weakness in the limbs. Using a combination of physical therapy, meditation, and visualization techniques, Jacine retrained her brain to focus on positive outcomes, rather than the chronic pain she faced.

Today, Jacine is a true inspiration to others who are struggling with chronic pain or physical limitations. She is a living example of the power of neuroplasticity to transform lives, and she is committed to sharing her knowledge and experience with others. Through her motivational speeches, Jacine empowers people to overcome challenges and build successful businesses, regardless of obstacles.

Jacine’s story is a testament to the human spirit’s power and the human brain’s resilience. She reminds us that we are all capable of achieving greatness, no matter our challenges.

“The brain is designed to be trained and rewired; most people don’t know how to train it.  There is absolutely nothing that cannot be overcome with consistent repetition of thought patterns and action.”

https://roccoco.com/

Marcia O’Connor


Marcia O’Connor’s story is one that embodies the power of hope, perseverance, and grit, universal values that resonate with people around the world. Marcia, a non-traditional entrepreneur, defied the odds by starting her successful company at the age of 39.

What inspired her to take this leap? It was a simple question from her son, who longed to spend more time with her. This turning point led her to found The O’Connor Group just six months later. Her determination and bravery are a testament to the fact that anything is possible with perseverance.

Marcia’s journey is all the more impressive given her humble beginnings and first-hand experience with cancer, addiction, and adversity. However, she refused to let these challenges define her, using them as motivation to become the person she wanted to be. As a creator and builder, Marcia recently founded the non-profit ShadowHer.org, which helps entrepreneurs of all genders realize their potential and build profitable businesses.

Marcia’s passion is to inspire others to see that they too can achieve greatness. Her story shows that anyone can overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams with hope, perseverance, and grit. Through her journey, she teaches us that we all have the ability to transform our lives and inspire others, regardless of where we come from.

https://tocgrp.com

Keith Wright


Keith Wright is an entrepreneur and highly experienced commercial leader, with over 30 years’ expertise in the building industry and a proven track record of success. Throughout his career, he has established himself as a skilled procurement expert, saving millions of pounds through his strategic purchasing methods.

Keith is known for his focus on value creation, constantly seeking out new opportunities for growth and efficiency with his client base. As a business consultant, he has worked with a multitude of market leading companies to develop customised procurement solutions that align with their unique needs and business goals.
In addition to his consulting work, Keith also serves as a non-executive director for a digital start-up and as chair for a local charity.

He is deeply committed to using his experience to support organisations across sectors and to help drive their success in a rapidly changing landscape, advising on areas including strategic planning, whilst serving as a trusted advisor to executives.
Following a successful corporate career, Keith established his own consultancy business in 2021, with a mission to share his procurement knowledge and expertise with business owners, leaders, entrepreneurs and investors in order to accelerate their growth.

2 years on, K Wright Consultancy has already worked with 22 organisations with sales in excess of £3.5bn, consistently saving time, money and identifying areas of value creation such as new markets, customers or improved ways of working.
Keith loves to talk about the power of procurement, is soon publishing a book on the topic, and is passionate about shining a light on the often hidden value of this vital area.

Everyone loves to talk about sales, but if you really want to have happy customers and a happy team then you need a robust and healthy procurement strategy!

Jerome Myers


Jerome Myers is an award-winning engineer, investor, mentor, and business strategist who helps clients double their revenue, time off and charitable giving through his masterminds and coaching programs.

Prior to leaving his corporate leadership position, Jerome built a $20 million, 175-person division of a Fortune 550 company from scratch.  He now uses his project management, engineering, and business expertise to advise business leaders on key areas such as: leadership strategy, process improvement, sales and data analytics in real estate, financial services, business services, and health care.

Jerome is a general partner in a multifamily real estate portfolio and serves on the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Entrepreneurship Advisory Board.  In 2022, Jerome won the prestigious alumni achievement award for the North Carolina A and T State University College of Engineering where a fully endowed scholarship has been created in his family’s name.  A noted media expert, Jerome has been featured in Business Insider, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur, Biznow, CBS, ABC and Fox.

Jerome has interviewed numerous newly exited operators (NEOs) on his top ranked Dreamcatchers podcast which provides inspiration, education and direction to his audience of founders who are building companies to sell after they exit the “Matrix”.

Zeina Daroub


Zeina Daroub is a globally recognized businesswoman who has transformed her life from the inside out while inspiring others to do the same. Zeina is Resilience Personified: “Lebanese Woman”, born on December 1, 1978, in Beirut.

Author of “When Autumn Blooms,” a best-selling novel based on her true story, which was published in Arabic in 2016 and translated into English in memory of the author’s young life partner and to spread the message of love, empowerment, and strength to overcome challenges and turn them into opportunities to bloom. She is currently working on the publication of her second book.

In 2018, Zeina got a headline: “NLP saved my life” and handed her a career rebirth as an internationally certified and acclaimed NLP Coach and Trainer, and the co-founder of “InOut Academy for Training and Coaching”, to support people to be aware of their inner resources, and turn them into endless possibilities.

Since she firmly believes that “Dreams don’t work unless you do,” she pursued her goal of becoming an “Independent Certified Teacher, Coach, speaker, and Trainer at the Maxwell Leadership” in 2021 before embarking on her humanitarian mission to become a “Certified Grief Coach” in the wake of her traumatic experience with loss and bereavement.

Zeina is a member of “Pen Lebanon” organization for writers and has been featured in numerous local and national TV shows as well as podcast programs with TEDx keynote speakers.

In her book, Zeina writes: “This is not the end of my Story. This is the end of the beginning”.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeina-daroub

Cass Morrow

Cass Morrow is a public speaker to look out for this year. He is the CEO and founder of RyanCassMorrow.com, a website that offers advice and resources for men dealing with passionless, sexless, or conflict-filled marriages.

Cass is a survivor of a sexless marriage that was fuelled by narcissism, toxic behaviours, the abuse towards his wife and her reactive abuse. He leads men to become their most authentic, confident selves at home, not just the real world. He is known for his passion for helping men become not only strong men, but husbands, fathers, and leaders, improving their relationships and achieving a “reset” in their marriage.

Cass has founded multiple six and seven figure business and his world-renowned program: The Marriage Reset offers practical step x step action to improve client’s emotional connection, intimacy, and sex lives. He has also been featured on many publications including Maxim.

In the past year, Cass has been growing rapidly on social media. His unique perspective on relationships and his ability to connect with his audience make him a standout public speaker. His passion to flip divorce statistics and break cycles of generational abuse is evident in his work, and his achievements speak to his success in this field. If you are looking for a public speaker who can inspire and motivate you to improve or save even the worst of marriages, look no further.

https://ryancassmorrow.com

Francesca & Stan Levine

Francesca and Stan Levine are probably the most qualified and experienced Couples Therapists/Counsellors in Melbourne, Australia. They work together and have been married for 55 years, teaching couples how they can increase the joy, fun, intimacy and growth in their relationship.

Their work provides guidance and cutting edge practical tools to couples worldwide to enter into adventures in intimacy with oneself and one’s partner on a journey to be explored and lived, not just a series of problems to be solved.

They also run Workshops and Groups, both live and on Zoom. They have been published in several online magazines including Tribune Byte, Star Tribune, Disrupt, Digital Journal, Forbes Brunei and Entrepreneur Clout, and have featured in a number of Podcasts and video interviews.

They practise and demonstrate what they teach, and are proof that “it’s not that hard”!

Nicole Harvick


Nicole Harvick is known as The Quantum Energy Healer and Forgiveness Expert. She believes all healing must start with Self-Forgiveness. Some of the modalities that she uses in her healing practice include Reiki, Sound Therapy, Cellular Memory Healing, and mild Hypnosis.

She can pinpoint stuck energies from ancestral or childhood trauma which need to be identified and released to facilitate the healing process. Nicole has always been in communication with the spirit world but in 2010, she began to reach a deeper understanding of spirit and how they communicate.

She discovered that spirits sense things the same way that humans do and that they move towards those with the gift of mediumship. They speak to those with open minds and hearts that accept and believe in their world and move towards those who are not afraid of them. It was at this time that she began to communicate with the spirit world on a regular basis.

Nicole uses her Clair abilities which include Clairaudience (hearing voices) Clairvoyance (seeing images) Clairsentience (feelings) and Clair cognizance (knowing)
Working with these abilities has helped Nicole to be more intuitive with her clients and to help them explore aspects of themselves buried deeply in their subconscious.

Nicole is a notable speaker on such topics as Forgiveness, Self-Love, and Self- Healing. Her goal is to touch as many lives as possible by helping people to find what they desire, require, and deserve which then allows them to walk their earthly journey with emotional freedom, love, and grace.

https://linktr.ee/nicolesharvick

Marisa Padilla

Marisa Padilla is a thought leader, philanthropist and known as “The manifest queen.” Marisa is here to share and speak with you why this time in your life has never been better to start believing, loving, and living the life of your dreams.

To see all your hearts desires come to fruition. To live, truly live you must know that means to be resilient. We must be resilient in the pursuit of our desires… our deepest desires. True joy is not found in the feeling of being “happy”. What is happy? Happy is a feeling that comes and goes. Joy is a way of life.

Marisa says nothing worth anything comes easy. Truth… the truth is the only thing that will set you free. You must be truthful with yourself. Life will never be easy and living your life settling is not being truthful with yourself. Truly… no one is happy “settling”. Settling is safe and complacent is empty… unfulfilling. “Getting by and making up our minds that is the life we have so we might as well go along with it….?!?!? That is no life for anyone. You must take the risk…. We were made to build…. To create… To be resilient so that we can leave a legacy.

Right now, in this moment you are helping human beings who must be resilient every single day of their lives. All of us… every single one of us know what it is to suffer, and Marisa says that no one’s pain is greater than someone else’s. We all experience pain, and we all feel what it is to lose, to hurt, to feel alone, to feel inadequate, to feel isolated as if no one could possibly understand what we are going through and that is where our connection is formed.

From the “truth” the real raw truth. We are connected through our pain. testimony makes every hardship every single hardship worth it. Resilience is bravery. Be brave and keep on your pursuit! We don’t just go through the pain we have to learn how to grow through the pain. The above picture is from Marisa’s key note at Think Resilience in Ireland.

https://marisapadilla.com

Daniel Mangena

Daniel Mangena is a Public Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Broadcaster and Coach. He is best known for his highly successful Micro2Millions program, being the author of Stepping Beyond Intention and his Do it With Dan and Beyond Success podcasts. He is completely self-made and has spent decades perfecting his world-class coaching methodology.

Daniel seeks to share his vision of empowerment and joy with the world. Using his podcasts (available on all major platforms), frequent blogs, guest articles and a series of worldwide workshops; he has built an ever-expanding community. Daniel continues to create massive change and results for his clients. He is a shining example of how we can all choose to start again, any time that we want to and no matter how hopeless our situation may seem.

His ongoing mission is to empower people and give them what they need, in order to choose a life of abundance. He is passionate and dedicated to enabling others to realise their own, unique dream life – using the very tools that have enabled him to do just that.

Today Daniel lives his ultimate, dream life in Cabo, Mexico with his young family. He is a guest contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, Brainz Magazine and The Good Men Project to name but a few.

Named in the Wall Street Journal as a “Master of Success” and listed as one of the top 10 life coaches to watch for in 2021. Daniel also offers coaching and consultations in groups and in one-on-one sessions. Each of these sessions honours his mission and helps his clients find abundance, meaning and joy in their lives.

Kaleena Murphy

Kaleena Murphy, owner of Étaín Ireland Irish Language Candle Company, is gaining growing recognition within the Chandler industry as an innovative and creative thought leader. She is championing the preservation and promotion of the Irish language through her unique home fragrance products.

By creating products that feature Irish language phrases she has found a creative way to promote and preserve the language through scent and flame. Her products appeal to the Irish-speaking community but also to those across the globe who have Irish heritage or who appreciate the uniqueness of Irish culture.

Each product is handcrafted, using the highest quality ingredients. Attention to detail demonstrates a commitment to delivering an authentic high-quality product. This commitment to cultural preservation, authenticity and innovation has gotten this chandler recognition from publications such as Irish Homes Interiors and Living Magazine as well as having been admitted into the prestigious Design and Craft Council of Ireland.

Étaín Ireland has found unique and creative ways to express Irish Culture and Irish Language and has combined traditional and contemporary elements to create truly innovative and unique products which are certain to set Kaleena Murphy and Étaín Ireland apart and securing her position as an up-and-coming industry leader

https://etainireland.myshopify.com/

Morgan Snyder

Morgan Snyder is a highly respected senior correspondent for Los Angeles Magazine. With over 20 years of experience in the field of journalism, Morgan is known for his insightful reporting and in-depth analysis of local and national issues.

Morgan began his career as a staff writer for a small newspaper in his hometown before moving to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a correspondent. He quickly made a name for himself in the industry, earning praise for his coverage of everything from politics and crime to culture and entertainment.

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