Being In It To Win It, Not Just For A Minute : Andrew Annacone + Bela Gandhi
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Andrew & Bela say, "we aren't in it for a minute, we are in it to win it." Tune in to hear this dynamic couple share about shifting their friendship into a romantic partnership. These two are powerful in their careers: Bela is the Founder of Smart Dating Academy & regularly featured on national media like the Steve Harvey show for her relationship & matchmaking expertise; and Andrew has helped large organizations with powerful strategic planning. AND at the same time, they also balance a beautiful family with two children and 19 years of marriage.
Tune in to hear how they use "de-escalation" as a method to break up the energy in arguments; how to facilitate conversations about money; and balancing business & personal life.
You won't want to miss this interview!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the new power couple podcast, where you get inspiring and authentic interviews with power couples that will help you design your version of what it means to be a power couple. |
| 0:14.2 | We believe that we can all be thriving physically, financially, and spiritually while strengthening our partnership. |
| 0:21.0 | We are honored to be your host, The Freeman's. |
| 0:23.8 | We are authors of the book The New Power Couple, Speakers, and Social Entrepreneurs. |
| 0:28.4 | All right, community, we are so thrilled to be here today with Andrew and Bella. |
| 0:46.8 | They are such a unique power couple. |
| 0:50.2 | They don't work together, but they both have such unique skills and talents. |
| 0:54.9 | Andrew has made a career out of helping corporations drive strategic growth. |
| 1:00.8 | He's worked with companies like Sears, Gap, and Redbox. |
| 1:04.2 | And Bella, she is a, let's see, we call her the fairy godmother of dating. |
| 1:10.7 | She's been named that by the Huffington Post. |
| 1:13.7 | She's a regular on the Steve Harvey show. We've seen hilarious clips. And she's the founder of |
| 1:19.7 | Smart Dating Academy, a really unique company that provides busy, successful professionals |
| 1:25.9 | with date coaching, image consulting, |
| 1:29.3 | like really providing that unique coaching around that dating experience, making it a much |
| 1:34.6 | better experience, and the people that she matches stay together, which is a really exciting |
| 1:41.3 | benefit for people. |
| 1:42.8 | So thank you both so much. You've been married 19 years. |
| 1:45.8 | We're so thrilled to have you and talk to you about all things, partnership, and life. |
| 1:50.6 | Great. We're excited. Thank you for having us. Absolutely. So, Aaron, do you want to jump off |
| 1:56.0 | with the first question? Yeah, thanks. I love asking this question. So if you can think back over 19 years ago, 19 and a half actually, before you were together, thinking about being in a relationship, would you say that you knew just what you were looking for in a partner? |
| 2:16.0 | You want me to go first? Yeah, you should start with her. |
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