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EmPowered Couples with The Freemans

Being In It To Win It, Not Just For A Minute : Andrew Annacone + Bela Gandhi

EmPowered Couples with The Freemans

Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

5.0589 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!

Transcript

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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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