{"id":7338,"date":"2018-03-14T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/?p=7338"},"modified":"2024-08-15T15:26:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:26:15","slug":"episode-052-change-the-way-you-see-the-world-with-some-fur-coated-wisdom-with-gila-kurtz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/episode-052-change-the-way-you-see-the-world-with-some-fur-coated-wisdom-with-gila-kurtz\/","title":{"rendered":"Change the Way You See the World with Some Fur Coated Wisdom with, Gila Kurtz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gila is a successful serial entrepreneur who found her deepest passion in working with dogs and their people. She co-founded and co-owns Dog is Good, an award-winning lifestyle brand for dog lovers.&nbsp;Gila has turned her love for dogs into a 7 figure a year business by growing revenues through wholesale to retailers, online e-commerce, and licensing to other manufacturers. She is the author of Fur Covered Wisdom&#8230;A Dog Can Change the Way You See the World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=MPNL6442853603\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Show &nbsp;Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To break the ice, I asked Gila \u201cIf someone made a movie of your life would it be a drama, a comedy, a romantic-comedy, action film, or science fiction?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her response, \u201cThat\u2019s a great question. I\u2019m going to have to say Action Film because I\u2019m always on the go and am an active person\u201d. Sounds a bit like me, I must say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went on to talking about the Dog business, \u2018Life Is Good\u2019 and the inspiration behind it.<br>\nSome questions I asked Gila throughout the interview are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What is \u2018Dog is Good\u2019?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When did the business begin?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What inspired you to start your dog business?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What has the journey been like since you started?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are some of the questions that must be answered when you are thinking of collaborating with another entrepreneur?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are some of the lessons that a dog can actually teach us?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did you accomplish being in the top 25 women in the pet industry?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What advice can you give to those wanting to become entrepreneurs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Main Take-Aways:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><br><h3>When you are chasing a dream, a vision, you go at it with a level of energy that drive yourself every day, because you expect to get there.<\/h3><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><h3>When a student is ready to learn, the teacher will appear. They are so many lessons dogs provide us on a regular basis.<\/h3><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><br><h3>It is important to be able to compartmentalize your life to make the right decisions as it relates to business, personal and other areas of your life.<\/h3><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESOURCE TO PEAK YOUR PERFORMANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FREE eBook: Fur Coated Wisdom, a Dog Can Change the World.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Connect with Gila Kurtz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dogisgood.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dogisgood\/?ref=br_rs\">Facebook<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?src=typd&amp;q=dog%20is%20good\">Twitter<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dogisgood\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register for<a href=\"http:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/index.php\/leadercastkingston\/\"> Leadercast Kingston<\/a> now<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support our Sponsors:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamstockex.com\/\">Jamaica Stock Exchange<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bookophilia\/\">Bookophilia<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patwaapparel.com\/\">Patwa Apparel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gila is a successful serial entrepreneur who found her deepest passion in working with dogs and their people. She co-founded and co-owns Dog is Good, an award-winning lifestyle brand for dog lovers.&nbsp;Gila has turned her love for dogs into a 7 figure a year business by growing revenues through wholesale to retailers, online e-commerce, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[300,301,302],"class_list":["post-7338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-change","tag-dogs","tag-fur-coated-wisdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henekawatkisporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}