Blow Your Mind(set)
Welcome to the Blow Your Mind(set) Podcast — where ordinary moments meet extraordinary mindset shifts. 🎙️
In a world that’s noisy, messy, and constantly moving, we slow things down just enough to ask: "Did that really just happen?"
I’m your host, Nicole Smith — emotional intelligence expert, mindset disruptor, and your favorite thought partner in this wild ride we call leadership and life.
Every episode, we crack open the stories, shifts, and surprises that challenge how we think, lead, and show up. From boardrooms to breakups, social trends to self-talk, we’re unpacking it all through the lens of emotional brilliance.
You’ll hear powerful solo episodes and unfiltered conversations with game-changers, thought leaders, and real people doing the inner work. No fluff. Just real talk, real insight, and a real push to think differently.
Whether you're navigating a personal pivot or leading in high-pressure spaces — this is your space to reset, reframe, and blow your mindset wide open.
Let’s get into it.
Blow Your Mind(set)
It Is Not Just A Paycheck!
That Payroll Guy! No...really, that is our guest for this episode. That Payroll Guy, Gerard Hall, CPP, is a payroll professional that helps you, me and many others understand their paycheck. Most importantly, he helps other professionals run their business or organization's payroll following regulations, laws, and with 100% accuracy.
But what makes him and his story interesting is that Gerard is in a predominantly white female industry changing the game! He didn't decide to go into payroll when he attended Virginia Tech. He started in Computer Science because that is the college major he thought would "bring in the money"...many of us do.
Listen to how Gerard has taken something we see every two weeks (your paycheck) and has made it into a topic that can be quite sexy - I mean, getting paid accurately 100% of the time is not a small task for all the payroll professionals out there!
I ask...have you thanked your payroll professionals in your business or organization lately?
Take a listen to Gerard Hall, CPP! He speaks, educates, and consult to help others in the payroll industry!...including YOU!
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