Beginning Within with Wil Davenport

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Welcome, everybody, to another episode of Connect the Knox.

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I'm your hostess with the mostest, Julia

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Hurley, connecting Knoxville to the nation.

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Today's guest is Will Davenport, founder of It Begins Within.

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And as I'm reading through his bio, I am so excited to share this

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growth and entrepreneurial coaching system with everyone out there.

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I feel like it's something that Knoxville really could use more of.

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Will, welcome to the podcast and tell us a little bit about yourself.

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Thank you so much, Julia.

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I'm super excited to be here today and I have been a

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part of this Knoxville community for almost 20 years now.

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Started off in Maryville, actually working in a church.

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And, uh, loved that season of my life.

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And then about 10 years ago, I started a

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different business called More Than Memories.

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And as I built that business, I had just a part of what I did in ministry

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and in other areas of my life that I hadn't really been able to focus on.

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And I missed that, which was investing in and

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developing leaders as a part of the church.

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I had had the opportunity to do that a lot.

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And so I was super excited to get to refocus a little

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bit and draw some energy into that area of my life.

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Very nice.

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So, tell us a little bit about your, well, tell us a lot about

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it, tell us a lot about what your company is and what you do.

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So what we do with It Begins Within is, I think, kind of what makes us unique

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is the focus that we take when we do leadership development, and that is we

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really take into account the psychological aspect of leadership development.

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One of the experiences that I've had over the years has been that if I

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am learning a new skill or teaching a new skill and there are some things

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going on inside of me that are keeping me from being fully present, that are

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keeping me from applying what I'm doing, there's a lid on how far I can grow.

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And unless those psychological issues are

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addressed, that growth will always be minimized.

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It'll never reach its full potential.

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And then I think the other aspect of it that I think is

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unique is I come at training from an educator's perspective.

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From Christian education and from the things I'm doing, and I'm not going

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to be the one to stand up in front of the group and lecture for a long time.

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I don't believe in that.

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I don't think that's the way most people learn.

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Little bite sized learning sections followed up by lots of

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hands on practice and activities and not just discussion.

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I want people getting up and moving, creating things, doing things that

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are going to help them apply what they're learning while they're there.

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So they'll be more, more likely to use it when they leave.

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I love it.

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Well, I understand that today you have an experiment for me.

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So we're going to do something that we rarely

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ever do is let, let someone practice on me today.

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Let's go.

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I'm ready.

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Maybe.

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Yeah.

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One of the two skills that I like to teach folks about

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navigating difficult conversations is active listening.

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And that's probably not something new that people haven't heard of before,

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but I think it's a skill that we don't practice enough in our lives.

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And so today, what I'd like to do is give you the opportunity

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to share about something that you're passionate about.

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And maybe one of the topics I thought of before we got

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on the air today was something that frustrates you,

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maybe in this community, that you'd like to see changed.

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And I am just going to practice active listening,

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and there's two things that I'm going to try to do.

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Number one, I want to be able to restate to you in a

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way that you agree with that I heard what you said.

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And number two, I want to be able to tap into that emotion and you

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feel like not only did I hear what you said, but how you said it.

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So I can start off with a question for you and we can go from there.

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All right.

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All right.

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Julia, I know you're extremely passionate about this

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community and I'd love to hear something that is difficult

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or frustrates you that's going on this community.

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I'm never frustrated as much as I'm maybe disheartened or

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downtrodden at times about the, not necessarily detained ability

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for females to gain leadership potential, but more of the

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nonchalantness of the lack of female leadership in our community.

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So, going around as, um, as a former female elected official.

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Twelve years ago, in a space where less than 1% of 1% of the state

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of Tennessee's entire elected official base was female, yet 90% of

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the employees running the government were female, I find that that

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seems to be the case in many large corporations and businesses in our

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market, that the majority of the employees and support base are female.

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Yet, such a slim opportunity for CEO or C suite leadership.

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So, I would very much like more conversations and

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programs geared toward teaching female leadership.

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So, what I'm hearing, Julia, is you're excited about this community, but you

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still see in particular some limitations in regards to females opportunities

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in the political arena, especially the ones who are out front leading.

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There's a very small minority of the leaders in this state that have that up

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front role that are female, yet they're, they're backed by a lot of women.

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And you'd like to see that change and be very intentional about that.

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And you feel like that could be something that would really change

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things, not just for you, but for other women in this community.

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I think one of the biggest conversations that I have, and not to downplay the

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ability of all people to create and all people to contribute, But I have found

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in my time that when you educate a female, a woman, you educate a community.

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They will tell their friends about what they learned,

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they will have conversations about it, they will be

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more apt to share their information with other people.

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And not because that they are less selfish, not because they

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are less prone to self-growth, because females in general seem

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to be more excited about sharing new things in general, right?

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With their children, their families, their

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spouses, their partners, their community.

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They talk more, like 20 something more words per conversation than men, right?

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So they just talk about better things faster and stronger, and then they

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want to bring other people in because it's an idea and they want to share it.

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Men have a tendency to act on ideas, which is great.

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We need action.

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We cannot live without action.

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We do need the ability to have that educational share, and when more

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women are in leadership positions, they share more leadership positions.

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So it's more about sharing is caring.

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So offering those opportunities for leadership for

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more younger women, especially, I would love to see.

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Women in their mid twenties, early thirties, really start

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to learn the conversation of C suite, learn the conversation

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of leadership, and learn how to play nicely in the same face

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as the elder community of leadership, which is mostly male.

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So, learning that communication style and appropriateness,

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uh, earlier in life to give them a better opportunity to lead.

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I love that, Julia.

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And so, what I'm hearing in part as you're talking is The

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clarity that's coming to what you're really looking for.

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And I think they're at the end, investing in those young women, helping

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them to learn the skills that would allow them to get into C suite

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positions, to move into an area that's been male dominated, because

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not only will it benefit them, but it will have a multiplying effect

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because of the way they'll share what they're learning with others.

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Agreed.

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Yes.

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And so that's the whole purpose of the paraphrasing is

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because in this case, both of us are in agreement about what

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we're discussing, but let's say we weren't and we disagreed.

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And I took the same time that I just did to listen and hear what you said.

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I know from personal experience and also from research that until a person feels

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fully heard, they're not really open to having a conversation with someone else.

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They're going to be defensive generally.

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It takes, let me say it this way, it takes a lot of

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self awareness to strongly disagree with the person that

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you're sitting across from and still have a conversation.

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If you take the time to listen, which seems counterproductive

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at times, but really listen and hear and rephrase back to them,

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until they come to the point where, just like you said, that's

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a good paraphrase, or you said what I was trying to get at.

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Then, you can ask a question like, "Now that I've

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listened, would you mind if I share as well?"

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And my guess is, nine times out of ten, the person is going to say yes.

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And that creates dialogue and that creates the opportunity to navigate

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those difficult conversations that we have in family, in work, at church,

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in the community, in all the different avenues and areas of our lives.

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I would absolutely agree to that.

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So this is, this is what you offer.

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Tell us how people can find you because that is, that is

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something that it's a skill that does have to be practiced.

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Conversational awareness has to be practiced.

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How can someone reach you or hire you or sit with you?

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Tell us about what your business offers and how people can get involved.

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So, there's a couple of avenues right now, let me just share a couple

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of places that I've had the opportunity to work with recently that

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might help folks have a sense of who I'm, I'm doing things with.

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So, the West Young Professionals for the Farragut West Knox

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Chamber, I'm doing a training for them coming real soon.

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I did something with their leadership already.

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I've worked with the United Way of, um, Greater West Knox.

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I will also be working with the YMCA.

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In the future, I've worked with Emerald Youth Foundation, um, AA Air,

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Central City Heating and Air, did a training for them as well, and

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then another upcoming that I'm super excited about, there's another

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leadership development guy in this community doing great work.

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His name is Paul Boyles.

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Oh, I know Paul.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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And we're doing a training together in September and you would

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probably ask me the date and I don't remember it off the top of

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my head, but I can get you that information for the show notes.

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And that one is going to be open to the community.

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Anybody can sign up for it.

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And it will be kind of the best of the things that I've done

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and the things that he's done and we're pulling it together

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to have some great impact for folks in our community.

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I love it so much.

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So, let's talk about the community.

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Let's talk about some of your favorite things about the Knoxville

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community because it's called Connect the Knox, and we have a little

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over 14,000 subscribers nationally who listen in, and they love to know

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about local people and local things and things they don't know about.

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So, one of my favorite questions is, when someone

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visits you from out of town, what is your secret place?

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That you immediately think of these five things these people have to do.

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Yeah, well for sure is Ijams Nature Park.

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I live in South Knox, and I live at a back entrance to it.

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Um, I have the cutest dog in the world.

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I know people have disagreements about

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that, but my dog Pepper, she's the cutest.

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And we love to just walk those trails.

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I feel spoiled rotten.

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To be living inside the city limits and have

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something so amazing right there to be able to to see.

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I think number two on my list would probably be, I live so close to

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UT and there's just so many interesting restaurants and shops nearby.

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Just trying all kinds of different things.

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I discovered Highwire, which is a pub not too far from here.

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They, they only serve the drinks.

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You bring the food and the entertainment, and it's just a great

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place to be able to meet, so I'm excited about that as well.

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And let's see, if I were to go beyond that on my list, I probably would just

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take them out to Smoky Mountain National Forest and just go somewhere there.

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I love being outdoors.

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And to me, that's one of the most unique things that we have here is

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the most visited national park in the United States is right next door.

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People come here to visit and they end up staying for life.

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It is, it is a special space and it's limited space.

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We're right on a mountain.

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We're right at the valley of the mountain.

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Not a lot of level land around here.

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We do have beautiful mountains, beautiful

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scenery, beautiful lakes, beautiful hiking.

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Ijams Nature Center is probably the most coveted space.

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in Knoxville.

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We're so lucky that that is a protected space, and

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a family has given that gift to all of us to enjoy.

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So we are very, very lucky to have that.

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What are some of your favorite restaurants?

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I love Tomato Head.

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So my wife is gluten free and um, they're one of the few

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restaurants in town that makes everything from scratch.

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And so they know there's probably a lot that do that.

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I'll take that back.

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But in this case, They're very aware of what makes something gluten free.

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whatever it is that she's going to have is going to be great.

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And I love their pizza, which I think is amazing.

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Um, and so I always enjoy going there for somewhat similar reasons.

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I love to go to Jason's Deli as well.

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And then, uh, my, my favorite place to go with my daughter is Panda Express.

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Now that's not a fancy restaurant, but she loves it.

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And I love it.

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It's healthy food.

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It's fast.

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Um, so that's our spot.

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That's our spot.

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Anytime we get together, that's where we go.

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Every kid's favorite place to eat anymore.

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When I was a kid, it was McDonald's.

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McDonald's was the treat.

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And now every kid I know is like, I want to eat a Panda Express.

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Take me to Panda Express.

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They love grilled chicken at Panda Express.

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It's a thing.

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It's a thing.

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So where, so you're in South Knoxville.

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South Knoxville is now the hot country.

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Spot for growth in the Knoxville market.

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What are, what changes are you seeing in traffic patterns?

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What changes are you seeing maybe, um, maybe in the younger people, the

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younger generation now graduating and choosing to stay in Knoxville?

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How is that impacting what you see the future of South Knoxville becoming?

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I would say the community that I live in, I'm sure

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that the houses aren't inexpensive, but compared to

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the rest of Knoxville, I think they are a little less.

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And so, um, I think this is, uh, the community that I live in right

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here next to Ijams has a lot of young couples that have moved in.

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So I'm excited to see all of that.

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I feel, like you were talking earlier about training and investing in young

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women, just younger folks just are so exciting to me to get to work with.

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So, I'm excited to live next door to some great people.

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And then the apartment complexes, my goodness,

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they are going in everywhere around here.

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And I'm sure the traffic has gotten busier for sure.

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I think the game changer is going to be a few years down the road

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when that bridge from the stadium across that will completely

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change what it is to be in South Knox because people that are

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normally north of the river are going to be south of the river too.

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Well, like we always say on this podcast, we're going to

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give you the opportunity to put it out there in the world.

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Whatever you put out there is what you get back.

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What would be your dream opportunity to present your coaching style

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and your business leadership entrepreneurial style to the nation?

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Like what?

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What stage would you want to be on?

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Yes, I think the stage that I'd want to be on, and I don't have an

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exact answer to that, but I would love to be in a room filled with

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young professionals who are eager to take the next step of growth.

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They're gaining some of the technical skills

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that they need through some of their training.

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Maybe in school or through their work, but they

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really need to work on the soft skill side of things.

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They want to maximize those relationships that they are

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engaged in, and I would have the opportunity to reach them in

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a large setting and then to break it down into a small setting.

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If I could have that opportunity on a

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regular basis, that would be super exciting.

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Well, it just so happens that we interviewed a couple of people

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who have different young professional network leadership spots,

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and as our podcast is aptly named, we do connect the Knox.

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I am a super connector.

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That is the gift that I present to the world,

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and that is why we started this podcast.

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So I will make sure to connect you with all the people that I know.

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Cannot say thank you enough for taking time to be on our podcast today.

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Before we jump off here again, please remind everybody who you are.

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What your business is and where they can find you.

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So my name is Will Davenport.

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The name of my business is It Begins Within,

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with Inside of You, Developing Leaders.

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They can reach me at ItBeginsWithinDL, as in DevelopingLeaders, at gmail.

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com, or they can call me at 865 414 3900.

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Those are the two best ways to reach out to me at this point.

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I love it.

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We're gonna move forward with some new leadership at Knoxville.

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I hope that you are the one that brings all that coaching forward.

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I'm very excited to hear about your and

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Paul's event coming up here in September.

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Feel free to send that information to me so we can add it to your show notes.

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Everybody, I'm Julia Hurley, your hostess with

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the mostess, connecting Knoxville to the nation.

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Until next time, thank you for tuning into the show.

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Make sure to like and subscribe, leave a five star review

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