
Roman is a content creation and business enthusiast who has extensive experience in team leadership and some experience in business scaling. Through this episode, he reflects on his last year's journey and shares 4 great learnings he had for listeners to get better in whatever they do.
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Goal Setting
Importance of clarity
Superb 100 list - todo that shape the life
“10x is easier than 2x”
Importance of relationships in our lives
Self-strategy sessions to help self
Thanks to everyone who consumed any of my content, this means tons to me.
Happy New Year!
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Dec 27, 2023
15 min

Roman is a content creation and business enthusiast who has extensive experience in team leadership and some experience in business scaling. Through this episode, he reflects on his last year's journey to give ideas to listeners and emphasize the clarity of his journey.
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is to be the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
What was done through the past year
Clarity is important - seeking clarity
Sharing what I am doing to give you ideas on what to do
Everything about Romans Podcasting - GetCrackin’
Future of GetCrackin’
Accelerating each one of us to happiness
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Dec 19, 2023
22 min

Mikael is a fresh entrepreneur who recently started his French cafe in the heart of Helsinki. He tells the story of his childhood and how he went from being poor to climbing the whole ladder in the hotel and restaurant industry. He also shares about community building and marketing he used to put Enchante on the map of Helsinki.
Connect with guests:
Mikael Malin
Enchante Cafe
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Intro to the pod
What does Enchante mean and why is it a coffee name?
How to deliver supreme customer service
How to win the competition in the full marker
Building the community
Starting a coffee shop with 0 euro in the pocket
Crowdfunding coffee with 9k €
Importance of the team on board
Would Mikael do anything differently? - practical tips
About the Entrepreneurial Community in Helsinki
Future of Enchante
New bistro in Helsinki - Avgust Bistro
Story from poor to business owner
You learn the value of work through hard times
How Mikael climbed the whole ladder from cleaner to restaurant manager before business
“It is easy to become best but it's not easy to stay best”
Always stay positive
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Dec 5, 2023
47 min

Linda is a virtual assistant and content creator (over 4k followers on LinkedIn) who helps customers and audience clear their inboxes. She shares practical tips on how to grow on LinkedIn improve in networking and build her dream life with ultimate freedom from location and finances. She also shares about her ghostwriting experience.
Connect with guest:
LinkedIn
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
LinkedIn
Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is to be the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Who are VA and what do they do?
The story of pivoting from traditional professions. “You can go specific?”
How to LinkedIn as a pro. The rule of engagement.
How to reach out and how to get a mentor?
How does it feel to go viral?
What are the major learnings from growing in LinkedIn?
How people on Reddit hate and cringe at creators
Always personalize your entry note!
Secrets of Branding
From where to take energy?
People connection as a way to build happiness
Constant improvement
Ghostwriting
Future for Linda and building her dream life.
Materials:
Indiana - inspirational VA and Marketing
Roman Pikalenko - ghostwriter
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Nov 21, 2023
38 min

Aurelia is a Google business partner with extensive Sales experience who jumped on a new journey to raise awareness about disabilities and help us create a happier inclusive society. She has an incredible International career and a lot of knowledge to share.
Connect with guest:
LinkedIn
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
LinkedIn
Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Intro to the pod
How did Aurelia get to Google?
How to get headhunted?
Reverse Engineering as an approach to get what you want
General Cognitive Ability as a part of the Google recruitment process
From Customer Service to Sales to Leadership to Neurodiversity and DEI
Sales - “Easy to learn it hard to master”
“You cannot positively discriminate” - hiring with or without disabilities
How should you be to include disabled people?
“Give people space to express what they need”
Should you be normal or should you accommodate disabilities
It is not correct to treat everyone the same
Give space - ask if anything needs to be done to help.
Do not assume - ask - leave the door to be welcomed
Thats okay to offend and be offended through conversations while investigating the truth (without the anger)
Open communication practicalities
Give the space to vent out. “It is hard”
Seek the experience to understand
It is OK to be different
If it is not kind - do not do it
What are the challenges of international life?
Final tips
Materials:
Vernā Myers
How to: Prepare for a Google Business Interview
Find a job at Google
How to Prepare of an Interview
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Nov 7, 2023
37 min

Leigh is one of the best cold exposure and breath experts in Europe with extensive experience coaching people from all over the world. He shares the importance and benefits of cold-related procedures. During the episode, he also hosts live breath exercises that will make you conscious right during the listening experience.
Connect with guest:
Instagram
Cold Exposure Retreat
Leig’s website
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
LinkedIn
Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
How did the “Aussie guy” get into Cold Exposure
How is it to study with Min Hof and how he is
Relation to physical and mental pain
What is THE real benefit of the cold exposure
Cold exposure and pharmaceutical
Tips on how to get into cold showers - “real superpower of human”
We are creatures of comfort
Dopamine from coldness and other hormones
Coffee transports dopamine and adrenalin through the body
Breathing is a way to calm down, be conscious, and enable mediation
History of breathing and why breath is important
Why breathing is under-recognized
Live breath practice - now - 4 - 7 - 8 technique (min 30)
Ice Diving and Cold Exposure Retreats by Leigh
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Oct 24, 2023
40 min

Joppe is on the journey to help people succeed and be happy. He helps through career coaching and new methods of descriptive communication that not only help once but can be useful through the rest of his life. Years of experience and human education make him strive and help people. He also established a new movement - Help me help you.
Connect with guest:
LinkedIn
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
LinkedIn
Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Meet Joppe
Descriptive Communication
Importance of being clear in your intentions
The power of “What do you mean by that?” “Explain it to me”
“Help me help you” - Project made to help people out
What drives Joppe?
What if you experience a really bad situation?
“On the mission to express and act clearly”
Empathy - what it is and how to be empathic
Making Roman more empathetic
Tactical Empathy
Calmness and speech speed
Why to slow your speech down?
Chief of Happiness
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Oct 10, 2023
47 min

Lauri is a BBA graduate who shifted his professional career towards something he loves with all his heart. He became a golf caddie at Bandon Dunes resort and enjoys the stunning nature of the place, and the freedom and flexibility of outdoor work.
Connect with guest:
Not available
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to healthy accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is to be the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Intro to the pod and Lauri
Meet Lauri
Who is a caddie?
How to be better at golf?
How did Lauri get into caddying?
Why does this work?
Are you happy?
Is there anything Lauri is missing on?
Are all customers nice or are any random weirdoes?
Carrier as a caddie: can you be promoted?
Whats next for Lauri?
How does the tournament go?
If you give up too fast maybe it was not for you
Wilderness in Ben and Dunes
Tips on how to find happiness
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Sep 26, 2023
34 min

Juska is an experienced sales and business development manager with a great passion for bringing value and understanding to life. He is an athlete and a podcast host with clear and defined why. He has a great mindset that enables him in different areas of life and allows him to be happy.
Connect with Juska:
LinkedIn
Podcast - Epelit
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to healthy accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Meet Juska
It is important to have Why in life
What and How about “Cold Cals”
Creating Value
With practice excellence comes
Show up to achieve something
MacDonald's applications can be considered as weapons
Breakdowns of commissions and salaries in sales
Should the students overcome their teachers?
Materials to look into to get better
What fulfils?
How to balance all the beginnings? - Priorities
How to choose what matters
Learning to go forward
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https://www.repvue.com/ - Check who achieved sales targets
Jack Butcher
Advance Selling Podcast
Sep 12, 2023
42 min

Rebekka is a career coach and recruitment expert who made it her mission to help people find the job they deserve. She hires for a tech position for one of the leading IT companies in Europe and runs he own coaching business to help individuals succeed with job hunting.
Connect with Rebekkaebekka:
LinkedIn
Your host - Roman: On the self-improvement journey, building and scaling things. Connect:
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Instagram
Co-founder - Mentorna.com We help influencers and founders reach the next level in revenue.
About:
Get Cracking podcast is - knowledge on what to do and where to start from people who have done it. Through interviews with professionals, we help to solve directional and actionable problems.
Our mission is to healthy accelerate each one of us to happiness.
We are growing towards being the biggest podcast in Finland and the next step is the most prominent English-speaking podcast in Finland, we invite you to join our mission by clicking the “Follow” button and joining forces.
In this episode:
Meet Rebekka - Recruiter and Career Coach
Inter-human communication can open you a door
How to get hired?
How to network as an introvert.
How to behave during the interview
How to hire talented people
Why to hire for culture add
HR and Recruitment functions positioning within the organization
People to look up for in Recruitment
Career Coaching
How to grow the LinkedIn?
Career Coaching as a business
Materials:
Katrina Collier
Lou Adler
Matt Alder
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Aug 29, 2023
34 min
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