Dafy Smith is the founder of Timescape, a company that creates bespoke vacations and gives you “once-in-a-lifetime” experiences.  Their New Years Eve event, Racing Time, takes 44 elite clientele around the world to celebrate New Years Eve not once, but twice. With a background in finances and tourism, and a Masters in International Relations, this multi-talented woman leaves no stone unturned.  For more information: https://www.timescapejourneys.com/  

In Dafy’s episode you will learn…

• How Dafy makes her clientele feel like royalty
• How to listen to your guests and consistently exceed expectations
• How to actualize your visions and creative ideas
• How it just takes one person to change your life

After being in the hospitality industry for 6+ years myself, I appreciated Dafy’s emphasis on attention to detail and going above and beyond for clientele.  Having the ability to readily anticipate guests needs and listen beyond what is being asked is a true skill and something you can cultivate through practice.

What else does Dafy suggest to enhance your customer relations?

Listen Beyond The Words. To stand out in this day and age you have to constantly be listening for people’s pain points and innovate from sought after solutions.  There are thousands of events that people are invited to every single day. Why should someone choose your offering over another experience?

You have to ask questions and listen to feedback.  Guests need to feel that they are heard. Each request you follow through on will effectively increase rapport and build trust.

Find What’s Available and Innovate. Dafy provides immense value in her suggestions for tourism and hospitality.  With Racing Time, Timescape has curated an experience that leaves nothing behind.  Celebrating New Years Eve twice is unheard of, and yet, she’s making it possible for 44 elite members invested in more than just an experience of a lifetime.  A percentage of the profits will be going towards raising money for underprivileged schools and planting trees to create a wider scope of impact.

Dafy shares that she does things that move her, that help her network, interest her, and bring her pleasure. There is always something special that you can incorporate into your events.  Ask people in your network what they’d like to see or create something you wish to experience. Find what brings you joy and act from this place.

Think Bigger. A perfect example of collaboration, Timescape is partnering with The Billionaire Society to pull off Racing Time.  The magnitude of what becomes possible increases exponentially when multiple visionaries come together to create. When you dream big, you give other dreamers permission to think bigger.  

By creating experiences that activate change by nature of presence, such as Racing Time or Unconventional Life, people feel that they matter through the care and quality given by the hosts.  In a world where we are constantly taken from, it makes it that much more impactful when you give 200%.

Amelia Broughton is a relational facilitator and purveyor of connection, pioneering a more connected, communication-savvy, and emotionally intelligent planet. She facilitates Authentic Relating and Relational Leadership in various settings and communities. Her expertise is in team dynamics and interpersonal relations. With over 10 years of experience on teams and in communities, Amelia’s vision for the world is one of beautiful interconnection, a place where we put down the distractions and to-do lists to bask in the miracles that surround us. The type of connection that nourishes us internally, externally and has every one of us feel seen, heard and loved with a true sense of belonging.  An active Unconventional Life member, Amelia recently became our Operations Director and will be consistently contributing her writing. 

Whitney is the founder of Warrior Girl, a life coaching business that is empowering women to design lives they love.  She also is the owner of clothing line, Flan de Coco and founded the urban dance project, The Mecca where she lives in Cali, Colombia. Click here to learn more.

As part of the weekly Unconventional Life giveaway, Whitney is giving away a free 30-minute coaching session. Click here to enter the giveaway for a chance to win!

In Whitney’s episode, you’ll learn:

• How this woman left her 15-year career on Wall Street to live the life of her dreams
• How pain seeds the way for new perspective and possibility
• How an inspiring community is the biggest accelerator to your next big leap
• How to say yes the life you wish to live and thrive

Key Life Lessons from Whitney:

Challenge Conventional Structures and Take the Leap of Faith. When fear and doubt wash over you, second-guessing your choices may hold you back from living your dream life.  Stepping outside the conventional lines causes you to take a step into the unknown.

Whitney describes leaving her career on Wall Street as her “leap of faith”, she was terrified, but just knew she had to go.  She says, “I was more afraid of life staying the same than afraid of the uncertainty”. After a lifetime of being achievement-oriented and outwardly successful, she’d never stopped to ask what she truly wanted.  

She reminds us that everyone has fears of failure or not being successful, but that it’s important to live life for yourself, not for other people and their expectations.  Give yourself the permission to think about what you truly want instead of what you are told to want.

Anything is Possible. “It is always possible to pull victory from the jaws of defeat if you believe that it’s possible,” Whitney shares.  After leaving her job, moving to Colombia, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and every fear possible rose to the surface – vanity, fertility, financial, professional, relational, mortality – at once.  Whitney came face to face with herself as everything was stripped away.

It was in this painful experience that it became very clear what her choice was.  As she laid in the hospital bed, she realized that she could continue being miserable and feel like life was over or make the best out of whatever time she had left on Earth.  This is the moment that everything started to transform.

Whitney advises us to get outside our comfort zones and surrender the results.  She sees the pain as the gift that planted the seed for things to be different. What perspective do you have about pain?  Can you see the possibility for growth in any of your painful experiences?

Surround Yourself With an Inspiring Community. A few months after Whitney’s recovery, she attended one of our Unconventional Life Business Accelerator Events in Nicaragua.  “For the first time I found myself in an environment where I was surrounded by a hundred other people that had the same exact vision and value system, and were going through the same exact issues, the same exact problems, the same exact fears…” she says.  Our community provided a safe space to amplify everything she’d been wanting for her life. It was the container that uplifted and encouraged her to show up in her full potential.

Finding a community you resonate with will provide a support system on the entrepreneurial path.  It also provides immense value when you’re networking with people that are up to something beyond conventional terms.  Beyond business, feeling like you belong and being understood is a vital part of a thriving well-being. Instead of being questioned about your choices, what would it be like if your peers celebrated your differences?

Amelia Broughton is a relational facilitator and purveyor of connection, pioneering a more connected, communication-savvy, and emotionally intelligent planet. She facilitates Authentic Relating and Relational Leadership in various settings and communities. Her expertise is in team dynamics and interpersonal relations. With over 10 years of experience on teams and in communities, Amelia’s vision for the world is one of beautiful interconnection, a place where we put down the distractions and to-do lists to bask in the miracles that surround us. The type of connection that nourishes us internally, externally and has every one of us feel seen, heard and loved with a true sense of belonging.  An active Unconventional Life member, Amelia recently became our Operations Director and will be consistently contributing her writing.