Ep. 92 - Trust: The Key To Marriage and Business Success with Daniel Hammond and Carolina
What do you think of when you hear the word “interrogation” and how does this relate to marriage and business? Do you think waterboarding, pressure, deceit, yelling, or punishment? What if I told you it was built around trust?
This week we get to interview ex-army intelligence officer and interrogator during the Iraq war, Daniel Hammond and his lovely wife Carolina Batres. Both are entrepreneurs in their respective companies but also have joined forces in a non-profit that is addressing irregular migration from Honduras and other central American countries.
Daniel shares some interesting facts around what it takes to be a successful interrogator and how those skills transfer well into marriage and business. Trust is a central point of developing strong relationships. Without trust, it would be really hard to stay married to someone or do business with people, right?
So join us in this fun interview with Daniel and Carolina. Trust us, you’ll like it!
Daniel’s cyber consulting business:
https://www.etherealrodent.com/
Carolina’s textile import business
https://www.vcbimports.com/
LoveLight Campaign™ for Central America
https://lovelightcampaign.org/
Keys to building trust with a terrorist:
Build rapport
Active listening
Value the other person
Do as you say
Bio:
Carolina Batres is an entrepreneur and manager and CEO of VCB Imports, a company dedicated to the import and export of textiles with over 25 years of experience in the field and an investor in the House of Macarons. Honduran by birth and is also a health and wellness enthusiast and enjoys sharing health solutions with family and friends. She is also a humanitarian with a passion for giving opportunities to thrive to women with challenging obstacles. She is an original member of the LoveLight Campaign™ for Central America addressing root causes of irregular migration coming out of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador with the goal of making those countries attractive places to safely raise and nurture families. Certified and member of the John Maxwell Team and member of the Nightingale Nursing School and Clinic Board. She enjoys participating in mission groups and connecting with communities. Loves kickboxing, hiking and outdoor activities. Proud wife and mother of two.
Daniel Hammond is a veteran paratrooper, Spanish linguist, military intelligence instructor, with 4 years of active Army service in the 82nd Airborne Division and 10 years in the U.S. Army Reserves with a war-time overseas deployment. He is an expert in Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Exercises and is the Managing Owner of Ethereal Rodent Cyber Consulting and the Founder and President of a 501c3, Cyber Exercise Association Inc. His volunteer experience includes: providing Cyber Security expertise to over 1,400 global participants in a FutureProof program, 3 years on the Vestry at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in League City, 2 years as Senior Warden; senior leadership of a $430k Capital Campaign; Fundraising and Advisor for the Nightingale Nursing School and Clinic; 3 mission trips with Living Water International (Honduras & Nicaragua); Lead Global Ambassador for the LoveLight Campaign™ for Central America; Business Advisory Board Member for the Computer Department at San Jacinto Community College; volunteering with various veteran groups, including Character Development mentorship with Travis Manion Foundation.
