Best-Selling author, serial entrepreneur and founder of EOS Worldwide, Gino Wickman assists leaders and entrepreneurs in-the-making to get a jump-start on taking their business to the next level.

Discover how Wickman explains the entrepreneurial range and systematically provides a clearer understanding of his six essential entrepreneurial traits and his eight critical mistakes entrepreneurs make when launching their company.

Are you an Entrepreneur in the making? If so, you don’t want to miss this episode of John Bowen and Gino Wickman.

Implement Entrepreneurial Operating System into your business and take that entrepreneurial leap to jump-start your business.

Quote of the Day

• “We teach what we needing the most” – Danielle Kennedy

Book of the Day

• Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business by Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters

• Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

• Get a Grip by Gino Wickman & Mike Paton

• How to Be a Great Boss by Gino Wickman & Rene Boer

• What the Heck is EOS by Gino Wickman

• Entrepreneurial Leap by Gino Wickman

Resources

• E-Leap Website – Do you have what it takes to becomes an entrepreneur?

• Are You an Entrpreneur-in-the-Making? – The following assessment is designed to determine if the charactersistics of an entrepreneur resonates with you.

Mentions

• Mark Winters – also at AES Nation

• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation

• Mike Paton – also at AES Nation

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As award-winning speaker and Chief Visionary Expert for EOS Worldwide, Mike Paton is taking on the holistic approach of conducting effective operating systems for small businesses.

The EOS Model™ provides six fundamental components visually illustrating how to manage any business. In this short podcast, Mike divulges these six key drivers and how they will strengthen and simplify the vision of your company.

Jump aboard the EOS traction-train for a complete set of simple concepts and practical tools.

Book of the Day

• Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business by Gino Wickman and Mark Winters

• Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

Resources

• EOS Worldwide – Get a Grip on Your Business with the Entrepreneurial Operating System

• The Traction Library – EOS Books for Everyone in Your Company

• Find an EOS Implementer – Need help finding the right implmenter?

Mentions

• Mark Winters – also at AES Nation

• Verne Harnish – also at AES Nation

• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation

• Steve Covey – Six Ways to Help Your Organization Be More Inclusive

John’s 6 Key Take-aways

1. Leverage your tools and resources ensuring you have clarity while doing it.
2. Implement your key drivers and make adjustments when things are not working correctly.
3. Get clear on your process.
4. Create traction.
5. Run your meetings effectively.
6. Have the right people on the bus working beside you.

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Dan Martell offers today’s business owners a fresh approach to fund-raising strategy. Watch the interview above for a front row seat into mindset behind the greatest “Growth Stacking (not Hacking) Show” on earth.

Structuring how and when businesses deploy their core marketing message is essential for successful fund-raising campaigns. Software as a Service (SaaS) business models are no exception—in fact SaaS businesses often have an especially difficult time with this. To thrive in today’s ever-growing, over-saturated, (and often over-hyped) online marketplace it takes savvy forethought and extremely flexible execution.

Dan’s unique approach of “growth stacking” prioritizes smart investments and produce amazing results. Having invested in over 40 tech companies and starting 5 of his own Martell continues to raise millions in funding for his entrepreneurial clients.

Explore new ways to find more of the right prospects, and get your messaging out effectively—your sales cycle will take less time and conversion rates will continue to rise.

Quote of the Day

• “Id rather teach a programmer how to market than a marketing person how to program.” – Bill Gates

App of the Day

• Voxer – Walkie talkie app for high performance teams

Resources

• Dan Martell – Website
• Dan Martell – Instagram Page
• Dan Martell – YouTube Channel – Escape Velocity

Dan’s 3-part framework for your 30 day YouTube challenge:

• Situation
• Struggle
• Solution

Mentions

• Ari Meisel – also at AES Nation

• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation

• Tim Sanders – Sales & Leadership Keynote Speaker

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Be a life-long learner. Get passionate about video—the power of one to many is incredibly powerful.
2. Design your business be successful on purpose to maximize value. Get traction. Build a great client experience. Growth stacking not hacking. Look for those silver bullets.
3. Check out applications and productivity tools to change your life tremendously. Human capital is really worth it.

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In light of what is happening in the world today, Ben Hardy believes being ritualistic is more important than ever. Ben describes how who you are is a product of what you do. The choices you make on a daily basis shape the type of person you are. Change yourself from the inside out to become a highly influential individual who others will follow.

In this podcast, discover Ben’s introspective assessment on what drives successful entrepreneurs today. Step into the unpredictable, take smart risks and catapult into the state of “tolerating the unknown”—the place where innovations meet opportunity and the keys to success will unlock doors you never thought possible.

Quote of the Day

• “Your input shapes your outlook and your outlook shapes your output.” – Zig Ziglar

• “Its better to be prolific than perfect.” – Joe Polish

• “If you do not create and control your environment then your environment controls you.” – Marshall Goldsmith

Book of the Day

• Will Power Doesn’t Work: Discover the hidden keys to success – Ben Hardy’s book

Resources

• Benjamin Hardy – Home Page

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation

• Dean Jackson – also at AES Nation

• Jason Korman – also at AES Nation

• Michael Hyatt – Your Leadership Mentor

• Tony Robbins – Transform Your Life

• Seth Godin – Because your work matters.

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Your Environment: Tweak it as necessary. Your environment is subconsciously influencing you all the time. Turn the tables on your surroundings.
2. Self Signaling: The choices you make “shape-signal” the type of person you are.
3. Decision Making: Confidence and motivation are the effects of success—not the cause. Successful entrepreneurs are confident because they made the right decisions.

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As an Olympic athlete striving for his personal best, Lex Gillette is setting goals and encouraging others to set theirs. By hand-crafting personal keynotes to motivational speaking events, Lex holds true to positive forward-thinking and the belief that anything is possible.

As soon as his feet hit the ground in the morning, Lex is calculating ways to create a machine of success for all. His authenticity and focus is infectious both on the field and off.

We all struggle with our blind spots (so to speak), so listen to what Lex is teaching and shift your focus. Believe in your visionary dream and become the entrepreneurial athlete you know you are.

Resources

• Lex  as Motivational Speaker

• Lex Gillette – Gold Men’s Long Jump T11 – Final – London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships

• Lex Gillette – Men’s T11 100m Semifinal 1 – 2016 Paralympic Games

• Lex’s Promotional Video

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Start with a vision and then focus until it becomes really clear. What exactly is it that you want to achieve and how are you going to get there?
2. Quantify the strengths and specific goals you will need to achieve your vision.
3. Build the right team around you to help guide you and utilize the coaches willing to help you along the way. Build trust with those individuals. Then inspire yourself day in and day out to remain fixed and accountable to your vision. If we have a blind spot, we will not get clear on our vision.

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Joe Weiss is a highly successful insurance executive specializing in design and implementation of asset protection strategies for high-net-worth individuals.

Committed to helping entrepreneurs understand the modern challenges inherent in building successful businesses, Joe provides critical advice regarding liability protections, risk assessments and exposure in tech savvy marketplaces.

Joe shares with entrepreneurs the reasons that time may be right for adding an insurance expert to their teams to protect all they’ve accomplished from litigation and loss.

Quote of the Day

• “Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” – Joe’s favorite, the fifth of the seven habits of highly effective people, by Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Passions

• Helping high-earning entrepreneurs protect their assets, their families and their stakeholders through comprehensive and customized insurance solutions including professional liability, errors and omissions, and tailored business owner policies.

Resources

• Bruce Gendleman – Insurance Services

• Joseph M. Weiss – Website – Email – Office: 800-845-4145

Mentions

• Dr. Stephen Covey – The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. As an entrepreneur, the buck stops with you. Don’t overlook the risks associated with successful business. Protect your assets, your holdings, your real estate and your legacy by consulting with an insurance expert to shield all that you have worked for.
2. It’s critical today to really understand the businesses you create, the risks and liabilities associated with those businesses in a rapidly changing world. As your success scales up, your need for coverage and protection does as well.
3. Growing your high-end business requires that you need a high-end team to cover the growing level of liability, risk and exposure that commoditized insurance providers don’t/can’t consider.

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Jaime Hope is a highly-regarded emergency care surgeon, a sought-after professional speaker and an emerging entrepreneur with an expertise in health habits, self-care and empowerment.

In addition, she serves as life coach and consultant to entrepreneurs looking to prioritize personal health in highly stressful careers.

As a gifted, a-type, high energy personality with an enormous skill set, Dr. Hope knows firsthand the price one pays for ignoring the dangers of overload, and much good advice for those ready to make themselves, and their stakeholders, a healthier presence in the work place.

Quote of the Day

• “Self-care is not selfish.” – Jaime Hope

• “You can’t be killing it in your business for so long if you’re killing yourself to do it.” – Jaime Hope

• “The smart entrepreneurs know they are successful because of their commitment to self-care, not in spite of that commitment.” – Jaime Hope

• “Often your best, most inspired and creative ideas come from times when you’re actively engaged in giving yourself a break, during meditation, or exercise, or siesta. You are perhaps least enlightened when you’re overworked.” – Jaime Hope

Passions

• To teach highly stressed entrepreneurs the secret to resilience muscles and introduce resilience strategies that readily adapt to the work place often associated with stress.

• Hope is also passionate about health promotion, empowerment and using evidence-based truths about human nature to improve habits and health span for her patients, and her clients.

Resources

• Hope Health – Where employee wellness is engaging, well communicated, inexpensive and fun!

• Jaime Hope, MD – Author at FemInEM

Book of the Day

• Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What’s Obvious But Not Easy – by David Maister

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Verne Harnish – also at AES Nation

• Jason Campbell – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Don’t wait for the heart attack or stroke before you make your personal health as important as the health of your business.
2. “The smart entrepreneurs know they are successful because of their commitment to self-care, not in spite of that commitment.”
3. The key to healthy work habits is a willingness to schedule time for yourself (both short and long range) and focus activities directly on self-care.

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Bradley Callow, born into ease and affluence, showed his skills as an entrepreneur early, selling and using drugs at age 11. At some point, however, after some “bumps in the road,” a major pivot: today Bradley is an internationally recognized speaker, a highly successful conscious entrepreneur, and co-founder of RichLegacy.com and several other companies committed to behavioral health innovation.

Join us today for his powerful back story and even more remarkable personal transformation. His commitment to providing entrepreneurs and their families the tools and resources to ensure happy, productive lives is well worth your attention.

Quote of the Day

• “No good stories ever come from when things go according to plan.” – Bradley Callow

Passions

• Conscious Entrepreneurship: Challenging the status quo and turning… adversity into something good by helping others.

Resources

• Rich Legacy – We help high-performing families from around the world empower their children in a way that moves them away from self-destructive behaviors.

• The Moderation Institute – New Alcohol Treatment Program-Highest Success Rate of Any Program

Mentions

• Kevin Thompson – Fire Nation Podcast – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. “Easy hard; hard easy…” Of the things that most deserve time and attention in your business, even though it’s often the most difficult to provide, none is more critical than family. Taking the time now is hard; taking the time later may not even be possible.
2. With respect to family, the wise choice is to be proactive, to build a culture which recognizes challenges to your values, your priorities and your goals, before those challenges occur.
3. Become a conscious entrepreneur. Adopt and apply the 5 principles of family realignment: Connection; Understanding; Balance; Inspiration; and Empowerment.

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Dominate Search Engine Optimization and reconfigure inbound marketing strategies with top marketing consultant and SEO strategist, Phil Singleton.

Phil is ranking visibility clicks and sales by expanding web analytics to new horizons. Using a data-driven approach to every aspect of a project he is generating amazing leads and the increasing online traffic is ideal for all types of entrepreneurs.

Want to create that steady stream of ideal clients—the kind that want to invest in you? Then watch the video as Phil explains how to pivot, create evolving content and manipulate the most powerful new addition to the sales process in recent history, GOOGLE.

Resources

• Google Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines – a PDF download

• SEO for Growth – Search Engine Optimization Book & SEO Certifications

• Kansas City SEO – Kansas City SEO Search Engine Optimization

Mentions

• John Jantsch – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. E.A.T. is the acronym for Expertise, Authority and Trust.
2. Expertise; the internet is an excellent facilatator to prove your type of expertise. Write a book, create content, become a thought leader.
3. Authority; You must be positioned as the expert to experience being the authority in your field.
4. Trust; allow others to share testimonial reviews so others know who you are and what you do. This trust factor arrives form the work you do with clients and through word of mouth. This is evidence that you can deliver.

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Empowering Entrepreneurs To Stay Ahead Of The Competition, Michael Loban is leading digital analytics and marketing optimization expert, is CMO of InfoTrust.com, and he shares today the increasing role data analytics has in reshaping the way companies do business.

As entrepreneurs looking to make better decisions about advertising, merchandising, user experiences, and marketing campaign impact, take advantage of Michael’s take on the role of data analytics.

Quote of the Day

• “To use analytics today, and to do it well, will give you a competitive advantage in your business; but as we progress in applying analytics, it’s going to become the price you pay for being at the table. ” – Michael’s take on its value to business success.

• “And if you don’t do it, you don’t get to play.” – John’s confidence that analytics is a game-changer.

Passions

• Translating the complex challenges of data analytics and integration to empower businesses to compete more favorably in the modern world.

Resources

• Info Trust – a digital analytics consulting and technology company that specializes in consumer-packaged goods (CPG). “Above all, we are passionately dedicated to helping everyone make better decisions through data.” -Visit our website, learn more about us and take advantage of an array of free resources.

Mentions

• Amazon.Com – a client-friendly business that has become a model for illustrating the power of customer service

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Past business success doesn’t necessarily translate to success in the future. Take advantage of the rich store of data accessible on the web and what analytics can do to keep you in step with your customer/clients.
2. Analytics is key to ensuring the ideal client experience by keeping you in touch with what works, what needs to improve and what needs to change.
3. The ROI to entrepreneurs of tapping the expertise of data analytics experts is huge. The advantages of modern business techniques can make all the difference in achieving your dream.

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Embracing the digital landscape, Aditya Jagannathan transforms marketing thought leadership. CEO of SCI Creations, LLC, Aditya and his team provide a concierge service for any start-up or established business where innovation meets entrepreneurship.

Follow a road map which allows you and your brand to execute scalable tactics to achieve brilliant results. As Steven Covey says; “Begin with the end in mind.” Let this be the guiding component of your vision.

Build your theme, and educate yourself in digital marketing. Appreciate the difference between working on your business and working in your business. Take the opportunity to discover your conversion tactics and engagement levels, and nurture yourself and your company.

Resources

• SCI Creations – The Digital Brand Growth Experts

• You can download a version of the Start-up Map by clicking here.

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Stephen Covey

• Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers – by Geoffrey Moore

• Michael Gerber

• Russell Brunson

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Get on your road map to success with your start-up map from aha to exit. As Steven Covey says; “Begin with the end in mind.” There will be plenty of challenges along the way. Ask yourself where you want to go, and where you will end up.
2. Build a team by getting the right people on the bus, as Jim Collins says—both internally and externally.
3. Make time in your business and on your business. Digital marketing is now and the wave of the future. Try new initiatives and testing with low dollar amounts.

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Randy Hartnell, former Alaskan fisherman and current founder and president of Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics, thought losing his life’s passion as captain and owner of an Alaskan fishing fleet would change his life forever.

But he simply adjusted his goals, reapplied his entrepreneurial vision and doubled down on his passions.

Join us today to hear the back story and remarkable business success that is at the heart of the entrepreneur’s mission.

Quote of the Day

• “A single A-player can run circles around an entire team of B or C-players” – Steve Jobs on the virtues of hiring the very best.

• “To save wild salmon, you’ve got to eat wild salmon.” – Randy Hartnell

• “If you had a million-dollar race horse, what would you feed it?” – In response to the high cost of fine product: Joe Polish

Passions

• It’s important to do something you love, to have one of those jobs that doesn’t feel like work, and to do it as well as it can be done. And do what you can in the process to help other people.

• “Our mission at Vital Choice is to help our customers… by providing deeply nourishing ‘real’ foods, backed by great customer service and our worry-free guarantee.”

• The wild salmon is among the richest sources of omega 3 fatty acid (an essential component of all human cells’ lipid membranes) that we can access, and it’s delicious. To provide that resource to clients is more than rewarding.

• Run your business with the highest regard for your clients/customers. It’s actually the Golden Rule that should provide the moral compass of any good business.

Resources

• Vital Choice – Randy Hartnell’s solution to farm grown salmon fisheries. Visit the web site for a look at business done right.

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Steve Jobs

• Walter Isaacson

• Jeff Bezos

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. As entrepreneurs, don’t always be looking ahead for what’s new; rather, draw on what you’ve always known to be true in business that will not change, especially regarding the client experience.
2. Build your company to reflect your own values. Remember integrity isn’t universal, but it is among the most important traits to require of team members and stakeholders. Find people you can trust who are A-players.
3. Don’t assume the world is going to work as it always has. It’s critical to prepare for what’s on the horizon and to be ready with contingencies.

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Be the influencer in your field and inspire your audience to action. James Guldan assists his clients and picks individuals with the highest potential.

James and his team at Vision Tech are disrupting the norm in Web marketing and maintenance. Using targeted and test-proven marketing, tech and ROI results they empower clients with the perfect audience of patrons poised to invest. Watch the video, listen to the podcast or download the transcripts and discover how.

Resources

• Influex – Where Beauty Meets Results

• Vision Tech Team – Web Design and Development

• James Guldan – Bringing Vision To Reality

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Peter Diamandis – also at AES Nation

• Dave Asprey – also at AES Nation

• Frank Kern

• Tony Robbins

• Richard Branson

• J.J. Virgin

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. You are an influencer in your heart. You have to use all the tools to let your audience know how you can help them achieve all that’s important.
2. The biggest challenge to growing your business is leveraging your thought leadership.
3. Create your marketing path and persuade your clientele by providing the ideal client experience.

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Brad Martineau, CEO and co-founder of SixthDivision.com, helps entrepreneurs transform their teams into super-employees, and re-energize their businesses with systems that truly produce results.

Tap the advantage of automation to grow your business, attract more of the right clients and improve job performance and satisfaction.

Join us today as Brad shares the insights that have transformed teetering businesses through cutting-edge automation solutions.

Quote of the Day

• “You can’t implement strategies. You can only implement plans.”

• “Systems multiply people.”

• “Remember, you’re not the plumber.” – the simple wisdom of Brad Martineau

Resources

• Sixth Division – The technology company whose slogan, We Make Automation Easy, is Brad’s mantra.

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Jason Fladlien – also at AES Nation

• Daymond John

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Get clear on what you want to accomplish before you try to implement a plan.
2. Focus is an essential ingredient of task completion. If you take off the glasses that you need to see clearly, you can’t be successful.
3. Entrepreneurs aren’t required to be skilled in all matters of their business. But they are required to find the right people to accomplish necessary tasks.

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As CEO and co-founder of the top change management consulting firm, gapingvoid, Jason Korman is leveraging the concept of “culture matters.” This principle, according to Korman, helps to influence behavior and meaningfully transforms the business mindset.

By recognizing this operational mindset within their organizations, entrepreneurs begin to see how connecting ideas with visual tools can drive purpose and meaning.

Want to experience ultimate performance, influence behavior and expedite communication? Then align your operating systems and leverage the concept of “culture matters” within your company.

Resources

• Jason Korman – Co-Founder and CEO of ‘gapingvoid’

• gapingvoid – Top Change Management Consulting Firm: Employee Engagement Solutions

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Tony “Zappos” Hsieh

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Culture matters.
2. Recognize there is a process you can use once you are clear on your business culture. Then use it to your benefit to build on your brand and beliefs for all employees.
3. Use this idea to motivate you and your teams: Good talent excites and inspires action.

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Creator of “The 90 Day Year,” high performance coach Todd Herman is pulling out the secret weapon he designed exclusively for ambitious athletes, executives and entrepreneurs like you.

Todd began working with pro-athletes and Olympians focusing on what he calls the prodigy zone, where “every single ounce of competency flows out of you naturally without any doubt!”  How does one do this you ask? Well, by reinforcing and constantly developing your word choice to encourage the right mindset and help define your ultimate goal. This process, according to Todd, contributes immeasurably to the likelihood of your success.

Check out Todd Herman here at AESNation.com. Discover how to uncover the right mindset, a strong work ethic and more of the untapped qualities that keep you on a track for success. Be more effective in all that you do.

Resources

• Todd Herman – Global Leader in High Performance

• The Ultimate High-Performance System – Achieve game-changing results in your business in just 90 days with the system used by Olympic athletes, Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs like you.

Mentions

• Simon Sinek

• Mark Zuckerberg

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. How to bridge each gap: dream up, start up, ramp up, scale up, and leader up. Creating the right value proposition to win loyal customers is crucial. We are big capitalists, and getting the right systems in place to create value in your company is the beginning of success.
2. Focus on one goal; then cascade upward to hit that goal within the 90 days.
3. Reinforce and constantly develop your word choice over time as to become fresh, energized and more effective.

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Jason Campbell is a highly regarded expert in Zen meditation and practice, a seventh-degree black belt in karate, a chart-topping composer specializing in meditation music, and co-founder of Zen Wellness.com, a company that offers an array of resources and in Zen wellness meditation practice.

Jason Campbell convinces wary entrepreneurs that meditation practice is good practice for the whole company.

Join us today to hear the enormous benefits realized by you and your teams through the simple art of meditation—for only five minutes a day.

Book of the Day

• 10 % Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head – by Dan Harris

Quote of the Day

• “A master never listens to notes; a master always listens to the space in between them.” – Wisdom shared by Jason’s piano teacher when Jason was eight years old.

• “If you are an entrepreneur, you are required to be creative, and have some type of creative solution to whatever problem you have in front of you. …and [meditation] supercharges creativity.” – Jason Campbell

Passions

• Composing music which infuses the five elements into the meditation practice and making that music available to those looking to try it.

Resources

• Zen Wellness – Change Your Life in 15 Minutes A Day – Medical Qigong Certification and Tai Chi Certification Classes.

• 5-Element Music for Qigong, Tai Chi, Yoga and Meditation: The Wood Element – A site that provides music choices for meditation practice.

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Shawn Achor – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Meditation makes sense for every entrepreneur looking to increase productivity, creative acuity, mental clarity and emotional well-being.
2. Meditation helps to eliminate the mental static, the heightened pace of the daily grind, that too often hinders the creative thinking entrepreneurs exercise every day. Take advantage of background music to help establish the right rhythm, and mood.
3. The key to adopting successful meditation practice is to keep it simple, do-able and repetitive—with a way of sensing its benefit. “Keep your mouth moist, and your hands warm.” Also, practice five minutes each day.

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Mark Donohue, CEO and founder of LifeGuides.com, is a lifetime entrepreneur. Focusing primarily on enterprise-level organizations, he is committed to the betterment of society and the planet. Mark’s comprehensive skill set includes expertise in strategy, design, teaching, sales, software, consumer products and ’impact’ investing.

A past Entrepreneur-In-Residence and then Senior Fellow in Social Innovation at Babson College, Mr. Donohue was honored as one of the “Top 100 American Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior,” by the organization Trust Across America.

Join us today as Mark Donohue shares the amazing possibilities today’s entrepreneurs have applying principles of progressive capitalism to achieve purpose beyond self: a great life through great business.

Quote of the Day

• “Great ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s all about execution.”
• “Every enterprise has a responsibility to the ecosystem in which we live.”
• “Better to be a foot too far behind than an inch too far ahead.” – Lao Tzu, 4th century BC

Passions

• Sustainability; Sequence; Resonance: essential principles of progressive capitalism and a purpose-driven life.

Resources

• Lifeguides.com – “A platform for people to do extraordinary good.”

Mentions

• Peter Diamandis – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Great business requires that its visionaries work for a purpose beyond, and greater than, themselves.
2. Execution is critical, but execution out of proper sequence can be catastrophic.
3. Exponential technology can achieve exponential good, at the same time as exponential profit.

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Brad Chandler is continuously scaling his company and power playing the real estate industry with the right team–successfully.

With huge strides and a positive attitude, Chandler’s dream company has come into fruition. Since 2003 Brad’s company has been involved in over 5,000 real estate transactions, buying and selling over 2,300 homes.

Chandler’s success enables him stand out in a field of never-ending possibility. His ability to reach out to experts in the field and outsource when needed has proven extremely helpful in achieving rock solid growth for Chandler and his company.

Resources

• Express Home Buyers – Express HomeBuyers – We buy your house in 7 days

• Find Freedom Through Real Estate Investing – Real Estate Investor Training – Brad Chandler

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Continue meeting other entrepreneurs, discuss their overnight successes and discover your own success with the power of focus. As entrepreneurs it’s natural for us to want to do everything ourselves; however, if we can focus our energies on what we do best, we can really create an elegant client experience.
2. Attract and retain clients and new sources of income using powerful media tools such as LinkedIn. Find the right people for your team.
3. Make sure to background check when outsourcing online with behavioral and personality tests.

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Stephen Christopher is an entrepreneur whose remarkable insights into what makes for highly successful business come about surprisingly from what happens to him when his businesses fail.

Founder of Seequs Digital Marketing, Stephen has a remarkable ability to combine information with experience to help businesses grow and thrive.

Passions

• “My driving passion as an entrepreneur is to help business owners achieve results they never thought possible.”

Mentions

• Jason Gaignard – Mastermind Talks

• Joe Polish – Genius Network

Resources

• Seequis – Seequs, Inc. – Plumbing, HVAC, & Local Marketing

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. A successful entrepreneur needs to be great in two areas: persistence and pivoting. The drive to pursue your vision and achieve your goals is critical; but knowing when to pivot, to reinvent yourself and/or your business model, is just as important to sustained success.
2. Focus your business model on a niche. Become an expert, refine and energize your message; become a thought leader. Target your ideal client, improve your value proposition and look forward to going to work again.
3. Take away the right lessons from your failures. It’s not that you’ve failed that’s useful, but how you reinvent yourself that is.

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Joseph Kashurba is an entrepreneur, business consultant and coach, a top web design and marketing expert, CEO and founder of kashurbawebdesign.com and multiple related businesses. Joe had an early start as an entrepreneur—a cheese factory at age five—and has never looked back.

If you are an entrepreneur looking for the optimal web design to grow your business, or a web design professional looking for a state of the art business model for your company, Joe Kashurba has the solutions you need.

Mentions

• Jessica Rhodes – Interview Connections

Resources

• Consultant/Coach/Design Professional – “Grow Your Web Design Business or Digital Agency Today.”

• Web Design and Consulting – “What sets us apart from our competitors is that we actually know how to make money for our clients.”

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Web design requires two essential and clearly articulated goals: What is the one particular product or service you want to sell? What are the precise actions you want your clients to take?
2. A website with exceptional traffic but poorly designed conversion tools won’t generate the sales you need. If conversion tools are effective and user-friendly but you attract little traffic, you still won’t succeed. Create the right balance between traffic and conversion.
3. Utilize analytics to make critical changes in your site that can make all the difference. Focus on the right numbers: don’t be distracted by “vanity metrics.”

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Michael Rozbruch is an entrepreneur, business coach, speaker, a top five tax resolution expert and founder of Michael Rozbruch’s Tax and Business Solutions Academy.

Whether you need help with a tax problem, or want insights from a truly gifted business and tax guru, Michael’s interview is a must-see.

Join us today to hear this nationally recognized entrepreneur discuss the keys to his remarkable success and the back story that made him the go-to tax resolution specialist he is today.

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• “Fear is a mile high, a mile wide, but paper thin.” – Michael’s best advice for those who don’t act out of “fear.”

Resources

• Michael Rozbruch’s Tax & Business Solutions Academy – Tax resolution practice management tips, marketing, case resolution advice and more.

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Michael’s father’s best advice to his son: “Nobody walks; Everyone is a liar.”
2. To be successful you must get out of your comfort zone. “Make fear your friend.”
3. A successful business needs to be great in two areas: marketing and innovation.

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Become the ‘go to expert’ with your newly published book. Julie Broad and her book launching company will help guide you towards navigating this experience head on. It will simply amaze you!

Julie Broad is President at Book launchers. Her reputable skills and goal oriented ideas have led her clients into accelerating their success on many levels.

Publishing your book will ultimately be your defining moment, tell your story and make your presence known.

Resources

• Book Launchers – Launch Your Book: Book Publishing On A Budget For Non-Fiction Authors

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Its so easy to dismiss old school marketing. You can stand out with books and have complete freedom to do this.
2. I encourage you to get a team together and write your story, if needed higher a writer. Don’t waste anymore time; write your book.
3. Print versus digital. Make sure you have a printed copy of your book not just digital. Your book will help you to have a clear call to action and be used to accelerate your success.

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Tom Mulliez matches entrepreneurs, their teams and clients with the right outdoor adventures to re-energize, invigorate and enrich the lives of all who participate, building stronger working relationships and lasting memories.

Whether you’re ready for that once in a lifetime adventure, a family getaway, a challenging bonding experience with friends, or a company excursion to promote lasting friendships and shared experience, Tom and his team can curate the outdoor venues and expert guides you need to succeed.

Quote of the Day

• “We believe outdoor experiences facilitate relationships, improve mental and physical health, and are a critical necessity to achieve overall happiness in life.”

• “iTrekkers enables outdoors adventures by connecting you with the best guides in Florida. All gear and good times included. Reserve your Trek today!”

Resources

• iTrekkers – Guided Outdoor Adventures

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Success in life has less to do with the things you acquire over time than with the rich memories and lasting relationships that your success has made possible.
2. Take advantage of Tom’s vast assortment of opportunities and over 120 expert guides which can match your unique needs with the right “adventure.”
3. The tangible rewards of adventure excursions for you and your teams/clients are evidenced in shared memories, stronger company loyalties and a sense of well-being that makes working together more satisfying.

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Former pro football player Jordan Rodgers, brother to quarterback Aaron Rodgers, is currently athletic director, spokesperson and major contributor to Metpro.co, a cutting-edge web-based coaching program designed to transform clients into their “best selves.”

Combining nutrition, fitness and lifestyle approaches, the program is ideal for entrepreneurs who need structure, consistency and feedback to stay on course.

Join the podcast today and discover how MetPro may be the intervention you need to begin your best life.

Resources

• Met.Pro – Concierge Nutrition, Fitness & Lifestyle Coaching. Become the best version of yourself, and optimize your performance in business and life.

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. The key to a successful health and fitness program is the ability to customize its features to suit the individual needs of each client.
2. The concierge approach which combines lifestyle coaching with health and fitness training is excellent for the entrepreneur who has given most of his time, and energy, to business.
3. Optimum business performance begins with optimum physical, mental and emotional health. You cannot achieve that alone.

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Matt Gallant wears many hats—blogger, author, inspirational speaker, practical spirituality student, life-optimizer and the— classic serial entrepreneur—currently runs 6 companies and has started many more.

Discover how the life lessons Matt experienced, both good and bad, altered his self-concept, his vision and, ultimately, fueled his passion for building the dream business and living the “limitless life.”

Book of the Day

• 3X Your Productivity – The 20 Hour Work Week

• The Limitless Life – The 7 Sacred Choices That Create The Life Of Your Dreams

Resources

• MattGallant.tv – Serial Entrepreneur, Life Optimizer, Practical Spirituality Student

Mentions

• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

• Dave Asprey – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Hyper-productivity requires building great teams made up of the right combination of visionaries and integrators. Offload the tasks which you find too time consuming or tedious, and recognize the importance of time management in optimizing productivity.
2. Your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health is crucial to achieving optimum productivity. Fitness is a part of the challenge, but the most important consideration to excellent health is sleep optimization.
3. Build relationships that promote comradery, good feeling and shared experience, and that have value beyond business opportunity. Hanging out with great people, however obvious or simple it may seem, is one of the best rewards of good work.

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Pete Vargas, entrepreneur and founder of Advance Your Reach, booked over 25,000 stages across the U.S. and the world in just 13 years, stages that have led to tens of millions of dollars in products and services to enlightened entrepreneurs and businesses.

Pete’s “really bold promise”: to help his audience grow their businesses significantly using his ‘big five’ philosophy and a proprietary process for sharing your personal, entrepreneurial journey through the story braid format, a method in four parts.

Discover how Pete’s powerful personal story evolves into a highly successful business model that can work for any entrepreneur looking to showcase their business model/brand and connect with their niche market.

Quote of the Day

• “People will not care how much you know until they know how much you care…People will forget what you did, people will forget what you said, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

Resources

• Advance Your Reach – Advance Your Reach Advance Your Reach

Mentions

• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation
• Maya Angelou
• Pastor Darrel Scott

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Develop and share your entrepreneurial journey using Pete’s proprietary 4-step story braid process.
2. Take advantage of the power of stages, both actual and online, to get your message out to the right audience and realize exponential growth in your business.
3. Don’t overlook the importance of mentors as critical influences in all aspects of your personal and business life. Believe in yourself.

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We all want marketing apostles. And the only way to get these, is to convert clients or leads into superfans. Purdeep Sangha is putting processes and systems into place so you too can experience your superfan clientele.

Purdeep Sangha is founder and chief experience officer of Sangha International. His main goal is the fundamental foundation to his entire process; client experience. This will not only allow for client retention but also referrals—the key to unlocking your future!

Book of the Day

• Super Fans: – How to Create Unwavering Customer Loyalty

Resources

• Purdeep Sangha – The Fastest and Most Consistent Path to Success
• Free Book Offer – Super Fans: How to Create Unwavering Customer Loyalty

Mentions

• Frank Kern
• Tom Peters

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Create superfans and make sure you have the right people who are aligned with the right culture.
2. Lead by example recognize that you are on stage. Its all about the processes. Put theses systems into place. If you leave it to chance its not going to happen.
3. Make sure you are listening to the marketplace and what the values are for services and products. Be clear on what you are providing and create super fans converting them into clients.

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Specializing in the eCommerce sector, Nathan Hirsch is nailing the online hiring experience. If you are looking for outsourcing, customer care or remote hiring, then look no further. Check out freeeup.com and find out what you can do with your company.

Nathan Hirsch is founder and CEO at Freeeup.com, a company providing business owners with hands-on solution to hiring remote workers online. His talent and natural ability in client engagement and high-impact entrepreneurship has propelled Nathan to the lead of eCommerce within the marketplace.

Resources

• FreeeUp – Hire Top 1% of Online Workers and Find New Freelance Jobs

Mentions

• Michael Gerber

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Experience the power of delegation. Know what it means to compile the right team for your business.
2. Diversify in every part of your business. Without having full-time employees, you can have part-time contractors.
3. Building redundant systems in your business is very real. Look to avoid the gray areas and set clear expectations for what you want to accomplish so the end result is solid. Facilitate goals and expectations with an emphasis on keeping both parties happy: client and worker.
4. You don’t need to know what to do; you need to know who can do it for you.

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Push away the walls and kick down the doors to revitalize and restore your dream business. Jim Palmer is thinking big for small businesses, creating a better quality for you and all your stake holders.

Jim Palmer is making new waves as an online business and marketing coach, author, and talented speaker. With tremendous insights in the ‘how to’s’ of formulating your business into a dream business, Jim is determined to provide you with value and the keys to being successful on purpose.

Book of the Day

• Just Say Yes – Create a Dream Business and Live Your Dream Lifestyle

Resources

• Dream Business Coaching – Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program

Mentions

• Jessica Rhoads – Interview Connections
• Dan Kennedy
• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. We are in business to create a better quality of life not only for ourselves but for our enlightened self-interest. We have people who rely on that self-interest: our clients, customers, teammates, shareholders and family members.
2. Be successful on purpose. Adopt Jim Palmer’s five key takeaways: delegate, differentiate, multiply streams of revenue, focus on incremental growth and exercise persistence.
3. How do you differentiate yourself? Look to stand out among your peers through thought leadership. Rise above the crowd and attract the right clients to you. Think big, and do it bigger.

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Sol Orwell started his first business at sixteen, retired wealthy at twenty-two, and continues in his mid-thirties to achieve extraordinary success by applying five key insights he has learned in the process.

Sol Orwell currently is the co-founder of Examine.com, the unbiased resource for supplements and nutrition worldwide, and he also publishes a popular blog, sjo.com.

Join us today to discover Sol’s formula for building not only a great business, but how to live a great life along the way.

Quote of the day

• “Entrepreneurship to me was always about being independent and being free.” -Sol Orwell on his reasons for becoming an entrepreneur
• “I’ve built multiple businesses that kick ass and take names – completely unrelated fields. Leave behind the unqualified gurus who have never done it themselves. Follow SJO.com for real-life experienced advice and thoughts.” -Sol Orwell, on his blog

Resources

• SJO.Com – Let’s skip the bullshit
• Examine.com – Your Unbiased Source on Nutrition and Supplements

Mentions

• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation
• Gary Vaynerchuk

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. In business, build a brand, not your name. If your name is your business, extricating yourself is a huge headache—especially when your politics are unpopular, or you’re ready to sell.
2. Empower your teams. Give them the chance to shine and share in building the success you hope to achieve. Draw people to your business that may be better than you and take advantage of their talents.
3. The press, apart from what you may have heard, is your friend. The savvy business owner knows the value of befriending journalists and reporters and building partnerships through and with media.
4. More life, not more business. Build your business to achieve the life style you want for your clients, your stakeholders, your colleagues and your family.

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Find your own wolf pack, and master your gifts with Douglas Brackmann and his long-range shooting meditation retreats. Get into the flow and understand your body’s powerful mechanisms of mind control, and use them to your advantage!

With a PhD in Psychology, Douglas Brackmann specializes in practices that hone in on your genetic skills as a human being. As co-founder of Dasein Institute, Doug has created unique methods for training the mind and mastering production.

Book of the Day

• Driven – Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes, and Maybe YOU

Resources

• Dasein Institute – Tribe of the Highly Driven

Mentions

• Craig Ventor
• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation
• George Leonard – Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation
• Steve Sisler – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Embrace your inner weirdness. Accept that we are all wired differently, and use it to your advantage.
2. Pick up Douglas Brackmann’s book, Driven, and read the transcript. Stop the self-sabotaging and doubt we all experience. Discover how in this powerful read.
3. Find your wolf pack. Embrace the idea of working as a group with other entrepreneurs to facilitate new waves of thought and fresh ideas, bringing you and your business to the next level.

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Scale up your business, energize your teams and increase productivity and profits with a customized virtual personal assistant service. Trivinia Barber is expertly crafting and curating partnerships between the personal assistant and an entrepreneur based on a specific company’s needs.

Trivinia Barber is founder of Priority VA, a virtual assistance company which serves businesses looking to outsource and lighten their load. Their state of the art virtual assistants can help your teams with special projects and other tasks, freeing you up to focus on the important things.

Resources

• Priority VA – Premium White-Glove Service for Online Entrepreneurs
• Priority VA Featured on AES Nation Podcast – Priority VA
• ViewedIt – Screen, Voice and Webcam Recording – Video for All
• Loom – Quick Videos, Faster than Typing
• LastPass – Password Manager, Auto Form Filler, Random Password Generator & Secure Digital Wallet App
• Zoom – Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
• Voxer – Modern communication for Mobile Teams
• Slack – Where work happens
• Evernote – Get organized. Work smarter. Remember everything.
• Microsoft OneNote – The digital note-taking app for your devices

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• Nickolas Kusmich
• Todd Herman

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. To create maximum value, it’s essential to have an expert team to handle diverse responsibilities, and to outsource the work best done by others.
2. Separate offshore assembly line and hire within your support groups. This will help unify the end results and the goals you are intended to fulfill.
3. Invest in your team to make sure they are growing with you. Make sure to invest in their continuing education, and remain involved and interested in what they are doing.

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As a true entrepreneur, Brad Weimert’s ventures look to combine business with pleasure. His ultimate need for the extreme outdoor experience has fueled the passion for his company adventure business. Brad is also supporting his dream with his merchant processing company, EasyPayDirect, currently serving 60,000 merchants worldwide. Check him out here!

Brad Weimert is founder of two companies. One, an online merchant company, designed to make life easier for the online consumer. The second reflects his passion for extreme adventure experiences and their life-changing impact on clients. This alignment for Brad fulfills both his adventurist spirit and his desire for a continuous quality lifestyle.

Resources

• EasyPayDirect.Com – Accept Payments Anywhere!
• Entreprenuer – Adventurer – Relationship Builder – Brad Weimert’s Adventures, Life and Shenanigans

Mentions

• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation
• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Create unique experiences for others and form bonds that can last a lifetime.
2. Make sure to pivot in your thinking, and be ready—and willing—to act in the presence of great opportunity. As an entrepreneur this can prove to be of extreme importance.
3. Engage in an intense emotional experience to facilitate relationships.

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Once you realize your dreams are achievable, you will then be able to strategically implement them into action. Mimic those who have gone before you. Take hold of your best self with John Naber and his eight steps to awakening the Olympic champion within!

As an observer of excellence, John Naber is a five-time gold medalist and Olympic champion, a network sports broadcaster, author and speaker. John’s mission is to enable others to experience their best and overcome obstacles with a proper attitude.

Book of the Day

• Awaken the Olympian Within: Stories from America’s Greatest Olympic Motivators

Resources

• The Life And Legacy Of John Naber

Mentions

• Joel Weldon
• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Visualize and pursue your dreams with faith, strength and conviction and all of your goals will be more readily attainable.
2. Implement the right strategy and put your plan into action. Surround yourself with great people who share in your passion and vision. Figure out what you can do in the short term to move towards your long term goals. It’s critical to break it down into small attainable pieces that move you incrementally closer to where you want to be. And, of course, hard work always pays off.
3. Summon the will power to persevere, to meet challenges and overcome obstacles—and the courage to make your dreams a reality.

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As a top woman entrepreneur who inspires, Allison Maslan is taking her clients to the top and creating true fulfillment for all stake holders. Take advantage of Allison’s influential approaches and bring your business to the next level.

As CEO of Allison Maslan International, Inc., Allison Maslan is a successful business coach and inspirational leader transforming entrepreneurial professionals and launching dreams into reality.

Multiply your revenue and manifest your visions with a leader who inspires, empowers and does right by her clients. You will not be disappointed!

Book of the Day

• Blast Off!: The Surefire Success Plan to Launch Your Dreams into Reality

Resources

• Business Coaching Agency
• Scale Your Company: CEO Growth Kit FREE!

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation
• Michael Gerber

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1. One really essential ingredient to successful business is to execute well, especially on the little subtle things. Get clarity on your vision, focus and refine, and build a better quality of life for all your stakeholders.
2. Remember to work on systems and processes that allow you to consistently rebuild, staying clear on your vision as things move forward .
3. Be a leader not a boss—command and control. Cultivate your team to be experts in areas where you are not. Hire them before you need them. Nothing great has ever been created without the help of others helping you.

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Explore the knowledge transfer and take your company to the next level with Cole Hatter’s five actionable steps. Put yourself on the fast track and make a difference. Cole Hatter is doing just that!

Cole Hatter is an entrepreneur, speaker and the creator of Thrive; Make Money Matter. As a life-long learner, Cole’s creative energy and inventive solutions for businesses continue to impact the world on many levels. His powerful business model and actionable steps can bring any entrepreneur closer to their ultimate goal.

Experience your defining moment, create a powerful social impact and leverage your strengths in ways you never thought possible!

Resources

• Cole Hatter – Entrepreneur, Investor, Creator of Thrive: Make Money Matter Orange County. Author, Investor, Award-winning Speaker and Entrepreneur
• Thrive 2017 Homepage – Thrive – Make Money Matter

Mentions

• Jayson Gaignard – also at AES Nation
• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation
• Gary Vaynerchuk
• Tim Ferriss
• Than Merrill
• Michael Gerber

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Do not invest money you can’t afford to lose.
2. Double down on your strengths and simply outsource the rest.
3. Recognize the difference between inconsequential and defining moments in the decision-making process. This is huge!

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Get clear on your end game with Vickie Sullivan and her incredible messaging tactics and branding abilities. You won’t want anyone else!

Vickie Sullivan is CEO of Sullivan and Associates, Inc. As a top marketing strategist for professional speakers and thought leaders, Vickie is transforming professional speakers, B2B firms and thought leaders to specialize their branding and punchline messaging.

Resources

• Market Strategy for Thought Leaders – Grow Your Influence Market Your Movement

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Story telling is all out there. Your audience wants to understand what’s in it for them first—what are they going to get out of the experience and, really, why they should attend?
2. Tie your abilities and offers together with a theme. Avoid the tendency to over complicate and overwhelm the end user. If you can, be strategic in thought leadership by using speeches, books and whitepapers. The benefits are so critical in setting you apart from your peers.
3. Create the right conditions for ‘packing the house’ by bringing in other top strategic partners. If your target audience sees you in a large room with other top entrepreneurs, it can create the buzz that makes all the difference.

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Cutting edge marketer and social media expert Jeremy Epstein is helping to unveil innovative technologies and bring them into mainstream media markets. Join us right here at AESNation.com as Jeremy shares his 14 rules of successful high growth marketing.

Jeremy Epstein is CEO of Never Stop Marketing, a consulting company that serves major Fortune 500 clients. As founder, Jeremy is at the center of an industry that continues to reinvent possibilities and find new avenues for success. Discover how Jeremy’s blockchain methodology has propelled his company to the forefront of marketing worldwide.

Resources

• Never Stop Marketing – Blockchain Marketing and Blockchain Consulting
• CMO Primer for the Blockchain World – Never Stop Marketing

Mentions

• Peter Diamandis – also at AES Nation
• Seth Goden

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Follow these hard trends, specifically how bitcoin runs on blockchain-based technology, and how this network-based consensus model allows two parties to exchange items of value without a centralized mediary.
2. Staying on top on these trends can prepare you to make millions.
3. Be sure to download and implement Jeremy’s 14 rules for successful marketing campaigns.

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Fine-tune your business with marketing expert and podcast innovator Jessica Rhodes. Create the celebrity podcasts that can energize your brand and bring new prospective clients to your door.

Jessica Rhodes is founder and CEO of Interview Connections, a booking agency for guest experts and podcasters. By applying Jessica’s marketing expertise and clear messaging tools, you too can make a huge impact in the world of podcasting.

Get focused on your message and clear on your target audience; then start rolling out your own rock star podcast!

Book of the Day

• Interview Connections – How to Rock The Podcast From Both Sides of the Mic

Resources

• Interview Connections – The Premier Guest Booking Agency for Podcasters and Guest Experts!
• Jessica Rhodes – Book Your Podcast Guests Now

Mentions

• Peter Diamandis – also at AES Nation
• Dave Asprey – also at AES Nation
• Jordan Harbinger – also at AES Nation
• John Lee Dumas – also at AES Nation
• Brendon Burchard
• Tim Ferriss
• Dave Anderson

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Being a celebrity does matter, and it is possible. Your ability to position yourself as a celebrity in your niche will come about through leadership and taking control of your ability to become the expert.
2. It’s wise to first explore being a guest for a friend’s podcast. Discover who your key players are, and get clear on the messaging you want to portray. If you do it right, the return on investment is going to be huge.
3. Launch your podcast and utilize your resources carefully. Think before you host. Pick a format that is sustainable; then monetize.

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Dominate as a leader and inspire action to multiply sales. Check out Michael Bernoff and his core four!

Michael Bernoff, president and founder of The Human Communications Institute, is inspiring clients to communicate more effectively, more powerfully, and with the courage and confidence to sustain. Join us here at AESNation.Com to experience the exponential growth of one individual’s path to boundless success.

Visualize what you are moving towards and commit to making it happen. Get more done in five days than you have in five months.

Resources

• Michael Bernoff – Coaching Business and Personal Sales Training Speaker – Motivational Training – Seminars

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation
• Dean Jackson – also at AES Nation
• Bill Phillips – Bill Phillips Back To Fit 12-Week Trainer

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Make a commitment to yourself to visualize what it takes to move forward. Focus on more polished and practiced communication skills to achieve the self confidence and courage to execute.
2. Be congruent and consistent in your logic. There are so many phony individuals out there—make sure you are not one of them.
3. Realize the power in brevity. Allow for reflection and meaningful self-assessment. To be more effective is to live a more meaningful life.

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As entrepreneurs we all look forward to our next big challenge. Steven Riznyk employs powerful entrepreneurial tools constantly creating vertical stratification and overcoming hurdles in every direction.

Steven Riznyk is a man of many hats. His main gig as a high-level negotiator and CEO of San Diego Biz Law, is keeping his foundation strong while maintaining systems. These systems are dependent upon reaching incredible success and a high quality life-style.

Strategist, author and filmmaker, Steven is a creative, committed and opportunistic entrepreneur who does extremely well by serving his clients well—working hard while playing hard. Don’t miss this!

Resources

• Antonio Stefano – Antonio Stefano Luxury Hand-Made Italian Ties
• Business Lawyer – Attorney San Diego

Mentions

• Jessica Rhodes

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Even as you have more and more success, you can plateau or get side-tracked with challenges. Though this is normal for any business, it’s critical to recognize these stumbling blocks as opportunities. Be opportunistic, adapt and adjust.
2. Allow yourself to be able to ‘strategically stumble’ through patches of the unknown. You will not always have the correct answer for everything. Open up conversations where there are strategic advantages—work hard play hard.
3. Serve people well, make a difference, and build your business to support the quality of life you deserve. Be successful on purpose. This cannot be said enough.

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Expedite your impact and become the game changer you aspire to be. Experience the exponential growth others are feeling every day.

Nancy Mackay is CEO & founder of Mackay CEO Forums. Leading the industry charge, Nancy surrounds herself with like-minded entrepreneurs who want to master their time, experience their passions and exploit their strengths. Nancy and her team provide the tools, formulas and peer sessions to populate the world with better leaders and more expedient industry shortcuts.

Get the job done with those who have paved the path before you. Connect yourself with mentors, coaches and industry leaders who are clear on their vision, goals and competencies. The results will astonish you.

Book of the Day

• Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Resources

• MacKay CEO Forums – Populate the World With Better Leaders
• The CEO Edge Podcast – How to Deliver a Great Customer Experience in an Exponential World

Mentions

• Dean Jackson – also at AES Nation
• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. As entrepreneurs we are constantly doing the next big thing. But the importance is not to go it alone. There is always someone able to do it better than you. No one gets out of life without scares. We all have big ideas. Have a 90 day plan in place. Focus attention on addressing personal needs as well as those for your business.
2. Be conscientious with the concept and practice of time mastery.
3. Look to those who have walked the path before you. These individuals can ultimately lead you in the direction you want to go. You all have big ideas but who will help you to implement them along the way? Who is on your top 20 list?

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Dreaming of a life filled with purpose and prosperity? Then look no further. Regardless of the issue, Jv Crum has the solutions to implement to make your fantasies a reality.

Jv Crum III is Founder and CEO of the Conscious Millionaire. A company that provides a revolutionary approach to forward thinking entrepreneurs who are growing their businesses.

Set yourself apart from the rest with your natural strengths and abilities. The results will be mind-blowing.

Quote of the Day

• “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t—you’re right.” – Henry Ford

Book of the Day

• Conscious Millionaire: Grow Your Business by Making a Difference by Jv Crum III

Resources

• Conscious Millionaire – For conscious business and coaches committed to playing bigger and achieving your first million!

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Be results driven. Nothing happens unless you make it happen. This is power of the mindset.
2. You are currently living in a world of tremendous abundance. There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. There is so much noise out there in the marketplace; believe in your ability to rise above the noise.
3. Put the right systems in place and execute. Take a step back, assess, and learn some lessons. Get really clear on your passion and purpose. Put optimum systems in place to attract and capture the right client in the right niche. Build a business that supports an improved quality of life for all.

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Want to be truly authentic and comfortable in your own skin? Shelby Larson is killing it with her content creation, digital marketing campaigns and Google algorithms.

Shelby Larson is owner, CEO and chief of big ideas at Intentional.Media. Her company provides quality content and digital marketing services. For Shelby, the power of intentional marketing and its potential is at the heart of everything you do.

Get your vision off the ground and in front of the right people. Trust and follow in your guides to show you the way.

Book of the Day

• Moonlighting on the Internet: Make An Extra $1000 Per Month in Just 5-10 Hours Per Week by Shelby Larson

Resources

• Intentional Media – Take your marketing to the next level with Intentional Media
• Content Divas – Content and Web Marketing

Mentions

• Yanik Silver
• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation
• Jeff Walker – also at AES Nation
• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Trusting in yourself, especially in today’s world, is critical. With so much noise in the marketplace, it’s far too easy to get distracted. Trust your guides to lead you in the direction you need to go. This know, like and trust factor can ultimately be the driving force behind everything.
2. Currently testing your product or your message in today’s market is relatively inexpensive. Take advantage of this capability to discover immediately whether what you are doing is working—and then react.
3. Intentionally design your life—and business—to achieve the simple and elegant experience you want. Be successful on purpose and build a phenomenal business—get on the right side of complexity!

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A combination of true passion and undeniable success, Don Brown has catapulted his business forward in leaps and bounds. With his marketable reputation and innovative ideas, Don has been able to focus on what he wants—and ignore the noise.

Don Brown: entrepreneur, fitness guru and product developer; a man of innovative, ground-breaking ideas and successful Kick starter campaigns who continues to outperform his competition. Don’t waste another minute to take advantage of his business model!

Resources

• Stealth Body Fitness – Stealth’s Advanced Gameplay Technology will make you forget you’re even working out
• Invent WOW – How to learn more about Kick-starter and other crowdfunding ideas
• Indiegogo Campaign – Stealth: Get Ripped Abs by Playing Games on your Smartphone
• KickStarter Campaign – Stealth: Get Ripped Abs by Playing Games on your Smartphone
• KickStarter Youtube Video – How To Buy a STEALTH CORE TRAINER On Kickstarter
• Kicktraq – Information and News about Kickstarter projects

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation
• Dan Sullivan – also at AES Nation
• Earl Nightingale

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. As an entrepreneur, you don’t necessarily go in a straight line. You seek the need to be opportunistic. There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, to be lean, observant and ever ready to test the right product or provide the optimum service. Be clear on intellectual property and test your products.
2. If you put the right effort into marketing you can dominate. One of the best ways to do this is to crowd source and make your product successful. Don’t go it alone—utilize your resources and the experts!
3. Tell your story and display your passion. Think of the clients’ long-term value of your product. This is your lifeline. Build a tribe or community and work cooperatively to achieve a healthy lifestyle and great quality of life.

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Want more clients knocking down your doors? Experience the creativity of Josh Greene as he optimizes search engines, re-targets and perfects your online presence to nail your client experience!

Josh Greene is founder and CMO of The Mather Group, a digital marketing agency with over 25 years of experience. Dramatically increasing revenue leads for its clients, The Mather Group has worked successfully with small and large businesses, including premier companies such as Time Warner Cable and Discovery Channel.

Their main focus: to dramatically improve how people find you online. By optimizing search engines to Wikipedia presence, you too can increase your ideal client leads and drive your target market.

Resources

• Josh Greene – The Mather Group

Mentions

• Joe Polish – also at AES Nation
• Frank Kern

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. Do you want to get really clear on who your ideal clients are? Stake claim to your cyber shelf space and start convincing, dynamic conversations with the right contacts. Have the credibility you want and need to capture your ideal client market.
2. Become really clear on what you are looking to do. Do the marketing funnel to really see the stats. Use online resources and data analytics to discover legitimate and profitable leads.
3. Re-target, re-target, re-target. Get your message out to those people who have shown interest in working with you. Pursue the right target market, make the connection and then put a carefully considered campaign together that works.

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The power of full engagement is necessary when wanting to make huge changes in the market. Stay on top of your health and continue to experience tremendous energy with Dan Carlin and his telemedical clinic.

Dan Carlin is a Physician and founder of WorldClinic, a concierge telemedicine company providing 24/7 healthcare. This innovative online service is on the cutting edge of how the medical industry will change in the future.

As a proactive, non-conventional, health physician, Dan is for the proliferation in the new age of individuals and their families. With World Clinic, you get medical care when and where you need it.

Resources

• World Clinic – Continuous Connected Care

Mentions

• Peter Diamandis – also at AES Nation
• Russ Alan Prince

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Health is so important for all entrepreneurs, use this criteria and assess your own family situation.
2. You have a responsibility for all your stake holders to be fully engaged and sustain the amount of energy you need to be your best. With the help of WorldClinic, see how you and your family can be impacted.
3. As you make more and more money in the marketplace, you have a responsibility to keep yourself healthy. Take action and have a plan to stay fit and stay fully engaged.

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Number one best seller on Amazon, Jason Treu is creating value and connecting with others everywhere he goes.

Jason Treu is a Business & Executive Coach and Leadership & Culture Expert. He is known as ‘The CEO’s Secret Weapon’ and will help you to discover your true potential, influence others and inspire those who surround you.

Get in the right room and join a mastermind group. Let go of the outcome and external validation. Be authentic and pivot when necessary, then things could really take off.

Book of the Day

• Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network by Jason Treu

Resources

• Jason Treu – Home

Mentions

• Steve Jobs
• Amy Cuddy
• Tony Robbins

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. Be successful on purpose by tapping into your social wealth skills and social capital. Do it well and be consistent.
2. Be sure to connect with the movers and shakers. You need to take the time to get involved socially. Join groups where you can give first and receive later. This will give you so much value.
3. Influence others by sharing your story—listen and connect. There are so many lessons to be discovered. Your team wants to be successful. Share with them who you really are by telling your story.

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Want to be seen as a thought leader within your industry? Sweeten your path to success and create powerful systems with David Frees and his strategic skills and force multipliers applications.

David Frees is a successful attorney, author and keynote speaker. Building strategies and persuasion techniques are just some of the skills David demonstrates when working with clients. His coaching programs have become a trusted source of vital information among the affluent.

Allow David to demonstrate the critical keys to forming that initial bond with ideal clients to earn their trust and loyalty, and to gain an unfair competitive edge with your competition.

Book of the Day

• The Language of Parenting: Building Great Family Relationships At All Ages by David M. Frees

Resources

• David Frees – You tube Channel
• Success Technologies Inc – Executive and Business Coaching

Mentions

• Steve Forbes

John’s 3 Key Take-aways

1. The force multiplier is a tool to which multiplies the effectiveness of what you already have in place. Implementing this will help to promote and enhance crucial communication skills. Remember you are now able to market to many not just one.
2. Understand the difference between persuasion and influence. You want to pull your potential clients or customers towards you to solve their most pressing issues or challenges.
3. You hold a unique gift in being able to leverage human biology to influence people. Your tone and the words you use are so important in attracting people to you and creating an initial bond of trust for future relations.

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