The Story Engine Podcast
The Story Engine Podcast where we teach you how to make marketing easier, more powerful and fun through storytelling. Each week we learn from top entrepreneurs, influencers and world-changers on how to share your story through content, copywriting, speaking and how to make your story your most powerful marketing tool.
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The Secret Drunk Driving of Entrepreneurs with Jeff Schiefelbein
11/28/2023
The Secret Drunk Driving of Entrepreneurs with Jeff Schiefelbein
Today on the show I have Jeff Schiefelbein. Jeff is a successful serial entrepreneur who has been running many different businesses and ventures for twenty years. Today we are going to dive into his story of how an unexpected dark moment became one of the most important in his life. This was when he was pulled over for a DUI. We are going to talk about that turning point in his life and we are going to talk about a lot of the ways that many entrepreneurs and visionaries are drunk driving in their businesses right now, not necessarily literally drunk driving but are going through the same process that is equally as dangerous at the helm of their businesses. There is a ton of great information that Jeff is going to share whether you are just starting out as an entrepreneur or have been at this for many years. In This Episode: People have become victims of their surroundings. People are all driven by the same fundamentals of human nature and when they feel respected, seen, and heard you get a lot of really great things done together. Recognize the blessing of life. Every single part of my life is a blessing and yours and you can completely change and see the world in a brighter light, more abundance, and less fear because you get to, you don’t have to. And so much more!!! Connect with Jeff Schiefelbein:
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The Magic of a Mastermind
11/21/2023
The Magic of a Mastermind
Today on the show coming up I have a really exciting offer to share with you. Since this is The Story Engine, I want to share a story about one of my origins as an entrepreneur nearly ten years ago, my first opportunity to engage with entrepreneurship, The Foundry. In this episode, I share the key components and the huge impact a mastermind can make in your life and your business. In This Episode: The measure of your integrity is your ability to do what you say you will do. Learning from peers is faster than learning from gurus. There is a certain magic to learning and growing alongside others. And so much more!!!
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The Art of Referral Parties and High Ticket Coaching with Mike Koenigs
11/14/2023
The Art of Referral Parties and High Ticket Coaching with Mike Koenigs
Today on the show I have Mike Koenigs. Mike is a long-time veteran in the entrepreneurship space, author of many books, and on a first-name basis with almost any heavy hitter well-known entrepreneur, or personality that you can think of. Today on the show we are going to start with Mike’s story which really leads into a bigger philosophical discussion around leadership. Then we will transition into the art of the referral party which has been one of my favorite tools to develop new connections and build new relationships that I have been using in the last year that has absolutely transformed my business and Mike is the mastermind behind it all. It is a huge honor to have him on the podcast. In This Episode: Great marketing is just great storytelling where we are triggering feelings, words, and meaningful things that we have shared amongst us. The best thing you can do is start building a network and find effective ways to connect people expecting nothing. If you want to really accelerate your super powers right now, spending a little time with AI is going to make you even more effective at everything you do. And so much more!!! Connect with Mike Koenigs:
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Transform Your Communication with Kyle Gray on She's Busy AF Podcast
11/07/2023
Transform Your Communication with Kyle Gray on She's Busy AF Podcast
I have something a little bit different for you today. A few weeks back I was featured on the She’s Busy AF Podcast hosted by Lauren Loreto and it was an incredible experience. First of all, it was a huge honor to be the first male guest on a podcast for women business leaders by women business leaders. It was an honor to be able to help with some of the key points that all entrepreneurs face in communicating their value and attracting their clients. This was an action packed episode so I wanted to share this interview with my listeners so you can get a little bit of a taste of what it is like when I am being interviewed. In This Episode: One of the biggest differences and shifts you can make is moving from a passive voice to an active voice. Changing your story and clarifying your story as a leader changes who you are, and how you show up in this world and creates a bigger context for the things that you want to do. Being able to have a vision that lines up your team that you can communicate with your team is so essential. And so much more!!! Connect with Lauren Loreto:
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Vision, Value, and Masterful Sales Techniques with Armin Sharfee
10/31/2023
Vision, Value, and Masterful Sales Techniques with Armin Sharfee
Today on the show we have Armin Sharfee. Armin is a master at all things high ticket coaching from marketing and messaging to premium clients to delivering incredible experiences and scaling up a high ticket coaching business. Today on the show we are going to be talking about creating a powerful vision that drives an increased value for your product and masterful sales techniques that you can use to attract and enroll premium clients into your newly upgraded programs. In this Episode: Great sales doesn’t feel like sales. It feels like a conversation. Stories plant the seeds, beliefs, and ideas in people’s minds. Real good salespeople are good storytellers. The core framework of getting people to make decisions is mirroring, seeding, and framing. And so much more!!! Connect with Armin Sharfee:
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The Bright Future of Plant Medicine with Hamilton Souther
10/24/2023
The Bright Future of Plant Medicine with Hamilton Souther
Today on the show we have Hamilton Souther. Hamilton is the founder of the Blue Morpho Organization and Retreat Center. He helps facilitate and certify those who want to go through psychedelic experiences, particularly with Ayahuasca. Today Hamilton is coming to us from his retreat center in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru. We are going to have an amazing conversation that encompasses a lot of the business of psychedelics, the impact that it has had on places like Peru and South America, the future of psychedelic plant medicine work, and how it is tied in with the convergence of AI and people waking up and increasing their emotional intelligence. We cover a ton of ground in this conversation and I wish I could have gone for an extra hour. In This Episode: The plant medicine space is evolving rapidly. There is a tremendous growing interest, and because of that there is a willingness and desire to learn. The plant medicine experience is an opportunity to make new choices and decisions. Based on the changes that happen in the ceremony you get a window of opportunity to make new choices and decisions. Artificial intelligence will touch everything that everybody does even if they don’t know it. And so much more!!! Connect with Hamilton Souther:
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Mastering Intuition Over AI with Dan Goodwin
10/17/2023
Mastering Intuition Over AI with Dan Goodwin
Today on the show we have Dan Goodwin. Dan got his start as an investigator and interrogator and now applies his question asking prowess and curiosity to help thought leaders access and leverage their own unique visions, abilities, perspectives, and most of all their intuition to get great results. In this episode, we are going to talk about a lot of the applications of intuition including when we should use intuition over AI and how we can use both of them together to create great results. We also take a deep look at how Dan listens in many different ways and on many different levels to his audience and his clients and creates incredible experiences even if it is a simple one on one Zoom connection call. In This Episode: It is important to look back and help people that are behind us. Human intuition will always trump AI. AI is a good starting point and ideas generator. You find out the best information to exercise your critical thinking when you stay eternally curious. Ask the next best question. And so much more!!! Connect with Dan Goodwin:
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Building a Business That's Enjoyable to Run with Mike Moll
10/10/2023
Building a Business That's Enjoyable to Run with Mike Moll
Today on the show we have Mike Moll. Mike is a master at helping agency owners build businesses they actually enjoy running through great systems that are aligned with your core values and attract just the right people to work with you. Today on the show we are going to talk about all kinds of systems and methods to build that business whether you are just starting out and starting on your own or whether you are scaling up and growing a team and want to bring in more of a team to help support you so you can be in your visionary role. In This Episode: Entrepreneurs should think about building a system for everything as soon as possible. It is also building systems in your personal life. Building a system for everything in your life regardless of if you are going to outsource it is a really smart way to do it. Nothing can be perfect. Done is better than perfect. Give yourself permission to be imperfect. It will be messy at first. And so much more!!! Connect with Mike Moll:
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4 Ingredients for More Presence in Your Storytelling
10/03/2023
4 Ingredients for More Presence in Your Storytelling
Today on the show we are going to be talking about 4 ingredients for more presence in your storytelling. Presence is the hidden magic between your words, the tone, and the rhythm and mastery that inspires trust. It conveys the energy and the passion that you have and you feel before you even start speaking and it is the subtle ability to make your audience feel that same energy. In This Episode: Presence is a process that needs to be fostered and integrated over a long period of time. Ingredient #1: Listening - The Art of Silent Connection Ingredient #2: Empathy And so much more!!!
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Hidden Keys to High Ticket Coaching with Shannon Graham
09/26/2023
Hidden Keys to High Ticket Coaching with Shannon Graham
Today on the show we have Shannon Graham returning for a second time. Shannon is a really inspiring figure in my life and one of the first people to open me up to the possibilities of very high ticket sales. Shannon loves to do sales of six figures or larger. So today we are going to talk about exactly what it takes to create a six figure plus offer and how to lead and grow a business with your imagination and creativity rather than your own personal experience. In This Episode: The Future Self exercise can be used to shake yourself out of the pattern you have been in so you can embrace this new and different way of being. Everyone has a higher version of themselves. Elevating the conversation is taking what you have been doing and how you have been speaking about it and elevating that conversation so that it resonates with a different crowd of people. We all desire to some degree to be more, to do more, to have more, and to give more. Be honest about that and what you want. Just that honestly alone can be very empowering and illuminating. And so much more!!! Connect with Shannon Graham:
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Finding the Gold In Your Red Chair Moment with Chris Michel
09/19/2023
Finding the Gold In Your Red Chair Moment with Chris Michel
Today on the show we have Chris Michel. Chris is the author of The Red Chair Experience and he defines a Red Chair Experience as a powerful moment in your life, usually painful that inspires a very big shift. We are going to hear from Chris about the many Red Chair Experiences that have defined him in the last few years and the legacy that he is leaving because of it. He has an incredible story and this is going to be a great one for many different leaders who are facing challenges right now. In This Episode: When you survive this, what a great story you are going to have to tell. It is focusing back on the little positives and it’s the little things that count. It is the little things that get us through to the next step. Too often we think that we are too broken and we get focused on ourselves instead of looking at someone else and asking how we can help them. And so much more!!! Connect with Chris Michel:
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3 Silent Sales Killers and 3 Storytelling Solutions
09/12/2023
3 Silent Sales Killers and 3 Storytelling Solutions
Today on the show we are going to be talking about three silent sales killers that are holding you back from scaling your business from the low six figures to the high six or seven figures and really getting the results that you want from your team, experiencing the freedom that you sought out when you created your business and when you stepped into the role as the visionary. These sales killers are some of the biggest problems I solve with my clients but the problem is that a lot of people that I work with aren’t aware of these problems until they start working with me which is exactly why I am creating this episode. I want to shed light on these sales killers and give you simple storytelling solutions so that you can fix them or maybe even stop them before they start in your business. In This Episode: Teaching to Sell is a style of teaching that is meant to overcome objections and change beliefs. There is a big difference between what feels good to teach and what the audience needs to move forward with you. When everybody is aligned under this same vision it allows you to finally create the space and support to be in your zone of genius as a leader. And so much more!!!
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Social Media Secrets of Big Brands with George Huff
09/05/2023
Social Media Secrets of Big Brands with George Huff
Today on the show we have George Huff the founder of the Opal Marketing Software which is the software designed to answer the questions of what huge brands need to measure and do to be successful in social media. Even if you aren’t the owner of a giant brand as big as Target there are a lot of timeless marketing nuggets in this episode as well as great stories and ideas from George. In This Episode: Creating healthy space as a leader to think about how all the dots connect and developing a vision is important. Company culture is important too. There is a shift that happens when you go from being that grinding work to a visionary. When you have to do both at the same time, that is really hard for people. The stories that we want to tell are out there but they are in the ether. Spending time with yourself, having solitude, thinking and not trying to do anything is really how we pull it out of the ether and make it a reality. And so much more!!! Connect with George Huff:
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How to Make Your Executive Assistant Your Secret Weapon with Ethan Bull
08/29/2023
How to Make Your Executive Assistant Your Secret Weapon with Ethan Bull
Today on the show we have Ethan Bull. Ethan is one of the most experienced and effective executive assistants in the world and has now built a distributive team of executive assistants all over the country to serve many different visionaries at just the right capacity they need. Most visionaries don’t really know that it is possible to have a fractional assistant or know what’s possible when you have someone like this on your team. We are going to talk about that today on the podcast with Ethan and we are going to get a lot of great information on how to be a better executive assistant and how to be a better principal or boss. So whether you want to be an executive assistant or would like an executive assistant in your world, this episode is going to be great for you. In This Episode: The opportunities are endless but it is all about matching the person, what are their needs, and how they want to leverage the support. For a CEO to be able to take an idea, question, or task and be able to get it out of his brain and forwarded it to someone he knows, likes, and trusts and knows it will get done and never think about it again. There is a huge value there. The goal or purpose in life is to meet all of your responsibilities yet have as much fun as possible. If you are not having as much fun as you possibly think, maybe a change is needed. And so much more!!! Connect with Ethan Bull:
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How to Win 32X More with Winback Marketing with Dan Pfister
08/22/2023
How to Win 32X More with Winback Marketing with Dan Pfister
Today on the show we have Dan Pfister. Dan is going to teach us the secrets of one of the most powerful forms of marketing sales and one of the most valuable opportunities that you have in your business which is winning back the customers that you have already converted. This is the lowest-hanging fruit for almost everybody and can lead to incredible life-changing growth. We are going to talk to Dan about how to do that and what is possible with Winback Marketing. In This Episode: Winback Marketing is taking advantage of everything we have with these past customers. There is so much that you know about a past customer that you don’t know about a new prospect. All that knowledge is pure gold. Your past customers are some of the lowest hanging fruit in your business. Don’t be afraid of reaching out to them. And so much more!!! Connect with Dan Pfister:
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The Art of Magnetic Storytelling with Kylie Slavik
08/15/2023
The Art of Magnetic Storytelling with Kylie Slavik
Today on the show we have Kylie Slavik. Kylie is an expert in helping big brands, authorities, and leaders create incredible stories and messaging in many different areas of their brand from emails to landing pages to ad campaigns. She is an expert in digital marketing and messaging. We are going to hear her story and her evolution as a marketer going from a broke struggling healer to one of the leading authorities in the spiritual transformation space on storytelling. We are going to break down exactly what makes a magnetic story and magnetic storyteller in this episode. In This Episode: Somebody has to have real magnetism in their personality, spirituality, soul, and their emotions. They have to be a magnetic person in order to make everything work. There is a certain degree of wisdom and expertise. Alignment is really important. Taking care of your physical and emotional health is part of magnetism. You have to do what your soul is wanting you to do or there is going to be a lot of suffering, pain, or moving in the wrong direction. Listen to the soul and follow the soul. The soul and storytelling go hand to hand. And so much more!!! Connect with Kylie Slavik:
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The Amazing Art of Naming with Alexandra Watkins
08/08/2023
The Amazing Art of Naming with Alexandra Watkins
Today on the show we have Alexandra Watkins. Alexandra has my dream job which is a professional namer. People pay her top dollar to come up with clever, catchy, and memorable names that instantly make you smile. We are going to break down some of the secrets of her process in this episode and learn a little bit more about how she sees her art beyond just naming. We also talk about how she lives a full life that is a brand and power essence of who she is and how she commands these very high value prices for her work. Show Notes: A name should make you smile instead of scratch your head. Find unexpected ways to express your creativity and create your own life how you want to live. Anytime you can use humor to get your message across, it is going to have a better result for you. And so much more!!! Connect with Alexandra Watkins:
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Mastering Yourself and AI with Brad Costanzo
08/01/2023
Mastering Yourself and AI with Brad Costanzo
Today on the show we have Brad Costanzo. Brad is somebody I really admire as an expert marketer that has been working in the digital marketing space for a very long time and has worked with some incredible leaders and brands. In this episode, we really drop in on the power of storytelling and how it can influence your audience and attract your clients, but also how it can influence and transform you. We are going to hear some of Brad’s most transformative moments that have been created and worked through storytelling. We are also going to lay out a special framework that is going to help you get the most out of the AI tools that you are using or want to start using. It is going to make it a lot more accessible and approachable for you. In This Episode: Life happens for us. It doesn’t happen to us. It doesn’t matter what happened. You get to choose the reason it happened and you get to choose the reaction you get. You get a chance to act and then react. That is how you make a really great life. Artificial intelligence helps accelerate your intelligence and productivity. And so much more!!! Connect with Brad Costanzo:
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How Can A Pilot Teach You To Be A Better Entrepreneur With Gabe Muller
07/25/2023
How Can A Pilot Teach You To Be A Better Entrepreneur With Gabe Muller
Today on the show we have Gabe Muller. Gabe is a pilot and an EOS implementer. The EOS is the Entrepreneurial Operating System and is an incredible framework to help manage your business, set goals and communicate with your team. It can be very powerful and transformative to implement the EOS especially when you're starting to get a larger organization beyond five or six people. Gabe is also a passionate pilot, and has developed an incredible community of pilots and aviators and has a phenomenal event that we are going to hear about the special moments that come when you combine one area of your life that you're passionate about and entrepreneurship. In This Episode: [02:05] Gabe shares his defining moment of flying an airplane solo for the first time. [04:13] How Gabe’s training as a pilot informs what he does in working with EOS [07:36] The importance of getting clarity and communication to help achieve your goals [10:05] Where Gabe sees “soft talk” within the aviation space in addition to other types of visionaries he works with [12:35] Why Gabe recommends traction before vision and how to maintain balance between the two [17:56] How Gabe intentionally crafted Smokehouse Pilots Club to bring people together and his goals surrounding the event [22:56] How Gabe articulated his vision for the event [25:16] Why Kyle believes EOS is so successful [26:34] How Gabe creates outside of the professional world and what he’s currently excited about creating [30:09] Gabe’s closing thoughts Connect with Gabe Muller:
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How Taking a Sabbatical Can Make You a Better Leader with Alyson Caffrey
07/18/2023
How Taking a Sabbatical Can Make You a Better Leader with Alyson Caffrey
Today on the show we have Alyson Caffrey. Alyson has been one of my favorite people to work with and collaborate with over my many years of entrepreneurship. She has just completed an incredible legacy project of a book called The Sabbatical Method. The Sabbatical Method is a powerful formula to set yourself up to take weeks, months, or maybe longer away from your business and ensure that your business still continues to grow and thrive while you are away and the actual process of going on a sabbatical turns you into a better leader, parent, partner, and human overall. We are going to dive into how we set ourselves up to create these sabbaticals and what benefits can we expect from them. In This Episode: We are taught in order to be successful we need to make ourselves irreplaceable at work but what we don’t learn is that in order to run a successful business our job is to make ourselves replaceable in the business. If we can be able to give ourselves small doses of strategic rest, it will unlock a lot of challenges that entrepreneurs and small business owners face. Being intentional about scheduling breaks can help you recharge for the rest of your day. And so much more!!! Connect with Alyson Caffrey:
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How to Create Life Changing Moments at Events and in Yourself with Miro Heyink
07/11/2023
How to Create Life Changing Moments at Events and in Yourself with Miro Heyink
Today on the show we have Miro Heyink. Miro is an expert in creating moments of deep transformation and deep decisions that change the course of your life. He provides that in clarity and one on one sessions with entrepreneurs and he provides that as a philanthropy to many youths growing up around the world and in the United States who need an extra hand. We are going to talk to him today about how to create moments like that. If you love creating and hosting events we are going to talk about how to bake that kind of impact and effects into your events and retreats. This is going to be a really great episode for anybody who is running retreats, interested in retreats, or wants to put on an event. In This Episode: In life, we have these moments where we get to listen to this inner whisper. When we listen to this inner whisper we can actually have this elevator moment right now. Stretching your trust, interrupting your patterns, and being surrounded by people that care about you and what to see you win is key. Make a commitment to find your superpower, go all the way, and never stop. Connect with Miro Heyink:
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Unlocking Team Performance At Scale With Bryan Howard
07/04/2023
Unlocking Team Performance At Scale With Bryan Howard
Today on the show we have Bryan Howard. Bryan is an expert in helping leaders influence large teams of hundreds or thousands of people effectively and creating the freedom in their own lives to really do what is important to them. Today we are going to hear Bryan’s story about a big life change that really had him think really hard about how he was spending his time, how he was working, and what he was valuing, the incredible transformation in his own life, and the impact that he is making in other people’s lives as a result. This is a great episode for anyone leading teams or wanting to grow their teams and especially if you want to grow your teams to a very large scale. In This Episode: It is really all about putting people first and putting employees first. Happy employees make happy customers make happy stakeholders and stockholders. Embrace all five E’s: empathy, emotional intelligence, effective communication, empowerment, and ethical actions. The three ways to engage employees and retain them are a way to grow, a chance to show, and a place to go. And so much more!!! Connect with Bryan Howard:
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What Comes After Energy Rich Recurring Revenue with Michelle Villalobos
06/27/2023
What Comes After Energy Rich Recurring Revenue with Michelle Villalobos
Today on the show we have Michelle Villalobos. Michelle is an expert in helping coaches and entrepreneurs create energy rich recurring revenue. We are going to break down exactly what that is and what that means. Most importantly and excitingly we are going to talk about what happens once you have energy rich recurring revenue and once you have a business that supports you and you have extra energy left over for art, philanthropy, and making an impact in the world. We are going to talk about how Michelle does that, how Kyle has been doing that, and a lot of people in her community doing it. This is a very fun episode to see what happens once your business has reached a certain level to allow you some freedom of creativity and just what can happen when you do that. In This Episode: Optimize for alignment over achievement. The more aligned you are the more energy that you have and the more energy that you have the easier things are. In every area, there is a way to add more free energy to the system so that you have more to give and it is much easier to emit light to the world. Magic happens when we listen to our hearts and we dive into our desire. Where we feel deep desire is where destiny is calling us. And so much more!!! Connect with Michelle Villalobos:
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Staffing All Over the World with Frank Salas
06/20/2023
Staffing All Over the World with Frank Salas
Today on the show we have Frank Salas. Frank is an expert at finding incredibly talented people to work in your business from all over the world. He is an expert at helping leaders scale their businesses with outsourced talent. Today on the show we are going to be learning how he does that, how he develops his teams, how he works with his teams, and how he can help people just like you build incredibly talented teams on a budget I don’t think you thought was possible. In This Episode: It all starts with your centralized communication. You have to have a way internally to communicate with your team and externally to communicate to your clients, service providers, vendors, and other partners you may have in the business. If you create a career path for your talent inside your business you can actually retain talent long-term and force them to level up. If you build systems, processes, workflows, and a position then that is what allows you to have people join your mission and allows you to attract the right people. And so much more!!! Connect with Frank Salas:
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What Would Your Life Be Like As A Master Communicator with Brenden Kumarasamy
06/13/2023
What Would Your Life Be Like As A Master Communicator with Brenden Kumarasamy
Today on the show we have Brenden Kumarasamy. Brenden is the founder of Master Talk, an engaging YouTube channel teaching people how to be better communicators both on stage and in all areas of their lives. He is also a coach to many of the greatest thought leaders in technology and business right now with some of the biggest ideas. He is helping them formulate their talks, ideas, and communication. In this episode. I get to ask my questions that I would have paid a lot of money for answers to and get really cool insights into my own business. I hope that you get the same eye-opening insights from the answers to these questions and from some of the reflections that Brenden has during all of this. This is an action-packed episode for those who appreciate the art of communication executed at an Olympic level. In This Episode: We are not coaching our clients on everything. We are just coaching them on the one thing that we are better at. Everything that you have done in your life that you are proud of has some fear attached to it. It is just that the motivation is greater than the fear. Communication is an acceleration of dreams. It doesn’t matter what you want in your life, communication helps you get there faster. And so much more!!! Connect with Brenden Kumarasamy:
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Scaling Up Your Freedom with Ryan Crownholm
06/06/2023
Scaling Up Your Freedom with Ryan Crownholm
Today on the show we have Ryan Crownholm. Ryan is a veteran, investor, and serial entrepreneur. Today we are going to be exploring his journey from truly being the worker and the big change that really led him to thinking strategically and growing beyond himself and his abilities to scaling his business, business, systems, and team. We are also going to talk about how he helps other business owners do just that. We have some incredible stories and some really great leadership tactics to explore with you today. In This Episode: In the beginning, you need to find what your strengths are, leverage those strengths, and work as hard as you can possibly to get you from zero to one. You need to set your business up to serve yourself and give yourself space. Find areas to spark new ideas. If it is reading books for you, make sure you make time every day to read books. If it is podcasts, listen to podcasts. Have a place to feed your ideas. And so much more!!! Connect with Ryan Crownholm:
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Creating Financial Freedom with Complex Trusts with Daniel Bishop
05/30/2023
Creating Financial Freedom with Complex Trusts with Daniel Bishop
Today on the show we have Daniel Bishop. Daniel is an expert in many fields such as marketing, finance, and sales. In this interview today we are going to explore all of them but one of the core topics that Daniel is particularly excited about is making the most out of all the money that we bring in and not losing a lot of it to taxes or other inefficiencies. The complex trusts that Daniel works with are an excellent tool to use to escape a lot of the common pitfalls that end up sucking away a lot of profit from a business and a lot of freedom from your life. So we are going to talk about Daniel’s process for using complex trusts to minimize things like taxes and maximize freedom in your business. In This Episode: Communication is everything. If we can’t clearly communicate what we do to the people that may be ideal clients for us then we will never have a sale. Clear communication is good in every single relationship we have. If you want to make more money you have to work on your mindset around money and beliefs. You create your reality. In a complex trust when I don’t create and I am appointed as a trustee, it becomes a separate entity of its own. It is totally unaffiliated with myself, my business, and my assets. And so much more!!!
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The Art of Customer Driven Leadership with Daniel Hammond
05/23/2023
The Art of Customer Driven Leadership with Daniel Hammond
Today on the show we have Daniel Hammond. Daniel has an incredible constellation of experiences, backgrounds, and interesting stories to tell. We are blessed with the opportunity to explore quite a few of those around the world and in very unexpected places and professions. The main thing that we are going to be talking about today is operating systems for your business. How does your business operate as a whole? This is a really important system and culture and thing to install as you start to grow beyond being able to influence everybody directly and manage everybody directly in a small business. We are going to be talking about the counterintuitive nature that is customer-driven leadership as opposed to leader driven. The difference is in how you approach and solve problems in your business. In This Episode: Customer-driven leadership is an operating system. It creates checks and balances on a team level. It starts with a big vision. A big lie of entrepreneurship is that as the leader of the organization, it is our job to solve all the problems. At the team level, it is really increasing the understanding of how the different teams all serve to deliver for the end customers. And so much more!!! Connect with Daniel Hammond:
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Awakening the Rebel with Dr. Gigi Abel Samed
05/16/2023
Awakening the Rebel with Dr. Gigi Abel Samed
Today on the podcast we have Dr. Gigi Abel Samed. We have an incredible array of stories, insights, and wisdom to explore with her today. Starting with a story that she derived a deep meaning from a young age that has really shaped her life and her purpose and we get to see how that plays out in many different forms. She spent a long time working in the health system and had many different personal struggles through that and is now on the verge of serving a brand new audience that she defines as the rebels and changemakers that we were ultimately here about at the end of this episode. In This Episode: Leave every life better for having been in it. Rebels don’t fight the old paradigm, they create a new one that makes the old one obsolete. Play, have fun, and allow yourself to be childlike. And so much more!!! Connect with Dr. Gigi Abel Samed:
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The Secret to Making It Happen with Mike Malatesta
05/09/2023
The Secret to Making It Happen with Mike Malatesta
Today on the show we have Mike Malatesta. Mike is a high performance coach helping people unlock inspiration and creativity and has a podcast called How’d It Happen where he breaks down the magical turning points in many different entrepreneurs' and creators' lives. Mike is an excellent thought leader and has a lot of experience working with similar people to what I have done. When I set out to have this interview. I wanted to talk to him about the many different things he uncovered in the How’d It Happen Podcast, and the things that he learned over the many different interviews. The actual interview took a very different turn and we both shared different perspectives on things like creating pattern breaks to open up new possibilities, connecting with the inner child and using that as a powerful source of energy in your business and your creativity, and many other topics that I feel are very high impact, especially for those whose who are really at the top of their game. This is a really fun-filled, unexpected, and magical episode that I am excited to share with you. In This Episode: People are afraid to really think about and ask for what they actually want. To be able to take a step towards what you want every day requires you to know what you want to take a step towards every day. If you just approach things with curiosity and nothing else then it seems like it is easier because the only way you can be disappointed is if you want something out of something. And so much more!!! Connect with Mike Malatesta:
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