"One of the great tragedies is that many people reduce God to a set of intellectual propositions. In reality, we’re only dimly approximating a biblical thought. We’re not defining it."Perry Marshall Have you ever wondered whether God wants to be involved in all the asundry details of your life? Today’s guest has compiled a book of powerful stories that show how God gives people business strategies and ideas for their day-to-day lives. Perry Marshall is one of the most expensive business strategists in the world. His reinvention of the Pareto…
"The SCALEit Method is a holistic perspective with business, and it's all the pieces in the company."Allison Maslan If your business wouldn’t be able to survive without you, it’s time to build a self-managing and self-multiplying business. Our guest today gives practical tips for doing just that. Allison Maslan is the WSJ Best Selling Author of Scale or Fail, endorsed by Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran. Allison has built 10 companies since age 19. She’s the founder of Pinnacle Global Network, where she and her team of mentors guide CEOs…
"To be a successful long-term source of influence, you have to be ethical in every step along the way. You get the buy-in from people by building your credibility."Dr. Robert Cialdini We live in an age of influence. We are all either the persuaders or the persuaded, intentionally or unintentionally — whether it’s in the business world or the consumer world, whether it’s IRL or online especially on social media where very little can or should be taken at face value. I’m very excited to say that my guest today,…
"If you don't want to be the busy, overworked entrepreneur, work 'on' the business, not 'in' it."Michael Zipursky Does your business determine your lifestyle, or is it the other way around? My guest on today’s episode, Michael Zipursky, has learned from his decades in business that if you put your business goals at the top of the pyramid, everything will be in service to that, which he asserts (and I wholeheartedly agree) is the wrong way to live. Michael is the CEO of Consulting Success. He has helped over 450…
"Entrepreneurship is years of tweaking, adjusting, pivoting, improving, failing, learning to get the business to where it is now."John Lee Dumas You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with, according to my guest on today’s show, John Lee Dumas. Inspired by the idea of spending time with high achievers who he admired, John, an army veteran who had struggled with depression and PTSD, decided to embark on an entrepreneurial path to change his life and the lives of all his listeners. On his podcast, Entrepreneurs…
"You have access to all the resources you need to achieve what you want in life. You just have to find them and, when you do, be able to use them to your advantage."Erik Luhrs If your work isn’t for everyone, you’re probably doing something right, especially when that work uses channeling abilities in your business coaching. Which is, of course, why I think the work that Erik Luhrs is doing is so phenomenal. Erik is known as the Bruce Lee of revenue generation and is the creator of Revenue…
"I didn't have everything figured out. I had failures along the way, but I knew my only options were to figure out another way and not give up."Kara Goldin It doesn’t matter whether you feel confident; it matters what you actually do. Author Kara Goldin turned her unsweetened flavored water into Hint—one of the most successful beverage businesses of our time and has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50 and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. Her secret sauce is be Undaunted, which is the title of…
"You need to change your environment, mindset, and the people in your life if you want to change your life."Steve Sims We all feel like we don’t fit in, until we realize, we were not meant to. My guest on today’s show, Steve Sims, is a creative disruptor who fashioned a unique career for himself. His secret is that you have to ask for what you dream of, not simply what you think you can get. This is coming from a guy who was a bricklayer with no high school…
"The market is changing. We need to pivot and innovate, get creative, and still sell our services but on a different platform." Don Hutson Customer service miracles, adaptability skills, The One-Minute Negotiator—these are some of the most-requested presentation topics for talks given by my renowned guest in today’s podcast, Don Hutson. Don is the past President of the National Speakers Association, he is a coach and an author of 16 books, including The One Minute Entrepreneur, which sold over one million copies. His formula in coaching clients is (Vision +…
"If you’re running an online business, you need to get your hands dirty and your mind more open." Laura Roeder When your market is small businesses, there will always be customers for you if you’re solving a problem. It’s not a winner take all scenario. These are wise words from today’s guest, Laura Roeder. Laura taught herself how to build websites in junior high, then in her early 20’s, she noticed that entrepreneurs wasted a lot of time doing tasks that can be handled by good software. She went on…