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031: Finding your way to success in business and life (with Corbett Barr)

August 19, 2014 By deacon Leave a Comment

When you stray off the path into the thick, wild jungle things get really tough really fast. It takes a tremendous amount of effort to move just a few feet at times, and there’s the constant question of whether you’re even heading in the right direction.

That’s what it’s like to be an entrepreneur.

Many of us turn back after just a little time in the jungle and never make the progress we dreamed of.

Whether your jungle is starting your own business, launching a new product, or trying anything new, Corbett Barr has some awesome wisdom to share with us to help you power through that transition.

Corbett shares with us:

  • The challenges of making the jump from corporate world to entrepreneur
  • What he did after his startup failed that led straight to what he’s doing now
  • The mindset that fueled it all

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast, Season 1 Tagged With: career, entrepreneur, fail

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029: You don’t have to be the smartest, you just need THIS… (with Jordan Harbinger)

August 5, 2014 By deacon 3 Comments

the-art-of-charmAsking one simple question completely changed the trajectory of Jordan Harbingers life.

When Jordan was just an intern still attending law school he went to coffee with the top partner at his law firm. This particular lawyer had a reputation for never being in the office. But despite spending all his time playing golf and schmoozing clients, he still somehow made more money than all the other partners.

Jordan couldn’t resist the urge to find out what made this guy so special that he could make his own rules. So he asks him flat out:

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast, Season 1 Tagged With: entrepreneur, networking, passion

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025: Timeless success wisdom from a prolific entrepreneur (with John Saddington)

July 22, 2014 By deacon 2 Comments

team-johnDo you know what the secret to life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don’t mean $#!7.

That’s the wisdom Curly passes on in the movie City Slickers, and it’s the wisdom so many of us feel like we’re chasing.

We want to find the one thing that’s going to make us happy. We want to find the one thing that will transform us into a success story. We want to find the one thing that will make our business soar.

We look at guys like John Saddington (our guest on the show today) and think, “Wow, John’s got it all figured out. John found his one thing.”

After all, John was the youngest executive in the history of a Fortune 50 company. He holds two masters degrees. He’s started and successfully exited numerous software startups. All this and he’s in his early thirties, so he must have found his “one thing,” right?

Wrong. In fact, I was shocked when John told me, “I have no f-ing idea what I want to do with my life.”

In John’s eyes his story is just beginning. He may have some skins on the wall, but he knows there is still so much to learn and so far to go before he could ever consider himself experienced.

Starting and selling a successful business is just a single bullet point in the story John is creating with his life. That’s a powerful reminder for what we’re all really after – stories, not ‘w’s.

I’m thrilled to have John share that wisdom and so much more in our session today.

John shares with us:
– The moment when he realized what was really important in life.
– The powerful limiting belief he had to overcome to become a successful entrepreneur.
– Priceless advice for getting your next business idea off on the right foot.

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast, Season 1 Tagged With: entrepreneur, start

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022: Starting Your Story (with Justin Lukasavige)

July 14, 2014 By deacon Leave a Comment

Justin Lukasavige

How do you know where to start? How do you know the very first thing to do? Where do you begin?

These questions can stop you dead in your tracks before you ever take a single step towards your new vision. Getting passed this stage can be one of the most difficult parts of your story.

Justin Lukasavige has done it. Over and over. He’s done it so many times I can hardly keep up with his career path (forget hobbies and personal pursuits). Justin’s story started out as a commercial airline pilot. From there he became a financial coach, then someone who helps financial coaches, and eventually found himself helping startups with their marketing.

That’s a far cry from airline pilot!

Justin has some incredible wisdom and encouragement to share with us today in this interview about how we can become starters ourselves – even when we might not be totally sure what to start yet.

Listen now: 022: Starting Your Story (with Justin Lukasavige)

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast, Season 1 Tagged With: entrepreneur, start, story

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019: The real keys to success from a serial entrepreneur (with Jason Cohen)

July 7, 2014 By deacon 6 Comments

jason-cohenJason Cohen has done something few others have succeeded at: He’s bootstrapped a business. He knows what it takes to go from fledgling idea to seven figures in revenue.

And he’s done it four times.

While most aspiring entrepreneurs dream of being where Jason is today, he’s quick to point out that focusing on the goal of “success” (whatever that means) will ultimately lead to failure and heartache.

In this interview Jason shares:
– one incredibly valuable skill for any leader to have (and how to develop it).
– how to make sure you’re focus is in the right place to succeed.
– the characteristic that sets Jason apart.

Whether your dream is to be a serial entrepreneur like Jason, or a much different path, Jason’s wisdom, experience, and insights into what it really takes to be successful will be an asset to your journey.

Listen now: 019: The real keys to success from a serial entrepreneur (with Jason Cohen)

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcast, Season 1 Tagged With: entrepreneur, jason cohen, vision

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The 4 Simple Principles of a Lifestyle Business

August 22, 2012 By deacon 3 Comments

lifestyle-businessWe’ve been conditioned since a very young age to believe we have to work our lives around the obligations of a career. We take scheduled vacations, we play with our kids in the evenings after work, and we save a trip to the movies for Friday night.

It’s the way things have always been.

Because let’s face it, no matter how badly you want to be at home with your little ones or how much you want to travel you’ve got to make some money, and that means having a steady job.

Steady, reliable income means working steady, reliable hours. You can’t just come in when it suits you, or take off on a whim. Your work doesn’t care if there’s a great deal on a flight to California, and it doesn’t matter if your family needs you in Dallas.

Your work needs you here. And you need your work.

But innovations in business and technology are helping some people change the all of that. A new breed of entrepreneur is emerging that builds their business around their life, instead of their life around a job.

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Filed Under: Business Tagged With: balance, biz, career, entrepreneur, freedom, passion, solopreneur, time

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