Mic Takeover Featuring Underdog Empowerment - With Zachary Babcock - EP0081
This is 1 of 2 episodes of a microphone takeover series!
Zachary Babcock is host of the top-rated podcast, Underdog Empowerment. We featured him on Episode 21 of the 365 Driven podcast.
In this episode, Zachary takes over my mic and interviews me on my own show. I returned the favor by interviewing him on his own show. Both episodes are being released today! Check out his show at http://UnderdogEmpowerment.com
Do More Business With Less - With Estie Rand - EP0080
Estie Rand built a six-figure business with zero dollars in ad-spend in under two years, with a fully virtual team (while raising five kids!) She is the founder and owner of Strand Consulting, an LA based boutique consultancy.
This marketing maven guides business owners ranging from multi-millionaires to freelancers on how to earn more money with less headache. After a decade in non-profit, rising in the ranks to become CIO, Estie left her job to bring her skills of doing more with less to small business owners around the world.
She is also the host of the acclaimed Business Breakthrough Podcast, where she humanizes business and businessifys humans.
| Name |
| Estie Rand |
| City, State or Country |
| Los Angeles, CA |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| Strand Consulting, Founder |
| Website |
| https://www.estierand.com/ |
| Instagram Page |
| https://www.instagram.com/strand_consulting/ |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/estierand/ |
Achieve World-Class Performance - With Alan Stein - EP0079
Alan Stein, Jr. is a keynote speaker and author who spent over 15 years as a performance coach working with the highest-performing NBA basketball players on the planet such as Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and LeBron James among others. He now teaches audiences how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level.
| Name |
| Alan Stein |
| City, State or Country |
| Gaithersburg, MD |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| Founder at Alan Stein Jr |
| Website |
| https://alansteinjr.com/ |
| Facebook Page |
| https://www.facebook.com/AlanLSteinJr |
| Instagram Page |
| https://www.instagram.com/alansteinjr/ |
| Twitter Page |
| https://twitter.com/alansteinjr |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-stein-jr/ |
| Book |
| https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Your-Game-High-Performance-Secrets/dp/1546082867/ |
Understanding Critics
This facebook post I created received a tremendous reaction. It is an important topic, so I want to take a moment to help you get past it.
We unfortunately live with this belief because we observe it happening to us during the course of our lives. It comes in cycles, and never really disappears. Humans are humans.
We remember the many times we've been taken advantage of. Betrayed, back-stabbed, and let down.
We've felt the sting of ridicule and passive-aggressive negativity from supposed "friends" and family.
We've hoped for support from them, only to find sabotage actually occurred.
We can't fix those negative people. Don't even try.
Instead, we must understand why they act like they do. Once we understand where it comes from, we are able to process it and react accordingly.
Hurt people subconsciously choose to hurt other people. It becomes their natural reaction.
Think about it for a moment. Nobody who is genuinely happy and fulfilled in life, will spare a single second to bring someone else down. Happy people want to make others happy, period.
Those negative people and their fixed mindsets simply aren't aware. They see someone else climbing in success and improving, and they subconsciously believe there is somehow less success available for them. They don't realize that there is no shortage of success and happiness in this world.
These critics, naysayers, and haters operate within a scarcity mindset. Many of them walk around with false armor, pretending to be happier and more successful than they are.
All of them are just insecure, have self-doubt, and know that something is lacking in their lives. That makes them no different from the rest of us. The difference is that some of us choose to improve and support others, while others choose a life of complacency and comfort, and would rather bring others down, rather than climb higher for themselves.
When you start to take those steps to improve and begin to shine brighter and brighter... that light puts a spotlight on the things they know they are failing at. They don't like that feeling. They want to do things to dim your shine. For them, it is easier than trying to fix the things that bother them.
So the next time someone tries to take you down a notch, laugh at your ideas and dreams, ridicule you, gang up on you, humiliate you, or insult you... realize that it is just them, not you.
That is their subconscious lack of self-worth speaking for them, their low self-esteem. That is their insecurities and complacency speaking in their behalf. That is them projecting their flaws onto you.
When you are doing positive things in this world, you will inspire so many more people. They may not say much, as they tend to be less vocal than the critic.
Just remember that your silent supporters are a vast majority of those you interact with. Critics tend to be a small, overly-vocal minority. Critics also tend to hang out with other critics, because they feel too small as an individual on their own.
Critics don't have the courage to do what you are doing. Critics will never step into the same arena. They hang out in the cheap seats, with the rest of the spectators in life.
Keep going 🔥
Become A Disruptive Serial Entrepreneur - With Jeff Fenster - EP0078
Jeff Fenster defines the phrase “Serial Entrepreneur”. While some people simply claim this title, others prove it with their success.
Since earning his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Jeff has proven himself as an entrepreneurial innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff's been recognized nationally for his business creations ranging from a Payroll & HR company, Digital Marketing Agency, Recruiting Agency, among many others. In addition, Jeff was named a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 35 in America when he was 30.
Combining his two biggest passions – entrepreneurship and healthy living – Jeff created his most recent innovation, a quick-serve craft superfood restaurant chain - Everbowl. He has built this explosive brand utilizing his personal philosophy of making friends and having fun and this has translated into a fun, vibrant culture at Everbowl. This philosophy has allowed Everbowl to be named one of America’s Top 40 Hottest Fast Casual Startups and a top 100 Mover and Shaker in the Country (#21) by Fast Casual.
Jeff has continued to disrupt on a massive scale and has recently launched a Superfood infused coffee company – Superfuel Coffee; a construction company – WeBuild; and a Superfood import company – Real Happy Foods.
| Name |
| Jeff Fenster |
| City, State or Country |
| Carlsbad, CA |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| everbowl - Founder/CEO |
| Website |
| http://www.everbowl.com |
| Facebook Page |
| https://www.facebook.com/jeff.fenster.5 |
| Instagram Page |
| https://instagram.com/fensterjeff https://instagram.com/everbowlcraftsuperfood |
| Twitter Page |
| https://twitter.com/fensterjeff |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfenster |
Human To Human Connectivity - With Ginger Johnson - EP0077
Ginger Johnson is an author, TEDx speaker, and consultant on connectivity. She focuses on the human to human kind of connectivity; not the fiber optic kind.
In this episode, we discuss ways to create more influence. Become a better listener. Evolve into a thought leader. Learn how to deal with rejection. Find that control over your energy, whenever you enter a room.
Don't just settle for networking. Learn to truly connect!
| Name |
| Ginger Johnson |
| City, State or Country |
| Talent, OR |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| Ginger Johnson LLC, Founder & Chief (darn near) Everything Officer |
| Website |
| https://www.gingerjohnson.com/ |
| Instagram Page |
| https://www.instagram.com/gingertheconnector/ |
| Twitter Page |
| https://twitter.com/gingerjohnson |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/gingerjohnsonconnector/ |
| Other Links |
| YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILGZjxOFhI1cbnbP7_scIw?view_as=subscriber, Books https://www.gingerjohnson.com/books/ |
Do Whatever It Takes
The year 2000. That was the year my son was born. It was the only good thing that happened that year.
When this photo was taken, I was still struggling. I was in a failed relationship with my son's mother. We were never married.
I was depressed, and sort of drifted through each day. I hated to wake up each morning, because reality would set in. I had bigger dreams, but they seemed impossible. My life was a dreadful routine, going through the motions.
I felt that my life was out of my own control. I was merely reacting to it, instead of planning it out.
I was working three jobs, trying to recover from being unemployed for six months. I had a low-paying salary job, I waited tables 7 nights a week, and I worked on cars on the weekend days.
I had creditors calling me daily, and could barely pay the credit card minimums. I had to have my debts consolidated and the rates minimized. This ruined my credit for years. I had to learn to live without credit.
In 2001, I decided that I was going to take control over my life. I would no longer tolerate mediocrity. I put aside the excuses.
I read books and taught myself to code HTML and build websites. How to shoot photography. How to write copy. How to do graphic design on Photoshop. I read books on business. I didn't have "free time", I studied daily.
In 2001, I started my first company, LS1Tech, for $350 in software costs. I was still working those three jobs, even two years after starting that business. Few knew this.
Many people only saw the results from that business. The millions it created. The scale that it grew to. They probably thought my life looked pretty easy. They probably assumed I always had success.
If you are going through hard times, you need to understand one thing. Outside of acts of God, your situation is your fault. Until you can accept the blame, you cannot resolve the problem. The life you live today, is a direct result of the decisions you made years ago.
The future life you desire to live, is based on the decisions and actions that you take today.🧡
Wealth Means Nothing Without Health - With Jay Nixon - EP0076
Jay Nixon is an entrepreneur, speaker, author, mentor, and coach whose mission is to help each and every person achieve their "absolute best self."
He is the author of two best-selling books The Overweight Mind, and The Purpose of Pain - How to Turn Tragedy into Triumph, Because Life's Not Supposed to Suck!
Jay is dubbed by CBS News as, “One of the best fitness and nutrition experts in the business,” Jay has also been featured on ABC and FOX, and in Health and Triathlete Magazine. When he's not working with clients one-on-one, you'll find him consulting for Fortune 1000 companies.
He is the owner of the Thrive Fitness Studio in Palm Desert, California and the creator of the Thrive Forever Fit Transformation Program - a personal development program designed to help you live your best life.
| Name |
| Jay Nixon |
| City, State or Country |
| Palm Desert, CA |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| Jay Nixon Inc. - Owner |
| Website |
| http://www.ThriveForeverFit.com |
| Facebook Page |
| https://www.facebook.com/jay.nixon.7 |
| Instagram Page |
| https://www.instagram.com/jaynixon.thrivefitness/ |
| Twitter Page |
| https://twitter.com/nixonelite |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/jnixon/ |
| Books |
| The Overweight Mind http://www.TheOverweightMind.com The Purpose of Pain http://www.ThePurposeofPain.com |
Become A 6-Figure Online Coach - With Rachel Korevaar - EP0075
Rachel Korevaar decided to become a business coach, and she initially struggled to gain traction. There were many things to learn. She now has built a multiple six-figure online coaching business, and helps her clients navigate the sometimes confusing process.
Perhaps you are ready to leave the corporate world behind, and you desire to educate, inspire, and serve others. If so, coaching could become your next passion-filled career. Rachel has proven processes and strategies to help you achieve that goal.
| Name |
| Rachel Korevaar |
| City, State or Country |
| Australia |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| RK Coaching, Founder |
| Facebook Page |
| facebook.com/rachelkorevaar |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachkorevaar/ |
Why You Should Write A Book - With Mike Fallat - EP0074
Mike Fallat is the "Bad Boy of Books" and Founder of DreamStarters Publishing. He has helped over 150 entrepreneurs write and market their first book. Many of these books have become Amazon #1 best-sellers.
Writing a book is a dominant way to establish authority and credibility within your business niche. While others are handing out weak business cards, you are handing out signed copies of your best-selling book. Earning the title of "Author" is something few achieve, and certainly brings with it a sense of pride and accomplishment.
What story are you ready to share with the world? Mike is here to help extract it, polish it up, and showcase it.
| Name |
| Mike Fallat |
| City, State or Country |
| Pittsburgh, PA |
| Company Name & Position Title |
| DreamStarters Publishing, Founder |
| Website |
| https://dreamstarterspublishing.com/ |
| Facebook Page |
| https://www.facebook.com/MikeFallatStartedFromZero/ |
| Instagram Page |
| https://www.instagram.com/thedreamstarter/ |
| Twitter Page |
| https://twitter.com/MikeFallat |
| LinkedIn Page |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfallat/ |