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466: Better Relationships, Better Business: Reinvent Yourself in 30 Days (By Being a Nice Guy) and Strengthen Your Personal Connections with Doug Sandler
Doug Sandler is an entrepreneur and industry leader. His book, Nice Guys Finish First is a #1 ranked Amazon Best Seller.
As a podcast host of The Nice Guys, Doug has interviewed Gary V, Arianna Huffington, Dan Harris from Good Morning America, Ron Klain, White House Chief of Staff and dozens of celebs. Doug is a nationally recognized speaker, writer, and founder of TurnKey Podcast Company, providing podcast production, editing and launch services.
Doug has a lot of great advice about how to have a better business by having better relationships. He believes in the "simple stuff" such as showing up, returning phone calls, and texts. Doug is a fan of "catching people doing something right." He has a "24 seconds" concept where you can change your life by sending two text messages a day.
Quotes:
“If you return your phone calls, return your text messages, show up on time or early for your appointments, stop overpromising and underdelivering, and start to actually exceed expectations, you will succeed no matter what business you're in.” – Doug Sandler
“The difference between successful and unsuccessful people in life is the strength of the relationships they have.” – Doug Sandler
“You want people to always leave your company feeling better about themselves than they did before they met you.” – Doug Sandler
Takeaways:
02:37 Simple daily habits like returning calls, sending texts, and being punctual can dramatically improve business relationships.
04:22 Success isn't about complicated strategies, but consistent, kind communication with people in your network.
09:28 Building genuine connections means catching people doing things right and making them feel appreciated.
30:26 Podcasting can be a powerful business development tool when you carefully select guests who might become potential clients.
36:05 Micro-targeting your audience and engaging your community are critical for podcast and business success.
Visit: Turnkey Podcasting
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465: Launch a Successful Coaching Business, Increase Your Monthly Income and Streamline Your Productivity with Coach Marc Mawhinney
Marc Mawhinney is a lifelong entrepreneur and business coach specializing in helping other coaches build successful businesses. Based in eastern Canada, he runs multiple coaching programs and platforms, including the Natural Born Coaches podcast and the Coaching Jungle Facebook group. Mark also publishes a print newsletter called Secret Coach Club and offers group and one-on-one coaching services for coaches looking to grow their businesses. He has extensive experience transitioning entrepreneurs from nine-to-five jobs into full-time coaching and is known for helping coaches increase their fees and develop effective business strategies.
Marc stops by to talk to us about how to take daily consistent action, stay consistent, batch your tasks, always be offering, get a clear idea of who you're serving, and sell coaching via discovery calls.
Quotes:
“Don't try to do things that you hate or you're just not going to stick with it.” – Marc Mawhinney
“People don't value what they get for free. And I absolutely hate seeing coaches say, ‘I'm going to coach for free for a while just to get experience.’” – Marc Mawhinney
“The more you charge, the more committed and invested the clients are in the relationship. They'll do more of the work and treat it more seriously.” – Marc Mawhinney
Takeaways:
04:40 Consistent content creation requires patience and commitment, with results often emerging weeks or months after initial efforts.
16:39 Building a coaching business while maintaining a day job helps develop critical time management skills and reduces financial pressure.
27:10 Coaching niches can be incredibly specific and unique, with opportunities in almost any area of expertise.
30:52 Increasing coaching fees is a simple process that can be done quickly and often leads to more serious, committed clients.
33:51 Treating your coaching business like a real professional venture, not a hobby, is crucial for long-term success.
Visit Marc Mawhinney's NaturalBornCoaches.com
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464: Procrastinators Are People Too: How to Be Productive, Calm, Congruent, Anxiety-Free and Happy with Dr. Mary Lamia
Mary Lamia is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who practices in Marin County, California. Additionally, she is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Her career-long passion to convey an understanding of emotions to the public is exemplified by her writing and media work.
She is the author of five books, including a recent publication, "What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success" and blogs for Psychology Today, Therapy Today, and Thrive Global websites.
Quotes:
“Our emotions motivate everything we do. They influence the style we have that drives us to get things done.” – Dr. Mary Lamia
“Emotions are designed to help us pay attention, and they motivate us to act—to do something.” – Dr. Mary Lamia
“When we look only at behavior without exploring the emotions that motivate it, we overlook the significant influences that create differences among people.” – Dr. Mary Lamia
Takeaways:
01:09 Procrastination isn't a weakness, but a valid motivational style that can lead to success.
06:03 Emotions are the primary driver behind how people complete tasks and achieve goals.
09:52 Understanding your personal emotional motivation style can reduce self-criticism and improve productivity.
19:33 Success is defined by meeting deadlines and producing high-quality work, not by when tasks are started.
21:32 Creating artificial deadlines through personal commitments can help deadline-driven individuals stay motivated.
Resources
- What Motivates Getting Things Done (Book)
- Dr. Mary Lamia (Official Site)
- Mary Lamia (LinkedIn)
- Mary Lamia (Twitter)
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463: Plan with Purpose: Build An Amazing Lifestyle For You and Your Family Without Sacrificing Time, Money, or Fulfillment with Tom Sylvester
Tom Sylvester is a business strategist and firm believer in Lean Startup. He enjoys helping new entrepreneurs validate their ideas and follow proven principles when it comes to starting and scaling a successful business.
Additionally, Tom helps entrepreneurs navigate the personal journey that comes with being an entrepreneur, from overcoming mindset blocks, ramping up their productivity, growing as a person and becoming a great leader in their life and business.
Quotes:
“A lot of people build businesses backwards. They spend all their time creating the product, and then, when they go to sell it, they haven't actually done the market research to make sure it's something customers want.” – Tom Sylvester
“Let's spend the least amount of time and money early on, and really make sure that we understand who our customers are. Then, we give them the simplest solution that will work for them.” – Tom Sylvester
“We build successful businesses, but we make sure they actually support the life we're looking to build.” – Tom Sylvester
Takeaways:
02:06 Validate business ideas through minimal investment and customer feedback before full-scale development.
07:18 Design business goals that directly support your personal life objectives, not the other way around.
16:19 Break down big goals into smaller, measurable weekly and daily tasks to maintain consistent progress.
22:13 Focus on momentum and overall progress rather than getting discouraged by small goal shortfalls.
26:17 Use regular check-ins and accountability systems to track progress and make timely adjustments.
Plan With Purpose (free course on goal setting)
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462: The Art of Persistence: Grow Your Business By Leaps and Bounds, Find the Bottleneck, and Course Correct Your Way to Entrepreneurial Success with Sarah Shaw
Sarah Shaw is an entrepreneur, innovator and designer.
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From her two decades worth of experience in both Hollywood and fashion, Sarah has built a treasure trove of secrets for connecting with influencers and getting publicity in order to grow her companies quickly.
She's appeared in the pages of InStyle, Oprah, People, Lucky, ELLE, WWD, and Marie Claire magazines, appeared on Extra and E! Entertainment, and has be interviewed for Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com and American Express' OPEN Forum.
Sarah is now the Founder & CEO of Sarah Shaw Consulting, where she teaches online entrepreneurs of all stripes how launch, market and sell their products and services. Sarah's newest program will show you how to connect with influencers, get the publicity you've always dreamed of and use it to get massive exposure grow quickly grow your business.
Quotes:
“The linchpin of being an entrepreneur is the ability to pivot. A lot of entrepreneurs don't have that ability, and it becomes almost impossible to be an entrepreneur if you can't pivot on a dime.” – Sarah Shaw
“There aren't many truly new and innovative ideas anymore. A lot of people who create patents are building on existing ones—just improving on what already exists.” – Sarah Shaw
“Everything is solvable. There's always a workaround—you just keep going until you've exhausted every single possibility.” – Sarah Shaw
Takeaways:
07:49 Successful entrepreneurs can pivot quickly and adjust their strategies when initial plans aren't working.
11:21 Don't get stuck behind fears like needing perfect patents or business plans - just start and move fast.
18:34 The first attempt at a business idea is rarely the final product, so take action and learn from each step.
25:21 Skills learned in one career can unexpectedly help you succeed in future entrepreneurial efforts.
27:18 Building a business isn't always easy, but it can be fun if you approach challenges with the right mindset.
Celebrity Confidential: Get Celebrities to Promote Your Business
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461: Your Retirement Game Plan and the American Dream Revisited: How to Plan for the Future and Pursue Your Ultimate Passion with Gary Sirak
Gary Sirak has been helping other people achieve their American Dream for the last 35 years. He is President of Sirak Financial Services in Canton, OH, a company founded by his father, Stan Sirak in 1957. The company will celebrate its 60th anniversary this year.
Gary has written two books, the first, If Your Money Talked ... What Secrets Would It Tell? This book is about personal finance and the most common mistakes people make with their money. So many people make the same mistakes again and again with their money that Gary decided to do something about it. The second, The American Dream Revisited: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Results, is a deeply personal topic for Gary. While it’s true it was a serendipitous conversation at a coffee shop that spurred him on to write it, the ideas and beliefs of the book have been with him for his entire life.
Quotes:
“If people don't have purpose, if they don't have something they are really motivated to do, they become very lazy, and they also develop some health issues that seem to crop up quickly.” – Gary Sirak
“Everybody says, ‘Oh, the American Dream is this,’ but I disagree. It's whatever you want it to be.” – Gary Sirak
“Your dreams change as you mature, get older, have larger families, the kids move out of the house, or your business changes.” – Gary Sirak
Takeaways:
04:40 Having a clear retirement plan goes far beyond just managing money - it's about creating purpose and meaningful daily activities.
07:58 Successful retirement involves reconnecting with passions and interests you loved when you were younger, not just starting random new activities.
10:20 Without a sense of purpose, retirees risk serious health decline and potentially shortened life expectancy.
16:22 Creating a new daily routine is critical when transitioning from work life to retirement, just like adapting to any major life change.
23:58 Refusing to quit and staying relentless in pursuing your goals is a key trait of people who successfully achieve their personal dreams.
Resources
- Gary Sirak: The American Dream Revisited (Official Site)
- Sirak Financial Services (Site)
- The American Dream Revisited (Book)
- If Your Money Talked (Book)
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460: Get Into the Coaching, Growth and Learning Mindset and Become Emotionally Intelligent with Caroline Stokes
Caroline Stokes is founder of FORWARD - an executive headhunting + coaching firm for innovation leaders AND The Emotionally Intelligent Recruiter, designed to help evolve recruiters in the AI age.
Caroline started her career in consumer entertainment and technology marketing, brand and PR and decided it was the brain behind human decision making on company evolution that was more inspiring. She explains what we need to know about being emotionally intelligent, be productive in an optimal environment, and tap into your emotional responses in a timely manner.
Quotes:
“When you have to change, adapt, or shift your beliefs or the way your brain operates, it's a painful process, because all of a sudden, you realize that what you were doing actually wasn't very good.” – Caroline Stokes
“If they have a brain, they have emotional intelligence—if they want to develop themselves, they are able to adapt, grow, thrive, and be more successful.” – Caroline Stokes
“It's not necessarily about who has good emotional intelligence and who doesn't—it's really about being able to tap into your emotional responses in a very timely manner.” – Caroline Stokes
Takeaways:
02:58 Emotional intelligence is a skill everyone can develop, not a fixed trait you're born with.
04:44 Understanding and managing your emotional responses can dramatically improve professional relationships and performance.
10:02 Recruiters need more than just tech skills - they need strong emotional intelligence to succeed in the AI age.
19:10 Having a growth mindset and curiosity are critical for personal and professional development.
20:39 Personal growth requires weekly commitment, feedback, and coaching, similar to working out at a gym.
Resources
- The Emotionally Intelligent Recruiter (Free Download, 70 Tips For Recruiters)
- FORWARD (Executive Headhunting and Coaching Firm)
- Caroline Stokes (Twitter)
- Caroline Stokes (LinkedIn)
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459: Grow a Huge Following on Social Media Through Consistent Customer-First Edutainment with Jasmine Star
Jasmine Star is a photographer and business strategist from Newport Beach, California. She dropped out of law school to pursue her dreams.
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Jasmine tells us how to get noticed on social media and how to sell with edutainment without being "salesy" ... content creation ideas (i.e. books you're reading), how to find time for social every day, and how Jasmine used social media to sell a $25/month monthly subscription "template" service.
After she built an internationally recognized and award-winning business, she began consulting with entrepreneurs how they could use social media to grow their businesses. She's amassed over 600,000 followers on all of her social platforms and believes others can do the same to grow their business and pursue their passion.
Quotes:
“I never aim to be popular or cool. I aim to live my best life.” – Jasmine Star
“If you don't know where you're going, you're never going to be thankful when you arrive.” – Jasmine Star
“A brand is a series of memories, expectations, and stories that, when connected, make a consumer choose one business over another.” – Jasmine Star
Takeaways:
04:40 Building a successful business requires aligning your passion with practical strategies for making money.
11:20 Social media marketing is about providing value through educational and entertaining content, not just selling products.
20:50 Consistent daily effort and resilience are more important to business success than any single breakthrough moment.
22:15 Treat social media like a garden that needs daily tending to grow your business effectively.
26:43 Start small by connecting with brands and creators through micro-commitments and free resources before investing.
Resources
- Social Curator: Captions and Images Curated For Your Feed (Monthly Membership)
- Insta180: Grow Your Business (Instagram)
- Jasmine Star (Official Site)
- Jasmine Star (Instagram)
- Jasmine Star (Facebook)
- Jasmine Star (YouTube)
- Jasmine Star (Twitter)
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458: Productivity, Influence, and Leadership: Become a Better Communicator and Storyteller By Showing Vulnerability, Imagery and Authenticity with Colin Boyd
Colin Boyd from helps business owners become more influential. He loves to help them discover new levels of confidence and skill in how they communicate their ideas on any stage or platform.
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Colin talks to us today about what caused him to recently move his business from Australia to California, how to develop your signature story including these three components:
- vulnerability (challenge, difficult situation)
- tension (growing challenge, drama)
- victory
Whether you need to get in front of a client and pitch your product, speak at a conference or engage your followers on social media his strategies will help you do this.
Colin is a Certified speaking professional with the National speakers Association, qualified Performance Coach with the International Coaching Federation, Certified Trainer, NLP practitioner and also holds a Commerce Degree, Executive Coaching diploma and EDISC Behavioral certification.
The real reason he is qualified to help you is because he has done the journey with himself and thousands of clients around the world to go from fear and confusion to confidence and clarity when it come to presenting ideas persuasively.
Quotes:
“Your internal state, or the default emotion you experience in life, will be the defining factor in what you create in your life.” – Colin Boyd
“Average people value activity more than thinking. Exceptional people value thinking more than activity.” – Colin Boyd
“All of us have a next level of potential, a next level of income and influence that is already ours, but we are just holding ourselves back.” – Colin Boyd
Takeaways:
04:40 Your internal emotional state directly shapes your external reality and business success.
11:10 Exceptional people prioritize strategic thinking over mere activity and task completion.
17:40 Powerful storytelling requires vulnerability, tension, and a clear victory narrative that connects emotionally with the audience.
22:15 Most people have untapped potential they're holding back due to limiting self-narratives.
27:15 Effective stories become more compelling when they include specific sensory details and involve interactions with other people.
Resources
- Colin Boyd (Official Site)
- Signature Story Template (Free PDF Template, How To Craft Your Presentation)
- Daily Output Booster (Free Download, Cheatsheet To Make Your Day More Productive)
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457: Why Most Membership Sites Fail, and How to Create the Passive Income Money Site of Your Dreams
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