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Molly Montgomery is a startup growth strategist and mentor to high performing founders and visionary leaders. She helps founders grow or scale their company with confidence and peace-of-mind. She is also the creator of Founder’s Haven, the first resource of its kind that helps high performing founders stay connected to their greatest potential while helping alleviate the immense pressure that comes along with being the creator of a high-growth company.   Quotes To Remember: “People have to master the process of pulling yourself out of that ball of momentum that you have created.” “You have to keep checking back in with the path that you are on and what those bigger vision goals are.” “Make sure you schedule time to completely disconnect.” “You’ve got to have that purpose and intention behind.” “A little bit of planning can go such a long way.”   What You’ll Learn: Reasons Why We Become Anxious and Overwhelmed Seeking the Bigger Perspective Within Your Business Staying Focused In a High-Stake Environment Thou

Lena Elkins teaches people how they can strategize, launch, and scale massively profitable online businesses. She’s made over $20K on some days and shares the anatomy of how those types of days happen. She has a special place in her heart for millennials as she is living proof that anyone in their 20s is capable of making money online with the skills they already have.   Quotes To Remember: “What we should be pursuing is not financial freedom. What we should be pursuing is financial predictability.” “All it comes down to is really branding yourself as a premium choice in the marketplace.” “The first step is just to identify ‘what are the strengths that I have that people are gonna pay me for?’” “The riches are in the niches.” “The best clients are the people who are right in front of you.” “Surround yourself with people who have already done it.”   What You’ll Learn: How to Have Consistent 5-Figure Months Difference Between Businesses that Bring in 5-Figure Per Month vs. Per Day Steps to Having 5-Figure Mont

Lacy Boggs teaches people how to create content that leaves an indelible impression. She is the author of the book Make A Killing With Content: Turn Content Into Profits With A Strategy For Blogging And Content Marketing. She also offers strategy sessions that are designed to look at what’s working and what’s not working in your content marketing. Quotes To Remember: “Just creating great content is not enough anymore.” “Too many bloggers think that blogging ends when you press post/publish. But really, it’s just the beginning.” “Blogging is not dead.” “The numbers on the list are important but only if you have your big picture goals in mind.”   What You’ll Learn: Attracting Readers To Your Content Advice for People Who Want to Start a Blog Getting Readers to Buyers Finding that Sweet Spot Where You Can Offer Free Value Knowing Your Whys and Hows   Key Links From The Show: Lacy’s Site Udemy TaskRabbit   Recommended Books: Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti Make A Killing With Content: Turn Content I

Ricardo Fayet is a founder and the chief marketing officer of Reedsy, a company that is changing the way books are published by giving authors and publishers access to talented professionals, powerful tools, and free educational content. Quotes To Remember: “If you’re looking to self-publish your book, first you need to do a lot of learning.” “Learn about the manuscript of revision.” “If you send your book out there and it doesn’t have the right cover, it’s just money that you’re gonna lose.” “You need to publish a lot if you want to make money in writing.”   What You’ll Learn: Making Your Books Look More Professional How Reedsy Helps Self-Published Authors Generating Revenue From Your Books Tips and Advices for Book Authors   Key Links From The Show: Ricardo’s Site Kindlepreneur   Recommended Books: Uncommon Stock:Version 1.0 by Eliot Peper Uncommon Stock:Power Play by Eliot Peper Uncommon Stock:Exit Strategy by Eliot Peper Metadata by Jeffrey Pomerantz Let's Get Digital by David Gaughran   Support B

Ali Boone left her corporate job as an Aeronautical Engineer to work full-time in Real Estate Investing. She began as an investor in 2011 and managed to buy 5 properties in her first 18 months using only creative financing methods. Her focus is on rental properties, specifically turnkey rental properties, and has also invested out of the country in Nicaragua.   Quotes To Remember: “The internet right now is a pool for networking options.”“Networking is so important in real estate investing because for the most part, somebody has already done what you are trying to do.” “It's so important before you shop for a property to kind of get an idea of what you are aiming for.” “Do research on your own.” “The reality is if you get into real estate or business, your sanity is gonna be tested.” What You’ll Learn: Creative Financial Methods When Starting Real Estate Investing Real Estate Networking How to Prevent Other Investors to Steal Properties From You Tips on Buying Properties For The First Time Finding Propertie

GJ Berger has a passion for history and is the author of two historical fiction books, Four Nails and South Of Burnt Rocks West of the Moon. His award winning books have received praise from the Huffington Post, Historical Novel Society, a former Los Angeles Times Syndicate Editor, and many more. His books take modern readers back to the lives and times of Hannibal, his elephants, and much more.   Quotes To Remember: “Reading fiction comes from the opposite place of the human psyche.” “Word of mouth is everything.” “Just hang on for the ride and write a great novel and see what happens.” What You’ll Learn: Writing Process for a Fiction Book Making a Book Appealing to Customers Growing Your Email List   Key Links From The Show: GJ’s Site   Recommended Books: Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti Four Nails by GJ Berger South Of Burnt Rocks West of the Moo by GJ Berger The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker The Call of the Wild by Jack London   Support Breakthrough Succes

Alex Moscow helps coaches, speakers, authors, and consultants to master the art of effortlessly enrolling high-end clients into their programs and events, so they can finally have the revenue, time, and impact they’ve always dreamed of. He ran a multi-million dollar coaching and seminar organization for 4 years, and he has personally led over 1,900 enrollment conversations.   Quotes To Remember: “The more somebody paid for a service or a program, the more somebody actually pays attention.” “Value is in the eye of the beholder.” “In marketing, you get exactly what you’ve asked for.” “People will pay high dollar amounts to get their problems solved.” “Sale is the lifeblood of your business.” “Offline will always convert higher than online.”   What You’ll Learn: Creating a Product or a Service That Deserves that Big Price Tag Promoting High-End Products The Process of Getting Sales Attracting High-End Clients Without Spending a Dime On Ads Promoting Yourself Online vs. Offline   Key Links From The Show: Alex’s

John Levy is a behavioral scientist best known for his work in influence, networking, and adventure. He does research in collaboration with C-Lab, affiliated with Kellogg School of Management. He specializes in applying the latest scientific research on human behavior to transform the ways companies approach marketing, sales, consumer engagement, product design, and influencer program development.   Quotes To Remember: “As a marketer, your job is to get people to feel a certain way and to have their feelings justified through a certain thinking.” “We don't make logical decisions. We make emotional decisions and then we justify them logically.” “As a brand marketer, what you can do is find ways for people to self-identify with the brand and put effort into it.” “Understanding something and knowing how to apply it are two different things.” “When we say ‘Honesty is the best policy’, it’s because it’s profitable.”   What You’ll Learn: How to Tap Emotions When Promoting Products What Holds Marketers Back from Re

Pete Williams is an entrepreneur, advisor and marketer who Forbes recently called, “one entrepreneur today that every marketer should be modeling,” while Inc. describes him as, “a savvy marketing strategist.” The highly awarded entrepreneur is the author of Cadence: A Tale Of Fast Business Growth which depicts the story of a business owner and triathlon coach named JJ who left his stable job as a teacher to fulfill his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Quotes To Remember: “Revenue and profit are two very different things.” “Sometimes, focusing on the revenue is actually not a smart thing. It really has to be on profit.” “There are things other than traffic and conversion that drive profit.”   What You’ll Learn: Ways to Achieve Fast Business Growth 7 Key Areas of a Business Things That Hold Businesses Back From Growing   Key Links From The Show: Pete’s Site Foundr   Recommended Books: Cadence: A Tale Of Fast Business Growth by Pete Williams Profit First by Mike Michalowicz The Road Less Stupid by Keith J

Roy Redd is a performance coach who works with pro, college, and high school athletes to dramatically increase tangible, measurable, and physical results. After a realization that he wasn’t the person he wanted to become at 25, he became revitalized and went from homeless and broke to a house owner making 6-figures. He’s spoken at La Sierra University, Unbounded Basketball Camp, Chaffey College, Inland Empire One Love Christmas Party For Orphans, and Multiple High Schools, Colleges, and NBA Teams   Quotes To Remember: “The truth is perfect practice makes perfect.” “If your beliefs aren’t working, you need to get rid of them.” “Simply ask them, ‘how is that working for you?” “If it’s not working, you’ve got to ditch it and try something new.”   What You’ll Learn: Getting Better on Celebrating Success and Not Focusing On Failures Putting That Extra Work Why Certain Transformation Happen   Key Links From The Show: Roy’s Site Roy’s email   Recommended Books:Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti The Success

Halelly Azulay is an author, speaker, facilitator, and leadership development strategist and an expert in communication skills and emotional intelligence. In 2006, she founded TalentGrow LLC, a consulting company focused on developing leaders and teams, especially for enterprises experiencing explosive growth or expansion. TalentGrow specializes in people leadership skills, which include communication skills, team building, coaching and emotional intelligence.   Quotes To Remember: “Development doesn’t have to cost anything.” “Development can be something where people learn on their own.” “Having a growth mindset is one of the keys to helping us move towards the goal.   What You’ll Learn: Developing Your Employees on a Shoestring Pursuing Team Development But Still Feeling In-Control Getting More Out of Our Budget Importance of Delegation   Key Links From The Show: Halelly’s Site The TalentGrow Show 10 Ways to Become a More Engaging Communicator   Recommended Books: Employee Development on a Shoestring by

Ahmed Al Kiremli teaches employees to transition into efficient entrepreneurs and successful business owners to 10X their performance, profitability, and freedom with less time, effort, and cost. Through his web TV channel: Be Efficient TV, his book The EfficientPreneur, and his signature AK coaching program, he has helped thousands of men and women achieve success and financial freedom through running their own efficient businesses.   Quotes To Remember: “Effectivity is more important than efficiency.” “If you have passion for your business, you have way more chance to succeed.” “A mentor is someone not necessarily better in what you do but someone who can bring the best in you.” “The most two important skills that you need to develop as an entrepreneur is how to sell and how to raise capital.” “To make money, you have to exchange value with the customer.”   What You’ll Learn: Becoming Efficient While Being Effective How to Transition from Employee to Efficient Entrepreneur Hitting Your Income Goal Skills T

For over a decade, Brad Owens has helped Fortune 500 companies (including Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Nationwide, Freddie Mac and many others) attract and hire talent at all levels of their organizations. He now uses his experience to make an impact on smaller companies as the “Robin Hood of Hiring”. He coaches leaders and top level HR professionals to solve problems attracting, hiring and retaining their teams. He is also the host of the “Small Business Hiring Podcast” where he interviews top companies, CEOs and industry experts to share their strategies for building high performing teams.   Quotes To Remember: “In the real world, you just can’t take on everything yourself.”“Start with your nearest people around you.” “The best people comes from your referral network.” “The best companies don’t hire. They attract.” “To be a fantastic manager and a fantastic delegator, you’ve got to be a great goal setter.” “Managers create smart goals but it’s their job to make them smarter.” “There is a difference between being

David is an author, speaker, and advisor helping entrepreneurial experts make better business decisions. His work has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Fast Company. Inc. Magazine, Forbes, MarketingProfs, and BusinessWeek. He has been a featured speaker at many marketing industry conferences and has spoken at multiple TEDx events.   Quotes To Remember: “Define your expertise very, very narrowly.” “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” “Entrepreneurship begins somewhere but it never stops.” “You do have to burn bridges with the right people and the right organizations.”   What You’ll Learn: Being an Expert vs. Feeling an Expert Converting Your Insights to a Platform Reinventing Your Business   Key Links From The Show: David’s Site Free 1 month Audible   Recommended Books: The Business of Expertise by David C. BarkerThe Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used by Peter Block  

Victor Menasce is the author of Magnetic Capital, a book that teaches people how they can raise the money they need for any worthy venture. He also turns ordinary people into millionaires through real estate. As a real estate developer, he’s building multi-million dollar apartment buildings.   Quotes To Remember: “Number one, you’ve got to have relationships.” “A good deal badly managed is no deal.” “You have to have a good team.” “The best deals are the ones that are created.” “We’d rather create opportunities out of nothing, out of an idea and create value.” “There are things I COULD do and then there are certain set of things I SHOULD do. I focus by only doing those things that I SHOULD do.” What You’ll Learn: How to Make a Good Investment Advice for Someone Who Wants to Raise Money Finding the Right People For Your Team Investing 101   Key Links From The Show: Victor’s Site   Recommended Books: Magnetic Capital by Victor Menasce Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff

Shannon Hernandez is the creator of the Content Personality Wheel and founder of the Content Strategy Academy. Her mission is to help business owners become thought leaders through the use of content branding so they can positively impact more people. She hosts a yearly multi-day event called Time & Freedom LIVE where Visionary Entrepreneurs gather to learn key strategies to leverage their content AND give themselves permission to stop doing the stuff they hate doing in their marketing. She has been featured on CBS, ABC, the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, FOX, Identity Magazine, and NBC.   Quotes To Remember: “You don’t have to labor over the things you don’t love doing.” “The topics and knowing when your zone of genius time is helps with consistency.” “Are you willing to try something different?”   What You’ll Learn: Identifying the Perfect Type of Content For You How to Get Consistent in Creating and Promoting Content Time to Spend in Creating vs. Promoting Content Tips for Brands Without a Large Team

Molly Marshall gets excited about figuring out what makes a customer engage. She specializes in creating useful content for customers and mapping out an epic social media and digital strategy that increases leads. She teaches social media courses and offers services over on her site which will be in the show notes. Quotes To Remember: “Every time you put anything on Instagram, you really want to be driving people back to that link.” “The golden rule of Instagram is you get out what you get in.” “If there is one thing that I think really matters, it is showing up everyday and engaging.”   What You’ll Learn: Get Your Instagram Audience Engage Outside Instagram Driving People to Your Instagram Story Content Utilizing Instagram’s Story Feature Putting In Work to Get Results How to Get Leads on Instagram   Key Links From The Show: Molly’s Site The $1.80 Instagram Strategy Socially Sorted Free 1 month Audible   Recommended Books: Youtility by Jay Baer Gary Vaynerchuk Books The Art of Social Media by Guy Kawas

Rob Dionne is the co-founder of Open Sky Fitness which helps people with careers and family find time in their day to eat healthy, exercise, and practice mindfulness regularly. Open Sky Fitness is hosting the Sky Fitness Challenge which will include an exclusive community of people who workout for 20 minutes or less each day. That link will be in the show notes for this episode. Quotes To Remember: “The learning never ends.” “If we want to burn fat and gain muscle, it’s gonna have to be a combination of things.” “Everybody’s nutrition is slightly different.” “Everything will have to grow in order to sustain what you are doing.” “The information on how to be healthy is not that hard to find.” “What is it that is standing in our way? It is really your own personal self limitations” “The process is the result.” What You’ll Learn: How to Maintain Your Existing Fitness Best Approach For Burning Fat and Gaining Muscle Identify and Stop Self-Sabotaging Beliefs and Actions   Key Links From The Show: Rob’s Site

Light Watkins has been active in the meditation space since 1998, first as a practitioner, then as an apprentice to his Vedic Meditation teacher, and finally as a teacher himself. He now travels the world giving talks on happiness, mindfulness, inspiration, and meditation. He writes books and articles on meditation and happiness. He lead sold-out meditation trainings and retreats, and produces The Shine, a global pop-up inspirational variety show with a mission to inspire. He also sends out a daily inspirational email each morning called The Daily Dose of Inspiration.   Quotes To Remember: “The most important thing is learning how to meditate in a way that feels right to you.” “We need to get meditation out of the chore category.” “It’s better to meditate for 15 minutes a day than it is to do 2 hours on a Saturday.” “Crossing your legs is not gonna enhance the experience nor is sitting with your back straight.” What You’ll Learn: Finding the Right Time to Meditate Minimum Time for Daily Meditation Finding T

Ian Gray is passionate about teaching and turning the techno-babble of social media, marketing, and the internet into plain English. Known as The Tools Guy, today’s guest often speaks at conferences around the world on the topic of social media and marketing tools. Quotes To Remember: “There are times when a social media management tool isn’t gonna cut it.” “The best way is to, first of all, think what it is that you actually want to do here.” “Make sure you’re only subscribing to the tools that you know are gonna help you.” “You’ve got to be honest with yourself when you are in those difficult times.” “Sometimes when we do some positive things on our business, we can almost press the self-sabotage button.”   What You’ll Learn: Best Social Media Tools Leveraging Social Media Tools to Manage Your Accounts How to Stay Updated in New Social Media Management Tools Learn to Manage Tasks for Maintaining Social Networks Tips on Having a Great Mindset   Key Links From The Show: Ian’s Site Agorapulse Sprout Social