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The School of Self-Mastery: Business, Money, Life

The School of Self-Mastery podcast is all about business, money and life. I talk with guests who have created a RICH life for themselves, not because they’re bathing in money, (although they may be doing that too) but because they’ve defined and created success on their own terms, through their own personal successful habits. Habits are the root of simplifying your success I also appear solo two days a week to dive deeper into self-mastery topics and give actionable takeaways you can start applying today.
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Mar 15, 2016

When we think of sales funnels, we often think that all they're good for is automating your business and making you more money. 

But the truth is, sales funnels are the best way to stay relevant and give your audience logical next step solutions to their problems, which in turn will help them get better results. 

And isn't that what we all want? 

So, instead of avoiding this concept because you don't care about automating or the thought of it feels salesy, I want you to listen to this episode and hear why you're doing your audience a disservice by NOT running them through a logical and relevant funnel. 

Make sure to enter my Birthday Giveaway this month! 

Mar 10, 2016

Dana Wilde is the best-selling author of Train Your Brain and CEO of The Mind Aware. She is a trusted authority in creating positive mindset for entrepreneurs, sales professionals and corporate leaders, helping them achieve results and success. 

In addition, Dana is the host of her own radio show, The Mind Aware Show, where she interviews celebrity experts on positive mindset and cutting edge marketing strategies for entrepreneurs.

Dana knows how to stimulate brain power for personal and professional achievement in individuals and teams everywhere.

Find Dana here: www.DanaWilde.com and at www.facebook.com/themindaware

BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY -- enter here to be eligible to win over $7k in business building prizes and an even a chance to retreat with me to Breckenridge, CO for 4 days of business growth!

Mar 8, 2016

Not all ideal clients are built the same, and the typical ideal client avatar just doesn't make sense. A lot of your ideal clients won't look, act or dress the same, but it doesn't really matter if they have the same pain points, aspirations, challenges, etc. and that's where you come in. 

Your ideal clients aren't all going to be ready to work with you when you're ready to offer them something. There's a better way to approach your ideal clients, lead them through a process that helps get them better results and speaks to their needs at this specific moment in your relationship with them.

Yes, you're in a relationship with every single person in your audience. And all of those relationships are at different phases...are you nurturing them each in the way it needs to be nurtured to lead to the next step?

In this episode, I'll share the 3 dating phases of ideal clients so that you can make sure you're not moving too fast, too slow or proposing on the first date.

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Have you entered my birthday giveaway yet? Enter here for your chance to win over $7k in business building prizes!  

 

Mar 3, 2016

Tara Newman is a Success Coach and Business Strategist who has been developing top performers and business change makers for 15+ years. 

She coaches ambitious business owners who are looking to reduce overload, step into their next level of success and lead extraordinary lives.  

Tara and her clients are passionate about doing work that matters, making an impact, and living fulfilling lives.

Overcoming a serious health crisis has become a foundational part of her message.  Tara lives by and teaches the philosophy that we can do big, purposeful things without losing our health, sanity or family.  

Creating success, wealth, and impact with ease is an authentic and sustainable framework she embodies.  Tara is passionate about leading wholeheartedly from a place of strength and transparency.  

She is a mom to two crazy active kids and married to the love of her life John -- who is a competitive age group triathlete and entrepreneur.  Tara is an avid reader, expert skier, and wannabe badass mountain biker.

She holds her Master’s Degree in Organizational Psychology from Hofstra University.

Tara and I talk about leadership, working with top performers and the specific challenges they face, and scaling up businesses by building teams.

You can connect more with Tara over in her Facebook community for Bold Leaders.

Mar 1, 2016

I recorded this story based on a question someone in my FREE FB community shared, but I'm sure many of you will find it beneficial and interesting.

This is the story of how my VP found out about my side business and how I felt during that time, how I decided to be super open & visible with my business while still working, and the things I'd do differently if I could go back in time!

If you want to get full access to the actual blog post that outed me, sign up here and we'll send it straight to your inbox --> adriennedorison.com/corporate

Feb 25, 2016

Tiffany Han is a business and branding coach and podcast host who helps highly-creative women raise their hands and say yes - to those businesses they’ve always wanted to start, to those ideas that feel crazy, and to themselves.

As the founder of 100 Rejection Letters program, Tiffany helps creative entrepreneurs move beyond their comfort zones to build businesses (and lives) that are based on bold, inspired action. Having been called a Professional Yoda and Mary Poppins for Creative Businesses by her clients, Tiffany regularly speaks and teaches about the power of branding, how to build a business that you love (and that loves you back!), and the magic of saying no so that you can find your bigger yes.

In this episode, Tiffany and I talk all things action, not knowing what the hell we're doing, but still doing it anyway, rejection and what it really means, fear and how to move past it, and lots of other essentials to growing a creative business and raising your hand to say YES to yourself and life!

Join Tiffany's FB group here: http://tiffanyhan.com/join and join my FREE FB community here: Society of Self-Mastery.

Want to overcome that fear that's holding you back? Get the Fear List here: www.adriennedorison.com/fearlist

 

Feb 23, 2016

Want to know the 3 essential ingredients that might be missing from your sales page?

This may be news to you, but people rarely just buy off a sales page. Your sales page isn’t going to necessarily be your conversion vehicle. Prospects turned buyers will usually happen on email sequences, webinars, discovery calls, etc. 

I've even sold programs without a sales page at all. So don't super stress over it, but if you're going to create one, make sure it has these 3 essentials:

 

1. Disruptive & obvious payments buttons.

 -- make sure the color pops so they stand out

 -- make sure there are 3 of them throughout the page

 -- put a count down timer next to your payment button to increase conversions {http://countdowndynamite.com/}

The second essential ingredient for a kick-ass sales page is…

 

2. High quality testimonials.

 -- use images with testimonials

 -- lead with outcomes/results that relate to what you're selling

For more details on how to get & structure your testimonial download my

'how to get a killer client testimonial cheatsheet': www.adriennedorison.com/testimonial 

 

 

3. Bonuses

 -- bonuses that compliment your offer

 -- needs to be something of value to be effective

 -- section should be clear on when bonuses start/stop

 

Download my 5 types of bonuses to include in your next program launch here. 

 

That's it! Sure, you need to know the program, who you're selling it to, and the results you're going to get for people, but so often you forget these simple sales page boosters! 

Make sure to grab my testimonial cheat sheet here! 

 

 

FREEBIE DOWNLOAD: why you need a good testimonial and how to get it

 

Feb 18, 2016

The Stacey Harris is a powerhouse online entrepreneur helping her clients reach rock star status with communities full of raving fans who follow them anywhere. She has a passion for building and being active in communities and teaching folks to use networking to build relationships that grow businesses.

Her passion for rock stars goes back to her roots, she graduated with a degree in audio engineering ready to take the music scene by storm. She quickly started working with an up and coming record label finding bands to sign and feature on their web radio station. Now returning to her web radio roots Stacey is the host of her own show Hit the Mic with The Stacey Harris.

In this episode we're covering the three pieces you need to get started with social media: 

  • Ideal Clients
  • Networks
  • Content

This is about WHO your client really is, not just their age and gender, but where are they spending their time, what do they actually care about, etc. This informs EVERYTHING else.

Get Stacey's FREE challenge here: thestaceyharris.com/socialmediachallenge

Find out the real truth about who your ideal client is {and who they're not!} with this guide: adriennedorison.com/idealclient 

 

Feb 16, 2016

Mastering the 'social' part of social media is paramount to your success in the online business world.

You want to serve, right? 

You want to do work you love and you want to be useful to other humans. 

This means you have to be visible.

Think about it this way -- there are people out there who need you, they have a challenge, and you're the one with the tools and the personality they resonate with to be able to solve it.

Okay, so how to start putting yourself out into the marketplace in a way that feels good and true to you.

Here are 5 tips to get you started:

1. Be social on social media - it's like a cocktail party y'all!

2. Share what you stand for

3. Use the 80/20 rule

4. Engage with people!

5. Be experimental.

 

Grab my FREE social media eti-kit here!

How to Sell Out Your Program {even with a small email list} Cheat Sheet

FREE FB Community

Feb 11, 2016

Selling Eggs from his farm at 8 years old, working with Fortune 500 companies with much success in his teen years and now helping Entrepreneurs build 7-figure businesses, Scott Oldford has been an Entrepreneur for nearly 15 years. 

Scott at 21 lost everything he built and found himself in almost $750k of debt, searching for the next step he found how important human connection truly is and how we can use who we are, six specific traits to succeed in business, relationships and life. 

He currently works with Entrepreneurs that want to grow their business with more than luck, allowing them to generate a Sustainable Source of Qualified Leads through his company INFINITUS.

 

Entrepreneurs under $250k in revenue use mostly "luck" (referrals, networking, connections, proposals) to build their business, it's the #1 reason why businesses can't make it work, if you fix this problem you can go past $250k easily and start worrying on bigger problems. 

In this episode, Scott and I discuss:

  • how he went from $726k in debt to 7 figure business owner
  • #1 Reason that Entrepreneurs can't grow to 6 or 7 figures
  • why 99% of Entrepreneurs are losing out on 80% of their leads, leading to mediocre Lead Generation
  • his SSF Lead Generation Methodology 
  • understanding why one marketing funnel for business doesn't make sense
  • how to use the combination of Organic, Partner and Paid Traffic to Create Hockey Stick Growth

Learn about Scott's SSF method here: adriennedorison.com/ssf

Scott's Online Community - http://my.limitlessbusiness.com/apply/

FREE - How To Sell Out Your Next Program {even with a small list} cheatsheet & webinar

 

Feb 9, 2016

You need an opt-in {freebie} that is going to grow your list and get them engaged before you try to sell anything to them!

The best way to think about your freebie creation is to brainstorm all your ideal clients objections to buying this program/course.

Why won’t they buy?

Let me show you what I mean by this - because I’m not just talking about the typical “I can’t afford it” type of objections…I want you to get even more specific and intimate with their real objections to making this program work for them.

For example…

One of my first courses was called Corporate to Called…I knew that most of my target audience for this would still be working day jobs, so one of their biggest objections would be “I don’t have the time to build a business.”

I knew this was just an excuse that people make, because I built my business on the side of my corporate job…it’s about doing the most important things, not ALL the things. And I was really skilled at productivity and efficiency, so I created an optin called…

How to Build Your Business In 20 min/day — this was overcoming their objection that they didn’t have time to go through my program that I would later offer them.

Create a list of all their objections, things they need to know to be able to get results from your program, things they need to understand to feel it’s important.

So, if you’re selling them a course on public speaking and they’re afraid of public speaking, you need to sell them on both: 1. overcoming their fears, and 2. understanding the importance of speaking for growing their business BEFORE you can sell them into a program on public speaking. Make sense?

Then you want to decide what format to present that to your peeps in…

For example, you can create:

  • Cheatsheets
  • Checklists
  • Ebooks
  • Webinars
  • Swipe files
  • Workshops
  • Resource lists
  • Printables
  • Email courses
  • Audio downloads
  • Step-by-step guides

Get access to my full "how to sell out your program, even with a small list" cheatsheet here! 

Feb 4, 2016

Chantelle Adams is a Professional Speaker, Speech Stylist and Courage Igniter. She has delivered over 800 speeches in the last 5 years and created a 6-figure business in just 9 months, recently having a 100K launch. But the financial success is not her WHY, she has put her success to good use and helped build schools in Kenya, Nicaragua and Haiti and she is on a mission to help entrepreneurs find their voice, own their story and have the courage to share it so they can turn their message into a movement.

She knows what it takes to get booked and shine on stage and has been called a storytelling ninja and hears that her support is better than Spanx. She believes that together we can change the world with our voices.

In this episode, Chantelle shares with us:

  • her own personal story of finding courage to share her story
  • the power of story & how YOU can find the courage to share it
  • and how to get booked to speak!

Join Chantelle in her Online Celebrity Bootcamp here!

 

Feb 2, 2016

Naming your "thing" is a bigger deal than you might think. A good program/business/offer name can be everything.

Well sort of. It’s an important piece of the puzzle that helps people understand what you do and how you can help them.

Let’s face it though, naming your program (or product) is hard. Communicating the essence of your program or business in just a few words is part science, part art.

Your name needs to evoke emotion and make a promise about their results.

For example, Corporate to Called {purpose + profits group coaching program} was the name of one of my courses. One that I sold 15 spots @ a $997 price point, when I had a list of less than 200 people.

Now, I’m definitely not saying this was the best name ever, I know you can do better than me {I didn’t understand the importance at the time and have named things poorly since}!  

But, people knew exactly who it was for and what results they were going to get {corporate peeps looking to go out on their own and make money via their purpose}.

Here’s a few things to get you started:

  • it should echo what your clients want
  • it should be short.
  • it should be clear what it is
  • it should speak to the results/outcome

Your name needs umph.

Brainstorm at least 10 power words and their synonyms {use google} that are relevant to your offer -- https://blog.bufferapp.com/words-and-phrases-that-convert-ultimate-list

Next, continue brainstorming emotional and results/outcome oriented words.

So, what are the results that your course/program provides?

List at least 10 words that describe the emotions & results/outcome of your program. {consider using verbs as well {use google to help}.

Put this baby together now.

What combinations from these can you create?

Mix & match the different options and cross out the ones that are not exciting and keep working with the ones that have potential!

Sit on them for a few days and say it out loud, really FEEL what it’s like to have a program with that name. Think about how you’d introduce it to strangers and if they’d understand what the heck that means.

You can also use: http://www.leandomainsearch.com/ to get some additional ideas and even make sure you’re domain is available.

You can keep this list for future naming as well.

Make sure to download the cheatsheet here to get all 10 tips to sell out your program, even with a small list! 

 

Jan 28, 2016

Alex Epstein is the author of the New York Times best-selling book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and an expert on energy and industrial policy. Called “most original thinker of the year” by political commentator John McLaughlin, he champions the use of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas and has changed the way thousands of people think about energy. He has risen to prominence as the nation’s leading free-market energy debater, promoting a philosophy that is “anti-pollution but pro-development.” He challenges many popularly held ideas about energy, industry, and the environment, including the big picture benefits (and costs) of fossil fuels and nuclear power. He draws on cutting-edge research and original insights to offer an alternate perspective on the energy debate and shares eye-opening thoughts into how fossil fuels and technology will improve the lives of people – safely, cleanly, and effectively – for years to come.

Today we focus on his journey as an entrepreneur, how he made his work stand out & captured attention, and how he has become one of the most productive people on the planet.

Resources:

Alex's Productivity Secrets & Resolution Revolution

 

Jan 26, 2016

Interviewing is a learned skill and art form. There are some insanely powerful and insightful interviewers out there, and then there are those who fall flat and maybe need a little more practice. 

I think we're all refining our skills along the way, but here are some tips to help you become a better interviewer in any capacity - whether it's formally with a podcast or interview show, with mentors to get the best information and guidance, or even with clients/customers. Interviewing is not a skill that is specific to traditional reporters. 

Here's 6 tips to get you started:

1. Let the person you are interviewing do most of the talking

2. Be genuinely interested in the human you are interviewing

 

3. Learn how to deal with different personality types

 

4. Become your audience

5. Focus on actionable takeaways whenever possible

6. Watch the time 

Practice makes perfect and the more comfortable you are, the better you will become at the art of interviewing! 

You can get access to my full interview tips for FREE in the episode 127 download.

Resources:

Interview Tips

Free FB community

Simplified Success Society $1.00 trial

Jan 21, 2016
Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast. He's also the co-producer of the animated series Unmistakable Creative shorts that he and his team have produced in partnership with Soulpancake. 
 
He's conducted over 500 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life which has given him an incredibly distinctive view into branding, storytelling, and marketing. He's also written multiple books including the WSJ Best Seller The Art of Being Unmistakable created planned and executed a 60 person conference called The Instigator Experience and recently signed an offer with Penguin Portfolio to write 2 books. Somewhere along the way his compass led him in the direction of an economics degree from UC-Berkeley and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Extracting unmistakable stories out of people is his superpower. And in his spare time he's usually chasing waves.
 
Resources:

Srini's Compass
 
Chris Sacca Commencement Speech
 
There's no such thing as an "I've made it" moment - blog post
 
Sarah Peck Interview
 
Terry Gross - The Art of Opening Up
 
Shitty First Sentences post by Srini Rao
 
Free FB Community
 
Simplified Success Society $1.00 trial
Jan 19, 2016

6 tips to fast track your success in 2016 - take these serious and the results will follow.

1. Let your vision, commitment, & drive guide you NOT your current circumstances or limitations or excuses.

2. To get energy you must do the work, and follow through on your word. When you hustle and get things done you create energy within to take even more action.

3. ALWAYS celebrate weekly progress over perfection. Being a perfectionist will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Remember you want experiments, not perfection.

4. Make sure you are ONLY associating with those who hold you accountable, raise your standards, and challenge you to think bigger...NOT those people who let you off the hook. 

5. Get rid of ALL negativity in your life. Toxic people love company and they have a problem for every solution. You must purposely surround yourself w/ top-notchthinkers.

6. Start your days feeling resourceful, accomplished and confident - Define your highest value activity (MIM - most important mission) and spend the first 90 minutes doing that and NOTHING else. - use your success sheet every morning & evening. 

Habits will always trump inspiration. Inspiration is needed to create consistent action, but your habits are ultimately going to define your success or failure.

Which one of these will make the BIGGEST impact on your success and results this week and this year if you really focused on it?

Resources:

Success Sheet

Free FB community

Jan 14, 2016

Kat Loterzo is a successful author, speaker and mentor to revolutionary leaders who want it all, on their terms, now if not sooner.

Kat lives location free with her husband and 2 children, is obsessed with great coffee, great wifi, great wine and great training of the mind and body, as well as creating as much content as humanly possible on the topic of alignment and taking MASSIVE action.

Read more from Kat and get her free Daily Asskickery at www.katloterzo.com, or visit www.booksforkickasswomen.com to read Kat's books.

Resources:

FREE book for any Multi-Passionate, Driven Woman Who Wants to Have it All!

Society of Self-Mastery - Free FB Community

Simplified Success Society - $1.00 trial

 

 

Jan 12, 2016

More businesses fail than succeed...so what sets those that succeed apart from those that don't? 

In this episode I'm breaking down the two root causes of business failure and sharing a free workbook for you apply to your own business and make sure your foundations are nice and strong. 

It's time to get clear, so you can get clients. Because the only way to stay in business is to get deeply intimate and honest with these two root causes of failure. {hint: they have nothing to do with advanced strategies. 

Resources:

Get Clear, Get Clients Workbook

Society of Self-Mastery - Free FB community

Simplified Success Society - $1.00 trial

Jan 7, 2016

Guy Spier is a Zurich-based investor and author of a book on investing entitled The Education of a Value Investor. He is well known for bidding US $650,100 with Mohnish Pabrai for a charity lunch with Warren Buffett in June 2007. In 2009, he was featured in "the Checklist Manifesto", by Atul Gawande regarding his use of checklists as part of his investment process.

Spier manages the Aquamarine Fund, an investment partnership inspired by, and styled after Warren Buffett's 1950s investment partnerships. He is also an occasional financial commentator in the media.

What happens when a young Wall Street investment banker spends a small fortune to have lunch with Warren Buffett? He becomes a real value investor. In this fascinating inside story, Guy Spier details his career from Harvard MBA to hedge fund manager. But the path was not so straightforward. Spier reveals his transformation from a Gordon Gekko wannabe, driven by greed, to a sophisticated investor who enjoys success without selling his soul to the highest bidder. 

Spier's journey is similar to the thousands that flock to Wall Street every year with their shiny new diplomas, aiming to be King of Wall Street. Yet what Guy realized just in the nick of time was that the King really lived 1,500 miles away in Omaha, Nebraska. Spier determinedly set out to create a new career in his own way. 

Along the way he learned some powerful lessons which include: why the right mentors and partners are critical to long term success on Wall Street; why a topnotch education can sometimes get in the way of your success; that real learning doesn't begin until you are on your own; and how the best lessons from Warren Buffett have less to do with investing and more to do with being true to yourself. 

Guy Spier shares the two ways the warren buffett made profound impacts on his life and in today's download you can get access to the exact questions you need to be asking yourself if you're looking for a top-notch mentor, plus example email messages of how to get connected to them. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Guy Spier's Nine Rules to Successful Investing

Guy Spier's Google Talk

Mediocristan

Jack Skeen

Influence by Robert Cialdini

How To Identify & Connect with Top-Notch Mentors

 

Jan 5, 2016

I've been reflecting a lot over the past couple weeks as I close the books down for 2015, I've had a great year, and am ready to welcome in another one. Many thanks to all of you for listening, subscribing and sharing this podcast!

biggest 2015 mistakes

  • no boundaries established - not honoring days off or time off, etc.
  • limit your launches - map them out way in advance
  • not hiring soon enough
  • not doing my due diligence with hiring - website, VA
  • not doing enough research prior to launching an event - presell

I’m sharing some free exercises to help you understand some of your biggest lessons {failures} - this is the reflection guide I use to create more success in my life. Go to adriennedorison.com/bigmistakes to download this free reflection guide.

  1. Started a business on the side of my day job, organically evolved from a personal development & leadership blog I started in late 2014.
  2. Offered my services for FREE to get some humans some real results and build my own confidence that I could start charging for this!
  3. Worked during mornings lunch breaks, evenings, and weekends to grow my side business alongside my corporate job.
  4. Took lots of action - without overthinking things first.
  5. Read The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod and completely switched my schedule around to make more time to grow my business in the evenings after my corporate day job.
  6. Read 6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd and learned to really master my skills before moving on - then later he became more of a personal mentor.
  7. Focused on Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University program and paid off all my debt in just 6 months - over $45,000.
  8. Invested in an empowerment coach and transformed ME before I transformed a business w/ Lisa Carpenter
  9. Dove deep into podcasts and learned from the best while I was on the road during my day job commute; Internet Business Mastery with friend, Jason Van Orden, Tiffany Han’s Raise Your Hand Say Yes, Chalene Johnson’s Build Your Tribe, Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income…
  10. Built my own website on SquareSpace and it was pretty darn good for a DIY. 
  11. Had my website re-designed by someone and paid tons of money for it — but basically I had an artist build a bridge and it was a website nightmare that had to be redone.
  12. Had it redesigned again – by someone far more qualified to build a website that does what a website is supposed to do…and it’s pretty too.
  13. Created a FB group – grew it organically and it has continued to grow to a group full of supportive, high-achieving humans looking to become more masterful.
  14. Had my first professional photoshoot done and even brought my dog, Church E. Bear 
  15. Launched a course before I was ready and had 5 people join. 
  16. Launched another course before I was ready and had 15 people join. 
  17. Raised my prices 3 different times because I had a waitlist.
  18. Revamped my packages 3 different times because it takes awhile to figure out what’s going to get your clients the best results.
  19. Worked with incredible clients – saw them getting incredible results, getting published, quitting their jobs, getting their own clients, creating their first products, doubling their income, increasing their prices, starting waitlists, growing their audience, etc.
  20. Quit my corporate job.
  21. Took two courses that rocked my world - BTBY with Kimra Luna, and Sales School with Kendrick Shope.
  22. Reached out to mentors and influencers to learn from the best.
  23. Started my own podcast - The School of Self-Mastery.
  24. Hit the New & Noteworthy in iTunes and stayed there for over 11 weeks. 
  25. Reached the 10% of all podcasts with tons of downloads thanks to you!
  26. Connected with and interviewed tons of successful, influential and interesting humans because of the podcast -  condensed 3 years of podcasting into 6 months!
  27. Shared my debt freedom story publicly even was I knew it would annoy people.
  28. Traveled to Atlanta to meet and be interviewed my personal finance guru, Clark Howard - and had my first national TV debut because of this bold action.
  29. Hired Shana Lynn Yao from yourmarketingmastermind.com to up my business game.
  30. Hired my next mentor, Farnoosh Torabi, who has been an invaluable investment for me and my business.
  31. Started outsourcing some smaller tasks to free up some time.
  32. Got even better at outsourcing and hired Erin Kelly as my OBM - best decision ever and she’ll eventually be my first full-time team member (fun fact, Erin was a client, and now I’m her client).
  33. Made a few business besties just by building real relationships.
  34. Planned and launched a live event with a business bestie - and it was the biggest failure turned lesson ever…stay tuned for 2016 plans 
  35. Put systems in place and invested in the tools I needed - 17hats, Acuityscheduling, Leadpages, Libsyn, Basecamp
  36. Won a year long coaching program for 2016 with sales expert, Kendrick Shope, and plan to get banging results to thank her for the generosity.
  37. Got active on periscope, and then stopped when it started to feel stressful.
  38. Pitched myself (and got published) in Huffington Post, GROW, Brazen Careerist, and Get Rich Slowly.
  39. Created tons of content & free resources - some that were great and some that “flopped”
  40. Gave away over 100 hours of free coaching and over $35,000 of content and coaching. 
  41. Condensed over 3 years of podcasting into just 6 months and learned tons about myself and interviewing in general.
  42. Was featured as a guest on TONS of podcasts (SoMoney, Stacking Benjamins, Screw The Nine to Five, Lifestyle Business Podcast, The 5am Miracle, All Up In Your Lady Business, Success Secrets of Entrepreneurs, Creative Soul Lab, etc…) and even one of the #1 podcasts in all of iTunes - Art of Charm
  43. Was consistent EVERY SINGLE DAY for all 365 this year. Seriously, I didn’t miss a day. 
  44. Focused on building relationships and generosity, not on selling.
  45. Took a stand, often a controversial one, on the things that I believed in, which attracted the right people to my work.
  46. Launched a membership site Simplified Success Society and then added a $1 trial period.
  47. Joined a mastermind full of powerhouse women.
  48. Launched an in-person retreat for June 2016 and have almost filled the spots!
  49. Took vacations with my fiance, paid cash, and was able to take time off or even work from wherever I was if I wanted to.
  50. Made over $11,500 in business mistakes - and then talked about them.
  51. Tracked my numbers and didn't avoid my finances. Focused on profit not just revenue and "banked" income versus "booked" income.
  52. Showed up even when I didn't really feel like it because I knew once I started, I'd get motivated {I was always right}.
  53. Wasn't afraid to take big risks, but always made sure they were calculated ones.
  54. Spent tons of time understanding what my audience wanted {and still do} and then gave it to them over and over again. 
  55. Invested a lot of time, energy, action and money into my business and reaped the rewards.

Welcoming in 2016 success!

Resources

How To Turn Your Failures Into Wins: a reflection guide to create more success

Entrepreneur Task Tracker episode link

Society of Self-Mastery FB community

Jan 1, 2016

Hal Elrod is today's guest and one of my personal heroes. He’s the #1 best-selling author of what is now being widely regarded as “one of the most life-changing books ever written” titled, The Miracle Morning: The Not So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed To Transform Your Life… Before 8AM.

It is also one of the highest rated books on Amazon with over 700 five-star reviews!

What’s even more incredible is that Hal actually died at age 20. He was hit head on by a drunk driver at 70 mph, broke 11 bones, died for 6 minutes, and spent 6 days in a coma only to wake up to face the news that he may never walk again… Well, not only did he walk, Hal went on to run a 52-mile ultra marathon, become a hall of fame business achiever, an international keynote speaker, one of the world’s top success coaches, he’s a hip-hop recording artist, has been featured in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, writes for Entrepreneur.com, has appeared on radio and TV shows across the country, and the list just goes on and on. He’s also the host of one of the top personal development podcasts on iTunes, called “Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod.”

As the bestselling author of The Miracle Morning, I brought him on today to talk about how you can change any—or literally EVERY area of your life, by simply changing the way you wake up in the morning—even if you’ve never been a morning person.

You can find Hal Elrod @ www.halelrod.com

Hal’s Entrepreneur magazine article about affirmations here: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/246869

You can purchase The Miracle Morning here – http://bit.ly/SSMmiracle

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