How many projects are you working on right now? Be honest, too many right?
On today's episode we're covering Warren Buffet's system for prioritizing all the things you've got going on.
We need a system that puts our focus only on the most important. That’s how results happen.
Enter Warren…
Warren Buffett’s 5-Step Process for Prioritizing True Success
You cannot achieve success if you focus on everything.
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That banana peel you slipped on to land here came from Rajiv Nathan. That's because he fancies himself a human Curious George, and the yellow hat he chases is life's realness. As Idea Lemon cofounder, he shows people how to develop a more fulfilling lifestyle and put their careers into beastmode like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He's also a rapper by the name Fenetik, making music that moves people.
Helping you up after you slip on that banana peel is Martin McGovern. A Real Life Inspector Gadget, Martin explores life's many mysteries and finds their truths using every tool available. He's the cofounder of Idea Lemon, as well as a designer, typographer, and the guy who sets it off at dance parties.
On this episode, Rajiv & Martin share:
You can find Rajiv & Martin at IdeaLemon.com and on the Discover Your Inner Awesome podcast.
Work expands to fill the time available for its completion. If you’re into productivity, you’ll know this proverb as Parkinson’s Law. This interesting statement was made by Cyril Northcote Parkinson, the famous British historian and author, in 1955.
Parkinson’s Law – work expands to fill the time available for its completion – means that if you give yourself a week to complete a two hour task, then (psychologically speaking) the task will increase in complexity and become more daunting so as to fill that week.
It may not even fill the extra time with more work, but just stress and tension about having to get it done. By assigning the right amount of time to a task, we gain back more time and the task will reduce in complexity to its natural state.
Parkinson’s Law is an observation, not some voodoo magic. It works because people give tasks longer than they really need.
Here are some tips to help you use Parkinson's Law to your advantage since we know how it works now:
Peter Voogd started his first business when he was 15, and found himself broke, stressed and discouraged by the age of 22. By 23, he made his first 6 figure income, and 3 1/2 years later his earnings were over 1 million. He then took the same formula and applied it in another industry. Despite the challenge of lacking training or experience, he became the fastest manager to reach $1 million in annual sales in his company's 60 + year history, but left his 6 figure income because he felt his magnitude of mission growing.
He’s been labeled the worlds leading authority for millennials and entrepreneurs by entrepreneur.com, and many of international publications, stars in his own tv show called “The Entrepreneur Grind” on the Whatever it takes network, founder of The Game Changers Academy, which is the premier networking community for young entrepreneurs, Author of the 27-time international best selling author of the book “6 Months to 6 Figures,” and Creator of The Young Entrepreneur Lifestyle podcast which is one of iTunes top podcasts. Peter's strategies have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Huffington Post, Business Insider, time.com, Yahoo Small Business, Yahoo Finance, MSN, and many other international publications. He strongly believes the more people you help to succeed, the more successful you become.
Resources:
GameChangers Academy: www.GameChangersMovement.com
Free Productivity Blueprint: www.TheEntrepreneurBreakthrough.com
6 Months to 6 Figures: www.6FiguresBook.com
Becky Straw is the Co-Founder and Chief Adventurist for The Adventure Project, a new nonprofit “adding venture” capital to support entrepreneurs in developing countries. Her and her co-founder were inspired by a passion to revolutionize giving, and create a movement to marry good intentions with measurable impact. Becky was 29-years-old when they launched.
In their first four years, The Adventure Project has engaged 6,000 Americans to help create 894 jobs in India, Kenya, Uganda and Haiti. Those entrepreneurs will go on to serve over one million people to better health care, food and water. Their goal is to create one million jobs in the next ten years.
Prior to The Adventure Project, Becky spent three years helping to launch the nonprofit, charity: water and graduated from Columbia University with a Master’s in International Social Welfare. Becky is also the recipient of this years Diane von Furstenberg People’s Voice Award for female founders making a difference.
In this episode Becky shares:
- how to launch a nonprofit with $4,000
- why to jump in w/ faith when dealing with obstacles/rejection
- how to ask for help
- how to fundraise from grassroots supporters
- how / why she decided to start a nonprofit focused on jobs
- how to be sure you are creating impactful change in the world
- why jobs are critical to ending extreme poverty
World Food Day is today - Friday, October 16th - we're asking for supporters to specifically support farmers, with a $5,000 matching gift challenge!
Did you know most farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t grow enough to feed their families? I know, it’s crazy. But, when they are able to buy an irrigation pump, everything changes.
One irrigation pump can lift a farmer and his family out of poverty and into the middle class in only one harvest. On average, each farmer grows enough to sell produce to 77 community members, and earns enough to send one child to school for the first time.
We're joining forces with The Adventure Project to raise money to support farmers in developing countries. You can make a contribution here -- anything helps! www.adriennedorison.com/adventureproject
Your business is an extension of you, so while it IS separate, there will always be some ways that you're reflected in it.
It will always reflect your strengths and weaknesses.
It will always reflect your personality.
And most importantly, your business will always reflect your personal core values.
They are the foundation and framework that your business is built on.
When you intentionally develop your core values, they increase your speed for decision making, help you avoid costly mistakes, reduce stress, and allow you to stay true to yourself and your customers.
The business will always reflect what you care about. So what are your core values?
Here are a few of mine as an example:
✔️ Authenticity: I always want my community to know I am being real with them. This means I don't only share the good stuff, I share it all. I want them to have the whole story and see even the ugly parts of my business and my life.
✔️ Relatability: I always want people to connect with my message and say “Oh wow, me too!” I want them to feel like we are in this together in our struggles and experiences.
✔️ Humor: I’ve got a naturally sarcastic and playful sense of humor in my everyday life. I want to use this to entertain and engage people and also lighten the mood so that they can hear the hard truth sometimes.
I always tell my clients we need to lighten up and have some fun because believe it or not, we're not creating oxygen.
✔️ Approachability: Regardless of how big my network and community eventually becomes, I always want to be approachable, this is one reason I have my dog in my branding, that's part of who I am and I know it makes me look and feel more approachable.
✔️ Generosity: I am a giver to the core and my business is no exception. I want generosity to shine through everything I do, and I also want to influence others to be generous as well. With our time, money and energy.
I have a few more that I won't go into major detail on, but they are things like: integrity, personal responsibility, challenge, encouragement, etc.
By being clear on my core values, I can make decisions for my business and for the future that align with these (and other) values.
Even as my life changes and my business evolves, knowing my core values for my business allows me to stay true to myself.
So what are yours? What do you care about that you also want the business to be about? What is a passion or purpose in your life that you want to transfer to be a business passion or purpose? What do you value that the business also needs to value?
I'm partnering with Becky Straw, co-founder of The Adventure Project, a new nonprofit “adding venture” capital to support entrepreneurs in developing countries. If you'd like to help support entrepreneurial farmers in developing countries, please click here to donate! Adrienne Dorison - The Adventure Project Campaign. -- adriennedorison.com/adventureproject
Laura Roeder is the founder of Edgar, a new social media automation tool designed to prevent updates from going to waste. Since 2009, she's been teaching entrepreneurs how to harness the power of social media marketing and create their own fame at LKR Social Media.
On this episode Laura shares:
You can connect with Laura here: http://lkrsocialmedia.com and you can meet Edgar here.
Why You Need To Schedule Your Social Media
Here are some statistics to consider for perspective, courtesy of BufferSocial.com:
– Social Media is ranked the #1 activity users do on the Web.
– Two new users join LinkedIn every second.
– YouTube reaches more U.S. adults aged 18–34 than any cable network.
– 189 million users of Facebook are mobile-only.
Without a doubt, the struggle that comes with rapid growth and increased usage is making sure your target audience is reached, and your company is being heard. Any company, no matter how big or small, can benefit from scheduling social media posts.
Top 5 Reasons for Scheduling Your Social Media
1. Daily Content
2. Primetime posting
3. Proactive
4. Ease of Use
5. Analysis
Social media is here to stay. It is becoming more and more prevalent among businesses and organizations. It is crucial that companies stay up to date on trends and the most efficient ways on how to reach their audience through all social media outlets, even when it's not necessarily convenient!
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Sarah Liddle is a certified professional coach, wellness teacher, healer, writer, and the founder and director of Coach School. She has been published in Succeed Magazine, Inner Self, Huffington Post, YFS Magazine, The Art of Healing, Insight and Vision Magazine.
She holds a diploma in Life & Career Coaching, as well as in human resources management, and earned an International Certificate in Life Coaching through the International Coaching Academy, a Certificate in Adult Teaching, a Certificate 2 in Body Ecology, and she also holds a Level 3 Masters Certificate in Reiki.
Sarah Liddle’s street cred is impressive.
Sarah Liddle says that she has created Coach School to be a program for anyone, anywhere, anytime. Through her own experiences she has come to accept who she is and she wants to lead by example by creating a school that is based on compassionate edge and self expression.
On today's episode Sarah shares:
You can find Sarah @ sarahliddle.com and Coach School here.
Thais Guimaraes is a women’s leadership coach, yoga/meditation teacher, mentor and leader. She supports healers, teachers, coaches, trainers and heart centered women to optimize their lifestyle, create a spiritually badass business, make a bigger impact, and lead from their authentic feminine power so they can BE the change they wish to see in the world. Her mission is to evoke a change in consciousness in order for every woman to feel empowered to live their purpose, shine their light and be a catalyst for greatness.
On this episode Thais shares:
how women can step into their power as leaders
how to make empowered decisions
how to be more spiritual in your everyday life + business
why meditation can happen anywhere
You can find more from Thais here.
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To-do lists are great, right?
Wrong. I want you to throw yours out.
In this episode we're talking about why your to-do list sucks, doesn't work and makes you feel like a failure.
We'll implement some new strategies instead:
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Keith Griffis helps entrepreneurs package and sell their brain while giving their heart. He does this via his Facebook group online creators launch pad and his podcast sell your brain give your heart where he interviews top people in the field to understand how they're selling without being sleazy.
On this episode Keith shares how to:
You can find Keith here: www.keithgriffis.com, but you're more likely to find him here in the Online Creators Launchpad Facebook group.
Most business owners know that in order to be successful, they’ve got to set goals. But despite this, many business owners don’t actually do it.
Of the business owners that do set them, just like New Year’s resolutions, most don’t follow through.
There’s a whole load of reasons why you don't achieve your goals, typically they are excuses.
When you set big goals, many people feel a sense of overwhelm. Rather like standing at the bottom of a huge mountain, the size of the goal before you, just like the mountain, appears to be enormous.
Instead, let's use 90 day goals to eat the elephant one bite at a time.
If you break a task or goal into smaller chunks, it’s a lot easier to achieve.
Consequently, the most successful way for you to achieve a big goal is rather than creating a plan to tackle your goals for the year, is instead to focus on your goals for the next 90 days.
So, having a goal for the year is great, but being really clear what you’re going to achieve in the next 90 days towards that big goal, makes it much more likely that you’ll achieve it.
What’s more, having a smaller goal over a shorter period makes it much easier to get everybody to move forward at the same time.
Why 90 Day Goals Are Better Than Year Long Ones:
- 90 Day’s isn’t too long
- 90 Day’s isn’t too short either
- Parkinsons Law - work expands to fill the time available for its completion means that if you give yourself a week to complete a two hour task.
- Helps motivate you - you're more likely to stay motivated when you have WINS
- You can reset them quickly
- You aren’t tempted to spread yourself too thinly by trying to achieve too much
Tips To Achieve Your 90 Day Goals:
1. Write them down - 42% more likely to achieve them
2. Keep them visible
Maru Iabichela had a rough first year in business, she spend TONS of money trying to fix the problem and nothing seemed to work. Until she let all of that stuff go and started to be herself, started to share her real stories, her real values, viewpoints and message. And that’s when everything changed.
Maru has used the power of vulnerability to transform her business and that’s what we’re talking about on today’s episode - how to use vulnerability and transparency to grow your business.
Maru Iabichela "The Happy Entrepreneur" is a life & business coach helping entrepreneurs stop the doubt and fear that comes with becoming an entrepreneur, learn to trust themselves, and make their dreams for happiness and freedom their new reality!
You can get her webinar on What NOT To Do in Your First Year of Coaching here.
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Kelly Lynn Adams and I both know how to hustle on the side of a corporate day job. Kelly Lynn has made it her entire business mission to help women make their side business work.
Today Kelly Lynn Adams and I talk about:
As a certified business, leadership and life coach, writer, motivational speaker and founder of KellyLynnAdams.com, Kelly Lynn has helped hundreds of women build smart and sustainable businesses. Kelly Lynn has created a movement called The After 5 Club that helps 9 to 5'ers who want to start and grow a business, monetize their passions, maximize their time and manage their mindset.
She is on a mission to help one woman and one business at a time realize that they can be, do and have anything that they desire. On her path to leave a legacy for the next generation to come, she teaches woman on how to do the same.
Kelly Lynn’s passion for business, love of entrepreneurship and proven success secrets are often sought out by the media, she has been featured on Forbes.com, Huffington Post, GMA’s Tory Johnson’s Spark & Hustle, FOX, CBS & ABC. She is regularly a guest speaker for companies including PNC Bank and you can see her must watch business videos on her YouTube channel KellyLynnAdamsTV and Periscope.
Resources:
With Apple's new iPhone 6s iteration just being released, it was essential that I talk about all the things that Apple does right that we can learn from as entrepreneurs and marketers.
The only thing that’s changed - is everything.
1. Continuous Improvement
Create a minimum viable product!
By constantly improving what you offer and developing new, high value products and services, you provide a compelling reason for:
•Existing clients or customers to keep buying from you and recommending you to their friends.
•New clients or customers to be attracted to your products or services.
2. Communicate in the Language of Your Audience
It makes no sense to talk about things like megabytes, gigahertz, and processing power to customers that simply don’t care about technical jargon.
Take a look at any Apple product page and you’ll find that though they do discuss product specifications and technical information, it’s hidden behind the benefits that their audience is truly after.
Instead of display resolution, you’ll see phrases like “edge to edge glass,” “retina display,” and “LED backlighting.”
Sure, the jargon is there for those that need it, but it’s presented in a way that makes you want to learn about megapixels, rather than shy away from them. The art is in the copy, not in the features.
3. Build a Tribe
Apple listens to their people. In fact, they also predict what their people will want before anyone even thinks to dream it up.
It’s no secret that Apple has built one of the most hardcore fan bases of any product and of any time. There’s a reason they’re called “fanboys.”
They know that they serve an elite audience, and rather than back away from that fact, they embrace it, they nurture it.
4. Be Simple
We know that web users prefer scannable, skimmable content. Research shows that only 16% of website visitors read every word on a page, and 79% of web users reported they simply scan the page.
To streamline and simplify your marketing copy, think about what your customers actually need to know, and get rid of the rest. Some questions to ask yourself:
What is our most compelling value proposition?
What are the most significant benefits of our product to consumers?
What is the minimum amount of information we can provide to our website visitors to help them make a decision?
How can we present this information in a simple way?
The primary goal of your website or ad copy should be to simplify the decision making process for your customers.
Pop over to the Society of Self-Mastery Facebook community and let me know what you're doing to be more like Apple.
Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron T. Walker, has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 35 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them.
In this episode, Aaron and I talk about:
You can find Aaron @ viewfromthetop.com
And he's created some free resources for The School of Self-Mastery students here: viewfromthetop.com/mastery
Are there any haters in your life? Someone who is discouraging you from pursuing your goals and dreams, perhaps? Someone who thinks that you are joking and says “It’s impossible!” when you share your grand plans for your future? Someone who sabotages you when you try to create a new habit or quit a bad one? Someone who is keeping you from achieving your highest potential?
Here are 8 Tips for Handling Haters:
1. Protect your goals
2. Assess the hater's background
3. Evaluate the hater's words
4. Ignore
5. Don't engage
6. Remove the hater from your life
7. Surround yourself with positive influencers
8. Stay focuses on your vision
Collaborate with us at the Collaborich Conference here!
Collaborich Conference goes live on Sept 30th - Oct 2, 2015. I will be one of the featured speakers at the www.CollaborichConference.com
It’s kind of epic. Imagine,
30 Radically Successful Female Entrepreneurs
3 Business Building Days
1 Sweet Little Virtual Home
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Stephanie Nickolich founder of The #Collaborich Conference aka ‘The Millionista Mentor’ is a doubt crushing, confidence creating, cash catapulting success strategist, that teaches female coaches how to shift their money mindsets, capitalize on their greatest strengths and create solid strategies for success. Stephanie’s no bull, to the point approach drives women straight to the success they desire. Never one to blend in, Stephanie first made heads turn as a Sales Strategist in corporate america building a 1.2 million dollar wholesale business in just one years time. Not satisfied with working “for the man”, she first tasted entrepreneurial success as founder of the e-commerce empire Accessory Fanatic.
The next natural step in her career was to create an online community for women in business known as Success Society www.styleyoursuccess.com which currently attracts thousands of women monthly to Connect, Collaborate and Capitalize on their dreams. Stephanie’s fun, outspoken style has garnered nationwide acclaim appearing on various live television shows and media outlets such as Good Day Austin, Twin Cities Live, Hustle & Heart TV, Empowering Women Radio, The Brave Entrepreneur, Mentoring Women’s Network, and a finalist on Dream Big America.
Sign up for the Collaborich Conference here.
Lea left the high paying and high powered world of corporate finance 4 years ago to sell - of all things -- meats by mail. She opened her company, Pig of the Month BBQ, and grew revenues to 7 figures using growth hacking and DIY PR techniques. She's now getting set to launch her own marketing masterfully course to help budding entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground and into the next level.
On today's episode Lea and I talk about:
Lea has created an instagram cheatsheet for you that you can download here: How to Get Your First 10k Instagram Followers.
The Law of Action is one of the most overlooked of the Universal Laws, stating that you must take action to get what you desire.
When I say it is the most overlooked I mean in all the books and audios about the Universal laws and the Law of Attraction, they all seem to talk about visualizations and positive thinking, not that thats bad, but few talk about the fact that you must also take ACTION on these thoughts and feelings.
You can not bring what you want into being, without taking action. Yes, the positive thoughts are important. Everything first starts as a thought in your mind.
But, without action, these are merely daydreams. Action along with positive intention is what brings your dreams to life.
Today we're talking all about the 2 main steps to manifest your desires.
1. Know what you want - have a strong desire to actualize it, believe that it's possible, and have a high level of expectation that it will happen.
2. Take action to get it.
We all have "a beast" within us, and yet, there are times when the power of our mind keeps it from being unleashed. But, when we tap into our true instinctive nature, that's when we allow ourselves to play at the highest level. And, it does not matter if you are a professional athlete, or a CEO, or an entrepreneur or simply someone who seeks to get more out of everyday life. The principles are the same.
Dave Austin is an International bestselling author and a highly sought after "mental performance coach" to professional athletes. As founder of Extreme Focus he is best known for his "game ready" visualizations, which have helped NFL, MLB, Olympic, and college athletes achieve extraordinary results, along with assisting business leaders and Fortune 100 and 500 companies excel to new heights. As a former professional athlete himself, Dave uses his firsthand knowledge and experience to help get his clients "in the zone" and is affectionately known as the "secret weapon" when it comes to a competitive edge.
Many people struggle with money, that's why we talk about it a lot. They yearn for the stability that it provides, but aren’t sure how to go about finding it. Barbara Stanny's book, Secrets of Six Figure Women, profiles six figure earners - who were serial underearners until they changed their mindset – often because something drastic happened (e.g. a divorce, bankruptcy, etc).
Stanny goes on outline the key traits of under earners, and since we talked to Barbara yesterday I thought it would be useful to share her insights here to start a discussion about an often-taboo topic – money. How much we’re making, or how little we’re making, and why.
But first: What is a serial underearner? According to Stanny:
Stanny goes on to outline the characteristics of the typical underearner:
Underearners have a high tolerance for low pay.
Barbara Stanny is the leading authority on women and wealth. Her mission - to revolutionize women’s relationship with money. As a best-selling author, sought after speaker, workshop facilitator and money/wealth coach, Barbara has helped millions take charge of their finances and their lives.
Barbara’s background in business, her years as a journalist, her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, her extensive research and her own dramatic experience with money gives her a unique and powerful perspective on women’s financial issues. She has been featured on Good Morning America, The View, Extra, The O’Reilly Report and many times on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, PBS and NPR, as well as the New York Times, and USA Today. She has written the following books:
• Prince Charming Isn’t Coming: How Women Get Smart About Money
• Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to up Your Earnings and Change Your Life
• Overcoming Underearning: A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life
• Finding a Financial Advisor You Can Trust: A Guide for Investors and Those Who Want To Be
• Breaking Through: Getting Past the Stuck Points in Your Life
• Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles
For more information on Barbara Stanny and her work please visit: www.BarbaraStanny.com
Fancy Frenchwood and I discuss what exactly is the perfect resignation letter, how did her letter get published in Forbes, and how she really felt about that, her top tips for writing you letter and when to leave your job.
A professional speaker, trainer and consultant with distinguished experience in operations, training and development, human resources, leadership and project management in multiple industries, Fancy brings a unique blend of experience to entrepreneurship. She left the corporate world after two consecutive roles where she felt stifled and diminished by toxic organizational culture and dysfunctional leadership.
After her resignation letter was published on Forbes.com, Fancy’s transition from corporate leader to entrepreneur has been seamless. Fancy’s drive, determination, ambition and persistence led to her first book, released in 2014, titled “The Perfect Resignation Letter - I Fired My Boss”.
Her mission is to empower and inspire women to grow beyond social or cultural values to become all they have envisioned for themselves. This first book will not be her last and she has many other projects in the works. She is becoming one of the most sought after speakers and hosts for conferences.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2013/03/19/the-perfect-resignation-letter/