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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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Jun 30, 2016

Today is officially ONE FULL YEAR of entrepreneurship for me, and I wanted to celebrate by reflecting on my biggest lessons and learnings here for you, as well as giving away a FREE coaching/strategy session over in my FREE community.

So, here we go!

-- I didn’t need to make what I made in corporate to leave {so if you’re out there now and feeling like you need to match it -- revisit that} I needed to make my expenses {super small after I paid off my debt} which I was already earning more than that, but it gave me peace of mind to leave faster.

-- Be consistent, take action, show up regardless of how you feel. Doing things only when you FEEL like it won’t turn you into the Visionary CEO that you want to be.

-- Boundaries are important...learn to have them.

-- Not everything will be a winner -- that’s okay, learn from it, tweak it, and try again - resiliency is key {live event, programs launched}  BUT you’ll never know if you don’t try it!

-- You can’t do this alone if you want to go bigger. Growing a team is hard because you have to let go of control, admit you’re not the best at everything, lead people effectively -- but it is soooo worth it. HIRE THE BEST. Don’t nickel and dime yourself with anything less than an A team. It will bite you later. Pay your team first, pay yourself once your business is more sustainable.

-- Taking risks is necessary. You won’t always be comfortable, no one likes to risk money, but everyone likes to make it. You have to be someone who is willing to take risks to create bigger and faster success. {I am so not averse to risk because I know the worst that happens is that I’ll go do something else if this flops}

-- There aren’t really any emergencies -- so be calm, be someone you’d want to work for and with, take time for you, don’t panic {it’s annoying} --- we’re not creating oxygen here, seriously.

-- Managing your money is important. I’ve been able to run my business fully debt free. After getting out of a ton of debt last year, I never wanted my business to run off debt, but I worked my tail off to generate cash flow, only invested with cash {but still made stretchy investments -- hey, no one likes handing over large chunks of money no matter how much you have} but knowing WHERE you need to invest is key.

-- Don’t be afraid to hear no. I heard a lot of No’s over the past year, but most people don’t realize that because I also got a lot of YES’s. {just think, JLD said no to me before he said yes.} be persistent, take constructive criticism, improve and ask again!

-- Building relationships is first and foremost for both connecting with peers, mentors, influencers and clients. Don’t ask for things from people you don’t know, build relationships with them and genuinely serve them FIRST, you’ll be much more successful that way, but you need to be thinking long term!

-- You don’t need to have a huge list to make a big impact, you need to have an engaged list of people who know like and trust you. Treat them like people, engage with them, build connections and you will impact and serve them better.

-- Whatever you want is attainable, just focus, think bigger, take action and get the support you need.  I never could have imagined what I’d create in just 1 year, which shows me the next year and so on is going to be even bigger and more impactful for others.


Join me over in my FREE FB community for the giveaway.

And don't miss out on my FREE 5 day challenge -- How to Build Your Business in 20 minutes/day -- where we'll be getting more results in less time! 

Jun 28, 2016

Okay so they didn't press buy...but guess what?! Your job isn't done yet. Some of the best information you will gain from this human is after they decide to buy or not to buy. 

You can use this opportunity to learn more about them, understand WHY they didn't purchase, and how to make this product or service better for them so that it's a no brainer the next time around.

In this episode we'll talk all about the next steps you need to take AFTER the cart closes and they've decided this wasn't for them so that you can improve for next time! 

Don't miss out on the FREE pre-validation cheatsheet here. 

Jun 23, 2016

Tom Hunt is a TEDx Speaker, Dragon’s Den Failure And Founder of Virtual Valley: a platform that connects Entrepreneurs and Rockstar Virtual Assistants with the mission of giving Entrepreneurs back 1 million hours of their time by 2018.

 

Over the past 4 years Tom has been on a journey from corporate drone to internet entrepreneur and now has a number of online businesses that add value to others and allow him to travel the world.

In this episode, Tom and I talk about his concept of 'Help Marketing,' what Tom has learned from failing many times, how a male legging business jump started his entrepreneurial career while simultaneously flopping, and he'll even share his customer timeline concept that you can start using immediately to connect, serve and sell. 

Resources:

https://www.virtualvalley.io - Virtual Assistant Marketplace

http://tomhunt.io/ - University Of Help Marketing

https://twitter.com/tomhuntio - Twitter

Dragon's Den Clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5AFwMIffY

Jun 21, 2016

This is where most people fall short when it comes to selling or pre-validating any offer -- they give up. They only offer it up once, or think it's inappropriate or 'salesy' to ask again. 

But the truth is, most people probably didn't even hear you or see you the first time you offered the thing, others weren't quite sure what you offered, and the other handful needed to know, like, trust you a little more before they said yes. 

So, how many time IS it necessary to follow up after offering the sale? How much are you leaving on the table by NOT following up enough? And what exactly is 'enough'? 

That's what I'll share EXACTLY in this episode! 

If you want to make sure you're pre-validating and making more sales, get access to my FREE cheatsheet here

Jun 16, 2016

Rohan Gilkes is an entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Grooveliving.com, an ecommerce lab that builds consumer facing internet companies. He has founded or co-founded several companies including WetShaveClub.com and Launch27.com, and is a thought leader in customer acquisition and local intermediation, bringing seekers and providers of local services together using technology.

He has been featured in the Washington Post, Mixergy, The Foundation, and in 2011, he was honored with a Community Award in Startup Leadership by the city of Fairfax, Virginia. He serves on the advisory board of a number of local startups and has developed and presented business case studies for Catholic University MBA program and Northwestern University. Rohan is a regular speaker at local business and startup conferences and is a member of the Young Entrepreneur's Council.

Rohan shares some of the best and most on-point advice for entrepreneurs that I have ever heard, and we break things down for you to get started TODAY. 

You can connect with Rohan in his FB group -- GrooveLiving.

If you want the full prevalidation cheatsheet, you can get access to that here for FREE.

Jun 14, 2016

Wasting your time, energy and money is not high on your to-do list I imagine...yet you continue to do it over and over again in your business.

You're not sure if something is going to work, going to sell, or going to get people results, but you spend weeks behind the scenes creating it anyway...and then when it doesn't become a big hit you wonder why.

You didn't ask them. You didn't listen. You didn't make sure it was exactly what they wanted or needed to get them the results they want. 

In episode 165 I shared exactly WHY you need to prevalidate everything you do, and in this episode I'm going to talk about all the different ways you can start doing that! 

If you want the full prevalidation cheatsheet, you can get access to that here for FREE.

Jun 9, 2016

Zach Spuckler teaches online business owners how to get seen, be heard and become profitable leveraging Periscope and Facebook. In his first year of business he leveraged periscope to create $160,000 in revenue and has continued to see growth with the platform.

No other platform has grown as fast as Periscope and it's naive to think that live streaming and live video isn't going to become and relevant to business as Facebook . If you don't get in now, you're throwing away BIG opportunity.

In this episode, Zach and I discuss:

- how to leverage livestreaming for Leads

- how to get followers 

- how to get confident being live on air

- a basic scope outline to help you get started

- how to prevalidate all of your ideas via livestream

Zach has a FREE gift for you here: heartsoulhustle.com/mastery

Get the Pre-Validation Cheatsheet here.

Jun 7, 2016

Wasting your time, energy and money is not high on your to-do list I imagine...yet you continue to do it over and over again in your business. 

You're not sure if something is going to work, going to sell, or going to get people results, but you spend weeks behind the scenes creating it anyway...and then when it doesn't become a big hit you wonder why. 

You didn't ask them. You didn't listen. You didn't make sure it was exactly what they wanted or needed to get them the results they want. 

In this episode I want to share exactly WHY you need to prevalidate everything you do, from entire business idea to free gifts that you share with your audience.

If you want the full prevalidation cheatsheet, you can get access to that here for FREE.

Jun 2, 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 visitwww.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

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