Everyone loves a good story (HINT: Especially customers and consumers), but what kind of story should your business tell? It's a tricky and dense subject that Joe and Dan dig into in this week's Round 1.  How has storytelling developed, and how should you develop your story?

In Round 2, Yaro Starak is the focus with his recent post on reaching goals. He preaches that belief is the key to unlocking your success, but Dan and Joe are actually confused by this post! They know that it is an important concept, though, and will need Yaro to untangle it in the Main Event.

In the Main Event, Yaro takes on visualization and what could be a pitfall of it.  Of course Yaro brings more than expected, and turns the tables on Dan and Joe on their own positive or negative mindset. Oh, and ladies, you don't want to miss the Aussie's dating status!

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We let you down last week.  Listen to what happened and how it pertains to the article we covered today on conquering self-sabotage from Ramit Sethi.  Sometimes the issue with our problems isn't outside troubles, but actually the fight going on inside of you.  Dan and Joe dive deep into this issue in Round 1 revealing some of their own self- sabotage moments.

For Round 2, we discuss an event in the life of our Main Event guest, Ryan Avery, as he has lunch with a billionaire and gets to hear the "secrets" to success.  Hear who the billionaire is and a couple of the tips he provides and hear Joe and Dan debate over it.

For the Main Event, Ryan Avery is the Main speaker here, the youngest ever to win the World Champion of Public Speaking, he's a ball of energy and ready to bring it!

How self-sabotage sounds and how it will hurt you.
When is the best time to start your next venture?
What are the 4 P's that Ryan says could help your life and marriage?
How to sort out goals and outcomes (hint: focusing on solid goals lead to bigger outcomes)
Keys to a successful presentation and how to prepare for each audience.

Ryan Avery, Successful Speaking & Conquering Self-Sabotage – ES049

You're stuck looking for your business passion, aren't you? You're probably using it as an excuse to not get started as well, right? We've had that issue as well.  Never fear, we discuss an excellent piece from expert Stephanie Sammons on finding your business passion; however, Dan seems to have questions about some of her thoughts, what do you think?

For Round 2 we discuss a post by fellow-Texan buddy, Philip Taylor aka PT Money on starting a business with little to no money.  Do you need a bunch of funding to get started and is the barrier to entry for online ventures getting worse? We discuss that and more before we bring on PT.

PT hits up the Main Event and ready to make it rain! Our first fellow CPA on the show!

Is building a lifestyle the key to finding your passion?
Why Venture Capitalists hinder you from starting businesses.
A Physical business could be better than an online venture.
What did PT have to outsource because he felt others could do it better? Do you have that courage?
Do you need to be extroverted to succeed?

Philip Taylor “PT”, Low-Cost Business, & Finding your Passion – ES048

What are these self assessment tests and exercises all about? Are they woo woo or legit? Also we talk with Mike Vardy about just what is a Productivityist!

Mike Vardy, Self Assessments, and Being a Productivityist – ES047

How do you use your time? It's something we struggle with on the Showdown so we got some help from Jane Willmott with tips on Making the best  and most use of your time. Dan and Joe even have some of their own tips you can use right now......

In Round 2, we discuss Jill Stanton's recent video post on the difference between Niche Sites and Authority Sites.  Dan's had experience in the niche site world and can define it all for you and what goes into each...the question is.. do you need to use "different" SEO tactics to make them work? We'll need to ask Jill in the Main Event!

Jill Stanton lands in the Main Event, having built dozens of authority and niche sites, she's a great resource to learn about them and the lifeblood they need to thrive.  It's easy to be scammy in the niche site world, but Jill can show you how to get around that type of branding 

The BEST way to get things done besides the normal "write it down" advice.
 Difference between a niche site and an authority site and which is for you.
The Key Ingredient to having a successful niche site
What Jill worries about with her site's ALL the time!
Which affiliate programs are the best for you? Hint, according to Jill, "Amazon affiliate program is bulls***!" Learn more!

Jill Stanton, Making the Most of Your Time, and Niche Sites – ES046

We have a special round 1 today! We discuss Dan's recent project, Podcast Movement, which recently made over 5 figures in 48 hours! You'll need to hear about this and how to validate your new idea and why it's important with real life results, not some theory BS.

For Round 2, we discuss Tom Morkes' recent article on how he enlisted the help of many A-Listers for his recent project.  Is it that important to have big names back your project? Are there specific tactics you should be doing? Joe has a problem with one of Tom's tactics that he'll need to challenge that point in the Main Event!

Tom Morkes lands in the Main Event from his exotic abode in Indonesia.  But it's not all pina colada's, he's trying to get his publishing company off the ground, but he has some great tactics for increasing sales and your confidence in this chat.

Why validation is important and how Dan validated his recent idea.
Become a better copywriter INSTANTLY with this one tip Dan used that propelled sales.
How Tom harnessed his previous relationships to start his publishing company, Insurgent Publishing, with a bang with ZERO experience.
His Sales Tactics with using the correct verbiage that will automatically increase your sales.
Tom uses the word "Journal" instead of an e-book, it increases sales!
Building your own internal confidence
Using a donation based model is actually tested to be the best way to increase revenue.

Yaro Starak, the Art of Belief, and Storytelling for Profits – ES 020

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