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Author Dorie Clark talks about how to discover what others think of you and understand your personal brand. The goal in enhancing your professional life is first understanding how other people see you and then reinventing you so that it really comes as close as possible to the way you would like to be seen and known by others.

Author Dorie Clark talks about our own personal brand: what it is, and why it is critical to our future success. Crucial to that process of finding our brand is identifying a group of mentors. The reason that mentors are so useful is that we all learn by imitating. When you expose yourself to the ideas of others, eventually it stops being “copying” and instead you add your own voice and your own perspectives to theirs.

Author Jim Beach talks about the myths and truths of what it takes to start a successful business, based on his book, “School for Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less”

On episodes 166-168 author Jim Beach has offered the unique idea that entrepreneurship is NOT about creativity, risk, or passion. On this episode he makes the big reveal and talks about what entrepreneurship IS about. Listen as Jim shares how his wife started a business for under $500 and netted $68,000 the first year, and how YOU can do it too.

Author Jim Beach talks about why entrepreneurship is NOT about passion. Jim says the idea,“You've got to love what you do,”is just not true. Instead like what you do, and do enough of it, so that you can do what you ARE passionate about. Reserve the passion for the really really important things in life, like your family, your interests, and your lifestyle.

Author Jim Beach talks about why entrepreneurship is NOT about risk. According to Jim it is a myth that you must take a lot of financial risk when you start a business. He believes that risk should be reserved for skateboarders, skydivers, and scuba divers. Jim believes that entrepreneurs do not need to take risks at all to create a successful business.

Author Jim Beach talks about why entrepreneurship is NOT about creativity. There are a lot of people stuck on the sofa right now... they're waiting to be struck with some sort of creativity lightning bolt and they say, "As soon as I get my big idea, I'm going to start a business." Well, that's an excuse for you to spend years sitting on the sofa doing nothing. Hear why Jim says creativity is awesome if you are an artist but just not required at all if you want to be a successful entrepreneur.

Dr. James Marcum gives some valuable health tips for busy professionals. These are simple…in fact so simple you might underestimate their value to your body, brain, and overall happiness and wellbeing.

Dr. James Marcum talks about how the act of laughing and being happy releases chemicals in our brain that greatly benefit the overall health and wellness of our body, and also has a positive effect on everyone around us. Dr. Marcum encourages us to learn how to be happy and laugh more in life.

Dr. James Marcum talks about why movement is critical to our overall well being. For various reasons we’ve become accustomed to being stationary for long periods of time throughout the day. And it has been proven that lack of movement has caused medical problems that we’re trying to treat with pills and bills instead of getting at the basic problem: we’re just not moving enough.