A New Direction

If you are starting your own business or you have been in business for a period of time you need to check in with your branding.  When it comes to business branding is everything.  Branding is not so much about what you say it is...branding is what your customers say you are.  So here is the question:  "What do your customers say about your brand?"  Have you literally asked them?  Or are you like the majority of business owners who just assume they know how the customer feels about your brand.  Branding is going to happen whether you are intentional or not.  One wrong incident with the wrong influential customer and your branding is going to go down a wrong direction.  It is best to be intentional about your brand.  If there is someone who knows how to overcome all the obstacles when it comes to branding it is The Tattooed Millionaire Sean Dowdell founder of Club Tattoo and he joins us on this episode of A New Direction.

Sean Dowdell and his wife Thora have written Brand Renegades which is not only a phenomenal story of success when it comes to entrepreneurship, but also weaves great practical wisdom that any business can use to build their brand and grow their business.   Upon request from several listeners we spend a great deal of time talking about how to have the right business partner, and avoid the wrong business partner.  We also dig into the customer perception and developing your niche and passion.  Brand Renegades is a book that you will want to have on your shelf.  It will be a great reference tool and also it will inspire you to know that in your ups and downs of being an entrepreneur you are not alone.  You can learn more about Sean and Thora by going to Club Tattoo.

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EPIC Physical Therapy.   There are a number of physical therapy places.  And I have been to several, but I have yet to find one where both the professional athlete and the people like you and I can go and get the best treatment plan that will get us back doing before our injury.  EPIC PT is the only place I will go.  It is because they have everything from rehabilitation after major surgery to working with better nutrition.  They have the latest in cutting edge equipment and their certified staff of therapists are second to none.  Epic Recovery.  Epic results.  Check out EPIC Physical Therapy at www.EPICpt.com

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors is located at 7300 Six Forks Road in Raleigh North Carolina, they have been serving the Research Triangle Park area for 35 years.  In that time Linda created a culture of “Legendary Customer Service”.  It is not a slogan it is part of their DNA.  And in that time they have developed relationships with the world’s leading real estate professionals to help you find the best professional to help you sell your home or buy your next one.  Why not head on over to the “Legends” Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS www.LindaCraft.com

Coaching is an industry all to itself.  It happens to be that I too am a part of the coaching industry.  But have you ever considered developing your own coaching within your business.  What if you could take your managers and make them coaches?  What if you could create peer to peer coaching and help your people not only succeed, but thrive, and create a sense of deeper loyalty.  On today's edition of A New Direction Professional Coach and Consultant Lisa J. Koss starts coaching your people to be coaches to your people.

Lisa Koss has written a tool box book for coaching hour people to be coaches entitled "Leading for Learning: How Managers Can Get Business Results through Developmental Coaching and Inspire Deep Employee Commitment"  The book literally takes you through the step by step process and offers practical tips with scripts how to turn your managers or your people into coaches that can coach your people to success.  "Leading for Learning" is also a leadership book that will inspire confidence in your people and your company.  Make sure you reach out to Lisa and connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Epic Physical Therapy, certified, and with cutting edge technology and therapeutic equipment.  They treat you as a whole person helping you reach the goals you have to be the best physical person you can be from every day aches and pains, to surgery recovery, to professional athletes, Epic Physical Therapy provides, EPIC relief.  EPIC recovery.  and EPIC Results!  Check them out by clicking on over to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, fully locally owned and operated, and unaffiliated with an national brand for 35 years has developed relationships with the worlds best real estate professionals to help people like you have an amazing experience when it come to selling their home or buying a new one.  So if you are looking to connect with the best person in your area…why not start with Linda Craft & Team, Realtors drive on over to www.LindaCraft.com

CEO's, Owners, Managers, if you think your meetings are awesome you are in DENIAL (Don't Even kNOw I Am Lying).  The truth is they are tedious, unproductive, and boring.  Most of the people would rather poke themselves in the eye with a fork and go to the hospital than sit in your meetings.  Why?  Because there is no purpose behind most meetings.  They are a waste.  Secondly you demand people to attend who have nothing to do with accomplishing anything, so you are wasting their time.  The fact is you could have sent them a synopsis rather than have them come.  And let's be honest we are all lying to ourselves that by having meetings we are creating a team.   Thankfully Dr. Rick Brinkman is on this episode of A New Direction to help us get meetings right or possibly not have them at all!  Yes that is exactly what I said...no meetings!

Dr. Brinkman's book entitled "Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand"  is a fabulous insightful look at meetings and why they don't work and why people hate them.  He then helps clean them up by thinking about them as flying a plane and all the crew members involved.  From the pilot who runs the meeting, to the traffic controllers who make sure the meeting is moving and on point, to the flight recorder who makes certain we are clear on what we met about.  "Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand" also deals with the types of people you inevitably will deal with in a meeting, like the "tank", the "know-it-all", the "think-they-know-it-all", the "grenade" and others.   The book is insightful and fun, you will both laugh and start changing your meetings.

My Co-host for this Episode of A New Direction is Ralph Peterson:  Ralph Peterson, a US Marine Veteran, Sought after speaker, Author, a Management Development Coach, and the CEO and Founder of #1 Virtual Training Center for Housekeeping Managers in Long-Term Care, doesn’t pull any punches.  With 20 years of management training experience, specifically in long-term care, Ralph is the leading expert.  Go to ralphpeterson.com

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EPIC Physical Therapy, whether you are hurt from work, the recreational gym person, or a professional athlete. EPIC PT can help you get back to doing those things you not only need to do but want to do.  From recovering from major surgery to basic nutrition, lean on the physical therapists that so many professional athletes use.  Because you are worth it…be EPIC!  Head on over to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS they can help you sell your home or buy your next home.  For 35 years they have been known for their “Legendary Customer Service”.  And even if you live in another area, they are connected to the best real estate professionals that they can recommend to help you with your residential real estate needs.  Learn more by going to www.LindaCraft.com

Are you stuck?  Do you feel like your career is a a dead end?  Do you look at your life and say "is this all?"  We all have dreams of success.  But what keeps us from achieving it?  The first person you have to look is you?  The second thing you must do to reach success is stop blaming other people, situations and circumstances.  The fact is when studying people who have achieved success there are some common traits that any of us can learn.  And Author Peter G. Ruppert joins us in this episode of A New Direction and gives us insights to how you can be "Limitless" and get success in your life, career, and your business.

Peter Ruppert's book is entitled "Limitless: Nine Steps to Launch Your Extraordinary Life" the lessons in this book are both timeless and practical.   And at the end of each chapter Peter lays out Action Steps to help you truly develop your success in your pursuits.  When it comes to success there is no guarantees.  But we also know that if we sit and do nothing we are guaranteed to get nothing.  When it comes to you success whether it is in your life, or your career, or our business you owe it to yourself to become "Limitless"

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EPIC Physical Therapy, injury, post surgery, nagging aches and pains, gym rats, to professional athletes, the highly skilled and certified staff at EPIC Physical Therapy is there to get you back to where you want to be.  They understand that every body is different, so they design a custom treatment for you using the latest technology and knowledge.  EPIC Relief.  EPIC Recovery. EPIC Results!  That is EPIC Physical Therapy, check them out at www.EPICpt.com

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Linda Craft & Team, Realtors, for 35 years they have created relationships that last a life time, that is why when it comes to real estate they are known as the “legends of customer service”.  The know that your home is personal.  It is part of your legacy of life.  And they want to get to know you so that they can sell your home in the way it should be sold, and help you buy the home to start your next chapter of life.  Why not click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

It has been said, that we don't have business problems, but we have personal problems that affect our business.  And nothing can affect your business, career, and life than relationships.  Whether you are looking for one or are in one, our significant other relationships affect our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.  When our relationships are great with our significant other the world is a better place and seems much easier to deal with...but...a relationship that is sour can destroy confidence, slash our self-esteem, and cause great distraction.  Thankfully the world's #1 Relationship author Dr. John Gray  has returned to A New Direction help you and I get clarity.

His latest book "Beyond Mars and Venus" is really Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus Revised edition.  Here Dr. Gray explains how our hormones affect every part of our lives.  And the activities we do whether they are work, rest, communication, fun, or sex can change those hormones.  And when our hormones are out of whack that it is easy for our relationships to be out of sync as well.  In this episode Dr. Gray takes us on the journey to understand a women's need to be heard and a man's need to be appreciated.  We dig deep into the fact that are hormones can be so out of balance that we can even no longer desire a relationship.  Beyond Mars and Venus is insightful and a huge help to any relationship or future relationship.

And Make sure you catch John Gray LIve on both Facebook and YouTube: Thursdays 10am-1pm PST 1pm-4pm EST

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EPIC Physical Therapy.  Whether you just need some guidance to get in better shape, you have an injury or recent surgery, or you are an elite athlete getting yourself back into the game, the certified experts coupled with the latest start of the art equipment will help you get you where you want to be.  EPIC relief.  EPIC recovery.  EPIC results.  That is EPIC Physical Therapy.  Head on over to www.EPICpt.com and learn more!

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Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, for 35 years they have helped thousands of people all over the world when it comes to buying and selling real estate.  Completely locally owned and unaffiliated Linda and her expert team can help you find the best expert in real estate regardless of what company they work for.  Just one more reason why for 35 years they have been known as the “legends of customer service”.  Give them a call!  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Could you be more productive?  The answer is simply "yes".  The fact is there are things in our personal and professional lives that we could be doing differently that could make us more efficient and productive.  When we think of productivity so often we think of organization.  Yes, organization is important but productivity is more than organization.  Sometimes our productivity is affected by our environment, distractions, notifications, having bad habits, an inability to focus, or simply not knowing what tools are available to help us become more productive.  Thankfully Productivity Expert and Author Debbie Rosemont joins us on this episode of A New Direction to help you and I with our productivity.

As Debbie will point out to us being more productive starts with our "why".  That is why do you want to be more productive?  What will the end look like?  And what is your motivator for productivity, more revenue, retaining your employees, spending more time with family, or just doing some thing you want to do?  Debbie Rosemont's book Six-Word Lessons to Be More Productive is one of those practical quick reads that will challenge you and at the same time change you.  With 100 lessons, Debbie talks about everything from dealing with clutter, to finding the right paper, to email, to when to have meetings and what the agenda should be.  Get your copy of Six-Word Lessons to be more Productive and also Debbie has provided other valuable resources for you to take advantage of:

6-Month Productivity Transformation package – solid strategies, established habits, sustainable results

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EPIC Physical Therapy, if you need better nutrition, post surgery rehabilitation, better movement, or being at the top of your game as an athlete, EPIC PT are the certified professionals with the latest technology to get you back doing  or get you doing what it is that you want to do physically.  Honestly, they are my go to physical therapists, and I have to say that they get me back to doing the things I enjoy safely, quickly, and with great results.  So if you are looking for EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results…then look no further the EPIC Physical Therapy.

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS for more than 35 years they have been at the top of the list when it comes to real estate.  How have they done that?  They create real relationships.  In a low touch, high tech world the one area that they recognize as the most important is truly connecting with you and understanding what you need and want from the home selling and buying process.  The only way they can know that…is by getting to know you!  Come on over to the Real Estate Professionals who focus on the Relationship.  Click on over to Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS…  www.lindacraft.com

We all know the saying, "time is money", but most of us do not really understand how it applies to our business.  What if there was a way to measure how much money time is costing you?  Well you do not have to look any further, because on this episode of A New Direction, co-author Sean Fields introduces us to Quantum Lean (QL).  So what is Quantum Lean?  Perhaps you have heard of "Lean" basically a way of finding waste in business started by the Japanese company Toyota.  Quantum Lean is a simplified and yet specific way to find the wasted time in your business and applying specific tools in a creative way to reduce that time so that you become more efficient, more effective, and ultimately more profitable.

Typically lean practices have been applied to manufacturing companies and corporations.  But in this episode Sean Fields shows you how you can apply Quantum Lean to every type of business, from Doctor's offices to Real Estate to Movie Theaters to even making your own Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.  Quantum Lean will absolutely change the way you look at your business, other businesses, and even your own life so that you can be more efficient and profitable.  It is a great read, practical, applicable, and truly a business changer.  I can also endorse that you will never look at your business or any business the same after you read it.

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From everyday aches and pains to elite athletes EPIC Physical Therapy has the latest cutting edge equipment, certified staff with cutting edge treatments to help you get back to doing the very things you desire to do.  They are my physical therapists and I highly recommend them!  If you really want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results do you and your body a favor and check out the professionals at EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors have been a partner since the very beginning.  They are the relationship real estate professionals and for 35 years they built a reputation in the world wide real estate community as the real estate people with “Legendary Customer Service”.  They understand that a home is made not of bricks, sticks and mortar, but of people and those are memories that are personal and last a lifetime.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

We all know the saying, "time is money", but most of us do not really understand how it applies to our business.  What if there was a way to measure how much money time is costing you?  Well you do not have to look any further, because on this episode of A New Direction, co-author Sean Fields introduces us to Quantum Lean (QL).  So what is Quantum Lean?  Perhaps you have heard of "Lean" basically a way of finding waste in business started by the Japanese company Toyota.  Quantum Lean is a simplified and yet specific way to find the wasted time in your business and applying specific tools in a creative way to reduce that time so that you become more efficient, more effective, and ultimately more profitable.

Typically lean practices have been applied to manufacturing companies and corporations.  But in this episode Sean Fields shows you how you can apply Quantum Lean to every type of business, from Doctor's offices to Real Estate to Movie Theaters to even making your own Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.  Quantum Lean will absolutely change the way you look at your business, other businesses, and even your own life so that you can be more efficient and profitable.  It is a great read, practical, applicable, and truly a business changer.  I can also endorse that you will never look at your business or any business the same after you read it.

Please reach out and tell our sponsors you heard them on A New Direction!

From everyday aches and pains to elite athletes EPIC Physical Therapy has the latest cutting edge equipment, certified staff with cutting edge treatments to help you get back to doing the very things you desire to do.  They are my physical therapists and I highly recommend them!  If you really want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results do you and your body a favor and check out the professionals at EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft & Team, Realtors have been a partner since the very beginning.  They are the relationship real estate professionals and for 35 years they built a reputation in the world wide real estate community as the real estate people with “Legendary Customer Service”.  They understand that a home is made not of bricks, sticks and mortar, but of people and those are memories that are personal and last a lifetime.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

 

Many people believe that millionaires have their money because they inherited it, won it, or married into it.  According to a Fidelity investment study however, 88% of today's millionaires are self-made.  How did they do it?  What is the secret behind how these self-made millionaires got to where they are today.  In this episode of A New Direction Author Mark Gleason interviewed 18 self-made millionaires to find out what they all had in common that enabled them to reach the place they are today.  Some of the tips may not shock you, others...well they will challenge you, because the truth is, you probably are not doing the things you need to do so you can live like you desire to.

The book "Undercover Millionaire" is currently only available privately through Mark Gleason.  However, plans are in the works to have the book available where ever books are sold.  The chapters are short.  It is a very quick read, and their are so many tips from these millionaire experts that there is something for everyone.  The fact is the vast majority of their secrets are things that you can start right now this moment.  Things like saving money, not spending on things you don't need, having a positive mindset, putting in more effort, working harder, being more persistent, finding out how to use your natural talents as a means to income and so much more!

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Thank you to our sponsors!  Epic Physical Therapy.  Whether you just wan to move and feel better, have been injured, or you are a professional athlete or anywhere in between Epic Physical Therapy offers the latest in cutting edge equipment and the certified staff with the latest therapeutic techniques to help get your body and you back to where you want to be.  Don’t waste another day, get EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, Get EPIC Results, Get EPIC Physical Therapy!  Go to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft and Team, Realtors they not only sponsor A New Direction, but they are also a corporate sponsor of the Carolina Hurricanes NHL hockey team.  Linda built her business in 1985 one relationship at a time, and her team and her continue to do the same things she did 35 years ago and provide personalized legendary customer service.  They can help you regardless of where you live.  Check them out by going to www.LindaCraft.com

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Now probably more than every the issue of teams has become in question.  Before the pandemic when everyone worked in the office, it was much easier to be a team since we were all sitting in the same room and face to face.  But today with the hybrid of people at home and at work teams have become...well...let's just say a bit more difficult.  Thankfully Leo Bottary is with us on this episode of A New Direction to help understand that whether we are remote or in the same room, or some combination we can still build high performance teams.  How?  Well as Leo Bottary says best..."The Power of 'WE' starts with 'ME'".  Are you "all-in".  because that is who it begins with...YOU!

Leo Bottary's latest book is entitled "Peernovation: What Peer Advisory Groups Can Teach Us About Building High-Performance Teams"  The book is a beautiful complement of research, experience, and practical application.  The forward is by Jeffery Hayzlett and starts the book off right understanding how we often live so disconnected that we have to intentionally get reconnected if we are truly going to be successful.  Peernovation points out 5 factors that contribute the most high performance teams:

Having the Right People in the room who share a clarity of purpose

Psychological safety.

Be committed to being highly productive.

Have a sense of personal responsibility/ accountability to the team members.

Be led by a servant leader who serves as the steward of the other four factors

The book is an outstanding read, you will love the show!

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EPIC Physical Therapy is are newest sponsor, and when it comes to physical therapy they are the premier therapists and have a premier facility.  Whether you have that nagging injury from gardening, just want to be in better shape, or you are an elite athlete that needs to get back to your sport.  EPIC Physical Therapy will help you meet your goals.  EPIC Relief.  EPIC Recovery.  EPIC Physical Therapy.  YOU can learn more by going to www.EPICpt.com

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Linda Craft and Team, REALTORS…for more than 35 years they have given thousands of client from all over the world legendary customer service.  Always finding ways to serve their clients and community better Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS use the latest technology to help home sellers and home buyers with their goals.  Located in the Greater Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina they can help you where ever you live.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com