A New Direction

We all will be faced with challenges.  The longer we live, the more challenges we get to face.  We also live in a world that tells you that "you must be happy"...the marketers present pictures and commercials that convince us time and time again that our happiness is somehow tied to the products or services they want to sell us.  Then there is the issue of fear, depression, anger, and what about our relationships?  They all can be challenging.  What do we do?  How do we break free of the cycle, or keep from chasing our rabbit like thoughts down an endless path of frustration?

Dr. Ken Best is a holistic chiropractic doctor to the Hollywood stars, celebrities, and athletes.  He practices applied kinesiology (AK) and helps people understand the mind, body, emotional connections that keep us from being mentally and physically as healthy as we could be.  I highly recommend you watch his videos on his website www.ManyLevels.com 

Dr. Best book, 11 Best Ways to Face Life's Challenges takes us on a journey by helping us understand how we created our belief systems, how they affect us, how we break them, and how we move on.  In this episode of A New Direction Dr Ken Best and I work through the first few chapters of 11 Best Ways to Face Life's Challenges to help you deal with your thoughts, behaviors, happiness, emotional fear, depression, and relationships.  This show has practical application for everyone so tell your friends to listen as well.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors they are internationally known for being the experts in the business brokerage business.  When it is time to sell your business, go with the professionals at Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors.  www.Enlign.com

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  need to find the best realtor in your area?  Just ask the group who are know for their legendary customer service.  That is the experts at Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS.  Just head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

And our t-shirt shout out of the week goes to O2 Fintess Clubs, but specifically Brennon Station in Raleigh North Carolina.  They have a great staff, and amazing trainers, if you want to get into the best shape of your life, check out O2 Fitness Clubs.

We all will be faced with challenges.  The longer we live, the more challenges we get to face.  We also live in a world that tells you that "you must be happy"...the marketers present pictures and commercials that convince us time and time again that our happiness is somehow tied to the products or services they want to sell us.  Then there is the issue of fear, depression, anger, and what about our relationships?  They all can be challenging.  What do we do?  How do we break free of the cycle, or keep from chasing our rabbit like thoughts down an endless path of frustration?

Dr. Ken Best is a holistic chiropractic doctor to the Hollywood stars, celebrities, and athletes.  He practices applied kinesiology (AK) and helps people understand the mind, body, emotional connections that keep us from being mentally and physically as healthy as we could be.  I highly recommend you watch his videos on his website www.ManyLevels.com 

Dr. Best book, 11 Best Ways to Face Life's Challenges takes us on a journey by helping us understand how we created our belief systems, how they affect us, how we break them, and how we move on.  In this episode of A New Direction Dr Ken Best and I work through the first few chapters of 11 Best Ways to Face Life's Challenges to help you deal with your thoughts, behaviors, happiness, emotional fear, depression, and relationships.  This show has practical application for everyone so tell your friends to listen as well.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors they are internationally known for being the experts in the business brokerage business.  When it is time to sell your business, go with the professionals at Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors.  www.Enlign.com

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  need to find the best realtor in your area?  Just ask the group who are know for their legendary customer service.  That is the experts at Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS.  Just head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

And our t-shirt shout out of the week goes to O2 Fintess Clubs, but specifically Brennon Station in Raleigh North Carolina.  They have a great staff, and amazing trainers, if you want to get into the best shape of your life, check out O2 Fitness Clubs.

Stories are powerful.  They improve our learning.  They help us to understand and remember things and events we may not ordinarily not remember.  Stories affect our brain chemistry, they manufacture emotions that help us relate not only to the parts of the story, but also to the person telling the story.

Matthew Luhn joins A New Direction with his latest book The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond.   

Matthew is known for being the youngest animator for the ever popular Simpson's TV show.  He also was part of the beginning of Pixar and helped developed the stories for Toy Story movies, Finding Nemo, Monsters University, Cars, and more!  In this episode of A New Direction Matthew walks us through how creating a story can transform your business and you.

Matthew even shares a personal story of how he was able to use a story to leverage keeping the family toy store in a prime location in San Francisco.  The Best Story Wins is a great read, not long but as Matt describes it contains all "the nuts and bolts" you need to create a great story, develop characters, defeat your villains and create your own heroes!  Matthew and I even discuss how authentic story telling can lead to trust in your business.  You don't want to miss it!

Thank you to our sponsors Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors, known through the world as the leading experts in helping you sell your business find out why literally thousands of people have used Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors to sell their business or buy one.  Learn more by going to www.ENLIGN.com

Thank you to Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  located in the greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park Area, they can help you find the best real estate expert anywhere in the world to help you sell or buy your next home.  Discover why they are know for their Legendary Customer Service by going to www.LindaCraft.com.

This week's t-shirt shout out goes to The Stockyard Cafe.  Located at 636 East 1st Street in Wahoo, Nebraska.  The Stockyard Cafe is know for their great breakfasts, interesting conversations and a great cup of coffee.  If you are any where near the area, it is a must stop to get yourself an old fashioned delicious country breakfast.

Stories are powerful.  They improve our learning.  They help us to understand and remember things and events we may not ordinarily not remember.  Stories affect our brain chemistry, they manufacture emotions that help us relate not only to the parts of the story, but also to the person telling the story.

Matthew Luhn joins A New Direction with his latest book The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond.   

Matthew is known for being the youngest animator for the ever popular Simpson's TV show.  He also was part of the beginning of Pixar and helped developed the stories for Toy Story movies, Finding Nemo, Monsters University, Cars, and more!  In this episode of A New Direction Matthew walks us through how creating a story can transform your business and you.

Matthew even shares a personal story of how he was able to use a story to leverage keeping the family toy store in a prime location in San Francisco.  The Best Story Wins is a great read, not long but as Matt describes it contains all "the nuts and bolts" you need to create a great story, develop characters, defeat your villains and create your own heroes!  Matthew and I even discuss how authentic story telling can lead to trust in your business.  You don't want to miss it!

Thank you to our sponsors Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors, known through the world as the leading experts in helping you sell your business find out why literally thousands of people have used Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors to sell their business or buy one.  Learn more by going to www.ENLIGN.com

Thank you to Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  located in the greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park Area, they can help you find the best real estate expert anywhere in the world to help you sell or buy your next home.  Discover why they are know for their Legendary Customer Service by going to www.LindaCraft.com.

This week's t-shirt shout out goes to The Stockyard Cafe.  Located at 636 East 1st Street in Wahoo, Nebraska.  The Stockyard Cafe is know for their great breakfasts, interesting conversations and a great cup of coffee.  If you are any where near the area, it is a must stop to get yourself an old fashioned delicious country breakfast.

How are you about doing something new in your job or your life?  Little scary?  Do you focus on the consequences or the possibilities?  How about the issue of trust?  Do you really have the courage that it takes to trust others in your life or your business?  Of do you distrust and control?  And how about really telling the truth?  Are you a closed mouth yes person at your job?  You know the one who complains quietly with your colleagues, but has a smile on their face and agree with everything your manager says, because you truly fear if you object you will be fired?

If you said yes to any of these question chances are you are in need of some courage.  And that leads us to this weeks guest on A New Direction, best selling author, speaker, and CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer...love that) of Giant Leap Consulting Bill Treasurer.  Bill Treasurer has been speaking with and helping people for decades learn how to bring real courage to the workplace.

Bill's best selling book is entitled "Courage Goes to Work".   Bill reveals for us the three buckets of courage we all need to lead and become more successful.  TRY courage, TRUST courage, and TELL courage.  He walks us through examples and encourages us how we can be better in all these areas of courage.

But wait!!!  There's more!  Bill reveals a fourth bucket of courage not in the book.  You will want to listen to the show to find out the fourth bucket that we all deal with from time to time.  Only on A New Direction.

To learn more about Bill Treasurer Click Here

To learn more about Giant Leap Consulting Click Here

Thank you to Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors for leading the way as the main sponsor for A New Direction.  Enlign is international known and recognized as the leaders in business brokerages.  When it comes to selling your business do it with real deal experts who make confidentiality their priority.  Learn more about Enlign by gonig to www.ENLIGN.com

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, they can help you any where in the world find the right expert professional to sell your home, or find your next one.  If you live in the Greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park area, you can find out personally why they are known in the real estate world for having legendary customer service.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

This week's t-shirt shout out of the week goes to Holt Physical Therapy in Raleigh, NC.  I can speak form experience when they say the "get you back in the game"... it is a fact.  Thank you Holt Physical Therapy for the t-shirt.

If you want your business to be on the t-shirt shout out of the week:

Send an XL t-shirt to:

Jay Izso

c/o A New Direction

2024 Macon Ridge Rd

Raleigh, NC 27613

No profanity please.

How are you about doing something new in your job or your life?  Little scary?  Do you focus on the consequences or the possibilities?  How about the issue of trust?  Do you really have the courage that it takes to trust others in your life or your business?  Of do you distrust and control?  And how about really telling the truth?  Are you a closed mouth yes person at your job?  You know the one who complains quietly with your colleagues, but has a smile on their face and agree with everything your manager says, because you truly fear if you object you will be fired?

If you said yes to any of these question chances are you are in need of some courage.  And that leads us to this weeks guest on A New Direction, best selling author, speaker, and CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer...love that) of Giant Leap Consulting Bill Treasurer.  Bill Treasurer has been speaking with and helping people for decades learn how to bring real courage to the workplace.

Bill's best selling book is entitled "Courage Goes to Work".   Bill reveals for us the three buckets of courage we all need to lead and become more successful.  TRY courage, TRUST courage, and TELL courage.  He walks us through examples and encourages us how we can be better in all these areas of courage.

But wait!!!  There's more!  Bill reveals a fourth bucket of courage not in the book.  You will want to listen to the show to find out the fourth bucket that we all deal with from time to time.  Only on A New Direction.

To learn more about Bill Treasurer Click Here

To learn more about Giant Leap Consulting Click Here

Thank you to Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors for leading the way as the main sponsor for A New Direction.  Enlign is international known and recognized as the leaders in business brokerages.  When it comes to selling your business do it with real deal experts who make confidentiality their priority.  Learn more about Enlign by gonig to www.ENLIGN.com

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, they can help you any where in the world find the right expert professional to sell your home, or find your next one.  If you live in the Greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park area, you can find out personally why they are known in the real estate world for having legendary customer service.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

This week's t-shirt shout out of the week goes to Holt Physical Therapy in Raleigh, NC.  I can speak form experience when they say the "get you back in the game"... it is a fact.  Thank you Holt Physical Therapy for the t-shirt.

If you want your business to be on the t-shirt shout out of the week:

Send an XL t-shirt to:

Jay Izso

c/o A New Direction

2024 Macon Ridge Rd

Raleigh, NC 27613

No profanity please.

Dr. Bill Dorfman

We need to be honest with ourselves when it comes to tomorrows leaders. It is our responsibility to teach them, to train them, to guide them, to ultimately mentor them. Many times we look at this next generation and instead of running to our responsibility we run from it, by making excuses and rationalizations about them. Like the grown ups we are we call them names, "entitled", "lazy", "lack of loyalty", "no work ethic", etc. Like those names and labels will in someway change them. Perhaps there is a different way we should approach this next generation.Enter on this episode of "A New Direction" Dr. Bill Dorfman DDS, many of you will know him as the dentist to the celebrities, the dentist to the movie stars, you may have seen him on "Extreme Makeover" or sometimes sitting on the panel on the TV show "The Doctors". But what he is most passionate about is his foundation called LEAP. It is a week long Leadership and Skills Development Camp for young people between the ages of 15 and 25. LEAP which stands for (Leadership Excellence Accelerating Potential) is for those young people who truly want to learn the skills, and have the knowledge to make a real difference in the future of our world.

Leadership Excellence Accelerating Potential

Once a year for a week 450 young people from countries all over the world gather together at LEAP, at UCLA's campus, to learn to be better leaders, and practical skills such as goal setting, networking, how to interact appropriately with others, how to win over an interview, applying to college, applying to your first job and so much. The speakers that speak during the conference are some of the best known and successful names in the world, like Apollo Ono, Michael Strahan, Eva Longoria, Mark Wahlberg, just to name a few. The beautiful thing about this camp is for less than $2500 you room and board, all your meals, and all the materials are covered for the week. There are even scholarships available. This years LEAP camp is July 21-27 and they still have spaces available, if you want your daughter or son to have the leadership experience of a life time and become the leaders you have always dreamed they would be... please go to www.leapfoundation.comHere is the greatest point that we learn from Dr. Dorfman. We all can mentor our youth and help them become leaders. YOU do not have to have your own foundation like LEAP. YOU just have to take some time to help young people grow. It happened for Dr. Dorfman, and it happened for me, we all can be a part of helping today's young people emerge into tomorrow's leaders.Thanks again to our sponsors of A New Direction!

Enlign Business Brokers

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors, internationally known and respected Enlign represents profitable privately-held companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000. ENLIGN delivers the highest market value in the shortest amount of time, with complete confidentiality ®. Learn more online at ENLIGN.com

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS

Dr. Bill Dorfman

We need to be honest with ourselves when it comes to tomorrows leaders. It is our responsibility to teach them, to train them, to guide them, to ultimately mentor them. Many times we look at this next generation and instead of running to our responsibility we run from it, by making excuses and rationalizations about them. Like the grown ups we are we call them names, "entitled", "lazy", "lack of loyalty", "no work ethic", etc. Like those names and labels will in someway change them. Perhaps there is a different way we should approach this next generation.Enter on this episode of "A New Direction" Dr. Bill Dorfman DDS, many of you will know him as the dentist to the celebrities, the dentist to the movie stars, you may have seen him on "Extreme Makeover" or sometimes sitting on the panel on the TV show "The Doctors". But what he is most passionate about is his foundation called LEAP. It is a week long Leadership and Skills Development Camp for young people between the ages of 15 and 25. LEAP which stands for (Leadership Excellence Accelerating Potential) is for those young people who truly want to learn the skills, and have the knowledge to make a real difference in the future of our world.

Leadership Excellence Accelerating Potential

Once a year for a week 450 young people from countries all over the world gather together at LEAP, at UCLA's campus, to learn to be better leaders, and practical skills such as goal setting, networking, how to interact appropriately with others, how to win over an interview, applying to college, applying to your first job and so much. The speakers that speak during the conference are some of the best known and successful names in the world, like Apollo Ono, Michael Strahan, Eva Longoria, Mark Wahlberg, just to name a few. The beautiful thing about this camp is for less than $2500 you room and board, all your meals, and all the materials are covered for the week. There are even scholarships available. This years LEAP camp is July 21-27 and they still have spaces available, if you want your daughter or son to have the leadership experience of a life time and become the leaders you have always dreamed they would be... please go to www.leapfoundation.comHere is the greatest point that we learn from Dr. Dorfman. We all can mentor our youth and help them become leaders. YOU do not have to have your own foundation like LEAP. YOU just have to take some time to help young people grow. It happened for Dr. Dorfman, and it happened for me, we all can be a part of helping today's young people emerge into tomorrow's leaders.Thanks again to our sponsors of A New Direction!

Enlign Business Brokers

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors, internationally known and respected Enlign represents profitable privately-held companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000. ENLIGN delivers the highest market value in the shortest amount of time, with complete confidentiality ®. Learn more online at ENLIGN.com

Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS

And Linda Craft and Team, REALTORS, they can help you find the best real estate expert to assist you in selling or purchasing your home. And if you live in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, you can discover personally why they have been know for more than 30 years as having "Legendary Customer Service" You can learn more at www.LindaCraft.com

Tony Fink

And the t-shirt shout out of the week goes to Tony Fink a real estate expert with Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS. Tony provided me with the XL shirt with the famed Notre Dame slogan of Play Like a Champion! Thanks Tony for the t-shirt and if you would like some help with your real estate needs just reach out to Tony by emailing him: [email protected]

Matthew Neill Davis

When it comes to business we all make mistakes. But when we make the same mistakes, or make mistakes that we could have avoided but because of ignorance, complacency, or being inept we did not well that can make us...well...stupid.When it comes to avoiding stupid mistakes it first requires us to understand what type of mistakes can be made, in what part of your business could they be made, and at what point in your business do these mistakes have their greatest potential.Attorney and Author Matthew Neill Davis helps us navigate the Art of Preventing Stupid when it comes to our business. Notice it is an art, not a science, because there are other determining factors that play a role how and which mistakes you need to make a proactive priority. Matthew will refer to this as the BIS, the Business Immune System. Where the different systems in your business can get sick. Then he will make a graded diagnosis in terms of the systems that could be catastrophes, ignorance, or ineptitude.

The Art of Preventing Stupid

Matthew Davis and the Art of Preventing Stupid also gives us a blueprint into how to not only look out for these different possibilities of failure, but even some tips on how to handle them. Matthew Neill Davis is going to provide not only great insight, but also wide open, fun sense of humor that take this show in a new direction. So enjoy the ride!Thanks to our sponsors:

Enlign Business Brokers

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. Enlign represents profitable privately-held companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000. ENLIGN delivers the highest market value in the shortest amount of time, with complete confidentiality ®. Learn more online at ENLIGN.com

Linda Craft & Team

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, located in the Raleigh, Durham, Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, they can help you with all your real estate needs anywhere and match with the right agent. If you are in the greater Raleigh area, you can meet them in person and find out why they are the real estate legends of customer service. Go to LindaCraft.comThis week's t-shirt shout out goes to the Island Athletic Club in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Jen Case and her staff are friendly and fun, and when it comes to personal training Jen will take you to the next level. Check them out by going to the Island Athletic Club.

Matthew Neill Davis

When it comes to business we all make mistakes. But when we make the same mistakes, or make mistakes that we could have avoided but because of ignorance, complacency, or being inept we did not well that can make us...well...stupid.When it comes to avoiding stupid mistakes it first requires us to understand what type of mistakes can be made, in what part of your business could they be made, and at what point in your business do these mistakes have their greatest potential.Attorney and Author Matthew Neill Davis helps us navigate the Art of Preventing Stupid when it comes to our business. Notice it is an art, not a science, because there are other determining factors that play a role how and which mistakes you need to make a proactive priority. Matthew will refer to this as the BIS, the Business Immune System. Where the different systems in your business can get sick. Then he will make a graded diagnosis in terms of the systems that could be catastrophes, ignorance, or ineptitude.

The Art of Preventing Stupid

Matthew Davis and the Art of Preventing Stupid also gives us a blueprint into how to not only look out for these different possibilities of failure, but even some tips on how to handle them. Matthew Neill Davis is going to provide not only great insight, but also wide open, fun sense of humor that take this show in a new direction. So enjoy the ride!Thanks to our sponsors:

Enlign Business Brokers

Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. Enlign represents profitable privately-held companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000. ENLIGN delivers the highest market value in the shortest amount of time, with complete confidentiality ®. Learn more online at ENLIGN.com

Linda Craft & Team

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, located in the Raleigh, Durham, Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, they can help you with all your real estate needs anywhere and match with the right agent. If you are in the greater Raleigh area, you can meet them in person and find out why they are the real estate legends of customer service. Go to LindaCraft.comThis week's t-shirt shout out goes to the Island Athletic Club in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Jen Case and her staff are friendly and fun, and when it comes to personal training Jen will take you to the next level. Check them out by going to the Island Athletic Club.