April Garcia's PivotMe

On the show today, we have Amira Alvarez. She's the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, creatives and athletes achieve their goals in record time. She herself had made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures), so she knows exactly what strategies are required.

Amira describes how she did all the right things but still couldn't find success, plus how she studied success to increase her income from $138k to $700k.

In this episode, we talk about the three tactical ways to make more money in business, and how Amira utilized two of those to become a 7-figure earner. Listen in to learn how to become a successful and unstoppable woman who isn't held back by fear or limiting beliefs.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

[2:53] Tell us, how did you get into this type of work? [16:15] What are the actual tactics that got you going from $138k to $700k? [30:17] Do you think that if you hadn't gone down this road of personal development and financial success, you'd have a different outcome? [37:41] Talk to us about some of your success practices? [41:43] How do you self-sabotage? [47:15] If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be? [49:55] What do you get to do now that you've done this work, and what do you no longer don't need to do?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

[5:28] How her inaccurate beliefs about herself derailed her success, plus how she changed her strategy to go from $138k to $700k. [13:30] How to run your business on urgency without fear to get leverage. [16:36] The three tactical ways to make more money in business; raise your prices, sell more widgets, or add a new channel of income. [33:09] Why the business methodology is easy, especially when you don't overcomplicate it. [53:06] How to make business decisions based on where you're headed and not where you're at.

Quotes:

"You have to change how you see yourself in order to really show up differently and have a different perspective on the world."- Amira [6:44] "You can't double your income by doubling your work hours."- Amira [12:26] "When you grow, it causes other people to have to react to your growth."- Amira [25:58] "You have to make decisions from the place you want to be not the place you're right now."- Amira [53:26]

Connect with Amira: https://theunstoppablewoman.com/

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On the show today, we have Tony Whatley, a business mentor, speaker, best-selling author, and podcast host. He is best known as Co-Founder of LS1Tech, an online automotive community that grew into the largest of its kind, with over 300,000 registered members, a business sold for millions in only five years after starting. He once led a successful corporate career with over 27 years of experience in oil/gas, managing $100MM+ international EPIC projects.

He shares how a terrible car accident shifted his mindset and led him to discover his life's purpose.

In this episode, we talk about Tony's entrepreneurial journey and how he discovered his life's purpose to live it fully. Listen in to learn the importance of pursuing what you really want to do with your life rather than getting stuck in something you don't like.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• [3:11] Why did you go to college, is it something your parents encouraged you to do, and would you do it all over again?
• [13:25] When did you realize that you had a real business?
• [17:08] When you got this idea, at the time did you know a lot of business owners, and was your peer group supportive of what you were doing?
• [43:47] What are some of your success principles or high-performance habits that you have done to get here?
• [47:19] Why do you think so many other people struggle with success?
• [53:45] If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [7:31] How his parents impacted the discipline that he still applies in different areas of his life today.
• [17:17] How reading books became his learning method since he didn't have mentors or solid support.
• [19:04] Stop fulfilling the fantasies of someone else by sticking to a job you don't even like.
• [24:19] How to shift your mindset to discover your purpose and live a meaningful life.
• [37:42] Learn to put your purpose ahead of your fear of what you assume people think of you.
• [47:30] Some of the mistakes making you struggle with success.
• [49:51] How to enhance your acceleration as an entrepreneur by hiring people to help you.

Quotes:

• "Ninety-nine percent of the businesses out there are just better versions of something that already existed."- Tony [15:33]
• "There's a lot of value in learning from other people's mistakes and that's generally what books are."- Tony [17:34]
• "If you can shrug what you assume other people think of you, you will change your entire life."- Tony [37:48]
• "If you don't have money, you better have time because it's going to take time for you to learn things."- Tony [49:57]

Connect with Tony: https://365driven.com

Listen to his podcast: https://365driven.com/podcast/

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Have you achieved the goals you set to achieve at the beginning of the year? If the answer is NO, then you should take your body out of rest and put it in motion to achieve those goals in the remaining 84 days before the end of 2021.

In this episode, April discusses why now is the right time to pick up your goals with small steps and not have to wait until January 1st to start all over again. Listen in to learn how the power of your momentum and progress is going to carry you through to the end of the year.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [3:18] Understand that you can create motivation and magic anytime and don't have to wait until January 1st.
• [4:11] Why you should get moving on whatever it is that you wanted to achieve at the beginning of this year.
• [6:44] Take a small step towards progressing the goal that you set at the beginning of this year.
• [8:46] How to start by building habits towards progress and not perfection.

Quotes:

• "If we make progress on our goals now, that momentum is going to carry us through to the end of the year."- April [3:07]

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

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On the show today, we have Chris Olsen, a founder and chief consultant at My Founder Story, a radio veteran turned communications consultant, educator, and author. Through her work as a consultant partnering with startups, Chris realized her WHY—to support women-owned businesses in confidently communicating their purpose and impact, setting them up for entrepreneurial success.

Chris explains her "why" as the ability to support women in businesses to confidently communicate their purpose and impact.

In this episode, we talk about the impact of women-owned businesses on the US economy and why they need to be supported. Listen in to learn why you need to share your authentic story even in the corporate world to stand out and be more vulnerable.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• [5:06] Was your cancer diagnosis the catalyst for what you're doing now?
• [6:44] Where did the idea of doing this type of work that is completely aligned with you come from?
• [17:08] When did you know that you needed to write this book?
• [19:47] When you're connecting people to their why, what's your why?
• [36:50] If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [3:12] Chris narrates her career in radio and when she discovered her purpose and started My Founder Story.
• [12:20] The importance of knowing your purpose to get confident in what you're offering your clients.
• [14:02] Chris in her book Whyography: Building a Brand Fueled by Purpose, and why it's targeted at purpose-driven women in business.
• [19:52] The Tiny Why statement – connecting a power verb with your ideal customer.
• [34:44] The power of sharing your authentic story to be vulnerable and stand out even in the corporate world.

Quotes:

• "The most immediate thing that you can do to help yourself, is to really get clear on your values and your purpose and the impact that your business has, and how you're communicating that to potential investors."- Chris [12:37]

• "Where you spend money is really a great indicator of your value."- Chris [20:56]

• "There's room for everybody even in corporate America to tell their real story."- Chris [35:12]

Connect with Chris: https://bit.ly/3uM0Sw1

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What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

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On the show today, we have Stephen Scoggins, a multi-million-dollar serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, creator of Transform U, and host of The Stuck to Unstoppable Podcast. He empowers people to take authority over their lives by teaching them how to bring their highest aspirations into reality.

He narrates his pivotal moment and how the power of a mentor played a role in that transformation.

In this episode, we talk about Stephen's resilience, desire for success, and passion for inspiring people to continue becoming better. Listen in to learn how to overcome self-sabotage by understanding that it's about the difference you make and not what has already been made.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• [16:22] How did you deal with impostor syndrome and make the transition from who you were to who you are today?
• [22:17] Can you talk about the four types of mentors that exist?
• [31:52] How do you overcome the struggle of self-sabotage and if it's still a struggle, how are you continuing to overcome it?
• [44:19] If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [13:53] How to be respectable and responsible for who you are and where you want to go.
• [16:41] How to be a mature leader who allows their mentee to become even bigger than them.
• [32:19] How to overcome self-sabotage by understanding that it's about the difference you're going to make.
• [44:24] Why you shouldn't quit even when the pressure to do so gets overwhelming.

Quotes:

• "The greatest reason most of us struggle, it's because we simply don't know what we don't know."- Stephen [8:09]
• "Great mentors always move you past the answers you want and onto the answers that you need."- Stephen [30:04]
• "The easiest way to conquer self-sabotage is to focus on becoming selfless because if it's not about you, it won't be about you."- Stephen [32:21]
• "If we want to overcome self-sabotage and we want to overcome those hurdles that get in our way, we have to understand it's not about us, it's about the generations hidden inside of us."- Stephen [37:20]

Learn more about Stephen here: www.stephenscoggins.com

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What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time

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On the show today, we have the legend Jay Abraham, Founder, and CEO of The Abraham Group, Inc., business consultant, strategic marketing expert, author, and America's highest-paid marketing consultant. He is recognized as one of the world's most successful marketing strategists, business innovator, advisor, and the master of revenue and performance.

Jay explains how having mentors from different industries helped him become the expert he is today. We discuss the different ways you can exponentially grow your business with low-cost marketing strategies.

Learn why having a referral generating strategy is the key to business growth with higher profits, better prospects, at a lower cost. You will also learn the value of borrowing success approaches from other industries to increase your chances of exponential business growth.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

[11:25] With all the business owners that you've consulted with, what are they doing well?

[19:40] What are business owners doing wrong?

[31:29] What would you say to a business owner who wants to scale but has a hard time closing the gap?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [3:12] The importance of having business mentors to help grow yourself and your business.
• [5:50] How Jay approached mentorship by serving business gurus in exchange for endorsements from them.
• [11:39] Understanding what business owners are doing right and the different areas they're failing.
• [14:03] The 3 ways to grow your business by multiplying what you're already doing.
• [19:59] How to effectively utilize referrals as a low-cost high-value form of marketing.
• [22:11] How to set up a referral generating strategy to help increase your profits at a very low cost.
• [24:02] The value of borrowing success approaches from outside your industry to achieve exponential growth.
• [31:47] How to experiment and test if your systems are working.
• [35:35] How to make people's lives better in your life and business.

Quotes:

• "The more you plug into diverse perspectives, the more geometric and exponential you'll grow."- Jay [5:00]

• "Your purpose in business and life is to, first of all, make people better off."- Jay [35:39]

Connect with Jay Abraham here: www.jayabraham.com

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What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

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What are the small hinges that keep the giant door of your life moving? Your hinges are the non-negotiables that make you come alive when you do them. You need to identify what these hinges are and the role they play in keeping your life door moving.

In this episode, April explains how small hinges move the doors of our lives and make us better in what we do. Listen in to learn how you can identify a few hinges within yourself to stay connected with what's important in your life.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

[1:21] The importance of knowing the hinges that move the door of your life.

[2:45] How Covid broke our hinges and disconnected us from what we knew.

[5:03] April shares some of her hinges and how they bring her back to life.

[6:31] Identify what your hinges are and utilize them to keep your life door working.

Quotes:

• "Our lives are these big giant doors that need to be swung in and out."- April [2:08]

• "Your hinges are the things that make you come alive."- April [6:57]

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

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• Website: https://www.pivot-me.com
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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theAprilGarcia/
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On the show today, we have Danette May. She's the co-founder and CCO of Mindful Health LLC and Earth Echo Foods, best-selling author of The Rise and Embrace Abundance, founder of The Rise Movement, keynote speaker, high-level executive coach, and fitness and nutrition expert. She has shared her inspiring story on national TV, including Access Hollywood, Hallmark Home and Family, CBS, and many others.

She narrates her leap of faith that saw her start her first business by having an unbelievable belief and faith in her idea.

In this episode, we talk about Danette's journey to success and how it was inspired by hitting rock bottom and having a strong enough purpose. Listen in to learn the importance of ensuring your purpose is strong enough that you're willing to get knocked down for it.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• [7:48] You said how important the why is, what's your why?
• [10:35] You had a hundred reasons to not be successful, how did you overcome them?
• [15:01] How did you get into your businesses and how did you select them?
• [32:53] If you could tell the world one thing, what would it be?
• [40:35] What are the success practices that helped you maintain your transformation?
• [46:24] In your personal experience or client experience, how are you seeing people self-sabotage and what should they do about it?

What you will learn in this episode:

• [3:10] Shocking statistics of people who've chosen to leave their jobs, which is the highest in history.
• [4:44] Understanding why your "why" is going to be the key to your business success in the online space.
• [10:40] How she went from $47 to 8 figures by learning to question commonly told stories.
• [15:11] Danette shares the interesting story of how she took the leap towards starting her business.
• [31:20] The importance of having a strong belief and faith in your dream until it comes true.
• [33:02] Start taking your power back and find a way to come up with a new solution.
• [44:30] She talks about her book Embrace Abundance and what she's hoping it accomplishes.
• [46:32] How to overcome the self-sabotaging and self-limiting beliefs by healing your past.

Quotes:

• "Your why is going to be key to your success."- Danette [6:03]

• "You become delusional in your dreams and you need to be okay with that."- Danette [18:28]

• "If you have the power of visualization and you have this unbelievable belief and faith, the sky's the limit."- Danette [31:28]

• "Just start owning your power, start figuring out a solution and believe it's possible."- Danette [34:28]

Contact Danette: https://danettemay.com/

Social Handles:

• Facebook: facebook.com/thedanettemay
• Instagram: instagram.com/thedanettemay
• YouTube: youtube.com/danettemay

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What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

👉👉 Connect with me here:

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How does a successful person become successful? With years of experience working with high-performers, April knew the exact answer to this question.

In this episode, April shares with us what successful people have in common and what you can start doing today to become successful.

What you will learn in this episode:

• [1:43] April shares what is one of our biggest challenges.
• [3:00] Learn the success tip from a successful entrepreneur
• [3:57] April shares her wisdom on what makes a person successful after years of working with high-performers.

Quotes:

• "Life and business are iterative processes. You do it, you fix it, and then you do it again."- [4:07]

• "Do it today. Not tomorrow, practice violent execution. If you screw it up, make it better, and do it again." - [4:24]

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

👉👉 Connect with me here:

• Website: https://www.pivot-me.com
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AprilGarciaPivotMe
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theAprilGarcia/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaprilgarcia

On the show today, we have John Espirian, a B2B content writer, all-around LinkedIn nerd, and eager experimenter who helps business leaders to build a recognizable online presence and develop their personal brand.

John explains the importance of creating content on LinkedIn and shares some ways you can do it without consuming time.

Listen in to learn how to build a LinkedIn audience around thought leadership in your industry in a non-salesy approach. You will also learn how to approach LinkedIn content creation when doing it yourself or delegating to keep on showing up consistently.

Pivotal Questions Asked:

• [4:38] How did you get into this work?
• [10:41] What are people doing wrong on LinkedIn?
• [27:54] Talk to us about content banking and the best way to do that.
• [34:15] What is something you could tell a business owner that they could do right away to make their LinkedIn profile better.

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• [5:55] How to use LinkedIn to build an audience around thought leadership in your industry.
• [10:45] Some of the biggest mistakes you need to avoid when pursuing LinkedIn content creation.
• [21:29] How to define your LinkedIn brand and strategy before delegating the task of content creation.
• [23:10] The different options you can approach content creation on LinkedIn.
• [28:28] The value of content batching in time-saving and creating consistency.
• [39:15] How to consciously get clear with your personal brand to attract loyal customers who refer you.

Quotes:

• "You got to stay relevant by showing up because people will forget you."- John [27:17]

• "You'll be more efficient if you can batch your content rather than doing it each time."- John [29:07]

• "Sometimes, our best content is the thing that is so natural to us that we can almost overlook."- April [32:23]

• "The clearer your personal brand is, the more likely you're to attract the people who are going to align with and support your brand."- John [39:26]

PivotMe listeners go to pivot-me.com/linkedin use discount code APRIL and you'll save 15%. The best insights to leverage your LinkedIn profile for less money than a tradeshow or an ad.

Contact John: https://espirian.co.uk/

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