As Told By Nomads

Today's interview is with Kelly Brooke Nicholls. She grew up traveling, as she lived on a boat in the South Pacific Islands until she was 8 so it's in her blood. She has lived and worked all over the world and has a special affinity for Latin America where she spent 6 years living, volunteering and later working. This experience led her to do what she does today, working for international humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders. She provides us listeners with really unique perspectives on how to travel, work and make a difference. 

We also dive into her international thriller, A Reluctant Warrior, which shines a light on the way ordinary Colombian citizens have suffered and continue to suffer, despite the advancement in the Peace Agreement. She wrote this book to celebrate, support and amplify the message of the brave people who risk their lives to protect and make a difference to others. She also wanted to celebrate the rich Colombian culture, especially the Afro-Colombian culture.

Resource Mentioned In The Episode

• A Reluctant Warrior Book: https://www.amazon.com/Reluctant-Warrior-Kelly-Brooke-Nicholls-ebook/dp/B06XX9W3YH
• 5 Leadership Lessons From The Black Panther: http://tayorockson.com/blog/5-leadership-lessons-from-the-black-panther

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Today's interview is with veteran business advisor & author, Bob Bethel. In his fifty-year career, Bob has returned over seventy floundering organizations to profitability, using the same proven strategies and hard-won wisdom to restore each one. In his new book, Strengthen Your Business, Bob lays out his no-nonsense approach for building a profitable enterprise, sharing invaluable advice and techniques such as these:

• Focusing on decreasing costs instead of increasing revenue
• Leveraging your greatest asset by bringing your employees into the process
• Crafting a ninety-day plan to ensure accountability
• Becoming a true leader instead of an average manager

We discuss the following in our episode:

• His experience turning around 77 businesses and guiding them toward the road of profitability
• The #1 reason most businesses fail, and the type of mindset entrepreneurs should possess prior to launching their own venture
• The 3 most important things a business owner should do to keep their business from failing
• Why now, more than ever, is the perfect time to follow your dreams and start your own business—so long as you do it correctly

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Strengthen Your Business: Fail-Proof Strategies from the Man Who Has Rescued 77 Businesses: https://www.amazon.com/Strengthen-Your-Business-Fail-Proof-Strategies-ebook/dp/B075FGLCNL
• Website: https://robertthomasbethel.com/

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Today's interview is with Adam Siddiq. Adam is a creative storyteller and writer. His recent book, SHACKLED: A Journey From Political Imprisonment To Freedom tells the story of his grandpa overcoming great adversity (20 years of political imprisonment starting at the age of 6). It's truly an incredible study of the human spirit to defeat the forces of darkness and to find a sense of meaning and purpose in every moment. He’s also the host of The Soulfully Optimized Life podcast. He’s on a mission to get as many people as he can to live a purpose-driven life focused by maximizing their gifts for humanity. He wants you to gain the inspiration and wisdom you need to accept your calling through his content.

Resources Mentioned In The Podcast

• Website: https://adamsiddiq.com/
• SHACKLED: A Journey From Political Imprisonment To Freedom Book: https://www.amazon.com/SHACKLED-Journey-Political-Imprisonment-Freedom/dp/1946852007/
• #HumanityisMyFamily Video: https://www.facebook.com/theadamsiddiq/videos/vl.1770515696319827/1687951934840264/
• The Story Of Khaled Siddiq: https://www.facebook.com/theadamsiddiq/videos/vl.1770515696319827/1695510247417766/
• The Soulfully Optimized Life Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soulfully-optimized-life-with-adam-siddiq/id1059273923?mt=2

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Today's episode is with the illustrious Jay Abraham. As Founder and CEO of Abraham Group, Inc. (Los Angeles, California), Jay has spent his entire career solving problems and fixing businesses. He has significantly increased the bottom lines of over 10,000 clients in more than 400 industries, and over 7,200 sub industries, worldwide. Jay has dealt with virtually every type of business. He has studied, and solved, almost every type of business question, challenge and opportunity. 

Jay has an uncanny ability to increase business income, wealth and success. He uncovers hidden assets, overlooked opportunities and undervalued possibilities. This skill set has captured the attention and respect of CEOs, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and marketing experts. Jay’s clients range from business royalty to small business owners. But they all have one thing in common – virtually all of them have profited greatly from Jay’s expertise. We discuss:

• His Rise To Entrepreneurship
• The Emerging Leadership Crisis
• How The Youth Can Take Their Place As The Next Set Of Global Leaders

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Today's interview is with Israeli native Dr. Isaac Mostovicz and my goodness, what a unique background he has. If you've ever thought about conducting business across cultures, this episode is for you. He dives into the type of mindset you need to have when connecting with people that are different from you. Mostovicz is the founder of Janus Thinking, a consultancy that helps organizations focus on the well being of their customers and not just their bottom line. He spent 35 years in luxury marketing working in the diamond industry. After serving as the CEO of S. Muller & Sons, a well-known diamond manufacturer based in Belgium for many years, he left to start his first business helping retail jewelers engage their customers more effectively.

A few talking points we go through are Dr. Isaac Mostovicz what it was like:

• Growing up as a Third Culture Kid
• Moving from Israel to Belgium as a young adult, learning a new language, culture and business
• Returning back to college mid-career in a new country (UK)

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Website: http://www.janusthinking.com/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/janusthinking
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacmostovicz/

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Today's interview is with Ann Davis and we discuss how to work and travel with purpose. Ann is an avid traveler, having visited or lived in over 40 countries in 5 continents. Throughout the past eight years, she has had experience founding a non-profit as well as working for several start-ups. In 2008, Ann co-founded the non-profit organization, Swim 4 Success, which provides free swimming lessons to low-income youth in New Orleans. Ann has worked with many social businesses including Drop the Chalk, Inc., Feelgoodz, LLC, and Haystack EDU. Additionally, Ann has worked with the NGOs Pemón Health, in the Gran Sabana of Venezuela, and La Comunidad que Construimos in Trujillo, Peru.

As a passionate traveler who was eager to give back, Ann created a workation-style company that includes a social impact component. She now splits her time between the different locations where they run programs in South America and Asia. We discuss the following in the episode:

• Why she started Venture with Impact
• How Venture with Impact runs their programs
• Proposing remote work to your employer
• Making friends and creating community
• And so much more

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Venture with Impact Website: www.venturewithimpact.org
• Instagram: @VenturewithImpact
• Twitter: @Venture_Impact
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/venturewithimpact

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Today’s interview is with Patricia Lohan. Patricia is a serial entrepreneur and expert in Feng Shui, which is one of the primary success strategies used by our leading entrepreneurial figures including Oprah, Bill Gates and Richard Branson, yet it is not covered widely amongst the entrepreneurial network. According to her, the truth is, if your environment is not supporting you, you won’t be able to create your dream life. 

Based on this premise we discuss the following: 

• The power of perseverance and how she shaped her environment to support her
• How to create a happier life and business by getting unstuck, coping with change, visioning, the power of the positive
• The mechanics of building an online business 
• What it’s like to be a lifestyle entrepreneur
• How to reinvent in life & business AND
• Why she’s the manifesting queen 

Resources Mentioned In The Episode 

• http://www.patricialohan.com/

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Today's interview is with Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey. They are both international Keynote Speakers and New York Times Bestselling authors of Barefoot Spirit, How hardship Hustle and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand and The Entrepreneurial Culture, 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People. From humble beginnings in a laundry room of a rented farmhouse to the boardroom of their acquirer, the world’s largest wine company, E&J Gallo, they learned lessons applicable to any business. They consult and train startups and Fortune 500’s on brand building and company culture. They regularly contribute to national and international media on a wide range of business topics. 

Resources Mentioned In The Episode

• Barefoot Spirit, How hardship Hustle and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand Book: https://xk208.infusionsoft.com/app/orderForms/The-Barefoot-Spirit
• The Entrepreneurial Culture, 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People Book: https://xk208.infusionsoft.com/app/orderForms/The-Entrepreneurial-Culture
• The Barefoot Spirit: https://thebarefootspirit.com/
• Guiding Principles For Success: https://thebarefootspirit.com/gps/

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Today's episode is with Mike and Anne Howard. They left on their honeymoon in January 2012 and have been exploring the globe ever since. They realized life is short, the world is big, and the value of travel too great to wait until retirement, so to kick off their marriage they decided to take a trip around the world…on what has become “The World’s Longest Honeymoon.” Using Anne’s background as a national magazine editor and Mike’s as a digital marketing executive and photographer, they created HoneyTrek.com to chronicle their journey across 50+ countries and 7 continents, and share tips with anyone looking to mobilize their travel dreams. Their unique journey, engaging blog, and savvy tips have been acclaimed by the Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Mail, CBS, and more-- including Microsoft's 2016 TV ad campaign.

Firm believers that love and travel make the world a better place, Mike & Anne continue to spread the word as Smithsonian speakers and National Geographic authors with their new book, Ultimate Journeys for Two. In National Geographic's first book on couples adventure travel, Mike and Anne take readers through 75 featured destinations, Top 10s, travel hacks, personal anecdotes, and keys to an unforgettable journey.

Resources Mentioned In the Episode

• HoneyTrek: http://honeytrek.com/
• Ultimate Journeys for Two: Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent: https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Journeys-Two-Extraordinary-Destinations/dp/1426218397

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Today's episode is with Jon Dwoskin an executive advisor, business coach and podcaster extraordinaire. Truly! He hosts 3 podcasts! The THINK BIG Movement Podcast, The 7 Minute Sales Minute Podcast and THINK with Jon Dwoskin. All his podcasts can be found here. He is also the author of The Think Big Movement. When he was 18, his dad gave him Brian Tracy’s audiotape series called The Psychology of Success. That moment began his obsession with self-learning. He has spent every day since then studying business, life and how to grow.

We talked about the following things:

• How he realized it was time to leave the corporate world and go into business for himself
• His mantra “Think Big.” 
• Whether it's possible to teach someone how to be an entrepreneur, or whether it is innate
• The number one thing that gets companies or people stuck
• How to grow and reset your company culture?
• How to hire the right people AND
• What he learned from trusting his gut for so long

Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• Next-Generation Thought Leaders Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtleaderchallenge/
• Thought Leader Academy: https://www.thoughtleaderprogram.com/courses/thoughtleaderacademy
• Jon's Podcasts: http://jondwoskin.com/all-podcasts/
• The THINK BIG MOVEMENT Book: http://jondwoskin.com/the-think-big-movement/

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