Breakthrough Success

Christine McAlister is business and success coach and expert on turning tragedy into triumph. Her company, Life With Passion, helps high-achieving, motivated women to create successful freedom-based businesses they love.

Quotes To Remember:

"If I could survive this thing, I could do or survive anything else."

"Our lives are full of highs and lows….the more embracing we are of both...that allows us to sustain the highs for longer."

"A lot of times, it's like we are inside a jar, and we can't see our own label."

"You already have something that you are an expert in, whether or not you know it, or believe it."

What You'll Learn:

• How to keep up moral levels and look after ourselves during challenge & tragedy.
• Learn to stay in the "triumph" phase of your life, rather than getting stuck in the "tragic" phase.
• Learn why it's important to have a mentor/coach to help you be your best self
• How to make time for multiple aspects of life, including personal life, business growth.
• Learn it is ok to give yourself time off to make sure you can be as productive as possible.

Key Links From The Show:

Christine's Free Gift for Listeners

Recommended Books:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

You're a Bada** at Making Money by Jen Sincero

How Rich People Think by Steve Siebold

Christine McAlister is business and success coach and expert on turning tragedy into triumph. Her company, Life With Passion, helps high-achieving, motivated women to create successful freedom-based businesses they love.

Quotes To Remember:

“If I could survive this thing, I could do or survive anything else.”

“Our lives are full of highs and lows….the more embracing we are of both...that allows us to sustain the highs for longer.”

“A lot of times, it’s like we are inside a jar, and we can’t see our own label.”

“You already have something that you are an expert in, whether or not you know it, or believe it.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How to keep up moral levels and look after ourselves during challenge & tragedy.
• Learn to stay in the “triumph” phase of your life, rather than getting stuck in the “tragic” phase.
• Learn why it’s important to have a mentor/coach to help you be your best self
• How to make time for multiple aspects of life, including personal life, business growth.
• Learn it is ok to give yourself time off to make sure you can be as productive as possible.

Key Links From The Show:

Christine’s Free Gift for Listeners

Recommended Books:

The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

You’re a Bada** at Making Money by Jen Sincero

How Rich People Think by Steve Siebold

Aaron Hendon is a Seattle Realtor, real estate investor, author, educator, and speaker. He is a managing partner of Christine & Company, a Seattle Magazine awarded, 5-Star Real Estate Agent, and an individual Rising Star in Seattle Real Estate winner. Aaron brings together a diverse background and history including transformational leadership, entrepreneurial start-ups, and traditional cold calling sales.

Quotes To Remember:

"I was smiling and dialing."

"You don't have to convince people to buy a house, they already want to buy a house."

"A black swan lurks behind every corner."

"You get what you measure."

"If you don't work you don't eat."

What You'll Learn:

• How to get started in real estate, without taking a risky hit
• Learn what criteria to consider and look for when investing
• Learn why cold calling/making phone calls is imperative to selling real estate
• How and where to find the right clients without paying
• When to take the plunge into commission only salary.

Key Links From The Show:

Aaron's Site

Recommended Books:

Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini

To Sell Is Human by Daniel Pink

The Undoing Project by Michael LewisShortchanged by Shortcuts by Aaron Hendon

Aaron Hendon is a Seattle Realtor, real estate investor, author, educator, and speaker. He is a managing partner of Christine & Company, a Seattle Magazine awarded, 5-Star Real Estate Agent, and an individual Rising Star in Seattle Real Estate winner. Aaron brings together a diverse background and history including transformational leadership, entrepreneurial start-ups, and traditional cold calling sales.

Quotes To Remember:

“I was smiling and dialing.”

“You don’t have to convince people to buy a house, they already want to buy a house.”

“A black swan lurks behind every corner.”

“You get what you measure.”

“If you don’t work you don’t eat.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How to get started in real estate, without taking a risky hit
• Learn what criteria to consider and look for when investing
• Learn why cold calling/making phone calls is imperative to selling real estate
• How and where to find the right clients without paying
• When to take the plunge into commission only salary.

Key Links From The Show:

Aaron’s Site

Recommended Books:

Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini

To Sell Is Human by Daniel Pink

The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Shortchanged by Shortcuts by Aaron Hendon

Mike Belsito is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which is a community for product people. In addition to co-founding and developing this community, he also co-founded and organized INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, where product managers with world-class products gather together to share their insights and learn so they can build, launch, and scale their creations.

Quotes To Remember:

"How can you position yourself differently?"

"If you have a good attendee experience, then the other things tend to follow."

"How are people going to find out about you?"

"You do the things that don't scale, and figure out what works so you can scale them up later on."

"Don't be discouraged if your first event isn't profitable."

What You'll Learn:

• Why it's important to follow people in your field, and learn from them
• Learn to market your event to find the right attendees
• How to find your ideal audience, and how to reach out to them
• Why "cold calling" individual potential customers is still valuable
• How to keep review and improve on your events, by noting things that you'd like to change

Key Links From The Show:

productcollective.com

Mike's Email

industryconference.com

Mike's Twitter

Recommended Books:

Rework by Jason Fried

Content Inc by Joe Pulizzi

The Monk and The Riddle by Randy Komisar

Mike Belsito is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which is a community for product people. In addition to co-founding and developing this community, he also co-founded and organized INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, where product managers with world-class products gather together to share their insights and learn so they can build, launch, and scale their creations.

Quotes To Remember:

“How can you position yourself differently?”

“If you have a good attendee experience, then the other things tend to follow.”

“How are people going to find out about you?”

“You do the things that don’t scale, and figure out what works so you can scale them up later on.”

“Don’t be discouraged if your first event isn’t profitable.”

What You’ll Learn:

• Why it’s important to follow people in your field, and learn from them
• Learn to market your event to find the right attendees
• How to find your ideal audience, and how to reach out to them
• Why “cold calling” individual potential customers is still valuable
• How to keep review and improve on your events, by noting things that you’d like to change

Key Links From The Show:

productcollective.com

Mike's Email

industryconference.com

Mike’s Twitter

Recommended Books:

Rework by Jason Fried

Content Inc by Joe Pulizzi

The Monk and The Riddle by Randy Komisar

Lee Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a 15 year old public relations and digital media agency. The Millennial Whisperer has become a highly sought after KeyNote speaker on hiring and retaining a high-performing multi-generational team. She is also the author of two books, Millennials & Management and The Boomerang Principle.

Quotes To Remember:

"Just saying it doesn't necessarily make it come true."

"The most diverse teams, when they work together, are the strongest teams."

"Just saying please and thank you during the day can go a long long way."

"You have to change the wheels while you're driving the bus towards that direction."

"Always leave a party when you're still having fun."

"It is your job to make sure that the people who could be influential for you know who you are."

"Relevance is fleeting."

What You'll Learn:

• How and what makes a strong personal brand
• How to choose and efficiently manage social media pages
• How to put together a strong millennial team, and working together.
• Learn to talk about and promote your personal brand
• How to find business and talk to people at a networking event
• Why it's so important to pay attention, to stay ahead of the curve

Key Links From The Show:

Lee's Site

Follow Lee On Twitter @LeeCaraher

Recommended Books:

The Power of Onlyness by Nilofer Merchant

Pivot by Jenny Blake

Work Pause Thrive by Lisen Stromberg

Millenials & Management by Lee Caraher

The Boomerang Principle by Lee Caraher

Lee Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a 15 year old public relations and digital media agency. The Millennial Whisperer has become a highly sought after KeyNote speaker on hiring and retaining a high-performing multi-generational team. She is also the author of two books, Millennials & Management and The Boomerang Principle.

Quotes To Remember:

“Just saying it doesn’t necessarily make it come true.”

“The most diverse teams, when they work together, are the strongest teams.”

“Just saying please and thank you during the day can go a long long way.”

“You have to change the wheels while you’re driving the bus towards that direction.”

“Always leave a party when you’re still having fun.”

“It is your job to make sure that the people who could be influential for you know who you are.”

“Relevance is fleeting.”

What You’ll Learn:

• How and what makes a strong personal brand
• How to choose and efficiently manage social media pages
• How to put together a strong millennial team, and working together.
• Learn to talk about and promote your personal brand
• How to find business and talk to people at a networking event
• Why it’s so important to pay attention, to stay ahead of the curve

Key Links From The Show:

Lee’s Site

Follow Lee On Twitter @LeeCaraher

Recommended Books:

The Power of Onlyness by Nilofer Merchant

Pivot by Jenny Blake

Work Pause Thrive by Lisen Stromberg

Millenials & Management by Lee Caraher

The Boomerang Principle by Lee Caraher

Ryan Moffett is the lead manager of the Blackpier Atlas Portfolio of Strategies spending the last 12 years specializing designing and trading robust systems and strategies. In those 12 years he has worked with and been mentored by traders out of the CBOE as well alternative hedge fund managers out of New York and California.

Prior to managing Blackpier Capital, he worked for Martin & Company, a $2 billion investment firm as well as Gulfstream Capital, an alternative investment advisor with $40 million in assets.

Quotes To Remember:

"You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can't execute on that idea it ain't much good."

"In baseball, you can be wrong 7 out of 10 times, you can still be an All star…..trading isn't that different."

"Failure is constantly happening."

"One of the biggest parts of being a trader is understanding what the other side thinks and how they think."

"If you cover your downside, your upside will take care of itself."

"The market is never wrong."

What You'll Learn:

• The pathway to becoming a high performance investment trader
• Why it's so important to surround yourself with people doing what you want.
• How to decide whether an investment is right/good for you.
• How to plan for bad cycles/periods
• How to differentiate between "false hype" and good analysis.

Key Links From The Show:

Black Pier Capital Blog

Black Pier Capital Site

Black Pier Capital Email

Recommended Books:

The Original Wizards by Jack D. Schwager

Reminiscence of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre

How I made $2M on The Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas

Ryan Moffett is the lead manager of the Blackpier Atlas Portfolio of Strategies spending the last 12 years specializing designing and trading robust systems and strategies. In those 12 years he has worked with and been mentored by traders out of the CBOE as well alternative hedge fund managers out of New York and California.

Prior to managing Blackpier Capital, he worked for Martin & Company, a $2 billion investment firm as well as Gulfstream Capital, an alternative investment advisor with $40 million in assets.

Quotes To Remember:

“You can have the greatest idea in the world, but if you can’t execute on that idea it ain’t much good.”

“In baseball, you can be wrong 7 out of 10 times, you can still be an All star…..trading isn’t that different.”

“Failure is constantly happening.”

“One of the biggest parts of being a trader is understanding what the other side thinks and how they think.”

“If you cover your downside, your upside will take care of itself.”

“The market is never wrong.”

What You’ll Learn:

• The pathway to becoming a high performance investment trader
• Why it’s so important to surround yourself with people doing what you want.
• How to decide whether an investment is right/good for you.
• How to plan for bad cycles/periods
• How to differentiate between “false hype” and good analysis.

Key Links From The Show:

Black Pier Capital Blog

Black Pier Capital Site

Black Pier Capital Email

Recommended Books:

The Original Wizards by Jack D. Schwager

Reminiscence of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre

How I made $2M on The Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas