Storytelling is a lost art. Not only do great stories entertain us, but they also connect us. So leaders can use them to grow their community, their influence, and their business.

This week, BMP welcomes Shawn Small to the podcast. Shawn is a professional storyteller and the Executive Director of a million-dollar non-profit, Wonder Voyage. He is now sharing his lessons learned through 20 years of focusing on stories to grow his organization.

• How to use stories to grow your business.
• The difference between speakers, teachers, and storytellers.
• Ways to help others share their stories.
• The rules of telling other people's stories.

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Working from home can be full of challenges and distractions. This week, Brent Richardson and his producer, Jamie Richardson, share lessons they've learned through telecommuting. The pair takes a humorous look at how to FAIL when working from home including:

• Where to set up your home office.
• Common conference call mistakes.
• Embracing your inner teenager.
• Becoming a recluse.
• Neglecting physical activity.
• Wasting time.

The two are opposites when it comes to their peak performance hours, what their work day looks like, and how their home office is set up, but they agree on one thing: if you don't prioritize your schedule, no one else will.

Whether you are looking to transition to working from home full-time, or are simply seizing telecommute opportunities, this episode will help you avoid mistakes Brent and Jamie learned the hard way.

Kris Hochart is a self-described serial entrepreneur. In this episode, Kris shares lessons learned from one entrepreneur venture to the next including:

• Losing $750,000 in a single real estate deal
• Recovering from failure
• Doubling-down between ventures
• His first lesson in scalability
• What a 20-hour work day looks like
• Why entrepreneurs need coaches
• The art of a side hustle
• Turning a side hustle into major income

Fearlessness is an under-appreciated superpower in the business industry. It is developed through years of self-discovery, knowing your value, and being willing to take calculated risks.

Ken Janke is the epitome of a fearless entrepreneur. In his career he has seamlessly flowed between the non-profit and for-profit worlds, started and sold his own businesses, failed, learned, and started again. He now devotes much of his time to helping others through the journey of self-discovery and emotional intelligence to take them past the cutting edge and to what he calls the “tripping edge.”

In this episode, we meet Brent Richardson, creator of the Business Minutia Podcast. We learn a bit about his wild career journey and why he's set out on this endeavor.