Create Your Life Series

CYLS 142: Secrets Behind The Multi-Million Dollar Podcast Empire with John Lee Dumas

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Episode Summary

John Lee Dumas provides methods for success as an entrepreneur that also can be used in your personal life. He focuses on how to create a daily process for making moves in your business.

 

Kevin Y. Brown

Kevin Y. Brown is a National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center For Public Trust (CPT) “Being A Difference” award recipient, international speaker, entrepreneur, and author.  The former MTV Networks host and NYC fashion marketer has created an international following as a speaker on personal excellence, effective communication, and leadership. Kevin has been featured by Black Enterprise magazine as a “Modern Man of Distinction” and highlighted in various publications for his self-help speaking work and helping students graduate college debt-free.  Recognized for his commitment to empowering foster care youth and as a foster care system alumnus, he has also delivered the keynote address at the International Foster Care Organizations Conference in Sydney, Australia and Osaka, Japan.  Kevin is currently the creator/host of Sirius XM’s “Create Your Life” series, a fellow in the New York Chapter of the Startup Leadership Program, and an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 

 

John Lee Dumas

As the host of the Entrepreneurs on Fire podcast, John Lee Dumas interviews inspiring entrepreneurs and has completed more than 200 episodes. With more than a million listens each month and seven figures of revenue, the podcast has become a rapid success. John Lee has taken elements from his early life in Maine and time in the Army to create a profitable business that also focuses on the needs of its audience.

 

Insight from this episode:

  • Secrets to improving your life through journaling and meditation.
  • How to find a mentor that corresponds with your business direction.
  • Strategies for obtaining information from your audience to expand your business.
  • Why you should focus on identifying solutions to your audience’s struggles.
  • John Lee’s Three Success Principles:
    • 1) Pareto’s Principle
    • 2) Parkinson’s Law
    • 3) Pomodoro Technique
    • Strategies for using funnels in your business.
    • John Lee shares his personal success hacks.
    • Kevin shares his daily routine, AMBITION:
      • Affirmation
      • Motivation
      • Body
      • Intelligence
      • Thankfulness
      • FInances
      • Opportunities
      • Nutrition
      • Schedule

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        Quotes From the Show

        • “I had a mentor and that mentor was key. I invested in myself, somebody who was currently where I wanted to be.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “You have to find a mastermind. Because you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “When you compare, you will always dispare.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “The one and only person you should truly be comparing yourself to is you yesterday.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “Comparison is the death of progress.”  - Kevin Y. Brown, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “You need to make sure that you are valuing your time at a very high level. And keeping big blocks of time for yourself to do the meaningful work and go on the meaningful projects that you need to move your business forward.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142
        • “Successful entrepreneurs have one big idea that they go all in on.” - John Lee Dumas, Create Your Life Series, #142

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          Resources Mentioned

          • YourBigIdea.IO
          • Real Revenue
          • FunnelOnFire.com
          • The Freedom Journal
          • Scheduleonce.com
          • What Makes the Great Great: Strategies for Extraordinary Achievement by Dennis Kimbro

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            Favorite Book

            • The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines Into Massive Success by John Olson - John Lee Dumas
            • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - Kevin Y. Brown

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              Favorite Quote

              • “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” - Albert Einstein

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                Keys to Create Your Best Life

                • Get clear about what your one big idea is.
                • Install a morning routine that is a mandatory part of your day.
                • Prioritize sleep.

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