Efficiency on Demand

Joanne Bagshaw, PhD, LCPC is an award-winning professor of psychology and women’s studies at Montgomery College. She is also an AASECT-certified sex therapist with a private practice in Maryland and she the author of "The Feminist Handbook: Practical Tools to Resist Sexism and Dismantle the Patriarchy“. She also writes the popular feminist blog, “The Third Wave,” for Psychology Today. Before specialising as a sex and relationship therapist, Joanne was a trauma therapist, working primarily with rape and sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and adults who were abused as children. Joanne brings her nearly two decades of experience as a therapist to help clients transform their relationships and lead happier and healthier lives.

As an award-winning on-air commentator and a Women's Media Center Progressive Voice of 2018, Adrienne Lawrence does more than just talk. The former litigator empowers the everyday professional with her engaging on-air legal analysis and with candid advice in her book, “Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment,” a first-of-its-kind survival guide published by Penguin Random House’s TarcherPerigee on May 12, 2020. Staying in the Game has been heralded as “a must-read for any woman in any workplace”. Whenever she’s not writing about workplace sexual harassment issues or furiously tweeting about gender parity problems, Adrienne's engaging audiences while speaking in large forums like SXSW, coaching clients as part of Jennifer Brown Consulting, or breaking down trending legal issues for outlets such as The Young Turks and NPR.

In today’s episode, Joanne and Adrienne talks to Monique about sexual harassment, power & healing while centring a Black woman's experience. Knowing how to handle sexual harassment when it happens increases efficiency!

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:18] - Monique introduces her guests, Joanne Bagshaw & Adrienne Lawrence.

[1:51] - Tell us about who you are, what you do and where you’re from?

• I'm Adrienne Lawrence, I'm from Los Angeles, California. I'm an attorney turned TV broadcaster and I wrote a book called staying in the game.
• I’m Joanne Bagshaw, I'm from Long Island, New York. I'm a professor of Psychology and Women's studies and a sexual relationship therapist and the author of the feminist handbook.

[3:11] - What got you to the point of writing the book about feminism, making sure women understand it's not them but the patriarchy?

• The telling story from my childhood that resonates today with feminism and helps lead me down the path of being a feminist is that I'm an adoptee. 
• After eight years of practicing law, I wanted more for myself, I wanted to challenge myself. 

[11:53] -  What do you think is the impact of adoptions on kids?

• That really depends on the adoptive parents and the birth parents on what kind of arrangement they make.

[16:06] - What do you think should be changed to be able to create better better systems?

• The first step is to get more women in politics. 
• A patriarchy is a male dominated system, and we have mostly men making these decisions.

[35:48] - So, this is for the both of you, what would be one thing that you wish women would change in themselves, in terms of interactions excluding women in order to improve the situation?

• I would like more women to speak up to call people out. 
• I would like to specifically call on white women to speak up.

[42:41] - Joanne talks about what feminism is all about.

[45:42] - What are we going to do to those people who're telling us that we are making up everything in our mind?

• My thought is that your thoughts of me have nothing to do with me.
• So if you think I'm making things up in my mind, you tell yourself what you need to tell yourself to not address your behavior.

[54:06] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Not having to do everything myself.
• Efficiency should be maximizing your time to focus on the things that are aligned with your goals.

[55:13] -  Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• I'm definitely still going to law school.
• I'm probably gonna still get all of the schooling that I got. 
• I think for me, trusting my intuition.
• Moving off of Long Island earlier.
• Maintaining my educational background.

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609265/staying-in-the-game-by-adrienne-lawrence/

Program: https://joannebagshaw.mykajabi.com/sales-page-b06fac61-e4cb-44c3-9943-03bcd68bd72c

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

If you think I'm making things up in my mind, you tell yourself what you need to tell yourself to not address your behavior. - Adrienne Lawrence

Efficiency means getting help. - Joanne Bagshaw

FIND MORE ABOUT JOANNE & ADRIENNE HERE.

Websites: https://www.joannebagshaw.com/ &

      https://www.adriennejlawrence.com/book-1

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joanne.bagshaw/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennelaw

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Fredrick Douglas Bussey is the author of the book “Breaking Orbit: Rip Out of the Regular By Unearthing the Power Within”.

Fredrick coaches entrepreneurs and executives to unleash the power of their gift and create extraordinary results with the uniqueness that only they can bring into the world.

As a serial entrepreneur and creative with more than 20 years experience in the Music & Entertainment industry, he has worked as a Songwriter, Producer, Publicist, Marketing Representative, Creative Director, and Artist Manager.

In today’s episode, Fredrick talks to Monique about his purpose in life, to use his talents in helping others to discover and exploit their gifts to impact the world for the greatest good. He is passionate about helping others to develop their skill set to become successful, while attaining the freedom that entrepreneurship provides. Fredrick is a frequent speaker & presenter at schools, live events & conferences.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[2:47] - Monique introduces her guest, Douglas Bussey.

[3:36] - Tell us about who you are, what you do, where you’re from?

• I am a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, business and leadership coach and I help entrepreneurs and leaders to realize the untapped potential they have to create the life that they deserve.

[9:21] - What was it that clicked for you that said “it was okay for you to be who you were?”

• I'm still on the journey to have a few things that I need to be okay with myself.

[28:27] - Monique talks about Peter Crone as one of the most transformational person to work with.

[33:13] - Douglas talks about our lives being defined by identity.

[34:59] - Douglas explains trauma is a part of life. 

[48:14] - How have you been dealing with that identity shift of being in a boy band, having your passion and your creativity, and then suddenly not being in a boy band and then having to redefine who you are after that?

• There was a process. It was gradual.

[1:00:23] -  What does efficiency mean to you?

• Efficiency means walking in your gift. 

[1:00:51] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• In my book, there are three laws of gifts I talked about.
• Everyone is creating with a gift.
• Every gift is created with a purpose.
• No gift can fail at the purpose for which it was created. 

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1885167776

Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Everything-You-Can-Youve/dp/0312284543

Book 3: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Orbit-Regular-Unearthing-Within-ebook/dp/B07YRH3NGK

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

You can't grow your business if you don't personally grow and develop yourself. - Fredrick Douglas Bussey

There was nothing more efficient, nothing more productive in the world than being yourself. - Fredrick Douglas Bussey

Efficiency means walking in your gift. - Fredrick Douglas Bussey

FIND MORE ABOUT FREDRICK DOUGLAS BUSSEY HERE.

Website: http://fredrickbussey.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frederick.bussey.7/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fredrick.bussey/

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Joshua Chin is the co-founder and CEO of Chronos Agency, an eCommerce marketing agency helping eCommerce brands scale profits with email marketing. They have worked well with over 200 eCommerce brands to date, boosting their clients’ revenues by an average of 20-30%.

In today’s episode, Joshua talks to Monique about how this company was actually built in a dorm room, a full time internship and degree at the same time and graduating on time, with a team of 30 full timers at the point of graduation.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:21] - Monique introduces her guest, Joshua Chin.

[4:51] -  How’s the situation in Singapore right now?

• It’s been tough for the past three months.

[12:26] - Joshua talks about a Youtube channel regarding documentaries on vaccines.

[27:49] - How did you start it out? Did you have a community around?

• At the start I didn't exactly have a community.
• My company was launched in a dorm room.

[37:44] - When did you actually move to Singapore?

• That was in 2009 and I was 12 years old back then. 

[55:22] - What would you say to people who don't have a network? How to find it for themselves?

• Start messaging random people on Facebook.

[1:04:54] - Joshua talks about introverts in general.

[1:23:23] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Getting what you want in the most effective way.

[1:24:05] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• Focus on building meaningful relationships. 
• Think in systems and not in kind of individual tasks.
• I would probably rethink the number of meetings I'm taking in any given week.

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Life-Work-Ray-Dalio/dp/1501124021

Clickup: https://clickup.com/?utm_expid=.m0awzPKhRiaeu5QZBeY2YQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com.ph%2F

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

I find that introverts are generally the best one on one connectors that are able to form much deeper relationships in a one on one basis. - Joshua Chin

Think in systems and not in kind of individual tasks. - Joshua Chin

Efficiency is getting what you want in the most effective way. Joshua Chin

FIND MORE ABOUT JOSHUA CHIN HERE.

Website: https://chronos.agency/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/joshua.chin.jl/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-chin-jl/

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Anita Garza was Born in Africa and raised in Germany. She’s also a mom of two kids that ran her life for the most part.

She is a Channel, a Healer, a Mentor and Leader and calls herself an “Improvement” Psychic, who does not just read the potential for your future, but also helps you to get there as well as an Energy Coach.

She uses her Gifts to help her Clients create the most aligned flow with their own Infinite Intelligence, so they get to shine to the fullest in their Zone of Genius.

In today’s episode, Anita and Monique are talking about her Message about Acceptance and Unsubscribing from what you know to lead with Powerful Intention. She doesn't just tell you about your Potential. She'll show you how to reach it.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:06] - Monique introduces her guest, Anita Garza.

[1:42] - Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Your name, where you’re from and what you do.

• I'm Anita and I live in Texas right now and I call myself an “Improvement” Psychic.

[2:33] - If you know about the future and tell us how to get there, what's going up for the rest of the year?

• I simply don't get anything.

[4:51] - What do you usually say to people what they could do in “here and now” to go with change and accept it and maybe to grow with it?

• Accepting that things aren't going to change.
• Start with accepting the way that you are feeling about the change.

[5:55] - When did you figure out in your life for the first time that you had these “psychic abilities”?

• I believe I have always had it all my life and my family.

[14:26] - How was it to grow up in Bavaria, especially as a black family, not having many connections around with people?

• I had a good childhood.
• It's just that people who were outside of my family or outside of the village, are just ignorants.

[15:45] - Is there a way to compare racism in Germany to racism in America?

• In Germany, it was just ignorance of racism.
• In America it's violent racism.

[26:45] - Anita talks about moving to Alaska together with her ex-husband.

[34:24] - Tell me a little bit about what you do with this human design?

• I really help people with understanding their energy.

[51:06] - What do you do to get back in your power?

• Absolutely nothing. 
• One thing I don't do is give myself a hard time.

[52:18] - Why do you think many people give themselves a hard time and not listen to what they need?

• Programming of the society.

[1:02:05] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• I am most efficient when I'm most connected.

[1:02:38] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• Learning to accept myself.
• Trusting myself.
• Really connecting and always recognizing the magic in me. 

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416

Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/Awakened-Woman-Remembering-Reigniting-Sacred/dp/1501145665

Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/Law-Divine-Compensation-Money-Miracles/dp/0062205412

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

One thing I don't do is give myself a hard time at all. - Anita Garza

The more magic I see in myself, the more magic I see in other people. - Anita Garza

I am most efficient when I'm most connected. - Anita Garza

FIND MORE ABOUT ANITA GARZA HERE.

Website: https://www.instagram.com/the_soul_impacter/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/anita.garza1?_rdc=1&_rdr

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Sharitta Marshall whose mission is to create lives filled with more love, laughter, and growth grew up in Detroit, MI before moving to Washington DC to attend Howard University for her undergraduate studies. She started her postgraduate career in New Jersey before moving back to MI to conclude her manufacturing career. In 2009, she moved to Arizona to obtain her postgraduate degree in Arizona State University, where she began working in the software industry.

In today's episode, Monique talks with Sharitta as she talks about her journey through pain, peace, purpose and pleasure. We will also be sharing with you the unfailing willingness to continue believing in yourself.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:50] - Monique introduces her guest, Sharitta Marshall.

[2:08] - Tell everyone who you are, what you do and where you're hanging out right now.

• I am the author of my upcoming book, “My Mosaic Life” and also owner of the wellness product company called “Her Divine Alchemy”.
• I'm currently hanging out in Tempe, Arizona, so I'll be here for a while, depending on how 2020 goes.

[3:27] - How did you grow up?

• I grew up around my cousin, my grandmother, my aunt.
• I grew up in the middle class.
• My parents were divorced.

[10:17] - Sharitta talks about going through an extensive-feeling journey, which also brought her to writing her book.

[13:39] - What kind of trauma caused the pain? 

•  One that I was talking about in our group was the sexual trauma.

[17:21] - Sharitta talks about acknowledging the pain from trauma while people did not believe her.

[23:41] - How often do you think women do things in a relationship to make the men happy without actually wanting it? But them not being really aware that we don't really want it?

• I think women are programmed from a young age that it is all about pleasing a man. It's all about making sure his needs, desires and wants are fulfilled. 

[31:45] – What usually triggers the trauma?

• Having conversation with other women that have gone through sexual traumas is typically a trigger.

[33:34] – Why do you need to work on these triggers?

• I worked on the triggers because I needed to understand what they were based in.

[49:24] - Who do you think should be reading your book?

• Particularly black women or any women of color that have ever felt like they are unseen and unheard, that's my audience.

[52:47] - If you could go back in time, would you change anything?

• I would love myself and be gentle with myself a hell lot more than I did, I won’t  say I wouldn't make the same mistakes, but I would have loved myself a lot better through them.

[53:26] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Efficiency means to really prioritize. 

[54:07] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• I would have found a way to invest in Google
• My family would have gone in together as a company and purchased some land that right now is making a killing.
• I would have made my mom take a lot more vacations in her life before she died.

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/7j5MhJCMBvOjF1Asi9LPLX

Book : https://www.amazon.com/Game-Life-How-Play/dp/1614270791

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

I think women are programmed from a young age that it is all about pleasing a man. It's all about making sure his needs, desires and wants are fulfilled. - Sharitta Marshall.

If you want me the way that I show up in a relationship, then that's something that you have to have worked out, it's not negotiable. -  Sharitta Marshall.

Efficiency means to really prioritize. - Sharitta Marshall.

FIND MORE ABOUT SHARITTA MARSHALL HERE.

Website:

https://her-divine-alchemy-the-book.mailchimpsites.com/?fbclid=IwAR31J8XiBaw1YIW2Cel6LLX0hgpF73vCEofqFyPELeEvDJstM5kKn_gnyzE

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comehereproducts/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharittamarshall/

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Nathanael went from having an incurable chronic illness with a medical prognosis along the lines of ‘He shouldn’t be able to walk, talk, amount to anything and be dead six times by now’ to becoming an entrepreneur, global inspirational speaker and victorious mindset mentor.

HIs own story made him realise that anyone can live efficiently no matter the limitations, struggles and setbacks. After 4,500 life-saving treatments, 40 surgeries, 80% hearing loss, depression and burnout, life can be lived efficiently by creating a victorious mindset.

In today’s episode, Nathanael and Monique are talking about a guy who loves life despite suffering 30 years from an incurable, chronic illness, called Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome (aHUS) that led to full kidney damage early on in his life. Despite uncountable health issues, psychological meltdowns, emotional breakdowns and hitting the graveyard almost 6 times, he turned around to live life as any other healthy person does!

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:16] - Monique introduces her guest, Nathanael Zurbruegg.

[1:39] - Tell everyone who you are, where you are and what you do.

• I’m an inspirational speaker and victorious mentor.
• I grew up on a big mountain in Switzerland.

[2:19] - How do you define victorious mindset?

• It's all about seeing the victory in everything, in everyone and keeping moving.

[3:32] - When was the point that you needed to start to develop your own victorious mindset in your life?

• When I was seven years old.
• That was the time when I had my second kidney transplant.

[14:28] - After the second kidney transplant at age seven, you had these for two and a half years, was it the first time for you to go to kindergarten or school?

• I actually started kindergarten shortly after I got a transplant.

[18:33] - Have they been bullying you in school?

• I was never bullied.

[21:05] - Nathanael talks about what happened when his kidney got destroyed again.

[29:48] - What were your friends doing in these times, did they visit you? Did you allow them to visit you?

• Absolutely not.
• I actually wanted to be on my own.

[38:16] - Let's talk a little bit about the time where you finally got out of everything, a little bit happier, you got a little bit more stable in your life. When was that?

• When I was 10 years old. And I just kept going, going to school.

[46:22] - What is your favorite exercise to do for yourself?

• So mostly in the morning, what I usually do is five minutes of being grateful, five minutes asking for what I need. 

[48:42] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Staying on track of not giving up, developing a routine that you would like to do.

[50:09] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• Being grateful and being content in everything.
• Developing the positivity of looking at the positive things in life and not looking at the things that don’t exist.
• Developing a mindset of looking at the big picture.

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

EBOOK: https://www.freelancer.com/projects/facebook-marketing/ebook-steps-unlimit-your-life/

BOOK 1: https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447

BOOK 2: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

Always stay on track of not giving up and developing a routine that you would like to do. - Nathanael Zurbruegg.

I realized that nothing at a certain point in life that you can’t do it by yourself anymore, or nobody can help you, so you need someone that is way above you. - Nathanael Zurbruegg.

FIND MORE ABOUT NATHANAEL ZURBRUEGG HERE.

Personal website: https://nathanaelzurbruegg.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanael-zurbruegg-0b9209b9/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/naetel.zurbruegg?_rdc=1&_rdr

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Lenney Leong is founder of Get Customers, an advertising agency based in Singapore who does unconventional marketing methods and videos. He has been featured on Forbes and he has worked with seven-figure companies and helped them drive traffic to become market leaders.

In today’s episode, Lenney and Monique are talking about how to create viral videos that have millions of views on Facebook and other platforms. They are also opening up about the topic of mental health and how important it is to speak up and speak out about it, especially in a time of huge transformation like 2020 has turned out to be for the world so far.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:33] - Monique introduces her guest, Lenney Leong.

[1:59] - Tell us who you are and what do you do?

• I run an advertising agency.
• That agency is called Get Customers.

[3:52] - How was it growing up in Singapore? How did you get the exposure to the online entrepreneurship world and how did you get started?

• We have a very conservative society.
• I went to Google, I was trying out the Pay Per Click website.

[6:37] - Lenney talks about how amazing Singapore is.

[17:10] - Lenney explains about the video content.

[18:33] - What message would you like to put out in the world with your videos? 

• I would like people to know that there is hope. 
• If you like to do something in life, go and pursue and do whatever you'd like to do. 

[19:57] - Do you think people sometimes don't know how to find a passion?

• Passion is a discovery process.

[23:04] - Lenney shares about why he decided to work for himself and not for other people.

[26:42] - How's the community in Singapore for entrepreneurs and business owners?

• Entrepreneur community in Singapore is not very big. 
• They need to be a huge improvement in that. 

[38:11] - What's your vision for yourself, where you want to be in the next 10 to 15 years?

• The next 10 years I aspire to be someone successful and running my advertising agency.

[39:32] - What about you as a person who you have to become as a person?

• I'm pretty satisfied with who I am right now.

[52:30] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Being efficient is loving what you do.

[53:28] - Which are the three things that you would do over and over again to get back to success.

• Copywriting
• Sales
• Property investment

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

BOOK 1: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194

NAS ACADEMY: https://www.nas.academy/

OOCA:  https://www.ooca.co/

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

If you like to do something in life, go and pursue and do whatever you'd like to do. - Lenney Leong

How you make your money is more important than how much you make. - Lenney Leong

I want to live my life without worrying about finance. - Lenney Leong

FIND MORE ABOUT LENNEY LEONG HERE

Website: https://www.getcustomers.net/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gclenny/

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Otakara Klettke is an international bestselling author of “Hear Your Body Whisper; How to Unlock Your Self-Healing Mechanism”, and newly released “Hear Your Brain Whisper, How to Unlock Your Mind's Potential”.

She is also an author of the bestselling children's book series “Detective Bella Unleashed”.

She is passionate about anything from nature, whether it's a human, animal, or the whole universe. She is an avid supporter of eco-friendly life and education, fascinated by scientific studies, and an incurable traveler.

In today’s episode, Otakara and Monique are talking about how Otakara suffered from many unfortunate health conditions, which kept her in bed for many days at the time. Without anything to watch on TV, and with a massive library her parents had available, she developed a passion for reading quality books. From an early age, she fell in love with folk fairy tales from around the world which later on turned into her passion for writing books herself.

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:31] - Monique introduces her guest, Otakara Klettke.

[1:48] - Tell everyone who are you, what do you do, where are you from and where are you now?

• I'm an author and books are my world.
• I was born in the Czech part of the former Czechoslovakia.
• I live in the United States in Oregon,

[3:00] - What made you decide to move to the U.S.A?

• I used to come here at least once a year.
• I went to Florida and I met my husband who was from Oregon.

[4:54] - Tell me about your childhood.

• I was growing up during communism.
• I was affected, but not at the same time. Not in a way people think.

[23:340] - Otakara talks about how accents make her feeling so excluded.

[40:12] - Tell me about the new book and what it's all about.

• It is about the human brain. 
• It's about how we can tune up our brain into its best possibilities and it focuses a lot on our neurotransmitters and the way the brain functions. 

[42:05] - How did you get started writing these types of books?

• This book about the brain actually follows my first book “Hear your body whisper; How to unlock your self-healing mechanism”.
• Part of it was based on my childhood. 

[1:01:15] - When is your book coming out?

• July 22, 2020
• Coming out on international brain day.

[1:11:41] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Efficiency means to focus clearly and get things done whatever it needs to be in a shortest amount of time.

[1:12:32] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again, to get back to success again

• Dancing
• Books
• Traveling 

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/Hear-Your-Brain-Whisper-Potential-ebook/dp/B084VHK8CV

Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/Hear-Your-Body-Whisper-Self-Healing/dp/0997907010

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

“If you focus on changing the chemistry of your brain, you can change how you feel, if you change how you feel you can become more productive, you can become better and do what you love and you can change the things in your life a lot just by tuning up your brain.” - Otakara Klettke

“Efficiency means to really focus clearly and get things done whatever it needs to be in a shortest amount of time.” - Otakara Klettke

FIND MORE ABOUT OTAKARA KLETTKE HERE

Website: https://otakaraklettke.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Otakara-Klettke-310683582710963/

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Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Most recently, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of OutsourceSchool, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through in-depth courses. Nathan has appeared on 300+ podcasts, is a social media personality, and loves sharing advice on scaling remote businesses.

In today’s episode, Nathan and Monique are talking about how Nathan bootstrapped 3 different businesses with less than $5k initial investment. The last company hit 8-figures in revenue and was acquired within the industry, a dream that came true. Nathan also shares the journey from the initial investment, to efficiently scaling the business organically for 4 years. This episode is for all of you out there who are entrepreneurs by heart and are looking for inspiration to see, you too can be the one hitting big goals! 

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:12] - Monique introduces her guest, Nathan Hirsch.

[2:27] - Tell us about who you are, what you do, why you have a German surname and how was it growing up being a Half-German?

• I am the co-founder of Outsource School
• My dad's German and Jewish.
• I grew up in a town called East Longmeadow in Massachusetts.

[4:49] - Nathan talks about his first glimpse into being an entrepreneur.

[7:50] - Walk me through your experience of school and share a bit about the educational system.

• College was a fun time. I met some of my best friends. I started my business there, I met my business partner.
• Did I get an ROI on the degrees? Not, but if I didn't go to college, then I wouldn't have met my business partner and who knows where I'd be right now.

[12:21] - What made you decide that you don’t want to follow your parent’s steps?

• My aunt influenced me a lot.
• I got to see my aunt start her own business.
• I gotta see her upgrade nicer houses as her business grows.
• I got to talk to her and learn from her.

[15:27] - Which of the life skills do you think are the most important one when it comes to outsourcing?

• Focusing your time and having a priority is important.
• No matter what you're doing in life, you have to have time management skills. You have to have the ability to prioritize.

[16:56] - When you started outsourcing, what was it that you were looking for in the beginning?

• At the beginning, I just needed help.
• I learned from scratch, and it took me years to build out my interview process. My on boarding process and my training process through a lot of trial and error.

[18:35] - Do you only hire people in the Philippines or do you actually hire worldwide?

• I like to divide up hiring into three levels. The followers, the doers, and the experts.
• I hire followers from the Philippines
• And I hire doers and experts from different countries.

[19:16] - What do you think makes them the best followers?

• They learn English at a very young age.
• They have a great sense of family, which is good if you are creating a good culture and a good team.

[21:11] - What are the things that would piss you off the most about this industry?

• Not treating the VA well.

[34:17] - What do you think are the great perks to offer to a team that's not on a payroll?

• They get the flexibility to work remotely.
• I'm also flexible when it comes to days off.
• We've thrown Christmas parties, where we'll pay for the food. We'll pay for everything and they'll get together.

[40:01] - When you start working with entrepreneurs and outsourcing. What question would you wish they would ask you more?

• I like to focus on system and process questions.

[44:32] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• It's all about figuring out what hours in the day I'm most productive doing things. And what I can get done to move the needle.

[46:36] - Which of the three things would you keep doing over and over again to get back to success?

• Networking
• Going on podcasts
• Partnerships

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

WordBoard: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wordboard-phrase-keyboard/id960167417

Trello: https://trello.com/

Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

“Focusing your time and having a priority is incredibly important.” - Nathan Hirsch

“You have to have time management skills, you have to have the ability to prioritize.” - Nathan Hirsch

FIND MORE ABOUT NATHAN HIRSCH HERE

Website: https://www.outsourceschool.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhirsch/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realnatehirsch/

Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/nathan.hirsch

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Loic is one of the CEOs and Co-Founders at Flick, a SAAS solution to help entrepreneurs, content creators, and small businesses find the best hashtags to reach their target audience on Instagram. 

In today’s episode, Loic and Monique are talking about how being efficient with money and a small team helped him turn his agency from being in debt to a highly successful software company in only 18 months. 

HOT TOPICS OF THE EPISODE

[1:33] - Monique introduces her guest, Loic Alix-Brown.

[1:58] - Introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about who you are, where you are located, what you do?

• My name is Loic Alix-Brown.
• I'm half French, half English.
• I am the head of the product of flick.tech.

[2:59] - Where did you grow up?

• I was actually born in London.
• I did go to a French school. 
• My whole education was French.
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[3:44] - What was your childhood experience growing up in London?

• I was very lucky to have a sort of very close parent to me who did take very good care of me. 
• I have quite a sheltered childhood.

[5:29] - Loic talks about why he decided to start working by the age of 16.

[7:44] - Where do you think does this mindset come from?

• Part of it was school and just a general dynamic between myself and my friends.
• We always push each other quite hard in a nice way.

[10:26] - How did you get started in building a drone?

• Did some research from youtube videos.
• A detailed blog post about how to build a drone.

[13:57] - Loic talks about the very start of his digital marketing journey.

[17:55] - What has been enabling you with your mindset to go faster and further with this company?

• There's a lot of hard work that goes into it.
• I've been very lucky with the people I've met. My business partners are absolutely amazing.

[30:27] - Loic talks about how he managed to organize his time between school and a building a business.

[39:03] - What does efficiency mean to you?

• Efficiency is just making the most of the time you have.

[39:28] - Which of the three things would you do over and over again, to get back to success?

• Finding my current co-founders somehow.
• Optimizing my organizational skills a lot earlier. 
• I'm cultivating this idea of accountability.

AWESOME RESOURCES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE

Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898

Book 2: https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers-ebook/dp/B077NRB36N

Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/

IMPACTFUL QUOTES OF THIS EPISODE

“Planning is the biggest thing. It just gives you freedom.” - Monique Lindner. 

“Once you know what you do when you do it, and you just do it, it's gonna be so much more efficient, and it gives you so much time back.” - Monique Lindner.

“Efficiency is just making the most of the time you have.” - Loic Alix-Brown.

FIND MORE ABOUT LOIC ALIX-BROWN HERE

Website: https://www.flick.tech/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flick.hashtags/

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