Elite Achievement

Today’s episode of Elite Achievement is focused on how to set and achieve your goals. I polled my social media audience and asked them questions surrounding goal setting and the hardest part of achieving their goals – and their responses fascinated me! This episode is meant to give you some guidance around setting goals and provide a reminder that we really do have the answers within ourselves. Effective goal setting requires you to slow down and take the time to reflect. And remember, goal setting is a practice that can be improved over time!

Highlights:

00:03:12 - Where to Start with Goals

00:06:12 - Why Our Vision is a Draft

00:09:08 - How Many Goals to Set

00:11:26 - What Are Categories of Significance and How Many to Have

00:14:23 - How to Pick Which Goals to Work On

00:16:30 - How Do the Goals That You Have Connect to Your Vision

00:17:35 - How Do You Figure Out What Your Ultimate Goal Is

00:18:50 - The Benefit to Writing Your Goals Down

00:20:54 - Keeping Your Goals Realistic and Achievable

00:23:38 - Are You Letting Fear Limit Your Own Potential?

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It is proven that firms with more women in senior positions are more profitable, more socially responsible, and provide safer, higher quality customer experiences. Today’s conversation with Daryl Klump, director of the Northwestern Mutual West Texas offices, will inspire you to think about the organization you are building and whether or not you’re creating an environment that allows women to thrive. Daryl has over a decade of experience in the male dominated financial services industry and she has her doctoral degree in organizational change and leadership. She shares her research findings with us and what she has learned from her personal experiences as a director. Join us to learn why there are less than five percent of women in senior level leadership roles in this industry, and how we can work together to raise that number.

Highlights:

00:02:00 - How Daryl Got to Be Where She’s at Today

00:07:04 - Why There Aren't More Women in the Financial Services Industry

00:09:58 - Daryl’s Personal Perspective on Work/Life Balance

00:12:51 - Does the Work of a Business Owner Require More Help Than a Traditional Employee?

00:13:33 - Why Women Fall Short of Expressing Their Full Potential

00:19:40 - What Inspired Daryl to Write Her Book, Growing Leadhers

00:22:09 - How Important it Is For Leaders to Deliver Feedback Right Away

00:25:47 - The Right Environment that Allows Men & Women to Thrive

00:31:15 - What Requests Leaders Should Honor

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Do you wonder how a CEO of three different successful companies also has the time to write an Amazon bestselling book? Well, today’s guest Elliot Kallen shares exactly how he did just that. Elliot is the CEO of Prosperity Financial Group; a financial advising group that focuses on their client’s quality of life in retirement. In my interview with Elliot, he explains the most effective way to gain new clients and you’ll walk away from this episode knowing how to develop your own raving fans. Elliot also shares the personal story behind why he started his own charity, A Brighter Day, and a fair warning that it will pull at your heartstrings.

Highlights:

00:05:51 - Shaping your mindset as an entrepreneur

00:08:06 - How Elliot found the time to write his book, Driven

00:09:59 - Ways to keep swinging despite adversity

00:13:40 - How life lessons help build successful companies

00:16:33 - Ways to minimize overthinking

00:17:35 - The four phases of entrepreneurship

00:22:55 - The most effective way to gain new clients

00:25:44 - How to develop your own raving fans

00:28:41 - Ways to grow yourself as an entrepreneur

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Do you want to become a more effective leader by increasing your self-awareness? Are you searching for the solution that will help you achieve this desired outcome? Look no further, because Julie Menden will be sharing the key to unlocking your potential as a leader. By developing self-awareness, you will gain the ability to lead with greater effectiveness and impact. Get ready to discover the path to enhanced leadership skills and mindset, leading to a transformational result in your business.

Highlights:

00:06:07 - Building confidence as a leader

00:09:00 - The power of mindset work

00:14:46 - The importance of influence in leadership

00:18:54 - Qualities of great leaders

00:21:44 - Mistakes leaders make and how to avoid them

00:31:00 - Developing self-awareness

00:36:12 - Setting goals and feeling

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1. Free Resource: Create Your Vision + Goals

Does this sound familiar? You set ambitious goals, but somehow they always seem out of reach. You've been told to simply work harder or push through to achieve your dreams. Yet, despite your efforts, you're left feeling frustrated, exhausted, and stuck in a cycle of disappointment. It's time to break free from this ineffective action and the pain it brings. It's time to embrace the power of effective planning for goal achievement.

Highlights:

1:41 - The importance of tracking to achieve your goals

4:09 - Learning how a Bounce Back Plan can save you

6:33 - Stepping into the exciting realm of mystery to scale the heights of success

8:04 - Understanding how accountability is imperative to making breakout performances

8:15 - Understanding the importance of investing time and resources for accomplishing your ambitions

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It’s Elite Achievement’s third-year anniversary! Join me as I reflect on my personal journey as a podcaster, sharing insights and experiences that have helped small business owners in service-based industries grow themselves and their businesses over the past 3 years. We’ll dive into the significance of taking prompt action and fostering self-assurance, as well as how to nurture growth and maturity in the podcasting space. You will also learn more about uncovering the importance of having a supportive network and clear accountability during the goal-setting process.

Highlights:

00:02:04 - Investing in Podcasting

00:06:31 - Finding Inspiration and Overcoming Fear

00:09:40 - The Power of Journaling

00:12:07 - Growing Confidence Through Action

00:18:09 - The Power of Peer Accountability

00:22:03 - The Four Characteristics of Goal Achievers

00:26:04 - The Friday Ritual for Goal Review

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1. Mid-Year Goal Check-In
2. Episode 57
3. Episode 65
4. Episode 70
5. Episode 73

Have you ever felt like you were sprinting through life, only to crash headfirst into an unyielding obstacle? Shayla Ackerman certainly did. Her story is a heart-wrenching tale of burnout: the kind that no amount of success or hustle could shield her from. But here's the twist: instead of letting burnout consume her, Shayla took a leap of faith and embarked on a journey of self-discovery and healing. What she found along the way will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about success and well-being. Stay tuned to uncover the extraordinary path Shayla forged towards reclaiming her life.

Highlights:

3:45 - How Shayla knew she was hitting her burnout.

8:40 - It’s always a work in progress getting from burnout to boundaries.

11:20 - What she learned as she was striving to achieve 1% nationally.

15:20 - Calendars are essential to family togetherness.

20:10 - What Shayla’s support system looks like today.

26:06 - How a natural path helped her to continue to grow.

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Are you looking for ways to become a better leader? In this episode, we reconnect with one of our past guests Shannon Wiley who shares her journey to becoming a Managing Director and how she has achieved her goals. Shannon also discusses the importance of creating allies and visibility in leadership roles.

Highlights:

2:43 - Tell us what a district is and what a managing director does in financial services?

9:10 - It can be so challenging as a business owner if we focus on the wrong things.

18:10 - Why celebrating milestones is so important even when you aren’t where you want to be.

24:15 - “What got you here will keep you here.”

30:50 - The strategies and best practices Shannon and her team are using to achieve 3x their original goals: “trusting is hard but not trusting is really risky.”

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Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in a rut when it comes to achieving your goals? Do you find that you’re telling yourself a story that you can’t do something? If so, you’re not alone.

We’ve all been there. However, what if I told you that you can actually develop an achievement mindset and start to make progress towards your goals? In this episode, I share my journey to create a course on goal setting, inspired by Amy Porterfield's new book, Two Week Notice. 

Highlights:

2:30 - Negative thoughts take the form of absolutes, such as ‘always’ or ‘never.’

6:19 - It’s hard to grow something that doesn’t exist.

7:28 - Our brains are hardwired to focus on the negative.

8:34 - Our environment has a major impact on how we view the world and ourselves.

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Mid-Year Goal Check-In

Do you want to become a successful entrepreneur who can overcome any obstacle with ease? If so, Vivian Weyll has the solution for you. By mastering the power of mindset, you too can join the ranks of resilient entrepreneurs who achieve success through their mental toughness and unwavering determination.

Highlights:

11:24 - Why would I take myself, my work ethic, my energy, my talent and build somebody else’s dream, when I can do that and build my dream? And when I can do that and help other people build their dreams?

18:04 - It comes down to work; finding who you are, how you work, and how you tick.

27:55 - A lot of people come in here, they have broken somehow, and they’re looking for hope, they’re looking for culture, they're looking for home.

34:00 - When I wake up, I meditate every morning before I get out of bed. 

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1. Intentional Mindset: Developing Mental Toughness and a Killer Instinct
2. 5 Gears: Jeremie Kubicek, Steve Cockram, Darren Stephens
3. Download Mindvalley's Apps
4. One Of The Greatest Motivational Speeches Ever | Les Brown