Embracing Uncertainty

Preston Weekes is an entrepreneur and CEO of OperationsX. OperationsX makes outsourcing turnkey and simple. In 2020, we saw the shift in the marketplace when everyone was forced into the work-from-home lifestyle because of Covid-19.

Companies realize now more than ever the viability of remote workers. Zoom, VOIP, and Video are more relevant now than ever. Preston also shares that online training is the future of the workforce. This means the workforce will only expand further into global teams.

Preston shares all of these ideas and tells us what it means to live a life of significance.

Connect with Preston: Operationsx.com

Jonathan Fishbeck is the CEO and Founder of EstateSpace LLC. A technology platform for high net-worth families and family offices. The platform helps them handle their lifestyle management services and operations to maintain real property assets.

This helps his clients reduce risk and also helps their wealth succession.

Before starting EstateSpace, Jonathan worked in high end home design for high net-worth families.

Overseeing these operations, Jonathan understood he could connect his technology background with his clients needs. EstateSpace became a family funded firm!

His passions beyond Estate Space include children, veterans and childrens research.

Deniero B, a true remote CEO, podcast host, coach, and social media personality. After starting his career in corporate America. Deniero knew he wanted the flexibility to live life on his terms. That’s when he started his coaching business.

Listen as he explains living life on his terms and taking risks. He shares the story of moving to Italy without knowing the language, just to fulfill a dream. 

At the end, he shares his perspective on living a life of significance.

Jeff Harry helps individuals and companies navigate difficult conversations while dealing with their most challenging issues using positive psychology.

Some of his practices include: How to deal with toxicity in the workplace with play, how to cut through office politics to create a psychologically safe workspace, how to help your staff find flow in order to do their best work, and how to play with your inner critic to increase your productivity.

Jeff has worked with companies like Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, NFL, Amazon, and Facebook. He’s also been named a top 100 HR professional by multiple publications.

Jason linnet is a hypnotic influence expert who helps entrepreneurs close more premium sales.

As a certified professional hypnotist, Jason has practiced for over 20 years and helps his clients harness the power of positive persuasion techniques. These techniques help entrepreneurs quickly and effectively rewrite negative thought patterns.

He reveals his secrets of hypnotic communication and shares his systems to supercharge your business growth. According to Jason, this isn’t about tricking or manipulating. It’s about helping your clients better sell themselves.

For more on Jason: https://jasonlinett.com/

Justin is the founder of Conversionly, a company that turns cold leads into prospects and qualified sales opportunities. Justin didn’t always intend on being an entrepreneur. It was in 2013, on a mission trip where Justin fell ill and was hospitalized for 30 days.

After nearly losing his life, he realized how short life could be and he knew he wanted to do more. As his health began to recover, he finished school with multiple degrees in marketing.

After taking a job with a company out of school, he got the entrepreneurial itch. As a side gig, he started a marketing company to help companies convert leads. As the company began to build on its success, his wife encouraged him to go for it and he left his job for good.

This is where he learned the importance of living a life of significance. It’s about giving back and helping others achieve success along the way.

Nick Bradley is a world renowned business growth and scale up specialist. He's also the host of the U.K. number one business podcast, Scale Up Your Business with over 100,000 downloads in more than 30 countries. 

Nick spent most of his career in private equity, completing over 22 acquisitions for a combined $5.6 Billion.

Nick is also a dedicated family man and has completed 24 Ultra-marathons. 

Rich started his company out of necessity in 2009 when the economy was bad, and jobs were scarce. For the first 6 years, the company did very well, but then the market shifted and the company nearly failed. This is where Rich tells us he had to make tough choices, let people go, and pivot his company.

Fortunately, the changes worked because they decided to decentralize and go virtual. This allowed them to find the best talent across the country.

As we get personal, Rich explains his unique personal style. Although it may not appeal to everyone, he shares that his clients truly want the best of the best, no matter what generalizations people may make about his appearance.

Eric Balance is an entrepreneur, coach, and motivator. At the beginning of the episode, Eric talks about his 3-year remote journey that he always dreamed of. He tells us that his journey is a byproduct of chasing fulfillment over achievement. The lesson he teaches us is that life happens for us, not to us.

For Eric, he treats his life abundance as a tool that he describes as “Business Nirvana.” Towards the mid-point, he shares the early struggles with limiting beliefs and his battle with drug addiction. Through his family and support system, Eric went to rehab and turned his life around. From that point on, he knew he had the perseverance to not only survive but thrive.

Listen as Eric shares with us his opinion on living a life of significance by serving those around him.

John Cefalu is the CEO of The Buildsters Corp and JJs landscaping. In just over a year and a half, JJ’s landscaping has grown from 0 to a multi-million dollar company. John started his first business in college after a trip to Kenya. The trip had a major impact because of the connection he made with the kids in Kenya.

Little did he know, that after 5 years of hard work, the Kenyan government would shift and the new regime stole more than $500,000 from John. Young and ashamed, he ran away to Chicago to regroup. After a short time, he was back on his feet with a goal to make $200 per day while landscaping.

Those small goals turned into a massive landscaping operation. Then covid occurred. While his competitors were left scrambling, John and his team doubled down on digital marketing and the success followed.

Listen until the end where John shares his idea of living a life of significance.