entrepreneur – Jay Izso

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Stories are powerful.  They improve our learning.  They help us to understand and remember things and events we may not ordinarily not remember.  Stories affect our brain chemistry, they manufacture emotions that help us relate not only to the parts of the story, but also to the person telling the story.

Matthew Luhn joins A New Direction with his latest book The Best Story Wins: How to Leverage Hollywood Storytelling in Business and Beyond.   

Matthew is known for being the youngest animator for the ever popular Simpson’s TV show.  He also was part of the beginning of Pixar and helped developed the stories for Toy Story movies, Finding Nemo, Monsters University, Cars, and more!  In this episode of A New Direction Matthew walks us through how creating a story can transform your business and you.

Matthew even shares a personal story of how he was able to use a story to leverage keeping the family toy store in a prime location in San Francisco.  The Best Story Wins is a great read, not long but as Matt describes it contains all “the nuts and bolts” you need to create a great story, develop characters, defeat your villains and create your own heroes!  Matthew and I even discuss how authentic story telling can lead to trust in your business.  You don’t want to miss it!

Thank you to our sponsors Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors, known through the world as the leading experts in helping you sell your business find out why literally thousands of people have used Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors to sell their business or buy one.  Learn more by going to www.ENLIGN.com

Thank you to Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS  located in the greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park Area, they can help you find the best real estate expert anywhere in the world to help you sell or buy your next home.  Discover why they are know for their Legendary Customer Service by going to www.LindaCraft.com.

This week’s t-shirt shout out goes to The Stockyard Cafe.  Located at 636 East 1st Street in Wahoo, Nebraska.  The Stockyard Cafe is know for their great breakfasts, interesting conversations and a great cup of coffee.  If you are any where near the area, it is a must stop to get yourself an old fashioned delicious country breakfast.

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When it comes to business we all make mistakes. But when we make the same mistakes, or make mistakes that we could have avoided but because of ignorance, complacency, or being inept we did not well that can make us…well…stupid.

When it comes to avoiding stupid mistakes it first requires us to understand what type of mistakes can be made, in what part of your business could they be made, and at what point in your business do these mistakes have their greatest potential.

Attorney and Author Matthew Neill Davis helps us navigate the Art of Preventing Stupid when it comes to our business. Notice it is an art, not a science, because there are other determining factors that play a role how and which mistakes you need to make a proactive priority. Matthew will refer to this as the BIS, the Business Immune System. Where the different systems in your business can get sick. Then he will make a graded diagnosis in terms of the systems that could be catastrophes, ignorance, or ineptitude.

Matthew Davis and the Art of Preventing Stupid also gives us a blueprint into how to not only look out for these different possibilities of failure, but even some tips on how to handle them. Matthew Neill Davis is going to provide not only great insight, but also wide open, fun sense of humor that take this show in a new direction. So enjoy the ride!

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And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, located in the Raleigh, Durham, Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, they can help you with all your real estate needs anywhere and match with the right agent. If you are in the greater Raleigh area, you can meet them in person and find out why they are the real estate legends of customer service. Go to LindaCraft.com

This week’s t-shirt shout out goes to the Island Athletic Club in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Jen Case and her staff are friendly and fun, and when it comes to personal training Jen will take you to the next level. Check them out by going to the Island Athletic Club.

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In a world where people are more concerned about their time off, complaining about working too many hours, along comes a young woman who goes to college and graduate school, is a single parent works multiple jobs and is looking for more work. Along the way she accumulates a variety of knowledge multiple skills. Couple with that her relentless work ethic and her desire to learn and you have an amazing story of one person who inspires others to success. This describes this episode of A New Direction‘s guest, Shanah Bell.

Shanah grew up in an entrepreneurial family. A family where you just always tried. You never quit trying, and you give your best effort at all times. Known for her stubbornness and “never tell me I can’t do something” attitude her mom called her a PITA (Pain in the —-). That acronym would serve her well as her work ethic, knowledge, skills, and abilities, allowed her be able to do nearly everything and do it with great success. Hence, she wrote a book about her experiences and the lessons she has learned entitled “The Art of Being a PITA”.

While all of Shanah’s many jobs make an interesting story. There is also the problem of the stereotype of someone who is trying to figure out her place. And because of her ability to quickly learn and adapt it became a challenge for businesses to figure out how to categorize her, or where she exactly fit in. The truth is, they just needed to plug her in, because she is capable of being great in any position they put her in.

Her story is one that may make some people shake their heads. It will make you laugh, because her fun loving giving attitude is contagious. But it really is a story of a relentless young women in search of her dreams, while managing a full time job as a single parent, a full time graduate student, and managing to excel at multiple jobs at the same time. It is people like her that are that every employer should desire, and the type of person we need to applaud. Enjoy Shanah’s thoughts and insights. And maybe you will desire to learn the art of being a PITA.

Thank you as always for our sponsor partners. Please make sure you find them and thank them for their support of A New Direction with Jay Izso. They continually encourage me to do this show and help keep the show on the air.

Thank you to ENLIGN Business Brokers and Advisors. Owner Jeff Snell and his expert business brokers are known through out the world as being the “go to” team when it comes to selling your business for the highest market value with the utmost confidentiality. You can learn more at www.ENLIGN.com. Please tell them thank you for supporting the show.

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS no matter where you live in the world Linda Craft and her team of experts can match you up with the best real estate professionals in your area to help you sell or buy your next home. And if you happen to live in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina they will personally help you with your home selling and buying needs. Learn more at www.lindacraft.com

This week’s t-shirt shout out goes to the Saunders County Historical Museum and Historical Society. Located in Wahoo, Nebraska. If you are ever in the area it is a must to see. From baseball hall of famers, to composers to movie makers, to scientists Wahoo Nebraska has produced some of the people who have made an impact on our world.

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Are you an entrepreneur? Have you thought you would like to become an entrepreneur? How would you like to run your business like Walt Disney? Michael Goldsby Ph.D.
(Chief Entrepreneurship Officer, Executive Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, at Ball State University.) and Rob Matthews Ph. D. have written a book “Entrepreneurship The Disney Way” that can help you with every one of these questions.

There is no doubt that Walt Disney was a special entrepreneur. Artist, Scientist, Builder, and Evangelist. Overcoming one obstacle after another that transformed him and Disney as a company. As Dr. Michael Goldsby discusses in this episode of A New Direction that we all have those the same qualities, but perhaps not as fully developed as Walt Disney had. But we can develop them. To find out how you can determine your Entrepreneur Leadership Style you can take the Entrepreneur Leadership Instrument by going to www.elprofile.com

Entrepreneurship The Disney Way is truly two books in one filled with 30 applicable lessons that you can apply to your life, business, and yes even your career. The first half of the book is a thorough examination of the entrepreneurial life of Walt Disney the second half of the book is post Walt and how the Disney name continues to maintain its success more than 50 years after Walt Disney’s death. This episode is worth listening to over and over again.

Thank you to our main sponsor Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors for sponsoring Dr. Michael Goldsby, Entrepreneurship The Disney Way, and A New Direction. When you are looking to buy or sell your business start with the “real deal” experts who keep your confidentiality as their top priority. You can learn more by clicking on over to ENLIGN.com

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, for over 30 years they have been helping people find their dream home, or helping them make the most money from the sale of their house. No matter where you are in the world they can help you, just head on over to www.lindacraft.com

The t-shirt shout out of the week goes to Holt Physical Therapy in Raleigh, NC. They get you back in the game.

If you would like me to wear your t-shirt and give you the t-shirt shout out for your business. Just send an XL t-shirt to:
Jay Izso
c/o A New Direction
2024 Macon Ridge Rd
Raleigh NC 27613

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Episode 34 of A New Direction is totally focused on you and your mission. How are you right now in the four areas of your life? The physical, the mental, the emotional, and the spiritual?

Matthew Luhn wrote a book entitled “The Best Story Wins” in his book he makes a statement that I pose to you as a question. The statement is in Jay Izso paraphrase, “Your mission statement should be felt not just said”. So we ask the question of our audience, “what is your mission”, “is it something that you just say, or is it felt by others”, and “what do you need to do to change it”?

Guests interacted from my Facebook Live channel like we do every Thursday at 2 pm EST. We get some great interaction and generate some great questions and ideas.

As we say every week, thank you to our sponsor partner Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. We certainly appreciate them and as I ask you every week please let them know you heard them on A New Direction with Jay Izso.

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On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being awful and 10 being the best it can be…how would you rate your career right now? If it is anything less than a 5, I have to ask you this question: Why are you still in that job? The answers could range from, “I need the money”, “it’s better than nothing”, “I have been here so long”, etc. However, the biggest reasons if you were completely honest, is probably because you have become comfortable in your misery, hate change, and fear you may not be employable.

Ines Temple is one of the most successful women in the world. She has literally counseled thousands of people and their careers, and has seen them improve and some

sadly stay stuck. She knows what it takes to make your employment dreams a reality. So she wrote a book about her experience, research and wisdom entitled YOU Incorporated – Your Career is Your Business.

In Episode 30 of A New Direction Ines and I discuss that YOU are a business, and how to make your self more employable, who your number one customer is, things you can control to make a difference in your career, reasons why you may not be doing the job that you love, redefining success and so much more!

Listen, learn, and find A New Direction. As always tell your friends and as you listen please give us a positive rating on your favorite podcast player.

Special thanks goes to Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. They are the sponsor partner of A New Direction. Thanks to their generosity we have the opportunity to bring you A New Direction every week!

ENLIGN represents profitable privately-held companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $1,000,000. ENLIGN delivers the highest market value in the shortest amount of time, with complete confidentiality ®. Learn more at www.Enlign.com and tell them you heard them on A New Direction with Jay Izso

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What is the first thing that comes to mind when I say culture?  Well, what ever your first thought may be, it is probably not going to be related to the culture of your company.  As a matter of fact there may even be a good chance your company does not have an official culture statement.  And yet, having a clearly defined culture for your business can help channel your missions, hiring, how people work, values and so much more!

Bretton Putter entrepreneur, C-suite consultant, and author joins me in Episode 26 of A New Direction.  He has created a unique book that literally will help you define or redefine your culture by taking a look at some of the most successful companies “culture decks”.  What is a “culture deck” you so eagerly ask?  A culture deck is a company slideshare presentation of their company culture.  Hence the title of Bretton’s Book “Culture Decks Decoded: Transform Your Culture into a Visible Conscious and Tangible Asset“.

 In this book you will see the cultural transparency of companies like Netflix, Nordstrom, Hubspot, Hootsuite and more!  How they are using their culture decks to hire the right people, have the right work ethic, and how their values become the employee values.

If you have not considered your company culture I highly suggest you listen to Episode 26 because I will even share how his book inspired me to write out a cultural statement for the company I consult for and how it blew away the owner of the company and shaped how the company now interviews prospective employees.  Take a listen!  And tell your friends!

Again we would be remiss if we did not thank the sponsor of A New Direction…Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. 

If you own a business and you are even considering selling it, before you talk to anyone else…call Jeff Snell and his team of people at Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors.  They know what it takes to sell your business for the highest price, with little hassle, and all done confidentially.  Reach out to them at www.ENLIGN.com

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Let’s face it we are all in sales.  We are constantly trying to sell ourselves to someone for something.   We try to build rapport believing that is the quickest way to get the win…but wait…are you believable?  Do you really have credibility?  Can you do that quickly?

Rob Jolles new book “Why People Don’t Believe You…: Building Credibility from the Inside Out” is a 5 year project that explains why people do not believe you and how to make yourself more believable.  

Think it’s about the words you use…well partially…but what appears to be even more important is the tune that those words are being spoken to.  What?  You will need to listen to Episode 21 of A New Direction to get the insights Rob has discovered when it comes to credibility and believability.

Rob Jolles (pronounced jaw-less) is speaker, best selling author and consultant/coach.  He is brilliant, funny, smart, and witty.  I promise this episode will make you laugh, but more importantly it will make you think and help you find A New Direction.

As always we need to thank our weekly sponsor Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors.  

ENLIGN Business Brokers and Advisors have helped literally thousands of clients in the sale and purchase of businesses.

When it’s time to sell your business contact the professionals at ENLIGN Business Brokers and Advisors.

Learn more online at ENLIGN.com

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Whether you own your own business, are a CEO, Manager, or an employee branding is critical.  But where does your brand start?  The fact is it starts with your mission statement.  But how do you carve out your missions statement.  Well that all starts with your core values, and how you live them out.

In Episode 20 of A New Direction, Harvard Law School graduate, retired attorney, professional mediator, negotiator, model, speaker, and author Raye Mitchell talks about “Brandification”,  However, what we discover in this episode is the power of your mission statement as it relates to your core values.

Do you know what your core values are?  Are you sure?  If you asked someone else what they think your core values are would they line up with yours?  Great questions for sure.  How you live your life is the best example of what your authentic self is at it’s core, and that will determine much of your mission statement.

All of this is based on Raye’s book entitled “How Women Negotiate from a Position of Strength. Protecting Brand and Intellectual Property Rights”  HOLD ON GUYS!  Don’t let the title turn you away.  This book is for everyone.  It is a very quick read with a workbook attached to help you really re think about who you are, what your doing and finding the opportunities to help you find A NEW DIRECTION!

Again, special thanks to our weekly sponsor ENLIGN Business Brokers and Advisors.  ENLIGN has literally helped thousands of people with the selling or buying of a business.  If you are looking to sell your business or ready to buy into your next dream of owning an existing business contact ENLIGN Business Brokers and Advisors, they are professionals that demonstrate “Your Business is Their Business”.  Give them a call:  www.Enlign.com

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So many people talk about leadership, but how does that really translate into everyday life?  What about the language of leadership?  Is Leadership Language only used in the business world or can we apply it to our whole life?

In Episode 17 of A New Direction I talk with Author, Business Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Advisor to the “sharks”, Chris Westfall. (see www.westfallonline.com).  Chris has a new book published by Wiley publishers entitle “Leadership Language – Using Authentic Communication to Drive Results”

Before you even think this book is only for business people, CEO’s and such, you would be wrong.  This book is for everyone!  If you are single it will speak to you about dating, if you are married how to better lead in your marriage, if you are janitor it will speak to you how to lead from what ever position in life you are in…and yes, even you CEO, COO, CFO, CTO or what ever C-suite you are in it will speak to you as well.

Chris and I discuss topics such as what do leaders think, redefining leadership, what is it you have that makes you a leader, why is creativity the number one desired quality in a leader,  who sits in the empty chair and so much more!

“Leadership Language is delicious, you will be dipping your brain bread in the sauce of the book and licking your fingers…it is that great of a book” ~Jay Izso

Again special thanks must go to The La Jolla Writers conference. 

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