Entrepreneur

Today's guest solopreneur is one of those people that I asked to come on the show, and then started researching them and thought "Man....I'm glad that I have got him coming on".

He has a dream to not just improve his lot, or that of his clients, but he is taking on the world.

He wants to bring the four corners of the globe together to get people to accept our differences, both physically and culturally.

But where did this mission come from?

When did he decide this was needed to be done and he was the man to do it?

Well unusually he had a huge education growing up, for as a child he grew up in four different continents.

He has called Sweden, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Vietnam and the United States home and so considers himself a true citizen of the world.

He wants to celebrate uniqueness and encourage diversity, build global mind-sets, tell stories about culture and most importantly to educate the world about the beauty in all of us and how we can work together to improve our global identities."

And with a podcast that is soaring up the charts "As Told By Nomads" and an inspiring online presence he is certainly a man on a mission to achieve this aim.

And its an aim that will put many people to shame who think about doing something and say to themselves "Nah, that will never work so what's the point"

So lets bring on the show, to start joining up the dots, the one and only global nomad himself, Mr Tayo Rockson. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/160-tayo-rockson/

Todays guest is a man who knows how to get into a ladies head, and understands what makes a woman tick.He has become a novelist, who focuses on content written from a females perspective, for women to enjoy.Growing up in a household that was dominated by strong female characters, he felt that he had beeen given the perfect education to step into the womans world.As he says "My mother and three aunts, each with their own unique temperament and assortment of quirks, had a profound affect on me as a child".And so he found his path with his debut novel "Teenie" being met with huge critical acclaim. But it wasn't an easy path, as he has worked as an equities trader, beverage salesman, amusement park ride operator, human resources manager, actor, voice actor, chauffeur, and public speaker across the city of New York.So how did he get the realisation that it was time to put pen to paper in a style that I imagine would be quite difficult for a man to create?And now with his second novel "Genesis" about to be released in 2015 what has he got lined up for the future?The latest all conquering "Fifty Shades Of Grey" or just more quality writings by a man who knows his stuff?Well lets find out as I bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Mr Christopher Grant. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/christopher-grant-159/

Todays guest is a lady who believes quite firmly in the words of Steve Jobs that we play on the show everyday.

You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.

She calls it intuition, but it's all the same thing really.

Finding the thing that lights you up inside and going for it, even if it takes you off the well worn path and into new unchartered territories.

But why was it that until quite recently, she hadn't followed the path that was true to her.

She had travelled the path that so many of us follow...the expected one.

The one that we are told to.

As a child she was constantly told that it was alright having passions, but they were not a career.

Nursing would be a good job. We always need nurses.

So she become one, and also became physically ill for an entire year, unhappy and completely lost because she wasn’t living her purpose.

She now runs from her home in Las Vegas the "I Love Intuition" movement, where she helps purpose driven leaders strengthen and trust their intuition and creativity to create soulful and successful lives and businesses.

Simply put she helps her clients find their strengths and passions and build businesses around them subsequently allowing them to have a kick ass life.

So why was it that the things that she obviously has a talent for, were for so many years put on the back burner?

What was it about her life that really made her fall to pieces and know that she had to change direction?

And as she lives in Las Vegas, can she get me Barry Manilow tickets?

Well let's find out as we bring on to the show to start joining up dots the one and only Christina Ambubuyog | Show notes: https://awesound.com/@joinupdotsdaily/podcast-158-christina-ambubuyog-finding-the-lif?auid=a6yqWwC4

Todays guest calls herself "A mom with a towel"

She doesn't consider herself a celebrity, she isn't a millionaire, but she is someone who had a thought, transferred that thought into action, and created a business that is growing year on year.

A few years back she had an idea for a towel with a difference.

Such a different in fact that she was featured on ABC’s Emmy nominated reality show, Shark Tank, the US equivalent of our UK based version Dragons Den.

You know the programme, when some wannabe inventor or entrepreneur steps up to the plate and tries to convince the sharks or dragons, that their product is gold and worth investment.

Well our guest quite simply shone in the spotlight and ended up having three “Sharks” fighting over her and is the only entrepreneur in the show’s history to ever leave with a check in her hand.

Her towel has now also been featured on The Today Show, The View and Good Morning America.

Her story is one of overcoming huge challenges and obstacles and going for it.

As she says time and time again "Dream it, Believe it, Let it Go.”

So what made this extraordinary mother decide that an idea she had was one worth persevering with?

How did she overcome those huge obstacles, not least the fear of failure?

And what was it about this item that made the sharks go into a feeding frenzy?

Well lets find out as we bring on to the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only Shelly Ehler | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/shelly-ehler-157/

Todays guest is someone that from the very beginning of launching the Join Up Dots series has been my target guest.

A listener who from listening to the shows, and taking a huge amount of action in a very short time, has started on the road to success and living the dream life they crave.

We all hear the stories, and tales of the successful in life who overcome so much and come out at the other end living the dream, but how powerful is it to hear about someone who is just a few steps along the path from us.

The kind of person who might yet to have transitioned from the 9-5, but now has a firm idea of what they want and what they need to do to achieve it.

And our guest today is certainly that kind of person.

He contacted me at first by email, due to the content that he had heard on episode 70, and asked to have a chat, which I of course was grateful to do. And not for one minute do I think that I was the catalyst for where he is today, but it meant that he took action.

He made a decision on what he needed to do, and did it.

And that was just the start, and now from his hometown of Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom, he is just about to launch his first Music Seminar on the 8th of November 2014, which he hopes will be a day that will inspire, expand minds and show that you don’t have to be stuck in a rut with music production.

The line up of speakers are some of the most innovative experts in production and the music business, and all attendees will have a whole day to absorb their knowledge, learn new skills, participate in Q & A sessions, and learn the methods to work efficiently and get their art noticed.

So he is really putting himself out, taking a risk, but working dam hard to make sure that the road he is on, becomes the road he was born to walk.

So its with great honour, to bring onto the show to start joining up dots the one and only, Join Up Dots listener....and now my friend Mr Leo Prince. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/leo-prince-156/

Today’s guest is quite simply showing the kind of get up and go entrepreneurship that leaves old timers like me in the shade.

He is an Executive Chairman of the Abella Group, a privately held company that manages investments in a number of sectors that include, media, publishing, technology and financial services.

Now if that doesn’t sound too remarkable consider that he is still only fifteen years age, and the age of eight started his first business venture called Emerald Greeting Cards.

Sound amazing now?? I think so

From an early age he has had a firm belief that nature can teach us a lot lessons if we only take a closer look, and his two books, Swim or Drown and The Farm of Wisdom, both share business and life lessons he took from this very source of knowledge…nature.

If that hasn’t made you think wow, what the hell am I doing with my life, he is also a regular columnist to the Huffington Post, a First Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do in 2013.

So how has he managed to do something that I certainly wouldn’t have been able to do at his age. I’m not sure I could do it now?

So lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only, Warren Cassell Jr. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/warren-cassell-jr-155/

Todays guest is a lady who quite simply wont take no for an answer.

But unusually it is the no’s that she actively seeks out, and not like the rest of us the much more appealing “Yes’s

She believes that we are the products of our self-limiting beliefs in life.

We are frightened of what people are going to say.

We are frightened of what people are going to think.

We are frightened of people saying “No” to us.

So along with her business partner Richard Fenton she is actively helping individuals and organizations overcome self-imposed limitations and achieve breakthrough performance.

They do this by sharing what they are known for best… Go for No!®

“Be brave people” she literally shouts across America and the world, and go get what you deserve.

So just in case you think that this ballsy approach was after a sudden epiphany in adulthood, then it seems like our guest was more than a bit positive as child, even contacting George

Lucas to ask if she could work on Star Wars with him at the age of 8.

Ok, who thought “well she was always going get turned down by George Lucas”…..see a self-limiting thought.

So with presentations, media performances, and best-selling books to her name what No is she looking for now?

Well let’s find out as we start joining up dots, with the one and only Andre Waltz. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/andrea-waltz-154/

Todays guest was brought up in a council estate called Knowle West, in the city of Bristol in England, and started a lifetime passion of being creative and inspiring others to shake of their shackles and have the life of their dreams.

He believes that through one on one training and group workshops he can transform the mindset of those that work with him, and give the participant the tools to take the next steps towards realising their dreams.

He can find the root of what’s holding us back and help us move beyond those barriers and make long lasting change

Typically its the negative thinking, feeling stuck or overwhelmed limiting beliefs or resourceful habits that hold us back.

His method is concerned with the creative mindset: what it is, how to get into it, and how to apply it to “create” in general, be it music, art, ideas, business strategies or solutions.

Essentially if you are someone whose livelihoods and success depends on the conception of ideas that our guest can help you keep those ideas flowing.

But if you think we are going to have a great conversation with a life coach, then think again, as he also has an alter ego DJ Krust, who has made many releases on V.Recordings, and with friends Roni Size & DJ Die made the label the phenomenon it is today.

In his own right, he is probably most well-known for the mid-90s release “Warhead,” which was one of a handful of tunes released in early 1997 which saw drum and bass move towards a more streamlined sound.

So how does he balance his desire for musical output against his desire for increasing human potential?

And are there commonalities that he can see between his two very distinct passions in life?

Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only DJ Krust. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/dj-krust-153/

Welcome to todays show a man who is joining a select few of willing victims, I mean guests who can say that they have joined up dots more than once.If you go back and listen to episode 37, todays guest appeared with his business partner Scott Barlow and spoke with passion and more than a touch of humour as to how they got the "Happen To Your Career" online business going.The action they took.The dreams they have.And the issues they overcame to provide career support across the globe, for those who are looking to change direction, move up the corporate adder, or just do something they love.Today however, our guest isn't coming back to join up more dots, but instead to share with us all, the steps we can take, and skills we need to explode our network of friends, colleagues and clients sky-high.As the saying goes "No Man is an island" and with the worldwide web literally falling over with potential prospects, money making opportunities and chances to strike up a conversation, how is the best way to do it?Is all about providing value first?Or is it simply about quantity over quality?Well let's find out as we bring onto the show, to start sharing the best practices that has made him one of my best online friends, the one and only Mr Mark Sieverkropp. | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/mark-sieverkropp-152/

Todays guests, yes we have two people to join up dots with today are guys that through the online world I have got to know very well.

The first is a glamorous redhead from just outside Memphis in the USA, who through our love of podcasting and one show in particular connected, and over thousands of miles of water, support and encourage each other to follow our dreams, and create a future that is all our own. He has become my very own online Jiminy Cricket

He has had a path that has moved through many different areas from wanting originally to be a police officer, to frontline supervision, Manurfaturing, installing fences, and even following Mel Gibson around for a day snapping his every move as professional photographer for Disney.

The other, is from Detroit and spent many years in the US Marine Corps, before leaving the military and once again combining numerous different occupations. He has built foundations for newly constructed homes, manufactured aerospace products & parts, and even became Detroit's very own Jerry McGuire by starting his own small sports agency where he represented professional baseball players.

And now together they find themselves on the cusp of a new adventure, as both of them bring their personalities, knowledge and belief that they can help the world find a way to transition to a new life away from the 9-5 grind, with their new online show, the "Shifting work" podcast just about to launch.

So how did these two guys meet, and get to work together even though they live thousands of miles away from each other?

What was it about their previous incarnations that didn't quite work out for them?

And how do they maintain that unshakeable belief that the dream future they work so hard for is just around the corner.

Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only Dwain Scott and Van Shumake Jr | Show notes: http://joinupdots.com/podcast/dwain-van-151/