entrepreneurship – Jay Izso

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How are you about doing something new in your job or your life?  Little scary?  Do you focus on the consequences or the possibilities?  How about the issue of trust?  Do you really have the courage that it takes to trust others in your life or your business?  Of do you distrust and control?  And how about really telling the truth?  Are you a closed mouth yes person at your job?  You know the one who complains quietly with your colleagues, but has a smile on their face and agree with everything your manager says, because you truly fear if you object you will be fired?

If you said yes to any of these question chances are you are in need of some courage.  And that leads us to this weeks guest on A New Direction, best selling author, speaker, and CEO (Chief Encouragement Officer…love that) of Giant Leap Consulting Bill Treasurer.  Bill Treasurer has been speaking with and helping people for decades learn how to bring real courage to the workplace.

Bill’s best selling book is entitled “Courage Goes to Work“.   Bill reveals for us the three buckets of courage we all need to lead and become more successful.  TRY courage, TRUST courage, and TELL courage.  He walks us through examples and encourages us how we can be better in all these areas of courage.

But wait!!!  There’s more!  Bill reveals a fourth bucket of courage not in the book.  You will want to listen to the show to find out the fourth bucket that we all deal with from time to time.  Only on A New Direction.

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Thank you to Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors for leading the way as the main sponsor for A New Direction.  Enlign is international known and recognized as the leaders in business brokerages.  When it comes to selling your business do it with real deal experts who make confidentiality their priority.  Learn more about Enlign by gonig to www.ENLIGN.com

And Linda Craft & Team, REALTORS, they can help you any where in the world find the right expert professional to sell your home, or find your next one.  If you live in the Greater Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park area, you can find out personally why they are known in the real estate world for having legendary customer service.  Head on over to www.LindaCraft.com

This week’s t-shirt shout out of the week goes to Holt Physical Therapy in Raleigh, NC.  I can speak form experience when they say the “get you back in the game”… it is a fact.  Thank you Holt Physical Therapy for the t-shirt.

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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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Enlign Business Brokers and Advisors. 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 online at ENLIGN.com

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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