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Is freedom something that is given to individuals, and thus can be taken away, or is it something with which we were born?

“Freedom is your birthright,” said James R. Harrigan, director of the Freedom Center at the University of Arizona. “But you have to actually want it and you have to earn it. You have to deserve it.”

Harrigan, along with Antony Davies, associate professor of economics at Duquesne University, co-authored the new book, “Coercion and Cooperation: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What That Means for Economics and Politics.”

Davies and Harrigan sat down for an interview with Freedom Mindset Radio host Curt Mercadante about the new book. Mercadante asked the co-authors if freedom “is our default state when we're born and then it's a matter of how much coercion and restrictions there are on our freedom?”

“Look, freedom is your birthright as a human being, whether you're born with it or not is a separate and distinct question,” replied Harrigan. “The vast majority of human beings who have lived on this planet have not been born in a condition of freedom. That doesn't mean it wasn't their birthright, but they weren't born in that condition. Freedom is something that has to be earned absolutely by collections of people over time.”

In recent months, high-profile instances of censorship have raised freedom of speech issues. The freedom to express our creative ideas is a foundational human freedom.

In today’s episode, Curt relays his discussion with Paolo Ciccone, featured in Curt’s book, “Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle”

Having grown up in Trieste, Italy — just miles from what used to be the border with Communist Yugoslavia during the Tito regime — Ciccone has an appreciation for freedom.

“For me, freedom means the ability to create,” he told me. “We have a big brain here (pointing to his forehead). The frontal lobe here is all about imagining things.”

He continued, “We often hear people say, ‘I’m a very visual person.’ Well, we are all visual people. It is vital for us to create. You can write, you can paint, photograph, be involved in music, or use your creativity to build a new business.”

As history has shown, he said, this freedom to create is one of the first things quashed when totalitarian regimes grab power.

Listen to today’s episode to learn more.

So excited to have high energy growth expert Glenn Lundy, host of the wildly popular Facebook Live show #RiseandGrind, join us on this episode.

Glenn is a husband to 1, and a father to 7. He’s been seen at places like Hustle and Grind Con, Grow Your Business For God’s Sake! and many more stages across the country. 

He has been spotlighted on ABC, NBC, and CBS, and is an expert in dealership culture development, and leadership training. With 20 years experience in the automotive industry, Glenn lead a dealership from 120 cars a month to an 800% increase in sales in five years, becoming the 2nd largest used car franchise in the country. 

His unique style makes him one of the most coveted GM’s in the business. Glenn has the unique ability to help identify the areas for growth in your store, and teach creative ways to invoke your dealerships spirit. With a background in sales, and finance, he uses his skill sets to create growth, as well as tapping into the mental side of human development.

Sales and growth expert Glenn Lundy has built a successful daily Facebook live show called, #RiseandGrind, but what do many entrepreneurs and business owners misunderstand about the notion of “the grind”?

“I think word grind itself is just a consistent, repetitive action that nets you the ultimate result and I think that's the part that people get twisted,” said Lundy. “Sometimes people think like, ‘Okay, it's just a consistent, repetitive action, right? I just got to stay busy, I just got to be moving.’ And that's not the point, the point is to get you the net result. What is the end game? Why are we doing this? What picture have we painted? Otherwise, it's just a hamster wheel and you're just going, and going, and going, and going, and going.”

Listen to Glenn’s discussion with Curt Mercadante on today’s episode.

In today’s episode, Curt discusses why “multi-tasking” isn’t actually possible, how it keeps you from true productivity, and a new University of Houston study which finds it can leave to a more negative mindset.

Learn more about the study at FreedomMediaNetwork.com.

Today’s episode features a discussion between Curt Mercadante and  Stu Heinecke, bestselling business author, a hall of fame-nominated marketer and one of The Wall Street Journal cartoonists. 

Heinecke is also responsible for introducing the world to "Contact Marketing" -- using personalized campaigns to create alliances with executive assistants and reach the elusive VIPs who can make or break a sale, with response rates as high as 100 percent—has helped professionals around the world open more doors in their careers and reach new heights of success.

In his 2019 book, "Get the Meeting,"  Heinecke, author of the groundbreaking "How to Get a Meeting with Anyone", shares the latest tips, tools, and tactics to help you break through to your top accounts in the most effective ways possible. 

With more than 60 fully illustrated case studies and tactical examples, this book takes you inside successful contact marketing campaigns—from strategy, through execution, to results—and forecasts the contact marketing campaigns of the future based on cutting-edge technology. Full-color photography and in-depth interviews with the campaigns’ designers provide unparalleled insight into how to get those critical conversations that can change your life. Plus, step-by-step how-to sections help you get started creating your own contact marketing campaigns.

“Becoming adept at getting meetings is almost like taking on, let's say, a superhero kind of power." - Stu Heinecke

What is “contact marketing” and how can you use it to get a meeting with anyone?

“It’s a fusion of marketing and selling,” explained Stu Heinecke, “that produces or uses sometimes or often audacious means, but certainly micro-focused campaigns that are used to create contact with the ultra important VIP prospects or accounts.”

Heinecke is author of the book that introduced “contact marketing” to the world, “How to Get a Meeting with Anyone,” and last year’s follow-up book, “Get the Meeting!” The American Marketing Association has labeled him the “father of contact marketing,” and since 2012, he also has been an editorial cartoonist for the Wall Street Journal.

The comorbitidy data during this COVID-19 pandemic is striking. Recent data out of Cook County, IL shows that 92% of those who died had some other underlying health condition. Hypertension, obesity/morbid obesity, diabetes, and pulmonary diseases were the leading health issues. This shoudl be a wake-up call for each and every one of us to start making better lifestyle choices. The choices to exercise and move more, get better sleep, reduce our stress, and fuel our bodies with nutritious, energy-rich foods. It’s time to start living as if your life depends on it. Because it does.

Brandon Steiner turned an idea, $4,000, and a small office into a $40 million sports collectibles and memorabilia empire. 

In today’s episode, Curt and Brandon discuss how to innovate and thrive in the COVID-19 economy and post-COVID economy.

Today, Brandon Steiner is the Founder & President of The Steiner Agency and CollectibleXchange. The Steiner Agency is the nation's premiere independent athlete procurement source, and CollectibleXchange is an online platform for fans, collectors, store owners, celebrities, athletes and teams to buy and sell collectibles. 

Prior, Brandon created Steiner Sports Marketing and Memorabilia, one of the largest companies of its kind. In addition, Brandon is a premier motivational and inspirational speaker. 

Steiner has spoken to world-class organizations such as the New York Yankees, BMW North America, Nike, Live Nation, Cornell University, TEDx and Harvard Business School. 

Aside from speaking to audiences, Steiner is a permanent fixture in the media as a regular on ESPN NY Radio 98.7 FM and as co-host of Yankees-Steiner: Memories of the Game on the YES Network. He  has appeared frequently on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, ESPN, and in newspapers including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. 

Steiner is the author of Living on Purpose: Stories About Faith, Fortune and Fitness that Will Lead You to an Extraordinary Life, The Business Playbook: Leadership Lessons from the World of Sports and You Gotta Have Balls: How a Kid from Brooklyn Started From Scratch, Bought Yankee Stadium, and Created a Sports Empire. He lives in Scarsdale, New York, with his wife, Mara and children Crosby and Nicole.

This COVID-19 era is not a time to “sell through” but to “solve through,” said sports marketing legend Brandon Steiner.

Steiner is the founder and president of The Steiner Agency and CollectibleXchange. The Steiner Agency is the nation's premiere independent athlete procurement source, and CollectibleXchange is an online platform for fans, collectors, store owners, celebrities, athletes and teams to buy and sell collectibles.

Previously, Steiner founded and built the $40 million Steiner Sports Marketing and Memorabilia empire, one of the largest companies of its kind. 

He joined Freedom Media Network founder Curt Mercadante for an interview, stressing that this is the time for business owners and entrepreneurs to innovate and meet the unique needs of their customers. 

“Not, ‘how do I go do this and make a lot of money doing this’... No. What's the solution?” he said.