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Steve Jobs created the format of this show, where he states "You can't see how you got somewhere unless you look back" So every weekend we go back in time and dip into the Join Up Dots vaults to find a show that could well be hidden from your ears. And why do we do this? Well, you success junkies desperate for the golden ticket have been asking "With so many episodes of Join Up Dots out there now, which ones should we listen to first? And its a difficult question to answer as everyone of them has motivation and inspiration flooding out of every pore. So we have simply decided to grab an entrepreneur at random, and share with you not only their journey, but also ours. We think we are getting better at this podcasting lark, but what do you think? Drop us a line at [email protected] and let us know. Thanks as always for listening to the show, and enjoy todays entrepreneurial business chat.

Steve Jobs knew a thing or two, and todays guest entrepreneur joining us on the Join Up Dots free business podcast interview is a lady who buys into his words more than most. She is a best-selling author, TEDx speaker, radio and television personality and seminar leader who is passionate about the expanding the edge of human potential. She has written two best-sellers, "Calming the Chaos: A Soulful Guide to Managing Your Energy Rather than Your Time" and "Time for a Change!" Her lifestyle is one of freedom and pure motivation As she says in her own words "I am not one of those lucky people born with success in their back pocket. In fact nothing could be further from the truth. It would be more accurate to say that I fit the classic "tragedy to triumph" story. Before my 2nd birthday, my family experienced the death of my father, his brother and father within 9 months of one another, all in separate car accidents. That means my grandmother lost her husband and two of her three sons in 9 months. Living in a very small town, it basically became my family legacy. My mother did the best she could to raise three kids with no husband and a high school education in the 60's and 70's, but let's just say it wasn't easy. I had more than a few challenges moving into my teen and young adult years. Poor relationships, addiction, domestic violence and numerous psychiatric diagnoses and medications were what I knew well into my 30's. But of course what you know doesn't mean it is true. It is only the reality of your life at that moment and you can rewrite your story by making bold decisions, taking creative action, and starting to truly believe in yourself. And since then she has done just that and as she says "I am now the happiest person I know!" So what was the shift from a life that was all about surviving whatever was thrown her way, to one that is a wow everyday? And is this something that anyone can do, or do the dots need to start lining up first? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots and following the words of Steve Jobs, with the one and only Jackie Woodside.

Its with total delight that once more the words of Steve Jobs get reviewed with todays guest entrepreneur to the top rated business podcast interview show Join Up Dots. She is a professional traveller, part-time writer, part-time book seller, part-time model, and full-time adventurer. She has built a lifestyle of freedom and motivation. She lives for the careers built around the kind of experiences that create a life that is a wow, and quite simply it seems to me won't settle for what life simply gives her. Instead she wants to take what is right for her. But I suppose at her core, its not just about what's right for her, but also what is right for the ladies of the world. Yes, she is super passionate about empowering young women in marganilized communities and loves experiencing and sharing new cultures with others. In fact just recently she was asked to join a small research team for a group called The Syrian Circle and spent the last month travelling across Europe (from Greece to Germany) to document stories of refugees, locals, and volunteers across the region . The second part of her team's mission was to meet with leaders in each country to better understand the situation, the needs in each region, and how people can specifically respond and advocate for refugees. So you can see this is not your normal lady, who is seeking to climb up the corpartae ladder as quickly as she can. As she says on her blog "Ive got big dreams and a curiosity to see, hear, and explore the world around me." So what was it about a life of adventure, and assisting the marginalised that so appealed to her? And of course where does she see all this activity heading towards, as its great to be a lady on a mission, but ultimately none of us escape from the day to day living expenses? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Giselle Gonzales

Today's guest entrepreneur reviewing the words of Steve Jobs, on the Join Up Dots free business podcast, is a lady who has gradually built her way to where she is today. She quite simply has been through the lifecoach school of hardknocks and now through her top ranked podcast Coming Out Of The Fire she is showing others how to overcome lifes issues. As her professional bio states "I am known in pop culture as America's crisis Coach. I come alongside celebrities, professional athletes, corporations and other high-achievers to manage their crisis situations, save their reputations and minimize damage to themselves and their families." Which is quite a dramatic statement to make. But what has lead to her to want to build a career, and one that is hugely successful around dealing with other peoples heartaches, and personal distress. What made her want to step boldly into a world of crisis management and create a lifestyle of freedom and success. Well reviewing her career, you can see clearly the dots that have lead her to this point starting with a ten year stint as a Senior Case Manager at Tehama County Mental Health in California. Before undertaking the role of Executive Director responsible for a 24 bed, licensed residential facility for the mentally ill. But to my point of view, and we will discuss this on the show the true signpost showing her the way to her current position was as a Court Investigator researching petitions for conservatorship or guardianship to prevent abuse, neglect or fraud. Combining the personal issues that are encountered by mental health, with the day to day stuff that life throws at people, it is obvious that one word is formed: Crisis. So does she see her career dissection in the same way as I do, or does she feel that other elements have lead her to where she is today? And how does she remain bright and breezy at the end of the day after dealing with the kind of issues that her clients are bringing to her? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only entrepreneur herself Faydra Koenig. To hear more from Faydra Koening go to: Podcast: Coming Out Of The Fire Description: Join Faydra, America's crisis coach as she interviews high achievers who faced unimaginable obstacles and came out on top. A bold approach to crisis management.

Every weekend on the Steve Jobs inspired business podcast, we go back in time and dip into the Join Up Dots vaults to find a show that could well be hidden from your ears. And why do we do this? Well, you success junkies desperate for the golden ticket have been asking "With so many episodes of Join Up Dots out there now, which ones should we listen to first? And its a difficult question to answer as everyone of them has motivation and inspiration flooding out of every pore. So we have simply decided to grab an entrepreneur at random, and share with you not only their journey, but also ours. We think we are getting better at this podcasting lark, but what do you think? Drop us a line at [email protected] and let us know. Thanks as always for listening to the show, and enjoy todays entrepreneurial business chat.

Today's guest entrepreneur following the words of Steve Jobs, on the top rated business podcast Join Up Dots is a man who not only has been on an amazing professional journey over the last 25 years, but also a personal journey equally as inspirational too. For many years our guest worked for the big food companies and was obese, struggling with binge eating and over eating. And of course as you can imagine this was not good for his well being, so he knew that he had to do something about it, and so he did. He wanted a lifestyle of freedom and motivation and inspiration so made a plan. He conducted research, found the motivation to self-fund a study with over 40,000 participants and made an astonishing transition from obesity and food obsession into a more light hearted relationship with food. But believe me this isn't a guy with just one success story that we could tap into, as he has had such an eclectic background, and tackled many different businesses and become a success in them all that we could start anywhere to make a great career show. As he says "At the risk of being immodest, I probably have more experience in both coaching and business development than the founders of virtually any other coach certification program on the market. Through the International Coach Certification Academy, I would like to pass on my knowledge, experience, teaching and mentoring to you. Together with my wife and academy co-founder Dr Sharon Livingston, we have sold over $30,000,000 in consulting services to major brands like AT&T, American Express and L'Oreal. I have personally worked with over 1,000 coaching clients and directly supervised many coaches and psychotherapists to" So where do we start on the joining up of his dots? What stage of his career is the most inspirational? With the amazing physical transformation that he went through, losing many many pounds of unneeded weight? Or right at the beginning, when he was a child and couldn't have believed where he was going to end up? Who knows, but let's start like we always do, by bringing onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only super entrepreneur himself Dr Glenn Livingston.

Today's guest following the words of Steve Jobs, is a remarkable woman, business lady, and entrepreneur who believes in something profound, and has created a career around that something too. Something that I buy into wholeheartedly. She believes that life should be built on finding your key strengths and leading the way with them. Not focusing on the things that you cant do very well, but finding the super talent that you do naturally well to then blaze a path across the world. Starting her career as a Sales Executive for Business To Business back in 1998, it appears that the path best trodden for her actually started when moving into staff development. Like myself she has spent most of her working life, building the strengths of individuals in corporations to make better, higher functioning teams. Getting people to feel inspired by the working day instead of dreading that ringing sound by the side of the bed. But what interests me is what personally was driving her back in the day. As with a career strewn with employment lasting a couple of years at each time, it is clear to me that her ambition, was equally matched with a desire to find her thing too. And now as a podcaster herself, or as she calls herself the Chief Strengths Sleuth: Host of the "Lead Through Strengths"​ Podcast: she helps people find and leverage their strengths at work. Complimenting her workshops, keynote speaking and by performing a role of StrengthsFinder Performance Coach, which as you know is a publication that I have recommended many times on the show she is busier than ever.. So what is it about keynote strengths that lights her up inside and makes her want to build a business around it? And is the inner talent something that is easy for someone to find themselves, or do they need a coach or mentor to point it out? And what is the fascination with moonwalking in offices, or leaping dramatically from exploding vans? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, with the one and only entrepreneur Lisa Cummings. To hear more from Lisa Cummings go to: Podcast: Lead Through Strengths with Lisa Cummings | building engaged teams & stronger leadership w/ StrengthsFinder & natural talents By Lisa Cummings answers your career questions with the fun & irreverence of Pamela Slim & the practicality of Careerealism, using Gallup Strengths Finder to discover and apply your unique strengths Description: The Lead Through Strengths podcast was created for you if you're ready to stop taking the "path of most resistance" at work. It sounds silly, yet it happens all the time when people get focused on fixing their weaknesses. It doesn't have to be so hard. Stop focusing on what's broken about you. In Career Q&A, I'll show you how to find your strengths and put them to work. In the Manager Minute, you'll hear ideas for leading your team so they can come to work feeling more energized and engaged. If you're ready to get your career mojo back, Lisa Cummings delivers it with straight talk and a fun-loving approach. Listener career questions are answered in less than 15 minutes per episode. Strengths evangelists and effective leaders also guest host to offer more ideas you can put to use with your team at work. Here are some hot topic areas covered by audience questions so far: Getting promoted; discovering your strengths; getting energized and engaged with your work (yup, it's possible); differentiating yourself in an interview; career transition; marketing, branding, and promoting yourself; getting unstuck; connecting and networking; job search; personal leadership; side hustles; politics and perceptions at the office; getting viewed as an A player; building trust and influence at work or in your industry; money and happiness; how to get your creative mojo back; understanding how your EQ (emotional intelligence) is more important than your IQ at work; stuff you didn't learn in business school that's hurting your career; getting unstuck and un-trapped; and being a better leader Wanna be on the show? If you're a leader with stories about Strengths-Based Development, you'd be a cool co-host. If you have a question for the Q&A portion of the show, we'd love to feature it. http://pinchyourselfcareers.com/contact/

On a show like the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast interview, its true to say that I have so many guest entrepreneurs who have interesting back stories, but not many that start with "Before I was seven years old I had lived in a house truck, on a commune, in France, in New Zealand, in Ireland, and several homes in England. I had been bathed in a sink, had a pet goose called Lucy, and I think it would be fair to say that my parents gifted me with a curiosity for the world." So upon hearing this I knew that I had to invite this lady onto the show, but wow what part of her career history do I tell you about in the introduction because without a doubt as she says "Life has been a bit of rollercoaster!" Starting her career after gaining a BA in Theatre Practice and Scenic Art from the Central School of Speech and Drama, she went on to have a successful and (eventually) well paid career as a Freelance TV & Film Production Buyer, Stylist, and Project / Event Manager. She worked hard and played harder. She had motivation by the bucket load. However her energies could only last so long and she would suffer from burn out at the end of every job. She had money, and so she would take herself off to Thailand and engulf herself in fasting and raw food, or go off to Egypt for a yoga retreat. Recharge the batteries to blaze even brighter in the entrepreneurial world. And this was certainly the case, as upon returning she started one of the forerunners in the VA sphere and early adapters to Location Independent Business. As she says "It was a wonderfully brave and stupid thing to do. I was homeless and sofa surfing, massively in debt and knew nothing about running a business. Which meant I had nothing to lose and gave it everything I had. Bootstrapping a business when you are desperate and resourceful can be a wonderful thing, and I was given opportunities to learn from many wildly inspirational Entrepreneurs, Businesses, and Private Clients." But of course this was just the beginning of everything that would lead her through some seriously dark moments, even contemplating suicide. Her life was a roller coaster of working till she collapsed and then 'retreating' around the world. And so the time came when she had her first pangs of "Is this it?!" She wasn't satisfied, there was a huge void in her life, she felt empty and in the midst of the impending recession she set up My Girl Friday Ltd, providing Freelance Personal and Virtual Assistance to Creative Businesses & Private Individuals in the UK and across the globe. And that is where we will start today's episode as now life is very different, but how has she made it the life that she wanted? How did she take the entrepreneurial venture, and willingness to put the effort into a new business, but structure it that it didn't bring her to her knees too? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start in the words of Steve Jobs, joining up dots, with the one and only misfit entrepreneur herself Ebonie Allard.

Every weekend we go back in time and dip into the Join Up Dots vaults to find a show that could well be hidden from your ears. And why do we do this? Well, you success junkies desperate for the golden ticket have been asking "With so many episodes of Join Up Dots out there now, which ones should we listen to first? And its a difficult question to answer as everyone of them has motivation and inspiration flooding out of every pore. So we have simply decided to grab an entrepreneur at random, and share with you not only their journey, but also ours. We think we are getting better at this podcasting lark, but what do you think? Drop us a line at [email protected] and let us know. Thanks as always for listening to the show, and enjoy todays entrepreneurial business chat. Podcast Intro My guest today is the entrepreneur and publisher Mr Tom Morkes who joins us on the very first episode of "Join Up Dots" with the title of a man who quite simply changed my life I don't think that there are many people alive that I could say that about. But strangely enough until today I have never met him or spoke to him live either. Tom spent the beginning of his childhood in the Chicagoland and West Michigan areas, and then with all his Morkes siblings…three brothers and three sisters gained his education at the United States Military Academy at West Point NY. Upon graduating he decided that there was a further step to go in his military life and was deployed to Iraq as a gun truck platoon leader. You might have thought after so many years in an organised, structured environment such as the military, he would cling to a safe, organised future. But our guest thought otherwise and set off on entrepreneurial path that has seen him write three books, become the president of his own publishing company, and generally having a kick ass life. He travels the world with his lovely wife Courtney, his trusty laptop, and now on today's podcast interview shares with us, the fears, achievements and success that has made up his life. I would like to welcome to show the one and only In The Trenches Tom Morkes For more information on Tom's podcast go to: Podcast: In The Trenches With Tom Morkes Description: In The Trenches with Tom Morkes tells the story of entrepreneurs, writers, artists, inventors, warriors, and leaders who are building disruptive, innovative businesses, who are doing hard, creative work each and every day, and who are impacting the people who matter (their customers, readers, supporters, and fans). These no-bulls*** interviews cut through the fluff and go right into the mindset of what it takes to be a creator, battle scars and all. Listen to In The Trenches and youll hear from best-selling authors, startup founders, people who turned their art into full-fledged businesses, self-made millionaires, and much more. Just some of the subjects weve covered in the past: how to start a business from scratch, permission marketing, how to create and deploy effective design, business development, how to turn your hobby into a business, product launches, copywriting that converts, and much more. A message from Tom: All interviews are unscripted and unedited because I believe conversations are better when they're natural. I hope you enjoy this show as much as I do creating it.

Today's guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder of Tilted Pixel, a web design and development agency, which he has been running for more than a decade. Which sounds great. A successful business that is on-line too. A lifestyle of motivation an freedom. But actually the truth was anything but, as we will find out creating a business is easy enough in principle. But creating a monster that takes up every second of your time is even easier. And after more than ten years of running his agency, he knew that he had do some serious changing of procedures so that he could free himself from the business and start living life. He went from being a slave to his business wallowing in "misery and despair" to creating a business that is very profitable and gives him free time to travel and to do the things he loves. But of course a business is not just built on hustle and effort, but also experience gained over many years. And this was certainly the case with today's guest, as he started his career back in 2005 by exhibiting at tradeshows, working on marketing campaigns and preparing demo software for potential investors and clients. Before working for three years at the Wilfrid Laurier University teaching students business labs part-time, whilst he worked on creating the monster. So what did he do wrong which he knew that he had to change to create the freedom that he is living today? And can he now point the way for everyone, or is every situation individual to the creator? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only born to be an entrepreneur Mr Matt Inglot To hear more from Matt Inglot go to: Podcast: Freelance Transformation: Find higher-paying projects, work less, and get rid of the stress By Matt Inglot | Helping freelancers, consultants, creatives, and agency owners to build an amazing business and life. Description: Freelance Transformation is a podcast all about building a freelance business that creates the lifestyle that you desire, not the other way around. If you are looking to find great clients, do your best work, earn higher rates, and enjoy getting out of bed in the morning, this podcast is for you, the freelancer, the consultant, the agency owner, the creative. Matt Inglot, your host, delivers a new episode every Monday. Visit www.freelancetransformation.com for show notes and the Freelance Transformation newsletter.