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Todays gentleman joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview is Mr Aaron Walker, the host of The View From The Top podcast, and a man who from his home in Nashville USA, shows the world how you set goals, and create the life you want. He is a firm believer that the initial "Yes, I am going to take control of my own destiny and wow the world" can only last so long, before realism sets in. When those early mornings when you were bouncing out bed to grab your future, start seeming to be an insurmountable effort. And the whimsical flights of fancy that crash into your brain at warp speed and are instantly classed as the worlds greatest idea, start to dry up. You see he works with his clients to live life on purpose, ensuring that the initial dreams are giving every chance of developing, if it means sacrificing something else that is i your life. And after starting his first business at 18, and then buying and selling eight more companies over the last 40 years, he knows what it takes to bring action into your daily routine. And believe me these were the kind of business that you may already be thing this guy had developed, from loan companies, to jewelers and diamond exchanges, to construction he has tackled the challenges head on. So was he always someone that knew that the way to true fulfillment in his life was creating his economy right from the start? And does he see that most people could make things a lot easier for themselves if they only knew completely what it was that they truly desired? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs with the one and only Aaron Walker To listen more to Aaron Walker go to: Podcast The View From The Top By Aaron Walker has been a successful entrepreneur for over 30 years and a top guest on Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas, Smart Passive Income with Pat Flynn, and The Art of Charm with Jordan Harbinger. Description: The View from the Top podcast is a world-class podcast created for men interested in living a life of success and significance. In this weekly podcast, host Daniel Bauer interviews men in the Iron Sharpens Iron Masterminds facilitated by Aaron Walker. Guests share what entrepreneurial insights and success stories from working in a mastermind. This show is for men interested in being successful businessmen, intentional husbands, and better friends. Men should come here regularly for inspiration and to get to the amazing guys at The View from the Top. Each episode is 20-30 minutes perfect for your commute, workout, and making your chores at home more enjoyable! Aaron Walker has been in a mastermind with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, and Ken Abraham for more than a decade and now he wants to share what he has learned with you, the listener.

The Race To The White House (The Challenge For Freedom) is occurring to help you all feel that you can do the impossible. Please watch, listen and share as many times as you feel that my actions can be supported by your own. Thanks!!! [spp-tweet "I support @joinupdot challenge 2 get 2 the @WhiteHouse http://bit.ly/whitehouse-challenge #freedom #action @BarackObama"] Share On Facebook: Watch and share this guy take on this challenge http://bit.ly/whitehouse-challenge Do you feel that you can do the impossible? Do you look at others and think they have all the breaks? Well, David Ralph the host of Join Up Dots online podcast, after 400 shows has come to the conclusion that all of us can go after the dream and get the life we want. Its down to four things intent, action, belief and the support of others. In this video he shares his dream to change the way we all think by attempting with nothing more than desire to do the unthinkable. He will travel across the Atlantic with his family to the White House to have a photo with President Obama. He will do this purely on the strength of his belief, something that we can all develop. So support his desire to change the world, and share this video with everyone you can. Tell the world about Join Up Dots and tweet your support to the world. Thanks so much

My guest today, on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a man who has learnt throughout his life that simplicity is the key. Breaking information down to be transferred from one person to another in the shortest possible route, is the way to success and fulfilment for both parties. He knows how to make customers rabid fans of his work, by removing the questions that stop a sale. Being born in Mumbai, India (formerly known as Bombay), he lived there for about 30 years, until deciding that he didn't have enough sheep in his life. Who doesn't get to that point I ask you? So he found his spiritual home by moving to New Zealand with its 4 million people and 44 million sheep. Could there be a better place to develop his business and raise the baa?? And that business started 15+ years ago, fresh out of college with a degree in accounting (of all things) he joined an advertising agency called Leo Burnett. Which had a life changing effect on the young man. Times were not good in the advertising world, and even though work was hard to come by the now deceased Leo Burnetts integrity shone through. He learnt that there is a right way and wrong way to business, and took that with him, as then moving unusually from copywriting to cartoons. The opportunity of working with one of the best advertising agencies in the world took him on the heady road of copywriting, writing TV commercials (learning how to do them in 5 seconds), graphic design, cartoons and web design. Which once again, the underlying synchronicity was the constant search to find ways to communicate in the simplest, most effective manner. Write text that is absorbed easily. And build conversations never forgotten. And now with multiple online platforms teaching this ideal, he is loving life and perhaps getting to spend quality time with a sheep or two as well So how did he take this ideal, and expand it into an income producing machine? And does he see that the thing that stops so many people out there, is there desire for perfection against one of simplicity? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs with the one and only Mr Sean D'Souza To hear more from Sean D'Souza go to: Podcast: The Three Month Vacation Podcast: Online Small Business|Marketing Strategy Plan| Sean D'Souza | Psychotactics By Sean D'Souza Description: Sean D'Souza made two vows when he started up Psychotactics back in 2002. The first was that he'd always get paid in advance and the second was that work wouldn't control his life. He decided to take three months off every year. But how do you take three months off, without affecting your business and profits? Do you buy into the myth of "outsourcing everything and working just a few hours a week?" Not really. Instead, you structure your business in a way that enables you to work hard and then take three months off every single year. And Sean walks his talk. Since 2004, he's taken three months off every year (except in 2005, when there was a medical emergency). This podcast isn't about the easy life. It's not some magic trick about working less. Instead with this podcast you learn how to really enjoy your work, enjoy your vacation time and yes, get paid in advance.

Todays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has a huge mission in her life. And as we see all the time, when someone has a mission in their lives, they start influencing more and more people across the world to buy into that mission too. And that is certainly the case with todays guest, who is co-founder of Black Girls Run, a grassroots organization that encourages and inspires African-American women to live a healthy lifestyle. While currently serving at the helm of Black Girls RUN!, she is also a freelancer writer for Zelle (a Runner's World publication) and a blog ambassador for Brooks Running. She has been named one of the "30 Black Bloggers You Should Know" by The Root, Essence Magazine's and recently received Toyota's Standing O-Vation Award presented at Oprah's 2014 "The Life You Want" Weekend in Atlanta. But if you think this lady has all the time in the world to get these recognitions then think again, as most of this began when she was still a fulltime employee. She had the hustle muscle, and was willing to put in the out of hours effort that was required to get to where she is today. So with a manta of "Do What You Love. Love What You Do." does she find that the majority of people go "Yes, that's what I want" and then do nothing about making that happen at all? And does she see what she has built so far just being the tip of the iceberg. and the true vision of what it can become is starting to truly reveal itself? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays free podcast, with the one and only Toni Carey

What happens when your efforts don't seem to be coming together like you hoped? What happens when your energy levels get to a level when you think you can't go on? Well in this episode David Ralph shares with you how he is pushing through these issues on a daily basis. This is a brutally honest episode which perhaps shouldnt have been released, but hey it is now. Let us know what you think about his words? Should he have held back on this content? Tweet us at @joinupdot and tell us what you thought.

Todays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a globally recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity's biggest challenges. What this means, is instead of going to work, and then coming home and focusing our efforts on being "green" and arranging our household activities on being green and protecting the planet, he says "why don't we do it all the time?" Why can companies do the same as we do personally, and focus their efforts on operating in a green way too. His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world's leading companies, including Boeing, HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, PwC, and Unilever. His first book, Green to Gold, was the topselling green business title of the last decade and was included in many all-time lists of 30 books that every manager should own. He is an author, Ted talk veteran, businessman and of course recognised expert across the world on this subject. So where did this realisation that companies can actually find a way to profit from being green, and the excesses of the past are not the way to go forward with an increasing profit sheet? And does he find his message, is getting easy to pass on nowadays, or is it still an up hill path that he is walking? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays free podcast, with the one and only Andrew Winston

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Todays guest joining us on the top rated Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a man with a fascinating tale joining up many dots to where he is today. Spending the first nine years of his career like Maverick in Top Gun, he felt the need the need for speed, as an Air Force Pilot, before entering the corporate world to work for Abbott Laboratories and then Valassis. And he was on top form working for both companies, and was recognised as a top performer. Which is of course great, but underneath lurking in his passions and dreams, was a desire to go out on his own to start his own business. The old leap of faith was beckoning, but like so many people across the world, he had the desire but not the direction. He wanted to do his own thing, but was unsure what that thing was supposed to be. And as we see time and time again on Join Up Dots, that path can reveal itself at anytime, and this was certainly the case with todays guest. As fate would have it, a random conversation with a friend about the gum ball machines his family owned started it all off. That one conversation sparked an intrigue and planted the seeds for what would eventually become his business School Spirit Vending. But not before disappointment, frustration and the downturn in the economy in 2008 knocked his confidence for six. And then a knock on the door happened at his home, and the path got clearer. So what was it about that knock on the door, and the conversation that happened upon opening it,that really got the juices going? And does he now look back and think, "Man, the clues were floating around me all the time, I just couldn't see them?" Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays Free podcast, with the one and only Matt Miller

Lets start with a question on todays episode of Join Up Dots. And this is a fundamental question that can derail so many peoples dreams before they even start. How do you become something that you want to be, if you have no history, or very little history in doing that thing? How do you get to the point when other say…."oh you are so and so, I love your work!" Well, I'll give you some thinking time whilst you ponder this. Well the answer is what todays guest did. You simply start doing that thing, keep on doing it, and be consistent until you can say that you are that thing. He wanted to be a writer, but was trapped with his daily life, family responsibilities and a myriad of other things. So he made a decision to start writing and made the time. And it didn't matter if the time was unnatural and not conducive to developing his craft, he would write. And now in a few short years is the author of The In-Between, Wrecked, You Are a Writer and now his latest work Art Of Work. And as he says "I now spend my time writing books and trying to take over the Internet." So how did he overcome those same self-limiting thoughts that stop so many people in their tracks? And is he proud of all his writing, or can he now see that the work has improved dramatically due to the constant effort, or the personal belief that comes with achievement? Well let's bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays Free podcast, with the one and only Jeff Goins. If you want to hear more from Jeff Goins go to: Podcast: the Portfolio Life With Jeff Goins Description: Jeff Goins shares thoughts & ideas that will help you to pursue work that matters, make a difference with your art & discover your true voice!

When we left the Steve Jobs story back on part three, Steve was at the lowest point of his life. His big dream of creating the perfect computer Next was finished, and in an even crueler twist of fate, his other venture Pixar was in serious trouble too. The lifeline that had been grabbed, when making the deal with Disney was slipping away from them. Disney's Katzenberg had seen what the company had created, and quite simply hated Woody, Buzz Lightyear and all the other characters which we now see as classics. And together with the majority of Disney's creative staff, he declared that the characters were unappealing jerks, the dialogues inappropriately cynical for a children's movie (while he was the one who pushed for such characteristics early in development) and finished. Pixar was back to making TV commercials just so it could survive — but it was obvious it would disappear if the work did not start again. Steve had lost Apple, lost Next, and ploughed a huge amount of money into Pixar with no sign of a return from his investments. But Woody and Buzz had other ideas. Its not often that you can say that someone's life was literally saved by some old toys, but this was going to be the case with Steve Jobs. John Lasseter and other Pixar employees worked very hard at the script that Disney previously hated. They knew that they were in the last chance saloon, so round the clock developed improved character traits in the toys that worked to make them instant classics, and in February 1994, they turned out a new, improved version that won Jeffrey Katzenberg's approval: production could resume. Steve Jobs was not overwhelmed by this tiny success, and his desire to sell Pixar to outside investors never wavered. Even as late as the fall of 1994, Steve Jobs was actively pitching the company to anyone that he felt could help him regain his investment, even getting close to selling it to Apple's arch enemy Bill Gates. Times were not good, but as many things turned out later for Steve, looking back and joining up his dots we can see clearly that it was a blessing that he failed to say goodby to the animation company. In fact we could say that it was less of a blessing and more of an absolute saviour. . According to many people who with him at the time. The realisation that he had in fact tapped into something that was going to be far bigger than he or anyone could have realised came in New York central park in 1995. There within the grass, trees, and open space of the big apples iconic recreational area, the movie studio had set up a gigantic tent with a movie screen showing previews of the two upcoming Disney films, Pocahontas, to be released in the summer, and Toy Story, for Thanksgiving 1995. The watching audience in the tent loved what they were seeing, and watching their reaction more than the film Steve Jobs started to get back in action. The apathy that had seen him while away the hours with his daughter at home, was replaced by a vision of what might just be possible. He realised, although it was true to say that he had kept his ideas firmly grasped to his chest, what he needed to do to get back on top and be seen as the earlier version of Steve Jobs once more. The man who could do no wrong, with the midas touch to business. But first he needed to see if the buzz around the two films could be translated into ticket sales. Could the feeling of anticipation felt within the canvas tent be felt across the country, leading to seats being filled in cinemas across America and the world? Well he didn't know, but he knew that he had things to do before he found out. Steve Jobs started to get himself into position to maximize what could be achieved if the film was a hit. Getting more and more involved with the running of Pixars affairs, he made the bold move of removing Ed Catmull from his position as president and naming himself both president and CEO of Pixar Not frightened by his previous recruitment fiascos, he also hired an outside CFO, Lawrence Levy, to give Pixar a respectable image to Wall Street. This would work wonders if he could force a move to take the company public. An idea that would have been laughed at just a few months earlier. But now was a very different time, and PIXAR like a racehorse ready to explode from the gates and trounce the competition did just that. When Toy Story finally came out on November 22, it wasn't just a hit, but it was a smash hit. Audiences, across America flocked to see the Toy Buddy movie, and to say that Pixar and Disney were delighted was an understatement. It made $28 million in the Thanksgiving 3-day weekend alone, and eventually reached $160 million in US box-office receipts — an astonishing return for a production that cost just $27 million to get to market. Steve Jobs had now got a successful company at the top of his resume once more. And it is true in life, and certainly true in business, that success leads to success very quickly. Most interested parties and investors only care about the recent track record, the hot streak that the incumbent could be seen travelling along at that moment. Within a few weeks, Steve Jobs went from a tarnished ex-genius computer whizzkid, to seeing his face smiling confidently on the covers of business and industry magazines on every stand in America. He was back, and in prime position, to create the largest and quickest influx of wealth he had ever experienced. Dwarfing the kind of financial figures he had enjoyed back in his highflying Apple days. Back in the tent watching the movie pre-launch Steve Jobs had decided that he would take the company public. No one could see how this could have been possible with a failing company who hadn't made a profit in nine years, and instead had only see money go one way….the wrong way. But Steve Jobs, felt strongly that he could ignore the naysayers, and meander his way through legal issues within the company that would stop this from occurring. He after all had a history of finding his way through the insurmountable difficulties that stop others in their tracks. And this situation was no different. He found the solution to the legal difficulties, and fair to say made more than a few enemies within the company in the process. His decision to focus the rewards on five individuals only, with himself taking the lion's share, alienated much of the company's loyal employees. Most feeling that the company should recognise and reward their efforts to bring the film to a successful conclusion. Many threatened to leave upon hearing that new CFO Levy would find himself fantastically rewarded, when he had not done anything remotely significant in the short period he had been with PIXAR. This was a bitter pill to swallow. But Steve Jobs didn't care a bit, and proved to the world that his vision was spot on, when on November 29th, one week after Toy Story was released, the company hit the stock exchange. Such was the positive commentary about the film and the company, it was little surprise that the shares more than doubled from $22 to $49. It became the biggest IPO of the year. Steve Jobs had made it: he was now a billionaire, worth almost $1.5 billion. He had made in one swoop ten times the money he had ever made at Apple in the early 1980s. Steve Jobs was delighted, not just for himself, but he now had a company that had made $123 million, and wrote off all its debts in one go. He was now in the driving seat once more. And there is one thing certain about Steve Jobs, and that is his ability to gain momentum from a situation. He went back to Disney, and instead of thanking them for their support, marketing and production experience, he re-negotiated the deal he had previously made. Steve Jobs made it clear to them that unless a new contract was written, he would take his animation company to the other movie distributors once the three movie deal was concluded. Disney could see what they had on their hands and agreed to every term Steve Jobs dicated. The world was astonished. They were not going to let the golden goose fly from their grasp. Steve Jobs was on a roll and had a vision for himself that most certainly did not bear fruit. To which we mean the company that he had started way back in the 70's Apple was not on his radar at all. He had moved on, and separated himself completely from his past. Reinventing himself within a totally new industry However, we can also see that sometimes in a person's life there are things occurring behind the scenes that can pull them in a direction that they just couldn't have foreseen. And within the walls of Apple, they had no direction, the company was in crisis and losing money hand over fist. The Macintosh which still brought in the bulk of the companies profits was in steep decline. The operating system that a couple of years previously had been seen to be state of the art and cutting edge was now cumbersome and inoperable. The desires for faster and more sophisticated computers had seen their competitors namely Microsoft pull away to claim the lion share of the market and dominate the sales of home pcs Apple was desperate to restore their product to its former glories, they worked around the clock to bring to market an operating system that would fit the bill. Fast, cheap, efficient to build and able to cope with the demands of every consumer in the world at that time. They struggled, and after delay upon delay realised, that they needed to pursue other avenues. The word on the street was Apple were rotting from the inside out. They were unable to operate efficiently and sales were declining in such spectacular fashion that their days were numbered. How could they quickly change the fortunes of the Macintosh? How could they find the operating system that would bring the company back from the dead? They needed to look to what the world was doing and seek collaboration. They needed outside help if the company had any chance of survival. And not even the board of Apple would have considered Steve Jobs to be the collaborator that they required, and certainly not even the most optimistic dreamer would have dared imagine that he not only be that person, but would also save the company in such astonishing fashion. If you recall in the previous episode of the Steve jobs join up dots biographies. Steve had worked after leaving Apple on building the pinnacle of sophistication into the computer world with his Next computer company. So perfect and advanced was the system that he built, that the world was quite simply not ready for it. It had been too advanced for the development costs to be able to be transferred to the buying public. But that of course did not mean that the system was not still valuable to the world, and most importantly Apple computers. Hearing about the company's problems, some NeXT employees made a very bold decision. They would contact Apple and inform them that they had an answer to their problems on hand. A system that was built, tested and now able to be built at a much cheaper cost than previously. The world was ready for the vision of perfection that had cost Steve Jobs, his business and his reputation. When Jobs heard that the phone call had been made, his jaw dropped. He was stunned that the idea had occurred, and even more so that the idea had been placed in front of his own struggling former love..Apple. In December 1996, Steve Jobs, for the first time in over a decade drove to the headquarters of Apple and stepped through its doors, and in his hand he held the future of Apple Computers. The very advanced NeXTSTEP, regarded as one of the best software platforms on the planet. Steve Jobs said, envisioning the finally widespread use of NeXTSTEP, was a dream he had struggled ten years to realize but had always wished to occur. Justifying his efforts and perfectionism. In short time he convinced the board that they should part with $400,000,000 for sole use of the NeXSTEP, with also 1.5 million Apple shares and the appointment as "informal adviser" to CEO Gil Amelio coming his way too. Steve Jobs had remarkably, through a series of fortunate events involving a film company that he had tried to rid himself, and an operating system that nobody wanted, returned home. No longer in the family garage, but this time at the re-birth of Apple. It would not be long until he was no longer the informal advisor but instead be restored as the CEO of Apple. We will see in the last episode of the Steve Jobs story how he placed himself in the midst of a company that had lost direction, lost market share, and lost the belief of the world, but through the experience and dots that were now connecting Steve Jobs would be see forever as the world's greatest CEO