How'd it Happen?

In this episode, I talk about the walls we build around us that not only prevent you from leading the life you are capable of living, but they also obstruct your view of what's on the other side -- where your future is.  I talk about how you can identify those walls so you can start chipping away at them and start to see what's out there -- behind the walls -- and become exactly what you want to become.

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Trauma and disabilities should never be reasons to not succeed in life or reach your dreams. In this episode, Phillip Stutts shares that very same life lesson. He talks to us about his life growing up, his journey to his massively transformative purpose, and the work that he is doing for himself. He also walks us through his podcast and book—which are both worth looking into.

Phillip Stutts comes from the cutthroat world of political marketing. He has over 2 decades of experience working on campaigns with billions of dollars in political ad spend, and contributed to over 1,433 election victories, including 3 U.S. Presidential victories. Phillip plays the game of political and corporate marketing on the highest level, battling it out with fierce competition, multi-billion-dollar budgets, and a win-or-die mentality.

Phillip is the founder and CEO of Win BIG Media(a corporate marketing agency) and Founder/Executive Chairman of Go BIG Media (a political marketing ad firm). Phillip has spoken in front of 50 million+ people in his career, he’s repped by VaynerSpeakers (Gary Vaynerchuk’s speaker bureau) and Keppler Speakers (largest speaker’s bureau in the U.S.) and made more than 350 national media appearances including ESPN, CBS, FOX BUSINESS, FOX NEWS, MSNBC, and CNN. Phillip has been interviewed by renowned business, entertainment and health leaders including: Anderson Cooper, Gary Vaynerchuk, Peter Diamandis, James Altucher, Michael Hyatt, Adam Carolla, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and Dr. Steven Gundry.

Phillip has written multiple best-sellers, including his latest book titled “The Undefeated Marketing System: How To Grow Your Business and Build Your Audience Using The Secret Formula That Elects Presidents” (which hit the top #65 out of 6 million titles on Amazon). FOX BUSINESS has lauded Phillip for creating “a marketing system that has generated record sales” for his clients and also described him as a “marketing genius.”

Learn more about Phillip at: phillipstutts.com

Show notes:
[3:22] How’d it happen for Phillip Stutts
[6:57] Trauma and its dramatic impact
[10:46] Being the abused to abuser
[18:37] The wanna-be entrepreneur
[20:06] On being ADD as a kid
[23:35] The Undefeated Marketing Podcast—let’s dive deeper
[27:15] His massively transformative purpose or MTP
[35:48] “Marketing is a bloodbath…”
[47:17] 30-minute free consultation with Phillip’s top data team members at phillipstutts.com/insights
[48:55] Outro

Read the accompanying blog post over at https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/phillip-stutts-the-moneyball-approach-to-growing-your-business-252/

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In this episode, let me share the importance of setting goals. Whether short-term or long-term, goal setting is the way to go for a fulfilling life. Goals help you focus only on the direction you want to go; it allows you to measure your progress and enables you to overcome procrastination. At the end of the day, achieving your goals are a reward in and of itself.

Show notes:
[1:33] Goals in concrete, plans in sand
[6:05] #1 type of goal setters: The no goal
[7:54] #2: Short term goals
[9:50] #3: Long term goals
[14:07] Today’s takeaway
[15:25] Outro

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There are lots of technological advancements being made in the world today. Artificial Intelligence is one of them. In today’s episode, I am joined by the Founder and CEO of Teammate AI, Evan Ryan, and we’re going to talk about AI, what it can do, and how it can help in business or someone’s personal day-to-day life.

Evan Ryan is the founder of Teammate AI, helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses using artificial intelligence. Teammate has launched and powered businesses such as Lede AI and ContentX, which use AI to write, edit, and publish content—all without human intervention.

Over the past five years, Teammate has helped hundreds of businesses save millions of hours by using AI in everything from small tasks to complex, multi-day processes. Evan spends most of his time showing entrepreneurs how to save time with AI and designing solutions that help teams stop being human computers and start creating bigger, more dynamic value. Learn more at TeammateAI.com.

Connect with Evan at:
Website: www.teammateai.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/evan-ryan-866479ba/

Grab a copy of his book, AI as Your Teammate: Electrify Growth without Increasing Payroll here.

Show notes:
[3:36] How’d it happen for Evan?
[7:29] Starting his business
[12:28] A background of his entrepreneurial family
[13:26] Taking behavioral neuroscience
[16:55] The dedication on his book
[18:00] What is AI?
[23:08] Why should people embrace and/or be scared of AI?
[25:43] How should someone go about getting started with automation?
[33:25] Automation and cyber security
[35:19] SOPs in automation
[39:07] Copyrighting
[48:26] Saving time with automation
[53:59] Growth for employees
[56:38] Evan’s excursion
[1:01:35] Where to find Evan
[1:02:09] Outro

Read the accompanying blog post over at https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/evan-ryan-why-you-need-to-make-AI-your-business-growth-teammate-250/

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Here’s another quick, solo episode for this week, and I will talk about my blog or newsletter. I send out a short and informative newsletter every week, and it’s filled with all things positive. You’ll get curated links, information, and stories that will hopefully keep you motivated and expand your “world.” I hope you subscribe. Just head on over to ww.mikemalatesta.com.

Show notes:
[0:38] It just takes 23 seconds to start maximizing your greatness
[1:36] What’s in it for you?
[3:20] Why is focusing on bad things narrow thinking?
[4:20] How to get my newsletter
[5:18] Outro

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In this episode, I am joined again by the Co-Founder of Exponential Destiny, Marcus Shingles, together with his team of professional metaverse designers and creators - young men and women just out of public high school from South Central Los Angeles - in a very insightful discussion about the metaverse and what it really is. They also share their experiences throughout their journey with the Exponential Destiny team.

Connect with them at https://exponentialdestiny.com/

To know more about the team, who they are, and what they do, head on over the accompanying blog post: https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/exponential-destiny-the-young-team-making-the-metaverse-real-in-south-central-LA-248/

Show notes:
[3:32] What is Exponential Destiny?
[15:29] Why Marcus started Exponential Destiny
[22:21] All about the team
[29:06] Pablo’s experiences
[32:36] Samantha’s journey
[39:22] How Kevin got involved and his experiences so far
[44:18] Can a group like them be started anywhere?
[45:03] Iris and what she’s working on
[49:39] Zack on his experience with the project
[54:00] How Juan got involved with Exponential Destiny
[57:58] On placement for the team
[59:28] Marco on the team
[1:07:18] Outro

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Not being offended is a choice. I work hard every day to make that choice. 

Other people’s opinions of me or what I do are not MINE. I have no ownership over that, so there’s really no point in mulling over that. There’s no point in getting offended. That is what I want to dive deeper into in today’s episode. So if you’re someone who is still struggling with feeling offended or if you take offense over every little opinion or feedback towards you, then tune in.

Show notes:
[1:50] A draining and unnecessary behavior
[3:37] When I stopped getting offended
[5:40] The mindset shift
[7:30] Outro

Check the accompanying blog post of this episode at:
https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/why-i-dont-get-offended-247/

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Welcome to the How’d it Happen Podcast. 

I am your host, Mike Malastesta. I created this podcast to help people think big and become more successful. My mission is to dig deep into a wide variety of success stories to get to the root of how they happened and, more importantly, why they matter.

I promise that I will work very hard to make sure that I deliver value to you with every episode. I know that your time is precious and that you have a lot of choices for your attention. When you follow or subscribe to my show, I want to consistently reinforce what a great decision you made – and how much I appreciate it!

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With all the latest trends springing up like mushrooms in a world of technology, it’s difficult to keep up even moreso to stay ahead. It makes you wonder how today’s guest make it seem so easy. Today, I’m with Entrepreneur, CEO, and Co-Founder of Exponential Destiny, Marcus Shingles, as he shares how he did it and how he does it all to this day.

Marcus has decades of experience running and working with the world's leading global organizations (for-profit & non-profit), heads of state governments, and prominent startups focused on innovation, specifically related to new business models, organizational and cultural evolution, digital transformation, and data and analytics.

Marcus has developed and led several programs tailored for cross-functional executive teams to understand, prepare, and capitalize on emerging technologies, including AI, robotics, 3D printing, biotech, nanotech, blockchain, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR).

Marcus co-hosted the United Nations "AI for Good" summit in Geneva, Switzerland, and personally worked with the President of the United Nations in 2017 to hold the first "SDG Action Event on Innovation" at the UN HQ in NYC for all member states.

Marcus Shingles is currently an executive at Bain & Co, one of the top-ranked global
management consulting firms, where he is a leader in the innovation practice. He is also currently an advisor and on the board of several innovative start-ups. Marcus previously served as the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, a non-profit and the global leader in prize and crowdsourcing models for innovation and technology breakthroughs used to solve humanity's grandest challenges. Previously, he also served as a Partner (Executive) for another top global consulting firm, Deloitte, leading the organization's technology and innovation practice. As an entrepreneur, Marcus leads and advises several startups, and Marcus also founded and led his own business and IT strategy consulting firm. Marcus started his career at the Kellogg Company, where he led digital transformation for sales and marketing and global IT.

Connect with Marcus at:
Website: https://exponentialdestiny.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-shingles-6b01543/
 
Show notes:
[3:11] How’d it happen for Marcus Shingles?
[16:18] How he mentors young people
[26:12] On seeing his students doing the work
[30:25] Crowdsourcing talents
[36:02] How he adopted a high school
[50:06] Staying ahead of the curve
[54:37] The easiest description of the spatial web
[1:08:44] Outro

Check the accompanying blog post of this episode at: 

https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/marcus-shingles-the-metaverse-disruption-what-it-is-&-how-it-will-impact-you-246/

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Most of the time, leaders aspire to become the selfless head of the pack—someone who will never put their interest and even their growth over others. As much as we think that this is great, it can be detrimental not only to you but also to your team. In this episode, I talk about how I became a better leader and allowed my team to grow more when I became selfish. Sometimes, we need to be selfish and figure out who we truly are first before we can selflessly serve others.

Show notes:
[1:21] What kind of a leader or a person are you?
[3:46] My deep pit of uncertainty
[6:10] Why I had to be selfish first to become selfless
[8:04] Key takeaway
[9:23] Outro

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https://mikemalatesta.com/podcast/why-selfish-leadership-comes-before-selfless-leadership-245/

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