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Creativity is just connecting things - Steve Jobs.

When you look back throughout history you will find that some of the best innovators in time have used their creativity to produce new technologies and business practices that have changed the course of our world. While these feats seem near impossible, these top dogs all had one thing in common, and it's the one essential ability that everyone has to be successful.  

They leaned into their creativity. Yep, your next business solution is within YOU.

Welcome back to Inside The Greenroom! Today's guest is creativity strategist, global keynote speaker, and author of the award-winning "The Creative Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work," Natalie Nixon Ph.D. Natalie is the president of Figure 8 Thinking, a company that advises leaders on transformation by applying wonder and rigor to amplify growth and business value. Natalie talks about her journey and how she began connecting the internal business systems with the creativity she strengthened in studying fashion and design. 

Listen in as Natalie talks about how she went from academic teaching to speaking professionally, her method of trying out ideas in front of audiences, and even how she connects with her audience now to help her continue to grow. You'll learn why it is vital for businesses to foster creativity, how that changes the culture within the workplace, and why being creative is not just for artists. You will also hear Natalie give some incredible tips on how you can start looking at projects differently and some possible upcoming business trends you won't want to miss! 

This episode is jam-packed with great information and insight that will help you not only grow your business but thrive no matter what your situation is. 

For more resources or to connect with Natalie, check out the links below!

More Of What’s Inside:

• How Natalie began professionally speaking 
• Using speaking to prototype your ideas
• How your audience’s questions can help you grow
• Why creativity is needed for strategy in business
• Finding genuine feedback from your audience
• What facilitating can do for you speaking
• The importance of leaders modeling curiosity 
• Breaking through the stereotype of creativity to be more innovative
• Understanding the rigor that comes with creativity
• The moment Natalie had to pivot and innovate her book launch
• Tips to help you start thinking in a different way 
• Business trends to look out for
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• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Natalie:

• Website: https://www.figure8thinking.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCcSmGPTe7w

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:28 Welcome Inside The Greenroom!
• 1:12 How Natalie and Blair met
• 1:57 Natalie’s professional background and how she got here
• 10:04 How Natalie brings art and design into her speaking
• 16:16 Mindset shifts around design and creativity
• 26:38 What the next generation wants in the workplace
• 30:50 The process that led to Natalie’s book
• 39:45 Launching a book in the midst of a pandemic 
• 49:03 Closing thoughts and encouragement

More About Natalie:

Natalie Nixon, Ph.D. is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker, and author of the award-winning “The Creative Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work.” As president of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC she advises leaders on transformation by applying wonder and rigor to amplify growth and business value. Download your free sample chapter of The Creativity Leap here: bit.ly/tclfree

As entrepreneurs, speakers, and meeting planners we are intimately familiar with the complicated experience that is paid advertising. How exactly do you even use metrics, how to get the most bang for your buck, and does it even work? 

Our guest to today is social media marketing expert, professional speaker, coach, and founder of Powerful Professionals, Kim Walsh Phillips! Kim has spoken around the world and coached some of the biggest brands and thought leaders like Tony Robbins, Grant Cardone, Kevin O’Leary, Bill Glazer and Gary Vaynerchuk to name just a few. In today’s episode Kim offers some pivotal insight into social media marketing and how you can upgrade your influence and make more impactful moves for your business. 

Listen in as we discuss Kim’s journey of learning how to make the systems work for you, and how she went from hocking her engagement ring to building a seven figure firm. Kim talks about just what your metrics can show you about your audience, tips on how to make engaging posts, and how you can turn views and impressions into money making clients. You’ll want to grab a notebook and pen for this episode because it is full of know-how and info that you’ll want to remember. 

To find more of Kim’s resources or to connect with us check out the links below! 

More Of What’s Inside:

• How Kim got started in social media marketing
• Why you should know how your metrics work
• Why Facebook ads became more expensive
• Practical tips to upgrade your social media posts
• One key metric to follow up with on paid advertising
• New and emerging platforms that you should use
• How to effectively narrow in your audience
• Taking action to improve the lives closest to yours
• Knowing when to bring in someone for your next level
• Why its important to take care of your employees first
• The importance of following up
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Kim:

• Website: http://powerfulprofessionals.com

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:24 Meet Kim
• 1:54 How Kim got her start
• 7:24 Why Kim wrote her book
• 14:00 Why there is still room for you on social
• 16:53 Where Kim thinks social is heading
• 21:28 How Kim started to land stages
• 25:31 Investing in the best 
• 30:21 Always honor and bless your team
• 33:00 How to generate organic leads for free
• 40:01 How to connect with Kim

More About Kim:

Kim is the founder of Powerful Professionals, a business coaching and education company. She was recently named #475 in the Inc 5000 and is an MBA-free self-made millionaire. Named “a must to read by those in business” by Forbes Magazine, she is the best-selling author of multiple books including “The Ultimate Guide to Instagram for Business” and “The No BS Guide To Direct Response Social Media Marketing.” She’s spoken around the world and coached some of the biggest brands and thought leaders, having worked alongside Tony Robbins, Grant Cardone, Kevin O’Leary, Dr. Nido Quebin, Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer and Gary Vaynerchuk. She resides just outside of Atlanta, GA, with her very tall husband and glitter-obsessed girls and is fueled by faith, love, laughter, and lots, and lots (and lots) of coffee.

Tony Robbins, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Kiyosaki, all household names that have made a huge impact not just with entrepreneurs but in the world as well. We’ve all heard their journeys, read their books, and watched them closely, but when it comes to your own journey do you see similarities?

Welcome back to Inside The Greenroom, we are excited for today’s guest, Emily Vavra is a worldwide keynote speaker and purposeful entrepreneur with a 9-figure business built from the ground up and the calling of guiding other purposeful entrepreneurs in achieving their prestige, grace, and zone of genius. Emily is a go-getter who at twenty-three jumped into the world of networking marketing making her first million dollars just three years later, she is passionate about serving entrepreneurs and creating a clearer path to success. 

Join us as we talk about how Emily built her business from the ground up by jumping into the deep end and pursuing her dream of creating a life that was her own. Emily talks about investing in herself and business to give her the right tools to accelerate herself as fast as possible. Listen in as she discusses the importance of upgrading your meeting skills by evaluating questions, do’s and don’ts, and human connection. 

You’ll learn about Emily’s initial mindset of saying yes to everything so that she could get as much exposure as possible, why she believes true service is one of the best things you can do, and how taking time to slow down before making a decision can keep you from later regrets. Emily talks about the It’sEmily method and how you too can learn how to avoid burnout, choose what works best for your goals, and accelerate your journey.

If you have been needing a little extra help with your business you will not want to miss this episode. To learn more about Emily and the it’sEmily method or to book her for your next event check out the links below!

Here’s what we cover:

• How Emily built her business from the ground up
• The importance of perfecting your meeting skills
• Finding creative ways to serve
• The responsibility you have with starting a platform
• The best thing you can do for your business
• Creating balance to avoid burnout
• Why you should write down the questions you keep getting asked
• How Emily overcame the biggest obstacle of her career
• Beating imposter syndrome and pushing through fear
• Slowing down to make sure you’re making the right choices
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Emily:

• Website: https://itsemily.com/
• Website: https://www.itsemilymethod.com/
• Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/emilyavavra
• Insta: @itsemily

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Influential Speakers in Emily’s life: 

• Eric Worre
• Chalene Johnson
• Brendon Burchard

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:27 Welcome, Emily Inside The Greenroom!
• 1:42 How Emily’s journey started
• 6:29 How events help Emily achieve success 
• 12:15 The steps Emily took to get on more stages
• 19:09 How Emily determines what to focus on
• 22:40 The 'it’s Emily' method 
• 26:22 What’s on the horizon for Emily
• 28:20 Emily’s biggest struggle in the early days
• 32:25 What Emily learned when things 
• 35:47 The event that impacted Emily the most

More About Emily:

Emily Vavra is a worldwide keynote speaker and purposeful entrepreneur whose calling is guiding other purposeful entrepreneurs in achieving their prestige, grace, and zone of genius. She is a top Network Marketing Professional who to this day built a 9-figure organization from the ground up that includes over 145,000 individuals. She is also an internationally recognized entrepreneur who packs arenas and events with thousands of people, speaking on strategic business coaching, breaking through people’s plateaued mindsets, sharing inspirational stories, and more. Her ability to connect with audiences

on various topics, from simple tips on being prestigious in your profession, to more profound self-worth issues, is primarily due to her authenticity growing up in a small town with a single mom. Emily has been featured in FORBES, Good Morning America, Fox News, ABC, Life+Style Magazine, and MORE! She is honored to share stages with some great names such as Tony Robbins, Eric Worre, Lisa Nichols, Lou Holtz, Brendon Burchard, and many more. Now, after a decade of entrepreneurship, Emily has created her flagship coaching program, ItsEmily Method, which fast-tracks all her skills, wisdom, and results-driven strategies to the purposeful entrepreneurs who want more in their life. She created it for those who want to uplevel their current business goals and be seen as power players in their respective industries regardless if you’re just starting or have been in your profession for decades.

As kids we are told to dream big and reach for the stars, but as we grow up those can feel like two of the hardest things to do....

The ones who can keep or regain that childlike wonder and belief that anything can happen if you set their mind to it, are a special type of human. They are the ones who change the world changers by changing the people who change the world, the leaders of leaders, the influencers for influencers.

In the industry, these people are recognized by a much humbler name...coaches.

Over the past few years the coaching and self development world has been booming, but have you ever stopped and wondered, Who coaches the coaches? Who encourages the encouragers?

To answer that question we have to introduce you to our guest today, Mitch Matthews! Mitch is an elite level speaker, entrepreneur, author and success coach. You may recognize his voice as the host of the top rated podcast called “DREAM THINK DO.” 

He feels like he was put on the planet to help people to dream bigger, think better and do more of what THEY were put on the planet to do! He’s also the creator of the BIG Dream Gathering.  These powerful events inspire participants to get clear on their own dreams as well as collaborate with others in the room to make their dreams happen. 

Listen in as Mitch and Blair dive deep into Mitch's success journey. You will hear how Mitch made the pivot to online before the pandemic, tips on how to serve the audience in front of you at the highest level, how to leverage apps and technology for your virtual event and business, and how Mitch is showing up powerfully for coaches around the world and his new mission to ‘Encouraging The Encourager’

SPEAK OFF BONUS TIPS: 

As you may know, the hybrid event of the year, Advanced 360 Interactive is right around the corner. That means that our speak off contestants are gearing up to compete and win the stage. Be sure to listen to the end and hear Mitch’s biggest tips as a Speak Off Judge for the contestants and more! Get your tickets now:  advance360interactive.com

SPEAK OFF JUDGES:

If you are a meeting planner and think you have what it takes to choose the next big name speakers, while getting exposure for your events, apply here: https://advance360interactive.com/meeting-planner-2021 email [email protected] for questions.

More Of What We Cover 

• How Mitch’s gatherings inspire dreams to come to life 
• How Mitch shifted his events from in-person to virtual 
• What COVID has taught us about what we can do, and what is possible in a virtual world. 
• How to engage people online through zoom 
• What to do when your heroes let you down
• Get ready: The event world is coming back by storm 
• Giving yourself permission to change careers 
• All speaking mistakes can be smoothed over
• You can help create the experience at any event
• Serving people on zoom or at the stadium 
• What Mitch has learned from working with high-level clients
• Mitch’s mission to: “Encourage the Encouragers,” 
• How speaking can lead to coaching opportunities, and how coaching can feed speaking opportunities!
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• And much more! 

LINKS: 

Connect with Mitch:

• https://mitchmatthews.com
• To learn more about Mitch’s upcoming Free June Challenge, go to: mitchmatthews.com/pv3

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:30 Welcome Inside The Greenroom with Mitch Matthews!
• 1:39 How Mitch’s journey began 
• 4:10 When Mitch started to search for his dream job
• 9:33 Why the stage is is the best practice 
• 14:29 How Mitch is leveraging digital stages
• 19:48 The silver lining of covid for Mitch
• 26:10 Get ready the 2022 event boom
• 29:28 Mitch’s advice for anyone taking a step to get on bigger stages
• 34:53 Some of the best industry advice Mitch has gotten
• 37:39 Be committed to deliver

Almost halfway through the year and the world is changing yet again live events are coming back, but digital stages are staying just as strong. Do you know how to help your business thrive through this new hybrid way of life? 

If you’ve listened to the show before you’ve heard both of our guests today, Pat Quinn and Dolores Hirschmann are both a part of the Advance Your Reach team and amazing strategists and coaches that will up your speaking game and help your business have the greatest impact possible. You’ll hear from both as they talk about the new wave of hybrid events that are opening up stages to more people than ever before. 

Listen in as we talk about our A360i event coming up that will equip, empower, and encourage you to take this leap into your own events, businesses, and speaking gigs. You’ll learn about the resources we offer to help you grow your platform without having to start from scratch. With coachings, think-tanks, and breakouts this event will have everything you need to make relationships that will have a lasting impact on you and your business. 

Speakers, if you’ve been looking for a good place to start making connections, thousands of meeting planners from around the world will be watching to see who is the next up and comer.

Meeting planners don’t miss this opportunity to find the next perfect person for your stage. 

Check out our annual speak-off with incredible speakers from around the world who will compete to win the chance at speaking on stages with some of the biggest names out there. 

Our panel of judges is almost 200 and growing! If you are a meeting planner and think you have what it takes to choose the next big name speakers, while getting exposure for your events, apply here: https://advance360interactive.com/meeting-planner-2021, email [email protected] for questions.

Speakers, To learn more and grab your tickets go to advance360interactive.com. 

Here’s what we cover:

• What we have in store for you
• Finding the underdog speaker
• How meeting planners can find the next big thing
• You chance to be seen by tons of planners
• The new wave of hybrid events
• How you can upgrade your speaking skills  
• The impact stages have had on business
• Learn from the best in the industry
• How you can get the best of both worlds with live and digital events
• How speaking will accelerate your business
• And much more!

LINKS:

Mentioned:

• [email protected]
• Advance360interaction.com
• advance360interactive.com/meeting-planner-2021

Connect with Pat:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-quinn-71b29480
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pat.quinn.96387

Connect with Dolores: 

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: http://www.mastersinclarity.com/

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:27 Welcome Delores and Pat!
• 1:08 The A360i hybrid event is right around the corner!
• 5:53 The new opportunities available 
• 8:44 What our world-famous Speak Off is like
• 12:06 How virtual stages lead to more interactions 
• 20:21 Why service-based business need to leverage stages
• 27:17 Getting in front of the right audience
• 30:04 Get your tickets now!

More About Pat:

Pat Quinn has been entertaining, inspiring, and educating audiences for over 30years.  As a former professional magician, Pat learned the art of commanding a stage early in his career.  With an advanced degree in brain research, he understands how adults learn new information.  As a professional consultant and speaker he has keynoted the biggest conferences and spoken to audiences around the world.

Pat consults with Professional Speakers and Business Leaders to help them improve their presenting skills and more effectively deliver their messages. From Olympic Athletes to New York Times Bestselling Authors, the very best speakers in the world turn to Pat Quinn to improve their presentation skills.  PatQuinn lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and two daughters.

More about Dolores: 

Dolores is an internationally recognized STRATEGIST & COACH. She helps clients clarify their “idea worth sharing”, design their communication strategies, and implement business growth systems. Her clients become speakers and authors and take their message to larger audiences like TEDx and beyond. She works through group coaching, workshops, one on one coaching, as well as public speaking. Dolores is a writer, TEDx Organizer, and participant in TED conferences. She is a CTI certified and ICF accredited coach and has a business degree from the Universidad de San Andres, Argentina. Originally from Buenos Aires, Dolores speaks fluent Spanish, English, and French and lives in Dartmouth, MA with her husband and four children.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw

Welcome back to Inside The Greenroom, we have a fantastic guest today founder and owner of Think Unbroken, and author of popular book “Think Unbroken: Understanding And Overcoming Childhood Trauma” Michael Anthony. Michael has overcome immense amounts of childhood abuse from his mother, stepfather, and grandmother, pushed past addiction, unhealthy weights, and broken through countless damaging mindsets to be where he is today. He is passionate about helping adults overcome their own childhood trauma to live a life that is successful and free. 

Join us as we talk about how Michael began his journey of self-healing that started with acknowledging the trauma he’s been through and how he reversed engineered his mountain and found the very first step that changed the course of his life. You’ll learn how he pushed through the challenges and hardships of digging deep within to find that his number one fan needed to be himself and how honoring who he wanted to be was a pivotal step that kept him on track. 

As entrepreneurs, speakers, and event planners we know that some of the best in our industry are self-taught learners, and we believe Michael is a great example of the capability of what we as humans can do. Michael talks about the importance of asking for help, why you should get used to being uncomfortable, and why the people who follow you may be the most important people in your business. 

We have an open discussion about bringing value to everyone you possibly can and working within your own values and morals to not only honor yourself but align you with the exact people you need to meet that will accelerate you and your business. 

This episode is jam-packed with deep and thought-provoking conversation that will have you reevaluating every situation for upgrades. To get in contact with Michael or to follow his journey check out the links below and if you’re wanting to be a part of an opportunity to flex your speaking skills check out our Advanced 360 Challenge coming up soon! 

Here’s what we cover:

• How child abuse may impact your adult life
• The importance of acknowledging past trauma 
• Finding the first step you need to take through reverse engineering
• Honoring the person you think you are 
• Pushing through uncomfortableness to grow exponentially
• Why you should stop being afraid to ask for help
• The reason most people don’t start towards their goals
• Why you should always go first 
• How people fail with new attempts 
• Clearly defining your morals and values to KNOW where you’re going
• Creating value for those around you for the sake of bringing value
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Michael:

• Website: http://www.thinkunbroken.com/
• Website Mentioned:  www.healtraumacoach.com
• Facebook: http://Facebook.com/Michaelunbroken
• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/michaelunbroken
• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/michaelunbroken
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC95YX4cZdz39HHIaLZYFsGA
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traumasurvivormentorandcoach/

Advanced 360 Link: 

• Website: http://www.advanced360interactive.com

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

Book Speakers for your next event! We are the only agency where you can book free and paid speakers, no bureau commissions! 

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Influential Speakers in Michael’s life: 

• Gary Vaynerchuk
• Anthony Trucks 
• Tom Bilyeu
• Brendan Burchard
• Mel Robbins

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:28 Welcome Michael Inside The Greenroom
• 2:19 What Michael’s childhood was like
• 4:29 The elephant in the room in the mental health care space
• 5:20 Regaining confidence 
• 11:39 How Michael started using his story to help others
• 16:18 The only way to know what you are capable of
• 21:25 How Michael overcome the fear of others opinion
• 24:26 Why some people are scared to take action
• 25:04 Michael’s incredible story of meeting Pete Vargas
• 33:03 The 2-min pitch that closed Grant Cardone 
• 38:13 What Michael does before every time before going on stage
• 42:11 Why Michael tries to add value in every moment

More About Michael:

Michael was born to a hyper-abusive drug addict mother who cut his finger off at 4 years old, a step-father you pray you never have, and a racist grandmother that pushed him into an identity crisis. By the time he was 9, his family was in poverty and often homeless all while being a member of the Mormon Church. At twelve, he was adopted by his grandmother and quickly turned to drugs and alcohol to survive the continuing abuse. Despite multiple learning disabilities and not graduating high school on time, Michael found success in Corporate America in his early twenties. However, success only made things worse. Michael found himself morbidly obese, high and drunk daily, and ultimately self-sabotaging everything around him. it was not until finding his inner power through his Mirror Moment and choosing to do whatever it took to work through childhood trauma that his life really began.

Michael Anthony is the author of the best-selling book Think Unbroken and is a coach, mentor, and educator for adult survivors of child abuse. Michael spends his time helping other survivors get out of

"The Vortex" to become the hero of their own story and take their like back. Michael hosts the Michael Unbroken podcast, teaches at Think Unbroken Academy, and is on a mission to create change in the world.

As entrepreneurs, speakers, and meeting planners we work towards renewing our minds and breaking through the personal barriers that would keep up us from being successful. But another thing that you may not realize is that who you surround yourself with is just as important as how you think, and that goes for clients too. 

On today’s episode of Inside The Greenroom, we have journalist, author, and owner of BrEpic Communications Justin Breen! Justin believes in the power of meaningful introductions, and relationships as well as thought-provoking stories from visionaries and entrepreneurs who value investing in themselves and their businesses.

You’ll learn from Justin as he talks about building his global business with no prior experience, how your mindset leads to the right network, and why you should stop trying to please everyone. Justin gives some quick tips that you can practice every day to break through your mind’s limits and invest not only in yourself but in your business. You’ll hear how Justin has grown his business through relations and understanding exactly what problem his business is the solution to. 

Justin is laser-focused on who his business helps and who he surrounds himself with daily, he talks about the two things that make his business successful and how important it is to save your time by sticking to the clients and colleagues that will have you rising instead of hitting a wall. He is an advocate of facilitating meaningful conversations both inside and outside the greenroom to better find solutions to the problems of the world. 

He has completely immersed himself in the concept of ‘see a problem, find a solution’ and firmly believes that if you give yourself whole-heartedly to this, and others who believe it too then that is when change happens. 

To learn more or to connect with Justin check out the links below! 

Here’s what we cover:

• How to create a business with no prior experience
• Quick tips to do every day to change your mindset 
• What makes a super successful entrepreneur
• Having extreme resilience to be the best you can be
• Determining the right people to surround yourself with
• Understanding how everything is an opportunity to speak
• How to have meaningful conversations with the people you want to
• The two things that can help your business profit
• Simplifying a solution to fix a problem
• Switching from a transactional mindset to a relational mindset
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with :

• Website: http://www.brepicllc.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrEpic
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrEpicBreen
• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brepicbreen
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1
• Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734851007

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:28 Welcome Justin Inside The Greenroom!
• 1:36 How Justin’s entrepreneurial journey began 
• 3:12 How Justin used his journalism skills in PR
• 6:53 Practical ways to upgrade your mindset
• 9:35 The 4 things most every entrepreneur has to overcome
• 13:20 How to determine who to listen to and who to ignore
• 19:34 Everything is a speaking opportunity 
• 23:48 How Justin has leveraged “greenroom moments” 
• 27:30 Avoid small talk by going in prepared
• 33:00 What 10X-ing life looks like to Justin
• 36:19 The simplifier gift
• 39:00 Take the red pill
• 41:18 Final advice and wisdom from Justin

More About Justin:

Justin Breen is CEO of the PR firm BrEpic Communications and author of the No. 1 International Best-Selling Book, Epic Business. Justin is hard-wired to seek out and create viral, thought-provoking stories that the media craves. And he finds the best stories when he networks with visionary entrepreneurs and executives who understand the value of investing in themselves and their businesses. Justin believes strongly in the power of introductions and creates important relationships through those introductions. He is an extremely active member of Entrepreneurs' Organization, Strategic Coach, and Abundance 360, and he has an incredible global network of visionaries and exceptional

Businesses.

If you are an entrepreneur, you probably don’t like doing taxes. They can be stressful, complicated, and dull. What if your taxes actually started helping you instead of hindering you?

Welcome tax strategist, international speaker, and Best Selling author Courtney Epps inside the greenroom! When she isn’t speaking Courtney owns and runs her full-service accounting firm in South Carolina where she helps speakers, business owners, and entrepreneurs get the most out of their taxes and has broad expertise in industries including traditional, home-based, and network-marketing businesses. They offer tax strategies that will free up your money legally, morally, and ethically guilt-free. 

You’ll learn about how Courtney has pushed through tough times and sky-rocketed her business’s growth and profit with very little marketing, common mistakes people make on their tax returns, the best practices for business owners with employees, and why you as a speaker should have an LLC. Courtney gives great insight into the two tax systems that our country runs on and how you can be on the side that creates wealth so you can rest easier, have more time, and do the things you’ve always dreamed of doing.Whether you’re a W-2 employee or the owner of a business you’ll want to listen to this episode twice to make sure that you are receiving the most amount of return for your money. Refresh your taxes and take advantage of the system made to pay back into our communities. 

For more about Courtney or to get in touch check out the links below, and if you enjoyed this episode make sure to tell someone to hit that follow button!

Here’s what we cover:

• How Courtney pushed through adversity
• The biggest mistakes you can make as a business owner
• Deductions you might be missing in your taxes
• Why you shouldn’t use a bookkeeper
• 2 tips that will keep you from overpaying 
• Being picky when picking the right accountant
• The two tax systems you need to know about
• How Courtney began speaking
• Why we need small business owners
• The problem with W-2 employees
• How you can save the most amount of money ethically
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• And much more!
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LINKS:

Connect with Courtney:

• Email: [email protected]
• Linktree: Linktr.ee/courtneyeppstax
• @courtneyepps

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Influential Speakers in life: 

• Tony Robbins
• Grant Cardone

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:27 Welcome Cortney!
• 1:42 How Cortney’s entrepreneurial journey began
• 10:56 How Cortney helps entrepreneurs at any stage
• 16:13 How Cortney’s firm exploded with business
• 18:00 The average household income in the US
• 22:00 The two tax systems in America
• 24:06 A few tax breaks all speakers should get
• 28:02 Understanding subcontracting 
• 28:59 Why it is never beneficial to be a W2 employee 
• 33:02 Understanding tax deductions

More About Courtney:

Courtney is a tax strategist, international speaker, and author of the Best Selling books More Relaxing Less Taxing & What’s Your Plan B? She owns a full-service accounting firm in South Carolina and serves clients in every state. She has owned her practice for nineteen years. What sets their firm apart is the tax strategy that it offers to clients as the focus is not just to prepare returns but to free up money legally, morally, and ethically. She has developed broad expertise in industries including traditional, home-based, and network-marketing businesses. She works with clients from start-up to $100 million companies.

Courtney's Mission: To Teach more people on how to free up money through tax strategy, so that we can help more, have more so that they can live more, and give more so that we can feed more children, free more children and provide more safe drinking water. Courtney has figured out a way to combine your passion with your profits as she truly believes that by creating a social business entrepreneurs can change the world. Get access to all of my content on Linktr.ee/courtneyeppstax!

Think about why you became an entrepreneur, why you became a speaker, why you decided event planning was for you...if you’ve been around Inside The Greenroom long enough that should be a pretty easy answer. Establishing your why is a pivotal foundation of all that you do. 

Can the people you lead say the same thing? 

On today’s episode, we have two incredible speakers and entrepreneurs, Brenda Batista-Mollohan and Joe Lau. Brenda is the founder and owner of Inspiring Company Culture, a business dedicated to helping leaders create workplace environments where every employee feels valued, heard and appreciated. Joe is a self-made entrepreneur who after creating several businesses and selling them making seven-figure profits is now a speaker, influencer and ‘quality of life’ coach, he emphasizes the importance of aligning yourself to create a more harmonic life both inside and outside of the workplace. 

Learn from Brenda as she talks about the process of establishing high-performing teams, leading by example, understanding when someone isn’t a good fit for your company, and how integral it is for employees to find a place within the business. You’ll hear from Joe on how to bring rest, and harmony within yourself before bringing it to the workplace, why it’s so important for those you lead to find their own why, and even the amazing shifts that can happen when your employees align with themselves and the company’s values. 

Join us as we talk about allowing those you lead to make the choices that are right for them so that your culture - whether its an event, company, or project - can reach its goals exponentially faster. Event planners learn how you can create an event culture that will have people not just learning but actually having fun and enjoying their time so that they come back again and again. Speakers you’ll hear about the importance of enhancing an event’s culture and why you should take the time to dive deep into the gigs you get. 

This is an episode you may want to listen to twice because you’ll want to remember this insight from both of these incredible speakers. 

For more resources or to get in touch with either Brenda or Joe check out the links below! 

Here’s what we cover:

• How Inspiring Company Culture began 
• The importance of engagement with your teams
• Setting a challenge and offering support 
• The biggest indicator of who you are 
• What makes up the culture of a business
• Giving employees space to see if they align with the culture
• Creating a good culture for your event
• Finding measurable outcomes to find and fix weak areas
• Taking technology out of the equation to get to the root of the problem
• Why speakers are important for an event’s culture
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Joe:

• Website: https://www.therealjoelau.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Facebook: @therealjoelau
• Insta: @therealjoelau
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealjoelau/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg2pd10GGpS5hyYBkIDc5QQ

Connect With Brenda: 

• Website: https://www.inspiringcompanyculture.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Facebook: @inspiring-company-culture
• Insta: @inspiringcompanyculture
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-batista-mollohan/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnJAK_hyMYhEHcFEUo4JPmg

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Influential Speakers in Joe’s life: 

• Jesse Itzler

• Sarah Blakley

Influential Speakers in Brenda’s life: 

• Barack Obama

• Oprah Winfrey

• Tony Robbins

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:27 Welcome Inside The Greenroom
• 0:38 Get to know Brenda Bastista-Mollohan and Joe Lau
• 2:28 How Brenda’s entrepreneurial journey began
• 5:54 Where Joe’s journey began
• 7:42 Why It is crucial for leaders and employees to grow together
• 10:46 Enrolling yourself and your teammates 
• 16:11 What happens when your time is not associated with your identity 
• 18:36 Getting your employees to the next level
• 24:08 Creating an amazing work culture 
• 28:30 3 things that are guaranteed to shift your team culture 
• 33:31 How Brenda and Joe leverage systems to create better experiences
• 43:23 How to connect further with Joe and Brenda 

More About Joe:

Joe is a self-made entrepreneur. He has founded six companies and sold three of them resulting in multiple seven-figure profits. As a successful entrepreneur, speaker, and quality of life coach, Joe inspires and challenges people to connect with who they truly are so that they can have meaningful relationships and live a healthier and higher-quality lifestyle. Joe’s approach simplifies the process of achieving a harmonic life by focusing on the things that truly matter. He teaches his clients to practice gratitude and appreciation to better all areas of their life from fitness to family to finances. His methods help his clients become the best version of themselves and allow them to play more, live more, and make more.

More About Brenda: 

Brenda Batista-Mollohan is the Founder of Inspiring Company Culture where she helps leaders transform their work environments to be places where everyone is heard, valued, and appreciated. Brenda is an expert in establishing high-performing teams, healthy company culture, leadership, business system analysis, and strategic planning. For the past 25 years, Brenda has focused on performance improvement and how the power of teams helps sustain business results. She helps teams engage and align with desired business outcomes by providing customized workshops, as well as group and leadership coaching either as a standalone or as part of a consulting project. Brenda holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Systems Engineering, a Masters in Health Administration, and a Juris Doctorate

Take a moment and imagine yourself in 5 years, where do you see yourself, do you see yourself as successful? We want to help get you there! That is why today we are talking a lot about how leveraging your passions and mindset can unlock every door you need to get where you want to go and beyond!

Our guest today has a lot to say about the power of niching down your audience to create the longest-lasting impact you could possibly have. Jesse Smith is an established dancer, recording artist, speaker, and owner of My Creative District. He has danced with artists like Justin Timberlake, Rhianna, Mario, and more. Since then he has been using his talents to perform and speak all over the world on stages in front of over 100,000 people. Jesse now helps creatives create thriving businesses through their passion with his company My Creative District. 

Listen in as we discuss how Jesse got his start in the entertainment industry and how he had to push through the mindset that his “big break” was around the corner. Hear how Jesse realized that mindset is everything and how he went from dreading his next venture to find the reason and passion he began his journey in the first place. 

You’ll learn about changing your mindset when it comes to success, realizing that we were not made to impact everyone, and how niching down your audience is one of the best things you can do to keep your focus on the people that matter. Jesse has an honest conversation about humbling himself and realizing the actual audience that he had a passion for which led to the birth of My Creative District. 

Bring your focus back to why you started your business or platform in the first place and think about how you can bring the best and the most value to that audience. You may find that audience accelerates you faster than ever before. 

For more information or to connect with Jesse check out the links below! 

Here’s what we cover:

• How Jesse broke through a cut-throat industry
• Realizing the myth of your “big break”
• Changing your mindset when it comes to success
• What you can learn from entertainers when it comes to competition
• How to fight the mindset of “Not doing enough” 
• Understanding that we are not made to impact everyone
• How to prevent burn out 
• Why niching down is a fight against your ego
• How Jesse built his speaking platform
• Creating a real connection with people to expand your impact
• The importance of building relationships with your speakers
• Being realistic on creating your first event
• Creating a great experience for both speakers and the audience
•  
• And much more!

LINKS:

Connect with Jesse:

• Website: www.worldwidedancechallenge.com
• Email: esse@jessepaulsmith
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessepaulsmith/
• Twitter: @jessepaulsmith
• Insta: @jessepaulsmith
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepaulsmith/
• Company: My Creative District

Connect with Blair:

• [email protected] 

Connect with us:

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/advanceyourreach
• Website: advanceyourreach.com
• [email protected]
• Email​: [email protected]

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Influential Speakers in Jesse’s life: 

• John Maxwell
• Paul Martinelli

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 0:27 Meet Jesse
• 1:52 How Jesse got started in the entertainment industry 
• 6:49 Stay hungry: your next gig isn’t always your next be break
• 12:20 How to fight off imposter syndrome 
• 16:10 The advice that Jesse got when he was at rock bottom
• 19:39 When Jesse left the music industry
• 28:00 The reaction when Jesse first shared his story
• 29:10 When Jesse got his first paycheck from speaking
• 32:49 The one question every speaker should be able to answer
• 34:41 Tips for leveraging social media
• 40:01 What Jesse learned from running his first virtual event
• 48:52 The speakers that have impacted Jesse the most
• 52:25 Closing thoughts

More About Jesse:

Jesse is an established dancer, recording artist, and entrepreneur.  Getting his start in the entertainment world when he moved to L.A. in 2005as a dancer with McDonald Selznick Associates.  There he got an opportunity to work with artists like Justin Timberlake,

Rhianna, Mario, and more.  Since then he has been using his talents to perform and speak all over the world on stages in front of over 100,000people in his career. 

Now Jesse continues to help creatives turn their passion into a thriving business that can make a positive impact on the world through his business My Creative District. 

Through My Creative District, Jesse co-founded WorldWideDance Challenge – An online dance Show/Competition where they bring dancers from around the world and all different styles to compete head to head live online in front of a live audience for a chance to be named the worlds best.