LifePilot: Be the CEO of your life with Natalie Sisson

Right now, if you're in business for yourself, you're likely looking for ways to uncover hidden profit in your business so you can replace that lost revenue.

If you're about to start a business you're probably wondering if this is even the right time?

Either way I know you are worried about the business impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did you know that some of the best-known companies were launched during a recession?

Companies like Disneyland, Microsoft, Burger King and Apple all managed to profit and grow like crazy during a recession or depression and so many more!

If you find yourself in need of inspiration and encouragement to start or pivot your business so you can not only survive, but thrive, then this episode is going to spark that joy back in your life.

Susie Carder is one heck of a powerhouse. Her energy, smarts and ability to power up her profits is impressive.

Susie started out as a low paid hairdresser trying to support her 2 little girls. But working for someone else became a challenge (to say the least).

So she decided to do whatever it took to create her own business. After much blood sweat and tears (mixed with cheap mascara) she went on to create, not one, but two $10 Million companies!

Her core genius is the ability to simplify complicated issues by creating simple proven systems that are guaranteed to create dramatic growth for any company.

She has helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs increase their revenues by more than 3000% and worked with top business moguls including John Assaraf, Lisa Nichols, Steve Harvey, Doug Carter, and Paul Mitchell.

In this interview with me she totally over delivers. It was such a delight to have Susie's energy and refreshing no BS advice to grow your business, uncover more profit and back yourself right now.

Her newest book ‘Power Your Profit' is a bulletproof start-to-finish plan for taking your business from startup mode to the multi-million-dollar mark, and we cover off on so many great areas in our high-energy conversation.

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• What it really takes to build a multi-million dollar business
• How to uncover hidden profit goldmines sitting right under your nose
• Why you need a profit plan and how to put it in action
• How to reshape your relationship with money
• How to create strategic partnerships so you never need to sell
• How to earn more profit with 80% less staff

Podcast Resources

• Learn more about Susie at SusieCarder.com
• Read my post Annual Survey Results and the Power of Asking Your People What They Want
• Listen to my previous podcast: How to Make Fundamental Shifts, Rewire Your Brain and Unleash Your Superpowers
• Tell me how I can help you right now in this 60 second survey.

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Have you identified a part of your life you want to change but you keep putting it off?

We are going through an unprecedented times right now and this is the best time to make fundamental shifts.

If you are feeling down, hopeless or stressed, use this time to do something meaningful like changes in your own life.

On today's podcast, we have Rob Scott to help you.

Rob is a master level coach who has overcome abuse, addiction, cancer, and much more.

Before he started Fundamental Shift LLC, he was actually homeless. He built his way from the bottom to the top by having a fundamental shift that changed everything and turned his life around. Now he teaches others how to experience that shift too.

Over the past decade he has helped people who were struggling to succeed in various areas of life and work. Identity Shifting, pioneered by Rob, teaches people how rewire their limiting beliefs, and ultimately leaves them completely transformed.

He has made it his mission to shift this mindset and create habits and behaviors that yield incredible outcomes. The result of this shift is people who are living to their full potential and achieving a level of success they once thought impossible to reach.

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• How to have a fundamental shift
• The power of identity shifting
• How to create profound change without willpower
• How to breakthrough subconscious limiting beliefs
• How to find happiness amidst the pandemic

Podcast Resources

• Learn more about Rob and his story at RobScott.com.
• Rob’s Free “Back to Breath” 7-Day Challenge
• Download the simple blueprint for more happiness and less stress in just 21 days!
• Support my book crowdfunding efforts and pre-order your own copy from just $9.
• Join me as I write alongside you in my LIVE ‘Write Your Damn Book’ 60 day

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How are you going to thrive and live in possibility during this unprecedented time?

It's a question I've been asking myself since last week and it's left me hopeful, proactive and purposeful.

I am currently at home in self-isolation for the next 14 days, and as of midnight March 25 New Zealand is now in lockdown for 30 days to contain this virus.

This global pandemic is emotionally challenging, that's for sure. Each day brings you new feelings and thoughts, concerns and fears, mixed in with hope, solutions, positivity and opportunity.

I've been speaking to my clients and students and the range of feelings is so beautifully human. Yet each of them is doing what they can, with what they have, to get through this and even thrive.

One thing that none of us can deny now is this is REAL. And this is our new norm for the foreseeable future.

So in today's podcast I wanted to share the ways you can cope with self-isolation as well as the ways to thrive by looking at all the available opportunities.

In times like this, the best thing to do is make the most out of it. How you behave, respond and act right now will set you up for how you will lead others in the future.

It's in these most trying times that you can step up and be your best possible self, not only for you but for your loved ones, peers and strangers who need your gifts.

In this episode, I share what is happening out there in terms of potential opportunities for you and your business, what areas are thriving, and where to help people right now.

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• 5 thriving areas with the most potential and opportunities for you to capitalise on
• The two key questions to ask yourself to make the most out of this situation
• The importance of a daily ritual and routine to feel grounded and more certain
• Guest appearance from Azul Terronez on the power of creating conversations
• Beautiful tips and analogies from Azul on why writing a book right now is needed

• Listen in or read my most popular post: 12 Ways To Get Paid To Be You – Even During A Crisis or Recession
• Join me to Write the Damn Book - starting April 3, 2020.
• TED Talk: What Makes a Good Teacher Great? by Azul Terronez
• How to Kick Off Your Day To Win at Life

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Yesterday, after a terrible sleep and feeling low on energy, I was in a dilemma. Perhaps you can relate?

Part of me wanted to just hide away, be offline and bury my head, and part of me was like: "Nope Nat, as hard as this, you need to show up right now, you need to be a leading learner, and you need to support people who are in need". So I spent almost 5 hours, while being with loved ones at the hospital, to focus on a solution, and do what I do best, or at least what I know I can do.... I researched, wrote and published a definitive blog post on 12 Ways to Earn Income Even During a Crisis or Recession

Specifically I cover off on: 

• The Key Industries that Survive and Thrive in a Recession
• How to Make Opportunities Out of Despair
• The Two Best Methods to Earn Revenue Regardless of What’s Going On In The World!
• Twelve Ways to Get Paid to Be You and Earn Multiple Revenue Streams
• Exceptionally Handy Resources to Help You Even Further

I'd love you to read it and if it helps you share it with people who need it too.

Head to NatalieSisson.com/12ways for the full episode in blog format.

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Have you ever thought about starting your own podcast?

I've been having a love affair with podcasts ever since I launched mine back in 2012.

As you may well know I LOVE podcasting and I am a huge fan of listening to podcasts too.

Whenever I listen to other podcasts, it inspires me with ideas of how I do and don't want to do mine.

The art of podcasting has taught me so much and as a medium it's a fantastic business tool too.

Not other medium allows you to speak directly into the ears of one person at a time and get their undivided attention.

Even if you're out running while listening, it's still that one person's voice (or two if it's an interview of joint podcast) speaking directly to you, into your ears.

With that in mind I wanted to bring on a guest to the Untapped Podcast who got into podcasting in the last few years, and has started not one podcast, but two!

Sarah Mikutel is a globetrotting podcast consultant and founder of the online course Podcast Launch Academy.

Her podcasts Podcasting Step by Step and the Postcard Academy, have been named best podcast about podcasting and best travel podcast, respectively!

Born and raised in the U.S., Sarah’s spent nearly a decade living the expat life in Europe and believes that true independence means the freedom to choose where, when, and how you spend your time and attention.

She loves working with fellow citizens of the world who want to use the power of podcasting to connect to their global community and build a brand and business that supports a freedom-based life.

In this episode, Sarah shares:

• How to start and run a podcast while traveling the world
• How Sarah started podcasting and the key lessons she learned
• When it comes to decisions, are you a maximizer or a satisficer?
• Her top tips to start and grow a podcast from scratch
• Common podcasting mistakes to avoid when you're starting your podcast

Podcast Resources

• Visit sarahmikutel.com for more articles on how to podcast.
• Say hi to Sarah on Instagram!
• Check out her Podcast Launch Academy - a self-paced online course designed to help you overcome technophobia and podcast overwhelm so you can develop a world-class podcast that shares your message, connects you to your global community, and helps you build a brand and business that gives you the freedom to live life on your terms.
• Listen to my previous podcast: How To Start a Podcast That Matters
• Read my post What 7 Years of Podcasting Has Taught Me

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What's your mission in life? Are you willing to share it? Are you willing to also sacrifice everything to make it happen?

Well, I'm truly excited because I finally have my mission for 2020 and beyond.

In this episode, I share it with you as well as why it's so important to have a purpose or a mission to guide you in everything you do.

If you've known me for many years, you might remember my mission for the Suitcase Entrepreneur, in my book and in my Painted Picture.

It was to help a million entrepreneurs create freedom in business and adventure in life.

If you've read my Suitcase Entrepreneur book, that's the tagline.

Now I never figured that I would individually be able to impact a million people but I knew at the time there was definitely a way to be able to create a ripple effect even if it started with a hundred, a thousand or more.

It still seemed big and scary and ridiculous, but at the same time, it really drove me to really show up and help people do that through everything I did.

My products, my courses, my workshops, my retreats were all about making that mission a reality.

Now, since 2017 and coming back to New Zealand, settling in a little bit and creating everything under my own personal name and brand, I haven't had a clear mission for quite a few years.

I wouldn't say it's been bothering me, because I've been on this journey to understand who I want to serve, how I want to show up and who I want to impact.

I have been working through a great book called "Essentialism" by Greg McKeown

He talks about essentialists understanding exactly what their priorities are and being super clear about that, to the point that they cut out everything else that is not serving them.

And so when it came to setting this mission, the minute I did, I was able to make so many little decisions that have been pending in my mind.

Suddenly, I was able to say, I don't need to do X because it doesn't serve my mission, but I can definitely do Y because that does.

It put everything into crystal clear vision for me of what was important and what was totally not.

Listen in as I reveal it or read the full blog here https://nataliesisson.com/eps-56-mission-for-2020/

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How often do you think about taking your blog to a million dollars?

And what does the road to $83K a month blog actually look like?

If you are a fellow blogger, or if you’re into launching your own blog, this will be a perfect episode for you.

Pete McPherson is a full-time blogger and podcaster at Do You Even Blog, a resource for income-seeking bloggers and online entrepreneurs.

He spends his days interviewing the world’s top creators & entrepreneurs, including names like Neil Patel, Matt Mullenweg, John Lee Dumas, Nick Loper, Michelle Schroeder, and many more.

Pete is also the CEO of Online Impact, a private membership community for online businesses.

Not only does he write killer blog posts and create a ton of great resources for bloggers starting out and more advanced bloggers, he’s also very open about what it takes to build a successful blog.

We had a really honest and entertaining conversation about setting big ass goals and then making them happen and Pete is not shy in opening up about his business – the good the bad and the ugly.

We also got real about things we’ve both done on our blogging journeys and the hard lessons learned. I think you’re going to enjoy this podcast.

In this episode, Pete shares:

• Why you should never settle until you find the thing you do love to do
• How it’s possible to build a blog in a saturated niche
• The road to $83K a month business and how Pete is working towards it
• How one disastrous launch day in 2019 taught Pete the best lesson in business he’s ever learned.

Podcast Resources

• Check out Do You Even Blog?.
• Follow Pete on Twitter and Youtube.
• Pete’s beginner’s guide for blogging: How to Start A Blog: A Simple Guide for 2020
• Online Impact – a private membership community for online businesses.
• Six Figure Steps to Building a Profitable Blog 
• Listen to my previous podcast: The Power of Blogging and How You Can Profit From It

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Would you love to get paid to be a successful speaker?

Are you already speaking, but not charging or have no idea what to charge?

Is speaking a career you're pondering but want to know how successful you could be?

Enter my friend Grant Baldwin to answer all your burning questions!

Grant Baldwin is the founder of The Speaker Lab, a training company that helps public speakers learn how to find and book speaking gigs.

He is probably the most knowledgeable and qualified person I know to teach all about getting paid to be a successful speaker.

As a keynote speaker, Grant has delivered nearly one thousand presentations to over 500,000 people in 47 states and has keynoted events for audiences as large as 13,000!

I mean holy heck, that's some work ethic right there. Oh and he's a GREAT speaker too.

Through his popular podcast The Speaker Lab and flagship coaching program Booked and Paid to Speak he has coached and worked with thousands of speakers.

Grant has also been featured in national media including Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post.

He now lives near Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Sheila, and their three daughters and I love how he balances out a very successful business with living a great lifestyle.

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What if I told you that there is a business model that would let you design your ideal lifestyle business.

That can dramatically grow your email list, build a tribe of people who love what you say and allow you to setup a funnel that brings in tens of thousands of dollars with products and courses and that you can do it based around living your dream lifestyle.

Does that sound to good to be true?

Well according to Mitch Asser it's not. Mitch's story is the perfect example of how anybody can overcome the obstacles in their life and achieve anything they set their mind to.

Before he broke through to build multiple successful online businesses, he had to overcome a lot of adversity. From abusing drugs and alcohol as a teenager, to losing tens of thousands of dollars trying to figure all this 'make money online' stuff out.

Fast forward a few short years he built and sold a multi 6-figure natural health company from the ground up. He used many growth hacking methods to go from a following of 0 to over 60,000 people and over 3,000 customers in just 3 short years.

A lot of his success has come from online virtual summits. In fact, Mitch has delivered or been a part of more online virtual summits than almost anyone in the world!

He has been on the front-lines of direct response digital marketing for over 4 years. Through his work on his own businesses and his clients he's been able to help generate more than 250,000 highly qualified leads resulting in over $5 Million in revenue.

This is the model that I'm referring to in this episode of the Untapped podcast, and my interview with Mitch might just blow your mind wide open to the possibilities that lie before you using virtual summits.

In this episode, Mitch reveals:

• How Mitch is earning a great living doing what he loves, while living in a freedom camper
• What’s appealing about virtual summits that we can all tap into
• His step by step guide to creating a virtual summit
• Mitch’s thoughts on virtual summits with onerous promotional requirements
• The realities of hosting a virtual summit
• The key aspects to summit success

Podcast Resources

Check out Mitch’s Digital Nomad Sessions that’s happening right now – and I’m a part of.

• You can learn more about Mitch Asser on MitchAsser.com
• Check out his Youtube Channel to learn more about Mitch and his van life.
• Read my blog on Discovering Your Ideal Lifestyle 

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Many of us believe that there is no success without sacrifice. But is that true?

As a self-proclaimed Freedomist, and author of a book about having your own Freedom Plan I happen to know that you can have a thriving business and a lifestyle you love at the same time.

But it takes vision and then planning, discipline and systems to make sure you stay true to that vision.

I’m always keen to learn from others as I love to layer on top of what I’ve already done and figured out, with more wisdom and strategies that work.

So when David Finkel got in touch to talk about his Freedom Formula I was all ears.

David is the CEO of Maui Mastermind, one of the world’s premier business coaching companies, which has worked with over 100,000 business leaders, helping them grow their companies and get their lives back.

David’s clients enjoy an average annual growth rate five times higher than the average privately held company in the United States, and at the same time, these business leaders have dramatically decreased their working hours.

Over the past 20 years, David and the other Maui coaches and advisors have personally started and scaled companies with an aggregate value of $63 billion.

David eats his own cooking which has allowed him the time to start, scale, and sell multiple successful ventures, be on the boards of several other companies, all while holding his working hours to under 40 hours per week and taking 10 weeks of vacation each year.

The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eleven books, David’s syndicated business articles on Inc.com, Fastcompany.com, and Forbes.com have garnered millions of readers.

His work has been featured in such prestigious media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fox Business, MSNBC, and Inc. Magazine.

Impressed yet? You should be as David really does walk his talk.

In this episode, David reveals:

• Why working longer and harder doesn’t pay off (and what actually does)
• Why the 80-20 principle doesn’t go far enough (and how to take it to its most productive extreme)
• How to operationalize the work/life balance
• How to escape the “time and effort” economy
• How to structure the day and week to reclaim five or more hours each week in usable blocks
• What strategies to utilize to recover time and attention from distractions

Podcast Resources

• You can learn more about David Finkel on MauiMastermind.com
• How to Scale and Grow Your Business with David Finkel
• The Freedom Formula: How to Succeed in Business Without Sacrificing Your Family, Health, or Life

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