LifePilot: Be the CEO of your life with Natalie Sisson

I’m ready to have a rocking 2017, are you?

As 2016 rolls to a close, I thought we could all do with a healthy cocktail of inspiration, motivation, practical advice, and actionable tips.

So I reached out to 16 of your favorite previous guests on my show and asked them what their one piece of advice was to have the most successful year ever.

From Chris Guillebeau to Michael Port to Jill Stanton to Matthew Kimberley, they all delivered in spades.

In this episode I asked the question:

What do you need to make 2017 your most successful year ever?

Here’s what you’re going to learn:

• How to figure out how to set goals in alignment with your higher purpose
• Top advice on reverse engineering your success
• How to really niche down and stop using a one stop solution for everyone
• How to develop the capability to create a bigger impact by taking on more responsibility
• A productivity trick to create a year’s worth of content in just a few days
• A simple tactic to align your thoughts with your actions so you can achieve big goals
• A friendly understanding voice motivating you to just put one foot in front of the other

All this and much more is condensed into this short episode where I enlisted your favorite podcast guests to contribute with a message under 90 seconds, to help you have a rocking 2017.

Listen in and enjoy this one. I’m sure you’ll love it!

Here’s to hoping you have an amazing 2017.

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Michael's new book: Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
• In Search of the Miraculous
• I Am That

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Is selling the business you love the only way to achieve whatever you want?

Michael Gerber, the author of the New York Times bestseller, The E-Myth Revisited, says it is. He says you should be thinking about scaling and selling your small business, even before you start.

No wonder he calls himself the Chief Aggravator!

In this final interview on my podcast, it seemed fitting to talk about thinking about selling you business before you even begin it, and why you want to scale and grow your business if you ever want to be successful.

There were moments when Michael certainly 'aggravated me' as my thoughts around this, with my impending business sabbatical, definitely differ, but in some areas I certainly agree with his thinking.

And so do tens of millions of others who have bought his book and followed his work over the 40 years he's been wanting to change the face of small business, the world over.

Michael has always wanted small business owners to think of their business as a turnkey business that can be customized and personalized.

According to him, you should start your small business by writing an eulogy for it, because it is a part of your legacy.

And you don’t get to choose whether you have a legacy or not; you already have one. Your only choice is to engage with it intentionally, or not.

In this episode, Michael and I talk about how you can achieve whatever you want if you are willing to begin again. We also discuss if it is worth it to sacrifice everything else in the pursuit of the thing you’re passionate about.

This episode will challenge your assumptions about small business, freedom, and even your vision for your life. Proceed with caution.

In this episode you'll learn:

• What a turnkey business is and whether it can be customized and personalized
• Why would you sell if you actually enjoy and love running your business
• Whether it's worth sacrificing everything in the pursuit of passion
• Why our definition of freedom is superficial and are we truly free
• How he started his business back in 1977 with the mission 'to become the McDonalds of small business consulting'.

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Michael's new book: Beyond the E-Myth: The Evolution of an Enterprise: From a Company of One to a Company of 1,000!
• In Search of the Miraculous
• I Am That

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The future is here.

Most of the things we used to think of as science fiction are slowly becoming a reality.

(Okay, maybe we aren’t anywhere close to traveling back in time, like Marty McFly and Doc Brown, but you know what I mean)

Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and self-driving cars are all here. Within a few years, these new technologies will permeate every part of our lives; just like smartphones and the internet today.

With the rate at which innovations are coming, does it even make sense to create a business plan? For all you know, your business model might cease to exist next year.

In 1998, Kodak had almost a monopolistic control on the photography industry. But they went bankrupt a few years after that, and are just known as the photography pioneers of the bygone era.

I bring all this up because I received an email about what’s headed our way in the future. And it got me thinking about my business and planning my ideal year.

In this episode, I will share with you the email that got me thinking about the future. Then I’ll go into how that influences how I’m planning for my business and life.

I’ll talk about why planning your ideal year is the best future-proof strategy you can implement, and also how to have a clear vision for your future, so you can adapt and pivot when the time comes, not be at the mercy of changing trends and leaps in technological innovation.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• Why you don't need a business plan
• A random email that came into my inbox which is worth listening to and very fascinating

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

How to Plan Your Ideal Year

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As we head into 2017, it's the time of year where you want to shake things up, shift your mindset and start off the New Year with a bang.

December is the perfect time to stop, reflect, and make changes for the coming year based on what you've found did and didn't work in 2016.

You also want to look at setting meaningful goals that you will actually achieve and there's no better way to do this, then to look at what you set for yourself this year - and whether you hit those or fell short.

An important part of this, which goes beyond creating a "wish list" for 2017, is a deep dive into looking at the beliefs that you hold, that guide your actions and then, consider which ones may have been holding you back this whole time.

What stories have been telling yourself that are no longer serving your purpose?

For me, with the new website, new systems, and my upcoming business sabbatical, it's actually helped me clean up over 6 years of business files, products, plans and processes, as well some of my beliefs.

It has been like a spring clean for my entire business and I thought it was the perfect time to bring in my friend, Osmaan Sharif, to discuss some super helpful and actionable ways for you to do the same, and to set your foundations for 2017 right now!

In this episode, Osmaan and I discuss how to shift your mindset and beliefs for success, and how to get to the bottom of anything holding you back from having the business and life you KNOW you're meant to have.

In this episode you'll learn:

• How to make sure you have a solid foundation in place and what you can do about this if you don't
• How to use your entrepreneurial superpower to be in flow and doing the work that you love
• How to identify outdated, toxic goals, strained and stretched goals
• 5 quick self reflection questions that you can ask yourself to shake things up

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Take Osmaan's Foundations Test here (you can also download the ‘Let Go of your Limiting Beliefs’ workbook for free)
• Listen and learn in this interview with Osmaan about Wealth Dynamics and discovering your Entrepreneurial Superpower
• Get 13 Rapid Video tips to help you grow your business in 2017
• Plan Your Ideal Year in 2 hours of Less with My Workshop

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Writing and self-publishing a book can feel BIG and OVERWHELMING can't it. That's why 95% of people never get that idea out of their head and into a book.

But it doesn't have to be.

There are over a million books on Amazon that people have written and published. Regular people just like you and me are behind those books.

You don't have to be a great writer,  you don't have to be a super master expert on a subject, and you don't have to have a fully fleshed out idea to get started.

The key is to have a system to break down the process in actionable steps - wherever it is that you're starting.

Chandler Bolt is has the self-publishing process dialed in. He's a five–time best–selling author and helps others plan and write books as well.

In today's podcast episode, Chandler and I talk about everything from limiting beliefs to his three step writing process. We chat about success and failure, and accountability and doing more of what works.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• Chandler's journey from c level English student and college dropout to best selling author and teaching it in a simple way no matter where you are at, no matter where you come from
• What drove him to create Self-Publishing School, the #1 online resource for writing your first book
• The 2 forms of accountability which played a huge part in his success
• His 3 step writing process
• The 2 rules inside Self-Publishing School
• A great tip that will get you twice the mileage out of one writing session. (He did 1500 words in an hour the first time he did this.)
• How to use social media effectively to help you write or launch a book

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Self-Publishing School
• Book Launch: How to Write, Market & Publish Your First Bestseller in Three Months or Less AND Use it to Start and Grow a Six Figure Business
• Get Chandler's 6th book "Published." for free!
• Ryan Levesque's Ask

Come join me to Write your damn book in 3 months or less (and come behind the scenes of me writing mine)!

If you’ve been waiting for a chance to get started, then this is it. I’m going to give you a real, raw, uncensored glimpse into the craziness that goes on behind the scenes of any book writing project, plus the accountability and support to write your own damn book!

Join me here (starts December 7th)

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Mindset is everything. Am I right?

It's one thing to know your mindset needs work, and another to put in the work to look at things in a different way.

Inner demons, disempowering stories, a "lack" perspective - these can all be part of the default human condition if we let them.

But, we don't have to let our beliefs hold us back. In fact, we can shift our beliefs at anytime we choose.

In today's podcast episode, Danny Flood shares his journey with shifting his mindset and taking control of his life and business (not to mention a few awesome travel hacks).

 

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• How to flip the script on your internal dialogue and mindset
• Why perspective is everything and what you can do to change yours
• How to set specific and purposeful goals
• What do if you're doubting your path
• What mindstorming is and how to do it

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Check out Danny's work at Open World Magazine
• Get Danny's audio book for free
• Don't miss registration for the 2017 Ideal Year Workshop

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What does your best year ever look like in 2017 for you?

More of the same? More reacting, more chaos, more wishing you had time for the things you really love?

Planning can seem, at times, to fly in the face of spontaneity and adventure but I challenge you to think of it in a different way.

Planning actually makes space for spontaneity and adventure. 

When you plan properly, you can create space in your life and business so you can really enjoy your free time.

In this episode, I share some reflections on 2016 and my big announcement for 2017 (Facebook Live video) and how planning your ideal year can set you up for, exactly that, your ideal year!

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• Why planning out your year is absolutely crucial
• My big announcement about my what I'm doing with 2017
• Why gratitude continues to be central to everything
• Why you can't ignore that quiet inner voice

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Check out Kasia's work at WP Rockstar
• The Ultimate Guide to Saving Your Website: Backups, Hosting, and Other Life Saving Strategies
• How to Protect Your Website from Hackers
• Get Rock Your Systems. Learn how to get control back over your time and business using Asana, Google Drive, Slack.
• 2017 Ideal Year Workshop
• Check out Click Funnels for effortless sales funnel creation

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It's one thing to get by with your business moving around the globe - it's another entirely to co-build a thriving business like Copyblogger from a laptop.

Sonia Simone has been absolutely killing it in the copywriting world and has recently moved her life to Rome. Making her way from freelancer to co-founding Copyblogger was no easy task and in this week's podcast episode, Sonia shares her journey as well as some of her top tips for getting more clients and how relocating has shifted her business.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• Sonia's journey from a corporate world to copywriting as a freelancer and building up a business in a very competitive niche
• How to differentiate yourself and get more clients
• What prompted her to move to Italy and how that's affected her business, working style, and daily flow
• How she became a co-founder of Copyblogger
• How to get acquainted and settled in a new country
• The pros and cons of being location independent

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Copy Blogger
• Copyblogger FM
• Connect with Sonia on Twitter
• Book Yourself Solid
• Ryan Levesque's Ask

 

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No matter what stage you're at in your business, it's a pretty safe bet that your website is front and center on your task list on an ongoing basis.

Whether it's security, design, opt-ins, or conversions, when your website is your storefront it's bound to occupy a huge chunk of your time and business headspace.

But, there are some ways to make sure that your digital house is in order without spending all your time and energy worrying about it.

In today's podcast episode, I give you an overview of my website redesign project but also some insight into how I plan, organize and manage my multiple sites to streamline as much as possible.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• Why you need to back up your site STAT
• How to streamline your hosting and website management
• What you need for ongoing website security
• What I'm planning for my exciting website redesign

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Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Check out Kasia's work at WP Rockstar
• The Ultimate Guide to Saving Your Website: Backups, Hosting, and Other Life Saving Strategies
• How to Protect Your Website from Hackers
• Get Rock Your Systems. Learn how to get control back over your time and business using Asana, Google Drive, Slack.
• 2017 Ideal Year Workshop
• Check out Click Funnels for effortless sales funnel creation

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I realized something recently.

I was pouring over the annual survey results, loving all the feedback and learning more about my community, and I was surprised by some of the results.

I realized that I want to do even more to help you find freedom. I want to take you from where you are to where you want to be. So, I got to work in planning the next 10 actions I need to take to make that happen.

It turns out that a few of those items relate to the technology and tools I use in my business. It became clear that some of my technology was no longer keeping up with the way that I want to help people.

So, I turned my attention to finding tools that could really help me level up in my business.

There are SO many options for technology to help you run your business. So. Darn. Many. Researching technology could be a full-time job (I'm sure it is).

But, after a lot of research and a lot of discussions with other entrepreneurs, I decided on three key tools to help me streamline my systems so that I can delive even more valuable resources to you as effectively as possible.

In today's podcast episode, I share what I'm committing to accomplish over the few months and the three key technology tools I've chosen to help get there.

Listen in to this episode to learn about:

• What I learned about you from my annual survey results
• The three tools that I've chosen to start totally fresh with technology in my business
• Why we're leaving Infusionsoft and what we decided to go with
• Why systems and tools are an ongoing project
• How to Rock Your Systems

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[Tweet "Do you have effective systems for running and growing your business?"]

Key Resources I mention or add value to this podcast:

• Get Rock Your Systems. Learn how to get control back over your time and business using Asana, Google Drive, Slack.
• 2017 Ideal Year Workshop
• Write the Damn Book Freedom Lab
• Check out Click Funnels for effortless sales funnel creation
• ConvertKit for easy email marketing
• Check out Teachable for your online learning platform

 

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