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Onward Nation

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  • How to Overcome Self-Doubt, with Kris Kelso
    How to overcome self-doubt—Unlock the keys to conquering self-doubt with proven strategies and expert advice. Learn how to overcome self-doubt.

    How to overcome self-doubt — Kris Kelso is a keynote speaker for leadership conferences, corporate events, universities, and has been both guest and host on television and radio programs. He is the author of Overcoming The Impostor: Silence Your Inner Critic and Lead with Confidence.

    Trained and certified as an executive coach, Kris has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, business owners, and their leadership teams. He is an advisor and instructor at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, is a Facilitator / Coach with The Alternative Board, and is a contributing writer for The Nashville Business Journal.

    Kris has founded multiple companies and has served on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations. He is an active member of Cornerstone Nashville, where he serves, teaches, and coaches other leaders. He lives with his wife and three teenaged sons in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about how to overcome self-doubt:
    • Why Kris chose to focus his career on solving leadership and communication problems in businesses and overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
    • How Kris defines the Imposter Syndrome, and why it causes us to overvalue the accomplishments of others and undervalue our own unique traits and accomplishments
    • Kris gives expert advice on how to overcome self-doubt.
    • Why we often find ourselves comparing the reality of our own lives with a simplified, polished and curated version of other people's lives we see on social media
    • Why entrepreneurs by nature are at higher risk of falling to the Imposter Syndrome, and why allowing yourself to be vulnerable is crucial to overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
    • Why expressing his own vulnerability to a young entrepreneur gave the entrepreneur a sense of relief and emotional release, and led to Kris writing his book "Overcoming The Impostor"
    • Why being open and vulnerable is the antidote to the trap of the Imposter Syndrome, and why community without vulnerability will "feed the Imposter"
    • Why you should focus on becoming a part of organizations and communities where vulnerability is the norm and encouraged
    • Why it's important to shift your mindset and realize that failure isn't the opposite of success but a key part of success
    • How legends Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle had the highest number of strikeouts in all of Major League Baseball because they were willing to take chances
    • Why you don't have to love failure to avoid fearing it, and why you should accept the compliments you are given and internalize them
    Resources:
    • Learn more about how to overcome self-doubt, and you can find Kris here.
    • Elevate your knowledge on how to overcome self-doubt by attending Kris's Keynote speech
    • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kriskelso/
    • Facebook: www.facebook.com/thekriskelso
    • Twitter: @kriskelso
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/

    44 min
  • The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners, with Stephen Woessner
    The impact of COVID-19 on small business owners — Discover how COVID-19 has reshaped strategies and the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners.

    For this solocast…we're going to take a step back. I'm going to walk you through a small slice of the data from 12-months ago on the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners for a couple of reasons.

    One — I want you to see how far you have come…how you moved along that path…to reflect on the decisions you made…and the result outcomes. And yes — nothing is ever perfect…but you're still here. And there's victory in that.

    Two — we're going to celebrate a few businesses and their owners who really crushed it. And I don't mean necessarily from a revenue perspective…but I mean from the perspective of being the beacon of hope when we needed them to be.

    Being there every time their clients or customers had a question — and oftentimes a difficult one — there they were — being helpful.

    Let's celebrate that because in good times — or in bad, like a global pandemic — it's a great recipe for us to follow.

    And three — as we see the economy recovering — and we see momentum beginning to come back — what are some things you could be doing right now to fill your sales pipeline with right-fit prospects?

    I'll share some insights that you can take and apply.

    So you see? Now's the time to double down.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners:
    • Drew McLellan and I mapped out a complete blueprint for how to do this — and how to do it well — in our book, "Sell with Authority."
    • Stephen discussed that "Focusing solely on cost" — cutting causes executives and employees to approach every decision through a loss—minimizing lens and pessimism permeates the organization
    • How COVID-19 has reshaped strategies and the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners.
    Additional Resources:
    • Learn how to prevent the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners, and you can find Stephen here
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    • Explore the strategies to prepare for the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners by tuning in to this episode: How to lead through challenging times, with Brett Gilliland
    1 hr 3 min
  • Grow Through Adversity, with Brett Gilliland
    Grow through adversity—Discover resilience's power in overcoming challenges and turning setbacks into opportunities. Let's grow through adversity!

    Grow through adversity — Brett Gilliland is Founder and CEO of Elite Entrepreneurs, a company that specializes in giving $1M+ business owners the knowledge, processes, and tools to grow to $10M and beyond. Brett is an expert in organization development, leadership, and strategy and spent 10 years helping Infusionsoft grow from $7M in revenue to over $100M. Brett was involved in the foundational work of Purpose, Values, and Mission at Infusionsoft and facilitated the strategic planning process for many years.

    One of Brett's favorite professional accomplishments is co-creating Infusionsoft's Elite Forum along with Clate Mask and building the Elite business inside of Infusionsoft. As the leader of the Elite business, Brett has helped hundreds of struggling seven-figure business owners overcome their biggest challenges and achieve new levels of success. He also played a central role in the development of Infusionsoft's Leadership Model and was serving as the VP of Leadership Development when the decision was made to spin the Elite business out of Infusionsoft. As the new owner of Elite Entrepreneurs, Brett can't think of anything else he'd rather be doing professionally. When Brett isn't busy helping $1M+ businesses succeed, he is a family man who enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, Sharon, and their 8 children.

    Join Brett and Casey Graham, from Gravy Solutions, for a free "un-webinar" on April 21st at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT for business owners who are looking for the skills, knowledge, and tools needed to grow to 8 figures in revenue…and beyond.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about how to grow through adversity:
    • Why the big lesson to learn from 2020 is that we always need to be ready to respond to change and adapt to the unknown so that we can continue to grow through adversity
    • How Brett saw that "small business owners" and "entrepreneurs" approached the challenges of 2020 with very different mindsets and achieved very different results
    • Why the outbreak of the global pandemic proved that "the best leaders build the best businesses, and the best businesses win every time, in any situation"
    • Why strengthening your relationship with your clients and your team is a powerful strategy for growing through adversity and becoming stronger as a business
    • Brett shares how a brick-and-mortar music education business strategically engaged their community and found new ways to connect to a broader audience during the lockdown
    • Why offering stability to your team through your leadership is crucial during chaotic times, and why great leaders rise to the challenge
    • Why reflecting on the last year is a crucial step to ensure that we keep our gains and don't lose the progress we've made through the difficulties
    • How intentionality, structure and processes can help bring your team closer together and help you become more nimble and effective as an organization
    • Why adversity can actually make our businesses stronger, and why easy times can cause our "business muscles" to atrophy
    • Brett discusses the Elite Ignition program and how it can teach anyone looking to shift from entrepreneur to capable business leader
    Resources:
    • Learn more about how to grow through adversity, and you can find Brett here.
    • Enhance your knowledge of how to grow through adversity by applying our "ROI of Community" Framework
    • Follow Elite Entrepreneurs on Twitter @EliteEntrepren5
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    50 min
  • What is a Value Ladder, with Jonathon Hensley
    What is a value ladder? Learn the guiding business strategies for maximizing customer value. Let's find out what is a value ladder.

    What is a value ladder? Join us in today's podcast episode with our special guest, Jonathon Hensley, as he talks about the value ladder and why you need to understand it for your business's sake.

    Jonathon Hensley is co-founder and CEO of Emerge, a digital product consulting firm that works with companies to improve operational agility and customer experience. For more than two decades, Jonathon has helped startups, Fortune 100 brands, technology leaders, large regional health networks, non-profit organizations, and more, transform their businesses by turning strategy, user needs, and new technologies into valuable digital products and services. Jonathon writes and speaks about his experiences and insights from his career, and regularly hosts in-depth interviews with business leaders and industry insiders. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two boys.

    Originally from Silicon Valley, Jonathon got into the digital product space inspired by the incredible people developing new technologies all around him and the possibilities they unlocked. This fueled his curiosity to understand how technology transforms the ways in which people live and work.

    That curiosity continues to drive him today, as he works to help businesses harness technology. His work focuses on helping leaders define the value they want to create in a succinct and tangible way; where to focus, why, and what it will take to achieve that outcome. His favorite part is going beyond the idea and mapping how you bring together people, data, and processes so that clients can succeed.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about what is a value ladder:
    • How growing up in Silicon Valley and with a psychologist mother fueled Jonathon's fascination for the intersection between human behavior and technology
    • Jonathon defines what is a value ladder and why success hinges upon understanding the value exchange within your business and the problems you can solve for your customers
    • Why your value exchange needs to be perpetual, and how companies like Netflix have used their understanding of the value exchange to innovate new customer experiences
    • What five key steps you can take to better understand, define and measure your value exchange, and how you can use that information to supercharge your business strategy
    • Why Jonathon believes that everything you do and every product you offer should be in service to your customers
    • Why it is critically important to fall in love with the problem, not the solution you're creating
    • How to use a simple design tool called an "empathy mapping" exercise to generate a holistic picture of your customer's environment and needs
    • How a staggering 70-95% of all new products and 75-84% of all digital transformation initiatives fail, and why lack of market fit is the number one reason why
    • Why understanding your customer and value exchange is the key to avoiding the dangerous lack of market fit
    • Why understanding the scope of your customer's problems is crucial for accurately pricing your solutions to those problems
    Resources:
    • Learn more about how to what is a value ladder, and you can find Jonathon here
    • What is a value ladder? Elevate your knowledge about the value ladder and find right-fit client by applying our "ROI of Community" Framework
    • Connect with Jonathon on his LinkedIn
    • Emerge – UX Agency LinkedIn
    • Emerge – UX Agency Twitter
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    41 min
  • Cornerstone Content Strategy, with Stephen Woessner
    Cornerstone content strategy—Learn how to expand your audience and find the real golden nuggets by using the cornerstone content strategy.

    Your cornerstone content strategy is an important piece of your agency that will help expand your audience if you do it correctly. Learn how Stephen does it by tuning in to this podcast episode with Onward Nation.

    Stephen Woessner is the founder and CEO of Predictive ROI, a digital marketing agency, and the host of Onward Nation — a top-rated daily podcast for learning how today's top business owners think, act, and achieve. Onward Nation is listened to in 120 countries around the world with over 28,000+ email subscribers.

    Since the advent of the commercial Internet, Stephen has collected tens of thousands of data points that have given him the ability to identify what he calls the "8 Money Draining Mistakes" and the "8 Money Making Opportunities." Darren Hardy, then-publisher of SUCCESS Magazine, interviewed Stephen to discuss how business owners can identify and fix the mistakes.

    Stephen served in the United States Air Force, spent six years at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse as a full-time academic staff member and taught digital marketing classes to small business owners throughout the state including the prestigious School of Business at UW-Madison, has owned five businesses, and is the author of three books, "The Small Business Owner's Handbook to Search Engine Optimization", "Increase Online Sales Through Viral Social Networking", and "Profitable Podcasting."

    His digital marketing insights have been featured in Forbes.com, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Post, and Inc. Magazine.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about cornerstone content strategy:
    • Stephen offers a high-level review of the "Sell With Authority" methodology outlined in the book of the same name he co-authored with Drew McLellan
    • How the research presented in the Edelman Trust Barometer illustrates that an audience trusts industry experts and people like them more than anyone else
    • What four key qualifications serve to make someone a true thought leader, and why does each of these qualifications matter when creating your cornerstone content strategy
    • The three steps to take to "plant your flag of authority" within your chosen niche and with build trust and credibility with your target audience
    • How "cobblestone content" can lead people back to your cornerstone content and down your sales funnel
    • How to find the real "golden nuggets" in your cornerstone content that can be sliced and diced into your cobblestone content
    • Stephen provides several real-world examples of slicing and dicing content and the power of cobblestone and cornerstone content in thought leadership
    • Why a weekly Q&A session can be a fantastic way to connect with your audience, and how content can interconnect and cross-promote to expand your reach
    • What other powerful and proven resources, tools, and other content Predictive ROI found useful in reaching out to their audience
    • Why low-pressure and no-pressure email content can turn out a surprising number of high-quality leads
    Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Learn more about cornerstone content strategy by tuning in to this episode
    • Enhance your next cornerstone content strategy by applying our "Seed & Open Loops" Framework
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    52 min
  • Importance of Employer Branding in Recruitment, with Bryan Adams
    Importance of employer branding in recruitment—Discover strategies to enhance recruitment success and know the importance of employer branding in recruitment.

    What is the importance of employer branding in recruitment? You need to listen to this advice given by Bryan Adams in this podcast episode where he shares his expertise and more on today's topic.

    Bryan Adams is the CEO and founder of Ph. Creative, recognized as one of the leading employer brand agencies in the world with clients such as Apple, American Airlines, GVC, and Blizzard Entertainment. Bryan is also a bestselling author, podcaster, creative strategist, and specialist speaker.

    He is considered a prominent employer brand thought leader and his creative, unconventional and even controversial methodologies are said to regularly change the way people think about employer branding and EVP.

    His presentation style is energetic, passionate, thought-provoking and interactive, so get ready to contribute and engage as he reflects on the importance of employer branding in recruitment.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about the importance of employer branding in recruitment:
    • How a negative experience working for someone else led Bryan to found Ph.Creative, and how he works to redefine the importance of employer branding in recruitment
    • How Ph.Creative does things differently by focusing on helping businesses attract great team members rather than attracting new clients
    • Why Bryan and his team realized that they needed to niche down to build their brand, plant their flag of expertise, and differentiate their company from their competitors
    • How employer branding helps attract top talent to Ph.Creative's clients, and how the idea of focusing on employer branding helped Bryan define his business's niche
    • Why Bryan realized that firing the clients that weren't great fits for his team was a morale boost and improved their capacity to serve the clients they really wanted
    • Why it is important for your organization to hire not just based on whether someone can do the job, but hire based on whether they also fit your culture
    • Why the "harsh realities" of working at your company are how your team can find pride and achievement, and why you shouldn't try to hide those realities from applicants
    • Why much of Ph.Creative's work lies in educating the market on why their methods are so valuable, and how that translates into thought leadership that is changing the industry
    • How Ph.Creative's "Give and Get" philosophy has served as a cornerstone of the work they do and an anchor point within their fairly narrow niche
    • How focusing on marketing to the "smallest viable audience" can allow you to dominate, own and transform your chosen niche
    Resources:
    • Enter for the chance to win a free copy of the G&G Employer Branding book!
    • Learn more about the importance of employer branding in recruitment, and you can find Bryan here
    • Enhance your knowledge about the importance of employer branding in recruitment by watching this free video: Transitional Moments Framework
    • Free resources from Ph.Creative
    • Bryan's LinkedIn
    • Ph.Creative's LinkedIn business page
    • Visit Ph.Creative on Facebook
    • Bryan's Twitter @Bryan_phc
    • Ph.Creative's Twitter @phcreative
    41 min
  • What is Business Resilience, with Kim Ades
    What is business resilience—Discover the key to enduring success amidst challenges with insights into what is business resilience.

    What is business resilience? This will be explained by Kim Ades in today's podcast episode, as well as how it can help your business grow.

    Kim Ades (pronounced add-iss) is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software. Recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery and mental toughness, Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help business owners and leaders identify their personal blind spots and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mom of five, Kim's claim to fame is teaching her powerful Frame of Mind Coaching process to executives, entrepreneurs, and senior leaders world-wide.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about what is business resilience:
    • How Kim has demonstrated the importance of building business resilience in her own coaching business by adapting to virtual coaching during the global pandemic
    • Kim will explain what is business resilience and how it can help your business to grow.
    • How the key to developing resilience is by letting go of struggles and leverage opportunities, and why the first step is to stabilize yourself
    • How Kim defines resilience, and why taking control of your mindset is an important aspect of resilience
    • What three-step process Kim coach business owners and leaders through to stabilize themselves and become stronger leaders through adversity
    • Why Kim is focused on "doing fewer things but doing them extraordinarily well", and what the process of working with Frame of Mind Coaching looks like
    • Why do too many clients define their goals but then act in ways completely contrary to getting to those goals, and how Kim help them realign their actions to their goals
    • What major coaching mistakes business owners often make, and why "being empathetic" isn't the same as being understanding
    • Why too often business leaders focus on behaviors rather than on the beliefs that are driving those behaviors
    • Why, instead of offering instant solutions, you should work to empower your team to find their own solutions
    • Kim offers two questions you should write down and answer that can help you achieve greater clarity on your mindset and help you build business resilience
    Resources:
    • Learn more about what is business resilience, and you can find Kim here
    • Learn strategies for building business resilience with Kim's The Frame of Mind Coaching Podcast
    • Click here for additional information about what is business resilience
    • Kim's LinkedIn
    • Frame of Mind Coaching's LinkedIn
    • Frame of Mind Coaching's Facebook
    • Kim's Twitter @kimades
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    38 min
  • Validation in Communication, with Mary Shores
    Validation in communication—Learn the power of validating others' emotions for more effective communication – explore validation in communication

    Are you looking for validation in communication but not sure how to go about it? Well, our guest, Mary Shores, will help you with that by teaching you her strategies, so make sure to listen in full to today's episode.

    Mary Shores is an innovative collection agency owner, communication expert, and best-selling author who transforms people's words to help them fall back in love with their work and their customers. Fifteen years ago, Mary discovered a game-changing formula to connect to your customers and clients. It all started with a Do-Not-Say List and grew into an entire strategy that will fix your relationships and grow your business.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about validation in communication:
    • What big changes Mary has experienced in her business and strategic thinking since her previous appearance in Onward Nation episode 781
    • How realizing the power of validation in communication transformed Mary's business and created profound opportunities
    • How the myriad challenges of 2020 showed us that transparency is a powerful and vital communication tool that builds brand trust and strengthens relationships
    • Why strong transparency is the first step in clearly defining and articulating your strategy to those outside your organization
    • Why the way we have been conditioned to speak is opposite to how we can actually create a real connection, and why we must learn to communicate differently
    • How neuroscience shows that validation communication is a powerful trust builder, and why validating feelings of the people you're speaking with matters
    • Why the secret recipe of "validate, activate, integrate" can transform your relationships with your customers and anyone you interact with
    • How the global pandemic has presented a golden opportunity for Mary to teach other debt collection agencies how to communicate with greater empathy and understanding
    • What words appear on Mary's "Do-Not-Say List" in her debt collection business, and why those particular words are banned
    • Why now is the ideal time to experience exponential growth in your business and career through the extraordinary power of collaboration
    Resources:
    • Learn more about validation in communication, and you can find Mary Shore here
    • Acquire additional knowledge about validation in communication by tuning in to our free tutorial: Our "Seed & Open Loops" Framework
    • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/shoresmary/
    • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/shores-communications/
    • Facebook: www.facebook.com/shoresmary
    • Twitter: @mary_shores
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    38 min
  • Owning a Business and Buying a House, with Steve and Lauren Mernick
    Owning a business and buying a house—Discover how to navigate the unique challenges of successfully owning a business and buying a house.

    How do you overcome the challenges of owning a business and buying a house? It could be a stressful situation for some people, which is why we invited Steve and Lauren Mernick to give us solid advice on how to handle it like a pro!

    Steve and Lauren are the founders of Home On Your Terms and are based in eastern Connecticut. Steve serves as the company's Acquisitions Director and loves crafting up creative solutions for sellers, while Lauren works as Sales Director and enjoys helping deserving buyers achieve their goal of home ownership. When not working on their own business, they are mentoring other investors who wish to learn the terms of the niche of real estate.

    In their free time, they are with their two young children and two dogs. Steve can also be considered a Cornhole connoisseur, so you may find him outside perfecting his form. Lauren is a huge fan of "The Office," so she may or may not quote some of her favorite lines while on a call with you.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about owning a business and buying a house:
    • How Lauren and Steve work to help business owners buy or sell homes through their "terms deals", and how they've brought their background experiences into their work
    • Why owning a business and buying a house presents unique challenges that make it harder to qualify for a traditional mortgage, and how terms deals can be the ideal solution
    • How terms deals, which have been around since the 1800s, are often an overlooked niche within real estate, and how these deals provide alternate solutions to big problems
    • Why a terms deal can help a business owner quickly sell a home and get out from under the obligations to that property, freeing funds that can be put back into the business
    • Why a terms deal is the ideal way to sell for someone with little-to-no equity in their home, or for someone who wants or needs greater monthly cash flow
    • Why these deals can be a great way to avoid high real estate agent fees and guarantee that you can put the full equity of your home in your pocket
    • Why Lauren and Steve specialize in creative solutions to meet the needs of both buyers and sellers, and why flexibility is a key feature of terms deals
    • Steve and Lauren walk through the process from start to finish and offer example deals to illustrate how terms deals can result in more money for the seller
    • How a part of the buyer process involves a pre-qualification check and a thorough credit repair process if necessary to get them mortgage-ready
    • Why Lauren and Steve feel passionately about helping connect buyers and sellers who have unique challenges and finding mutually beneficial solutions
    Resources:
    • Enhance your understanding about owning a business and buying a house by tuning in to this episode: Buying a house as a business owner, with Brian O'Neill
    • Learn more about owning a business and buying a house, you can find Steve and Lauren here
    • Facebook: www.facebook.com/homeonyourterms
    • Instagram: www.instagram.com/homeonyourterms/
    • Twitter: @HomeOnYourTerms
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    49 min
  • Not Ready for The Real World, with Russ Sorrells
    Not ready for the real world—Traditional education often leaves individuals unprepared for life's challenges, leaving them not ready for the real world

    Are you not ready for the real world? Today's guest, Russ Sorrells, will discuss this interesting topic. After this episode, you will be more equipped with the right lessons and can face the challenges that await you in the real world.

    It all started because I wanted to be a better dad. I was driving home with my kids one day and thought, "Why doesn't the school system teach kids how to live a happy life?" It dawned on me, "because that's my job as a parent." Duh.

    From then on, I started teaching daily 5 minute lessons to my kids based on everything I've learned over my 5 years as a high-performance coach. At first it was hard to add it to our manic morning routine, but now my kids harass me if they don't get their daily Lunchbox Lesson.

    What you'll learn in this episode is about why new generations are not ready for the real world:
    • How Russ has expanded his brick-and-mortar business empire since his previous appearance on Onward Nation back on episode 21
    • How Russ created Lunchbox Lessons when he saw there are many life lessons his kids weren't being taught, and realized school doesn't prepare us for life in some key ways
    • How Russ used his Lunchbox Lessons to teach his kids about things like first puppy love and other life experiences
    • How Russ explained that the new generations are not ready for the real world.
    • How each month's Lunchbox Lessons deal with overarching themes and shares lessons in bite-sized pieces each day
    • How Russ structures his Lunchbox Lessons, and how that same learning structure can be applied to business as well
    • How Russ deals with feelings of Imposter Syndrome when sharing these important lessons with his kids, and why his goal is to give them an advantage in life
    • What vision Russ has for his Lunchbox Lessons business, and how he hopes to create a cradle-to-grave personal development program discussing key life inflection points
    • Why too few people engage in personal development, and why having the right mentors and role models can help you achieve your maximum potential in life
    • Why Russ has focused on a particular niche by creating content exclusively for the families that would make use of and benefit from it
    • Russ shares the story of a clinician friend who excels at connecting with doctors and patients because he leaves his ego at the door
    Resources:
    • Russ's previous visit to Onward Nation in episode 21: https://predictiveroi.com/podcasts/russ-sorrells/
    • Learn more about how to determine if you're ready or not ready for the real world by visiting Russ's website
    • Elevate your knowledge whether you are ready or not ready for the real world by tuning in to this episode with Russ: How to master emotional intelligence
    • Website: www.lunchboxlessons.com
    • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/russ-sorrells-001391b/
    • Facebook: www.facebook.com/Lunchbox-Lessons-111552050725699/
    Additional Resources:
    • Free Executive Leadership Summary report from Predictive ROI: https://predictiveroi.com/research
    • Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13
    • Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/
    • Stephen Woessner's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
    35 min

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