People First Then Profit

Automation and Outsourcing saved her sanity. After a life-altering stroke, at the age of 36, she had to start all over again. From a successful MBA in Finance to a second grade IQ level...overnight.

Since her Stroke, she had to learn how to automate and outsource as much as humanly possible.  It touches everything she does.  Now, Michelle is on a mission to help free people from all the unnecessary tasks they do and will stop at nothing to help them get their freedom back!

Your take aways from this week's episode include:

- How to create systems to automate your business?
- How to you hire a rockstar Virtual Assistant?
- The output and costs associated with outsourcing to a Virtual Assistant.
- The one thing that Michelle recommends you do that will have an immediate impact in your business and life?

Resources: 

Download the task discovery list so they know what to automate, delegate or delete: https://awesomeoutsourcing.com/task-discovery

Website: https://awesomeoutsourcing.com/

Facebook: https://facebook.com/AwesomeOutsourcing

LinkedIN: https://linkedin.com/in/michellethompson

Last week Kaci and Jorge joined me to talk all about Clubhouse.  Well, I met this week's guest ON Clubhouse and it was immediately obvious to me that she was changing people's lives with her knowledge, experience and perspective.  

Ruthie is a US Army combat veteran, wife, and mother of four young children. She helps her clients create emotionally intelligent and authentic marketing content through consulting and her "Unleashing Authenticity" program. In her free time, she loves to play guitar, paint, and take care of her growing homestead!

Your take-aways from this week's exceptional episode with Ruthie are:

- The most common first feeling people experience when then are on the cusp of expressing authenticity?

- How to welcome, use and overcome the fear, worry, or trepidation?

- How to know the difference between authenticity and "over-sharing" so you can share one without the other.

- The first thing that Ruthie recommends you do to make progress towards unleashing your Radical Authenticity!

Resources:

Ruthie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthie-bowles/

Ruthie on Clubhouse: @ruthiemarketing

Love it or hate it Clubhouse is here to stay.  This revolutionary new social platform has seen massive growth (despite its invite only access and iOS specific app) and for good reason.  It is the most authentic and genuine way to interact with your friends, fans and followers with little to no friction.  I suspect many of us would welcome this opportunity under the most normal of circumstances so in a world gripped by a once in a century pandemic Clubhouse is more than welcome, it's cherished and adored.

I am joined this week by two of my favorite humans on the planet, Kaci Brown and Jorge Vasquez.  As a fellow relationship marketer Kaci and I share a heart, mind and soul and provide each other with considerable strategic ideas and tactical implementation.  As a personal development and leadership expert Jorge helps me reflect, audit, align and grow in ways that I have doubted were even possible

Your takeaways from this week's episode are

• The benefits of Clubhouse based on our considerable time on the platform since late November.
• Contrary to some people's opinions, why Clubhouse is a great use of your time (provided invest strategically and intentionally).
• Some of our favorite connections or outcomes tied directly to our presence in Clubhouse.

Resources

On Clubhouse: @donmamone | @kacibrown | @iamjorgevasquez

Our Facebook Clubhouse Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/clubhouseconnect

Impact & Influence Challenge: https://impactandinfluencechallenge.com

 

 

Andrea and I met in one of my favorite cities in all the world...New York City. We were in the city documenting an event for a financial services hotel and she was speaking at a WIPA meeting at the legendary JW Marriott Essex House hotel on Central Park South. I was impressed by her presentation, professionalism and you know what they say, if you can make it in NYC you can make it anywhere.

Fast forward just over a year and we are both providing inspiration, motivation and education to our fellow members of the events and hospitality industry as they suffer through the challenging times forced upon us by the pandemic. It only made sense that we chat about her experience, perspective, and business secrets that helped her go from stressed to successful to scalable.

Your helpful take-aways from this week's episode include:

- The balance between mindfulness and systems and structures in a successful and scalable business.

- Andrea's secrets for when it is hard to find harmony amongst the insanity! She is even going to share her H.O.S.T concept with you.

- Andrea shares the one common pitfall many if not most entrepreneurs struggle with as they run their businesses.

Be sure to visit http://www.Peoplefistthenprofit.com for a ton of great content, free resources and links to the People First Then Profit Community

Resources:
Website: https://www.andreafreemanconsulting.com/
FB Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/uplevelcollective

Anastasia is more than just an exceptional hair and makeup artist and even industry professional, she is a close family friend and a truly great person.  She is such a close family friend she has known Emily longer than Emily has known me.  They met in the fashion and beauty industry, have collaborated on countless projects and we have had the pleasure of working along side her at a good number of weddings and events!  To say that we appreciate her is an understatement.  We love her.

In this week's episode Anastasia and I discuss the importance of and some specific ways you can become an invaluable member of any team.  Your valuable take-aways will be:

- How to 

- When things do not go as planned what are some ways to create a plan A...B...C and so on.

- How to ensure the team you create well represents your brand and exceeds the expectations of your most important and valued customers.

Resources:

Visit www.anastasiastrattan.com for more information.

Find her on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/anastasia_stylist

Leslie's first photographic passion was photojournalism.  We are not talking about PJ style here folks, we are talking about the putting your life at risk to tell stories about atrocities and injustices that are taking place all over the world.

As her family grew she realized that she needed to find a way to blend her passion with a paycheck.  Believe it or not, putting your life at risk does not pay particularly well.  Leslie started second shooting weddings with ZERO intention of opening her own wedding photography business.  Well, after seeing her work, her friends and fellow photographers were not about to let that happen.  She quickly became the talk of the town and The Reluctant Wedding Photographer.  Fast forward to 2020 and Leslie was ready to retire and once again had ZERO intention of picking up her photojournalism career where she left off.  As the Black Lives Matter movement mobilized towards the midwest to protest the murder of George Floyd Leslie decided to do the same.  Accompanied by her fiercely loyal, loving and dedicated husband she was ready to once again document world events as seen through her camera's lens and her creative vision!

Takeaways from this week's episodes:

- Leslies is a force to be reckoned with that casually drops into the interview that she was almost killed a few times.

- How she blended her passion with a paycheck to support her family with a safer and more stable artistic outlet at the intersection of art and commerce.

- The importance of bringing your whole self to any effort you make so that your brand can be loved, cherished and adored by your audience, fans and clients.

- How unforeseen events can impact you and your live's path and work.  

Resources: 

Follow Leslie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesliespurlock/

View Leslie's work featured in the press by Google searching Leslie Spurlock and Zuma Press

In 2019 Marley Jaxx attended Funnel Hacking Live in Nashville.  Like most people that attend Russell Brunson's annual live event she was inspired and motivated by his words and by the words of the speakers that he carefully curates to educate his nearly 5,000 funnel hackers in attendance.  It was there and then that Marley pulled out her phone, started recording and "called her shot" by saying that she would be ON THE FHL stage in 2020.  We enjoyed watching her prepare in the months leading up to the conference and were honored to be there as presented her game changing content to the crowd.  Here are your takeaways from this week's episode:

With all the ways that we can create content and reach out audience and community, why video?

What's the big difference between YouTube and social media sites like Facebook, Instagram etc and what does that mean?

Why people (including Marley's clients) say they are afraid of or hate the camera?

If given the chance what things would Marley do back and do sooner, differently or not at all.

Be sure to visit http://www.Peoplefistthenprofit.com for a ton of great content, free resources and links to the People First Then Profit Community

Resources:

https://www.instagram.com/marleyjaxx/

https://www.youtube.com/marleyjaxx

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR.  I hope that all our faithful listeners had a great holiday season and New Year celebration.  We decided to go to this place called "The Living Room".  I am sure you've all heard of it because it is a really popular spot these days.  There was no cover, the dress was casual and we put the bouncer to bed at 8.  All Dad jokes aside welcome to 2021.  We are happy to be here with you and we are excited and committed to creating high energy, informative and fun episodes again this year.

Our first guest of the year certainly brings the heat and sets the bar high.  Jacqueline is a black belt in karate, an avid CrossFit athlete and 69 years young.  She has traveled the world and bring with her a wealth of knowledge and experience helping her audience and clients to find their fearlessness.  

In this week's episode we explore:

How Jacqueline defines “fearless”.

How fear impacts the entrepreneurial journey and why Jacqueline believes that many entrepreneurs suffer setbacks and periods of failure.

How, as a blackbelt in Karate, Jacqueline has applied what she learned in the dojo to being fearless and succeeding.

The importance of authenticity in minimizing and mitigating fear at work. Spoiler Alert: Jacqueline calls this “Standing in your own shoes”

Thanks again for joining us in the new year and be sure to visit http://www.Peoplefistthenprofit.com for a ton of great content, free resources and links to the People First Then Profit Community

Resources:

Website | https://thefearlessfactoratwork.com/ FB | https://www.facebook.com/JacquelineWales/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinewales/

 

This week's episode is a bit different than the typical People First Then Profit Podcast conversation. Not long ago an associate of mine, Erica Ross-Krieger presented me with the creative idea to essentially co-host a podcast episode discussing a topic that will resonate with both of our audiences and publish on the same date. Well, December 15, 2020 is that date and this is that episode!
Erica Ross-Krieger, M.A, is a nationally acclaimed Business and Success-Mindset Coach, author of the inspirational book, Seven Sacred Attitudes®—How to Live in the Richness of the Moment, and an EFT (Tapping) Expert. We spend our time together discussing

• Ways that we define intensity and some of our experiences with it
• How intensity affects our relationships and our people
• How internal and external create, are related to and impact intensity
• How mindset and EFT practices can impact intensity

As you get ready to settle in and listen to this informative episode get ready for all of these great take-aways:

• Everyone defines, manages, and thinks about “intensity” differently and it thereby affects us each differently.
• Intensity isn’t inherently positive or negative...it’s up to us to define it, and is also up to us for how we experience it.
• Entrepreneurship provides many “opportunities” to experience intensity.
• It’s worth considering whether we are “addicted” to intensity.
• There are many techniques for managing intensity and stress and learning to stay present in the moment. We need to find the ones that work for us.

Be sure to visit http://www.Peoplefistthenprofit.com for a ton of great content, free resources and links to the People First Then Profit Community

Resources:
Website | http://EricaRossCoach.com
FB Page | https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheECafe
FB Group | https://www.facebook.com/EricaRossCoach
Twitter | https://twitter.com/EricaRossCoach

Erica's Free Resources:
• For the free Entrepreneur’s Wealth Kit containing the free EFT video http://EricaRossCoach.com/Toolkit

• For course outline and upcoming dates of the “10-Day Money Mindset Makeover course”: https://ericarosscoach.com/courses/

Man did I have a great time chatting with Sanger Smith. Clearly some of the important qualities of an effective financial adviser and money manager are protecting and growing funds but they are not the only thing that matters.  Sanger is celebrating 10 years with Clearfork Wealth Management, and is a Managing Partner at a firm that manages half a billion dollars.  So, he know's about the money side of his business but it was exceedingly refreshing to learn more about how Sanger takes a deep interest in the core values and beliefs of his clients to ensure he can properly advise them on both how to save as well as how to spend their money. In this way, he can ensure they get the most by way of financial return but also quality of life. Key takeaways for this week's episode include

• The importance of defining your core values and making decisions (including financial oriented one) in close alignment with those values.

• Asking about your prospective clients core values, and/or helping them define them, can act as a very effective filter in determining if they are truly a great fit for you and your company.

• The way that this knowledge can systematize and objectify what, on the surface, can appear to be subjective decisions with many conflicting variables that promoted could be confusing and paralyzing.

• How much like an individual, each company needs to leverage their leadership team to "crowdsource' their culture and core values to ensure that all the decisions are being made in accordance with those guiding principles.

  Be sure to visit http://www.Peoplefistthenprofit.com for a ton of great content, free resources and links to the People First Then Profit Community   Resources: Website | clearforkwealth.com LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanger-d-smith-b1690647/ Kolbe Method: https://www.kolbe.com/