Mary Buffett is a best-selling author, international speaker, entrepreneur, and political and environmental activist. Ms. Buffett’s first book Buffettology, co-written with David Clark in 1997, was an immediate New York Times and Business Week best-seller. Since that time, all seven of Ms. Buffett’s books have been best-sellers.

Mary is a woman of so many talents.

She began her early career as a background singer in the music industry and worked with masters such as Phil Spector and later co-founded her own music and editorial post-production companies, Independent Sound and Superior Assembly, working with many of the music industry’s biggest stars. Later she appeared in MTV music videos.

Marrying Warren Buffett's son Peter Buffett changed her life forever. Peter, a talented musician, and Mary launched music business ventures together but being part of the Buffett clan gave Mary her first exposure to the world of investing and finance.

She was fascinated by this and listened intently to Warren's teachings and conversations with captains of industry at the Buffett family and social gatherings.

Mary realized she had a mind for business and finance and when her marriage to Peter ended, she decided to share this wisdom with many others.

Her best selling books led to many appearances on television as one of the top finance experts in America including CNN Business News, CNBC’s Squawk Box, Power Lunch with Bill Griffith, Bloomberg News, Fox Business News, MSNBC’s Headliners and Legends and BBC News.

She has appeared around the world as a principal speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious organizations including recent appearances with Laura Bush, Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani and other prominent achievers filling arenas around the country as part of the Get Motivated seminar series.

Mary is a highly sought-out consultant to a number of Fortune 500 companies including AOL Time Warner, and she has also taught Business and Finance at several California State Universities, including UCLA.

Her continued advocacy of women’s issues is shown by her featured role in the upcoming documentary, Femme, focusing on successful international women making a difference in society.

And her finest role is that of Mom- Mary is the proud mother of three successful children.

This two part interview will make you wonder how one woman can have connected so well and accomplished so much in so little time. Enjoy!

Eric Fromm is a former tennis pro achieving a top 50 ranking in the world in singles and top 30 in the world in doubles.

He has played at three out of the four grand slams: French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open, playing renowned greats such as Jimmy Connors, Pat Cash, and Yannick Noah.

After tennis, Eric turned his sights to the business world, achieving an undergraduate and MBA from Columbia University.

He led the successful indoor/outdoor tennis facility SPORTIME to multi-location success and the home of John McEnroe’s tennis academy.

In this interview, Eric shares:

• How he turned the switch on to advance so successfully in the sport he loved from very humble beginnings.
• How he trained his mind to deal with pain, disappointment, and loss.
• The “zen” of being fully in the moment, in the flow, and how this state impacts success.
• Why he thinks business is even more exciting than sports and how he turned his love of tennis into his business success.
• How humility plays a huge part in success in any endeavor.
• His top mindset tip and tactical tip for being successful in business.

Where you can find Eric:

www.frommtennisconsulting.com

Eric welcomes messages at:

[email protected]

Daniel Shemtob is only 25 years old, yet he’s already a mobile meal mogul with a growing California-based food truck business that continues to evolve.

Just two years ago his first kitchen-on-wheels, The Lime Truck, won Season 2 of Food Network's "The Great Food Truck Race." Fast forward to today: Daniel owns a fleet of four food trucks that roam the streets of Los Angeles, plus a Westwood Village brick-and-mortar eatery called TLT Food, with another location opening soon in Irvine.

In this interview, shares:

• How his desire to be the master of his own destiny and his desire for independence led to becoming a childhood entrepreneur and ultimately a food-focused entrepreneur.
• How his path included many steps to success: stops, starts and flops as owner of personal shopping business, mortgage sales, real estate loan modification entrepreneur, and ultimately food truck and restaurateur.
• A panic attack following highs and lows in business led to him moving back in with Mom – which was the best and worst situation.
• How his familial culture of food led him to find the low-cost entry into the food industry with his food truck, The Lime Truck.
• The secrets to The Lime Trucks success leading to hundreds of followers lining up waiting to buy their food and a stint on The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network, and winning Best Restaurant of The Year.
• How and why he successfully parted ways with his first partner and found his next partner.’
• How success brought on a slew of legal and state financial problems and how he slogged his way through them – successfully.
• Finally, the only way to deal with challenges as an entrepreneur, to prevent confidence crashes and depression, is to constantly, relentlessly keep looking forward.

Where you can find Daniel, the “king of California cuisine":

www.danielshemtob.com

https://www.facebook.com/thelimetruck

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Dr. Brett is a licensed psychologist, sports psychologist, and life coach specializing in relationships , entrepreneurship, and athletic performance. In addition to public speaking, writing, and business consulting, his primary focus is coaching athletes and entrepreneurs who are highly committed to personal growth and self-awareness. 

Dr. Brett graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA with a BA in Economics and Psychology in 1989. After working in business in New York City for two years, he attended the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, receiving his doctorate in 1995. Dr. Brett established a thriving private practice in Fairfield County, CT while in his thirties.

After experiencing a devastating health crisis and horrific loss, Dr. Brett returned to Connecticut at age 43, rebuilt his life, and developed the philosophy for success that he now shares with his clients.

In this interview, Dr. Brett shares:

• Why he doesn’t like to have people refer to him as a therapist.
• How he created a business model that serves his clients even better than the traditional therapy model.
• What a warrior mindset is and how it serves not just athletes but entrepreneurs seeking greater success AND personal fulfillment.
• What emotional toughness is and why it’s really vulnerability that demonstrates strength in business and on the field.
• Why learning how to let go, and what to let go of, is one of the most powerful lessons in building a high-performance career and business.
• How he helped a 60-year-old man with neurological challenges win a club championship solely through mental fitness workouts.
• Five ways to gain control of the subconscious mind in order to accomplish at a higher level.
• How he lost his health, business, all his assets, and his girlfriend and revived his life, his emotional strength, and his business to an even bigger and better state.

Where you can find Dr. Brett:

www.drbrettdenkin.com

Books Dr. Brett has written:

The Deep Little Book On Dating And Relationships: Conversations With Dr. Brett

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Marques Anderson is a former American football safety in the National Football League  and played with the Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, Denver Broncos, and . Anderson is the founder and director of the , currently engaging in international research and development projects.

During his final year, Marques met his mentor and decided to pivot, to go in a completely different life direction. He left world of major league sports to focus on his purpose: to be part of an international movement in socially responsible business. In 2007 Marques set out traveling through Europe for 10 months and South America for 5 months. During this time Marques collaborated and researched with, professors, tech companies, industry innovators, business leaders, along with local and government entities.

In 2009, Marques created the , also known as the WE Foundation.  The WE Foundation has worked with an international network of experts, interns and volunteers, assisting in project structure and implementationin Iraq, Western Sahara, Haiti, Norway and the DR Congo.

In 2011 and 2012 Marques took on the position of Athletic Director and Head Coach for the Norwegian American Football organization Oslo Vikings who went on to win league or national titles at every level in the Norwegian series from U-14 to Seniors.

In this interview Marques shares remarkable stories from his life:

• How sports was a family culture and his childhood sports activities were driven by a desire to not to be outdone by his older talented athletic sister.
• Going from gymnastics to the football field was a natural progression.
• How his childhood curiosity often got him into lots of hot water and the principal's office.
• How he started meditating as a child (before he ever knew what it was and way before it was fashionable) in order to search inward for solutions and to better understand how life and people operated.
• How he was scouted by the NFL and went on to be drafted by 4 top teams: Green Bay Packers, Denver Broncos, SF 49'ers and Oakland Raiders.
• How he was able to keep his ego in check and not succumb to temptations and drown in the drama of celebrity life and mega paychecks.
• The AHA moment when he knew it was time to pivot and leave life on the football field.
• A tangible explanation for how to tap into your intuition and clearly know your next right steps.
• How he determined his true purpose and founded an initiative on the global stage, in order to make a real difference with people around the planet.
• How this soulful gladiator balances his love of deep inner sensibility with remarkable outer physical strength and sports.

Where to find Marques Anderson today:

www.worldef.com

[email protected]

Stu McLaren is a serial software and online business entrepreneur. He helps experts transform their knowledge and influence into recurring revenue by launching, growing and scaling 7 and 8-figure membership sites.

In 2008, he co-founded the world’s most popular membership platform Wishlist Member powering over 58,000+ online communities and membership sites.

He partnered with New York Times best-selling author Michael Hyatt growing his business from a high 6-figure business with lots of stress to a high 7-figure business with low-stress.  

Stu later launched the massively successful online course Tribe teaching other entrepreneurs how to build successful online membership businesses.

He and his wife created a charity called World Teacher Aid and since 2009 have been building schools in IDP camps throughout Kenya that are home to thousands of kids.  

In this episode, Stu will share: 

• How not fitting in early in his career was the best thing he could have experience because it compelled him to find his true path.
• How commitment to finding a way is essential to finding what fits for you.
• How important developing a foundation of self-confidence is in building a low-stress business. Challenges and set-backs will happen but creating a core of self-confidence is an essential ingredient to weathering those setbacks.
• How too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of inaction out of fear of failure. Getting yourself into motion is crucial to success.
• How identifying his strengths helped him choose his 4 key partners in business, selecting them by counterbalancing his less-strong areas.
• How relationships way outweighs making money for him and how that has fostered greater success because of this philosophy.
• How he focused on learning leadership skills at a critical point in his business trajectory - from one of his key partners, Michael Hyatt.
• How his biggest business loss then shifted his business into high gear.
• How he figured out how to give attention to his greatest priority - family and relationships - while building a thriving business - with low stress.
• How taking care of physical fitness and well-being has been integrated into the business and life structure.
• How he overcomes the mindset challenges and limiting beliefs that accompany the ups and downs of entrepreneurial life.
• The main purpose of an entrepreneur is to solve problems. If an entrepreneur figures out how to solve a problem, he/she will always be valuable.

Favorite quotes:

"You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going."

Key links:

www.stu.me

Tribe Course - Membership Sites

Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who works from his home office in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and host of the top-rated business podcast, The Smart Passive Income Podcast, which has earned over 30 million downloads, multiple awards and features in publications such as The New York Times and Forbes. He is also an advisor for Lead Pages and other companies in the digital marketing arena.

His best-selling book is Will It Fly? Pat is now working on his next book.

I am so thrilled to be able to share my interview with the amazing Pat Flynn with you. I learned about Pat when I started doing research about podcasting and learned quickly that Pat is the go-to guy on how to launch a successful podcast.

Then I started listening to his irresistible podcast, Smart Passive Income. I loved one of the episodes so much (on a topic I had NO interest in, by the way, but in which I got completely engrossed once I started listening!) that I wrote a “What I learned in this podcast” write up and shared it on social media. When Pat learned about it and that I was launching a podcast, he generously agreed to let me interview him! YESS!!!

Pat is one of the smartest, grittiest, and most authentic entrepreneurs I know.

So, who is Pat Flynn?

Pat is a serial entrepreneur, host of the top-rated business podcast, “Smart Passive Income” which has earned over 30 million (!) downloads, multiple awards, best-selling author of the book, “Will It Fly?”

In this episode, Pat will share:

• How his expectations of becoming a famous architect went off the rails, turned into a crushing blow that led him to his real purpose and entrepreneurship.
• How not having a safety net brought out the grit he needed to succeed.
• How he got support from people to endorse his drive toward entrepreneurial success.
• How discovering the podcast, “Internet Business Mastery” resulted in a key “lightbulb moment.” This “aha” prompted Pat to launch his first online e-book which generated $7908.55 (3x more than he was making per month from his architecture job).
• How the “thank you’s” from his e-book catapulted him full-force into building an online business.
• The hard work he did to set up the growth of his audience and business:
     - Being very active in online forums on his topic
     - Answering lots of questions
     - Helping as many people as he could
     - Experimenting with the content
     - Following other people’s great examples to learn the right ways to     launch and grow
• How he viewed the small wins to help him stay focused for the bigger ones
• How he chose the topic of his best-selling book Will It Fly? – the content came from asking his audience, the title from listening to one of his Mastermind buddies!
• Why being coached and in a mastermind group isn’t necessary for entrepreneurs – unless you want to speed up your success.
• How he dealt with the failure of a business initiative – and shared about it publicly.
• How entrepreneurs, and all of us, must learn rethink our perspective about failure if we are to progress and succeed.
• Why not every proven successful business model is right for every entrepreneur.
• The 3 mental fitness strengths every entrepreneur must build for success:
  * Motivation – a big why
  * Persistence
  * As Gary Vaynerchuck says, “Micro hustle, Macro patience”.

Favorite Quotes:

John Lee Dumas: “Every master was once a disaster.”
Pat Flynn “Fail as fast as possible”

Where you can find Pat Flynn:

• Look for the Red Back Pack at Conferences
  http://www.smartpassiveincome.com
• Instagram and Twitter - @PatFlynn
• Will It Fly? on Amazon
• https://www.facebook.com/smartpassiveincome

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Whether it was mowing lawns in the 5th grade, starting an auto detailing business and handyman service in high school or capitalizing early on with Ebay by buying discounted, men’s designer clothes and selling it on eBay in college, his life has been all about the hustle.  

Chris started his first real business from his college dorm room, built it into a multi-seven figure business and has since become a serial entrepreneur, renowned podcast host, and advisor to many other entrepreneurs.

Rejecting the “quick buck” mindset is at the core of this successful entrepreneur’s success. But he’s weathered some mega struggles and challenges. Chris’s grit is inspiring. It’s hard not to learn and grow after hearing his saga.

In this interview you will hear how:

⦁ Chris started his serial entrepreneurial path when he was just in the 5th grade.
⦁ He becoming the “wealthiest independent” 5th grader made him realize that freedom and independence were indispensable for him.
⦁ His elementary school and high school businesses focused on getting paid to do work others didn’t want to do set him up to start his first million-dollar plus business later in life.
⦁ Key mentors in college showed him that the “hour for pay” model sucked and that it was definitely not for him.
⦁ At 20, he attracted a business partner in college from whom he learned that “cash is king, but credit is crucial” and how he leveraged a $43K investment into $84K in 3 weeks!
⦁ And why Hustle is Chris’s real middle name.
⦁ His lack of confidence because he was different, entrepreneurial, and didn’t fit in ultimately resulted in the very qualities he needed for success in business.
⦁ Brilliantly recognizing the web as an opportunity was key in scaling a miniscule business into massive opportunity and success.
⦁ He naturally learned to be an effective delegator to grow his business.
⦁ The business that grew too fast with too many expenses turned into huge burnout and the turning point moment that told him what he must do about it.
⦁ The difference between success and failure is the impact you are able to make with others.

Favorite words of wisdom:

“Cash is king, but leverage is crucial.”
“Everything is figure-out-able.”

Where you can find Chris:

www.chrismichaelharris.com
https://www.facebook.com/groups/theviproom10/

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Subscribe and review on iTunes here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/persist-and-profit-entrepreneurs-with-grit/id1233531015

For years, Natalie Jill has helped women across the globe reach their fat loss goals by simplifying fitness and nutrition. Through her fun and empowering take on fitness, she has attracted over 2.5 million fans across her social media platforms and created an online brand that has her recognized as the 26th most influential fitness personality on the planet.

Natalie has recently taken her brand offline with a national best selling book, 7-Day Jump Start – Unprocess Your Diet which ties in with her best-selling bodyweight fitness videos. Natalie Jill is a licensed master sports nutritionist, and functional fitness trainer, and has a BS in health and human performance.

In this interview, you will hear:

⦁ How Natalie transformed her life from newly divorced, jobless, losing her home while pregnant with her daughter, and depressed , into a seven-figure business filled with purpose and passion.
⦁ How she turned 100 Facebook friends in 2010 into over 5000 followers and fans just by sharing her experience and journey.
⦁ Why her first product was a $12 PDF e-book that blew up her shopping cart.
⦁ The true keys to her success come from three things: listening – to her audience and their needs, authenticity – being herself, and intuition – trusting her gut vs. watching the competition.
⦁ Her approach to product development is the same as when she was in the corporate world: Motivate people to reach goals by providing helping them find solutions.
⦁ The secret to ongoing motivation: The Driving Core Motivator – the big why someone has a goal.
⦁ Being very uncomfortable is often needed to search out what one’s Driving Core Motivator is.
⦁ In order to learn what that true Driving Core Motivator is, everyone must dig beneath the surface and figure out what their true vision and mission is. Skipping over this work is a recipe for losing motivation.
⦁ Why she isn’t worried about serving everyone – but only the right target audience. Why she’s not interested in pleasing everyone, or serving everyone.
⦁ Her final tips – one on mindset and one for tactical business success- are so simple and so powerful!

Natalie Words of Wisdom:

Excuses or Solutions: You Decide!
When your ego gets in the way, success slips away.
Where you can learn more about Natalie

Natalie Jill Resources:

www.nataliejillfitness.com
www.njfitsquad.com
www.instagram.com/nataliejillfit
www.twitter.com/nataliejillfit
www.facebook.com/nataliejillfit

on Amazon, find Natalie’s book:
7 Day Jump Start: Un-process Your Diet

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Tess Masters is an actor, cook, lifestyle personality, and author of The Blender Girl, The Perfect Blend, The Detox Dynamo Cleanse, and The Blender Girl Smoothies app and book. 

Tess is the global spokesperson for Kitchen Aid Blenders and has presented videos for Sprouts Market, Silk, So Delicious, Earthbound Farm, Vega, Driscoll's, KitchenIQ, and others.

She and her healthy fast food have been featured in the L.A Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Real Simple, Prevention, Family Circle, Vegetarian Times, FootNetwork.com, Shape.com, Glamour.com, Yahoo.com, Parents.com, among other publications around the world.

Tess Masters, a.k.a. The Blender Girl, wears several hats – actor, corporate strategy advisor, and healthy food expert. Her entrepreneurial success is not really born out of a natural ability. Rather it is a testament to blending – blending her personal story with careful, methodical research, intuition, and building the right relationships at the right time.

In this interview, Tess shares:

⦁ How being different is where the magic and the money happens.
⦁ How you must invest heavily – in yourself, your belief, and your commitment – if you want success to materialize.
⦁ How there is no such thing as luck: “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity”.
⦁ How she built her megabrand – the three super-smart things (that required guts and hard work) she did with her online presence to get her noticed and put her in demand in her field.
⦁ How patience paid off.
⦁ How she went down to $67 in her bank account, and cashed in her entire life savings, how it might not have paid off – but it did!
⦁ Her top mindset tip and her top tactical tip we can ALL learn from to raise our level of success and fulfillment.

Tess’s Resources:

Kitchen Aid Blenders
The Blender Girl book
The Blender Girl App

Where you can find Tess:

www.theblendergirl.com
[email protected] (Tess says she will happily answer your email!)

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