Brad Baldridge is a late stage college planning specialist. He helps parents of high school students plan and play for college using strategies such as merit aid, need based aid, tax planning, scholarships, loans and many more. Over the past 10 years, Brad has directly helped hundreds of families plan and pay for college and shares his expertise weekly on his podcast, Taming The High Cost Of College.

Marquis C. Jones is a husband, father, mentor, speaker and God-fearing humble servant with average skills, but a phenomenal will to succeed and help others do the same. He exposes people to a disruptively different opportunity that will allow them to build their very own residual income, acquiring great wealth that will last generations to come.

Here are some other key points he shares in this episode:

• The wake-up call he got from his daughter when he realized he was "trading time for dollars" and being just a number who was helping others achieve their dreams and goals
• How personal development and being an avid reader provided the knowledge he needed
• Discusses his launch and why he knew it wasn't going to be an immediate financial success
• How for a time his personal life was his business
• The importance of prioritizing his schedule
• How his business is disrupting the network marketing industries
• Discusses private health insurance
• The intersection of where passion and purpose meet
• Discusses failures and dealing with the loss and getting back up
• Outsourcing

Resources & References Mentioned

• Marquis C. Jones - Contact Marquis!
  • MarquisCJones.com
  • [email protected]
• The Alchemist - Paulo Cohelo
• Nothing to Lose - Lee Child
• Entrepreneur Roller Coaster - Darren Hardy
• A Set Back, Is A Setup For A Comeback - Willie Jolley

1. Reviewed my business plan and was pleasantly surprised that I’m heading in the right direction, although delayed due to all the personal issues I’m not too far off course.
2. Launching 3 Services w/ the new website...
   • Startup Dad Personal Coaching
   • Startup Dad Launch Pad (formally know as “Idea to Launch in 3 Months”
   • Startup Dad Inner Circle

1. Maintaining focus w/ all that’s going on.
2. Webinar’s
3. Additional Programs
4. Getting out of the land of obscurity
5. Working Out

• Essentialism...

• Refer the show to 1 friend / fellow StartupDad…

Mark Dillon has spent the better part of the past decade working at the largest and oldest mindfulness meditation retreat centre in the West, where thousands of people a year come to take a vow of silence as they quiet the exterior world and focus on their hearts and minds. He has created a system of organizing and discovered it can be boiled down to 7 simple principles anyone can follow.

• How keeping yourself organized prevents you from wasting your time
• How an injury created an epiphany on the importance of being organized
• The definition of mindfulness - "I look at mindfulness as awareness. Awareness in this moment."
• mindfulness is all about mindfulness and practicing meditation
• Seeing opportunities to practice mindfulness
• How closing down one of the senses can make a big difference when practicing mindfulness
• Benefits of practicing mindfulness
  • fully engaged in living in your life
  • Living in the present rather than focusing on the past
• The importance of reminding yourself what is it that you want to do
• How mindfulness supports organizing - Steps to mindfulness
  • When it comes to organizing, mindfulness is first
  • Gather the things that you need to gather
  • Seeing it all

• OrganizeMindfully.com - Contact Mark!

Kevin Jans spent 16 years on the government side of contracting as a contract specialist and officer. He bought goods and services across a variety of industries totalling over $1 billion. Kevin now hosts the Contracting Officer Podcast and serves as the president of Skyway Acquisition Solutions, which he founded in 2011. Kevin helps people understand this complex market in simple terms. In this discussion Kevin shares:

• The importance of having your spouse invested in your business as much as you are
• How he gets up early to plan out his day and off the computer by 8:30pm
• How he invest in his health to maintain his journey
• The behind the scenes story of his leap
• His 80/20 rule
• Why he hired team members
• Investing in his business to promote productivity
• How podcasting allows an opportunity to reach your audience

Resources & References Mentioned

• The Happiness Advantage - Shawn Achor
• [email protected] - Contact Kevin for a free copy of his book!
• GovBizConnect.com - Interested in becoming a Subcontractor
• The Podcast: Contracting Officer
• TedX: Kevin's talk on TedX

Today on LATE NIGHT Solo Friday, it’s literally 11:20pm EST, and I’ll talk about why this episode is coming out so late in a minute. Today, we are going to discuss:

Getting Rid of the NOISE

The Quote for this show...

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michael Angelo

Ratings and Reviews

Shout out to Aaron Spearin

Behind the scenes stuff!

Struggles:

• Sick Child (6 Days)
• Taking care of the girls

Grateful for:

1. NICU RN
2. Mother making me babysit when I was younger

Current Success/Lessons Learned:

1. Surviving the past 6 days (kids are alive… so I did okay).
2. Getting some work done (Kudos to the work at home dads who’s wives work 5/days week).
3. Getting offered a sales position working for Jaime Tardy… Relationship is developing well and learning a ton.

Get Rid of the NOISE!

• Essentialism
• Personal Life: Closet
• Business

Book Recommendations:

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Call to action:

• Read Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Matt Miller started out as an airforce pilot before entering the private sector in both the medical device and advertising industries. A good friend mentioned to him about the gumball machine he and his young daughter owned. That conversation began a ten year business quest that has brought Matt's company, "School Spirit Vending" to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries.

Matt shares in this episode:

• Why his family is his foundation
• The decision he and his wife made to home-school their three children
• How homeschooling has given his children life skills they would not have learned in a public school setting
• The truth behind taking the leap and how reading one book changed his life
• Using Rich Dad, Poor Dad as a way to filter out his business ideas
• Using the opportunity to get out of balance to create an atmosphere for change
• The story behind needing to franchise his business
• Starting a business that not only benefits you, but also benefits others

Real Dads / Real Talk: Summary

• Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
• [email protected] - Contact Matt!
  • 832-661-6536
• ssvbusiness.com/startupdad - Top 10 Reasons Why You Need to Start a Vending Business

Ryan Saplan is a personal trainer, proud father of three, and happy husband to a beautiful wife. He is the definition of a startup dad, building a dream to no longer trade hours for dollars while building something that helps people and leaves a legacy.

• Balancing fatherhood, marriage and a business
• The importance of courting your wife after marriage
• Why quiet time and meditating keeps for a healthy state of mind
• The power of self-development
• Stepping outside of his comfort zone and getting content out there even if no one is providing accolades
• Overcoming fear
• Providing value to world with his business
• The importance of connecting with other people
• Why it was OK to set ego aside and ask for help
• Having his passive income exceed his income

Resources & References Mentioned

• Evernote - App
• Pocket - App
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
• Ryan Saplan - Contact Ryan

• Frank Espinal: Thank you Frank you are awesome my friend!

• Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod combined with 5 minute journal
• 2 Magnesium Pills (knocked out)
• Podcast hit the top 30 in Kids & Family WHAT’s HOT and for a minute it was in the top 50 in Business right next to Gary V.

1. I think an overnight success is someone who consistently purses a thing (passion, calling, gifts, faith) overtime beyond the point of average.
   • Bell Curve...
   • Movie Stars
2. What are you waiting for?

• Essentialism… I know there we will be a Solo Friday on this alone

• I want to hear from you and you can reach me here:
• email: [email protected]
• Voicemail: on www.startupdadhq.com website hit the black tab on the right of the screen to leave a voicemail.

J. Massey is our startup dad expert who shares his incredible journey of overcoming loss, poverty, and family health issues while he simultaneously looked for ways to provide for his family. In this episode J. Massey not only shares the behind the scenes story of his success, but he also shares his expert advice. Here are some of his key points:

• The importance of education - teaches us how to recognize opportunity
• Managing your time to do what you need to do
• Understanding time to create value
• How to increase your desire to get what you want
• 8 Steps - Path to Becoming:
  1. Desire
  2. Time
  3. What do I do with my time?
     • Gain new talents and new skill sets
     • Sales, Marketing, Leadership and Communication
  4. Gaining new relationships
  5. Gaining credit and credibility
  6. Cash flow
  7. Significance
• The best piece of real estate is proof of concept
• #1 rule: You must give more in 'use value' than you take from someone in cash value
• The importance of taking the time to create value
• One key way to accelerate business relationships

Resources & References Mentioned

• CashFlowDiary.Com - Contact J.Massey
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