Strategic Possibilities

Super fun episode with Geeg Wiles and Captain Ahab. You gotta listen to this story of how a group of Navy pals acquired an almost (*Spoiler alert*) 45-pound lawn gnome and transformed it into a world-traveling family legacy.

Even more, you'll hear some great tips about icebreakers, human connection, building a legacy, and some of their adventure stories.

Geeg Wiles is the voice, caretaker and keeper of chronicles for Ahab’s Adventures. 

An average year for Geeg and his partner consists of such undertakings as jumping out of planes, rafting gnarly white water rapids, swimming at Black Canyon National Park, taking in the historic buildings of Stockholm, exploring the falls of the Upper Peninsula, hitchhiking through Patagonia, volunteering at the Virgin Islands Environmental Resource Station, and being 1.5 out of 5 people to smell the Iowa State Fair’s Butter Cow. All of this on-the-ground “work” contributes to a larger story, which has been in the care of Geeg’s family for over seven decades.

At the mention that Geeg has accomplished these feats with “his partner,” you may have assumed that relationship was of a romantic sort, but that’s not the case. His travel companion is Captain Ahab; a three-foot-tall, forty-pound, bright yellow, wooden fisherman/wannabe pirate captain. Together, they are on a mission to motivate others by showing that if Captain Ahab can conquer his bucket list, then anyone can blast through their excuses and COMMANDEER LIFE!!!

The business innovation behind Ahab's Adventures challenges the status quo, as does the way Geeg and Captain Ahab approach every single activity, interaction and idea. Of course, a lawn gnome was never intended to live the life Captain Ahab leads, nor should he be allowed to get behind so much red tape to accomplish his goals, but this dynamic duo’s entrepreneurial, “anything's possible,” thinking opens doors that would otherwise remained closed. By having re-imagined the purpose behind something old, neglected and even ordinary, Geeg inspires others to find the extraordinary in their own lives and seize a refreshing outlook on what’s possible.

Outside his professional life, Geeg is a cross between a white water raft guide and a biology lab technician.

TEDx Talk

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A phenomenal story from Business-Woman, Executive Coach, Leadership Trainer, creator of Neuro-Shine Technology and more...

In this episode, Shiny open's up about her experience on pursuing success in male-dominated environments. It's hard enough, but even more when the country you're living in also tends to be more patriarchal like Turkey.

Whether you're listening as a man or woman, you'll find some great lessons through her stories, particularly to empower you.

Shiny Burcu Unsal is the Global Award-Winning Creator of Neuro-Shine Technology™, a 40 Under 40 Most Influential Award Recipient, a Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming®, an ICF Certified Executive Coach, an ICF Accredited Professional Coach Trainer and a seasoned Communication & Leadership Expert. She's committed to helping people combine the power of their mind with the wisdom of their heart to maximize their true potential and make their difference in the world.

She is the Founder of the Academy of Neuro-Shine Technology™, the Author of “YOU ARE A STAR! SHINE!” and a top-rated Professor at UCLA Extension, teaching Leadership Communication Strategies and Emotional Intelligence, since 2012.

Born and raised in a small town in Turkey and driven by a desire for bigger achievements, she left her advertising career in Turkey and started her American Dream in 2004 in Los Angeles. After losing her father to a shocking heart attack in 2006, Shiny embarked on a journey that traveled deep within, searching for her truth and purpose. Today, after 20,000 hours of training, Shiny is a voice for enlightenment, courage and positive energy, teaching the skills and technology for personal transformation with love and oneness.

Since 2011, she's trained over 5,000 people, personally certified over 350 coaches and her videos have been viewed over 300,000 times on YouTube. She's an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council and a Motivational Speaker with a unique, high positive energy, having shared the stage with the best in the world, like Brendon Burchard, Les Brown, Gary Vee and Jay Abraham. She's been featured on CNN Turk, CBS, Hay House Radio, Forbes.com, Huffington Post and multiple other TV channels, magazines and podcasts.

Shiny takes personal pride in transforming her own mother from “a miserable widow/retired teacher,” into an inspiring Neuro-Shine Technology enthusiast and trainer who actively gives seminars in her hometown in Turkey—after the age of 60! She's also proud to have graduated hundreds of international professionals from the Leadership Communication Strategies course she teaches at UCLA Extension, developing modern leaders who own their unique voice, using her “YOU ARE A STAR! SHINE!” as the textbook for her class.

Shiny has received degrees from METU (Turkey’s MIT), UCLA, Harvard Business School and the University of Metaphysics. Prior to owning her mission to create shiny minds, she worked in the corporate world for a decade, managing award-winning campaigns for Fortune 500 brands like Coca Cola, Kotex, BP and AVON while at multinational advertising agencies like Ogilvy and McCann Erickson. From her personal transformation experience creating her dream life on her own terms, she wholeheartedly believes in leading humanity forward and making people shine with her state-of-the art, truth-based success methodology: Neuro-Shine Technology™, a blend of deep, truthful coaching, structured NLP thought strategies, neuroscience and quantum physics. It's also the reason she changed her name to Shiny, which represents her enlightenment and the potential cosmic brilliance of every human mind when it’s coherent with the magical heart. Her message to the world is: "Success begins in your mind and lives in your heart."

To learn more visit: https://www.shinyunsal.com

Heard about some of Colton's video mindset coaching through a buddy of mine, David J. Woodbury, and I just had to do get these amazing ideas from Colton. Through many experiences, Colton decided to make the leap to build and grow a YouTube channel, and also teaches others how to succeed through Mindset and YouTube technologies.

Listen to this story if you want to launch your channel with the right mindset and tools that will take you further than if you didn't listen.

For anyone that wants to know the steps you need to take in order to make YouTube income whether you want to be a gamer or just have another way to earn money. Watch/listen to this podcast where we hear Colton’s story of how he does it. And how you can start today.

15days.yescolton.com

Litter Box Ideas for Cats

These are 10 ideas if you want to design a litter box or do something creative to improve them. Whether you are a business or doing it yourself, these might be useful to you.

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In the meantime, if you are considering cats or a new litter box, check out the Nature's Miracle High-Sided Litter Box, Eay Clean Spout

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You don't need anything fancy, and it is incredibly affordable and a very simple design that will fit where most cat litter boxes fit

Making A Udemy Course: Worksheet Ideas

Making a course on Udemy or anywhere for that matter is exciting! A big part of creating any training is to have a system which makes it more effective, but also the worksheets which keep your students engaged.

I made my first course and the experience has been amazing, it is about how to self publish a book. Check it out here:

https://www.udemy.com/course/self-publish-a-book-and-become-an-authority-in-your-field/?referralCode=F1314A9BFE8051630350

Here are some ideas to get you rolling and although this is very specific to one type of training, you can apply this in many ways.

Worst Ideas Ever List: "Crappy" Ideas

This list inspired by James Altucher's podcast episode with Steve Cohen:

https://jamesaltucher.com/podcast/proof-that-bad-ideas-lead-to-the-good-ideas/

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To inspire you further, even despite these "crappy" ideas, be sure to get more inspired, in a good way, by James Altucher's book "Choose Yourself." It is a phenomenal read and is amazing and can help change your life. Check it out on Amazon below:

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Start an Energy Drink Business: Ideas for Names

When it comes to starting an energy drink business, this is a great way to start, because you'll want to consider your audience and a catchy name. So here's a quick list that can help you get started from Strategic Possibilities Podcast

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For a popular energy drink with 

NO high fructose corn syrup

NO preservatives

NO aspartame

NO artificial colors of flavors...

Check out the CELSIUS Fitness Drink 9-Flavor Variety Pack, Zero Sugar, 12oz. Slim Can, 12 Pack below:

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How to name your Udemy Training Course

Udemy is an exciting opportunity to teach people things online and make an income from your passion. While income results may vary, what's amazing is you have a product and way to help many people, all while having the potential to get recognized as an expert in your business. For example,

I made my first course and the experience has been amazing, it is about how to self publish a book. Check it out here:

https://www.udemy.com/course/self-publish-a-book-and-become-an-authority-in-your-field/?referralCode=F1314A9BFE8051630350

But there are some things that you can do to make your course more attractive, and like anything from writing to making YouTube videos, how you name it can be a huge impact. Here is my Podcast episode where I share some of the names and the thinking behind it for a sales training course.

Ideas for Online Courses

Have some expertise in some area and want to teach people about it? Want to develop an online course? Looking for ideas?