SuccessQuest

Jacob has an insightful conversation with Peter Schmitz about side hustles, getting out of debt, and mentorship. This interview is jam packed with inspiring insights.

Side Hustles

• You can build side-hustles in parallel with your career. 
• This is a great way to diversify your skills and income. 
• Side hustles can be an outlet for creativity and passion when your 9 to 5 isn’t fulfilling.
• They can be a low risk way to build a business. Your 9 to 5 can provide the income to pay your bills, while your side hustle builds. 
• Side hustles aren’t for everyone. You need to find out what works best for you.
• Some people will thrive in a normal career. Others need a career and side hustle, and others need to jump in with two feet into an entrepreneurial venture. 

Getting out of $30K+ of student loan debt

• Peter’s course: Live Debt Free & Live Your Dreams: Student Loan Guide.
• When you leave college, continue to live frugally.
• Be conscious about your income and expenses. 
• Prioritize getting out of debt.

Mentorship & Relationships

• OWN the relationship when you’re a mentee. Make sure you’re cultivating the relationship. 
• Mentors are incredibly important. 
• Instead of coming up with an idea, focus on who you can learn from. 
• You can pay for a life coach, or you can find a way to build something together where you’re both financially invested. 

What does Success Mean to you?

• Being able to provide for a family. 
• Having control over my life. 
• Being able to continually work and grow. 
• Health, Spirituality, Relationships, Business and Income Streams.
• It’s about the journey! 
• Embrace the private victories.

Follow Peter

• LinkedIn
• YouTube
• Getting out of debt course

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• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

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• LinkedIn

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• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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Jacob and Kalob kick off SuccessQuest’s live events with their first-ever livestream! We do a Q&A and answer our listener’s questions and talk to our guest, Jody Sedrick. 

LIVE STREAM VIDEO

Follow Jody

• Zenware
• LinkedIn
• Choose Don't Excuse Podcast
• FathersFyre Podcast

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• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

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• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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Jacob talks with LinkedIn Ads expert AJ Wilcox. They talk about college, taking risks, growing and scaling a business, entrepreneurship, and how to be successful on LinkedIn. 

AJ’s Story

• LinkedIn - A Professional social network
• LinkedIn tends to be a safer social network because people’s comments are tied to their professional profile. 
• AJ came from a conservative family and never thought he would be an entrepreneur. 
• He has technical experience and got a degree in Marketing. 
• After getting laid off from a job, he started thinking about creating his own company. 
• He took the leap and decided to start his company. 
• B2Linked has now been in business for over 5 years. 

Is College Worth it? 

• You don’t necessarily need a degree to excel. 
• If AJ were to do it again he would get a degree in information systems. 
• Find a marketable major!
• College can be good for more than just the classes and course material. 

Taking Risks

• Prayer! When trying to make big decisions in life, it can help to be grounded in prayer and spirituality.
• It’s not easy. But it’s worth it. 
• The first 5 months were some of the hardest times of AJ’s life. 

Growth, Scaling, and Hiring

• B2Linked has grown a lot and now has 6 employees.
• You can do everything on your own, but you will spread yourself thin. Eventually you need to scale. 
• AJ made the mistake of hiring two 20-hour a week interns instead of one 40-hour a week employee. 
• It’s scary to hire people because it’s such a large expense. 
• It’s great to support other people and their families.

Entrepreneurship Advice

1. Invest as much time as possible in things that don’t bring immediate revenue.
2. Don’t be afraid to work for someone else and be trained in a skill. 
3. Become the best at something.

About LinkedIn tips, tricks and strategies

• LinkedIn is the easiest network in the world to go viral on. 
• Everyone that likes, comments, or share’s your post expands the network that can see it. 
• While LinkedIn isn’t as big as Facebook, the demographic of people that are on the platform are more affluent and decision makers. 

LinkedIn tips, tricks and strategies

• Complete your profile! 
• Professional photo that’s tight around your face.
• A Headline that lets people know the value you provide. 
• Fill out your about section!
• Send customized, authentic connection requests.
• Be active on LinkedIn!
• Like, comment, and share posts from people you like, know and trust. 
• Post often.
• Make real connections with people!
• LinkedIn ads can be expensive. The average cost/click is $6-9.
• LinkedIn ads are good for big lifetime value products. For example, if a sale brings $15,000 or more over its lifetime, LinkedIn may be a great platform to post ads on. 

Follow AJ

• B2Linked Website
• LinkedIn
• YouTube Channel
• Twitter

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Follow Kalob:

• LinkedIn

Follow SuccessQuest:

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• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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Jacob talks with his little brother, Micah Harmon. Micah is a musical artist, YouTube star, and social media influencer. They talk about the process of creating music videos on YouTube. 

Links:

• One Voice Children’s Choir
• OVCC YouTube Channel
• Masa Fukuda - Director of OVCC
• A Million Dreams (from The Greatest Showman) | Micah Harmon & Lyza Bull
• Fight Song Missionary Mashup | Micah Harmon
• Lyza Bull
• Jason Alan Harmon Memorial Foundation

Follow Micah

• Website
• YouTube Channel
• Instagram

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Follow Kalob:

• LinkedIn

Follow SuccessQuest:

• Website
• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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Jacob has an insightful conversation with Brian Ford, the host of the Self Improvement Daily Podcast. They talk about not getting discouraged, podcasting best practices, being an “expert,” balancing responsibilities and more.

Don’t get discouraged when growing something

• It’s not about the numbers. Quality is better than quantity. 
• Paul Brunson - Matchmaker. Started a youtube channel. Didn’t get a lot of views, but ended up getting in touch with Oprah. 
• You never know who’s listening.
• Jordan Paris
• Mark Metry
• At the beginning, things grow slowly. You need to get through the first hurdle and then things explode. 
• Reach a critical mass.

Brian’s Story

• He didn’t think he’d ever have a podcast. 
• He thought: “Who has the authority to put a microphone next to their lips and talk for an hour and think that that’s worth listening to?”
• He realized that podcasts are a connection and education resource.
• Decided to do voice because it was on the cutting edge of marketing. 
• Brain chose personal development so that it would be a benefit to himself
• Self Improvement Daily
• Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing
• Understand the Flash Briefing Skill API
• Steps to Create a Flash Briefing Skill

Podcasting Best Practices

• Do something unique! Something that sets you apart.
• The title of your podcast is important. People will be searching in podcast apps. SEO is important for podcasts. 
• 6 ways to grow your podcast audience with SEO
• Frequency of content. The more content the better!
• In Brain’s case, the short bite-sized podcast has helped because people listen to the entirety of the episode and often listen more than once. 

Do you need to be an expert?

• Doing the podcast has had a big impact on Brain. He has been incorporating his own tips.
• He doesn’t consider himself a self improvement expert, but doing the podcast has helped him become better. 
• It’s important to be transparent and intentional about letting people know you’re on a journey with them.
• Having a podcast helps you become credible and create authority. 
• Consistency is huge! The podcast has taught Brain the importance of consistency.

Coming up with content for the podcast

• Be curious! 
• Every day experiences can create opportunities to create content. 

Balancing multiple responsibilities

• The medical device start-up is Brain’s full-time job. 
• The podcast is his passion project.

It’s not about the money

• Brian is very intentional about the purpose of the podcast. 
• The podcast fulfills him.
• You can be fulfilled by something even if it doesn’t make money. 
• You can receive other benefits from something.
• Identity. What you do creates your identity. Do things that you like and that you’re proud of. 
• Unfortunately, money is a big focus of industries. 

Look at the bigger picture

• Just because you can’t see value of something doesn’t mean it’s not providing value. 
• Just because it seems like it’s not paying off doesn’t mean it’s not paying off. 
• Look at the bigger picture. 
• When it comes to dreams and passions and being fulfilled, it’s a long-term game. 

Follow Brian

• Website
• Instagram
• Linkedin
• We didn’t talk about this in the interview, but Brain has given a TEDx Talk! See it here: Do it for the story | Brian Ford

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Follow Kalob:

• LinkedIn

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• Facebook
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• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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This week, Kalob and Jacob discuss talents and how we can recognize the things that we’re good at. Talents are an integral part of becoming successful. We also talk about how you can develop and hone your skills once you recognize what they are.

Pre-Show

Jacob makes sure he’s actually using his good mic to record. :)

Follow Up

• Biz4Good Show
• Our episode: La Felicidad – Get your success QUEST ON!!! with Kalob and Jacob

OUR FIRST EVENT!

• Start Your Journey to Success
• Date & Time: September 21, 2019 6:00pm - 9:00pm
• Location: Kiln 26 S. Rio Grande St., Suite 2072 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
• Get your tickets! (Limited Space) Only $10

America’s Got Talent

• Kodi Lee - Blind & Autistic: Wows You With A Historical Music Moment! - America's Got Talent 2019
• A great platform that shows unconventional people and their great talents. 
• Susan Boyle's First Audition 'I Dreamed a Dream' | Britain's Got Talent
• Shin Lim - AGT 2018 Winner
• Eric Chin - AGT magician
• Greg Morton Audition

Talents

• EVERYONE has talents
• Often we have a tendency to be overly critical of ourselves.
• We need to be kind to ourselves and recognize our talents, gifts and abilities. 
• Don’t take it too far and become egotistical or prideful though.
• Micah Harmon (Jacob’s Brother) Youtube Channel

Jacob’s Talents

1. Being a nice person
2. Technology
3. I keep my word. 

Kalob’s Talents

1. I can bring the energy. 
2. Singing
3. Public Speaking

How to recognize talents

• Ask those that are close to you
• Ask us :) 

Developing Talents

• Talents aren’t static. We can get better and worse at them. 
• We need to invest in talents. It takes work and energy
• Choose something that you want to be good at and spend time doing it
• The Parable of the Talents: Matthew 25:14-30

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

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• LinkedIn

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• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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This week, Kalob talks about SuccessQuest and what we’re trying to accomplish. He talks about our upcoming events and how you can help and support us. 

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Follow Kalob:

• LinkedIn

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• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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In this episode, Jacob asks Kalob what he can do to be less overwhelmed. An insightful conversation about time management and productivity ensues. 

Follow Up

• Interviews: We’ve enjoyed doing interviews and we have more coming your way.
• Biz4Good Show: Sorry! Our episode still hasn’t come out. We will definitely let you know when it does though. 
• Visit our website: www.MySuccessQuest.com and sign up for our newsletter. We will be sending out emails letting you know about some big announcements soon. 

The Problem

• As Questers for success, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. 
• We are BUSY! We are juggling so many things. What should we do about this?
• (Video) David A. Bednar: Balance - spinning the plates

Priorities

• Learn to focus on what matters. 
• You can let the things that don’t matter go. 
• Big Rocks, Little Rocks, Sand, Water Story
• (Video) Big Rocks
• What’s most important to you? What are your big rocks?
• Put your “Big Rocks” first.
• TED Talk - Sleep

Learn to say no

• Learn to say no to things that aren’t important so you can focus on what’s important. 

Minimize Distractions

• Avoid distractions and unfulfilling time-sucking activities. 
• Put your phone charger away from your bed
• Set a timer to limit TV or video game time. 

GTD (Get Things Done) Method

David Allen - Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity 

Chart that shows the GTD Method

• Capture
• Clarify
• Organize
• Reflect
• Engage

Time blocking

• Why Highly Productive People Use 'Time Blocking' - Forbs
• Time Blocking Tips Top Experts and Scientists Use to Increase Productivity

Routines

• Turn being productive into a routine and it will create less stress in your life. 
• Just do it! 
• “We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day.” - Richard G. Scott

Follow Jacob:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Follow Kalob:

• LinkedIn

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• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest

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Jacob sits down with Michael Amalfitano and talks with him about how he got through college debt-free. They discuss simple things to do to make money and how to invest.

• Santa Barbara, CA Yearly Weather averages
• UC Santa Barbara

Making Money on the side

• Recycling bottles and cans for $0.05-0.10
• REI - Used Gear Sales
• GoPro
• Ebay
• MacBook Pro
• Reinvest money into bigger and better opportunities.
• Using time wisely: Instead of watching TV or sitting around, do something productive! 

Getting through college

• Scholarships! Michael applied to 30+ scholarships and got 8. 
• Scholarships are FREE money! The invested time is worth it.
• Don’t just apply during high school. You can continue to apply for scholarships throughout school.
• Working part-time at college. 
• Find a job that will give you a paycheck and more! 
• Apple Campus Rep Program
• Time organization and prioritization. 

Investing

• You don’t have to wait till you’re rich to invest. 
• Invest what you can when you can. 
• Invest when the stocks are lower. 
• Invest in industries you’re informed about. 
• IPOs are unstable. 
• New York Mortgage Trust
• Robinhood - app for investing - FREE STOCK!

Learn about personal Finance

• If you’re in college and have the opportunity to take a personal finance class, TAKE ONE! It’s time well spent. 
• If you are not in college, there are lots of personal finance resources. Invest some time into learning basic personal finance information. 

College Degree: Is it worth it?

• It depends on the major and field.
• Some degrees are in high demand and you’ll learn great marketable skills.
• College is more than just the degree though. You learn a lot and meet a lot of people. 

Contact Michael

• [email protected]

Jacob Links:

• Jacob’s Website
• Jacob’s LinkedIn
• Jacob's Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Kalob Links:

• Kalob’s LinkedIn

SuccessQuest Links:

• Website
• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest
• Email: [email protected]

Kalob sits down with Mario Thurber and talks with him about PVC Armory. They talk about the importance of passion and following dreams in business. 

Mario Links

• PVC Armory Website
• PVC Armory Etsy
• PVC Armory Facebook
• Mario Twitter
• Mario LinkedIn

Jacob Links:

• Jacob’s Website
• Jacob’s LinkedIn
• Jacob's Twitter: @jacob_m_harmon

Kalob Links:

• Kalob’s LinkedIn

SuccessQuest Links:

• Website
• Blog
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Twitter: @MySuccessQuest
• Email: [email protected]