Our Artrepreneur Now is singer-songwriter Naomi Psalm who released her 4th CD in May of 2011, two singles in 2012 and 2013, and completed two music videos. Naomi won top vocalist for the 2012 Ladylake Indie Awards and is here to share to her experiences in being a music traveller and her battle with self-doubt.

Naomi has an insanely powerful story about being told she wasn't good enough and then turning around and using that feedback to light her fire inside.

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with Naomi: / / 05:13 : Growing up in a hippie household, creating poetry at the age of 8, playing the guitar at 13, and how her mom helped her get out of her comfort zone, / 09:31 : Traveling to numerous countries in a medical ship at the age of 19 after dropping her whole life only to be put down as someone who can never be a lead singer, / 13: 37 : The favorite places she had been and how she was able to relate to the Norwegian lifestyle, / 15:03 : How negative criticism drove her to fight back and to succeed on what she is passionate about, / 18:23 : Our discussion on the current state of the music industry, the power of the internet and how it can help you grow your fan base and your community to get your art out there, / 21:50 : Her personal battles with self-doubt and the lessons she learned from her past to get to where she is right now, and / 28:10 : What the best part of the music industry for her and about her current endeavors such as her tours and her records.

My transformation to minimalism and living simply.  

When you have less stuff, you have less distractions. When you have less distractions, you have more awareness. When you have more awareness, you pay attention to things in life that matter the most, like forming stronger relationships and engaging in higher levels of creativity.

When you start to combine the engagement of strong relationships with high levels of creativity, you will continuously open up new doors that lead directly to clarity and meaning in life. And, when you live your life with a clear intent, you will undoubtedly discover that the pursuit of happiness you dream of is not only possible, it's absolute.

Pual kemp is the mack-daddy of the app and podcasting world. If there was a Michael Jackson of Europe, it would undoubtedly be Paul. Connected to me by the wonderful Amber Ludwig before I started this show, Paul has been my go-to mentor for anything and everything. He also taught me that 'suspenders' in the UK aren?t quite like 'suspenders' in the US. Google it if you don't believe me ' 

Paul has a traditional background of corporate America, and is super inspiring because of his story giving up his six-figure job to create the life he loves.

Now, he has dominated over 80 native apps for himself and clients, is the founder of TheAppGuy.co, the creator of 'The App Guy' podcast where he interviews celebrity millionaires, authors, app developers and start-up entrepreneurs, and the host of The Entrepreneur Dad podcast which provides stories of parents who also seek a lifestyle of online digital nomads.

I am elated to present to you again, my Mastermind friend who remains down-to-earth despite his success - Paul Kemp!

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with Paul: / / 08:50 : A discussion on how people are tempted to copy those who are successful and why we should opt to find our own journey and style, / 10:26 : Feeling a void during his time in the corporate life and how he transitioned from being a salaried employee to his amazing platforms to pursue his calling, / 19:24 : The wonderful experience of being in an entrepreneurial team and how his happiness had declined when his previous company had grown as he was swamped into the corporate culture, / 21:02 : His experiences during the time that he was doing odd jobs including being injured from falling from a roof, / 23:45 : How he got started in Internet Marketing, how he moved to making apps, and finally finding his niche in podcasting, / 29:24 : The most valuable takeaways he had from all the episodes he had recorded and some of his most memorable favorites, / 34: 35 : The most effective thing he has done in growing his podcast and some of his influencers in pushing him to just get things done, / 39:40 : Sharing details about some of the apps he built, their successes so far, his exit strategies to monetize them further, and basically just the fun you can do with apps as a solopreneur, and / 53:40 : Our thoughts about the negativity of the radio and the television and all its FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) and how his love affair with podcasting started and how it changed his life.

Kiffanie Stahle is making the law fun again. She is the ultra-inspiring and creative Founder of The Artist?s JD and Stahle Law where she helps creatives realize that the law isn?t a big scary Godzilla. After college she adventured to National Parks all over the Western United States, utilizing her passion for photography and travel.

The Artist's JD is dishing legal advice, tools and action plans to help your creative business grow and succeed.

Kiffanie is one of the COOLEST guests that I?ve ever connected with! ;)

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with Kiffanie: / / 05:08 : Her goal of breaking the mold and busting the lawyer stereotypes by empowering people and making them look at the law differently for their businesses to thrive, / 09:20 : Sharing her obsessions for pickling fruits, having a soft spot for vintage Law and Order and her background on being a wildlife biologist, / 11:45: Her adventures when she spent an entire summer touring the National Parks of the Western United States and how she quickly transitioned to being in the law school literally right after that, / 15:22 : Working for the California Lawyers for the Arts on her first year in law school, gaining exposure through that program and continuing on with her eyes fixed on her goal of opening up a law firm right after she graduated, / 20:10 : Creating The Artist?s JD platform and enjoying spreading the message, / 22:22: Being a big visualizer and a goal setter, and how visualization boards and baby steps can help you get to the goals you have set, / 28:07 : The most common problems that she helps artists on such as copy cats, contracts, LLCs and trademarks, and / 34:55: Her big plans for The Artist JD such as membership sites and incorporating community aspects around it to teach and empower the creative community about the law.

Dan Norris likes to drink beer and celebrate life, and he absolutely should. He is the founder of WP- Curve, one of the world?s fastest growing WordPress support companies, and a previous founder of informly, a web app that enabled business owners to get easy access to complex information about their business.

Dan is also the author of The 7 Day Startup, and was voted as Australia?s top small business blogger by Australia?s largest business magazine, Smarter Business Ideas, in 2013. He has a brilliant and hilarious personality, as our conversation ranges from horses and bourbon to the process of creating and accelerating WP-Curve when Dan?s financial situation was just about to bite the dust.

 This one is for Australia.

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with Dan:

06:43 : Founding WP Curve in 2013, the coverage of their services and how they were able to grow the company and maintain its success, / 12:55 : About his previous start up, Informly, and how bad decisions influenced the shutting down of the company, / 14:28 : How he met Alex, his co-founder and their long term goals for WP Curve, and / 18:42 : Our discussion about getting out of your comfort zone, figuring out what you are good to help out other people and how podcasting can broaden your network and help you out with your ventures.

Our electrifying Artrepreneur for this episode is David Esquire - the owner of Esquire Photography, an international award-winning and published photojournalist and writer, a drummer in a dance-rock band, model for Ralph Lauren, a street dancer in nightclubs and had the opportunity to photograph rock bands including Duran Duran, DJ John B, Orgy, Gary Numan, Robyn, Limp Bizkit, Suicide Machines, People Mover out of the UK and more. / This interview is the tits because David and I connected on a supreme energy level that isn't very common. We dive into his life of creativity through he eyes of the google glass, and why breaking the rules is the most important action you can take in life ?

The time has come! I'm overly joyed and humbled to release my episode of The Artrepreneur Now with the lovely Amber Ludwig (Vilhauer- she recently tied the knot ) / Amber was the very first person I reached out to about recreating myself and following my passion. She alone completely shifted my perception on what is possible in life. Shortly after, Amber connected me with Paul (The App Guy) Kemp who eventually convinced me to start his very show. Things have been escalating ever since.

Amber runs a multi-six-figure company NGNG (No Guts No Glory) Enterprises and has supported over 1000 entrepreneurs including bestselling authors Mark Victor Hansen, Brendon Burchard, Bill Walsh, Adam Markel, Lisa Nichols and Les Brown. She is the campaign manager behind several #1 bestselling books and coaches clients on developing products in support of Amazon Bestseller campaigns.

I have followed all of Amber's marketing strategies from day 1 of discovering her talent, and I highly stress everyone else reach out to her. She's truly a remarkable, world-changing person.

If networking were a person, it would be John Corcoran.  At just 23 years old, John landed a gig as a writer for President Clinton in the White House, and his background wasn’t stacked.  He has defined the importance of personal relationships in business and life in general, and he teaches us how to build these relationships to maximize income and clients without marketing or “selling” ourselves.

From a creative standpoint, John started out as a cartoonist and shared the art room with Brandon Boyd, the lead singer of Incubus.  He is the founder and creator of the Smart Business Revolution podcast and website – one of the most value packed shows on iTunes.  John has appeared in Forbes, Lifehacker,The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Art of Manliness, Boost Blog Traffic, and Dumb Little Man.

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with John:

·       05:42 : His memories of always wanting to be a creative entrepreneur since he was a kid and of being a cartoonist and an editor in his high school newspaper,

·       08:45 : How it was being classmates with Brandon Boyd and attending the first Incubus gig,

·       13:40 : How he integrates writing as his creative expression in his life in being a practicing attorney and how he incorporates this in his blog and podcast,

·       12:47 : The importance and the power of interviews in regard to writing and growing your networks, and he shares his systems  and tools in tracking his networks such as ‘the conversations list’,

·       19:10 : The steps to take to network if you are starting from scratch beginning with having the right mindset and being clear with your goals,

·       23:57 : Habits he puts in to place in order to preserve his connections, and

·       30:48 : Usual mistakes people make when networking and the right approaches to go about it.

Honoree Corder writes like she talks, and she talks like a superhero.  She is the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious best selling authore of over a dozen incredible books, and she’s the grandmaster blaster of goal setting and bringing vision to reality.  She coaches for results, and results she gets.  She has a brilliant out-take on living simply and minimzing distractions, and she brings the energy to everything she touches ;)

Her best sellers include Vision to Reality: How Short Term Massive Action Equals Long Term Maximum Results, If Divorce is a Game, These are the Rules, Tall Order! 7 Master Strategies to Organize Your Life & Double Your Success in Half the Time,The Successful Single Mom book series, The Successful Single Dad, Play2Pay, and Paying4College.

Her results-oriented philosophy and ground-breaking 30-Day Jump Start and STMA 100-day Coaching Programs have been embraced by people in a wide variety of industries and businesses, to rave reviews and exceptional results.

Bump your fists together for Honoree Corder!

Here are the highlights of my funky conversation with Honoree:

05:50 : In line with the 100-Day Action Coaching Program, she shares how she placed her own goals  and the processes and systems she has in place when she is writing books,

12:05 : Having her first business success in her early 20s, having her first exposure of being a professional business coach by being hired as one the CEO of their company,  transitioning to coaching and speaking, being a single mom and battling her self-esteem issues, self-publishing her first book and selling 11,000 copies before it hit the printer, and the strings of books that followed,

22:52: The importance of establishing sustainable habits, having someone to hold you accountable, setting up achievable goals, and all the things we should do to reach our personable goals,

27:45 : How it feels to see a coachee succeed,

31:05 : How she views commitment and how impossible things can come to pass if you set your mind into something,

35:43 : Being an advocate of not letting your things own you and living a simplified life,  how she went about getting rid of 80% of the things she didn’t need and lived off of the 20% that was left, and

43:03 : A brief breakdown of what STMA is including it’s vision, purpose and other elements of the plan.

Melissa Krivacheck is a baller, and she’s teaching us exactly how she does it.  She’s a two-time international best-selling author of "Be Ballsy! How Not To Suck At Love, Success, & Happiness" and "Be A Baller! The Blueprint To Have It All", a speaker, a coach to entrepreneurs from all walks of life, and the founder of Briella Aarion.

Melissa is a brilliant mind and was selected as a Top Ranked U.S. Executive by the National Council of American Executives in 2014.  She’s also been featured on hundreds of news/media outlets, on the cover of multiple magazines, and now lands on this figgity funky show that I’ve been so proud to create and host.  She is currently on the BOLD! book tour featuring Les Brown and other great authors. 

I admire Melissa for her direct, bold attitude and vision, and I’m super pumped to share this interview with you ;)