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Stan is the CEO of No Limit Technology and founder of Disrupt the Bay in Tampa, FL where they raise money for research in childhood cancers. Stan has a great story and more importantly an amazing mission to help others. 

In this episode Stan and I talk about his journey, why he has a mission for improving treatment for childhood cancers, and how you only have one chance at this life. 

You are going to love Stan and the energy he brings to the show. 

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Entrepreneur Aakash Patel founded Elevate, Inc., a Florida-based strategic business consulting firm providing public relations, community relations, targeted networking and social media, in 2012, and he is reputed for making significant connections and achieving client results. Elevate, Inc. has served upwards of 200 companies to date.

A master networker and community leader, prior to Elevate, Inc.’s launch, Patel served as an Editorial Assistant at the Tampa Bay Times Tallahassee Bureau, the Public Relations Coordinator for the Westin Tampa Bay hotel and Aqua restaurant, and was the founding Business Development Director for Chamber.com (an application-based world-wide business networking website launched in 2010 with 5 members, and grew to 1.5 million+ members).

In this episode Aakash and I are talking about networking and leadership, both are vital to not only your success, but also your growth as a person. 

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Amy is a Coach, Mentor, iTunes #1 Podcaster, Mastermind Host, Speaker and Property Investor. Through coaching, Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. She helps them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire.

Amy launched the Focus on WHY Podcast on 30th April 2020. This new podcast provides a wonderful platform for people to share relatable, uplifting and inspiring conversations based on one simple question: WHY? The intention of the podcast is to encourage the audience to focus on their WHY to enable and empower them to achieve the success they desire in whatever form that may take.

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Tim Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur/business owner with expertise in marketing and business growth. He has 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience with a passion for developing and growing businesses. That passion served him well in operating and managing a wholesale distribution company he co-owned for nine years. The company grew an average of 60% a year before being acquired in 2005.

Since then, he’s had failures and successes that have been valuable learning experiences. He started Rialto Marketing in 2013 and has been helping small business owners and entrepreneurs eliminate the confusion of marketing using an amazingly simple plan so they can grow. Most people overcomplicate marketing. It doesn't have to be that way.

Today he is sharing with us "3 Fundamental Marketing Secrets to Stop Wasting Money". 

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(*WARNING* the first 4min of this episode the sound is adjusted due to technology error) 
Dr. Carlos Garcia is a veteran, clinical Psychologist, past firefighter, friend, and mentor. With over 10 year experience in psychology and now 3 years as an entrepreneur, Carlos spends much of his time working with other business owners, CEO's, executives, and people looking to push themselves outside of their comfort zone so they can achieve their life goals. 

Carlos is not just an expert in the field of getting out of your head and moving forward, he is super real, relatable, and transparent when it comes to his own struggles and how he deals with them.  

Join us as we talk about his story and what he says are three things you can do now to overcome the struggle and get from where you are to where you want to be. 

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From Overcoming  Jail at Age 17, To Building His Own Company at Age 26 In The Peak of The Recession...Mark Minard is the CEO & Owner of Dreamshine, which proudly serves individuals with special needs. Mark is a world -wide and motivational speaker, best selling author of leadership books and personal development books which are, The Story of YOU, Transforming Adversity Into Adventure, Taking You Dreams To The Next Level & Beyond! And his newest book now available for pre-sale: 16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks: How to Be Freakin’ Awesome at Every Level of Your Business, Leadership, Profits and Build Your Own Dream Team. 

Hitting 4 million downloads and counting, Mark is the Host of the world famous  Elevating Beyond Podcast, Mark is a husband and Father of 5 (so please don't come to him with the excuse that you don't have enough time to be awesome.) Mark's just an ordinary dude, with an extraordinary faith, believing all things are possible.

I am so excited to share this episode with you as Mark tells us some of his story and we learn about his upcoming book; 16 Reasons Why Your Business Sucks. 

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How many times have you quit? I know I have many times. Sometimes we quit before we even start, but why? There are many reasons why we quit, but there is still victory in there when you look close enough. Today I am talking about one of the many times that I quit and why. Plus how to stop quitting and keeping moving toward your goals. 

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It's easy to get wrapped up in the things that come up on a daily basis and lose sight of what we need to do to reach the goals we want to reach. It's been a crazy couple weeks for me and I found myself not only becoming distracted, but also considering pushing off actions I needed to take for another day or time. You need to be taking regular consistent action toward your goals, because no one is going to do it for you. Today I am touching on three things that will help you take those actions. 

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The more people you know, the more people know you. Building your network is a big part of creating a sustainable business that lasts.I know for a lot of people, putting themselves out there and meeting new people constantly can be scary, exhausting, or even seem impossible. Networking is a great tool that will put you paces ahead of your competition and is a superpower when used in a local business. It might be one of your greatest struggles, but you can turn it into one of your greatest strengths. In this episode I am telling you the 5 major things you need to remember to maximize your network, helping you make networking less of chore and more of a smart business strategy. 

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Building a team can be fun and exciting, but it can also be frustrating and stressful at time. Building a team is not just about putting people in place for a paid position, you might need a team for volunteer work, you might be looking for people to start a brand new idea or product launch, you might be putting together a sports team. No matter what kind of team you are wanting to put together you need a process for finding those people. Today, I share a story with you about a time I had no such process and how I got to the point I was bringing in better candidates and saving over 10 hours in the process. You will need a team to create the dream, whether you are running a small business or just thinking about it - start learning this skill and creating a process for it now.