In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be digging a little deeper into the specifics of what it takes to become Freedom Focused in order to actually have greater freedom as a small business owner.He'll start first by sharing the story of how he came to find greater freedom for himself with his own business.This background will provide the context for telling you what he believes are the essential “best practices” that every small business must implement if you want a fighting chance at the kind of freedom that comes from less struggle, frustration, and feelings of burnout.Freedom to do just the work that you enjoy, delegate the work you don't, and shared responsibility for running your business.Perhaps most importunately, freedom to spend time away from your business to rejuvenate and recharge your batteries.After sharing with you each of the “best practices” that he implemented to create his own Freedom Focused business, he will tell you how you can do the same for your own business.Enjoy the show and don't forget to...Stay focused on your freedom!Show Notes

In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about how to make rejuvenation time that includes travel, something you stop dreaming about, and instead, turn into something you actually start doing.

It's true that not everyone likes or wants to travel, although most people do.In this episode,

Daran is going to share two strategies that he's used very successfully, for many years, to make traveling with his daughters around the world a reality, not just a dream.

For those of you who prefer to stay close to home, one of the strategies will apply directly to you too, so don’t miss listening. Who knows, you might even discover a more adventurous side that you didn’t know existed.

Daran's podcast episodes on rejuvenation are always the ones he most looks forward to sharing with listeners, primarily because he believes rejuvenation time is the essence of what true freedom is all about.

At the end of this week’s show, Daran has two free gifts to share with you, but you’ll need to listen to learn what they are.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about a concept that was made popular in 2009 by a TEDx presentation in Seattle, Washington.

That presentation was titled, “How great leaders inspire action," and it was given by a 36-year-old former advertising agent from New York City.

This wasn’t just any TED Talk. It’s one of the most popular ever given, with almost 62 million views to date, and still climbing.

Daran's going to share with you exactly who the speaker was, and explain why the message he shared continues to be of such profound interest to so many people.

He's also going to share with you how the lessons from this TED Talk explain one of the great secrets to the success of Apple Computer, and how you can take advantage of this same “secret” to make your own small business wildly successful.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be talking about the year ahead, and what every small business owner should be doing to ensure that it will not only be a very successful year, but also a year that ends with much greater freedom for you, the owner, and also the rest of your team.

What small business owners need to be doing is setting goals.

But not just setting them, Daran is going to be sharing with you a very simple process for how to actively use your goals to keep everyone on track, reduce overwhelm, and also create excitement, buy-in, and a huge sense of accomplishment for your team.

He's very much looking forward to sharing this information with you, especially as we bring the current year to a close, and start making plans to take maximum advantage of all the positive opportunities available to us in the new year.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined by special guest, Mark Matteson.

Mark is a bestselling author, a highly successful sales person, an entertaining teacher, and a sought-after public speakeer.

As a compliment to Daran's latest article for the Thanksgiving holiday focused on gratitude, he and Mark are going to be discussing Mark's outlook on this very important topic, how it’s impacted his life, and the ways that he practices gratitude on a regular basis.

This episode is one you won’t want to miss, and chances are good you might even listen to it more than once to catch all that’s being shared.

Best of all, those that listen will learn how to receive a free gift of one of Mark’s bestselling books.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined again by Dirk Haupt as Guest Host to discuss Part 2 of Daran's article, “Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules for the Good Life.”

They're going to pick-up where they left off in the last episode where they covered some background on Jefferson’s rules, then discussed the meaning of rules one through five.

Starting this week with rule number six and proceeding through to number ten, they'll provide an interpretation for each of the rules, but won’t stop there.

They’re going to also cover two additional rules that even those familiar with Jefferson’s original 10 rules have almost certainly never heard before.

As they did for Part 1, they will be including in the discussion an interpretation of how each rule applies to businesses, as well as the benefits to small business owners, and their employees, when they follow these rules.

If you listened to Part 1, you definitely don’t want to miss listening to Part 2 of “Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules for the Good Life.”

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined by his good friend Dirk Haupt, who is returning to the podcast as a “Guest Host.”

They'll be discussing Daran's latest article titled, “Thomas Jefferson's 10 Rules for the Good Life.”

You’ll be fascinated to learn where the rules came from and why they’ve remained popular 200 years after Jefferson started sharing them with friends and family.

Dirk and Daran will look closely at the first five of the ten rules in this week’s show, discussing the importance and meaning of each rule.

They're also going point out how each rule applies to businesses, as well as the benefits to small business owners and employees when they follow each of the rules.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined by a long-time friend, Howard Bashford.

For those of you who read Daran's article, “Hope Is Not a Business Strategy,” you’ll recall that Howard was the person who shared this phrase with him many years ago, when they were in the middle of some deep trouble with a business they owned together.

While “hope is not a business strategy” couldn’t save they're business, it was a philosophy that made all the difference in the world in helping Daran to save his company, D.R. Wastchak, LLC, from going under during the Great Recession.

To learn how, and why, be sure to tune into this week’s episode. You’ll also learn what the most important role “hope” can, and should play in the successful operation of every business.

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined by a special guest, and good friend, Gary Wilbers, owner of Ascend Business Strategies.

Over the course of Gary’s 30 plus years as an entrepreneur, he’s learned a lot about how to run a business successfully.

He shares all that he’s learned with individuals and business owners in several books that he's written, public speaking, in his own podcast, and in regular articles posted on his blog.

In this show, we’re going to ask Gary to specifically talk about one of his most recent articles, titled “8 Tips to Manage Entrepreneurial Stress and Avoid Burnout.”

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In this episode, host Daran Wastchak will be joined by a special guest, Tara Jackson, who is President of The Arizona Town Hall.

Tara recently shared a report with Daran that she described as a real eye opener when it comes to explaining the labor challenges we’ve been faced with in the past several years.

In fact, the report, with the ominous title, “The Demographic Drought”, explains why these challenges are not going away any time soon and, in fact, are going to get much, much worse.

Tara is going to help Daran share the insights from the report, and on a positive note, include recommendations for how the United States, in general, and you as a small business owner, in particular, can manage through the drought and minimize it’s impacts on the success of your business.

It's going to be a great show, so be sure to listen and, as always, don't forget to...

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