The Grind and Gratitude Show

On this episode Coach Stone sits down with legendary Trumpeter Rudy Ray. Rudy Ray is a famed Ghanaian-Canadian activist, actor and trumpeter based in Toronto. Including the 2020 Juno award win for best album recording with Tobi and appearing in Guillermo del Toro's latest movie Nightmare Alley, CBC articles have identified Rudy as a young upcoming thinker and cultural icon to watch! With a focus on love, peace, self-expression Rudy joined 50+ other artists in an event to raise funds in support of those affected by the war in Ukraine.

Rudy graces all genres of music, providing energy and a sound like none you ever heard before. His music has been heard on tracks by Drake, J. Cole, Wu-Tang Clan and others.

Rudy opens up about:

1. How he went from working in the medical field to following his love for music

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

Rudy Ray's Links:

• Rudy Ray Instagram

Danny Stone's Links:

• Champion You Academy

With so much going on in the world. With all of the social media and seeing "successful" people living their dreams. With people constantly trying to talk you out of your goals and dreams. With you losing focus because of your own internal dialogue, how do you stay focused on YOU?

It's a very valid question that maybe you have asked yourself. Or maybe you have asked yourself, "How do I get re-focused?"

In this episode Coach Danny Stone shares his experience around how he stays focused on himself and his mission.

You might find some of these tips and stories helpful for you, or not. Take a listen and see if it resonates.

Here's some of what is discussed in this episode:

1. Learn 3 powerful questions to ask yourself to shift your mindset​

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

The entrepreneurial journey can be an amazing, life-changing, impactful experience. It can also be a challenging, stressful rollercoaster. The questions you must ask yourself are, where are you on your journey, where do you want to be, and how will being an entrepreneur or business owner help you to achieve what you want in your life.

In this episode you will learn:

• Four phases of an entrepreneurial journey

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

At this point in history, so many people are moving into entrepreneurship more than ever. Less and less people want to work for someone else and more and more people want to work for themselves.

Whether you want to start a side hustle or have a business, there are some truths that maybe you know or not that Coach Stone wishes someone had told him when he first jumped into entrepreneurship.

In this episode, he shares some key truths that no one tells you about entrepreneurship based on his own experiences and those of his clients.

This episode if for you if you are thinking about starting a side hustle or business or already have, you will learn or re-learn some things.

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

As an entrepreneur or business owner, this may have happened to you, or it may still happen to you where someone asks you to provide your services or products for free. When they do, what is your response? Are you angry, upset, or disappointed? Or maybe you are fine with it and you are happy to do it.

In this episode, Coach Danny Stone talks about how his Instagram reel that started out as a funny skit, turned into a viral moment on his platform for him. It reached thousands of people and garnered lots of comments, likes, shares and direct messages from lots of entrepreneurs fed up with people asking for free products and services.

The posts led Coach Stone to do this episode talking about why you should never work for free and how there are always ways for you to walk away from a business deal with something of value.

In this episode you will learn:

1. 5 reasons you should never work for free

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• I Don't Work for Free Reel on IG

Happy Valentine's Day if you celebrate and if you don't then appreciate the fact that you woke up another day. But don't worry, this episode is not about "love day" it's about self-love.

In this episode Coach Danny Stone talks about why you need to love yourself more and how loving yourself more can transform your life for the better. He breaks down 3 benefits of self-love and how it shifts your thinking, actions, and beliefs.

Here is some of what he talks about in this episode:

1. Why it's important to love yourself more

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

It's difficult to know what type of side hustle to launching when you have so many ideas or none at all. Part of the challenge is that when you look at social media or others that you know who have businesses, you may look at yourself and think that you don't have a business idea. 

In this episode Coach Stone asks you 4 questions you should ask yourself to find the side hustle that you can turn into a thriving business.

These powerful questions will help you hone in on your passionate profitable side hustle idea.

Here is some of what you will hear in this episode:

1. Learn the truth about monetizing your knowledge and skills

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

We are all storytellers, whether you know it or not. Stories are in everything we do. The news, TV shows, movies, books, our conversations are all about stories. But in telling stories, sharing posts, and gossiping many of us are not telling our CHAMPION Stories. We are not telling meaningful stories about the greatness within.

In this episode, Coach Stone talks about what Champion Stories Are, Why You need them and why you need to share them with others. If you are passionate about a cause, if you are an entrepreneur, or you are someone who wants to make a greater impact in the world... This episode is for you!

In this episode you will hear:

1. What a champion story is

Here are the links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

It's the beginning of the new year, or your birthday, or a day that you decide to set a new year's resolution or goal. You are super excited about it, you either take action or never get started than all of a sudden it's a year later and you are still in the same place with that goal.

The question is, what did you get stuck? Why do so many people not achieve their goals or new years resolutions? In this episode Coach Danny Stone shares 17 reasons why people don't achieve their goals and how to overcome them.

If you have ever fallen off track with your goals or you are a serial goal setter but not an achiever, or you just want to know how to avoid falling off track; listen to this episode.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The GET iT DONE Goal Achievement System

Storytelling is powerful. A story can make people fall in love, start a movement or inspire people. Everyone has stories. Everyone tells stories. Stories about your life, your mistakes, your successes, your interactions with other people, we all tell stories.

No matter how powerful, interesting or inspiring you think your stories are, most people make 3 big mistakes when they are sharing their stories with audiences or groups of people. These are common mistakes that many people make that take away from the impact they are trying to make.

In this episode Coach Danny Stone breaks down the 3 common mistakes that he use to make and that most people make when telling stories in public and speaking to audiences.

In this episode you will learn:

1. 3 big mistakes people make when telling stories

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The GET iT DONE Goal Achievement System