The Grind and Gratitude Show

To develop a champion mindset, a mindset that you can achieve greater things in your life, requires more than just taking action. It requires commitment and dedication!

Entrepreneurs and business owners often have to give themselves a reality check to understand how committed and dedicated they are to making more impact, income, and influence in their businesses. Especially Coaches, Speakers, Teachers, and Consultants because they are in the people helping businesses.

In this episode, host, speaker, coach, and teacher, Coach Danny Stone talks about the importance of being committed and dedicated to your business and what it looks like. He shares his own journey of ups and downs as a Leadership and Empowerment Speaker, Business Advisor, Coach and Online Teacher. 

If you want to grow your business, reach more people and get on bigger platforms to promote yourself and your business; listen to this episode.

In this episode you will learn:

1. Why commitment and dedication are the foundations to growing your income, impact, and influence

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Speak Up to Scale Up Challenge

Are you tired of life passing you by?

Do you want more success and happiness in your life?

Do you have bigger goals and dreams you want to achieve?

You are not alone. So many people want more out of life but they just can't seem to get ahead. They look at themselves as LOSERS because their life, business, career, relationship, finances or health is not where they want it to be.

In this episode Coach Danny Stone breaks down how to become a C.H.A.M.P. He believes that regardless of your failures, mistakes, and setbacks, you have a champion inside of you. We all have lost, failed and made mistakes but champion do a few more things consistently than most of us to reach their dreams. And you can too.

He breaks down his 5-step C.H.A.M.P framework to help you tap into your inner champion so that you can create the lifestyle, business and legacy you dream of.

Listen to this episode and you will learn:

1. The 5-step C.H.A.M.P framework that you can implement into your life right now to tap into your inner champion and unlock more success and happiness

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

If you are an entrepreneur or business owner you know that sometimes you have to pivot or make adjustments in your business in order to scale your business or just to stay in business. Being able to adapt to what is happening in your industry or in the world is a must if you own a business.

Coach Stone is a business advisor and coach, speaker, and founder of Champion You Academy, an online academy to help entrepreneurs make more impact, income, and influence. He switched his business model from primarily focusing on coaching to now, speaking on stages all over the world.

In this episode, he shares why he switched his business model from coaching to speaking and what you can learn from his shift in his business that will help you.

Listen to this episode and you will learn:

1. The importance of being flexible and adaptable in your business

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

So many people talk about the power of community. They talk about the benefits of developing your online or offline community. The problem is that it stops there.

People talk about why we need to build an online community and they speak mainly of building a community to get them to buy from you if you are a business owner. Of course that should be one reason to create your community, but you should also create a community for different reasons.

In this episode Coach Danny Stone talks about the benefits of creating his Champion You Community and how it is benefiting his business, his clients, and his community members.

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS VIDEO:

• 3 reasons business owners need to create communities

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

Pubic speaking is still one of the top fears most people in the world have today. Standing up and delivering a speech or presentation is terrifying to many people in the world. Why are so many people afraid of public speaking?

There are many reasons, however the most common is the fear of ridicule from the audience. People fear being criticized by the audience they are speaking to.

There are some tips that can help you become a more confident, engaging, and empowering speaker. No not the same tips that you always hear, there are some key tips, that once you learn them you will win over the audience quickly and get them leaning into what you have to say.

In this episode you will learn, 5 uncommon, powerful, tips to help you become a better speaker.

Here is what you will learn in this episode:

• 8:30 - You have to believe in your message

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

People are tired of sitting through meetings, presentations and keynotes with no end and where this is no clear call to action. Or they have to sit all the way through the presentation to FINALLY understand what the topic is about or the why for the topic.

In Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective people, he identifies habit number two as “Begin with the End in Mind. For this reason, people want a preview of the new way, new idea, new way forward up front so they know if and why they should pay attention.

In this episode Coach Danny Stone shares why you need to start your presentation or speech with the end in mind. Why you need to focus on the ONE big message you want to leave the audience with to be more memorable and engaging.

In this episode you will learn:

1. 3 big reasons to start your speech with the end in mind

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

Business owners, entrepreneurs, and side hustlers all want to make more impact, money and have more influence.

One of the fastest ways to build authority, your brand, and your business is public speaking. But for most people public speaking is terrifying and complicated and most of the people teaching public speaking are teaching an old method that is outdated.

In this podcast episode, Coach Danny Stone shares a BIG SECRET that almost NO ONE in the public speaking industry is talking about. It completely goes against the OLD WAY of teaching public speaking and unlocks a NEW WAY!

This new method helps you to not just speak to your audience, but engage them and lead them to take action which is what you want if you are a business owner.

Coach Stone lays out a simple, proven, 4-step method that has been around for decades but hasn't been applied to public speaking. It's a method that has been used for effective teaching and instruction, but never public speaking.

In this episode you will learn:

1. The old versus new way of engaging speeches and talks

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

😳 It's no secret that many people still have a fear of public speaking. Many entrepreneurs and business owners struggle to speak in public and as a result, they are most likely missing out on landing their ideal clients.

😥 It is true public speaking causes fear, anxiety, and stress for many individuals, however, with the right tools, training, and practice, business owners can become more confident speaking to audiences.

🎙 In this episode of The Grind and Gratitude Show podcast, Coach Danny Stone talks about 3 reasons business owners and entrepreneurs need to become better public speakers.

🗣 And he should know... Danny has been a paid speaker for 20 years as a transformational speaker, teacher, facilitator and coach. He applied the tools he learned as a speaker to his business and it transformed business.

💰 Now he teaches business owners and entrepreneurs how to make more IMPACT, INCOME, and INFLUENCE by learning how to speak to reach their ideal clients.

In this episode you will learn:

1. The importance of conveying your message more clearly and concisely

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

Many business owners and entrepreneurs find themselves stuck trying to figure things out at some point. Whether they are having a hard time landing new clients, growing their revenue, or their paid ads just are giving them the return on investment they had hoped.

However, if you could avoid costly mistakes before they arise wouldn't you want to know in advance?

In this episode Coach, Danny Stone talks about 3 BIG mistakes that he made in the business that cost him tens of thousands of dollars or more. Listen to this episode to avoid these costly mistakes so that you won't lose thousands of dollars in your business.

In this episode Coach Stone talks about:

1. The "serving everyone" syndrome and why it's a huge mistake many new and seasoned entrepreneurs make in their business

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Champion You Academy

So often in life, we are passionate about something and we start to explore it then something happens and we let it go and do something else. Whether it's timing, other people's opinions, or something else, many people never follow that passion or dream.

In this episode, Coach Danny Stone has a conversation with award-winning DJ Ritz who talks about his journey as one of Canada's top hip hop and reggae Djs. He shares how he followed his dream and it took him beyond what he thought was possible.

Dj Ritz has an extensive resume, having been in the industry for more than 22 years! He worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment, from Lebron James, Cardi B, Ludacris, Richard Branson, Jazzy Jeff, and Tory Lanez to Wu-Tang, and more. He's worked with the Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Blue Jays, and many other big brands.

You can currently hear Dj Ritz on various radio stations in Toronto, primarily FLOW98.7FM and he is the resident Dj at Sugar Daddy's Night Club every weekend.

He opens up about growing up not having much, and being raised by a single mom in a diverse neighborhood. He shares how he got exposed to hip hop and reggae music and started djing at a very young age. 

If you have a dream or you are searching for more in your life, and you want to do what you love for a living but are unsure if you can make it, listen to this episode.

In this episode we talk about:

1. The importance of being curious and following your curiosity

Dj Ritz Links:

Dj Ritz Instagram

Dj Ritz Twitter

Listen to Dj Ritz's Mixes

Dj Ritz Website

Coach Danny Stone's Link:

• Champion You Academy