The Maven Nation

 

Show Notes:

* An update in St Thomas while preparing for another hurricane – 0:20

* How to determine which disaster aid trip to go to – 02:31

 

Quick update from Michael in St. Thomas as he prepares for hurricane Maria.

Show Notes:

* Michael is leaving for a disaster aid trip – 0:17

* Donating to Red Lightning – 01:19

* Michaels shares why he loves to respond to disaster aid trips – 03:35

 

Show Notes:

* Michael shares about what influenced him to become a producer – 0:13

 

Having maintained a daily blog for nearly 11 years running, in addition to a successful youtube channel, nearly 50 training videos, two books, over a dozen apps, producing 2 independent films, Michael shares with us the 4 words that started it all.

 

Show Notes:

* Is predicting the future a useful tool? – 0:20

* The key to predicting the future is to study patterns – 01:06

* Michael shares a bit developing an APP that can help us maximize our capacity to help during disaster – 03:21

 

As hurricane Irma approaches Florida, Michael outlines a powerful tool anyone can use to predict the future, today on the Maven Nation!

 

Show Notes:

* Michael shares a personal experience meeting someone who was an incredible example of efficiency – 0:16

 

Michael tells a story of a gentleman he met on the beach who was killing three birds with one stone- an incredible example of efficiency, today on the Maven Nation!

 

Show Notes:

* Michael talks about the tools to measure how successful a new product would be – 0:19

* Get your information to a number of people – 01:15

* Paid advertisement works if you do not have quite a number of followers yet – 06:32

 

In the world of online marketing, how can entrepreneurs know where to invest their time and money most efficiently? Michael discusses some simple tools to help beginning entrepreneurs get started in Episode #30 of the Maven Nation!

 

Show Notes:

* What are the top ways to be more productive? – 0:36

* Stop drifting – 09:13

 

If you were to bump into Michael on the street and ask him to tell you the top ways to be more productive in 10 minutes or less, this would be his answer. Enjoy!

 

Show Notes:

* What is freedom and where it comes from – 0:42

* Michael shares his belief that if you are relying to somebody else, you have less freedom – 02:17

* Self-sustainability will allow you to help other people – 03:06

 

In Episode #028, Michael shares his thoughts about what he believes creates personal freedom, emergency disaster preparation, and how the two relate.

The 10 Inverse Laws of Success –

1. Increased Social Friction

2. Success is Temporary

3. Increased Distractions in the Form of Opportunity

4. Increased Chance of Being Copied

5. Increased Probability of Arrogance & Failure to See Ones Own Weaknesses

6. Decrease of Drive

7. Barriers of Scalability

8. Decreased Affinity for Work that was once loved

9. Increased Waste & Inefficiency

10. Increased Probability of Lawsuits

 

Show Notes:

* Michael shares about the binaries – an idea that one is greater than the other – 0:33

* Talks about the film “The Founder” – 0:51

* Boldness is greater than intelligence – 02:27

* Take risks or your intelligence will not matter – 03:22

 

What would you rather have, a lot of intelligence and average boldness, or a lot of boldness and average intelligence?