The Powerful Man Show

Episode #022

“The most powerful force in the entire universe is compounded interest”

In this weeks episode Tim & Doug share another invaluable conversation that will empower your mindset and improve your business and personal when put to action.

How often are we sold the dream of success and what does that dream look like… most likely you are visualizing the “sexy” success story; money, cars, women, big houses. This however, is simply a dream we’ve been sold via marketing. Marketing also sells us the dream that this can be done instantly and that your success can be overnight.

The truth is that success isn’t sexy. While success may give you the ability to possess some of the above, maintained success is day in day out of crafting and refining your skills.

Getting away from the ‘sexy’ dream of success involves changing your mindset and listening to this episode can be the first step on your path to changing. You will hear about the most common mistakes men make and how they set specific goals, reach them and fail to make set the next goal, which means they slowly return to a treadmill lifestyle with no plan and constantly chasing shiny objects and looking for the shortcut to success.

When you change your mindset and realize what success is really about, you can improve your business and personal life massively. Doug shares a real life story of a business owner who was in the habit of looking for shortcuts and chasing the shiny object, and discusses how he changed his mindset and his business multiplied.

Things you will discover in this episode

• The biggest mistakes we make when trying to achieve the success we want.
• Why consistency is key to any success story
• There are no shortcuts in life
• The importance of mindset
• How to avoid looking for shortcuts
• Ways to consistently refill your cup
• How to avoid days becoming a haze
• One thing you can do right now to achieve the success you want

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We've all heard the theory about how surrounding yourself with successful people who you admire will automatically rub off on you. Whatever you want to achieve, go find people who have done it already… but how do you know they have actually done it?! This is the most difficult part of the process. Getting advice from someone who isn't actually qualifies is much worse than getting no advice at all.

Episode #021

“You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with”

In this episode, Doug brings to the table a real story of a man who was getting business advice from somebody who was completely unqualified to do so and it kicks off a discussion about the importance of surrounding yourself with like-minded people who you contribute towards your goals in business and life.

We've all heard the theory about how surrounding yourself with successful people who you admire will automatically rub off on you.

This sounds easy enough right, whatever you want to achieve, go find people who have done it already… but how do you know they have actually done it?! We’ve all seen coaches online who claim to be successful entrepreneurs who can teach you to be one too… but how do you know they’ve actually done it, this is the most difficult part of the process. Getting advice from someone who isn't actually qualified is much worse than getting no advice at all.

Doug talks about how he and his wife decided to selectively choose who they would spend their social time with, this involved going out and actively looking for the people who they wanted to be most like, as a result, their mindset started to shift. He then applied the same technique to his business.

Often this will involve dropping all pride and judgment. We are automatically afraid to seek counsel and advice from others, they worry about how it will make them look… will it show my weaknesses? Yes maybe it will, but all of us have weaknesses and the most successful people are the ones that identify them and seek advice on how to overcome them.

Find out how you can surround yourself by the RIGHT people!

What you will discover in this episode:

• How to make sure you're surrounded by the right people.
• The damaging effect of advice from the wrong people.
• How to differentiate truly successful people from people who just claim to be.
• How to seek out people you want to be like.
• The importance of dropping pride and judgment.
• How and who Doug and Tim used to achieve their goals.
• How groups and networks can help.

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Tim & Doug discuss the importance of sticking your your word. Have you ever found you miss appointments, cancel meetings or don’t follow through on things you say you will do with your family or in your business? This doesn’t mean your a bad person, just that you are committing to too many things that you are not passionate about.

Episode #020

“We’re all on the way out so we may as well enjoy it!”

The quote that sums up the premise of this weeks’ episode as Tim & Doug discuss the importance of sticking to your word. Have you ever found you miss appointments, cancel meetings or don’t follow through on things you say you will do with your family or in your business? This doesn’t mean you're a bad person, just that you are committing to too many things that you are not passionate about.

In this episode, you will discover how to better understand your inner workings and the lies you may be telling yourself so that you can spend more time doing the things that you are really passionate about and not burn yourself out with other things.

Tim & Doug share techniques you can put into action immediately to filter out things you are saying yes to but not following through on because you don’t have the passion for it. Discover how you can live a much more fulfilling work and personal life by saying “no”.

What you will discover in this episode:

• Why we fall into a trap of not honoring our word
• How saying “no” can help
• How to avoid people pleasing
• A technique you can use so you only say yes to the things you are passionate about
• How to improve your self-discipline
• What to do if you find yourself in a pattern of not honoring your word
• The importance of accountability
• How to make the most of your time

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In this episode Tim & Doug present another incredibly motivating 30 minutes of audio about how we fall into the trap of procrastinating and putting things off with excuses and lies that we tell ourselves.

“The beggar and the billionaire have the same amount of time in the day” is a quote reference by Tim in this episode to try and explain why we need to stop using time and other things as an excuse not to do things in your life.

Episode #019

How often do you think about things that you want or feel the need to do but put them off?

In this episode Tim & Doug present another incredibly motivating 30 minutes of audio about how we fall into the trap of procrastinating and putting things off with excuses and lies that we tell ourselves.

“The beggar and the billionaire have the same amount of time in the day” is a quote reference by Tim in this episode to try and explain why we need to stop using time and other things as an excuse not to do things in your life. If your instinct and your subconscious are constantly reminding you to do things it must be with good reason, but if you put them things off all you are doing is damaging yourself, your relationship or your business.

How often do people wait until things are broken to fix them? Discover how you can improve on things by working on them while they are good to break away from the constant cycle of going through bad days to good days, stress and anxiety...Enjoy a life of good days and great days!

Tim explains process of “Feel - Act - Feedback” instead of “Feel - Think - Think….”

Not acting on your instinct, beliefs and inspiration causes you to constantly question it to a point where you will scare yourself out of acting. In this episode Tim & Doug will tell you how, if you act on inspiration NOW, your life will change forever.

What you will discover in this episode:

• What makes you put things you want to do off
• How to get over the barrier of putting these things off
• How your business is directly affected by your procrastination.
• The BIGGEST change Tim discovered that changed his life.
• The constant cycle we fall into of being inspired but failing to take full action.
• How to trust your gut instinct and how it can change everything
• Actionable exercises to stop procrastinating and start living a more fulfilling life.

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20 minutes of valuable audio that will help you discover how you can overcome this kind of negative mentality that can cause you to be so busy you’ll drive yourself into the ground. Tim believes that this train of thought also causes self sabotage, if you tell yourself phrases like “take the rough with the smooth”, then subconsciously you are far more likely to follow something great with something negative and not even realize.

Episode #018

In today’s face paced world, it’s so easy to be busy, hustle hustle hustle, go go go. We even measure our success by how busy we are… how often do you tell someone you are busy for them to respond “Great, busy is good”, “I wish i could be busier”. Anyone can be busy, but it’s much harder to be productive...

In this episode Tim shares a story of a business owner who was in hustle mode, working non-stop, living fast and hard but he was also drained and unable to appreciate his success and everything good in his life. His thoughts were telling him things like “you have to take the rough with the smooth” or “Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows”. This is something we can all relate to, phrases we were brought up hearing and have become ingrained in our psyche. Tim argues that this doesn’t have to be the way and asks why can’t we just have the good??

Life CAN be all sunshine and rainbows!!

These 20 minutes of valuable audio will help you discover how you can overcome this kind of negative mentality that can cause you to be so busy you’ll drive yourself into the ground. Tim believes that this train of thought also causes self sabotage, if you tell yourself phrases like “take the rough with the smooth”, then subconsciously you are far more likely to follow something great with something negative and not even realize.

A common theme on The Powerfulman show is that you should “be” and not “do”. Keep listening to find out how you can do less and be more, get ready to snap out of hustle mode and enjoy a much more fulfilling life.

What you will discover in this episode:

• The Difference between being productive and busy.
• How your business can be suffering by lies you tell yourself.
• Actionable steps to becoming more productive in business and life.
• How to set yourself free of old phrases that are no longer relevant.
• How to shift your belief systems.
• How to get closer to your goals by being productive.
• Operating out of faith and flow not fear and force.

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In this episode Tim & Doug discuss a real life example of a man they spoke with who felt everything around him was the reason he was unfulfilled. He blamed the location in which he was based, the people and other external factors for all that was wrong in his life, avoiding the real issue, which was himself!