The School of Self-Mastery: Business, Money, Life

Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before entering the private sector to work in both the medical device and advertising industries. While a top performer in the corporate world, his long term desire was to be his own boss.

A good friend one day mentioned the gum ball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10 year business quest that has brought Matt’s company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries.

Today, School Spirit Vending’s franchising program provides a proven and profitable business system for busy professionals and their families looking to develop secondary income streams with a limited time commitment.

In this episode, Matt & discuss:

• how gum-ball machines turned into a full-time business
• creating multi-generational businesses and why it's so important
• why it was important for Matt to incorporate GIVING into his business model
• how Matt teaches other ambitious individuals how to grow a lucrative side-business that gives them financial freedom

Live Your Dreams: Top 10 Reason Why You Should Start A Vending Company. Link is www.ssvbusiness.com/sm.

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In this episode I'm going to share a simple sales funnel that you can set up in your business today.

Sales funnels are powerful to help bring potential customers through an experience that makes sense versus getting random & infrequent information from you.

Sales funnels also save you time - set this thing up on auto-pilot and your business will be able to run without having your hands all over it all the time.

You can go through my sales funnel here and get some value-packed freebies about emails to send in your sales funnel too - adriennedorison.com/9emails.

Gillian Zoe Segal is the author of Getting There: A Book of Mentors and New York Characters. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She lives in Manhattan and has spoken at Google, Lexus Nexus, Royal Bank of Canada, The Academi of Life, Enterprise Sales Meetup, Barnes & Noble, and The New York Historical Society.

Gillian spent 5 years interviewing some of the most successful people on the planet. In this episode we talk about common themes amongst these successful individuals, how she got access to interview high profile people like Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomberg, Frank Gehry, and Jillian Michaels, and how spanx got her the interview with Warren Buffett himself.

You can enter here to win a signed copy of Getting There: A Book of Mentors - adriennedorison.com/gettingthere and you can purchase a copy here on Amazon.

Resources Mentioned:

How Spanx Got Me An Interview With Warren Buffett (It’s Not What You Think) by Gillian Zoe Segal

Warren Buffett

Frank Gehry

Sara Blakely

Michael Bloomberg

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Emailing ain't always easy!

Sort of a love/hate relationship in my opinion.

But the truth is, emailing your list is THE BEST way to consistently connect with your people.

And if you want to sell them something, it's essential.

But what to say? How to say it? And how to do it without flat out ANNOYING them...that's the key.

Every email during your launch needs a purpose - and you really do want to send as many as possible (without them hitting unsubscribe of course).

I've laid out 9 different emails you need to send to your list during a launch - and each has a real purpose! (plus examples from my own launch).

We're covering 4 of them on today's episode, and you can get the rest here: www.adriennedorison.com/9emails

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Monty G. Hooke is today's guest - a mentor and influencer, he has been through it all when it comes to entrepreneurial experiences. With a portfolio with over 300 clients, Monty wrote #Businesshacker in order to compliment his vast experience so that any entrepreneur can have access to the secrets of how to grow successful businesses as well.

In his book Monty shares his simple, yet powerful strategies that have allowed him to hack his life, and build his business in a way that allows him to live a life by design, not by default.

Through his journey in business, Monty has developed his own educational frameworks and easy-to-follow systems that allow entrepreneurs to find their path to freedom. His book #Businesshacker is written based on his own experience.

Read more on: www.businesshacker.xyz. More information on Monty at www.montyghooke.com

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Lea McLeod is today's guest, she helps people feel empowered and confident in their jobs. Whether it's taming a difficult manager, negotiating a salary or finding the next perfect job. Her work has been featured online in Forbes, LifeHacker, SmartBrief, Mashable and U.S News, among many others. She authors the bi-weekly Employee Advocate column for TheMuse.com.

She's been recognized as a thought leader in the area of job search and career. Lea is author of the award-winning The Resume Coloring Book and accompanying e-course, a simple 6-step guide to writing powerful, professional resumes in an easy to understand format.

How about this statistic: 90 percent of people who use Lea’s coloring book score the interview. DANG!

We won’t just talk coloring book….we’ll show you how to fill out a resume well, how to set yourself apart from other interviewees, the money conversation and how to negotiate, and a great strategy to make your interview unforgettable.

http://www.leamcleod.com

7 Brief Lessons on Money

1. It doesn’t matter how much you make if you don’t know how to manage it properly. I’ve know people who make multi-six figures and are in multi six figures of debt - and I know teachers making 30K a year and have a fully funded emergency fund, no debt, and are investing in retirement. Take personal responsibility for managing your money.
2. If you can’t afford to give right now, be honest. If you’re working through debt or struggling to pay your basic bills regularly, focus on getting your own financial house in order before you start donating extra money to someone else’s. A giving heart is great, but only if you’re not giving away your future (or your kids’ future) in the process. The next time you’re asked to hand over unbudgeted dollars, take some time to figure out what you can afford then give if—and only if—it works with your budget.
3. Money doesn’t change people - it’s who they always were. But money doesn’t have manners. Money is just money.
4. Don’t resent your bills - be grateful for them. Why resent paying your bills? If you use it, you pay for it. That’s empowering. And the fact that you have the money to pay your bills is always something to be grateful for.
5. Be legal, pay your taxes. Certainly leverage the system, but don't get "creative." Just keep it legal.
6. More on taxes…don’t stay in debt or retrain your earning for tax breaks. If you’re holding onto debt or restraining your earning potential because you think that making more or paying it off will mean higher taxes, then stop that. Most of the time that logic is nonsensical.
7. Understand where you’re money is going - and make sure you’re being intentional and getting the best deal, but know that *most* of the time money is never WASTED. Don't view money as being wasted. Money is never wasted - I try not to think of money as ever being wasted.

Sarah Kaler is today's guest and she has been developing business leaders for over 15 years across a number of industries. She's an Executive Leadership Coach, Business Mentor, and Consultant, currently working with Women Leaders building dynamic purpose-driven companies and larger progressive values-based organizations on a mission to create change in the world.

Overcoming many health challenges early in her career while in senior leadership roles, Sarah has become a stand for health and self-care as the foundation of conscious leadership and defining success on your own terms.

Experiencing personal breakthroughs in this area, she is passionate about supporting leaders at all levels in exploring their own unique strengths and personal success foundations.

Sarah has tons of professional coaching and leadership experiences, but most important to Sarah is family, and she is a proud mom of a young son. She is passionate about traveling the world with her family and has made this a key element of her lifestyle.

In today's episode Sarah and I discuss:

• Leadership as lifestyle

• Health being a key foundation to success

• How Sarah overcame a health crisis to become a successful entrepreneur

• How to lead from your genius

• Sarah's personal practices to avoid burnout

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www.soulpowered.com/5steps - 5 Steps to Leading Your Business Without Losing Yourself

Whenever I am faced with a fear or a decision, I play this question game with myself. Let me explain by just playing it here with you...

I ask myself 4 questions before making a decision to make sure I'm not acting (or not acting) out of fear or focusing on the wrong thing. Here they go:

1. What's the WORST that could happen?

2. Am I going to DIE by doing this thing?

3. What's the BEST that could happen?

4. Is doing this thing aligned with my goals or the results I want to create?

Most of the time, the WORST that happens isn't really so bad.

Most of the time, I am NOT going to die by taking action.

Most of the time, the BEST is really mind-glowingly awesome.

And IF I can say YES to question #4, then it's a no-brainer decision.

Visualizing Your Success episode

I had a big article published by Business Insider about my debt freedom journey and my top 5 pieces of advice for paying down debt.

This is a story that gets the attraction of a lot of HATERS. People don't believe in themselves enough to believe what I did is possible, so instead, they troll on me. Which is totally fine, because the reason for sharing my story isn't about me - it's about inspiring at least one person to know that they are meant for bigger and better things.

I want people to know that their highest goals are alive and real within them, and with a bit of tenacity, they can achieve them all.

Along with all those haters, was over 179,000 eyeballs on my story, and even a few supportive and inspired comments, and even a personal email from one person who is ready to get out of their own debt and now believes they can.

So, why am I telling you all this, right?

I wasn't always sure that sharing my debt freedom story was a good idea. I knew that people wouldn't believe it, I never wanted it to feel like bragging or snobbery, and have honestly never loved being the center of attention.

BUT, when I asked myself those 4 questions about this decision to share my story publicly and many other decisions in my business - the answer was an astounding - you have to share this to INSPIRE other people. So, that other people will believe it's possible for them too, no matter what their finances look like.

The same thing is true when I talk about what's working (and not working) in my business.

I want to share those things with you. But I want to make sure that I'm sharing with a purpose, aligned to my goals & mission, sharing to inspire you and give you real tangible tips (just like I did in the Business Insider article) so that you can create more impact in your own life & business.

Use those questions as your filter for moving through fear!

Kirk Barbera is today's guest, and he founded booktales.org, book summaries for business books. He has spent a career in writing, speaking and marketing books and other educational products. Today, he is excited to help busy professionals get the best ideas from great nonfiction books. He understands that you don't have time for that whole book, but you have 15 minutes for its summary.

Today Kirk and I talk about:

• his experiences with best selling authors Ryan Holiday and Alex Epstein
• what Kirk learned from washing a best selling authors clothes
• why every busy professional needs to read smarter and effective strategies to get more out of your reading
• why the top people in any profession are good readers
• why the only way to get more money, relationships or prestige is through reading
• and the paradoxical problem of too much reading

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