The Startup Sessions with Michael Knouse

My guest this week is Katie Kelley of Katie Kelley Networks. Katie is a highly sought after Leadership Development Expert, Media Contributor & Inspirational Speaker who partners with leading companies like Google and Kaiser Permanente to fortify and inspire the next generation of business leaders.

Katie just launched Katie Kelley Network’s Leadership Academy where she is teaching her online series, “Critical Lessons for Leaders Who Want It All”.

Are you longing for greater CLARITY, INFLUENCE and FORTUNE in your life?

If so, this is your lucky week! Katie is extending viewers of The Startup Sessions show not one but two incredible offers. To celebrate the launch of Katie Kelley Networks Leadership Academy, Katie will be offering a complimentary online course: Top Ten Questions for Leaders Who Want It All.

Secondly, if you book a private session with her in the month of January, she will comp you the registration fee for two of her new online classes. To schedule your session now, go to KatieKelleyNetworks.com.

Katie was craving CLARITY, INFLUENCE and FORTUNE in her own life so much, that she set out to write a book about how to uncover them and she is thrilled to have found them all. Through her discovery process, she interviewed 45 women and men to find out the secrets for leaders who want it all.

Katie boiled down her findings to ten critical questions that leaders must ask themselves on their own very unique journey of finding their very best self-possessed life. The most critical of these questions are:

In this episode, you’ll learn how Katie answered these questions for herself and how you can become a stronger leader in your career and on your entrepreneurial journey.

Katie will discus:

If you want to become a stronger leader, change to a better-suited career or go the distance as a successful entrepreneur, this is the episode for you.

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Once, Tammy Strobel and her husband were living a normal middle-class lifestyle: driving two cars, commuting long distances, and living well beyond their means. Now they are living the voluntary downsizing — or smart-sizing — dream.

I’m excited to have Tammy Strobel as my guest this week. Tammy is someone that I admire and have an enormous amount of respect for.

Tammy is a writer, photographer, and teacher. She started blogging in late 2007 to become a better writer and to share her story. Blogging consistently improved Tammy’s writing. So much, in fact, that it resulted in a book deal!

Her first print book, You Can Buy Happiness (and It’s Cheap): How One Woman Radically Simplified Her Life and How You Can Too, was released in September 2012. She’s also self-published two ebooks; Smalltopia: A Practical Guide to Working for Yourself and Go Small & Be Happy: A Little Book of Essays.

All of Tammy’s work can be found on her site; Rowdy Kittens.

Her story has been featured by the New York Times, USA Today, the Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, and a variety of other media outlets.

Before Tammy started her micro-business in 2010, she worked in the investment management industry and in the social service sector as a peer counselor. As an entrepreneur, she currently sustains herself through her writing, photography and teaching.

Do you wonder if it’s possible to simplify your life, leave your stressful job, and succeed at launching a meaningful micro-business? In this episode, you’ll learn how to embrace simplicity while getting your business idea off the ground.

Tammy will discus:

If you’re curious about the idea of living with less stuff, less stress and fewer obligations so you can have more time, money and energy to pursue what means the most to you, be sure to check out this episode.

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Do you wonder if there’s more to life than earning a wage just to get by?

Have you ever had to choose between your work and your family?

Have you ever felt trapped by your circumstances?

This week I have Maggie Palmer on the show and she is the founder of MKP Creative, a PR and social media marketing firm based in Portland, Oregon.

But don’t think for a moment that Maggie’s success was just handed to her. She hit rock bottom in her career, faced all her fears and went on to build a successful six-figure business in just a few short years.

Picture this: It’s a lovely Thanksgiving morning. You are enjoying time catching up with family and relaxing. Then you decide to check your email right before dinner is served.

You can’t believe your eyes! You have just received an email from your boss telling you that your desk won’t be there when you get back to work the following Monday. It’s his way of telling you in so many words that the company is folding and you’ve been laid off.

So much for climbing the corporate ladder!

In this episode, you’ll learn what it really takes embrace your skills, talents and desires to start a business and do meaningful work.

Maggie will discus:

They say the truth can set you free but first it will piss you off. Well, Maggie will show you that the sooner you learn what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur, the better you can move on to really thriving in your very own business.

RESOURCES FROM MAGGIE:

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Welcome to December!

It’s inevitable that at some point in your career, you have wanted to declare war on your work.  

Not literally of course. But you may be frustrated enough with your circumstances to wonder what’s required to really start your own business and quit your job one day.

In today’s episode you’ll learn six powerful ways to prepare yourself to quit your job.

Beau Blackwell is in the house and he is the founder of War on Work. Beau has started a movement to help people who are stuck in the corporate world but want to be a thriving, passionate entrepreneur or freelancer.

After graduating from college with a degree in Philosophy and International Affairs, two topics he was extremely passionate about, Beau joined the working world and quickly started climbing the corporate ladder.

Even though he made good money, had quite a bit of freedom in his job, and was what most people would consider successful, Beau always felt like something was missing, and that he wasn’t doing the work that made him feel alive.

Finally, after years of being a “wantrepreneur” and over 12 years being caught up in the rat race, he walked away from a cushy corporate job to become a marketing consultant and entrepreneur.

Now his goal is to help other aspiring entrepreneurs plan their escape, overcome the fear of leaving the corporate world, and build the business they’ve always dreamed of.

In this episode, Beau will provide you with six things to do before you quit your job.

What you’ll learn:

If you are longing to quit your corporate job someday, this episode is for you. There is an incredible amount of actionable advice from someone that’s already done it!

Be sure to listen in and enjoy!

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In the spring of 2008, Audrey was guided to resign from her job and open herself to a way of being that had been calling her for her entire life.

Having personally experienced the unwanted fall-out from not trusting her intuition, Audrey is eager to show you how to reconnect, trust, and nurture yours. There was a time when Audrey bought into the beliefs of inadequacy, unworthiness, and not being loveable or good enough. Now she assists others at breaking free of the same and helping people uncover their own unique brilliance and inherent worth.

In short, she was given a very cool “job”!

In this episode, Audrey will provide you with some super practical tools that will show you how you can begin to train your intuition to work for you.

I was blown away by the ‘game’ that Audrey had me play during the show. I’m a big believer in using your intuition but I was very surprised by the outcome of this exercise.

Share your experience with Audrey’s intuition game in the comments section below!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If you are longing to align with your purpose and feel really great about the decisions you make, be sure to watch this episode and take good notes. There is so much incredible wisdom and knowledge packed into this episode.

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With gratitude,

Michael

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MORE FROM AUDREY:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

Audrey’s website

Audrey’s Immersions

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Most successful entrepreneurs won’t talk about it, but it’s increasingly becoming a key part of their decision making process. What is it? It’s intuition and it provides an additional level of information that does not come from the analytical, logical, rational side of the brain. It’s arguably the most reliable and valuable tool when its language is understood and developed.

“I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.”

~ Sir Richard Branson

My guest today is Intuitive Business Coach, author and speaker, Shelley Hawkins. She is flat out one of the foremost experts at integrating your intuition with your business for achieving exponential results. I have personally worked with Shelley for the past several years and I consider her to be the best at what she does!

In this episode, Shelley will show you how to leverage your intuition to navigate your business with ease and joy. This show is overflowing with incredible insights and knowledge on how to harness the power of your intuition to achieve amazing results.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If you feel like you’ve hit the ceiling in your career or business, you’ll be very interested in this episode. Listen in and hear how Shelley helped me transform one of my biggest obstacles with moving forward in my work.

I’d love to hear your remarks and questions in the comments section below! And please consider sharing this with your friends or family or anyone you think would benefit.

MORE FROM SHELLEY:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

The Self Connection

Your Soul In Business

Hot Mama in (High) Heels

The Big Leap – Gay Hendricks

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Whoa! What a powerful episode I have for you this week. We’re really going to amp up what it takes to start a business on the side and then safely transition out of your day job.

This is the real deal folks. Natalie McGuire just left her corporate job five months ago and she’s sharing her specific strategy for transitioning to her dream career and why you should probably consider making the leap sooner than you think.

Natalie is an award-winning designer based in Portland, Oregon. She started her design business on the side while working at a marketing and design agency. In this episode Natalie shares how to safely plan an exit strategy from your job that will give you the highest chance for success.

This show is jam packed with useful knowledge on how to safely leave your day job to pursue your most meaningful and important work.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If doing work that matters is important to you, you can’t afford to miss this episode. And if you don’t have a solid transition plan before quitting your job, you could be in for a big (not so good) surprise. Listen in to hear how Natalie planned the exit from her corporate job.

I’d love to hear your remarks and questions in the comments section below! And please consider sharing this with your friends or family or anyone you think would benefit.

MORE FROM NATALIE:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

Natalie McGuire Design

David Siteman Garland at The Rise To The Top

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I know! It’s my wife but what can I say? She’s got a smokin’ hot business and she’s done what so many people aim to do – transition from a high stress corporate job to a business she truly loves. Imagine starting each day excited and feeling energized by everything you do throughout the day. That’s the type of business that Jill has created so you might want to listen in. Just sayin’!

Jill is an in demand yoga teacher, retreat leader and entrepreneur based in Portland, Oregon. She started her new career as a yoga teacher while making the transition out of her job in corporate finance. In this episode, Jill shares how she bridged the gap between her cubicle in San Francisco to her yoga mat in Portland. And she’s here to tell you all about it in this week’s episode of The Startup Sessions.

P.S. The bonus in this interview is the sheer volume of times that I say “you know.” 🙂

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If you feel trapped in a high profile corporate job and don’t know how you would ever make a change then this is the episode for you. You’ll learn how Jill used her intuition, good judgement and action to put momentum on her side and build a business that’s both profitable and soul fulfilling.

I’d love to hear your remarks or questions in the comments section below! And please consider sharing this with your friends, family or anyone you think would benefit.

MORE FROM JILL:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

Elevate Yoga Trainings and Mentorship

Jill Knouse Yoga

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Learn how Johnny Nasello went from dreaming about a business idea to running a debt free and profitable fitness business in just three years. Make no mistake; Johnny has worked his butt off and he’s one focused dude. But he has followed a very simple plan that has allowed him to find business success in a very crowded space.

Johnny Nasello is a certified personal trainer, a fitness blogger, a yoga teacher and a studio owner in Portland, Oregon. In 2008, Johnny found himself at a desk job that was sucking the life out of him. Find out how he turned his love of fitness, weight training and yoga into to a lifestyle and a successful business.

In this episode, Johnny will show you how to leverage consistency, action and purpose to succeed in a business that you love. Johnny will dive deep into what it really takes to start a side business and leverage momentum to walk away from a boring desk job.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If you are longing to leave that soul-sucking desk job to pursue a business you love, you cannot afford to miss this episode. Johnny spills the beans on what it really takes to build a business on the side and leave that corporate job for good.

Listen and enjoy!

I’d love to hear your comments or questions in the comments section below! And please consider sharing this with your friends or family or anyone you think would benefit.

MORE ABOUT JOHNNY:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

JohnnyFit

JohnnyFit blog

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Want to build a successful business doing what you absolutely love? Then you need to listen to this episode where Skylor Powell reveals her strategies and mindset for building a successful business in the health and wellness industry.

Skylor is a health coach and yoga teacher in Portland, Oregon. Skylor started her health coaching and wellness business three years ago and today she has a sustainable and growing business doing the work she loves most. Listen in as Skylor shares some major ‘a-ha’ moments along the path of building her business. Now in her third year of business, Skylor has accomplished what so many people aim for – getting paid to do what she loves.

This is a fantastic episode, with tons of solid business concepts and inspiration.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

If starting a business you love is important to you then this is a must see episode. Skylor will dispel many myths about what it really takes to succeed on your own while having fun along the way.

I’d love to hear your comments and questions in the comments section below! And please consider sharing this with your friends or family if you think it would be helpful to them.

MORE FROM SKYLOR:

RESOURCES SHARED IN THIS INTERVIEW:

The Shift Cleanse

Skylor’s Website – Sprout Health Lifestyle

The Art of The Start – Guy Kawasaki

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