Hello there!

And, “Well dang.”

This week’s episode is not the one I wanted to create, but alas, I had to.

I’ll be taking a break from this show and blog for a few months (hopefully returning late July or so) while I devote more of my attention to some personal issues and new business developments that have come up.

To all those who listen, thank you so much. I hope you’ll keep me in your subscription list and stick around for the triumphant return in a few months’ time.

Until then, stay story-driven, and I’ll see ya real soon.

Hello there!

This week’s episode on one of my favorite subjects (and one I think a lot of entrepreneurs struggle with): investing in ourselves as entrepreneurs.

Let’s get into the story!

• Why investing in ourselves is so critical to begin with
• Walt’s take on such investment and the nature of curiosity
• How the more than $10,000 of courses I’ve taken have ACTUALLY benefited me
• How one of my favorite coaches/podcasters, Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School, made the leap and dropped $36,000 on her coach (and why it made sense)
• The nature of “easy buttons”
• How investing in ourselves isn’t just about education

It’s a jam-packed episode, and I think every entrepreneur needs to think about how to incorporate self-investment into his or her life.

Until next time, stay story-driven, and I’ll see ya real soon!

• My review of “Who’s the Leader of the Club?” by Jim Korkis
• Brooke Castillo’s podcast on “Lessons Learned from 17 Million”

Hello there!

We entrepreneurs just LOVE reinventing wheels. We need to stop.

Disney provides some great examples of taking concepts and processes and ideas that already work and building on them rather than starting from scratch.

We can (and REALLY need to) do the same in our businesses.

Let's get into the story!

Hello there!

I'm siiiiccckkkkkk.... short episode this week.

My "once every 4 years" man cold struck a few days ago, and I'm still recovering. And y'all KNOW a man cold is, like, way more serious than even, like, the bubonic plague and stuff....

:D

Take this as a moment to check in with yourself. What's your body telling you? How's your mental state? 

If you need to rest, rest. If you need to hydrate, hydrate. 

Back next week with something more substantial. :)

• How we think of “CEOs” as high-powered, hard-charging, go-getters who “don’t take no @#(*%,” but might not act that way in running our own businesses
• The toll that ultimately takes on us
• How we aren’t like Cinderella at all
• How it’s not necessarily “bullies” that we have to “stand up to”
• Three scenarios in my business that I’ve had to deal with and either “stand up for myself” or not
• What to do if you ARE facing a more “bullying” situation

Thank you so much for listening (like seriously). You folks are da best.

Until next time, stay story-driven, and I’ll see ya real soon!

• My recent "funk" (and how we all go through them)
• Why I started this podcast (and why that's relevant)
• What I mean by "doing the work" (it ain't just doing the job we've decided on)
• How I think Walt would have continued his "way to get started" quote

Short episode this week. I'll be back NEXT week with an episode on standing up for ourselves. Don't miss it!

Thank you for listening, my friends.

Until next time, stay story-driven, and I'll see ya real soon.

Hello there!

This week I want to tackle (ha... introduce, really) a major issue for a lot of us entrepreneurs: stress.

Let's get into the story.

• Stress as one the "inner demons" in our entrepreneurial stories
• Why stress has become such a problem today
• The biggest problem with stress: the breakdown
• Walt's breakdown during exceptional stress
• How my own greatest breakdown came to happen
• Taking REAL breaks as one solution to mounting stress
• No, really: making them REAL breaks

That's all for this week!

Want to talk about dealing with YOUR entrepreneurial stress with people who will "get it?" Come join us in our private Facebook group!

Have a great week, and until next time: stay story-driven, and I'll see ya real soon!

This week's episode is about one of my favorite things to do: setting impossible goals.

• Walt's take on doing impossible things
• The danger in limiting our beliefs based on past performance
• The importance of "fun" in setting impossible goals
• How to more effectively break a large goal into digestible chunks
• The pitfalls of "qualifying" our belief in an impossible goal
• An example of embracing missteps along the way to my own impossible goal
• Walt's more important message about getting things done

That's all for this week!

What's YOUR impossible goal? Come share it in the Facebook group!

And until next time, stay story-driven, and I'll see ya real soon!

This episode was very much inspired by an episode of the Life Coach School podcast by Brooke Castillo. Go listen to it!

Hello there!

This week I'm diving into a subject that I know I - and I suspect many of you - wrestle with constantly: what to do with the advice (and opinions) of others about our businesses.

Walt - as he so often does - sets a great example for us to follow, so let's dive into the story.

• Why this is such an important issue to understand
• How Walt Disney handled the advice and opinions of others very effectively
• Why you should have the courage to make your own choices
• The difference between advice and opinions
• And example of when listening to the "advice" of "the internet" was wrong for my business
• When, no matter what the advice or opinions of others, we have to look to compromise instead of choosing our own path

That's all for this week's episode!

I'd LOVE to hear from you (and how advice has helped or hurt you in YOUR entrepreneurial journey) in our Facebook group - stop on by, stay awhile!

Until next time, stay story-driven, and I'll see ya real soon!

In this week's episode, I discuss:

• What exactly I mean by "entrepreneurial squirrel syndrome"
• How awareness is the key first step and how to practice awareness
• Why understanding "why" is so important
• Considering whether a new distraction is a business idea, a new hobby, or just a plain distraction and why that's critical
• On a bit of a tangent: why "find satisfaction" is my new motto (instead of "find your passion")
• Indulging distractions in small doses
• The importance of accountability 
• How a mastermind group can be a game-changer for your business
• How it all boils down to this: stick to the story.

That's all for this week's episode!

I'd LOVE to hear from you (and your ideas on combating distraction) in our Facebook group - stop on by, stay awhile!

Until next time, stay story-driven, and I'll see ya real soon!