Today is my birthday. Not the day that I recorded this podcast, but the day that I published this podcast. I want to share some of my reflections over this last year and some of what I want to bring into this next year. So I've put together a list of some of my biggest wins from this year to celebrate. Some of the biggest lessons I learned, and some of the things I really want to bring into my next year.

You can learn a lot about yourself from how you respond to mistakes and the kind of mistakes you find yourself making a lot. On this episode of The Story Engine Podcast I explore the complications that have arisen with the promotion of my new book and how there can be success despite complications.

Jill Stanton shares the evolution of Screw the Nine to Five, her own philosophies, and the decision to put her values above profit.

There is a  cost to doing nothing. Sometimes even, a very high price. Every entrepreneur, coach, influencer, storyteller, anyone with a message should understand the cost of doing nothing, of not taking action, of not signing up for your course, your coaching program or working with you as a consultant

People are missing out if they don't work with you and you need to be able to communicate that clearly.

Today on the show, we have Mark Wade. Mark is a serial entrepreneur that started as a physician and has slowly evolved from marketer into a software service company founder.

The success in the marketing of all of his brands and his company comes from virtual summits. Virtual summits are essentially an online conference that people can attend from the comfort of their own home. These can be really powerful tools for lead generation, for product launches, and for getting new customers.

Today on the show we have Alyson Caffrey. Alyson is a master of operations and communications. She helps businesses achieve explosive growth by getting super clear on their key process and optimizing every aspect of it, from making sure every task is delegated and explained and documented properly and making sure everybody on the team is communicated with and knows what they're doing.

My name is Kyle Gray, and today on the show we have Austin Dunham. Austin has built up a YouTube following of over a half million subscribers, documenting his journey learning and mastering calisthenics. He's turned this from a part time curiosity into a full time, thriving business, and is growing a team of creators to help him share his story and create more content and drive his business growth.

Today on the show, I have Eric Zartan from zBooks.co, and Eric is a self publishing genius. And since I've got a book coming out soon, and publishing has been on my mind a lot lately. I wanted to blow off some intellectual steam and have a good conversation with a brilliant mind on book publishing, getting your book ready for self-publishing, marketing your book, and using your book as a business tool. Eric Zartan can dive deep in any direction in knowledge on any of these.

Hello and welcome to the Story Engine podcast. Today on the show we have Kyle Kingsbury. Kyle Kingsbury is the host of the Human Optimization Hour. This is a podcast with a massive following and a very intelligent audience and Kyle serves that audience very well through his curiosity and intelligence honed by spending many years as a UFC fighter. We're going to learn how he started his podcast as well as insights on how he has gained his following, how to get the best guests and how to breathe!

Hello and welcome to the Story Engine podcast, my name is Kyle Gray, and today on the show we have Jenn Scalia. Jenn is a prolific content marketer and social media marketer, and she has some very simple, yet incredibly powerful, systems to grow a social media following, build up a list from that following, and consistently be making offers to that list; which means a profitable business.