For this solo episode, I, Fredrick Bussey,  have the pleasure of hosting The Mastermind Effect. Success is perceived differently by every person. For this episode, we’ll talk about how to get out of your own way and level up your success.

[00:01 – 09:45] Level up your success

• Launching a new Mastermind for my seven-figure circle in January
• What it means to be successful
• The idea of being successful
• 3 Laws of giftedness
• Everyone is created with a gift
• Every gift has a purpose
• No gift can fail at the purpose to which it was created.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"To be successful is not a competition against anyone else but yourself.” - Fredrick Bussey

“The idea of being successful is being able to master your gift, to master your superpower, to be able to take this core thing that you can do that no one else can do. To impact the world in a way that no else can do it and to get better and better at it every single day.” - Fredrick Bussey

“A gift is your capacity to create the impact in the world you were designed to create.” - Fredrick Bussey

“If an inanimate object has purpose, what makes you think that a human being doesn’t?” - Fredrick Bussey

Resources Mentioned:

• Breaking Orbit - Fredrick Bussey

Reach out to Fredrick via email at [email protected] or visit http://fredrickbussey.com/ 

Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at [email protected]

You can connect with me, Brandon Straza, on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

Fredrick Bussey is the founder of The 7 figure Circle “Million Dollar Mastermind”. His educational upbringing thanks to his mother helped shape him at a young age by homeschooling and instilling his early entrepreneurial drive. Fredrick is a writer, speaker, coach, creative, and serial entrepreneur.

In this episode, we talk about how we’re going through a big shift not only in the middle class but how COVID is accelerating the change of education as we know it, and we get into how you can learn to educate yourself to learn what is true and valuable.

[00:01 – 03:08] Opening Segment

• I introduce our guest, Fredrick Bussey
• Connect with Brandon. See links below

[03:09 – 11:42] Education and Learning

• Fredrick talks about the ways education has changed from his early years vs today
• The positive effect of COVID in educating the younger generation
• Fredrick talks about the people he currently looks towards in learning

[11:43 – 19:02] Mastermind and Education

• How Mastermind helps to reset yourself and get unstuck
• The hidden secret of a Mastermind
• Mastermind‘s effect on Self-education and traditional education
• Embracing change and finding opportunities

[19:03 – 27:57] Fredrick as a Mastermind

• What people can expect from Fredrick’s reality
• Expose people to what’s possible for them
• Introduce them to the better version of themselves that exists inside them
• Curiosity and Creativity
• Fredrick talks about his current and future plans
• Fredrick shares the success story of one of his Mastermind clients

[27:58 – 0:00] Willingness to Succeed

• Overcoming the Fear of being successful
• Willingness to invest in yourself
• Tips on overcoming fear and use your gift to create exponential results
• Accepting everyone has a special gift
• Acknowledge that every gift has a purpose
• Recognize that no gift can fail at their intended purpose
• Final Thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"When you teach others, it helps to cement the information and knowledge in your own head.” - Fredrick Bussey

“One of the most important skills in the new century is the ability to unlearn and learn new skills. That ability is tied to the fact that you have to believe that you have the power to learn something new and to recreate your life. And those who embrace that mindset are going to be poised to do better in the future than those who are not.” - Fredrick Bussey

“Everybody is created with a gift. And understanding your gift is one of the most powerful things you can do.” - Fredrick Bussey

“Keep moving forward, because that’s the way we’re supposed to move in this world. Nothing moves backward, everything moves forward.” - Fredrick Bussey

Resources Mentioned:

• Breaking Orbit by Fredrick Bussey

Connect with Fredrick on Facebook and Instagram, or send him an email at [email protected]. Check out his website http://fredrickbussey.com/ 

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I know you and I aren’t that far apart. So why is it that we reach for people that are so far removed from our current position? It’s okay to reach for the stars and give your all to achieve something. But it’s also important that we remember to give thanks for what we already have and reach out to people that have been with us along the way.

[00:01 – 04:12] Why We’re Not That Far Apart

• The need for social connection and interpersonal relationships
• Giving thanks to the people who helped us along the way
• The exciting things to come in 2021 and the years to come
• Stepping up and giving it my all

Tweetable Quotes:

"You need to focus on who you want to be, who you want to work with, who you want to surround yourself with.” - Brandon Straza

“Hearing the word NO, is just another way to learn. We’re going to solve a problem, so let’s do it together.” - Brandon Straza

“I want my son to look at me, and say “I gave it my all”, did everything possible to solve problems and create success.” - Brandon Straza

Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at [email protected]

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

Diane began her career in Corporate America and held several executive roles over 25 years. With her mission to empower individuals and organizations to discover and fully express their purpose with great success, Diane founded Koi Consulting to fulfill her goals.

[00:01 – 01:56] Opening Segment

• I introduce and welcome our guest, Diane Testa.
• Connect with Diane. See the links below.

[01:57 – 08:38] Diane's Journey

• Diane shares how her learning has changed over the years
• Eventually hit a roadblock when she hit the peak of standard education (from school to corporate)
• Breaking free and learning outside the box
• Diane talks about her coach
• Shares how working with a coach helped her in her journey

[08:39 – 12:32] The Direction of Self-Education and Masterminds

• If you are getting stuck and having trouble executing what's inside your mind, Diane has some tips for you!
• Addressing your fears (sometimes it's not real).
• Diane talks about where she thinks self-education is headed in the next 5 to 10 years.

[12:33 – 24:47] Diane as a Mastermind

• What can people expect when they enter your reality?
• We always start with embracing your core values
• Identify your vision, purpose, and why
• Diane talks about the group she co-created, 4 Quarters
• Diane talks about the people that are in her group

[24:48 – 28:16] How to Create Success

• Diane weighs in on what it takes to create success
• It's always important to have a vision
• What are the steps you're taking to reach your vision?
• Pray and move your feet.

[28:17 - 32:08] Closing Segment

• What are you working on right now that's gonna take place in the next 12 months that really excites you?
• Working with my clients. I'm so inspired by them, inspired by what they're doing.
• Diane shares amazing tips and tricks that will help you get in front of the line.
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"Progress is made based on the foundation that you do have the answers within." – Diane Testa

"Really underlying, a lot of times, stopping people is fear. Like they're afraid of the unknown. They're afraid of how to do it, or they might look silly or whatever it is." – Diane Testa

"Pray and move your feet, right? So, you have the vision; that's your prayer. But you also have to move your feet; you also have to implement." – Diane Testa

You can connect with Diane on her website https://www.dianetesta.net/ or follow her on LinkedIn.

Today’s episode is inspired by a conversation I had. In that conversation, I realized that most people can’t find the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. So, why are we getting in our own way, and can you get unstuck? Well, the easy answer is YES, you can get unstuck, but how?

[00:01 – 03:31] Why You Should Get Unstuck

• Realizing the gap between where you are now and where you want to be
• Admitting that you are the problem
• It’s okay to ask for help.
• Everyone fails at who they are supposed to be. Succeed at who you want to be.

Tweetable Quotes:

“You can just as easily be the solution, but first you have to admit that you are the problem and asking for help is okay.” – Brandon Straza

“Take the action that makes you feel uncomfortable but gives you an opportunity to redefine yourself.” – Brandon Straza

Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at [email protected]

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

Angela Coté is an International Franchise Growth Catalyst whose leadership is changing the landscape of franchising. Using insights from her franchisor background, franchisee perspective, and field experience, Angela creates transformational growth for franchise companies at all stages. The three areas she specializes in include helping franchisors improve franchise profitability, streamlining franchise candidate lead generation efforts, and guiding franchisors on where they should focus on exponential growth in their system.

In this episode, we get into why you should get over your fear of rejection. We find out how your action will create real growth and how Angela helps people realize what happens when you don't ask for help. Check it out!

[00:01 – 02:18] Opening Segment

• I introduce and welcome our guest, Angela Coté.
• Connect with Angela. See the links below.

[02:19 – 11:39] The Evolution of Learning

• Angela shares how her learning has evolved over the years 
• In the past, I learned through experiences.
• Today, learning became more of a collaborative approach.
• Angela talks about the mentors she is learning from and how she found them.
• Are you getting stuck and having trouble executing your ideas? Hear Angela's tips just for you!
• Clarity comes from engagement, not thoughts.

[11:40 – 17:51] The Future of Self-Education and Masterminds

• Angela shares where she sees self-education and masterminds are headed
• What do you look for in a mentor, coach, or mastermind?
• There has to be a sense of alignment
• Look at the people surrounding them and the results they have.

[17:52 – 30:41] Angela as a Mastermind

• Interested in what Angela's reality looks like? Let's listen and get a peek from her point of view!
• Angela talks about the format to expect from her franchise mastermind.
• Angela talks about the people that are in her mastermind.

[30:42 – 34:49] How to Create Success

• The willingness to succeed
• Angela weighs in on what it takes to create success
• Shares examples from the people she mentored

[34:50 – 40:25] Closing Segment

• What are you working on right now that's gonna take place in the next 12 months that really excites you?
• My Play BIGGER Franchise Groups
• Angela shares amazing tips and tricks that will help you get in front of the line
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"It's all about being authentically you. When you put yourself out there as yourself and authentically, you attract people that want to be around you and those people are gonna be a lot more likely to want to help you and want to see you grow." – Angela Coté

"If you can't let your guard down, you are not going to learn, and you are not gonna grow." – Angela Coté

"I want people to walk away from their interactions with me feeling like they have action steps." – Angela Coté

Resources Mentioned:

• Play BIGGER Performance Groups
• Franchise Growth Catalyst Podcast
• The Success Finder

Connect with Angela on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Send her an email at [email protected] or visit her website https://angelacote.com/.

LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to become a master of their own mind by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

In order to grow, we need to branch out and get out of our comfort zones because if we stay in our comfort zones and stick to the things we already know, we’ll face bottlenecks, and our skills, talents, and business will stop scaling, and that’s how being comfortable kills you.

[00:01 – 09:54] How Your Comfort is Killing You

• The Pillars of Success
• Hanging out with the right people
• Investing in yourself
• Taking action through massive experimentation
• Five things you can do right now to get uncomfortable and change your trajectory
• Go to prison
• Join a mastermind
• Get a real coach
• Walk away from your job
• Fire somebody
• Don’t be okay with the status quo

[09:55 – 10:59] Closing Segment

• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

“I think if you become comfortable in life and in your business, you’ll have the opportunity to slowly kill your business.” – Brandon Straza

“You should put yourself in situations that make you uncomfortable but that you can come out of and by that surround yourself with people that can help you through and whether it’s helping you with your struggles or with your mission, vision, and values, surround yourself with those people.” – Brandon Straza

“Get a real coach that’s truthfully gonna challenge you and make you uncomfortable and push you to new limits.” – Brandon Straza

“If the job’s not where you want to be, find a way to slowly build who you want to become, what your superpower is, what you can give back to the world or the people around you and start moving towards that.” – Brandon Straza

Resources Mentioned:

• Steve Sims
• The Success Finder

Be one of the first adopters of The Success Finder when it releases! Email me at [email protected]

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

Austin McCulloh is a serial entrepreneur, as he was the President of Supercorn Tutoring, which taught English to 700+ Chinese children. He is the Principal Consultant of Austin McCulloh Advising, which he hopes to one day become the #1 Human Capital consulting firm in the world.

[00:01 – 02:01] Opening Segment

• I introduce and welcome the guest, Austin McCulloh.
• Connect with Austin. See the links below. 

[02:02 – 07:14] Knowledge Acquisition vs. Accessibility

• Austin shares how he learned to get to where he is right now
• A world of "Accessibility" rather than "Knowledge Acquisition."
• Network with people who take action and have the results you want
• Austin talks about the influencer he learned from and played a significant role in becoming who he is today.

[07:15 – 12:13] Self-Education

• Are you feeling stuck and having trouble executing your ideas? Here are Austin's tips for you!
• Share your thought with someone you can trust
• Have the humility to say what your problems are
• Have clarity of what your goals are
• Austin shares his view on the explosion of self-education and where he sees it's going.

[12:14 – 21:57] Austin as a Mastermind

• What can we expect when we enter your reality?
• Consistently moving forward
• Austin talks about the work they do in Austin McCulloh Advising.
• People have their own way of surprising us. Austin shares stories of the people he helped that surprised him with their results.
• Austin weighs in on what it takes to create success and pass it along.
• Reflect on what you really want

[21:58 – 28:15] Closing Segment

• What are you working on right now that's gonna take place in the next 12 months that really excites you?
• I want to scale up my business.
• Austin shares amazing tips and tricks that will help you get in front of the line
• Take at least 5-15 mins to be shut out of the world and slow down. 
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"We're in a world not of knowledge acquisition, which of course that helps, but more of a – accessibility. So being able to easily find information that you're looking for." – Austin McCulloh

"You need to have the humility to say what your problems are because if people don't know what your problems are, they're not able to help you." – Austin McCulloh

"We all have tremendous potential; it doesn't matter who it is." – Austin McCulloh

"When you know yourself, that's when you can actually live a life that you want to live." – Austin McCulloh

Resources Mentioned:

• Ed Mylett
• Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

You can connect with Austin on LinkedIn or visit his website https://www.austinmcculloh.com/

LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to become a master of their own mind by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

This episode is a different solo show as we talk about Partnerships in regards to my wife. Now Partnerships can come in different forms, friends, family, spouses, business partners, significant others. You name it, and it can be there. 

I think that I wouldn't be who I am or where I'm at without my wife, Angela Straza. So why is it that the right partner can change everything?

[00:01 – 04:59] Meeting the love of my life

• I share the story of how I met my wife
• Some of the things I was looking for in my partner:
• Are they a good person?
• Can they take care of themselves without you?
• Do you have a similar mission, vision, and value?
• Are you a better person with this partner?
• Will they make you laugh?
• Are you attracted to them not only physically but also intellectually?
• Will they challenge you?
• The "Communication Ring"
• Remember the following when you hit bumps, big or small:
• The other person isn’t in your head, let alone at the point in the conversation you’ve decided to bring them into
• It’s better to let them know what’s truly going on in your business & personal day as opposed to shutting your partner out.
• By communicating with your partner, they can see it from a different perspective (remember, you’ve been sitting on something all day or even longer & that can cloud your opinion)
• The idea that blossomed from our relationship

[05:00 – 06:24] A Love Letter to My Wife

• I read my love letter for my dear wife, Angela Straza

Tweetable Quotes:

"Hey, if you're going to talk the talk, either do it or stop acting as if you can build something. 'Shit or get off the pot.'" – Angela Straza

"We need those challengers, the people that push us to become better than we were the day before." – Brandon Straza

"We have laughed together, cried together, and moved forward together. There were times when we questioned what we would do next, but never have I questioned my love for you." - Brandon Straza

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.

You can understand people by simply looking at how they behave. Human behavior hacker Susan Ibitz of Human Behavior Lab has been hacking people for 27 years. Susan talks a little bit about her background, including being dyslexic, studying psychology, and producing a TV show. In this episode, she introduces hacking, which includes face reading, personality assessments, micro-expressions, body language, deception detection, statement analysis, and forensic.

[00:01 – 03:02] Opening Segment

• I talk briefly about valuable information that you can take advantage of in this episode.
• I introduce and welcome our guest Susan Ibitz.
• Connect with Susan. See the links below.

[03:02 – 15:59] The Human Polygraph, Susan Ibitz

• Susan shares how she learned to get to where she is right now
• Susan talks about her background
• Think outside the box learning
• Learn more from people than books
• Susan talks about the people she learned from and is currently learning from
• How she found her mentors
• Susan's guide to finding the right mentors:
• Learn who you want to learn from
• Make sure everything you are putting in your brain is equally important to what you're putting in your body.

[16:00 – 24:24] How Masterminds/Mentors Helped Susan in her Journey

• Stuck and having trouble executing what's inside your mind? Susan has some tips for you!
• Adapting to the "new normal."
• Never ask a compulsive question.

[24:25 – 31:49] Power of Self-Education

• Susan shares her view on the future of self-education and masterminds
• Knowledge not taught in school
• Learning from mentors
• Finding someone that compliments you

[31:50 – 43:22] Susan as a Mastermind

• Things to expect when you enter Susan's reality:
• Adult education needs to be fun
• Learn how to see others better
• Learn how to communicate
• What you see is what you get
• Susan talks about her line of work
• Susan talks about the people attending her meetups
• Surprised by what they can achieve after getting mentored

[43:23 – 48:32] How To Create Success

• Susan weighs in on what it takes to create success and pass it along
• Push people to do what they love
• Have meaning
• Why people don't want to talk about success

[48:23 – 53:10] Closing Segment

• What are you working on right now that's gonna take place in the next 12 months that really excites you?
• Pushing the message of the importance of masks in this pandemic
• Susan shares amazing tips and tricks that will help you get in front of the line
• Listen to understand
• Final thoughts

Tweetable Quotes:

"You can give everybody everything they want, but your time and your knowledge is something that cannot be replicated." – Susan Ibitz

"The WAIT: You can decide where you're gonna go and when you wanna learn." – Susan Ibitz

"You need to pick your battles." – Susan Ibitz

Resources Mentioned:

• Lena Sisco
• The Leather Apron Club
• Napoleon Hill

You can connect with Susan through the following:

• [email protected]
• https://humanbehaviorlab.com/
• https://www.humanbehaviorhackerschool.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-ibitz/

LEAVE A REVIEW + help someone who wants to become a master of their own mind by sharing this episode or click here to listen to our previous episodes.

You can connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to get in touch and talk more about personal development and how you can live past beyond your limits.