The Tactical Empire

Have you ever been faced with a risky decision in your career? Maybe you were considering investing in a new project, or maybe taking on a new client seemed too good to be true. When it comes to business, there are always risks and rewards associated with every choice made. Weighing the pros and cons is an important part of the decision-making process. In this episode, Sammie Knight shares his insight into building an empire, building your life, and designing a lifestyle exactly the way you want it designed.

Sammie Knight went to work in the sales business and also utilized those skills in selling when he was in the food business. Making a business successful is no easy task. There are so many things to consider – what products or services to offer, how to market them, what price point to set, how to manage finances, and so on. Now he’s successful in working with real estate, CEO of RE MAX Experts, owning a mortgage business, title businesses, and property management.

What You’ll Learn

• How to take risks and how to utilize strengths to better the business and better yourself.
• The importance of people in the corporate world and giving them insurance
• A balance between personal and work-life
• Think your path through and through and don’t lose focus Understand your weaknesses

How to get involved:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammie-knight-5711878 https://www.remax-experts-tn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RemaxExpertsHwy64 https://www.facebook.com/sammie.knight.10

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

We all grew up dreaming of working for ourselves. Maybe, you even picture yourself as one of those entrepreneurs with a sleek office and a team of assistants. A lot of people feel like they're stuck in a job they hate and doing work they don't feel passionate about, just like in a corporate world. In this episode, Jon Rennie shares his wisdom on how to learn in working in a corporate world but not letting yourself get stuck working on it forever. You can be independent and have your own brand.

Jon Rennie was a former naval officer for five years, working in three different global companies in 22 years of his career after the end of the cold war, currently a business owner in the manufacturing space, and a renowned leadership author. He has two best-selling books on leadership, mostly from his experiences in the military and then how he brought that to the business world, both in corporate and in the entrepreneurial space.

What You’ll Learn:

• The difference between leading in a corporate world vs. leading in a small to medium-size business
• Living your purpose and not living other’s 
• Importance of learning your craft, especially what you're really attractive to practice to.

How to get involved:

https://jonsrennie.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonscottrennie

https://www.facebook.com/JonSRenniebooks/

https://twitter.com/jonsrennie

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

Most people have heard of the concept of manifesting but may not know exactly what it is. Manifesting is the act of using your thoughts and visualization to bring about the desired outcome. You can use manifesting to create anything you want in your life, from relationships and money to happiness and health. In this episode, Steve explains how vision boards are done and how it helps with manifesting something.

Steve Gamlin is a former rock Morning Show personality and producer. He was also a stand-up comedian for seven years, and a speaker for 17 years blending back to basics, positivity, motivation, and humor. He developed the Vision Board Mastery Program to help people understand that when one can visualize and see exactly where they want to go, it will increase the odds that they're going to get there as long as they follow up with action.

What You’ll Learn: 

• Projecting your future out of your subconscious 
• How vision boards help manifest things into reality 
• Having consistency and building momentum

How to get involved: 

https://www.motivationalfirewood.com/about 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegamlin 

https://www.facebook.com/Steve.Gamlin.Author.Speaker.Motivationalist

https://www.instagram.com/stevegamlin/?hl=en

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

We all want to be successful and make the most of our lives. If you're one such individual, I'm sure that there's nothing more important than making money - especially when it comes down right at this moment in terms of what we need for ourselves or those around us who rely heavily on financial support from someone else’s wallet! In this episode, Corey will provide some tips on how exactly can help boost your earning power so much clearer faster- without having too much work put into finding new ways.

Corey Berrier is the Sales CEO, and he helps struggling entrepreneurs and business owners expand their businesses as a sales consultant. He assists them with their sales staff and sales process, ensuring that they meet their goals within a year. In this episode, we’re gonna hear about Corey’s story and how he got into sales and everything else and he is going to bring us some tools and tips so we can make more money!

What You’ll Learn: How to effectively follow-up with your clients Have a realistic expectation of the sale process Mastering the art of negotiation and staying motivated throughout the sales process Understand the psychology of selling and develop a powerful sales pitch And so much more!

How to get involved:

You can follow Corey on his socials

https://coreyberrier.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysalescoach/ https://www.instagram.com/coreyberrier/?hl=en https://www.coreythesalesceo.com/

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

Everyone has their own priorities, it could be their career, influence, self-image, or family. For Vincent Vargas, it is to essentially raise an army of hopefully successful kids that are resilient with life.

Vincent Vargas is an Army Veteran, entrepreneur, actor, motivational speaker, writer, recognized Internet personality, one of the stars of a Mayan TV show the spin-off from Sons of Anarchy, and a host of The Vinny Roc Podcast. Aside from being the CEO of Vince Vargas Enterprises, he is also a husband and a father and trying to be a mentor of four kids. Today Vincent and Jeff talk about setting priorities and dealing with being your authentic self.

What You’ll Learn: 

• How to be a good mentor to your children 
• Work-life balance and defining priorities 
• How to work hard and not have a victim mindset 
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“The people that do things for the likes, and the shares or get validations from social media, that's not in alignment with their integrity, authenticity, or who they are, they become a character that cannot continue to exist.” - Vincent Vargas

How to Get Involved:

You can follow Vincent on his socials Instagram: @vincent.rocco.vargas Twitter: @_rocco If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website.

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

Sometimes, if you're a busy business owner, you go in and out to buy investments. For Kale Goodman, it is to become highly aware if you're being ignorant and impulsive because that's always gonna cause implosion.

Kale Goodman, Co-host of The Real Business Owners Podcast and currently the CEO of Easier Accounting. Despite being a businessman, he is also a husband and father of five kids, loves hunting with his eldest son, mountaineering with his family during summer. In this episode, he sits down with Jeff to discuss his experience managing businesses and his thoughts on work/life balance.

What You’ll Learn: 

• How to grow your influence for the right intentions
• Wealth accumulation
• Why it is okay to have delayed gratification in investing

And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“People really lack long-term vision because they don't fully own the fact that it's their choice. But you don't have to stay in that programming because that's what the limiting belief is. We already put enough limiting beliefs on ourselves. Let's not allow other people to do it for us.” - Kale Goodman

How to Get Involved: 

You can visit and check his podcast and website.  

Like their FB Page Real Business Owners

Or you can also follow him on his personal account Instagram at @KaleGreatMan and on Facebook Kale Goodman

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

The world of entrepreneurship is a challenging one. You need to find the right balance between your personal life and your business, but it's not always easy. Many entrepreneurs start their journey by sacrificing their relationships in order to grow their company, only later realizing that they've made a huge mistake

In this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff and Kirstin talk about actual relationships and business owners and how to navigate marriages, kids, all that stuff as you grow your business. It is inevitable that as we grow our businesses, it will have an effect on those closest to us, so tune in with today’s episode.

What You'll Learn:

• How to communicate with each other when in conflict
• Ensuring quality relationship time
• How do you make the final decision in a business scenario when there's a disagreement between both parties

And much more!

Favorite Quote:

“You have to have a mature relationship enough to understand that you're not gonna take things personally ” -Kirstin Smith

How to Get Involved:

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Twitter or his website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

It's no secret that it can be hard to stay productive. Sometimes, the most difficult thing is not what you need to do, but how you need to do it. The best way to combat this is by setting goals for yourself and following through with them one at a time. This way, there are fewer distractions and more progress made on your tasks.

In this episode of Tactical Empire, Jeff shares his experiences with the 75 Hard Program. So if you're looking for something to bump you up with your level of productivity, Jeff can guarantee you that this program is going to dust off the cobwebs from your maximum efficiency and allow you to step up and operate at a higher level.  So tune it with today’s episode!

What You’ll Learn: 

• What is 75 Hard Challenge all about
• How to incorporate Macronutrients in the diet
• How can you operate on a higher level and just become a better version of yourself

And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“You cannot remain the person that you are, and achieve the things that you want to achieve, whether it's more money, more fulfillment, better relationships, all of it. You have to sharpen your sword at every turn, to ensure that you're getting better in those aspects of things” - Jeff Smith

How to Get Involved: 

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!

How are you going to teach your kids to be the people you want them to be? For Nick, the answer is by example--to inspire them, and everyone else too, by doing the work yourself. 

Nick is an entrepreneur who, like Jeff, started his journey in the special forces. Since then, he’s gone on to write several books, found several companies, start a family, and run a wildly successful YouTube channel, to name a few. He’s here with Jeff today to talk about all his current projects, goals, and affirmations. 

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff jams with Nick about the importance of stepping into your role. Nick has a lot of advice when it comes to problems that face today’s entrepreneurs, such as self-sabotage, missing purpose, and a turbulent world. Tune in today to learn from him, align your values and skills and perspective, and ultimately become ready for your next steps. 

What You’ll Learn: 

• What real masculinity is
• How Nick translated his special-operations skills to the entrepreneurial world
• Why it’s so important to address internal, personal problems before you attempt big goals
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote: 

“You just have to get whole. You have to change your perspective and remove your limiting perspectives, and then the sky’s the limit.”

• Nick Koumalatsos

How to Get Involved: 

You can find Nick and learn more about his books, YouTube channel, and social media presence on his website.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word! 

What would you tell your kids about their future if you knew college wasn’t the best track for them? For Brian, he’s not telling, but showing his son Mason what it takes to forge your path, and showing him that his future is in his own hands.

Brian McKittrick owns the Insurance of Texas in Arlington. He’s also a bestselling author and a family man. He’s learned a lot from writing his book It Ain’t Rocket Surgery, and he’s here today to outline the process and result of book production, and how it’s helped him grow his brand. 

On this episode of The Tactical Empire, Jeff and Brian jam about the intersection of business and fatherhood. From helping their kids with their business projects to bringing them to hear speakers, they’re doing their part to both share their passion with their youngsters and also give their kids a head start. Join them today to hear Brian talk plans, book publishing, kids, and sowing the spark of entrepreneurship in the next generation. 

What You’ll Learn:

• How to mesh family life and business life in a meaningful way
• Why consistent sales and hard work often start from home, and how your perspective changes once you have a family to take care of
• What Brian wants to do to empower others, now that his book is published
• And so much more!

Favorite Quote:

“I think salespeople that struggle don't have a structured process to handle leads & prospects. It takes a lot of focus and willpower and a format to take each customer through a track without being controlling.”

• Brian McKittrick

How to Get Involved: 

You can find Brian on LinkedIn. You can find his book, It Ain’t Rocket Surgery, here.

If what you heard resonated with you, you can find Jeff on Instagram, Facebook, or his Website. 

And don’t forget to visit us on Apple Podcasts to leave a review and let us know what you thought! Your feedback keeps us going. Thanks for helping us spread the word!