In this episode, I share an interview I did for the 30dayspeaker.com with Abraham Heisler, CEO of Internal Leverage. Abraham is a Mindset and Performance Coach who helps Entrepreneurs develop more focus and clarity in their businesses.

You will learn about the following topics:

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In this episode, I share an interview I did for the 30dayspeaker.com with Luke Hessler. Luke started his own business with a loan from his parents at 19 years old and by 21 he was making more money than his dad, who is a doctor. He has built a sales team of over 30k people across all 50 states in the U.S. and 22 counties by the age of 23. Luke has also spoken on stages with Gary V among other credible influences. He has over 100k followers on Instagram and is also verified.

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In this episode, I break down in detail the idea of the teachability index and why it’s highly critical to your success. The teachability index is based on two variables that you can use to make changes in your life today. So fasten your seatbelts and get ready to learn!

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In this episode, I share an interview I did for the 30dayspeaker.com with Jordan Stupar. He is the founder of Stupar Sales Academy and has started and scaled three companies in the last four years, after leaving a sales career as a top 1% earner in the United States. Jordan is passionate about helping others acquire the skills to become great in all aspects of life.

Why Selling is Everything…You have to sell yourself on your abilities. A lot of people regret not taking the risk because they weren’t able to sell themselves on their own abilities and leave their comfortable jobs. To be able to sell someone else, you have to be able to sell yourself. You need a high level of conviction, certainty, and confidence in moving in the right direction.

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In this episode, I talk about how I operate as a human being on a daily basis. Having a routine and structure is vital. That's the key in life - being consistent with your routines when it comes to your communication, health, relationship or business. But I will discuss why it’s equally important to have that one day a week without structure. Enjoy the show!

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The way I built my program, you go through 6 different modules in order to overcome your stutter. Dealing with stuttering my entire life, I have found what’s worked. The first step is to master your mind. You master the way you think. The second is to master your fear. You have to overcome your fears, your blocks and the things that hold you back. The third phase is to master your fluency and your influence...knowing how to speak in order to articulate your words. Fourth, I show you how to build a presentation, how to share your story and how to talk about yourself and your life. The fifth phase is how to master public speaking, whether it's on stage in front of a large audience or on a zoom meeting and how to actually speak with confidence, without fear and be able to articulate your words. Lastly, the sixth phase is how to master the art of socializing.

In this episode, I want to discuss mastering your mind. If you can’t control what’s going on in your mind, you’re not going to be able to control your stutter. In order to control your stutter, you need to control your thoughts and the way you think. Mastering your mind is a vital skill set to achieve your goals in life. So grab a notebook and a pen & enjoy the episode!

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In this episode, I interview Melanie Levenberg. Melanie is the Co-Founder of Impact Entrepreneurs & CEO of PL3Y Inc. She is also an international speaker and TEDx presenter. Melanie helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses with purpose.

What we discuss in this episode:

Turning fear into excitement

Being an outgoing person, she did not have any problems talking to 30 people at once. However, the notion of being on stage brought fear into Melanie‘s head. It was way beyond her comfort zone. It made her become a version of herself that she didn’t recognize, she experienced behaviors like nervousness and fear.

Telling her story became so serious that she no longer found it fun. Melanie wondered how she can turn something serious into fun. Having Play in your life allows us to turn into better versions of ourselves, as we are more creative and connected. So Play was a rediscovery. Play is for anything that had been turned into something serious.

Every human has a different way to express some joy or spark that they get that makes them feel more alive when they have some sort of Play in their life. For some people, this may be like sudoku, or being witty or sarcastic. It doesn’t have to be the traditional definition of play, therefore, there are so many different ways we can play.

Shifting the energy of an entire room

People tend to zone out when they watch someone on stage pass a 20-minute mark. So when speeches sometimes go a little bit longer even to an hour, there needs to be some sort of multimedia resource provided, for example, a presentation. So Melanie wanted to coach the audience into meeting with her. Melanie‘s purpose when it came to being on that stage, it was not for her, it was for the audience. That TEDx stage was the biggest she had been on, not in the sense of the number of people but in the sense of how significant it was. Usually, TEDTalks have the spotlight on the person speaking, and it is so bright that you can’t even see the audience. However, Melanie had them switch the spotlight from her and then to the audience so they could be in the spotlight as well.

A huge part of public speaking is how you make the audience feel

Melanie uses play in every aspect of her life. Whenever she feels energized as well as when she feels stressed. So, one of the moves that Melanie really likes is to shake a lot. Shaking your body is a great way to release stress. Think about it, a dog that jumps into water comes out and shakes its whole body in order to take the water off. Or if a gazelle is being chased by a lion and the gazelle gets away, The gazelle is just going to shake it off because it shakes off any tension. So if Melanie is in a situation that may be perceived as stressful, she literally likes to shake it off. There’s an element of fun and playfulness, and most importantly there is an energy shift. The state you are in, that’s how your audience perceives you. So you have to make sure that your energy levels are always high.

You can have the most powerful, impactful message to deliver but if you’re not fully present in that situation, it’s not going to have the same effect as if you were 100% present. In other words, when you shake off the tension, at the same time you are gaining confidence.

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In this episode, I interview Arthur Smolarkiewicz, MBA, CPA, CMA. Arthur is the founder of the consulting and coaching company, Have the Edge. A man with an avid passion for helping people and organizations achieve their full potential, he assists business professionals and entrepreneurs reach new levels of business performance and personal excellence.

People want to be perfectionists, so they want their speech to be perfect, but they have this fear that if they start speaking it won’t be perfect. And they continue to live with this belief system without even trying because of the fear that they have. Perfectionists can self-sabotage themselves because they avoid challenges to avoid failure. Perfectionists want to feel absolutely ready before taking on challenges. This can actually hold them back in life.

Uncertainty is the number one reason why people don’t start businesses. Why they are afraid to do things in the future because they don’t know so they rather replay the same thing over and over and live their regular lives. You shouldn’t devote time to refining and perfecting your ideas when uncertainty is high and thus the risk of getting it completely wrong is very high.

Our perception is controlled by our mental beliefs, in the sense that we have created in our mindset. Neurocognitive scientists have discovered that after you turn 30 years old you run on a preprogram at 95% at the subconscious level. The mind is a pervasive, powerful influence over such higher mental processes. At 30 years old, your brain will be at a point where its belief system has been so prominent. This means your thinking process will be too stubborn to learn how to change your mindset. It is crucial that the basics and the fundamentals of having a good mindset must be instilled and learned before 30.

One big tip to help is meditation. When Arthur meditates, he separates the thought from emotion because a lot of the time it is the emotion that’s giving you the fear. When you separate the emotion from taught you separate the fear from logic.

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In this episode, I want to break down why reading is so vital, not only for your mental health & mindset but also for your communication and your confidence. I noticed I’ve been collecting a lot of books recently. Not just collecting, but buying and reading much more than I usually do. Reading plays a huge role in your communication and public speaking abilities. I’m sure all of us do a lot of work-related reading. However, I find that reading books not directly related to our work is also required, especially books that help us become better versions of ourselves. One of the advantages of reading is that it engages various parts of your brain. When you read, you exercise your comprehension abilities and your analytical abilities. It fires up your imagination and stimulates the memory centers of your mind. It helps recall information as well as stabilize your emotions. Reading is one of the best mental workouts there is!

So grab a pen & notebook because in this episode, you will learn not only why reading is so key, but also... How to start reading more? What kind of books should I read? What if I find the book boring? How to find good books? How to build a healthy habit of reading? How to build reading into my daily routine? I got this all covered! Enjoy the episode!

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