Think Millions Podcast

Your success is determined by the choices you make in life and when you put purpose behind your decisions you find more success. The road to entrepreneurship isn’t an easy one. You will find many challenges and obstacles in your way but it is all about how you handle these situations. 

Making the right decisions is a crucial part of any business and when you take action quickly instead of purposefully, you will open up more obstacles than opportunities.

In this episode, I sit down with my business partners Cynthia and Tonia to talk about how you can make more purpose-driven decisions professionally and personally. If you are thinking “this doesn’t pertain to me” - give it a listen and then decide!

Key parts of the conversation:

• [0:37] - Today’s Topic - Signs You May Not Be Taking the Right Action
• [1:35] - A way to activate action is to focus on the hustle 
• [2:25] - How to differentiate between taking action quickly and taking the right action
• [4:15] - We all have blind spots and our weaknesses stop us from what we need
• [7:00] - Being a purposeful hustler
• [10:15] - So, what can you do to take the right action?

Great quotes from the podcast:

• “When we put our focus on moving forward we start to see more opportunities instead of obstacles.” - Tonia Marra
• “When attempting to make a vision into reality the forward motion is essential” - Tonia Marra
• “Failure isn’t failure - it is just the stepping stone to success” - Cynthia
• “No losses just lessons” - Cynthia
• “You have to take certain action to create success” - Alexa
• “It is beyond dreaming - it is about creating the action to get there” - Alexa

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

One of the most efficient things you can do for your business is to NOT get emotional when it comes to your business decisions. As entrepreneurs, we can end up reacting before responding and because of this, we make harmful decisions when it comes to clients, businesses, and employees. 

In this episode, I break down what it means to be emotional in business and how it can affect you in the long run. I too have found myself making emotional decisions when it comes to my employees, my clients, and my business overall. I have a feeling you have experienced these emotions as well. 

Listen in and learn how you can manage your emotions and learn to respond rather than react.

Key parts of the conversation:

• [1:02] - Today’s Topic - How to better control your emotions in business
• [1:32] - Why one of our coaching clients got emotional during our call
• [4:35] - I care too much about my employees and it cost me
• [6:37]  - I get overly emotional about my clients
• [9:19] - I get overly emotional about my business

Great quotes from the podcast:

• “ If you have too much emotion in business it will ruin it” - Alexa
• “The number one you need to master in business is your own emotion” - Alexa
• “When you’re losing that is not the time to be emotional but instead be strong and confident” - Alexa
• “You don’t want to react you want to respond” - Alexa
• “You produce a better response by pausing” - Alexa

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/
• Passion to CEO program: https://www.passiontoceo.com/

As an entrepreneur, you already know that a business doesn't thrive without people. People are the most important part of any business.

But, a lot of entrepreneurs forget to keep a check on their emotions while dealing with business partners, employees, and other people who help their business grow.

In today’s episode, I have Susie Miller, an expert leadership coach with 25 years of experience under her belt who helps 7 & 8-figure businesses grow through better communication, leadership, and peak performance.

And we’ll be talking about why you could go bankrupt with your relationships while trying to build an empire at a fast pace and how you can completely avoid it without ruining your business.

It’s a difficult balance to quickly build an empire and having to deal with people too, especially when you care too much about people like I do!

That’s where Susie helps me: Becoming a better leader and maintaining relationships within the company, among team members, and with my business partners outside of my company.

So we’ll be going over all of that in this episode to help you build your empire while avoiding bankrupting your relationships.

Key parts of the conversation:

• 01:23 People vs Emotions - Why you can’t take everyone with yourself
• 04:00 How emotions can bankrupt your relationships
• 06:15 How to avoid bankrupting your relationships
• 08:40 Relationships could go bankrupt because of other people in your team
• 10:25 Building an empire vs Driving it all by yourself
• 12:28 Why reacting is more harmful to your relationships than responding
• 17:05 Alexa’s list of hard things you can do to avoid bankrupting your relationships
• 17:35 Susie’s list of hard things you can do to avoid bankrupting your relationships

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

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Building wealth starts with getting innovative and making investments that matter in the long run. 

On today’s episode, I sit down with Chris Prefontaine, a real estate entrepreneur, and four times best-selling author. We go over what it means to build wealth through real estate and how using the creative real estate method work so well for those who don’t have large amounts of cash flow. 

There are two reasons that hold people back from investing in real estate, one is finances and cash flow, and the other is intimidation caused by the media. If you have ever wanted to invest in real estate yourself and one of these two reasons has held you back, this episode is for you!

Key parts of the conversation:

• [0:37] - Today’s Topic - How to Build Personal Wealth Through Real Estate 
• [1:35] - Why you should get into Real Estate Investing
• [3:00] - Why is now a good time to buy during a recession?
• [5:50] - What is creative real estate and why you should use it
• [8:20] - A short-term play to build wealth
• [9:50] - You need these skills to find success
• [11:10] - Find people out there to teach you these skills

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

• Smart Real Estate Coach: https://smartrealestatecoach.com/
• Smart Real Estate Coach IG: https://www.instagram.com/smartrealestatecoach/
• Smart Real Estate Coach FB: https://www.facebook.com/smartrealestatecoach/

On today’s episode, you get to hear from the whole Thynkfuel team and their advice on the secret to finding success. 

It all starts with growth and before you find growth there is a journey that has to take place first. Find out what that journey is and what you can do to reach that growth and find your success. 

Key parts of the conversation:

• [0:37] - Today’s Topic - The Secret No One Is Telling You To Be Successful
• [1:20] - It’s not just about the tactics and skills, it’s more than that
• [2:20] - Allowing yourself to have the breakthrough
• [3:40] - It starts with self-awareness 
• [6:25] - The 5-Step Framework
• [7:50] - Don’t wait for the breakdown to have the breakthrough 
• [9:00] - A breakthrough is necessary for growth
• [13:05] - It’s becoming harder to be an entrepreneur
• [14:45] - You need to be teachable 
• [16:00] - Your choices affect the path of your life
• [18:25] - Don’t be afraid of the breakthrough 
• [21:40] - It helps to have someone in your corner
• [24:30] - The secret no one is telling you 

Great quotes from the podcast:

• “You can do tactics, you can learn skills but if you don’t get out of your own way those tactics don’t matter” - Susie
• “To be a successful entrepreneur you have to go through hard to get to the good” Susie
• “I don’t want to have the breakdown to have the breakthrough” - 
• “The stories you tell yourself are your excuses” - Everyone
• “The things that make us the most uncomfortable are sometimes the best opportunities for us” - Alexa
• “The secret no one is telling you is that you need someone who has been there to walk you through it” - Susie

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

Not everyone enjoys going to networking events and meeting new people but as entrepreneurs, we know it is necessary to see personal growth and professional growth.

 Tonia and I sit down and give you our best tips on how to network successfully. We hit this topic from both sides, mine - who doesn’t enjoy networking, and Tonia’s - who loves it. 

Listen in to hear more about the million-dollar networking strategy. 

Key parts of the conversation:

• [0:37] - Today’s Topic - How to Network Successfully 
• [1:00] - Our Strategy for Networking 
• [1:55] - You Need to have a goal of what to accomplish at the event
• [4:40] - The biggest strategy you need to know about 
• [5:40] - People who hate networking tip #1
• [7:10] - You need to keep the relationship going after the event
• [9:15] - How do you find these new connections?
• [10:55] - Be strategic with who you bring with you to networking events
• [12:52] - Don’t get too overwhelmed with the information, remember key points
• [14:30] - Summary of Information

Great quotes from the podcast:

• “It’s not all about finding clients, it’s about building relationships” - Alexa 
• “Your success is determined by who you go to lunch with” - Alexa
• “Relationships are about putting coins in other people's banks and eventually you build up interest to get a return” - Alexa & Tonia
• “You want to do business with people you have good energy with” - Tonia Marra

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

The truth is if you don’t love what you’re doing then don’t do it. As entrepreneurs, most of us enter business in desperation because we are chasing that dollar amount, but when you chase the money you end up being miserable. 

Don’t work with a client just because they bring in money - let them go because there is an even better opportunity waiting for you that will remind you why you started. 

Key parts of the conversation:

• [0:37] - Today’s Topic - How Firing Your Clients Can Actually Make you More Money
• [2:20] - Why firing a client can make you more money 
• [4:30] - It starts with educating your clients correctly
• [7:45] - Listen to your intuition and not the money
• [9:10] - When your clients win, you win
• [10:10] - It’s okay to shift your focus along the way 

Great quotes from the podcast:

• “As entrepreneurs, we enter into business with desperation and we don’t take an actual evaluation of who they are” - Tonia Marra
• “Everything is an opportunity to grow and be better” - Tonia Marra
• “Bad clients take a lot of your energy” - Alexa D’Agostino
• “We lost a few hundred thousand but made a million because we took that energy to find more aligned clients” - Alexa D’Agostino
• “If you don’t love a project, don’t do it” - Alexa D’Agostino
• “When your clients win, you win” - Tonia Marra
• “Don’t go after the money, the money will come” - Alexa D’Agostino

Resources:

• For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
• For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
• Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

What does it mean to be a billion-dollar brand builder? That is a question Tonia and I thought we knew the answer to before we met an entrepreneur who changed our life for the better.

Tonia Marra and I sit down and talk about our new business venture Mighty Yum and how in just 90 days we are building a billion-dollar brand. This opportunity wouldn’t have been possible without connecting with successful entrepreneur Howie Panes.

He changed the way we approached business and approached growth. We are now excitedly
exhausted every day to build this business. We look forward to the exhaustion that takes place every day because we know there is something HUGE forming.

Listen in now!

Key parts of the conversation:
● [0:37] - Today’s Topic - 90 Days to a Billion Dollars & I Am Exhausted
● [1:00] - I never thought I could build a billion-dollar company until I met Howie Panes
● [1:53] - Let’s talk about the “Am I’m Exhausted” part
● [2:50] - There is good exhaustion and bad exhaustion
● [5:15] - Originality: Find a business problem and innovate not recreate
● [6:27] - Do yourself a favor and step outside your comfort zone
● [7:25] - This is your opportunity to shake hands with Billionaires like Howie Panes

Great quotes from the podcast:
● “At the end of the day if you’re looking to get to the next level and become exhausted
you have to raise your level in every aspect of your life” - Tonia
● “Find a business and innovate not recreate” - Alexa
● “Do yourself a favor and step a little bit outside your comfort zone” - Tonia
● “In the beginning, I tried to be the smartest person in the room, and guess what, I didn’t
grow. Now, I switched my mindset and I am growing at the speed of light” - Alexa
● “We were one connection away and now we think billions - You can be one event away
from thinking billions” - Alexa & Tonia

Resources:
● For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
● For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
● Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

When it comes to business you have to stop putting money first and put relationships first.

The fact of the matter is that if you don’t have someone in your corner who will support you and respect you, you don’t need their money or their business. Respect goes both ways, just as a client wouldn't want to work with a disrespectful company, a company shouldn't want to work with a disrespectful client.

Don’t you agree? Listen in to this raw episode of building the right relationships and stop giving a f*ck!

Key parts of the conversation:
● [0:37] - Today’s Topic - The Art of Not Giving a F*ck
● [1:20] - The Importance of Relationship Building & How We Do It Wrong
● [2:10] - The First Relationshiop I Built Still Generates Revenue For Me
● [3:26] - A Relationship Where I Was Constantly Giving
● [4:20] - How To Identify the Relationships You Need to Stop Giving a F*ck About
● [5:33] - Having a Relationship Where I Enjoy Working With Them
● [6:45] - You Want People That Will Lift You Up

Great quotes from the podcast:
● “Yeah the money is great but building relationships is the most important thing to me” -
Alexa
● “At the end of the day, you want to make sure the people you surround yourself with
make you feel good” - Alexa
● “I will be a big success with or without them because I know deep down I have what it
takes” - Alex
● “If someone won’t be in your corner you have to stop giving a f*ck about the money to
get to the next level”

Resources:
● For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
● For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
● Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

What does it take to run your own consulting business?

That is the question we answer today on this episode of the Think Millions Podcast. Today I sit
down with Michael Zipursky, CEO and founder of Consulting Success, a company that helps
build successful seven to eight-figure consulting businesses.

If you are a consultant or you are looking to break into the consulting industry, this episode is
one you won’t want to miss! We answer the questions you have been asking that surround what it takes to build a successful consulting business.

Listen here!

Key parts of the conversation:

● [1:06] - Today’s Topic - How To Start Your Consulting Business
● [1:53] - How do you build a seven to eight-figure consulting business?
● [4:38] - Why you need confidence and clarity in consulting
● [7:33] - Your first 6-months as a consultant
● [10:37] - Don’t focus on what large brand names are doing, focus on what YOU can do
● [14:30] - It is more rewarding to build something on your own but it isn’t easy
● [16:25] - It is really important to seek help
● [17:48] - Don’t get caught up in imperfect action - don’t wait for the stars to align

Great quotes from the podcast:

● “If you don’t have a little bit of clarity you’re not going to feel confident and when you
don’t feel confident you won’t take action.” - Michael Zipursky
● “The number one thing consultants need is relationships” - Alexa
● “Don’t try to go broad, but focus on where you have an advantage and how you can help
people from there” - Michael Zipursky
● “This is a relationship-based business, if you really want to succeed you have to focus
on providing value” - Michael Zipursky
● “Are you thinking about your clients as transactional or providing value? If you think of
them as transactional you will always be disappointed.” - Michael Zipursky
● “You’re selling high-value services and this isn’t usually purchased right away, so you
want to lean in on the relationship and not expect to see a return instantly” - Michael
Zipursky
● “It’s like getting into a car and wanting to go somewhere but not knowing where to go.
You know you want to go, and you kind of know where you’re going but you need help to
guide you to the destination.” - Alexa

Resources:

● For all of our episodes, you can visit: https://thynktankcoaching.com/podcast
● For comments or questions, email us at [email protected]
● Alexa’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dralexadagostino/

● Consulting Success - https://www.consultingsuccess.com/
● Consulting Success Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/consultingsuccess/
● Consulting Success Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ConsultingSuccess