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How A Tax Coach’s Business Succeeded Despite The Odds

I had to keep my mindset in the right place or I would’ve given up.-Diane Gardner

In this episode I talk with Diane Gardner from TaxCoach4You.com. That’s right taxes. A subject very few people are eager to discuss. But Diane loves it because she takes a slightly different approach.

Filed Under: Small Business, Coaching, Marketing

You Discover Your True Friends On The Way Down

They had not fired a CEO. They had burst and unleashed an entrepreneur.-Steve Rodgers

Steve Rodgers is the founder of The Alchemy Advisors and author of Lead to Gold: Transition to transformation.

Not long ago, Steve was flying high as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway’s southern California real estate company. He was leading over 5000 sales people at 110 different offices. It was his dream job.

Filed Under: Small Business, Coaching, Leadership

From Dream Job, To A Hospital Bed, To A Business On His Own Terms

If we don’t have money to invest in this, how can we generate the buzz we need for free? - Max! Rouzier

I speak with Max! Rouzier from That Man Max! I wanted to call this episode, “What’s your excuse?” but Max said you shouldn’t listen to this and think he has it hard, so you shouldn’t complain. But listen, relate to him, and learn.

Max has gone from landing his dream job to working himself to a hospital bed, lucky to be alive.

Filed Under: Small Business, Coaching, Marketing

How Failing At Sales Taught Ian Brodie How To Sell More Effectively

If you have something useful to offer people then they respond. They don’t bury your emails. They reply to your emails. They’re interested... And it changes the dynamic. - Ian Brodie

Ian Brodie started off as a business consultant and was great at helping his clients with their strategies and making changes. But to progress in his company he had to sell. And that’s where the problems started.

Filed Under: Coaching, Marketing, Sales, Solopreneur

David Marquet Shares Surprising Leadership Secrets: Create Instant Results While Establishing A Long-Term Legacy

David Marquet-It's all about reducing the barriers to dissent. You want people to express their opinions.

Captain David Marquet is the author of Turn The Ship Around. The book documents his time leading the nuclear submarine, the USS Santa Fe.

From among all the books I’ve read on leadership, Turn The Ship Around is one I remember and consistently think about when working with my team. The prescription he has is a very simple model that empowers all individuals to produce the best possible outcomes.

Filed Under: Leadership, Coaching, Small Business, Start Up

You Have To Be Prepared For Things To Go Wrong

Amber Wright - You have to be prepared for things to go wrong. I have found, as an entrepreneur, there is so much more I don't know. It's on the job training.

In this episode I get to speak with Amber Wright. Amber is a communication expert, public speaking coach, and award-winning adjunct professor in Communication Studies. That’s the short list of her professional credentials.

She knows a bit about the art of communication and public speaking. Yet she makes mistakes too.

Filed Under: Coaching, Small Business, Storytelling

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