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Welcome To The World Of Procrastination Procrastination and things linked to it are probably the number one issues mentioned in the emails that we receive at Join Up Dots. “I can't think of an idea no matter how hard I try!!” And certainly “I can come up with so many ideas what are the best as im not getting anything started?” are another version that stops us in our tracks. One thing for sure is procrastination is a problem that can be easily overcome and dealt with, with the right mindset. In this episode of Join Up Dots we delve into this subject and will give you some easy steps to follow and supercharge your entrepreneurial life. So let's start with the main question “What is it?”   What Is It Really And Why Does It Cause So Many Issues? Procrastination isn't a unique character flaw or a mysterious curse on your ability to manage time, but a way of coping with challenging emotions and negative moods induced by certain tasks — boredom, anxiety, insecurity, frustration, resentment, self-doubt and beyond. Procrastination is not about self-control; it's actually the opposite: an approach to life that relies on avoidance as its primary tool for keeping up with responsibilities. The more you avoid something that makes you uncomfortable (e.g., making phone calls), the harder it will be for you to get started at all until eventually no more avoidance is possible and there's nothing left for you but those dreaded tasks at hand. In order to work through procrastination effectively then we need two things: awareness (of our feelings) and compassion (for ourselves). We also need some kind of plan so we can take control over our lives again instead of letting them control us!   Self-Awareness And Self-Compassion Are Crucial To Change Self-awareness is the ability to see yourself clearly and objectively through reflection and introspection. It helps you realize what motivates you, how you respond to others, how your actions affect others, and more. Self-awareness is an important part of treating procrastination because it allows you to recognize where your weaknesses are—and then work on them! Self-compassion is being kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings. It provides emotional strength and resilience that can help you overcome obstacles and continue moving forward despite failure or setbacks (which will happen if you're trying something new).   Procrastination Is Not A Time Management Disease Procrastination isn't a time management problem. It's an emotion management problem. Time management is a tool you can use to help you get things done, but it's not the solution to procrastination. It won't actually prevent your from putting things off in the first place, but it may help you catch up once you've fallen behind schedule. The key to conquering procrastination is changing how we respond to negative emotions rather than trying to avoid them altogether. Perfectionism Is The Killer Of Productivity. Perfectionism is an insidious trap that can lead to procrastination. It's easy to fall into the perfectionist mindset: “I have to do it perfectly or not at all!” You may think that if you don't do a project perfectly, then it will be rejected by your boss or customers. The truth is that there is no perfect way to do anything, and even if there were, no one would know about it because perfection does not exist in our world. The key here is setting realistic standards for yourself and striving towards them but not stressing out over whether or not they are met 100% of the time (or even 90%!). Perfectionism often leads people down rabbit holes where they get stuck on details instead of finishing projects on time and meeting deadlines as planned.* Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough – give yourself a break! Give yourself the gift of self-compassion and take some pressure off yourself . This can be the hardest part, but it's one of the most important. It's okay to feel overwhelmed and unsure of yourself sometimes. You don't have to do everything yourself or be perfect at everything you do. In fact, even the best people fail—a lot! The key is learning from those mistakes and moving forward with your life so that they benefit your future successes instead of hindering them. I f you ever feel like you're struggling with something too hard to figure out on your own or if there just isn't enough time in your day (or week), consider asking someone else for help—whether that's friends/coworkers/professors or even strangers online through forums such as Reddit (check out r/procrastination). And remember: it's okay not to know exactly what direction you want take right now–it's better than knowing nothing at all! Procrastination Can Be A Form Of Avoidance The simple act of putting off what needs to be done can actually be a form of avoidance. Procrastination is often a way of avoiding the unpleasant feelings associated with a task–boredom and anxiety chief among them. Why do we procrastinate? Because it feels better in the moment to avoid doing something than it does to confront that task head-on, even if it's something we know we should really be doing. If you're a procrastinator, I have good news for you: Procrastination is not about self-control. It is about self-awareness and self-compassion. The number one reason people procrastinate (and don't get things done) is because they lack awareness of their own triggers, or the ways in which they take action or avoid taking action when they shouldn't or can't. As you become more aware of your own triggers, it's best to also try to be more self-aware in general so that those triggers are less likely to trigger negative actions in the first place. It's Realistic To Struggle With Procrastination Let's be real. You're not the only one who struggles with procrastination. Realizing that it isn't just you is an important step to overcoming this problem. The good news is, there are a multitude of reasons why someone may struggle with procrastination and they can be addressed in different ways depending on what's causing your issues with putting things off. You don't have to deal with it alone!

Cessar Hasselmann is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired join up dots business podcast. He has a fascinating story of loving the process of building businesses by starting at quite an early age. He started his first business when he was just thirteen years old – running a small DJ business. Starting with his father old gear till managing 5 parties and 3 extra DJ's at the same weekend. At 16 his friend business partner got really sick and died at the age of 18, which by consequence made Cessar lose the desire to keep working on the company and chose to stop as well. In the time that's since passed, he's witnessed countless businesses succeed, and others fail.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Mike Swigunski is a bestselling author, Forbes and Entrepreneur contributor, remote work leader, and founder of GlobalCareerBook.com. As an online business expert that has brokered millions of dollars in digital assets and also helped build an eight-figure remote company, he has cultivated a strong passion and knowledge for everything within the remote work realm. Mike is focused on transforming the way location-independent work and business synergize. Mike has been working and traveling full-time since 2011 and his journey has taken him to visit and work remotely in over 100+ countries. In that time, he's worked all over the world and helped build an eight-figure remote company, all from the comfort of his laptop. In his book, Global Career, Mike pulls back the curtain and shares everything he's learned from years of trial and error about how to travel long term as a digital nomad, radically advance your career and build a life you absolutely love!

A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Brent Freeman is the Founder & President of Stealth Venture Labs and a serial entrepreneur who's passionate about using business to generate both profits & social impact. As he says “My journey in business began earlier than most. While pursuing my undergraduate degree at the University of Southern California, I launched a commodities trading firm focused on generating as much money as quickly as possible. With offices in Dubai and Los Angeles, I chased the money with fervor. Once I reached a place of success, I realized that success can be meaningless without a purpose. I felt no happier than before, and this realization changed my worldview for good.” Reinvigorated by my personal discovery, I made a conscious choice to build and advise for-profit businesses to create true social impact in the world.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode.

Have you ever heard of the top skateboarder Tony Hawk? Well I haven't overly heard of Tony until yesterday, but after watching a documentary yesterday I am now a fan for sure. Not because of the skills that he has developed over the years, but 100% due to the commitment and inability to give up when he has decided to go after something. As you will hear on todays podcast one of the fastest ways to bring success into your life is by convincing your brain that it has already occurred previously, as your brain can't decide on what is real so starts to make it real. Yeah, i know that this sounds weird and unbelievable in the extreme for so many people out there, but its true. So listen and enjoy as we break through the barrier to the life that we deserve and should be getting.

Michelle Boulé is todays guest on the Join Up Dots business podcast. She is a life coach, teacher, award-winning dancer, and choreographer of international renown. Always believing that creativity, movement, personal growth, and healing are inextricably linked, after a seemingly dead-end dance injury at the age of 16 opened her eyes to the possibilities of holistic healing, she began a life-long study of somatics, consciousness, energy work, personal growth, and human behaviour. Her decades of researching “how to make things possible,” be available for movement, and achieve success, give her an ability to connect to clients with precision and compassion to create “movement” in all facets of their lives.

Robin Hills is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs Inspired Join Up Dots podcast He is a business psychologist and director of Ei4Change, a company specializing in educational training, coaching and personal development focused around emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience. He has taught over 250,000 people in 185+ countries how to build resilience, increased self-awareness and understanding of others. Today his educational programs on resilience and emotional intelligence are accredited by The Institute of Leadership and Management, cover the most comprehensive and detailed education of any emotional intelligence organization and are used in educational establishments in South Africa and India. Now if that doesn't mean a lot to you then lets pose a couple of questions. How do you cope as you sink in a quicksand of modern life, filled with televisions and phones and social media and shopping and emails and advertisements and noise and traffic and the internet and remembering what you may have forgotten? And do you ever wonder why some people remain calm in the face of disaster whilst other fail to cope? Well lets find out as we bring on to the show to find out the answers to these questions whilst joining up a few dots in the process with the one and only Robin Hills.

Peter Sena is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast. Pete is a design-led entrepreneur who loves to partner with future-forward founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders to unlock new possibilities and growth. At nine years old, Pete was the kind of kid who found taking computers apart and putting them back together fun. A digital native on steroids, “Pete the Geek” started coding at 13, consulted for global companies in high school, and launched Digital Surgeons from his dorm room. Digital Surgeons, a forward-obsessed brand experience consultancy. But what is being forward-obsessed all about. He chooses to place his passionate, purpose-driven focus on leveraging the power of design and technology to make the world a better place. This is Pete's Ikigai — the thing that gets him out of bed in the morning. As he says “My heart would always would start beating faster when it came to art and technology. How The Dots Joined Up For Pete My coding and design skills became my ticket to college. Ready for a mentor but not sure how to find one, I turned to geniuses, innovators and billionaires both real — Steve Jobs — and fictional, like my old favourite, Tony Stark (Iron Man) for inspiration. But the one thing i knew more than anything was by improving people's businesses and increasing their bottom-lines with next-level design, I could help people and organizations build affluence and influence — so they can pay their success forward. ‍ Helping as many people and businesses as possible use their power for good. So why has he been driven so much to help the world, when so many business owners are all about me, me, me? And what was it about a talk by the pretty unknown Brene Brown that truly changed his life forever? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Pete Sena

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Julian Hayes II is our guest today joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast He is an author, executive health consultant, and epigenetic atelier. I'm the founder of The Art of Fitness & Life, a bespoke, discreet concierge health and performance advisory firm. The mission is to help individuals elevate their status and upgrade their entire human system so they can run around with their great-great-grandchildren—not just see them. How? Through leveraging their unique DNA, data-driven health metrics, high-tech toys, N of 1 personalized programming, and a performance team. As he says "I believe in a world where aging is optional for entrepreneurs, executives, and high-achieving professionals while having an extra 60+ years of optimal health, energy, and productivity to impact the world while experiencing life to its fullest. Unfortunately, despite the many accomplishments and financial success, many entrepreneurs and executives don't have the physical success that matches their financial success because of the dark sides of success and not using solutions tailored to their unique biology and demanding lifestyle. It's time to rethink how we do health and fitness. Entrepreneurs, high achievers, and executives need a precise roadmap and system that accommodates their unique biology and demanding lifestyle so they can make aging irrelevant, focus on what they do best, and experience life to its fullest. Interesting stuff, so where do we start? What are the questions that need to be asked? Well why do people need this anyway, why are we not more focused on optimising our health due to good practices? And when did he realise that he had the knowledge to bring such a platform to the world? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining with the one and only Mr Julian Hayes II

A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Christine Hansen has risen to the top in her profession for sure. If you google “How To Sleep Better” you will see so many search results it is astonishing. People are literally tapping away for solutions to their sleeping problems every second of the day. Now you won't need to struggle or google anymore as today's guest is an expert at teaching you how to sleep better. She first joined me on the show back in 2016 where we discussed her personal journey to building literally her “dream” business. Starting her journey as an English teacher in Luxembourg, she had a pretty standard career for a few years until she got to the point when her interest in corporate coaching and sleep patterns became too much to ignore. And she took the leap of faith, leaving her career in education in 2015 to start something new and inspiring. And she did that building the Sleep Like A Boss business, for those people out there who want to sleep but cant.

In todays episode of Join Up Dots we answer a few questions from listeners across the world all looking to move their futures into a bright and promising place. So lets star with the first of the three questions. Hi David, i heard you say the other day that you used to be a born worrier who never looked like he was worrying but you had solved that problem. I think I have the same condition so would love to know the steps you took to get your worries under control?Iris H, Kidderminsterr Now the second question Hi David do you feel that because of your work over the last few years you have the answers due to the successes or failures? It seems that most podcasts focus on the successes, but it also seems that most of these kind of trip you up as they come unexpectedly? I am building a classic car respiration business (Ford Cars from 1980 to 1989) and have discovered my best successes have been when i have just been chatting to someone and discovered that they had an RS Cosworth sitting rusting in their garages. Thanks for your timeDavid Mills And finally the third of the questions. Hi Join Up Dots, love the show and always come away with huge inspiration from everything. At my core I know that i am risk averse and always play safe. I would love to start my own business somehow, but dont want to put my life savings into something that could go wrong...Any suggestions? Jenny Helper, Ontario Canada.

Craig Swanson is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast At the age of 18, Craig founded Swanson Tech Support which tuned out to be a costly failure, and worked as a tech consultant for 6 years before founding CreativeTechs which lead to over a million dollars in sales. Soon after Craig co-founded the creative online learning platform CreativeLive, an idea that was birthed from a failed video training program for his IT business. CreativeLive would grow from a small start-up team to 70+ employees offering workshops with top industry leaders like Tim Ferriss and Brené Brown. Now Craig partners with creators, educators, and influencers by providing the missing piece that they need to get to the next stage of their business and is helping build $1 million dollar businesses one step at a time. He is also the head of the Seattle Entrepreneur's Organization Accelerator Program where he works to a similar mission, helping start-up's with $250k in revenue top the million dollar mark. him go again after discovering the big F of failure as a young man? And looking back would he do anything differently or has it all lead him to where he is today? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Craig Swanson

Tanessa Shears is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast. She is a lady who has a similar story of so many people across the world, who are struggling through the day, topping their energies up with caffeine and stimulants. She says “It was 2:33am in the morning and I was sitting in the nursery with my new-born, feeling my brain turn to mush. I was a brand new mom by day/night and weight loss coach for entrepreneurs by day as well. I showed up in my business because I LOVED coaching and it gave me slices of my day in which I felt “normal”, but I couldn't deny the brain fog and lack of clarity from the disrupted sleep schedule. I'd forget simple words & spend minutes staring at my computer screen, completely forgetting what I was doing. My energy would tank in the afternoon and my creativity was down the drain.

Tomer David is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast He is a man who knew what he wanted from a very young age. He is the owner of sourcing monster, with a mission that states "My mission is to educate and share my experience and success with serious people that want to take control over their lives, they are tired of the making money online promises and want to really be free and make a difference" As he says "I'm Tomer David, the owner of 2 Amazon FBA brands with 14 years of e-commerce experience. My passion started when I was young and I've been programming since age 12. When I was 14, I opened my 1st online business which was a hosting company. At 16, I left school to pursue my dreams full time by working at a start-up company, until now where I have experience in e-commerce and marketing. My first product launch on Amazon failed. I had set the wrong expectations. Trying again, my goal was to earn $10K profit per month in 12 months.

A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Chris Lalomia joins us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast today. He is is a successful entrepreneur and change leader that has built on his experience working with the largest companies in America to start his own business from scratch. He brings his unique style to leadership to build a culture of professionalism to the blue collar world of home renovations. He left the corporate zoo and ventured into the entrepreneurial wild and started The Trusted Toolbox: Home Repair and Projects in 2008. YES, he started a business right before the Great Recession, so timing the market is not his strength. He survived through that time and has grown his business into a multimillion dollar handyman and remodelling company which has won numerous awards in Atlanta, GA. How The Dots Joined Up For Chris As he says "Save yourself the time and aggravation of having to do repair work around your home on your own. You don't have the time, energy, or patience to do bathroom remodelling, kitchen remodelling, wood rot repair, home repair, deck remodel & installation, painting, window replacement, window repair, bathroom repair, kitchen repair, deck repair, or any of our other handyman services with other small odds and ends type jobs that keep piling up around your home. It's a much wiser idea to let our handymen do the work for you.  And its a very wise idea to build an evergreen business, around peoples pain points and limitations first and foremost. So is he happier now, running his own businesses or does he look back to the turn up and get paid corporate life with fondness? And what would be the biggest lesson he learnt which he always shares as his "Make sure you don't do what i did moment" ? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Chris Lalomia

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Jason Matias is todays guests joining us on the Join Up Dots business podcast today. Jason Matias is a photographer whose art career should be an  inspiration to anyone in the Join Up Dots audience who believes that to be a true artist you have to fall into the “starving artist” stereotype. By changing the way he approached his passion Jason was able to create a career from something he loved. Jason runs a fine art business, which has supported him by generating over $100K in sales a year for the past 10 years (including 2020). His work has taken him all over the globe, from the United States to Abu-Dhabi to Indonesia, and has been published in National Geographic. How The Dots Joined Up For Jason While Jason's financial success is aspirational, it's his story that is the true inspiration for anyone wondering if they can make a living selling through their passions. Jason does not come from a wealthy family, who gave him a leg up in the art world. He was born into a military family and went into the family business by enlisting in the Air Force right out of high school. When Jason came out of the military 6 years later, he was terrified of becoming another homeless vet. While he tried some other conventional jobs, he couldn't shake his calling as an artist. Constantly obsessed with finding the light, Jason decided to put all his efforts into making a fine art career work. So what was it that kept on pulling him back into a world that screams from the outside you can love your work, but dont expect to earn from it? And where was his biggest jump forward to where he is today?

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Online courses expert Timothy Kenny is todays guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast. He is the the author of "Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs" He is also the creator of over 65 courses on the subjects of Accelerated Learning and productivity, which over 110,000 students from 150 different countries have enrolled in over the last few years. When he isn't creating downloadable online courses, he teaches classes and speaks to groups about how to accelerate their  learning so that they can build successful businesses faster and with  more confidence in their success. Timothy has taught at the Harvard Innovation lab, The Tufts  University Entrepreneurs Society, General Assembly in Boston, and has  been a featured teacher on Skillshare, among others. He has consulted  with start-up teams on how to accelerate their learning, creativity, and  growth. So was this knowledge based around a moment in his life when like others he found himself drowning and therefore stopped and assessed what he needed to do form himself and others? And where does he find his ideas for so many downloadable courses, when so many people struggle to come up with one? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Timothy Kenny

Fred Joyal is todays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots business podcast. This is a story of a man who admits to being super timid to someone who has done stand-up and improv comedy, spoken to audiences of 5,0000 people or more, met dozens of celebrities, and, just by being bold, he found love, joy, passion, and success. Along with a lucrative career in advertising and marketing, he co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST. He has written two books on marketing, dabbled in stand-up and improv comedy, acted in bad movies and excellent TV commercials, and visited over forty-four countries around the world. And now he has a new book out on the shelves Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days As he says "Bold individuals seize life in remarkable, almost unbelievable ways. They succeed in business, in careers, and in love, and they have a great time doing it. How The Dots Joined Up For Fred Bold people walk up to supermodels and ask them to dance. They stand in front of audiences and tell jokes. They start companies. They run for president. What surprises most people is that boldness can be taught. And he should know as Fred Joyal started as an extremely shy person, too timid even to make a phone call He changed and now he can teach you how. Superbold gives you a systematic, step-by-step approach that can take you to a surprising level of boldness in as little as ninety days. Ready to stop living a life of regrets and missed opportunities? It's all possible—faster than you think. So how do you get bold when your situation can be not conducive to boldness? And where do most people go wrong forcing it to happen or simply not forcing it at all? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Fred Joyal.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Mark Sieverkropp is todays guest joining us on the show, and is someone who now falls into a very select band of guests. This is the third time that he has appeared, after first back in 2014 with his business partner Scott Barlow on episode 37. If you go back and listen to episode 37, he spoke with passion and more than a touch of humour as to how they got the “Happen To Your Career” online business going. This was why he was still working in the corporate world in a job he hated whilst starting to make inroads into his new life. Well he did that, and when he appeared next he had another leg into the entrepreneurial world and was sharing with us all, the steps we can take, and skills we need to explode our network of friends, colleagues and clients sky-high and build our own business. As  the saying goes “No Man is an island” and with the worldwide web literally falling over with potential prospects, money making opportunities and  chances to strike  up a conversation are needed more than ever, which is where his talent lie. Now with his new book "Find Your 20" focusing in on the 80/20 principle and how we can all find time, enjoyment and even more income in our business by being strategic and streamlined as he finally found where he really wants to be? Is this where he looks and thinks "wow, without all the other dots there is no way that i could have brought this to the world? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Mark Sieverkropp.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

David Selinger joins us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast today. David Selinger was an early employee at Amazon, working directly under Jeff Bezos. He led the R&D arm of Amazon's data-mining and personalization team. He co-founded Redfin (now a multi-billion dollar company) and founded RichRelevance, a company that offers personalized shopping experiences for large retail brands, including Macy's, Barneys New York, Office Depot, and others. He is now inventing the next BIG thing in home security – Deep Sentinel, an AI-based home protection. The company's intelligent crime prevention transforms home security from false alarms and ineffective after-the-fact crime alerts to real-time crime prediction and prevention. With Deep Sentinel, Americans can gain a reliable, cost-effective way to protect their homes and stop a burglary, mail theft or driveway break-in before it happens – and feel dramatically safer at home, at work, and on vacation. So where do his ideas that are worth pursuing come from? And if he could leap past his biggest mistake would he, or has it simply been another dot on the road to where he is today? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only David Selinger

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too.  In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Christina Lenkowski  is our guest today on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast. She is a forward-thinking publicity strategist and educator for entrepreneurs, speakers and authors looking to expand their credibility and go from “best-kept secret” to “go-to expert” in their industries through being a guest on other people's podcasts. During her 13 years of PR agency and consulting work, Christina has helped clients earn spots in print publications like Martha Stewart Living, Sunset, Reader's Digest, and Big Life, and online coverage in MSN.com and TravelChannel.com, among others. Christina herself has been featured on websites like Medium.com and CEOHacks.com. How The Dots Joined Up For Christina She's been a guest on many podcasts, including Her Empire Builder, Hustle Like a Mother, Health Coach Nation and Launch It Girl, and helped her clients get booked on many other top-rated shows. As she says "Even though I specialized in PR and publicity (my particular niche was tourism), I was really only promoting my course - or at least trying to - through paid ads and live webinars, because that's what all the "gurus" and "experts" said to do... And while those worked for me to a certain extent (kinda), I knew I wasn't bringing in enough people, and they certainly weren't coming in with any knowledge of what I was about and had to offer. To be honest, it was a bit of a bottomless money pit of my own creation. So I started to do for myself what I had been doing for my clients - I got publicity on podcasts. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only smartphone marketing expert Christina Lenkowski

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. I n fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hi David, you said on a recent podcast to share your successes with you via email or voice message so here goes. I think i must have listened to every episode of Join Up Dots you have released over the years, and after every episode i thought "right im going to start my own thing and create my own life" Trouble was i never did, until lockdown last year when the world was ending and everything seemed to be right for changing direction. So i started a business with my Dad, getting old bikes from freecycle and craigs list, tarting them up and then selling them for a profit. It has been fun and the business now turns over £600 each per month. Now this wasnt life changing, so i used my half to start a small online business providing turnkey children's parties.  You order online and we send you games, balloons and stuff based around a theme. So your kid wants a Star Wars themed party and everything we send is based around that. We simply started with putting leaflets around the town, supermarket, libraries and got a few orders in, which we then bought the stuff and sent it out.  Now we are developing an app to do it online and have more of an idea of what the popular themes are, so we can bulk buy and keep the prices down. The idea is to outsource to India or China to ramp things up. The key thing that i realised is what you say all along. dont look for the passion, the passion is making money and changing my life. I have now gone down to three days per week in my job and the future is looking good.  I am so happy and now on the look out for other ideas that i can do. Find an idea, find who wants it and then give it to them, which is once again what you tell us time and time again. So i hope this email of success pleases you, and I would love to hear other listeners stories to inspire me again Thank so much Rocky BeltonMiddlesex

Brybe founder Igor Fedenkoff joins us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast today. He is the co-founder of Brybe, Inc. and a serial entrepreneur with a decade long history of creating successful startups in the healthcare and hospitality verticals, improving brand image and revenue 10x. He holds an MBA, is a business instructor/trainer, marketing specialist, public speaker, and an investor. Now he provides a platform for remote professionals and social media influencers looking for opportunities for brand collaborations and on-going work gigs. Individuals and businesses that are interested in utilizing freelance professionals for digital creative services or influencers for social media promotion can access this platform as well. He works with investors looking to be introduced to a profitable opportunity in the online marketplace sector, but for sure knows the nitty gritty, dirty details of running a start-up and raising capital. His mission is to share his mistakes and challenges to help other entrepreneurs to avoid some of the underwater rocks on their own journeys. So what would be the most frequent mistake that he sees people making time and time again? And if he could leap past his biggest mistake would he, or has it simply been another dot on the road to where he is today? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Igor Fedenkoff

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Ken Marshall is today guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast is Ken “Magma” Marshall is the Chief Growth Officer and Managing Partner at RevenueZen. They are a US based agency providing content marketing and lead generation for a whole host of different markets online and off. As they say "Whether you're a Series C SaaS powerhouse blitzscaling to the moon, or a patent law consulting firm, we've got you covered. We know that each industry has its own challenges and throughout the last 7 years, we've just about seen it all. That's why our strategists and campaign managers have developed unique strategic approaches for every industry that we work with. He's been professionally interneting for the past seven years and has shifted his focus to all things SEO and inbound for the last five . How The Dots Joined Up For Ken Ken is an endlessly curious person with a cliche coffee addiction and a burning desire to encourage and empower others to pursue meaningful lives. He openly shares that "I've been sitting on a few ideas that I think will be useful to the world as well. These tools are much more ambitious and have no set official launch date.  Just know they're coming.  Overall, I'm excited to see what my mad scientist brain comes up with and what we as a team are able to achieve this year.  I'm not going to give some long drawn out speech about why 2022 is the year of innovation, purpose, or goal setting.  In my opinion, we should always be doing all of that stuff. So where does he find his seemingly unlimited enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and well it seems life (other than the coffee addiction?  And where does he see his biggest achievement in earning his own income, starting or simply keeping going? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ken Magma Marshall.

A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

Colin Scotland is todays guest joining us on the Steve jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast. He is a self employed business coach and strategist who expertise is helping others to define their message, their direction, and the income that they wish to earn His journey like most who have joined us on the show, is one of building, building, hustle and collapse. We have seen either a physical collapse due to overwork, a mental collapse when confusion drives you to your knees, or a financial one over the years. Right from the beginning watching sales come through on his own website was thrilling. He couldn't believe he could do business virtually like this. He knew then somehow, building businesses online is what I am called to do. He was good at it. Roll on a few months, he found himself sitting in front of a bank manager who for financial reasons was pulling the plug on his business, his dream.

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.

In todays episode of Join Up Dots we get deep and personal after recieving an email from a listener of the show. She wanted to go behind the scenes and ask questions about the leap, and what happens afterwards. Hi David, thank you for creating such an informative podcast. I listen to it everyday and gain something from it each and every-time. I thought it would be a fun and interesting episode if you could share the differences between your life before Join Up Dots and now. I think many of us get trapped in seeing a big picture that is too hard for us to comprehend how to get there, but of course everything comes together when you join up the dots :) So here are some questions that i certainly would like to know the answer to to get an insight into your life. What were you doing at the moment you took the leap into entrepreneurship? How much did you earn then, compared to now? How do you earn your money for bills and invoices? Has it been harder to achieve your success than expected? What was your morning like compared to now? How many hours did you work compared to now? What is a usual day for you running Join Up Dots? Do you get fed up or annoyed with anything in your businesses, especially Join Up Dots? Why do hold firm against getting a cell phone? What are the things that you miss if any about working for someone else? How many days off can you have per year compared to before? What if any are your family commitments? What have been the mistakes that you wish you hadnt made? I would love to hear an episode based around these questions, as no matter how hard you try its obvious that we get a weighted side to the lifestyle and business that you have. Love and light Gemma

Hugely Popular, top rated entrepreneur business podcast the Join Up Dots show inspired by Steve Jobs, is full of amazing, inspiring online and off success stories and career content. A motivation packed show created for the entrepreneurs, wanting to become the best and grab business success, adventure, money, freedom and dreams too. In fact anyone with mindfulness searching for financial freedom, but unsure of the career path to take will love this show, as David Ralph delivers entrepreneurial business advice direct to your eardrums on every episode. Each guest enters into a free flowing conversation filled with humor, motivation, inspiration and powerful stories of success as they look back over their life, and in the words of the master entrepreneur Steve Jobs...join the dots that has led them to their own area of business or lifestyle success.