Intro to Branding 22/11/17

Gary Vee talks about documenting not creating. Use this method in your life. Each instance and moment is an opportunity for you to make lots of content. You don’t have to wait for everything to be perfect

Today as I was reading the book the entrepreneur rollercoaster I was reminded to do what works. Recently I had close the client and started working with them but then I changed the process of my marketing and Watt had gotten me that played in the first place. I then went through a series of trying to figure out how to get more clients. Instead of doing what had work the first time I was trying to invent another way. Now I have just been reminded to do what worked the first time. Do what works

Anyone who thinks that things are going to be okay and that they will go back to where they were before is dreaming. We need to prepare for the worst and seize the opportunities so that you can be smooth sailing when everyone else is getting wiped out.

This is for you if you’re feeling stuck, hopeless, tired, worn out, burnt out, lethargic, angry, restless, scared, fearful, unsure or confused about what you have to do right now and the times that we are in. It’s natural. It’s okay. It’s normal. But you can’t stay in that state. It doesn’t help you one bit. Listen to this and I promise it’ll move you forward to take action and grab what you need to smash today!!!

Use this time to create. Use this time to really push hard and make sure everyone knows what you do. Don’t just sit back and watch Netflix. Don’t do what everyone else is doing. Focus more on promoting and creating stuff for everyone else to consume. Pour more energy and effort into it so that you’re the one that everyone is watching. Use this time to come out on top while everyone else scrambles. It’s an opportunity. Seize it.

Let go of anything that is holding you back. You need to let go of who you were in order to become who you want to be. You need to let go of old ideas in order to grow into a new person and new beginnings. You need to let go of people in your life that don’t add value and that hold you back. The second half of the year has started. You got to move fast and get what you want. This means letting go of anything that is weighing you down and stopping you from getting to your goals.

Lots of people fall apart as soon as things don’t go according to plan or when people don’t support them they way they want. It’s all a test. The universe is testing you. Everyone is testing you to see how strong your resolve is. Don’t cry about it. Push harder and make it happen. Stay focused.

Six years ago I was given a piece of advice to only do one take when I am doing a video or a photo or any piece of content. So this is the same advice that I give to you, do one take! Don’t overthink things. Don’t get caught pondering what other people think. Don’t get stuck in your head. Take action! Do it now! Do it in one take!

Often in movies we see that the bad guys make one fatal mistake they live prisoners and it’s these prisoners that will be their downfall in the end. Take no prisoners. When you start something see it through right to the end. Be a finisher.

Don’t be one of those people who slack off on Fridays and goes out for a long lunch or leaves early of switches off. Finish strong. Drive it all the way to the finish. Your boss is paying you to do the work that he needs done. You have made that commitment by taking his money. Don’t dishonour the commitment by slacking off otherwise you will welcome that into your life when you need other people to do things for you. Furthermore you teach yourself that your commitment isn’t worth very much and you undermine yourself. You can never have success if you don’t believe in yourself and your value and your worth. Don’t slack off

When I sit down with people the first few things I ask them is “what are your values? List me your top 10.” Most of them have no idea. A few can name maybe one or two but very few know 5 and none know 10 of them off the bat. This is very troubling because if we don’t know our values then we don’t have a framework in which we can design our lives. We don’t have a stable foundation. This podcast talks about this more in depth and why knowing your values is important for business and life.

A lot of us spend so much time selling our product or service or ourselves. We don’t spend enough time closing and overcoming the one or two objections that there are. So once the sale is ready to close - close it don’t keep going don’t overcook it.

As a Samoan we have inherited the beliefs and the values of our grandparents and parents. The problem is that the advice and the lessons that served them well back then do not really work today. They learnt to trade time for money and to work hard but actually nowadays with technology people only want the result and they want it now. They don’t care for it taking a long time. Also there was an emphasis put on hard work but today people just want the result in the easiest way possible. Don’t let the thinking of the past hold you back from making the most of today and getting ahead in this future which is full of opportunities and possibilities

The truth for this Tuesday as we look towards the beginning of a new month and the midway point of this year is that we have to contemplate and ponder our death. It is coming. We are going to die one day! The people around us and those that we love are going to die. Are we ready for it? Have we made a difference on this earth? Have we lived out our purpose? How will we be remembered when we are gone?

Setbacks happen - keep moving forward. Make sure you know where you are heading to. It’s the journey which makes the destination worth it but the destination has to be clear

Get moving - do what you gotta get done TODAY! Don’t leave it for another day

Envision your life so that it scares you and you’re faced with bigger problems and bigger questions of if you succeed. Learn to embrace those problems in order to move forward.

This episode talks about what we are more confident to do things in a group than when we have to go out and do it on our own.

In this episode we talk about the strange times of coronavirus and the need to not let it take away from what you have achieved and what you have accomplished. These times are hard and they are challenging but they are not permanent. So keep reminding yourself who you are at your core because that is what is permanent and that is what matters.

Day 4 of the 6 Week Start Up Challenge talks about the environments we are in and how we find the ones that are conducive to our success and growth.

Day 3 of the 6 Week Start Up Challenge where we talk about not running a business but instead, viewing it as funding a lifestyle. It is the vision and life that you want that should take precedent. From this starting point you are able to put up with a lot and endure a lot. From the other side it could very well end up that instead of running a business, the business runs you.

Day 2 of the 6 Week Start Up Challenge talks about the fact that we are constantly taking on information from the outside. Most of the time we don’t even realise it but we spend so much of our precious time consuming things which don’t help us. This podcast talks about the importance or getting out of consumption mode and getting into creation and production mode. Stop consuming - create!

Day 1 of the 6 week Start Up Challenge. We discuss the concept of challenging the beliefs around you and how others are playing the game. We see just how important it is to have a vision and the steps you must go through to pursue that vision. This is the beginning of the journey but the end must be clear in sight. Challenge the Thinking - Change the Game

In the cultural wars of our time there is also the difference between those in the homeland and those in diaspora. One of the biggest differences is language and the use of language. Often it is viewed that those who cannot speak the language or cannot speak it well become second rate in their culture. Although on a biological level this is not exactly true. It does make sense on another level as language is the main lens which allows one to comprehend one’s culture. This is what we discuss in today’s podcast.

We are at the halfway mark for this national lockdown here in NZ. If you’ve been taking it easy up to this point then it’s time to get up and get in position so that when everything opens up again, you’re ready for action and ready to win. The money is still out there... it didn’t just disappear off the earth. You just have to go find it and it’s probably hiding a little better but it’s there if you know how to access it.

More than ever we are connected as a global community. This means working with and dealing with people who may or may not act and think the way we do. The fastest way to learn to understand and navigate a way forward in this world is to travel.

Use skills to leverage yourself into new experiences. Chase skills and acquire more of them to improve the quality of your experiences and in turn your life.

Right now you have the choice to be productive or to just consume. It is easy to tell ourselves that this is time to just chill and relax and take it easy, but the reality is that this is the time to work! This is the time to be productive! Some people will try to convince you that it’s okay to not work too hard. I even heard something as stupid as “we are experiencing collective trauma” but the fact is, you can’t afford to sit back. On the other side of this crisis is the real crisis and life will be faster than ever to try and catch up. You need to be able to land on your feet when everything opens up again or you will be run over and trampled on. Work now! Start now! Don’t be naive and lazy and believe that it’ll all be okay. Because it won’t for a lot of people and you owe it to yourself and to your family to not be one of them. Use the time now to make thing happen and to position yourself. Don’t wait til you’re out of time and desperate.

So many people don’t really like themselves as much as they let on. This is a perfect time to reintroduce yourself to you and to figure out what it is that you like about yourself. In this episode we talk about how to start to like yourself and how to solve some problems that keep you from being the person that you want to be and drag you down into being that person that you hate being.

So often there are slogans and little mottos about teamwork and the importance of working together as a team, yet we often find that we aren’t as good at working in a team as we think. This episode addresses two things we need to think about when picking our team or partners that we want to work with.

Even though we are in lockdown and isolation we have to remember that time is still ticking on. We don’t know how long the Corona Crisis will last but we know that time will keep going. Knowing this, we have to keep our goals clear and keep pushing forward to them. Our lives are coming close to an end even though the world seems to have come to a pause. This episode is a little shake up to remind us what’s really happening and to keep focused and keep moving.

In this episode we talk about the different reactions to crisis that come up and how you can make the most of it and in fact change your life for the better as a result of this crisis. Wouldn’t you like to come out of this better than you went in? Have a listen...

This episode lays open some truths which are going to take place from this crisis and discuses some of the possible options to take in order to come out of it on top

This episode gives 3 main ideas around what it takes in general to be a better writer or speaker. Even though I am a performer I am a very good writer as well. These skills have allowed me to do some amazing things in life and my wish is that it can help someone out there who has big aspirations to seize their dreams and move towards their goals.

We have goals and dreams and visions that we think are good not just for us but also for others. We want other people to come with us on the journey to achieve them and we want them to enjoy the benefits and rewards that come from it but sometimes they just don’t want to move. We want so badly to find the right words or do the right thing to motivate them and get them going forward but the reality is it’s not as easy as that and perhaps there is another way to go about it. We shall discuss this in this short podcast

Oftentimes people cut off those who are bad for them and then replace them with those who are equally as bad for them as the first group. This podcast talks about this and what to do to avoid this mistake.

Today I share my experiences around meditation and how it helps get better results for me and harness my focus power and effectively produce

I’m sharing my experiences around the importance of bench Authentic and why it will help you in your journey

Some steps towards building your brand and some principles that you might want to think about to get started and get you on your way

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