Second Half Comeback with DG Gregory

If you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, Geoff Woods can show you how to change those five people to people who are living the life that YOU want to be living. Geoff is host of The Mentee Podcast and is in the middle of his own second half comeback as he goes from full time medical device salesman to entrepreneur. He describes his talent as "helping others accelerate their progress by showing them how they can go out and surround themselves with the right mentors and the right ideas. In our conversation, Geoff shares how his wake call came when a 35 year old coworker had a stroke and the following week his company changed his commission structure which effectively slashed his income by a whopping 40%! Geoff realized he was at a crossroads and needed to start creating passive income to ensure that his family was financially secure in the event something happened to him or the income from his "day job". But how? Geoff goes on to tell the amazing story of how he discovered the "Secret Knock" and met a number of amazing mentors that have changed his live and upgraded his own inner circle! We go on to discuss strategies and tactics that YOU can use today to start upgrading your inner circle and find life changing mentors. Some of the quotes and highlights of this conversation include: Ask yourself: Are the five people you spend the most time with leading the type of life that you want to live? Are they where you want to be in 10-15 years? Three steps you can take immediately to start upgrading your inner circle. "80% of what you need is already in your network." "Look at the people you already know as a degree. They are one degree from you but you don't know who is one degree from them." Learn the three possible outcomes of reaching out to your current network and telling them that you are looking for mentors. What one simple line can you say to a potential mentor to show that you are deserving of their time and attention? How to overcome the limiting belief that successful people don't have the time or interest in helping somebody like you. What is the single most important thing you can do to provide value to a mentor so that you both get the most value from the relationship? You can find out more about Geoff Woods and The Mentee Podcast as well as get a free mini course called "7 steps to a 7 figure network" at Geoffwoods.com   Jeff has even offered to jump on a call with my listeners if you have any questions or want more information on upgrading your inner circle. You can book a call with Geoff at Call Geoff.

Cole Hatter wanted to make a difference in the world so he pursued becoming a firefighter until a terrible accident stole his health and his dreams. In our conversation Cole tells us about his struggle to overcome this serious injury and the loss of his firefighter dreams by starting a highly lucrative real estate investment business with his dad. Thanks to perfect timing, a smoking hot California real estate market and a ton of hard work, he was crushing it to the tune of six figures per month as a 22 year old! But then Cole had to face his second major setback as the global financial crisis of 2008 crushed his real estate business. He was struggling to keep his family business above water and became so stressed out and disenchanted that he had to quit the family business and vanish to Mexico to regroup. It was while in Mexico that he started working for a non-profit building houses for homeless Mexican families. This gave Cole his first taste of working for a purpose. Cole soon had a life changing revelation. While sitting in his car playing guitar, he had a moment of clarity and realized he could have a much more significant impact if he could fund charitable causes versus simply volunteering as a laborer. He soon returned to the U.S. with a renewed sense of purpose that helped him not only turn his real estate business around but also become a award winning professional speaker who has earned several million dollars speaking to organizations all over the world. Now Cole Hatter wants to teach you how to start a purposeful business and get rich in the process. Don't wait to get rich to make a difference but rather make an impact as you get rich. He is now organizing a world class, 3 day event in Las Vegas called Thrive: Make Money Matter. It's happening October 16,17 and 18th at Mandalay Bay. World class speakers including Gary Vaynerchuk, James Altucher, Lewis Howes, Adam Braun, Tucker Max and many more will be teaching us how to make money, protect our money and make our money matter. Here's the most amazing part...100% of the profits from Thrive: Make Money Matter are going to one of our favorite charitable causes, A Human Project. You can learn more about A Human Project and it's founder Wes Chapman in Episodes 9 and 10 of Second Half Comeback: Listen Here Here are a few of the takeaway lessons from this episode: "I don't have a duplicatable formula other than I worked my freakin butt off...when you are working hard, things happen!" The harder I work, the luckier I seem to get. What separates those who have only ambition and those who actually succeed  is only some are willing to grind it out. "You can make excuses or you can make money but you can't make both." "We are all wired to have meaning in our lives. We want meaningful relationships. We want to do meaningful work...we are designed to want to matter!" "People think that making money and making a difference are separate things but they don't have to be." You can build a business around making a difference. "At the end of the day, let's not just make money. Let's make a difference!"   If this episode and Cole Hatter's message resonated with you, I highly recommend that you join me in Las Vegas, October 16,17 and 18th for the Thrive: Make Money Matter event. You can find out more about Cole Hatter, listen to his podcast, or book him as a speaker at Cole Hatter.    

Today's episode isn't so much an interview as it is a conversation between two friends, two entrepreneurs, who are busting their ass everyday to build businesses and better lives for themselves, their families and their audiences. Mike Goncalves and I met online and are in a small group mastermind together. He has become a friend, my go to fitness expert and someone who holds me accountable and puts a boot in my ass when I need it. I thought you guys would enjoy and benefit from ease dropping on our conversation about the daily challenges of staying healthy and building a business from scratch, little by little, while juggling the challenges of everyday life. No sugar coating here! Just an inside look at two second half comebacks in progress. It's not always pretty, It's often just hard fucking work but hopefully this conversation will give you a few ideas how to battle through and keep taking daily action towards your goal of a better life. Mike has a background running a brick and mortar health and fitness business as a personal trainer. He built and ran this successful business for 10 years in San Diego but had to leave the business behind to return to Boston for personal reasons. He was forced to start from scratch in Boston. He had to get a "real job" to pay the bills and began trying to figure out how to create an online health and fitness business so he could still help the friends and clients that he was forced to leave behind in San Diego. The Wellness Bucket was born! The Wellness Bucket is a "community where people want to feel their best, look their best and ultimately live their best lives." Check it out here: The Wellness Bucket A few of the things that you'll learn from this raw, in depth conversation are: You'll get an honest look at a day in the life of a entrepreneur. How does mike structure his day to ensure he is always making progress on his business while juggling the demands of a job and busy life? Learn Mike's technique for switching gears between his day job and his passion project. Learn 3 strategies Mike uses to make sure he stays motivated and disciplined to do his most important work. We talk about our techniques for "getting in state" and flipping the switch to ensure that we get things done even when we don't feel like it. Mike discusses his "Compound Interest" philosophy We discuss tips for avoiding overwhelm and taking daily action. a psychological hack that can help you become the type of person who does the things you dream of. The importance of making connections including focusing on "lateral connections". and finally how to overcome the dreaded Imposter Syndrome! I enjoyed this conversation so much that I'm going to encourage Mike to be a regular guest on the show. Whether you are hustling to build a side business, leave your day job to start a business or have left your job and are deep in the trenches of building your own full time business, I know you'll relate and find tons of value in this episode. I think this episode is a great follow up to the James Clear Episode as we talk about some of the same concepts of habit transformation for both health and fitness and business. You can still get the Free Audio Lesson from that episode here: Click Here for a free audio gift! "10 Minutes to Transform Your Habits" Please make sure to check out Mike and his awesome work at The Wellness Bucket. If you enjoyed this episode please share with your friends and family and drop us a note and let us know that you'd like to hear more of Mike on the show!   As always, I'd love your feedback at DG's Email

This week’s podcast features my interview with James Clear from http://jamesclear.com/. It’s basically a mini course on transforming your habits and self improvement for entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. James is one of my favorite online personalities and his blog is one of the few that I read religiously. He is a entrepreneur, weight lifter, photographer and an expert on transforming your habits. He writes about psychology and habit formation as it applies to business, entrepreneurship, health and fitness, and creativity. I was actually pretty nervous about interviewing James. In fact, immediately following the interview, I was pretty disappointed in myself because I wasn’t sure I had crushed the interview. I beat myself up pretty bad! I felt like I had blown my big chance to interview one of my online idols. I didn’t even listen back to the interview for weeks. I sat on it because I was embarrassed that I had fucked it up. But recently I forced myself to sit down and listen to it. Guess what I found? It’s good...Really, really good! I’m not saying I was good but James was great and most importantly the information was truly valuable. It’s jam packed with strategies and tactics that you can start applying today to transform negative behaviors and easily build new, positive habits that will truly transform your life and business. I was tempted to do a lengthy, detailed breakdown of all the great strategies in this post but there is simply too much to cover without making this “show notes” post insanely long. Instead I’m going to give you just a quick overview of some of the topics covered here so that you will listen to the interview or it will serve as a quick recap if you’ve already listened. I've also put together a free 10 minute audio download that is a quick recap of a few of the highly actionable lessons from our conversation Click Here for a free audio gift! "10 Minutes to Transform Your Habits" Here’s Some of the Highlights Keystone Habits James explains that a Keystone Habit is a behavior that helps pull the rest of your life in line. We discuss that for him that habit is weightlifting and for me it’s getting up early. Morning Rituals Morning rituals are key because you can get your important stuff done before the urgencies of the day hit and while your will power is still at it’s peak. Habits vs. Routines James makes a distinction between habits (such as biting your nails) and routines (such as going to the gym). We discuss how you can make it easier to do those routines by making the beginning of the behavior more automatic. For example if you want to run 2 miles when you wake up, lay your running shoes out and prep your water bottle the night before...then you can just quickly slip on your shoes, grab your water and head out the door without much thinking or effort. “It’s sort of like an on ramp for your behavior. By making the beginning more mindless and automatic, you make it easier to follow through.” “We often think motivation is something you need to feel before you get started but what we really need is to just make it more automatic to get started.” “Typically we don’t fail after getting started. We fail to get started at all!” “Motivation often comes after you begin not before.” Behavior vs Results In the beginning, the most important thing is to build the behavior not get the result. It helps to focus on building the behavior of becoming the type of person who works out and doesn’t miss a workout first then worry about the performance and outcome. Systems vs. Goals Most people are 90% goals/results focused and 10% systems focused. James makes a persuasive argument as to why it should be the other way around. “The goals will show up anyway if you commit to the system” He discusses three ways that systems are more powerful than goals. Short Term Feedback Loops “The best strategy for long term behavior change is short term feedback” Seth Godin “Identity Votes” “Each time you take an action, It is a vote for the type of person you are and the identity you have.” Environment Change and Designing for Laziness How can you structure your environment to make the lazy or automatic changes better? “It’s really easy to make better choices when you are surrounded by them.” We discuss all these topics and much more so please check out the episode and look for my series of actionable mini lessons on the blog soon. You can have them sent direct to your inbox by signing up for the mailing list and as a free bonus I'll hook you up with a free 10 minute audio recap of the key lessons from this episode. Sign up here: Click Here for a free audio gift! "10 Minutes to Transform Your Habits"   James has put together a free guide for you called “Transforming Your Habits”. You can get it here by simply signing up for his email list http://jamesclear.com/habits.   James Clear publishes new posts every Monday and Thursday at http://jamesclear.com/

This Monday Motivation podcast episode is about overcoming the "C" Word...Comfortable. Let's face it, Change is easy when you are miserable and your back is against the wall. The challenge of the second half comeback is that most of us are fairly comfortable. You've spent the past 15-20+ years of our lives building a decent life for yourself and your family. Your back isn't against the wall. It's against a comfortable couch! As a result, you quickly lose the desire and ability to step out of your comfort zone. you're afraid to risk your comfortable life. Your risk muscle gets weak. You get soft. You're comfortable. Stuck. Hopes and dreams on the back burner. [shadowbox]You're fucking wasting your life sitting on a couch in a subdivision watching t.v.![/shadowbox] I hope that scares the shit out of you! Let's do something about it. It's time to bust out of this life sucking comfort zone! Here are a few of the key takeaways and lessons from this episode: The best way to escape the comfort zone is to simply start practicing stepping out of the comfort zone. Take small steps out of your comfort zone and take them often. Rebuild your risk muscle. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Don't worry about the outcome. Improving your ability to step out of your comfort zone IS the outcome. Pretty much everything you want in life and business lies just outside of your comfort zone...You just need to step outside and grab it! If the sum of your life is based on the decisions you make and the actions you take then you are living an unfulfilled life mostly because you are unwilling to be a little uncomfortable. Many people go to their graves full of regrets and unfulfilled dreams simply because they didn't want to be a little uncomfortable. Most people say they would take a bullet, literally give their life, for their family but yet most won't regularly do the things that make them a little uncomfortable...That's fucking crazy! Your mission for the week is simply to practice stepping out of your comfort zone. Pay attention and recognize the times that you are playing small and clinging to "comfortable". Take small steps outside of your comfort zone. Feel the discomfort and do it anyway. Act like your life depends on it. Act like your families future depends on it....because it does! Thanks for listening! We'll see you next time!  

Today's episode of Second Half Comeback is the very first episode of Team Building Tuesday. It's basically just an introduction to the concept and an explanation as to why you should strive to surround yourself with excellence. The episode is pretty much self explanatory and doesn't really require show notes so let's just go with a brief overview of the concept. Every Tuesday, Second Half Comeback will feature a short 10-15 minute episode that is focused entirely on the concept of building yourself an "Inner Circle" or a Comeback Team if you prefer. The episode will features cutting edge strategies and tactics for finding, connecting and teaming with extraordinary, like minded rockstars using all the amazing modern day tools at our disposal. Many of the episodes will be solo episodes but I will also feature some interviews with Super Connectors and utilize excerpts from previous interviews. This is not old school "networking". This is "Connecting for Success" in the online era. [shadowbox]"If you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with...Don't fucking waste your life with average people"[/shadowbox]   Let's meet back here every Tuesday and learn a rock solid game plan for surrounding ourselves with a team that will help us crush our second half comeback!

On This Solo Episode of Second Half Comeback, I talk about the mistakes I made and lessons I learned during my first six months in business. My hope is that you'll learn from my silly mistakes and achieve your Second Half Comeback in record time! Here are a few of the key takeaway lessons from this episode: Have a Plan. An imperfect plan, well executed, is still better than no plan. Have a start plan. stop wasting time trying to find the perfect plan. Just have a plan and get started. Now, practice the habit of just sitting your ass in a chair and doing the work...day after day, week after week. Execute your plan. Consistency Counts. Having a consistent publishing schedule matters. Honestly, I don't know why but it does. I was inconsistent and my growth suffered. Consistency of effort, work, focus is EVERYTHING! Taking action only leads to success if you do it consistently and if you're able to force yourself to do it even when you're not feeling it. So the magic happens when you combine the two lessons above: Plan on being consistent. Plan on grinding...plan on simply putting your ass in the chair and working on your imperfect plan, day after day after day! Model-Don't try to reinvent the wheel. Model what's already working. After you gain some traction and learn what the hell you're doing...then and only then you can innovate and add your own unique spin. Having tons of connections, followers and "friends" is great but it is essential that you intentionally seek out and connect deeply with a small group of passionate, giving, like minded rockstars. Find your team. Recruit your inner circle. This may be the single biggest determinant of your success in business and life   [shadowbox]If you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with...Don't waste your fucking time with average people![/shadowbox] Action Step:  Deliberately start looking for extraordinary people to join your inner circle. Go above and beyond with your efforts to connect. Give freely. Ask for help and take note of who steps up for you. Work on this everyday until you have a rock solid inner circle. This is absolutely life changing! Announcement Second Half Comeback will now be a 3 x a week podcast! I'm going all in! So look for episodes on Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Motivation Monday: A quick 5-10 minute "Half Time Speech" to start your week. Team Building Tuesday: Also a shorter episode specifically focused on building your inner circle, surrounding yourself with extraordinary people, finding your "five people" that will stand shoulder to shoulder with you as you crush your Second Half Comeback! Full Episode Friday: More of our in-depth conversations with amazing people as well as some long form solo episodes. As always thanks so much for listening, reading, joining the email list and just joining us on our journey to execute our own Second Half Comeback.   We'll see ya next week for 3 new episodes.

On the latest episode of Second Half Comeback, I have a conversation with adventurer and author, Ian Usher from ianusher.com. In 2008, Ian Usher sold his "entire life" on Ebay to tackle his bucket list of lifetime goals. He now inspires other people to achieve their goals. Ian set a goal to accomplish a 100 item "bucket list" in 100 weeks! In the following years Ian managed to accomplish 93 Items from his 100 item list. Here's a quick video compilation of some of his adventures:       Ian has written a great book about his journey called A Life Sold. In 2011 Ian even went on to buy his own island in the Caribbean. He later wrote a book about that experience called Paradise Delayed. In our conversation, we discuss the background and details of his story and highlight several super valuable takeaway lessons that we can incorporate into our own second half comeback's. Here are a few quotes and key lessons learned: Embrace "plan B". It's the end goal that matters. How you get there doesn't truly matter. "Constant stepping out of your comfort zone makes you more comfortable at...stepping out of your comfort zone!" Just take step #1. You don't have to have the whole journey planned out...just the first 3,4,5 steps then steps 6,7,8... will reveal themselves. The best way to overcome the voice of resistance in your head is to just take the first step. "You can plan forever and nothing is going to happen if you don't take that first step and actually physically start on whatever it is that you want to do." We also talk about the importance of starting to believe that "I am the type of person who does "X" (travels, takes risk, writes books, builds businesses, etc.) He also emphasizes the value of putting yourself and your ambitions out into the world, making them public so there is an added element of pressure and accountability. Most importantly, we discuss how everything, big or small, starts as just a seed of an idea. Ian's brilliant advice for accomplishing your big goals in life is to: First: Just take small baby steps immediately and continue with consistent progress on each "next step: Then: Build in a tipping point or point of "no return" which is essentially a big step that is very hard to turn back from. We finish our conversation by talking about his most recent travels across the U.S. in an R.V. and his future plans to travel China and teach english. Take a listen to this inspiring episode and learn how to start crushing your "bucket List"! Call to action: Please reach out to Ian on Twitter and tell him you enjoyed his Second Half Comeback story https://twitter.com/ALifeSold If you know someone who would make a great Second Half Comeback interview, please send them my way and we'll get them on the show. I can always be reached via email at dg@secondhalfcomeback.com or on Twitter @dg_comeback  

In this solo episode of Second Half Comeback I recap some of my favorite moments and takeaway lessons from my recent trip to Nick Unsworth's Ignite Conference. In the episode I talk about what a great job Nick and his team did with the conference but instead of rambling on about it here, I'll just let you listen to the episode. I'm going to use these show notes to just dive right into the takeaway lessons and to provide a few of the links mentioned in the episode...so let's get right to it! Actually , first let me direct you to Nick's website in case you aren't familiar with him and his brand: Nick Unsworth: Life on fire Here's the website for the Ignite conference: Ignite Conference Ok, back to my takeaways from the conference. The conference itself was a three day event that was basically divided so that Day 1 was about "Mindset", Day 2 was about "Marketing" and Day 3 was about "Relationships/Love". Most of my big breakthroughs came on day 1 which is good because somehow I rambled for 30+ minutes just talking about day 1 so i decided to limit this episode to just day 1 lessons. If you've listened to any of my recent podcast episodes, you may know that I've been struggling a bit, both in my personal life and with the direction of the podcast. As far as my struggles with the podcast go, I've mostly been struggling with doubts, fears and the dreaded "Imposter Syndrome". So the day 1 mindset content was of great interest to me. By the end of day 1, I had a couple massive breakthroughs. Here are quick summaries of the two big breakthroughs from day 1 of the Ignite Conference (honestly, It's just easier to listen to me talk about them in the podcast episode and check out the video of Nick talking about getting "in-state".) Finding your "Moment on Fire" and learning how to get "in-state" Nick talked at length about finding your "moment on fire" and then guided us through an exercise. The idea is to think of a time in your life that you felt truly powerful, unstoppable, on fire! Close your eyes. Visualize this moment of triumph in vivid detail. Remember how you felt. Remember how your body felt. How were you standing? What were you thinking? When you visualize this moment in vivid detail, how does it make you feel? Can you tap back into that moment...that feeling of power? Practice until you can. Figure out a physical cue that you can use to trigger this memory...to trigger this feeling of power. Once you have mastered this skill, you will be able to use your trigger to bring yourself back into this powerful state whenever you need. Go listen to the episode. It will make much more sense and I tell you about my moment of fire during a division 1 college lacrosse game...Fuck, that was a great moment! Anyway, here's the link to Nick Unsworth doing a much better job describing this process: Moment on fire Breaking Boards, Destroying Fears and Reviving Our Dreams My most transformational moment of the conference came the evening of day 1. There was supposed to be a fire walk, Tony Robbins style, but apparently the local fire marshall took a shit on that idea so the event transformed to a glass walk. A glass walk is just what it sounds like. You walk across a bed of broken glass in your bare feet. But there was a twist. After you walked across the glass, you were challenged to break a board with your bare hands. The idea was that you would write your biggest obstacle, your biggest fear on the board...and then smash it. the idea was to literally break through your fears.   The funny thing was that I wasn't at all nervous about the glass walk but I was super stressed about smashing the board. We were divided into groups and there were maybe 10 people in line before me to do the walk and board break. Sure enough the first 7 or 8 people struggled to break their boards! I was getting more and more stressed that I would fail to break the board on my first attempt. Finally, it was my turn! To hear my description of what happened, listen to the episode (approx. 17:19 into the episode). Here's my broken board:           So my big takeaway from this board breaking exercise was that I've been letting my fears and negative self talk become a barrier between me and a better life...a better life for my son, a better life for my wife. This exercise helped me realize that when I truly and intensely focus and bring the full force of my frustration and passion, I will smash through every fucking barrier that stands between my family and a better life! That is a powerful and life changing lesson! When I combine this lesson with my new found skill for getting "in state", I've got a recipe for success and serious transformation. So I hope these lessons resonate with you and you can incorporate them in your own life. Let's get focused, "in state" and smash through our fears together! Please drop me a comment and let me know what fears have been stopping you and more importantly how you plan to smash those fears! I'd also love to hear about your "Moment on Fire"!  

On today’s episode of Second Half Comeback, I interview author, blogger and speaker, Andy Traub from takepermission.com and author of The Early to Rise Experience (learn to rise early in 30 days). I’ve been a fan of Andy’s work ever since I watched an interview with him from Deacon Bradley’s Life Stoked. I totally relate to Andy’s blunt style and to how he seems to focus on taking care of his family first. I’m a huge fan of The Early to Rise Experience and have successfully implemented a number of his strategies to help take charge of my life by getting up early. Here are some of the key points and lessons from the Interview: Andy talks about how the book was inspired by one of his favorite books called “The Traveler’s Gift” by Andy Andrews and by his participation in Jeff Goins’ Tribe Writers course. Andy and I discuss how he actually hates getting up early but loves “being up early”. Andy emphasizes the key point that “victory begins at night”. He’s not telling us to get less sleep. He’s saying that the time you spend at night is not productive time versus the morning when we are fresh and full of energy. He points out that no one ever gets up early to waste time watching reality t.v. but that is often what we do at night when we are tired.   “Your ideas are up at 5 a.m. but until now you’ve been asleep so you’ve missed them!” How getting up early allows us to “start our day with a victory”. “Life is not complicated. It’s what you do with your time.” Andy talks about how when his life sucks, it’s because he sucks. In other words, when he’s not being disciplined and getting up early to work on the important things in his life, his life sucks but when he starts his day early by doing his most important work... his life is better.   “We think that life is this big thing. No it’s not...It’s what we do tomorrow morning!”   I mention how one of my favorite tips is that when the alarm goes off, “get in the habit of putting your feet on the floor and pushing (otherwise known as standing)”...in other words, focus on the habit of just standing up as soon as the alarm goes off. It’s much harder to go back to bed once you’ve overcome the hurdle of just getting out of the warm bed. Andy talks about the idea of planning incentives for getting up early: Coffee ready to go when you get up, lay out favorite book to read, lay out clothes to go for a beautiful walk, etc. He mentions the tip that he invested in super comfortable $70 slippers! Early morning is magic time, use it to accomplish something important. "Stress isn’t up at 5 am. Stress doesn’t get up till like 8am so get up before stress.” Build in some accountability or a way to “put some skin in the game”. Make it a challenge, make it public, put something on the line like have a bet with a friend. “Smirk, because you just sucker punched the day”. “I’ve never met a man that I respected who was the last person up in his house.”   Andy finishes up by praising YOU with this final quote… “I appreciate you for being intentional about your life….If you want to win at life you need to be intentional. Anybody who listened to the last 30 minutes is intentional about their lives...Well done! You care about your life...Bravo! This has been an investment in your life so keep listening to the show.” Links and Mentions You can find Andy at http://www.takepermission.com/ Get his book The Early to Rise Experience: learn to rise early in 30 days at http://www.amazon.com/The-Early-To-Rise-Experience-ebook/dp/B00B67PHOU Deacon Bradley's Life Stoked http://lifestoked.com  Andy Andrews: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success http://www.amazon.com/Travelers-Gift-Decisions-Determine-Personal-ebook/dp/B00ETK822K/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418327123&sr=1-1&keywords=the+travelers+gift   Jeff Goins, Tribe Writers: http://goinswriter.com/tribewriters/

On today's episode of Second Half Comeback, Greg Hickman tells us how to use daily rituals and systems to make sure we get our most important shit done everyday. Greg is best known as The mobile marketing expert and for his brand Mobile Mixed. He is host of the Mobile Mixed podcast and formally of the Leaving Corporate podcast. He also blogs about his journey at greghickman.me. He is also a speaker and business coach. He was my business coach for a few months and was instrumental in helping me finally launch the Second Half Comeback podcast. We began today's interview with a quick overview of his story and background which included some mobile marketing consulting, starting a text messaging marketing company and even returning to the corporate world to work for a large national outdoor retailer while working on building Mobile Mixed on the side. Mobile Mixed is a blog, podcast and training company that teaches small businesses and entrepreneurs how to use mobile marketing to generate leads and sales. Mobile Mixed eventually led to speaking gigs, coaching and numerous other opportunities including leaving his corporate job to work on his business full time. Ironically, after Greg left the corporate world to work on his own business full time, He found it was a struggle to stay focused and consistently work on the important "stuff" in his business. Since then Greg has really become a student of productivity, workflow, and daily rituals. He is always experimenting, tweaking and learning the best systems and rituals to get the important shit done in his business and life. We spend the rest of the interview talking about Greg's workflow and systems with a specific focus on his morning ritual. Here are a few of the highlights from his current routine: Starts his morning with some light stretching, walks his wife to work and often follows with more light exercise. Lately Greg has been focusing on a reading habit. After his morning exercise and shower, he has been trying to read for 30 minutes. He then jumps into the meat and potatoes of his morning routine: He spends some time journaling on his computer using a set list of questions that he is always perfecting. then he plans his day. He has been using the "Zero Based Calendar" system. We spend some time talking about the actual nuts and bolts of system such as apps, websites and software that he uses. (See Links below). We finish by talking about the importance of shifting your mindset from entrepreneur to business owner..."How do i take this thing and turn it into a revenue producing business". Greg also warns us about falling into the trap of comparing ourselves to others and copying other successful people's workflows. He emphasizes that we should design a personal system around our own needs, strengths and weaknesses. Resource and Links Greghickman.me Mobile Mixed Greg's Workflow Evernote Asana Sunrise Text Expander Virtual Staff Finder Thanks so much for stopping by the website and listening to the podcast. I hope you enjoyed the interview with Greg Hickman. On the next episode of Second Half Comeback, we are going to dive into our Finish Strong Challenge. We will start by focusing on one simple "keystone" habit that is essential to executing a consistent and effective morning ritual! Now, let's remember to implement our 4th Quarter Mentality and finish 2014 strong! Let's make this the year that changed EVERYTHING! See you next time...... and remember It's never too late to be who you were meant to be!

Welcome Back to Second Half Comeback and the much belated Episode 14! In this solo episode I take some time to explain why It's been a couple weeks since my last episode.  More importantly I talk about the big plans I have for you and the show for the rest of the year. I spend the first part of the show doing my best to be honest about some personal challenges and transparent about some struggles with the direction, purpose and growth of the show. I caught myself falling into a negative mindset where I was giving up on this year already and starting to think about next year! "Next year I'm really going to get my shit together. Next year I'm going to buckle down and give this podcast everything I've got….." Ridiculous! Thankfully I caught myself! I realized there was still 100 days left in the year. Essentially, we were just getting ready to enter the fourth quarter. It's not time to quit on this year. It's time to adopt a "fourth quarter mentality" and finish strong! I spend the rest of this brief episode talking about my plans to bring you the Finish Strong Challenge. We are going to spend the next 90 days making sure that we finish strong and make this the year that changed everything! More details to come…but in the meantime I just want you to listen to the episode and take some time to ponder…. What could you accomplish in the next 90 days that would allow you to look back at 2014 and say "That was the best year of my live"? Who could you become in the next 90 days that would enable you to look back at 2014 and say "That was the year that changed everything"? It's time to think big, adopt a 4th quarter mentality and Finish Strong! The email newsletter is going to play a vital role in this 90 day Finish Strong Challenge so please take a minute to sign up! It's free and a great way for me to send you additional resources that will help you execute your own Second Half Comeback!          

In Episode 13, I share the earth shattering news that....You are going to die! I explain why your life hangs by a thin fucking thread and how incorporating this "deathbed" mentality into your mindset can put an end to procrastination. I start the episode with a blunt disclaimer that I am no guru or role model. I'm just a regular guy struggling to improve my life and fighting for my own Second Half Comeback. I've been thinking about this "thin thread" lesson for several years now and still struggle to incorporate it into my daily life on a consistent basis. Full disclosure: I lived this lesson. I believe and understand that my life hangs by a thin fucking thread and I still struggle with procrastination, fear, uncertainty and just general laziness. This doesn't make the lesson less valuable. It just means that redesigning your life can be difficult and we need to figure out a way to incorporate this mindset along with other key lessons into a well rounded game plan for executing our own Second Half Comeback. So honestly, I feel like this is one of those episodes and lessons that just needs to be heard. Please just take a listen and then take a few minutes to ponder the message and what it means for your life. If I had to sum up the message as a few takeaway bullet points, It would look like this: You are going to die! You think you have time but your life hangs by a thin fucking thread. This is actually good news: As Steve Jobs Said... “Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5aY6rMbOBo You can and should use this "Death Bed" mentality to inspire you to get off your ass and start living. If you were lying on your death bed right now, what would be your biggest regrets? Make these things a priority in your life immediately and daily. Stop waiting, Start doing! That's It! Listen to the episode. Take the lesson to heart. Be thankful for everyday that your still breathing. Live large, take risk, do epic shit, no regrets and leave nothing unsaid with the people you love! If this episode and this podcast resonated with you, please share it with the world or leave us a rating and review in itunes so others can find our show!

On this episode of Second Half Comeback, I bring you part 2 of my conversation with Akshay Nanavati from Existing 2 Living. As a reminder, Akshay is a U.S. Marine and war veteran as well as an explorer and outdoor adventurer who is on a mission to run across every country in the world! We pick up the conversation as Akshay is telling us about a few of his daily rituals. His rituals tend focus on health and energy. He likes to incorporate green smoothies and daily exercise. He also journals and uses a few different reminder and to-do apps to help him find clarity in his day. He goes on to talk about “priming” your subconscious and truly striving towards clarity of lifestyle. My favorite tip from Akshay was to focus first on having true clarity of lifestyle. What kind of life do you ultimately want to live? What kind of adventures do you want to have? What kind of legacy do you want to leave? Then work backward from that primary goal and create milestones towards that goal. Now, plan and execute only the action items that take you to the next milestone.   We talk about the importance of adding elements of “higher mission” to your life as well as focusing on leaving a legacy. Akshay is starting a non-profit foundation that will partner with organizations in each country where he is running to leave a positive impact on the local community. That way his run is ultimately a Higher Mission that will leave a legacy. We talk about the value of using a “meditation on death” philosophy to live your life to the fullest. “Most of us live our lives as if we are never going to die then we die having never really lived”. Finally we talk about what’s next for Akshay and his mission. This September he will be running across 5-7 countries in Europe. He gives us some great advice about tackling a large, intimidating mission. Do the smaller pieces first as you learn the necessary skills and build confidence. For example, He is starting his runs in Europe in the smaller countries while he learns how to manage the logistics and then he will run the larger countries. Also, “ find somebody who has done what you want to do and ask them how they did it”. We finish by talking about the book he is writing. He explains the term “Fearvana” as “a state of unity and bliss without fear that is only achieved through immersion in fear.” This concept helps us turn fear into a positive thing. You can follow Akshay on his journey to run across every country in the world at Existing 2 living  Resources The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz https://www.youtube.com/user/Existing2Living 

  On Episode 11, We have a great conversation with Akshay Nanavati of Existing 2 Living. Akshay is a Marine and a war veteran who is now also an explorer and adventurer. He is on a mission to run across every country in the world to promote world unity and spread a message of good will. I first became familiar with him when I saw him give a quick talk at World Domination Summit and immediately thought he is a great example of someone making an incredible Second Half Comeback. He begins by telling us about a time in his teens when he became heavily involved with drugs and alcohol and even lost two friends to that destructive lifestyle. Akshay was able to pull himself out of that world and it was actually a scene from the movie “Black Hawk Down” that triggered his desire for self improvement and a life of service. He embarked on a journey of self improvement, joined the Marines and immersed himself in the world of outdoor sports. He served his country in  Iraq in 2007-2008 and then returned to the corporate world. He quit that job and spent all his savings to take on the epic challenge of skiing across the second largest ice cap in the world in Greenland dragging a 190 pound sled for 350 miles! He is now on a journey to run across every country in the world. One of the key lessons we discussed was the importance of finding immense clarity of purpose when trying to redesign our lives. Also, taking 100% responsibility for our lives and developing successful habits were key factors found in most success stories. He mentions how daily exercise is a great stepping stone to building other positive habits.His story and his journey provide us with some valuable and actionable lessons for our own Second Half Comebacks. Here are a few of the other takeaway lessons from this episode: We can choose “triggers” in our life that will help us make instant and lasting positive changes. He used the movie “Black Hawk Down” to trigger a desire to challenge himself and lead a life of service to others. After returning from Iraq, Akshay struggled with returning to the corporate world and dealing with the stresses of a complicated everyday life that was very different from the simplicity and life or death nature of his life in the Marines. He was eventually diagnosed with PTSD. He learned that he could find solace and peace in the outdoors as well as get some of the same feelings of simplicity, risk and living in the moment that he had while serving in the Marines. We discuss how many people would love to add meaning and challenge to their lives by embarking on some kind of meaningful, epic journey or mission. Akshay gives us some tips on how anyone can start towards their own epic mission. We discuss the four elements of the human experience: mind, body, heart and spirit. He believes that physical challenges are a great way to tap into all four of these elements and this can help us feel true fulfillment and accomplishment. He emphasizes that it’s persevering through pain and hardship that often brings true fulfillment, lessons and happiness. These lessons and clarity can be brought back to our everyday world and applied to business and life. We talk about how these epic missions can help us bust out of our comfort zones and inspire our Second Half Comeback. Books Mentioned in this Episode The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness by Stephen Covey The Success Principles(TM) by Jack Canfield Call to Action   Please go check out Akshay's journey at   http://www.existing2living.com/

10 Wes Chapman Pt. 2 on Self Reflection, Keeping it Simple and Building a Self Sustaining Community of Empowered Youth   In part 2 of my conversation with Wes Chapman, founder of A Human Project, We discuss a few more of the lessons he has learned as he transformed himself from victim to hero.   We talk about the importance of daily rituals and he discusses a few of his favorites including the importance of solitude and self reflection.   He emphasizes the benefits of daily simple meditation. The role of writing to stimulate creativity and help you find clarity in your life. The importance of disconnecting. He suggests turning off all technology and simply writing by hand with a pen and paper. This strategy helps you slow down and activates different parts of your brain.   He suggests a super unique, ninja trick for shaking up your writing routine...Try writing with your off hand! If you are right handed, try starting with your right hand but then when you get stuck or are trying to drill down deep switch to your left hand. This helps put you in a child like state because it helps eliminate your need for perfection and motor skill etc. It helps slow you down and process things differently. It can even help you release old childhood traumas!   Wes stresses importance of not over complicating your life and goals. Keep it simple. We mention The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy and The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson. He also talks about the importance of celebrating and rewarding yourself for the small steps and successes along the way because it reinforces positive behaviors within your subconscious.   Then Wes tells us all about A Human Project. He begins by redefining what “H.u.m.a.n” means. He breaks it down into 5 categories”   Hope Understanding Making a choice Action Nourishing   The overall goal of the project is to create a self sustaining community of empowered youth.   We discuss how someone would actually go about joining the project if they needed help or knew someone who did. Wes pointed us to Join a Human Project.   Finally, Wes and I discuss how we (the SHC audience) can help at risk youth via A Human Project. He discusses the various ways we can donate, pledge and spread the word.   Call to Action If this episode hits home with you and you deeply resonate with Wes’s story and mission of empowering at risk youth, as I do, please take action and make a donation or a pledge to A Human Project.   This single action will not only help at risk youth but could very well change the direction of your own life! As a small additional incentive, If you donate $50 or more I will happily give away a free 30 minute skype call with me to discuss your own Second Half Comeback! I will also give you or your business a shout out on the podcast and social media. Just send me an email dg@secondhallfcomeback.com and tell me about your life changing donation! Finally If you enjoyed the episode, please give Wes some love on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed our conversation on Second Half Comeback! https://twitter.com/wesleydchapman   Thanks so much for listening and we’ll see you next time on Second Half Comeback!  

Wes Chapman is the founder of A Human Project at http://www.ahumanproject.com/.   A HUMAN PROJECT is a for-purpose organization with the mission to create a community of empowered youth. Giving youth the tools they need to create long lasting and positive habits. By doing this they give youth the opportunity to break the cycle of hopelessness many of them have endured. They believe that every child is created for a purpose and that each child deserves to experience ultimate joy. Wes’s personal story includes being abandoned at one year old by his father and at six and a half years old by his mother. He tried to commit suicide twelve times before his sixteenth birthday. He was to subjected to terrible physical and sexual abuse throughout his childhood but he survived! He tells his personal story in powerful detail in his founders story on the A Human Project website. I’ve included the audio in the beginning of this podcast episode and you can see the video here Founder's Story Video. I can’t recommend highly enough that you watch this video. It gives incredible insight into his story and the mission of A Human Project. It’s truly a wake up call and the kind of video that will change your life. Wes has also been an entrepreneur since he was 8 ½. His very first business made over $500 a day. He has crushed it on the world of business and also had some epic failures. He recently realized that everything that has happened in his life has happened for a reason and has brought him to this moment and his true purpose which is to empower at risk youth through A Human Project. In Part 1 of our conversation we talk about: The difficulties and advantages of making a “Second Half Comeback” The importance of understanding that “Tomorrow is the new frontier. Change your perspective today to make tomorrow the best it can possible be!” How he started his entrepreneurial career out of necessity and as a survival mechanism. It didn’t become purpose drive until he started listening to the universe and recognizing the patterns that were being presented to him. We discuss how “The little things that you do in your life really do change the outcome of your tomorrow.” Wes tells the story of how the entire A Human Project started because of a “Selfie” he took for a Gary Vaynerchuck fan. Within 2 months of this simple decision, Wes was standing in front of a group of 700 youth and empowering them to change their lives. We discuss the importance of this lesson. How recognizing the repeated messages from the universe and saying yes to the opportunities that arise is an absolute key to changing your life and finding your purpose. How reaching out and meeting his biological father at age 26 started him on a journey to find clarity in his life. It led to him starting his personal blog and writing about his life. This helped him to start getting comfortable with himself and who he is. He sums up this experience by saying “the first step to finding clarity in your life is being honest with yourself”. He gives some amazing tips on how to start the process of gaining clarity and purpose in your life. Simplify your questions “You only have two options in life. You can be a Victim or Hero. That’s it!” “Switching your mentality from victim to Hero will speed your life up in every single aspect!” “Positivity does not breed negativity but negativity can truly breed positivity”. All the negative things that have happened to you in your life can be transformed into positive’s if used with intent and purpose.   In the next episode of Second Half Comeback, I will bring you part 2 of my conversation with Wes Chapman. We will discuss more of the valuable lessons he has learned through his amazing journey and discuss A Human Project in detail. Wes will explain the mission and philosophy behind the project and tell us how we can help. As I mentioned before, Please take the time to check out A Human Project and Wes’s founder’s story. If this episode hits home with you and you deeply resonate with Wes’s story and mission of empowering at risk youth, as I do, please take action and make a donation or a pledge to A Human Project. This single action will not only help at risk youth but could very well change the direction of your whole life! If you’ve been thinking and talking about how you want to make an impact and leave a legacy with your life, This is a simple, tangible, meaningful way that you can have an immediate impact. Don’t blow this off, take action right now! This is a great way to go from victim to HERO! Click here now to contribute… Be a Hero  As a small additional incentive, If you donate $50 or more I will happily give away a free 30 minute skype call with me to discuss your own Second Half Comeback! I will also give you or your business a shout out on the podcast and social media. Just send me an email at dg@secondhallfcomeback.com and tell me about your life changing donation!

Who is Melinda Yeaman and What is Outlier Magazine   Melinda Yeaman is an online marketing veteran of 15 years who unplugged from her corporate career path to become an entrepreneur and to live an authentic, passionate life. Her experience in graphic & web design, e-commerce, social and tech enables her to fuel success in her own brands as well as those of her clients and associates. As an Outlier herself, Melinda co-hosts the Outlier On Air podcast, and assists in the growth of Outlier Labs, Magazine and Conferences to provide a springboard for startups. Outlier is a entrepreneurial company that helps people start, grow and scale their business. The Outlier brand not only includes Outlier Magazine but also a co-working space and destination conferences. Melinda's Story She started working a corporate job in college to help pay for college but it ended up pulling her away from college and she never finished college. So she went on to get married and have kids. She first ventured into the entrepreneurial space because she wanted to be able stay home with her kids. She tried to negotiate with her boss at her corporate job so that she could work from home but the president of the company wasn’t onboard. She worked out an arrangement to leave the company to start her own business but was then able to land her old company as her first client. Over time her client base continued to grow until it grew to the point where she had to decision.She had to decide whether to go all in on that business and hire a large staff to run the business or go back to the corporate world where she could theoretically have a more manageable work life and not have work consume her life. She dove back into the corporate world with the attitude that she was going to make as much money as possible. She had great success, worked her way up the corporate ladder, made great money and basically worked herself into the proverbial “Golden Handcuffs” She started to feel the pull of the entrepreneurial life again. She was planning her exit, listening to podcasts and so unhappy that she literally prayed for an answer. The very next day she got laid off! She viewed it as a sign and her permission slip to go after her dreams. She went back into consulting but this time for larger clients and really focused on networking within her own community. It was at one of these local networking events that someone mentioned how she should connect with Ever Gonzalez. She "said yes" to the opportunity and called him that night. They met the next day and Outlier was born! In This Episode You Will Learn How a lay off literally answered  her prayers. The importance of connecting and adding value even when you are not getting paid. Why you should connect online. find a mentor and look for masterminds. Then spend the time and money to go meet these online connections in person at conferences and seminars. The importance of connecting and adding value within your own community. How to take advantage of ”People Fuel” and why you need to strengthen your “Bravery Muscle”. Why you should avoid “Social Arrogance” and add value to everyone you meet. The realities of dealing with the "Entrepreneurial Sickness". The importance of organization and systemizing your work/life balance. How Melinda learned to create  a schedule WITH her family. and the importance of managing expectations with your family and friends. How to focus on the quality of time not the quantity of time. Give yourself permission for small blocks of focused family time. Carve out time specifically for that purpose. Where to find Melinda and Outlier Magazine   Website: http://www.outliermagazine.co/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/melindayeaman Podcast in Itunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-on-air-interviewing/id773017934?mt=2   Call to Action As I mentioned at the end of the episode, I need your feedback! What problems are you having with your Second Half Comeback? What kind of Comeback are you trying to make: start a business, health and fitness, relationships, travel, retirement, other unique, amazing dreams? I want to hear about it and I want to help! Please give me your feedback in the comments or via email to dg@secondhalfcomeback.com. Better yet, Sign up for the email list!  

In this solo episode, I talk about a long forgotten promise. A promise that you made and broke. It is the unspoken promise that you made to yourself and your family that someday you will become the man you were meant to be. Have you noticed lately when you tell your family and friends about your “Comeback”, your dreams and aspirations, they seem unimpressed maybe even skeptical? It almost seems like they don’t believe you or don't care. Well, the reason your family, your wife or girlfriend, your close friends don’t fully buy into your dreams is that they don’t trust you. They don’t believe you anymore.You made an unspoken promiseto your young family. You made an unspoken promise to yourself...and you broke that promise. You promised them a certain kind of life, certain dreams. You promised them that you would become the “Man” that you were meant to be! When you were first starting out, you made an unspoken promise to your family. “Stick with me through these hard times and I promise that I will become the man you believe I can be”. “Trust me, someday we will have an extraordinary life”. “Believe in me and I promise that I will bust my ass everyday until we are living the life of our dreams!” I Broke this promise. You broke this promise. We basically lied to the people we love most, to the people who trusted us the most. That is why they don’t trust us completely. That is why they don’t fully buy into our dreams anymore. The reason YOU don’t even believe in your dreams is that you don’t trust yourself. But they haven’t given up on us. Deep down, they still believe in us. Look into your wife’s eyes. Look into your son or daughter’s eyes. Can’t you see they still believe in you? It’s time to acknowledge that you broke this promise and more importantly It’s time to take action and make good on your promise to the people you love most. Broken promises can be mended. But they need to be acknowledged and then they are mended by action. They are mended by rebuilding trust. They are mended by keeping your word and your unspoken promise everyday. Listen to the episode now. It has a few action steps to help you start following through on your promise. Drop me a comment below and let me know what you think. I’ll read and respond to all comments.

Episode 06 The Secret Sauce of Building Your Winning Team is basically a part 2 to the previous episode The Biggest and Worst Kept Secret to Transforming Your Life and Business. In this episode I recap the importance of surrounding yourself with amazing, supportive, like minded people who are doing the things that you dream of doing.   I also emphasize again the importance of finding online communities in your “Niche” to make initial connections and then attending live conferences, seminars and meet-ups to cement these relationships through shared experiences. This is what I call the “Secret Sauce of building your winning team.   After this short recap, I spend most of the episode giving you actionable tips to help you accomplish both of these steps. Topics discussed include   Finding your online tribe   How and where to search for online communities in your area of interest.   Should you fork out your hard earned money to join paid courses and communities?   I share numerous tips for engaging with people in these communities including several proven methods for becoming know as one of the most helpful, giving, action oriented super stars in the community. these tips will help draw people to you like a moths to a flame!   How to use these communities to find and prioritize the best live seminars, conferences and meetups in your niche.   How to leverage these online relationships to ensure that your conference experience is incredible and full of shared experiences.   Take your online relationships to the next level with shared experiences.   How to use pre-conference meetups to ensure that you feel like a rockstar during the rest of the conference.   How to stand out by offering to be of service to fellow attendees   The importance of saying “yes”.   How to employ the “DG” Method of simply outlasting the crowd to ensure smaller more intimate connections and memorable shared experiences *(Hint: this method works best if you have a solid alcohol tolerance and little need for sleep. Not for beginners or light weights but trust me this one fucking works!)   the importance of having a system in place to remember connections made and follow up after the conference. I suck at this and welcome any and all listener tips!   As always, the episode ends with a call to action. Take the first step now and search for your tribe online. Then take the leap and start connecting and offering value to the community.   Remember you’ve already found one community of amazing, like minded people who are fighting for their own second half comebacks!   Join our team. ...sign up for the email list now!   Thanks for listening! We’ll see you next time on Second Half Comeback.   P.S. Would you help other friends find our team and join our community. Take a minute and give us a quick rating and review in itunes. Reviews are one of the ways itunes determines if this show is worthy of “New and Noteworthy”.   Thanks for taking action!   DG

The Biggest and Worst Kept Secret to transforming your life   On today’s solo episode of Second Half Comeback I talk about the single strategy that has transformed my business and my life.   I’ve begun surrounding myself with extraordinary, like minded people.   I know. It’s not exactly ground breaking advice is it? We’ve all heard this advice a million times including the now famous quote from Jim Rohn:   “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”   But I think many of us understand the concept yet fail to execute it because it seems like such a daunting challenge. The idea of eliminating “negative” people from our lives seems big and dramatic. The idea of “networking” with strangers seems intimidating and uncomfortable.   I understood the concept but failed to execute it consistently in my own life.   Until I took Scott Dinsmore’s Connect with Anyone course. Scott had an amazing concept and quote that changed my mindset forever. He called it “Brain Washing the Impossible” and his quote changed my life:   “The fastest way to do something that you don’t think is possible is to spend time around people who are already doing it”   Boom!   Come on, that’s good shit!   It made me realize that a big part of this concept is just about being around people who are doing the things that you want to do. This is important for a number of reasons. The most obvious is that it gives you a team, a tribe, to work with towards a common interest and goal. You can help and support each other. Promote each other. Learn from each other, etc. This is huge and can have a major impact on your life.   But the often overlooked reason that this will change your life is that:   Surrounding yourself with people who are already doing what you dream of doing shows you that it is possible and this changes everything!   So in this episode I talk a little about my early and long struggles of starting a business and changing my life. I explain how I progressed from seeking information to seeking community.   I finally learned the value of community, connections and relationships with extraordinary like minded people and I started joining various online groups, masterminds and communities. I also started attending live, in person conferences.   This is where I discovered the “Secret Sauce”  to transforming your life and business.   I learned that making connections and building relationships online and then cementing and growing those relationships through face to face shared experiences at conferences and meet-ups is an absolute game changer.   This single strategy will change your life.   Relationships are built and strengthened on shared experiences   So I hope you enjoy the episode and in the next episode I will give you my best tips and actionable advice on how to execute and maximize this strategy.   The Action Step for this episode is for you to brainstorm and research online communities, masterminds and groups related to the area of your Second Half Comeback. Look for FaceBook groups, forums, blogs etc.   Then look for opportunities to meet these groups in person such as at conferences, retreats, meet-ups etc and then take action! Reach out. Join a group. Join a paid community. Go to a meetup. Finally, You've found a community of like minded, extraordinary people right here at Second Half Comeback. Join our team by signing up for the email list and we'll take this journey together. Just look on the sidebar of the blog and sign up right now. Awesome!   “Start spending time around people who are already doing what you dream of doing and your life will immediately change for the better.   Here are the links, conferences and courses mentioned in this episode:   Scott Dinsmore’s http://liveyourlegend.net/   http://howtoconnectwithanyone.com/joinus/early-access/   http://fizzle.co/   http://www.entrepreneuronfire.com/podcastersparadise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcastersparadise   Worhttp://worlddominationsummit.com/   New Media Expo: http://nmxlive.com/2014-lv/  

On Episode 04 of Second Half Comeback I feature my Interview with Maritza Parra. Maritza is a author, speaker, coach and all around internet entrepreneur who turned her passion for horses as a teenager into a thriving business by using the power of story and list building. Highlights and lessons from her story include: She discovered the power and leverage of list building because of her passion for Spanish Horses and a type of horse riding called dressage. She built a list of subscribers around this obscure “niche within a niche” and profited by just over $29,746 when she made her first ever offer to her tiny “horse list” During a tough time in her life, Maritza began studying the subject of Law of Attraction to help her overcome panic attacks and turn her life around. She again built a list of interested customers and was able to turn her interest into a coaching business and even eventually get featured on Oprah, The Soul Series. How having a "Marketing Mindset" is the key to business. How the "Power of Story" and creating something extraordinary is the key to your list building, marketing and sales. How learning to say "Yes" has changed every aspect of her life. She explains the importance of asking your customers what they want and then creating a product to fulfill their needs. She discusses the importance of eliminating the negative influences from your life. The benefits of focusing on taking the next small baby steps instead of focusing on massive action. Learn about her daily rituals and habits that have helped her focus on her creativity. Learn her tips and strategies for overcoming negativity and the Imposter Syndrome. Please find her and thank her for coming on the show at http://maritzaparra.com/  or tweet her  @MaritzaParra

  Transforming your life seems like a massive overwhelming prospect but if we don’t make it so fucking hard and just focus on taking small, daily, seemingly insignificant action...It will happen!

On this episode of Second Half Comeback, we feature an interview with Naz and Leah from RYPL.net. Learn how after a combined 22 years of working unfulfilling jobs, they each individually started down the path of self transformation and their own Second Half Comeback's. They met in 2012 and within 12 months, they both had quit their jobs to create RYPL.net and have since helped  thousands transform their lives and find their purpose.

In this interview with Appendipity Theme developer and internet entrepreneur, Joey Kissimmee, We learn how Joey went from high school dropout, house painter and 10 year Walmart employee to running a highly successful online business.

Welcome to episode 00, The Intro Episode, of Second Half Comeback podcast. In this episode, I tell you about the show concept, who should listen and why, and what to expect in upcoming shows. I also tell you a little about my background and my "Big Why" and I finish the episode with a couple of quick action steps so that we can start getting in the habit of taking action.