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Jeff Haden worked for the same manufacturing company for 17 years with the goal of becoming a plant manager. When he finally got the opportunity to land his dream job, he realized that he no longer wanted it; instead, he wanted to become a writer. Despite having no professional writing experience, he started working odd jobs, like ghostwriting press releases and articles for Inc. Now, he has ghostwritten over 70 non-fiction books, including two NYT top tens and nine Amazon category #1s. How did he stay motivated to learn a new skill later in life? In this episode of YAPClassic, Jeff will reveal how he became a highly sought-after ghostwriter for some of the most recognizable CEOs and business leaders. We'll also hear his advice on how to motivate ourselves, master new skills, and what to cut out of our lives in order to stay focused on our goals, including why he recommends we fire a friend.  Jeff Haden is a speaker, ghostwriter, and author of The Motivation Myth. He is also a frequent, and the most popular, contributor to Inc. magazine and a major LinkedIn Influencer, having amassed over 1 million followers. Jeff is a keynote speaker and the founder of Blackbird Media. In this episode, Hala and Jeff will discuss:  - How to stand out when changing career paths - The kinds of goals you should be setting when learning a new skill  - Why you should celebrate the small wins  - How effort creates motivation - How the most successful people stay motivated - How to take advantage of “me-time” - What activities and expenses to cut out of your life - Why you should fire a friend - And other topics… Jeff Haden is a speaker, ghostwriter, and author of The Motivation Myth. He is also a frequent, and the most popular, contributor to Inc. magazine. In 2021, his online articles for Inc. alone attracted more than 30 million readers. He is a major LinkedIn Influencer, having amassed over 1 million followers. Jeff is also the ghostwriter of over 70 non-fiction books, including two NYT top tens and nine Amazon category #1s, and thousands of columns, articles, presentations, speeches, and eulogies…the total is something just shy of twelve million published words. Jeff is a keynote speaker and the founder of Blackbird Media. LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast' for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Resources Mentioned:  Jeff's Book, The Motivation Myth: https://jeffhaden.net/get-the-book  Jeff's Website: https://jeffhaden.net/  Jeff's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadenjeff/ Sponsored By:  Shopify - Go to shopify.com/hala to take your business to the next level today Factor - Head to youngandprofiting.co/factor and use code profiting50 to get 50% off! More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com   Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Billboard Insider podcast, Blackbird Media CEO Chenault Saunders and President Prentiss Nelson talk about giant digital billboards. Some highlights of the interview The Nashville Sign Blackbird Media owns a spectacular 36' by 38' digital sign in Nashville.  Tell us the story about how it came about. My grandfather...bought that sign in the 50's...It had been a coco-cola perm.  It was a big static thing.  It had a time and temp.  So he operated a business there for many years.  We started to explore the opportunity to take it digital and ended up having ot go and lobby the metro council here in Nashville...and ended up getting a special provision in the code here in Nashville that allowed us to do digital...after looking at a lot of options...we made the decision that we would try to dgo it along.  I started a little company - Blackbird Media.  Me hired a couple of folks from the radio business.  We went up with the sign and it's been quite an adventure...It's at the intersection of West End Avenue and Broadway....It looks right down the middle of the largest, most important street in Nashville... Nashville sign during digital construction. Photo courtesy of Selective Structures, the sign's fabricator The Digital Install. First it was taking a sign down and it was pretty amazing because a lot of it was made of plywood and we peeled back multiple layers, actually got all the way down to the original coca-cola sign that was there.  We had to buttress the structure that was there.  It was very challenging.  The hardest part was that this property had been used for automotive purposes since the 30's.  We were trying to sink these metal pilings into the ground right in between 14 different underground storage tanks which we could not break. Getting city approval I got a call from our land use attorney and he said, look, there's a bill floating through the city council that would outlaw digital billboards in all of these zones and this would apply to you.  We went and we talked to them and we said look, this sign has always been here.  It's a part of Nashville.  It's used as a wayfinder.  Why should Nashville not have the best quality sign.  The Council and everybody was in favor of it... How do you sell a spectacular? These giant signs - if they are in the kind of places where we have ours...they sell themselves...We have a dual selling plan.  We have a national sales plan and a local sales plan.  The local sales plan is where we are out in front of the community reaching out, trying to understand when the big events are...with the nationals it's a different animal. What you think about the automated sales platforms (e.g. blip, onescreen, vistar, adomni, adquick…) We've been kind of dipping our toe into automated stuff.  It has not been particularly effective on our spectaculars...On the rest of our plant that is more standardized we have dipped our toe in with Vistar, Adomni, Place Exchange through Apparatix and our IBO relationship.  We've had some success with that.  We're still figuring out how to optimize...We have used Blip...and we've had great success with that especially as of late...We've been pleased with how that's gone...It's money from the sky that we wouldn't have had otherwise. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Never miss a Billboard Insider article. Join 3,165 subscribers who receive our daily stories for free by sending us your name and email using the form below. *FirstLastEmail *Submit Paid Advertisement  

On today's Billboard Insider podcast, Blackbird Media CEO Chenault Saunders and President Prentiss Nelson talk about giant digital billboards. Some highlights of the interview The Nashville Sign Blackbird Media owns a spectacular 36' by 38' digital sign in Nashville.  Tell us the story about how it came about. My grandfather...bought that sign in the 50's...It had been a coco-cola perm.  It was a big static thing.  It had a time and temp.  So he operated a business there for many years.  We started to explore the opportunity to take it digital and ended up having ot go and lobby the metro council here in Nashville...and ended up getting a special provision in the code here in Nashville that allowed us to do digital...after looking at a lot of options...we made the decision that we would try to dgo it along.  I started a little company - Blackbird Media.  Me hired a couple of folks from the radio business.  We went up with the sign and it's been quite an adventure...It's at the intersection of West End Avenue and Broadway....It looks right down the middle of the largest, most important street in Nashville... Nashville sign during digital construction. Photo courtesy of Selective Structures, the sign's fabricator The Digital Install. First it was taking a sign down and it was pretty amazing because a lot of it was made of plywood and we peeled back multiple layers, actually got all the way down to the original coca-cola sign that was there.  We had to buttress the structure that was there.  It was very challenging.  The hardest part was that this property had been used for automotive purposes since the 30's.  We were trying to sink these metal pilings into the ground right in between 14 different underground storage tanks which we could not break. Getting city approval I got a call from our land use attorney and he said, look, there's a bill floating through the city council that would outlaw digital billboards in all of these zones and this would apply to you.  We went and we talked to them and we said look, this sign has always been here.  It's a part of Nashville.  It's used as a wayfinder.  Why should Nashville not have the best quality sign.  The Council and everybody was in favor of it... How do you sell a spectacular? These giant signs - if they are in the kind of places where we have ours...they sell themselves...We have a dual selling plan.  We have a national sales plan and a local sales plan.  The local sales plan is where we are out in front of the community reaching out, trying to understand when the big events are...with the nationals it's a different animal. What you think about the automated sales platforms (e.g. blip, onescreen, vistar, adomni, adquick…) We've been kind of dipping our toe into automated stuff.  It has not been particularly effective on our spectaculars...On the rest of our plant that is more standardized we have dipped our toe in with Vistar, Adomni, Place Exchange through Apparatix and our IBO relationship.  We've had some success with that.  We're still figuring out how to optimize...We have used Blip...and we've had great success with that especially as of late...We've been pleased with how that's gone...It's money from the sky that we wouldn't have had otherwise. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Never miss a Billboard Insider article. Join 3,240 subscribers who receive our daily stories for free by sending us your name and email using the form below. *FirstLastEmail *Submit Paid Advertisement  

Have you been searching for motivation in your life but don't know where to look?  This week on YAP, we're talking with Jeff Haden, speaker, ghostwriter, and author of The Motivation Myth. He is also a frequent, and the most popular, contributor to Inc. magazine. He is a contributing editor for Inc. Magazine and a major LinkedIn Influencer, having amassed over 1 million followers.  Jeff is also the ghostwriter of over sixty non-fiction books, including seven Amazon category #1s. Along with thousands of columns, articles, presentations, speeches, eulogies. Jeff is a keynote speaker and the founder of Blackbird Media. In this episode, we talk about Jeff's career journey from working in printer manufacturing plants to becoming a highly sought after ghostwriter for some of the most recognizable CEOs and business leaders. We'll hear his tips on how to improve our skill sets, how having the correct partner in your life can impact your professional life, and where motivation comes from. Finally we discuss what to cut out of our lives in order to stay focused and motivated on our goals, including why he recommends we fire a friend.  If you've been looking to find motivation in your life and your side hustles, this episode is for you! Sponsored by -  Athletic Greens - Visit athleticgreens.com/YAP and get FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. Nearside - Go to nearside.com/yap to sign up for your Nearside Business Checking account! BrandCrowd - Check out brandcrowd.com/yap to learn more, play with the tool for free, and get 73% off your purchase.   Charles Schwab - Learn more at Schwab.com/plan Social Media: Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Reach out to Hala directly at Hala@YoungandProfiting.com Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Follow Hala on Clubhouse: @halataha Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com Timestamps: 00:06 - 0:28 Intro 00:29 Career Journey/Path to Becoming a Writer 14:43 Putting In Hard Work For Success 19:24 Importance of Having A Good Support System 24:30 Side Hustling/Moonlighting 26:38 Improving Your Skill Set/Finding Motivation 31:41 Setting Goals/Celebrating Small Wins 35:10 Motivation Myth/ The Book 38:31 Where Motivation Comes From 43:01 Skill Expanding 45:19 How to Stay Focused to Achieve Goals 53:29 Cut A Personal Commitment 55:13 Cut an Expense 56:53 Fire a Friend 59:37 Right & Wrong Way to Talk to Ourselves 1:03:35 Secret to Profiting in Life 1:07:11 Outro Mentioned In The Episode: Jeff's Book, The Motivation Myth - https://www.jeffhaden.com/get-the-book

  Today's podcast guest Steve McNeely has 30 years experience investing in out of home companies.   Steve talks about his newest out of home investment, what he thinks of the public out of home companies and private equity's biggest issue with out of home. Last July you assisted Blackbird Media in purchasing the iconic CNN sign in Atlanta. CNN sign in Atlanta which was purchased by Blackbird Media A gentleman, Chenault Sanders - you did an interview with him 6-7 months ago, his family had developed the Nashville Sign, which is a 35 by 35 digital in a prime location in Nashville Tennessee.  Chenault was a lawyer by trade and decided to develop this property and learned it the hard way by his bootstraps…he developed social media to where he now has 10,000 followers…He was looking for other opportunities and came upon the CNN sign…a static sign on the south end of Centennial park.  And Chenault was looking for advice and a partner…the demographics in Atlanta were exceptional and there was no competition essentially, sitting there in proximity to the Mercedes Dome, State Farm Arena, College Football Hall of Fame, Centennial park and on and on and on. On developing locations There are ways to develop that are tasteful in a supportive complementary way and then there are sticks in the ground.  And that's how the industry got itself in trouble back in the 80's.  Getting a Marlboro or Camel contract and going to a bank to get a loan and put a stick in the ground. On Blackbird Media's Growth Plan We want to continue that model in other municipalities…Instead of having 10,000 conventional leases have 10 leases in high profile urban areas…we're looking for opportunities in the Atlanta market which still has some spots as well as some other metro areas.  We're not really interested in going to New York or LA…or Vegas. Steve McNeeley, Tantara Capital What's the future like for independent operators? I think their future has never been brighter…There's some excellent independent operators.  I give the Independent Operators Association a lot of credit for bringing the independents together so they can take advantage of group buying or group benefits…People say OAAA is just the big guys.  Well it's not.  OAAA does a phenomenal job of representing every operator across America.  So it's extremely important that the independent association and the OAAA work close together. Lamar Lamar is just a great, interesting family company that is very successful…in secondary and tertiary markets and looking at local markets and blocking and tackling.  How can you fault their financial success.  I looked today and they are trading at $94-95.  They've doubled in five years…You look at their operating margins, return on equity, the dividend yield, they've got their debt under control.  My hats off to Sean and his team. OUTFRONT The was the Arte Moreno, Bill Levine plant that grew up through Viacom and CBS…Jeremy has had some record quarters…He chose to go into the transit business in the major metropolitan areas.  They're looking to focus on…the top 25 markets.  You can't argue with his success…they're trading at a 52 week high.  Good margins, not as good as Lamar's because you've got the transit business…It's a great company. Clear Channel Outdoor It's kind of stuck in the middle in some respects…I got a lot of phone calls when they were going through their reorganization – what should we do – and my consistent comment was hold onto this thing for 18-24 months, try to fix it, get your margins up...I would sell the international group in a heartbeat just like OUTFRONT did.  I don't call it diversification.  I call it dilution and exposure. Link Media/Boston Omaha  The two guys that founded it are in the Warren Buffett model…Investing long term in cash rich businesses and out of home cashflows to complement their insurance and finance business…They are an interesting regional player.

  Today's podcast guest Steve McNeely has 30 years experience investing in out of home companies.   Steve talks about his newest out of home investment, what he thinks of the public out of home companies and private equity's biggest issue with out of home. Last July you assisted Blackbird Media in purchasing the iconic CNN sign in Atlanta. CNN sign in Atlanta which was purchased by Blackbird Media A gentleman, Chenault Sanders - you did an interview with him 6-7 months ago, his family had developed the Nashville Sign, which is a 35 by 35 digital in a prime location in Nashville Tennessee.  Chenault was a lawyer by trade and decided to develop this property and learned it the hard way by his bootstraps…he developed social media to where he now has 10,000 followers…He was looking for other opportunities and came upon the CNN sign…a static sign on the south end of Centennial park.  And Chenault was looking for advice and a partner…the demographics in Atlanta were exceptional and there was no competition essentially, sitting there in proximity to the Mercedes Dome, State Farm Arena, College Football Hall of Fame, Centennial park and on and on and on. On developing locations There are ways to develop that are tasteful in a supportive complementary way and then there are sticks in the ground.  And that's how the industry got itself in trouble back in the 80's.  Getting a Marlboro or Camel contract and going to a bank to get a loan and put a stick in the ground. On Blackbird Media's Growth Plan We want to continue that model in other municipalities…Instead of having 10,000 conventional leases have 10 leases in high profile urban areas…we're looking for opportunities in the Atlanta market which still has some spots as well as some other metro areas.  We're not really interested in going to New York or LA…or Vegas. Steve McNeeley, Tantara Capital What's the future like for independent operators? I think their future has never been brighter…There's some excellent independent operators.  I give the Independent Operators Association a lot of credit for bringing the independents together so they can take advantage of group buying or group benefits…People say OAAA is just the big guys.  Well it's not.  OAAA does a phenomenal job of representing every operator across America.  So it's extremely important that the independent association and the OAAA work close together. Lamar Lamar is just a great, interesting family company that is very successful…in secondary and tertiary markets and looking at local markets and blocking and tackling.  How can you fault their financial success.  I looked today and they are trading at $94-95.  They've doubled in five years…You look at their operating margins, return on equity, the dividend yield, they've got their debt under control.  My hats off to Sean and his team. OUTFRONT The was the Arte Moreno, Bill Levine plant that grew up through Viacom and CBS…Jeremy has had some record quarters…He chose to go into the transit business in the major metropolitan areas.  They're looking to focus on…the top 25 markets.  You can't argue with his success…they're trading at a 52 week high.  Good margins, not as good as Lamar's because you've got the transit business…It's a great company. Clear Channel Outdoor It's kind of stuck in the middle in some respects…I got a lot of phone calls when they were going through their reorganization – what should we do – and my consistent comment was hold onto this thing for 18-24 months, try to fix it, get your margins up...I would sell the international group in a heartbeat just like OUTFRONT did.  I don't call it diversification.  I call it dilution and exposure. Link Media/Boston Omaha  The two guys that founded it are in the Warren Buffett model…Investing long term in cash rich businesses and out of home cashflows to complement their insurance and finance business…They are an interesting regional player.

Does motivation - or the lack of motivation - have to stop us from achieving our goals? On this podcast, I talk with Jeff Haden. Jeff runs Blackbird Media, is a top a LinkedIn Influencer--making him a part of an exclusive, invitation-only, global collective of 500+ of the world’s foremost thinkers, leaders, and innovators--a contributing editor to Inc., and the author of his latest book, The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win.   When it comes to motivation, we are going to address two broad bucket applications: you have a desirable goal / task you want to achieve OR you have an undesirable goal / task you need (have to) to achieve. It doesn’t matter which bucket your goal falls into, the truth is, whether we want to do something or not, many of us have a hard time starting, or, once we start, a harder time completing it. Many of you set new year’s resolutions that you haven't even attempted to reach. Why? According to Jeff, the reason has to do with how we prioritize a goal. Most of us keep our eyes firmly fixed on the “prize”: the sixty pounds to lose, the 26 miles of a marathon, the 50,000 word novel we’ll have finished writing. We become fixated on the dream of what we'll earn at the end of the climb, and compare each day’s results to that big payoff. Annie Duke, in her book "Thinking In Bets" has a name for this: Outcome Junkie. Redefining Success Jeff advocates for process orientation and redefining achievement to be more inclusive, so that even if you don't reach the end goal, that process, if you’ve work it, will have still benefited you by providing takeaways you didn’t have when you began. You will meet people you would have never met. You'll make connections that you'd never would have made. You might find some other interests that you never knew you would have. Jeff has not only met with great people who have achieved their dreams, such as tennis star Venus Williams, but has spent untold hours applying his motivational principles to himself. What did he learn? A goal isn’t worth a hill of beans if it doesn’t inform one’s process. “...started me thinking ok, if that's how successful people do it, how do you create a process for basically anyone to follow to achieve anything that they would like to achieve?” - Jeff Haden While many people ascribe to the “dream it, believe it, do it,” goal achievement philosophy, Jeff opts instead for creating cycles of motivation fulfillment. Priming the pump In our conversation Jeff goes into detail on how an emphasis on action brings about a result, which in turn breeds motivation for more action and thus more results. He goes into detail to show how strategic, action-based planning can help someone struggling to achieve results in both areas described above: those who have tasks they want to complete and tasks they don’t want to be doing, but need to get done nonetheless. Jeff also gives some great tips on how to find a dream or goal if you’re drawing up blank when asked the question, “What would you do if you could do anything?” Jeff emphasizes that his motivation techniques can help anyone, no matter what their starting place might be. Having spoken to numerous high achievers like Richard Branson, he realizes that they are all merely humans like us, who used planned motivational strategies to push themselves far. Therefore, Jeff asserts, we can do the same. Oh and by the way, Jeff gives some super good advice on how to reinvent yourself. Want to break into an industry you have no experience in? Listen to Jeff's backstory, he walks me through how he did it.  So, tired of starting and then giving up for lack of motivation? Ready to get those new year's resolutions back on track? Click on the podcast above to access Jeff’s tips for beating procrastination and other motivation sappers, so that you can finally cross items off your to-do list. Enjoy!  

Author of his latest book "The Motivation Myth", contributor of Inc.com, ghostwriter, real estate and commercial investor, LinkedIn guru, President of a Blackbird Media, and the list goes on and on. Today's guest has one hell of a story. Follow Matt: Twitter Facebook Instagram Website