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#353 Join us for part 1 of an exciting 4 part series on how to flip websites. Flipping websites offers a unique avenue for generating income. It can serve as a profitable side hustle or evolve into a full-time business, with the potential to yield a high return on investment. (Original Air Date - 3/8/24) What we discuss with Matt: + Matt Rad's Journey to Financial Freedom + The Power of Flipping Websites + The Potential of Websites as a Business for Young People + The Uniqueness and Profitability of Niche Websites + Finding Potential Websites to Buy + The Power of Passive Income Through Websites + Navigating the World of Website Brokerage + Why Content Sites are Ideal for Beginners + The Power of Passion Sites + How to Search for Potential Websites on Flippa + The Importance of Website Renovation Links an resources from this episode: Flippa EmpireFlippers.com Quietlight.com MattandLizRaad.com FREE Buy Websites Masterclass Thank you, Matt! A BIG Thank you to Matt and Liz Raad for sponsoring today's episode! To connect with Matt on LinkedIn, click here! For more information go to MillionaireUniversity.com To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to MillionaireUniversity.com/training. And follow us on: Instagram Facebook Tik Tok Youtube Twitter To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Want to hear from more incredible entrepreneurs? Check out all of our interviews here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Flip Websites with Matt Raad - Part 1 Join us for part 1 of an exciting 4 part series on how to flip websites. Flipping websites offers a unique avenue for generating income. It can serve as a profitable side hustle or evolve into a full-time business, with the potential to yield a high return on investment.   What we discuss with Matt: + Matt Rad's Journey to Financial Freedom + The Power of Flipping Websites + The Potential of Websites as a Business for Young People + The Uniqueness and Profitability of Niche Websites + Finding Potential Websites to Buy + The Power of Passive Income Through Websites + Navigating the World of Website Brokerage + Why Content Sites are Ideal for Beginners + The Power of Passion Sites + How to Search for Potential Websites on Flippa + The Importance of Website Renovation   Resources from This Episode: Flippa EmpireFlippers.com Quietlight.com MattandLizRaad.com FREE Buy Websites Masterclass     Sign up for our FREE Business Course - Understand the 7 Phases of A business, so you know where you are now and where you need to go next! Go to https://www.millionaireuniversity.com/training.   Thank you, Matt Raad! To connect with Matt on LinkedIn, click here!   If you enjoyed this episode with Matt, let us know by clicking on any of the links below to send him a quick shout-out: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, TikTok and LinkedIn. We'd love to hear from you!   If you want us to answer your business questions on an upcoming episode, drop us a line at support@millioinaireuniversity.com.

How to Flip Websites with Matt Raad pt. 1 Join us for part 1 of an exciting 4 part series on how to flip websites. Flipping websites offers a unique avenue for generating income. It can serve as a profitable side hustle or evolve into a full-time business, with the potential to yield a high return on investment. What we discuss with Matt: + Matt Rad's Journey to Financial Freedom + The Power of Flipping Websites + The Potential of Websites as a Business for Young People + The Uniqueness and Profitability of Niche Websites + Finding Potential Websites to Buy + The Power of Passive Income Through Websites + Navigating the World of Website Brokerage + Why Content Sites are Ideal for Beginners + The Power of Passion Sites + How to Search for Potential Websites on Flippa + The Importance of Website Renovation Resources from This Episode: Flippa EmpireFlippers.com Quietlight.com MattandLizRaad.com FREE Buy Websites Masterclass Sign up for our FREE Business Course - Understand the 7 Phases of A business, so you know where you are now and where you need to go next! Go to https://www.millionaireuniversity.com/training. Thank you, Matt Raad! To connect with Matt on LinkedIn, click here! If you enjoyed this episode with Matt, let us know by clicking on any of the links below to send him a quick shout-out: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, TikTok and LinkedIn. We'd love to hear from you! If you want us to answer your business questions on an upcoming episode, drop us a line at support@millioinaireuniversity.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing the incredible Susan Ashford, author of The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth. We chat about the idea behind "flexing", how to slowly lean into a better version of yourself, the difference between regular goal setting and flex goal process, the importance of shifting to a learning mindset, and the power of reframing experiences. Buy The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth by Susan J Ashford: https://www.amzn.to/47f1dsR RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth by Susan J Ashford: https://www.amzn.to/47f1dsR ✨ Personality Isn't Permanent: https://www.amzn.to/3RElUJa ✨ How to be an Imperfectionist: https://www.amzn.to/3THpjcM SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME

How do you know that your presentation has been successful? It can be challenging to discern what “success” actually means when you make a presentation. But, in this episode of The Visual Lounge, our guest explains the formula he follows to smash it out the park every time. Tommy Re, President of Vital Talent, joins the show to explain how presentations should inform, persuade and inspire, the importance of knowing and resonating with your audience and the key points from his brilliant book, ‘The Power of Presentation'. Plus, Tommy reveals his interesting former career and provides unmissable advice on image and video creation and presentation.Learning points from the episode include: 0:00 – Introduction 1:14 – Introducing Tommy Re 3:00 – How Tommy began using presentations 5:17 – Defining success 6:43 – A tip for visually improving presentations 9:03 – Why did Tommy write his book? 11:01 – Live presentations 13:19 – Inform, persuade and inspire 18:14 – Getting to know and resonate with your audience 22:28 – Switching up structures 25:23 – Transferring presentation skills to video 26:09 – What role should text play in presentations? 31:10– Extra advice from Tommy 34:08 – Speed round questions with Tommy 38:18 – Final take and outro Important links and mentions: Follow Tommy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommy-re-4277513/ Vital Talent website: www.talentisvital.com Buy ‘The Power of Presentation: A Vital Guide to Delivering Compelling Business Presentations': https://www.amazon.com/Power-Presentation-Delivering-Compelling-Presentations/dp/1642252522

In The Power of Music Thinking podcast, we have conversations with exciting people that are also musicians. They see analogies between music and the areas they are working. So what they do is combine knowledge and skills from multiple fields to make significant contributions to various areas.  In The Power of Music Thinking book, I call them the AND-musician. I talk about this, especially in the Backstage chapter, where we dive into analogies to switch from one field to the other, like: Black is to white as off is to on. Or, conducting is to classical music as producing is to hip hop.    But there is another expression for this: polymath. Think about people like Leonardo Da Vinci, Hildegard von Bingen, or any guest on this programme. All of them are masters in different fields.   So today, I speak with Barbara Kleeb, a trained photographer, a doctor of medicine, a leadership coach for polymaths AND-muscian.   We speak about her personal journey, how studying multiple approaches leads to openmindedness and that every team or board should have at least one generalist to understand and connect different perspectives. And Barabara shares with us a tool she uses in her coaching practice: Ikigai. We also learn, for example, that most UX designers are polymaths, which resonated with me a lot, being in UX and service design positions in different companies.   Shownotes: Connect with Barbara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-barbara-kleeb  Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3PnZvP1WfY3Cg1iTQcoCm6?si=ejzISnZqSrWVZaOLGq6Ilg  Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBAxXugXGp8Mw9B--WMDnw/featured    The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating leaders, teams and organisations in customer experience, change and innovation. Check out their website    Do you like books? Check out the new book: The Power of Music Thinking and get stories, explanations and exercises to apply music thinking. Buy The Power of Music Thinking   More like this Please subscribe to the podcast and listen to the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking.  

Well it's this time of the year. And I am not talking about the countdown until Christmas and the holiday. I am also not talking about ‘the word of the year', or any other review compiled and curated by air quote “specialists”. I am talking about you, or better about your data, or even more close about your musical behaviour, taste and most played songs. Yes, it is the time when all Spotify users get their personal wrap-up of the year.   But this episode is not about the making of the wrap-up. This episode is about musical genre types, technology and research with musical behaviour.  My guest today is Glenn McDonald, Data Alchemist of Spotify and founder, programmer and producer of the Every Noise at Once website, which holds and updates examples from all genre types Spotify is tracking.  We talk about personal music algorithms, genre categorisation, subsets of listening, what you can learn from listening data, and how listening behaviour shapes communities that can be the start of a new genre.  Glenn shares with us how he compiled playlists on his Spotify account and a memorable sonic experience when he heard the band Low for the first time live ‘opening up a door' to a transformational moment.  Shownotes: Website Every Noise at Once: everynoise.com Glenn McDonald personal site: furia.com Twitter: @glenn_mcdonald The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating leaders, teams and organisations in customer experience, change and innovation. Check out their website.    Do you like books? Check out the new book: The Power of Music Thinking and get stories, explanations and exercises to apply music thinking. Buy The Power of Music Thinking   More like this Please subscribe to the podcast and listen to the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking.  

My guest today is Gabriella Di Laccio, public speaker, curator, activist, award-winning soprano and recording artist. She is one of the leading voices in the fight for gender equality in music. Listed as one of the BBC's 100 most inspirational and influential women in the world, Gabriella is also the founder and curator of the charitable foundation Donne - Women in Music - dedicated to achieving gender equality in the music industry.  We talk about the incredibly long list of woman composers and the unbelievably few plays they get in conservative classical music organisations. Gabriella shares with us the research and the numbers from the latest report: that in 2021, almost 9 in 10 compositions played by orchestras around the world are written by white men. But there is hope. At least in a different field. This year's Biennale di Venezia, invited 213 artists, among them 21 men. And here is an Exercise you can do very easily in a quiet moment: Check your playlists and count the artists that you are listening to (also the producers and composers) and find out how biased your musical taste is. We also made a start with a Top 6 of woman composers you should know and listen to: Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel  Clara Schuhmann Leokadiya Kashperova Florence Beatrice Brice Rachel Portman, was the first woman who got an oscar. Show notes and how to connect with Gabriella Website: https://www.gabrielladilaccio.com/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GDiLaccio/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gdilaccio/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielladilaccio/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/GDiLaccio   More about Donne, Women in Music Website: https://donne-uk.org/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donneuk/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donne_uk/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/donneuk   Twitter: https://twitter.com/Donne_UK     The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialises in facilitating leaders, teams and organisations in customer experience, change and innovation. Check out their website    Do you like books? Check out the new book: The Power of Music Thinking and get stories, explanations and exercises to apply music thinking. Buy The Power of Music Thinking   More like this Please subscribe to the podcast and listen to the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking.  

My guest today is Raf De Keninck, executive member, director of education, research, and organisation of the Design Academy Eindhoven - one of the world's leading design schools. And Raf is also a performing musician, clarinet player and conductor. He played, for example, at the beginning of the 2000s, 300 concerts a year.  We start with sharing the incredible dreams he had as a child and a unique ritual he did in his adolescent years. And we get some insights into his leadership skills, for example, the advantages of having an outside view, combined with excellent listening skills and the practice of 'not knowing' and how to let inspiration flow in two ways. So, when you are open, then people will also be open. We talk about leading and following, and Raf explains what it means as a conductor to have a total overview and a well-defined score and how you can lead without explicitly leading. And there is another story of a conductor shouting at an orchestra and how the musicians were teaching him a lesson.  “Every time you play, rehearse or perform, you learn something.”   Show notes and how to connect with Raf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafdekeninck/  Design Academy Eindhoven website: https://www.designacademy.nl/  Personal website: https://www.rafdekeninck.nl/  Mahler 8th Symphony (Director: Georg Solti) on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/51GmsdrdDSuwM9gTTS23Xg?si=Uyq4tbLhRGWvHAzoWZknLg  Ligeti Chamber Concerto (Raf is talking about the most inspiring piece for organisations and leading and following): https://open.spotify.com/album/46e15cKAuwDSwyIrTDeDk4?si=YJdzj6ZiRtua0_gfvV-H0g  John Cage 4'33' recording from the first Design Thinkers Conference: https://creativecompanion.wordpress.com/2017/11/20/i-invite-you-to-listen-music-thinking-in-service-design/    Do you like books? Check out the new book: The Power of Music Thinking and get stories, explanations and exercises to apply music thinking. Buy The Power of Music Thinking   More like this Please subscribe to the podcast and listen to the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking. The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating leaders, teams and organisations in customer experience, change and innovation. Check out their website    

My guest today is Rikkert Achtereekte, customer director of sales and electronic musician. Rikkert works for the IT engineering company Schuberg Philis, which focuses on mission-critical processes. And Rikkert is a composer and performer of electronic music and gets together with some friends for a bi-monthly improvisation session on modular synthesizers. Rikkert shares insights about his company that builds solutions for business problems, for example, with a collaborative approach they call 'system in the room'. And they are pretty successful in what they are doing; they now got the Giarte XLA award for the 16th time. And he shares with us a workshop lab setting where he uses modular synthesizers to let people collaborate better and be more creative.  And precisely, that way of thinking - giving output and receiving input in a connected system of elements - is the essence of the Music Thinking Framework, with all the cues connected. So if you are at home or in the office while you hear this, you might want to download the framework first and then listen to this episode. But if you listen to it while driving a car or walking in nature, relax and enjoy the conversation with many life sounds from a modular synthesizer that Rikkert brought to the show. Show notes and how to connect with Rikkert LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rikkert-achtereekte-9694aa49/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voltmeistermodular/  Schuberg Philis, company website: https://schubergphilis.com/en  Voltmeister, the modular synth music group: https://voltmeister.bandcamp.com  Voltmeister on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1gB0NEOq2RooF3oSIoAtVv?si=aS8_YsVcStWgcrJeCy1q_w  Do you like books? Check out the new book: The Power of Music Thinking and get stories, explanations and exercises to apply music thinking. Buy The Power of Music Thinking   More like this Please subscribe to the podcast and listen to the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking.   Meet our sponsor The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating leaders, teams and organisations in customer experience, change and innovation. Check out their website   

Today we are in Hawaii. We speak with Dagan Bernstein, a teacher and musician passionate about designing and leading innovative educational experiences. Dagan is currently serving as Capstone Coordinator at an independent K-12 international boarding school in Hawaii with additional expertise in mathematics, music, and digital media instruction.  We speak about collaboration in the classroom, how to co-create with students and how this might be an inspiration for business people. And we talk intensively about the Ukulele, how he is using this in teaching, and some historical background, and we hear him play a tenor ukulele during the conversation like he would do at the farmers market at the weekend. And we learn new Hawaiian words and mindsets like Malama Kaiaulu, the act of Kilo and Ike.   Shownotes Here are some links to sources we mentioned in the talk. Youtube: Student Ukulele Ensemble Youtube: Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Peter Moon (spotify) Jesse Kalima (spotify) Eddie Kamae (spotify) Connect with Dagan Twitter: @daganbernstein Instagram: @daganmusic and @dagan.blog Website: daganmusic.com   More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand minded and people-centred decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book to learn and find out more about Music Thinking and how to use this in your endeavour. See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking  

In this episode, you can listen to a conversation with Helene Seiyu Codjo and the sound of the shakuhachi. Helene is a shakuhachi performer, composer and teacher.   "In the single tone of the shakuhachi, the whole of nature can be heard whispering its secrets." Dean Seicho Del Bene   We talk about the first memorable concert she heard as a child (there is one recital on Spotify with Miguel Ángel Estrella); how she came to the shakuhachi and how playing the shakuhachi has also something to do with 'letting go of your ego'. Hélène shares a beautiful story about playing the shakuhachi in nature.  And we hear the Shakuchahi and a short recording outside in nature where we play together in a soundscape of birds, geese and men-made sounds.   Connect with Hélène: Website: https://hijirishakuhachi.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/lnflutes08 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shakudojo Bandcamp: https://heleneseiyu.bandcamp.com/ Blogpost about playing in nature: https://hijirishakuhachi.com/2022/02/03/playing-shakuhachi-in-nature/ More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand-minded and people-centred decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book   See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking  

Today we are in München, Germany, talking to Björn Eichstädt, Managing Partner & Co-Owner of Storymaker and publisher of the digital magazine “J-BIG – Japan Business in Germany”. He studied Neurobiology and was active in experimental music in the 1990s and 2000s.  Björn takes us on a trip to Japan. From J-Horror Films, Japanese Spirits, Film music, audio innovations, sound aficionados and the Sound Design of the Tokyo Treinstation (note: I added the Yurakucho sound after the conversation).   And he shares the business habits and the harmony aspect in collaboration, the ‘performance thinking' of meetings in Japan and ‘the customer is god' attitude. But let's start with a warning, this is by far the most extended podcast in The Power of Music Thinking history, so if you are prepared to listen to 30 minutes podcasts, you might want to pause and listen further the next day. All right let's dive into it.   Show notes Björn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoern-eichstaedt-77889b2/  Storymaker Website: https://www.storymaker.de/en/home-en  Japan Business in Germany: https://www.j-big.de/en/    Extra links to Films and Music mentioned in the conversation Toru Takemitsu - Woman in the dunes  Un Uomo da Rispettare (Complete) - Ennio Morricone Toru Takemitsu graphic scores J-Horror and Sound: Kayako Saeki sound  J-Horror and Sound 2: Ringu Sound Design  Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku - World is Mine ~【手描き】ワールドイズマイン【Erich von Däniken / Peter Thomas: Chariots of the Gods: Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Chariots Of The Gods ℗ 1970 - YouTube Stockhausen: Sounds in Space, Osaka 1970  Pedestrian crossings with sound in Japan! - YouTube Gate Sounds for Boarding. - YouTube Yamanote Line - The Comprehensive Eki-melo Database    More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand minded and people-centred decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking    

Today we are in New Albany, Ohio. We speak with Paula White, a globally recognized sales leader, leadership coach and author of the book Side B: Remix Your Leadership Style. We talk about how music can (re)charge the way you are leading and how leaders can work on their behavioural traits based on music principles. Paula shares with us the ten archetypal instruments that are based on a scientific survey. And Paula explains more about the saxophone type that came out of the survey I did before the conversation.  Show notes Paula S White on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-s-white/  Side B book page: https://paulaswhite.com/book-order/   The gracious Saxophone: https://paulaswhite.com/music/the-saxophone-gracious/  More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand minded and people centered decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking    

On today's episode I read a short excerpt from the book "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. I decided to read the first paragraph from the first chapter, "You Are Not Your Mind." In this episode I break down what enlightenment is, what it really means to "be spiritual," and offer resources to guide you towards your own spiritual path. Instagram: @lifebytaylor TikTok: @lifebytaylor To purchase the book: Click to Buy "The Power of Now" "Ghost Town" Remake Audio by Hey Kwarb (https://soundcloud.com/heykwarb) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taylor-amrani5/support

Today we switch roles: Christof asked his daughter Xenia to ask him anything about the new book: The Power of Music Thinking. Because Xenia was already a collaborator on the Jam Cards, a pre-reader of the new book and worked with her dad for many years, she can ask questions no one else could or would. They talked about leadership, followership, Service Design, the difference between metaphors and analogies, and why a book? Be ready for a pleasant conversation between father and daughter about The Power of Music Thinking.   Show notes Book page with a sneak preview: https://musicthinking.com/book-the-power-of-music-thinking/  Jam Cards page: https://musicthinking.com/jam-cards/  Xenia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xenia-z%C3%BCrn/    More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand minded and people-centred decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking

Today we speak with Marc Shillum, Designer, Creative Mind and trained musician. Marc was the founding Chief Experience Officer of Matternet, a pioneering transportation startup awarded World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In his role, he connected the dots between Customer Needs, Hardware Design, Software Design, User Experience, Visual Design, Business Strategy and Brand Building. Marc has written OpEds for The World Economic Forum and Virgin Unite, delivered keynotes at SXSW, the Lego Marketing Summit, Nike Design Summit, and others. And Marc is the author of 'Brands as Patterns', a  white paper that opinion-makers like FastCompany, Contagious Magazine and PSFK have republished. We have a wonderful conversation about analogies between design, business, the human body and music. For example, Marc shares the various roles of a trumpet player in an orchestra and his early experiences with improvising musicians like Graham Collier and Derek Bailey.  We talk about different leadership positions, from composing, orchestrating, and conducting and how different musical styles help us understand our business.  And we discuss the difference between frequency and cadence in an agile workspace and how brands can orchestrate their business successfully with patterns.   Show notes Brands as Patterns platform, https://www.brandsaspatterns.com Marc on Twitter, https://twitter.com/BrandsPatterns Marc on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-s-92967b2/  Magazine INDEX, including a few conversations with guitarist Derek Bailey, we talked about in the session: http://www.index.works     More info The Power of Music Thinking is brought to you by CREATIVE COMPANION specialised in facilitating companies in making brand minded and people-centred decisions.   Buy The Power of Music Thinking book (April 2022)   See the latest episode of The Power of Music Thinking    

SUMMARY “The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy Is Essential in Everyday Life” by Dr. Brian Goldman is the result of a veteran ER physician questioning his empathy quotient. Concerned his ability to be kind has diminished, Goldman travels the world looking for stories and data about empathy. Relieved to learn neuroscientists believe humans are hard-wired to experience empathy, he investigates why kindness is so vital to our very existence. KEY TERMS Empathy – the ability or capacity to imagine what it’s like to be someone else and have your actions be informed by that Empathy Fatigue - can result from a barrage of media images and news coverage designed to make us care about one cause after another Compassion – the doing part of empathy, sometimes called emotional concern Validation - a method used to show empathy towards Alzheimer’s patients Synchrony - the superhighway that leads to connection and to kindness Apathy – the antonym of empathy The dark triad ­– those not kind at all: narcissisists, psychopaths and sociopaths, Machiavellianism Callousness – a general disregard for other and a lack of empathy QUOTES FROM GOLDMAN “When I’m kind to people, I see them as being like me, and me like them.” “You’re more likely to empathize with members of another group if you discover reasons to like [them].” “Some of us are born extraordinarily kind. But most get there only after experiencing pain and then learning from it.” “If you want to be kind to others, the first person you must connect with is you.” BUY The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy Is Essential in Everyday Life RECOMMENDATION Watch Dr. Brian Goldman’s TED Talk, “Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?” Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Website Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

Other Stuff to Do After a needed mini mental break, I'm finally mustering the strength to get this show posted. Ridiculously huge apologies to Elaine! I feel horrible, I do. But trying to move forward, let's keep going. Episode 11, if you never heard it, was probably one of my favorite shows I've ever recorded. I'm so happy to have had Elaine on these back to back shows. If you can recall, we discussed a few very real topics. It felt as if it took a toll after the conversation, so episode 12 was great to chase it with as it's much more laid back. We talked about fun stuff. I tried to not discuss gaming as that's our go-to hobby that many already know about. I wanted to focus instead on other things we enjoy doing. We talked about books, what we' enjoy reading, what we're reading now, all that jazz. Also got into our favorite T.V. shows and discussed what we love so much about them. Then we got into snacks! The most important subject as far as Elaine goes, and for good reason. Tune in to find out why!   Links and Info Discussed Norse Mythology review on my blog - Book Review | Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Buy Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman on Amazon (affiliate link) Buy The Power by Naomi Alderman on Amazon (affiliate link) - The book Elaine discussed on the show.  Kate Siegel's post regarding The Power - Reason why Elaine started reading it. @K8lovesbooks on Instagram - Kate Siegel's Instagram for book recommendations. Elaine's Twitter - @etdragon (listen to episode 11 to hear the origin story behind it!) Twitter of the podcast she co-hosts - @TheXboxEmpire and its website - Xbox Empire Podcast Twitter of the network of the podcast - @PSVG the main website - PSVG Blog   Contact The Talking Place If you'd like to contact the show, say hi, all that jazz, you can do so below!  Voicemail - 407.906.TALK Twitter - @TheTalkingPlace, @The1llusiveMan Email - TalkingPlacePod@gmail.com If you're looking to join me for an episode, don't be shy and get at me at the above links and we'll chat! 

This week we talked with Allison Fallon, author of the new book The Power of Writing it Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your LIfe. She talks to us about the benefits of writing in terms of processing your memories, understanding yourself, and more. Allison is the founder of Find Your Voice, as well as the author of a number of books. Things we mention in this episode/other resources:- ep. 120 - Lies We Face (& Truth We Need) Along The Journey (feat. Hannah Brencher)- the episode of The Faith & Mental Wellness Podcast that Holly was on Connect with Allison on her website, Twitter, or Instagram. Connect with Find Your Voice on it’s website, Facebook, or Instagram. Buy The Power of Writing It Down on Amazon. Quotes:- “I believe deep down in my soul that writing has the power to create positive change in your life.” (tweet)- “If you change behavior from the frontal cortex, you’re gonna feel like you’re white-knuckling it, like you have to exercise all this discipline, and it will only work for a certain period of time.” (tweet)- “Writing is communication. Writing is self-discovery. Writing is a way to capture memories from your life. Writing can be a means of processing, it can be meditation, it can be spirituality, it can be prayer.” (tweet)- “If you think that your story is the one story that nobody cares about hearing…I want you to really think about what that means.” (tweet)- “The minute you bring an audience into [writing] is the minute you cut yourself off from your deepest thoughts & feelings about a subject.” (tweet) Join the Cxmhunity on Facebook! Connect with Robert on his website, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Connect with Holly on her website, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Connect more with CXMH on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest. Ways to support CXMH:- make a pledge on Patreon and get rewards like submitting questions for upcoming interviews, a mug, sticker, t-shirt, or more!- give a one-time gift using PayPal- Do your Amazon shopping through this link- Leave us a rating & review on iTunes or Google Play- Check out our CXMH merchandise to show off your support- Listen to the Cxmhunity Spotify playlist here- Check out other episodes and find your favorites guests on our website. Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.

Recently I read the book "The Power Of Now" by Eckart Tolle. It is a controversial book about "becoming spiritually enlightened." I posted about it on Facebook & my IG story, and I had SO many replies back... and over 90% of the Free Thinker community voted that I should do a podcast on it.You asked, I delivered.In this episode, I break down the context of the book, why I even read it, how it completely shifted my perspective on things, and what I liked & didn't like about it. One thing is for sure, you will learn a lot more about what I believe by the time you are done, and have a deep understanding of what the book talks about.Buy The Power of Now------------Want to learn how to think?Get a FREE copy of my Mindshift Playbook: www.thinkdifferenttheory.com/playbookIf you haven't joined the Facebook Group yet, make sure you do that! www.facebook.com/groups/thinkdifferenttheory/FREE RESOURCES:FREE MINDSET GUIDE: www.thinkdifferenttheory.com/playbookFREE SALES GUIDE: www.salesandmindset.com/freesalesguideFOLLOW JOSH:Facebook: www.facebook.com/thinkdifferenttheoryInstagram: www.instagram.com/joshforti

Want to work with me? Send me a DM on Instagram @JamieMSwanson now! Buy The Power of Moments book by Heath & Heath (affiliate link) Hey, Friend. I just wanted to let you know that I had some audio issues with this podcast, but the content was so good that I wanted to share it anyways. So thanks for your understanding. [00:00:08]if you've got kids who are going to be home for either all or part of their school this year, no matter what kind of school you're doing, and you're trying to grow your business and aren't sure how you're going to do it all. I'm here to help I've homeschooled my six kids four years while also running a seven figure online business. [00:00:30] And I'm going to share my best tips with you in this episode. Good [00:00:34] Okay. Start by acknowledging how hard all of this is, no matter what you selected or have forced on you. I just want you to know that I get how hard this is and I'm here to support you in any choice you have made or whatever situation that you're in. So for a little background, for those of you who don't really know me very well yet, my kids are age 14, 13, 11, seven, five, and three. [00:01:31] And I've got how many years of homeschooling behind me as well as having done some public school. And so I know firsthand how hard it is. To start and grow a business while having the kids at home all the time. I also know that mom guilt feeling like you're never present enough with the kids, but you're not able to work as effectively since your attention is continually divided. [00:01:57] So the first thing before we even get into the tips, just try and let go that don't judge yourself over it. This is a pandemic after. All right. My goal here is to help as many people as possible to learn from my experience. So if you know any other entrepreneurs who are going to have kids at home, and if you find these tips helpful, it means so much to me. [00:02:22] If you could share this episode with them, once you're done, I'd love to help as many entrepreneurial parents as possible, and I need your help to do it. So here are my five best tips to help you grow your business while also doing school from home. So number one know that the first week of school sets the tone for the entire year. [00:02:44] So think of this, like our client onboarding. If you run a membership or you do a coaching program or something, you know that those first impressions after that by really shape a lot of their experience going forward. So spend some time to make this first week really fun and special for your kids. And I especially love to focus on positivity. [00:03:07] [00:03:07] The other thing I'd mention about that first week is if you're able to you ease into it, don't just suddenly go all in. And I have eight hours a day of school, which I never do eight hours a day for the record, in case you wonder, and really start to ease in and think of it as a transition. This is important. [00:03:25] Both for your kids. But also for you, not just easing into the transition, but having this really great first week, because if you can really set that tone for the rest of the school year, if you can get your kids excited about it. And if you can in place some of the things that I'm going to talk about in the next tip, it's going to run so much smoother for you. [00:03:48] Now, if that first week is a train wreck it's Oh, okay. Don't worry about it. Life goes on, but if you can, in any way, go above and beyond to make that first week really awesome for both you and the kids. It's just going to be way easier to keep them going, keep them motivated and to read, really succeed as the school year continues on. [00:04:10] Okay. So one other thing I'm going to mention here here is a resource. It's a book called the power of moments by chip and Dan Heath. And it's all about engineering, memorable moments in a person's life. Now I have found this incredibly helpful and insightful and helping me create moments that my kids will remember. [00:04:31] Forever, but it's also helped me a lot in designing experiences within my business that make my clients absolutely love and adore me and feel incredibly loyal towards me and help spread the word about my business. So it will have a double benefit. If you read the book highly recommended, you will come up with all sorts of great ideas for that first week of schooling from home. [00:04:56] And you'll find it's probably going to be something that changes how you interact with your kids going forward throughout the rest of life as well. And with your spouse or partner or anybody else that you really care about and want to create a moment for it's really awesome. So check out the book, power of moments by chip and Dan Heath. [00:05:14] I'll put a link in the show notes as well. All right. The second tip is to plan ahead and this is kind of like multiple tips all within one. Little heading that I didn't want to have like 13 different tips for you. but all of these are based on the actual school day with your kids. [00:05:34] So number one, create a routine. Now it's really easy when you're doing school from home, especially if you're homeschooling or have a lot of autonomy over your schedule, where nobody's telling you, you have to be somewhere at a certain time. It's really easy to just start that day later and later and later. [00:05:53] And all of a sudden, it's just a mess. It consumes your entire day. So I absolutely believe in starting school at the same time every day. And I even liked to create a school area that is where they just do school. And honestly, it's really beneficial for you to also create a work area. If you're working from home, that is the only place that you, you really work. [00:06:18] And when you're there, the family knows you're working. You know, when you're, and I know if you've got toddlers or babies or whatever, you can't always honor that, but as much as possible, that's where you do your work. That's where you have. this whole environment of productivity around you, even if it doesn't feel that way, cause kids are screaming in the background or whatever, you know, we've all been there. [00:06:38] Trust me. I'm there every day and I'm just. If you can make those spaces, it's especially great for the kids, because then they know that they're kind of quote unquote, going to school, even though it's not going to school. Now, when we first started homeschooling, we didn't have spaces that we could use for their homeschool. [00:06:58] And so our routine was every day to do school around the kitchen table. And so if anything was piled on the table, which I don't know how it's a magnet, but it always is right. So at the beginning of the day, we would make sure that everybody cleaned the table off. We started with a brand new clean table, pull out all the supplies. [00:07:16] We pull out all the stuff we need, and then we'd start our day in school at the table. Now that my kids are older, sometimes I'll let them go and do some of their different subjects in different locations. But generally speaking, it's really helpful to have a specific location for school and it gives them a little bit more of a separation between what school time. [00:07:39] And what's playtime, which is really helpful for kids in staying focused. You may also want to prep a whole lot of snack in advance. I don't know what it is about school starting again, but I swear my kids become bottomless pits. And so when I have, you know, a lot veggies, all cut up and prepped or a lot of crackers and stuff, it's ready to go. [00:08:03] And, you know, I don't have to think about it. I can just pull something out real quick. And there it is. I don't have to be like. Oh, gosh, what are we going to have? You're hungry again. You can't be hungry again. You just ate five minutes ago, , you know, the conversation, right. But when you have that, all those snacks prepped in advance, it's just easier. [00:08:21] And then the other thing I want to mention about this, just from a very practical standpoint, in terms of like planning ahead and how you're going to handle different situations to make it go smoothly, is that some days. How can it be really hard? And so don't be afraid to take a mental health day off. [00:08:40] Now I get the benefit as a homeschooling mama of course, the entire day, without having to be accountable to anyone else. So if you are using some sort of virtual school or there is somebody else that the children are accountable to, you should really view this as like a mental health. They, even if they're doing okay, because, you know, They are not going to learn anything when they are in a certain mood. [00:09:05] And if you can't turn that around, if they can't turn that around, it's just going to be a wasted day with nothing done. And it's going to be full of pain and fighting and arguing and whining, or just difficult stuff that isn't going to actually benefit anybody. And so you might as well take that day, find a way to refresh them. [00:09:24] If you have to give them the day off just to go out and play, whatever. I've just found that it doesn't matter how positive I am and how well I have followed the routine they follow been fed and whatever. [00:09:38] There are just some days that are really hard and they're just over it. And so giving them some space, not, you know, every day, not every week. But having a day here and there, that's really rare and saying, you know what, you're right. Let's turn this off. Let's do something really fun. That's super atypical. [00:09:57] I believe that that can be a really helpful and healthy thing for your kids. And sometimes all you have to do is like an hour or two of this activity, and then they can come back and they're reset and they're ready to go. So don't be afraid to do that when your kids really need it and you'll know, or frankly, if you really need it. [00:10:14] In fact, that's why I did one of my public school years was after we had Olaf, which is my sixth baby. He's three, he's my three year old, the year, right after we had him, I swear he broke my back. Like I love the kid, but something about going from five to six, I just, I was not capable. Of doing school that year. [00:10:35] Like I just knew that I wouldn't be able to do it well. And so we put the kids in public school for a year and it was totally fine. It was actually really validating because it showed me that they were way ahead, even though we do so much, many fewer hours than the public school. And, then the next year we went back to homeschooling. [00:10:51] So, you just know yourself, know what you can handle and not. And if you need to call them for a day, call it for a day. There's no shame in that. Okay. So the third thing piggybacks right off of that is to prioritize self care daily and even more regularly like quarterly. Okay. So this was really hard for me. [00:11:16] In fact, I didn't know, do self care for probably a good solid 10 years, maybe 13 years, because I always felt like it was really selfish. I always felt like my family had to come first. And my, you know, we had to make money. We had to pay the bills. I was super responsible person. All these things just sucked all the life out and I felt bad any time for myself. [00:11:41] And I've completely shifted that 180 degrees. Now I make sense of care, the most important part of my day. And I've had to figure out how to fit it into my schedule. I do it daily and sometimes it's just a few minutes here and there, sometimes it means taking a longer chunk of the day and getting out into the world, whatever it is for you. [00:12:03]honestly, sometimes for me, it's grabbing like a snack or some candy or a doughnut, which I'm not a big sugar person, but every once in a while, I love to have something like that. Something I enjoy and going and hiding in the closet in my bedroom and eating it alone. So I don't have to share it with my kids, which sounds crazy, but that can be self care too. [00:12:23] Like it's okay to have something you love. That's just for you, you know, maybe it's meditation or contemplation. I do that in the mornings. Maybe it's exercise for you every day. Getting out for a run. I know that's been a huge part. Of my self care this year in particular, especially as I've been training for an ultra marathon, whatever it is, try and get them daily. [00:12:45]you know, but also think about what can you do? We do weekly, monthly, quarterly. That really is going to help you be your best self. Because when we are rested, we can give from such a better place than we, when we are continually exhausted. And I especially want to speak to the moms out there. I know that. [00:13:05] There's this , weird, weird conditioning out there that says good mom is always, you know, selfless. We give to everybody, we are servant leaders and I fully believe in serving and I fully believe in being generous, but there's almost the shame around giving ourselves that same care and courtesy. [00:13:28] Can you imagine? How it would feel if somebody even cares for you one 10th of the way that you care for your children, right? Do this for yourself, make this a priority, do not feel bad about doing this. The thing that really got me started with self care, and it's not just going to a spa all the time or whatever, it can be all sorts of things. [00:13:49] I'll give you a couple other ideas in a minute, but the thing that really drove this, Tom for me, was thinking about my daughters one day. What I want them giving to such an exhausted in an overwhelmed level, what I want them living their life like that day in and day out, day in, day out. Okay. All for other people and never ever for who they were created to be what I want them to sacrifice their gifts and their passions and their talents so that they could be, something they feel like they should be, but that's completely draining them. [00:14:26], I would never want them to feel bad, taking a little bit of time to do the activities that they love. They bring them life and that make them a better mom that make them a better partner, whatever it is, make them a better person in general. Right. And so when I thought about it, that way, it's just like, Oh, why would I go way out of my way to do this for my kids, but never myself. [00:14:48] And so once I got over that, it changed everything in my life. It's been one of the best things I've ever done. you know, maybe for you, it's weekly wine with your girlfriends or a monthly or quarterly getaways, you just have to figure out what the, this means for you, but, okay. Do you know that one of the most, supportive things I have in my life that I consider it self care in some ways is connecting with a group of friends. [00:15:14] And I don't even need to have lots of time with them. I don't even need to see them every day or talk to them every day or whatever. But knowing that I have groups of friends that I can just send a quick little message over to and say, Oh my gosh, I'm struggling today. How are you doing? Or, you know, send help. [00:15:30] This is what's going on, craziness or whatever, and just have the empathy and the compassion and have them speak truth back into me and encouragement. It's so. Amazing. And I really did not pursue building friendships for years cause I was just too busy and I didn't prioritize self care and it's something I've gone deep into in the last year and a half and has changed everything. [00:15:55] So highly recommend that. if you go back in the archives, by the way, season one has some episodes about retreats and stepping away and creating space. And I don't have the episode numbers in front of me. Sorry about that. But if you go look, you'll find them. and I highly recommend listening to some of the benefits to that. [00:16:13] It has literally changed my life in the best of ways. Okay. So definitely prioritize self care on the regular, both at least daily, something small. also, you know, bigger things throughout time as you need them and schedule them or they won't happen. It's another tip. Schedule them in advance. All right. [00:16:31] Number four is as a business owner, it's really important for us to buy as much time back. As we can to work on our business. If we have kids at home all the time, it is going to make it much more difficult for us to get our work done. Because even if we able to work the same number of hours, the fact that we have the mental load of thinking about the kids being there or hearing them and knowing that they're there. [00:16:56] And the fact, you know, like it's just, it's heavier. It's always there, especially for us moms and maybe for some dads too, not a dad. So it's harder for me to speak to that, but. Especially as moms, it's really hard. I found it as a mom, really hard to unplug from hearing everything that's going on and paying attention to it, to really focus on my business. [00:17:16] So my attention is divided never as effective and efficient when I'm trying to work with kids in the background, even if they are fully entertained and behaving well, as I am, when I can leave my home where there's all sorts of triggers of things that need to get done, and the mental load is big. Right. [00:17:34] But if I can leave my home and have dedicated work, it is easily five to 10 times more effective and efficient. I get way more done when I can get out of the house. Okay. So, maximize the amount of work, only time that you have dedicated work hours and buy it back, if you can. And here's some ways you can do that. [00:17:53] So, number one, a free way to get more time is to ask a partner or a spouse, if they can. Set aside some time for you that is dedicated to working. Now, maybe that's a couple hours a day. Maybe it's just one hour a day. Maybe it's , an entire day, a week where you go and you just, you know, you find a park or something and you just work like mad and you get or done, right. [00:18:17] Whatever it is. If your partner, you have one can provide some really dedicated work time where you're just away from everything that is huge. the second thing you can do is it can actually hire a tutor to help the kids with school. There's a lot of teachers who are out of work right now, who would love to be able to help your kids through school, to make up some of the money that they've lost. [00:18:41] Even if they're doing virtual public school, having somebody there who can help keep them focused and make sure that they're doing during their homework and keep them accountable. We'll free up so much mental load, and we'll give you extra time that you can be working while they're working with their kids. [00:18:56] That's another thing you can do, right. Is hire a house manager. Now, this sounds weird, but they do, they can do things like laundry, cooking meals, basic cleaning. They can even do some nanny. Yeah. And childcare for you running errands. This is probably the most life-changing hire we ever made. And I fought this one for a long time because you know, we're not the kind of people who has, live in help or whatever. [00:19:22] And it doesn't have to be live in. Ours, happens to be living because we live super remote, but we have a full time house manager. And it's kind of like having another wife, which sounds funny, not like the relationship side, but like somebody to make sure that everybody gets fed and all the clothes, this is washed folded, put away the toys are put away. [00:19:42] So when I am home, I don't have to be focused on doing the mound of dishes. I can actually be focused on my children. So in the mornings I do my homeschool with them and work with them. And then I can go work in the afternoons and come home and actually be mom, instead of having to do all the chores and trying to multitask all the time, yeah, no idea how heavy that mental load is and how much that keeps you from doing your best work. [00:20:10] Until you have somebody there who's really on your team, who's happy to help you with all of those things. It's been nothing but a joy. I do teaching of the lessons and I give them their assignments, but she can help follow through to make sure they get it done. She's not doing any teaching, but, it's just changed so much. [00:20:28] I mean, if you can hire some childcare or a nanny or somebody to come in and watch your children, so you can get a little bit more dedicated work time. That can be great, whether full time, part, time, whatever, but also you may want to consider hiring more people on your team. If you haven't ever hired somebody for your business team, starting with a virtual assistant is a really great way to start outsourcing tasks that you definitely do not need to be doing. [00:20:54]maybe for a content repurposing. So for example, I hire somebody to take my videos and reformat them into blog posts, into audio, okay. Into summaries, into an email, social media posts and schedule them on all the platforms. So all I have to do is one single video and upload it. And then they do all the rest and it costs me like $30 a video to have all that content done. [00:21:17]it's a no brainer. It's absolutely. One of the best investments ever. And I buy back so much of my time, so I can do the stuff that actually brings things and money. Yeah. Instead of focusing on all those things that are simply processes that anybody can follow. growing your team and being willing to invest in your brand in yourself and my buy back your time so that you're doing the most important things will change. [00:21:43] So much. Now here's a big thing to remember. It don't be you afraid to invest in your business when you can leverage it to make more money. Okay. So I know that if you've been doing this yourself, and you're not making a ton of money yet, this can be really hard, but bright entrepreneurs who are successful, who are really growing. [00:22:04] No, that they're not wasting money. This is not an expense. This is literally an investment that will make them back far more money in the end, multiple times over because they're getting more work done faster. So they're getting more results faster, which means more money faster. And the rate of growth in terms of profit is almost always greater than what you're going to be paying a team. [00:22:33] And it should be if you're going to be doing this, it's called an ROI. If you're doing the whole team process, right? If you're making processes, people can follow. If you're really empowering them to do the work and not micromanaging running a team is a whole nother area of leadership. So that's something you want to hear more about and I have done it all wrong, but I've also done it. [00:22:54] All right. And then with this, COVID destroying my business. I've really pared back to like the barest chosen. I'm going to be rebuilding my team again, basically almost from scratch as this business grows. And so if you want hear more about that process, if you want to hear more about how to grow a team correctly, make the right hires all of those things. [00:23:16] If you could drop me a message on Instagram, just at Jamie M Swanson and let me know, that's something you'd be interested in. let me know. And I'll, I'll consider talking about that more. It wasn't something I was thinking about originally, but I know that this is an area that can really be an expensive mess if you don't know what you're doing. [00:23:35] And so I'd be happy to share some of those insights with you here on the podcast, if there's enough interest for it. Alright. So fifth and final tip that I would say is really, Get very good at leveraging the time that you do have and use it in a very focused way. Okay. So what I mean by this is, a lot of entrepreneurs who are even into the six figures, like, you know, one to $300,000 or less, they are doing so much stuff that really doesn't matter. [00:24:07], they're rebranding the website and they're, they're doing this and that. And the other thing, and they're posting and all the social media channels and near her busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, we've got these big, complicated businesses that are profitable, but they just can't keep up. And if this is you and you are just like, how am I going to do school and do all this stuff? [00:24:25] And my business is going to go into decline. It's overwhelming. It's absolutely overwhelming. And so. What you really need to focus on is the five to 10% of the stuff you do that actually brings in more income and grows your business. Now it can be easy to, I think he needs to do all this stuff, even vital stuff, right. [00:24:48] Starting over. I know so many people who are like, Oh, I have to grow list first before I can sell to them. And then there's me. Who's like, Oh, I've got 17 people on my list. 17 people on my list. That's not an exaggeration or an under exaggeration. It's literally seven. Yeah. Teen people. And I've made over five figures of income in the first 30 days. [00:25:09] We're not even at the 30 day Mark yet from the 17 people. Actually. It's not all from them. I just started selling it's people I attracted. Yeah. It's just, you don't need to have a big audience in order to start selling and making money. If you have a plan. No. How do I attract the right people? And how to position your product for them in a way that they want it. [00:25:34] Like when they see it, they're like, Oh gosh, yes, I actually do want this. And so you need to have a very concise, focused plan. That really is just the stuff that really matters. Right. This is another way of buying time back because you're not wasting it and procrastinate working on stuff that does not get you results. [00:25:52] Okay. second in terms of saying focused. Stick with what you are most aligned with and do most naturally, right. serve out of your strengths, not out of your weaknesses when we're doing something that is naturally easy for us to do. [00:26:09] It takes us way less time and we get way better results. Whereas when we do stuff that we're not as good at, but we feel like we have to do it. It takes us the longer, it wastes a bunch of time. We don't get as good a result. And so we really want to focus on the stuff that we are good at and go all in would those things. [00:26:28] And you'll find usually that the five to 10% of the stuff that gets results is this stuff that's naturally easy for you to do anyways. So it's a really great way to leverage the time you have. You also do not want to be second guessing. You plan create a strategic step by step plan and stick to it. You should always know what you're going to be working on this week. [00:26:49] What you're going to be working on next week. You should know any moment that you, you have to sit down and work without them kids without distraction. You should know exactly what you need to jump into and not be wondering. Gosh, what should I do next? Because then you're going to get sucked into some Facebook group or some podcast episode. [00:27:07] And talking to people or whatever it is you do to procrastinate. Right. For me, I connect with people cause I love to connect with people and I love to learn. So those are my two things that I do a lot of when I really am not fully clear on what I should do next, or I'm trying to procrastinate. I don't want to do it. [00:27:24] I know needs to happen next. Right. So when you have a plan and you're not second guessing it and you stick to it, You get it done faster and you don't waste your time on stuff. That's not going to bring immediate results. Okay. And then consistency here is key. And I just want to mention this. You'd probably know this already. [00:27:42] You're here. You're bright entrepreneur, but your business is going to suffer most when you're inconsistent and you stop showing up for some time. So you want to do everything you can do to avoid that. And this might be something that that's a challenge as you're doing school from home. Because they're just maybe times when you can't get to everything. [00:28:03] And so now before everything gets crazy or hopefully you're not in that moment right now, if you are just get started, get back on the horse. But as soon as you have a time really through where are the spots that are going to be potentially sticking and how can you plan to overcome them now and stay consistent with your content schedule? [00:28:25]making sure your contents schedule is actually, you know, bringing in the right people, creating the desire for your products and selling it, which we're going to talk about over the next few episodes. So Hey, you know, if you haven't subscribed yet, here's your hook, just subscribe, but definitely make sure everything is staying consistent because if there's a gap, if you become inconsistent, the numbers are going to plummet this podcast. [00:28:48] Fantastic example of that. As much as I hate to say it. But this was this podcast, seasons one and two were really a passion project for me. I didn't have a business plan for them. I was doing it because I love the idea of working or I'm doing a podcast CAS, and I wanted to share the stuff I was learning as I grew my seven figure business with other entrepreneurs because that's, that's my people, which is why it made so much sense for me to pivot into the entrepreneur space. [00:29:20] But now I am absolutely committed to consistency because the last two seasons as I would podcast for a while and the numbers would start to grow really well. And then they would plummet because I would just stop and I would stop for a couple of months or more and I'd stop in the middle of stuff. [00:29:37] Right. And it just kills any momentum that you've built. You've got to keep that momentum going and to keep the momentum going. You've got to have consistency. So. If you have listened to all this stuff, and you know that it's going to be rough this year with kids at home, and you want to figure out what your step-by-step plan is, what those five things, 10% of those activities are that are really going to bring you in the revenue and really what you're gifted at, what you're aligned with it. [00:30:09] I am so good at helping people figure out. Where their gifts are and how to really lean into them , if you already have something that sells, you're making some money and you want help doing that, you don't have to do this alone. [00:30:23] I would love to help you. I would love to do a clarity coaching day with you. And really set up a step by step plan so that you don't lose momentum so that you always know exactly what you should be focused on as you're moving forward and have this work time so that you can continue growing your business. [00:30:43] Even if you're schooling from home, you don't want to let that affect or hurt your business in any way. And I improve as a mom with six kids that you do not have to have this. Hurt your business. Right? I homeschool my children and have for years. So I know this from experience and I am so good at helping you figure out what you want, make a clear and simple plan for getting there. [00:31:09] Simplicity is everything, and I would love to help you get that. So yeah, if this sounds interesting to you, all you have to do is go into the show notes and find my contact information. and then message me and if I have any open spots, cause I'm only doing two per week at the most. [00:31:28] we'll set up a free 30 minute call where I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions about your business and really just make sure that we're a good fit. I want to see if I can actually help you do this because I would never want somebody to hire me that I didn't 100% feel confident. [00:31:43] I could, I mean that they would look back on this and say, that was the best investment in the business they made in a long time, because they made several times over their money back. Right. So, if we do this discovery call and we feel like it's a great fit, then we'll set up a clarity coaching day where we will spend a day together and create that step by step strategy for you. That's super focused. It's really easy so that you can follow it and grow it business as you school from home. So just head on over to the show notes and send me that message. [00:32:14] Now, if you're new around here and you found this helpful, we'd love it. If you'd subscribe, you know, tell all your friends who are entrepreneurs who have kids at home doing school, even if it's just part of the week, have them come listen to this episode. and also if you like this episode, it would be awesome. [00:32:31] If you would leave a review. I know it's the shameless ask. We all ask that. but I'm occasionally going to be reading them here on the podcast and I'd love to feature your, your review. Like this one that I just got recently from N D H Vaughn, which says five stars. I love Jamie's podcast. [00:32:48] I've followed Jamie for the better part of a decade. And I really love her podcast. I listened to a lot of podcasts, mostly entrepreneur and business related, and I really liked the helpful and real content she's putting out. I admire her ethics, her vulnerability, and her genuine desire to help others grow their businesses. [00:33:05] She's very knowledgeable and really fun to listen to you. Subscribe. You'll be glad you did. Thanks. N D H Vaughn for the awesome review and my friend, we are brighter together. The world needs us. So let's go and make it brighter.

Want to work with me? Send me a DM on Instagram @JamieMSwanson now! Buy The Power of Moments book by Heath & Heath (affiliate link) Hey, Friend. I just wanted to let you know that I had some audio issues with this podcast, but the content was so good that I wanted to share it anyways. So thanks for your understanding. [00:00:08]if you've got kids who are going to be home for either all or part of their school this year, no matter what kind of school you're doing, and you're trying to grow your business and aren't sure how you're going to do it all. I'm here to help I've homeschooled my six kids four years while also running a seven figure online business. [00:00:30] And I'm going to share my best tips with you in this episode. Good [00:00:34] Okay. Start by acknowledging how hard all of this is, no matter what you selected or have forced on you. I just want you to know that I get how hard this is and I'm here to support you in any choice you have made or whatever situation that you're in. So for a little background, for those of you who don't really know me very well yet, my kids are age 14, 13, 11, seven, five, and three. [00:01:31] And I've got how many years of homeschooling behind me as well as having done some public school. And so I know firsthand how hard it is. To start and grow a business while having the kids at home all the time. I also know that mom guilt feeling like you're never present enough with the kids, but you're not able to work as effectively since your attention is continually divided. [00:01:57] So the first thing before we even get into the tips, just try and let go that don't judge yourself over it. This is a pandemic after. All right. My goal here is to help as many people as possible to learn from my experience. So if you know any other entrepreneurs who are going to have kids at home, and if you find these tips helpful, it means so much to me. [00:02:22] If you could share this episode with them, once you're done, I'd love to help as many entrepreneurial parents as possible, and I need your help to do it. So here are my five best tips to help you grow your business while also doing school from home. So number one know that the first week of school sets the tone for the entire year. [00:02:44] So think of this, like our client onboarding. If you run a membership or you do a coaching program or something, you know that those first impressions after that by really shape a lot of their experience going forward. So spend some time to make this first week really fun and special for your kids. And I especially love to focus on positivity. [00:03:07] [00:03:07] The other thing I'd mention about that first week is if you're able to you ease into it, don't just suddenly go all in. And I have eight hours a day of school, which I never do eight hours a day for the record, in case you wonder, and really start to ease in and think of it as a transition. This is important. [00:03:25] Both for your kids. But also for you, not just easing into the transition, but having this really great first week, because if you can really set that tone for the rest of the school year, if you can get your kids excited about it. And if you can in place some of the things that I'm going to talk about in the next tip, it's going to run so much smoother for you. [00:03:48] Now, if that first week is a train wreck it's Oh, okay. Don't worry about it. Life goes on, but if you can, in any way, go above and beyond to make that first week really awesome for both you and the kids. It's just going to be way easier to keep them going, keep them motivated and to read, really succeed as the school year continues on. [00:04:10] Okay. So one other thing I'm going to mention here here is a resource. It's a book called the power of moments by chip and Dan Heath. And it's all about engineering, memorable moments in a person's life. Now I have found this incredibly helpful and insightful and helping me create moments that my kids will remember. [00:04:31] Forever, but it's also helped me a lot in designing experiences within my business that make my clients absolutely love and adore me and feel incredibly loyal towards me and help spread the word about my business. So it will have a double benefit. If you read the book highly recommended, you will come up with all sorts of great ideas for that first week of schooling from home. [00:04:56] And you'll find it's probably going to be something that changes how you interact with your kids going forward throughout the rest of life as well. And with your spouse or partner or anybody else that you really care about and want to create a moment for it's really awesome. So check out the book, power of moments by chip and Dan Heath. [00:05:14] I'll put a link in the show notes as well. All right. The second tip is to plan ahead and this is kind of like multiple tips all within one. Little heading that I didn't want to have like 13 different tips for you. but all of these are based on the actual school day with your kids. [00:05:34] So number one, create a routine. Now it's really easy when you're doing school from home, especially if you're homeschooling or have a lot of autonomy over your schedule, where nobody's telling you, you have to be somewhere at a certain time. It's really easy to just start that day later and later and later. [00:05:53] And all of a sudden, it's just a mess. It consumes your entire day. So I absolutely believe in starting school at the same time every day. And I even liked to create a school area that is where they just do school. And honestly, it's really beneficial for you to also create a work area. If you're working from home, that is the only place that you, you really work. [00:06:18] And when you're there, the family knows you're working. You know, when you're, and I know if you've got toddlers or babies or whatever, you can't always honor that, but as much as possible, that's where you do your work. That's where you have. this whole environment of productivity around you, even if it doesn't feel that way, cause kids are screaming in the background or whatever, you know, we've all been there. [00:06:38] Trust me. I'm there every day and I'm just. If you can make those spaces, it's especially great for the kids, because then they know that they're kind of quote unquote, going to school, even though it's not going to school. Now, when we first started homeschooling, we didn't have spaces that we could use for their homeschool. [00:06:58] And so our routine was every day to do school around the kitchen table. And so if anything was piled on the table, which I don't know how it's a magnet, but it always is right. So at the beginning of the day, we would make sure that everybody cleaned the table off. We started with a brand new clean table, pull out all the supplies. [00:07:16] We pull out all the stuff we need, and then we'd start our day in school at the table. Now that my kids are older, sometimes I'll let them go and do some of their different subjects in different locations. But generally speaking, it's really helpful to have a specific location for school and it gives them a little bit more of a separation between what school time. [00:07:39] And what's playtime, which is really helpful for kids in staying focused. You may also want to prep a whole lot of snack in advance. I don't know what it is about school starting again, but I swear my kids become bottomless pits. And so when I have, you know, a lot veggies, all cut up and prepped or a lot of crackers and stuff, it's ready to go. [00:08:03] And, you know, I don't have to think about it. I can just pull something out real quick. And there it is. I don't have to be like. Oh, gosh, what are we going to have? You're hungry again. You can't be hungry again. You just ate five minutes ago, , you know, the conversation, right. But when you have that, all those snacks prepped in advance, it's just easier. [00:08:21] And then the other thing I want to mention about this, just from a very practical standpoint, in terms of like planning ahead and how you're going to handle different situations to make it go smoothly, is that some days. How can it be really hard? And so don't be afraid to take a mental health day off. [00:08:40] Now I get the benefit as a homeschooling mama of course, the entire day, without having to be accountable to anyone else. So if you are using some sort of virtual school or there is somebody else that the children are accountable to, you should really view this as like a mental health. They, even if they're doing okay, because, you know, They are not going to learn anything when they are in a certain mood. [00:09:05] And if you can't turn that around, if they can't turn that around, it's just going to be a wasted day with nothing done. And it's going to be full of pain and fighting and arguing and whining, or just difficult stuff that isn't going to actually benefit anybody. And so you might as well take that day, find a way to refresh them. [00:09:24] If you have to give them the day off just to go out and play, whatever. I've just found that it doesn't matter how positive I am and how well I have followed the routine they follow been fed and whatever. [00:09:38] There are just some days that are really hard and they're just over it. And so giving them some space, not, you know, every day, not every week. But having a day here and there, that's really rare and saying, you know what, you're right. Let's turn this off. Let's do something really fun. That's super atypical. [00:09:57] I believe that that can be a really helpful and healthy thing for your kids. And sometimes all you have to do is like an hour or two of this activity, and then they can come back and they're reset and they're ready to go. So don't be afraid to do that when your kids really need it and you'll know, or frankly, if you really need it. [00:10:14] In fact, that's why I did one of my public school years was after we had Olaf, which is my sixth baby. He's three, he's my three year old, the year, right after we had him, I swear he broke my back. Like I love the kid, but something about going from five to six, I just, I was not capable. Of doing school that year. [00:10:35] Like I just knew that I wouldn't be able to do it well. And so we put the kids in public school for a year and it was totally fine. It was actually really validating because it showed me that they were way ahead, even though we do so much, many fewer hours than the public school. And, then the next year we went back to homeschooling. [00:10:51] So, you just know yourself, know what you can handle and not. And if you need to call them for a day, call it for a day. There's no shame in that. Okay. So the third thing piggybacks right off of that is to prioritize self care daily and even more regularly like quarterly. Okay. So this was really hard for me. [00:11:16] In fact, I didn't know, do self care for probably a good solid 10 years, maybe 13 years, because I always felt like it was really selfish. I always felt like my family had to come first. And my, you know, we had to make money. We had to pay the bills. I was super responsible person. All these things just sucked all the life out and I felt bad any time for myself. [00:11:41] And I've completely shifted that 180 degrees. Now I make sense of care, the most important part of my day. And I've had to figure out how to fit it into my schedule. I do it daily and sometimes it's just a few minutes here and there, sometimes it means taking a longer chunk of the day and getting out into the world, whatever it is for you. [00:12:03]honestly, sometimes for me, it's grabbing like a snack or some candy or a doughnut, which I'm not a big sugar person, but every once in a while, I love to have something like that. Something I enjoy and going and hiding in the closet in my bedroom and eating it alone. So I don't have to share it with my kids, which sounds crazy, but that can be self care too. [00:12:23] Like it's okay to have something you love. That's just for you, you know, maybe it's meditation or contemplation. I do that in the mornings. Maybe it's exercise for you every day. Getting out for a run. I know that's been a huge part. Of my self care this year in particular, especially as I've been training for an ultra marathon, whatever it is, try and get them daily. [00:12:45]you know, but also think about what can you do? We do weekly, monthly, quarterly. That really is going to help you be your best self. Because when we are rested, we can give from such a better place than we, when we are continually exhausted. And I especially want to speak to the moms out there. I know that. [00:13:05] There's this , weird, weird conditioning out there that says good mom is always, you know, selfless. We give to everybody, we are servant leaders and I fully believe in serving and I fully believe in being generous, but there's almost the shame around giving ourselves that same care and courtesy. [00:13:28] Can you imagine? How it would feel if somebody even cares for you one 10th of the way that you care for your children, right? Do this for yourself, make this a priority, do not feel bad about doing this. The thing that really got me started with self care, and it's not just going to a spa all the time or whatever, it can be all sorts of things. [00:13:49] I'll give you a couple other ideas in a minute, but the thing that really drove this, Tom for me, was thinking about my daughters one day. What I want them giving to such an exhausted in an overwhelmed level, what I want them living their life like that day in and day out, day in, day out. Okay. All for other people and never ever for who they were created to be what I want them to sacrifice their gifts and their passions and their talents so that they could be, something they feel like they should be, but that's completely draining them. [00:14:26], I would never want them to feel bad, taking a little bit of time to do the activities that they love. They bring them life and that make them a better mom that make them a better partner, whatever it is, make them a better person in general. Right. And so when I thought about it, that way, it's just like, Oh, why would I go way out of my way to do this for my kids, but never myself. [00:14:48] And so once I got over that, it changed everything in my life. It's been one of the best things I've ever done. you know, maybe for you, it's weekly wine with your girlfriends or a monthly or quarterly getaways, you just have to figure out what the, this means for you, but, okay. Do you know that one of the most, supportive things I have in my life that I consider it self care in some ways is connecting with a group of friends. [00:15:14] And I don't even need to have lots of time with them. I don't even need to see them every day or talk to them every day or whatever. But knowing that I have groups of friends that I can just send a quick little message over to and say, Oh my gosh, I'm struggling today. How are you doing? Or, you know, send help. [00:15:30] This is what's going on, craziness or whatever, and just have the empathy and the compassion and have them speak truth back into me and encouragement. It's so. Amazing. And I really did not pursue building friendships for years cause I was just too busy and I didn't prioritize self care and it's something I've gone deep into in the last year and a half and has changed everything. [00:15:55] So highly recommend that. if you go back in the archives, by the way, season one has some episodes about retreats and stepping away and creating space. And I don't have the episode numbers in front of me. Sorry about that. But if you go look, you'll find them. and I highly recommend listening to some of the benefits to that. [00:16:13] It has literally changed my life in the best of ways. Okay. So definitely prioritize self care on the regular, both at least daily, something small. also, you know, bigger things throughout time as you need them and schedule them or they won't happen. It's another tip. Schedule them in advance. All right. [00:16:31] Number four is as a business owner, it's really important for us to buy as much time back. As we can to work on our business. If we have kids at home all the time, it is going to make it much more difficult for us to get our work done. Because even if we able to work the same number of hours, the fact that we have the mental load of thinking about the kids being there or hearing them and knowing that they're there. [00:16:56] And the fact, you know, like it's just, it's heavier. It's always there, especially for us moms and maybe for some dads too, not a dad. So it's harder for me to speak to that, but. Especially as moms, it's really hard. I found it as a mom, really hard to unplug from hearing everything that's going on and paying attention to it, to really focus on my business. [00:17:16] So my attention is divided never as effective and efficient when I'm trying to work with kids in the background, even if they are fully entertained and behaving well, as I am, when I can leave my home where there's all sorts of triggers of things that need to get done, and the mental load is big. Right. [00:17:34] But if I can leave my home and have dedicated work, it is easily five to 10 times more effective and efficient. I get way more done when I can get out of the house. Okay. So, maximize the amount of work, only time that you have dedicated work hours and buy it back, if you can. And here's some ways you can do that. [00:17:53] So, number one, a free way to get more time is to ask a partner or a spouse, if they can. Set aside some time for you that is dedicated to working. Now, maybe that's a couple hours a day. Maybe it's just one hour a day. Maybe it's , an entire day, a week where you go and you just, you know, you find a park or something and you just work like mad and you get or done, right. [00:18:17] Whatever it is. If your partner, you have one can provide some really dedicated work time where you're just away from everything that is huge. the second thing you can do is it can actually hire a tutor to help the kids with school. There's a lot of teachers who are out of work right now, who would love to be able to help your kids through school, to make up some of the money that they've lost. [00:18:41] Even if they're doing virtual public school, having somebody there who can help keep them focused and make sure that they're doing during their homework and keep them accountable. We'll free up so much mental load, and we'll give you extra time that you can be working while they're working with their kids. [00:18:56] That's another thing you can do, right. Is hire a house manager. Now, this sounds weird, but they do, they can do things like laundry, cooking meals, basic cleaning. They can even do some nanny. Yeah. And childcare for you running errands. This is probably the most life-changing hire we ever made. And I fought this one for a long time because you know, we're not the kind of people who has, live in help or whatever. [00:19:22] And it doesn't have to be live in. Ours, happens to be living because we live super remote, but we have a full time house manager. And it's kind of like having another wife, which sounds funny, not like the relationship side, but like somebody to make sure that everybody gets fed and all the clothes, this is washed folded, put away the toys are put away. [00:19:42] So when I am home, I don't have to be focused on doing the mound of dishes. I can actually be focused on my children. So in the mornings I do my homeschool with them and work with them. And then I can go work in the afternoons and come home and actually be mom, instead of having to do all the chores and trying to multitask all the time, yeah, no idea how heavy that mental load is and how much that keeps you from doing your best work. [00:20:10] Until you have somebody there who's really on your team, who's happy to help you with all of those things. It's been nothing but a joy. I do teaching of the lessons and I give them their assignments, but she can help follow through to make sure they get it done. She's not doing any teaching, but, it's just changed so much. [00:20:28] I mean, if you can hire some childcare or a nanny or somebody to come in and watch your children, so you can get a little bit more dedicated work time. That can be great, whether full time, part, time, whatever, but also you may want to consider hiring more people on your team. If you haven't ever hired somebody for your business team, starting with a virtual assistant is a really great way to start outsourcing tasks that you definitely do not need to be doing. [00:20:54]maybe for a content repurposing. So for example, I hire somebody to take my videos and reformat them into blog posts, into audio, okay. Into summaries, into an email, social media posts and schedule them on all the platforms. So all I have to do is one single video and upload it. And then they do all the rest and it costs me like $30 a video to have all that content done. [00:21:17]it's a no brainer. It's absolutely. One of the best investments ever. And I buy back so much of my time, so I can do the stuff that actually brings things and money. Yeah. Instead of focusing on all those things that are simply processes that anybody can follow. growing your team and being willing to invest in your brand in yourself and my buy back your time so that you're doing the most important things will change. [00:21:43] So much. Now here's a big thing to remember. It don't be you afraid to invest in your business when you can leverage it to make more money. Okay. So I know that if you've been doing this yourself, and you're not making a ton of money yet, this can be really hard, but bright entrepreneurs who are successful, who are really growing. [00:22:04] No, that they're not wasting money. This is not an expense. This is literally an investment that will make them back far more money in the end, multiple times over because they're getting more work done faster. So they're getting more results faster, which means more money faster. And the rate of growth in terms of profit is almost always greater than what you're going to be paying a team. [00:22:33] And it should be if you're going to be doing this, it's called an ROI. If you're doing the whole team process, right? If you're making processes, people can follow. If you're really empowering them to do the work and not micromanaging running a team is a whole nother area of leadership. So that's something you want to hear more about and I have done it all wrong, but I've also done it. [00:22:54] All right. And then with this, COVID destroying my business. I've really pared back to like the barest chosen. I'm going to be rebuilding my team again, basically almost from scratch as this business grows. And so if you want hear more about that process, if you want to hear more about how to grow a team correctly, make the right hires all of those things. [00:23:16] If you could drop me a message on Instagram, just at Jamie M Swanson and let me know, that's something you'd be interested in. let me know. And I'll, I'll consider talking about that more. It wasn't something I was thinking about originally, but I know that this is an area that can really be an expensive mess if you don't know what you're doing. [00:23:35] And so I'd be happy to share some of those insights with you here on the podcast, if there's enough interest for it. Alright. So fifth and final tip that I would say is really, Get very good at leveraging the time that you do have and use it in a very focused way. Okay. So what I mean by this is, a lot of entrepreneurs who are even into the six figures, like, you know, one to $300,000 or less, they are doing so much stuff that really doesn't matter. [00:24:07], they're rebranding the website and they're, they're doing this and that. And the other thing, and they're posting and all the social media channels and near her busy, busy, busy, busy, busy, we've got these big, complicated businesses that are profitable, but they just can't keep up. And if this is you and you are just like, how am I going to do school and do all this stuff? [00:24:25] And my business is going to go into decline. It's overwhelming. It's absolutely overwhelming. And so. What you really need to focus on is the five to 10% of the stuff you do that actually brings in more income and grows your business. Now it can be easy to, I think he needs to do all this stuff, even vital stuff, right. [00:24:48] Starting over. I know so many people who are like, Oh, I have to grow list first before I can sell to them. And then there's me. Who's like, Oh, I've got 17 people on my list. 17 people on my list. That's not an exaggeration or an under exaggeration. It's literally seven. Yeah. Teen people. And I've made over five figures of income in the first 30 days. [00:25:09] We're not even at the 30 day Mark yet from the 17 people. Actually. It's not all from them. I just started selling it's people I attracted. Yeah. It's just, you don't need to have a big audience in order to start selling and making money. If you have a plan. No. How do I attract the right people? And how to position your product for them in a way that they want it. [00:25:34] Like when they see it, they're like, Oh gosh, yes, I actually do want this. And so you need to have a very concise, focused plan. That really is just the stuff that really matters. Right. This is another way of buying time back because you're not wasting it and procrastinate working on stuff that does not get you results. [00:25:52] Okay. second in terms of saying focused. Stick with what you are most aligned with and do most naturally, right. serve out of your strengths, not out of your weaknesses when we're doing something that is naturally easy for us to do. [00:26:09] It takes us way less time and we get way better results. Whereas when we do stuff that we're not as good at, but we feel like we have to do it. It takes us the longer, it wastes a bunch of time. We don't get as good a result. And so we really want to focus on the stuff that we are good at and go all in would those things. [00:26:28] And you'll find usually that the five to 10% of the stuff that gets results is this stuff that's naturally easy for you to do anyways. So it's a really great way to leverage the time you have. You also do not want to be second guessing. You plan create a strategic step by step plan and stick to it. You should always know what you're going to be working on this week. [00:26:49] What you're going to be working on next week. You should know any moment that you, you have to sit down and work without them kids without distraction. You should know exactly what you need to jump into and not be wondering. Gosh, what should I do next? Because then you're going to get sucked into some Facebook group or some podcast episode. [00:27:07] And talking to people or whatever it is you do to procrastinate. Right. For me, I connect with people cause I love to connect with people and I love to learn. So those are my two things that I do a lot of when I really am not fully clear on what I should do next, or I'm trying to procrastinate. I don't want to do it. [00:27:24] I know needs to happen next. Right. So when you have a plan and you're not second guessing it and you stick to it, You get it done faster and you don't waste your time on stuff. That's not going to bring immediate results. Okay. And then consistency here is key. And I just want to mention this. You'd probably know this already. [00:27:42] You're here. You're bright entrepreneur, but your business is going to suffer most when you're inconsistent and you stop showing up for some time. So you want to do everything you can do to avoid that. And this might be something that that's a challenge as you're doing school from home. Because they're just maybe times when you can't get to everything. [00:28:03] And so now before everything gets crazy or hopefully you're not in that moment right now, if you are just get started, get back on the horse. But as soon as you have a time really through where are the spots that are going to be potentially sticking and how can you plan to overcome them now and stay consistent with your content schedule? [00:28:25]making sure your contents schedule is actually, you know, bringing in the right people, creating the desire for your products and selling it, which we're going to talk about over the next few episodes. So Hey, you know, if you haven't subscribed yet, here's your hook, just subscribe, but definitely make sure everything is staying consistent because if there's a gap, if you become inconsistent, the numbers are going to plummet this podcast. [00:28:48] Fantastic example of that. As much as I hate to say it. But this was this podcast, seasons one and two were really a passion project for me. I didn't have a business plan for them. I was doing it because I love the idea of working or I'm doing a podcast CAS, and I wanted to share the stuff I was learning as I grew my seven figure business with other entrepreneurs because that's, that's my people, which is why it made so much sense for me to pivot into the entrepreneur space. [00:29:20] But now I am absolutely committed to consistency because the last two seasons as I would podcast for a while and the numbers would start to grow really well. And then they would plummet because I would just stop and I would stop for a couple of months or more and I'd stop in the middle of stuff. [00:29:37] Right. And it just kills any momentum that you've built. You've got to keep that momentum going and to keep the momentum going. You've got to have consistency. So. If you have listened to all this stuff, and you know that it's going to be rough this year with kids at home, and you want to figure out what your step-by-step plan is, what those five things, 10% of those activities are that are really going to bring you in the revenue and really what you're gifted at, what you're aligned with it. [00:30:09] I am so good at helping people figure out. Where their gifts are and how to really lean into them , if you already have something that sells, you're making some money and you want help doing that, you don't have to do this alone. [00:30:23] I would love to help you. I would love to do a clarity coaching day with you. And really set up a step by step plan so that you don't lose momentum so that you always know exactly what you should be focused on as you're moving forward and have this work time so that you can continue growing your business. [00:30:43] Even if you're schooling from home, you don't want to let that affect or hurt your business in any way. And I improve as a mom with six kids that you do not have to have this. Hurt your business. Right? I homeschool my children and have for years. So I know this from experience and I am so good at helping you figure out what you want, make a clear and simple plan for getting there. [00:31:09] Simplicity is everything, and I would love to help you get that. So yeah, if this sounds interesting to you, all you have to do is go into the show notes and find my contact information. and then message me and if I have any open spots, cause I'm only doing two per week at the most. [00:31:28] we'll set up a free 30 minute call where I'm going to ask you a bunch of questions about your business and really just make sure that we're a good fit. I want to see if I can actually help you do this because I would never want somebody to hire me that I didn't 100% feel confident. [00:31:43] I could, I mean that they would look back on this and say, that was the best investment in the business they made in a long time, because they made several times over their money back. Right. So, if we do this discovery call and we feel like it's a great fit, then we'll set up a clarity coaching day where we will spend a day together and create that step by step strategy for you. That's super focused. It's really easy so that you can follow it and grow it business as you school from home. So just head on over to the show notes and send me that message. [00:32:14] Now, if you're new around here and you found this helpful, we'd love it. If you'd subscribe, you know, tell all your friends who are entrepreneurs who have kids at home doing school, even if it's just part of the week, have them come listen to this episode. and also if you like this episode, it would be awesome. [00:32:31] If you would leave a review. I know it's the shameless ask. We all ask that. but I'm occasionally going to be reading them here on the podcast and I'd love to feature your, your review. Like this one that I just got recently from N D H Vaughn, which says five stars. I love Jamie's podcast. [00:32:48] I've followed Jamie for the better part of a decade. And I really love her podcast. I listened to a lot of podcasts, mostly entrepreneur and business related, and I really liked the helpful and real content she's putting out. I admire her ethics, her vulnerability, and her genuine desire to help others grow their businesses. [00:33:05] She's very knowledgeable and really fun to listen to you. Subscribe. You'll be glad you did. Thanks. N D H Vaughn for the awesome review and my friend, we are brighter together. The world needs us. So let's go and make it brighter.

Kevin Salwen is a former reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal and co-author of two very different, yet equally compelling books. The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back, is the story of how — at the urging of their then 14 year-old daughter—the Salwen family sold their big house and contributed half the proceeds to help a village in Ghana.  The new book is called The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle. It’s a gripping read about the bombing in Atlanta’s Centennial Park during the 1996 Olympics, the heroism of Richard Jewell and the calamity that took place after the FBI named Jewell as a suspect.   Kevin is a graduate of Northwestern University. He served as board chair of Year Up Atlanta, and served as a board member of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity for 12 years.   Buy The Suspect here. Buy The Power of Half here. Send Paul an Email at paul@crazymoneypodcast.com Visit his website at http://paulollinger.com

SUMMARY Issuing a warning against “global cooling,” world-renowned Italian psychotherapist Piero Ferrucci offers a guide for individual and societal well-being in his book, The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life. In his tenth-anniversary edition, Ferruci delivers in great depth 19 distinct facets of kindness. With his own gentle and genteel demeanor, he offers up solutions to help turn us away from cynicism, violence, and narcissism. “Writing with a rare combination of sensitivity and intellectual depth, Dr. Ferrucci shows that, ultimately, kindness is not a luxury in our world but rather a necessity for us all.” KEY POINTS At a United Nations conference, experts discussed forgiveness as a medical issue since withholding forgiveness correlates directly with serious health threats such as hypertension. In this age of digitization, we diminish conversations and detract from opportunities to connect with others through verbal and nonverbal cues even by merely leaving a cellphone on the table during a meal. Reading novels helps us develop both emotional and cognitive empathy. Humor can help us take ourselves less seriously and develop humility. A sense of awe, especially when we feel it in nature or experience it with beauty, helps put us in perspective. Time opulence – a feeling of having all the time in the world – increases as we serve others. Represented by water, adaptability (also seen as flexibility and availability) is the paramount virtue in Taoism. QUOTES FROM FERRUCCI “Kindness is the simplest way of coping with so many hurdles, of feeling better, of enjoying life. It is problem solver #1.” “Kindness is its own reward.” “Forgiveness is a positive quality. It contains joy and faith in others, generosity of spirit. Illogical and surprising, sometimes sublime, it frees us from the ancient chains of resentment. Whoever forgives, feels uplifted.” “The quality of attention you give to a person is the quality of the relationship.” “Empathy is the best means of improving any relationship.” “We’re completely equipped, programmed, and built to be empathic. It’s what we are!” “When people experience a sense of awe, their ego begins to shrink.” “In these times of accelerated pace…patience is an unpopular and seemingly tedious quality.” “One component of kindness is a happy disposition. And akin to happiness is humor—a capacity to see the contradictions and absurdities of our life and not take ourselves too seriously. Anyone who has this quality is safe from emotional inflation and the dramas of everyday life.” “Getting married and having children made me more human…and put me much more in touch with the reality of feelings.” BUY The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition RECOMMENDATION BUY Be Kind: You Can Make the World a Happier Place! 125 Kind Things to Say & Do Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Website Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

Buy The Power of Now on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2RXpoac Read my notes: https://parkerklein.com/notes/the-power-of-now Visit my website: https://parkerklein.com App used to take notes: https://twosapp.com App used to track habits: https://awarepath.com App used to reflect: https://reflectwithmuse.com Thank you for listening :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/parkerklein/support

 In his latest book, The Power of Having Fun, productivity expert Dave Crenshaw gives us permission to have fun. Seriously! According to Crenshaw, we all need to take breaks—lots of them—every day, week, month, and year. In fact, the best way to be productive is to have fun every day all year long. So, Crenshaw teaches us how to incorporate having fun into every aspect of our lives. After you listen to him, you’ll be back in the sandbox taking back your recess time! 00:15  Intro to Dave Crenshaw, author of The Power of Having Fun 01:10 Having fun helps us be more productive 02:10 Crenshaw uses “desert” and “oasis” metaphors 02:25 “Desert” = an extended period of deprivation and/or chaos (as defined by you) 03:45 Most common deserts: career and retirement 05:40 59% of people unhappy at work but push hard to retirement anyway 06:20 Taking time for an “oasis” actually helps us get to the other side 06:50 Oasis = a planned, scheduled break (as defined by you) 07:20 Taking a vacation can perpetuate the “desert” mentality 08:00 More than 600 million vacation days go unused annually 08:30 Hard work necessary for success 08:40 10% of our awake time should be “oasis” time 09:25 Prescheduled times to step away from work refreshes us 09:45 “W.I.S.H.”  - worth it someday, hopefully 10:25 Permission – the first stage of having fun (not feeling guilty) 10:45 Research shows those deprived of dopamine get worse at task 12:10 Short breaks (not a vacation) help us perform better 13:30 Clearly defined fun time (not one activity coupled with another) 14:00 If you’re traveling through the desert, is water something you earn for good behavior? 14:15 Fun is a requirement! 15:05 Playing is almost a human right 15:45 “W.I.N.” – worth it now 16:05 Discovery – tough step for adults who’ve forgotten how they like having fun 17:00 “Recess” has been stolen from us 17:10 World Health Organization (WHO) determined playing is a basic right of children 17:30 Children with recess time pay attention and have fewer behavioral problems 18:40 Children always find a way to play, have fun, and entertain themselves 20:10 Lean away from costly breaks; save those for yearly play 20:30 Oasis intervals (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) determine time and money spent 21:25 Most of our fun should be free to very inexpensive 22:10 It’s not time management; its focus management 22:30 Massive difference between being distracted and having fun 23:10 Trap: waiting to finish everything before having fun 23:35 Oasis should be one of the first things on the schedule 24:25 How to create and honor a family oasis 25:15 Relationship deserts let them dry up and fall apart while driving toward success 26:25 Spending time in loving relationships enhances our business endeavors 26:30 If you want children to succeed in school, have fun with them 27:00 “Me” time vs. “them” time: planning family oasis time that suits the needs of others 30:00 We have far more control over our own time than we think 31:10 Discover your “ultradian rhythm” – work/activity cycle within a day (90-120 min.) 33:20 Trust that fun and play truly makes you more productive 34:10 Staying at home with children can be its own desert 34:40 Find a moment – a gap in the day – then reserve it, guard it 35:30 Anticipating the fun can help get us through the desert (a “pre-ward,” not a reward) 37:10 Recommendation: “How to Have Fun Like Children: 15 Joyful Tips” by Nan Nanton BUY The Power of Having Fun: How Meaningful Breaks Help You Get More Done Check out Dave's website! Get 15 ideas for how to have fun like children, a blog post on the “Tiny Buddha” website Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit         BUY The Power of Having Fun: How Meaningful Breaks Help You Get More Done Get 15 ideas for how to have fun like children on the “Tiny Buddha” website. Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Website Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

SHOW NOTES: Dr. Alan Briskin co-wrote The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly with Sheryl Erickson, John Ott, and Tom Callanan. Together, the authors seek to answer the key question, “How does magic happen in groups?” With the encouragement and support of The Fetzer Institute, they combine their own research, theory, and practice with that of hundreds of others, as noted in the Acknowledgments. In short, they teach how to maximize the best in us.  “Collective wisdom,"" says Briskin, is about how we come to make sound judgments with others, touched by what is common and decent in all of us.” But leveraging this wisdom, or finding a new joint perspective, requires deep connection with others and our surroundings. Briskin's multiple examples of both positive and negative group participation illustrate the urgent need for “large-scale change efforts in business, health care, education, mental health, criminal justice, conflict resolution, and global initiatives.” To increase the likelihood of collective wisdom emerging, Briskin proposes six “stances” or attitudes. The first is “Deep Listening.” To illustrate, Briskin introduces us to Paula Underwood, a Turtle clan mother of the Iroquois nation. Taught by her father to listen to people's hearts and to read between the lines, she learned both emotional and cognitive empathy. As a tribal leader, she uses these skills while anticipating life seven generations into the future. Such foresight or concern for the future, which Briskin calls “the DNA of wisdom,” can be adopted by any culture. In fact, today we see it often in environmental groups. A similar stance is “Seeing whole systems/Seeking diverse perspectives.” This attitude is what we hope will frame robust political debates, which have long been part of our nation's history. For example, in Benjamin Franklin's final speech at the Constitutional Convention, he champions individuals who engage in vigorous discourse with the express purpose of moving group goals forward. Humility is another key component to collective wisdom. Cesar Chavez, the leader of the United Farm Workers, openly admitted he did not have all the solutions to organize his little band of grape harvesters. And, by publicly confessing he lacked answers, the group helped him find a way to unite and galvanize others. Without building deep relationships, we can fall into “the trap of collective folly,” Briskin warns. This folly may begin as mere separation and fragmentation. However, if we don't take precautions against polarizing, accusing, blaming, and talking past each other, then collective folly can lead to dysfunction and even evil. For example, the “not me” or “not us” attitude can devolve into “confirmation bias,” with members welcoming only data confirming what they already believe or know. Another form of collective folly is false agreement and the (outward) appearance of unity. To illustrate, Briskin shares the true story of the disastrous, deadly failure of the Challenger Space Shuttle mission. In the end, the book can help immunize us against such dangerous folly. BUY The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly by Briskin (1-Oct-2009) Paperback Find Nonfiction4Life everywhere: Facebook Instagram Twitter Website Music Credit Sound Editing Credit

Marketing is not about dumping more money into advertising so that you can get more clicks to your website. It's not about buying a full page ad in the local newspaper or airtime on the radio. Though there are dozens of outlets to broadcast your business, many dealers are struggling to generate real results. On episode 87 of DPB, Glenn Pasch, Troy Spring, and Tracy Myers talk about their new book, "The Power of Connected Marketing" by sharing strategies from the book that will help you unify your marketing and see great gains. The problem with most dealer marketing and advertising today is that it's siloed. Radio ads aren't connecting to website pages, newspaper or social media. Social media ads aren't connected to any specific campaign or purpose. In so doing, dealers are wasting more money on marketing then needed. It's not about what platform works better, either. Too often (especially in the digital age), dealers and vendors debate that radio and television are still effective while others place all their chips on digital. Troy Spring explains that even online businesses are using television and radio to draw attention. That's because they are working a complete strategy from start to finish. Tracy Myers shares that you have to be intentional with your marketing. It needs to align with a genuine business model for it to stick. Glenn Pasch teaches that you should perform an audit of all your vendors and the services they provide to get a pulse on what you're spending money on. On May 13th, 2016 The Power of Connected Marketing is available for sale on Amazon. But Glenn, Troy, and Tracy share another reason why they wanted to talk about the book on DPB. "We're up to $4 from each book sale being donated to the #PaulieStrong foundation." A good friend, and industry Vet, Paul Jimenez and his family started the #PaulieStrong foundation in honor of their son/brother Paulie who passed on earlier this year from rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare form of childhood cancer. All money donated to the foundation goes towards helping find a cure for pediatric cancer in memory of Paul Ulysses Jimenez.  Buy The Power of Connected Marketing Here Get a Free Copy of The Book In this episode of DPB, Michael talks about how you can get your hands on a free copy of The Power of Connected Marketing. Here's what you have to do: 1.) Write an honest review of The Dealer Playbook Podcast on iTunes: http://www.thedealerplaybook.com/dpb-itunes 2.) Screenshot your review and send it to michael@thedealerplaybook.com along with your name and mailing address. 3.) That's it. Wait for the book to arrive! Do it now before the free copies run out!

Marketing is not about dumping more money into advertising so that you can get more clicks to your website. It's not about buying a full page ad in the local newspaper or airtime on the radio. Though there are dozens of outlets to broadcast your business, many dealers are struggling to generate real results. On episode 87 of DPB, Glenn Pasch, Troy Spring, and Tracy Myers talk about their new book, "The Power of Connected Marketing" by sharing strategies from the book that will help you unify your marketing and see great gains. The problem with most dealer marketing and advertising today is that it's siloed. Radio ads aren't connecting to website pages, newspaper or social media. Social media ads aren't connected to any specific campaign or purpose. In so doing, dealers are wasting more money on marketing then needed. It's not about what platform works better, either. Too often (especially in the digital age), dealers and vendors debate that radio and television are still effective while others place all their chips on digital. Troy Spring explains that even online businesses are using television and radio to draw attention. That's because they are working a complete strategy from start to finish. Tracy Myers shares that you have to be intentional with your marketing. It needs to align with a genuine business model for it to stick. Glenn Pasch teaches that you should perform an audit of all your vendors and the services they provide to get a pulse on what you're spending money on. On May 13th, 2016 The Power of Connected Marketing is available for sale on Amazon. But Glenn, Troy, and Tracy share another reason why they wanted to talk about the book on DPB. "We're up to $4 from each book sale being donated to the #PaulieStrong foundation." A good friend, and industry Vet, Paul Jimenez and his family started the #PaulieStrong foundation in honor of their son/brother Paulie who passed on earlier this year from rhabdomyosarcoma - a rare form of childhood cancer. All money donated to the foundation goes towards helping find a cure for pediatric cancer in memory of Paul Ulysses Jimenez. Buy The Power of Connected Marketing Here Get a Free Copy of The Book In this episode of DPB, Michael talks about how you can get your hands on a free copy of The Power of Connected Marketing. Here's what you have to do: 1.) Write an honest review of The Dealer Playbook Podcast on iTunes: http://www.thedealerplaybook.com/dpb-itunes 2.) Screenshot your review and send it to michael@thedealerplaybook.com along with your name and mailing address. 3.) That's it. Wait for the book to arrive! Do it now before the free copies run out!