Podcast appearances and mentions of chris cerrone

This is Zack Fuss, an investor at Irenic Capital, and today we're breaking down Constellation Software. Constellation is a conglomerate which owns more than five hundred vertical market software businesses. It was founded by Mark Leonard in 1995 and has delivered remarkable returns to shareholders since going public on the Toronto stock exchange in 2006. To break down Constellation, I'm joined by Chris Cerrone, a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Akre Capital Management. We discuss Mark Leonard's genius, why Constellation is the gold standard for employee compensation plans, and how the business has perfected its acquisition engine, which allows it to buy dozens of software businesses each year. Please enjoy this breakdown of Constellation Software.   For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here.   -----   This episode is brought to you by Tegus, the modern research platform for leading investors. I'm a longtime user and advocate of Tegus, a company that I've been so consistently impressed with that last fall my firm, Positive Sum, invested $20M to support Tegus' mission to expand its product ecosystem. Whether it's quantitative analysis, company disclosures, management presentations, earnings calls - Tegus has tools for every step of your investment research. They even have over 4000 fully driveable financial models. Tegus' maniacal focus on quality, as well as its depth, breadth and recency of content makes it the one-stop, end-to-end research platform for investors. Move faster, gather deep research to build conviction and surface high-quality, alpha-driving insights to find your differentiated edge with Tegus. As a listener, you can take the Tegus platform for a free test drive by visiting tegus.co/patrick.   -----   Business Breakdowns is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Business Breakdowns, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.   Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here.   Follow us on Twitter: @JoinColossus | @patrick_oshag | @jspujji | @zbfuss | @ReustleMatt | @domcooke   Show Notes [00:02:37] - [First question] - How Chris and Akre came across Constellation Software  [00:05:21] - An overview of Constellation [00:08:40] - The origins of Constellations' 30-year legacy of extraordinary returns [00:11:57] - A deeper explanation of vertical market software as it relates to Constellation [00:15:30] - The impressive scale of Constellation despite its niche-targeted portfolio [00:18:04] - Their incentive structures and their avoidance of stock-based compensation [00:21:05] - Additional ways in which Constellation stands out, relating to the Rule of 40  [00:23:20] - The barriers that keep competitors and copycats from overtaking them [00:28:00] - The three legs of Constellation's acquisition engine [00:32:57] - Recent spin-offs of assets as opposed to straight acquisitions [00:35:45] - How Constellation is planning for the future [00:38:13] - Why they're considering expansion towards non-VMS acquisitions [00:40:30] - Capital allocation and Mark Leonard's outlook more broadly [00:43:46] - How the business reflects Mark's nature and values [00:47:31] - How much technology risk does the business face? [00:50:56] - Is organic growth a concern?  [00:57:40] - Lessons for operators when studying Constellation's story

Chris Cerrone and Ashley Sisolak discuss some of the personal decisions regarding their podcast, why they are deleting episodes, and what Vegas content studio is, and what it is not https://vegascontentstudio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bluegeno/ https://www.instagram.com/ashole_duh/  

Fortunate in his career to manage, market, consult, lead, design, develop, collaborate, and influence, Chris has had the honor of accomplishing many things he is proud of. As a business owner focused on podcast production and video content, Chris has worked with some of the biggest brands, business, and universities. Chris Hosted a #1 ranked business podcast building an audience of 2 million listeners in 14 months. As a business strategist, Chris worked with entrepreneurs and small businesses to help streamline processes, create more business through a variety of sales techniques, and use new media to achieve their goals. As a speaker, he has had the honor of sharing his experience as well as specific, tactical, information on stage in multiple states. Strengths include sales, real estate, lead generation, contract negotiation, launching new products/services, business/account development, strategic planning, analysis and relationship management. Chris has spent my career turning ideas, strategies, and objectives into action and results across multiple distribution channels while understanding the financial impact of decisions. Leveraging social media to market products and services combined with online promotion. Listen to this adjective Agency For Agents episode with Chris Cerrone about his company Move To Las Vegas! Here is what to expect on this week's show: What Chris is passionate about and how he started his company. His YouTube channel and what got him started in communications and podcasts. The content Chris has posted on social media and how he markets his brand.  Connect with Chris:  Guest Links: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscerrone Website - https://movingtolas.vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Cerrone, a Partner at Akre Capital Management, stops by The Business Brew for a discussion about his investment philosophy, simplicity, the definition of quality, and much more.  Chris' paper, The Art of (Not) Selling, really made an impression on Bill.  This discussion follows up on that paper, among other topics.   Prior to joining Akre Capital Management in 2012, Chris served as an equity research analyst for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York from 2010 to 2012. In that position, he covered restaurant and retail companies. He began his investment management career in 2007 as a junior equity research analyst with Century Capital Management in Boston. Chris graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in economics from Tufts University.   Bill really enjoyed listening to Chris talk about how Mr. Akre would push Chris to find the essence of a business.  That enables an analyst to then focus on THE most important question.   Books mentioned include: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry/dp/0060589469 https://www.amazon.com/Lila-Inquiry-Robert-M-Pirsig/dp/0553299611/ref=pd_lpo_2?pd_rd_i=0553299611&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/The-Art-of-Learning-Josh-Waitzkin-audiobook/dp/B00JE2WEEK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DQ5DXHBNOWB7&keywords=the+art+of+learning&qid=1643803876&s=books&sprefix=the+art+of+learning%2Cstripbooks%2C83&sr=1-1   Detailed show notes below the Stream by Mosiac sponsor copy and thank yous.   Please leave us a rating in your favorite podcast player!   This episode is brought to you by Stream by Mosaic, a product that is integral to any fundamental research process.  Stream has developed an extensive library of expert interviews that cover a variety of industries.  StreamRG.com features over 300 expert interviews.  70% of Stream's experts are found exclusively on StreamRG.com.  Visit StreamRG.com and use promo code BREW for a 14 day trial.   Album art photo taken by Mike Ando.  Please see https://www.mikeando.com/   Thank you to @mathewpassy (on Twitter) for the show production.   Detailed Show Notes 2:29 - Josh Waitzkin the mentor, embracing your funk, and reflecting on decision making 14:33 – Learning from Chuck Akre 15:20 – Mastering the micro to master the macro 16:29 – Separating the noise from signal and essence statements 20:29 – The power of writing and stopping mid sentence when you finish your day 25:17 – A history lesson about Akre Capital Management 28:30 – What is a wonderful business and what it takes to be a good investor 33:50 – Why Middleburg is important to Akre 35:05 – Why Chris left Goldman Sachs and New York to work for Chuck Akre 39:50 – Lessons from Chuck 46:35 – Thinking about valuation vs quality of assets and management (and a discussion about Family Dollar vs. Dollar General) 51:20 – When Chris sells 55:55 – Base rates vs. great businesses 1:00:35 – Investing vs. horse racing 1:04:20 – The most important question and finding the essence of the business 1:07:20 – Reading people and how they interact 1:12:20 – Portfolios built for your unique disposition 1:16:30 – What role are shareholders playing in an entity? 1:20:00 – How much does Chris think about macro? 1:22:20 – Why Colfax wasn't Danaher Part 2 1:24:20 – The potential similarities between software and insurance 1:32:35 – Cultivate quality as a way of life 1:36:55 – The hardest thing to judge in investing 1:44:18 – The difference between static and dynamic quality 1:58:00 – What is transcribed in Akre Capital Management's conference room?

Chris Cerrone is a Partner at Akre Capital Management. Prior to joining Akre Capital Management in 2012, Chris served as an equity research analyst for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York from 2010 to 2012. In that position, he covered restaurant and retail companies. He began his investment management career in 2007 as a junior equity research analyst with Century Capital Management in Boston. Chris graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in economics from Tufts University. In this episode, I welcome Chris back on the podcast and talk about the meaning and the importance of quality in your investments. He shares with us the 3-legged stool analogy that perfectly symbolizes the “Nirvana” of business, the importance of finding happiness in small improvements, and how being disciplined and discerning can help businesses handle inflation better. All this and more in this episode so make sure to stay tuned until the end!  Let's Talk About Quality  The importance of defining quality in the business  Defining the “Nirvana” in business It's a superior business It's exceptionally well-managed Managers can reinvest the naturally occurring excess capital, as well as they run the business enterprise  The 3-legged stool - symbol for the Nirvana  Simple, boring, and “un-sexy” approach  The power of compounding The results are not boring  Happiness Come from Small Improvements Sifting Through the Wheat and the Chaff Ensuring quality  Having discipline  Importance of being discerning 1st leg of the 3-legged stool analogy: Superior Businesses Does the business have competitive advantage? Does it have superior growth?  Is there an element of anti fragility? How Inflation Impacts Businesses Looking at history and using this to help build frameworks  Inflation has always been part of the equation  Importance of businesses to have pricing power  Low levels of capital intensity  Resources Mentioned: Warren Buffett's shareholder letters in 1980 and 1981 https://www.amazon.com/Money-Masters-John-Train/dp/0887306381 (The Money Masters by John Train ) Key Quotes:  “The setting suits the strategy and with all the activity and frenetic innovation going on in some of the finance capitals, we're really happy to be where we are here.” - Chris Cerrone  “It really is important to stay disciplined. be discerning, remember that you only have to do a few things well over an entire investing career to really get where you want to go. So you don't have to participate in the vast majority of what's going on out there.” - Chris Cerrone  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connect with Chris: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-c-40aba9140/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-c-40aba9140/) Website: https://www.akrecapital.com/ (www.akrecapital.com) Listen to Chris's previous https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-art-of-not-selling-with-chris-cerrone/id1541908039?i=1000512382053 (Colloquium episode! ) Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-c-adams/ (LinkedIn) LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND LEAVE US  A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on. Thank you for tuning in and Stay Tuned for the Next Episode COMING SOON!

For this episode, we’re joined by Chris Cerrone. He is a Partner at Akre Capital Management. Prior to joining Akre in 2012, Chris served as an equity research analyst for Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York from 2010 to 2012. In that position, he covered restaurant and retail companies. He began his investment management career in 2007 as a junior equity research analyst with Century Capital Management in Boston. Chris graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University. [00:01 – 07:13] Chris and Akre Capital I welcome our guest for the episode, Chris Cerrone Chris talks about his background and Akre Capital Been a partner for 9 years Founded in 1989 The 3 legged stool of Akre The focus of Akre Building a portfolio of high-quality businesses Sector alignments [07:14 –  26:20] The Art of Not Selling The Art of Not Selling Impact of Politics, Economy, and Valuation on their Portfolio Focusing on businesses that are not as sensitive to political regime changes Selling businesses not based on Valuation The Enemies of Compounding An illustrative riddle that shows the power of compounding Building and maintaining relationships with the right people in the industry One of the biggest mistakes Chris made [26:21 –  32:35] Investment Advice from Chris How to train ourselves to be better disciplined and hold long term Achieve deep understanding Simplifying everything Chris’ thoughts on the “Robin Hood’s” of the Market and the whole GameStop situation [32:36 – 41:04] Quick Hitting Questions with Chris Chris’ view on the trajectory of the Stock Market for the rest of the year Tests to base their decisions in their stock investments Recommendations from Chris [41:05 - 43:15] Closing Segment Connect with Chris. See Links Below. Final words Tweetable Quotes:  “We don’t sell businesses on the basis of valuation.” - Chris Cerrone “There’s nothing worse than underestimating your management teams, moving on from the business and watching them do terrific things, and you are not there to participate.” - Chris Cerrone “Compound Interest is the 8th wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it.” - Albert Einstein “The simpler ideas tend to do better in time. Simplicity to me is one of my guiding principles, and I think it really does help.” - Chris Cerrone Resources Mentioned:  https://www.akrecapital.com/ (Akre Capital Management) https://www.akrecapital.com/the-art-of-not-selling/ (The Art of (Not) Selling) - Chris Cerrone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connect with Chris, visit https://www.akrecapital.com/ (https://www.akrecapital.com/)  Connect with Excelsior GP: https://www.excelsiorgp.com/ (Excelsior GP Website) https://www.linkedin.com/company/excelsior-capital-gp/ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmreyaEmNbgq-6t86UtERSw (YouTube) Connect with me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-c-adams/ (LinkedIn) LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, AND LEAVE US  A REVIEW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on. Thank you for tuning in and Stay Tuned for the Next Episode COMING SOON!

I started off by saying his last name wrong. I’m the worst. Chris is a great composer and his percussion writing for Third Coast and Sandbox, Goldbeater’s Skin, is incredible. Check it out. We sit in the So studio and chat about practicality and making decisions as a composer and the importance of workshopping your works. We also both hate what social media makes us think about each other. So yes, we talked about Trump (a little bit). It’s worth your time. Chris is great.www.christophercerrone.comHoyt-Schermerhorn by Chris Cerrone, performed by Sonya BelayaDouble Happiness by Chris Cerrone, performed by Evan Chapman/Sean McFarland

Meg here! Our podcast has been on the air now for three months and we have stepped on some truly holy ground as folks have shared on the divine nudges that led them to serving others with their talents.   As weeks go by, we realize that we have more left to learn about this medium--this artform--that we love so deeply. We were thankful that our friend (and Episode 4 guest), Aj Amyx connected us with a podcast guru named Chris Cerrone for an conference call to help us learn all of the stuff.   On this conference call Chris pointed out that I was mistaken in my goal to interview like Oprah or Larry King, because podcasts are not overly-produced, formal shows. Podcasts are meant to be informal, vulnerable, raw and a lil' messy.     After the call, Miranda boldly took Chris' advice, and suggested that we interview each other over a time when we lost our faith.   I thought the idea was dumb.   And I use the word ‘dumb' here to immaturity mask my true feelings, which were fear and discomfort. I disagreed with the idea, because I was uncomfortable with getting that real and weak. (Ain't nobody got time for that!?)   But no matter how much I whined, Miranda stood her ground, convinced me that my ugly crying would not be seen through earbuds, and these “Rocking Chair Episodes: When Our Faith Was Rocked” are the fruit of her being right. Sometimes in sharing our hardest of stories, we help  one another find healing.   In my episode I share on my funky chromosomes and my issue of  infertility.   In this time of heartache, I wondered why would God put a desire in my heart for something I could not have?   I share on the different weight the words “therapeutic termination” carry when it's about your body, and your baby and how it's hard to hear the doctor and genetic counselor tell you it's best while others in your social circle disagree.   All in all, I share my realization of just how courageous the Holy Spirit can empower us to be during frightening moments, and my belief that most us (myself included) are stronger than we'll ever know.    May this episode encourage and empower you, and may you be thankful that it's just an audio file so you don't see me ugly cry. And remember that God can bring forth light regardless of any darkness.   The Listening Chair is an outlet of the Institute for Discipleship (IFD). This episode is sponsored by the Timothy Circle. 

Miranda Here! Our podcast has been on the air now for three months and we have stepped on some truly holy ground as folks have shared on the divine nudges that led them to serving others with their talents.   As weeks go by, we realize that we have more left to learn about this medium--this artform--that we love so deeply. We were thankful that our friend (and Episode 4 guest), Aj Amyx connected us with a podcast guru named Chris Cerrone for an conference call to help us learn all of the stuff.   On this conference call Chris pointed out that we don't have to interview the BIG names, the people that are used to having their names in lights. Keeping it personal and honest is the way to truly connect. Podcasts are meant to be informal, vulnerable, raw and a lil' messy.     After the call, I took Chris' advice, and suggested that we interview each other over a time when we lost our faith. Though Meg was hesitant, I persisted. And with some cake and hot beverages, we scheduled these interviews!   Last year I went through the biggest breakdown of my personhood when I went through a divorce.  All of who I was and who I thought I would be was questioned. But as Meg encouraged - “Sometimes in sharing our hardest of stories, we help  one another find healing.”   I still feel like God is healing me and the parts of my life that I label as broken.   I share on the timeline of grief, or more of my desire for a timeline. You'll hear about the community that I leaned on, and the scripture that I grasped on to and haven't let go of since.   You'll also get to hear the story of the commencement address that I HATED at the time, but turned out to be some of the best encouragement I've received.   God's imagination and storytelling is better than our own.   And to steal a benediction from Meg, “May this episode encourage and empower you, and may you be thankful that it's just an audio file so you don't see me ugly cry.” The Listening Chair is an outlet of the Institute for Discipleship (IFD). This episode is sponsored by the Timothy Circle. 

Todays guests is Mr Michael O'Neal, the podcasting master behind the hit Itunes show "The Solopreneur Hour Podcast". The top ranked business show, or The Solohour as it is known to its friends, teaching online marketing and entrepreneurship skills.  Michael is a man who quite simply without him, then I wouldn't be on the mic today. So you know where to send all your complaints too. He is a born entrepreneur with a fascinating story, of successes, setbacks, leaps of faith, and finding his unique path with the guidance of John Lee Dumas and Pat Flynn. Growing up in Philadelphia, the thought of being the host of his own podcast show was the last thing on his mind. He was a normal type of kid, obsessed with sport, finding trouble at school, and generally being a kid. But unfortunately that freedom of thought and energy changed when he was moved from his beloved Philly, and taken down to Florida, and it seems to me this was the start of him looking for his path in life. He didn't fit in down in the Sunshine State, so as soon as he could, he got himself back up North, and discovered one of the first dots in his life that links him to where he is today…the internet. He was fascinated by the worldwide web, so developed skills to be a web designer. And that was his life for fifteen years, until unfortunately his parents both passed away in a very short time, and he found himself sitting with just $14 dollars in his pocket. He was over 30, with a decision forced upon him. Would he accept the punches that life had dealt him, or would he start fighting back? And that descision was made and he took the steps that made him “Know too much” and not want to work for anyone else again? He was going to become a solopreneur and own his own future. But how did he know he had the skills to be a success in the online arena? How did he know where his true passions lie? And does he regret inspiring guys like me to jump into the pool too? Well lets find out as we bring onto the 100th show to start joining up dots, the man on the mike, the host of the “Solopreneur Hour podcast”, the one and only Mr Michael O'Neal!   For more on the Solohour Podcast go to: The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal - Job Security...for the Unemployable By Michael O'Neal Chats with Proudly Unemployable Solopreneurs Like Himself Description They say successful people put their pants on the same way we all do. This show is about watching them put their pants on. Nominated As "Best New Show of 2013" by Stitcher Radio, Our range of guests takes us from comedy, to acting, to the NFL, to UFC and MMA, to Top Music Stars, to Millionaires, to Business Experts, to Real Estate moguls, and everything in between. Guests like Nicole Arbour, Adam Carolla, Hines Ward, Sam Jones, Tucker Max, Jonathan Fields, Derek Halpern, Pat Flynn, Amy Porterfield, John Lee Dumas, Chris Ducker, Chris Brogan, Guy Kawasaki, Mike Johnston, Rich Franklin, and many more, these casual conversations contain tons of action-inducing content wrapped up in an entertaining candy shell. Transcript Yes hello. How are we all? Can you believe it. Episode 100. We have been building up to this for well, it seems like a hundred episodes and we are finally here. We have got a man who who quite simply rose to the top and was going to be the only person who would fit the mantle of being my 100th guest. And I've had people banging down the doors. I had Paul McCartney phone up the other day and say I want to be on the show, I've heard it's a big thing and I said to him, “Paul, unless you can get the other four Beatles to join you, it's not going to happen” We've had  David Bowie crying. It's been pathetic really. So today's man has been nailed on to do this today, and I'm absolutely delighted that he's on the show because quite simply without him I wouldn't be on the microphone. So you know where to send all your complaints to! He's a man with a fascinating story of successes, setbacks leaps and finding his unique voice. Growing up in Philadelphia he was a normal type of kid obsessed with football at school, and generally being a kid. But unfortunately that freedom of thought and energy changed when he was moved from his beloved Philly and taken down to Florida and it seemed to me this to stop him looking for his path in life. He didn't fit in down in the sunshine state so soon as he could he got himself back up north and discovered one of the first dots in his life that links him to where he is today the Internet. He was fascinated by a World Wide Web so develop skills to be a web designer and as he's known for 15 years until unfortunately his parents both passed away in a very short time and he found himself sitting with just fourteen dollars in his pocket. It was over thirty with a decision forced upon him. Would you accept the punches that life had dealt him or would he stop fighting back and that decision was made and he took steps that made him know too much and not want to work for anyone else again. He was going to become a solopreneur and own his own future. But how did he know he had the skills to be a success in the online arena and how did he know where his true passions lie? And does he regret inspiring guys want me to jump into the pool too. Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up thoughts the man on the microphone. The host of the Solohour podcast, the only Mr. Michael O'Neal. Well how are you Michael?   Michael O'Neal Oh here is what I can't even what is happening. I am so flabbergasted by that intro. OK. Two things. Number one that was the best intro I've ever had. And formerly Chris Cerrone had that that title of the best in show to a show I've ever had. But it was one of the best I've ever heard for anybody which is why you are so the right person for this job. Well we're all thankful you have a microphone in front of you David. Trust me on that. Second thing is I would pay to hear Zombie John Lennon if you could figure out a way to get all four Beatles on the show. That would be cool. David Ralph Well I can do Steve Jobs every day. So I might be able to do them as well. Michael O'Neal Ah so dude that was incredible. I am . I am flummoxed. David Ralph I'm so excited to be on David Ralph's show. David Ralph – Yeah. Go go and do that because I know you have been doing an action of me on a few shows and we'll show you a few times night. Yeah you got a little bumper for me on my show. I have these little things that when people ask you me I have a guest on the show that I have them do a little like Hi this is David Ralph and then I get interested in this opener with Mike O'Neill and your voice is so. What's the first thing I ever said to you. I said you have the ultimate voice for radio. Didn't I say that you did. Absolutely. David Ralph I haven't got the face for television but I've got a voice for Radio Michael O'Neal Well as long as you've got the radio part worked out and you have taken this thing and you've run with it my friend. So I'm honored. I'm honored to be at the 100 episode Mark. Thank you. Thank you. David Ralph Absolutely. It is an honor to have you here because it is amazing when you start this thing,because you started your show what was it August 2013. Michael O'Neal Eleven month ago. David Ralph Yeah,11 months ago and now you are rocking and rolling with the best of them you surround yourself with, with the Internet movers and shakers the ziggers and zagers and you know you're going to be humbled by this. So maybe you won't. You are an online celebrity of note. When I was saying to people is my show a lot of people sort of touch on the shows of said to me I know who you're going to have. And I said no you don't. And I go Yes I know who you're going to have and ego going and going to no one. And I when Martin O'Neill and I went oh term term how did I know. Really I know. Yes yeah I did it because I had pain you know I don't want to suck up to you Michael but the early days I didn't know what the hell I was doing. So I just kept on saying your name over and over again or some kind of benchmark of what I was trying to achieve because you like that you'd come out the gates really and say look like a rocket ship. It's unbelievable. But you've only been around so long because it seems like you've been here ever in a day. Does it seems like that to you? Michael O'Neal It is weird. It does feel like it was yesterday that I launched the show. It feels really really recent to me that it happened. So but then at the same time I look at the memories that I've had over the last 11 months and all the cool benchmarks and you know different things that have happened and, but it's packed full of stuff right. So I think if there's any celebrity it's sort of a z list celebrity and only at certain conferences. But yeah it's been it's been an incredible journey. I couldn't be happier with how it's gone. And I can't wait to see what happens in the next 365. You know I'm really excited about that. David Ralph Is there a plan to the next 365 because you seem to me somebody who is very much stimulated by the now and then. Are you somebody who knows what you're aiming to achieve? Michael O'Neal No I'm a notorious non planner. Much to the chagrin of my girlfriend who is a total planner and if I didn't have the you know a calendar app on my phone I would be I would be completely floating out there now because I I wake up and I look at I go OK what do I have to do today. And then I see what's going on for the day. And sometimes that doesn't work out for me like in a social situation because people actually make plans to go out and do things. But and I'm not one of them. And all of a sudden it's Friday I'm like I probably should have planned to do something. Yes I watch movies tonight. But yeah I I'm in an interesting spot right now because I have had this kind of five year run of as you mentioned in the intro bringing myself in this very circuitous path from $14 and not having a clear direction to now. When someone says What do you do. I say I'm a podcast host. And that's a thing like I. That's what I do. So I sort of a couple of weeks ago had an occasion to kind of put the cap on that five year journey and now I'm going to be looking ahead but I haven't quite formulated what that ahead looks like yet. David Ralph And how did you do that? How did you put a cap on that. How did you say that is five years, finished boxed up? Michael O'Neal Well it was as i say I'm I'm a notorious non-celibrator. I'm a guy that usually gets to an achievement and then continues to go without acknowledging it. And I have what is probably a weird story that you're asking for but hey here comes. So I've been a Porsche fan for my whole life. And you may already know where you're heading with this but I was a Porsche fan my whole life and I don't know why particularly. I was I had a Volkswagen in high school and I think that maybe planted to see a little bit and I was a car guy and so you know those Porsche ads from the 80s with like the big fender flares and the big wing. I think I was attracted to that and I eventually in 2003 I bought my first vintage Porsche so I bought a 1972 11 and it was a piece of crap. I bought it in New York. I didn't know better. I drove across country midway across the USA and midway across the country the engine blew up. So that's how badly. Where were you when this happened. I was in the dead heart middle of Nebraska when it happened in Nebraska I suppose. You it's nothing. It is hundreds and millions of acres of wide open like cornfields and nothing else. I mean we are I was I have a picture of my car sitting looking like it's a panther wading in the grass. Waiting to you know to prowl and it's just sitting there with with like a hundred miles in each direction of grass. There was no middle of nowhere when it happened and I ended up finding a Volkswagen place 60 miles away that towed me in. And the guy dropped the oil pan in the car and just giant chunks of metal came out and I'm like I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to be. So I ended up getting a tow truck driving it from Denver where I was living at the time and picking it up. Neither here nor there. So I eventually traded that piece of crap on and got a nicer one. Not when I bought it but in 2005 and I restored this car it took me four years and 2000 hours to restore this car back to better than factory condition when I still have it now. And as part of the dynamic this one in 1969 9/11 and the 69 through 73 nine elevens are very very sought after. They are the iconic 9/11. So when you would see Steve McQueen and a picture of him in the 60s you know you know in LA MA or something driving a 9/11 he was driving one of these sort of 69 to 73 virgins. And one of the sponsors of Porsche in the 60s was a company called Hoyer which was tag Hoyer before Tagg was involved in the mid-80s. So just Hoyer and it's a guy named Jack Hoyer and he made these beautiful tiny pieces chronographs based on race timers. So you'd have a co-driver with you as a race car and there was a race in Mexico called the career of PanAmericana and the first Porsche Carrera was named after this particular race. So Hoyer as a sponsor of Porsche created a watch based on the chronographs that they used for the race cars and they called it the Hoyer Kura. So this was a very utilitarian type watch you could use it as a race time or you could just click one of the buttons and it had this chronograph on it. It was beautiful automatic beautiful timepiece. And as I've been going through this journey for five years this has been on my vision board because these are about three grand and above to get one of these watches. But that was so superfluous for me because I had no i like zero money. And for me to spend three grand on something as excessive as a watch wasn't even on my radar. So about a month and a half ago now I was in this position where I was like this could be the time. And I scoured the world. I ended up buying a 1972 Hoyer Carrera from a guy in France and it came to my house and it was more beautiful in person than I. I'd never seen one in person is more beautiful than I even thought it could be. And I remember at the mid midday I'd gone to this little swimming pool by my house I belong to this little pool club which is where I work out and I was swimming in the middle of the day two o'clock in the afternoon like Tony Soprano in the middle of a work day and thinking I just did this like this just happened. This 5 year journey comes stops right now like this is where my new journey begins. I've gone through this trial by fire. I've come out hopefully like a phoenix. I'm in a position where I can buy this watch now which is insane to think about and I'm peaceful and grateful for the life that I've built. And so that for me was the cap of a five year struggle. I mean a real struggle to get to where I am today. David Ralph Mr. O'Neill is a perfect story. It started and it made me think if I'm ever in a pub quiz and a question about Portia comes up you're my man that does it to Luli you are obsessed by that and you. The amount that you were quoting then. Michael O'Neal Ah. I mean I think. I think it's kind of a lifetime obsession for people that become afflicted by it. In fact there's a great ad I will send it to you on YouTube and there's an ad for the new Porsche about the time the new Porsche Carrera ad and it was there it's a little boy. And he's a little kid in his classroom and he's daydreaming and on 9/11 drives by him and you just see him like looking out the window and his pencil drops and you know then he he gets in trouble. And then he runs to the you know was on his BMX bike to the Porsche dealer after school and and he you know he ends up sitting in this car and the steering wheel is bigger than he is and you see Mike raised his head he's 12 or something and that he goes to the dealer or the guy goes you have a card and the guy goes yeah here you go and he goes I'll see in 20 years. And then there's this great voice over that says something like there's a there's a there's a particular moment that happens with you know a Porsche fan. There's that time you want one. Then there's the time you get one and for the truly affected afflicted there's the 20 years in between. And it just like it gives you the chills and my buddies sent it. I sense my body goes man. Pass the Kleenex. So I guess there is a real passion there for this. It's a very visceral feeling that is so different because of the way they build their cars and because the engines in the rear and it's a totally different experience than you have with with any other vehicle that yeah there becomes a real passion a real obsession with him. Did you read that because this shows about joining up dots, but do you remember as a young kid having the same kind of obsessive compulsive in both words and things when when you was a little kid running around the streets of Philly pretending you Rocky did most will keep you alive without paying him for the Michael O'Neal No no no. I was a BMX kid. Now I was I was in a suburb. I was the only gentile I was in a super Jewish town north of Philadelphia. And I was a BMX or I rode my BMX bike. I mean I was from 1984 until I mean I was racing bikes from 84 until 2000. David Ralph So Rocky wasn't on your radar at all? Michael O'Neal No not at all. Tony Hawk and Dave you know Dave Voelker and Matt Hoffman and you know BMX guys Bob horo. They were all on my radar. I'll tell you here's here's a little here's a join up dot that is current. I rode an entire daywith real wow I just blanked on his name. That's embarrassing really. I'm killing myself right now this is bad radio. David Ralph What  does he look like? Michael O'Neal He's a big famous director now and he will watch films John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich won a friggin Oscar. We're ready. Come on. With it and it might seem seamless Spike Jones for crying out loud. David Ralph Spike Jones Michael O'Neal Yeah Spike Jones the director was a dude I rode with at a place called Rockville BMX and we were just BMX or dudes riding around. And then he he became a photographer for one of the BMX magazines and then started doing filming because he did Beastie Boys first video I forget which one and then started doing independent films then did Being John Malkovich and now he is like an international you know massive director like one of the best most well-reputed directors in the world. And it was kind of cool. I mean so he did adaptation he did Being John Malkovich Where the Wild Things Are You know just just done amazing stuff. So the Academy Awards. And so a pretty pretty bad ass. He did her you know the movie Her most recent Yeah that's Spike Jones. David Ralph So is there any similarity between the young kid in Philly and now, because from what I see across the pond and I listen into the conversations that you have with your internet guys and it does seem from this side of the pond that you've got a gang of friends and followers and whatever that basically control the Internet. I had Rick Mulready on the show. And I said “Do you ever feel like slipping something into Pat Flynns drink, so that the next morning you turn on your screen and see if there's a black hole on the Internet because he's not functioning at this time because it kind of seems not” But he wouldn't be pushed in to slipping a Mickey into his drink in any shape or form. But you seem a little bit edgy to most of them. Michael O'Neal Yeah. David Ralph Is that because you're from Philly. Is it because he's a very sort of industrial Con. Its a real city you know. Its like a working class city when you're there. Michael O'Neal Yeah I think the the edginess is something that I'm kind of a known for. I don't know if you curse on your show but I'm kind of a no B.S. kind of guy and I've never been one to straddle the fence very very much. And I think what happened with Irwin what happens with a lot of these sort of Internet type celebrities is that they're so concerned about getting the broadest audience that they sometimes come off as being a little bit milktoast or a little bit vanilla. And I come from a totally different perspective where when you think about media you think about New York Philadelphia Boston. These are like the media centers of the world. It's where you know you go to Boston College that's one of the broadcasting school that's where Howard Stern went. That's where many very famous broadcasters come from those places I went to Temple University which has an incredible media department. And when you look at the people that are iconic in history they're not people that are vanilla. There are people that have strong opinions one way or the other and people either love them or they hate them but they're definitely them. So they definitely have a presence. They definitely have a voice that's unique to them. And I think I always think it took me a little while to settle into that on my show but it is ultimately as you as I developed the show and I developed my own voice I realized hey I'm not in the interest of pleasing everybody. Like that's not my job. My job is to talk from my perspective on certain issues and try to extract really good business advice from people without them or my audience really seeing what I'm doing. And one of my favorite quotes to that is and you probably heard me say before but which just never let him see your work. You know that's from Bill Cosby also from my alma mater Temple University in Philly and that basically means that go through your process ask your questions you know have questions written down but you don't have to be so blatant about it. You can you can ease through you know great standup comedians do this like Louis C.K. talks you know he'll be sputtering and angry and going through all this process on stage and you think that that's just how he is. You laugh at his angry energy but he knows all the beats within that he knows exactly what he's doing within that realm and that is that is him not letting you see him work on him. David Ralph When your on the mike then how much is you now being absolutely authentic and how much is it creating a mood creating an atmosphere on the show. Michael O'Neal Well it can't. Can't you have both? David Ralph Oh I don't know CAN you? Michael O'Neal What are you asking? Are you asking how much is sort of pre-written and how much is off the cuff? David Ralph Well on this show for example some of the things I say I only say to get a reaction from the guest. You know do I really mean it kind of. Do I think that they will go against it. Yes. So I will say it. How much do you actually say that you believe 100 percent. Michael O'Neal Well first of all you do that because you understand this and you're a pro. I mean this is a very natural place for you to end up. So I think that that I do very similar things to you, as you do just because yeah sometimes you want to extract some stuff from a guest that is being difficult. But yeah I mean I'm pretty authentic dude. I there's not a lot there's people that have met me in real life and go Oh you're exactly like you are on the show. Yeah Im exactly like I'm in the show. I turn it on and I talk so I don't have this, I'm not affected in any way. I just go. David Ralph So you're not like you haven't got a human graphic equalizer when you press record you just kind of increase certain parts of your personality. Michael O'Neal Not really. No. This is pretty much how I am. Yeah I'll speak like I speak. I'm probably slightly dirtier in real life. David Ralph Well you don't know where the words will land do you! Michael O'Neal I probably curse a little more which is fine. I've done a few podcasts now where I was allowed to do that and it did make it really nice. David Ralph Are you in the same situation as me because I used to listen to your show all the time and it was a staple diet during my transition at that time and now I'm doing this. One of the failures of me is that I don't get time to listen to other people's shows. I listen to your one  the other day because I just suddenly realized I had a gap but you almost become an island of your own success where before I used to listen to shows and I used to think oh I'll take a bit of it and I'll take a bit of it and become like a magpie. And now I don't know what vibe is out there and I don't know whether I'm being edgy or whatever. It just seems to be you. Speaking to the mic and I throw it out to the world and hopefully it goes well. It seems to be a fault of mine, and so do you have the same thing? Michael O'Neal No I'm exactly the same way. I'd say partially by choice and partially by by time. So when I when I do have time to consume podcasts I don't tend to go business. I tend to go comedy. And lately I tend to go NFL football. I listen to podcasts related to that because I want to be able to clock out a little bit when I do want real inspiration. I've been listening to here's the thing with Alec Baldwin it's WNYC. I've not heard a better intro or production or interview style than that show. It's his in his intros are nothing short of brilliant. I mean they're amazing how he brings a guest on an and then how he interviews and his questions are very in-depth and he's such a pro that it makes it really easy for me to like look at that bar and go OK that's where the soul open for hours going. That's what I do. I actually honestly David I find now the more that I get into this show the more I almost can't stand other people's shows like there so few that can capture my attention and that I feel like are being done well even with really good friends of mine that do shows I just go and that is almost unlistenable. You know it's so. So I just don't I definitely look far above the kind of Internet Marketing slash business world for inspiration on how I want to run mine. David Ralph because the only two that I listen to now is yours. And I went on started. I wanted to listen to every single one. And but the nerdiest and there the only two reasons. Yeah great and Nerdist is good for a number of reasons. David Ralph Yeah I just like the way it kind of flows and you don't even know it started and it just kind of teases right. Michael O'Neal That's right. Yeah they just start it. We kind of did that today didn't we. David Ralph Yeah absolutely and that was the good stuff. Michael O'Neal And we talked for a while before we started recording. You know me I mean it just felt like yeah hit it. Go for it. We'll start like Nerdist. But yeah no I think that there's a sense there's such a glutton of new shows out there and I don't. but if I'm being opinionated I don't. There's a lot of places where people are learning quote on quote how to podcast. And I think they're feeding them crap information.So often a big problem. David Ralph And I know he's a mate of yours and I wish him all the success in the world, but the problem is so many people are trying to duplicate John Lee Dumas and that's not right. He came first and he created the structure of his show, and whether you like that format or whatever that is he's and he's made in his own by being him. And I hear these shows and after about three minutes I think oh my god it's the same thing again. Now I will listen to your shows and I will go all the way through. But people miss a trick don't lay up coming back to my all the time is finding your authentic self playing to your streams. And and if you do that you create a bigger loyalty. You know if you are totally yourself people either hate you or like you but the ones that like you will love you. And that's where these people are missing out because they're not even being authentic to themselves they're just kind of a middle ground. Michael O'Neal Yeah. And John would tell you and I've said this a million times in front of him and said do you the success of your show or his show has nothing to do with his format. And it has nothing do with him as a podcast for that all. It has everything to do with the fact that he has a financial background writes great marketing copy and has a schedule and a rigidity too. He has a military rigidity because he was in the military to his to his business. And unless you come with that exact kind of background you will not have success in that way. People think that because of the way he does his show because it's structured and because he has these set questions and does it seven days a week that that's why he's successful and is completely irrelevant to that. So the problem is is like you said so many people listen to that or they go to podcasters paradise and they learn a certain way to do things. And I'm almost diametrically opposed to every single thing that they're learning. So it's like it's like man I it's it's frustrating for me in that way. And I shouldn't say that like I want to rephrase that I'm not time actually oppose everything they're learning what I'm what I'm worried about is that the things that I think make podcasting successful aren't emphasized in a lot of training courses. And like you just said finding your own voice is a number one you have to be successful. You have to find your own voice and you have to have a great brand and it's not something that people speak about a lot. Like I took a lot of cliff Ravenscroft stuff. I've taken all the stuff. I've seen a number of course is out there a lot of them don't pay a lot of attention to that piece and I worry that with this next phase of podcasting and what's you know since everyone's starting a show they're going to find it a lot harder to sustain it unless they've found their own voice on their voice. And and it's within this brand that they've really created. So we'll see. But that's the jury's out on that. David Ralph Did you really have to love doing this because I'm going to play a speech in my Jim Carrey and I'm actually I'm going to play now and we're going to talk afterwards. This is Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey Sound Clip My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him. And so he made a conservative choice. Instead he got a safe job as an accountant. And when I was 12 years old. He was let go from that safe job. And our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. David Ralph Is that the true message that we should be getting across? Michael O'Neal Yes it is unfortunately the connecting of the dots joining of those two dots which is I found this thing that I love and now I have to figure out how to get paid for it is difficult. That's a difficult journey. And that's my that was my five year journey. Right. First not even knowing what it was that I loved. I had no idea I was going to podcast five years ago but I had an initial foray into public speaking. I started teaching social media on stage and I ended up traveling and going to 17 cities teaching people how to use social media to grow their business and I found it very like oh this is something I could be good at. And then that morphed into doing back end production on a podcast for a year and a half and just starting to understand the podcasting industry that finally morphed into me starting my own show and here we are. But it was a five year journey to find that you know like I had indicators of it and if someone in 2009 it said hey do you want to get. You want to make six figures and be a public speaker. I be like totally that be great. But at the time I had nothing to speak about. And now I do. So it's kind of a I I do feel like you have to find something that will and you've probably seen this in your life with your show something that will make you walk into that studio and record an episode even if you're exhausted or not in the mood or whatever because you truly love it and you're excited about it. Oh yesterday. That's how I am. Yeah I've had times when I've recorded 12 shows back to back and now I've. Why just because I knew I was going to do it seven days a week show and that was the hardest time I had. I had no internet for two weeks he just crashed on me and I suddenly panic but I didn't have enough to cover. And I was going away as well. So yes seven days a week he goes out and I needed the boke. And so I did it and I started off at six o'clock in the morning and I just went through through move through and I edited and I did everything in the gap between when I recorded the next one and he just went seamlessly. And when I pressed record yes I was on I was on. Once I was off it was just like I was you know on drugs or something I was just slump too much. But it wasn't until the very last ones that I realized actually about that passion that you're talking about the ability to actually do it when you're tired. I've gone past by and I was actually feeling ill. And I remember doing this show and the sweat was pouring off me and I listened back to and it doesn't sound like it but I realized brain actually no you've got to look up to yourself as much as you do actually doing something. Yeah I'm very committed to that. DAVID It's I have I have three sort of pillars if you will that I do I think make a good soul a partner or a successful soul a partner. And there's there's time freedom there's financial freedom and there's location freedom. And so the first one is really easy time freedom simple you walk into your boss's office tell him to go screw himself and then you have time freedom. There you go. Location freedom. You can pretty much just get in a car and go somewhere that we have that kind of freedom in the U.K. and in the United States. Yeah there's some complications in between. But technically you can just go do that. It's the financial freedom part. That's the tricky part of the three. That is a little harder. But I find that I'm so unwilling to compromise my time freedom. I've turned down so many more so much more money because it would compromise my time freedom like I could have a lot more coaching clients and a lot more people in my my group coaching. It's called Solo lab. But with that I would have to commit another couple of days to taking care of them and I'd I'm willing to do that at all. Like i will i love my life the way it is right now and I can be comfortable financially I can go do fun things. And I don't have to compromise that. And you know hopefully I can continue to grow and continue to you know make more money maybe have more speaking gigs things like that but I don't intend on working any harder. I just want to you know work smarter maybe try to over deliver a little more to my audience and that's what I'm looking for. Well was sensible and that's exactly what I want to do as well because I hate these people and it's almost like a badge of honor. But I've quit in nine to five job. And then you go yes I'm an online marketing do I do this I'm a diva and I cook my time and I'm doing 80 hours a week and I think right. Right. What the hell do you do that. Why don't you just do two days hard work and have the rest of the time of it. It seems stupid that I say that. That's right. And it's. It does. It is counter intuitive. The thing is when my parents passed away you mentioned this in the intro when they did that. My perspective on time completely shifted and I just I. Life's too short. So I am very much a person that says both. When someone says would you like this or this. I say both. When I get an opportunity to do something I say yes. Win you know and I just do it like it's a thing that I have committed to and not mentally like I don't just go yeah this is what I'm going to do from now on. I just do it now I just say yeah let's do that. That sounds fun. Let's just go for that. I'm going to go on a hike. Yeah. Great book a ticket. You know and we just do it. And I found that that has served me really well because when I do that and I put that as a priority in my life then the the stuff that I'm not so thrilled about I still end up having to do it. It still fills in the blanks but my priority is to really extract the most that I can out of my life and I'll tell you not a person that does that well I think as John John Lee Dumas he works probably a little more like the person you were just mentioning. He works a lot but he's also great at saying yes when when something comes across his desk he goes yeah lets do that. And it's like on the schedule. And I think that's that's part of I think what that's part of success. To me that's part of what success feels like is being able to do that. I remember hearing an interview with Billy Joel and the interviewer said to him Billy you've sold X squillion albums and singles and you've done these tours and you play Madison Square Garden five straight nights. What has success given you. And he just said time and that was it. He can wake up each morning and if he doesn't want to do something he doesn't. And that single word resonated with me hugely especially when I was in my 9 to 5 job and I realized then that things were not right. And why should I be doing a nine to five job when there are options I suppose. I began to know too much. And then once you know too much brain you realize you can't ever go back. Michael O'Neal Yeah. It's really really is a one way street. It also but that carries over as well into my personal life as well. And I think when the there's ever such a different confidence now just in my life in general and I think Billy Joel would sort sort of anybody that reached a level of success has this this this underlying confidence about them that is very attractive not only to you know the opposite sex but it's what attracts other successful people to you. There's just there's a subtlety in actions and just how really how you go through life when you're confident that is very attractive to you know both both people both sexes and that is something that people pick up on pretty easily. You become a success back humor don't you. You know the old Jim rhône thing about you know the average of you know five people to surrender a lot of people I talked to. Yeah. I mean a crappy job and all these miserable people all the time. How can I surround myself. And one of the things I say to them is you know focus on success because the more success you get and the more competence as you say they end up a successful people get sucked into your world and suddenly you created what he was saying. It's not easy to do. But it certainly is a mindset that starts moving in that direction. That's right. And you it's funny you just asked that question of me is how do you now you're on it you're on an island so you're you're in the UK you're not. I'm in San Diego so I get to have a bunch of people around me at all times. I will say though we don't get together. I mean you know we get together as friends but I'm not in a mastermind with any of these people around me. We don't sit there and me out. So you know to answer your question I'm mean answer answered on my show tomorrow. But you've got to join a group you've got to join a group mastermind of some sort. And there's really no other way. If you if you're not surrounded by those five people that that you feel are motivating you in a way that that is bettering your life and hopefully their lives. You've got to separate from those people and find the people that are doing that and pretty much everyone I know that's in this you know business Internet Marketing podcasting world has some sort of coaching program. And my best advice is to get people that you really enjoy like how they speak and like how they deliver and join their group and that's it. And you know once you're a part of that community you'll be a lot more apt to be motivated you know learn the things you want to learn. It's part of the reason why I don't need to listen to podcasts anymore because I have so many people in my group that are doing cool things. I get to learn about all the cool new stuff without having to go listen. They sort of comes to me. So so do you now feel that you're ahead of the curve. Because when when you started the show I remember you saying it's the Wild West and now it seems like every man Dogan whatever has made me a podcast. So do you think now about you it's not the Wild West but you actually ahead of the curve. It's good. Get a question. Yes and no I think it's still the wild west. I think that people in this environment aren't necessarily looking in the right direction to advance their business where they should be. Let me clarify that. I think inspiration for how someone's podcast get better gets better doesn't happen within the new podcasting community. It happens with old media. Then you go look at how you all learn how to interview you go study Howard Stern if you want to learn how to produce an an excellent show. You go you know you look at and some an NPR show or something like that like a where a BBC show something that you know pay close attention to how people are introducing guests and what they're how they do their ads and how they integrate you know clips from this person's body of work into their intro or into the show itself. So I think there is really a professional side to this that will ultimately come out. For me personally what I've realized over the last couple of months and this is something that I think you can you can sort of strap on as a badge of honor as well is that I'm a better interviewer than most. Just in general I'm more intuitive and I have more range of knowledge so I can connect those dots. You know I can join those dots. And that's what makes for a compelling and entertaining interview no matter who you are it's the people that have the pre-scripted questions that I think are really going to struggle because that's that's very exhausting to an audience. So on one side I think I'm still really ahead of the curve in that. I come from this and as do you come from this background this history of paying attention to interviewers and then sort of bringing this natural ability to the microphone that 99 percent of people don't have. And that's the building not only to interview someone in a business sense and extract what they do for a living but actually make an entertaining hour of programming for someone. And in my opinion they can get the business data from 80000 podcasts that are on iTunes but it's really hard to get entertainment out of it. And that's what I'm trying to bring to the table and I think that's what you do a really great job bringing to the table as well because because what I've realized you know was a complete nobody is basically the very first interview I did was no you weren't Yes. Stop it. Tom Mocha's was episode your line on the line. Me right now David. And he was a huge inspiration to me so I wanted him as guest number one. And he was talking to a gentleman called John Lee Dumas and so awful who's is CHEP never heard of him. And I went over to his show and the very first show I listened to was episode 3 2 2 which was yourself and kidding. That was I didn't know that. Yeah that was the very first episode. And the fascinating thing about it was which got me on the show and this is my sort of join up thought was the fact that everything you see in life is normally about benchmarking against success. You see people already Veja and you go I'd like to do that but it worked for him he's had this skill he's got that you know he's a natural that's for sure. On that show on 0 5 3 2 2 you hadn't even lunged and he was saying to you you know when are you going to go and you and I'm going to go on Wednesday or whatever it was. And I tuned in and I listened or whatever you do you click on it you don't tune into you. But I heard you speak for the very first time and I found it fascinating because I was seeing but not some bouts of somebody finding their way. And you was saying Yeah and I had 17 downloads and it wasn't that you were looking at success you were looking at somebody finding their flow finding them. Moving on. And that's right. But that's what really flavored my show was the fact that you were doing something that seemed natural and you were holding your hands up and you going really. I don't know if this is going to work but hey if it doesn't change we'll move on later on. And remember you did this show and it was it was some chap I don't remember who was with them on the on the beach somewhere and calls were whizzing past and your battery ran out half way through. Yes and yes you still put out and I thought that's interesting because what he's saying back is not that this show has got to be polished and perfect what he's saying is is a journey and I'm going to improve from that and that be the last time that my battery runs out halfway through. That's right and it was definitely the last time that happened. Yeah. Yeah it's a good way to good insight. I see. If I were doing it again yeah I would probably do the same thing again. I was I've been always sort of a fan of the let's just put it out at that at that time. I was leaning more on my hopeful interview skills than I was like ultimate show quality and since I'd already put out a couple of episodes it wasn't that bad but I really loved the guys story. So I was like yeah there was Harry. Harry Smith was the guy's name and. And. And I thought yeah let me let me throw that on. And why not. What happened. You know and somewhere. This is what's so cool about this right. You heard one single episode I did from Johnny Dumas which was like a random occurrence. And look how much it's affected both of us. Yeah. Just that one thing. So if one little episode you put out catches the right person it can literally be life changing. I will say something. I want your listeners to go to solo our solo our dotcom and I want you to go back to like three. I don't know let's say pre 70s so anything from episode like I don't know one until episode 70 and I want you to click on those posts and read how great David's comments are for the episodes. They are so insightful and brilliant. And you do such a great job summarizing. I think I even wrote you once and said Do you want to write my show summaries. Remember that you did and it was just that the crux of me doing this and I knew I was just going to stall so cool. So I am and you still you just did it the other day when you were that episode you listened to. You do such a great job summarizing. You're going to be such a smash successful podcast. David Yeah I have no doubt whatsoever you are going to I hope you will let us be on your show someday when you do these live broadcasts in front of you know a hundred thousand people at the Wembley Stadium. Did you know when you start this and I'm really going to open up here so I don't really have a Chevez. But when you start based you want it to be so good and you want it to be brought in and you kind of. There were job. You look back on them and you go OK yeah that wasn't quite where I wanted to be but it was all right. And then you hit sort milestones and you listened back to some of these shows I don't know if you listen to yours and I thought oh that was a bit closer to what I had in my head my original vision. And I got to show it E.T. and that's when I suddenly realize Michael that was the host of a show and it was my responsibility to be the host to even I think he was too grateful for people giving up their time to be on my show. I it was a complete mind set. Now I want this to be the biggest show out there. I absolutely do. And it's all I can focus in on and it's in many ways it's killing me or my life is totally out of whack. But all I want is about is the number one thing upset that on any show because it sounds a bit arrogant really I'm upset. Once we've stopped recording them when somebody asked me about it that is where I want to be and I want to be join up not as a brand. Exactly as you say. Right. Because it's one of those things that you kind of go join up towards. What does it mean. And I'm very aware of if you provide quality and content as quality brand in many ways take care of itself. It's like we always talk in the early episode the name that was always mentioned was Pat Flynn. And you know he's got that classic smart passive income and you forget that's a premium brand but actually he's only three words put together and he's because he's provided that great content and quality and value. But it becomes the kind of the trust word where what he's trying to achieve. That's right in he that he can live that now. But I actually want I want to focus on something you said just before that you will be bigger than him and so will I. And I know I don't mean that like he doesn't have the same aspirations as you do. Right. And I'm saying in terms of podcasts in terms of like Pat wants to speak I'm not speaking for him here but just knowing what I know about him. He he is sort of the crash test dummy of internet marketers. So he does all these really cool things on the web. I want my show to become about like I want to. I want to be interviewing complete legitimate A-listers you know and finding out about their kind of business and so normal journey. That's where I will see the show going. And because of that if when and if I get to that point. The show the podcast itself will be bigger than all of the internet marketing type podcasts. Does that make sense. Yeah it'll be way bigger than that. It'll be more like Nerdist. You know Chris Hardwick gets killer guests on his show and that's why his podcast is you know number one number two number three on iTunes overall. And so it's it's one of those things that that I it's what I aspire to do as well is to get working within this world like real A-list category of people because I think that they'll appreciate talking about their journey. And so that's where I want to head with that. Also I was very strategic and I changed direction. I realized that when I started I was just throwing out the net to anyone and anyone would jump on the show. I would have them round about sort of thing once again I thought to myself no I can't do this because when I was looking at other people's shows I was thinking Oh I've been on my show I've been on my show and it was just the sort of hybrid of people doing the rounds. So I went off in a different direction. So if you listen to episode 88 I had Cathy O'Dowd who was the first woman to hit the summit of Everest from both sides. I've got the first civilian astronaut coming on the show. I've got a chap over a few years ago was worldwide news because he sold his life on e-bay and he's just sold his life to Disney and all that kind of stuff. So I realized I had to change direction to become more unique to be more interested by the stories more. Yes. Extract out of them what I wanted to show to the world and that was my original vision but I couldn't say Eva until later on in the journey. Yeah and that's really what you've done. That's the whole point. That's why you will be successful because you've you've done this in a sort of a different way in your life when you look back to sort of the Philadelphia kid and you riding around on your BMX and all that kind of stuff. Well you just sort of wanting to be the classic sports kid was. If you look back and now we all going to send you back in time soon on the Sermon on the mike. No I was a show off though. I think I think I was you know a performer of some sort and the PA is I keep is that makes my colonial who he is to play better racquetball with an audience. Yes. Every single time. Yeah I think so. I think there's that's there that's in there. It's in the DNA for sure. I don't use that a lot but it's in the DNA. I work better in a performance environment which is presumably why I kind of screw myself on the show intentionally. I don't I I prepare in a way where I I've researched my guest as you have. You know you know and you certainly listen to the show but at times you know a little bit about me and you're able to then naturally structure questions that that dovetail into my history and that's what a good interviewer does. I don't write a lot of questions out sometimes intentionally and that's because I there's something about the performance side. I realize now that I'm I'm doing this the shows this this month I've got over 300000 downloads for the first time and this is a and I realize so there's people listening and I have to perform. You know what I like it. It makes me it UPS my game. I'm live on the show. And I think I do that to myself on purpose because because I work better in that environment a lot maybe underpressure a little. Well we're very similar. It's fascinating. I feel like I'm finding out the real Marcantonio here. Where is the person behind the that the presenter. Because I am somebody who has spent my life doing training courses and presentations and that's my job. I've never done this kind of thing. It was totally BA and I'm somebody very much likes to be on their own likes no one near them. And then when I suddenly go ping. That's it. It's performance time. And I don't know if it's showing off or trying to create a different persona for myself because that's kind of not naturally me. But I do have the ability to raise my game and present a different side to myself if you know me deep down you would say to me different people that the people who know me from seeing where I allow them to see me they would say yeah you it's like I'm on the mike as you are when you normally doing those things because I'm letting them see what they want to see. Yeah. Yeah I mean I think there's there's an element of that and again I want people to understand this is why we and we talked earlier about sort of what John brought to the table. And I'm you know people look at my show and say it's it's been it's it's been pretty successful in the first 11 months just overall debt is not that's not a fluke because I didn't just start in August of 2013 with kind of media. You know I've been a professional drummer my whole life. I've performed I've been on I've been a racer I've been you know a competitive racquetball player for for many many tournaments for many many years now and before that it was tennis. So I've always been performing in some way or the other. I I coached for five years on teaching people social media in front of huge audiences. I've played Red Rocks in front of 10000 people like me being on a microphone and being natural at it is not something that happened overnight. It's a it's this is something that you walked in with. You've been training for years before you turned a mike on yourself. So it's kind of like Yeah right yeah. You were new to podcasting but not nuda trying to translate a concept from one person to an audience like that's something you've been doing for a long time. So so that's I think that it's a bit of a misnomer within our industry that yeah anybody can you know podcast or anybody can start blah blah blah. That's kind of cool I get it. Yes technically you can turn on an app you can go to boss jock on your iPhone and upload it to clips and you've got a podcast but can you do it. Well can you do it so that when someone switches from morning radio or Howard Stern or the BBC to your podcast that they don't notice a huge drop off in quality or you know sound quality interview quality production quality that's that's what I try to bring the table and I think you do the same thing. So is that what you're saying really and I'm going to play the words of Steve Jobs because he says it very well as well but no experience is wasted. It doesn't matter what you've done in your life you will pull elements and you extract what you need to create your new path. Out 100 percent. Absolutely yes. Everything you've done up until this point is does training for you for this next phase. When I have people on their show and we have these episodes called Find your swing I want to find out everything that person has done because it find your swing is like well what do I do. Like what am I naturally gifted at how can I make money off of something that I really enjoy that I'm passionate about that's what finding your swing is. And it's I want to find out like what you did when you were a kid. Were you an athlete did you or you or you a professional knitter you like to knit hats. You know like what is it what do you do. And when people can start accessing those things that they've done their whole lives they're really gifted and I like to find ways that we can use those talents in whatever their next business endeavor is. We call about connecting our past to build our future and here. And one of the names as come out is if you really want to know your passion really want to know what you're naturally good at. Don't think about what you were doing in adult life because very much you would have been taking a responsibility for a wage or whatever. Look at what you was doing as a kid when you weren't being paid for it. And if you was a drama when you was a kid and you loved doing it then try and look at something that would do that. And he says that exactly the same way as you do it and you'll find your swing episodes. That's right. And I and I love those. Again that's another instance where we totally put ourselves on the spot. I have a co-host. Her name is Dawn Mars. For those episodes and we never read the questions first. Like I only you know sometimes I glance at them to see just a copy and paste them into my Evernote when we're doing the show. But we were reading them and answering them live and which again has another element of pressure that we've got to come up with an answer and these people are literally like I've had people that have taken what we've said on the show. They've made a business from it like the next day they've gone and done it. So it's it can be a little daunting. And I was going to ask you earlier you know your show's growing now and this this will be big your show will have a huge audience at some point and I've asked this with other people that are in the space. Have you yet felt this sense of responsibility that comes with that the fact that you're speaking into a microphone and someone's actually listening to what you're saying. Yeah. With power comes great responsibility. And it's funny the very first show I released I got two e-mails and they were from people I'd never met and they were saying thank you so much for putting the show out there and I thought oh my God. And from that moment of being very aware of what I'm saying or being very aware of I don't know where my words are landing. And of also having a conversation with my wife this afternoon saying if this really takes on. Just as I want it to really take on I'm a little bit scared but I haven't got the value to provide the audience but I won't and I don't know why that is because you know success is everything you want. But I suddenly felt a pressure because I can see the downloads increasing increasing increasing. I can see the work coming towards me and I'm doing this seven days old on my own. There's not one person that helps me and I'm also balancing other responsibilities as well. So this isn't my only so restrained I suddenly freaked this afternoon for the exact reason that you said oh my god this is power this is responsibility. I've got to be careful with it. Yeah. Have you also found it. I agree. I felt that in some I haven't had yet. Hey buddy come back to me I'm like you ruin my life but I'll show it. That's going to have to happen right. Someone will listen to something you've said or I've said and they're going to do it and it's not going to work for them and we won't have the details but they're going to say I listened to you when you were in my life. That's going to happen. There's no way it that doesn't happen. When you're when you grow this thing to where it can go there's no way that doesn't happen. Well think shows a slightly different note because you teach nuts and bolts. I think with my show I talk about hope and I told you why leap of both. Yeah I really think I teach nuts and bolts because that's that's I feel like there's a lot of shows that do that specifically. And I I feel like I teach more of the journey and then the nuts and bolts sort of fall from there. Well I think that's the same thing. I think what you do you you talk about the journey you get the cogs working in your own brain and brain when you throw out the nuts and bolts which you probably don't think have got value as such. You're already using those cokes and you're thinking yeah I can use that yeah I can tell you that that's exactly what happened with me. You know I couldn't see how to do this because I've never done this. But just by you having conversations with people you take the element and you take the element and you take that element and what do you do. He's been up to you as an individual to put it together. Yeah I actually find myself pretty. I can be very socially awkward at the beginning and I sometimes I've actually accessed my I've switched into interview mode when I'm meeting someone in real life. I just watch on Mike I like my mentally switch on a podcast microphone in front of me and I found it so much easier to have conversations with people that way. So that's kind of interesting to me is bizarre. I'm getting ready to play Steve Jobs now because I'm fascinated to see your spin on this. And this is the fulcrum of the whole show so this is a job. Don't be free to do that of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward. When I was in college but it was very very clear looking backwards. Ten years later again you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something your gut destiny life karma whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference. When I'm going to ask a different question because I think you've answered it already but you will say yes you believe in it. But why do you think so many people don't believe in that. I think that's a lot. Most people get hung up on the how of something for example I think that we we pick a point be right we pick a point B that's there's the dot so I've got this I want to I want to do I want to have this show. And to get this show together I need this this this this this this this and we get stuck in the details of the this this this this this instead of. All right I'm going to sort of flow through this. All I want to do is get to that thing. I'm not sure how I'm going to get there yet but I'm going to I don't really know. And by the time you get there and you look back and go wow that is not the path that all that I was going to take. My favorite metaphor. Or maybe it's an analogy I forget but for this is if you and I were sitting at a cafe and I there was you know a three story building across the street and I said David there's a hundred thousand pounds sitting in a bag on the roof of that building across the street. You have 15 minutes to get it. How fast would you be out the door to go get that money. I'd be on the right run the window right but you wouldn't know how you were going to get it. You had no idea how to get to the roof of that building. You just knew you were getting to the roof. You don't know if you're going to you know helicopter down you know if you're going to call the fire department to take you up there or you know scale like Spiderman but you're getting to the roof of that building somehow. And I think what successful entrepreneurs do is they just keep their eye on that that you know that bag the bag that's on the roof. They're not quite as concerned about the how part. And we very much get concerned about the how part. And the second piece of that is when someone gives you an opportunity I just said this a little earlier when someone gives you an opportunity. Our instinctive reaction is to say no because of this this and this versus just instinctive to say yes and I'm going to figure out how to work out this this and this and that is a huge mental shift even though it's very subtle. It's just yes and no. But if you'll find that people in your world that are really successful or really look like they're just having a great time. They're the ones that say yes first and then figure out how it's going to work after and most of the people that are stuck and they don't get from that one dot to the next dot. Those are the ones that say no because you know I I can't live in San Diego because I have kids in school or because I can't afford the move or because whatever we can come up with 15 different ways. But in reality all that stuff can be worked out. So I think that's how I would respond to that and I hope that helps someone. So what scares you this is probably my final question before I send you on th

The Cerrone Show is a top ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a change in their life. The Chris Cerrone Show is an audio podcast hosted by Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli. Wanting to bring some new names to the podcasting world they have interviewed some fantastic entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and awesome people. Guests that are the movers ... The post 11: Your first 10k downloads and how to deal with major egos with Chris and Laci appeared first on We Are Podcast.

The Cerrone Show is a top ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a change in their life. The Chris Cerrone Show is an audio podcast hosted by Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli. Wanting to bring some new names to the podcasting world they have interviewed some fantastic entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and awesome people. Guests that are the movers ... Read More The post 11: Your first 10k downloads and how to deal with major egos with Chris and Laci appeared first on Must Amplify.

The Cerrone Show is a top ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a change in their life. The Chris Cerrone Show is an audio podcast hosted by Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli. Wanting to bring some new names to the podcasting world they have interviewed some fantastic entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and awesome people. Guests that are the movers and shakers in their industry like Chris Brogan, Cynthia Sanchez, Amy Schmittauer, Greg Hickman, Sue B Zimmerman, Rosie Tran, Bryan Lanning, and Renae Christine just to name a few all talking about internet marketing, small business, comedy, sports, fitness, mobile, coaching, seo, blogging, social media and even Youtube! Through a very conversational style interview with a focus about entrepreneurship they not only learn about each guest personally but also some great tips, tricks, and how to steps that people can use immediately in their own journey.

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Jason Adams is an award winning director and cinematographer with a real love for connecting audiences to a story. He has been developing his craft for 15 years and has worked with local non profits and Fortune 500′s alike. Jason works with advertising agencies and any business that wants to bring great ideas to the screen.He has worked in various on-set roles for such shows as E News, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, VH1′s On This Day in Music and the Emmy winning House of Cards.   HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW: How a great friendship started with an instagram like The story Behind crashing a morgan spur lock event Why passion has caused a lot of people to do stupid things How having curiosity is super crucial to anything you do Getting yourself back into the position to struggle Keeping the struggle real How he created his OWN market The number one question you have to ask yourself when doing what you love The shift between production company and film maker Changing his whole business model 5 years in The making of Vegas Violin The definitive moment that Jason became a film maker Actually doing work he cares about and not a version of the thing he loves How most people miss the boat when it comes to marketing (even professionals)  The only thing that matters is connection to audience  Pretty much the last 20 min is pure gold, do yourself a favor and listen to it - Chris Cerrone

Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli are the hosts of The Chris Cerrone Show, which is a topped ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs. I have interviewed Chris in the past and I bring him on for the second time, because I believe the 50th episode should be an opportunity for reflection. Chris and Laci open up on why they stopped their podcast, why they hated a section of their audience, and their inability to say no. Show Highlights 02:25 – For this week’s guest, I bring back Chris Cerrone and interview his co-host, Laci Urcioli, for the first time. 05:30 – This is the first time I’ve had a repeat guest on the show. 05:40 – Every 50 episodes should be an opportunity to reflect. 07:30 – Chris and Laci talk on why they stopped their podcast. 10:15 – Chris was getting tired of who he was becoming. 11:50 – Chris and Laci used that time off to become more knowledgeable on certain topics. 13:10 – The hosts never said no to outside projects and got overwhelmed. 15:15 – At the end of the day, Chris and Laci still love to podcast and are bringing back their podcast. 19:00 – Don’t change the theme of your podcast just for your audience. 20:35 – One of the mistakes Chris and Laci made on their podcast was trying to please everyone. 24:55 – Despite not podcasting, Laci didn’t want to leave the podcasting community. 25:55 – Chris started hating a section of his ‘audience’ or pseudo-listeners. 28:15 – Laci received criticism from a listener that made her take a step back and look at what they were doing. 30:20 – Chris loves helping people, but he doesn’t like it when they have ulterior motives. 39:55 – Laci talks about how hard it is to say no to people who need help. 43:20 – Laci doesn’t want to see people getting scammed. 44:15 – Chris and Laci’s show suffered because they were focusing too much on other people’s projects. 51:30 – How will Chris and Laci prevent themselves from burning out this time around? 54:45 – The co-hosts just want to have fun and interview cool people. 58:55 – Anybody who says you’re doing podcasting ‘wrong’ has no idea what they’re talking about. 01:03:00 – Chris talks about Aisha Tyler’s podcast, Girl on Guy. 01:08:00 – The hosts are trying to be more humble and have more humility for their 2nd season. 01:09:15 – Chris talks about when he brought Laci on as a co-host. 01:10:30 – What has gotten the two hosts most excited about re-launching their podcast? 01:15:00 – Chris and Laci will always be honest with their audience about their journey. 01:16:15 – I hope you enjoyed that interview. Feel free to go to the Facebook page and give me your feedback. Let’s start a conversation. 01:19:10 – Don’t forget to rate and review the show on iTunes! Thank you!   FULL SHOW NOTES: http://www.podcastjunkies.com/50★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Chris Cerrone & Laci Urcioli are the hosts of the Chris Cerrone Show, a podcast with 1.8 million downloads across 136 episodes. They are also marketing and business consultants, who hail from Vegas. Chris is a former skateboarder, and Laci a former circus performer. Know Your Value What is the most important thing you can share about […] The post Finding Your Sauce (and Value) with Cerrone & Urcioli – 055 appeared first on Art Of Value.

The Cerrone Show is a top ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a change in their life. The Chris Cerrone Show is an audio podcast hosted by Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli. Wanting to bring some new names to the podcasting world they have interviewed some fantastic entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and awesome people. Guests that are the movers ... Read More The post 9. The love for authenticity and the power of podcasting with Chris and Laci of the Cerrone Show appeared first on We Are Podcast.

Today’s guests on the show are Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli from The Cerrone Show. If you do not recall Chris was actually the guest on the first episode of Fire and Adjust and I wanted to get him and his co-host and business partner Laci on to talk about some of the great things […] The post 64 – Chris and Laci from The Cerrone Show appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

“Shoot first ask questions later” Summary Chris Cerrone is one of those people that always has honest stories and ideas for building great businesses and living a better life. Chris […] The post BTC 041 : A Look Into Changing Careers with Chris Cerrone appeared first on Breakthrough Play.

Chris Cerrone is a podcast host on The Chris Cerrone Show, a top ranked business podcast specifically for entrepreneurs and anyone looking to make a change in their life. Chris interviews people outside of the traditional business owners, like famous youtubers, professional athletes, musicians, and a few famous comedians. Chris is also the creator of The Next Level Society, whick is a compilation of coaches, mentors and successful entrepreneurs that are excited about helping you take your business to the next level. You can learn more about Chris at www.cerroneshow.com

Earning more money than he could spend, (at least, that's what he thought), he celebrated his early-in-life financial victories with "insane" spending sprees and a matching (and very expensive), "flashy lifestyle". He wasn't interested in keeping up with the Joneses, he was laser-locked on leaving them in the dust. That all changed, of course, when he found himself on the outskirts of homelessness; a near casualty of his own success - having lost all of his money and living inside his beat-up Jeep Cherokee, just outside the place he used to call home. The amazing Chris Cerrone, host of The Cerrone Show is our guest, sharing his story of personal growth and real wealth creation. Two of the most memorable and impressive things he explains on the show - "It was no one's fault by my own", and "I wouldn't change a thing."  Learn how to grow, scale, and monetize your product, business or content, the Cerrone way. Check out the Next Level Society.

Chris Cerrone, who has done a variety of things from real estate to hosting a super successful podcast called The Chris Cerrone Show, has always continued to see everything through the eyes of a skateboarder. Hear heaps of amazing advice and life experiences from a seasoned professional (even at such a young age) and get inspired to stop WANTING and start DOING. Don't WANT, DO. Only when you DO can you HAVE. -Chris Cerrone, The Cerrone Show. This interview goes all over the pace but still manages to dish out tons of advice and helpful tips with Chris Cerrone at the helm. We discuss: All of Chris’ past career positions Turning down a six figure job offer for uncertainty with a family to pay for What it means to be a skater at heart His podcast show, The Chris Cerrone Show How to stop WANTING and start DOING so you can start HAVING After hearing this episode, hit up Chris and say “HI” by finding him on his website or social media below! Show Website - http://www.cerroneshow.com/ Instagram - http://instagram.com/bluegeno Twitter - http://twitter.com/bluegeno Facebook - http://facebook.com/cerroneshow

Chris Cerrone gives an incredible review of his growth over his life and his insights into success and business as a successful entrepreneur. Chris made a logical calculation to start his path in life. Interestingly for him and me, we both were very successful in real estate. He made one choice while I made the other. Both were successful decisions. We explain how that can be. We talk about the ideas and needs for research before starting a business. Yes, action is important, but when do you pull the switch? We discuss when a decision is made and whether or when to pull the plug, i.e. not to fall in love with an idea. Chris beautifully describes the importance of looking into all the 'little things' when you are looking into or running a business. This topic brought us into an important discussion as to one major reason why so many businesses fail We discuss everything from the importance of location and why people don't delve into the detail before starting a business. Chris took a 5 year hiatus into corporate America and solidly learned why corporate America wasn't a good place for someone who drives for excellence. We discuss briefly my first move out of corporate America, finding myself starting a company that competed against, Merrill Lynch, Chase Manhattan, McGraw Hill and Thompson Publishing. A quick hint, it went very well for me, and we discuss why and how. Almost everyone has a story and Chris brought out an amazing point. Many people don't know really how significant part of their story is. People are surrounded by purpose. To contact Chris Cerrone and find more about him and his interests: Websit:  http://www.cerroneshow.com Book Recommendations: Think and Grow Rich – By Napolean Hill The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles – By Steven Pressfield The Power of Positive Thinking by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

The Cerrone Show is a top rated podcast hosted by Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli.  Based in Las Vegas, this dynamic duo inspire and motivate entrepreneurs to take action and accountability of their dreams and goals. Much more than just a podcast, the brand now includes a mastermind called the Next Level Society and more.  Chirs and Laci discuss the humble beginnings of the show, post production highlights, advice on podcasting, and tips for beginners and pros.  

Greg Hickman returns again for another fantastic episode on The Chris Cerrone show except this time he gets real and raw sharing with us some inspirational revelations that he has had within his own business. As always he shares some extremely valuable information regarding time, managing your business efficiently, and gaining back the business mindset.

Last week, I attended my wife's grandfather's funeral. Next week, I'm expecting my first grandson. It put me in mind to think about my legacy. I hope my legacy is that I will have created a cash car revolution. That my audience will grow. I will be covered by local and national media and my message spreads. I will give a TED talk, because I have an idea worth spreading. It also made me think about the legacy of my listeners. Are you leaving the legacy you want to? If not, what would you change? I would encourage you to dump debt and leave a legacy of living responsibly and the freedom that it brings. I took the ALS Ice Bucket challenge this past week. I challenged three of my friends to the challenge as well. Ellory Wells, Steve Stewart, and Jared Easly. I would entourage you to check out the cause and make your own donation big or small. Whatever you can afford. I also moderated a great panel on how to land amazing guests on your podcast at the Podcast Movement conference  this past weekend. The other panelist were amazing. They shared some great tips with the audience and we received great feedback. The other panelist were Ellory Wells, Christina Canters, Chris Cerrone, and Veron Ross. Tremendous people. Lastly in this episode, I detail my 3 year cost to own my 2006 Ford F-150 truck. I have put 44,000 miles on this truck in the last 3 years. Total acquisition cost tax and fees included: $14,957 Total gasoline purchased: $9,826 Total repairs, maintenance, and fees: $2,944 (Includes $800 for tires and $400 for brakes. I hope this will show you can drive a used car and not spend a lot on maintenance and repairs.

Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews podcast host and entrepreneur, Chris Cerrone (@bluegeno), about his bold move quitting a six figure salary job to pursue his dream to inspire others through business podcasting. Chris show "The Cerrone Show" is a top rated business podcast, which features some of the leaders in business and entrepreneurship. They delve deep, discussing the power of personal development and looking within to find answers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-box-podcast/support

Todays guests is Mr Michael ONeal, the podcasting master behind the hit Itunes show "The Solopreneur Podcast". The top ranked business show, or The Solohour as it is known to its friends, teaching online marketing and entrepreneurship skills.  Michael is a man who quite simply without him, then I wouldn't be on the mic today. So you know where to send all your complaints too. He is a born entrepreneur with a fascinating story, of successes, setbacks, leaps of faith, and finding his unique path with the guidance of John Lee Dumas and Pat Flynn. Growing up in Philadelphia, the thought of being the host of his own podcast show was the last thing on his mind. He was a normal type of kid, obsessed with sport, finding trouble at school, and generally being a kid. But unfortunately that freedom of thought and energy changed when he was moved from his beloved Philly, and taken down to Florida, and it seems to me this was the start of him looking for his path in life. He didn't fit in down in the Sunshine State, so as soon as he could, he got himself back up North, and discovered one of the first dots in his life that links him to where he is today…the internet. He was fascinated by the worldwide web, so developed skills to be a web designer. And that was his life for fifteen years, until unfortunately his parents both passed away in a very short time, and he found himself sitting with just $14 dollars in his pocket. He was over 30, with a decision forced upon him. Would he accept the punches that life had dealt him, or would he start fighting back? And that descision was made and he took the steps that made him “Know too much” and not want to work for anyone else again? He was going to become a solopreneur and own his own future. But how did he know he had the skills to be a success in the online arena? How did he know where his true passions lie? And does he regret inspiring guys like me to jump into the pool too? Well lets find out as we bring onto the 100th show to start joining up dots, the man on the mike, the host of the “Solopreneur Hour podcast”, the one and only Mr Michael O'Neal!   For more on the Solohour Podcast go to: The Solopreneur Hour Podcast with Michael O'Neal - Job Security...for the Unemployable By Michael O'Neal Chats with Proudly Unemployable Solopreneurs Like Himself Description They say successful people put their pants on the same way we all do. This show is about watching them put their pants on. Nominated As "Best New Show of 2013" by Stitcher Radio, Our range of guests takes us from comedy, to acting, to the NFL, to UFC and MMA, to Top Music Stars, to Millionaires, to Business Experts, to Real Estate moguls, and everything in between. Guests like Nicole Arbour, Adam Carolla, Hines Ward, Sam Jones, Tucker Max, Jonathan Fields, Derek Halpern, Pat Flynn, Amy Porterfield, John Lee Dumas, Chris Ducker, Chris Brogan, Guy Kawasaki, Mike Johnston, Rich Franklin, and many more, these casual conversations contain tons of action-inducing content wrapped up in an entertaining candy shell.   Yes hello. How are we all? Can you believe it. Episode 100. We have been building up to this for well, it seems like a hundred episodes and we are finally here. We have got a man who who quite simply rose to the top and was going to be the only person who would fit the mantle of being my 100th guest. And I've had people banging down the doors. I had Paul McCartney phone up the other day and say I want to be on the show, I've heard it's a big thing and I said to him, “Paul, unless you can get the other four Beatles to join you, it's not going to happen” We've had  David Bowie crying. It's been pathetic really. So today's man has been nailed on to do this today, and I'm absolutely delighted that he's on the show because quite simply without him I wouldn't be on the microphone. So you know where to send all your complaints to! He's a man with a fascinating story of successes, setbacks leaps and finding his unique voice. Growing up in Philadelphia he was a normal type of kid obsessed with football at school, and generally being a kid. But unfortunately that freedom of thought and energy changed when he was moved from his beloved Philly and taken down to Florida and it seemed to me this to stop him looking for his path in life. He didn't fit in down in the sunshine state so soon as he could he got himself back up north and discovered one of the first dots in his life that links him to where he is today the Internet. He was fascinated by a World Wide Web so develop skills to be a web designer and as he's known for 15 years until unfortunately his parents both passed away in a very short time and he found himself sitting with just fourteen dollars in his pocket. It was over thirty with a decision forced upon him. Would you accept the punches that life had dealt him or would he stop fighting back and that decision was made and he took steps that made him know too much and not want to work for anyone else again. He was going to become a solopreneur and own his own future. But how did he know he had the skills to be a success in the online arena and how did he know where his true passions lie? And does he regret inspiring guys want me to jump into the pool too. Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up thoughts the man on the microphone. The host of the Solohour podcast, the only Mr. Michael O'Neal. Well how are you Michael?   Michael O'Neal Oh here is what I can't even what is happening. I am so flabbergasted by that intro. OK. Two things. Number one that was the best intro I've ever had. And formerly Chris Cerrone had that that title of the best in show to a show I've ever had. But it was one of the best I've ever heard for anybody which is why you are so the right person for this job. Well we're all thankful you have a microphone in front of you David. Trust me on that. Second thing is I would pay to hear Zombie John Lennon if you could figure out a way to get all four Beatles on the show. That would be cool. David Ralph Well I can do Steve Jobs every day. So I might be able to do them as well. Michael O'Neal Ah so dude that was incredible. I am . I am flummoxed. David Ralph I'm so excited to be on David Ralph's show. David Ralph – Yeah. Go go and do that because I know you have been doing an action of me on a few shows and we'll show you a few times night. Yeah you got a little bumper for me on my show. I have these little things that when people ask you me I have a guest on the show that I have them do a little like Hi this is David Ralph and then I get interested in this opener with Mike O'Neill and your voice is so. What's the first thing I ever said to you. I said you have the ultimate voice for radio. Didn't I say that you did. Absolutely. David Ralph I haven't got the face for television but I've got a voice for Radio Michael O'Neal Well as long as you've got the radio part worked out and you have taken this thing and you've run with it my friend. So I'm honored. I'm honored to be at the 100 episode Mark. Thank you. Thank you. David Ralph Absolutely. It is an honor to have you here because it is amazing when you start this thing,because you started your show what was it August 2013. Michael O'Neal Eleven month ago. David Ralph Yeah,11 months ago and now you are rocking and rolling with the best of them you surround yourself with, with the Internet movers and shakers the ziggers and zagers and you know you're going to be humbled by this. So maybe you won't. You are an online celebrity of note. When I was saying to people is my show a lot of people sort of touch on the shows of said to me I know who you're going to have. And I said no you don't. And I go Yes I know who you're going to have and ego going and going to no one. And I when Martin O'Neill and I went oh term term how did I know. Really I know. Yes yeah I did it because I had pain you know I don't want to suck up to you Michael but the early days I didn't know what the hell I was doing. So I just kept on saying your name over and over again or some kind of benchmark of what I was trying to achieve because you like that you'd come out the gates really and say look like a rocket ship. It's unbelievable. But you've only been around so long because it seems like you've been here ever in a day. Does it seems like that to you? Michael O'Neal It is weird. It does feel like it was yesterday that I launched the show. It feels really really recent to me that it happened. So but then at the same time I look at the memories that I've had over the last 11 months and all the cool benchmarks and you know different things that have happened and, but it's packed full of stuff right. So I think if there's any celebrity it's sort of a z list celebrity and only at certain conferences. But yeah it's been it's been an incredible journey. I couldn't be happier with how it's gone. And I can't wait to see what happens in the next 365. You know I'm really excited about that. David Ralph Is there a plan to the next 365 because you seem to me somebody who is very much stimulated by the now and then. Are you somebody who knows what you're aiming to achieve? Michael O'Neal No I'm a notorious non planner. Much to the chagrin of my girlfriend who is a total planner and if I didn't have the you know a calendar app on my phone I would be I would be completely floating out there now because I I wake up and I look at I go OK what do I have to do today. And then I see what's going on for the day. And sometimes that doesn't work out for me like in a social situation because people actually make plans to go out and do things. But and I'm not one of them. And all of a sudden it's Friday I'm like I probably should have planned to do something. Yes I watch movies tonight. But yeah I I'm in an interesting spot right now because I have had this kind of five year run of as you mentioned in the intro bringing myself in this very circuitous path from $14 and not having a clear direction to now. When someone says What do you do. I say I'm a podcast host. And that's a thing like I. That's what I do. So I sort of a couple of weeks ago had an occasion to kind of put the cap on that five year journey and now I'm going to be looking ahead but I haven't quite formulated what that ahead looks like yet. David Ralph And how did you do that? How did you put a cap on that. How did you say that is five years, finished boxed up? Michael O'Neal Well it was as i say I'm I'm a notorious non-celibrator. I'm a guy that usually gets to an achievement and then continues to go without acknowledging it. And I have what is probably a weird story that you're asking for but hey here comes. So I've been a Porsche fan for my whole life. And you may already know where you're heading with this but I was a Porsche fan my whole life and I don't know why particularly. I was I had a Volkswagen in high school and I think that maybe planted to see a little bit and I was a car guy and so you know those Porsche ads from the 80s with like the big fender flares and the big wing. I think I was attracted to that and I eventually in 2003 I bought my first vintage Porsche so I bought a 1972 11 and it was a piece of crap. I bought it in New York. I didn't know better. I drove across country midway across the USA and midway across the country the engine blew up. So that's how badly. Where were you when this happened. I was in the dead heart middle of Nebraska when it happened in Nebraska I suppose. You it's nothing. It is hundreds and millions of acres of wide open like cornfields and nothing else. I mean we are I was I have a picture of my car sitting looking like it's a panther wading in the grass. Waiting to you know to prowl and it's just sitting there with with like a hundred miles in each direction of grass. There was no middle of nowhere when it happened and I ended up finding a Volkswagen place 60 miles away that towed me in. And the guy dropped the oil pan in the car and just giant chunks of metal came out and I'm like I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to be. So I ended up getting a tow truck driving it from Denver where I was living at the time and picking it up. Neither here nor there. So I eventually traded that piece of crap on and got a nicer one. Not when I bought it but in 2005 and I restored this car it took me four years and 2000 hours to restore this car back to better than factory condition when I still have it now. And as part of the dynamic this one in 1969 9/11 and the 69 through 73 nine elevens are very very sought after. They are the iconic 9/11. So when you would see Steve McQueen and a picture of him in the 60s you know you know in LA MA or something driving a 9/11 he was driving one of these sort of 69 to 73 virgins. And one of the sponsors of Porsche in the 60s was a company called Hoyer which was tag Hoyer before Tagg was involved in the mid-80s. So just Hoyer and it's a guy named Jack Hoyer and he made these beautiful tiny pieces chronographs based on race timers. So you'd have a co-driver with you as a race car and there was a race in Mexico called the career of PanAmericana and the first Porsche Carrera was named after this particular race. So Hoyer as a sponsor of Porsche created a watch based on the chronographs that they used for the race cars and they called it the Hoyer Kura. So this was a very utilitarian type watch you could use it as a race time or you could just click one of the buttons and it had this chronograph on it. It was beautiful automatic beautiful timepiece. And as I've been going through this journey for five years this has been on my vision board because these are about three grand and above to get one of these watches. But that was so superfluous for me because I had no i like zero money. And for me to spend three grand on something as excessive as a watch wasn't even on my radar. So about a month and a half ago now I was in this position where I was like this could be the time. And I scoured the world. I ended up buying a 1972 Hoyer Carrera from a guy in France and it came to my house and it was more beautiful in person than I. I'd never seen one in person is more beautiful than I even thought it could be. And I remember at the mid midday I'd gone to this little swimming pool by my house I belong to this little pool club which is where I work out and I was swimming in the middle of the day two o'clock in the afternoon like Tony Soprano in the middle of a work day and thinking I just did this like this just happened. This 5 year journey comes stops right now like this is where my new journey begins. I've gone through this trial by fire. I've come out hopefully like a phoenix. I'm in a position where I can buy this watch now which is insane to think about and I'm peaceful and grateful for the life that I've built. And so that for me was the cap of a five year struggle. I mean a real struggle to get to where I am today. David Ralph Mr. O'Neill is a perfect story. It started and it made me think if I'm ever in a pub quiz and a question about Portia comes up you're my man that does it to Luli you are obsessed by that and you. The amount that you were quoting then. Michael O'Neal Ah. I mean I think. I think it's kind of a lifetime obsession for people that become afflicted by it. In fact there's a great ad I will send it to you on YouTube and there's an ad for the new Porsche about the time the new Porsche Carrera ad and it was there it's a little boy. And he's a little kid in his classroom and he's daydreaming and on 9/11 drives by him and you just see him like looking out the window and his pencil drops and you know then he he gets in trouble. And then he runs to the you know was on his BMX bike to the Porsche dealer after school and and he you know he ends up sitting in this car and the steering wheel is bigger than he is and you see Mike raised his head he's 12 or something and that he goes to the dealer or the guy goes you have a card and the guy goes yeah here you go and he goes I'll see in 20 years. And then there's this great voice over that says something like there's a there's a there's a particular moment that happens with you know a Porsche fan. There's that time you want one. Then there's the time you get one and for the truly affected afflicted there's the 20 years in between. And it just like it gives you the chills and my buddies sent it. I sense my body goes man. Pass the Kleenex. So I guess there is a real passion there for this. It's a very visceral feeling that is so different because of the way they build their cars and because the engines in the rear and it's a totally different experience than you have with with any other vehicle that yeah there becomes a real passion a real obsession with him. Did you read that because this shows about joining up dots, but do you remember as a young kid having the same kind of obsessive compulsive in both words and things when when you was a little kid running around the streets of Philly pretending you Rocky did most will keep you alive without paying him for the Michael O'Neal No no no. I was a BMX kid. Now I was I was in a suburb. I was the only gentile I was in a super Jewish town north of Philadelphia. And I was a BMX or I rode my BMX bike. I mean I was from 1984 until I mean I was racing bikes from 84 until 2000. David Ralph So Rocky wasn't on your radar at all? Michael O'Neal No not at all. Tony Hawk and Dave you know Dave Voelker and Matt Hoffman and you know BMX guys Bob horo. They were all on my radar. I'll tell you here's here's a little here's a join up dot that is current. I rode an entire daywith real wow I just blanked on his name. That's embarrassing really. I'm killing myself right now this is bad radio. David Ralph What  does he look like? Michael O'Neal He's a big famous director now and he will watch films John Malkovich. Being John Malkovich won a friggin Oscar. We're ready. Come on. With it and it might seem seamless Spike Jones for crying out loud. David Ralph Spike Jones Michael O'Neal Yeah Spike Jones the director was a dude I rode with at a place called Rockville BMX and we were just BMX or dudes riding around. And then he he became a photographer for one of the BMX magazines and then started doing filming because he did Beastie Boys first video I forget which one and then started doing independent films then did Being John Malkovich and now he is like an international you know massive director like one of the best most well-reputed directors in the world. And it was kind of cool. I mean so he did adaptation he did Being John Malkovich Where the Wild Things Are You know just just done amazing stuff. So the Academy Awards. And so a pretty pretty bad ass. He did her you know the movie Her most recent Yeah that's Spike Jones. David Ralph So is there any similarity between the young kid in Philly and now, because from what I see across the pond and I listen into the conversations that you have with your internet guys and it does seem from this side of the pond that you've got a gang of friends and followers and whatever that basically control the Internet. I had Rick Mulready on the show. And I said “Do you ever feel like slipping something into Pat Flynns drink, so that the next morning you turn on your screen and see if there's a black hole on the Internet because he's not functioning at this time because it kind of seems not” But he wouldn't be pushed in to slipping a Mickey into his drink in any shape or form. But you seem a little bit edgy to most of them. Michael O'Neal Yeah. David Ralph Is that because you're from Philly. Is it because he's a very sort of industrial Con. Its a real city you know. Its like a working class city when you're there. Michael O'Neal Yeah I think the the edginess is something that I'm kind of a known for. I don't know if you curse on your show but I'm kind of a no B.S. kind of guy and I've never been one to straddle the fence very very much. And I think what happened with Irwin what happens with a lot of these sort of Internet type celebrities is that they're so concerned about getting the broadest audience that they sometimes come off as being a little bit milktoast or a little bit vanilla. And I come from a totally different perspective where when you think about media you think about New York Philadelphia Boston. These are like the media centers of the world. It's where you know you go to Boston College that's one of the broadcasting school that's where Howard Stern went. That's where many very famous broadcasters come from those places I went to Temple University which has an incredible media department. And when you look at the people that are iconic in history they're not people that are vanilla. There are people that have strong opinions one way or the other and people either love them or they hate them but they're definitely them. So they definitely have a presence. They definitely have a voice that's unique to them. And I think I always think it took me a little while to settle into that on my show but it is ultimately as you as I developed the show and I developed my own voice I realized hey I'm not in the interest of pleasing everybody. Like that's not my job. My job is to talk from my perspective on certain issues and try to extract really good business advice from people without them or my audience really seeing what I'm doing. And one of my favorite quotes to that is and you probably heard me say before but which just never let him see your work. You know that's from Bill Cosby also from my alma mater Temple University in Philly and that basically means that go through your process ask your questions you know have questions written down but you don't have to be so blatant about it. You can you can ease through you know great standup comedians do this like Louis C.K. talks you know he'll be sputtering and angry and going through all this process on stage and you think that that's just how he is. You laugh at his angry energy but he knows all the beats within that he knows exactly what he's doing within that realm and that is that is him not letting you see him work on him. David Ralph When your on the mike then how much is you now being absolutely authentic and how much is it creating a mood creating an atmosphere on the show. Michael O'Neal Well it can't. Can't you have both? David Ralph Oh I don't know CAN you? Michael O'Neal What are you asking? Are you asking how much is sort of pre-written and how much is off the cuff? David Ralph Well on this show for example some of the things I say I only say to get a reaction from the guest. You know do I really mean it kind of. Do I think that they will go against it. Yes. So I will say it. How much do you actually say that you believe 100 percent. Michael O'Neal Well first of all you do that because you understand this and you're a pro. I mean this is a very natural place for you to end up. So I think that that I do very similar things to you, as you do just because yeah sometimes you want to extract some stuff from a guest that is being difficult. But yeah I mean I'm pretty authentic dude. I there's not a lot there's people that have met me in real life and go Oh you're exactly like you are on the show. Yeah Im exactly like I'm in the show. I turn it on and I talk so I don't have this, I'm not affected in any way. I just go. David Ralph So you're not like you haven't got a human graphic equalizer when you press record you just kind of increase certain parts of your personality. Michael O'Neal Not really. No. This is pretty much how I am. Yeah I'll speak like I speak. I'm probably slightly dirtier in real life. David Ralph Well you don't know where the words will land do you! Michael O'Neal I probably curse a little more which is fine. I've done a few podcasts now where I was allowed to do that and it did make it really nice. David Ralph Are you in the same situation as me because I used to listen to your show all the time and it was a staple diet during my transition at that time and now I'm doing this. One of the failures of me is that I don't get time to listen to other people's shows. I listen to your one  the other day because I just suddenly realized I had a gap but you almost become an island of your own success where before I used to listen to shows and I used to think oh I'll take a bit of it and I'll take a bit of it and become like a magpie. And now I don't know what vibe is out there and I don't know whether I'm being edgy or whatever. It just seems to be you. Speaking to the mic and I throw it out to the world and hopefully it goes well. It seems to be a fault of mine, and so do you have the same thing? Michael O'Neal No I'm exactly the same way. I'd say partially by choice and partially by by time. So when I when I do have time to consume podcasts I don't tend to go business. I tend to go comedy. And lately I tend to go NFL football. I listen to podcasts related to that because I want to be able to clock out a little bit when I do want real inspiration. I've been listening to here's the thing with Alec Baldwin it's WNYC. I've not heard a better intro or production or interview style than that show. It's his in his intros are nothing short of brilliant. I mean they're amazing how he brings a guest on an and then how he interviews and his questions are very in-depth and he's such a pro that it makes it really easy for me to like look at that bar and go OK that's where the soul open for hours going. That's what I do. I actually honestly David I find now the more that I get into this show the more I almost can't stand other people's shows like there so few that can capture my attention and that I feel like are being done well even with really good friends of mine that do shows I just go and that is almost unlistenable. You know it's so. So I just don't I definitely look far above the kind of Internet Marketing slash business world for inspiration on how I want to run mine. David Ralph because the only two that I listen to now is yours. And I went on started. I wanted to listen to every single one. And but the nerdiest and there the only two reasons. Yeah great and Nerdist is good for a number of reasons. David Ralph Yeah I just like the way it kind of flows and you don't even know it started and it just kind of teases right. Michael O'Neal That's right. Yeah they just start it. We kind of did that today didn't we. David Ralph Yeah absolutely and that was the good stuff. Michael O'Neal And we talked for a while before we started recording. You know me I mean it just felt like yeah hit it. Go for it. We'll start like Nerdist. But yeah no I think that there's a sense there's such a glutton of new shows out there and I don't. but if I'm being opinionated I don't. There's a lot of places where people are learning quote on quote how to podcast. And I think they're feeding them crap information.So often a big problem. David Ralph And I know he's a mate of yours and I wish him all the success in the world, but the problem is so many people are trying to duplicate John Lee Dumas and that's not right. He came first and he created the structure of his show, and whether you like that format or whatever that is he's and he's made in his own by being him. And I hear these shows and after about three minutes I think oh my god it's the same thing again. Now I will listen to your shows and I will go all the way through. But people miss a trick don't lay up coming back to my all the time is finding your authentic self playing to your streams. And and if you do that you create a bigger loyalty. You know if you are totally yourself people either hate you or like you but the ones that like you will love you. And that's where these people are missing out because they're not even being authentic to themselves they're just kind of a middle ground. Michael O'Neal Yeah. And John would tell you and I've said this a million times in front of him and said do you the success of your show or his show has nothing to do with his format. And it has nothing do with him as a podcast for that all. It has everything to do with the fact that he has a financial background writes great marketing copy and has a schedule and a rigidity too. He has a military rigidity because he was in the military to his to his business. And unless you come with that exact kind of background you will not have success in that way. People think that because of the way he does his show because it's structured and because he has these set questions and does it seven days a week that that's why he's successful and is completely irrelevant to that. So the problem is is like you said so many people listen to that or they go to podcasters paradise and they learn a certain way to do things. And I'm almost diametrically opposed to every single thing that they're learning. So it's like it's like man I it's it's frustrating for me in that way. And I shouldn't say that like I want to rephrase that I'm not time actually oppose everything they're learning what I'm what I'm worried about is that the things that I think make podcasting successful aren't emphasized in a lot of training courses. And like you just said finding your own voice is a number one you have to be successful. You have to find your own voice and you have to have a great brand and it's not something that people speak about a lot. Like I took a lot of cliff Ravenscroft stuff. I've taken all the stuff. I've seen a number of course is out there a lot of them don't pay a lot of attention to that piece and I worry that with this next phase of podcasting and what's you know since everyone's starting a show they're going to find it a lot harder to sustain it unless they've found their own voice on their voice. And and it's within this brand that they've really created. So we'll see. But that's the jury's out on that. David Ralph Did you really have to love doing this because I'm going to play a speech in my Jim Carrey and I'm actually I'm going to play now and we're going to talk afterwards. This is Jim Carrey. Jim Carrey Sound Clip My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him. And so he made a conservative choice. Instead he got a safe job as an accountant. And when I was 12 years old. He was let go from that safe job. And our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don't want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. David Ralph Is that the true message that we should be getting across? Michael O'Neal Yes it is unfortunately the connecting of the dots joining of those two dots which is I found this thing that I love and now I have to figure out how to get paid for it is difficult. That's a difficult journey. And that's my that was my five year journey. Right. First not even knowing what it was that I loved. I had no idea I was going to podcast five years ago but I had an initial foray into public speaking. I started teaching social media on stage and I ended up traveling and going to 17 cities teaching people how to use social media to grow their business and I found it very like oh this is something I could be good at. And then that morphed into doing back end production on a podcast for a year and a half and just starting to understand the podcasting industry that finally morphed into me starting my own show and here we are. But it was a five year journey to find that you know like I had indicators of it and if someone in 2009 it said hey do you want to get. You want to make six figures and be a public speaker. I be like totally that be great. But at the time I had nothing to speak about. And now I do. So it's kind of a I I do feel like you have to find something that will and you've probably seen this in your life with your show something that will make you walk into that studio and record an episode even if you're exhausted or not in the mood or whatever because you truly love it and you're excited about it. Oh yesterday. That's how I am. Yeah I've had times when I've recorded 12 shows back to back and now I've. Why just because I knew I was going to do it seven days a week show and that was the hardest time I had. I had no internet for two weeks he just crashed on me and I suddenly panic but I didn't have enough to cover. And I was going away as well. So yes seven days a week he goes out and I needed the boke. And so I did it and I started off at six o'clock in the morning and I just went through through move through and I edited and I did everything in the gap between when I recorded the next one and he just went seamlessly. And when I pressed record yes I was on I was on. Once I was off it was just like I was you know on drugs or something I was just slump too much. But it wasn't until the very last ones that I realized actually about that passion that you're talking about the ability to actually do it when you're tired. I've gone past by and I was actually feeling ill. And I remember doing this show and the sweat was pouring off me and I listened back to and it doesn't sound like it but I realized brain actually no you've got to look up to yourself as much as you do actually doing something. Yeah I'm very committed to that. DAVID It's I have I have three sort of pillars if you will that I do I think make a good soul a partner or a successful soul a partner. And there's there's time freedom there's financial freedom and there's location freedom. And so the first one is really easy time freedom simple you walk into your boss's office tell him to go screw himself and then you have time freedom. There you go. Location freedom. You can pretty much just get in a car and go somewhere that we have that kind of freedom in the U.K. and in the United States. Yeah there's some complications in between. But technically you can just go do that. It's the financial freedom part. That's the tricky part of the three. That is a little harder. But I find that I'm so unwilling to compromise my time freedom. I've turned down so many more so much more money because it would compromise my time freedom like I could have a lot more coaching clients and a lot more people in my my group coaching. It's called Solo lab. But with that I would have to commit another couple of days to taking care of them and I'd I'm willing to do that at all. Like i will i love my life the way it is right now and I can be comfortable financially I can go do fun things. And I don't have to compromise that. And you know hopefully I can continue to grow and continue to you know make more money maybe have more speaking gigs things like that but I don't intend on working any harder. I just want to you know work smarter maybe try to over deliver a little more to my audience and that's what I'm looking for. Well was sensible and that's exactly what I want to do as well because I hate these people and it's almost like a badge of honor. But I've quit in nine to five job. And then you go yes I'm an online marketing do I do this I'm a diva and I cook my time and I'm doing 80 hours a week and I think right. Right. What the hell do you do that. Why don't you just do two days hard work and have the rest of the time of it. It seems stupid that I say that. That's right. And it's. It does. It is counter intuitive. The thing is when my parents passed away you mentioned this in the intro when they did that. My perspective on time completely shifted and I just I. Life's too short. So I am very much a person that says both. When someone says would you like this or this. I say both. When I get an opportunity to do something I say yes. Win you know and I just do it like it's a thing that I have committed to and not mentally like I don't just go yeah this is what I'm going to do from now on. I just do it now I just say yeah let's do that. That sounds fun. Let's just go for that. I'm going to go on a hike. Yeah. Great book a ticket. You know and we just do it. And I found that that has served me really well because when I do that and I put that as a priority in my life then the the stuff that I'm not so thrilled about I still end up having to do it. It still fills in the blanks but my priority is to really extract the most that I can out of my life and I'll tell you not a person that does that well I think as John John Lee Dumas he works probably a little more like the person you were just mentioning. He works a lot but he's also great at saying yes when when something comes across his desk he goes yeah lets do that. And it's like on the schedule. And I think that's that's part of I think what that's part of success. To me that's part of what success feels like is being able to do that. I remember hearing an interview with Billy Joel and the interviewer said to him Billy you've sold X squillion albums and singles and you've done these tours and you play Madison Square Garden five straight nights. What has success given you. And he just said time and that was it. He can wake up each morning and if he doesn't want to do something he doesn't. And that single word resonated with me hugely especially when I was in my 9 to 5 job and I realized then that things were not right. And why should I be doing a nine to five job when there are options I suppose. I began to know too much. And then once you know too much brain you realize you can't ever go back. Michael O'Neal Yeah. It's really really is a one way street. It also but that carries over as well into my personal life as well. And I think when the there's ever such a different confidence now just in my life in general and I think Billy Joel would sort sort of anybody that reached a level of success has this this this underlying confidence about them that is very attractive not only to you know the opposite sex but it's what attracts other successful people to you. There's just there's a subtlety in actions and just how really how you go through life when you're confident that is very attractive to you know both both people both sexes and that is something that people pick up on pretty easily. You become a success back humor don't you. You know the old Jim rhône thing about you know the average of you know five people to surrender a lot of people I talked to. Yeah. I mean a crappy job and all these miserable people all the time. How can I surround myself. And one of the things I say to them is you know focus on success because the more success you get and the more competence as you say they end up a successful people get sucked into your world and suddenly you created what he was saying. It's not easy to do. But it certainly is a mindset that starts moving in that direction. That's right. And you it's funny you just asked that question of me is how do you now you're on it you're on an island so you're you're in the UK you're not. I'm in San Diego so I get to have a bunch of people around me at all times. I will say though we don't get together. I mean you know we get together as friends but I'm not in a mastermind with any of these people around me. We don't sit there and me out. So you know to answer your question I'm mean answer answered on my show tomorrow. But you've got to join a group you've got to join a group mastermind of some sort. And there's really no other way. If you if you're not surrounded by those five people that that you feel are motivating you in a way that that is bettering your life and hopefully their lives. You've got to separate from those people and find the people that are doing that and pretty much everyone I know that's in this you know business Internet Marketing podcasting world has some sort of coaching program. And my best advice is to get people that you really enjoy like how they speak and like how they deliver and join their group and that's it. And you know once you're a part of that community you'll be a lot more apt to be motivated you know learn the things you want to learn. It's part of the reason why I don't need to listen to podcasts anymore because I have so many people in my group that are doing cool things. I get to learn about all the cool new stuff without having to go listen. They sort of comes to me. So so do you now feel that you're ahead of the curve. Because when when you started the show I remember you saying it's the Wild West and now it seems like every man Dogan whatever has made me a podcast. So do you think now about you it's not the Wild West but you actually ahead of the curve. It's good. Get a question. Yes and no I think it's still the wild west. I think that people in this environment aren't necessarily looking in the right direction to advance their business where they should be. Let me clarify that. I think inspiration for how someone's podcast get better gets better doesn't happen within the new podcasting community. It happens with old media. Then you go look at how you all learn how to interview you go study Howard Stern if you want to learn how to produce an an excellent show. You go you know you look at and some an NPR show or something like that like a where a BBC show something that you know pay close attention to how people are introducing guests and what they're how they do their ads and how they integrate you know clips from this person's body of work into their intro or into the show itself. So I think there is really a professional side to this that will ultimately come out. For me personally what I've realized over the last couple of months and this is something that I think you can you can sort of strap on as a badge of honor as well is that I'm a better interviewer than most. Just in general I'm more intuitive and I have more range of knowledge so I can connect those dots. You know I can join those dots. And that's what makes for a compelling and entertaining interview no matter who you are it's the people that have the pre-scripted questions that I think are really going to struggle because that's that's very exhausting to an audience. So on one side I think I'm still really ahead of the curve in that. I come from this and as do you come from this background this history of paying attention to interviewers and then sort of bringing this natural ability to the microphone that 99 percent of people don't have. And that's the building not only to interview someone in a business sense and extract what they do for a living but actually make an entertaining hour of programming for someone. And in my opinion they can get the business data from 80000 podcasts that are on iTunes but it's really hard to get entertainment out of it. And that's what I'm trying to bring to the table and I think that's what you do a really great job bringing to the table as well because because what I've realized you know was a complete nobody is basically the very first interview I did was no you weren't Yes. Stop it. Tom Mocha's was episode your line on the line. Me right now David. And he was a huge inspiration to me so I wanted him as guest number one. And he was talking to a gentleman called John Lee Dumas and so awful who's is CHEP never heard of him. And I went over to his show and the very first show I listened to was episode 3 2 2 which was yourself and kidding. That was I didn't know that. Yeah that was the very first episode. And the fascinating thing about it was which got me on the show and this is my sort of join up thought was the fact that everything you see in life is normally about benchmarking against success. You see people already Veja and you go I'd like to do that but it worked for him he's had this skill he's got that you know he's a natural that's for sure. On that show on 0 5 3 2 2 you hadn't even lunged and he was saying to you you know when are you going to go and you and I'm going to go on Wednesday or whatever it was. And I tuned in and I listened or whatever you do you click on it you don't tune into you. But I heard you speak for the very first time and I found it fascinating because I was seeing but not some bouts of somebody finding their way. And you was saying Yeah and I had 17 downloads and it wasn't that you were looking at success you were looking at somebody finding their flow finding them. Moving on. And that's right. But that's what really flavored my show was the fact that you were doing something that seemed natural and you were holding your hands up and you going really. I don't know if this is going to work but hey if it doesn't change we'll move on later on. And remember you did this show and it was it was some chap I don't remember who was with them on the on the beach somewhere and calls were whizzing past and your battery ran out half way through. Yes and yes you still put out and I thought that's interesting because what he's saying back is not that this show has got to be polished and perfect what he's saying is is a journey and I'm going to improve from that and that be the last time that my battery runs out halfway through. That's right and it was definitely the last time that happened. Yeah. Yeah it's a good way to good insight. I see. If I were doing it again yeah I would probably do the same thing again. I was I've been always sort of a fan of the let's just put it out at that at that time. I was leaning more on my hopeful interview skills than I was like ultimate show quality and since I'd already put out a couple of episodes it wasn't that bad but I really loved the guys story. So I was like yeah there was Harry. Harry Smith was the guy's name and. And. And I thought yeah let me let me throw that on. And why not. What happened. You know and somewhere. This is what's so cool about this right. You heard one single episode I did from Johnny Dumas which was like a random occurrence. And look how much it's affected both of us. Yeah. Just that one thing. So if one little episode you put out catches the right person it can literally be life changing. I will say something. I want your listeners to go to solo our solo our dotcom and I want you to go back to like three. I don't know let's say pre 70s so anything from episode like I don't know one until episode 70 and I want you to click on those posts and read how great David's comments are for the episodes. They are so insightful and brilliant. And you do such a great job summarizing. I think I even wrote you once and said Do you want to write my show summaries. Remember that you did and it was just that the crux of me doing this and I knew I was just going to stall so cool. So I am and you still you just did it the other day when you were that episode you listened to. You do such a great job summarizing. You're going to be such a smash successful podcast. David Yeah I have no doubt whatsoever you are going to I hope you will let us be on your show someday when you do these live broadcasts in front of you know a hundred thousand people at the Wembley Stadium. Did you know when you start this and I'm really going to open up here so I don't really have a Chevez. But when you start based you want it to be so good and you want it to be brought in and you kind of. There were job. You look back on them and you go OK yeah that wasn't quite where I wanted to be but it was all right. And then you hit sort milestones and you listened back to some of these shows I don't know if you listen to yours and I thought oh that was a bit closer to what I had in my head my original vision. And I got to show it E.T. and that's when I suddenly realize Michael that was the host of a show and it was my responsibility to be the host to even I think he was too grateful for people giving up their time to be on my show. I it was a complete mind set. Now I want this to be the biggest show out there. I absolutely do. And it's all I can focus in on and it's in many ways it's killing me or my life is totally out of whack. But all I want is about is the number one thing upset that on any show because it sounds a bit arrogant really I'm upset. Once we've stopped recording them when somebody asked me about it that is where I want to be and I want to be join up not as a brand. Exactly as you say. Right. Because it's one of those things that you kind of go join up towards. What does it mean. And I'm very aware of if you provide quality and content as quality brand in many ways take care of itself. It's like we always talk in the early episode the name that was always mentioned was Pat Flynn. And you know he's got that classic smart passive income and you forget that's a premium brand but actually he's only three words put together and he's because he's provided that great content and quality and value. But it becomes the kind of the trust word where what he's trying to achieve. That's right in he that he can live that now. But I actually want I want to focus on something you said just before that you will be bigger than him and so will I. And I know I don't mean that like he doesn't have the same aspirations as you do. Right. And I'm saying in terms of podcasts in terms of like Pat wants to speak I'm not speaking for him here but just knowing what I know about him. He he is sort of the crash test dummy of internet marketers. So he does all these really cool things on the web. I want my show to become about like I want to. I want to be interviewing complete legitimate A-listers you know and finding out about their kind of business and so normal journey. That's where I will see the show going. And because of that if when and if I get to that point. The show the podcast itself will be bigger than all of the internet marketing type podcasts. Does that make sense. Yeah it'll be way bigger than that. It'll be more like Nerdist. You know Chris Hardwick gets killer guests on his show and that's why his podcast is you know number one number two number three on iTunes overall. And so it's it's one of those things that that I it's what I aspire to do as well is to get working within this world like real A-list category of people because I think that they'll appreciate talking about their journey. And so that's where I want to head with that. Also I was very strategic and I changed direction. I realized that when I started I was just throwing out the net to anyone and anyone would jump on the show. I would have them round about sort of thing once again I thought to myself no I can't do this because when I was looking at other people's shows I was thinking Oh I've been on my show I've been on my show and it was just the sort of hybrid of people doing the rounds. So I went off in a different direction. So if you listen to episode 88 I had Cathy O'Dowd who was the first woman to hit the summit of Everest from both sides. I've got the first civilian astronaut coming on the show. I've got a chap over a few years ago was worldwide news because he sold his life on e-bay and he's just sold his life to Disney and all that kind of stuff. So I realized I had to change direction to become more unique to be more interested by the stories more. Yes. Extract out of them what I wanted to show to the world and that was my original vision but I couldn't say Eva until later on in the journey. Yeah and that's really what you've done. That's the whole point. That's why you will be successful because you've you've done this in a sort of a different way in your life when you look back to sort of the Philadelphia kid and you riding around on your BMX and all that kind of stuff. Well you just sort of wanting to be the classic sports kid was. If you look back and now we all going to send you back in time soon on the Sermon on the mike. No I was a show off though. I think I think I was you know a performer of some sort and the PA is I keep is that makes my colonial who he is to play better racquetball with an audience. Yes. Every single time. Yeah I think so. I think there's that's there that's in there. It's in the DNA for sure. I don't use that a lot but it's in the DNA. I work better in a performance environment which is presumably why I kind of screw myself on the show intentionally. I don't I I prepare in a way where I I've researched my guest as you have. You know you know and you certainly listen to the show but at times you know a little bit about me and you're able to then naturally structure questions that that dovetail into my history and that's what a good interviewer does. I don't write a lot of questions out sometimes intentionally and that's because I there's something about the performance side. I realize now that I'm I'm doing this the shows this this month I've got over 300000 downloads for the first time and this is a and I realize so there's people listening and I have to perform. You know what I like it. It makes me it UPS my game. I'm live on the show. And I think I do that to myself on purpose because because I work better in that environment a lot maybe underpressure a little. Well we're very similar. It's fascinating. I feel like I'm finding out the real Marcantonio here. Where is the person behind the that the presenter. Because I am somebody who has spent my life doing training courses and presentations and that's my job. I've never done this kind of thing. It was totally BA and I'm somebody very much likes to be on their own likes no one near them. And then when I suddenly go ping. That's it. It's performance time. And I don't know if it's showing off or trying to create a different persona for myself because that's kind of not naturally me. But I do have the ability to raise my game and present a different side to myself if you know me deep down you would say to me different people that the people who know me from seeing where I allow them to see me they would say yeah you it's like I'm on the mike as you are when you normally doing those things because I'm letting them see what they want to see. Yeah. Yeah I mean I think there's there's an element of that and again I want people to understand this is why we and we talked earlier about sort of what John brought to the table. And I'm you know people look at my show and say it's it's been it's it's been pretty successful in the first 11 months just overall debt is not that's not a fluke because I didn't just start in August of 2013 with kind of media. You know I've been a professional drummer my whole life. I've performed I've been on I've been a racer I've been you know a competitive racquetball player for for many many tournaments for many many years now and before that it was tennis. So I've always been performing in some way or the other. I I coached for five years on teaching people social media in front of huge audiences. I've played Red Rocks in front of 10000 people like me being on a microphone and being natural at it is not something that happened overnight. It's a it's this is something that you walked in with. You've been training for years before you turned a mike on yourself. So it's kind of like Yeah right yeah. You were new to podcasting but not nuda trying to translate a concept from one person to an audience like that's something you've been doing for a long time. So so that's I think that it's a bit of a misnomer within our industry that yeah anybody can you know podcast or anybody can start blah blah blah. That's kind of cool I get it. Yes technically you can turn on an app you can go to boss jock on your iPhone and upload it to clips and you've got a podcast but can you do it. Well can you do it so that when someone switches from morning radio or Howard Stern or the BBC to your podcast that they don't notice a huge drop off in quality or you know sound quality interview quality production quality that's that's what I try to bring the table and I think you do the same thing. So is that what you're saying really and I'm going to play the words of Steve Jobs because he says it very well as well but no experience is wasted. It doesn't matter what you've done in your life you will pull elements and you extract what you need to create your new path. Out 100 percent. Absolutely yes. Everything you've done up until this point is does training for you for this next phase. When I have people on their show and we have these episodes called Find your swing I want to find out everything that person has done because it find your swing is like well what do I do. Like what am I naturally gifted at how can I make money off of something that I really enjoy that I'm passionate about that's what finding your swing is. And it's I want to find out like what you did when you were a kid. Were you an athlete did you or you or you a professional knitter you like to knit hats. You know like what is it what do you do. And when people can start accessing those things that they've done their whole lives they're really gifted and I like to find ways that we can use those talents in whatever their next business endeavor is. We call about connecting our past to build our future and here. And one of the names as come out is if you really want to know your passion really want to know what you're naturally good at. Don't think about what you were doing in adult life because very much you would have been taking a responsibility for a wage or whatever. Look at what you was doing as a kid when you weren't being paid for it. And if you was a drama when you was a kid and you loved doing it then try and look at something that would do that. And he says that exactly the same way as you do it and you'll find your swing episodes. That's right. And I and I love those. Again that's another instance where we totally put ourselves on the spot. I have a co-host. Her name is Dawn Mars. For those episodes and we never read the questions first. Like I only you know sometimes I glance at them to see just a copy and paste them into my Evernote when we're doing the show. But we were reading them and answering them live and which again has another element of pressure that we've got to come up with an answer and these people are literally like I've had people that have taken what we've said on the show. They've made a business from it like the next day they've gone and done it. So it's it can be a little daunting. And I was going to ask you earlier you know your show's growing now and this this will be big your show will have a huge audience at some point and I've asked this with other people that are in the space. Have you yet felt this sense of responsibility that comes with that the fact that you're speaking into a microphone and someone's actually listening to what you're saying. Yeah. With power comes great responsibility. And it's funny the very first show I released I got two e-mails and they were from people I'd never met and they were saying thank you so much for putting the show out there and I thought oh my God. And from that moment of being very aware of what I'm saying or being very aware of I don't know where my words are landing. And of also having a conversation with my wife this afternoon saying if this really takes on. Just as I want it to really take on I'm a little bit scared but I haven't got the value to provide the audience but I won't and I don't know why that is because you know success is everything you want. But I suddenly felt a pressure because I can see the downloads increasing increasing increasing. I can see the work coming towards me and I'm doing this seven days old on my own. There's not one person that helps me and I'm also balancing other responsibilities as well. So this isn't my only so restrained I suddenly freaked this afternoon for the exact reason that you said oh my god this is power this is responsibility. I've got to be careful with it. Yeah. Have you also found it. I agree. I felt that in some I haven't had yet. Hey buddy come back to me I'm like you ruin my life but I'll show it. That's going to have to happen right. Someone will listen to something you've said or I've said and they're going to do it and it's not going to work for them and we won't have the details but they're going to say I listened to you when you were in my life. That's going to happen. There's no way it that doesn't happen. When you're when you grow this thing to where it can go there's no way that doesn't happen. Well think shows a slightly different note because you teach nuts and bolts. I think with my show I talk about hope and I told you why leap of both. Yeah I really think I teach nuts and bolts because that's that's I feel like there's a lot of shows that do that specifically. And I I feel like I teach more of the journey and then the nuts and bolts sort of fall from there. Well I think that's the same thing. I think what you do you you talk about the journey you get the cogs working in your own brain and brain when you throw out the nuts and bolts which you probably don't think have got value as such. You're already using those cokes and you're thinking yeah I can use that yeah I can tell you that that's exactly what happened with me. You know I couldn't see how to do this because I've never done this. But just by you having conversations with people you take the element and you take the element and you take that element and what do you do. He's been up to you as an individual to put it together. Yeah I actually find myself pretty. I can be very socially awkward at the beginning and I sometimes I've actually accessed my I've switched into interview mode when I'm meeting someone in real life. I just watch on Mike I like my mentally switch on a podcast microphone in front of me and I found it so much easier to have conversations with people that way. So that's kind of interesting to me is bizarre. I'm getting ready to play Steve Jobs now because I'm fascinated to see your spin on this. And this is the fulcrum of the whole show so this is a job. Don't be free to do that of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward. When I was in college but it was very very clear looking backwards. Ten years later again you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something your gut destiny life karma whatever because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference. When I'm going to ask a different question because I think you've answered it already but you will say yes you believe in it. But why do you think so many people don't believe in that. I think that's a lot. Most people get hung up on the how of something for example I think that we we pick a point be right we pick a point B that's there's the dot so I've got this I want to I want to do I want to have this show. And to get this show together I need this this this this this this this and we get stuck in the details of the this this this this this instead of. All right I'm going to sort of flow through this. All I want to do is get to that thing. I'm not sure how I'm going to get there yet but I'm going to I don't really know. And by the time you get there and you look back and go wow that is not the path that all that I was going to take. My favorite metaphor. Or maybe it's an analogy I forget but for this is if you and I were sitting at a cafe and I there was you know a three story building across the street and I said David there's a hundred thousand pounds sitting in a bag on the roof of that building across the street. You have 15 minutes to get it. How fast would you be out the door to go get that money. I'd be on the right run the window right but you wouldn't know how you were going to get it. You had no idea how to get to the roof of that building. You just knew you were getting to the roof. You don't know if you're going to you know helicopter down you know if you're going to call the fire department to take you up there or you know scale like Spiderman but you're getting to the roof of that building somehow. And I think what successful entrepreneurs do is they just keep their eye on that that you know that bag the bag that's on the roof. They're not quite as concerned about the how part. And we very much get concerned about the how part. And the second piece of that is when someone gives you an opportunity I just said this a little earlier when someone gives you an opportunity. Our instinctive reaction is to say no because of this this and this versus just instinctive to say yes and I'm going to figure out how to work out this this and this and that is a huge mental shift even though it's very subtle. It's just yes and no. But if you'll find that people in your world that are really successful or really look like they're just having a great time. They're the ones that say yes first and then figure out how it's going to work after and most of the people that are stuck and they don't get from that one dot to the next dot. Those are the ones that say no because you know I I can't live in San Diego because I have kids in school or because I can't afford the move or because whatever we can come up with 15 different ways. But in reality all that stuff can be worked out. So I think that's how I would respond to that and I hope that helps someone. So what scares you this is probably my final question before I send you on the mike and you

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Episode 43 the Empowered Podcast features professional podcaster, media mogul and all-around awesome dude, Chris Cerrone! I'm really honored to have my friend Chris on the show today. He and I talk about how he took the podcasting world by storm, how he's creating a brand online, and why he got started in the first […] Click here EP43: Offline Expertise to Online Dominance with Chris Cerrone (@bluegeno) to visit Ellory Wells and leave a comment.

In the  14th episode of You Leading You, my friend Chris Cerrone calls in for a discussion on podcasting success, evolving the medium and how relationships matter. Chris has created a show, The Chris Cerrone Show, which has reached hundreds of thousands of downloads and has sparked a speaking, coaching and consulting business! Today Chris shares: How sales and corporate […] The post YLY 014: Leveling Up, He’s Got Stones! with Chris Cerrone appeared first on You Leading You .

Stop flattering yourselves. Get off your damn butt. Go out and make it happen.  Chris Cerrone is the MAN. Even though Chris was a poor student in school, he still sold swatches and ran a lottery over the school announcements. Instead of going off to college, he carved his own path. At one point he was homeless but the next year he owned his own cafe. Later, he worked corporate for 5 years but the entrepreneurial bug never left him. Today, Chris runs a TOP ranked business podcast on iTunes that averages over 100,000 downloads a month! To sum up Chris Cerrone, he is a man who loves to help people and he takes action. If listening to Chris doesn’t inspire you to get off your butt and take action, I don’t think anything will!   PS. We talk about Wu Tang, Drake and Dr. Dre in this episode. It was epic. 

If you're up for a rambling yet entertaining discussion on not just podcasts, but Vegas, public speaking, hipsters, Gatorade Gum, Howard Stern and the story of how Chris has built up his show to a top position in iTunes, then you're definitely in for a treat. Chris Cerrone shows us why his hosting style is a breath of fresh air in a sea of mediocrity. Show Highlights 01:45 What the hell is a stinger anyways? 10:15 What is it that draws you to a show? 11:45 Chris' ode to Michael O'Neal 14:50 Podcasters' obsession over New & Noteworthy 16:05 Measuring time in podcasting years 17:35 "Numbers ain't gonna put food in my kids' stomachs" 20:05 Once upon a time, Chris was a real estate agent 22:45 The evolution of Chris' speaking style 23:50 How many people at New Media Expo are still podcasting? 25:30 Chris is the co-dependent and says stop with the nonsense 26:20 A lot of people don't credit themselves with what they can accomplish 31:20 Podcasting has changed Chris' life, and this is why 37:50 The emergence of the trademark 'bluegeno' t-shirt! 39:50 Why managing e-mail is not his best use of his time 44:50 Why Vegas' location makes it conducive to having guests Live in the studio 49:30 The awesomeness of video and in-studio guests 51:40 Chris loves Fizzle + Chase Reeves 56:00 Why Chris is a fan of Podcast Junkies 56:50 Why Chris is making it a point to find his own voice 58:20 Why Chris is a fan of Howard Stern and Lady Gaga 60:15 The origins of 'The Chris Cerrone Show' name 62:50 Why Chris wants to fail fast and fail often 65:30 The importance of having your own audience 68:10 Chris is now consulting as a result of podcast success 71:05 Why Chris feels like MacGyver 72:50 A shout out to Gatorade for sponsorship 75:20 Where are the hipsters in Vegas? 77:05 Wanna get Chris fired up? Talk about Vegas 78:40 Memories of when the Mob ran Vegas 81:45 A little bit of a hipster rant 83:15 Any idea what episodes 50-100 looks like? 93:45 The importance of rating and reviewing podcast episodes FULL SHOW NOTES: http://www.podcastjunkies.com/9★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Todays guest entrepreneur joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired "Join Up Dots" interview was perhaps not the most obvious person to get behind the mike and create an amazing content producing production line. But he has achieved it, after living a totally different life for many, many years. In fact he has lived many different lives over the years. From working for a few years in the telephone industry, he moved through various positions, until rather strangely to me at least, jumping into Real Estate. And then even stranger.....becoming an owner of his own cafe for a year, before making another career change by entering the internet industry. And now from his closet full of socks, and shoes he has launched his brand new podcast to the world, and created a momentum that can only be achieved by consistent and focused action. He has the freedom to have fun and enjoy himself. The show is going great. The downloads are soaring And best of all he sounds like he is having the time of his life. He is a huge inspiration to me, as is anyone who gets off their backsides and looks to create a life of their dreams....and on their own terms. So let me introduce to you as we start looking back over his life to "Join Up Dots", the one and only, host of the Chris Cerrone Show..... strangely enough a man named....Chris Cerrone.  

1 – Chris Cerrone host of the Chris Cerrone Show To subscribe to the podcast, please use the links below: Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe via Stitcher Radio If you like the show, please consider leaving the show a review in iTunes as well as Stitcher Radio.  A couple minutes of your time can help […] The post 001 – Chris Cerrone host of the Cerrone Show appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Chris has a fascinating background – his experience runs the gamut from working in a top paying job in corporate America (despite not having a college degree!) and living in a swanky high rise to being homeless and living out of his car.  Chris talks about the life lessons he learned from those experiences, how he bounced back from that rock bottom point, and why he is thankful for that time in his life.  He recently turned down an incredible 6-figure salary in order to follow his dreams – and he believes everyone listening should follow their passions, too.

Chris has a fascinating background – his experience runs the gamut from working in a top paying job in corporate America (despite not having a college degree!) and living in a swanky high rise to being homeless and living out of his car.  Chris talks about the life lessons he learned from those experiences, how he bounced back from that rock bottom point, and why he is thankful for that time in his life.  He recently turned down an incredible 6-figure salary in order to follow his dreams – and he believes everyone listening should follow their passions, too.

Would you walk away from over 100k job to pursue your passion?  Why Not? This episode is jam packed with stories about my friend Chris and how taking risk is the only way you will move forward in your journey.  We touch on how despite fear, doubt and limiting beliefs why getting off your butt … Continue reading "YouTube Domination with Chris Cerrone" The post YouTube Domination with Chris Cerrone appeared first on Vernon Ross.