Podcasts about Sean Stephenson

What happens when global trade rules change overnight? In this explosive episode, trade experts reveal the seismic shifts in international commerce that could reshape your business strategy! Context: Recorded on April 3rd, featuring Sean Stephenson, Trade Sanctions Counsel at Dentons, this episode unpacks recent US trade policy developments that will send shockwaves through global supply chains. Key Takeaways:

With the holiday weekend upon us, here's a very special episode I've had planned for quite some time now. Having produced podcasts in the guest interview format since 2006, some of our guests have passed on over the years. This time, we remember David Wygant, Alan Roger Currie, Sean Stephenson, Doc Love and Dr. Mark Goulston; all of whom I've been proud to know. Included is a classic clip from interviews with each respective man, along with some of the fond memories about them I'm able to share. It's all in the name of doing at least my small part to keep their name and their influence alive going forward into the future. Topics are wide-ranging, and include masculine dominance, authenticity, never settling, women's interest levels and how to deal with unreasonable women. The result is a rock-solid listen that's as entertaining as it is informative, and loaded with light moments in celebration of five impactful lives. FYI, each of the full interviews are still available in the full feed of either The Mountain Top / The Chick Whisperer or X & Y On The Fly. And of course, be sure to get show notes, free downloads and more at https://mountaintoppodcast.com === HELP US SEND THE MESSAGE TO GREAT MEN EVERYWHERE === The content in this show is NEVER generated by AI. I discovered it can't handle a joke a long time ago. Meanwhile, I'll keep the practical, actionable ideas coming as well as the entertaining part...all for free. If you love what you hear, please rate the show on the service you subscribed to it on (takes one second) and leave a review. As we say here in Texas, I appreciate you!

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Welcome to the first time we continue an interview with a second episode. You met Brian in August of 2023. He had so much to say and so many of you expressed an interest in hearing more that I invited him back for a second go around. Brian offered us so many life lessons in our first episode together that it was hard to end so abruptly. This time we will delve more into how his talk went viral as well as some of the physical and mental challenges he has faced during his life's journey. We get to learn more about Brian the person and why he is the way he is. This time he discusses in depth his speech that went“viral”in 2018. He tells us much more about his journey including more about why he left the supply chain world to go out on his own. Once again Brian offers us many lessons about being unstoppable and how to live life. I love listening to him possibly because he, like me, tells stories to illustrate points. I hope you love this second episode with Brian as much as everyone seemed to like his first time on Unstoppable Mindset. About the Guest: Brian Drury is a trilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese) international speaker and presentation coach who helps his clients to master the skills of public speaking and effective communication to improve their:speeches, interviewing, networking, presentations, sales pitches, and more! Working with executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations around the world, Brian provides proven frameworks and strategies that help his clients know they can confidently present in any scenario, even on short notice. One of Brian's speeches went viral with over 20 million views on Facebook alone. Additionally, he is a best-selling author, podcaster, content creator, and former Fortune 300 internal consultant. He offers 1-on-1 coaching, group coaching, workshops and keynote speeches for entrepreneurs, executives, and working professionals alike. Ways to connect with Brian: Craft Your Keynote event, https://thebriandrury.com/craft-your-keynote/ Website: https://thebriandrury.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancdrury/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebriandrury/ Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerfulpublicspeaker Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/First-Step-Brian-C-Drury/dp/151921538X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1689899768&sr=8-1 About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, hi there and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to do something in the unexpected part of where inclusion diversity and the unexpected me. Least I didn't expect it until it suddenly happened. And that is that we get to interview Brian Drury and this is our second interview with Brian. We met him a few months ago. He did a podcast it has gone live. And he and I have talked and we agreed he ought to come back again and chat with us some more. And so here we are, to talk about what's happened since what's been going on that we didn't get to talk about in the first podcast, and anything else that seems relevant to do So Brian, welcome to unstoppable mindset again.   Brian Drury ** 02:05 Thanks for having me back. Michael. stoked to be here, man. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 02:08 we're really glad you're here and looking forward to having a lot of fun. And if you remember Brian's bio from before, he is a trilingual, English, Spanish and Portuguese speaker. He does a lot of things dealing with public speaking, effective communications, and other stuff. I'm sure he is perfectly willing to talk about much more relevant than I. So Brian, what's happened since we chatted last time? I know you had a big event coming up. How did that go? Tell us about it.   Brian Drury ** 02:42 Well, the event went great. And and for anybody, I'll plug it right here at the front. So for anyone who wants to connect last time, so it's the Brian Drewery on social media. So at the Brian Drewery th e b r i a n d ru ry. And then if you want to email me directly, questions, comments, concerns, whatever, it's br i n. So Brian at Guide to speaking.com. So that is G yd, the number two. And then SP EA que i ng.com. So Brian, a guide to speaking feel like I'm doing a spelling bee. So, Michael, you had asked about the events. So yes, so I had a big event coming up. And as I have found almost every time with self hosted events is when you expect things to go to plan you are planning to fail. So essentially, every time I have self hosted an event, there have been unpredictable unexpected events and things that transpire that you throw off the promotion, throw off the preparation for and so you rarely have as much time as you expect. So what I would say for people who want to be speakers or trainers or want to get into this world, and they want to do events where they're talking to larger groups of people be ready to not have that week to 10 days before the event go as planned. So many people will say like, oh, yeah, that's what I'm going to do my most prep or that's what I'm really going to rehearse. But the thing that you and I know, Michael, that the real pros are prepped and ready well before that, so that when the event actually comes up, if they can't rehearse as much in the week leading up, it's not a big deal. So all of that to say I was coming up on this event. And this kind of ties into one of the other topics I had sent over to talk about was my first year, full full year as a full time entrepreneur. So I worked in a corporate supply chain career for a little over a decade. And during that time, I was building my own coaching and speaking and consulting business outside of it. So for seven and a half years, I was building this company while working full time. So then in April of last year, and we can dive into this if you want but it's how I came to the decision is a whole nother story but Ultimately, I hit the point where I said, my day job had gotten so terrible that I finally hit a breaking point and just said, it's time. And it did not go as I planned, it did not go as I anticipated. In fact, I had been in a corporate job, I'd always gotten good or great performance reviews, I always considered myself a top performer and work to deliver more than I was asked of me. And I had work to do that every step of my career, and then working in supply chain in the 2020. And beyond was a whole different other kind of nightmare. And I found that more and more of my time was going towards what I didn't want. And I was spending more time on the thing that paid the bills, not the thing that I really wanted to do. And I had all the typical excuses, you know, it's not time, it's not sustainable, yet, I want to build it up more, I want more consistent revenue in the business, I had all those things. And I said, One day, when I'm making x, you know, $1,000 a month consistently, then I'll just gently take this nice little cute leap and move on to full time entrepreneurship. But ultimately, with, again, we can dive into this if you'd like. But the details, it's, it's like, it's a very common entrepreneurial thing, things got so bad at the job that ultimately, I get called into my weekly meeting with my manager, and supposed to be just touch base, talk about how things are going. And my director, and HR are there as well. And I'm like, this is probably not a surprise promotion. And they say you've got 30 days to improve in these areas. And they were the things that were brought up were things that were either false, very small, or just kind of things where they hadn't talked or communicated to me for over a year. And now we're bringing these things up as issues. And it was basically them saying we kind of want you out, you know, there were for a variety of reasons. And a part of me fought this and was like, oh, no, like, I've always worked to give more this compromising my identity. But then I really thought about it. And I was like, Well, what your director is telling you is you're not right for this job. And you've known that in your heart for four years doing this. So instead of just continuing to sit in that I said, alright, you know what, it's time to take a shot. It had to get that bad. I mean, it was there's much, much more to that story of how bad things were, in order to get that bad for me to finally have the courage to take the leap. So were some of them go full time with entrepreneur? Oh, yes, go ahead.   Michael Hingson ** 07:27 Were some of the things they've got bad things that you did. I mean, what what do you mean, when you say things got bad? Or was it just your head wasn't in it anymore? What?   Brian Drury ** 07:40 It was a combination of things. So the kind of shorter version was in 2020. You know, working in supply chain was one of the most tumultuous times ever, they said it literally, our director told us it was the greatest supply chain disruption since World War Two. It's unprecedented ground, and everything came to a standstill for a period of time, and then everything tried to pick up twice as fast. So essentially, at first, everyone's all Kumbaya, and we're gonna hold hands, these are unprecedented times, it's all the cute corporate speak. And because of that, they tell us, Oh, you know what, it's all okay, we're gonna make mistakes, these times are crazy. And up to that point, they had been, all my feedback had been good, I'd been grading great performance reviews, I was building things I, you know, they were talking about getting me on a management track and all these other things. And then towards the tail end of 2020, I made one big mistake. Now, it was a big mistake. And I didn't buy several, like 12,000 units, which in the major, I won't specify the brand, just for the sake of it. But I worked in a major retail footwear, apparel brand that everyone knows, I wear to the corporate headquarters, and I missed a big buy. So there's a lot of reasons for that were crazy things that I won't go into just in terms of how the supply chain disruptions were managed. But ultimately, I found I'd made a mistake. And it was irreversible. Like, I would have had to order this stuff three months ago for it to get there on time. So these big important units weren't going to get there. I tell my boss, I find the air I let them know as soon as I find it, he has to go to the director and the director actually had to tell the president of the company because these were like big marketed styles. And so it was a huge mistake. And I felt terrible. I never like one of my biggest fears is letting people down. And the director came and had this like, Come to Jesus call with me and essentially essentially told me that this had discredited everything I had ever done that, you know, the week before when he said he wanted me on a management track. My years of going above and beyond were discredited and devalued. Now I had a target on my back I was his the direct quote was, Brian, there's a dart I said, have you lost faith in me? And he said, Brian, there's a dog Aren't cloud over your head, and it's going to follow you for a while. But if you can be consistent for a year, you can earn my trust back, essentially. And he also in that same conversation said, don't try to improve things just execute on the job. And one of the biggest challenges in that job was all of the terrible processes. So for the next year, I tried to do that, to my best of my ability, we had a team of five people that lost three people in the space of six weeks, we were going through a system implementation, we had a 20 year sourcing office close to all of these crazy challenges all during the pandemic, me and one other person kept that entire portion of the business going for a year, they're telling me everything's fine. And then in the beginning of 2022, I come into the meeting, and they had been collecting all the mistakes I had made perceived or otherwise for the course of a year, while telling me everything was fine. They just took hearsay as truth. So even things that were later disproven, or claims that were made or, you know, I sent this already, like just this kind of like He Said, She Said stuff. They just took the other person's side every time. And essentially, it was like you're making headaches for me. So we don't want you. And so basically, I come into this meeting, and they tell me things like, here's the the systemic issues that we've seen in your performance over the past year, sometimes sends an email in place of a phone call, sometimes sends overly long emails, sometimes this and this and this, and most of them were 60%, I'd never heard most several were untrue, like factually incorrect. And when I said, is the point of this meeting for me to share my side of this or and then my director cuts me off and goes, I think it is best best to focus on the path forward. So essentially, it was we don't care what you have to say, we don't trust you. We don't want you. And I honestly, Michael, I believe that even if I'd done everything they said they would have still fired me after the 30 days, because it was they were just like he doesn't fit because I would ask questions. When I would try to keep our customers, I'd have them adhere to deadlines that say, unfortunately, you missed the deadline. So you have to submit on the next by well, then they just go escalated up. And now I'm creating a headache by trying to get them to adhere to the agreed upon deadlines. So there's a lot of different things that went into it. But I'll pause there for a sec, because it was so bad. It just got to the point where I was like this is never going to change. And I'm not going to change this. So I'd rather get into a situation where even if it's scarier, I'm in control a path forward, right.   Michael Hingson ** 12:39 And so what did you do?   Brian Drury ** 12:43 So the next steps, because the big thing was I realized this, and I think you'll find many of your listeners have a similar experience is I realized they were never going to value me for me. They actually, in fact, you know, I'm running a communication and speaking and effective communication business. And in that call, they said, Hey, Brian, we've got some great interpersonal communication trainings we could recommend and like, they're all these things that I was just like, they don't see my value. They don't appreciate me, they don't celebrate me. And I can either stay here and just accept that or try and figure this game out on my own. So April 1 was my last week at that job. April 8, I left and I went out on my own.   Michael Hingson ** 13:27 Now that's 2022   Brian Drury ** 13:30 is 2022. Right? So last year. And so I go out on my own, and I have found this, you know, I fought so hard for years, I invested 10s of 1000s of dollars in like, into my education and personal development events I had been working in modifying and tweaking my business, so I knew what I wanted to do. And when I left, I had three months worth of expenses covered like in terms of cash. So it was not like I had this big runway or I have a year to figure things out. I'm like I got three months and we'll see what happens. And simultaneously in that time, I started to develop what I thought was sciatica or like, you know, nerve pain kind of in the glute and shooting pain down the leg. And so as I was working to figure out my business, I started to have increasingly bad symptoms I tried every modality of treatment I could think of to try and make it better, none of which worked. And then got to a point where I went to the emergency room September of last year. They said it's a disc issue in the back. So I spent the next probably six months trying to treat it in every way. I got an epidural spinal injection, I tried to do PT, I was doing one to two hours of PT type work every day and still couldn't beat this thing. So in my whole first 14 months as a full time entrepreneur, I was battling chronic pain, chronic sleep deprivation, and so many other challenges as a result of that, that I never could have predicted as As my, the challenges I would face as a full time entrepreneur, and that ultimately led to spinal surgery, so I had to get a major spinal surgery, about three and a half months ago, got a diskectomy and a laminectomy got the problem fixed. And now three and a half months later, I'm in recovery. And I'm working through things so that managing that issues with medication issues with treatment, pain, all this, my whole first year and a half of entrepreneurship has been either chronic pain surgery recovery, and I'm just kind of getting to the first times of being pain free since then. So it's one of those things where everyone says you're gonna face challenges, as you know, when you go full time, and now it's all on you. And the first year was exceptionally hard. And I just tried to focus on the goals and step forward, I remember seeing my bank account, go to $16. And wondering how I was going to pay rent the next month. And then December, I started to get some momentum, I put together some programs, January was a little better, February's little better March was my best month yet. And then I had my best quarter ever in my best businesses history. And at that point, I was averaging, I would say one to two hours a day of work because of the pain. And since then, since getting the surgery, now this month in August, I'm having my best month ever, and it's better than that entire quarter. So I'm very optimistic about the path forward because with a healthy body and not chronic pain of being able to sleep again, it's a whole different world. So that's kind of the summary of my some of the highlights or lowlights of my first year as a full time entrepreneur. And I'll pause there because I know there's tons of places we can go. But yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 16:43 well. So what exactly did you go off? And do you left the job in April of 2022? And being an entrepreneur, what did you go off and entrepreneur and do?   Brian Drury ** 16:57 Well, that's a great question as well. So for several years, I started my business back in 2015. So at first I just said coaching, because I didn't really know what type of coaching I was doing. I just said, I'm a coach, and I can help you get great results and achieve goals and dreams. So the whole thing for me was in order to, if I'm going to try and motivate and inspire people to do those things, live their dreams, I've got to do that myself. So I started just working to achieve all of these goals and dreams, launched a business published a book that became an Amazon Best Seller launched a podcast, you know, moved to a new dream place got a dream job where I got paid to travel. So I started doing all this through personal development, and then teaching those skills. And I remember for anybody that's scared about getting started, or how do you charge for your first client, my first client was just a friend of mine who said, Hey, Brian, I love the results you're getting. And I want those two, I want you to coach me. I said, Okay, well, I'm trying to start a business. So the cool if I charge you, he said, Sure. They said how much I was like 300 a month, we'll do one call a week. So like 75 an hour. He's like, sounds great. Sounds great. And that was the beginning. So after that, I did that for a couple years. But I said I need to be more clear. I need a better niche any more clarity. So I realized, Okay, well, achieving any goal is the product of habits and how you live day to day. So now I'm going to become a habit coach. So I help people effectively set goals, and establish the habits to achieve those goals. So lots of study in human psychology and human behavior, and trying to help people optimize their habits, get rid of the bad ones, implement the good ones, get the mental blocks out of the way, and get to work and create results quickly. Because both in my corporate job and in my entrepreneurial pursuits. My thing is about results and momentum and change. I I don't think it's enough, just as a speaker, just to motivate, I think we should be giving insights and changes and help prompt people to take action. So I did that for about three and a half years. And then that was when my speech went viral. So 2014 was the first time I met Shawn, I believe I shared the story on the first one. So I speaker and mentor Sean Stephenson, one of the most prolific speakers on the planet before he passed from 2014 to 2018. He went from this untouchable hero to one of my best friends and he was introducing me to speak on stage. At that event, that speech that recording went on to go viral and we see has been seen over 20 million times up to this point. So when that went live, a lot of people assume that like how much money did you make off that because people think views or big social presence equals money. And that's really not the case. So I wasn't set up for it. So my facebook page for that old business grew. But I didn't have any offerings. I didn't have ways to engage people. I wasn't as consistent with content. So I didn't know the things I know now. So what it did do is give me incredible credibility though in the ability to deliver great talks, so I could share that I could use that motion. And I started getting more and more questions about speaking and presentation skills and being confident on stage and messaging and craft Hang in storytelling. So what I realized over time was I kept fighting for this habit change coaching, and I wasn't feeling it as much, and I wasn't getting the response. But then when I finally stopped and paid attention, I was like, everyone is asking me about speaking. And storytelling is one of my favorite things to talk about. And I can help people, I can solve some people's biggest problems in 30 minutes, and then we can go even deeper. So why not just, you know, meet the supply and demand together? Where match those two? Because it's often the entrepreneurial ideas, the intersection of, you know, what can we do? Well, what do people want? What can we get paid for. And now, after years of all these different iterations, and trying things, and making information products, and all these different tests, I finally found that intersection of the thing I loved that I'd worked with some of the best in the world at what they do, and I could give exceptional value, I could get paid for it. And I absolutely loved it. So I shifted gears there. And I didn't change my original business was called overcoming graduation, because it was about teaching young adults, everything I wished I'd known about life to help them live the life of their dreams. And I didn't change the brand, I didn't change the business, I just started focusing on speaking. So I started to grow and was doing that while I was working full time. So ultimately, when I got to the point of it's time to leave, I said, You know what, I'm going doubling down on speaking, I'm going full tilt into this. So I gotta create a new brand. So the first, honestly, Michael, like first two months, I really was like, I needed to decompress, I kind of had some, like, by the end of my career, I had originally said, my supply chain career, had originally said, Art, I'm gonna get paid to move out to California, buy this company, I'll spend like two years getting settled getting established. And then after two years, I'm gonna go full time into my entrepreneurial stuff, I'll build it up. That two year mark was 2020. So you know, as we like, we tend to make plans, and life has great curveballs to throw our way. So 2020 hits, I'm like, wow, it's not be rash here, right. And it's that convenient excuse not to take the big leap. So then, two more years, two years, and two months later, is when I ultimately got the, you know, the 30 day notice. And so now that by the end of it, I was so drained, you know, I was working 1012 hour days, I was working on weekends, and I was pouring so much time fighting for a job that I hated and not spending time on the thing that I love that I really wanted to fight for. And when things got that bad, my dad said to me, he's like, you know, Brian, it's probably time to stop fighting for what you don't want and fight for what you do. And the way that I left the company, too, I wanted to make sure that I didn't compromise my values. So I said, Hey, listen, I'll give you guys a month. So I can properly train people, even though you know, I don't think I was treated well, I don't think this was handled well. I'm not gonna let that dictate my behaviors. Because I had let my standards slip. While I was there, I had started to just make excuses and get lazier and justify these things and play the victim. And so I said, I'm gonna raise my standard backup to my standard, I spent a month training everybody, they didn't offer any severance, they didn't offer anything. And I was like, You know what, good, this is gonna make the story better to tell. And during the leaving corporate, so the first time not having a full time job, since college, and all of these things that was one of my big messages. That was one of the things I carried was Shawn, my mentor told us if things go wrong in your life, but don't go as planned as a speaker, you should be thrilled because it makes great content for the stage. So the whole time when things were crazy and chaotic. I would just say this is going to make the story better to tell. This is a great one I love to share with people. So I said, You know what, two months I'm just kind of decompressing. I'm taking breaks. I went to San Diego and took a trip with a girl I was dating at the time and was like, oh my god, okay, I'm finally doing it. So now let's figure this game out. I said, You know what I need to rebrand. Spend some time figuring out a new brand. So you know what guide to speaking, I really like that that fits. So I make a new website, I announced the new brand, I go through all this work, finally launch it and then all of my mentors go, Hey, man, everyone is moving towards personal branding. Now, it's far better and it's more flexible. So you know, your business changes in six months, you still have to say, you know, Brian drew.com or the Brian drew.com, which I have now. So then I go through an entire nother revamp while I'm promoting and trying to get clients. And I started to just, I when I was going to personal development events, I would offer a free hour of coaching people you know, it's a hey, we're all at this event, we all came. So I'm just gonna give a free hour. And that was great to build my chops and get my skills up even tighter but I wasn't getting any clients. So then I'm like, I talked to some of my speaking mentors. Some of the coaches I've worked with in the past they said you need a package or an offering. And so I started to dive deeper into that I created a 12 week group coaching program and one on one coaching program. And that was where I started to get some momentum and some results is towards the end of the year. did a big launch event, I got five people into it both with giveaways and with paid joining like so people paying to join. And that kind of was the spark for everything else. And so that was all up until like December of last year was kind of figuring out one big thing that I've, I've said to people that was contrary to what I expected. And I'd be curious to hear if this happened. And your speaking career as well was, I thought for speaking, and for coaching, people would want a custom experience. Everyone wants, you know, a custom perfect for you experience that's just tailored to you in every specific way. But then I realized, here's the challenge, when you have conference coordinators and booking agents and people that are busy trying to find someone to pick, instead of a custom menu, they want like the McDonald's menu, they want to number one or number two, and number three, they want to be able to point to it and then say, no pickles are extra sauce. And so in that way, they get their customer experience, but they have a proven thing. They know what a Big Mac tastes like everywhere. And so that was what I started to do both in product and in speaking was I created standard off offering signature talk signature coaching programs, and started to build on those. So that was kind of the first that like 2022. And then as I gotten to 2023, I made some more adjustments and things. But those are the initial steps into it and how I started to get my feet under me and get some momentum. So   Michael Hingson ** 26:27 I would, I would say pretty similar experiences. I have a number of standard talks. But I also tell everyone that talks to me about becoming well coming to their event, I customize every talk that I give. So what is it that you need specifically in your presentation from the what kind of messaging? Or now that you know about what I do? What would you like me to include or add or whatever. And I find that oftentimes, especially if I go to an event and get to hear some people who speak before I do, I may be customizing a little bit off of the basic talk right up to and including beginning to talk myself, because what I'm looking for is what is going to have the greatest impact for the audience. What does the audience want to react to? What do they want to hear. And I think people who are organizing events who are good at it, do understand that and do understand what it is that audiences want to hear. But even then the audience can tell you more, right up to the time that you begin to talk because every event is different, even a little bit different than what the planners talked about. So I've learned to judge that when I'm speaking to an audience or with an audience. And I love to say I don't speak to but I like to speak with because I want them engaged. And I want them to be part of the speech. So I do make sure that I'm interacting in a way that gets reactions from the audience. So I know that they're with me as we go sort of presentation. So I do like to customize, but from the basic talk, which is basically what you're saying.   Brian Drury ** 28:14 Right, exactly. And it's, that's why and doesn't surprise me at all, because I like I know how experienced you are. And that the best speakers I know put the audience first. And it's obvious like anybody who watches your speeches See that you do that because you make it entertaining, you make it fun, they laugh, they cry, like you take them on an emotional journey. And the way I like my phrasing for it is I don't want to lecture in an audience, I want to co create an adventure, right? So especially when I'm coaching people and speaking, one of the big things is a lot of people think and I'm really getting some powerful lessons on the balance of like content versus activity and engagement. Because my mentor always always harped on the criticality of activities, how that's a keep people engaged for the long term, they get more a better experience, they have more fun, they make connections. But what I'm realizing more and more is oftentimes in an effort to over deliver value, we take out some of the room for magic. So when I'm coaching speakers, I'm like, if you're doing an hour keynote, it's great to prep for 45. And then you also have a section you can pull out if you know, inevitably the time changes, someone went too long, etcetera. So you're prepared for that stuff. So you don't throw the event off. But you also gotta leave room for your magic, because each of us has something that we do specially or engagement. And if you bring somebody on stage or have somebody stand up in the audience, and one of the things I'll do is like live keynote crafting, I'll say okay, give me your premise, give me this and then I can give them an idea of how I would craft this is the less I leave room for that. There's less room for that magic and like you and I we can give the same speech over and over and over and that can get boring because when you know a lot of people go oh, I want this like homerun speech but at some point if you give it 50 times in a row When you know when people laugh, and this, you can lose the connection if you don't focus on the audience, right, and you can lose like the energy in the spark. So that's why I love to leave in the room for audience engagement and live activities, because that creates the variability. But also, like you said, come to the event, talk to people. And then we then those things and use callbacks to other speakers. And that's where you add the novelty so that this place gets a customer experience and that killer signature talk that you always deliver.   Michael Hingson ** 30:29 Well, exactly right. And so even though it may be the very same talk, the the lack of boredom, or the excitement for you, as the speaker comes from all the interactions that you do, and the fact that you recognize every audience is different. And so you treat it that way. Even though, essentially the same speech may come out of your mouth, it's still going to be different. Yeah, exactly. So how did your original speech go viral?   Brian Drury ** 30:58 That is, it's one of my favorite stories that and I don't know if you experienced this, Michael, but I'm very quick to kind of downplay or minimize the things I've done, you know, like mentally, like, I'm very self critical. And I'm quick to go like, Oh, yeah, you did that, like things that were lifelong dreams that I achieved. Once I did, though, my brain was gay, but it's just, you know, it's my imposter syndrome. My negative voice is trying to minimize these things. And when people ask me about the stories, and I think back, you know, right now, it's like, Hey, I'm focused on growth, I'm focusing on the new direction, the new product, the new thing. And I appreciate this question, because getting to reflect is so important to see both the hard work, but the magic that it took for this to come together. So essentially, the way that it all went down was in 20. So for 2014 was my first ever Sean Stephenson training event. And at that event, I was it was three months after I lost my mom to pancreatic cancer. So I was 24 years old, I was feeling broken and lost, I was more existing than living like I was just kind of, I kind of shut off. Essentially, I said, and this is all looking back in the moment, I was just trying to survive. I found myself shutting off my emotions, because my brain and again, didn't realize this at the time, but my brain went, you love your mom more than anybody else in the world, like your mom, your dad, your brother, the closest people in your life, losing her hurt worse than anything you've ever felt. You're experiencing more pain, sadness, fear than you've ever experienced. So, love equals pain, emotions, equal pain, just shut off your emotions. And I'm a highly emotional dude, I'm a very, I feel things very intensely. So essentially, for a time, I just closed off this entire piece of meat because I couldn't I, I didn't know I didn't have the tools that I do now to be able to process and work through that in a healthier way. Now, I'd gotten into personal development, thank God because things didn't go too far astray. So you know, I said, if I'm, you know, if I want to cake for dinner, I'll have cake for dinner, if I want to have two beers for dinner, or I'll have two beers, but I'm not going to become an alcoholic, I'm not going to, you know, just binge eat all day. So I had some controls on it. So I didn't get too far lost, or I didn't like go start taking drugs to just try and numb the pain. But I gave myself some grace, which typically, I wouldn't do that. And I go to Shawn's event. And it was unlike anything I've ever experienced was my first personal development event. And at the end of the event, there's a testimonial, like I shared on one of the mics at one of the sessions that you know, I was crying and I was like, I just lost my mom, I don't know where to begin. And then there's a testimonial video at the end of that event where I said, this is the first time I've been happy since my mom passed. And this is what I want to do. Like, this is what I want to my life to be about. Because you don't even ask me he's like, What do you want to do is I want to be speaker and a coach. And it's moments like this where I tell the story. And I'm like, I'm doing that now. And I have to remind myself, like, someone said to me, even when things were really hard in that, you know, 2022 and I like almost no money in the bank. They're like, Brian, you are living your dream, though. Like you are a full time coach and speaker you're doing it doesn't mean it's always gonna be easy, but you're doing it and those reminders were powerful. So after that event in 2014, I said, you know, that at that point, I think I paid $1,000 for the ticket. And then I had to fly to Arizona to be there from North Carolina. That was insane for me, you know, I graduated with $80,000 in student loan debt, and I had a good salary, but I wasn't making like tons and tons of money extra. And I was paying bills paying loans. And so paying 1000 bucks for ticket was crazy because I had this huge debt and why should I pay that down? But that's when I started to invest in development in the way many people invest in stocks or a home etc. Because to me, I was like those skills that I developed can have not just a multiplying effect, but they can have an exponential effect on my ability to create impact and wealth. Because I was like I don't just want to do something for money. I've done that in the corporate job. I want This to be about my mission, purpose, passion, those words that are really big and scary, but I was like the things that I know my heart I'm meant to do. So for the next three years, I went to every shot event I could go to, I just found a way, sometimes I was taking a little extra debt, and I had to get a client to pay it off. And sometimes I grow my business, sometimes I took out a loan, but I found a way. And then every year, at the end of his events, he had his big year long coaching program. And it was a huge investment. Every year it got bigger, but you would get all this time with Shawn. And it was like a dream. And every year I'd see the people standing on stage that ultimately bought in and I'd say one day that's going to be would be me one day, it's going to be me. So in 2017, I'm at Sean's annual events called 10k speeches. And I have that feeling in my heart. I know I've been to all of his events, I know when the offers come in, I know what it's going to be like, but this year, he goes big, and he offers more than he's ever offered. And that group is going to take a trip to Hawaii together and you're going to get a one on one day with Shawn at his house, and you're gonna get events at these different areas and venues in person with Shawn you're gonna get all this time and monthly calls. And so I just found myself going, Oh, my God, this is the best offer yet. And he gets to the offer and says it's $20,000 to pay up front. Or it's $2,000 a month for 12 months. So 24 grand total. And my logical brain goes that there's no way I do that's just way too much. You know, like you have four grand and your business bank account right now and maybe like six in your personal so you don't even have the money to cover it. Now, and your business isn't consistent, like so just logically, I'm going through all this. But then lying in bed at night, I'm thinking about it. And the next day I come back. And it's the last day of the event. And I'm just sitting there going, Oh, my heart is calling me to do this. And so Shawn used to say your intuition can't give you all the answers because it operates off faith. And you know, for all your listeners, whether it's God or a higher power, or the universe or whatever you believe. And there was something in me calling saying it's like that call to greatness, that moment where something and you see something beyond what you're currently living, but it can't give you all the answers. Because you need to take a step you need to take action and operate on faith. So I'm sitting there and I'm freaking out. And then we come to a break. And now Shawn is one of my best friends. And he's up on stage and you're not supposed to go up in Iraq, but I go to his wife and like Mindy, I got to talk to Sean. I'm like, I just I just need a minute. I need to talk to him. Because it's coming up on the end of the event. I'm like, I think it's time but I'm so scared. And so she goes by you're not supposed to. And I was just like two minutes. And she goes, Okay, just real quick. And so I run out to Shawn on stage. He looks at me and he had this way of just seeing into you, you know, not just looking at you. And I'm crying like I'm losing it right? Because Shawn it changed my life. I want this so bad. This is amazing. I want to and so much, Shawn. And I don't know if cursing is allowed on your show or not. So I'll refrain but I said, Shawn, I'm f and terrified. I was like, I want this but I'm so scared. And I have tears running down my face. And he looks at me and goes, Brian, have I ever let you down? I was like, No. And he goes, so I got you. I said okay, he's like, so what are you gonna do? I was like, I'm gonna go sign up, you know, he's like sobbing and snot coming out. And he's like, okay, man, I'm excited for you. And so I went and did it that year, he gave everyone a cape. So he got this silk cape. Because the program is called Master heart. You are the master for our heroes. His whole thing was if I want to teach you to be a world class speaker, I've got to teach you first to be a world class human being. So the next year so I sign up and figured it out. Right. And it was messy and you know, building up credit card debt and my brother's like you have way too much debt. So I had to take out a loan to make it more manageable. And then my business grows a little and it was this all this stuff of just figuring it out. And we went to Hawaii together my first trip to Hawaii, we had group calls together on a one on one with Shawn and so the big thing at the end of the program was a speaker contest. And if you won the speaker contest, and Sean said you were ready, you will get the opportunity to speak on stage he does next event. So every year I'd seen his students that were always amazing. I was the youngest guy in the program. Three months before the event, he announces the challenge. We start preparing, we start rehearsing and I was doing the thing so many people do. I was going on. I've got it in my head. I'm rehearsing in my head, but I wasn't practicing. I'd written it out. I've never really practiced it. I got to my dress rehearsal three weeks before the event. And the whole thing was it was a 10 minute talk. You come in you give the speech and Shan Shan says okay, we're gonna get started and set the time when you hear the timer. I'm gonna give you three minutes of feedback. And that's it. So it's been an hour. It's real quick. I come in. I'm all confident I thought I had things under control and bombed I gave one are the worst speeches I've ever given. And it timer goes off. I didn't even finish I was it was just terrible. And Shawn would lovingly give you harsh feedback. So he would tell you the truth. And he goes, Okay, Brian, that was terrible. And I was like, I know, I know. And he goes, but I want you to know, everyone's dress rehearsal sucks. And it's okay. You know, it's like, it felt a little better. But I still I was like, I just blew and he goes, I'm gonna give you a challenge three weeks before the contest. Because I'm gonna give you a challenge. I want you to scrap this entirely what you've been working on for three months, start fresh and do something different.   Brian Drury ** 40:38 And I was like, I got it. I was like, Shawn, how could you ask me to do that the events coming up. This is my best story, my best speech and I was telling a story about my mom's battle with cancer. And he goes, Brian, you're becoming without even realizing it. Your identity is becoming the guy who lost his mom, when you talk about all the time. It's your main story. It's your main thing. And you lead with that, because it's a way to get to a deeper conversation quickly. But there's so much more to you than this. He goes, your mom saw it, I know it. And I want you to show yourself that you are so much more than this one story in this one experience. And I think there's an even more powerful story you could tell that will help you realize that you're more than this identity. And so the next week, I had my one on one day with him at his house. So now it's two weeks till the event. He takes me through an activity I remembered a story that I hadn't thought of in years. So I just decided Alright, it's time because he used to say this thing. Don't pad the fall. So so often, you know, when we have something coming up, we pad the fall, we give ourselves an outright like, Oh, I didn't sleep well. I didn't practice enough. If I had really rehearsed I would have done better, he said so don't give yourself the out of the excuse playful out fail spectacularly but go forward, fill out and surprise yourself. So for the next two weeks, I worked as hard as I possibly could add ever worked on any speech ever. I practiced every single day I wrote the speech. I rehearsed it, I did it for friends. I revamped it. I was doing it every night as much as I could because I'm still working full time. Then I fly to Arizona for the event. The night before the event. My Uber driver asked me why I'm there I say speaker contest, he goes want to give me the speech. So I did it for my Uber driver. I did it for every person I could that was willing to listen. And then we have the speaker contest at Sean's house the next day. I was the youngest guy in the program. And I ended up winning the contest. And they said we'll text you tonight and let you know when you're going on. So typically, in the years prior, it's I'd been every event they would have the speaker like in the middle or the last day around when they were going to make the offer the pitch. I got a text around 10pm That night, the event is the next day. And they said we're gonna have you go on first after Sean. So he's gonna start the event. And then you're the first speaker they see. And he brings on all these world class speakers and people in marketing and sales. And I'm like, oh my god, I'm the leadoff and he's saying he has that much confidence in me that he's willing to put me right after him. You know, this is his showcase students. So pressure goes out. But at that point, I'd done the prep, I'd done the work, I knew I was ready. And I even set my goal not to win the contest. My goal was to give the best speech I've ever given because that was something I could control couldn't control if I won or not. But I could control given the best speech. So when I knew I was going on the next day, I just said that's my goal again. Now I'll give the best speech again I've ever given. So I got on stage, I do it. It's my first standing ovation. It was one of the most validating experiences in my life. And Tony Robbins says proximity is power. You know, we often hear you become like the five people you spend the most time with your circle matters, all these different phrases. Two days later, the founders of a company called goal cast were speaking at Sean's event as well. Now gold cast is like an internet motivation company. And they make motivational videos and they do clips and find like speakers and bring them up to like, they have all these incredible speeches. And I've been watching their stuff for years. I love their stuff. So after they talked and they came down off the stage, I wanted to talk to them and thank them because I was Listen, your work has impacted me so much. It's helped me through so many tough days. So I'm thanking Salim is one of the co founders. And he goes, Brian, I really appreciate it. So tell me why are you here? I said, I spoke at the event. I was one of the speakers in here. So I'd love to see your speech. And I, I lost I was like, oh, like and he goes, No, no, he is I'm not saying we're gonna use it. I'm just saying I'd love to see it. And I said, Hey, just the fact that you want to see it. After the event, I sent him the speech. And you know, even the editor for Shawn's programs had to like work, pull some strings to get it done faster. It sounds like there's this huge opportunity. Didn't hear first from Celine for like two months. And then all of a sudden, I get an email it says your video goes live on Monday. And I still didn't even believe it. At that point. I was like, I don't want to assume you know not until it's out there live. And then a week later it goes live and it gets out to the world. It his million views in the first day. Then it hits 10 million in the first week. I'm having people from all All over the world reaching out to me, I'm having friends I haven't talked to in years go, Oh my God, I know this guy. And it was just surreal. It was my first experience with virtuality. And it was incredible and overwhelming in many ways. But it was also just proof of what Shawn had talked about. When you play full out, you don't pad the fall, you give it your all, you have no idea where your story can go, and how much reach it can have. And there was so much magic that took place in so many little things about being in the room and knowing who goal cast was, and just going up to thank them not asking anything, and that turning all into this incredible thing that really changed the course of my career and my life, was that speech going viral? Because that's a large part of why I'm doing what I am today.   Michael Hingson ** 45:42 So what exactly do you do as a coach? What do you coach about?   Brian Drury ** 45:47 So my coaching is primarily, I think, to give the broadest stroke is effective communication. Because I help people with this in a variety of ways, and what I've seen in my career, but also this is true of every coach I know that continues to iterate and find what works and change their niche to better fit was, it's an amalgamation of everything that I've done. So I spent years studying psychology and human behavior and habit change, and storytelling, and all of these different elements. So I have an ability to help people craft their stories in the most effective way to take people on a journey. So what that's led to is, Keynote crafting is one of the areas where I help people craft keynote speeches, or TED Talk type speeches, and help them actually go through and step by step craft a world class speech. But then I also have presentation skills. So when I'm doing corporate trainings, recently, I've done an event called elevate your elevator pitch, excuse me, where, and helping them create a redefined, reimagined elevator pitch, because I don't like the original one or the way people typically do it. I do events on non cringy networking is another one that I do. Sales, like effective sales, pitch and presentation skills, public speaking skills. So as you said, I go to the clients with kind of my list, I have a PDF of my programming guide, which is standard offerings, here's, you know, three of my development trainings, here's three of my business development trainings. And then here's five keynotes they can choose from, and then that prompts, the conversation gets them started, I understand very clearly what they need and go from there. So with coaching, I have done group coaching, I've done one on one. And then also, I have the corporate training side. So what's been great about My business is building it in a way and again, it's taken, it took years and years of testing and iteration to figure out what I wanted to do and where I could bring the most value. But for the right audience and market, if they're an author, and they're about to go on a book tour, having a signature talk that they know really hits and is going to help them sell books and get more exposure and press is huge. I've done media training, I've helped C suite executives prep for big sales pitches and offerings. I've helped people with I've worked with these soldiers medal winner. So it's the third highest commendation, someone can win in the US military. I'm helping right now a former Navy Special Ops rescue swimmer, I've helped people in training development. So I'm getting to touch in all these different worlds and help people with all these different elements. Because essentially, at the core of everything I do is I'm going to help you have confidence and clarity in your messaging. So whether that's helping you craft a more effective one liner, and you know, digital presentation, or having a speech or a short form talk, what I help people do is understand how to more effectively present what they do to not just like look confident, which is one thing, but it's to feel confident, and to do so in their authentic voice. Because a lot of what I help people do is shed the nonsense that we think we have to put on to be taken seriously or to be credible, I help them get rid of that. So they can focus on creating something that is authentic to them, and helps them grow their business, increase their impact, etc. So those are really the primary areas is my group in one on one coaching. And then I do have like individual consulting I do on a more ad hoc basis. And then the corporate trainings where I'm doing, you know, two to four hour trainings on a specific topic related to that audience.   Michael Hingson ** 49:18 Yeah, certainly exciting. And you certainly have come a long way since April of 2022, haven't you? Well, you, you prepared for it. So it's not like you've come a long way since April 2022. You'd been preparing a long time before April 2022. But you finally made the leap and decided to put it together and actually do it. Right.   Brian Drury ** 49:38 And that's the big thing. You know, you hear all the time we were like, Oh, it took 10 years to become an overnight success and blah, blah, blah. And, and that was one thing I learned very early on early on is there's no shortcuts. And so the thing for me is there are no shortcuts but there's better strategies and so through mentorship, you can find the strategies that work and then it just takes you putting in the work to get the results and And what I found here, and oh, now it's August of 2023. It's crazy, because it's August 31, I can't believe it's already September. But what I have found for me has been the best thing for building business is person to person connection and referral based business. Because so many people go, I need to build a big social, I don't have any impressive social following, I don't have a big email list. I mean, my email list is, I think, less than 200 people right now. But what I have found is by really focusing on over delivering for each client you meet, really understanding their needs, and then building good relationships. It's one of the best ways to do this, because people often forget, especially in entrepreneurship, you're the brand, you're the business, you know, when you're the face of it as a speaker or a coach. But the big thing is, people aren't just booking you for your expertise, your credentials, or what you've done. They're booking you for you. So I remind clients of this all the time, like, if you just connect and really genuinely care about the people you're working with, you're going to build stronger relationships and make real connections. So you have friends and clients, it's not just all business all the time. And if you're some diva speaker, who, you know, has a writer that says only read skills in the bowl, when I get there and you're hard to work with, and you're difficult to communicate with, even if you're exceptional, people are less inclined to book you. So what I love is meeting new people and building relationships. And that's what I do. And it's not this, you know, of course, as business grows, I'm working to hone the processes and create client acquisition funnels, there's all these things that I am working on. But for anybody that's afraid to get started it start with your network, look for areas to bring value, and then look for opportunities to get in front of people. And that's why I tell people it's if you have a high value clear, like high value and clear value proposition offer that you can come in and train somebody's company on where you can get in front of 20 or 30 or 40 people to talk about something give value first and then make an offer to connect after so that's a big thing for me is whatever it is, is get started and get rolling because he learned so much more by getting in and implementing and trying and all of this versus you know, the theorizing or drowning in the you know, I'm just going to post on social media and hopefully people will come get come to me it's like for me it's far better to create direct real meaningful relationships and build from there and at you know, as a result of that, like you said, there have been a lot of things in motion for a long time and for me you know my dad is a great sales person he spent 30 years in sales and you know good authentic real sales not like used cars Carmen used car salesman type of straight like authentic genuine relationship based sales and so he's taught me things throughout my life my mentors have taught me and so for me it's not pushing it's not forcing it's not trying to you know, not everyone's a prospect if they're not not everyone is so treat people like people get to know people and then where mutual value exchanges become possible then explore those and so I've been able to build my business and I've had again my best month ever in August better than my best quarter prior and there are a couple of things that if any, like I'm there's lots of things out there like lines in the water so I'm playing the long game in multiple areas but I'd say the biggest thing for anyone considering this route don't count on any of them because I have had things that seem like a sure shot that fell through I've had yes is that at this point of payment fell through so don't expect it Don't count on it. But play the long game, build relationships, ask for referrals make it clear what you do, and it's incredible what can come   Michael Hingson ** 53:33 and that is what it's all about. Well, I want to thank you for being here with us again, this has been every bit as fun and inspiring as I thought it would be. I hope it was for you. Last question. Have you paid off your student loan yet?   Brian Drury ** 53:50 No, but I have paid I think I'm down to like 20,024 22,000 80,000 from 80,000 so you know that's the thing is I have I looked at it was like yeah, I really love to pay those off. But as I've been playing the game you know it's like figuring out how to so I have never missed a payment I'll say that so even in my dark times and I'm still paying the loans because I'm like I want to find a way to do this while paying them off. And ideally if I hit some of my bigger goals this year I could almost completely or completely wipe those out so working towards that for sure but it was something where find a way to create manageable debt and then continually pay it off but not quite there yet but my brother's a financial advisors reminded me several times and said like Brian to have paid off in almost three quarters of that by 33 years old which I am now is huge. So instead of going I still got 20 grand I gotta go hey I've come a huge way with all the ups and downs so yeah, so I hope by the end of this year to be like a Michael I did it all gone. You know push that and click that final Pay button and just wipe it out.   Michael Hingson ** 54:58 Let us know when that has happens. Well, I want to thank you. Cool. Well, I want to thank you again for being here. This has been a lot of fun. We'll have to figure out what to do for a third one, but this has really been enjoyable. Absolutely. Tell us again, if people want to reach out and maybe take some opportunities to get coached by you or look for you as a speaker or whatever. How do they do that?   Brian Drury ** 55:20 So best way, the Brian Drury on all social media. So t h e b r i a n and then d r u r y. So D as in David r u r y. So at the Brian Drury on our social media, I'm most active on LinkedIn right now. So you can just search me you'll find me very easily on LinkedIn. And then if you want to email me directly, oh, sorry. Also my website thebriandrury.com. So everything social is the Brian Drury, or the Brian Drury.com. And then my email again, I'll do my spelling bee here. So Brian at Guide 2 speaking.com. And that's the number two. So B r i a n  at G u i d e, the number two, S p e a k i n g.com. So I feel I really feel like I'm at the National Spelling Bee. So this is the best way to reach out if you want to book me for an event or coaching, or connect or just share some feedback, Michael, and I love feedback. And we do Piper show. So he has like an insight you want to share? You can send it to me, I'll let Michael know. So we'd love to hear from everyone listening.   Michael Hingson ** 56:22 And that goes the other way as well. If you want to share with me, I will let Brian know we would love to hear from you. You can reach me in a couple of different ways. We're on LinkedIn especially and Facebook, at M Hingson and LinkedIn is Michael Hingson and but you can reach me at Michael m i  c h a e l h i  at accessibe A c c e s s i b e.com. Or go to our podcast page www dot Michael Hingson H i n g s o n.com/podcast. Love to hear from you. We'd love to hear any referrals that you might have that might want to be guests on podcast, unstoppable mindset. And in general, any thoughts that you have, we all want to know them. So please reach out and let us know what you're thinking, please give us a five star rating. Wherever you're listening to us. We appreciate that as well. And I just want to thank you all for the time that you have put to listening to us today and for being here. And Brian, once again, thank you for making this possible and being here and for giving us so many insights again today.   Brian Drury ** 57:23 Thanks for having me, Michael. I look forward to it again. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better and better and hopefully meeting up so

I am honored to have Dr. Joseph Yi joining me on the podcast today. He is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist specializing in holistic psychiatry and detoxification who embraces a lifestyle medicine approach to mental and behavioral well-being.  Dr. Yi caught my attention when he appeared on the Model Health Show with Sean Stephenson. I was instantly captivated by his bright and inquiring mind and knew I had to share his wisdom on Everyday Wellness.  In our conversation, we dive into the effects of the pandemic on screen time and addiction behaviors in children. Dr. Yi shares his expertise on the role of Fentanyl and drug overdose fatalities, challenges the notion that marijuana is entirely benign, and highlights the lack of education among traditionally trained medical professionals regarding lifestyle medicine. We also explore the transformative potential of psychedelics, including ketamine therapy, and the societal acceptance of addictive substances like alcohol and nicotine. Our conversation also journeys through the realm of low vibrational frequencies and spirituality, concluding with a discussion on the role of supplements in enhancing our mental and emotional well-being.  I have no doubt you will find today's conversation enlightening and thought-provoking. Stay tuned for more! IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Drug addiction and overdose trends with fentanyl The impact of tech addiction on mental health, particularly since the pandemic The potential risks of marijuana, especially for developing brains How traditionally trained healthcare professionals lack education on lifestyle as medicine How hyper-processed foods negatively impact the gut microbiome and mental health  How oral contraceptives suppress sex hormones in young women, leading to anxiety and antidepressant use The disconnection between allopathic medicine and the impact of lifestyle on mental and emotional health  How many healthcare professionals tend to struggle with addictions How the social acceptability of nicotine and alcohol plays down their highly addictive natures The benefits of ketamine therapy for depression and trauma The importance of addressing low vibrational frequencies  Dr. Yi discusses his mental wellness supplement company, Beyond Recovery, and their flagship product, a multivitamin for the mind Bio: Dr. Joseph Yi is a board-certified Addiction Psychiatrist with a specialization in Holistic Psychiatry and Medication Detoxification (both illicit and prescribed). Graduating as Chief Resident of Psychiatry from Cooper University Hospital (located in the heart of Camden, NJ) he gained invaluable experience in treating complex psychiatric and addiction cases. More recently, Dr. Yi has embarked on a journey exploring the realm of psychedelics, and he is eager to share his personal experiences and insights into the future of psychiatry. Connect with Cynthia Thurlow On Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Check out Cynthia's website Submit your questions to support@cynthiathurlow.com Connect with Dr. Joseph Yi Beyond Recovery Instagram

A number of years ago, Riley Dayne invited Mindie Kniss and Sean Stephenson to be in his film, The Abundance Factor. In this episode, Mindie catches up with Riley on what he's been up to since.    They chat about: Pursuing the "responsible" path and how that turned out How a destabilizing life event can turn into a dream realized IF you have the courage to pursue it Naivety as a super-power Riley Dayne is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur, writer, and director known for his impactful work in the personal development space. With three acclaimed documentaries, including The Abundance Factor and Unsinkable, Riley's work has been featured on national television and showcased at renowned film festivals. He has interviewed over 100 influential thought leaders and entrepreneurs, including T. Harv Eker, John Assaraff, Lewis Howes, Tom Bilyeu, and Bob Proctor.   Watch The Abundance Factor at https://www.abundancefactormovie.com/

Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success.    (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success.   (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined.   (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way.   (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way.    (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly.   (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard.    (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it.   Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell  @calvinwayman  @markcwinters  @3footgiant  @hal_elrod

Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success.    (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success.   (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined.   (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way.   (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way.    (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly.   (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard.    (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it.   Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell  @calvinwayman  @markcwinters  @3footgiant  @hal_elrod

Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success.    (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success.   (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined.   (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way.   (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way.    (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly.   (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard.    (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it.   Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell  @calvinwayman  @markcwinters  @3footgiant  @hal_elrod

Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success.    (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success.   (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined.   (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way.   (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way.    (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly.   (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard.    (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it.   Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell  @calvinwayman  @markcwinters  @3footgiant  @hal_elrod

Discover the legacy of Dr. Sean Stephenson, a source of inspiration whose wisdom and unbreakable spirit touched countless lives. Listen for insights on conquering adversity, fostering self-love, and unleashing inner strength through heartfelt anecdotes and empowering lessons. Join us in celebrating Sean's life and teachings, embarking on a transformative journey of growth, resilience, and unshakable courage. Here's a glance at what you'll discover from Dr. Sean Stephenson's wisdom in this episode: How To Eliminate Burn Out, Turn Pain Into Power and Transform Your Life Why many Entrepreneurs don't love themselves and what you can do about it The most valuable thing you can learn about being miserable The story of a young woman who made a huge impact on Sean's life Secrets to turning fears, envy and complaints into big goals, appreciation and doing what you love The cure to insecurity is S____ C_____. (This is how to always feel confident and experience more happiness) Sean reveals his simple system for eliminating your insecurities What successful people do increase their self-confidence If you ever feel scared or afraid, do THIS… 2 of the most important lists you can make in your business and life If you'd like to join world-renowned Entrepreneurs at the next Genius Network Event or want to learn more about Genius Network, go to www.GeniusNetwork.com.

Today on the podcast, I answer an “Ask Me Anything” question from Perry: Even though I'm in my 40's, I have a number of health challenges that I've had my whole life. Nothing like what Sean had, but I always wanted to ask him how he coped. There must have been times he just couldn't do things, and it impacted him and everyone around him. So it would be really helpful if Mindie was able to share how his physical challenges affected both their initial dating, as well as the long-term success of the relationship. Actual daily life couldn't be a constant "dance party" so how did it actually work?  How did they deal with the limitations?

Actually, he is so much more as you will hear in our episode. Brian started life in New Jersey. Over his lifetime he has traveled quite a lot, worked successfully in the Supply Chain industry and, for the past seven years, he has been an incredibly sought-after business coach and entrepreneur now living in Orange County California.   Brian offers us so many life lessons in our 70 minutes together that it is hard to know where to begin. Let me just say that I believe if you listen to Brian and truly think about the suggestions, he gives us you will be better for it.   Brian also is a successful author and a podcaster. He is quite engaging, and I am sure you will love what he has to say. We already have begun plans for a second episode. At the end of August, he will be holding an event you can read more about in these notes.   About the Guest:   Brian Drury is a trilingual (English, Spanish, Portuguese) international speaker and presentation coach who helps his clients to master the skills of public speaking and effective communication to improve their: speeches, interviewing, networking, presentations, sales pitches, and more! Working with executives, entrepreneurs, and organizations around the world, Brian provides proven frameworks and strategies that help his clients know they can confidently present in any scenario, even on short notice.   One of Brian's speeches went viral with over 20 million views on Facebook alone.   Additionally, he is a best-selling author, podcaster, content creator, and former Fortune 300 internal consultant.     He offers 1-on-1 coaching, group coaching, workshops and keynote speeches for entrepreneurs, executives, and working professionals alike.   Ways to connect with Brian:   Craft Your Keynote event, https://thebriandrury.com/craft-your-keynote/ Website: https://thebriandrury.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancdrury/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebriandrury/ Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/powerfulpublicspeaker Book Link: Amazon link to The First Step by Brian Drury     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, Hi, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. We're recording this near the end of July and here in Victorville is only going to be 105 today. So what what do you do with all that lovely weather. And our guest Brian Drury lives in Orange County and he tells me that they've been getting temperatures in the 80s and maybe up to about 90 And that's what I kind of remember as a student at UC Irvine. So we have all this wonderful weather and all that. But Brian's got a great story to tell he's a trilingual person. He's got a few really interesting stories. I think that I'm really looking forward to hearing about especially one regarding a Facebook presentation that had over what 20,000 or 20 million people. I'm jealous, but anyway, Brian, welcome. Welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Brian Drury ** 02:11 Thanks for having me, Michael. I'm stoked to be here.   Michael Hingson ** 02:13 This will be a lot of fun, and we're really looking forward to it. Well, why don't we start like I usually like to do with people. Why don't you tell me a little about the earlier Brian growing up and all that stuff? Where and anything else that you want to divulge secrets included?   Brian Drury ** 02:27 Yeah, we'll start with my deepest, darkest secrets. Okay. Yeah, absolutely, absolutely can dive in. So I can give you just kind of a quick summary of how I got to Southern California. And we can dive in on whatever area you think is most interesting or would be best for your audience. So born and raised in New Jersey, so in northern New Jersey, and, and we have a shared experience where you're like, one of the things that you're most known for is escaping tower one on 911. My dad was actually supposed to be in one of the towers on 911. He worked in the city for decades. And so you know, living in North Jersey at that time, it had a huge impact. And so hearing your story, listening to your speeches, I was really, I was like, Oh my God, because my dad left late that day, and he never left late for work. So it was just one of those things where that day this crazy thing happens. So that being said, grew up in New Jersey, and went to school at Penn State. So I am a huge college football fan and a diehard Penn State fan. In our good years and bad years, I studied supply chain and I minored in Spanish. And during that time I studied abroad. And that was where I became fluent in Spanish. And so I graduated, got my first job moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, so a very small town in Wisconsin, yes, and was working in supply chain. And I was working in international export, spent a few years there. And in that time got into the world of personal development, and ultimately in 2015 is when I launched my first business. And that was when I then transitioned to North Carolina. I was working in an internal consulting job I traveled 50% Plus globally, went to 13 Different countries over three and a half years and felt like my home was more of a hotel with a lot of my stuff. And so during that time I launched a podcast, I published a book, started my first business called overcoming graduation, which was all about teaching young adults everything I wished I'd known about life. Yeah. Where I did the podcast, that's where I you know, launched the book. And then that business evolved over the years into coaching and ultimately, habit change coaching, because I thought that was the end all be all where I said if we can help people set the habits that they need and set goals effectively, we can do that. And then over the years ultimately, so went to North Carolina, I lived down in Brazil for a while back to North Carolina came out to California. And since then, back in 2018, as you alluded to, I had a speech that went viral. It's been seen 20 million times on Facebook. And you know, there's several As another million plus on the other platforms. And when that happened, I had been studying under one of my greatest heroes and mentors, Sean Stephenson. And once that speech went viral, people said, How did you do that. And that ultimately was kind of the impetus for what I do today. And just last year, in 2020, to April of 22, I left my corporate job after seven and a half years building my own business. And I have been full time ever since. So now I'm a full time professional speaker, and then Speaker trainer. And so I work with individuals, groups, organizations, and I help them improve the way they communicate. So I'll do trainings on everything from an elevator pitch, sales pitches, how to more effectively create rapport, and then how to present public speaking storytelling and the whole work. So that's kind of the summary of how I went from, you know, a little red haired boy in New Jersey to the grown up red haired man I am today.   Michael Hingson ** 05:56 So you learned Portuguese along the way was that down in Brazil? So I   Brian Drury ** 06:00 actually taught myself while I was living in Wisconsin, when I saw when I studied abroad in Spain, I studied abroad in Granada, Spain, my junior year of college. And I had been studying Spanish all throughout school. And I think like so many people, the way it's taught in school didn't resonate with me, I was not just the rote memorization repetition guy, I'm very kinesthetic, I'm very practical, I like to be hands on. And much like you've talked about and in the content of yours that I listened to about where the education system doesn't adjust or adapt to teach us essentially, like one way and it's Take it or leave it. So when I got into the world of personal development, I was living in a very, very small town in Wisconsin, there was, as you can imagine, not much going on. And I took on this challenge, where I wanted to get a job at this very progressive company called Mind Valley, which you actually interviewed visions wife very recently, which I thought was very funny. And so mine valleys how I initially got introduced to Sean Stephenson, I have this huge affinity for them. I've watched so many Awesomeness Fest speeches. And I said, I want to apply there. And they required a video resume. So I said, Okay, what could I do to stand out because I'm a year and a half out of college. And this company is so cool and innovative, that they're pulling people from Google and Apple and the biggest companies in the world. So I said, I can't compete off what I've done. But I can compete by showing them what I'm capable of, or what I will do. So I recorded a video resume for them, where I said, I'm going to take on, I put up these whiteboards behind us, and I'm going to take on these next I think it was 30 challenges. Over the course of the next seven months. They're all personal development in all different areas. And one of them was write and publish my book one was right with the group or UPS I run for events with my team triumph, it was tried 20 new recipes, and one of them was speak 100 hours of Portuguese. And essentially what I did is I said, Okay, I learned Spanish, I don't like the way they taught it. And then also I realized you don't need to learn everything about a language to be conversationally fluent, or business fluent. So let me start to study. And I didn't really do this as directly, I started to study meta learning, because I wanted to learn more about how do I learn? How do people learn? And how can I retain more faster and you know, learn subjects faster, because if I build this skill of learning, I can apply it to anywhere of life, new jobs, new careers, new pursuits. And so ultimately, I did that for the course, over the course of seven months, I practiced, on average, I would say, like three times a week for 30 minutes. And ultimately, over the course seven months, got up over 100 hours of practice, and went from speaking no Portuguese at all, to having and to our conversations in Portuguese. And in the same way, you know, people said, Well, why did you do it? Was it business related? Was it this or that, and like so many things in life, it really wasn't about the, like, it wasn't business. It wasn't this, it was something in my heart, like an intuitive feeling that just said, go for it. And so many of my mentors have said that feeling that intuition or God's voice, like whatever word that a person puts to it, we ignore that to our detriment. And because my mentor, you say that your intuition can't give you all the answers because it operates off faith. So just that feeling that trust, like, we've got to go for this, I don't know why. So I study Portuguese, teach myself Portuguese, then I start integrating it because I worked in international export. And then about two years later, my manager calls me and new job down in North Carolina calls me into his office and says, Hey, Brian, we've got an extended project and it's down in Brazil. Would you be interested? You're the only guy in the team who speaks Portuguese and Spanish. And so there's no way I could have known that opportunity was coming. And that's why I think so often when because I'll talk to students a lot. They'll say what skills should I develop to get the job? I'm like, don't just develop skills to get the job you think you want? Because if you're cultivating a skill set that's solely about being hireable and has nothing to do with what you're We're interested in what you really care about, you may get really good at doing things you don't like and make a lot of money doing things you don't like, and ultimately reach a point where you're like, What am I doing with my life? So that's how Portuguese came about.   Michael Hingson ** 10:11 So how different is Portuguese from Spanish?   Brian Drury ** 10:14 The so same roots. And this was very, it was curious. Yeah. So learning Spanish gave me a foundation where I was able to understand more about like, what? So for example, in Spanish, there's 14 Different conjugations for every verb, but I would be in class in high school, and they would say, we're going to learn the pollute perfect subjunctive tense. You're never going to use this, but we're going to learn it. And I was like, Well, why are we learning this, like, we're not trying to be translators, we're not trying to be at full experts, we want to speak and be able to use it in business and dating in life. So I realized, okay, the three tenses I use the most are past, present and imperfect. And then I started to go to high volume, high usage words hot, like common expression. So I had the experience of learning language in a way that didn't really resonate. But the study abroad showed me that the quicker you can get to speaking and applying for day to day, the better, because you're gonna make mistakes. So often people avoid speaking because they don't want to sound stupid, they don't want to say something wrong. And they don't realize that most people are going to make an effort to understand they're going to try and communicate, and you learn far better by doing. And I always use the example of like shooting a basketball, if I was to read every book, and, you know, watch every video on it, versus just go out and try and shoot it, I'm gonna have two very different experiences. So they come from the same route. And I didn't even know until I started studying language, I thought English was a Latin based language. They're like, Oh, no, it's Germanic, I was really. So Spanish and Portuguese come from the same route. And what you'll find is written, it appears very similar. So a lot of words will have like two s's in Portuguese, where they have one, or it'll be slightly different. But the pronunciation is extremely different. And so that's where you can hear the two languages. And some people have got like, oh, I can kind of pick stuff up and other people be like, I didn't get it at all. But like any language, there's the false positives, where you like, Oh, I know what that means. And it's a totally different context. And there's some very hilarious mistakes I've made over the years in trying to say one thing and saying something completely different.   Michael Hingson ** 12:21 But you try, which is the point. It's all about trying. And if it if it doesn't work, then you figure out or you ask, Well, what should I have said, Right? Right. You know, and the whole idea of going for it is is so important. And but we're, we're so discouraged from that in school and everything. And you talked earlier about the whole issue of people in college, and what do I really need to learn? And what skills should I learn? We don't, as much as people say, Well College prepares you for later in life only in some ways, does it do that in a lot of ways it doesn't. And it should do a better job than it does. But we've allowed ourselves to dumb down the whole process a lot. And we don't get into the intellectual or emotional things that we need to truly buy into in order to be more successful.   Brian Drury ** 13:14 Right. And I was literally just reading about that last night. I love Pixar. So I'm a huge Disney and Pixar fan. And I'm reading a book by one of the like, Lee, I think dead cat, cat, cat, something. I'm blanking on his last name. But essentially he talked about how in school, we're taught to look for the right answer. There's there is a right and a wrong answer. And we've tested things that do that. And we get this whole thing in our head that trying and failing is bad, because you get the bad grade and you're doing wrong, you want to have opportunities, whereas he talks about trying and experimenting is essential to any growth process. And the people that I work to emulate as much as possible and that I really admire the ones that have a constant like beginner there, they embrace the beginner's mindset. Like whether it was when I learned how to do Latin dance like salsa and Bachata or speak another language or write computer code or launch my first web site, whatever the thing was, you have to get comfortable with that uncomfortable feeling of I don't know I'm messing up because what I find is my dad says a great thing about this. He says one of the greatest compliments you can give is that a person is eternally curious. And the people who are eternally curious and they embrace that beginner's mindset, or the people who cultivate the ability of quickly acquiring new skills, which will be essential in any path or field. And when I've gone back, like last time I spoke at Penn State, the teachers were telling me one of the big challenges they face is getting students to actually do and apply to work. And in fact, in my high school, I gave a speech there. They said, a lot of teachers now aren't even giving homework because they know students would just go home and at that time, just Google it and copy paste. Now with Introduction of AI, that's going to happen even more. So it takes in less. It's like built into the curriculum where the teacher has to craft a way to help students learn to think critically and embrace challenge, then people will default to usually what's easiest and what's most accessible. So now more than ever, with the introduction of AI, I think what you're describing is so critical. Because the people I know that are most successful are lino fail fast fail forward, and then people go, Oh, my God, you were an overnight success. Oh, my God, you had like, you sold $100,000 worth of blank in one day, but they don't see that 10 years of experimentation and iteration it took to get there.   Michael Hingson ** 15:39 Well, they don't. And the the other part of it is that we're, again, we're so discouraged from really being curious and exploring in so many ways. And so the result of that is that we don't look at end in the future with the whole advent of AI, it becomes worse. And so the real question is, How are teachers going to teach students? Or how are they going to evaluate students, and I still say, although it takes time, what I think teachers are going to have to do is to start to demand that students make oral presentations about whatever it is that they're supposed to be discussing, or the homework they're supposed to have, they have to defend it themselves. And the only way to do that is to know you can't go back and look at things and just read from some printout that came from Ai, you have to know it.   Brian Drury ** 16:31 All right. And that's where I'm very fortunate because this thing, that's the skill set that I've worked to craft and build of public speaking, presenting storytelling, I'm very fortunate because there's a lot of people, let's say, in copywriting, for example, that have feel very threatened. You know, in the screenwriters guild, you hear these strikes, where writers feel extremely threatened, because there are people that go well, I can just type it into AI and have it in five seconds. But you take out the human element, the creativity, you absolutely experience. Yeah. And so for me, being in public speaking, I can still go, Hey, guys, you can have the best website, the best presentation, the best content ever, and have it all automated on AI. But if you're selling a product, or an idea or a program, you need to be able to present it and be the face of it. So when you stand up in front of a room, if you're the world expert, and you can't clearly and concisely articulate what you do your ad a disservice. So, you know, in the long term with deep fake technology, and all that stuff, I know there's things that will become more challenging, but the idea of genuinely being able to connect with human beings in a public forum, and you know this because you've spoken all over the world, creating that not just information exchange, but as my mentor Sean, Steven said, Sean Stephenson said, the emotional exchange, lighting people up and getting them to see things different and behave different. It's huge. And like you've talked about, I heard in one of your podcasts talking about accessibility, it's not just modifying learning for different learners, it's making it also accessible to people with all different types of needs. And with technology, we have more ability than ever to do it. But we need teachers schools, we need people to be willing to take that extra step. And I loved how you said in one of your you were like you when people go, Oh, are you visually impaired, and you're like, well, you're light dependent. And it's kind of the funny thing where there's situations where everyone has strengths, and everyone has different abilities, but we need to cultivate and create opportunities, not just teach or share it one way, to me that's real expertise is when a teacher can modify the way that they deliver a message like that's a real expert, they can reach the person, no matter their learning style, or you know, their needs.   Michael Hingson ** 18:39 And also the whole idea. And I've said a podcast before, the whole idea where people talk about visually impaired is a horrible thing. And it continues to promote the worst. In people about blindness. I don't mind blind and low vision, it makes a lot more sense. Like if you talk to a person who has hearing issues, and you call them hearing impaired, they're liable to deck you because they understand why hearing impaired is bad because this whole idea of being impaired and equating it to how much a person hears is really so wrong. And it's the same with visually impaired but the experts. And so many people when it comes to blindness, haven't made the leap to understand its blind or low vision and forget the visually impaired. But it's also wrong because visually, we're not different just because we're blind, but so many different things. And we don't really work to change. And it is something that we need to really address a whole lot more than we do. And in it and it starts in schools. It starts with professionals who haven't learned better and who don't want to nowadays because they're really stuck. But whether it's dealing with blindness and low vision or dealing with so many other things as we both talked about here. It's a matter that we really need to change and find out what it is that we really need to do to most benefit students and that is that we need to teach them to think to really think   Brian Drury ** 20:01 The aspect of critical thinking it's one of the biggest gaps I would say, is, when you come out of school, there's this idea that there will always be a right answer. Because throughout school with classes with exams, you're like, Oh, well, it's A or B, or C or D, it's always gonna be a four choice option. But then you get into the business world, or you know, the working world. And there is never this just one crystal clear, perfect answer. And what people are trying to do so often is they're trying to find the perfect answer before they act. And this is why so many people get caught in analysis paralysis, they're just sitting. So I and literally, just last night, I read one of my new favorite kind of metaphors for this. And it's comes from Andrew Stanton, same book, I was like, I was reading this, I was like, this might come up in our podcast tomorrow, but same book, understand who is a real hero of mine, if he ever hears this, I'd love to talk to him. But he's, you know, lead writing to writer director from Pixar. He's incredible. And just the way he perceives the world. He's one of my favorite TED talks of all time. But essentially, what he said is, when someone goes to learn guitar, we don't tell them, hey, just look at the stare at the guitar. And make sure everything's perfect before you strum one chord. And you better not struggle until you're sure it's gonna be right. And you only get one shot at this. So buckle up. The idea of doing that with the guitar is absurd. And yet, when it comes to, again, taking a dance class, trying a new lesson, changing the way that we teach, people go, Oh, what if I fail? What if I mess up? And there's this thing, I call it creative procrastination. And it's the idea that we are really good at tricking ourselves into thinking that we're doing the hard work when we're really just avoiding it. And so it's like, let me just plan, let me strategize a little more. And where that does have its place. Typically, as we talked about earlier, the best thing, it was like when, like you talked about in one of your speeches, your parents just said, they might go play, right? Like when you were a kid, they sent you out, you did what every other kid did, you rode your bike, they didn't hold you back, they said, Hey, you're gonna figure out your way to operate in the world. And it may not be using your eyes, like your mom or dad did. But you're there, like, you're gonna find your way. And you were able to navigate and do all the things and more, you know, and it's like, because we've all got things that we have unique capacities to do. But it took your parents allowing you to go out and try and experiment and figure things out. It's the same thing. If we try to, like cuddle or control or prevent failure, if we've tried to prevent failure, we robbed people of the opportunity to learn and grow. So I think changing the perception and easier said than done, because none of us want to be we all want it to be a home run. And, you know, have everyone share, of course, but how can we lower the perceived risk and the perceived detriment, you know, work against that kind of monkey mind of ours, and get people to be excited about taking action. It's one of my favorite things like I, I've gotten really good over the years and helping people get from where they are to where they want to be right now and start moving to see it's not nearly as scary. And you're going to learn as my first coach Peter Scott said, clarity isn't a requirement for taking action, but a result of taking action. Yeah. So I learned far more by doing and experiencing than I do by theorizing. And I think that's it's critical to help people learn and grow.   Michael Hingson ** 23:20 I think I was very blessed by having a number of good teachers throughout school, but especially I'm thinking of right now in high school, I had a general science teacher, Mr. Bill and Mr. dills, who came into class one day, and he said, I've got a pop quiz for everybody. And he handed out this paper. And so everybody had to start taking the tests. And he came back to me after a couple minutes. He said, I know you're just sitting here, he says, I can't really give you this test. And he had to speak really quietly. He said, at the top of the test, it says please read all the questions and then answer them. I don't think it was worded quite that way. It's like pre please read all the questions and then fill up and complete the test. He said, the first question is, what's your name? And he says, if you go down and look at all the questions, and you get to the bottom, it says, Only answer Question one, he says to you, and no one did that. Everyone answered all the questions because they didn't take the time to read the questions. And I thought it was so clever. And I remember, I've had a number of those kinds of situations that I remember that it's all about paying attention to details. It's all about thinking. And we we are so far even away from doing that. I don't know what teaching is like I'm sure there are a lot of really bright teachers who are working as best they can. But we've got so many different things going on in the world where we discourage creative thinking. We discourage conversation, you know, even kids with disabilities. When I went to school going into college, I had to find my own readers to read material because at that time, there was a whole lot less material available than there is today in electronic form. So I had to hire people. And I had to hire people to read tests that I couldn't read and all that sort of stuff. But along the way, states started putting money into college and this and saying you guys have to pay for all this, and the colleges took on all those responsibilities, sort of talk about what you're not letting students learn. So students go through college who happen to have disabilities, relying on these offices for students with disabilities, to provide the services, of course, they claim over time, we're teaching students how to get away from that, but they're not. And the reality is, they're doing all the stuff and Students don't learn how to go out into the world, and be able to hire, fire, evaluate, and do all the all the other things that they need to do in order to keep up with the rest of the world that may not even have to do that.   Brian Drury ** 25:44 Yeah, so much of what I teach, like, my dad distilled it down the other day really nicely. And he said, he's really, it seems like what you're telling people or what you're guiding people in is getting back to honest and genuine human connection. Because so much of what I do is I'm like, listen, until AI, you know, takes over and just running things on its own, which I know some people talk about, but we're, we're pretty far from it's, you know, any type of sci fi movie type of stuff is, is you're gonna be dealing with people. And I often tell people, it doesn't matter how good you are at what you do if you can't articulate it, and you can't connect. And so when it comes to the problem solving and the group projects, it's they're meant to teach students how to interact and engage with other people with different working and learning styles and collaborate to create something great. But if people just go, alright, let's just copy an AI, they missed that if they're not challenged to think critically, if they're told there's always a clear answer. My best teachers and the ones I love the most, were the ones that challenged me the most and held me to a higher standard, and forced me to think because other times I didn't want to, I didn't want to write better, I didn't want to I was like isn't good enough. But how often are we celebrating the people who have immersed and done this incredible work. And then we're not seeing the same correlation that if we really want to do something exceptional, if we want to stand out, we need to find the things we're most passionate about. And then I think, yes, the schools have a responsibility and universities. But then also for the individuals, I'm like, Listen, if the school isn't doing it, or the teacher isn't cutting it, there are more resources than ever, on how to do that, and how to figure this out YouTube videos. And so a highly motivated person today has, in my opinion, more resources available than ever before, with things like AI and technology. So a highly motivated person can do more, by on their own, you know, their kids learning to build robots and stuff, just from YouTube videos. And it's incredible things that weren't accessible in the past. So where a lot of people get pessimistic, and they talk about the negatives of both social media and technology, which they exist, of course, but the idea of use technology, don't be used by it, I have to remind myself all the time, you know, we're all like, I'm certainly addicted to my phone, I'm working to break it down. But it also opens doors like this, where you and I are connected through LinkedIn, you reached out to me, and through technology, we can connect, we can grow. And at the core of it, I think it's essential for every person to learn how to connect with other human beings create real genuine rapport, and then find and cultivate relationships, both business and personal, that are a mutual value exchange, you're not just giving or taking, because that to me is you know, that's one side, you should I think in business, you know, I give a lot without the expectation in return. But my closest relationships, we both nurture and support each other. So I work to do that in business, as well as to have business relationships that have a similar type of foundation, because I find those are the best. And that creates the best like full circle effect.   Michael Hingson ** 28:49 I have no problem with the concept of AI. I've been involved with artificial intelligence, and so on ever since working with Ray Kurzweil, who developed the first Kurzweil Reading Machine for the blind, back in the 1970s. And it learned as it read so that it became more competent and read more accurately. But I've written articles using chat GPT. But what I've done is I've said, here's what I want to write about, here are the things I wanted it and I've gotten seven or eight different renditions. And then I take those and go through them decide exactly what I want to use, and then add what I want to to do to make a greater impact because as you would put it the human element before I will publish something, but I think that AI has an extremely valuable place. Although I think a lot of people of course, are going to misuse it. And that's, that's what's so unfortunate, but I think it offers like the internet. I mean, now we've got the dark web and other things like that. But the internet itself is such an incredible treasure trove of information that's available to us if we just put use it right,   Brian Drury ** 29:56 right. Exactly. Yeah. Ai like you know Google, like any of these things is a tool. And we have multiple choices in how we apply it. And I've talked to people, I was like, I'm really glad I grew up when I did, because when I was born, it was pre internet, it was cell phones. And so I got to grow up in that area. And then when I was hitting kind of middle schools, when I got my first cell phones just block thing which blue screen and throw it against the wall, and it was the Nokia that you could never break. And it's right for 10 hours, or just like 10 days. And, and I got to see how things have evolved. And then the introduction of social media. So where Google was a way for us to generate searches, and it aggregated information, it validated and vetted sources. And I know there's various ways it does it. And then we were able to search, it's like the next iteration of that is instead of searching and then finding the thing where we go and read and discover or watch. AI is now taking that next step further, where it's saying I'm aggregating all of that I've already done the searches. So now I'm just going to compile this into an answer or a response or an image. And so it's just a faster way or a faster, deeper, new tool. And just like you, I'm using AI already, like I use chat GPT for ideation, like what topics do people struggle with most, and then I look at the topics and then I pick from them and write something off of it. I use AI for captioning my videos so that I can have captions on all the videos that are nice and aesthetically pleasing. So tons of opportunities there. And it's to me, I I know a lot of people get pessimistic, but I like to I'm kind of an eternal optimist. But I also have to work to cultivate that. Because I think unless you consciously seek out examples of how human beings are enhancing, growing and building together, you will default to you know, news or social media, which often focuses on the most extreme and worst things, right. And as human beings, we have recency bias, we have confirmation bias. And if we all day, every day or on social media and just see bad things that are happening in the world, it can feel like the whole world's falling apart, versus specifically focusing on and targeting the positive examples and the people that are doing exceptional, wonderful things, and then working to connect more with those people. So you can ultimately do more, I think that's the power where technology can connect us and bring us so much closer together, we just have to make sure we don't get lost in it.   Michael Hingson ** 32:21 And we need to think about the fact that what we really need to do is to help the world pull closer together and not fall apart. And that's right. That's a process and we can choose which way we go. And you know, it's like anything else. As I tell people on a regular basis, things may happen to us, we may encounter things that we have absolutely no control over. And that's fine, because we don't have control over them. We shouldn't worry about them. But what we always have control over is how we deal with whatever we face and whatever we encounter, and that we do have control over the World Trade Center is a perfect example. Right? We had no way to really deal with the World Trade Center, it happened, whether it could have been predicted or not. It still is a subject open to conjecture. And I'm not convinced that we could have figured it out. But the bottom line is we didn't. So what happened? Alright, the question really is how are each of us going to deal with it moving forward? And how are each of us going to deal with all of the things that we have like AI? Like just interacting with people? And how are we going to get back to having better conversations and interactions so that we grow by learning from other people, and that's something that we just haven't really faced. And we've got too many people who are supposed to be our leaders who discourage it. Which is another whole story.   Brian Drury ** 33:40 Another topic, how many hours do we have for that? Yeah, really?   Michael Hingson ** 33:44 Yeah. So So tell me Well, go ahead.   Brian Drury ** 33:47 Oh, just on the note, you said I loved in your speech, how you talked about the reason you were able to maintain calm when you know, a plane stuck the tower. And like you said in the speech, no one knew what was going on. It was on the other side of the building. It was There was panic, there was smoke, and it was like, what do we do? One of the most valuable things that I never realized how valuable it will be it was being a lifeguard when I was a kid. Because it trained me to have like, Navy Seals have a saying, I believe it's the navy seals that say, you don't rise to the level of your expectations, you rise to the level of your training. Right? So you in that situation, you talk about the speech that you had mapped out the exit routes, you were prepared, you knew where to go, you had familiarity with the area with how to get around the office, because you were like, Hey, I don't know what could happen. But I want to be prepared when it does. And that was one of the main reasons you were able to keep calm in a frantic situation. And very often what I found is it doesn't take at Navy SEAL level of training. Like all it is, is we need a default of okay instead of panic and freak out and all This, it's alright, in an emergency situation, what do I do first, you know, find the exit. And so being a lifeguard It was when there is a moment of panic for most people were meant to react, right. And that's literally my speech that went viral was about my grandfather collapsing and having a heart attack in the shower. And me using the skills to give him rescue breathing and tried to save him. And so I think something that's so important about that message you share in your speech is so well. And what we're talking about is preparation. You know, a lot of people like, I don't feel prepared for the future, it's like, well, you can do training and you can have things ready. That doesn't mean you have to try to anticipate every possible bad thing that could come. And so it's like, prepare within your means and within what's reasonable and what you can control. And you know, that's like, oh, I don't feel ready for a physical altercation. It's like, oh, well trained jujitsu trained Muay Thai. And that's, that's why I do that. And I love it. And fortunately, I'll be able to get back to it soon. I, you know, had a back injury over the past year. But yeah, it's it's that level of prepare for what you can let go of the rest, and then focus and connect with the people and your purpose and your mission daily. And to me, I think that's where you really start to cultivate a great life, because at that point, you go, Well, what is a great day and a purposeful day look like, right? And how do I maximize my ability to connect with the right people? For me, because I often say I think one of life's greatest missions is finding people who share your particular type of weird. So it's finding your fellow weirdos and the people that share the wild, crazy news with you so that you can go on this ride of life together, because it passes quick. And it's it's crazy, where we can spend so much time we all do this worrying about or stressing about silly nonsense. When if we just focus in I think we can not only enjoy life more, but do a lot more good for the in a broad sense felt our fellow people in the world.   Michael Hingson ** 36:52 Sure. Well, tell me a little bit about your business. So you started the business? Why did you start it? What got you to decide that you, you wanted to start it and I would sort of think just having listened to you for a while now. You would probably hoped about the day that would come when you could just put your other job and go into it full time? Maybe not. But what got you going down the road of starting your own business?   Brian Drury ** 37:16 It's funny how, like I said earlier that that quote about the intuition that your intuition can't give you all the answers because it operates all faith, I often would get these kind of feelings like it was a feeling in my chest for me. And I know some people it's their gut or their heart. And my mentor Sean used to say, when it comes to the big decisions in life, or the big things drop from your head down into your heart, because your head is trying to logic everything and it's trying to create a way where this is foolproof, it'll, it won't fail, and you'll be perfect before you even start like, Oh, I'm nervous about going dancing and trying dance lessons. It's like, well, how can I be perfect before I get out there. So everyone is just dazzled and applauded. And it's like, so the brain is trying to do that the heart goes, Hey, man, just go take your first class. Like just try. Why not? You will, you'll know a lot better if you like it or not once you've tried it. So with me, I remember even I have this vague memory in high school of saying to my dad, I want to be an entrepreneur. I don't even know what it is. But I it sounds cool. Like, because I kept hearing entrepreneurs doing these things and creating life on their terms. And so when I got introduced the world of personal growth and personal development back in 2012 is when I first saw Sean's well I saw Sean's dance party video, which is famous viral video of his and then got into his speeches and everything. I said, Okay. I realized, like, I had a choice on how I was going to live my life. And unfortunately, being in a small town, I noticed a lot of people saying, I guess this is it, you know, people that were 22 years old going, well, you know, I you know, I'd love to live in California like, Well, why don't you go for them? Well, it's hard. It's scary, or like, well, I just got to default to what's around me because it's the most accessible or I don't have examples of people who've done something different. So the idea of mentorship I think, is really interesting, because many people go Well, Brian, I don't have 10s of 1000s of dollars to invest in a high level mentor, I can't spend a million bucks to have Tony Robbins be my coach. And I'm like, right. But in the world we live in, you can have a mentors of all kinds through books and podcasts and all the free content people put out and you connect with some of the most incredible people in the world through that. So when it came to starting a business, I said, All right, I know supply chain, isn't it, you know, sitting here and doing different work, right, the first company I worked at, and I worked in major, you know, fortune 500 fortune 300 companies. So I got to see what global business really looked like. And my first job is I won't specify I'm not saying anything critical, but they made Toilet Paper Paper towels, diapers, tampons, and all kinds of other sexy, wonderful products. And so I'm like, you know, I'm sitting there and I'm organizing shipments and right take orders for paper products around the world. And as you can imagine, I wasn't exactly lit up and dancing. And so one of the first big lessons though, through personal development was, I thought, when I graduated school, the job was meant to give my life meaning. And then I get there and very quickly, you just getting to the monotony. And you're like, is this all there is. So the first big shift was realizing the job doesn't give your life meaning in the same way, your company or your business? Well, it's how you choose to approach it, and what you do with that. So then I started to infuse meaning in my day job where I said, Okay, I'm not thrilled about the product or daily work. But if I can do process improvement and save time, then I can help that person, go home and be with her kids, I can help that person spend more time with their boyfriend, I can help that person, you know, get out to the concert early. And that was the way I created meaning. And even then I go, this is the step I graduated with $80,000 in student loan debt. And I was like, I need something to pay the bills and do this. But how can I start crafting that next step? And then next stage, so I started studying entrepreneurs and studying people seeing how did they figure out what they wanted, and what was the next step. And ultimately, as we've been talking about, it got to point where just try something like just get going. And so I launched overcoming graduation, I got my URL, I launched a podcast of the same name. And my whole idea was, I can start to share the lessons I'm learning as I go, and hopefully save people the headache of learning it the hard way like I had to. And then I can also interview people who have overcome graduation, quote, unquote, in unique and profound and different ways. And I can learn from them and share it at the same time. So it was this beautiful thing. And that then led me to seeing that the people that are willing to put in the extra effort to get really good at a skill to bring additional value to do something above and beyond what most people will do, can create disproportionate amounts of value back as well, because they're bringing that much and more to the market and to people. And so for me, my mentors, and my dad taught me this growing up, the people that I really want to emulate are the people who are not selling to get money for them, they are creating a solution and working as hard as them they can to get in front of people. And the financial value that they get in return is, you know, they're delivering multiples of that to their clients. And that's what I've always worked to do. So that's how I got started was just this realization of, I didn't want to be dependent on someone else for paycheck, in order to survive, I didn't want to have like, only have one option, because one of the main things I did in my corporate career, and in my own business career outside of it is I always tell people create options for yourself. Because when you've only got one job, you've only got one offer, you've only got one product or one offering, you're limited. And your if you say I can only serve these people, I can only, you know, they have to be in the finance industry, I only do this, like niching is important. But when you limit yourself too far, you reduce your ability to have options. So I think when it comes to business, yes, you need to niche down and be specific in your marketing needs to be specific. But don't put on the blinders so much that you lose the ability to see other opportunities that don't fall right in line with your expectation, but might be better than what you were even hoping for. So that's kind of the early days. And you know, like I said it built from the podcast and my first coaching client. And this is funny because a lot of people again, think they need a business plan and all this stuff and the logo and the website and all that I'm like, listen, get a basic web page of how can people contact you to get started? Like, yes, you need a web presence and maybe a social platform, but get started helping and serving people start creating testimonials and delivering results. One of the best ways but my first client was a guy who one of my best friends. I was making all these changes in my life with the personal development stuff I was learning. And he saw the results I was getting and he said, Listen, I want you to coach me. And it was literally Okay, well, alright, what should I charge? I don't know, I   Michael Hingson ** 44:08 was gonna ask you what your thoughts were about charging.   Brian Drury ** 44:11 And that was the thing. I was like, wait, I have a business because I you know, I made an LLC. I did all of that. And I was like, Okay, I've got my LLC, I've got a business. I've got a business bank account, like I have a business, but like so many people, I had a logo and business cards and all this, but I wasn't selling anything. I wasn't offering anything. So he said I want to be your client. And I said, Okay, how about I think it was 300 bucks a month, right? We'll do one call a week. And that'll be like 75 bucks an hour essentially. And he was like, great, you know, like, that's fantastic. And so he got great results. I helped him get a dream job. And that's where I started I said okay, I'm gonna help people with dream jobs first and then it was more of like a life coaching thing. And then you know, over the years is now I'm getting paid many multiples of what that hourly rate was. And then because I found and clarify the value and really honing the skill sets. But the start wasn't this. I always tell people wasn't this clearly thought out really well developed plan. I didn't have all the answers. I didn't even have a plan. I just said, I want to help people. And I think so many people start from that point. And I said, What skills do I have right now that I could do that. And one thing that I'll tell anybody who's thinking about getting started, or might be on the fence or scared about getting started, when I tell people I used to help teach Cuban salsa, I often get confused looks because they see, you know, a white guy with red hair from New Jersey. And they're like, that doesn't what's not what I expect for a salsa teacher, but and I go listen to they go, Oh, so you must be like a pro? And I say no, no, no. Because now, I mean, now I've been dancing for over eight years, and I'm a good dancer, I'm like, and I would some people would say a very good dancer. And I'm proud of the progress I've made. But the gap between me and a pro is tremendous. Like, you know, there are people in between 2030 years and you see the levels. So, but what I tell them is this, I was a teacher, not because I was a pro, but I was further down the road than that particular person or that individual. Because I trained for a year with my teacher who was exceptionally still training. Steve Messina in North Carolina is wonderful, and amazing teacher, and not just really good at the art of dance, really good at gently correcting people. And he's an incredible guide, and he was great at celebrating your wins. And then you go try this instead, instead of that's wrong, you're doing it wrong, yes, exceptional way of delivering feedback. And so after a year, I was good. I was one of you know, we had this very small group is back when he left his job to go full time. So there's like five or six of us were the original group. And he said, Hey, Brian, could you start helping with the beginner classes, you know, show him the 123567. That's a sure sure I can do that. Then I started helping at events, and then the intermediate classes. So the people that are afraid to get started in offering a product or service. I know those feelings and those doubts and those fears or even public speaking, if you're interested in that you like what if I don't deliver what if I don't this in the early days, just say hey, if I don't deliver, I'll give you a full refund, like take the pressure off you and then go out and pour your heart into it, and learn and grow as you go. Because it was just that I needed to be further down the road than the person was, and give them the opportunity and present a solution to a problem they had. And then the value exchange, they gave a financial piece and I gave information, education motivation. And I started to see where that exchange can be so positive. And the unfortunate thing is, in this space, you got a lot of people that genuinely want to help and they're such great people. But they go, Oh, I don't want to charge. And then they can pay their bills, and they have exceptional skills. And I'm like, Listen, I love the idea of, you know, a good person, money is just an amplifier. So it will just amplify the person you are so good, with more money can do more good. So the idea is, it's really hard. And you know this like where it's like being creative, when there's other stressors in life, it gets really hard. And like we said chap GPT can be a resource. But when you're struggling to pay the bills, and I have certainly had the ups and downs and even in my first year, I remember last year and the first couple months out, when I left my corporate job, it wasn't this big grand plan. And trust me, I had a plan, I was like, oh, once I get it to x $1,000 a month, I'll just gently tiptoe over the you know, I'm gonna jump over this, versus what life typically does is and again, my mentor said, when life has something greater for you, it'll start with a whisper, then it'll be a tap on the shoulder, then it'll be a nudge, then it'll be a kind of a shake, and then ultimately, the universe or God, whatever you believe in is going to just push you. And so for me being in supply chain through the pandemic, my job got so bad. Towards the end, I was so miserable. And I was spending less time on my work, that it finally had to get to the point where I was like, It's time and things had to get so bad that I said, Alright, I've got three months of money in the bank, and I'm just gonna go for it. Because so often the fear is not whether or not we know what we're doing. It's betting on ourselves like, do I believe I can overcome this? Do I? Like it's not the market? It's not all these other things. It's not saturation, it's not clients and avatars. It's Do we believe we can overcome the challenges that we're going to face? So yeah, that initial step was critical. And, you know, now years later, I'm working with major corporations, like the last two speaking events, were trainings I did with Northwestern Mutual. I'm working with huge super high level speakers and helping them craft their messages. I'm helping people with elevator pitches, and I have my biggest event coming up at the end of August and a big virtual event coming up. So it's one of those things where I often don't do a great job of celebrating or really seeing the progress and I think we all do this. We get focused on the day to day and we're so self critical. So the moments where I do pause though and go hey, I literally had had this I think either just this morning or last night, where I said, if you went back and talk to that younger Brian, who was like, I want to be an entrepreneur, so one day and you say, Hey, man, listen, not only are you going to do that, but Sean, you know that guy, Sean Stephenson, he's going to become one of your best friends. And I just want to teachers that he's going to be introducing you to speak on his stage one day that all these things that have happened, that couldn't have happened without a willingness to just try when I didn't know. It all started with, hey, I want to start a business. And well, let me make an LLC and get started. And that's been that was the impetus and a desire to help people. And then I've just gotten clear on what I can help people with most. And then I continue to get better at how I share that and market and promote it,   Michael Hingson ** 50:44 which is what it's really all about. And I know I've gone through a lot of the same things I worked for Kurzweil actually until July or late June 1984. And then they were well purchased by Xerox and phased out at all the salespeople. And I went looking for a job couldn't find one. And eventually I started my own company just to have a job. And I have learned a great deal about businesses, not only from observing Kurzweil for six years serving and working in small computer products, but also just from a variety of other things. And so I started a company and I did it for four years, it was sort of working, but not nearly as well as it needed to be. So eventually I went back into the workforce. And you talk about God nudging you so suddenly, September 11 comes along, and suddenly, I'm getting calls from people saying, Would you come and tell us what we need to learn about September 11? And would you tell us your story, and so on. And clearly, that was a whole lot more fun to do than selling in a computer systems and managing a computer Salesforce, so I did it, and had been speaking ever since it's very rewarding, rewarding. The pandemic had some effect on stuff, but it's so much fun. And it is so rewarding. And but I also think that, you know, we are nudged and we are encouraged. And we feel things in our heart. And I know you said, oftentimes, it's a lot of faith. But the other part about it is I think that even more than that, we learn a lot whether we recognize it, and we absorb more information than we think we do. And so when we're hearing things from our heart, it's also coming from all the information, all the data, all the stuff that we have collected over the years. The problem is we have not been encouraged or nor taught how really to listen to it. And my favorite example is trivial pursuit, you know, how often do you play Trivial Pursuit? And there's a question that comes up and you suddenly think you know the answer. But then your brain says, No, that's not right. And it turns out, it was the right answer every single time. If we would only learn to listen, I think there's a lot to be said for that.   Brian Drury ** 52:55 Yeah, and I think one of the biggest challenges we face is, and it's, you know, I never I really work to avoid speaking in absolutes. It's one of the things I tell my speaking clients, like my speaker training clients, I say, one of the quickest ways to break rapport with your audience is to say something in a total absolute. That being said, there are things that I find to be true of high performers more often than not, or it's, that's what I'll say is like, in my experience, it seems to be a common characteristic or trait, that the high performers, even if they're like, go getters crushing it, you know, grinding, like those types of people where it's just nonstop. At some point, they create quiet and space to connect with themselves. Because with social media, and I'm just as guilty of this, and I've had I'm working to break a lot of these bad habits is, you know, wake up, put on a podcast, and I have a waterproof speaker so I can bring it into the shower. So I constantly have noise, then I'm doing that while I'm listening to while I'm prepping breakfast, then I watch TV with breakfast, then I come to work and I've got music on and then after, you know, it's like then I'm constantly looking at the phone. So we have constant visual and auditory stimulation, we have all these different ways of like kind of maxing our brain out and redlining it. So we're constantly looking for like the next notification the next thing, but often it takes a moment of peace and it doesn't have you know, a seven day silent meditation retreat, like a moment of peace to really check in and say, Do I want this job or not? Like, is this the right path? What's the next step and just removing so much of that distraction? What I found is some of the most peaceful and fun and engaging times in my life are where I disassociate from the technology as much as possible. And I focus on connecting with my passions and with people versus what we perceive like even something like us. Yeah, I'm a single guy. So years ago, I was on the dating apps, and that was one of the biggest distractions because I would find myself feeling more insecure like, Oh, no one loves me because I'm not having dates or Oh, I didn't get them. hatch today, and it was just what it was like, Brian, do you really think you'd get like one of those check ins with the heart moments? I was like, Brian, do you really think you're gonna meet the love of your life on a dating app? I said, I don't think so I said, Why are you and I was like, okay, so I just got off them. And my dating life has improved significant significantly, I, I have far better connections, but also, like any of those other phone addictions, it's just the dopamine we're craving or to feel connected. But it's like the most artificial and smallest form of it, it's just enough dopamine to keep us coming back like a drug, versus having a moment of pause, creating space, you know, creating some distance from all of this chaos to really check in with yourself. And sometimes we also, we do need that external source of assistance where you know, asking our most trusted friends or family members like, what do you like? What are the best qualities in me? What is it that you see me as really good at that I don't really notice, because sometimes we're so self critical need an external voice to help. But that's still removing all that extra noise and all the nonsense and then getting down to what is a life well lived really look like Friday, what do I really want, because so many people think they want millions of dollars, and they don't, they don't need anywhere near that to have an Exceptional Life By their standards. But it takes us pausing to say, what is the life I really want. And it's often that where we go, and we map some things out my brother's a financial advisor, and, you know, I mapped out my finances, I don't need nearly as much as I thought, to live the life I want. And having, like, the push from the universe

In marketing, human elements make everything pop. In today's episode of the Marketing Speak podcast, our guest Draye Redfern shares his life and business challenges. Draye believes in Dr. Sean Stephenson's words: Life doesn't happen to you; it happens. Draye founded multiple ventures, including Redfern Media, fractionalcmo.com, Ultimate Advisor Coaching, and bikecar.com, a cargo bike company for urban families. He is a true entrepreneur with features in Psychology Today, Forbes, Inc Magazine, and the Huffington Post. In this episode, Draye shares his story of overcoming seemingly insurmountable struggles. His determination has played a pivotal role in his success. You'll be amazed to discover how influential his daily commutes have shaped his motivational and entrepreneurial mindset. Prepare to be inspired as Draye unveils powerful life and marketing insights. Tune in! The show notes, including the transcript and checklist for this episode, are at marketingspeak.com/404.

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Tässä jaksossa puhumme leimoista! Studiossa Ronja, Erja ja Ida puhuvat sekä niistä leimoista joita, yhteiskunta ja tutut ympärillämme asettavat, mutta myös niistä leimoista joita, annamme itsellemme. Jakso alkaa pistaritehtävällä jonka Erja asetti co-hosteille. Tehtävä oli haastava mutta samalla erittäin hyvä harjoitus, kannustamme teitä kokeilemaan harjoitusta!  Miten sinä puhut itsellesi? Miten näet itsesi? Kuulostaako jokin näistä tutulta?  Olen väsynyt vanhempi Olen ylipainoinen Olen matalapalkkainen Olen keskinkertainen Olen yksinäinen Jos uskot itseesi otat alitajuisesti enemmän riskejä, mikä johtaa kehitykseen ja kasvuun. Jokainen meistä kohtaa vastaankäymisiä. Kun sisäinen usko itseesi on kunnossa, olet kyvykkäämpi kohtaamaan haasteita! Terve itseluottamus auttaa näkemään maailman ympärilläsi positiivisemmin.  Leimat vaikuttavat meihin niin syvästi, että päätitpä olla menestyjä tai luuseri, tulet lopulta olemaan leimasi kaltainen. Joten jatkossa rohkaisemme sinua kuuntelemaan itseäsi ja tarkastelemaan mitä leimoja annat itsellesi.  Kirjavinkki: "Get of your "but"- kirjan on kirjoittanut Sean Stephenson. Kirjailija oli saanut jo nuorella iällä leiman (sairaus) joka olisi varmasti ollut esteenä monelle unelmien toteuttamisessa, vaan eipä ollut Seanille. Suosittelemme vahvasti lukemaan kirjan ja tarttumaan rohkeuteen jota kirja huokuu.  Jakossamme 6 kaudella 11  https://open.spotify.com/episode/4I5UfnzGAWaPBOGaFAy0rr puhumme tästä kirjasta, nappaa se kuunteluun. 

Reflection is an invaluable practice for discovering new ideas and opportunities. Dr. Sean Stephenson has profoundly contributed to this process, inspiring me with his energy and optimism, which he shares so generously, impacting countless lives worldwide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean Stephenson was an American therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker. Because he was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, Stephenson stood three feet tall, had fragile bones, and used a wheelchair. Source: TEDx

Life is a series of ups and down. Everybody is walking in their journey and making the best out of it. However, circumstances can sometimes make people think that it is a sin even to dare to dream. In this episode of Pursuit of Relentless, Alaina is joined by Dawn Thompson, founder of You're Enough University, who shares her secret to living. Dawn believes when you give, life somehow gives it back tenfold. She also said that if there's a dream that one wants, one has to figure out how to make that happen, undergo a mindset change, and get rid of old money stories. She also shares that when you start believing, you will start seeing these things happening without you knowing how. There's more to learn about life in this episode. So if you want to learn more about how her giving lifestyle impacted her life, tune in and enjoy! Here's what to look out for in this episode: · Dawn's story · What is Operation Spa Kids? · The secret to living · Her purpose, without a shadow of a doubt · What's the difference between you and somebody who has what you want? About Dawn Thompson: She has owned and operated Spa Bella, Inc. for almost three decades. She also started a non-profit 18 years ago called Operation Spa Kids Adopt-A-Box. This organization helps children and their family members who are in need. It started as just hygiene items and has now grown by providing clothing, food & furnishings. From helping people in the beauty and spa industries to helping those in need, this can itself be considered satisfying. However, Dawn was not fulfilled and happy with herself, which led her down a very dark path where she hit "rock bottom." During that dark time, she asked God to help her change her ways and began to have a relationship with Him. About a decade ago, she dove deep into self-development. She has been blessed to work with some of the world's best such as Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, Sean Stephenson, and Tinnie McCarty. She has learned so much about herself and how to overcome very challenging obstacles. With all the knowledge she has gained, the relationship she built with God, and her giving heart, she didn't want just to help herself. Instead, she is very determined and passionate about helping people know their worth because, for so long, she didn't know her own. So, she started The You're Enough® Movement to empower people around the world to know: They Are Loved They Matter They Have A Purpose! Dawn has since taken it a step further, and so began The You're Enough® University. There are many different ways to learn at the University. There you will find out how to reach your true potential and become the best version of yourself because Through the Cross, You're Enough®. Find Dawn on . . . Website: https://www.youreenough.com/ Connect with the Pursuit of Relentless Podcast! Website: https://alainanadig.ca Instagram: @alainanadig @pursuitofrelentless

When you feel guilty, is it because you actually did something wrong? Or do you feel guilty because you think you shouldn't have done something?  Or because you had to make a difficult choice and it upset someone? In this episode, I talk about the power of gratitude and grace, so you can put an end to unnecessary suffering, start taking daily action, and move forward with ease and confidence. If you want more of this in your life, this is definitely an episode you don't want to miss. From This Episode: The Keynote: Get Back Up with Dr. Sean Stephenson How NOT to Screw Up Your Life with Sean Stephenson The prison of your mind with Sean Stephenson at TEDx Free Resources: Schedule FREE Mini-Coaching Session with Amy Lang Take my FREE Mini-Course: How To Lose Weight For The Last Time Join our private Facebook group, Moxie Club Meetup

This week, we once again honor one of the most inspiring people we've had the pleasure of interviewing in the podcast, Sean Stephenson. Sean is a therapist, self-help author and motivational speaker.   He was born with a rare bone disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile.  Despite all the medical challenges he has faces over his life, Sean made the decision to lead an extraordinary life and has inspired millions worldwide, including Sir Richard Branson, President Clinton, Tony Robbins and the Dalai Lama.   Enjoy listening to this inspiring episode!

Listen up, LOAers, do you hear your heart beating?  You will after this episode with Mindie Kniss!  We had so much fun with Mindie, you are going to want to tune in quickly to raise your wealth consciousness!  Somehow Holli elevates the brand of accountant and finds out your accountant should always tell you they love you…..The wisdom contained herein is spellbinding.  Holli is off to her rebranding hocus pocus again and now she is inspired by Mindie to rebrand mindfulness to heartfulness.  The only difference this time is that Jeanna actually likes it! But meanwhile, Mindie delivers the wisdom from her favorite manifestation story to resilience in the face of adversity and grief, and what she means with heart intelligence. In her heart path retreats, Mindie will take you through the four keys to unlock your heart, focus on your purpose and embody wealth consciousness.   Mindie explains to grow your business, a relationship, whatever you wish to grow is an inside job first.  The invitation is to become a world class human to attract ultimate success. More about Mindie: Mindie Kniss, MFA, PhD, is a coach, international speaker, bestselling author, and award-winning humanitarian. Her clients span the globe over 6 continents and she has appeared on stages in Asia, Africa, and across North America. As an advocate for the rights and education of women and children, Mindie was awarded the prestigious Global Health Fellowship and served in Nairobi, Kenya. When Mindie was laid off from a cushy Fortune100 career for the second time in 2007, she pursued her dream of entrepreneurship. A few years later, that dream turned into a nightmare of 6-figure debt, eviction, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and living out of her office. While many would throw in the towel on that dream, Mindie's indomitable spirit and belief that life is ultimately a grand adventure led her to become Founder & CEO of Lucra®, a thriving training company, over the next decade. Then, in 2019, Mindie's husband, professional speaker and social media personality Sean Stephenson, died unexpectedly at age 40. Once again, she faced life's challenges head on with courage and grace. Today, Mindie lights up her clients and audiences with her characteristic tough love and sage wisdom. Mindie's message of living true to one's own heart and maintaining a daring spirit, despite external circumstances, has been heard by thousands of people around the world. She has been recognized for her work in bringing the science of heart intelligence to a wider audience and named one of the “top most influential living teachers of the path of the heart.” Mindie hosts The Lucra Life™ podcast and is author of the book, The Heart of Consciousness. She was featured in the films The Abundance Factor and Impact. Learn more at Lucra.com. LOA Uncorked Assignment: Go to The Lucra Life podcast and play an episode that speaks to your heart! Podcast References:   Mindie's website:  https://lucra.com/ Heartpath retreats:  https://heartpathretreats.com/ Her book:  https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Consciousness-Brief-Introduction-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B0851XGQXB/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EYBRTQTD304K&keywords=mindie+kniss&qid=1660672182&sprefix=mindie+kniss%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1 Her podcast:  https://lucra.com/category/podcast/   As always, thanks for listening and we look forward to sharing more LOA badassery conversations with you!  Please consider leaving a review and subscribing or dropping us a note to say hi and share your thoughts. www.loauncorked.com  l  loauncorked@gmail.com  I  Insta: @loauncorked  I  FB: loauncorked

John R. Miles - Why we become what we think about and seven ways you can build positive beliefs | Brought to you by Masterworks (https://www.masterworks.io/ code passion) Notable American radio speaker and author Earl Nightingale once said, “We become what we think about.” This truthful statement embodies and emphasizes just how vital our mindsets and beliefs are to creating the lives we live. -- ► Full show notes: https://passionstruck.com/you-become-what-you-believe/  -- ► Subscribe to My YouTube Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles --► Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/passion-struck-with-john-r-miles/id1553279283 *Our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/passionstruck. This episode of Passion Struck with John R. Miles is brought to you by Masterworks: * Masterworks - 66% of Billionaires Collect Art, so Why Aren't You? Low Minimums, Simple and Exciting. You Can Use Art as an Alternative Investment to Diversify Your Portfolio. Blue-Chip Artwork. Go to https://www.masterworks.io/ and use code passion to start. Why do we become our beliefs? A belief is any cognitive notion that is held as accurate. It is the acceptance that something exists, even though its existence cannot be proved. This means that the potency of a belief is entirely dependent on a person's choice to accept or reject it. Take, for example, two people with similar qualifications who are given $1000 to use for starting a new business. One of them believes they can start a business, profit, and earn thousands of dollars — a beneficial belief. In contrast, the other person believes $1,000 is too little to start anything of meaning and fails to start anything — a restricting belief. Show Links Questions that you and your friends or family members can discuss about this episode: What are beliefs and how are they formed?. What did you find most inspiring about the story of Sean Stephenson? What can you learn about the self-limiting beliefs from Stephenson's story? What is the most fascinating thing about our belief system? What are the differences between beneficial and restricting beliefs? What are seven things you can do to form more beneficial beliefs? What steps will you take after hearing today's episode to change your beliefs? Interested in reading the transcript for the episode? Check it out here. My episode on why you should never believe a prediction that doesn't ignite you: https://passionstruck.com/never-believe-a-prediction-that-doesnt-ignite-you/ My interview with Jordan Harbinger on Why Legacy is Greater Than Currency:  https://passionstruck.com/jordan-harbinger-on-why-building-your-legacy-is-greater-than-currency/ My interview with Chrystal Rose on Why a Life Without Passion is Like a Life Without Air: https://passionstruck.com/chrystal-rose-on-a-life-without-passion/ My interview with Gretchen Rubin: https://passionstruck.com/gretchen-rubin-the-key-to-happiness/ My interview with former Dr. Michelle Segar: https://passionstruck.com/dr-michelle-segar-the-joy-choice/ My interview with David Vago on Meditation:  https://passionstruck.com/dr-david-vago-on-self-transcendence/ Are you having trouble prioritizing yourself? John discusses the importance of self-love in Episode 104 Time Stamps 0:00 Announcements 3:04 Why do we become our beliefs? 6:00 The story of how Sean Stephenson overcame limiting beliefs 10:10 How do beliefs work? 12:06 How the Placebo Effect influences what we believe 13:08 Seven things you can do to create beneficial beliefs 20:07 Why the real prisons exist in our minds 21:46 Analysis and wrap-up Follow John on the Socials: * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrmiles.c0m * Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMiles ​* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesjohn/ * Blog: https://johnrmiles.com * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast/ * Gear: https://www.zazzle.com/store/passion_struck/ -- John R Miles is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of Passion Struck. This full-service media company helps people live intentionally by creating best-in-class educational and entertainment content. John is also a prolific public speaker, venture capitalist, and author named to the ComputerWorld Top 100 IT Leaders.

Today, May 5, 2022, would have been Sean's 43rd birthday. To celebrate, here's a recording of one of his speeches so you can get a sense of the magic and joy that was Sean on stage.

Ep 215 A Look Behind the Curtain - Improving Your Public Speaking Working with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels has given me a great deal of insight into how people think about public speaking. After years of study, practice, and speaking across the country and learning from one of the greatest speakers of all-time in Sean Stephenson has helped me to learn some incredible tricks that can help even highly-experienced pros take their speaking to the next level. If you are ready to take your speaking further than it has ever gone, check out today's episode!  If you know you are ready to dive deep and would like to discuss my coaching or consulting services, reach out to me at Brian@OvercomingGraduation.com.  OVERCOMING GRADUATION SHOW NOTES:  To subscribe to the podcast, search for "Overcoming Graduation" on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or Google Play. You can also click here to be taken to the iTunes page! If this episode was of value to you, please like, share, give a rating, and provide feedback on the show. This will help me understand how I can better serve you and reach even more people! To provide a rating click here, click the "View in iTunes" button under the podcast art, click "Rating and Reviews" to the right of the podcast art, and then leave me your feedback, I'd love to hear what you think and how I can better serve you! To learn more about the OCG Community, check out the Overcoming Graduation website or check out the OCG  Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram pages. To contact me directly for interview recommendations, to provide feedback on the show, or to contact me for speaking engagements / book signings, reach out to me at Brian@OvercomingGraduation.com

Mindie Kniss remembers her husband, Sean, two years from the date of his death, August 28th, 2019. This recording is from his Celebration of Life.

Lucrative Speaker™ is coming up! This week's show is a re-cast of Sean Stephenson's podcast episode, "6 Steps to Becoming a 6-Figure Speaker," originally published on The Sean Stephenson Show in June 2019. Learn more at LucrativeSpeaker.com

Is there a cure for insecurity? According to Dr. Sean Stephenson, he believed so and made it his life's mission to spread the cure! Listen in to find out just what he found out! Get your FREE copy of the Rise Of The LIFE-ing Woman! https://www.makingofyourlife.com/squeeze-pagecu9iv28q #LIFE-ing #LIFEing #Women #WomenWithin #MidlifeWomen #MidlifeCrisis #SelfHelpbooksforwomen #womenupliftingwomen #sisterhood #howwomenrise #TheresaBarnabei #KelliGreen #LetsTalk #IAmAWoman #Podcastsforwomen #DrSeanStephenson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/life-ing-live/message

One of my favorite TedX Talks featured Sean Stephenson, a former American author, therapist, and celebrated speaker. He inspired this episode on why you should never believe a prediction that doesn't ignite you. Thank you for listening to the Passion Struck podcast. In this powerful Momentum Friday Episode, John R. Miles discusses why predictions in our lives can be so destructive to us living a passion-driven life. New Interviews with the World's GREATEST high achievers will be posted every Tuesday with a Momentum Friday inspirational message! Never Believe a Prediction That Doesn't Ignite You Show Notes Sean Stephenson Quote and Inspiration Difference Between Ignite and Empower How Predictions Lead To Self-Limiting Beliefs The Prediction My English Teacher Made About Me 3 Important Lessons About Predictions We Are The Storyteller and Main Actor in Our Life You Are Who You Believe You Can Be We Are Living the Story We Create Everyone Is Rooting For You To Win Predictions Through The Light of PTSD Quotes From John R. Miles “Everyone is waiting for you to win, even those who don't know you, but it all starts with you wanting yourself to win.” "If you are not fulfilled in what you are doing, there is no way that you are living to your full capability." "When you think about that story, and where you are in your life, and you're performing it day in and day out. Are you happy about where you are? Do you feel fulfilled? Are you living at your full capability? Are you living the life that you want to live?" "But I can tell you; I'm doing this today because I made a choice in my own life that I wasn't going to let the disabilities that impact me define who I am and the path I want to take in my own life." Sean Stephenson TedX Sean Stephenson TedX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRO5-V1uK0 ENGAGE WITH JOHN R. MILES * Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnRMiles * Leave a comment, 5-star rating (please!) * Support me: https://johnrmiles.com * Twitter: https://twitter.com/Milesjohnr * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Johnrmiles.c0m​. * Medium: https://medium.com/@JohnRMiles​ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john_r_miles   JOHN R. MILES * https://johnrmiles.com/my-story/ * Guides: https://johnrmiles.com/blog/ * Coaching: https://passionstruck.com/coaching/ * Speaking: https://johnrmiles.com/speaking-business-transformation/ * Gear: https://www.zazzle.com/store/passion_struck   PASSION STRUCK *Subscribe to Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-passion-struck-podcast/id1553279283 *Website: https://passionstruck.com/ *About: https://passionstruck.com/about-passionstruck-johnrmiles/ *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passion_struck_podcast *LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/passionstruck *Blog: https://passionstruck.com/blog/  

This episode is just the first steps in building self-confidence. You will hear practical and achievable actions to begin to feel confident in yourself as well as some deep truths about your right to confidence. I mention Sean Stephenson in this episode. Here is the link to the story I mention; The story starts at roughly 24:30 but I also suggest listening to the whole recording.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-than-ever/id1201868588?i=1000449538327Send e-mails to christine@newbranchlifecoaching.com You can check out my website at http://www.newbranchlifecoaching.com and feel free to join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/selfesteemtruths

Mindie Kniss recounts the day her husband, Sean Stephenson, died. She goes on to explain how her life and business are moving forward.

Dr. Sean Stephenson (1979-2019) was predicted not to survive at birth because of a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile (fracturing over 200 times by the age of 18). Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world. Since 1994, his powerful message has been heard at live events in nearly all 50 states and in 16 countries. Sean has presented at hospitals, universities, prisons, and companies such as Nike, Whole Foods, Zappos, Walmart, and Sharp Healthcare. He's shared the stage with U.S. Presidents, billionaire business moguls, celebrities, and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Sean has appeared on everything from The Oprah Show to Jimmy Kimmel, in addition to online videos with tens of millions of views. The Biography Channel produced an hour-long feature on his life called Three Foot Giant. He is author of the book Get Off Your 'But.' Originally from Chicago, he lived in Scottsdale with his wife and business partner, Mindie Kniss, until his death in 2019.

Sean Stephenson interviews host Mindie Kniss about her wealth evolution. Mindie Kniss was on the fast-track to success: a Fortune 100 career, the house, the car, etc… Then, in 2008, after being laid off twice by the same company, Mindie gave up the cushy corporate career to become an entrepreneur. Within two years, she was $100,000 in debt and faced eviction, foreclosure, and eventually, bankruptcy. Having hit rock bottom, Mindie knew there was nowhere to go but up, and has since developed a successful, six-figure coaching practice. Today, Mindie is CEO of Lucra which offers training on money mindset and entrepreneurialism. She hosts the annual HeartPath retreat and is author of The Heart of Consciousness. She holds degrees in theology, writing, and philosophy.  

Justin Stenstrom is a nationally-acclaimed life coach, author, entrepreneur, and speaker. He is the founder of EliteManMagazine.com and the host of both the Elite Man Podcast and The Justin Stenstrom Show where he interviews some of the best self-development experts in the world including guests like Robert Greene, Bas Rutten, Rich Franklin, Sean Stephenson, Neil Patel, John Romaniello, and many […]

Creating and sharing our messages to our community can be frustrating sometimes when it doesn't perform as well as we had hoped.  We post content and expect it to soar, and then it doesn't... and we can become defeated. Today I share a valuable lesson that I learned from Sean Stephenson when he told a story about the Coast Guard and how they choose who to save in an emergency situation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-chiropractic-secrets/message

Tony Grebmeier is probably best known for building a multi-million dollar business with his childhood friends, ShipOffers, but it is Tony's mission in life is to create a community where entrepreneurs know they can achieve anything they want and find fulfillment, despite their past.   Growing up wasn't always easy without a present father, and it was the community of friends and mentors – as well as his amazing mother – who taught him that life's not easy, but you can make it easier.   One of Tony's earliest mentors, his next-door neighbor Dan, used to tell him, “You can do this – take it easy.” Although he didn't necessarily understand it at the time, he has come to learn that this is an excellent way to live a fulfilled life.   In our fast-paced world, we can all use a reminder to slow down.   Now a mentor himself, Tony has his own suggestions (not advice) for those that look up to him: “Chase the wins, study the lessons, and never quit.”   I absolutely love this mantra, particularly the idea of studying the lessons you receive in life. Because there are lessons to be learned in both our wins and losses, and we will never achieve our greatest potential without learning from both.   So how do we study? Tony suggests creating “when life works” and “when life doesn't work” lists, tools he learned from his friend Dr. Sean Stephenson.   You know when your life is working, and when it isn't, so reflect on those moments. What were you doing? Get at least 10-14 items on each list – now you have the curriculum you need to study.   Then, every day, try to practice one item on your “when life works” list – and note that it all comes back to YOUR behavior, not what other people do to you.   Because when you change your behavior, you change your life.   For more great lessons on how you can change your life and be more fulfilled, get your copy of Tony's Be Fulfilled Journal.   “I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” –Vince Lombardi   --     Resources: Learn more at https://tonygrebmeier.com/ (tonygrebmeier.com) Connect with Tony: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook Listen: BEFULFILLED: The Real Stories Behind Success Get you Be Fulfilled Journal: befulfilledjournal.com   --   We are brought to you by the Lawton Marketing Group, a full-service advertising and design agency serving companies and entrepreneurs at all levels. They are your one-stop shop for all your website, logo, social media, print, app design and reputable management needs.   Visit LawtonMG.com for more info.   -- The Impact Entrepreneur Show is produced by Podcast Masters

Sean has appeared on everything from The Oprah Show to various Youtube videos with millions of views. The Biography Channel did an hour feature on his life called, “Three Foot Giant.” He has spoken at live events in over 15 countries and 47 states over the past 16 years. His latest book, “Get Off Your But” has swept the US and been released in over a half dozen languages around the world. As a board-certified therapist, he uses humor and compassion to develop a fun environment where individuals open their hearts and minds for lasting empowerment to occur.

Expected to die at birth, Sean Stephenson has faced an army of reasons to give up and countless opportunities to embrace pity. He suffered more than 200 bone fractures by age eighteen, reached a height of only three feet, and is permanently confined to a wheelchair. Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world, including Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, President Clinton, and his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

Sean introduces his brand new podcast and discusses what he's been up to for the last few months.

Insecurity is part of the human condition, so much so that if there was a drug that enabled people to overcome insecurity, it would be out of stock continually. We all hate insecurity but don't know what to do about it. That's why it's a rare treat to hear someone like Sean Stephenson unravel the mystery. If you don't know Sean, you need to. When he was born, doctors predicted he would not survive more than 24 hours because of a rare bone disorder, Osteogenesis Imperfecta, that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile. Despite the challenges he faced, he's taken a stand against insecurity and has helped many others do the same. You can be among those he's helped by listening to this inspiring episode. Compare leads to Despair ~ Sean Stephenson Sean Stephenson believes that one of the main reasons people struggle with insecurity is because they constantly compare themselves to others. My body is not as fit as his. I haven't had the level of success she has. I'm not as pretty, or nice, or interesting, or funny - or whatever. You know how it goes. Sean says that one of the first steps we need to take in overcoming insecurity is refusing to compare ourselves to others. But in order to do that we have to understand something deeply personal - we were each made for a specific purpose that ONLY we can fulfill. Find out how Sean helps his clients understand themselves and live the life they were meant to live by hearing his responses in this Q&A session from Freedom Fast Lane LIVE 2016. Sean Stephenson's formula for beating insecurity: GAP vs FED. When you focus on your goals, your appreciations, and your preferences, you will join the ranks of those who are crushing it in business and enjoying fulfillment in life. They are people who understand what they want, appreciate what they have, and pursue what they like. But when you focus on your fear, the things and people you envy, and the things you dislike - you will be miserable and unsuccessful. Sean tells some great personal stories and anecdotes from client experiences on this episode that will help you put these into a practical frame of reference so that you can see how to apply his GAP vs FED formula to your own life. Be sure to listen. Insecurity will be your constant companion if you can't control your internal climate. When it comes to the WAY things happen in your life there is very little you can control. If you want to overcome insecurity you have to take your focus OFF those things - the things you can't control - and put your focus on the things you can control - and those things are almost always internal. Sean Stephenson has encountered his share of obstacles, but he's learned that in order to beat insecurity and accomplish the things he wants to accomplish he's got to orient his inner world toward success and meaning - and only HE can do that for himself. This Q&A session from Freedom Fast Lane 2016 reveals how Sean overcomes his own insecurities - and what he does to help his clients overcome their own insecurities. If fun is not a high priority, you are either burned out or burning out ~ Sean Stephenson. There are serious things in life, things that require somber reflection and consideration. But not nearly as many as we think there are. Sean Stephenson says that one of the best ways to add more joy to your life is to ask yourself, “What's funny about this?” As you learn to find humor in the challenges and joys alike, you'll begin to actually enjoy the journey you are on - and from enjoyment, comes joy. You won't want to miss this peek into what happened on stage at Freedom Fast Lane 2016, so be sure you listen. Outline Of This Great Episode [1:50] What Sean has seen come up as recurring insecurities among entrepreneurs. [4:53] How do you practically follow your bliss? By making money doing it. [12:00] How Sean pulls people from insecurity to purpose: GAP vs FED. [18:07] Commitment precedes courage which precedes confidence. Action Steps From This Episode FOR GETTING STARTED: Compare leads to despair. That's Sean Stephenson's observation from watching with entrepreneurs worldwide. He wants you to keep your eyes on who YOU are and what YOU bring to the world. Quit looking at others, discover what you bring to the world, and get busy making it happen. FOR GREATER SUCCESS: Put your attention on your goals, the things you appreciate, and the things you prefer. Those areas enable you to keep your eyes on what matters in a balanced way that won't burn you out - or kill you. You'll discover not only how to be successful but also how to be happy. Connect with today's guest: SEAN STEPHENSON http://seanstephenson.com/ On Facebook On Twitter On Instagram On YouTube Connect With Freedom Fast Lane Website: www.FreedomFastLane.com On Youtube On Facebook On Twitter On Google Plus On LinkedIn On Instagram Subscribe to Freedom Fast Lane Subscribe to the Freedom Fast Lane Podcast with Ryan Daniel Moran

Keith Yackey has been a Pastor.  He's dated porn stars.  (No...really...I can't make that shit up.)  He's created a multi-million dollar empire and promised himself that when he could, he'd share the principles that made it ALL possible (even the dating the porn star thing) available to as many people as possible.  He's got a purpose.  And a passion.  And you're going to hear it all on today's episode of The Business Called You Podcast.   Keith Yackey Interview Quotes: In the midst of trying times, most of us don't have the foresight to tap into the hindsight that reveals why we are going through it. Joy is the satisfaction you experience when making progress toward your potential. Be the type of person that others would want next to them if they were trapped in an ikea all alone for 6 hours. The kind who would jump on all the beds and have a wicked awesome fort up in no time. Our greatest treasures are right beside us if we would only treasure them. Everyone has potential, few go after it. Be the few. The proud ones who dare to chase that potential. Who will strive to meet the responsibility laid upon them for no other reason than it beats in their chests that they have to. Live your own story, don't just watch it go by. Learn More About Keith Yackey: His favourite project: www.TheAmpedLife.com His main website: www.KeithYackey.com Connect With Keith Yackey: Find Keith on Facebook Instagram is Keith Yackey Keith Yackey on Snap Chat Keith Yackey on Twitter  When he's not Amplifying peoples lives he's… "playing with my kids, reading, or watching a movie, playing guitar, working out. and mostly I love and feel most alive when hanging with close friends." Mentors that Keith looks up to:   Brendon Burchard and Gary Vaynerchuk Is Keith Yackey a Dog or a Cat Person? He dislikes them both evenly. Keith Yackey's Favourite Comedian:   Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Jim Jefferies, Dane Cook and tons of no name people that we saw live as I went to the comedy Improv once a week for a long time. Books and Resources Keith says, "I love The Charge by Brendon Burchard but books are like Oxygen to me. I read a book or two a week most weeks and I don't remember all the authors. I use books to stir thoughts in me and so honestly I can't remember what I like most but I love them all :)" Big shout out to Josh Felber at www.JoshFelber.com for putting me in touch with Keith for this epic interview. Brendon Burchard at www.Brendon.com (seriously?  How did he get that domain name?) Dan Sullivan of StrategicCoach.com Elon Musk.  Cofounder of PayPal and creator of Tesla Motors Gary Vaynerchuk author of Crush It and www.GaryVaynerchuk.com Sean Stephenson of www.SeanStephenson.com and www.3FootChef.com Steve Sims of The Bluefish Concierge and www.UglySims.com Genius Network Watch Keith Yackey on YouTube:  Thank You For Listening The Business Called You is an ever-expanding global community of like minded business owners who want to expand their knowledge and be on the leading edge of the technology and business thinking that will take their business to the next level.  This podcast is for entrepreneurs, small business owners or even start-ups who want to be inspired, and who want tools and actionable strategies to improve their life and their business.  Jonathan Edwards brings his ever expanding knowledge as an Olympian and an Entrepreneur to bring you the latest and greatest in tech, psychology, productivity, books, inspiring people. This podcast is part of Jonathan's Podcast365 project. Please leave a comment below. Listen today as Jonathan speaks with Keith Yackey

Sean Stephenson and Mindie Kniss are married and both in the personal development space. Sean and Mindie understand well the idea that “being in a relationship is the best personal development program on the planet.” Mindie is an expert at heart consciousness where Sean's thrives in unconscious mind studies. The examine how they met, working through femininity and masculinity, why imagination is greater than willpower, rewiring relationships to make things work and more. If you don't Sean, he's only 2.8 feet tall, has brittle bone disease, and had broken bones over 200 times before her turned 18. Mindy is nearly 5 feet tall. They've both had some challenges to overcome. You're going to love Sean and Mindy both before this recording is over. This was only a sample from the interview. To get access to the entire conversation, visit MastinKipp.com/25 We have a lot more great content to help you learn to live your power and purpose here on the Podcast. Subscribe to the show to make sure you get every episode as soon as it is released. Visit MastinKipp.com/Subscribe

Sean Stephenson came on the podcast and shared with me the cure to all anxiety and insecurities.  For reference, make sure you listen to the entire episode: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/podcast/090   LINKS -- Join the Legacy Driven Entrepreneurs Community (it's FREE): http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/tribe Are you enjoying the podcast? Listen to the episode here and leave us a review: Apple: http://apple.co/1JUHcG9 Android: http://bit.ly/2nuoGpl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2BjY0gU Breaker: http://bit.ly/2BRwOCb iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/2BhMr9L Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2BbuWEg Want to grab my NEW audio training? Grab a FREE copy of "How To Be The Leader You Truly Are": http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/leadership Launching a podcast? Grab my Podcast Creation Roadmap: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/roadmap

  Dr. Sean Stephenson was predicted not to survive at birth because of a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile. Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world including Sir Richard Branson, President Clinton, and his Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Dr. Stephenson has appeared on everything from Oprah to Jimmy Kimmel, in addition to online videos with hundreds of millions of views. The Biography Channel did an hour feature on his life called “Three Foot Giant.”   In the interview, we cover why Sean believes the reasons behind people choose to suffer from their insecurities. Why do we have them anyways?   He literally spells how the cure to all insecurities so that was interesting for sure.   He gives you a tactic that is more beneficial than 95% of all counseling, wait till you see how simple it is. I love the part of the interview where we deep dive into what sean calls his - win life works list vs. win life sucks list And wait till you hear how simple of these steps are. And the best part, I couldn't believe it myself, is that you don't even have to do ALL of them, you only have done about 25% Incredible right? I hope this is getting you fired up. We also touched on a topic that I have never talked about with a guest on this show which is head vs. heart. You might have a guess into what that means right now, but I love how Sean not only gives us the proper definitions but also gives us ways to tap into “heart” He calls it a heart hack.   This is one of those episodes, you want to listen through at least twice to pick up on the whole level of awesomeness that was captured.   IF you are curious to see the video footage of the interview, please go to my YouTube channel - JayWongTV, make sure to click that red subscribe button because we are going heavy with the interview videos in the next little while.   Show notes and links can be found www.theinnerchangemaker.com/podcast/090    LINKS -- Join the Legacy Driven Entrepreneurs Community (it's FREE): http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/tribe Are you enjoying the podcast? Listen to the episode here and leave us a review: Apple: http://apple.co/1JUHcG9 Android: http://bit.ly/2nuoGpl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2BjY0gU Breaker: http://bit.ly/2BRwOCb iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/2BhMr9L Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2BbuWEg Want to grab my NEW audio training? Grab a FREE copy of "How To Be The Leader You Truly Are": http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/leadership Launching a podcast? Grab my Podcast Creation Roadmap: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/roadmap

Dr. Sean Stephenson was predicted not to survive at birth because of a rare bone disorder that stunted his growth and caused his bones to be extremely fragile.   Despite his challenges, he took a stand for a quality of life that has inspired...

I am excited to have Sean Stephenson on my show, I really love what he is doing for this planet. If you do not know who Sean Stephenson is his life story is one of unthinkable challenges from the day he was born. Please reach out to Sean and tell him you saw him on the FIVE Minute Bark Podcast.   http://seanstephenson.com   https://free.codiedog.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dennislanglais   Twitter: https://twitter.com/dennislanglais   Website: http://codiedog.com   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/codiedoginteractive?sub_confirmation=1   iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/five-minute-bark-podcast/id969280897?mt=2   Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I3l2vjdoam6ngtimuokiwwwgju4   TestimonialsL; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHFrChbniQ3Ridu6FwlwSPBjNie63lxsV   Free courses: https://free.codiedog.com   Premier Guest: https://go.codiedog.com   Video Traileres: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHFrChbniQ3SGHp9jXhQhzUkFcomT7-v3        

The post Episode #215 – Batman Vs Superman Vs Funnel Hacks Live appeared first on DotComSecrets.com Blog - Weird Marketing Experiments That Increase Traffic, Conversions and Sales.... Here's a quick recap of what happened during this year's Funnel Hacking Live event! On this episode, Russell recaps the speakers and presentations from Funnel Hacking Live. He also tells some fun stories of cool things that happened at the event. Here are 4 fun things you will hear about on today's episode. Why if you didn't enjoy Batman vs Superman, you might be high maintenance. Highlights of presentations given by Sean Stephenson, Ryan Stewman, Marcus Lemonis and others. Why the money you spend on entertainment, whether that be by going to the movies or attending Funnel Hacking Live, is well worth the investment. So listen below to see what you missed if you didn't attend Funnel Hacking Live, or relive some of the best moments with Russell, Marcus Lemonis and many others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for reading Episode #215 – Batman Vs Superman Vs Funnel Hacks Live, originally published at DotComSecrets.com Blog.

The post Episode #161 – Marketing Highlights From My Trip To Australia, New Zealand And Phoenix appeared first on DotComSecrets.com Blog - Weird Marketing Experiments That Increase Traffic, Conversions and Sales.... All the cool stuff I learned on my journey. In this episode Russell talks about some of the highlights of his trip to New Zealand and Australia, including meeting Liz Benney and her family and being able to sell a huge percentage of a room where everyone already has Clickfunnels. Here are some fun highlights to look for in this episode: How Liz Benney found success with the help of Russell and Clickfunnels. How Russell was able to sell to a room full of people who already had Clickfunnels. And how Russell got Sean Stephenson to come speak at the upcoming event. So listen below to hear those and some other cool things that happened to Russell on his trip. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for reading Episode #161 – Marketing Highlights From My Trip To Australia, New Zealand And Phoenix, originally published at DotComSecrets.com Blog.

Who:  Sean Stephenson - Author of Get Off Your But: How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself, and Dance Party YouTube Viral Sensation What We Talked About:  Sean was born with a rare bone disease and we talked about how to have confidence and pursue your dreams no matter how the odds are stacked against you.   Why I Like Sean:  Sean is a renaissance man who likes to follow all of his passions including an upcoming show called “The Three-Foot Chef” which he describes as “comedy meets healthy living. Great Line:  That's a question I often ask myself, “Would I be Sean if I wasn't born into this ‘wrapper'?” Where to Learn More:  http://www.seanstephenson.com/aware   http://www.themindawareshow.com

The post Episode #126 – Lessons From A Rubber Band appeared first on DotComSecrets.com Blog - Weird Marketing Experiments That Increase Traffic, Conversions and Sales.... A powerful lesson I learned from one of my mentors... On this episode Russell talks about some last minute preparations for the Funnel Hacking Live event. He also shares what you can learn from a Rubber band. Here are some cool things to listen for in today's episode: Find out why Russell will never do another event at the end of May. Hear what Sean Stephenson taught Russell about being nervous. And find out how a rubber band can teach you to be useful. Listen below to find out why you should be more like a rubber band. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for reading Episode #126 – Lessons From A Rubber Band, originally published at DotComSecrets.com Blog.