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Want to avoid mistakes in Long Distance Investing? Download your FREE document at billykeels.com/7mistakestoavoid Going Long Podcast Episode 101: From Military to Multiple Real Asset Classes In the conversation with today’s guest, Darren Smith, you’ll learn the following: [00:31 - 03:02] Darren’s profile, in Billy’s guest introduction. [03:02 - 06:56] The backstory and decisions made that led Darren to this point in his journey, and shares some of the different places he has lived over the years. [06:56 - 08:14] Darren explains the role that curiosity has played in his success. [08:14 - 11:32] How Darren first got into Real Estate. [11:32 - 16:02] The steps Darren went through on the move from single family to multifamily investing. [16:02 - 26:49] All about the Industrial investment space, and what it is about it that made Darren want to specialise in it and help bring other investors into the space, and why you may want to invest in it yourself. [26:49 - 32:15] Darren explains about how he ended up investing long-distance in Colorado, and how he still to this day has a flourishing and growing set of investments in the Colorado area. [32:15 - 38:31] Why Darren made the decision to keep his long distance investment business going in the face of all the potential risks and uncertainty, when he also still had his other business closer to home. [38:31 - 41:00] Darren lets us know all about his Colorado based companies. Here’s what Darren shared with us during today’s conversation: Where in the world Darren is based currently: York, Pennsylvania. Favourite European city: Amsterdam, Netherlands. The best thing to happen in the past 24hours: Started a new mailing-list system which has worked really well! A mistake Darren would like you to learn from so you don’t have to pay full price for it: If you realise you are in a deal that isn’t working or with the wrong partner or team member then don’t be afraid to walk away and move on rather than keep putting time and money into a bad deal. Book Recommendations: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir. Be sure to reach out and connect with Darren Smith by using the info below: Website: https://solidgrowthproperties.com/ Email: darren@solidgrowthproperties.com Phone: (USA) 717 356 0356 Start taking action TODAY so that you can gain more Education and Control over your financial life. To see the Video Version of today’s conversation just CLICK HERE. Do you want to have more control and avoid the mistakes that I made getting started in long distance investing? Then you can DOWNLOAD the 7 Mistakes to Avoid in Long Distance Investing Guide by clicking HERE. Be sure to connect with Billy! He’s made it easy for you to do…Just go to any of these sites: Website: www.billykeels.com Youtube: billykeels Facebook: Billy Keels Fan Page Instagram: @billykeels Twitter: @billykeels LinkedIn: Billy Keels
Darren Virassammy is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of 34 Strong, a team that believes everyone deserves a great place to work and that any workplace can be great. A leading expert in the global employee engagement community, the 34 Strong team leverages the Strengths-Based approach to human development to create massive shifts within organizations, both culturally and on the bottom line. He and his team have created sustainable change in small microbusinesses, all the way up to large organizational teams at the FDA, Bank of America, American Licorice, and The California Department of Public Health. Recently, Darren has served as keynote for Hitachi Global Women’s Conference, The Rotary World Peace Conference, The Professional Grounds Management Society, and Author Mike Michalowicz Profit Con (where he also closed down the conference by performing a solo bass guitar piece he composed titled Metamorphosis as a tribute to the journey of entrepreneurs) Darren’s 34 Strong Business partner, Brandon Miller is the co-author (with his wife Analyn Miller) of a Strengths-Based Parenting book titled: Play to Their Strengths due out in July of 2019. What you will learn from this episode: How a transformational moment with his young daughter awoke Darren to his own potential and forced him to reevaluate his life and goals Why Darren’s personal experiences feeling simultaneously engaged and disengaged between two different jobs helped to inform his work today Why Darren chose to name his company 34 Strong after being inspired by Gallup’s Clifton StrengthsFinder 2.0 Why business owners too often minimize or devalue the power of their own strengths, and why leaning into your top strengths is the key to success Why as much as 70% of an employee’s level of engagement or disengagement is tied to their manager Why 82% of promotions into management roles are based on technical skills and tenure but neglect the importance of talent and training Why playing to your strengths and managing around your weaknesses can help improve engagement across your organization How Darren’s “Grind, Greatness, Genius” cycle can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and determine where to focus your time What key lesson Darren learned from a Grammy award-winning bass musician mentor that can be applied to daily habits within your business Why joining a mastermind group can be a powerful resource to give you a fresh perspective on your business Resources: 34 Strong Overview video: https://vimeo.com/300826565 Darren’s Creating Excellence Through Strengths: https://youtu.be/EkLUn9Vpfxs 34 Strong website: www.34strong.com Strengths-Based Parenting Blog: https://www.analynbrandon.com/blog/ Free Exercise Download: https://www.34strong.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/GeniusZone.pdf LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/strengthsfinder/ Additional Resources: Sell With Authority by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner: https://amzn.to/39y7x13 Predictive ROI Free Resource Library: https://predictiveroi.com/resources/ Stephen Woessner’s LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stephenwoessner/
Today’s guest is the only 4-time WPT champion on the planet, the one and only Darren Elias.Darren has over $7.5 million in career live cashes to go along with a pretty, pretty, pretty good $3.8 million in lifetime online career winnings … all despite being a low-volume player. His career highlights include:- The aforementioned FOUR WPT titles, including: the WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic, 2017 WPT Fallsview, season 16 WPT Tournament of Champions, and (Darren’s personal favorite win) the 2014 WPT Borgata Open.- Winning the 2012 World Championship of Online Poker high roller event for a cool $574k.- And a 2009 FTOPs gold medal for $126k.Our conversation covers a ton of ground from how Darren got his start playing cards in a way that’s very near and dear to my own heart … playing Yahoo! Hearts, to his first tournament bink and subsequent bankroll explosion to over $500k.There are too many greatness bombs to count headed your way, including:- How human beings are driven by personal interests and incentives that skew their opinions.- Darren’s thoughts on the re-entry vs. freezeout debate. - Why AI is an existential, imminent threat to the present and future of online poker.- Why Darren spends most of his time studying human behavior and analyzing patterns to improve his poker game.- And much, much more!So, without any further ado, I bring to you the great Darren Elias.
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Darren Finkelstein is an accountability coach, advisor and presenter. Darren also worked under Steve Jobs for ten years as Apple’s Manager of Commerical Markets, before starting his own boat sales business in St Kilda.Darren is the author of three award-winning books on boating and lifestyle. He is a seasoned raadio presenter with 3AW, reguarly contributing with ‘Beach and Bay reports’. Through his accountaibility coaching business, Tick Those Boxes, Darren helps business owners, executives, and their teams to meet their obligations, promisises and commitments.In this episode, Darren talks about his experience working under Steve Jobs and the pressures that came with the role. He talks about the leap of faith he took to start his own boat sales business and how he was able to connect the dots looking back. Darren also talks about the dichotomy between family life and work life, and the lessons he has learned over the years. Enjoy! Highlights: How Darren lost everything and found himself down to his last $500 while raising a 6-month-old son Darren’s experience working under Steve Jobs at Apple The dichotomies of business and family life and how to make both work The lessons Darren learnt during the six month period where he was unemployed The importance of listening during a sales conversation Why Darren buys his wife flowers every week Resources:TickThoseBoxes.com.auDarren’s LinkedIn Click here if you’d like to be notified when new episodes of the Dichotomy Podcast are released. Before you go...If you liked this episode, click the
Darren Doherty is the worlds foremost farm designer and founder of the Regrarians platform and Regrarians LTD. In this episode, we dive into what got Darren started in farm design, what a truly regenerative farm is, and the challenges that farmers all around the world face as they attempt to restore carbon to the landscape. In This Episode: >> How Darren developed the Regrarians platform and the original framework it is based off of >> Darren’s advice to new farmers and the key areas they should focus on >> How so much of farming is the climate that you are are in, and the climate of your mind is an important part of that >> Why Darren prefers the word 'team' over 'staff' Quotes from the episode: “Looking through just 1 lens (biodynamic, organic, etc) is myopic, and today's farmers need to play with a full deck of cards” “Surround yourself with those a little further down the road than yourself, a community” “Know yourself better so that you can work with yourself” "Make your farming year boring to the point that you can focus on building the systems into every area of our operation” “Be excited about feedback, whether from other farmers or from your customers, its free advice!” “Your network of customers is your greatest allies in building your business, so often, they are experts in so many areas that you need help in”
Darren Petersen is a Senior Technical Project Manager at Lullabot. He’s also incredibly knowledgeable about Agile. In this interview Darren and I discuss how Agile has been implemented at Lullabot. We dig into what works, what doesn’t, why he moved away from Story Points and all, and how Lullabot has been able to get dedicated teams in place. Note: During the interview Darren and I have a brief conversation about why it makes no sense to force yourself into the As a (some user) I want to (some action) so I can (some benefit) format just for the sake of using it. I promised to get him an official answer. You can find that here: SHOW NOTES 00:08 Interview Begins 00:47 Background on Lullabot 01:33 Managing 50 distributed team members 03:04 Using social media tools to stay connected with remote staff 05:57 Using Agile at Lullabot for client work 12:02 Making the case for some upfront planning, before using Agile during Development 12:50 Taking on the cost of teaching Agile to the client (who doesn’t care about Agile) 14:22 The way Lullabot sets up Teams to use Agile for client work 15:22 How can a digital agency maintain the business with dedicated teams 20:35 How dedicated teams impact the staff members morale and performance at Lullabot 23:27 Teaching customers to write decent User Stories 28:07 Should you force yourself into a User Story format when it doesn’t make sense? * 29:32 Why Darren doesn’t like using Story Points 33:00 How did Darren get so deep with Agile and what drives him to keep learning about it 36:19 Getting in touch with Darren 37:01 Interview Ends CONTACTING DARREN Twitter https://twitter.com/dsayswhat Email: darren.petersen@lullalbot.com About: https://www.lullabot.com/about/darren-petersen Lullabot https://www.lullabot.com LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST User Stories Applied by Mike Cohn http://amzn.to/2vKv4JI Troy Magennis & Focused Objective http://focusedobjective.com User Story Mapping by Jeff Patton http://amzn.to/2wckyOg Agile Manifesto http://agilemanifesto.org
Storyboard is a new social media app that matches your photos and videos to the places you visit -- creating a more engaging story than you could get from Facebook, Snapchat, or blogging alone. In this episode of the Social Media for Small Business, Suzi Dafnis and Cat Matson interview Darren Tonkin, the creator and director of Storyboard, about how small businesses can use the app to create more quality interactions between customers and their brand. Listen in to find out more about: Why Darren created Storyboard How Storyboard communicates who, what, where, when, why, and how Getting people from your social media networks to Storyboard Why visual storytelling is so important for small businesses
You don't have to be broke in America or anywhere else in the world, but you do require this one thing! #NewClassRising [TweetThis] On today's show we are talking to "Mr. Real, Raw, and Revlevant" himself - Darren Scott Monroe! Specifically, we are talking with him about how to never be broke in America, or anywhere else in the world, again. Darren got his start in the business world running from hurrincane Katrina back in 2005. Hurricane Katrina destroyed his working town of New Orleans, Louisiana and left him homeless, jobless and worst of all - it left him 'income less'. On today's show Darren we talk to Darren about what kind of mindset you need to have to never be broke ever again, no matter where you are in the world! Show Highlights How Darren went from working on the radio to working with million dollar companies and charging Premiums for his services. Why Darren teaches entrepreneurs and companies to "Charge More Money". How to be a "Category of 1, Competition of None" and what this means. Why you need to charge more for your Products and Services. What are the Mental fears that will hold you back from Charging more and How to overcome them. Hit Me Up Twttr: @Hector_Avellan Blog: http://NewClassRising.com Rate and Review the Podcast from your iPhone!
Chef Darren Teoh Min Guo is the head chef and restaurant owner of Dewakan, where in April 2019, it became the first Malaysian restaurant on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants ( https://www.theworlds50best.com/asia/en/list/41-50/Dewakan.html ) list at 46th place with the title Best Restaurant in Malaysia. “Dewakan” derives its name from a combination of two Malay words: Dewa (meaning “God”) and “makan” (meaning “to eat”). And at Dewakan, Chef Darren is known for taking rare and forgotten ingredients from peninsular Malaysia – including the sea, mountain, jungle and farmlands – and elevating them into unique dishes that diners have described as ‘modern art'. But how did it all begin? In this STIMY episode, we talked about: * 2:00: Why Darren once considered doing fashion or graphic design * 3:38: Being good with his hands * 5:15: Studying at Ternas, which had a dual programme with Institute Cartel * 7:13: Why he moved to Singapore to work * 10:25: Being caught sauteing mushrooms in a pan that wasn't hot enough * 14:58: Working in the cafeteria of KDU * 15:46: Lecturing on molecular gastronomy at KDU * 17:14: Unexpected challenges in running Dewakan * 18:44: Diving into the history of “Malaysian” cuisine * 21:12: Figuring out how to use local, often forgotten, ingredients in Dewakan's menu * 23:17: Developing relationships with local producers like Langit, Chocolate Concierge & A Little Farm on the Hill * 24:09: Differentiating good/bad local producers * 29:04: Impact of being on Asia's Top 50 Restaurants List in 2019 * 31:55: How listeners can help Darren * 36:38: Be very, very good at failing Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/29 ( https://www.sothisismywhy.co/29 )