Play Your Position With Mary Lou Kayser

For years Derek Stone had dreams of becoming a musician. This road didn’t lead him to success, however, it led him to Nashville, TN. Struggling to live as a starving artist with a family to feed, it was then he thought “there’s got to be a better way.” He went through an early life crisis, changing careers with the help of mentors, and watching YouTube. He took his God-given talent of creativity and transferred it from being something you hear to something that you can see. As it turned out, the construction industry was his road to success, the “better way” he had longed for. In three short years, he grew a small one-man show into a company with $1.2 million in gross revenue. He credits his success today to one decision he made as a senior in high school: forgiving his dad and taking a different path in life than his parents. He blamed his dad for every bad thing he went through as a child: from being sexually abused and going hungry, to taking cold showers because the power got cut off. He was a bitter teen

What are 5 minutes worth? A heck of a lot more than you might think. In today's episode, I share with you how valuable 5 minutes can actually be to your life, business, and career.     ***FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN***   Learn why sharing what you know with a bigger audience can be one of the best decisions you'll ever make … even if you have no idea where to start! Register for my 6-week program today!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of insp

Today I put a special pin on the map of my podcasting journey -- pin #300. That’s right, Today’s episode is number 300, and I am proud to say I did it! I achieved a goal that once seemed very, very far away.    I have my guests to thank, I have you to thank, I am thanking myself for setting this goal and achieving it on the day I said I would, July 9th, 2020. That doesn’t always happen. There are plenty of times in my life when I didn’t hit a goal on the date I put on the calendar.   Today is not one of those days.    Today is a day of celebration. Glad you're choosing to celebrate with me!     = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you le

In the second part of this micro-series on how to manage our life online, I share five more tips about best practices with respect to spending time on the Internet.     = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Find out what type o

Managing our life online is now part of what we have to build into our day. What do we need to think about? How do we ensure what shows up in search is accurate and relevant to the online narrative we want representing us? In this first half of a two-part series, I share with you five tips for doing that successfully -- and without spending tons of time.    = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my

In a digitally-driven world, does word-of-mouth still matter? This is the central question I explore in today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast.   Links Mentioned on the Show Blog Post Permission Marketing   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and

The recent shift to working remotely for millions, and not of their own choosing, has brought up an even greater need to set boundaries and make expectations clear when everyone is homebound. In this Friday edition of PYP, I share with you how to set up boundaries when working remotely, as well as a handful of lessons I learned about making the work from home scenario work well.    = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity tod

Times are different today with so many of us working remotely. Working with clients and building the right client systems to maximize client results and profit is tough during normal conditions. Add the layer of being at distance and the entire game changes.   Ever wonder what your clients are actually thinking? Why they’re not taking action or seemingly standing in the way of their own success? The truth is generating client success (and the retention, referrals & raving fans that follow) is a system that can be optimized and engineered.   Today's guest is Tony Banta. He is a systems engineer, innovation consultant, and host of the Client Whisperer Show. Beginning his career as a self-taught software developer, Tony quickly realized that the best code could never solve broader leadership issues within organizations. Today Tony works with other client-businesses to maximize client results, increase client retention, and streamline the client fulfillment experience. Tony’s writing has been featured in Forb

Is it possible to build a thriving community or group remotely, one that meets the needs of all the participants and allows for measurable progress to occur? That’s a question that’s coming up more and more these days as working remotely continues to be a reality for millions of people who until four months ago showed up to a building outside their dwelling and had the luxury of working together in person. In today's episode, I share five tips about how to create successful virtual groups or communities so that participants have a positive experience while making measurable progress toward their goals.    = = = = =   Got a great "working remotely" story to share with me? Here's how you can do that: Send me an email pyppodcast503 at gmail dot com DM me on Instagram @maryloukayser or @pyp.podcast  Send your stories in by Friday, July 3, 2020 so I can share them on air this week. All stories will remain anonymous unless you indicate permission in your message for me to share your name.    = = = = =   Thanks for

In today's episode, I share three practical tips for success while working remotely. Enjoy the show!   Got a great "working remotely" story to share with me? Here's how you can do that: Send me an email pyppodcast503 at gmail dot com DM me on Instagram @maryloukayser or @pyp.podcast  Send your stories in by Friday, July 3, 2020 so I can share them on air this week. All stories will remain anonymous unless you indicate permission in your message for me to share your name.    = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help yo

This whole working remotely thing is new to a lot of people and with it comes unexpected joys and mistakes! This week I'm exploring what it means to work from home -- the flubs, the flabs, the fun, the frustrations. I will share with you tips and insights I've picked up from being a #WFH business owner for the last 15 years. Today's episode is about what can go wrong and I share a funny personal story that inspired this week's theme of what it means to work remotely. Enjoy! Got a great "working remotely" story to share with me? Here's how you can do that: Send me an email pyppodcast503 at gmail dot com DM me on Instagram @maryloukayser or @pyp.podcast  Send your stories in by Friday, July 3, 2020 so I can share them on air this week. All stories will remain anonymous unless you indicate permission in your message for me to share your name.    = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you time

Is success predictable? What are some ways we can reflect on moments when we experienced success? What kinds of moments do we associate with success? Is there a formula for success? These are some of the provocative questions I explore in today's episode of the Play Your Position Podcast. Enjoy!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can qu

At some point we have to come to terms with the truth that we are measuring fiends, obsessed with knowing the numbers, comparing and contrasting ourselves constantly to everyone and everything. Measuring is the full-time job we didn’t even know we had.   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader

Josh’s approach to business has always been about creating an organization that is strong, secure, and able to avoid distraction. Throughout his career in the coffee industry, he relied on the unusual metaphor of the lobster to unite the team and prepare the organization. Awareness that lobsters never stop growing and of the trauma they experience during molt can remind any business to enjoy the ups while preparing for the downs that always come.   His book Growing Like a Lobster was motivated by Josh’s sincere desire to help others who seek to build extraordinary businesses. Through sharing his personal experiences and insights, Joshua offers a new way to confront challenges and simple approaches to building special and lasting organizations.   Josh has a B.A. in Political Science from Yale College and an M.B.A in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Along the way to building brands within the world of coffee machine cleaning products, Josh worked in investm

From the outside looking in, success often appears magical. We love magic because of its essence -- who doesn’t want to experience success as if by magic? Wave a magic wand and all your dreams come true, right? In today's episode, I explore magic as it pertains to achievement and success, including how we can all experience more magic on our leadership journey. Enjoy!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab you

When you look around at people who are achieving great things, do you wonder how they do what they do? In today's episode, I explore success through the lens of mechanics and why all success is ultimately mechanical.   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon an

In what ways is the call to adventure and leadership the same for women and men? How is that call different? These are some of the questions I explore in today's episode. Enjoy!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Find out

What conditions or variables might be present when we get the call to leadership? In today's episode, I share what can be happening in your life when the call shows up.      = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Find out what t

Today’s guest is Peter Lazaroff (LAZZ-ar-off), who knew from a young age that he had a future in investing. Today, Peter is the Chief Investment Officer at Plancorp, which manages over $4 billion for its clients. What makes Peter unique is his personable “big brother” perspective and unique ability to simplify complex issues for anyone. He’s here to share insights from his book, Making Money Simple, and help you understand what today’s financial landscape means for your money. Take Peter's Smart Money Quiz here!   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podc

The call to leadership has come for you, but maybe you're resisting it. Today's episode explores what causes so many people to refuse the call when it comes.   = = = = =   Thanks for listening!   The Team here at PYP has put together another uplifting, insightful, and inspiring show for you today. Our goal is to bring you timely, relevant, and useful conversations so that you can experience more success, energy, and LIFE as the leader of your business, career, side hustle, or passion.   If you haven’t already been incredibly generous and awesome, now’s your chance when you leave us a review and make sure to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts!   Here are a few ways I can help you: Share this episode with one person who could use a boost of inspiration and positivity today. Grab your copy of my leadership playbook that teaches you the 11 skills you can quickly master to become an exceptional leader.   Buy one of my books on Amazon and leave me a 5-star review.   Find out what type of thought