Relaunch - Never Give Up On Your Possibilities

It's amazing how fortune favors the brave. After an uninspiring day of trying to rally interest in their book, they had one final copy left. As a last-ditch effort, at least for this book conference, they handed-off the last copy to a stranger. After a quick read of the bullets and main points, he told Andrea and her husband - If you'll change the cover, I'll take 5,000. That one-more-try commitment, and go-for-broke mentality, started an incredible chain reaction that shaped the husband-and-wife team into powerhouse presenters. One-half of the Go for No team, Andrea Waltz joins us on the show to share the key ingredient that can jump-start solopreneur start-ups and revitalize brick and mortar businesses. Andrea and her husband's book is a MUST for entrepreneurs and sales pros - Go for No! A courageous decision with tremendous results When they decided to move forward with the new biz strategy, marketing to old clients was over. Period. It was new business from here on out. Two AHA! moments to take with you

She was working as a personal trainer yet feeling like a fraud. Buying into the myth that heaviness ran in her family, as she explains on the show - I was teaching people how to lose weight, but couldn't lose it on my own. It took severe medical symptoms and a scare (extreme fatigue, chronic illness, and the brink of diabetes) to jolt her from a perpetual patient to a busy moms' champion. Health and Fit coach, Lisa Fox Bail, joins us on the show to share how she took control of her health, lost 65 lbs, and now empowers and equips moms to do the same.   An A-HA! moment Lisa shares on the show I had this concept that weight loss had to be a struggle.  If Lisa could give advice to her younger self Don't take yourself so seriously; Treat yourself almost as gentle as you do your child. Tired of feeling fat and frustrated? Visit Lisa's site, get her report, and learn the three mistakes that many people make.  Follow Lisa on Twitter and Facebook.

After twenty-plus years of honing her craft as an entertainer - singer, actress, and recording artist, she found herself against the wall. Tired, frustrated, and pigeon-holed in the career she worked hard to build, she knew she needed to shake her own cage. A traumatic experience triggered her personal expectations and set her in motion. Author, speech coach, and motivational speaker, Eleni Kelakos, joins us on the show to share her path to have more wealth and freedom, and best ideas for speakers to become more confident, certain, and present. Two tough personal growth lessons she talks about on the show She was more than enough; She has been standing in her own way. If you're thinking about a career change, relationship change, or a change in the way you treat yourself, Eleni's book, Touch the Sky, may have the answer you're looking for. One of the A-HA! moments she shares It's not only OK to stand in who you are, it is your responsibility.  Follow speech coach Eleni on Twitter, Facebook, and visit her site

After a substantial financial setback sent her and her husband reeling and grieving for the life they once had, a decision was made to NOT lose another minute of joy and happiness. Recovering attorney, bestselling author and relationship coach Shela Dean joins us on the show to share how she boosted her confidence, strengthened her marriage, and built a business so she could be available for her family.  Her books - Frequent Foreplay Miles and Redate your Mate. Shela's biggest internal challenges The belief of not being capable of giving or receiving love. Her entrepreneurial A-Ha moment I can't have a good relationship with others, until I have a good relationship with myself. One of the books that helped during her transition: Gift from the Sea, (she would give this book to all expectant moms). Need to ReLaunch your relationship? Shela snuck in four great ideas for falling in love again. Recreate yourself; Rejuvenate your dating behavior; Reawaken your dating mindset; Revitalize your marriage model. Follo

With a code to a free profile test (limited number). Like most of us, she was so wrapped up in what she did (she was writing ads for the first half of her career), she didn't notice her natural gifts or the full value of what she had to offer. As her own case study of sorts, she learned that for her own success, the key was not to fix weaknesses, but to identify and optimize strengths. As she explains on the show - If you don't know your own value, you can't expect anyone else to either.  The amazing Sally Hogshead joins us on the show to share her hottest ideas from her latest book, How the World Sees You, and gives us an incredible tool for understanding what it means and how we can use it - the famous profile test "How the World Sees You". Check this out, she IMMEDIATELY gave us some business advice based on our profile results!    Sally's incredible gift to the ReLaunch! nation. Go to this link and Use the code "jboggess" (without the quotes) and take the quick 5-minute Fascination Advantage Assessment an

When the doctor begins the conversation with, "This might be the worse I've seen..." you have a pretty good idea that the discussion is headed downhill. The told her she may never walk again. Obviously, that triggered a variety of signal-flare emotions for the fourth generation entrepreneur- fear, doubt, worry, guilt, shame, and confusion, signaling she needed to make deliberate shifts and adjustments to her life and lifestyle. She needed mobility, flexibility, and high income possibilities. On the show, international speaker, entrepreneur coach, and author of Solve any Problem in 10 Minutes, Tina Dietz shares how she was able to get back her confidence, raise her fees, and develop what she calls an "oasis-based business" - code for business at the beach.

Financially and emotionally bankrupt, he was out of ideas and out of resources. His father passed away in 2004 after a courageous fight and his mom unexpectedly followed him shortly thereafter. With his 401k up in smoke, and a house that was foreclosed upon, he promised himself that he would no longer trade his time for dollars. He recently celebrated his one-millionth podcast download. Host of The Solopreneur Hour - Job security for the unemployable, Michael O’Neal joins us on the show to share the three ingredients he needed to mix for success as a solo act.  Three game-changing books that turned-the- table for Michael - The eMyth, Strengths Finder, and The Magic of Thinking Big. Michael's Backstory >>> After losing his parents and facing financial collapse, a mentor suggested he take time to mourn his loss. While he never got the chance to take his parents to Europe while they were living, he did the next best thing he could think of - in a Parmesan shaker (straight up), he spread their ashes all over the

Today’s guest went from an overnight bread delivery driver, to a published author and an international speaker. He also created a plan that helped him trade in his snow shovel for a pair of flip-flops - a house in Wisconsin to a home in Hawaii. Writer, career coach, and dream-chasing expert, Kimanzi Constables joins us on the show to share how he doubled his income, grew his influence, and upgraded his lifestyle.  Read his book - Are you Living or Existing One of his biggest entrepreneurial fears He didn't want to alienate people  A book that really helped with his concern - Book yourself Solid by Michael Port His rallying cry I don't want to be a carbon copy of everyone else. A book that helped with his writing - Bird by Bird Kimanzi's backstory >>> For twelve years, today’s guest settled on being stuck. He was doing work that made him miserable, was 142 pounds over-weight. and lived in an area he couldn’t wait to leave. After growing sick and tired of being sick and tired, in 2012 he finally said to  himsel

Programmer turned author and entrepreneur, our guest was occupationally pigeon-holed. Knowing that she wanted to break loose, it took a life-altering event to get her full attention. Author of Think like an Entrepreneur, book publishing mentor, Deb Bailey, joins us on the show to share how she was able to find freedom from her own stereotypical image and create a business that fully expressed who she is.

Night shift operations manager, turned entrepreneur, online marketer and top podcaster, Anthony Tran, host of "Marketing Access Pass", joins us on the show to share how he was able to build a business that would give him time with family, relief from stress, and opportunities for professional growth. (His greatest worry turned out to be an unquestionable asset.) Anthony's back story >>> He would spend two-thirds of his night-shift (2p-1a) lunch hour commuting back-and-forth from home, leaving a precious 20 minutes for his young son and wife. Over time, the migraine headaches would set-in, some worse than others, with some lasting for two weeks. While he was trying to do right by his family, he was missing out and losing himself in the process. It was obvious to him that his situation needed to change and, as he explains on the show - if I wanted freedom, I had to find a way.  Stimulated by an idea from his uncle, coupled with his wife's confidence and the support of other aspiring solo-preneurs and world-chan

Cliff's backstory >>> A guaranteed half-million dollar paycheck was waiting for him if he could just hold out. And, while he tried, for a while to hang in there (after all, it was the business his father built), the emotional and relational costs were something he and his wife were no longer willing to pay; the “real cost” of his success was destroying his self-esteem, family relationships, and spiritual wholeness. He was at risk of bottoming out. Says Stephanie - I need to know I can have my husband back. Cliff Ravenscraft, THE Podcast Answerman joins us on the show to share how he made the most irresponsible decision possible, and how it benefited and served everyone. Enjoy the show. Cliff is incredibly transparent on ReLaunch! Our guest today is one of the premier front-runners in the entire podcast movement space. He’s spoken at ground-breaking events like New Media Expo, Michael Hyatt’s Platform conference, and is of course, scheduled to be one of the headliners at this years Podcast MovementConference i

Like a lot of well-intentioned, heart-centered, people do, she promised herself that "someday" she would write a book. Confident she had more to offer, but uncertain that her nursing background would transfer well (or at all) into the book-writing or entrepreneurial world, she pulled her resources, drummed up her courage, and came up with her own solution. Bestselling author, coach, and transformational speaker, Debra Kasowski joins us on the show to share practical steps for making the transition from occupation to empowering lifestyle. A book she co-authored with Charmaine Hammond -  GPS your Best Life Debra's biggest Entrepreneurial fear  People won't see me as credible. A thought that she kept getting tangled in I didn’t see how my experience as a nurse could contribute to my entrepreneurial world. Need ideas? Check out this book: The Entrepreneurial Mom's Guide to Growing a Business, Raising a Family, and Creating a Life You Love Two A-HA moments Debra talks about on the show Your hunger has to be strong

Kate's back story >>> While she enjoyed her HR job at a bank, her appetite for challenge and thirst for growth were not being satisfied. Doing what she thought she was supposed to do in her professional life - climb the ladder, the straw that finally broke the corporate camel's back was when, in 2010, she was skipped over for a promotion. She was understandably heartbroken and, as she explains on the show, went through a period of sadness and victim-thinking. That changed for her though, once she was reminded of the potential she has; the potential she had forgotten, simply because it wasn't given the value it deserved. Was she scared of the unknown, by following her instincts and moving into the entrepreneurial world? Of course she was! After all, everything she would now try to create for herself, she hadn't done. Joining us on the show today is content creator and community director for one of THE hottest podcast communities I’ve seen, heard about, or been a part of. While John Lee Dumas covers the fron

She called-off her wedding just a few months before the big day, left a draining job, and decided to quit playing the role of a victim. Shaky, nervous, and convicted, she surrendered to who she knew herself to be and allowed herself the gift of a do-over - she changed her mindset, launched her business, and developed a healthier relationship with the woman she saw in the mirror.  Entrepreneur and career coach Stephanie O'Brien joins us on the show to share how she started her practice, got her first client, and marketed her services.  This show is a MUST for mothers with daughters age 15-30! We hear expert after expert sing these powerful words It’s ok to not knowing everything - just get started. If she could time-travel and give advice to her younger self Don't allow others to write your life plan.  Follow Stephanie on Twitter, Facebook, and visit her site.

Given the orders to hunt down a suicide bomber in an Iraqi  town of two million, Officer Smiley spotted what appeared to him to be a suspicious vehicle - an Opel (a common car driven in Iraq) that was weighed down heavily by something in it's back seat or trunk. Summoning the driver, there was a defiant response. After two, out-of-harm's-way warning rounds by Smiley, he heard a boom, and as he explains on the show, "my world went black". The Army's first blind, active duty officer, Major Scotty Smiley joins us on the show to help us celebrate Independence Day and to share how forgiveness is cleansing hope is always visible.Quoting Amazon: "Since the moment he jumped out of a hospital bed and forced his way through nurses and cords to take a simple shower, Captain Scotty Smiley has climbed Mount Rainier, won an ESPY as Best Outdoor Athlete, surfed, skydived, become a father, earned an MBA from Duke, taught leadership at West Point, commanded an army company, and won the MacArthur Leadership Award." Get a copy

Man of faith, author, and world-class speaker, Scott Schilling joins us on the show to share five pivotal, perspective-changing questions that will add fuel to your ReLaunch! and power your success.Scott's back story - As a speaker and trainer, he was at the top of his game - hanging out backstage with some of the biggest names in the industry (Colin Powell, Laura Bush, Rudy Giuliani, and Steve Forbes), speaking in stadiums filled with thousands of eager participants, and making tremendous waves of impact. And then, through no fault of his own, the company that was responsible for putting together and promoting these HUGE venues imploded, sending shrapnel everywhere and short-changing some of its key people. With a keen understanding of seasons and timing, and an optimistic viewpoint, in his own writings, Scott reminds us that "everything that has transpired has truly been put into my life to benefit me and those I touch going forward. The world IS conspiring for my good!" On the show, he explains how everyth

Today's guest is an investor, entrepreneur, podcaster, and author. Thrown out of grad school in an earlier life, he'll be the first to tell you - I don't know what I want to do for the rest of my life.He’s started and sold several companies.  Made millions. Lost millions. Made millions back.  As he explains on the show - he's ready to change careers about every six months.  He's the author of 12 books including  Choose Yourself, 40 Alternatives to College, and his latest title, The Power of No.  He hosts one of the hottest podcasts on iTunes today. The witty, fascinating, man of mystery, James Altucher is our guest. No telling what will come out of his mouth!!! :-) James' words of wisdom Through the valley of failure, you plant the seed of success; If you don’t learn to say "no", people are going to say "no"to you. Follow James on Twitter, Facebook, and visit his site.  

From a trailer park beginning, she worked herself up and into a Beverly Hills lifestyle as a model and an actress. Jet-setting between on-location sets and her original Texas home, on the outside, her life looked glamorous, exciting, and fun. However, as she explains on the show, "inside I was dying". The mixture of long hours with high stakes, made for a dangerous recipe. "I found different ways to numb myself." A late-night routine she fell into involved Vicodin and booze. On a trip back home, she made the decision to not go back to work and to live simple. And, in the summer of 2002, she admitted herself into rehab to begin the recovery, healing, and rebuilding process.  Fashion and style expert, Tiffany Hendra, joins us on the show to share how she turned her "mess into her message".  The A-HA! moment that changed everything for Tiffany In the midst of facing her past, she ran "smack into" her purpose. A powerful lesson she learned "God is a much better control freak than I am." Get Tiffany's free eBook r

He, like a lot of entrepreneurs didn't fully recognize the signs and signals of when to walk away, when they first began appearing - decisions that were once a breeze became cumbersome and relationships that were once easy, became challenging and difficult to manage. But, once he realized his own burning desire to man the helm, make the important decisions, and steer the ship, it was obvious to him three things he needed to do - 1) Create an exit plan; 2) Develop his new business; 3) Bridge the gap Nationally recognized, Hall of Fame speaker and author, Randy Pennington joins us on this edition of ReLaunch!  Some of the key points he shares: How to get started; One of the most common entrepreneurial mistakes; The key to figuring out what to do next; Solid advice for authors and content creators.  Get your copy of Randy's latest book, Make Change Work and learn how to stay nimble, relevant, and engaged in a world of constant change.  Other books by Randy, On My Honor, I Will and Results Rule. Follow Randy on

The decisions that drove her life were based on knee-jerk reactions, obligations, and, to a certain extent, the urgencies of other people. And, while she did the best with what she knew, and what other people expected of her, as she explains on the show, she felt like a fraud. Even when physical complications started to creep in, she would either pretend that they didn't exist, or dismiss them as minor symptoms. While she knew she needed to make changes in her life and career for a long time, the heart failure (as you can imagine) got her full attention. As Kelly Orchard, author of Heart Lessons, shares, "My heart crisis changed my heart. I got another chance." On the show Kelly shares the valuable lessons she learned of surrender and being present, and gives three action steps for living in, what she likes to call, 3D.  Best advice Kelly received during her ReLaunch! Awareness is the beginning of change; Be patient with yourself.  How to live life in 3D Detective - Who were you when you were playing as a