Success Road: Inspiration For Your Journey

People have varying definitions of joy. Some tend to look for material things to guarantee such joy and associate it with happiness. While only a few go beyond these external things to find the true meaning of joy. However, with the society that people live in – people succumb more to superficial things in defining joy and bridge such ideas to happiness. But the real question is, how do we seek joy in this world fully dictated with material things in defining life's beauty?Erin Mac joins the podcast to talk about joy. Specifically, how you could recognize your experience and learn to strategize it to a positive experience regardless of outside influences. As someone who's built her company 20 years ago, Erin shares more how money can't provide the real meaning of joy, and it won’t help if you only rely on external things. In this episode, she shares how one can start finding oneself and get on that journey.Impenetrable JoyImpenetrable joy is the experience that you no longer have to be at the mercy of or beho

With the constant demand of time in a fast-paced world, automation took the stage of varied industries. From marketing, management, support, and more, human intervention was less needed, and technology became essential. Hence, businesses delve more into implementing automation, especially when industries shift to virtual set-ups.Samantha Porter Fox of Samantha Porter Enterprises helps businesses automate their marketing and sales systems. Her whirlwind journey began as a professional organizer in 1997. After ten years, she started to help clients organize their digital files and go paperless. From there, she went to marketing and started a web business design after college. Years later, she joined Chris Davis’ automation program. Now, she joins the podcast to talk about automation. Specifically, mistakes people make when they start getting into the automation process and how they should overcome them.Beginner’s MistakesOne of the biggest mistakes is that people immediately jump into the technology tool itself

People find it very difficult to manage their energy. Especially if the energy comes from considering one’s food intake, hydration, exercise, sleep, and etc. It almost feels as if the difficulty comes not with the lack of focus or time. But the lack of habit to condition ourselves into doing so. Looking into these areas would actually lead to a good energy flow, as well as making us more productive in the process. Chelsea Stegman has an undergrad degree at Miami University of Ohio. Got her dietetic internship in Louisiana, and worked with the worst diabetes, and kidney dialysis. Afterward, she became a dietitian, moved to Cincinnati, and worked in a health club for three years. Now, she’s in downtown Chicago, worked in another health club, finished her master's, and started her own virtual business. She now joins the podcast to talk about energy management. Specifically, about managing nutrition, how to decrease burnout, increase energy, productivity, and performance. Managing your nutrition Ma

As everything comes online, sometimes we could not eradicate the overwhelming pressure. We constantly work and speed things up. And we often forget to take a short pause or break. Then we either forget things altogether or leave things in a mess. Hence, burning out ourselves too in the process. Jimmy Claire is a motivational speaker and an autism advocate. He joins the podcast to talk about different time management tools and tips. Specifically, the tools he used to help improve his work-life balance.Block SchedulingOne of the biggest things that helps a lot is block scheduling. And not like block scheduling and Google Calendar. It’s a different tool called Time Tune for Android. It helps you to block your time. It's useful because it helps you stay on track of each task on a day without overwhelming your calendar. It helps you to stay away from burnout, and information overload. Because sometimes too much information could shut you down. But with Time Tune, it can tell you that there's two hours’ time r

Jim Rohn said, "You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with." The amount of information we can get from people is astounding, and most of it is pretty useless. If you want to accelerate your learning,  you need to surround yourself with the right people. The people who will help you accelerate the ladder of success and not failure. It might seem pretty intense but not impossible. And all you have to do is to get started!Geoff Woods was a former medical sales representative. In 2015, he started The Mentee Podcast because he wants to start a business that will deliver a massive impact on society. Later, he joined Gary and Jay in building the company around The One Thing. Now, he joins the podcast to talk about The One Thing. Specifically, how The One Thing can be the simple truth behind extraordinary results.Take the First StepIt's mind-blowing to see someone be able to pull off something amazing and seemingly effortless. But it can be hard to imagine it for yourself because we'

I grew up in the era when the original NES came out. I could often be found spending my free time playing video games.As a family, we would often have competitions on games like Tetris or Klax, but I also spent a good deal of time playing role playing games like Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. These games required a lot of solving puzzles, planning, and strategizing. We would have some family collaboration with these games, too - mostly with my mom and grandma. We would often pause the game to make notes on clues from talking with different characters, draw rudimentary maps, list where certain items could be found or bought, and so on. I often found myself looking over this array of information before and after playing so I could strategize my next course of action.Similarly, we sometimes need to hit the pause button in life to figure things out.

People often find information about productivity helpful but fail to put it into practice. It is why we hope to filter through mere information processing and help you dive into the actual process!Jim Woods comes on the podcast to talk about productivity and what comes with it. Specifically, we’ll look at why rest is a big part of productivity. One of the things that people need to address when it comes to productivity is not about time or task management but about their energy and how energy plays a big part of rest!The Role of HustleRest is important to keep you going, but it is not often discussed since people focus more on the hustle, grind, and being more productive. But obviously, rest is important since it keeps people going and keeps things sustainable, but it's completely different for the young ones. It is why context also matters when we talk about rest. On the other hand, sleep becomes the first thing that comes to mind when people talk about rest, but other people might also have other ideas.Mana

Productivity could be defined as accomplishing more with less.But this is an oversimplification of what productivity is and what goes into making it work.Here are the 4 Pillars of Productivity:Time ManagementTask ManagementEnergy ManagementSelf Management

David Hanscom has an entertainment company that provides DJs, photo booths and more for weddings and corporate events. David has also been featured on television, radio programs, industry magazines, as well as selecting the headlining talent at events such as Super Bowl XXXIX.  Getting StartedDavid started podcasting and creation online content because it was a natural extension of what he likes to do. He likes to talk, and he also loves to hear people's stories. He also loves to hear about the successes people have and how they accomplish those things.  While we all face  different struggles and challenges in life, when we engage in conversation, we learn more about each other. We can see that the challenges a DJ has are not very different from the challenges of a restaurant who suddenly has to cut their capacity of guests by half or down to 25%.   One of the things that David always wanted to do was to find a way to give back to the industry. He says a lot of amazing people mentored

Mark Herschberg is the author of https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/ (The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You). From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. In this episode Mark shares his approach for podcasting and how he used podcasts as a way to build an audience for his upcoming book.  The Importance of Podcasts When Mark started writing his book he first reached out to his friend, Dorie Clark. Dorie has written a number of bestselling business books. She said, podcasts, podcasts, podcasts. If you think about when some big celebrity comes out and they've got a new movie, what do they do? They go on the late night talk show circuits. Podcasts are the standard for authors. Mark approached it very systematically and created a list of over 500 podcasts from the topics in his book. In the career t

Richard Haiduck is a former life sciences executive and mentor, and is the author of the book, https://richardhaiduck.com/book/ (Shifting Gears). In this episode, We will talk about how we can utilize podcasting to help grow our business as well as how you can be a great podcast host and guest.  Go Where Your Audience GoesIt is important to hang out wherever your audience hangs out. That’s a great way to meet them and interact with them. For example, Richard is a part of several Facebook groups for retirees or baby boomers. There are about a dozen different groups focused on this demographic and focused on the topic of what you do during retirement. He is very active in those groups. Richard is also a guest blogger on websites that have about 200,000 subscribers. Using these opportunities, Richard’s content is broadly distributed.  The Book Writing ProcessRichard says that he interviewed about 75 retirees which gave him approximately 800 pages of transcript. He has a half a dozen interviews about so

Matt Norman is President & CEO of Norman & Associates as well as the author of the book https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950043126/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_QPXPK5QYP2NVTYB3BZEY (“Four Patterns Of Healthy People)”. In addition, Matt’s coaching and facilitation has helped Fortune 100 corporations, nonprofits and entrepreneurial firms to transform the way they engage employees and clients. Today’s episode of Success Road focuses on how to be more healthy.  Matt’s StoryMatt realized we all develop ways of thinking and behaving as an adaption to our environment. And every day we repeat those thoughts and behaviors in order to succeed and maybe even survive in our environment. And one day, it's likely that we realize that those ways of thinking and behaving no longer serve us, well, we realize we're stuck. And so because of that, we have a decision to make, whether we'll remain stuck, or self confront and grow. And because of that, Matt wrote the book, to help people grow into healthier patterns. In addition,

Emilie Aries is the CEO of Bossed Up, an author, a speaker, and also the host of thehttps://www.bossedup.org/podcast/ ( Bossed Up Podcast). We discuss pivoting during times of crisis, using a podcast as part of your marketing mix, having an advertiser on your podcast and also the unexpected opportunities that can come your way from podcasting.    Insights From Emilie’s Story Emilie started as a professional advocate for political campaigns and elections, where she became good at advocating for other people. However, one day realized how hard it is, especially as a woman, to advocate unapologetically on your own behalf. She started Bossed Up where her company has created coaching programs, leadership accelerators, in person training programs. She now works with companies who believe in gender equality to really help further develop their women leaders.   Pivoting During Crisis  The Bossed Up business model was based primarily on live events and workshops. So during 2020 they had to change t

Sarah St. John is an entrepreneur, podcaster, author, animal lover, and world traveler. Her goal is to show people how to launch and manage an online business on a budget. https://www.thesarahstjohn.com/about/ (https://www.thesarahstjohn.com/about/) Sarah’s Story Sarah started her entrepreneurial journey back in 2008. She decided that she wanted to work for herself and realized that she liked taking photos of architectural landscapes and animals. She didn't like taking photos of people. But that's where the money was, so was doing portraits and weddings. Over time, she decided to do something online. She tried different things like drop shipping, affiliate, marketing, and all these different things. But it was in the process of trying these different things, she discovered many free or affordable tools and resources that can help you run a business on a budget.  Sarah got the idea to write a book called FrugalPreneur, where she would talk about the different types of online businesses and how you can run

Jason Osbourn is a LinkedIn coach and consultant with an incredible story. In this episode, he shares how he was involved in a plane crash and how he used that as a catalyst to help him change his life.  Jason’s StoryJason started his first business when he was 20 years old. He sold window coverings. After Jason was involved in a plane crash, Jason decided that he still wanted to go into business. However, he wasn't sure what he wanted to do.  Once he recovered, he started some different things. He transitioned into coaching and a few years later, he moved to Ireland. He realized that he wanted to start an online business where he could do business anywhere in the world, doing something that he loves doing. Jason studied as a life coach, and took a course for that. Within 18 months, he built up an email list of about 9000 people and was coaching people in 13 countries.  A Simple, Powerful Tool Jason shared that his most useful tool is a daily journal daily log where he tracks the diffe

Lori Olinsky is the author of children’s books such as https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QMP49BN/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1 (Being Small (Isn’t So Bad After All)) and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0875K2W2C/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 (The Toothfairy’s Tummy Ache). In this episode, she shares the catalyst for her becoming an author and what it is has been like writing several books.  Inspiration to Write a Children’s BookLori always wanted to write a children's book, but she never had the inspiration to do so. She shared that she remembered sitting at coffee shops and just trying to think of a subject and nothing ever hit her. One day when Lori’s daughter was three years old, she came home from school crying. And it turns out, her preschool teachers were redecorating the classroom, and they hung a growth chart in the classroom.  Her daughter was the shortest in the class, all her friends were at the top and the middle of the chart, and she was all the way at the bottom

Joschka Strakerjahn is the founder of the Launch Your Challenge Podcast and has built a successful business using launches. In this episode, he shares how you too can create a challenge.  Joschka’s StoryCOVID-19 changed everything for Joschka. Over the course of a few days, every one of his clients was gone. He went from running a successful business to having no business at all.  A year or so before Joschka lost his work, he discovered challenges. He saw an ad for  a challenge. Joscka signed up, and soon was fascinated with how fast he turned from a complete stranger into a fan. And then he realized the potential of a challenge for businesses to grow and scale.  Starting A ChallengeIn March of 2020, Joschka decided to do a challenge of his own, using paid ads. In just three weeks, he had 4,500 people sign up. That response completely blew him away, and it sold him on doing challenges as a way to create a business.  When Joschka started doing his challenge, he did not have a real onli

I love watching superhero movies. Take the original Avengers movie, for example. You have a conflict that starts when Loki shows up, takes the Tesseract, and starts his plan to take over the world. SHIELD assembles the Avengers for the first time to find and take down Loki. Loki is captured, but soon the SHIELD flying base is attacked, the Hulk goes crazy, Loki escapes, and it looks like the Avengers are defeated. That’s the point where they step back and regroup to figure out how to make it work now that new variables are introduced. So what’s the situation that we have here? There’s a dream to assemble a team of superheroes to save the world. The problem is that these heroes, for the most part, have never worked together before and each one has his own idea of how everything should go. And then there’s a disruption that shakes up everything. So, they’re at this point of regrouping before they can go back out to face Loki again. Of course, this is the overall scenario of most superhero movies. But it is also

Today’s episode of Success Road features Lydia Lee. Lydia is the founder of http://screwthecubicle.com (Screw The Cubicle), a movement to inspire people to break free from the shackles of conventional work. Lydia works with talented professionals who want to repurpose their skills towards a more meaningful career. Lydia’s Story Of Becoming A Business Owner Lydia did not plan on changing careers. In 2012, she experienced a really bad health scare during a business trip in Russia. She had a nervous breakdown and wasn’t able to leave her hotel room for several days. It was during this time that she realized that she wanted more freedom and balance in her life. She did not like bureaucracy and politics. At first, she repackaged herself as a consultant, and her previous employer was her first client. This kind of business is what Lydia calls a low-hanging fruit transition business. Her current business, Screw The Cubicle, was kind of a bit of an accident. It was a blog that she started when she was struggling with

Today’s episode of Success Road features Sean Rosensteel. Sean is an entrepreneur, speaker and the author of https://www.seanrosensteel.com/ (The School Of Intentional Living). This episode focuses on the importance of priorities, boundaries, structure and more.  Sean’s Personal Story  Sean says that he grew up with a very conventional idea of success. He believed that success was tied to big homes, fast cars, and fancy toys. That was his focus throughout my teenage years. And for most of my twenties and I pursued that conventional definition of success in a negligent way. It led to his bankruptcy, which happened when he was 28 years old, just one month before his wedding. That was a real wake up call because for the first time he took a little inventory and recognized how unintentionally he had been living. He realized that his financial bankruptcy was actually the least of my concerns. Sean says that he was physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and relationally bankrupt.  Sean