Today we’re joined by Dr. Wiechowski, the founder of “Think Natalia”, the company that represents her dream life that allows her to be many things, including just to name a few, an author, branding expert, and coachsultant, which she personally defines as a position that helps people leave their corporate jobs to find their own passions, where she helps to support them in building an international, sustainable, and purposeful thought leadership personal brand on Linkedin. Her personal goal is to bring together a tribe of 1 million out of the box thinkers who “want to be the change they wish to see in the world”, a quote from Mahatma Gandi. She actively consults and speaks globally and lives in Dubai. She’s spoken at events like Women in Leadership Economic Forum, Masters of LinkedIn Summit, and Classroom without Walls. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Hanover and has earned countless distinctions, including “LinkedIn Marketing Unicorn” from Inc Magazine, Forbes Coaches Council Member, and Top 100 Leader in Education. Dr. Wiechowski is incredibly accomplished and adept at helping others accomplish their personal goals by building the brand that supports that vision. Dr. Wiechowski just released her latest book, “Personal Branding with Linkedin: The Think Natalia Method”, which was just released to the public on May 30th. Since its release, it has already hit the Amazon best sellers list. How to Connect with Natalia: LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Website How to Support Natalia: Check out her new book “Personal Branding with LinkedIn: The Think Natalia Method” Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

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TGI 49: How to Align Passions with Your Brand with Dr. Natalia Wiechowski, Founder, Speaker, and Author

Today we’re joined by Ian Roth, founder of the Talking Llama Media company and podcast. He’s also an active duty Army Captain and currently acting as a company commander. This episode is a little different from normal — Ian is an avid listener of our podcast here and recently started his new venture. We thought this would be an excellent opportunity to sit down and talk through the challenges of staring a new venture and what he’s doing and focusing at the moment, we also take some time to think about what he could do differently or not to help have him reach his goals. How to Connect with Ian: Twitter Website LinkedIn How to Support Ian: Check out the Talking Llama Media company and the podcast!  Tools mentioned: Soolve– See what questions people are asking on search engines.  Calendly– Automate your scheduling.  Zapier– Automate just about anything.  Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 48: How to Manage Time on New Ventures with Ian Roth

Today we are so incredibly lucky to be joined by Tom Schwab, who is currently the founder and CEO at Interview Valet, where he offers world class podcast interview marketing to leverage top podcasts to drive awareness. He’s built many successful businesses and loves helping others succeed. He’s also the author of Podcast Guest Profits: Grow Your Business with a Targeted Interview Strategy. Tom is also a Navy veteran and former surface warfare officer on the USS Abraham Lincoln and a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. How to Connect with Tom: Twitter Website LinkedIn How to Support Tom: Give Interview Valet a visit and see if it’s right for you.  Notes from Tom: Visit our very own TGI link on Interview Valet at https://interviewvalet.com/tgi/ Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 47: How Dialogue Can Transform Passions into a Business with Tom Schwab, CEO of Interview Valet

Today we’re joined by Casey Botticello, an internet entrepreneur and digital marketing consultant with over a decade of experience creating and improving internet-based businesses. He is an avid writer on Medium, and is the editor of Blogging Guide, an award-winning newsletter which helps writers navigate the digital publishing landscape and shows them how to monetize their content. You’ve got thousands of followers on Medium and nearly 30k LinkedIn followers, you’re a partner at Black Edge Consulting and you’ve been in marketing and writing for over a decade now. How to Connect with Casey: Twitter Website LinkedIn Medium Instagram How to Support Casey: Check out Casey’s Blogging Guide newsletter on Substack Notes from Casey: How to Form a Super PAC, by Casey Botticello Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are! 

TGI 46: How to Earn Writing on Substack with Casey Botticello

This week we're talking about how you can use this historic time to focus on your creative passions and get your ideal business started. Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch! If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 45: How to Take Advantage of This Historic Time

Today we’re talking about our top 5 books for starting your own business in pursuit of living your creative passions. Here are the top 5: 1. The 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss 2. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius 3. The Startup Owner’s Manual, by Steve Blank 4. The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries 5. The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

Today we’re talking about our top 5 books for starting your own business in pursuit of living your creative passions. Here are the top 5: 1. The 4 Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferriss 2. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius 3. The Startup Owner’s Manual, by Steve Blank 4. The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries 5. The E-Myth Revisited, by Michael Gerber Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are! 

TGI 44: Top 5 Books for Starting a Business Around Your Creative Passions

This week we're talking about precautions to take to avoid getting COVID-19 and how to focus on your creative passions while everyone is preoccupied with worrying about the virus. Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch! If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 43: How to Focus on Creative Passions During COVID-19

We’re joined by myself, Thom Hart, in an interview by Joe Crane on the Veteran On The Move Podcast, where I talk about my entrepreneurial journey and why I believe that it’s so important to have a day job while pursuing your creative passions and building a business that can support you if you desire, as long as the timing is right and it is your personal preference.  Veteran On The Move Podcast Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 42: How to Pursue Creative Passions with a Day Job with Thom Hart

Who: JV Crum III is the author and host of the Conscious Millionaire. His mission in life is to help people make their first million. He has an incredibly diverse background, has earned a JD, MBA, MS in Psychology, and has sold multiple businesses in excess of eight figures. He achieved his dreams at the age of 25 and has since revectored his life so that he could live a more fulfilling one. He specializes in coaching, specifically through Neuro-Linguistic Programming, otherwise known as N.L.P. Traction: JV considers traction to be the level of progress that you make towards doing the thing that fulfills you most – your conscious niche. He spent years making money by building and selling businesses, but ultimately realized that it wasn’t what brought him happiness. He spends his time these days coaching entrepreneurs to help them make their first million, but has three recommendations on how to achieve traction towards becoming a conscious millionaire: 1. Intrinsic motivation: the path that you set out on must be something that motivates you internally. What you set out to build must be something that you would be happy doing up to three years later, without changing a thing. The easiest way to know if the task that you’re thinking of is something that motivates you intrinsically is testing whether that activity puts you into the state of flow, where you lose sense of time, it changes your state where you feel and act differently, and it’s something that you would do for free. The state of flow is a state of being where you lose all sense of time, where action and thought merge, and where you can accomplish anything. This was first identified by the researcher mihail chicksentmihail  2. Core purpose: What’s the difference you want to make? Who benefits? Why does that matter to you? If you could only do one thing for the rest of your life, what would you do? Those things are going to be the business that will lead to success in traction.  3. Action: have a solution for the thing that you’re most passionate about.  Growth: The difference between seven and eight figure companies, according to JV, is that one offers a variety of services while the other offers one core product to a specific set of customers. Which describes the eight figure companies? The ones that provide a niche solution to a very particular set of customers. In order grow and become a market leader, niche focus is absolutely essential. How can you reverse engineer this to grow within your niche category, while also aligning with your traction steps? If you know that your solution works and is profitable, ask yourself of the audience that you serve, who would you most like to work with. If you’re serving business people, farmers, and college students, which group within that audience would you feel most fulfilled by working with? You can further scope down the niche of your offering and become hyper specialized to scale up your operations for that demographic. Income: JV has a fascinating take on income. It’s a simple one but makes incredible sense. Let’s start with an example first. What’s the last car you bought? When you were researching cars and settled on that one car, as you were searching for the car you ended up buying, did that car start to appear nearly every place that you looked? The cars were most certainly there before you noticed them, but now you see them all the time. That’s because you had never set a filter for that car in the past. Now let’s take that example and transfer it to JVs recommendation of how to make your first million. Like the example with the car, JV recommends that you only filter for opportunities to make your target income. What does that mean? Instead of jumping at the first chance to land a new client, take the time to think about the conditions that must be met in order for you to hit your target income. Those conditions then become the minimum standards that you set for yourself in business. If you only look for those opportunities, that will be all you see, which in turn becomes your income.   Traction action step: Ask yourself what you would do for free because you’re so passionate about it and ask 3 people if they would pay you for it.   Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

Who: JV Crum III is the author and host of the Conscious Millionaire. His mission in life is to help people make their first million. He has an incredibly diverse background, has earned a JD, MBA, MS in Psychology, and has sold multiple businesses in excess of eight figures. He achieved his dreams at the age of 25 and has since revectored his life so that he could live a more fulfilling one. He specializes in coaching, specifically through Neuro-Linguistic Programming, otherwise known as N.L.P. Traction: JV considers traction to be the level of progress that you make towards doing the thing that fulfills you most – your conscious niche. He spent years making money by building and selling businesses, but ultimately realized that it wasn’t what brought him happiness. He spends his time these days coaching entrepreneurs to help them make their first million, but has three recommendations on how to achieve traction towards becoming a conscious millionaire: 1. Intrinsic motivation: the path that you set out on must be something that motivates you internally. What you set out to build must be something that you would be happy doing up to three years later, without changing a thing. The easiest way to know if the task that you’re thinking of is something that motivates you intrinsically is testing whether that activity puts you into the state of flow, where you lose sense of time, it changes your state where you feel and act differently, and it’s something that you would do for free. The state of flow is a state of being where you lose all sense of time, where action and thought merge, and where you can accomplish anything. This was first identified by the researcher mihail chicksentmihail  2. Core purpose: What’s the difference you want to make? Who benefits? Why does that matter to you? If you could only do one thing for the rest of your life, what would you do? Those things are going to be the business that will lead to success in traction.  3. Action: have a solution for the thing that you’re most passionate about.  Growth: The difference between seven and eight figure companies, according to JV, is that one offers a variety of services while the other offers one core product to a specific set of customers. Which describes the eight figure companies? The ones that provide a niche solution to a very particular set of customers. In order grow and become a market leader, niche focus is absolutely essential. How can you reverse engineer this to grow within your niche category, while also aligning with your traction steps? If you know that your solution works and is profitable, ask yourself of the audience that you serve, who would you most like to work with. If you’re serving business people, farmers, and college students, which group within that audience would you feel most fulfilled by working with? You can further scope down the niche of your offering and become hyper specialized to scale up your operations for that demographic. Income: JV has a fascinating take on income. It’s a simple one but makes incredible sense. Let’s start with an example first. What’s the last car you bought? When you were researching cars and settled on that one car, as you were searching for the car you ended up buying, did that car start to appear nearly every place that you looked? The cars were most certainly there before you noticed them, but now you see them all the time. That’s because you had never set a filter for that car in the past. Now let’s take that example and transfer it to JVs recommendation of how to make your first million. Like the example with the car, JV recommends that you only filter for opportunities to make your target income. What does that mean? Instead of jumping at the first chance to land a new client, take the time to think about the conditions that must be met in order for you to hit your target income. Those conditions then become the minimum standards that you set for yourself in business. If you only look for those opportunities, that will be all you see, which in turn becomes your income.  Traction action step: Ask yourself what you would do for free because you’re so passionate about it and ask 3 people if they would pay you for it.   Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 41: TGI Hacks from JV Crum III

Today we’re joined by Jay Acunzo, he is a globally touring keynote speaker, author of the book Break the Wheel, and a sought after podcast and docuseries host/producer. I’m so excited for this episode because Jay contributed significantly to me starting this podcast. I first ran into his work while he was host of the Traction podcast, which is phenomenal. It was after that show ended that I wanted more of that content, when I thought that I could do my own podcast about Traction, and then expand it to include growth and income. Here we are 40 episodes later and it’s been a blast. Back to Jay - - When he’s not traveling the world speaking or telling business innovation stories on a show, he’s running Marketing Showrunners, a media company for people who want to find their voice, make a difference, and change the culture of their industries for the better. Subscribers hail from organizations like Red Bull, Amazon Prime, the BBC, the New York Times, Mailchimp, Salesforce, and thousands of small businesses. Jay began as a sports journalist before moving into tech, holding media and marketing roles at Google and HubSpot, and an executive role at the venture capital firm NextView. His thinking has been cited in courses at Harvard Business School and by writers at the New York Times, the Washington Post, FastCompany, Fortune, Entrepreneur, and more. In this episode, you’ll learn how to mitigate risk when starting a new creative venture, how to think when developing your own systems, and what to look for when trying to find the perfect creative match for you.  How to Connect with Jay: Twitter Website LinkedIn Medium How to Support Jay: Check out Jay’s new podcast, 3 Clips.  Recommendations from Jay: Out on the Wire – How the greatest podcasts get made.  My book Recommendation: Break the Wheel, by Jay Acunzo Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 40: How to Find Creative Clarity and Mitigate Risk with Jay Acunzo, Founder of Marketing Showrunners

Today we’re joined by Ross Kimbarovsky. Ross founded and is the CEO at crowdspring, where more than 220,000 experienced freelancers help agencies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and non-profits with high-quality custom logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, and company naming services.  There's a rumor that Ross left his law practice to found crowdspring so that he could wear shorts to work. The rumor is true. Crowdspring has worked with the world’s best brands, including Amazon, LG, Starbucks, Microsoft, Barilla, Philips (and many more), and also with many of the world’s best agencies – and tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and startups from 100 different countries. Before founding crowdspring, Ross practiced law for 13 years as a successful trial attorney. He counseled and represented clients (from small internet startups to Fortune 100 companies) in complex disputes involving intellectual property in state and federal courts and before the World Intellectual Property Organization.  Ross has founded numerous other startups, including Startup Foundry, Quickly Legal, and Respect. How to Connect with Ross: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn How to Support Ross: Check out crowdspring and see if it’s a good fit for you.  My book Recommendation: Stand Out, by Ross Kimbarovsky Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 39: How to Build a Marketplace with Ross Kimbarovsky, CEO of Crowdspring

Our Top 3 TGI Hacks by Episode: Traction: TGI 14: How to Leverage Niche Authority To Generate Opportunity with David Nguyen, NUSensei YouTube Producer Growth: TGI 25: How to Build Communities by Starting Ugly with Chris Krimitsos Income: TGI 28: How to Nail Your Brand with Michael O’Neal Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are! 

TGI 38: Top 3 TGI Hacks from the Last 20 Weeks

Today we’re joined by DeAndre Wilson, a culinary and brand entrepreneur who currently runs The Keep Rolling Campaign, in Evansville Indiana, a non-profit to raise awareness for cancer. His creative passion has led him to recent success, including a book deal and a documentary deal. In this episode, you’ll learn about the struggles of entrepreneurship, how DeAndre was able to turn his creative passions into multiple business opportunities, and the ever expanding options that come from putting your story out into the world. How to Connect with DeAndre: Twitter Facebook YouTube How to Support DeAndre: Check out the Keep Rolling Campaign and follow DeAndre My book Recommendation: Made to Stick, by Chip and Dan Heath Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 37: DeAndre Wilson on Sharing Your Story and The Keep Rolling Campaign

Today we’re joined by Kirsten Karchmer, the CEO/Founder of Brazen and an innovator in precision medicine and digital therapeutics. She focuses on the software intersection of personalized nutraceuticals, lifestyle wellness and bio-behavioral interventions for women’s health. She has several patents and speaks internationally on the future of women's health. Kirsten writes for Huff Post, Goop and MindBodyGreen and has been featured in Tech Crunch, Washington Post and New York Magazine. Most recently, she is the author of the new women's health manifesto, Seeing Red. How to Connect with Kirsten: Website Linkedin Twitter Brazen How to Support Kirsten: Check out “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read”, by Kirsten Karchmer My book Recommendation: Seeing Red, by Kirsten Karchmer Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 36: Kirsten Karchmer on Pathological Optimism, the Road to Women’s Health, and Seeing Red

Today we’re joined by Jeff Evans, host of the Throttle Grotto YouTube channel, an automotive repair channel. Jeff has been a YouTuber for 3 years and has amassed over 121k views and 900+ subscribers. Jeff initially started his YouTube channel with the intention of it eventually becoming an additional revenue stream and side project that he could take up full-time. In this episode, we hear what it’s like to be in the trenches of striving for traction and growth as Throttle Grotto approaches the 1k subscriber mark, and Jeff’s insight on how he got the channel off the ground and what he feels worked best for him thus far.   How to Connect with Jeff: YouTube Instagram Twitter How to Support Jeff: Patreon Teespring My book Recommendation: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig Learn More: If you would like to help raise money for causes, or yourself, check out Stagepass at https://yourstagepass.com. If you would like to create experiences, let me know and I’ll get in touch!  If you would like weekly summaries with TGI hacks from each episode, sign up here. Connect with TGI: Facebook Twitter Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify We’re also available anywhere podcasts are!

TGI 35: How Helpful Content Can Spark Traction with Jeff Evans

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