David Blake is cofounder of Degreed, and coauthor of The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed with Kelly Palmer. He has spent his career innovating higher education and lifelong learning. Prior to Degreed, he helped launch a competency-based, accredited university and was a founding team member at Zinch (acquired by Chegg). He was selected as a Top EdTech Entrepreneur by the Stanford d.School EdTech Lab, sponsored by Teach For America and NewSchools Venture Fund. He has been published in the Harvard Technology Review, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Huffington Post. He has spoken around the world on the topic of the future of learning, including the ASU Education Innovation Summit, EdTech Europe, and TEDx.
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Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
The Expertise Economy by David Blake and Kelly Palmer
Algorithms To Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths
The Dictator's Handbook by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith
Learn how you can booked on the spot from dozens of media outlets at the National Publicity Summit
Pat Rigsby is an author and entrepreneur who has built over 25 different businesses, including two Entrepreneur Franchise 500 award-winning franchises. He got his entrepreneurial start by opening a personal training business and health club. Today he coaches entrepreneurs to create their Ideal Business, one that allows them to earn more profits, have a greater impact, and enjoy more freedom to enjoy life. He inspires entrepreneurs through his coaching program and bestselling book The IDEAL Business Formula.
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Pat's special gifts for listeners
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
The Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams
59 Lessons by Dr. Fergus Connolly
Ready Fire Aim by Michael Masterson
Stu Schaefer has spent the last 10 years working directly with hundreds of clients and advising thousands of others through his workshops and seminars. He is the author of Lifetime Physique and has been voted “Best of the Best Trainers” in his home state of Colorado. He has appeared on FOX, NBC, and the CW Network and has been on radio across the country.
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The Novo Method Success Package
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Tom Libelt runs Smart Brand Marketing and We Market Online Courses. He has published around 5,000 Kindle books, built a successful SEO and online course marketing business, partnered with a Muay Thai champion, owned a coffee shop, a retail store, a record label, created a documentary, and releases two albums with five hits on top ten Polish radio. All of it was bootstrapped and done with zero outside funding.
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Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
Essentialism by Greg McKeown
Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Matt Ward runs an investment syndicate, hosts top podcasts angel investing and futuristic technology (https://fringe.fm), and scaled a $8k investment into a 7 figure exit in under a year. He’s interviewed folks like Seth Godin, Tim Draper, Neil Patel, and Tim O’Reilly and joins us today on Breakthrough Success
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Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Matt's advice: Find a good fiction book
John Hinkle is an author, speaker, and personal growth coach who’s empowering men and women to navigate those changes and find their “second-half purpose.” His experience working with Fortune 500 companies has equipped him with unique tools to help others reach their own personal and business success goals. He’s here today to share 5 practical and transformational principles from his book, Shift: Moving from Where You Are to the Life You Want, to empower you to move from your current unfulfilled status to a future of success and purpose.
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Seth Godin: Episode 16 and Episode 292
John's Special Gift For Breakthrough Success Listeners
John Hinkle: Facebook, LinkedIn
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Shift by John Hinkle
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller
This Is Marketing by Seth Godin
The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran
Hunter Thompson is a full-time real estate investor and founder of Cash Flow Connections, a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. Since starting CFC, Hunter has helped more than 200 investors allocate capital to over 100 properties, which have a combined asset value of more than $350,000,000. He is the author of Little Boxes, Big Profits: A Passive Investor’s Guide to Self- Storage. He is also the host of the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate Podcast, which helps investors learn the intricacies of commercial real estate from the comfort of their home, car, or office.
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6 Due Diligence Questions Passive Investors Should Always Ask
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Double Double by Cameron Herold
The Miracle Morning For Entrepreneurs by Hal Elrod
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Phil Newton takes that overworked, underpaid person and helps them to move to a stage of being unHustled. He works with clients to free up their time, focus their offer, find their most fabulous clients and facilitate a world-class experience for their clients. In essence, he helps people earn more while working less.
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Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Niche Down by Christopher Lochhead and Heather Clancy
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Jordan Baker is the CEO and lead developer of the Focuster app which is designed to boost your productivity. In addition, he mentors teams so that organizations can realize their visions more quickly with fewer errors and less stress.
Quotes To Remember:
"How do you conduct yourself when no one is watching?"
"Rank your potential priorities by using a matrix of values."
"Only include the things that are the highest level priority."
"Your state determines the kinds of results you will get."
"There's only one thing you can do in this moment."
What You'll Learn:
Key Links From The Episode:
Content Marketing Success Summit
Recommended Books:
12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
Abdi Riani helps entrepreneurs leverage the audience of the influencers and experts in their industries by launching joint partnerships. Through startupcircle.co, he connects aspiring and starting entrepreneurs with successful founders for live Q&A sessions.
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Free Strategy Session with Abdo
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Sophie Howard is a 7-figure Amazon seller and online business coach. She helps entrepreneurs source profitable products, build premium brands and sell their online businesses. She has sold two Amazon businesses, one for 7-figures, and she is currently building her third global brand. She created Product University and the Amazon Navigator as online training to help online sellers source profitable products, follow a step by step process, and get up and selling fast on Amazon.
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Michael Baldwin is an accomplished leader in the communications industry with more than 25 years of top 10 advertising agency experience in building global brands, leading global teams, solving complex strategic problems, and developing world-class creative campaigns. He has developed an entirely original way of enabling people to put the focus of a presentation back where it belongs - on the presenter.
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T.M. Hoy is the author of Lasting Happiness. He has also written Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton (Skyhorse Publishing), and The Nature of Religion (Pan Publishing). He was born and raised in Mountain View, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley.
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James Kelley is the author of The Crucible's Gift: Five Lessons from Authentic Leaders Who Thrive in Adversity. The book is based on interviews from 140+ executives, from Fortune 200 companies to entrepreneurs and everything in between. The book unpacks the journey a leader takes to become a more authentic leader, starting with their crucible moments.
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"I'm going to take control of this."
"It's not about you. It's about the big picture. It's about the journey you're on."
"Always make people smile."
"Each person has the ability to reframe the situation."
"The leaders that were the most authentic had a growth mindset."
"Work to be a better version of yourself."
"Explore yourself and your friendships."
What You'll Learn:
Key Links From The Episode:
A Free Chapter + Free Discovery Call
Recommended Books:
The Crucible's Gift by Dr. James Kelley
Conversations Worth Having by Jacqueline Stavros
Play Bigger by Christopher Lochhead
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Jenny Shih is an uncompromising business coach who believes it’s ALL possible. She helps people make money doing work they love while also living the lives they love. She started out in corporate America, managing multi-million dollar projects spanning four continents and overseeing dozens—and sometimes hundreds—of team members. She quit her six-figure corporate job in 2009 and started her life coaching business which she has today.
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"Serve and learn."
"Find people who need what you have."
"Own what you control and surrender what you can't."
"You will know when it's time."
"There is no should except for what works for you."
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Recommended Books:
I Can Do Anything I Want If I Knew What It Was by Barbara Sher
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Walker Deibel is an acquisition entrepreneur and investor who has cofounded three startups and acquired seven companies. His book Buy Then Build shows readers how to generate profitable revenue by acquiring companies. If you want to learn how to buy an existing company, and using ownership as a path to financial independence, his book and this episode are for you.
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Clay Green is a speaker, trainer, and and expert. He helps business owners and executives apply daily practices to safely enter and exit the state of flow and PERFORM in ways they have only dreamed of.
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"The struggle stage of flow doesn't have to be struggle."
"You always want to be improving."
"If you have not started, start."
"Everyone has heard of some of the tiny tactics for higher performance."
"Everybody slips."
"Every day you need to be growing."
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Recommended Books:
Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler and Jaime Wheal
Kathleen Gage is the "no-nonsense, common sense" online marketing strategist, speaker, author, product creation specialist, and owner of Power Up For Profits. She helps entrepreneurs make money online. Her clients are driven by making a difference through their own unique voices.
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Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
Power Up For Profits by Kathleen Gage
Rock & Roll At Any Age by Joan Lubar
Paresh Shah is the Chief of Strategy and Value Architect at the Non Obvious Company. He is a powerful mix of technologist, Harvard MBA, professor, mindfulness yogi, and classic rock lover that brings these domains together to transform companies, leaders and the individuals in their organizations. He has advised global executives from 20 countries on business strategy and is a former executive at strategy firm Monitor Company. He has taught strategy and innovation in multiple MBA programs around the world. His work has appeared on Forbes, CEO.com, Inc, and many other places as well.
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"Never insult yourself."
"Find other people you can jointly celebrate worthiness with."
"We can't move forward on any front unless we have a deep feeling of self-worth."
"There are a variety of ways to give and still take care of yourself."
"The world is shifting very dramatically right now."
"Lifters operate from a space of gratitude."
"Do you feel you are worthy to be extremely wealthy?"
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Recommended Books:
Bulls*** Jobs by David Graeber
After an 8 year career in the NFL that includes a Super Bowl victory, Chukky Okobi is now a motivational speaker and certified master neuro-linguistic programming practitioner. He helps people get out of their own way, overcome bad habits and thought patterns that do not serve their life agendas, and create their own custom-designed, fulfilling lives. He’s played in the Rose Bowl and Super Bowl, and he was also a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
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Chukky Oboki: FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, IG
Recommended Books:
Content Marketing Secrets by Marc Guberti
Podcast Domination by Marc Guberti
The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill
Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Alex Vorobieff is a highly sought-after speaker, business alignment coach, and the author of Transform Your Company. He is the founder and CEO of The Alex Vorobieff Company, a premier business transformation company. He recently launched a magazine and podcast — Confident ROI — to share business leader stories about what tools and concepts are working in the real world so listeners can confidently select the tool that will advance their company.
Quotes To Remember:
"Understanding the numbers didn't really solve the problem."
"Some leaders take for granted that people know where they're going."
"Walk through the process with them."
"To make a great advance forward, step back."
"We're all looking for how to live the best life."
What You'll Learn:
How to make work less frustrating
Essential tools for your business
Identifying underlying problems
Dealing with people and allowing them to grow
How to communicate with your team
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Recommended Books:
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky
Transform Your Company by Alex Vorobieff
Ilan and Guy Ferdman are far-seeing visionaries and relentless dreamers. They are successful entrepreneurs, speakers, and life coaches who has helped thousands of people all over the world connect to their inner passion and radically transform their lives. They are also the co-founders of Satori Prime and co-hosts of the Have It All Podcast.
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"The better questions you ask, the better your life will become."
"I don't have a 5 Step Formula...nobody dances quite the same way."
"If you're going to invest that much energy into something, something has to happen."
"Like every new entrepreneur, I thought I was going to be a millionaire in 3 months."
"One of the biggest mistakes is trying to have the whole plan."
"When people don't achieve results, they tend to do a lot more work." (chicken running with it's head off)
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Recommended Books:
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
The Presence Process by Michael Brown
Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer
Adam Lewis Walker is a mindset mentor, KeyNote speaker, TEDx speaker, and #1 bestselling author. He is also the host of the top-ranked podcast Awaken Your Alpha interviewing the world’s elite in over 300 episodes since 2014. His new book 'AWAKEN YOUR ALPHA Tales & Tactics To Thrive' became an international bestseller as of October 2018.
Quotes To Remember:
"Reading the right stuff is key."
"Find out what fires you up."
"If it's important to you, you need to start today."
"Do it, do it now."
"What can you do today?"
"Don't compare your reality with someone's highlight reel."
"Everyone is in control of the start of their day."
"We're all going to have adversities."
"Comparison is a route to unhappiness and stress."
"It's easy to do it but it's also easy not to do it."
"No one has a new problem."
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Recommended Books:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Eileen Mendel is a former highly paid corporate insider and expert in scaling businesses with over 30 years experience. When she built her first business, she achieved massive growth right away from $60K in her first year to over $250K in the third year. Her revenue has been growing at around 50% or more each year.
Quotes To Remember:
"It's essential to have a CRM."
"Go in there with confidence."
"Just go for it anyway."
"If you want to grow your company, you have to push yourself outside of your comfort zone."
"Talk to high level people constantly."
"Identify what you're good at."
"Get to know who the customer is."
What You'll Learn:
Key Links From The Episode:
The Balanced Millionaire--you can get her free eBook "The Secrets To Spur High Business Growth That No One Ever Talks About" on her site
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Jay Kali is the Strength Architect who helps people get stronger, motivated, and feel empowered. As the founder and driving force behind three fitness businesses in Cancun, Mexico, he worked closely with over 2,200 students in less than 2 years. His book Educate Demonstrate Motivate helps women get stronger physically, mentally, and emotionally for lifelong results.
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Free Book: Educate. Demonstrate. Motivate
Episode 282: Hustle, Grind, And Repeat With Matt LeBris
Episode 294: Everything It Takes To Be A Productive Writer With Nina Amir
Recommended Books:
Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz
How To Sell Your Way Through Life by Napoleon Hill
You Too Can Be Prosperous by Robert A. Russell
The Magic Of Believing by Claude M. Bristol
3 Magic Words by Uell S. Andersen
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius