5 Minute Success - The Podcast

Vanessa Peters, founder of VMD Investing has been investing in real estate for 10 years in single family homes, commercial retail, apartment communities, self-storage and manufactured home parks. She has invested in over 2500 units across 7 properties and 3 funds.        She is passionate about helping busy professionals build wealth through passive, income-producing real estate that provides attr...

Jordan is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate, a writer, a coach, a speaker, and a multipotentialite, having experienced positions in large banks to small startup companies. He is also a best-selling author of a book called Getting COMFY: Your Morning Guide to Daily Happiness, he is a TEDx Speaker, and he has founded multiple companies and organizations! Currently Jordan is on...

Kate Erickson is the systems pro at Entrepreneurs On Fire, an award winning podcast where John Lee Dumas interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE. She is also the host of the podcast Kate's Take and co-author of The Podcast Journal: Idea to Launch in 50 Days. Learn more about the free training Kate & John have created for entrepreneurs over at EOFire.com!       In this episode, Kar...

Arthur Samuel Joseph, M.A., founder and chairman of the Vocal Awareness Institute, is widely recognized today as one of the world's foremost communication strategists and authorities on the human voice. A renowned teacher/mentor, Mr. Joseph's mission is to "Change the World Through Voice."      Vocal Awareness, his trademarked proprietary voice and leadership training program, is designed to teach...

Pamela Banks began her real estate career in 2000. She is currently the Luxury Ambassador with Keller Williams Preferred Luxury in West Palm Beach. She holds the TRC, SFR and PMN Designations.     Pamela is actively involved in the industry on local, state and national levels. Pamela serves the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches as a member of the Community Outreach Committee, Government Aff...

James Whittaker enjoyed a successful 10-year career in financial planning, before starting his own entrepreneurial journey. Today, James draws on his diverse experience to help people reach their potential in all areas of their lives.     James has been featured extensively in television, print and digital media around the world, including The Today Show, Entrepreneur, Money Magazine and The Sydne...

Andrea Waltz is the co-author of Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There.  Along with her husband and business partner Richard Fenton, she has made her mission to liberate people from fears of failure and rejection, sharing an entire new mindset about hearing the word NO.  They have spoken all over the US and the UK teaching the 'Go for No' strategies having been embraced by peo...

Nathan Hirsch is a 29 year old long time entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He started his first eCommerce business out of his college dorm room and has sold over $30 million online. He is now the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted virtual assistants, freelancers and agencies in eCommerce, digital marketing, and much more....

As the Co-Founder of LinkedSelling with Josh Turner, Ben has overseen the creation, day-to-day operations and growth of every division in the company from our LinkedIn Agency to our Paid Ads Agency to our Internal Sales Team and has grown the company from a team of two to over 50 team members.     During Ben's downtime he loves to hang out with his wife Erin and his two daughters Olivia and Claire...

Moneeka Sawyer is the blissful millionaire and is often described as one of the most blissful people you will ever meet. She has been investing in Real Estate for over 20 years, so has been through all the different cycles of the market. Still, she has turned $10,000 into over $2,000,000, working only 5-10 hours per MONTH with very little stress.     While building her multi-million dollar busines...

Matt Johnson is a marketer, entrepreneur, podcast expert, and musician. As founder of Pursuing Results, a podcast PR & production agency based in San Diego, Matt runs a worldwide virtual team helping business coaches and agencies break in and dominate their niche through podcasting.      In this episode, Karen and Matt discuss: Success Story of Matt Commit to Get Leads Work with influencers of you...

As a self-mastery coach and Founder of First Lead You, Adair Cates helps busy, achievers ace their inner & outer worlds and become role models for self-mastery so they're a positive force for good in the world.     She's been speaking to audiences since the 3rd grade, has coached and trained front-line to executive-level leaders as a leadership consultant & coach in the software, healthcare, baby...

Tonya Eberhart and Micheal Carr are a power couple with more than 40 years experience in real estate (more than 68,000 home sales across the country). They now both run Brand Face, a company that helps real estate professionals, business owners, and improvement professionals build their brand and land more clients.   In this episode, Karen, Tonya, and Michael discuss: Success Story of Tonya and Mi...

Cathy Christen is a spirited boss babe, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, life + business strategist, and best-selling author dedicated to helping others live a life they love. She brings profound awareness to the extraordinary possibilities within everyone she meets, and provides business and personal coaching tools to help individuals and organizations elevate to their highest potential.    ...

SARAH K PECK  is a writer, startup advisor, and yoga teacher based in New York City. She's the founder and executive director of  Startup Pregnant , a media company documenting the stories of women's leadership across work and family. She hosts the weekly  Startup Pregnant podcast , and she and her partner in life and work are the instigators behind  More Women's Voices , a website that promotes w...

Everything changed for Chris at the end of 2009, when he suffered a horrific burnout. He was living like most entrepreneurs, working 14-hour days, six days a week, spending very little time with his family and working 'in' his business, instead of 'on' it way too much. He loved his business and the focus of building it, but Chris was tired. In every possible way.   Going into 2010, Chris put a 1-y...

Thor Conklin is an Entrepreneur, Profitability Consultant and host of Peak Performers Podcast. 2018 marks his 18th year as an entrepreneur. Through his consulting firm, Peak Performance Group, he trains business leaders around the World to be Peak Performers.     96% of business fail within 10 years. The ONLY reason they fail is lack of Profits. Of the 4% that do survive, many only produce enough...

A 12-year Cisco veteran recognized as a Top 1% performer, Alexis most recently ran Cisco's NYC Financial Services Sales and Engineering business. She introduced mindfulness to her team which led to decreased turnover, improved culture and increased performance. Alexis also led Cisco's global Mindfulness programs, delivering many small group workshops, as well as, public presentations to over 60,00...

Garrett teaches ways to pay off loans much faster, safely and legally save more in taxes. He also shows you how to protect and unlock your trapped and underperforming retirement funds while having more money to do what you want today without having work harder, or hiring more people, or increasing your overhead. Oh, and he will do this without boring the hell out of you like most financial people....

Michael J. Coles is an entrepreneur, world record-holder, and sought-after public speaker. He co-founded Great American Cookies, led Caribou Coffee, and ran for Congress twice. Coles's story of personal perseverance is as impressive as his business acumen. After a nearly fatal motorcycle accident, he went on to set world records in three coast-to-coast bicycle races.      In this episode, Karen an...

JJ is a prominent TV and media personality, whose previous features include co-host of TLC's Freaky Eaters, 2 years as the on-camera nutritionist for weight loss challenges on Dr. Phil, and appearances on PBS, Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, Access Hollywood, and the TODAY Show.   She also speaks regularly and has shared the stage with notables including TD Jakes, Tony Robbins, and Brendon Burchard. JJ is th...

John Ruhlin is the world's leading authority in maximizing customer loyalty through radical generosity. He is the founder and author of Giftology and has been featured in Fox News, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc and New York Times. While becoming the #1 performer out of 1.5 million sales reps for one of the world's most recognizable brands, John developed a system of using generosity to gain access to...

Ryan Levesque is the Inc. 500 CEO of The ASK Method ® Company, and the #1 national best-selling author of Ask, which was named by Inc. as the #1 Marketing Book of the Year. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur and over 250,000 entrepreneurs subscribe to his email newsletter offering business advice. He is also a co-founder and investor in bucke...

Christy Belt Grossman is the CEO & owner of Ops Boss Coaching. 23-years as the COO of The Belt Team (one of the nation's top real estate teams with over $1 Billion SOLD) and 7 years as Regional Ops Manager for offices in 3 states for a national mortgage company fueled Christy's passion for raising the bar on the operations side of real estate and is what inspired her to found her company in 2015....

Karen has been on a Heroine's Journey from being too busy and overwhelmed to loving the life she has while she creates and co-creates the life of her dreams.  In her personal life, she has enjoyed good health for her age, long and happy marriage to Andy since 1987, and 2 healthy, well-established kids. Yet there never seemed to be enough time or money.  She felt as though there was something more...