Climb Your Mountain Podcast

Episode 1: The Night Kenny Barnwell Escaped the Cartel Faith, resilience, and a 12-hour fight to survive Welcome to the Climb Your Mountain Podcast! I’m Jake Ballentine, and I couldn’t be more excited to share this new chapter with you. Whether you’ve listened before under the old name or you’re just joining for the very first time, this podcast is about one thing: helping you climb the metaphoric...

How To Build a Local Coaching Business with Paul Casey In this episode of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Paul Casey, founder of Growing Forward Services. We discussed how he built a coaching business in his local market! So much of the coaching training online today is about building virtual coaching businesses. Paul has built a coaching business in his lo...

We are kicking off season 3 of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast with a value packed episode that every business owner, and service provider needs to hear! I had the pleasure of speaking with Cynthia Wellbrock, a successful lawyer who has built her law firm through one intentional referral strategy. Cynthia shared powerful insights on how to bring in consistent referrals to build a thriving busi...

Choose Forgiveness With Tomara Moss!   Tomara Moss is a surviver and an incredible example of resilience!  The first time I hear her story I was in tears and new that I needed to have her story on the podcast.  She is a paraplegic motivational speaker, resilience expert, domestic violence survivor, former homeless child, an NCAA wheel chair basketball champion, and educator!  This conversation is...

Alex P. Plasky is one of the most positive people I know and has every reason not to be! In this episode of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast Alex joins me to talk about how he stays positive despite life’s adversities. In this conversation, Alex tells his story of becoming a quadrapalegic, growing up as a foster kid, being homeless, and living his dream of moving to California.  This is an epis...

How Tanya Goodall Smith created her first $100k year! In this interview we talk about how Tanya was able to have her most successful year in her career during all of the uncertainty of 2020! She also talks about the importance of understanding your ideal client, mindset in business, being willing to grow over time, and how a service based business can be a great path for success! My favorite thing...

Do you want to build a 7-figure coaching business? Brooke Elder proved that you can do this no matter what limitations you have! In this episode of the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Brooke Elder shares her story about how she built a 7-figure coaching business while being a stay at home mom and homeschool teacher! If you want to build (or scale) your business with impact, income, and freedom th...

Our guest on this episode of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast is Michele Ogston! In this episode Michele shares how she built a $30,000 a month coaching business through vibrationally aligning with her goals. Michele believes that success starts on the inside and then manifests on the outside.  Listen to learn her philosophy on success and you can use it in your life and business!     In this e...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Jarrett Ingram speaks on the importance of growing your team! Most entrepreneurs wait to scale up their team until after they have the revenue to justify it. Jarrett makes the argument that this is backwards. He follows the Field Of Dreams Principle in business which is if you build it the sales will come!    In Jarrett’s experience as a consultant, he...

In this solo episode I share my philosophy on the concept of Focusing On The Good!  This is not only an attitude on a positive mental attitude philosophy but it is also my success formula!  Take a listen and please share with someone you feel needs this message!  Thank you for listening!  Jake Ballentine  Mountain Top Motivation  See you at the top!           

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast our guest is Jake Kelfer! In this episode Jake shares how to build credibility through your book, what he learned from working for The Los Angeles Lakers, and his journey to multiple best selling books!    Key Topics in this episode: The power of rejection  Grow a network, build an audience and grow his speaking business How to get started with your boo...

In this week's episode of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast we learn from David Lea on how we can grow with our trauma.  In this episode David teaches us how trauma can be at the source of many of our roadblocks in life, relationships, success, and business. My favorite part of this episode is David explaining that not all trauma has to be a big event. He refers to this as Trauma with a big T, a...

Sales is more simple than most people think.  Most entrepreneurs are overwhelmed by sales.  They are overwhelmed because they make it too complicated.  In this episode I share a simple strategy that anyone can implement immediately to improve your sales game now! Thank you for listening!  Jake Ballentine  Mountain Top Motivation  See you at the top!  

Bridgitte Carroll Built A 7-Figure BusinessIn Less Than 2 Years! Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Bridgitte Carroll shares how she built a 7 figure business in less than 2 years. In this episode Bridgitte shares how she was able to start a business in the middle of 2020, how she scaled to 7-figures so quickly,  and what she learned along the way!   Including the shift in mindset that...

In this solo episode of The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast I sahre an experience from 5 years ago where I thought I was having a heart attack!  It turned out that this experience was a pivot point moment in my life and my life has never been the same since!  Thank you for listening!  Jake Ballentine  Mountain Top Motivation  See you at the top  Listen to more episodes at: http://www.mtmsuccess.co...

How can you grow your business now?  This is a solo episode originally recorded as a youtube video all about what you need to grow your business now!  Video Link: https://youtu.be/Chf5hD9APEc If you are ready to grow your business now watch this video and apply these principles!  Thank you for listening to The Mountain Top Motivation Podcast!  Jake Ballentine  Mountain Top Motivation  See you at t...

From Being Told He Would Never Walk To Running The LA Marathon!  Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Paul Forchione shares how you can take control of your life by writing your own story! At a young age Paul was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and doctors said he would not be able to walk! He did not let that hold him back and found a way to learn how to walk, play varsity baseball, and ru...

Have you ever questioned reality?   Are the societal norms of what we accept as reality real at all, or are there infinite possibilities?   Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Rishi Sood talks about the philosophical nature of reality! This was a very fun conversation where we discussed the matrix, the nature of reality, and how being flexible with the unknown can help you achieve more,...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Michael Griffiths talks about how building connections with people is the key to succeeding in any endeavor. Michael shares how the key to building a 7-figure business relies heavily on relationships formed out of deep emotional bonds, profound loyalty, and overwhelming trust. In this episode he shares how he started in business, built multiple 7 figur...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, we talk about the practicality of following your passion. Passion comes first when it comes to a career choice and the direction you are going in life, but there is always fear and doubt which clouds our decision. In the end, we are caught between the question of passion and practicality. So, let me share with you this philosophy of why going for what...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Tony Rubleski talks about his first-ever $100k income and the practices that can quickly get you to your first six figures. When Tony recalls his journey, he highlights how support, accountability, and grit made the miracles he’s had in life and business possible. Today, he explains why taking massive action always works things out, why you should forg...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Sylvania Harrod talks about his journey to earning 70k a month with only five hours of work a week. Sylvania is a proud husband and father who puts most of his time and energy into his family above everything else. And so, during and after serving in the army, he created and built on his business called LVRG. Here, Sylvania helps online business owners...

Are you an introvert? So is Erica Ormsby! Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, Erica talks about how she found success in business as what she describes as an “extreme introvert.” In this interview, she also shares her experience, leveraging her strengths, learning from her first $100,000 year, and starting a business as a single mom, right after the economic crash in 2008. And if you’re...

Today on the Mountain Top Motivation Podcast, we look back at an interview with the legendary Jack Canfield live in “The Speakers, Authors, and Coaches Network” Facebook group, which I had the privilege and honor of holding. In this interview, Jack talked about his 50 years in the personal development business, emphasizing how we can pivot and adjust in our current times. And while many people now...

Everyone has days when they are not feeling it. We are not machines, we are humans. There’s a lot of talk in the personal development world about pushing yourself to the limits every day. That is great, but sometimes we need to remember that we are not machines I need a break. If you are not feeling it there’s nothing wrong with you. Do not judge yourself, and just choose one simple step to move y...