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On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss the goals they made for 2020 and the ah-has they got from them.  They recap how they accomplished some of their goals and not others, and they share tactics they will use to make their goals more specific and achievable for 2021.  

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss the goals they made for 2020 and the ah-has they got from them.  They recap how they accomplished some of their goals and not others, and they share tactics they will use to make their goals more specific and achievable for 2021.  

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss the goals they made for 2020 and the ah-has they got from them.  They recap how they accomplished some of their goals and not others, and they share tactics they will use to make their goals more specific and achievable for 2021.  

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk about how you decide whether you should hire someone to help or do certain work yourself.  Linda shares about her experience redoing her closet as an example of having to make that kind of decision.  After she decided she wanted to redo her closet so that it could be organized in a new way, she got a quote from a company that came back over $40,000 and she deci...

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss their obsession with personality assessments and how gaining insight on yourself and others can be so beneficial to your life.  They specifically talk about Patrick Lencioni's The Six Types of Working Genius assessment they both recently took after hearing about it on John Maxwell's November 18th podcast.  They discuss the different types of genius and how e...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to Jeff Henderson, entrepreneur, speaker, pastor, business leader and author about the experiences that helped him come to the conclusion that whether you're a business, non-profit or church, you have to know what you're FOR.  He talks about how his experience helping in marketing at Chick-Fil-A and proximity to Truett Cathy helped him to understand the importa...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to Marc King about how he went from living in a car as a teenager to building massive wealth for himself as an adult. Marc shares how growing up poor made him think that the way out was to make money in sports, and did go to college on a baseball and golf scholarship, but as he started to realize he wouldn't make money off those sports after college, he started...

On this episode, Linda and Dana continue their discussion about their biggest takeaways from the John Maxwell Exchange.  They discuss everything from how big people make you bigger while small people make you smaller, how amazing things can happen when you don't care about recognition and aren't attached to the outcome, and how you need to focus on what you are actually known for not just what you...

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss some of their biggest takeaways form the John Maxwell Exchange 2020 event in Florida. They talk about the four friendship questions, how to lead when you need to pivot, how much you can understand about someone else if you aren't focused on defending yourself and how to integrate your calling into your career.

For this special 100th episode, Linda and Dana shared 100 lessons they've learned! From the importance of the five people who surround you to the differences between optimists, pessimists and activists, they share all kinds of great wisdom.

On this episode, Linda and Dana catch up with each other and discuss everything happening in their worlds.  They discuss the resurgence of COVID and how often they forget their masks when going out in public, Dana's new schedule since she bought a house in South Carolina, Christmas shopping and what they're looking forward to at their John Maxwell retreat this week.

On this episode, Linda McKissack and Dana Gentry talk to One Million Followers Author Brendan Kane about his perspective on social media tactics.  He talks about how he became fascinated by social media as it gained popularity, and how he quickly dove into understanding everything about it from effective eCommerce strategies to the psychology of how the platforms work.  After asking a literary age...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to registered dietician Amanda Nighbert. They discuss how the nutrition industry has been obsessed with saying breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but how that idea has been challenged as Intermittent Fasting has been studied more frequently. Amanda shares how she became a fan of fasting and how she incorporates 16:8 fasts as well as 24 hour fasts...

This episode is from a live Wednesday Morning Mindset that Linda and Dana did on October 7, 2020 where Dana asked Linda about what she thinks about mindset and how she keeps her mindset positive.  Linda discusses how growing up in less than ideal circumstances has helped her with her mindset as an adult, because she knows everything could actually be harder.  She talks about how one way to keep yo...

On this episode, Linda and Dana answer a question from long time listener Becky Gluff: Am I too old to invest?  Becky tells her story of coming to real estate later in her life, joining to just sell 6 houses a year and pay for an annual vacation.  After she joined Keller Williams, her production went up 70% and she sold 32 homes her first year at KW.  Now, after having her mind expanded in that pr...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to the creator of the Ultimate Speaking System, Joel Weldon.  Joel shares all kinds of tips and tricks to improve anyone's speaking skills, including how to make great introductions and openers, how to get it out of the way with the audience that you are enthusiastic or boring, where to place your call to action, and how to close a speech.  He also divulges how...

On this episode, Linda and Dana do a coaching session with level 4B agent Steve Rupp. After Steve graduated from Xavier with an entrepreneurial studies degree, his dad convinced him to start working with him in real estate, and he's been selling every since. Steve talks about the break down of his four person team, and they discuss the DISC profiles of everyone working with him, noting that everyo...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to retired MLB player turned health optimizer Shawn Tolleson. Shawn shares how he started feeling really unhealthy at the end of his time playing in the MLB, and turned to Dr. Gladden for answers. He started focusing specifically on his sleep, his nutrition and his supplements. After working for years to optimize his health, he realized that he wanted to help o...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to David Osborn about the many tactics he employs to protect and grow his wealth and health. He talks about his first investment in a single family rental home and how that grew into having multiple tenants and how growing that business helped him personally grow as well. He also shares how setting goals has been the great motivator for growing his wealth. On t...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk to Nikki Ubaldini about how she manages her health and wealth. Nikki shares how after pushing her limits for too long, her health caught up to her in the form of dis-ease, and she had to learn better protocols for her nutrition and fitness to bring her body back to a healthy place. On the wealth side, she shares how she and her husband committed to certain auto...

On this episode, Linda and Dana talk with Ken Wimberly about the path he took to build massive wealth. Ken started out in real estate in 2002 mostly focused on selling land. His business skyrocketed after learning how to systematize his work flow when he was recruited to Keller Williams. He paid off $350k in debt and proceeded to open a chain of laundromats, create a journaling app for parents to...

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss two things they've learned more about during Covid-19: health and wealth. They talk about how important their overall health has become as the most important preventative measure of protection against the virus. They share a little bit about their routines they use to stay health. They also explain how they have changed thinking about wealth in this time, in...

On this episode, Linda and Dana discuss the usefulness of boredom and the top 5 podcasts they each listen to. They share how they have benefited from all of these podcasts: Building a Storybrand The Joy of Procrastination John Maxwell Leadership Podcast The One Thing Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast Intermittent Fasting Stories The Ed Mylett Show Business Wars How I Built This Goal Digger

On this episode, Chris Voss discusses with Linda and Dana how the tactics he learned as an FBI negotiator apply to the real estate world. He explains how in real estate, every conversation is difficult, and approaching people with warmth when giving bad news changes the dynamic of the conversation. He also shares how bonded someone feels to you when they say "that's right" to you. For information...

On this episode, Dana and Linda discuss the pros and cons of a big or small real estate team. They discuss how even though it is okay to be a smaller agent, if you want all 10s on your teams, you don't want to have a 5 that you are trying to bring up to a 10. They talk about how you don't want to add people too quickly while you are in the messy middle, and sometimes you have to stay in that messy...