Freedom in Five Minutes

Winston Churchill said, "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." In today's episode of Freedom In Five Minutes Podcast, Dean talks about the importance of giving without expecting anything in return during this global coronavirus pandemic. The ultimate secret to happiness is found in helping others.

Today's guest on Freedom In Five Minutes is a very good friend of Dean — Patrick Reis, the Executive Director of Encounter Ministries. Listen to the full episode and learn how Patrick is able to thrive and grow his non-profit organization in the midst of the global coronavirus crisis. That and more, coming up.

In this episode of Freedom In Five Minutes, Dean chats with Jarrod Souza, CFO at Michael Hyatt & Company, about making a huge impact on small businesses from the corporate world, and the importance of having a positive, healthy, thriving work culture, and braving through the changes in your career and personal life.

Today in Freedom In Five Minutes, Dean chats with special guest, Eric Olsen. In this special interview, Eric talks about his leadership experience as a freelance consultant in both civilian and military backgrounds. If you want to take your leadership skills to the next level, then join us and listen to the whole episode!

The concept of giving is more of an attitude of generosity. Always be generous with people that you come in contact with and add so much value that the people who receive your kindness feel compelled to be your cheerleaders and ambassadors.   In this episode, Dean chats with friend and business partner, Paul Tran, about giving people the potential to be your raving fans and make them want to help...

What scars do you have? Some people see a scar as an imperfection on your skin, but there could be an amazing story behind that. Trophies come in a variety of forms. And they can be anything from medals and status to scars on your body.  So, what trophies do you have that you have a story around? ----- Automated Transcript Below Dean Soto 0:00:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto, founder of FreedomInFiveMin...

Plant seeds for your business by constantly posting your content. Doing this lets you develop a backbone for prospects to funnel through. It does not matter if the content that you are putting out there is short form. The important thing is that you are constantly sharing your ideas for prospects to see. ----- Automated Transcript Below Dean Soto 0:00:00 Hey, this is Dean Soto, founder of FreedomI...

Have you ever felt stuck on your plateau like you're no longer progressing? At some point, you must have whether it be in life or business. What if I told you that your plateau is not an impediment but a nesting ground for your power? In this episode, Dean talks about how to make the best out of the time spent on your plateau to prepare yourself for the next level. ----- Automated Transcription Be...

Change is inevitable. At some point in your business, you will be forced to change mindsets, habits, or principles. If you want to change your habits, place yourself in a totally new environment, and get used to it as quickly as you can. The more that you restrict yourself or your business in situations like that in short periods, the more you are able to grow! ----- Automated Transcript Below Dea...

How much time do you spend watching the news every day? If you spend several hours a day watching the news on TV, then you have probably noticed how much scare-mongering there is in the media. Of course, not all news stories are fake or sensationalized out of proportion. But the fact is, the news is sprinkled with drama so that it is better consumed by more viewers. That's just the reality of tele...

Nobody and nothing is perfect. As a matter of fact, perfectionism is the lowest standard to set yourself because it does not exist. Perfectionism is unobtainable, so it does not exist. Besides, you do not need to do something perfectly because 90% of the time, it's going to work anyway even if there are a few mistakes. The more that you can avoid paralysis by analysis, the more you can get things...

Have you ever met people who give you the wrong idea — or worse, tell you that you are wrong even though you are right? Life is riddled with these types of people and they can be your closest family and friends! Now, this does not mean that these people are lying to you. Most of them actually mean well. They simply had no idea that they were being untrue. This is simply group thinking. In this epi...

Most entrepreneurs do everything themselves and they end up becoming their own bottlenecks in business.   These entrepreneurs have worked long and hard to remove themselves from being the bottleneck but what happens if another staff member becomes the bottleneck instead? How do you remove bottlenecks when the business is booming because of great staff members? The solution to this problem and more...

Most of the time, people tend to shrug off advice from their inner circle of friends — even if it is a really good tip or idea. These are your closest people; people who love you the most. If you refuse to listen to them, you also refuse the possibility to grow phenomenally. You'll be surprised how knowledgeable and capable your inner circle of people is. ----- Automated Transcription Below: Dean...

This gift-giving concept is in place for a very good reason. It is there as a means to show and give value to your people even if they are non-customers. This is actually a very effective — yet subtle strategy. You are building great connections with people. What happens over time is you have put some kind of positive thing out there and that positivity is bound to come back to you eventually. The...

" Botting " is the process of using software automation to perform tasks. It's a very popular tool in social media. However, it is frowned upon among video game consumers and developers. There is a proper time and situation to use bots. To name a few: in business systems and processes, and in social media interactions. It is important that you know exactly in which situations you should offload yo...

Have you ever asked yourself why you are working too many hours? And why do you sometimes still end up feeling you're not getting the job done? Well, you might want to take a closer look at how you're spending your time and energy because it's actually possible to get things done without spending all your resources. You want to know how? In this episode, Dean talks about the value of using your en...

Although the product is an important factor, at the end of the day, it is customer experience that determines the success of your business. And one of the best things that can lead to great customer experience is through systemizing processes. In today's episode of Freedom in Five Minutes, guest George Chen, founder of UBestPacks.com talks with Dean about the importance of offloading tasks, levera...

A lot of times, we find ourselves wanting more customers. Naturally, we want people to like us. Of course we want more people to join our tribe who will allow us to grow our business, so to speak. One valuable lesson I've seen over years, running my service business is that, having less customers is the best. And these customers are people who absolutely love what we do. It is a game changer and I...

I think you'll agree with me when I say, it's essential to have a large organization and a ton more employees to be one of the industries included in the Inc 500, or is it? Well, it turns out that you don't really need to be that massive. In this episode, learn how Matt Laird changed the entire scope of the oil industry with just a simple step and an overhead of less than 10 to hit the Inc 500. --...

People nowadays are so eager to produce an output that some of it leads to mediocrity. And because they want to have something right away, most of them end up forgetting about the most important thing when it comes to building something. But what exactly is that "thing" that we need to be aware of? In this episode, Dean talks about what it means to have a strong and reliable foundation and how imp...

What are you procrastinating on? What is something right now that you know you have to do? Something in your business that you keep on putting off - it could be bookkeeping.  Some of the tasks in your business are like ticking time bombs that could explode in your face if you do not deal with them sooner than later. It's just going to get worse over time! Now, I learned this the hard way. The more...

The power of being a generalist is a major advantage to an entrepreneur. Join me as I recount my struggle to niche down and specialize until I finally had enough and said, "Screw that! I do not need to specialize in something!" This is my journey to becoming a proud generalist. ----- Automated Transcript Below: Dean Soto  0:00   Hey, this is Dean Soto founder of FreedomInFiveMinutes.com and ProSul...

In this podcast episode, we talk about how automation and scaling your business does not necessarily mean becoming impersonal with your clients.  It can be a way of showing love and appreciation to them. Learn how systems and automation can help you create a foolproof customer experience where no customer will be left hanging. ----- Automated Transcript Below: Dean Soto  0:00   Hey! This is Dean S...

Are you willing to step out of your comfort zone just to improve on something that you want?  Everybody might say that they want change but few are actually willing. We don't do it unless we want to or unless something in our life prompts us. In this episode, understand the great margin between knowing how to change from truly wanting to change.  ----- Automated Transcript Below: Dean Soto 0:00 He...