Storied Coaching with Aaron J. Jacobs

  Do you often feel "at the mercy" of your calendar each day? Do you dread hearing the chime of your next appointment because you doubt if it is important enough to do? So many people feel this way. The good news is that you don't have to put up with this anymore. In today's episode, I share my time management process for low-stress, high results for my calendar each week. Once you follow my proce...

Has your sales story stopped being as effective as it once was? Are you having people leave your sales calls without buying? You are not alone, and this week's episode will stop this from happening. You don't need to change your product or your solution. You must realign your story to match your customer's new emotional concerns. It's not as complicated as you think. In fact, it's super easy if yo...

Changing your job or career can be full of mental drama. We second-guess ourselves, feel like imposters when applying for job postings, and wait with varying degrees of patience while companies seemingly TAKE FOREVER to reply. With so much that can feel out of our control with a planned or unplanned career change, this week's guest, Erin Lewber, is like water in a desert. Erin is a Resume Job Sear...

Big stories often have big, audacious goals attached to them. That is a fantastic thing. You are building your new future self, and that takes time.  However, it can get easy (way too easy) to forget to stop and look around occasionally on your Hero's Journey. That small step that you just took is worthy of celebration. It will refuel you as your look to the next steps. Many think stopping and tak...

Have you ever found a mentor by accident? I found one of mine at CrossFit several years ago. Don King is the kind of human that expects excellence from himself and magnetically inspires those in his orbit to follow his example. I was initially confused when I learned he was a successful sales leader. His humility and approach seemed so opposite of the typical aggressive sales stereotype. How could...

We are storytelling creatures. Across cultures, geographies, and time, we learn and convey information best through stories. So why do so many people forget this when they are selling? Well, this week, I am going to help you fix that. I am showing you the potent types of stories you can tell when you instantly want your audience's attention in a sales situation. There are three types of stories to...

Two weeks ago, I felt stuck. It's happened to all of us. One moment you are on sure footing, and the story unfolds as you thought it would. And then the story changes. You get mad, blame, and wonder what you are supposed to do next. So I decided to shift my story by creating a perspective change. Listen to what I did and how you can change a story you no longer want to be in. Sometimes perspective...

Have you had a Zoom Jammies Moment? That moment when you think, "When did sweatpants become my remote working uniform?" Pssst….the answer is probably during the Pandemic. It's o.k.; we will get through this because Style Coach extraordinaire Judith Gaton is joining us this week to help us re-invent and embrace our unique style. This is such a fun conversation; you will learn, laugh and find inspir...

Are you worried about losing your job in a volatile economy right now? Did your job just get eliminated? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this week's episode is for you. My guest Dr. Amy Cirbus is a licensed therapist and has worked for the last eight years bringing mental health improvements and benefits to corporate culture. She has seen a lot. Heard a lot. Helped a lot. She wil...

Are you feeling a bit anxious or worried? There seems to be quite a bit of that going around, especially in the tech sector. You are not alone I've dealt with anxiety for most of my life. Becoming a life and business coach helped me hone my skills and learn new tools for dealing with anxiety. I'm going to share one of those tools with you today. I will give you a simple framework for quickly ident...

It hasn't been the best news if you are a technology worker over the last few weeks. 10k jobs cut from Microsoft. 12k jobs cut from Google. So many people are recently looking for work or wondering, am I next? This week we will help you bolster the position at your company or help you become more attractive if you are looking for work. My guest this week, Don Carmichael, is a shining example of th...

Creating customer evangelists is the gold ring that marketers, sellers, and business owners strive to obtain. Customer evangelists are customers that love you, your product, or your service so much that they constantly talk you up to other potential customers. People like to make this complicated like it's a dark mystical art known to a select few, but it's not. Listen in this week as I go over a...

I feel so fortunate to have stumbled onto some of the mentors in my life. Julie Rey is one of those mentors I now count as a friend. She tells the truth. All of it. All the time. She does it from a place of kindness with a side of expletives, which is my favorite. We laugh a lot. Listen in as Julie lets us in on leadership lessons she has learned working with some of the largest brands while remai...

Anytime someone creates the space for themselves to dream a story about a new, future version of themselves and the life they want to live lights me up for them. This time of year, resolutions and goals are on the mind of many. So, I'm sharing the structure I use to keep myself on track with my goals. DMD my friends Desire, Motivation, and Discipline. This vodcast will be the most valuable 12 minu...

It's time for THE TALK. The birds and the bees Sexuality. Coition. Coitus. Copulation. Fornication. Generation. Intimacy. Lovemaking. Many of you just got a bit red in the cheeks or cringed. It doesn't have to be this way. Dr. Shannon Widlansky specializes in helping parents have better talks with children of any age about all things sex. You will love this episode whether you need to give the Tal...

Ask most people if showing up for their family is essential to them, and they often answer yes. But what are we doing daily to ensure we are showing up as the best version of ourselves, especially for those of us with kids? It's easy to get impatient when it seems most of your patience was eaten up by dealing with work stuff earlier in the day. Tommy Geary is The Dad Coach, here to give us some ta...

I love possibilities. I have been dreaming about possibilities for helping my fellow entrepreneurs make more money by collaborating. My brain immediately gave me all kinds of reasons why this would be a lot of work. It wanted to provide several examples of how that did not work out in the past. That I would have to give up freedom. It turns out that is not true. My friends Deena Rutter and Jennie...

Are you looking to do things differently as you plan for your success in 2023? This podcast episode is precisely what you need. Marguerite Martin does not do things like other "good" real estate agents are supposed to do. She decided to do it differently and was told she wasn't allowed. She did it anyway, and now those same people are asking her to come keynote to show them how to do it. Funny how...

Have you considered what you want to do to show up bigger for yourself in the New Year? Our students are thinking the same thing. We just launched the Storied Vodcast Studio program, and the response has been positive. To celebrate the launch, this week's episode is a gift from me to you. We have updated our Ultimate Video Gear Guide for the holidays with our favorite picks to help you look and fe...

More Money More Problems? In my experience, less money has been more problems. I had stories like… "I'm bad with money." "Money is hard to earn." "I have to work more to make more money." "I'm failing because my account balance is low." Sound familiar? Mark Butler helped me change these stories. When he did, I had my best money year ever, which has continued to improve. You will love this week's e...

Leading means letting others find the "how." And at first, it may make you feel out of control. But it's so much better. It often leads to a better result because you let your team members shine in their areas of genius. Here is the result matrix I use with my team members: Get Clear on these 3 things as a leader: What is the result you want? List the specific result you want What is the solution...

The most effective leaders are the ones that lead by example. We see leaders setting new goals for themselves to achieve and blowing them out of the water, and it inspires us to do the same. Steve Cirbus is one of those leaders. Steve has been a friend for over 20 years and is the ultimate hyphenate. Actor-Director-Writer-Producer-Husband-Father-Friend He does each of these things exceedingly well...

It's Q4, and if you are a Marketing Leader, people ask you to move mountains. The Sales Team wants you to help them close the people already in the sales pipeline. The Sales Team wants you to add new people to the Sales Pipeline. They wanted all of this yesterday and would also like a PONY. I'm about to solve this problem for you (except the pony). This week I'm going to show you how to quickly cr...

Making offers used to terrify me. I felt vulnerable. If they said no, I was embarrassed because it meant they were rejecting ME. However, it got easier with each phone call, DM, email, and speaking engagement. I didn't know it, but I was building what I now call "offer resilience." You must build this if you are leading a business. This week's episode will tell you how I built up offer resilience...

Have you ever been asked to get up on stage or speak publically at a moment's notice? It can set your heart racing. I've got just the thing for you. It's a variation on our T3 (Tease Tell Told) storytelling structure we teach our students. It's super easy to learn and is easy to use in the moment or when you plan your next keynote or sales script. Feel free to share it with your team. It works lik...