The Self-Employed Life

Our guest today says "never take advice from a cartoonist." So today we're going to take advice from a cartoonist. But, in all fairness, our guest is no ordinary cartoonist, he's the creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams. We're chatting a bit about Dilbert and diving into Scott's latest book, How To Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. I guarantee you'll gain a different perspective about failur...

I'm certainly not immune to having moments of lacking confidence. Are any of us? I guess there are some that are confident all the time. In this episode, I discuss that often confidence gets thrown into one big bucket of "less than" rather than getting to the root of what you're not feeling confident about. Lacking confidence comes in many different forms. I go over the 3 Whys exercise to help you...

Have you ever considered a crowdfunding campaign to support one of your creative endeavors? Have you been unsure if crowdfunding is right for you or the thought totally overwhelms you! We have the leading expert on crowdfunding here to help reset our perspective on crowdfunding and the development of your community. Ariel specifically discusses how to build a crowd, get a campaign ready, and run a...

Embracing your shadow side doesn't have to be scary or full of anxiety. It can be a creative place where we solve problems and learn how to manage life a bit more efficiently. Where being whole is working with both your light and dark side to step into your strengths. Today we have a fascinating topic and guest to dismantle the universal idea that only positive concepts are of value. Named one of...

Patterns and habits to our ability to actually get things done in our lives. But is there value in purposefully interrupting the pattern of your life? What good comes from choosing to do things that will take you out of the cycle and pattern of life that you have found yourself in? For one, you will notice your creativity sparked in a way that it often cannot be throughout normal, cyclical, everyd...

I love this phrase by our guest today; You can't outwork your busyness. But don't we go down trying! We had a great conversation today about how you can learn to work simply by understanding your unique personality traits. Instead of the generalized, one size fits all approach to productivity and time management; we are looking at how to custom tailor an approach just for you. Carson Tate is a dyn...

Does being an entrepreneur sometimes feel like a lonely experience? Even if people surround us, our struggles are our own and non-entrepreneurs don't necessarily get it. So today we're getting some advice from the trenches on entrepreneurship, from someone who's been down and out and back again who truly knows what it's like to be a Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael Dermer is an entrepreneur, speaker,...

Admittedly, this is some of the strangest advice I ever give. Telling my coaching clients to strive to be bored. But listen in and there's a good chance this may be helpful advice for you too. Do you want more business yet find yourself overwhelmed with what you already have going on? Striving to be bored is the solution. This is not only an idea, I also offer specific action steps for you to take...

Has the time come for artists, creators, and innovators to rule the world? Does the artist have not only the skills to succeed in today's world but also something to teach the "non-artist." According to our guest, we all have an inner artist that wants to get out and express them self and when we let that happen regardless of our profession anything is possible. Ron Tite is CEO of The Tite Group,...

The Good Life means something a little different for everyone. Are some people just more fortunate? Or can we have a strategy to create the good life for ourselves? Today we're going to explore some key aspects of a good life and along the way offer you specific steps to create your personal version of the good life in this enlightening conversation with the leader of the good life project, Jonath...

Why does one brand sky rocket to the top and outshine the rest? Is it because they're better? I get asked this question often and I can assure you, it certainly isn't because that brand is better. If you know you are just as good at what you do as your competitors and are left wondering what it will take to end up on top, this just might answer that question for you.  The Talking Stick is in your...

Life sure can get overwhelming. And often it's because we've said yes to too many things. Or is it that we've said yes to the wrong things? With our guest today, Misty Lown, we're going to discuss how you can get the results you want out of your life and business by saying one small yes at a time. Misty Lown is a sought after speaker who shares her business methods with audiences around the world....

Picture this; you are standing on the side of a chasm, or a canyon and where you want to go is to the other side. Will you build a bridge to get to the other side or stay where you are? Can you fuel the effort it will take to get to the other side? What are the best tools to make it a reality? We're discussing the 3 Gaps that universally keep most people from having everything they want in life. A...

Professionals and trend watchers keep giving different names to the economy. You know, the intangible economy, the sharing economy, the gig economy, and so on. I think they're all missing what it should actually be called. The one name and one type of entrepreneur that encompasses ALL the other names. Have a listen and learn what you can do about it. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us...

Warriors, imagine having the opportunity to sit down and chat with a legendary successful entrepreneur who has made an indelible mark on the world. What questions would you ask? What advice would you seek? What secrets of success would you want to know? Well, we have that rare and exciting opportunity. Today we have with us Peter Legge, A living legacy of one of Canada's true entrepreneurial succe...

Today's guest truly changed the direction of his life. His experience shows us that it doesn't matter where you come from or what you've been through; or mistakes you may have made along the way, if you want to improve your life, it is up to you to commit to and to act on a plan. This is an inspiring story of turning a life around, taking purposeful action, and leaving no stone unturned in the pro...

This episode really gets to the heart of what I want for YOU. To be valued for what you do and get paid what you're ACTUALLY worth. And I lay it all on the line. I share the one strategy that I can attribute all my success to as a photographer and a business coach so that you can employ this strategy too. For the first time, I share some intimate details of starting my business and how I learned t...

Differentiation is the ticket to success. Figuring out how you and your brand stands out in a word of sameness is critical. We have a lot of responsibilities in business— to manage our business, take care of our customers to mention a few, but I believe your #1 responsibility to your future success is creating a brand that is so unique that it can't be duplicated. A veteran whole-brain thinker, Ho...

Too often entrepreneurs get stuck thinking they aren't ready, or they don't have the resources or money to advance their business. It doesn't have to take a lot to have success; sometimes you just have to get scrappy! A scrappy strategy can make the difference between being heard or accepting less than. Today we're discussing how being scrappy could be the best play in becoming an innovative and c...

I had this idea recently to start a journal called What's Going Right? The idea is to reverse paying attention to only the things that are going wrong. Come on. We all do it. Several things can go right in a day and all you'll pay attention to is the one thing that went wrong. Or amongst a sea of compliments, you'll remember the one criticism. The What's Going Right journal is a great way to rever...

Do you have to sacrifice the integrity of your creativity to sell what you are offering? Can you be a creative person in business AND a good sales person? Must we choose between being good at what we do and being good at selling ourselves? Would you prefer someone else do your selling? Sales don't have to be a right brain and left brain conflict. We can find a balance that holistically serves us....

Whether you are aware of it or not, we are all influenced every day by the behavior of others. Our purchases, our behavior, our big and small choices. Sometimes influence is invisible; sometimes it's much more apparent, and often we see how others are affected, but not how we are. What's important is that we understand the power of social influence because it can draw customers to us and also can...

I loved raising my kids! The best and most memorable conversations I've had in my life have been with my three kids. A recent conversation with my daughter got me thinking about some advice that I used to give to my kids that I think applies equally well in business. It involves waffles. You have to listen to understand.   The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you.   Be part of...

Let's face it. Creating behavioral change in our lives is not easy. But it can be done to create the lives we want. We're going to talk to the world authority on behavioral change, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, about the use of triggers. How triggers in our lives keep us stuck and how we can use productive triggers to help us get what we want out of life. It is a complete honor to have Marshall on Creat...

Often when we think about branding, we think about image most of all. Branding is so much more than that. Excellent branding is a system of consciously delivered strategies. It's practically your business model, representing who you are, who you want to attract and the direction of your business. So much more than the image! Today we're discussing a Brand Mapping Strategy with 7-specific elements...