Jonathan David Lewis is an engaging and authoritative speaker who shares how to survive and thrive in today’s uncertain world. He is the author of several books including Brand VS Wild which will be the focus of this episode. In addition to writing books, Jonathan has also written several articles on places like Forbes, DigiDay, and Advertising Age where he explores that factors that lead to stalled growth and the principles proven to help companies navigate the ambiguities and dangers of the brand wilderness.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“The task in front of us as business people is…get comfortable…with an uncomfortable amount of risk in every decision.”

“Who are you going to disappoint?” (you can’t please everyone)

“Always enter the danger.”

 

What You’ll Learn

—How to anticipate and deal with disruption

—How to stay focused on your goals

—How to move forward in your business

—The pathway to resilience

 

Key Links from The Show:

Jonathan’s site

Brand VS Wild — Jonathan’s Book

 

 

Recommended Books from The Show:

Getting Naked by Patrick Lencioni

 

The Connected Company by Dave Gray

 

Power Branding by Steve Mckee

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Timothy Pychyl is a passionate teacher at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He has researched and written about procrastination for over 20 years which he has published on procrastination.ca. Timothy has culminated this research into his book Solving The Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide To Strategies For Change which is available on Amazon.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“Procrastination is a negative form of delay.”

“The moment we look too far down the road, we can have a panic attack.”

“We all like to self deceive, we like to lie to ourselves, it makes us feel good.”

 

What You’ll Learn

—Timothy explains why we procrastinate to avoid negative emotions, and gives us “mood repair”

—How to take purposeful, useful breaks

—How to catch yourself procrastinating and avoid spiraling out of control.

—How to use our willpower more effectively and create an “environment of avoidance”

 

Key Links from The Show

Timothy’s site where he has done over 20 years of research on procrastination

I Procrastinate — Timothy’s podcast

 

 

3 Recommended Books:

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Solving The Procrastination Puzzle by Timothy Pychyl

 

For the first time ever, I’m interviewing a duo for the Breakthrough Success Podcast! Ivy LaClair and Blake Brandes are the Co-founders of Motivational Millennial. Ivy is a personal motivation coach and Blake is a TEDx Speaker.

In this episode, we’ll discuss why the duo started the Motivational Millennial Podcast which highlights successful millennials. Within this episode will be several highlights such as how to deal with rough patches, conquering fear, and personal development.

 

Quotes To Remember:

“When you start moving toward fulfillment, or a dream you really care about, that potential for heartbreak, becomes a real thing.”

“You made the decision in advance, it’s so much easier and less stressful.”

“Let them tell you no.”

“If we just focus on the situation, we are a lot more empowered, and challenges that seem huge, are much more manageable”

 

What You’ll Learn:

—How to deal with the rough patches of entrepreneurship

—How to conquer fear

—How to speed up processes by taking choices out of the equation

 

Key Links from the Show:

Motivational Millenial FB Page.

Free Gift: Motivating Your Millennial Mind

 

3 Recommended Books

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tole

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

Mistborn by B Sanderson

 

Wondering how to get more sales as an affiliate marketer and how recruiters get the affiliates in the first place? Those are two of the many topics we explore in this episode.

Matt is the guy who people like Ray Edwards, Michael Hyatt, Chandler Bolt, Brian Tracy, Jeff Goins, and many more. He’s been the mastermind of several six and seven figure affiliate launches that have transformed businesses. He recently decided to share his insights in a daily podcast called The Affiliate Guy Daily where he provided quick insights into affiliate marketing seven days a week.

He created his daily podcast because many people in his audience said this is exactly what they wanted. 

 

Quotes To Remember:

“If you’re the best at what you do, you never have to go and find clients”

“Once your mind has been expanded past a certain point, it can never go back to those dimensions.”

“No single piece of content is ever a single piece of content.”

 

What You’ll Learn:

—How Matt manages to create one episode every day for his podcast

—How Matt drives more affiliate sales

—How Matt recruits affiliates for some of the most successful launches in his industry

—Creative ways to promote your affiliate links

—Developing a customer avatar that actually works

—How to condition your audience so they click on your links…every time

 

Key Links from the Show:

Matt’s resources for Breakthrough Success listeners

JigSaw—resource for gaining knowledge on competitors and finding affiliates

 

3 Recommended Books…Matt provided an extra book for us 🙂

The Small Big by Steve J. Martin

Influence by Robert Cialdini

Dot Com Secrets by Russell Brunson

How to Write Copy That Sells by Ray Edwards

Shopify is a site with great revenue potential in the ecommerce. For this episode, Dan Rusu and I discuss how people can get started with their very own Shopify stores. Dan is the owner of Lighting Shoes, an E-commerce site that uses Shopify.

 

Google AdWords has been the ignitor to Dan’s successful business. We discuss how he uses AdWords, some of the challenges he faced along the way, and how to buy and sell websites just as Dan bought Lighting Shoes and made some changes so he could make a profit.

 

Learn:

—How to use Google AdWords to get the right traffic to your site

—How to increase the conversion rate, click through rate, and traffic to your site

—Finding a quality distributor

—How to buy and sell websites the right way

 

Quotes from this episode

 

“‘…doing something you’re passionate about, or at least being in a niche or industry that you’re interested in, ‘cause otherwise a lot of things just turn into a grind”

 

“Most of the time you’re gonna have to grind something out”

 

Key Links from the Show:

 

Lighting Shoes – Dan’s Shop

 

Website Brokers

 

Flippa 

 

 

3 Recommended Books:

 

7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr Stephen Covey

 

How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

 

Prayer Can Change Your Life by William R. Parker

Our motivation fuels our ability to accomplish our biggest goals. So how do we fuel that motivation as much as possible?

That’s what Trevor Oldham and I discuss in today’s episode. Trevor started as an entrepreneur before he was 10 years old. He’s now an ambitious young entrepreneur and host of the Become The Lion podcast show. He inspires others to pursue their dreams.

 

Learn:

—How to motivate yourself to work harder and smarter so you accomplish your goals quicker

—How to break your limiting beliefs

—How to get motivated again when you have cold streaks

—The morning routine of a lifetime

—Some secrets to success

 

Quotes from this episode:

 

“It’s really weird that people just get a job, accept it, and don’t think about it”

 

“You can only connect the dots looking backwards”

 

“You need to lay the foundation brick by brick.”

 

 

Key Links from the Show:

 

Become The Lion

 

Episode 39: Using Webinars To Generate A Massive Profit With Jon Schumacher

 

 

3 Recommended Books:

 

Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill

Steve Jobs Exclusive Biography by Walter Isaacson

Win or Learn by John Kavanagh