The Self-Employed Life

You know the phrase, "it's not the destination, but the journey that matters"? Well, I think if it's the destination you want, it can still be pretty darn good. I do agree it's the journey that matters most, which is perhaps why we find being at a plateau in our lives and businesses unfulfilling. Today we're going to be talking about smashing the plateau. David Shriner-Cahn is the host of the business podcast "Smashing the Plateau," the resource for business leaders who feel they have stalled. With the perspective that prosperity can be created when we have the right mindset and tools to share our gifts with the world, "Smashing the Plateau" offers a wealth of personal experiences about achieving business breakthroughs. In addition to his own show, David has been a featured guest on many podcasts, and as president of Tend Strategic Partners, David works with business leaders who need to get unstuck from a mid-career plateau, where they may be in danger of losing the spark that has helped them succeed. WARRIOR of Persistence "If you really want to do it, just do it"- David Shriner-Cahn Highlights - Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of losing success, these fears keep you from taking the first step Once you take the first step, it requires having both the resources and the persistence to see the actions through long enough Keep moving forward, no matter what roadblocks you hit Description of the plateau includes elements of lack of focus and looking at something too narrowly Most people in leadership roles are risk takers Traditional media isn't the same kind of business it was 20 years ago If you want to overcome the plateau, consider getting a coach, reach out for help 80 percent of our success comes from 20 percent of our activity Humility is not just an attractive personality trait, but a great business trait Guest Contact - David's Website David on Twitter, David on Linkedin Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Gifts - Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.

You look around and you see people doing some pretty amazing things in the world. Whether it's business accomplishments or changing the world for the better, things that seem impossible. Mick Ebeling is certainly one of those guys. It makes me wonder, is doing the impossible relegated to a chosen few? Or are any of us capable of doing what currently seems impossible, and if so, what stops us from breaking through believing that nothing is impossible. A recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the year Award, and listed as one of the most influential creative people by The Creativity 50's, Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational, innovation. As a career producer and filmmaker, he harvests the power of technology and story, to change the world. Mick founded "Not Impossible", a multiple award winning social innovation lab and production company on the premise that nothing is impossible.This unconventional approach brought to life highly acclaimed initiatives. The Eyewriter, Project Daniel, Don's Voice, and most recently, Music Not Impossible, that brought the ability to draw back to a paraplegic street artist, 3D printed arms to sudanese amputees and voice, to an ALS patient who hadn't spoken for 15 years. WARRIOR of Not Impossible "If you look at things that are impossible today, statistically, they are on the trajectory to being possible"- Mick Ebeling Highlights - Mick created the eyewriter from scratch, with really no knowledge of how to do it The day after creating this open source device, thousands of outlets were covering it The Eyewriter was the start of Not Impossible Ideas start as inconceivable, and then impossible, and eventually, possible Even if you can't fathom something becoming possible, you can fathom statistics It's not about having proof that it can happen or it will happen, but believing in the possibility that it can happen The Department of Accessible Prosthetics is the next step for Project Daniel This project will make prosthetics accessible to thousands and thousands of others in need If not now, when? If not me, who? Guest Contact - Mick's Website Mick on Twitter, Mick on Linkedin Not Impossible's Website Daniel's Project's Website Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Gifts - Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.

Happy New Year! It's that time of year again when so many people set goals and create big plans for the New Year. Now, let's not make fun of all the goals that don't happen. It's become so commonplace to make fun of all the failed goals. Instead, I want to provide you with an idea to help you ACCOMPLISH all those goals! And I believe you can. If you understand your real motivation. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation. Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're ACTUALLY worth! In the Masterclass, I reveal the one strategy that made me millions so that you can have the business of your dreams and work ONLY with your RIGHT CLIENTS! Click here to register or text Warrior to number 33444 to sign up today. Getting your point across in business can be tricky. Grammarly uses a browser extension to check your text for spelling and grammatical errors anytime you write something online to help you avoid mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates. Get access to your own private editor 24/7! Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Music by Jawn

Whether your life's going swimmingly well or it has its challenges, there are always times we wish we could hit a reset button. That's the wonderful thing about having a whole new year ahead of you. That doesn't mean you wipe out what has been, it means you can take a fresh look, start anew, and make some empowering choices. This is both an inside job, and it takes commitment and action. So for this, our special New Year's episode, we offer you an opportunity to consider a work-life reset. Fawn Germer will reach inside of you and pull out your best self by showing you how to get beyond the self-limiting behaviors that hold so many of us back.Fawn is a four-time, Pulitzer-nominated investigative journalist and the author of seven books including the Oprah pick Hard Won Wisdom, and her latest book, is Work-Life Reset. Fawn has interviewed more than 300 of the most accomplished leaders of our times, including everyone from Hillary Clinton to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. She has talked to Olympic athletes, CEOs, prime ministers, presidents, Academy Award winners, and many other trailblazers who shared with her the secrets of true success. From them, she learned that success is born in risk, and power comes from the self-awareness that disables doubt and self-esteem issues. WARRIOR of Badass Fawn "Time is something that does not come in infinite supply"- Fawn Germer Highlights - A reset is when you really need to make a new change, set new boundaries, and start over There's no do-over in life, why waste a minute? You can always pack up your talent and go Anytime is a good time for a reset, not just New Years Choose a big, bold, meaningful life and take steps to make that happen Fear as a motivating factor puts things into perspective Wake yourself up before something else gives you a wake up call You have to set time aside where it is yours, and you are going to do this for yourself Manifest what you want in your life Guest Contact - Fawn's Website, Fawn on Twitter Fawn's books: Work-Life RESET Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Gifts - Special offer for Creative Warriors: Margie's Training Program- use the code "CreativeWarriors" Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.

Happy holidays to all of you! It is the season of giving. Often that means giving gifts. We are so fortunate today to speak with a master gift giver. John Ruhlin not only captures the spirit of generosity, and reciprocity in his gift giving, but also giftology, as an effective business strategy to express appreciation to those you do business with, and to open doors for future opportunities. John Ruhlin is the founder of the Ruhlin Group. John's company is trusted by the leaders of fast growing companies to develop relationship building strategies and VIP gifting programs to increase referrals and strengthen retention with their most important clients, employees, and prospects. Their clients include the Chicago Cubs, San Antonio Spurs, D.R Horton, Ork and Stanley, St. Luis Blues, and hundreds of other industry leaders and high end service firms. His second best selling book "Giftology: the Art and Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Drive Referrals, and Strengthen Retention", has been featured in forms and ink. WARRIOR of No "Gift like you mean it!"- John Ruhlin Highlights - Relationships are one of the most important aspects in their life, personally and professionally Showing gratitude when it's expected is the worst investment that you can make Show gratitude and appreciation to those important relationships like your business depends on it They use planned randomness and pick different times of year to send surprise gifts John teaches people to give gifts on a "just because" basis There is a fine line between manipulating a situation, and reciprocity Look for gifts your client will use everyday-- encourage CPI (Cost per impression) Know the difference between promotional gifts, and actual gifts Identify your most important relationships -- what's their current value to you? Guest Contact - John's Website, John on Twitter John Ruhlin Group John's books: Giftology Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Gifts - Special offer for Creative Warriors: Margie's Training Program- use the code "CreativeWarriors" Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.

In this inspiring end of year podcast, I help you close the gap between where you are to where you want to go to make 2017 your biggest year ever. Biggest in the sense that you take full ownership of who you are and let it shine brightly. You'll learn how in doing so, you not only live your greatest life, but you inspire others at the same time. Which, in the end, may be your greatest act of generosity. Enjoy and here's to a BIG 2017! The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation. Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're ACTUALLY worth! In the Masterclass, I reveal the one strategy that made me millions so that you can have the business of your dreams and work ONLY with your RIGHT CLIENTS! Click here to register or text Warrior to number 33444 to sign up today. Getting your point across in business can be tricky. Grammarly uses a browser extension to check your text for spelling and grammatical errors anytime you write something online to help you avoid mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates. Get access to your own private editor 24/7! Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Music by Jawn

In the couple days leading up to Christmas Day here in the United States, we have something very special for you. This time of year conjures up all sorts of feelings. Tradition, family and friends gathering, surprise and delight, and of course, gratitude and giving. This special episode of Creative Warriors is a gift within a gift within a gift. This past Sunday, while hanging out in an outdoor market here in Miami, I met these two exceptional guys, brothers, doing something amazing in the world, and I knew right away I had to have them on for this special Christmas Eve day episode. I am so impressed by what they have created, my gift to them and the work they're doing is to support their mission and their current kickstarter campaign by spreading the word, worldwide. Creative Warriors is heard in 161 countries. Their gift to the world is the social enterprise business they've created. Your gift is to support their cause by contributing to their kickstarter campaign and in turn, support millions of non profits around the world. This is what giving is all about Warriors. The giving the spreads and multiplies and changes the world. WARRIOR OF THE HOLY SPIRIT "Showing gratitude daily will help you see the smaller things in life"- Ricardo Bueso Highlights - Ricardo's company was inspired by his father. Gratitude produces the same hormonas as chocolate! THNX Co is the first ecommerce platform to customize your giving THNX Co has been around since 2014, formed by Ricardo and his brother, Ricardo! With Thnx Co., you give what you want, to any cause you want (which is well over 1.8 million on their website!) If you want to get your nonprofit up and running with Thnx Co, shoot them an email! As the company grows, the impact will grow Guest Contact - Thx Co.'s Website: Thx.co Ricardo on LinkedIn The Thx Co. Kickstarter Campaign Resources - BlueHost Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Acuity Scheduling If you want more of your most valuable resource back, automate your calendar with our top pick, Acuity. No more back and fourth, no-shows or multiple calendars to manage. All appointments, reminders, cancellations, even payments happen with 1-click. Acuity helps you gain time! Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/acuity for our offer or click the link in the show notes. Grammarly In our fast-paced world, we still need to clearly and confidently communicate what we want to say. Grammarly is our private editor 24/7 checking our spelling and grammar whenever we write something online to help avoid embarrassing mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates! Grammarly is a Better Way To Write. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/grammarly for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. Audible BooksThe easiest way I know to get inspired when reading is not an option is with AudibleBooks. You can regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Visit creativewarriorsunite.com/audible for our offer or click on the link in the show notes. New Free MasterClass:Warriors, if 80% of your income comes from 20% of your clients, 80% of your clients are the wrong clients! Imagine what it would be like to have almost 100% of your income come from all your clients because you're working with the right clients. Learn how knowing their secret language will attract your RIGHT clients— people who value what you do and are eager to pay you what you're worth. To register for this new masterclass, go to YourRightClients.com, and I'll see you in the masterclass! Gifts - Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.

Being a creative warrior and an entrepreneur takes bravery. If you weren't courageous you wouldn't have taken the leap to where you are today. But courage is also an ongoing action. To live our best lives we need to be always challenging and pushing at our comfort zone. Margie Warrell is the author of Brave, Stop Playing Safe, and Find Your Courage, as well as a speaker and entrepreneur. She's talking with me about what it means to be brave every single day. Bravery isn't always about jumping out of an airplane! Instead, Margie's explaining how to interrogate you assumptions about reality and pay attention to what's amplifying your fear. We're also getting into being vulnerable, owning your own influence, and Margie's 10 Day Train the Brave Challenge. BRAVEHEART WARRIOR "If you didn't have to prove yourself to anybody, what would you do?- Margie Warrell Highlights - Unless we're willing to be brave and take risks we'll never have peace within ourselves. Risk is taking emotional and personal leaps. Being courageous is admitting that you don't know if you're going to succeed and going forward anyways. What we focus on expands our reality. Set boundaries and borders in your life. Vulnerability doesn't mean sharing everything with everyone all the time. Think about who will benefit from hearing your story and why you're sharing it before you start. Step back from your reality and interrogate what assumptions and beliefs you have bought into that might not be serving you. It's not what you think you fear, it's what you link to fear. Own your own influence and power. Other people will see you as a leader if you see yourself as one. Guest Contact - Margie's Website, Margie on Twitter Margie's Training Program Code: CreativeWarriors Margie's books: Brave: 50 Everyday Acts of Courage to Thrive in Work, Love and Life Stop Playing Safe: Rethink Risk, Unlock the Power of Courage, Achieve Outstanding Success Find Your Courage: 12 Acts for Becoming Fearless at Work and in Life

Encouraging someone when they've hit a wall and are frustrated is, of course, a good thing. Reminding them that it's "always darkest before the dawn" and "change is right around the corner" is also helpful. But there are times these encouraging words just aren't enough. When someone is brutally honest and says, "I know. But I've been here so many times." They are tired of the cycle. We all know that cycle. We hit a wall, we pick ourselves up, only to find ourselves at that same frustrating point later on. In this episode, I offer a strategy on how to break through the breakthrough problem once and for all. The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. "Do you REALLY believe there are forces working on your behalf?" - Jeffrey Shaw Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation. Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources - Masterclass: Learn how to attract the RIGHT customers that value what you do and pay you what you're ACTUALLY worth! In the Masterclass, I reveal the one strategy that made me millions so that you can have the business of your dreams and work ONLY with your RIGHT CLIENTS! Click here to register or text Warrior to number 33444 to sign up today. Getting your point across in business can be tricky. Grammarly uses a browser extension to check your text for spelling and grammatical errors anytime you write something online to help you avoid mistakes in comments, tweets, and status updates. Get access to your own private editor 24/7! Regain time and transform your commute, workout or chores into fun, productive ME TIME! Audible books are offering a free audio book, try it, like it and stay or cancel and keep your free Audible book. Music by Jawn

As creative warriors, our challenges in staying focused are well documented. We chase a lot of squirrels as we like to say. So what's the difference then, between being focused, and being fully engaged? And how can we, with practice, train our minds to be our most productive? Let's find out! Thomas M. Sterner is the author of "Fully Engaged" and "The Practicing Mind". He is accomplished as a musician, composer, and technician in various fields of music; as a recording and audio engineer; and in athletic pursuits from archery to golf. He speaks around the world on developing focus and discipline and lives in beautiful Wilmington, Delaware. WARRIOR of The Present Moment "Focus is a result of being fully engaged" -Thomas Sterner Highlights - Being fully engaged is being completely absorbed in the moment When you are fully engaged, your thinking thins out. The number of thoughts your mind produces are reduced Reactive mode is one of disempowerment Being fully engaged takes a lot of practice, with the conscious attention to learning this skill When you understand it's a period of repeating and refining, that's what mastery is When we master things, the execution becomes more effortless The problem with a habit is there really is no conscious thought behind it Ensure your past tasks or future tasks don't interfere with your present, daily, tasks Put your learnings into what's happening in the present moment Guest Contact - Thomas's Website, Thomas on Twitter and Facebook Thomas's books: Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life — Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process Gifts - Check out the Creative Warriors Gifts Page where you can grab gifts and offerings from many Creative Warriors past guests. Propel your business forward and register for Week of The Warrior for free. A 7-day mini-course to learn how to leverage your creative powers.