The Self-Employed Life

Creative Warriors are dreamers. Of course, that's fantastic! For many of us, our dreams and goals become bigger than how we're accustomed to live our lives. So what do you do? What do you do when your goals in life are bigger than how you live your life? When you're most comfortable in the serenity of home AND you want to accomplish big things in the world? As someone who knows this feeling, here are a few suggestions. 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 - Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your natural creative strengths and use them to your advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register here or text warrior to number 33444 to register and unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Leverage your Creative Warrior strengths and sign up for Week of the Warrior-- a FREE 7-day online mini-course. A powerful question and valuable video lesson will be text to you each day for 7 days. Simple, convenient, and thought-provoking! 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.

Do you think money is the root of all evil? I hope not because that would make becoming wealthy very uncomfortable, and probably super unlikely. We're going to explore the difference between thinking poor and thinking rich, and dismantle self-imposed rules to ask ourselves the fundamental question, is my thinking be keeping me poor? Douglas Kruger is an internationally renowned speaker and business author, who is passionate about creating thought-leaders and disrupting outdated ideas. He's the author of 4 books, including the highly acclaimed 'Own Your Industry - How to Position Yourself as an Expert,' and "Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor?" Douglas is a multiple award-winning speaker, his clients, include senior management and sales teams at companies like MultiChoice, BMW, Liberty and HP. He speaks globally on how businesses and brands can compete through innovation, and position themselves as industry experts. Douglas is a hardcore advocate for personal discipline and is a committed crusader against victimhood-mentality. Highlights - Having a "wealthy" view of the world Strategically planning your life The wealthy person's epiphany Getting beyond survival mindset Disconnecting from a time for money business approach Resources Grammarly 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 personal editor 24/7! Audible books 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. Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook Books Is Your Thinking Keeping You Poor?: 50 Ways the Rich Think Differently Own Your Industry - How to Position Yourself as an Expert Mentions - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari "Money makes us more of who we already are." Sara Blakely, the creator of Spanx "In 2008, the world issued an invitation into recession, and I politely declined." Randy Gage Gift: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.

Life is full of ups and downs. Being an entrepreneur, a small business owner, and putting yourself out in the world in whatever way you do is challenging. It can feel like a roller coaster at times. Getting through it all is what makes you a warrior. Today we're discussing resilience and the 7-emotional habits that help to get you through the peaks and valleys that we all experience. Akash is a peak-performance coach, master storyteller, an international best-selling author, speaker, and consultant who has trained over 120,000 people worldwide. His latest book, The 7 Things Resilient People Do Differently, teaches people how to develop resilience, persevere through adversity and quickly bounce back from disappointment. When he is not busy writing about himself in the third person, Akash can be found lifting heavy weights at the gym while listening to Taylor Swift while contemplating why we do what we do and the best ways to align ourselves better. Highlights - 7-tools to become resilience Creating an empowering emotional pattern Defining success with your bigger purpose Setting up empowering beliefs Bouncing back from negative emotions Resources Grammarly 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 personal editor 24/7! Audible books 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. Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Books Emotional Habits: The 7 Things Resilient People Do Differently TED Talks Storytelling: 23 Storytelling Techniques from the Best TED Talks Mentions - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Dr. Carol Dweck Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson Amy Cuddy Ted Talk Gift: Akashi has been so generous to offer us his bestselling 1-hour online course "How Successful People Think Differently" Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE ($10 Value)

In celebration of our 200th episode, I share what I've observed from interviewing best-selling authors and inspiring entrepreneurs over the past 2+ years. Of course, each guest is an individual with their own unique strengths. However, there are certainly common traits that we can all benefit from by understanding. This also marks the beginning of a whole new sound for Creative Warriors Talking Stick. Check it out!

I know entrepreneurs and small businesses get the idea that we must create great experiences for our customers. That what a customer is paying for is the overall experience. But how many of us are doing anything more that what our customers expect? Does meeting the minimum expectation, maintain or grow a business? Today we're going to dive into what it really means to create an exceptional customer experience. Brian Solis is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders, keynote speakers, and best-selling authors in innovation and digital transformation. His new book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design, explores the importance of experiences and how to design them for customers, employees and human beings everywhere. As a digital anthropologist and futurist, he also studies disruptive technology and its impact on business and society. Brian humanizes technology's effect to help people see people differently, understand the changes that are occurring and what we can do to stay relevant, to embrace the change. Highlights - Difference between customer experience and customer service The new standard- create a frictionless experience Understanding the power of micro-moments If this, then that customer experience Cross-industry motivation and innovation Resources Grammarly 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 personal 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 here. Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Book X: The Experience When Business Meets Design Gift: Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE ($10 Value)

We all have challenging moments in life regardless of how successful and impactful we become and "Just because you're unmistakable doesn't mean your unbreakable." Today, I have the privilege of interviewing the host of Unmistakable Creative Podcast, Srini Rao. Our open and direct conversation is vulnerable, transparent and loaded with meaningful insights. Srini is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative Podcast where he's conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders from many walks of life who peek his curiosity. This has given him an incredible view into what makes some of the most impactful creatives successful across multiple disciplines. Srini has just released his latest book called Unmistakable: Why ONLY is Better Than Best. He is also the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Art of Being Unmistakable. Before he kicked off Unmistakable Media, he got an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Pepperdine University. In Srini's spare time, you will catch him chasing waves. Srini's story and curiosities will inspire living a fulfilling and Unmistakable life. Highlights - Advantage in business of knowing what makes you unmistakable 5-thought's about becoming unmistakable Approval and Validation factor Key benefit commitment and completion Working through hopelessness Resources Acuity Scheduling Client scheduling a crazy hot mess? Don't hate. Integrate! Acuity automates your appointments, cancellations, reminders & even payments with one(non-frustrating) click. No more back and fourth, missed meetings, no shows or multiple calendars to manage! Get your special 45-days free trial(typically 14 days). Grammarly 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 personal editor 24/7! Free Webinar I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Books Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best Mentions - "Your temporary circumstances do not have to become your permanent circumstances." Greg Hartle "Life is a series of false horizons" Ed Helms "First, the universe gives you a shout, then it gives you a whisper, then it gives you a 2X4 to the head and most of us wait for the 2X4." Suzannah Scully The art of the interview Lawrence Grobel Hero's Journey Joseph Campbell Million Miles and 1000 years Donald Miller David Burkus Podcast Interview Brene Brown Vulnerability TedTalk Seth Godin Gary Vaynerchuk Tim Ferris Todd Herman Gift: Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE ($10 Value)

You know how sometimes you hear that you should go strong for your big goals? But then others will say that if you come on too strong that people will back off? So which is it? Well, that's the problem. It's both. It's what I goal The Goal Paradox. How to work hard towards your goals without being attached to the outcome. This can be a challenging lesson to learn yet may be the answer to success. "Live for your goals without your goals controlling your life" -Jeffrey Shaw 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.

Today we'd like to help you get on top of your finances by demystifying some of the common misconceptions about money and values. Aligning your values with a constant flow of money is not necessarily about discipline, but more about understanding what a financially successful mindset is. It's about igniting an interest in your finances, empowering you to have a vision based on your values and encouraging you to live a vibrant and purposeful life where money is a tool, not the end game. Jason Vitug is a social impact entrepreneur, founder of Phroogal, creator of the award-winning project, The Road to Financial Wellness, and author of the bestseller and The New York Times reviewed, You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life. He is best known as a financial motivator and lifestyle engineer helping thousands of people around the country live their dream lifestyle through financial knowledge. He's been featured on Forbes, Money, USA Today, and the NY Times. Jason's personal writing can be read on The Smile Lifestyle blog, numerous personal finance websites, and was a contributor to US News & World Report and Business Insider. Highlights - Abundance mindset - 3 questions you need to ask yourself Truth about the scarcity Difference between materialism and money YOLO mindset, it's not what you think! Debt Avalanche Method versus Debt Snowball Method Resources Audible Books 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. Grammarly 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 personal editor 24/7! Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Book You Only Live Once: The Roadmap to Financial Wellness and a Purposeful Life Mentions - Dave Ramsey Gift: Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE ($10 Value)

Is it time for a change in your life? Can you feel it but aren't sure what it is or what life would look like on the other side of this shift? Maybe change is needed, or maybe it's simply time for an adjustment that will allow greater flow and ease. You may very well be at a pivot point. Today we're discussing how to pivot effectively: when it's time to change things up, what it means, and how to pivot gracefully. Adam Markel is the CEO of New Peaks, formerly known as Peak Potentials and the author of Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life. An international training firm, New Peaks has delivered world-class educational and transformational programs to more than 1.5 million people in over 104 countries through more than 100 events a year. New Peaks is one of the largest integrated and personal transformation companies in the world. Prior to his position as CEO, Adam was a senior trainer with Peak and has personally trained more than 100,000 people. Adam spent 17 years building his law firm specializing in finance, commercial and employment litigation until his own pivot point which led him to a place of purpose, passion, and pure energy. Highlights - Recognizing when to pivot Embracing your fears Six steps to clarity Creating a 10X mindset 5-step plan for gaining momentum Resources Grammarly 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 personal editor 24/7! Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register go to cwwebinar.com or text warrior to number 33444 to unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. Guest Contact - Website Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Book Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life Mentions - NOTE: QUOTES DO NOT GET LINKED ONLY THE PERSON'S NAME "Know Thyself" Socrates "All suffering comes from attachment." Buddha Top Gun with Tom Cruz Gift: Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE ($10 Value)

I often find when giving advice to my coaching clients, that my suggestions have something to do with the number three. There's a power to three. So in this episode, I offer my top business tips that come in threes. Practical tips that you can apply in your business right away. 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, atwww.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation. Contact Jeffrey – Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources – Free Webinar: I'll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To Succeed In Business Marketing Yourself and Your Talent. Register here or text warrior to number 33444 to register and unleash your creative thinking to propel your business forward. 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. Are YOU a Creative Warrior? Find out and take the Creative Warrior Assessment for FREE (normally $10).