The Self-Employed Life
Jeffrey Shaw
The Self-Employed Life Podcast (formerly Creative Warriors) provides business and personal development strategies for self-employed business owners that create sustainable success.
A community of self-employed and small business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators and ambitious individuals that need creative solutions in business. Being self-employed and a business Warrior is a mindset, a spirit and a challenge. We need a different way of doing business. This is business with a soul.
We discuss marketing, branding, productivity, mindset, building meaningful relationships with customers and living a fulfilling life. In the self-employed life, it's all personal.
Small business consultant, business coach for entrepreneurs, keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and author of The Self-Employed Life and LINGO, host Jeffrey Shaw, interviews bestselling authors and experts who will change your way of thinking and provide practical ideas that you can apply directly in your life and business. Two episodes each week- one content-rich interview with an expert and Coaching Break offers a 15-minute break to receive coaching from your host.
A community of self-employed and small business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators and ambitious individuals that need creative solutions in business. Being self-employed and a business Warrior is a mindset, a spirit and a challenge. We need a different way of doing business. This is business with a soul.
We discuss marketing, branding, productivity, mindset, building meaningful relationships with customers and living a fulfilling life. In the self-employed life, it's all personal.
Small business consultant, business coach for entrepreneurs, keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, and author of The Self-Employed Life and LINGO, host Jeffrey Shaw, interviews bestselling authors and experts who will change your way of thinking and provide practical ideas that you can apply directly in your life and business. Two episodes each week- one content-rich interview with an expert and Coaching Break offers a 15-minute break to receive coaching from your host.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 15, 2014 • 4min
8 examples of why success is about YOU
Sep 9, 2014 • 41min
13: Nancy Michaels - Reinventing Your Life
The queen of reinvention, Nancy Michaels has pulled through coma, brain surgery, multiple life threatening complications, rehabilitation, divorce, loss, the challenges that come from being a single parent of three, and is a self sufficient business owner that has completely stepped up to recreate her life. What Nancy has been through is nothing short of astonishing. Today she helps thousands of people reignite their life and legacy by hitting the reset button! She is known for her amazing creativity that is both practical and straightforward - allowing people to get a jumpstart on their personal and professional reinvention story to start a new chapter in their lives.
Sep 2, 2014 • 34min
12: Chris Guillebeau - Finding The Quest That Will Bring Purpose To Your Life
Chris Guillebeau, New York Times best selling author, modern-day world traveler, and host of World Domination Summit join us warriors. He shares his thoughts on what a quest is and how having a quest can completely change your life experience. Chris is a thought-provoking and inspirational guy that is optimistically embracing life on his own terms. He is what I would call a boundless force of nature. Chris clearly has a burning desire to live life free of regret! You will likely find yourself asking yourself questions like, “If I could do anything at all without regard to time or money, what would it be?” And, “What’s worth living for?” Chris is a change-maker and simply being in his presence causes you to question what you are really capable of.
Aug 26, 2014 • 36min
11: Lori Nordstrom - An Intimate Portrait
Photographer Lori Nordstrom speaks about her business, the charity she started and her overall thoughts on being a successful entrepreneur. It was a lively and transparent conversation that offered some great insights. To know Lori is to love and admire her. I think this interview gives us the most personal look inside to fully understand what makes this successful entrepreneur tick. Lori is truly the driving force behind her success. It is no wonder that she is one of the leading voices in the photography industry. She is full of gratefulness, focus and determination.
Aug 19, 2014 • 35min
10: Barry Friedman - Juggling is Not The Final Act
When I first heard about a guy that created an abundant lifestyle as a juggler I was immediately intrigued. As one half of the world famous juggling duo The Raspyni Brothers, Barry Friedman exemplifies the creative warrior spirit. Free to create with passion. Determined to serve with all your might. And to be prosperous. Barry embraces business as an act of creativity with no limits to “focus on one thing” and “find a niche”. Barry is a "get down to business" kind of guy that puts into action everything I believe is best for us creative warriors. Fully inspirational!
Aug 12, 2014 • 35min
9: Mauricio Estrella - Change Your Life by Changing Your Password
Is it possible to change your life by changing your passwords? Yes, you read that right. Your passwords. The ones you use dozens of times a day to access everything. Today's guest, Mauricio Estrella, knows first hand that it certainly is! He has used them to heal from loss, achieve his goals and chart a completely different direction for his life! He wrote an article about this idea and it went viral appearing in The Huffington Post, on CNN and The Today Show. Change your life by changing your passwords to become a daily mantra, dozens of times a day.
Aug 4, 2014 • 39min
8: Warren Broad - It's The Landing That Counts
Let’s face it. We all fall emotionally, spiritually or financially at one time or another. When we focus on our landing instead of the fall we get the opportunity to start our journey in a different way. Much of success in business and in life is about resilience and recovery. Focusing more on firmly landing on our feet allows us to constructively move forward and also gain the ability to handle whatever life throws our way. In this episode, we hear from Margot Micallef and Warren Broad, the co-authors of "It’s The Landing That Counts-- Finding Peace, Happiness and Prosperity When Your Life Falls Apart"
Jul 30, 2014 • 38min
7: Bob Burg - Being a Go-Giver in business
Can a subtle shift in focus really make that big of a difference in your business and income? Author Bob Burg says, “absolutely, yes!" Especially when that shift in focus is from making money as the target to serving others as the target. You will see that the money will follow as a result of hitting the target. This is an amazing opportunity to hear from a business master. Bob's book, "The Go-Giver" has achieved legendary success. In this interview you will gain insight into Bob's Five Laws of Stratospheric Success. These are five simple principles, that once understood and honored, can change the results of your business and life.
Jul 14, 2014 • 41min
6: Brett Relander - What You Need to Know About Google+
Sometimes you sit down to have a chat with someone who has done some pretty impressive things, like gaining 90.000 followers on twitter in short order or 4,000 fans on G+ in 5 months and you ask yourself, How? What exactly does someone do to inspire this level of interest? Find out when I chat with social media expert Brett Relander.
Jul 14, 2014 • 29min
5: Jeremy Cowart - Photographer and Humanitarian
Awe-inspiring celebrity photographer, published author, humanitarian and social media guru Jeremy Cowart proves that you can make a great living doing what you love, give back to causes close to your heart all while fully embracing the creative process. Can curiosity keep your business fresh and growing? Jeremy is living proof that the answer is a resounding yes! The importance of looking forward and being open to new ideas and technology will not only keep a busy mind learning but what will be created from living this way will lead to a world of possibilities.
