Our next guest is Craig Handley. He is hard to describe but let me try. He is an author of a best selling book called “Hired To Quit”, he is musician writing music for artists all over the world, he is a bit of a comedian who has done Stand Up on broadway in NYC he also moonlights as CEO of his company ListenTrust which was named #1 in Business Products and Service (#27 overall) on Inc. Magazine’s 500/5000 list where they do about 150M in sales for their clients, and answer 100’s of thousands of CS calls and Lead generation calls and employs close to 1000 awesome people. He has cage dived with great white sharks and rappelled down Table Mountain in South Africa, driven the Baja 500 trail in Mexico, hiked through the jungles of Malaysia, and in Iceland he snowmobiled across a live volcano, swam in the Blue Lagoon, and dove in the famed Silfra Fissure which is the only dive site in the world where your dive is in the crack between two continental plates. He is also the 85th civilian in the world ever to jump out of a plane from over 32,000 feet (HALO Dive)... He's hung out on Necker Island with Richard Branson. He's met Ringo Starr and bumped into Paul McCartney before security escorted him back to his table while trying to get a selfie, and,in Calgary, he had a scarf blessed while meeting the Dalai Lama (which he has since misplaced). He has partied with Akon, and Snoop Dogg and many other celebrities who asked him for his autograph (because they thought he starred in Vikings or Game Of Thrones and he did not correct their thinking) He served five years in the U.S. Army infantry during the first Iraqi war, leaving with an honorable discharge. Handley studied voice and piano in college. He has written and produced hundreds of songs, from rap to pop to ballads to humorous parodies, and even opened for Coolio and hosted the Adult Entertainment Awards. He once turned down a record deal because it would have been “a pay cut” from his profitable businesses - and the required tour schedule didn’t leave him enough time for his business or family...
“don’t get down, focus on the positive, seek out mentors… But really understand that being an entrepreneur means you are in for a rollercoaster ride and to try and enjoy the downs as much as you enjoy the highs. Try to understand what you can learn from the worst day of your life, don’t just learn from the best days of your life. And that’s the only way an entrepreneur is going to survive the emotional rollercoaster that you have from being an entrepreneur”…[Listen for More]
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As Chairman of American manufacturer Wendell August Forge, Will Knecht weaves together the fascinating story about the devastating fire that could have destroyed his business, but instead became a catalyst for new thinking and opportunities. Earnest and plainspoken, Will compels his listeners to look differently at trials, seeing them as the gateways to breakthrough success. He keynotes events across the country and encourages leaders to live lives worthy of their potential.
“believe in what your passion is and what you feel that you are called to do. Believe in it, don’t let the naysayers shoot you down. Believe in what you believe you have been called to do, trust it, go after it. Don’t risk the world on it may be but test it and roll with it. But believe in yourself, believe that you have been uniquely created potentially for such a time as this to start your business, to buy a business and go after it with all you have got. Persevere through the tough times, keep learning and keep growing… Believe in your calling”…[Listen for More]
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Stephen Warley has been a serial solopreneur for the past 20 years. He’s the founder of LifeSkillsThatMatter.com. He’s a solopreneur business coach on a mission to help you create work that works for you in alignment with your values, needs and abilities. He believes work is fundamentally changing as you know it and we’re all going to have to manage ourselves whether you work for yourself or someone else.
“take this deeply think of this as a thought exercise and really ask yourself this question. I really want you to be you. I really want you to be you. I really want you to be able to build a business in alignment with your values, your needs, your abilities. Why? If you can do that that will sustain your motivation unlike anything else you can do for much longer. Money is only going to get you so far… Really define, constantly ask yourself throughout the day, is this what I would want to do or am I doing it to make somebody else happy, to please somebody else? Be you ”…[Listen for More]
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Tim Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur/business owner with expertise in marketing and business growth. He has 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience with a passion for developing and growing businesses. His first company grew an average of 60% a year before being acquired in 2005.
“I would say a for the long-term. I think a lot of people are trying to get rich quick which to me is a trap that just doesn’t exist. When we see other people’s story and learn about their success, we are really only getting the tip of the iceberg. What we are not seeing is the rest of that iceberg that’s below the surface that is all of the work, the time and the effort that they put in to get above the surface. Being an entrepreneur is a marathon it’s not a sprint. I we are far better off if we can make our business decisions based on the long-term benefit of our company rather than the short-term”…[Listen for More]
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