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How the Smartest People Win with Bill Barnett – Ep. 285

In this relational episode, Bill Barnett, CEO of Smarter Minds Network, shares how he has leverage the power of meaningful relationships to build multiple wildly successful business across industries from film to ed tech. If you're a founder who wants to learn how to get more done with less effort by building powerful relationships, you want want to miss this episode!

You will discover:

- The single biggest quality in building relationships
- Why you need to unlearn everything you know/believe about networking
- The strategic relationships

Read moreHow the Smartest People Win with Bill Barnett – Ep. 285

The Hidden Task List of a Leader in the Age of AI with Scott Allen – Ep. 274

In this prescient episode, Scott Allen, Principal of S & J Allen, LLC, shares how he has helped thousands of leaders from surgeons to service man and women to students focus on the most important things so they can help their team succeed. If you feel like you're struggling to keep up, overwhelmed by technology or even just curious about the future of leadership, you won't want to miss this episode!

You will discover:

- The hidden task list for leaders who succeed
- The number one leadership challenge the naval war college is working to overcome and what that means for you
- The first step to becoming the best leader you can be

Read moreThe Hidden Task List of a Leader in the Age of AI with Scott Allen – Ep. 274

Overcoming the Retirement Trap with Jeff Kikel – Ep. 268

In this insightful episode, Jeff Kikel, President of Freedom Day Wealth Management, LLC, shares how he helps founders exit their business with tremendous success.

You will discover:

- Why traditional retirement planning is failing us
- How to decouple ownership and management in succession
- The biggest non-financial challenges for business owners in retirement

Read moreOvercoming the Retirement Trap with Jeff Kikel – Ep. 268

You Don’t Need to Retire. Do This Instead with Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons – Ep. 263

In this transformative episode, Elizabeth Parsons, Principal and Co-Founder of Encoraco, shares how she demystifies what is on the other side of ""retirement"" and how you can get clarity through some of the biggest questions we all face. If you don't like the idea of retirement or are maybe even a little afraid of what might happen if you do, don't miss this episode.

You will discover:

- The easiest way to answer the question, ""What do I do now?"" (it's also the most powerful way)
- How you can unlock the answer to the question ""Who am I?"" in your own life
- Why so many founders experience severe and often life-threatening illness within the first year of retirement and what can be done about it

Read moreYou Don’t Need to Retire. Do This Instead with Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons – Ep. 263

The Surprising Cost of Ignoring Your Intuition with Fran Gallaher – Ep. 253

In this intuitive episode, Fran Gallaher, Owner of Really Flourish LLC, shares how she lost touch with her intuition and what it cost her. She also shares how she got it back and has helped thousands of CEOs, executives, and leaders regain their intuition and weave it seamlessly into their individual and team-based decision-making.

You will discover:

- What intuition is and the severe cost of ignoring it
- Why we lose touch with our intuition and how to get it back
- How to exercise intuition in a healthy team environment

Read moreThe Surprising Cost of Ignoring Your Intuition with Fran Gallaher – Ep. 253

How to fight Capital Gains Tax Using Opportunity Zones with Ashley Tison – Ep. 248

In this tax-advantaged episode, Ashley Tison, Founder and President of OZPros, shares how he discovered the most significant economic development incentive offered by Congress and how you can use it to dramatically reduce your tax impact. If you are thinking about selling your business, buying or starting a business, or looking for an efficient way to put your money to work for you, you won't want to miss this episode.

You will discover:

- Why don't you need to be an accredited investor to take advantage of these great opportunities?

- What is an Opportunity Zone, and how can you use it to defer and even dramatically reduce your capital gains taxes?

- How do you structure a Qualified Opportunity Fund and Qualified Opportunity Zone Business for maximum tax impact?

Read moreHow to fight Capital Gains Tax Using Opportunity Zones with Ashley Tison – Ep. 248

Transforming from Owner to Investor with Keith Blackborg – Ep. 239

In this high-roi episode, Keith Blackborg, Owner of Financial Journey, LLC, shares how you can make the leap from founder/owner to investor and put your wealth to work for you all in the context of a community of fellow founders and investors.

You will discover:

- How to achieve ""work optional"" without being put out to pasture
- Why the sophistication of your wealth strategy has to expand beyond your business
- How a community of investors will help you avoid the biggest mistake successful founders make once they exit their business

Read moreTransforming from Owner to Investor with Keith Blackborg – Ep. 239

Future-Focused Leadership with Louise Mowbray – Ep. 237

In this futurist episode, Louise Mowbray, Owner and Managing Director of Mowbray by Design, shares how she specializes in The Future of Work and Leadership, working with executives, entrepreneurs, and C-suite teams at the intersection of leadership, futures, tech, transformation, and purpose-driven business.

You will discover:

- how to become a more future-focused leader (and why you need to)
- how genetics and epigenetics shape your leadership in profound ways
- what blue zones are, and why should we be paying attention to the habits of those who live in them

Read moreFuture-Focused Leadership with Louise Mowbray – Ep. 237

Protecting Your Founder’s Legacy with Adam Zuckerman – Ep. 236

In this legacy-leaving episode, Adam Zuckerman, Founder of Buried in Work, shares how he became a cross-disciplinary generalist with a track record of success creating and leading initiatives at Fortune 500 companies and startups for over twenty years.

You will discover:

- How most founders get their estate planning wrong
- A simple exercise you can use to create enormous clarity to your exit strategy.
- The unique benefits only founders get from estate planning.

Read moreProtecting Your Founder’s Legacy with Adam Zuckerman – Ep. 236

Conquering the Crisis of Trust with Miroslav Bardovic – Ep. 234

In this gripping episode, Miroslav Bardovic, Founder of Enlivened Speaking Institute, shares how he teaches his clients how to go beyond didactic talking at people and how to deliver their message in an embodied way that is enlivening and engaging for audiences.

You will discover:

- How being lied to actually changes you physically
- Why we are experiencing a crisis of trust and what you can do to change it
- What attunement must look like in the modern corporate landscape and why is it such an important skill for leaders today?

Read moreConquering the Crisis of Trust with Miroslav Bardovic – Ep. 234

10x the Value of Your Business in Two Years with Jeffrey Feldberg – Ep. 229

In this 10x episode, Jeffrey Feldberg, Co-Founder of Deep Wealth, shares how he specializes in helping business owners with the strategies they need to grow profits and maximize their exit value.

You will discover:

- Why you probably never want to approve an unsolicited offer to buy your business
- How the skills to start, scale, and sell all differ for founders
- How to fight back imposter syndrome when selling

Read more10x the Value of Your Business in Two Years with Jeffrey Feldberg – Ep. 229

What impact can you make? with Rick Tamlyn – Ep. 222

In this global episode, Rick Tamlyn, Co-Founder & Owner of Its All Made Up, Inc., shares how he became a trusted advisor for Fortune 100 companies, small businesses, nonprofits, and churches.

You will discover:

- How success differs in the first half of life from the second
- Why most successful founders find themselves asking, "Now what?"
- Why our problem as a society isn't working too much (and what it is instead)

Read moreWhat impact can you make? with Rick Tamlyn – Ep. 222