Good Note: Starting off as a camera operator for a local news station, Howies dream was to do sports TV. Calling ESPN with camera experience he was told that he didn’t have enough experience. 5 years later to the day, he called back for the job and got it.
Bad Note: There is no 1 path to take. Self funding and invest in the proper equipment needed.
Practice make Progress: Consistently reading and learning with intention of what other people are doing. There is always room for improvement and knowing you’ll will make the mistakes.
Bandmates: Picking people that are like minded and smart at their craft. Being on time is a must.
Learning from others: Having a mentor to show you the ropes. A Linkedin Coach that helped with getting leads and building a profile. Every time he has spent money on coaches they helped with guidance and getting questions answered to implement.
Howie Zales is an Emmy Award winning Camera Operator who turned his passion for television broadcasting into several entrepreneurial endeavors.
Howie created HJZ Productions, Inc in 2000 to address the need for professional level sports crewing/staffing in the New York market. Under his leadership, HJZ Productions grew to a multi-million dollar nationwide provider of top talent in the broadcasting field. In 2019, Howie and his team founded Viridity Entertainment Services, Inc. (VES) which initially focused on staffing in non-union markets.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, they quickly pivoted to offering best in class, broadcast quality livestreams of professional sports shows and interviews, corporate interviews and meetings, and religious services. In addition, Howie took his love of the television production business and created The TV Sports Course, a hands-on training boot camp for the next generation of television crew professionals.
Howie is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh’s Mass Communication program.
Good Note: After a life event, she went all in on her business and replaced her day job income.
Bad Note: Over extending herself before getting the people needed to help get to the next step and become more efficient. Understand who you hire for the task at hand. Start by getting someone specific for 1 specific job in your business.Take baby steps for building your ideal team.
Attract Fans: You have to love being in the entrepreneur mindset when talking with anyone in your industry. Having your business based on referrals makes it that much easier. Show up to serve and create relationships.
Cash Flow: Continue to do all your book keeping. You will know where all your money is at, don’t check out if you outsource it to someone else. Realize how much your bare minimum is and adjust from there. Break down the numbers as best as you can. Leave 6 months of operating expenses.
Jessica Totillo Coster is an eCommerce strategy expert and support for female entrepreneurs. 20+ years of retail & eCommerce experience gives Jessica the ability to support female entrepreneurs in creating the right strategy for their business.
After 20+ years in retail and 3 years as the only employee of a 7-figure eCommerce business, now she is working with the top experts in eCommerce, SEO, web development, and digital marketing.
Jessica supports female entrepreneurs with actionable strategies and tactics to grow and scale their eCommerce businesses. Learning from the top experts in the digital marketing & eCommerce industry, she loves working with female entrepreneurs and teaching the secrets of 7-figure eCommerce businesses.
Bad Note: Every other day there will be a bad note. With more success and work you put in, the more bad notes will happen. Normalize failure to learn from the experience. All your setbacks will set you up for the next level.
Learning from the best: Find the people you want to be and pay them to be taught their ways. Learn what not to do and be the most efficient you can.
Jam Room: She turned her office into a place you want to be in. Natural light mixed with your favourite colours can do just that. Posted notes all over your room with messages to keep you on track, it can subconsciously achieve your goals.
Practice Makes Progress: Within her team they have schedule skill developing time to dive into the areas needed. Learn & implement.
She started Fempire Media, an ads agency, in 2019 after freelancing as a digital marketer for years. She has grown the company to multiple six figures in the first 2 years and is passionate about serving clients, teaching ads, and encouraging her team.
In late 2020, Shelby launched Fempire Ads Academy to empower female entrepreneurs to run their own profitable Facebook and Instagram ads. Every month, members get all the tools and support they need to scale their business with ads.
Shelby is a crazy-awesome cook outside of business, a lover of real housewives (and all things Bravo), and a true crime fan.
Good Note: Finding the niche of the business, laser focusing on what you’re doing and who you’re targeting. Developing with mentors.
Bad Note: Expecting too much too soon. By stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, you must change yourself to have the best response. Call it as is, and be real.
Practice Makes Progress: Take action consistently. Watch for your blind spot, your belief system & the excuses you make, they are all part of the growing process.
Forming your band: To be successful and get momentum you need to have the right people fit the job at hand. Band meetings are a must to get the most out of the vision for the project.
Learning from the best: What you pay for is what you pay attention to. Mindset development coach, business mentors, STEMM coaches are all part on the personal and businesses growth.
Dr. Elizabeth Pritchard
From never fitting in, bullied at school, sexually abused as a child to becoming anoccupational therapist and past president of Occupational Therapy Association NZ,a researcher at Monash University who nailed her PhD in three years, and aleadership coach. Elizabeth’s story shows how anyone can triumph over adversity, afundamentalist upbringing, deep pain and limiting beliefs, to rise up and step intotheir own power with authenticity.
Elizabeth is a published author in internationalacademic journals, ABC News Australia and Thrive Global. She is a skilled presenterat international conferences, a recognized keynote speaker, and outstandingfacilitator. Elizabeth is the Co-Founder and Director of WALT Institute and renownedfor her ability to empower women in STEMM (Science Technology Engineering MathMedicine) to believe they are enough!
Ms Christine Burns
From being a shy reserved child, learning many lessons the hard way, Christinedeveloped incredible skills to always bounce forward, no matter what. Today, shehas represented New Zealand in indoor hockey for 13 years, including 4 yearscaptaining the team and during this time she graduated university with expertisein psychology, sport psychology, exercise science and business management, andforged a career as a lecturer, manager and performance coach of individuals andteams.
Christine’s story inspires people to take action, stand up for what theybelieve in and not get stuck in life’s trivia. Christine has published articles in ThriveGlobal and is currently authoring her first book “Limitless possibilities: Finding away through adversity”. As the Co-founder and CEO of WALT Institute, shespecializes in disrupting the stories people tell themselves and guides them todiscover their power within and that they have so much more in their tank.
Bad Note: Failing forward is everything. Everyone is bad at first try for the most part. With offers to be the VP of sales for a tech company, quitting his corporate job, having a master in business, a degree in electronic and computer engineering decided using a labour intensive job to carry on with the dream of being an entrepreneur.
Practice makes progress: Prep, Rep, Reflect & Perfect.
Learning from the best: Seeing someone succeed is the most irrelevant part. It’s the years of progress before that with guidance of a mentor or coach. No-one is self-made in an Interdependent world.
Alan is a Business Consultant specializing in helping Business Owners & Executives maximize their growth, impact & profitability.
Kevin is a Podcast Consultant specializing in helping CEO’s & Entrepreneurs grow, scale & monetize their podcasts.
Both Alan & Kevin believe in a heart-driven but NO BS approach to inspiring, motivating & educating others on what it REALLY takes to get to the Next Level!
Good Note: As a life coach finding the issues within a client and watching them get past it and grow!
Bad Note: When he realized he was doing what the world expected from him rather than who he was, which lead to finding his purpose.
Learning from the best: Having similar situations to help or be helped by others. The law of attraction is a big part of it, starting with a thought and turning it into feelings that resonate with that thought.
Practice makes perfect: Don’t always build your weakness, find your strength and use it to it’s full extent.
Jam Room: Maximize your tools & workspace for it to work most efficiently. Turn the struggles into the joy if the process.
Transformational Law of Attraction & Mindset Coach.
Dean helps people break through their limiting beliefs and getfree from the old stories that their EGO has been ruling their liveswith, so they can learn WHY they do WHAT they do, and HOW tochange it for the better.
Dean is a suicide prevention Mentor in a large Facebook Dad’sgroup with 50,000+ members.
He has invested tens of thousands of dollars in self-improvementthrough various forms and levels of personal and businesscoaching.
He currently has a High-Performance Personal Coach from theBrendon Burchard High-Performance Institute, several top-earning Social Media, Business Marketing, and Coaching Coaches& Mentors!
Dean is constantly and consistently learning and growing towardsbeing his best self with these amazing people with whom he hasunbreakable lifetime relationships and friendships!
Good Note: Being able to generate income starting with nothing. Putting you plan into action time and time again is you success.
Bad Note: Identifying the right partnerships and realizing every client might not be the right fit.
About your Band: Having the band be a true representation of yourself. By being honest and open it will translate into your buisness.
Jam Room: While working with his mentor “ Where did you have the most success when you were younger. “ was the question that put things into perspective. That being outside & the kitchen table. Later to then create an at home office facing the window over looking the pool outside.
Instrument of Choice: Using a CRM (Customer relationship management) you can set up tasks for yourself or assign them to one of your team members. Setting up reminders and reocurring tasks.
I come from humble beginnings, from a low socio-economic area of western Sydney. I struggled with a violent domestic violence household as a young boy and was beaten more times than I can remember along with always being told I was nothing. This has been my gift to never ever be that way, rather shine and project my gift of bringing the best out in people and positive energy onto them.
No matter how hard it’s been or what obstacles I face there is always light amongst the darkness. All of my defeats and wins have played the part to get me to where I am today and I don’t plan on slowing down anytime soon. Dive deep into as many experiences as you can as that’s where I have found the most success in all of its forms, bad and good. My time in the military was one of those experiences and somewhat shaped an integral part of my work ethic and core ethical values. taking risks as scary as they may seem is where I have grown both in business and in my personal life.
I believe in always being true to yourself and known is n charge of your happiness but you. I believe in taking full responsibility for my actions and learning from them. Put yourself in challenging situations. My fitness has helped me in my career in more ways than I could ever imagine. This has helped me to start a company true to my vision. Always stayed driven and done whatever it takes to reach my dreams of becoming financially free which will allow me to start a non for profit and give back to the cause of domestic violence. My company is a true reflection of myself and the way I walk through life. Never give up, push through the pain and never be afraid to ask for help.
Good Note: His success comes from the success of his clients.
Bad Note: Don’t underestimate the power the journey.
Practice Makes Perfect: If you want new results then you must change how you’re programmed. Whether that be through repitation or an emotional impact. Growth is what makes life fun.
Instrument of Choice: Modern tools such as the internet and your cell phone when used properly. Along with the basics of a calender to remove thought fatigue.
Learning from others: Search for someone you resonate with. Through the process you find your own blind spots.
Kevin Koch is a 37-year-old, based in Cincinnati originally from Paris Kentucky. Studied mindset and transformation coaching at Proctor Gallagher Institute. An enthusiastic life coach who loves to see you achieve your wildest dreams. A couple of years ago he quit his 9-5 job to follow his passion and became an owner/coach at Proctor Gallagher/consultant at Golden ticket coaching. Since then he helps people all over the world to achieve their dreams quickest way possible by coaching the Proctor Gallagher Institute system: Thinking into results.
Kevin as a Mindset Mentor, help individuals achieve their goals, by expanding their
awareness, through a proven system for success called “Thinking Into Results”
Created by the world-famous Bob Proctor. He lives his dream, helping his clients achieve their dreams. He does this for a living because it brings him fulfillment.
In your wildest dreams, you could not imagine, the marvelous surprises that await you! Golden Ticket Coaching evolved from a lifetime desire to help others believe in and reach their goals, dreams and TRUE POTENTIAL. They believe and teach that if you can change your mindset, you can change your life. As a Mindset Coach Kevin will engage you in expanding your awareness, helping you think like the 1%,so you can live like the 1%, and finally reach your full potential, spiritually, emotionally, and financially; regardless of where you are right now.
Bad Note: With 7 businesses built, dealing with the ever changing online algorithms and pivoting when necessary .
Practice makes progress: Have a vision of where you’re heading & stay committed for the best results. With vision comes passion.
Jam Room: Making a separate environment that keeps you in work mode.
Michael is one of the most influential speakers on Personal Growth and Achievement. He has the rare ability to be able to communicate a message that electrifies, entertains and educates people on how to be the best leader, coach, consultant or entrepreneur they can be, as well as how they can leave the greatest amount of impact in the world.
Michael has recently been developing a whole new platform where he shares his transmissions of wisdom, success and deep learning through inspirational videos, books, programs, workshops and live-in retreats, and giving back through aligning with not-for-profit foundations organizations that help rescue abused and neglected exotic and endangered animals.
Michael is currently teaching others to do what he has done through his Evolve Academy in which emerging leaders and heart-centered entrepreneurs who are serious about diving into what it means to live an incredible life, align with their unique truth and create success in all areas of their life with passion and purpose.
Michael has been blessed to learn alongside mentors such as Tony Robbins, Scott Oldford, Steven Covey, Brendan Burchard and a whole host of Zen Master and Enlightened Teachers from all walks of life.
Good Note: When starting this agency 8 years ago, realizing that there is a need and to fulfill just that with a SEO.
Bad Note: Hiring poorly based on skillset, was not a good fit. You’ll make mistakes but it’s what you do with the outcome.
Getting Fans: Don’t be stagnant. It’s an ongoing process to building your ideal avatar, finding who your target audience, the due diligence in your major competitors and finding a strategy to propel you.
Cash Flow: Realizing what you are charging & understanding the gap between getting a lifetime customer.
Practice Makes Perfect: Follow what has worked before and always be learning.
John Vuong is the owner and founder of Local SEO Search. He started his company in 2013 with no knowledge of SEO. He simply saw a gap in the market and knew the he could fill it. Today, he runs a boutique agency that focuses on helping small businesses dominate their local market and grow.
Good Note: When push came to shove, starting is the best part. Finding a way to earn money that is not exchanging her time hour by hour, to have that extra time to do what you want to do.
Bad Note: Working herself into the ground for her first launch led to burn out. Realizing there is a masculine & feminine approach to running your business.
Learning from the Best: You got to have a coach! Through therapy and coaching she had found it to be extremely beneficial with them going hand in hand.
Jam Room: Being a therapist and a coach, setting up a peaceful environment with proper furniture makes the difference.
How do you keep the Hat full: Realizing what is needed to break even.
Good Note: Due to the Pandemic Melissa pivoted into something she was even more passionate about. To fix the short lived fitness programs with 365 Lean.
Bad Note: Loosing your business within 24hrs and needing to change direction.
Personal Bad Note: From obese to fitness model was not the end of the road when it came to lifestyle choices.
Practice Makes Perfect: Way easier than people think! Be Cautious, start the question & slow your role.
The Jam room: Create some polorization to deal with the stress of working at home and staying sane. Lead by example to stop negative influences.
Learn From the Best:
Guest Solo: People know what to do, but can’t manage to make it stick. With 365 Lean I try to bridge the gap between knowledge and application with tangible ways to change your mindset.
I take a multifaceted approach to health coaching that includes personal training, behaviour change, habit cultivation & mindset that empowers individuals to take control of their health for long term results.
I offer a clear message that is ‘all or nothing’ doesn’t work for long term results. So let’s ditch the sexy short-sighted solutions such as detoxes, restriction, diet fads & killing yourself with exercise. Instead, I’ve developed 365 Lean which serves to progressively change one’s mindset, behaviours & integrate small habits into your life. I make it easier to start which yields lasting results.
Bad Note: Pinpointing your weaknesses. You don’t need to do everything yourself.
Tell us about your Band: Think through everything that is on my list of responsibilities to grow your business which may include personal things that may be weighing on us. From having a manager to hiring someone to clean your house.
Instrument of Choice: Check list and to-do list. I created my company around that idea. A process of thinking through and working through your responsibilities. Constantly evaluating that and going with what’s urgent and important. Even when I’m interrupted I know what to come back to.
Jam Room: Close your door! Having a mindset of when you get off track how easy is it to get back to work. Having kids they want what they want when they want it so taking that break when needed and having your todo list to fall back on will make the difference on getting things done.
Guest Solo: It’s a good time to be a virtual assistant now that people are more comfortable with it. For my love of helping people outsource from my business I started my own podcast with the sole purpose of helping business owners with their business.
Rachel Luther is an entrepreneur who was a virtual assistant before people knew what virtual assistants were. After growing her VA business from a one-woman show to a team of talented professionals who provide all areas of back office virtual support over the last 10+ years, she is divulging her secrets to success, covering work/life balance, strategies for outsourcing, remote work and everything in between. People often ask her, ‘Can you be an entrepreneur and still have it all?’ The answer is a resounding ‘yes’. Rachel finds time to home school her 4 children, run a 6 figure business, host a podcast, and perform in theatre and film…. all through the power of outsourcing. If you want to make a larger impact in your business while working fewer hours, find out how with Checking Off Your List with Rachel Luther.
Good Note : While helping clients improve their image, you get to see them light up.
Bad Note : Trying to do too many things at once and be everything to everyone.
Jam Room : Set up as the brand that I want to be
Gathering Fans : Present yourself in a way that your target market will be comfortable with, but also see that you have just a little bit more than they do so that they are inspired to follow you.
Learning From the best : Takes something that I would have fumbled through for 20 years and taken it to 1 year.
Appearance matters. Especially in the world of business.
We all know this intuitively; it’s why applicants dress formally to job interviews, and why CEOs don’t come to work in sweats.
But what’s equally important to understand is that dressing for success isn’t always aone size fits all strategy. If your brand is fun and casual, for instance, the professional dark pant suit likely is not going to communicate that to potential clients or partners. It is a rare leader indeed that not only recognizes the importance of their own image to their professional success, but also understands how their clothes can themselves serve as branding for their business.
This is where Matilda Morgan and her company Impact Driven Style comes in.
Good Note : Started as a Veterinarian, discovered a way to build a coaching business and took the plunge
Bad Note : Burned himself out trying to run his first business online
Learning from the best : Knowing the difference between courses and mentorship
Instruments of choice : Trinkets and a plain old written calendar… learn how Michael puts that to work for him
Michael is a High Performance and Business Coach with a mission to help 100,000 business owners achieve their most ambitious goals while working 20 fewer hours per week. With the help of his mentors and by applying his own principles to productivity & performance, Michael managed to grow his coaching business to multi-6 figures within 12 months, and has helped clients from 7 different countries and 5 different industries to scale up their income AND freedom.
Good Note : Big Growth throughout 2020
Bad Note : When looking to buy a business, make sure that the business has the potential to turn it to profit
Practice Makes Perfect : Track and test what you are doing so you can quantify and improve
Jam Room : Jordan got rid of the distractions by building separate home office in his back yard
The Band : Know your own strengths (take a strengths finder test) and focus on them. Then find people who fill in the gaps
When I was 23 I decided to buy a Taco Del Mar restaurant… I knew I had made a huge mistake at 2pm the first day when only 3 customers had walked in… (and two of them were my parents haha)
For 5 years I worked hard to grow sales every way I could think of and in the end, tripled our revenue which still didn’t seem to matter on the profit side. (I lost a lot of money)
The one thing that I seemed to be the best at in the restaurant endeavour was the marketing and getting people in the door.
Fast forward to 2014 when my wonderful wife Carmen (definitely my better half) started a modest baby clothing line and was selling at craft markets. I asked if I could test running a few ads on Facebook… and the rest is history. I learned every up and coming strategy and tactic and helped grow the small start-up to a multi-million dollar company and still growing!
Over the years I have realized what I am good at and what I’m not.
What I’m good at… Marketing and helping others scale their businesses. Which leads me to now.
In 2019 we started the podcast “secrets to scaling your e-commerce brand” which is now in the top 50 business/marketing podcasts in multiple countries including Canada and the United States.
On top of that we founded Mindful Marketing Co. to help scale brands, stores and makers using paid marketing. I love to see brands grow and founders shift from grinding to scaling… it’s what gets me out of bed in the morning!
Good Note : Putting out consistent youtube videos leads him out of his janitor job to a huge business
Bad Note : Trying to help everyone for free
Practice Makes Perfect : Getting good a video content takes practice… Know your client avatar, then make a list of topics to help them
How to get Fans : Find channels that are in your niche and try a collaboration
Keeping the Hat Full : Make sure you are tracking your return on investment… Focus on your highest ticket item
Rafael Eliassen is a personal growth and business coach from the North of Norway. As a kid Rafael could often be found talking to adults about their life problems and what they were doing to improve in their lives.
Good Note : Going against the grain and landing a high paying remote job with no degree
Bad Note : Finding out the right courses and mentors to get you success
Jam Room : Keep your office clean and inspiring and use the The Pomodoro Technique to stay productive
Practice Makes Perfect : Continue to stay sharp on the social media tools or whatever tools are fundamental to your business
Keeping the Hat Full : Do the market research and find out what your peers are earning in order to price yourself accordingly
The back story
An Pei is a digital marketing expert whodropped out of college when he was 19.
An is self-taught and only has him mentorsto guide him to start his career where hewent from entry level job, got a 6 figure jobwithin 6 months of dropping out of college +multiple companies reaching out to him.
An started the Career Digitalized to helpprofessionals and student, even if they haveno skill, no degree or massive investment togo to school, teach them job relevant skillsthat can help them get a high paying career.
Good Note : Going all-in and taking action pays off big time for Sydney
Bad Note : Huge sacrifices early on and investing almost all of her income back into her business
Finding Fans : A true business owner just wants to make sure people know that they are in business
Keeping the Hat full : Get an accountant and buy assets not liabilities
Learning from the Best : Don't be afraid to ask successful people for help. You may be surprised at how willing they will be to help
The Story:
Sydney Lich is a health and wellness expert in the network marketing space. She is a leadership developer.
Prior to, she was an aspiring teacher and personal trainer. In three years she has created a six-figure business with her company and impacted over 4000 lives.
Good Note : Moving offline events online and generating over 150k a month in online course sales
Bad Note : Recovering from the adversity of being in the London Terror attack
Practice Makes Perfect : Look inwards to the things that you find easy. Just because you find it easy, doesn’t mean others do as well
Finding Fans : Find online communities of people who are like minded
Filling the Hat : Sell the course before you create it
Within the space of 1 year, I lost my Dad to suicide and survived one of the worst terror attacks London has ever seen. I thought I had experienced real adversity when my successful acting career completely crashed a few years earlier. I literally went from working alongside Tom Hardy on Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, to delivering Tom’s mail as a full time postman. But losing my Dad to suicide was the thing that nearly crushed me completely.
Using my mindset expertise and self-development knowledge, I went from being a full time postman to building The Coaching Masters. A highly successful, online coaching academy that generates multiple 7figures. Myself and my business partners (Lewis Raymond Taylor & Jonny Mitchell) have created this level of success entirely via building, selling and automating online courses and hosted an iTunes Top10 Podcast called The Coaching Masters Podcast delivering emotional, motivational speeches on stages all across the world.
I want to inspire people to achieve success even in the face of devastating adversity. No matter who they are or where they come from. I have the story, tools and techniques to help motivate anyone towards success and I want to share that gift with as many people as possible by showing them the power of coaching. I’ve lived through devastating adversity and I’ve managed to create success, happiness and fulfilment. And I continue to live it every single day.
Show Notes:
Good Note : Shares his story speaking in over 30 countries
Bad Note : Too proud to ask for help
Learning From The Best : Use social media to find communities
Finding Fans : Try to connect with people who already have a following and collaborate with them
Filling the hat : Focussing on the income generating activities
About Jay Jay Live
Starting this career as a magician he grew the #1 Magic Youtube Channel in the world with over 50,000,000 million views, with over 500 views seen in over 150 countries.
Realizing the art of deception wasn't his true calling, he left his bag of tricks to host tv shows in Asia, run nightclubs then, then he transitioned to the states where he engages, inspires, corporations and personal brands about getting taking their career to the next level.
In 2020 after the world was put on hold, he and started his own Instagram Growth Agency where he helps personal brands use the power of Instagram to get INFLUENCE and the ATTENTION they need to get people to like them faster, trust them faster and buy from them faster!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr worldwide and the man with a lot of energy, Jay Jay.
Jack McColl (@kingofdebt) on IG and I am a serial 6-figure entrepreneur, financial coach, and former pro athlete.
Jack and Tim discuss success, failure and share some experiences on how to leverage debt to reach big business goals.
Good Note : Travels the world, working from exotic places
Bad Note : Travel/Hospitality based business got decimated by Covid
Hiring the Band : Create a system for repeated tasks and outsource it
Filling the hat : Leveraging debt to finance your business
Learning From The Best : Find the right coach that you look up to and has done what you are trying to do