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Do you ever feel like your clients see you as a cog in the wheel? Replaceable? Interchangeable with someone else who does what you do? Years ago, I had a bank as a client. They believed their values, "Service, Loyalty, Integrity, Honesty" were enough to set them apart from every other small bank on the planet. Spoiler alert: they weren't. They were getting crushed by the competition and couldn't figure out why. It's because they were playing by the industry's rules—and not setting themselves apart ... for real. When a client sees you as replaceable, a few things happen: You have to compete on price. It's WAY more difficult to establish a relational connection with your client. You're completely, totally, unavoidably forgettable. On this week's show, you'll see what happens when you "monetize your mind" and create a business that's wrapped around the way you think (which is WAY more difficult to replace in the open market). . . . . . .  TAKE ACTION Liked this week's show? Claim your free gift and get

Have you hit the ceiling of complexity in your business yet? If you haven’t, you’ll likely face the challenge of trying to grow the impact of your business beyond where you’re at now. Defining the “ceiling of complexity” is super simple: you hit a level of success and then the stuff you did to generate results stops working. You can’t work more hours. You can’t raise your prices. You can’t go and get more clients. On the surface, it might seem like you’re stuck. I hit that limit when I was working 60, 70, 80 hours a week in my digital agency. We tapped out just under 7-figures. Because, frankly, that's when everything kind of exploded. I couldn't work more. I could not give more hours. I had a wife that I wanted to stay married to. I had kids growing up that I wanted to see.  For that alone, things had to change. That's when I discovered the four levels of "Monetizing Your Mind" I talk about on this week's show. --- Take Action Liked this week's show? Claim your free gift and get started monetizing

One of my mission in this world is to help people stop trading their time for money. And one of the biggest benefits of being an entrepreneur is generating income 24/7 without being directly involved - it's called Freedom. The way I do that primarily is by helping folks create scalable digital products - whether it be online courses, coaching programs, virtual summits, etc. In this episode, I share 4 secrets fears that holds people back - and in this context, building digital products. Show Notes [03:19] Fear #1: Money Ask yourself a series of questions. How much is financial freedom worth to you? Financial freedom means the income that you make is enough to cover your expenses in perpetuity without having you to pull levers to earn it What is time freedom worth to you? [04:36] Why entrepreneurs get stuck financially When I was starting my business, there is a season of hustle but you can't run a business out of hustle. You'll burn out. I reached a point where the market cannot tolerate the price

For those who may not know, I used to be a pastor before launching Think Digital, but I was really interested in social media and digital marketing.  I found myself coming up with excuses everyday as to why I cant launch my digital product. I felt that people may think that I am a fraud, no business experience,  no team, and my biggest excuse of all - there are a million people who are talking about digital marketing. Finally, I have a friend who shifted my way of thinking about digital products, and I eventually stopped making excuses. Show Notes [01:44] The conversation that changed the way I think about digital products There are hundred of thousands of books getting published everyday Pick any topic you want into Google and there are hundreds of thousands of books every topic You have experiences, relationships, and a particular way of seeing teaching a particular topic [03:25] The three shifts in concepts that completely changed my family's life Digitizing my mind - What I knew.

You know how friend zone, or being in the friend zone works. A guy or a girl giving tremendous amount of care and support to their special someone. And after all the effort, they're just...friends. Your business can suffer the same fate as well. I was put in the business friend zone with the clients that I wanted to work with, where I would show interest in working with a client or have a desire to work with a client. Have you ever been in this situation?  Listen in as I'll share 3 steps no how you can break out of the business friend zone. Show Notes [1:00] How "Friend Zone"  in the relationship setting works On a guy's perspective, A guy likes a girl, guy waits on the girl, caters to her desires and whims, etc. But the girl doesn't like the guy or not like how the guy likes her anyway. "I'm so glad we're just friends". [02:38] Friend Zone in the business perspective I was doing all the things that I was supposed to be doing as a business . I was giving a ton of "value" to those wh

Distractions are everywhere. Little interruptions - like email, Slack messages, notifications - these distractions get us out of our flow. And brain studies show that it takes the brain 30-45 minutes to get back into the groove after a distraction. In this episode, I'll share how you can get rid of distractions, take back your time and increase your productivity Show notes: [00:55] We thought we are productive I thought I was productive until I did a time audit. I realized that I am wasting a tremendous amount of time. We can't get work done at work so it hounds us all the way home. [02:05] The power of distractions Small situations can even get you out of your groove. Brain studies show that it takes the brain 30-45 minutes to get back into the groove after a distraction. We need to stay in the groove because it's where we do our best work. [03:00] How I get rid of distractions? Put your phone into airplane mode or just turn it off. I use Pomodoro method where I give myself 25 min

We are in an unprecedented time. Coronavirus is here and everything is uncertain. If you don't have the mental tools to stay afloat during this period, it can suck you into the "doom loop". That's why it is so vital right now to have a trusted network and advisers that you can go to in times of trouble. They can help you stay focused on opportunity, productivity, and growth. And in my network, it's Bryan Dewhurst and Phillip Ramsey of Uncommon Wealth Partners. They're also the hosts of The Uncommon Life Project where they guide you to asking different questions, considering different paths and building a life that fits your unique definition of what your uncommon life might be. We went unscripted and shared our perspectives on the whole coronavirus situation, especially how you can get through this. Show notes: [06:58] What's our current situation Many people are calling our situation as "The Great Depression Of Our Era". For the US it's positive because its election year and the government moved pretty

Welcome to the first episode of this series called BULLETPROOF YOUR BUSINESS. Let's be real. We've been in an upmarket for the last decade where our businesses started in but the reality is, we're rapidly approaching a down market. And in light of recent events, answering this question becomes paramount:  "How can you make your business survive and thrive regardless of the business environment?" One of them is by downsizing your economic footprint. I share an exercise that you can do to downsize your economic footprint and get rid of unnecessary business expenses. You'll be amazed by how this can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars every month to further grow your business. Show notes [3:00] How To Downsize Your Economic Footprint Create 3 columns in a Trello Board: Must Have, Nice To Have, and Need To Cut. We use that Trello board for a variety of business expenses Print out your credit card statement, check your subscriptions and ask yourself: "Is it a Must Have, Nice to Have, or Need t

If you're an entrepreneur, hiring a virtual assistant is a  great path to freedom but you have to do it the right way. It's about having constant communication, clear expectations, and many more. That's why in this episode, I have my own VA, Bobbie  Clark, to be on the show to share how to have a successful working relationship with your virtual assistant.  We share our method on how we document our business processes or SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)  properly and how to properly hand off these tasks to a VA to ensure the tasks are done successfully so you can focus on the "$10,000 per hour tasks" in your business. Show notes: [03:10] How Bobbie got into becoming a VA Prior to becoming a VA, Bobbie has been working as an Executive  Assistant while her husband is in the army and they move around every 3  years. She decided to step back and settled with her kids. She searched for some virtual work and worked at ChatterBoss for 2  years where she can still do what s

Welcome to our first “minisode” for Experimental where I share little nuggets that brought significant results into the lives and businesses of my clients and myself. In this week’s minisode, it’s to take more time off in your business. Take a listen to learn why. Show notes [01:10] Take more time off in your business On the surface, it looks like it’s counterproductive but it’s not. Working less means you have to prioritize more, focus more. If you restrict your work hours/days, your time takes on a new meaning. [2:09] How I apply this in my business I don’t work every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. My team and clients know my schedule and if they want something done on those days, it has to wait. [02:50] What goes into my “off days” I read at a coffee shop. I take my family out to eat. Volunteering at my kid’s school. There are days where I watch viral videos all day long…GUILT-FREE [04:06] Shift your view on taking the time off Everybody sees that rest is a reward for their labor.

In this episode, we have Malorie Nicole. Malorie is an Executive and Entrepreneur Performance and Mindset Coach where she helps 6 and 7 figure business owners implement mindset works resulting in tremendous business and personal growth. She's also the host of Abundantly Clear Podcast - a mindset platform for entrepreneurs that want to achieve mental clarity, learn to not only decrease stress but turn it into growth, and continue to create the business and lives most would only dream of. Tune in as she shares her journey, the countless pivots, the mindset shifts as an entrepreneur, how to align your business with your purpose and the target market, and I think the most important thing: How to stop overly-complicating your business and marketing. Show notes [03:27] Malorie's Backstory from being an engineer to a subconscious mind expert [13:10] Her first client experience working on mindset [15:38] What does "mindset work" means [19:18] The hardest part of pivoting and changing identity [20:30] Launching

In this episode, I have the phenomenal speaker Grant Baldwin. Grant is an entrepreneur,  public speaker, author of the book called The Successful Speaker, and the host of a podcast called The  Speaker Lab Podcast. We talk about his backstory being in the trenches, the unfiltered realities of being a public speaker doing 70 gigs a year(the good and the bad), his 5-Step Speaker Success Roadmap, and what it really takes to build a successful public speaking business. You’ll also learn his life-changing experience writing his book with the best-selling author Jeff Goins. Snow notes [02:37] Grant's illustrious career of being a speaker [05:47] Speaking is a high paying manual labor job [07:18] What it feels like doing 70 speaking gigs a year and the non-sexy part of public speaking [13:34] The 5-Step Speaker Success Roadmap (S.P.E.A.K) [17:22] Grant's advice to his past self when it comes to public speaking [20:11] How to know that you're BAD in public speaking [23:43] Grant’s recently launched

In this episode, I have the one and only Kerry Wise. We’ve been married for over a decade and have 3 wonderful children. Not only that, she’s also my primary advisor, confidant, strategist, and great filter. We talk about some of the challenges we’ve been through in our journey as a married couple during our early years and how we triumphed over it. You’ll hear snapshots of our lives, and her perspective on those challenges, and how she supported me throughout my entrepreneurial journey. Snow notes: [03:59] Kerry being the breadwinner of the family in our early years [07:35]  Our reality in the early years of our marriage [10:01] From working at a church to Monk Development in Kerry’s perspective [15:40] Launching ThinkDigital and “The Basement Years” [25:50] Spouse is the closest voice to the Holy Spirit [30:08] From paying debts to ThinkDigital’s growth [35:07] Kerry’s advice for entrepreneurs to get their spouses on board Subscribe To The Podcast Apple Podcasts,  Spotify,  Google Podcas

Welcome to the very first episode of Experimental. Here's a confession: I didn't want to do another podcast I thought I was already done with podcasting. I've already done a number of podcasts for the last few years with varying success and they got boring. But then, a bunch of things started happening. I'll share the reasons why I'm starting another podcast, and unpack what are you going to expect from this show. Enjoy Snow notes [01:56] Mentors are telling me that I'm crazy by quitting podcasting When I'm paying people by giving me advice, then I'll take it Shoutout to Chris Lema by pushing me [03:15] I'm missing the podcasting format Podcasting is the perfect format for deeply exploring ideas It's the closest format to the radio, which I love and grew up with I miss being able to connect with my 'heroes' and build a relationship with people like Gary Vee, Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins. [06:10] I heard all of you A lot of people in my e-mail list and Twitter followers are asking when the next epi