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IAM1469 - The Struggle of Focusing

I had an awesome opportunity at the end of the year to be a guest on The Breaking Down Your Business Podcast with Brad Farris & Jill Salzman. Jill contributed on CEO Blog Nation to one of the roundups and was a recent guest on the I AM CEO Podcast and has created an awesome community for entrepreneurial moms. I had the chance to jump on the hot seat on the “most entertaining podcast in the world.” It was loads of fun where I spoke about a business issue specifically the struggle with focusing for creatives.

My takeaways

• #toomanywhiteboards
• It's okay not to have a streamlined focus and it can be part of the process.
• Tap into my innate creativity to provide solutions for clients and instead of creating it internally but do more consulting. 
• Find 3-5 things to focus on.

Episode Link: https://progreshion.ceoblognation.com/2019/02/22/the-struggle-of-focusing/

IAM1468 - Podcaster and Leader Empowers Millennials to Succeed in Work and in Life

I am the podcast host for Lead At Home (Win At Life), a podcast that helps leaders in the home reprioritize leadership and legacy at home. I am also the podcast host for The Millennial Leadership Show, helping give millennials the clarity and courage they need to succeed in work and in life. I have worked with over 500 business brands in 21 different countries in the past 7 years doing work with both small businesses and multi-billion dollar corporations. I currently lead large-scale sales and marketing campaigns in the healthcare industry, specifically in senior healthcare and have been named the #1 sales broker in South Texas by United Healthcare, which is currently ranked #4 on the Fortune 500. I am a community leader in San Antonio, TX. I serve as President on the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Awareness, and at 29 years old, am the youngest non-profit president for non-profits bringing in over $3 Million per year.

IAM1467 - Hard-hitting Serial Entrepreneur Leads the Charge in Helping Small to Mid-size Businesses Catapult in Growth Value

Judge is a hard-hitting, action-oriented serial entrepreneur with a successful track record of growing companies with little to no revenue and selling them for multi- and hundreds of millions of dollars. Judge started www.JudgeGraham.com to lead the charge in helping small to mid-size businesses catapult in growth value to create strong legacies or prosperous liquidity events. Judge served as the Chief Marketing & New Business Officer of Ansira, the second-largest independently owned CRM and digital marketing agency in the USA. Judge was a part of the core deal team and instrumental in selling Ansira to Advent International in 2016. Prior to joining Ansira, Judge was the former Co-Owner and President of Sq1, which he sold to Ansira in 2015. He was also the former Co-Owner and President of Rassai Interactive. Judge has helped hundreds of small and Fortune 500 companies to focus on growth and the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve revenue and corner markets through the integration of cutting-edge positioning, culture, technology, and sales.

Website: https://www.judgegraham.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judgegraham/
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Z_gpSfRln-oRdb1Xe3AkQ/videos
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/judgegrahambusiness 
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/judgegraham/ 
Podcast – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scale-with-speed-king/id1371679780?mt=2

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2018/11/20/iam-111-hard-hitting-serial-entrepreneur-leads-the-charge-in-helping-small-to-mid-size-businesses-catapult-in-growth-value/

IAM1466 - Successful NoVa Real Estate Investor Launches Coaching Business to Help Investors

Brad Chandler of Bradchandler.com and Express Home Buyers is a coach, real estate investor and wholesaler who has successfully flipped over 2,100 houses since 2003. As the CEO of Express Homebuyers him and his team – so over 200+ real estate investing deals per year without his assistance. During the chat, Brad covered a lot of ground including advice and tips for successful investors who want to own a real estate business and how he has been so successful but also delved deeper into business as a whole covering everything from hiring, masterminding and how he’s able to constantly read books and information to help him to be a better CEO.

Topics we covered included:

• What's wholesaling and what's a real estate investor?
• What is flipping homes?
• What should people do if they are thinking about doing real estate investing?
• What have you seen are consistent characteristics of the most successful real estate investors?
• The importance of Mindset and Masterminding
• A typical day for Brad
• Advice that you have aspiring real estate investors?

Resources Brad Mentioned

• Book: Deep Work
• Book: The One thing
• Brad's Podcast: The Real Estate Investing Hot Seat Podcast
• Brad's Site: https://www.bradchandler.com/
• Brad's Company: https://www.expresshomebuyers.com/
• Book Summaries
• Purchase Audio Books

Episode Link: https://ceochat.co/episodes/chat-46-successful-nova-real-estate-investor-launches-coaching-business-to-help-investors/

IAM1465 - Northern Virginia Yoga Owner Brings Innovation & Creativity to the Health & Fitness Industry

This was an awesome chat with Suzie Mills of Honest Soul Yoga located in Alexandria, Virginia. Suzie is a Healthy CEO which I loved to speak with because she’s isn’t your traditional yogi and she has brought a fresh perspective to the health industry. We spoke about her background, her unique approach to yoga, and advice that she has for entrepreneurs and business owners in the area including hiring up, innovating, and reengineering things.

Suzie (Owner of Honest Soul Yoga) came to yoga to find grounding, personal empowerment, and physical restoration after her time serving in the US military. She quickly decided that the benefits she felt from her practice must be shared and studio ownership would be her path. What started as a small meet-up in her basement, Suzie’s studio has since grown to a full-scale, multi-faceted yoga center comprised of a robust schedule of daily classes, a highly sought-after training facility for new and experienced teachers, and a family-oriented lifestyle center. Students who attend classes, workshops, and training with Suzie receive the recipe for her secret sauce of compassionate self-inquiry and leave feeling both inspired to manifest their own big dreams, as well as equipped with the tools to take the very next step. In addition to running an ever-expanding yoga center, Suzie is a wife, mom to two kiddos under two and lifelong resident of the DC metro area.

Website: honestsoulyoga.com
E-mail: suzie@honestsoulyoga.com

IAM1464 - Author and Journalist Explains How to Build a Successful One Person, Million Dollar Business

Elaine Pofeldt is an independent journalist who specializes in writing about careers and entrepreneurship and the author of the new book The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business (Random House, January 2018), where she looks at how entrepreneurs are scaling to $1 million in revenue prior to hiring employees. She writes about million-dollar, one-person businesses for Forbes.com. Formerly, she was a senior editor at Fortune Small Business Magazine. We featured the book on our CEO Bookshelf.

During the chat, we spoke about her background, her book, what led her to start her business, and some of the characteristics and traits she noticed from people that become $1M, one-person businesses.

Some of the questions we asked Elaine

• What's your story? Tell us your background and why you decided to start your business.
• Tell us a little about your business?
• Tell us about your book?
• What things can people do that are just getting started and want to build $1M, one-person businesses?
• What's the reality of being a freelancer What things do they struggle with or fear?
• Advice on protecting our time as Freelancers.

Episode Link: https://ceochat.co/interview/chat-67-author-and-journalist-explains-how-to-build-a-successful-one-person-million-dollar-business/

IAM1463 - How this Social Media Influencer & Side Hustler has become a Global Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Expert

Ian Balina is an influential Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Investor, Advisor, and Evangelist. A former Analytics Evangelist at IBM, Ian is now investing in cryptocurrency token sales (ICOs).I thought the awesome thing about Ian is how he found a niche or something to focus on and he’s just running with it which is something all entrepreneurs can learn from. For Ian it’s the cryptocurrency for us it could be a multitude of different things. I also appreciated the fact that he’s had so many side ventures and businesses which show his work ethic and he seems to see opportunities everywhere. So sit back and enjoy this CEO Chat with Ian Balina.

Topics:
– What is a cryptocurrency and what is blockchain? Why are they important?
– The future of the industry
– Building a personal social media brand
– Advice on going viral on social media
– How he has been influenced by Gary Vaynerchuk to create content
– Advice for people looking to start a side hustle

Website: https://www.coinbase.com/

Mentioned:

Book: Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

Book: The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order

Ian's Book: The Complete Freelancer Guide: Become your own boss, do what you love, and make money doing it

Website: ianbalina.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ianbalina/

Twitter: twitter.com/diaryofamademan

Instagram: instagram.com/diaryofamademan

Youtube: youtube.com/diaryofamademan

Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/diaryofamademan

Episode Link: https://ceochat.co/episodes/chat-44-social-media-influencer-side-hustlers-become-global-blockchain-cryptocurrency/

IAM1462 - Creating a Purpose Driven Brand

Julian B. Kiganda is the Founder, Bold & Fearless. She is a Transformational Life & Brand Strategist. She co-authored and published her first book with her sister, Christine St. Vil, entitled Whose Shoes Are You Wearing? 12 Steps to Uncovering the Woman You Really Want to Be.

During the interview, we discussed her background and experience, the importance of branding and the power of operating in your purpose.

Website: www.boldandfearless.me
Book Website: www.whoseshoesbook.com
Amazon Book Link: http://amzn.to/1T41tRd

Episode Link: https://ceochat.co/episodes/creating-a-purpose-driven-brand/

IAM1461 - Owners of Yoga Studio Offer an Escape from The Frantic DC Lifestyle

Co-Owner and Director of Teacher Training, Kathryn Taron was a Division I long-distance runner who found yoga while on a quest to heal an injury. After completely recovering from the injury, she continued to cultivate her practice on the North Shore of Oahu and around the world. She understands the struggle to balance competitive drive with respect for the body’s limits. She teaches yoga to empower others to engage in self-healing. During her classes, Kathryn focuses heavily on proper alignment and mindfully linking movements with breath.

Co-Owner, Lindsey Canaley discovered yoga 15 years ago via a VHS workout tape as a teenager in her native Los Angeles. After a personal practice for many years, she got the courage to step foot in a real yoga studio in DC in 2011 and fell in love all over again. She believes in a playful practice and tries not to take herself too seriously. At classes with Lindsey, you can expect high energy, creative flows with a little restorative yoga thrown in for a well-rounded sweat session on the mat. For her personal practice, she loves vinyasa, power, yin, and restorative yoga equally. Lindsey is a RYT-200 and completed her studies at Tranquil Space and her prenatal training at Mind the Mat. When not in the studio, she's probably snuggling her one-year-old daughter or one of her three kitties.

Website: http://www.refreshyogacenter.com

Facebook: RefreshYogaCenter
Instagram: refreshyogacenter

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2018/11/07/iam102-owners-of-yoga-studio-offer-an-escape-from-the-frantic-dc-lifestyle/

IAM1460 - Award-Winning Author & Speaker Shows People How to Use Positive Thinking & Humor Through Difficult Stuff

Comedian Jerry Lewis has said that Allen Klein is “a noble and vital force watching over the human condition.” Klein is an award-winning author and speaker who shows audience’s worldwide how to use positive thinking and humor to deal with life’s not-so-funny stuff. He is a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. He is also a TEDx presenter and the author of 26 books including The Healing Power of Humor, You Can’t Ruin My Day, and, Secrets Kids Know.

Website: http://www.allenklein.com

Books: http://www.allenklein.com/books.htm
Facebook: allen.klein
Twitter: allenklein
LinkedIn: allenklein

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2018/11/06/iam101-award-winning-author-speaker-shows-people-how-to-use-positive-thinking-humor-through-difficult-stuff/