Think Business With Jon Dwoskin

Tapping into Hard Work and Dedication to Become Great     In this episode, Jon and Don Carey discuss: Don and the NFL Empowering children Principles to evolve your current path Don Carey REECH foundation     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Just having talent isn't good enough to stay in the NFL You've got to have critical efficiency operating at the highest level at the most critical time Good is the enemy of the best — people get content with being good instead of searching for ways to be better The beautiful thing about sports is that you've got a group of people coming from different backgrounds/religions/viewpoints and banning together for a cause     “The important thing to figure out is your skill set and how you can maximize that skill set in a productive way." - Don Carey   Connect with Don Carey:   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doncarey3/ Book: It's Not Because I'm Better Than You Check out The Don Carey REECH Foundation     Get Jon's book "Th

Dani Lutz is a 16 year old junior at Groves High School in Southfield, Michigan. She started the charity reWEARable, which collects new, gently used dresses, shoes and accessories for girls who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford them for prom.   reWEARable is a non profit organization with the mission to provide young girls with a newfound confidence. Through donations, this charity provides dresses and accessories to girls for prom who may not otherwise be able to afford them. ReWEARable also strives to improve the urban Detroit area by making young girls feel special and beautiful on prom night.   Dani has partnered with Detroit Public Schools with the goal to dress at least 500+ girls this year. Her mission is to boost confidence and make girls' dreams of going to prom a reality.   The charity collects donations of shoes, dresses (short or long), costume jewelry, purses, and shawls -- little black dresses are always a hit!    Dani believes that one dress can make a difference!   The event is this Thursda

Scaling Organizations to Prepare Them for Sale     In this episode, Jon and Jeff Blackman discuss: Establishing the proper systems The right time to do succession planning The importance of Human Resources How to keep your eyes on the end goal     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Make sure you hire the right person. Don't settle for a B person when you can get an A person. Replace people before they crack Make sure your processes can be replicated Build systems with the end in mind     “You can't change what you don't measure." - Jeff Blackman   Connect with Jeff Blackman:   Email: blackman.jeff@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blackmanjeff/     Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Thejondwoskinexperience/ LinkedIn: https://www.linked

A Secret Weapon to Success: Being Ignorant to Failure   In this episode, Jon and Steve discuss: How Steve got into making the unthinkable, reality Don't settle, don't dilute The common denominator The power of being self-made     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: People always give themselves all these reasons why things can't be done instead of the one reason why it should Never asked a question that someone can answer with a "no" Inquisitive and self made are the common denominators with the successful people Steve works with It takes zero effort…to be who you really are ;   "I never settled." - Steve Sims       Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin:  Twitter: @jdwoskin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Connect with Steve Sims: Website: https://www.stevedsims.com/

Matt Friedman   In this episode, Jon and Matt discuss:  Matt and his career  The first steps in starting a company  Value-based goals for your business  Strategic communications     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles:  Figure out what your values and mission are first, then figure everything else out later  The goal in business should be how well you execute on your values and how well you take care of your customers… if you do well, the profits will come  PR is about connecting messages with audiences to lead to a reputation that will support your business objectives  PR is a contact sport, the company needs to dig in with the team to get real results   "The more grounded you are in your values, the more grounded you are in picking your clients, pruning your clients, and picking the people who work for you." - Jon Dwoskin     Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here    Connect with Jon Dwoskin:   Twitter: @jdwoskin  LinkedIn: https:

Mike Todasco of PayPal In this episode, Jon and Mike discuss: Mike's back story The daily life of a director of innovation Evolving PayPal employees to become their own CEO What comes after innovation    Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Mike focuses on making everyone at PayPal the best that they can be Much more of Ecommerce is moving to mobile You can't underestimate the power that machine learning and AI technologies are going to have We don't know what other types of technology will be produced but just take the dots that you have today and connect them "It’s really critical to have a common purpose and everyone driving towards that." - Mike Todasco   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin:  Twitter: @jdwoskin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Connect with Mike Todasco: Twitter: @todasco Link

 In this episode, Jon and Stephanie discuss: Stephanie's wellness journey How Stephanie's journal came to be Mantras and gratitude Making the jump     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Studies show that people who practice gratitude are happier and live longer Stephanie got the word out about her journal through crowdfunding Being fearless is a practice Research shows that when you write something down, you're more likely to achieve it     "Starting the day out with a mantra helps us to create intention around our day." - Stephanie Popso   Go to empoweredlifeplanner.com and use the promo code THINKBIG to get $10.00 off Stephanie's planner   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin:  Twitter: @jdwoskin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Connect with Stephanie Popso: Twitt

In this episode, Jon and Rob discuss: The start of Rob's entrepreneurial journey Giving/receiving the truth The image one cycle of care Taking executive time to just think     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: It's an intrinsic desire to have to please When you have trust, you start to build relationships that go on for a very long time As an organization, Image One genuinely cares about their team members and when they feel that, they themselves feel genuinely about the company and the customers get treated genuinely Vision without execution is hallucination ;   "Service is the tactical way that you take care of your customers." - Rob Dube   Connect with Rob Dube: Twitter: @robddube Website: www.imageoneway.com Email: rdube@imageoneway.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/robdube His TEDx Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_rgKop-Bc  And his book and retreat: http://www.donothingbook.com     Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Bi

In this episode, Jon and Jennifer discuss: Where it all started for Jennifer Your stream of consciousness Fulfillment Being vulnerable     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Just like being happily married takes work, so does being happily divorced Jennifer writes for herself and has become the voice of her readers Unless you're in the fight with the person putting him/herself out there, don't judge You just can't give up. Fight for who you are becoming.     “As long as you're real and authentic, you'll find your audience." - Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Connect with Jennifer Hurvitz Weintraub: Website www.thetruthhurvitz.com Email hurvitz@me.com Twitter handle @thetruthhurvitz

In this episode, Jon and Sari discuss: Sari's career path Misconceptions about PR Building your message The cost of doing business     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: PR is part of the consulting pie and it starts with crafting your company's message A company should change with the times and so should its message Branding includes your logo, your look, your company colors etc. Ask yourself, "What do you want your company to look like to the world?"     “Every success, every failure, takes you to the next step." - Sari Cicurel   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Connect with Sari Cicurel: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sari-cicurel-69a0409     Show Notes by Show Producer: Anna Nygren   Audio product

Tayo Rockson, was raised in Nigeria, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, and the USA, He is a speaker, consultant, and media personality who runs UYD Management – a strategic leadership and consulting firm that helps organizations incorporate sustainable diversity and inclusion practices. A millennial Third Culture Kid, Tayo (pronounced TIE-OH) has lived on 4 continents, allowing him to become an certified authority in communicating effectively across cultures. He hosts the number one cross-cultural podcast in the world and his podcast was recently ranked as the number two business podcast in the world by Entrepreneur and CIO.   He has spoken at TEDx multiple times, the World Bank, United Nations Foundation among many other places and his work has been seen on NowThis News, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Inc. as well as Global Living Magazine. He was recently named a top millennial influencer to watch in 2018 by New Theory Mag and his ground breaking work on “how to embrace your global identit

In this episode, Jon and Howard discuss: The evolution of Howard Behar Servant leadership Authenticity and living a life of fulfillment Understanding your core values and who you are     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Not everything that we do in life are we supposed to get paid for Servant leadership is based on the idea that leaders are not here to be served but are here to serve When you treat people well, they want to treat you well You've got to schedule time to quiet your brain ;   “The primary role of a business is to grow their people." - Howard Behar      Connect with Howard Behar: http://howardbehar.com/ Email- HB@Howardbehar.com Howard's fist book- It's Not About the Coffee Howard's New Book- The Magic Cup   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c

In this episode, Jon discusses: What Think Business is all about Growing perspective Just think, and think consciously Creating a community     Key Takeaways and Actionable Success Principles: Every week, Jon will be interviewing business leaders, executives, top sales people etc. This podcast is a resource for you to grow your business Check out the 7 Minute Sales Minute and the Think Big Movement podcast By hearing the successes and the failures of business leaders today, a sense of community and support will be built   “Together, we will think big, think forward and most importantly think consciously." - Jon Dwoskin   Get Jon's book "The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!" here   Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Website: http://jondwoskin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com   Show Notes by Show Producer: Anna Nygren   Audio production by Turnk