SAGE Mindset Podcast

In today's episode, I speak with attorney Matt Davis. His law firm focuses on helping companies and entrepreneurs deal with the complex vulnerabilities they face in their problems and opportunities.  We discuss the importance of knowing your business' "word problem" and how this solves a lot of issues. Matt dives in with us on the importance of being bold in where you want to go and start building the plan and structures to get there.  As an Inc 5000 business, Matt understands the importance of knowing your vulnerabilities, numbers, and priorities. In this episode, we go into detail on is Strong Protected Business System and how you can overcome common vulnerabilities in your business.   Matt is available to talk with you and you can find him by visiting https://davisbusinesslaw.com/

In this fun episode, Breanna Gunn shares with us several useful and practical insights about business funnels, messaging, and finding your voice. As an expert copywriter and funnel specialist, Brea brings great perspectives to her clients and to today's episode. You will learn the importance of data and how to gather it. She urges us to look at our data and create opportunities to use the data to better our sales and interactions with prospects. Speaking of prospects, I asked Brea about how to know who is a great fit for your business. She made some suggestions you can immediately apply. Figure out who your best customers are and replicate them. Talk to them and find out what makes them tick then get your message out to fit this ideal customer. Number two, ask powerful questions such as "What else is difficult about this challenge?" and "If I could wave a magic wand to solve this problem, how would it make you feel?" Through it all, Brea challenges us to know our own voices and share our stories. To be real w

I can't believe it, I've completed 200 episodes on the SAGE Mindset Podcast! That is an amazing milestone. In this episode, I share a few key leadership takeaways from these shows. To keep it simple, I broke the lessons into 5 insights.  It's been an interesting journey along the way and I've found that the lessons I've learned from hosting a podcast fit very nicely with leading a team. Here are some of the lessons.  Find your voice. In the podcast world, you need to find your own voice to stand out and be able to influence. The same is true in leadership.  Learn how to ask great questions and listen well. It goes without saying that these are necessary skills in hosting and leadership.  Expect insights. As a host, I require my guests to provide life-changing insights to my listeners. And they deliver. As a leader, you can deliver this level of insight to your team and they to you too.  People are fascinating. After interviewing 150+ people I've learned a lot. One of the biggest insights is that people are fa

In this episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast, Deanna Hurn and I discuss the power of your brain. Deanna is a brain learning expert that focuses on helping K-12 students learn and grow in their abilities. Today, she shares her experiences in becoming an award-winning entrepreneur and how your brain is key to your growth. From the power of pausing and resting to not rushing Deanna shares, learning all you need to succeed is inside of you, Deanna brings the encouraging words that many of us need to hear. She shares her passion for the brain and how we aren't stuck as we are, there is always room to grow and shift our thinking. Tune in to learn about her tips on seeing the bread crumbs, journaling, and much more. Connect with Deanna by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannahurn

Recently a colleague of mine unexpectedly lost her dad. What do you say in moments like this? How does someone deal with grief in the workplace and personally?  Grief comes in many forms but it is fundamentally loss. Loss of a loved one, loss of an opportunity, loss of friendship, and many other things. In today's episode, we touch on a subject that all of us deal with in minor and major ways.  Victoria Volk is a self-published author, Advanced Cert. Grief Recovery Specialist®, Creator & Podcast Host of Grieving Voices, Reiki Master, Cert. YouMap® Coach and End-of-Life Doula. She aims to use her strengths and skills through various offerings to help those whose lives have been upended by grief and loss go from surviving to thriving.  As someone who experienced several significant losses between the ages of 6 to 12 but was unable to truly grieve these losses until her mid-thirties, Victoria is here to share part of her journey and the lessons she learned to help you as you work through your loss and grief.

In this episode, LinkedIn expert Daniel Alfon shares helpful insights and tips on what LinkedIn is really for. You'll be surprised by what he shares. A few of the key insights that you can immediately apply include LinkedIn serves as a funnel to get people to go to your website and interact there, it's not about the metrics of LinkedIn but how LinkedIn is impacting your business metrics, and your profile is not about YOU it's about THEM (your prospects and what they want). Daniel is the author of "Build a LinkedIn Profile for Business Success." Daniel joined LinkedIn in early 2004 and publishes articles, interviews, and exclusive content about advanced LinkedIn strategies to clients and subscribers to his website, www.danielalfon.com Visit his website to experience a powerful 1:1 call to help you make the most of your LinkedIn profile. You can also download Daniel's powerful quadrant PDF to help you design a next level profile by clicking the Bitly link below. https://bit.ly/3MPhxq3

In today's episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast, Jonathan and Renee Harris teach us how to parent the passions of your kids. As parents of 9 kids and the creators of the Parent Their Passion approach to helping your kids have marketable skills for the business world, they share great insights on how this approach has changed their lives and the lives of their kids.  As you listen, you'll learn about the compound interest effect of this approach. They share insights on how to help your kids shift from consumers to producers along with a simple approach to helping your kids get the most out of their passions through blogging.  The husband & wife team, Jonathan & Renee Harris, have years of experience fine-tuning & developing a strategy now dubbed “Parent Their Passion” that can be used to create a compelling & irresistible unique portfolio of a child’s marketable talent. They now coach other parents through the step-by-step method that can be used with any child, of any type of personality. To co

Clark Roberts is the Executive Director and founder of Ultimate Vision. Ultimate Vision "Inspiring Others to See in New Ways" is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that teaches people of all ages that life does not stop when adversity occurs. It is not a matter of if, but when, life is going to happen. At age 24 Clark lost his sight to Retinitis Pigmentosa. He discovered that when life hits, you must learn how to embrace the challenge, find your potential and live life to its fullest! Clark is a subject matter expert who has dedicated his life to sharing a message of hope and encouragement. From CEOs in Corporate America to students ranging in age from Preschool - High School, Clark, accompanied by his guide dog, has shared with thousands of people, providing tools and knowledge to inspire and motivate them to see their life and their opportunities differently. He shows each person how to reach beyond their limitations inspiring them to live a life of significance, one with compassion, kindness, and confidence

The author of Toast: Short Speeches, Big Impact. Eddie is a speechwriter and public speaking coach with 10 years of experience in the field. He loves creating strong narrative-driven speeches that focus on balancing emotional and thought-leadership content. He has worked with executives, business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and everyone in between. In today's episode, Eddie shares with us some powerful tips on how to prepare for and give great speeches. One tip he shared is to write your key message in one sentence and center your speech around this message. Eddie suggests as you prepare for your speech and you deliver, imagine the audience is asking you great questions and you are responding to these in your speech. Finally, find some stories in your life and take the mess from those stories and turn them into messages that will help your audience. If you'd like to connect with Eddie, you can email him at eddie@ricespeechwriting.com or visit any of the online book retailers to purchase Toast: Short Speeches,

In today's episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast, we dive into the importance of knowing your niche and being purposeful in how you use the platforms that are available to you. My Guest, Jennifer Palmer, expertise is in helping you get more visibility. You may have an online presence but how visible are you? Her primary work is with authors and aspiring authors to help them become more visible to their audiences. Today you'll learn about some of her methods, her octopus approach, and some helpful insights for introverted leaders. Jennifer Palmer born and raised in Calgary, AB Canada is a podcast producer who helps others build and improve their online presence. As the Host of OnlineForAuthors, she is an avid reader of both Fiction and Non-Fiction. As the Host of WeAreCalgary.online she supports her local community. She loves helping authors and those in her local community improve their reach online, especially with interviews and online content. To connect with Jennifer visit https://onlineforauthors.org/  

Welcome to another episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast. In today's episode, you are listening to David McBee. He is an internet marketing consultant and corporate sales trainer. You'll hear an open and honest discussion about David's journey that led him to write books about taking everyday experiences and turning them into lessons for every day. He shares about a dark season in his life when he became too self-focused and his journey to building the habits that help him to maintain success at work AND at home. You'll learn insights about journaling, interacting with loved ones, and much more. David lives in Kansas City with his wife Emily and together they have two children: Zoey, 16, and Tanner, 21. In his free time, you'll find David reading self-help books and taking his Jeep off-road from Tennessee to Utah. Y ou can connect with David on LinkedIn by using this link. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmcbee/ The Book https://amzn.to/3L6UUgA Like what you saw? You can engage with the SAGE Community on Face

In today's episode, I talk about a tool in the leadership toolbelt that you can use every day and will bring powerful insights, new sales, less overwhelm, and a more enjoyable work experience to all! If this sounds too good to be true, you'll have to give the episode a listen to test out this tool. The tool is the power of 2-20 minute coaching conversations in the workplace. Share with you what I call the ABC St. of coaching and how you can use this method to unlock more potential in your employees than you ever knew was possible.  This isn't an easy, simple hack but it works and will work for you IF you use coaching consistently.  Check out today's episode to get the 411 or the ABCs.  If you'd like to connect directly with me to learn more about how I help my clients use tools like this and unlock powerful mindsets and habits in their leadership, visit http://sagemindset.com/ and let's get on a call together.   

In today's episode, I talk about how to apply the Platinum Habit to your leadership. This simple communication rule is a secret communication tip of SAGE Leaders. You'll learn some key questions to ask yourself about your communication patterns compared to others, you'll learn the importance of staying curious, and how leading in the gap between your communication patterns and theirs is the key to a SAGE Leader's communication secret.  If you want to dive deeper on this subject and improve your communication patterns, visit sagemindset.com to set up a call with me. You can also join the SAGE Facebook group by visiting https://www.facebook.com/groups/sagemindsetgroup  

In today's episode, we have a great guest for you. Jon Kovach Jr. is an award-winning and international motivational speaker and mastermind leader. Jon has helped thousands of professionals overcome their challenges and achieve their goals through his 4 Irrefutable Laws of High Performance. He is also the Founder of Champion Circle Networking Association. Jon is a National #1 Best-Selling Author. Jon is the Mastermind Leader of the Habitude Warrior Mastermind and the Global Speakers Mastermind & Masterclass. From this episode, you can expect to gain great insights about accountability, how to curate an environment to help people thrive, learn the importance of masterminds, and much much more. Jon takes us on a journey as he shares powerful stories from when he experienced an amazing rite-of-passage hike with his family to his DJing days and getting stuck in a cave. Stay tuned for the whole episode because Jon brings the SAGE Insights. To learn more about him, visit his linktree https://linktr.ee/jonko

Dr. Ty Belknap ("Bellnap") went from being a homeless teenager to a techy-nerd and successful business owner. Now, with a Doctorate in Leadership and Coaching, he helps other business owners break the limiting beliefs that stop them from being successful.  He embodies the idea that your success isn't about your worth but your mindset. Ty had a moment in his life when he realized change won't happen for him until the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change. This realization opened his mind to realize you can be successful when you decide to be.  This mindset shift catapulted his life and career to be able to impact 1000s of lives. In today's episode, Dr. Belknap speaks of his work with homeless youth in Tacoma (where he was homeless in the 80s), his educational journey both practically and institutionally, plus he shares insights from his book.  To connect with Dr. Belknap, visit mycoach.life and look for his book Leadership for Introverts on Amazon. 

Welcome to another episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast. Today's guest is the author of The Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon, a marketing expert, and morning routine guru. Ryan Cote shares with us what got him started on his journey to better mornings and how you can join him in the adventure.  In today's episode, Ryan shares the importance of keeping promises to yourself, the power of masterminds, and small daily habits are keys to personal growth. He shares if you can create 25-minutes to follow his morning routine,  you can change your life.  Ryan makes it simple with a series of questions and tasks for you to follow to help you build the momentum you need for yourself. He says, "sometimes we need to take action, the behavior will create the feeling to keep going." Ryan Cote is the Founder of Morning Upgrade, a business dedicated to raising awareness of morning routines and personal development. He is also co-owner of his family's marketing agency and a real estate investor. Ryan lives in New Jersey with his wi

Merit Kahn is CEO of SELLect Sales Development, certified in Emotional Intelligence, and speaks at conferences and sales kick-off events on the four words that transform sales. She trains and coaches high-performing entrepreneurs and sales teams for multi-million dollar international brands. In her spare time, Merit writes and performs stand-up comedy. In today's episode, Merit talks about the importance of Emotional Intelligence in selling and how building your sales mindset will help you become someone prospects want to select. She shares the simple idea that when you ask people "Are you open to..." there are incredible opportunities. This is not just a simple question she asks prospects and clients but a philosophy that helped her land a spot on a Showtime comedy special. Merit lives the idea of making yourself selectable! There are three main components to consider as you grow your sales muscle. She speaks on mindsets, mechanics, and motions (emotions). The key question I want to leave you with from

In today's episode, I talk about the whirlwind of business and how challenging it can be to get a handle on it all. I'm launching a group coaching program that helps you stand in the eye of the storm of busyness so you can begin to answer three key questions about your business.  Where is your business right now? Where do you want it to go? How will you get it there? The SAGE Business Blueprint group coaching program helps you find out what makes your business work. Then we help you design a specific and repeatable blueprint for predictable growth. Many business owners are experiencing great growth but struggle to not be overwhelmed with all the work that comes with it.  This program helps you identify what works, systematize it, and create growth to give you the time freedom you desire.  To learn more about the SAGE Business Blueprint visit https://www.sagemindset.com/sage-business-blueprint/  

Terry Begue started his painting business fresh out of high school with no money, no experience, and no connections and failed miserably. Refusing to give up, he began perfecting his people skills and developed processes for both business and personal growth. Leveraging his unique lessons has allowed his company to grow year after year, even though he hasn’t advertised since 2012! Today, Terry is an international speaker, author of “Attract & Keep Customers for Life," and creator of the course, “Unnoticed to Unforgettable.”  In today's episode, Terry shares insights from 40+ years of business on how to serve your customers.  We talk about writing down what you want your life to look like and putting a dollar amount you need to get there, needing customer interactions to be win-win, and not being afraid to lean into the punch. You'll have to listen to understand this amazing story and how it applies to your business.  Terry urges business owners to focus on 4 things with their customers. Likeability, B

Are you ready to have more consistency in your leadership or break bad patterns? In this episode, I walk you through a proven process to help you make habit shifts that stick.  Habit is about your mindset. Your mindset is about your why. In this episode, we look at the story behind the desired habit creation or changes. You'll learn how to use two powerful and practical tools to help you implement the changes you want in your life. You'll also learn how to get to the root of habit change by accessing your subconscious by using a simple writing method.  Learn a weekly reflective practice. Get to the heart of change with the true story behind the habit, Learn how to describe your habits in such a way that creates a gap your brain has to fit. Become an expert at exploring the subconscious root of your bad habits. I know you'll gain powerful insights from today's show.    If you'd like to connect with other listeners and SAGE Leaders, please visit our Facebook group.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/sagemin