SAGE Mindset Podcast

My guest on Today's show is Shashank Shukla and he is an entrepreneur through and through. He wrote his first business plan when he was 13 years old, ran a FinTech start-up when he was 26, and continues to work in the financial industry. Currently, he helps businesses improve their performance and increase their profits through a powerful system that he is looking to get patented. He believes in the importance of automation and outsourcing to help you run your business more successfully. In this episode, Shashank shares 3 powerful insights which include building a team you can trust, finding the right people to invest in your business (and you), and empower yourself to work ON your business by outsourcing as much as you can. Connect with Shashank on LinkedIn by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-shukla-18719313/

My guest on today's show is Sergey Kiklevich. He left his home country of Belarus when he was 19 years old to come to the United States. All he has with him was $50 in his pocket and no family.  His coaching business is called Gambit Solutions because sometimes you have to take some big risks for things to work out as you desire. In this episode, he shares several key insights on managing your emotions, responsibility, and acknowledging other people.  Formerly a registered representative and a financial professional. Currently, the founder of and the head coach at Gambit Solutions Inc., focused on executive coaching and business consulting.  You can connect with Sergey by visiting http://askgambit.com/

Randall Espinoza is a giver. He loves to serve his clients and friends. He started as an entrepreneur at the age of 15 and hasn’t looked back. His primary focus now is to help people get their financial struggles under control and to partner with other business owners to create an exponential impact on the world. In this episode, he shares the power of helping people solve problems. He says, “if you solve other people’s problems, the money will come.” He also shares the importance of auditing your social circle to make sure you surround yourself with the best people. Finally, Randall shares some significant insight on the power of vision and not allowing yours to be diluted. You can connect with him directly by visiting his Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/randalleofficial/

Justin Muscolino is a highly experienced and energetic corporate trainer who knows there is more to offer in the corporate training world. Because of this, he opened Tweezzle where he gives his clients real training and real experiences. It’s training and experiences that will stick!  He and his team believe in the importance of passion, fun, and have a true desire to help other people. They want you to know that they care and want to impact your team for the long term.  Justin believes in the importance of stories. The value of credibility in getting people to learn. He also shares that learning comes from multiple angles and the stories, fun, passion, and energy his team brings are what will create a lasting result.  www.tweezzle.com

Steven Moher is a veteran business owner and serial entrepreneur. His experience in business has ultimately led him to open Massive Breakthroughs. This amazing business has secured significant funding and will be hiring over 1000 people to help them build a cross-platform video game software. This software allows video game creators to build their games on the Massive Breakthroughs platform and be able to run them on PC, Xbox, Playstation, and more. In this episode, we get to learn of the powerful wisdom of Steven’s decades in business. He shares about the importance of training your replacement, giving your employees opportunities to fail, and knowing what your customer really wants.  Steven’s SAGE Insights are thoughtful and will be immediately helpful for you and your business.  www.massivebreakthroughs.net

Today's episode is with a special guest. Mike Cook is a business mentor of mine and has been a great encouragement and support to me and Gillette Solutions for a couple of years now. I was selfishly holding on to his wisdom until now. On this episode, you'll get to learn about Mike's powerful insights on leadership, communication, and his guiding principles for business. These principles have helped him and 100s of business owners C-Level leaders successfully navigate challenges and opportunities.  

In this episode, we talk about the importance of giving your best and not focusing on being the best. This simple shift changes how you see yourself and the efforts you put in. The comparison trap crushes people. Brian suggests shifting from saying I need to be THE best to being MY best.  Brian shares about his experience interviewing John Wooden, leading the US Swim team for 8 years, and his various corporate experiences. This episode is full of fantastic energy, wisdom, and actionable tips.  Brian Biro is America’s Breakthrough Coach! He has delivered over 1,800 presentations around the world over the last 30 years. The author of 15 books including his brand new, "The ROI of Kindness" and bestseller, "Beyond Success". Brian was rated #1 from over 40 Speakers at 4 consecutive INC. Magazine International Conferences. With degrees from Stanford University and UCLA, Brian has appeared on Good Morning America and CNN. Most recently he was selected as one of the top 60 Motivational Speakers in the WORLD!  

When we understand the value we have to offer other people this makes it possible to offer so much more to others. In this episode, Eric Reed dives into the importance of knowing your north star, having pride in what you do, and the importance of "shrinking your universe".  Eric is the owner of the Reed5 group where they help businesses rethink strategies, provide actionable & meaningful solutions to clarify, simplify and achieve your vision. You can connect with Eric by visiting his website https://reed5group.com/. You can also find him on LinkedIn and hosting the Take5 Podcast. 

It's an interesting thing how myths can impact our lives in powerful waves. On this episode, I talk about the Pygmalion effect and how this Greek myth serves as a reminder of the power of expectations.  Research in various institutions has proven that the Pygmalion effect is real. They've tested and duplicated the effect many times. What's more important is that you and I can test and duplicate the power of setting high expectations.  I share with you several stories of how this has played out in my life and the lives of my clients and even Jesus' disciples.   

What do you do when you lose 90% of your ability to see? You focus your vision and accomplish amazing things for the world and for God. This is the journey of my guest, Amber Keirra. She has embarked on a mission to help people with disability get the support they deserve and the opportunity to SERVE at their local churches.  Amber is educating 100s of people on how to serve this woefully underserved population in the church. Amber's enthusiasm and excitement for this VISION God has given to her is contagious and 100s have caught on a joined.  Learn about what she is doing and how you can be a part of this movement. PLUS, Amber shares some powerful wisdom on narrowing your focus and being purposeful with your mindset and goals. Don't miss this wisdom-packed episode!  Amber's Story Amber Kierra lost 90% of her eyesight growing up and has learned to use courage to overcome fear and navigate obstacles of any kind. She believes in a world where we are not held back by our circumstances rather we live our live

Learning how to harness your strengths is a challenge most of us struggle with. With all the resources available to us we can get lost in the sea of options and never really move forward.  In this 3 part series, I focus on a simple three-phase process to build a foundation for your strengths, begin to grow them, and then lastly empower others to do the same.  In this episode, I help you give your strengths a firm foundation by showing you the EXACT 4-step process you can follow. The foundation starts with these three items: Know Your Strengths Show Your Strengths Grow Your Strengths Once you work through these areas, you'll find your strengths are immediately being challenged, growing, and more ready for you to use.    Music On This Episode: We Feel by tubebackr | https://soundcloud.com/tubebackr Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com    

In this interview, we get a glimpse at how Kit leads his teams and why they are so successful. Kit shares his wisdom on how to empower your team and create opportunities for them. From weekly check-ins to freedom to start new business divisions, Kit has a philosophy of giving his team opportunities to grow, expand, and keeps them accountable to their goals.  He is currently running 3 different home service businesses and has a start-up called Future Wealth that helps people manage their money today for their future selves. At Future Wealth, their goal is to empower you to understand your options, so that you can make great financial decisions for your future. You can check out their website by visiting https://www.futurewealth.ca/ You can also find Kit at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kit-hulbert-4007a212/

Todays's episode may be the most unique one to date. It also might be my favorite. In this episode, I have a fun conversation with my grandma about her history. From her experiences growing up in Kansas in the 1930s to her California adventures and how she met my grandpa, her stories and wisdom will be an encouragement to you.  Not only this, what she shares will inspire you too! With that said, one of the main reasons I did this episode is to dedicate time to getting to know my grandma. When was the last time that you give someone 60-minutes of your undivided attention and asked a bunch of curiosity-based questions? I'll wait.... Most of us rarely do this and some never have. Let this episode serve as a challenge to you to find a loved one or friend to who you can give this sort of attention to. I guarantee it will worth both of your time and will provide a deepening in that relationship more than you know! To learn more about what I'm up to and to check out my Leadershift Challenge, please visit https://

Welcome to another episode of the SAGE Mindset Podcast. Today’s episode features Ben Luts or Cypress Overland. He and his wife run an amazing business that allows you to get away from the busyness of life and business to enjoy time on the road doing off road adventures, camping, and even some luxury wining and dining!  Is this episode, Ben shares his story of travels around the world and across the US to eventually (kind of by serdepity) purchase and begin running Cypress Overland. Ben says sometimes you need to take that ONE step to reveal what the next five steps are.  Ben and his wife are a living example of this advice and the impact they are making on their customers shows the empowering affect of decisions like this and having an amazing wife to make a business run smoothly!  You can learn more about Cypress Overland by visiting https://cypressoverland.com or checking them out on Instagram and Facebook.

After studying the lives of great leaders and experiencing great leaders, there's one interesting approach that is common to their leadership. These leaders choose to lead in the context of eating with others.  On this episode, I talk about how you can leverage this leadership strategy in three ways. Invite your employees to meals and serve them through this experience by listening and supporting. Invite friends, coworkers, and peers to meals and share what you want to accomplish in your life and business to build powerful accountability. Invite someone that you would like to mentor you to a meal and ask great questions, listen intently, and enjoy your meal with them.  There is remarkable power in fellowship and sharing a meal together. SAGE Leaders are intentional about this and choose to create contexts to enjoy food with those they influence and those that influence them.  Your challenge is to list out 3-5 people that you can invite to a meal over the course of the next 30-days. Pick at least one per

In today's episode, Michael and I discuss the power of improv and the need for preparation. As leaders, we need both of these skills to truly succeed in what we do. Michael is a visionary probl em solver, mischievous provocateur and good old-fashioned instigator, Michael loves to have fun in life and is committed to helping others do the same. He believes that individuals who have the most fun in life, are those who embrace the innovative mindset and unleash their unique power onto the world. Enjoy this episode as we discuss fear of failure, the power of improvisation, and the necessity of preparation. It's an amazing combination that unlocks powerful potential in leadership. 

In part three of this series, I look at the powerful practice of prayer in leadership and how you can use it to be more reflective, get powerful insights, unlock vision in your leadership, and release stress.  These are only a few of the benefits of being a praying leader. In this episode, I also challenge you to start doing two things. Write down the ideas, stressors, wants, and struggles that you have as a leader then release then through prayer. When you do this consistently, my promise to you is that you will have a freer, less stressed, and more powerful leadership experience than you have now. The second challenge is to wake up early and as your first real action of the day - pray. Don't listen to an audiobook, check your email, or look at social media. Get up and quietly reflect/pray. This is not meditation but praying in gratitude and in request for the things that you really want.  Prayer is a strange topic in the world of business but we all know whether you believe in God or not, there is trem

In this episode, I interview Jacqueline Wales. We touch on so many powerful insights and pieces of wisdom I can't put it all here but 3 points that stood out for me were: Learn to leverage your fear and turn it into courage. Trusting yourself is a crucial piece to growth and overcoming fear. Ask. If you want something, ask for it. Simple.  For more than 35 years, Jacqueline Wales has explored human behavior and asked tough questions to discover hard truths. She believes in the power of fearlessness to create the career and life you want. As a motivational speaker, professional coach, author of The Fearless Factor and other books, Jacqueline has helped countless people become more empowered, confident, and resilient. Her work focuses on leaders who will dig into self-discovery, take accountability for their actions and responsibility for their decisions. She challenges herself daily to be better and challenges her clients to do the same—pushing boundaries and breaking through excuses to achieve resu

In part 2 of the SAGE Leadership Series, we take a look at the significance of service in leadership. Over and over again we see great leaders serving people in powerful ways.  This "secret" to leadership is a simple but often forgotten approach to leadership that gets results and creates powerful influence. Servant leaders serve by: Having a clear purpose Not expecting a return on their service Having a deep motive that keeps them going Using words to build up and to redirect Through actions to support and actions to get out of the way  

Welcome to another episode! I have a fun interview for you today. Liz and Jason Medwid are my guests and they come to the show full of wisdom from their experiences hosting their own podcast as well as all the bumps and bruises along the way.  In this episode, Liz and Jason share some powerful insights about improv, leadership, and just plain having fun.  The importance of reimagining roles and how that can impact a team and leadership Having mutually shared goals Determining and maintaining a vision and purpose to stay focused on  The importance of discovering and training your own voice Harnessing the power of outside the box thinking Elizabeth has been podcasting for two years as the character “Miss Elizabeth.” She has an MA in English, experience as an educator in English Literature, as well as over a decade of experience as a business owner developing websites for businesses of different types and sizes. Jason has been podcasting and creating original music from his home studio for over two year