The Good Grow Great Podcast

How to make ideas happen and raise millions of dollars

Find out how to turn an idea into a reality, find money for it, and create something you’re proud of. Nalin Chuapetcharasopon, CEO of CrushCrowdfunding, shared how she raised $7+ million dollars. Now more than ever, imagine seeing something you invented in stores everywhere. Find out: (07:09) What to do if you’re suddenly out of a stable job. (13:30) The real difference between Kickstarter v. Shopify v. Squarespace. (15:00) Ownership pros and cons: angel investors v. crowdfunding. (18:50) Can you turn ideas into reality if you’re already working 9-5? (21:30) When to start growing a team. (26:40) The abundance mentality that kills competition overwhelm. Find Nalin Chuapetcharasopon, CEO of Crushcrowdfunding on www.crushcrowdfunding.com. ----  For a 5,300-word free Ultimate Guide on how to leave a remarkable impression go to www.goodgrowgreat.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to get your freedom back and have your business running for you

Paul Maskill, CEO and founder of The Ultimate Freedom mastermind talks pitfalls you should avoid if you’re starting or growing a business (so that you still have the time to do whatever you want). Now more than ever, many people are looking to make massive waves. Paul talks how to get your life back while earning a handsome living: (02:07) How doing things that no one else is willing to do can get you ahead, but not much further. (04:10) How to start creating a business that runs on auto without you (05:30) Three different ways to make money: 1) self-employment v.; 2) running a business v.; 3) having the business run for you. (08:08) How to create a plan B and safety net when starting up by doing the majority of the work in advance. (11:56) How to stay cost-lean when starting out to make sure your business survive. (13:03) How to build a 12-month reserve fund to give yourself runway to start. (13:57) How to decide: is there a market for your idea? (14:30) How to get your business running automatically by creating the right systems (even before you felt ready). (15:45) How to get clear on what your business should do for you, instead of the other way around. (17:10) How to start building a team and share video/audio instructions. (17:49) How to look at: 1) lead generation 2) sales 3) customer support 4) service/product provision, and 5) back-end or administrative—to see where your money is best made. (21:09) How to measure your time-value-money to get massive wins. (21:54) How anyone can start today to create automation systems. (22:26) How to perfect, automate, delegate anything to get your business running for you. (24:11) How to start hiring and getting the right people onboard and why personality matters more than being technically capable. (25:11) How to get the best people to help you. (26:50) How to grab attention and secure a job/sale when you reach out to companies, clients, or future opportunity. (31:53) How to take care of yourself while taking care of others. (33:55) How to lean on other people to make sure you take care of yourself. Find Paul on https://www.paulmaskill.com/mastermind     ----  For a 5,300-word free Ultimate Guide on how to get more clients by leaving a remarkable impression go to www.goodgrowgreat.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to have difficult conversations during COVID, what to do if your personal or business relationship is dying, and how to recover from relationship burnout

If you’re an introvert like me, I’m sure you’ve been in situations, a party, a giant conference, or a get-together, when you look at your best friend, or brother and sister, or colleague and mouthed from across the room, “Help me get out of this conversation! Please”. Usually it has nothing to do with the people who were there. It was just that you’re tapped out.  And the thought of a quiet night with your favorite book or show, sounds pretty sweet. What’s interesting, though, is that even with COVID, one of my students told me recently: “It’s weird. I feel like we’re supposed to be doing less, meeting up with less people, and all. But how come it feels like I’m doing even more now and I’m talking to even MORE people these days!?” It’s because even though we’re not actually around as many people as usual, we are STILL constantly having conversations. Which means that one thing in your life is still totally crammed.  And that is your headspace. I always look at this, and whatever it is that occupies your mind, to be almost like the ceiling height in your house. If it’s too low and there’s not enough headspace, you’re constantly trying to look for a way out. Usually AFTER your neck and back are screaming: GET ME OUT! The thing is, the more determined you are to get ahead in life and grow your business, usually the more noise there will be. And with that, you’ll have even LESS time to yourself to do the things that really matter, like being with people you care about, or even just spending more time taking care of yourself. It gets more and more difficult, to ‘get out’ of the noise. But if you ARE able to close your ears to ‘conversations’ that you know is not good for you, all the ‘news’ that only distract you, or even the vocal few people in your life who doubted you ... You will become unstoppable. THIS is what I’ve seen sets apart the 1% from the 99%: the ability to have clarity, peace in knowing their direction, and graceful execution. So then the question becomes, how DO you do this if you’re in a personal, work, or business relationship that is—challenging? Or how do you do it if you’re on your own, especially during COVID-19? And how do you bounce from all this? --- Before we keep going, be sure to not miss a beat and hit the FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button. --- This week, we’re diving into this topic as I sit down with Wendy Sterling, a relationship and divorce expert. It’s been a while since I take a hard look at how relationship affects life, business, and entrepreneurship. But the ‘not-so-secret’ secret is that we know that it definitely plays a HUGE part in our success. This is true especially when we need to have difficult conversations with your client, boss, spouse, or even a family member. “A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.” - Tim Ferris Growth Solvers, let’s take a listen as we find out: 5:43 How to get unstuck when worrying too much. 6:19 What intuition can actually tell you about your relationships 7:21 What the realization of the need to live for yourself look like. 7:43 What the difference between façade perfect family versus closed-doors reality can do to open up new possibilities. 8:40 How to leave a successful career if you are unhappy. 9:48 How to face the truth and have an extremely difficult conversation. 12:07 What followed a panic attack when a relationship goes awry. 12:57 How to read the signs of something going wrong in a relationship. 14:50 How to start having conversations you know need to happen sooner or later. 15:55 Why sometimes you can have an amazing communication at work, but are lagging behind in communicating with the people who are most important in your lives. 18:21 Why understanding yours and other people’s defense mechanism can help. 20:18 Why NOT ignoring your gut feeling is useful in your relationships, business, and work. 21:33 What to do if you’re trying NOT to burn any bridges and save a relationship. 23:24 How to give yourself a time limit to work on salvaging a broken relationship. 25:39 The real reason why you are still sometimes stuck in some things that are not good for you. --- Growth solvers, FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE and join me in supporting you to live a meaningful life that you deserve! You GOT this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How an introvert can connect with anyone during COVID, work from home successfully, have time for yourself, make the right decisions, AND face your fears.

I get a ton of questions lately about working from home and growing passive income. What’s great is that I see a whole range of questions, like: Thalia, how do you stay motivated? How do I keep my kids from driving me insane? How am I supposed to set goals when I don’t know what’s going to happen? How can I possibly get everything done at home? What’s the best way to earn money on the side? I love all these questions. It’s funny though, isn’t it? How we’re doing similar things we did pre-COVID and just going about in our lives, but because everything’s changed now, we’re much more aware of the things that we like and don’t like. It’s like someone just plugged a speaker phone into all our activities and it screams back, “Hey, this is just NOT working!” Everything feels bigger in smaller quarters. And because of this, you may feel like things are just running on a loop and happiness is like a one-off privilege that you have to keep fighting for. What I discover about work and business, though, is that they will likely suffer when you’re out of sorts, and definitely when you’re unhappy.  So how DO you stay sane, successful, AND happy at home while getting ahead and growing your business?   Spend a ton of time on the things that give you happiness and meaning, and a timed amount on the things that don’t. The odd thing about working from home, is that no one ever talks about treating your day like there’s an external time-table that runs the whole show (even though life DOES keep moving on)! It’s YOUR show. You get to decide. Of course, there are things that are not always fun to do but needs to get done (like brushing your teeth and looking at how you did in your business). AND on the things that make you feel like you’re on vacation! Whether that’s one hour or one week on a particular goal, it’s your call.   Find ways to love the progress first, BEFORE you find the profit. I think we’ve done ourselves a disservice whenever people throw around things like, “Love what you do, THEN you’ll be happy”. First of all, I think this is super confusing. It makes us chase that momentary high that we associate with loving something. And it focuses on already loving or hating something, versus cultivating that appreciation for what you’re meant to do. In reality, you won’t always love everything WHILE you’re at it. For instance, I love my kids, but I honestly just don’t like what comes with parenting. Love is not the same as like. I love working out as a whole. But I don’t always like waking up to it. So if you want to crush your work and business goals, or even earn more, find ways to make the long days … easier, lighter, or more fun.   Know that passive income IS possible, after targeted activity. There’s a misconception being thrown around right now that passive income is … all just about sitting back in your PJs and watching things roll in. Um … sorry, but that’s not (never has been and never will be) the case. And this misconception drives many entrepreneurs into misery, thinking, “Why is it not working?” Yes, passive income is possible, but only AFTER you’ve put in the appropriate amount of activity, investment, and energy and time upfront. What this means is that if your income or business is still going nowhere, the things you’ve done upfront might need some tweaking. This is true for both offline and online income. I’ll talk about mistakes to avoid when you’re creating passive income streams in the upcoming months. --- Before we keep going, be sure to not miss a beat and hit the FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE button. --- Which is why today I want to bring you a whole range of experience from multiple women business owners who have found amazing ways to: Work from home while making authentic work relationships. Confidently be introverted and be OK with it. Successfully switch from a prestigious job and follow their calling. Master how to say no to the things they know is not good for them, and Crush the fear of having to be in the public eye. --- Find out:   WORK-FROM-HOME STRATEGIES 7:18 How Jennifer Tamborski ended up working from home and why it took a lot of the pressure off. 7:59 How to grow a multiple 6-figure business even if you’re an introvert. 9:12 How to work from home as an introvert and parent for 14 years. 10:23 How to connect virtually with just about anyone from home. 11:01 What coffee has anything to do with growing with your business Learn more about Jennifer Tamborski.   WAYS TO GETTING UNSTUCK 11:12 How Else Johnson overcome her shyness. 11:37 The internal dialog that made introversion work against you. 11:53 The coping mechanism that helps you get unstuck. 12:10 How being fully present gets you ahead. 12:58 Why introversion is a strength. Learn more about Else Johnson.   HOW TO WIN YOUR TIME BACK 15:37 Why fully expressing yourself win you your time back. 17:00 Get massive wins carving out time to create ways to take care of yourself. 18:10 The real secrets of saying no to things that eat up your energy. 19:29 Creating criteria in your life so that you’re not getting pulled all over the place. 20:02 How to evaluate your relationships to protect your time, day, and sanity. Learn more about Mong Sai.   WHY PRESTIGE DOESN’T EQUAL PROGRESS 21:24 How to decide whether to quit or to keep going. 21:46 The five value system you can use to make a decision. 22:00 Identifying when you’ve lived two conflicting lives. 22:43 How to be OK even if you’re facing obstacles. 23:15 How to use increments to balance when you’re consuming versus creating. Learn more about Megan Brehman.   LIFE-CHANGING WAYS TO FACE YOUR FEARS 25:45 How to crush even your biggest challenge in your business. 26:20 How making other people seen and heard can change your life. 26:46 Major types of introversion you need to know. 27:18 What’s actually your greatest gift. 28:08 How to use your Achilles Heel to make massive changes. Learn more about Rebecca Shaw.   --- Growth solvers, FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE and join me in supporting you to live a meaningful life that you deserve! You GOT this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to stay productive during COVID with ways that big CEOs use to get big wins.

I remember a time when I was sitting in a meeting with three other guys in suits in a room with grey concrete walls. The meeting was going on and on and everyone was starting to get fidgety. The door opened and in came the top dog’s secretary, who said that so and so was there to meet him. Five minutes later, she came back in to give him another note. Seven minutes go by, and again she came with yet another thing, this time waving her hand and pointing at her watch while looking at him urgently. After the meeting wrapped, I asked this CEO, who started and grew a billion dollar company from scratch but still has his marriage intact, his kids away from drugs, and his employees raving about him, “You seemed busy. How do you do it all?” He looked up at me and without missing a beat he said, “It’s simple. Focus on the small things”. Wait. What do you mean? There has GOT to be more to it! He saw the disbelief in my face. And quickly added, “I know. Seems too easy. But simple things are actually harder to do. Because it requires that you rewrite things other people have made you believe.” He’s right. After years working with people and businesses of all kinds, I realized that masterpieces have one thing in common: They’re not about the grandiose actions.   They’re about creating a big difference with small, yet meaningful steps.   Think of your favorite song. It’s probably not complicated or very long at all. Think of your favorite food. I’m willing to bet that it’s not a micro scallop served on an oversized plate with paprika sprinkled all over. And, Think of your favorite person. It’s likely someone you know and love, who makes you smile, laugh, cry, or even inspired. That’s all! And yet, we’re taught that to be successful, everything needs to be giant, huge, and this big pie in the sky. Why else is everyone in the world obsessed with follower counts? You know how many followers most millionaires and billionaires that I personally know have on their social media accounts? Around 100. Yep. What they’ve known all along, is that the small things matter ... BIG time! They know that a small knife can kill a big cow. They also realize that the sun, though powerful, is still a small speck in the big, dark space. Yet they know that this ‘small’ sun, can still wipe out darkness in a matter of seconds.   When light meets darkness, light always wins.   So how do you swim in the big ocean if you’re a small fish? The secret, of course, is to find small, yet powerful things that can give you massive wins. Here are some of my favorite “small” yet big levers: Use the Rule of 3, NOT 13. Find the top 1-3 things that you see have given you massive progress, and make that your top priorities every day. Most of us have 10-20 things that we never finish each day that just makes us feel defeated at the end of the day. I talked about all things productivity, goals, and systemizing lists on this week’s podcast.    Double down on the few things that work, THEN delegate. If you find that exercising really gives you a boost at work, don’t skip it. If you learned that a 1-hour Netflix binge is all that you need to unwind, make that a priority. Yes, I said it! And THEN, apply the same principle with your work. Did you do something that make your buyers and clients happy? Do more of that.   Focus on ways to repeat wins, NOT redo. Life is a long So is your happiness and meaning. You don’t want to find yourself still grinding away in misery like it’s your first year doing this—five years from now. As you grow, be sure to work in time to create ways to make your days easier. That can be with a checklist, an automated system, or by growing your team and partnerships.   Business—should have a long life. Breathe life into it. To make this possible, this time I want to dive into how you can get big wins with small changes, including how you look at your goals, how to put them together, and create a well-oiled system that helps you buy back time. In this episode, you’ll take home: How to let the calendar do the heavy work and buy back time. The hybrid online/offline productivity approach that kills frustration. How leaving town/house/room can finally get you your goals and plans. --- Growth solvers, FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE and join me in supporting you to live a meaningful life that you deserve! You GOT this. --- Specifically:   5:04 How wanting to get away with computers can create an amazing business 5:24 Why home office is more important than you think. 7:04 Top mistakes and problems about working from home. 8:09 Why being productive is more than just getting organized. 8:40 The top 4 areas of your home office that you can’t ignore in order to be productive. 9:30 How to kill overwhelm and decided what is most important that can create massive wins. 10:07 What open floor plan and our mobile devices have anything to do with getting things done. 10:48 The life-changing power of paperless. 14:39 How to create systems that run for you, instead of you running for your business. 15:22 Why you fall off the wagon and how to prevent walking away from amazing systems you create. 16:54 How to keep a balance mindset for the shiny object syndrome. 18:27 How to get an all-in-one way to organize things and get things done, and what to do if you can’t have one thing organize everything. 19:35 Top mistakes to avoid if you want to stay productive. 20:52 How to pull massive levers on your progress by reviewing. 23:23 The secrets of adapting and adopting new ways to stay productive with a new lifestyle. 25:20 What personal time off and retreats can do to create massive changes in your life. Learn more about Laura on Eliminate Chaos.   Growth solvers, don’t forget to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE!   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.