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Sarah Merrill is the kind of girlfriend who you can’t wait to hang out with again because she’s just so much fun. She’s the hilarious comedy writer and creator of “BigKidProblems,” where she pokes fun at the absurdities and struggles of growing up. She shares how she went about starting her blog and website, how she narrowed in on the parts she loved doing the most, and how she pivoted from running it on the side to going full time with it.
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Sarah Merrill is the comedy writer and creator of "BigKidProblems," a wildly popular Instagram account turned Blog and Podcast all about the daily struggles of growing up and navigating through the adult world. From tiny apartments to living on tinier paychecks and (ugh) the dating, Sarah uses a mixture of wry wit, pop culture references, and relatable experience to connect to and help her half-million followers navigate through the ups and downs of contemporary adulting. Whether you are twenty-two or sixty-two, there is no use in fighting it; we all have Big Kid Problems.
Through her social media fame, Sarah has appeared three times on the Emmy Award-winning Steve Harvey Show and spoken at various conferences and Universities about growing a business through Social Media. A collection of her original jokes were published by Andrews McMeel in 2020.
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I’m the kind of person who likes certainty. I can eat the same thing every day, I can do the same workouts, and take the same walks—even if I know that’s not great for me. There are of course benefits to having routines and habits, but when you start feeling like you can’t survive without those rituals, it can start to force you into a rut. If you’re feeling stuck or not creative enough, it could be that you just need to switch up the energy.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around transitions and rejection.
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@kylie_loran
How do you handle silent rejection? Like people stop talking or don't make an effort?
Question #2:
@marissa.hamon
How to face imposter syndrome when experiencing good transitions?
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We always get questions about how we get so much done. Right now, we’re traveling on the road and we’re still showing up for business, for podcasts, for masterminds. Don’t get stuck comparing yourselves to us, though—we still fall short of our to-do lists and our goals for the day. But we still manage to do the most important things every day, and that’s the key. We’re going to outline what we do to make sure we’re getting the right things done to move our businesses and our lives forward.
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You know that I am so into talking about business while also being able to preserve your life. If you have big dreams about business but you’re scared because you may not be able to manage being fulfilled and taking care of yourself, you have to listen to this conversation with David Finkel. As someone who has helped entrepreneurs and CEOs scale their businesses while simultaneously scaling back their involvement in the company, he is an expert on optimizing your business AND your life.
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David Finkel is author of The Freedom Formula and co-author of, SCALE: 7 Proven Principles to Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back (written with Priceline.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman), and one of the nation’s most respected business thinkers. A Wall Street Journal and Business Week bestselling author of 12 business books, David’s a regular columnist for Inc.com, FastCompany.com, and Forbes.com reaching over 1M readers each year.
Over the past 20 years, David and the Maui coaching and advisor team have scaled and sold over $62 billion of businesses.
Maui Mastermind helps business owners build companies they love owning again--for the value they create, the lives they touch, the profits they earn, the team they employ, and the freedom they enjoy. Their clients have enjoyed an average annual growth rate five times higher than the average privately held company, while at the same time reducing their companies’ reliance on them as the owners by an average of 191% percent.
An ex-Olympic-level athlete turned business multi-millionaire, David and his wife Heather, and their three sons live a very simple life in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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Whenever we’re making decisions, we tend to get stuck on one big fear: Making the wrong decision. You have to train yourself to believe that you can’t make a wrong decision, as crazy as it sounds. You won’t always make perfect decisions, but looking back you can always find value in whatever decision you’ve made, so don’t put so much pressure on yourself to have the perfect outcome when you can’t control the outcome.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around transitions.
Question #1:
@amandaibarkley
Just got married, seriously, today! Evans and Lori, what is your best marriage advice?
Question #2:
@micknicknackpattywack
Do I have to leave behind those who don't want/wish to transition with me?
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When you pack everything up to live on the road for a month, there’s a few things you quickly learn about yourself and the world. We’re visiting friends, doing some business, and seeing some friends. We’re going to share the lessons that we’ve learned while on the road and how they’re helping us in business and life.
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Jennifer Kem is all about confidence. She knows that confidence comes from clarity and knowing exactly what your brand and message are all about. Branding has helped me so much in my business, and there is no one better to learn it from than her. You’re going to learn so much from this conversation.
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Jennifer Kem is a San Francisco Bay Area-based brand building and leadership expert who gets entrepreneurs seen, heard, and paid for being themselves. She’s the creator of the Master Brand Method: a framework to develop powerful brand archetypes that win customers’ hearts, leveraging Jennifer’s 20 years of corporate experience and her launching of multiple companies.
She uses the Master Brand method in strategic consulting for emerging entrepreneurs, celebrity brands like Oprah Winfrey Network and Steve Harvey, and major corporations including Verizon, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Bank of Hawaii. What she is most passionate about in her work today is her legacy project: Femmefluence, a platform that supports women leaders to fully rise into their influence and affluence, so they can make an even greater impact in the world.
Jennifer serves up straight talk wrapped in love because she understands entrepreneurs’ challenges: She built a retail business and became a millionaire at 32, only to lose it all in the recession two years later. She is now the successful owner of three million-dollar brand-building businesses and the mother of three children.
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There is always a way to figure out your goals, and there will never be the perfect circumstances to start. Sometimes you just have to get it done and put it out there, even if things don’t turn out perfect. That is the only way you will ever carve out time for the things you want in your life.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around rejection.
Question #1:
@makeup_by_darcy_danielle
How do you handle rejection in the form of someone being overly critical and just ugly?
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@guelphnetworking
How do you find the positive in rejection? It's hard not to take it personally and own the rejection.
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We have managed to survive 15 years of marriage. We wanted to share our highs and lows, our ups and downs, our goals and accomplishments, and everything else couples go through together. We’re going to share our actionable, tangible reasons that we’ve used to manage to stay together and thrive together as a couple.
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If you’ve been feeling stressed or overwhelmed, this interview with Panache Desai is going to bring you back down. At the start of the pandemic, he immediately cancelled all of his speaking events and pivoted to assure people that they have the capacity to remain calm and connected during these times. His new book, “You Are Enough,” gives us the secret to finding peace. We talk about accepting yourself as you are while still striving for improvement, meeting others expectations, and coming from a place of peace.
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Panache Desai is a bestselling author, thought leader, and business and life catalyst. His loving and compassionate presence, and unique power of insight have transformed countless individuals, organizations, and companies across the globe. Through his gift of energetic transformation, Panache empowers people to break free from suffering and limitation, guiding them into greater states of connection, collaboration, and love. This mastery delivers astonishing levels of personal and professional success allowing them to discover and live a life that is truly without limits.
Panache has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on her wildly popular Super Soul Sunday show. He has collaborated alongside Deepak Chopra, stepped in for Rev. Michael Beckwith at the Agape International Spiritual Center, and worked with Neale Donald Walsch, Brian Weiss, MD and James Redfield. Panache’s new book, You Are Enough, will be published by HarperCollins in February 2020. His “You Are Enough Experience” nationwide tour begins March 1 in Austin, Texas and stops in 15 destinations across the country.
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Rachel Joy is joining me to give you so much clarity on how to navigate sales, how to find your vision, and connecting deeply with your audience. We go over what the NLP model is and how you can apply it to your work to get more customers, more sales, and more CONFIDENCE!
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Rachel Joy is a board-certified Trainer and Master Practitioner in NLP, EFT, T.I.M.E Techniques, Clinical Hypnotherapy, and Life & Success Coaching. Along with a background in health coaching, personal training, and addiction counseling, Rachel takes a unique approach to generate freedom in her clients' lives. While she focuses on online marketing and business strategy, she stresses the importance of the mind-body connection, and that being the foundation for anything you want to create in life and biz. She is a powerful facilitator of transformational change and certifies and guides other women to do the same, through her signature program, Transcend Academy; an accredited certification program, designed with the high-level support of a business mastermind, and the immersive experience of a spiritual retreat.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around collaboration.
Question #1:
@theracheljoy1
How to kindly turn down a collab that doesn't feel aligned?
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@tamaramaria.ca
How do you approach someone to collab with a win/win idea?
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We’re all about enhancing both your business AND your life, so today we have three tips that you can apply that will help with both. If you can master these three things, you will be able to crush it in both your business and your personal life.
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Whether or not you have a business yet, you have to get good at selling yourself in something that you love, and Rory Vaden knows all about that. He scaled a sales coaching business up to 8 figures and, at the same time, built up his personal brand. When he exited that business, he decided to teach people what he had spent his life learning: how to build a following, get book deals, book speaking engagements, and impact people’s lives. He’s going to share the exact steps you need to follow to find your message, discover your passion, and figure out how to make money from it.
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Rory Vaden is the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs and Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time. His insights on personal development, leadership and influence have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur, Inc, on Fox News national television and in several other major media outlets. As a world-renowned speaker, His TedX talk has been viewed more than 3 million times, he is a 2x World Champion of Public Speaking Finalist, and was recently inducted into the professional speakers Hall of Fame. He is also an 8-figure entrepreneur who serves in his new business as the Co-Founder of Brand Builders Group where he teaches people to build their influence, reputation and personal brand. You can find more about Rory including footage of him speaking at roryvaden.com.
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Your dream may not be big enough if it only involves you. Maybe it’s time to reimagine your dreams and goals and find out how you can stay motivated through those big challenges. This year is not going the way that anyone thought it would and we’ve had to let go of some of those expectations, but chances are that this is setting us all up for something better — as long as we can see it and reach for it. So let’s talk about how you can step into who you are meant to be.
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Lindsey Schwartz is an entrepreneur, top podcast host, and best-selling author. As a sought after speaker, Lindsey travels around the world inspiring women to get out of their own way and into action around their big ideas, and helping them create the careers they’ve always dreamed of.
After seeing numerous women in her life stop short of pursuing their own entrepreneurial dreams because of fear and self-doubt, she saw the need for more honest conversations about the ups & downs of entrepreneurship in order to show women that they don’t have to have it all together to get started. From there, the Powerhouse Women community, annual event, and podcast were born, with the motto that we're not meant to do business (or life) alone!
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around working towards something new.
Question #1:
@stephzagordo28
How do you stay motivated in your current job when you want to work towards something else?
Question #2:
@chelsey.bird
What do you know now that you wish you had known when starting your business?
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@dandi2901
Best way to keep or make new habits when you have like 10 you want to start or change?
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The number one question we get from the hundreds of entrepreneurs we have coached over the past several years is “How do I know if my idea would make a good business?”. You can have a ton of good ideas—and they could all be equally good—but you can only ever chase one at a time. You have to invest into one so far and so deep that it has enough momentum to run on its own so you can invest the momentum, the income, and the lessons learned from that into the second idea. We’ve developed a framework for evaluating your ideas to find out which is the right fit before you dedicate your all to it.
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Jen Gottlieb and Chris Winfield are two incredible human beings — and they have a challenge for you. These two are always teaching actionable things that you can see immediate results from, so I suggest you step up to their challenge and see where it takes you. Making connections with people that matter is the number one way I have built every single business, along with my willingness to ask and to show up for myself, and this episode is about becoming the ultimate connector — but you can’t do that unless you address your confidence first.
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Renowned "Super Connectors" and Communication Experts Chris Winfield and Jen Gottlieb are co-founders of the multimillion-dollar company Super Connector Media, which helps people foster connections and relationships that matter.
The powerful business and life partner duo, whom Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop recently named among "11 Professionals Helping People Find More Satisfying , Successful Careers", are on a mission to empower people to cultivate in-person connections and relationships and find more fulfillment in their personal and professional lives.
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On today’s “quickie” episode, I have a special guest, Jenn Kennedy! Two years ago, she didn’t know what the word “entrepreneur” really meant, but she became one through the process of helping people. As she went through the journey of losing weight and improving her health, she documented the whole process and was hit up with questions constantly. Before she knew what she was getting into, she had a coaching business. We’re going to share five tips that entrepreneurs need to do to up-level in their business.
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Jenn Kennedy is an entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and CEO of Impact to Income.
Jenn became an entrepreneur simply by helping people. As she documented her health and weight loss journey, women started asking her for help. She started teaching and helping women finally lose weight and heal their relationship with food. Before she knew it, she had a business. As her nutrition coaching business quickly grew, she closed the door to her 8-year career as an elementary teacher and principal in training.
Just over a year later, after watching online coaches struggle with making the money and impact they were meant for, she built Impact to Income. Now, she teaches and mentors coaches and entrepreneurs to grow their impact, scale their income as a result, and live the life they dream of.
In just a year, she has scaled her business to a half a million dollars and has impacted hundreds of men and women across the world. The foundation of her success continues to be built on her bulletproof mindset, her relentless drive to impact people’s lives, and her daily practice to have more fun.
She fully believes that we are all here to create an impact in the world. She’s on a mission to guide men and women to live in their true personal and financial power and live the life they dream of.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around reaching for your calling.
Question #1:
@Marissa.hamon
How to tell if you're about to take on too much or playing small from fear of taking on too much?
Question #2:
@aimeepell
How do you know if God is calling you to something and it's not just you wanting it really bad?
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To be successful in life and in business, you have to be a negotiation machine. The first offer you get is never the offer the other person is expecting to give. They are waiting for negotiation. In this episode, we give you the seven steps to know the art of negotiation.
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Meet the team that’s behind the logo, branding, and marketing for my new beverage company Lite Pink, Aisha Marshall and Des Dickerson. These women are some of the most talented and gifted I have ever met, and we’ve been having an amazing time collaborating. We talk all about how we’ve grown from this relationship, the genius behind their business and marketing, how their experience in our Fast Foundations program that helped them grow and scale their business, and the five secrets they learned to scale effectively. The things they share are going to blow your mind.
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Des Dickerson
VP, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND DIGITAL MARKETING
Des has an eye and passion for production. She has worked behind the scenes of major TV shows and networks such as The Dr.Phil Show, Lifetime, HGTV, and YouTube. Des knows what is visually appealing to an audience. This is why creating successful marketing campaigns and visually appealing digital content is her forte. Podcast and video production is her niche, and she loves being able to bring a clients vision into an audio/visual reality. When Des isn’t working behind the scenes, she loves kickboxing and photography.
Aisha Marshall
VP, BRANDING AND DIGITAL MARKETING
Creativity and Aisha go hand in hand. Having worked in creative development and its impacts on digital strategy, she has adopted a special niche for finding the most unique visuals for clients. Aisha is an Arizona State alumni, having a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication and a Juris Doctor from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Aisha was also a former ASU Spirit Leader, and she still enjoys dancing in her free time.