Special Guest Expert - Amy Mattison
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Speaker1:
So here's the big question. Our entrepreneurs like us who have been hustling and struggling to make it to success, who seem to make
It one step forward only to fall two steps back to our dedicated determined. And driven. How do we finally break through? And with that is the question.
Speaker1:
And this podcast
Will give you the answers. My name is Bill. This is the. Body.
Speaker2:
Hello, everyone, and welcome, welcome, welcome to the Mind Body Business Show. We have another phenomenal, phenomenal guest lined up for you tonight. Her name is Amy Madison. I cannot wait to share her brilliance with you, her life experiences, how she's taken those for the better good and now is helping people all over the place and I cannot wait to bring her on and share her brilliance with you. That will happen very soon, I promise the mind body business show real quick. It is a show for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs, and it's designed specifically to help you to find the secrets to success, implement them and get to that level of success faster than if you were to do it on your own. And so what I do is I extract the secrets from the lovely Amy Madison and others that come on this show and they willfully share them with us. And so you're going to love this, take notes and really take action. Once the show is over, you're going to love this, so stay with us to the end. It's all about what I call the three pillars of success, and they are the very words that that make up the name of the show. So mine is about mindset, the successful people that I interviewed over a period of a decade.
Speaker2:
They all had these three pillars in their lives mind, mindset. They have very positive. Yet, more importantly, more flexible mindset body, it's literally they took care of themselves nutritionally and physically by exercising. I know, I know, body. It's like a four letter word sometimes, isn't it? No pain, no gain. We've all heard all that business. Business, so all of these individuals who I studied, who I followed, who are mentors of mine, authors of whom I've read, whom I met, some who are no longer with us, some who were gone before I read their books. All of them followed and had these three pillars of success present in their lives. And business is multi multifaceted. It what happened with the successful people is they had mastered the skill sets necessary to build a successful business and then grow it and continue to scale it and skill sets. What are those there like marketing, sales, team building, systematize leadership? I could go on for quite some time and I'll stop there. And the good news, though, is so think about this. Mastering something is the simple is very similar to being an expert. And those of you that are savvy and all of you are realize that it takes on average 10000 hours of doing any one thing to be deemed an expert at it.
Speaker2:
And nothing is different when it comes to mastering something. The good news is you don't have to master every skill set. And in fact, I mentioned it. It's one of the ones I just mentioned a moment ago if you just mastered one. The others will take care of themselves, and that one is the skill set of ready leadership leadership. Because once you've mastered the skill set of leadership, you can now bring in those individuals into your team who have already mastered those skill sets that you have yet to and may never master. Because let's face it, we only have so much time on this planet and a master. One thing by itself takes an amount enormous amount of time. And so that is what the mind body business show is all about is for you to learn from experts like Amy Madison, who's coming on briefly very soon and and take what she has to offer or take notes and then put them into action once the show's over. Another fantastic, amazing attribute of the very successful people are they are avid readers of books. That's right, books. And with that, I like to very quickly and affectionately move over into a Segway or a segment I call bookmarks.
Speaker1:
Bookmarks born to read, bookmarks ready, steady read bookmarks brought to you by reach your peak library Scott.
Speaker2:
Yes, there you see on the screen, if you're watching this live or recorded, if you're on a podcast platform, we are looking at a website called Reach Your Peak Library. Now, for those of you that have access to a device that can take you to a website. Please, please resist the temptation to do so and keep your attention on this show, especially because we're going to get Amy on here in just a moment. You don't want to miss a word of this amazing young woman, and so I implore of you to keep your attention toward the screen, whatever that screen is for you or in your earbuds if you're listening, and also to take out a notepad of some kind electronic or paper and take notes and then write down these resources, I'm sure Amy has many. Every guest I've had has many, many wonderful, valuable resources. Take notes after the show. Go revisit those resources that resonate with you. And that way you can be present because what I always say is the magic happens in the room. I would just hate for you to take your attention elsewhere while you're looking at one of these websites. Amy says something. You miss it. And that could have been the one golden nugget that changed your life forever.
Speaker2:
And I'm here to tell you right now, Amy can do that. There is no doubt in my mind because we had a nice little chat right before we went live. So hold on to your bootstraps. Ladies and gentlemen, reach your peak library real quick. It is a website that I had developed with you in mind. I know it sounds a little cheesy, but it's true. And it's really here for you. I did not myself start reading books voraciously until about the age of forty seven, which is ten years ago. I'm fifty seven now and oh my gosh, my eyes were open and for me, more specifically my ears, I began listening on Audible. That was the game changer for me personally. I realized I didn't like reading it, fatigued my eyes. I got tired. I got I just it just didn't resonate with me. I didn't absorb the information and I had difficulty, difficulty finishing or completing books. Once I learned about Audible. Oh, my goodness, that was it. And so these are all books I personally read and I vet, and that what that means is not every book I've ever read is in this list, but this is here for you.
Speaker2:
If you are looking for the next best or good, read the high probability that is it's going to be in here because someone else who's been successful has vetted it. And that's why I did. That was so that you can spend less time guessing that's what this is all about and more time modeling success. So pick a book from this list. And let me tell you, this is not the purpose of this website is not to make money. Anybody that's been on Amazon that has an associate link or an affiliate link and has sold a book from it. They know, you know, that there is not a lot of money to be made. That is not the purpose of this site at all. It is a one stop shop for you to find that book. They're not in any particular order, they're just in there. As I either read them or thought to put them in and had my team throw them in there and said, Don't worry about order, just get them in there. So there you go. That is, reach your peak library. And now, ladies and gentlemen, it is time to bring on the one and only, you guessed it, Amy Madison. Here she comes.
Speaker1:
It's time for the guest expert, spotlight savvy, skillful, professional, adept, trained, big league qualified.
Speaker2:
Yes, there she is. Ladies and gentlemen, it is the one it is the only Aimee Madison who
Speaker3:
Thank you for a wonderful introduction. I appreciate that.
Speaker2:
It is not over yet. I'll tell you that. No, no, not quite. We're going to be there soon, though. Before I do that, though, and give you the respect you deserve by giving you a great intro. A little bit of housekeeping for all of you watching. You can see right over Amy's left shoulder. That's the upper right of your screen. You see that red looks like a stamp. That is the big insider secrets. They are our sponsor. And what? Why is that? What does that mean to you? Just everything. Because at the end of this show, near the end, I'm going to provide a way for you to win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort. And that is all compliments of the big insider secrets. My good buddy Jason Nast is the head of that company. And because of them, we we have the ability to give one of these away every single week on our show. So you don't want to miss that stick onto the end. And again, this is only for people who are watching live. So if you're listening to this, record it.
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Well, what's the solution is jump on the next live show, go to the Mind Body Business Show and find the opt in form near the bottom. We will just alert you of the next upcoming episode. That is all we do. We don't spam or anything like that. And then there is one more, and then we're going to get to this lovely lady. Hang on to your hats, ladies and gentlemen. Yes. Yes, yes. So if you are struggling with putting a live show together and it's overwhelming and you want a lot of the processes done for you while still enabling you to put on a high quality show and connect with great people like Aimee Madison and grow your business all at the same time, then head on over to carpet bomb marketing, carpet bomb marketing, saturate the marketplace with your message, and now back to the woman of the hour and I'm going to introduce you now. Amy, get ready and people are going to know a little bit more about you and really be leaning in after they hear this amazing bio about you. Are you
Speaker3:
Ready? Ready.
Speaker2:
All right. Amy Madison, with lovely by choice, is out to change the world one random act of kindness at a time. The hashtag, lovely by choice challenge, is meant to heal the divide of hardships humanity has experienced as a whole. Amy's 20 plus years as a successful sales professional was driven by financial gain and personal independence. How many of you can relate with this? Already, professional success led her to discover that money was not the answer to happiness. This is powerful stuff. She had it all and still felt something was wrong. Something was missing, often asking herself if it was all that life had to offer. I cannot tell you, I there are so many people that can relate to this. She releases her fear and doubt to lead by example in order to show where pure, authentic, greater good mentality can take. Anyone who's willing to try to be lovely by choice is to have compassion and respect for all, despite differences with that officially formally. Amy Madison, Welcome to the Mind Body Business Show.
Speaker3:
Thank you, Brian. It's so great to be here. Thank you for the opportunity. I appreciate it so much. I definitely want to start by saying Happy Veterans Day to all of the veterans out there. I did. I was in a restaurant earlier. I tried to buy a guy lunch and he's like someone had already covered his tab, so we're doing good. I gave him my thanks and, you know, have that in my heart for all of the people that served. In addition to that, I'm going to use the spotlight real quick and I'm going to speak about Julius Jones, who is on death row. He's got about a week left to live. So if you're not aware of this situation, we definitely want to learn about it in order to save this man's life. Because when I can bind my faith with my with spirituality, which spirituality never really had a meaning in my life, it just wasn't. I wasn't familiar with it. But what it allowed to do allowed me to do was to heal myself from the inside out. All those marks that were felt by me as a highly sensitive empath that on boards negativity. So through life those were all building up and spirituality helped me move those all out of the way and bring in more good. And with that good God granted me gifts and those gifts are the ability to.
Speaker3:
I mean, in the easy term is psychic. So my psychic sense is tingle like crazy when I think about Julius Jones and an innocent man being put to death. So there's other psychics out there. Let's let's get the attention of Governor Kevin Stitt and let him know that we can show grace and compassion compassion when it comes to human life. As far as me personally, I speak only my truth. I know that today I'm put here for a reason. I discovered my purpose through this spiritual journey. I did, and my purpose is tied to a kindness movement. But it is also tied to being able to sit here and say that I am the physical embodiment of the divine feminine Christ. So what that means is that. I'm back, I made it through, and I'm here to help. I'm here to change, I'm here to give my heart to anyone that is open to it, but that is my truth. It might not be everyone else's truth. Once the words leave my mouth, it's your choice to decide how you receive that. But please know that in my heart of hearts, I love everyone as they are without judgment, because that is what keeps me happy at the end of every single day of my life.
Speaker2:
That's phenomenal. I should have had you open the whole show, that was phenomenal. And I'm not kidding. And I love you already gave a lesson and I don't know if people caught on to it. It's like what comes out of my mouth. It's your choice to receive it or not to decide to receive it or not. And isn't that true when it comes to business and accepting a client? Because it's our choice as well to decide whether or not we will accept them as a client in their money because oftentimes if there's not a fit, if there's not a value fit that that money can end up being not a blessing as the opposite, they could end up really pulling us in our company down as they could be someone that just is a negative nelly that's always looking for the negative things in life. And just because they have a credit card with a limit open on it in a heartbeat does not mean you should take them on as a client. What are your thoughts on that, Amy?
Speaker3:
I agree 100 percent. You know, we decide who and how we give our effort in and our worth and what defines that within each and every one of us, it's never going to be the same for different people. So to be able to decide who you want to do business with for the sake of your sanity, that is priceless, in my opinion, because we all know there's people out there that can make our jobs very difficult if we let them. So having the confidence to know yourself well enough and to set yourself up for success. That is what matters.
Speaker2:
And you know what that is right there, don't you? Yes. Oh, goodness, there's a bomb dropping moment. Oh my God. Bombs of wisdom, smart bombs, bombs of knowledge. My gosh, if he let them, if we let them, what? What a powerful statement. You stand in your own space and say that that ain't happening. I'm not letting it happen now. Yeah. And if it's OK, you before we got on the show, I would love for folks to know and choose how much detail you want to go in. But I would love for people to know where you've been, which led you to where you are now, because I think it's a very powerful story. So people understand that you're not just out here saying, Oh, you know, the flowers are out today, you know, people think it's woo woo. But you have a definite absolute experience or multiple experiences that brought you to where you are today. And they are real and they are powerful. And it resulted in a U. Version 2.0, if you will, if you wouldn't mind.
Speaker3:
Yeah, that's what I say. This is like Amy 2.0 and I'm coming out swinging right? Like, this is the good part of life. This is when I feel like myself for the first time in a very long time. But you know, life, we all have life and it's never easy. It's not made to be easy. It's meant to teach us about who we are and where we want to go, where we came from and my life personally. There were some defining factors that broke me essentially and had me had I say it, put my soul fire out like the light was gone. I was deciding if I wanted to continue on in this world or if maybe I just would never be happy. But that was through situations of, you know, losing a job, unexpectedly having a concussion, getting COVID, being sick for months, having health like massive health problems that were terrifying. My dad died in my arms on Thanksgiving morning. The father of my youngest child drank himself to death at the age of thirty three. Ok? I share these things with you because we all have them. And life is not fair. But how we handle those situations is what makes us who we are right now.
Speaker2:
I love it, I love it. That is so true, and I think so many people can get a lot from that to say, Look. And here's another great seat. You're giving lessons without making them lessons. You're just by example. What I love, I love about you is your authenticity and your transparency. And isn't that one of the most key elements for doing business today, whether it comes naturally or whether you just, you know, there are a lot of people that have their guards up and they don't want anybody to know about anything personal about them? Well, what that happens is it ends up closing out those from getting to know you the true you. And it's actually to your benefit to be more authentic and transparent and let people know you are a human being and you go through hardships because like any like you just said, everybody's been through some kind of hardship by now. If they've been on this planet for, I'd say, gees, even 20 years, something's happened by then. It just depends. But to be able to be transparent and say, Look, I am human like you. But I've also figured out how to become successful in life and in business. Now people can say, Well, gosh, you know, if any can do it, maybe I could, too, because I'm having all these issues too. So there's that relatability that comes with it, and so do it with authenticity. Be authentic with authenticity. You know, don't don't fake it. In other words, don't make it up. Do it with intention of letting people know and letting them into your life. As far as you want to let them, it's up to you. But to do that, to some degree, you'll have a much better connection with each and every individual you meet. And I I got to say, Amy, don't you think life is so much more full of vigor when you do open up and you share those things and you go back and forth with it?
Speaker3:
Absolutely. And you know, the reason is is that we're establishing where we're building the relationship on a solid foundation, right? Like, I gave you a little bit of myself, I shared with you, you share with me and that right, there is a connection. And depending on that connection, it's going to either carry us further down our path together or it's going to, you know, say, not this, not this time. So it's the authenticity and the being real. That's why I got into sales in the first place because man, I was like, There's all these, you know, I'm familiar with salesmen. I work with a lot of them. It's I'm like, I'm just going to be sincere, and I know that I can be successful being sincere. And that is how I have always wanted to be in the professional world because that is what I respect as myself. And that's what I would love to be bringing towards me.
Speaker2:
Yeah, I appreciate you bringing that up because a lot I've had mentors, I've seen coaches on stage that don't that don't preach this specifically. They basically say, go for the clothes, go for the I don't mean to make the sound horrible, but go for the kill, go for the money, go for the transaction. And I didn't realize it, but for many years, I just wasn't in alignment with that. I gave it a go, but it's just something was rubbing me wrong. And I finally, I mean, just recently realized what makes my motor run at the highest RPMs is simply helping people without any regard for, Oh, I hope there's a transaction at the end of this. The way it's happening is I establish a relationship. If if there's going to be a fit of any kind, you'll know, you'll know, and that's how you get the filter who you work with. It just makes it super simple. And if they don't ask me about what it is, I might help them with, then maybe I did not do my job of expressing that exact thing, or it's just not a fit for them. Either way, it's OK, and you don't need to sell every single person you talk to, every appointment you have. It was such a shift for me. Amy, it was so liberating. I was just like, I can just talk to somebody and be there and help them and give them connection and resources and things without asking for money. It felt so good and so right. I said, This is it. I found it finally. And since then, I'm like, you, I'm happy. Every day I am helping people. I'm serving people and doing what makes my motor run. And does that correlate with you at all? Or are you slightly different? I'm curious.
Speaker3:
That's a huge relief to align with yourself and to be able to live and breathe that self every single day for the rest of your life. So, you know, the people that are in the closet and don't feel like they can be who they are meant to be and still be loved by others. I mean, that's no way to live. We're all we all have our heart that can be kind to anyone around. We just got to tap into it and be aware that there are people out there sensitive enough to know when you're bullshitting, OK? And when they know that you're bullshitting and they can read it and they can read you, your value goes way down in their books. So just be you. If it's going to have a connection, it'll be there. There's no reason to force it. And if you're you're living the life, you're doing good, you're helping your kind. It comes to you. You have to try significantly less when you're aligned appropriately.
Speaker2:
Yeah, and I think what the trap I ended up getting into, and I think this is what causes most people to go down the incorrect path and this is my opinion, I think it's yours as well is that I was always in the process of living up to other people's expectations of me, not what I truly felt. I just didn't know Amy. I just didn't know that this whole part of me existed, that this true ness is authenticity. And it's like. And then the second I did it, I kid you. Not the next person I talked to said, Oh yeah, I'd like to work with you. I'm like, How that just happened? This is awesome because I was just different on the inside. And it's not because of the transaction was about to occur that had nothing to do with it. It felt good to be me and to be authentic to myself and to help somebody. I just that's all I want to do is help people to better themselves in business in any way I can, in any way that I have the ability to do so.
Speaker3:
And you're doing it. You're doing it, you're doing it well.
Speaker2:
You're so sweet and you're the expert at this, and I see those lights dimming and getting bright back there. And I got to bring that up. I have to because this is so cool and I brought that up because I noticed it when we were getting ready for the show. We're we're doing a little bit of a studio checkout just to let people know, and I notice it got dark. At one point I'm like. And I asked, you, do you have where are your lights shining from? I see one on your left cheek. You haven't you? I have them all around me. And then you said something else, which I want to let you share with everyone.
Speaker3:
So there's people out there and their energy, their vibration, like what they are. It differs between between every individual. But mine is very high, so it affects the lighting around me often, like not just in this room, but wherever I go. Lights just always are flickering or blinking, and I've just gotten used to it. But it is fairly annoying in this situation where my lighting keeps dimming and getting brighter and I look old and then I look young. So I do apologize for that.
Speaker2:
No apologies necessary. And there wasn't one scene where you're looking old to me, it's it's just darker. It's lighter. That's it. And right now it's like super bright. I love it because you are shining, and I just find that so intriguing. My younger self, I would have said, You're full of it. There's no way you know this is woo, woo all this stuff. But I've been around long enough to have seen and witnessed and experienced and heard stories and so much from people I know. Yeah, it's I don't I don't doubt anything anymore. I mean, I'll listen to everything with discernment. But having experienced certain things similar and hurt others who have done it, I'm like, That's really cool. That is, it may be annoying to others. I wasn't annoyed by it personally. It was just interesting. And what a great thing to use as a storyline. And I think this is a perfect time to segue because you're on here, because you're a successful businesswoman, you've found something that works. It's obvious to me what that something is. It doesn't have to be what you do. It's how you operate, what, what makes you, you and what you use for that tool. But you have something called lovely by choice, and I just wanted to find out a little bit more. Not for myself so much, but for those who are watching and those who listen afterward. What is it exactly that you're doing for the people that cross your path? Who are these people meaning like the avatar? What's your ideal client and what kind of results have you seen for? Maybe, I don't know, just pick one that sticks out that folks might be interested in hearing about.
Speaker3:
Ok, so that was a loaded question. I will say it is lovely. The lovely by choice challenge is simply meant to in, you know, warm people's hearts. We've all been through a lot lately. There is a lot of reason to be angry and upset and divided and not interacting because we've all been through what I call survival mode. We're all just surviving and it's not fun. There's not there's minimal personal growth when we're in survival mode, so in order to depart from where we have been, it would be nice as a whole to raise our vibration and just let your guard down a little bit and do something nice for another. Think about what makes you happy on in on the inside. What do you get excited about personally and then share it with another because one, you're learning something good about yourself and two, you're sharing it with someone else. And that alone will change the direction and the projection that we're on right now. That is what the kindness movement is meant to do. Lovely by choice is is meant to act as a resource for all things spirituality, you know. Recently, I've noticed that when you're searching spiritual things on Google, it's all fact based knowledge. It's companies named after spiritual things. It is no longer, you know, a good mix of everything. It is fact based knowledge, and the spiritual world is one of creativity and maximizing the train of thought and and making your brain as big as it can be. And I would hate to lose that, and lovely by choice is meant to be a one stop shop for anyone that is serving, living a life, serving, providing the service healers, you name it. It is meant to give them a platform to provide the services that they're making a living off of, and it's something that I'm offering for free. It will always be free. I just. Want people to know where to go in order to find this kind of information going forward?
Speaker2:
Well, fantastic. And that place to go is lovely by choice. And now when you go to this website, you see there's a couple of options there. You can either answer yes or no to the question. Have you heard about the lovely by choice challenge? Well, obviously by now, the answer would be yes. So just click on yes and take it, take the lead from there and follow the instructions on what to do next. So that's phenomenal. Phenomenal that you're spearheading something so positive and wonderful, especially in light of everything that's going on. And you know what? I think every generation says something to that effect in light of what's going on today, all the horrible things. And that's just the way it is. This is life on Earth, and it's not perfect yet. I got to throw that one in there. That's just too too easy. Fantastic. So. So everyone out there definitely go to lovely by choice. You can see that on the screen if you're watching the video. And if you're listening on audio, just write it down. Lovely by choice. Definitely do that and connect and you'll see on our website. You can also connect with her on the social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. So please click on those and reach out to this amazing, wonderful woman, and I'm going to get that there. There we go. And. It's amazing, I love, I love, I like, I love it when you said. I'm back. That was like bang in the beginning. I was like, yes, that's owning like, I'm here, baby. I'm not going anywhere and I'm going to make a difference, right?
Speaker3:
Can you argue with heart? I who can argue with heart. It's all hard. There's nothing to argue about. It's all good.
Speaker2:
And Keith Lewis, he's just glowed. You glowed right? There was like the passion. That's that's very important. What do you feel? The importance? So there's a lot of there's debate over this. There are people I've seen walk on stage and say, you must pick something you love to do. Others are saying, Well, if you pick something, it's not, you don't. They don't say this, but you may not be your passion, but you can just do this and make a lot of money. Like for me, bitcoin and investing to make money doesn't really move my needle because I don't feel like I'm serving anyone else but myself. Same with and nothing, please. No judgment, nothing against those who choose those paths. I want to be very clear about that. Same with real estate. For me personally, I don't see how it really serves another person unless you're able to find a property. For some, it depends on the type of real estate, all that good stuff. I just never resonated with that stuff. What is your thought process? What do you feel? What's your opinion on someone that's about to embark on entrepreneurship? They want to start their own business? Is it important for them to be passionate in your humble opinion about what they are about to take on?
Speaker3:
Ok, so I think it is so important to have passion whenever you're applying yourself, and the one way to find passion is to learn yourself from the inside out and the earlier, the better. And this is this is where people get slightly off track in life, right? Because we are we are told that college and money makes us who we are, right? And it's hard to turn your back on that. I did it and I disappointed my parents and you know, it is what it is. But when we start to understand ourselves and we start to find our confidence and understand what makes us happy, we connect with purpose and passion, especially when we're doing it with faith and spirituality. That is the quickest way to figure out what is going to be the best fit for you in life. College money it's yes. People do it every day, all the time, but it is not, you know, one stop shop for everyone. There's you or you. I am me. We can both be completely different and successful in very different ways. We can help each other do that and we can both be happy. It doesn't have to be one or the other ever.
Speaker2:
And you said some things in there, just total absolute nuggets, and I think one of the keys was when you are authentic with yourself, when you have figured out who you are and you found out what makes you happy, what makes you? I call it, get your motor running. Then you exude automatically this big word C-word called confidence. And people, it's like you were saying earlier that people notice your BS, right? It's they also notice, whether you're confident or not, both sides, it's kind of like, I liken it to a dog that can sense fear and a human. You know, it's not there. It's not obvious, but they know about it. And humans have senses, too. And we can tell if you're bouncing or if you're you're, you're authentic. And if you're authentic, you tend to be confident. And I'm not talking about those who are overly confident and we know who we're talking about for those that are just baggers and they do it to hide other other things that are going on in their life. But yeah, outside influencing factors is what I wrote down. As far as, like college, that's a great example. Oh my gosh. You know, we're all young. We're impressionable, we're looking at, you know, in college for me and walking with my classmates and making friends, it was all about making money. It had really very little to do with what do what you love to do. You know, it was go follow in mom or dad's footsteps for the, you know, the majority of folks and just do what they told you to do out of love. They didn't mean anything wrong. And and then go get a job, work nine to five, retire and then die. And that's the way I look there that that doesn't that doesn't appeal to me. I'm sorry. And I did do that for quite some time. And yeah, I realized she's
Speaker3:
Better without it, though, right?
Speaker2:
Like it's I call it liberating when you're able to call. It's not just calling your own shots, but it is, you know, you have the freedom to create. You have the freedom to help him serve people before it was like, Do it their way or the highway, you know, this is how you're going to do it. This is how when you're going to do it, I'm going to give you the exact words to use to do it. I'm like, Why do you need me? I'm a robot. Yeah, I'm a human, not a robot.
Speaker3:
And that changes significantly from generation to generation. So the kids coming up now, they aren't going to be as easily sold as we were because, you know, my my mom's just starting to understand that, you know, I have to be my own person in order to be complete.
Speaker2:
I think you're on that. I think that's so true that it's interesting how that shifts, ebbs and flows, but more more now than ever. The younger tribe, if you will, is coming up that is looking more to be independent and do their own thing versus working for the quote unquote man. They'll take the jobs as they are available to make money, but to subsidize their freedom, their path to freedom.
Speaker3:
They won't work when they want to work and they will. They have an immense amount of compassion and grace just in them acceptance. They were born, accepting and loving like. Just an unexplainable way to some older generations, it's it's impressive, like what isn't what is ahead of us is nothing but good.
Speaker2:
Oh, man, you got me, I got goosebumps everywhere. I'm not kidding. That was awesome. I love hearing the good news. Oh, I love that you're one of the very few. In all honesty, that is talked positively about the younger generation these days. I talk to others that are my age are around my age. I know you're far younger than me, but others that are in my age group. Negative, negative, negative. You know, those dang millennials. And I'm like, Oh, aren't they getting kind of older now? But what are you talking about? What's wrong with them? They don't want to work. They don't want to do this. I'm like, Well. Says, who are you, the one employing them and they're not working or you just hearing this and it's usually hearsay. So that was refreshing to hear a positive thing said about the youth that's coming through because boy, we need we need hope right now.
Speaker3:
Don't we know the youth and they're the light. They are going to get us where we need to be, and they are a blessing. And that's why we shower them in love and make them feel great for being who they are, regardless of if it differs from who we are.
Speaker2:
That's I was just going to say they seem to be more unapologetic, more confident in themselves. Oh my gosh. And they've grown up with a phone in their hands, so they are not afraid of a camera. Like some people, I know that they come on and they're kind of spooked and I'm like, Wow, I haven't seen anybody spooked by a camera in a long time, but they're just it's interesting because their lives are they're kind of in a fishbowl from day one right there on social media. And so isn't it interesting all the parameters that go into making us who we end up acting like, not who we are, but they are more they seem to be more authentic to themselves. Is that is that accurate?
Speaker3:
I agree 100 percent. I mean, I have a 10 year old daughter and she is. She does her own thing, regardless of how many times her mother asks her not to. So it is a different kind of challenge when it comes to children, but it is, you know, she's I know her heart and so I can speak to her heart, right? Like when you can go straight to the heart and bypass all of those ego related emotions makes it pretty simple.
Speaker2:
Oh, my gosh, you're hitting so many wonderful sweet spots. I was just talking to my wife not long ago about this very topic, and I said, you know, everyone makes mistakes all the time. And someone might make a mistake and it gets us upset. But what I look for is what was their intent? Did they have a good intent? Were they trying to do the right thing and they just missed the mark? If that's the case, I never get upset. I rarely do, but I I don't get upset at them. I don't say it's your fault point a finger. I said, You know, I appreciate your effort. We'll get it right the next time it's OK. It may cost time and may cost money. But if the intense there, how can you fault that in my humble opinion,
Speaker3:
You always have to look at the intention because it has it carries weight. And when we break it down to intention, it's positive or negative. And when we understand the implications of both, you know, and when we ourselves, our are in a good place and we can manage emotions appropriately, which is significantly difficult to do when we're under survival mode. So that's the first thing. One of the first things to go is patience. But really being again with the journey and learning how to manage and be the the best that you can be emotionally healthy from the inside out is the key to the heart, and the heart leads the way all the way. Every single day. The heart is the way to go. It is going to get you where you need to be when you decide and make choices with your heart instead of your brain.
Speaker2:
Man, that is as powerful, I always say the mind and body are a team, you know, and they are and I think it was, I can't remember, I think it was Deepak Chopra that somebody determined that that, ah, mind and body truly are intertwined. Even though the brain's up here and the bodies everywhere else that your body is listening to your thoughts. In other words, where you know, if you're thinking negative thoughts, then you're going to start developing diseases and over sweetness and all this other stuff that goes on. And it's just amazing how the body and the mind work together. And most importantly, I think it all stems from the mind first, that so many people concentrate on the body. I watch people spend so much time and money trying to fix the outside with whatever means they have with makeup, with with. And this is including guys with with clothes that make them look thinner or better and like, Well, why don't you work on the core issue, which is your health? And maybe it's all stemming from what's going on up here, and it's typically that's where it is. It's like, Oh yeah, I I'm a firm believer that everyone, including myself, our degree or our level of success right now or lack thereof is not due to any outside factor.
Speaker2:
It is one hundred percent about what's going on between the two ears. And if we write that ship, which I recently figured out how to do through neural linguistic programing techniques and it changed my life ten years ago, and I don't see that every day I change my life to change my life. Yeah, it did. The mindset. And then I thought, Wow, once you get that set, I saw my life transform and I'm not being woo-woo. It just got better. I enjoy every day of my life. I enjoy being around people. My dad had this great saving saying Amy, and this was just last week and he talked to a guy and this guy was an amazing, wonderful guy. He's a notary public and we're visiting them. My dad looked at him and he said, and they were having a conversation. He goes, You know, I've never met a person I didn't like for the first time. Thought, wow, what a what a refreshing mindset. And then he followed, it could only last 10 seconds, but I never met a person. So there's a little humor, but so true. I think there's so much truth in that mindset. And I firmly believe that is why he's lasted eighty five years on this planet and he's going to last more because of it.
Speaker3:
Absolutely one hundred percent. It is all a mind game. At the end of the day, if you focus on negative and you let those negative thoughts into your mind and the more that they consume your mind and your time and your day, then before you know it, you are surrounded by negative. So if if it can be this easy, I mean, there were times in my journey where I literally had to force myself to smile as I was driving down the street because I didn't want to be smiling. But I knew if I put that smile on my face, everything else would come around. Eventually, it is that simple. If you put your mind to something, you believe it wholeheartedly. You are in control. What if it's that simple?
Speaker2:
And, you know, it is it truly, I mean, I've done I've gone through exercises, you know, start off with the attitude of gratitude and and just start being thankful. And I mean, for what seems to be the most ridiculous of things, I'm thankful for that blade of grass right there. I'm thankful that I'm able to see that blade of grass. I'm thankful for this camera and these lights. I'm thankful for this monitor. I'm thankful for any medicine that's not ridiculous. I'm thankful for this microphone, you know, and you just go on and on and just have that and think about everything what you're thankful for that we take for granted. And I think that sets a great table for the rest of the day. And if you do that every day, it's like, Oh my gosh, you can't be upset or negative. And we are humans, though, aren't we? Amy, do we ever get upset? Do we ever have bad days? Do we ever get sad? Do we ever have anger? Do we have our negative emotions?
Speaker3:
Oh my God. Often no one's perfect, right? Like, let's be honest, the difference is just being able to own when you are. I mean, you know, I had a moment this morning in the house where it's like, OK, I got to apologize for that because it was unnecessary. I was anxious. You know, it happens, but we are big enough to see it for what it is. Apologize for it. Take the good out of it, learn from it and move on. We can do that. We're all adults.
Speaker2:
And you said the key was own it. You know, I always say there's two steps. Number one, just the awareness that it occurred and that's owning it. And number two, well, yours is owning is really two steps and one, it's becoming aware that happened. And then it's also righting the ship, you know, and we all every one of us, we have the choice of whether our life is going to be a good life or a bad life. It's all up here. You can choose how to react to circumstances or you can, you know, let your attitude be a result of those circumstances, or you can let your attitude dictate your circumstances. And it's all about a choice we made in our brain, and many of us are, for whatever reason, we're raised to do the negative side what far more often than the positive. Not everybody, but a lot of people I've noticed, those that are raised by successful entrepreneurs are always I have not met one yet a sibling or a child of a successful entrepreneur. I've not met a negative one yet.
Speaker3:
Probably because they've been living the good life doing what makes them happy, right? Like in their their families are happy and it trickles downhill when we're miserable and we're unhappy and we don't feel appreciated and there's little love to in our hearts, then that trickles downhill. And I've been there and it's not the place you want to be. So if you have a choice to change it like now is the time.
Speaker2:
And how hard is it to make that choice? I mean, it's either one way or the other way. It's real simple. And then and then it's taking the actions necessary to, like you said, to own it, to own that choice. That's a powerful word. I love that. You are amazing. My goodness. I was just checking the time we're getting near the end already. So in your time when you were going through those trials and tribulations and I don't want to take you down that path mentally, I don't want you to have to go there, please. The last thing you want to do is keep reliving those horrible pasts. It is good, though, to bring it up for stories, for metaphors, to help other people understand that you are also human and be authentic. So it serves that purpose. But when you're going through that and maybe even maybe there are instances today, I don't know, but there is this over bearing, not overriding emotion that every one of us has from time to time called fear. And it can be that one thing that causes resistance or hesitation from moving forward on something we truly know deep down is good for us, but we let other voices talk us out of it. So if you had any, what would currently be what you would call your greatest fear or concern, maybe it would be a better word. And how do you manage that? What do you do to overcome it?
Speaker3:
Ok, so when you're on a spiritual journey towards enlightenment, fear is one of the things that you have to address because this life that you live the Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 5:00, the job, the kids, the family, the influences, the TV, the music, I mean, you name it all, it's an influence. And more often than not, we live a fearful life, fearful of doing wrong for someone else, fearful of doing wrong for us, fearful of our kids, getting sick fears everywhere. So when you take a spiritual journey, you actually have to detach from fear. And I recently did that, and I didn't even know what I was fearful of, because it's not, you know, this journey has been surprising, but my fear was failure because I'm an athlete and I like to do what I do well. I do not like to fail. So I had to confront failure. And once I did that, the liberation that I felt, holy cow, I will never go back to living a life of fear. I think you can pay me. It is a pointless emotion to live a life of fear. You are constraining yourself and train of thought. That is unnecessary. So if you ever get to a place where fear is consuming life, that's when it's time to dove into your heart to figure out what's going to what kind of positive emotion is going to eliminate that fear and that doubt that is driving your world.
Speaker2:
Hmm. You know what that is. It's coming again.
Speaker3:
Another one. I love that.
Speaker2:
You know, it's interesting as you are talking, this is so cool, it's so cool when you started going down the path of fear and talking about the negative connotations of it. The lighting in your place dimmed and stayed dim. It was always just like, This is, you can't make this stuff up. It's not like, it's not like she's holding a switch there and saying, Well, this is going to bring it, dial it down a little bit. Ok, we're going to go. I'm going to bring it back up. But that's kind of like what's going on?
Speaker3:
It's what it really is.
Speaker2:
That's truly amazing. I just love this. This is freaking awesome. Oh, my goodness.
Speaker3:
Yay.
Speaker2:
I got. Now let's look at it. It's brighter than heck. This is awesome.
Speaker3:
I'm glowing. Yes.
Speaker2:
Let's see. This is one I don't often ask, but I think it would be a perfect time to do it. If you're if you are sitting where I am and you are asking yourself. Now, the questions, if you're interviewing yourself, what kind of question would you ask of yourself? And then you get to play both parts here and then how would you answer that question? If you given that opportunity.
Speaker3:
Well, my strategic mind always likes to challenge people to get outside of their box. So if I had to if I was interviewing myself, I would want to know what the future looks like, what how you know, the five year question. What are we looking at in five years? How much good can we do in five years? What can we make happen? And then kind of daydreaming about it, if you will, because when we allow ourselves to daydream, we're actually creating in a sense, we're projecting, we're putting it out there. We're believing in something more than what we can just see and touch. And that is an important part of life that everyone would benefit from understanding. We have to dream. It is so important to be creative and to push our creative creativity in a way that allows our mind to expand. Because when we're not expanding our mind or stagnant and when we're stagnant in life, we're oftentimes unhappy and we might just not acknowledge it because we're numbing it or not dealing with it. We're drinking. We're, you know, we're we're complacent in a sense, so always be dreaming. And for me in five years, man, I just want to be. Love wholehearted helping, as many people feel the love that they deserve to feel because this world has a way of stealing that from people for one reason or another, and we all deserve to know our worth and to be loved for who we are, regardless of judgment.
Speaker2:
That is a mic drop in moment right there. Yeah, I think everyone deserves. We are all worthy. We all have worth as human beings, regardless of our level of intelligence, the size of our bank account, the color of our skin, any or all of that and many more our abilities physically, mentally. We're here all for a purpose in my humble opinion, and it's it's a good purpose or we wouldn't be here. And so I think it's this is kind of a it's kind of a gut check moment and I appreciate this. Amy, you're helping me to think about things I don't think of every day. And it's kind of like revitalizing in a way to think about the good and humanity and all the people that are here. And that's, you know, in this realization came where I'm finally in alignment. I'm noticing that more and more where. It's just empathy and love all the time, and I just want to help people, and I don't get I don't get pushed back ever because I'm showing up as my true self, which is helping people. And it's just, I don't know, it's been a great ride and you're you're like solidifying and putting a stamp of approval and a seal, a seal, one of those wax seals on the envelope, Pam. And it's not going to be open back up because I am me and no one's going to get in there and change me, man. Where does this come from? You're good.
Speaker3:
That's awesome. That's how it should be. We can be us authentically and be happy for us and and take all the good out of any situation. We don't even have to acknowledge the bad if we don't want to.
Speaker2:
Hmm. I love that too. Look at that late. Oof.. So oh my gosh. We're at the end. All right. So I did promise for everyone watching a giveaway, right? But before I do that real quick, I was going to mention Amy. I close every show with one specific question. And the reason I do is because kind of by accident, it came up several times and I realized, Wow, the answers are very profound. And they're very diverse and alike. This is a powerful question, I'm going to ask it every show going forward. And the beautiful thing is. Well, I'll tell you after I give away this prize, because I don't want people to have to hang on too long. So what are we going to do? This is the only time now, ladies and gentlemen, both Amy and I. Well, I'm speaking on her behalf, but we give you permission to take your attention away for a moment just long enough to pull up a web browser. Whatever you have a phone or a tablet or a computer, just pull up a web browser because I'm going to tell you how you can enter to win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort compliments again of the big insider secrets.
Speaker2:
Here we go. I'm going to bring it up on the screen. What you want to do is go to this web address. It's our WIP dot. I am for vacation. All lowercase. Our WIP stands for my company. Reach your peak. I am forward slash vacation. Just fill out that form and a winner will be chosen randomly and that winner will be shown how to get their prize before this evening is over. So do that. Right now are Typekit. I am for such vacation. You can write that down. If you don't have a tablet or a device handy, just be sure to get to this within the next couple of hours and then you'll be entered to win and I can't wait to see who the winner is going to be. All right back to the star of the show, and that would be Amy, not me. It's Amy. Amy is the star. And speaking of stars, I know that your answer on this one is just going to be to the moon and back, and the Moon is not a star. I get that, so I love it when I crack myself up. So, geez. So anyway, this this question, yeah, it's very profound.
Speaker2:
And what I wanted to point out to you is that and I know that you're not you're just sitting there going, Yeah, whatever, ask me whatever you want. But this question is has got a couple of things going for it. One is there's no such thing as a wrong answer. It doesn't exist, and for you, that's every day, you know, anybody, any time somebody asks you a question, you're going to give them the right answer. Why is it the right answer? Because it's yours. It's unique to you. It's your current situation. No one else can change that. So I always say the opposite is true that the only correct answer, the only correct answer is yours. That's what makes it unique. It's uniquely yours. And I love. I just love the responses. It may take a moment to reflect and come up with the answer. It may come instantly. That also is completely correct. However, it comes to you and how long it takes. None of it is going to be like saying, Oh man, mean, that was horrible. It's going to be all like, perfect. Awesome. It can't be anyone's what? Yours. Cool. I know you resonate with all of that for sure.
Speaker3:
I'm not stressing. I just want to know what the question is. I'm excited. I hope it's good.
Speaker2:
Oh yes. Oh yes. Are you ready? I know you are. All right. All right. Here we go. Amy Madison. How do you. Define. Success.
Speaker3:
I think success is divine through happiness. You know? Reality, it is what we make it, and we have the ability to be happy by deciding to do so. Lovely by choice, we decide what we want to be. And personally, I'm most successful when I am one hundred percent happy. It's that simple.
Speaker2:
Hmm. Oh, boy. He knew it was coming. You knew it was coming.
Speaker3:
You get a lot of that. Do you get a lot of success with happy?
Speaker2:
It varies, it's all over the map, but one of the things I don't get this, this was a bit it's not surprising anymore. Now they've done one hundred and gosh, almost hundred and seventy shows. But the one thing that I did notice going back is none of them, not a single one was centered around money. It was about, you know, money is important, and I don't want anybody to think any different and get the wrong message there, but it's not money that we should focus on. It's what money can help us to do, and most entrepreneurs that I've interviewed will reinvest a good portion of that to scale their business and serve more people. Is it OK to take some of that and splurge on yourself? My humble opinion is absolutely yes. Reward yourself. Heck yeah. Enjoy the ride. Be happy. Do what makes you happy. Spend the lion's share of it if that makes you happy. But they will also always reinvest and grow and scale their business and bring more people in building systems so they can reach more people and affect more people in a positive manner. That's what I've noticed, as if there were a core theme that was it and has been it. It's pretty amazing.
Speaker3:
That's pretty cool. Very cool.
Speaker2:
Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, I hate to be the bearer of this news, but this show is coming to an end. Unfortunately, because Amy, unless she agrees to stand for another hour, you know,
Speaker3:
I've got a sign on my front door that says live recording, go away.
Speaker2:
Are you kidding?
Speaker3:
No. I mean, it says it nicely, but I mean, that's the gist. I have teenagers that don't listen. It takes a sign on the door.
Speaker2:
You know what's awesome? I have I'm a geek, so I have a light up above my door on the other side that says on air and it flashes and I use this remote to turn it on when I'm on the air and I turn it off when I'm not.
Speaker3:
See, I need one of those. If I do this more and more, I'm going to get that because I got to remember to take the sign down.
Speaker2:
And I often don't I forget to hit the off button when we're done. Of course I'm doing post-show stuff and I'm like, and they're like, Oh, the light was still on. Like, Oops, sorry, how funny. That is awesome. We have parallel lives in so many ways. Maybe. All right. So all good things. Well, they don't need to come to an end, but this one is going to be ending here in a moment. On behalf of the amazing, amazing Amy Madison, thank you so very much for incredible value, for your authenticity, for your transparency, for telling your story. I know that anyone listening to this or watching this will truly be impacted in a positive way because of you, and I appreciate you for sharing yourself. Truly, you're sharing yourself with everyone here, so I can't thank you enough. Thank you.
Speaker3:
Thank you. Thank you.
Speaker2:
On behalf of Amy, I am your host, Bryan Kelley of the Mind Body Business Show. That's it for tonight. We are going to be back again next week with another amazing guest. Until then, everyone have a great great evening. So long and be blessed.
Take care. Thank you for tuning in to the Mind Body Business Show podcast at W WW. The Mind Body Business Show. My name is Brian Kelly.
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Amy Mattison
Amy Mattison, with LovelyByChoice, is out to change the world One Random Act of Kindness at a Time. The #LovelyByChoiceChallenge is meant to heal the divide of hardships Humanity has experienced as a whole. Amy's 20+ years as a successful sales professional was driven by financial gain and personal independence. Professional success lead her to discover that money was not the answer to happiness. She had it all and still felt something was missing often asking herself if this was all life had to offer. Amy craved more than what the corporate world had to offer. Through personal growth and discovery LovelyByChoice was born to breathe purpose and passion into everyday life for all. Amy lives a life of giving by knowing she will always have enough to share with others. She releases her fear and doubt to lead by example in order to show where pure, authentic greater good mentality can take anyone willing to try. Kindness is power capable of healing; it drowns out fear, anger, doubt and hate. LovelyByChoice reminds you of your free will to respect others, to choose love over hate and to be the difference that will make an impact. We are better together united under kindness than divided through difference. To be LovelyByChoice is to have compassion and respect for ALL despite differences. Join the kindness movement responsible for healing humanity #LovelyByChoiceChallenge to see the limitless potential of the greater good.
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So, here's the big question. How are entrepreneurs like us, who have been hustling and struggling to make it to success, who seem to make it one step forward, only to fall two steps back. Who are dedicated, determined, and driven. How do we finally break through and win? That is the question, and this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Brian Kelly, and this is The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show.
Brian Kelly:
Hello, everyone, and welcome, welcome, welcome to The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show. Super excited for tonight's show. We have not just one, not two, not three, but four, four amazing guest experts who are joining me tonight right here on this very stage.
Brian Kelly:
They are waiting in the wings at this moment. So let's get busy. Shall we? The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show, that is a show about what I call the three pillars of success, and that came about as a result of my study of only successful people in the last decade or so. And these patterns kept bubbling to the top and those patterns being mine, which is mindset set. Each and every successful person, to a person, had a very powerful and flexible mindset. So I learned that and said," I need to implement that". Then body: body is about literally taking care of yourself. Through nutrition and through exercise, exercising on a regular basis, and again that was another pattern of very successful people and in business. These successful people had mastered the skill-sets that were necessary to create, maintain, and grow a thriving business. They're wide and varied. It's like marketing, sales, team-building, systematizing. It goes on and on and on, leadership. There's no one person, in my humble opinion, that could master every single one of these. All you have to do is master just one, and I actually mentioned one of those. It was in that list. I don't know if anyone caught that, but if you master just one of those skill sets then you're good to go. That skill set is leadership. When you've mastered the skill set of leadership, you can then delegate those skills off to people who have those skill sets. See where I'm going? Good. That's what successful people do; the ones that I studied, anyway, over the course of about 10 years. That's what this show's about. It's a show for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. I got four guests waiting, and I'm not going to wait any longer. So, I think we should just bring them on. What do you think? Let's do it.
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Brian Kelly:
And there they all are. These amazing, beautiful guests on The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show. How are you all doing? Altogether, too. That was phenomenal, I love that. So real quick. All of you, I hope you don't mind for just a moment. I want to do some housekeeping? I wanted to mention to everyone watching here live. If you stay with us till the end, you can win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort. All compliments of our friends at The big insider secrets dotcom. You see them flying by on the bottom of the screen right now. It's an amazing, amazing vacation stay. Stay until the end, and you'll learn how you can enter to win that wonderful prize. We also have this. If you're struggling with putting on a live show, and it's overwhelming and you want a lot of the processes done for you while still enabling you to put on a high-quality show. And connect with great people like the ones we have tonight, and to grow your business all at the same time, then head on over to carpet bomb marketing dotcom. Carpet bomb marketing, saturate the marketplace with your message. One of the key components that is contained in the carpet bomb marketing courses, and this is one that you'll learn how to absolutely master, is the very service we use to stream our live shows right here on The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show. Over the course of the past, now it's over nine years, we have tried many of these, "TV studio solutions" for live streaming. I'll tell you right now, Stream Yard is the best of the best. It combines supreme ease of use along with unmatched functionality. So, go ahead. You can start streaming high-quality, professional live shows for free. Yes, I said it. For free, with Stream Yard right now. Visit this website, and do this after the show over. Take notes while the show is going. So write this down R-Y-P dot I-M forward-slash stream live. R-Y-P dot I-M forward-slash stream live. Fantastic. Now let's get to the real fun, and the fun is these amazing people. Dylan, Julie, Tim, Christian. How are you all doing tonight? Thank you for being on this amazing show. Yes. So, what I'd like to do is open it up. Let the folks get to know you just a little bit now. Ok, guys. We're talking sixty seconds or less. All right. Just lay it low here, but we'll just go and order. I usually go ladies first, but let's just go around the circle. It's easier for me who's running the show. So. That's what's important. Right? So, let's start with Dylan Shinholser. Go ahead. Take it away. Give us a little brief background about you, what you do, and your business.
Dylan Shinholser:
Yeah, absolutely. So like I said, my name is Dylan Shinhoser. I own a couple of different businesses. I'm owner of a company called, "Experience Events", which is event management. I'm also a director of business development at a virtual event, event ticketing, and virtual event platform called, "ViewStub". As well as a co-host of another show called, "Event Masters", where I just ramble all day, every day about how to produce better experiences. It's really all I know and love to do is events. That is my less than 60-second pitch about myself.
Brian Kelly:
That's a good one, too. I'll tell everybody I've spoken with you in person. We had a call some time ago, and this gentleman, Dylan, is made of integrity and great character. So, reach out to him if you need any assistance in any of the areas he talked about, or if you just want to say hi to a really great guy. Then get in contact with him, and at the end of the show, we'll go through that. Please. Somebody remind me if I forget how to contact each of you. Because that's very important to me. This is the reason I bring this show to the forefront. (It) is to bring people like you into the lives of those who may not know who you are yet, and even those that do, to experience even more of your brilliance, your experience, your knowledge, and your value. It's not about me. This is about you. Always, always. Every time. I have one guest, usually. I just feel like I'm in this big family right now. But let's keep moving. Julie Riley, amazing young woman. Take it away.
Julie Riley:
Yes. So, I am Julie Riley. I am the social media manager at StreamYard. The platform we're using right now. Prior to my time with StreamYard, I owned my own marketing agency. I've been in digital marketing since two thousand and seven. So the very, very early days of the start of it is when I jumped in(to) digital marketing, and I love just being able to help others succeed in their business.
Brian Kelly:
Fantastic, and I will also say that I have spoken with Julie in the past. Both through a typewritten chat form and verbally. I think it was Clubhouse first time, which was phenomenal. Yet another phenomenal person, incredible integrity, and character. And yes, you're going to notice there's a pattern about this with the remaining two. It's the same thing. Hopefully, we can get the last one to talk a little bit. That will be nice. I'm just having fun because we were having fun before the show started. The one smiling. The biggest down there with the green hood; not pointing anyone out or anything. Thank you, Julie, for coming on. Yes. These people, Julie and Christian specifically, I know Christians coming up here in second. They're non-stop. They don't stop working. It's evident because of the very software research we're using right now. It's of grand quality for a reason. It's because of people like Julian Christian who keep everything rolling smoothly on the back end. Dylan's there nodding his head emphatically because he gets it. It's a lot of work, and they're doing it masterfully and we appreciate you. All right. Enough of the favoritism here that felt like favoritism. Julie's our favorite. Timothy McNeely! My buddy, my friend from just a little north of where I reside. I believe. If I remember.
Timothy McNeely:
Central California, baby. Bakersfield. Yeah, my name is Tim McNeely. Today, so many dentists and driven entrepreneurs are just not sure if they're getting advice that really makes a difference for them. They may have a financial adviser who is giving them some advice on their investment portfolio, but they're not really sure that they're on the right track to really maximize their net worth outside of their business. That's what I help them do. Maximize your net worth so that you can keep taking care of the people you love, support the causes you care about, really make that difference in the world, and build an amazing life of significance. I love doing streaming because I get to talk to some of the best of the best out there and share the knowledge with the beautiful entrepreneurial community.
Brian Kelly:
I'll tell you something on a personal note as well. Literally, we talked earlier today, Tim and I, on a Zoom call. He just reached out to me and said, "let's catch up." I had him on the show some time ago as a single, solo guest, and he was phenomenal. We've just kind of maintained a relationship, a friendship ever since. He just wanted to reach out and say, "Hi" and "What's up? What do you want to talk about?" We just started talking about business and things. He gave me resources that will help me in my business, and hopefully, I reciprocated it somehow. I don't know if I did, but it is the people like Tim, like Julie, like Dylan, like Christian. That is the cloth that they are all cut from. They are here to help people. That's why I love entrepreneurs. I love all of you. I mean it. I do. I love you. You guys are amazing. I didn't even get a crack at a Christian on that one. Jeez, I mean... there we go. That's a little better, but I'm telling you, he's working on StreamYard our stuff right now as we're on the show. I mean, I'm.
Christian Karasiewicz:
I'm really trying not to, seriously.
Brian Kelly:
The founder Geige Vandentop. If you ever watch this, there's a message to you. Ease up on your people. Alright? Just having fun. Alright, Timothy, you're an amazing guy. Thank you for spending your valuable time and coming on here. As well as Dylan, Julie, and the ever so talkative one, Christian. I'm not going to attempt to say your last name. I'll let you take care of that one. Welcome to the show, Christian. Let's hear all about your brilliance.
Christian Karasiewicz:
Sure. Thanks a lot for having me. My name is Christian Kerasiewicz. I'm the content marketing manager at StreamYard. So, pretty much anything you see on our blog that we're going to soon be launching. I'm the mastermind behind that. So, I do that. In addition to that, I also host live stream reviews, a YouTube show. We also do on the StreamYard YouTube channel where we invite people on to talk about their live streams and help them work through some of their problems, some of their challenges that they might be having with getting community or building a show. Thanks a lot for having me. I appreciate it.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, my gosh. Thank you again, Christian, for your time and being here. I mean, he's literally building a blog while on a live show. I mean, that's a great thing. I'm not even kidding with this one. That is phenomenal. That is showing such dedication. So, it's more than that. It's passion. It's love. You know? What time is that where you are, Christian?
Christian Karasiewicz:
About 9 o'clock, or yeah... about 9 o'clock.
Brian Kelly:
(Nine o'clock) PM. Ladies and gentlemen, in case you're watching this recording. Yes. By the way, I'm going to be on twenty-five different platforms after this is over. So no pressure, but don't mess up. I'm just kidding. So, this is a phenomenal group of people, and I can't wait to dig in. Christian, just what you just said, what you do is right down the alley of what I was hoping to talk about tonight. It'll go organically, but I wanted to talk about... I mean, look at Julie, and look at Christian, and look at their images. Look at their video. It is gorgeous. Here, we'll start with a really gorgeous one first. Look at that. I mean. If there were nose hairs that weren't in place, we'd see them. That's phenomenal, and there is Julie. Wow. Very beautiful. Even more beautiful. I should just have her up like this all the time, and we can just talk in the background. Because, you know, maybe more people would come on. So, you guys have phenomenal camera setups, and here's one thing I always like to preach to those who are getting into the live streaming game. Does it take money? Yes, it does. It takes resources. It takes cameras, microphones, (a) computer, internet, good internet, fast internet, lighting, doesn't have to be fancy. What I always say though, is, do the best you can with the resources you currently have. OK, I wanted to start it off that way because what we're about to talk about with Julie and Christian is their cameras. They are top of the line. We're not talking a one-hundred or two-hundred-dollar webcam here. I like to let ladies go first. So, Julie, do you have a story when you first turned on your new camera versus when you had the webcam and what that looked like and felt like.
Julie Riley:
Oh, my gosh, I turned that camera on, and it was immediately noticeable (the difference). I actually did a live on my personal Facebook page where I logged myself in as a second user into StreamYard. I had my Logitech camera that I had been using up as a camera and then had my new one. So, I could do back and forth and show everybody the difference between the two. What an upgrade that was. The Logitech served me great for years. It didn't stop me from going live, but that upgrade was immediately like, "oh, I can never go back down now".
Brian Kelly:
So, that so that is one thing. Let's say you're on the road, and I can imagine at some point both you and Christian, maybe, you'll be sent on the road to maybe support conventions and things that are on the road. Now, you want to stream live, what are you going to do then?
Julie Riley:
Well, you know, the great thing about the Sony is (that) it's a small camera. Tripods, portable ones, are small. I can take it with me. If all else fails, and I'm either on my phone or I'm on my little webcam or even my built in webcam, it's not going to stop me from going live. Is it going to be exactly what I want? No, but more than likely I'll have the Sony with me.
Brian Kelly:
Thank you for saying that. I mean, that spoke such volumes. I hope people are taking notes that are watching. Definitely take notes on this. Because, look, the show must go on. That's what I say, and this show tonight is the result of a guest who unfortunately was ill and could not make it on. So, I scrambled and found these four wonderful people to say, "I'll come on and do a panel with you." And that's it. The show must go on, and I'm going to either do it with people or I'll do it solo. It doesn't matter. Consistency is key, and we can talk more about that, too. I love how you're just talking about, Julie. Where, look, I don't care where I'm at. If I've got something and it's my time to go live, and I don't have my gear. I'm doing it.
Julie Riley:
Right.
Brian Kelly:
I love that commitment. So, thank you for that. For everyone listening, that's important. Yes, quality is important. Like I said, do the best you can with what resources you currently have. That includes, wherever you are. You may have a DSL camera that Julie paid five-hundred thousand dollars for. Oh, sorry, it wasnt that much.
Julie Riley:
Thank God it wasnt that much!
Brian Kelly:
What was the model of that again?
Julie Riley:
A6000.
Brian Kelly:
What does it run about?
Julie Riley:
It was about seven hundred.
Brian Kelly:
OK, not too bad. A little bit less than five-hundred thousand. Not much but yeah.
Julie Riley:
Yeah.
It's a phenomenal thing, and I love that that's your attitude toward commitment. I'll tell you. You have a similar attitude...anytime I go and ask for support through the back side of StreamYard community. I mean, like through messaging. When I say the backside, that's sounded weird. When I ask for support, you're always there. I mean, you don't sleep, and I appreciate that. So, keep not sleeping for everybody's sake. Christian, you do the same. So, Christian, what about you? When you made that initial change from whatever camera you had before to this unbelievably clear one year look you're working with right now. What did that feel like the moment you saw a difference?
Christian Karasiewicz:
So, it's very interesting actually. So, this is actually what I was using before. I've been using this for quite a number of years. This is a Logitech Brio. It does do 4K. I invested in this one and eventually came out, and the quality was fantastic. The only thing was, though. I wanted to scale. So this was great for traveling, for example. This is what I took around with me. Super portable. It's got the ability to put it on a tripod. Fantastic, but it did not allow me to scale, so I had to always take up another USB port and all that sort of thing. When I moved to the Sony, the Sony looked very good. I will say the one thing you have to do, though, is you need to go through the settings. There are a few adjustments you want to change. That's what's going to actually enhance your picture quality of it. It's a fantastic camera. It's a Sony 6400. Then, really, the other side to it is also the lens. So I'm using a Sigma lens. So, that I think is the real big difference. I mean you have the kit lenses it comes with. I did make the investment in the the additional lens, which I think that's actually what's contributing to why it looks so good. I will say from a quality standpoint, again, start with what you have. You know, the key things for live streaming. Audio is going to be your most important part. Then also, if you, for example, are using one of these webcams, make sure you have enough light. These things look great with a lot of light. When you don't have a lot of light, you're going to see pixelation. You're going to see distortion and things like that. So, turn it back to you.
Brian Kelly:
Especially with light, if you turn on the green screen feature, you really need to have good lighting then. That's the biggest time. I'm so glad to be liberated from that. Even though I loved it. This is actually a natural well behind me. I painted the entire studio. I actually occupy my daughter's former bedroom. I've been here for four or five years now, and I finally got rid of the cartoon drawings and the yellow paint. I'm a real boy now. I have a real studio. This is awesome.
Christian Karasiewicz:
That looks really good by the way. I was very surprised (by) your background because that looks like one of the standard backgrounds people would normally bring up during a live stream. One that has, you know, the gradient going around the outside. So, whoever did the painting on that fantastic job.
Brian Kelly:
Why, thank you very much. My wife did most of the work to be honest, but I feel like that helps with that. Yeah.
Timothy McNeely:
If you want that comparison between cameras. Right. Christine was just talking about the Logitech Brio. That's what I'm on, and you can see the massive quality difference between Kristen and Julie versus the webcam. So. Right. (A) huge step up.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, we'll point that out in glowing detail right now.
Christian Karasiewicz:
You're using a green screen. Right?
Timothy McNeely:
Yeah.
Brian Kelly:
Your sound, Christian, is smooth. I mean, you have a great radio voice. Having that microphone, I think will pivot to that too. Dylan, what are your thoughts on cameras? Yours looks actually really decent right now? You're on (a) green screen, correct?
Dylan Shinholser:
Correct. Yeah.
Brian Kelly:
It looks really clean. You've done a good job with all the lighting. It's almost like you've done this before, and you know what you're doing.
Dylan Shinholser:
I try. Yeah. So, I actually when I first started doing it, I started listening back on my phone. When this whole pandemic hit, I was using the one inside your laptop and realized very quickly (that) I'm on calls all day, live streaming shows and stuff. I was like, "I got to set my game up." So, I haven't made that leap yet to the DSLR, but I will. I'm on a Logitech, one of the models. I won't even lie because I'm not that tech-savvy. It was expensive for Logitech, so I bought it. I was like, "it's got to work." So, yeah. So, that's where I'm at. I agree heavily. I think it comes down to, because we get asked it and I know you guys get asked, it comes down to what you can afford at the moment. Then always trying to push the limits of production value. Right? My background was a wall. It was just like random yellow wall, and now I have a giant green screen wallpaper now. So, now, I can be wherever I want which is a concert. That's where I want to be, and that's where I'm going to be.
Brian Kelly:
You're the one on the stage, brother. Not the audience.
Dylan Shinholser:
No, I'm actually the guy behind the stage. I never want to be this. It's actually weird for me to be in front of people. I'm the guy behind the stage telling people to get on the stage.
Brian Kelly:
Pushing them forward. Well, you do a good job, Dylan. I wouldn't know any different. Maybe your calling is to step out from behind and be on front more often.
Dylan Shinholser:
We will see. Twenty twenty-one has a lot of stuff, and I've got a long way to go. I got super bored in twenty-twenty so I might as well talk.
Brian Kelly:
I've gotten to know you a little bit over time, and you've got a great personality. I think you need to shine in front of more people. That's my humble opinion.
Dylan Shinholser:
I appreciate that.
In the front, not behind the scenes. It's okay to be behind the scenes on occasion, but someone like you with your personality and your integrity, your character...get out there, buddy. It's a disservice if we don't get to see you. Let me put it that way.
That's what a mentor of mine said. He was like, "dude, you're actually being selfish by not talking more and getting it out." Because like I said at the beginning, I only want to help more people create better experiences and events. Make them flow better and make them more money as humanly possible. At the end of the day, I just want to travel the world with cool people and do cool things. I've learned a lot, and a lot of people need some of that experience. So, I got a stern talking to by one of my mentors. He was like, "dude..." I was like, "alright, it's alright. I promise." I started live streaming then had to get better cameras, better lights going on. It's crazy up here in my little command center of all these different lights, webcams, and monitors. Everything you need to do to pull these shows off.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, I love it. Christian, go ahead.
Christian Karasiewicz:
So, I want to throw something in there real quick. We talked about various types of cameras. If you're just getting started, use that built-in laptop, the webcam. So then you can take it up a notch. You can go to the Logitech. The C922. That's about, I think, a 60 to 70 dollar webcam. So, don't overpay by the way. It's about 60 to 70 dollars. Get it from Logitec, probably. If you find an astronomical price on Amazon, move up to like the Brio, for example. If your budget allows it, that's about one hundred fifty dollar camera. Then move up to a DSLR. For example, Julie's got that, the Sony 6000. I would also say if you happen to have a smartphone, this can be used as a webcam. Essentially, if you think about it, this is a thousand dollar camera. Because you paid a thousand dollars for this device of sorts, and this will give you some phenomenal picture quality. If you already have a smartphone and you don't have to have the latest iPhone, it could be pretty much any iPhone and Android phone. You just need an app such as one called,"Camo." There's one called,"Erion." So, there are lots of apps out there. Don't think like, "hey, I have to now go drop a bunch of money." Look at the phones you have lying around. Those are going to be great ways to fix your picture quality.
Julie Riley:
I've been going live since 2015, and I only had this camera last year.
Brian Kelly:
That's it. You keep reinvesting. I had a good friend of mine who were business partners. He said, I'll never forget it,"sales drive service". When you're making money, you're able to invest. You're able to up your game, and I love that. So many great points. You can just set a phone on a tripod and your camera will look better than many people's webcams. For sure. One of the things that I would recommend, this isn't just a plug StreamYard, is to get at least get the free plan. Do they need any more than the free plan to be part of the community, Julie?
Julie Riley:
No. They can come to join the community even if they're just getting started into streaming. We do like everybody to have the free plan so they have an understanding, but we'll still let you in. Agree to the rules. That's the big thing. Yeah, come join the StreamYard community. It's really a "stream yard" community.
Brian Kelly:
It's a very valuable place because questions like what Christian just addressed are often asked (What do I need?). I'm just starting. I'm a newbie. I see that so much in there. What can you do to help with a camera or microphone or computer? You can go there if you have those questions and ask, and the community will fill in the blanks wonderfully well because they're a great bunch of people. Just like Tim down there who's gotten pushed to the side for a while. So, Tim, is this your first camera that you've been using for live streaming so far? Did you have one before it?
Timothy McNeely:
Yeah, right. I started with just an HD one. Right. Logitech and then jumped up to the Brio. Been happy with that so far. But, you know, it's interesting how the game keeps growing again. That's the thing, right? Just get started! Just do this. I started with just using zoom and recording those for my interviews, and then I realized (that) I need a better platform. I need a way to kind of do that live production. Now I'm doing Stream Yard and got intros. Just get started with whatever you've got and kind of build that proof of concept. You know, I recently just upgraded my lights because I bought the cheapest lights I could at first. I just wanted to do something, and done is better than not done a lot of times.
Brian Kelly:
I totally agree with everything you just said and like what Christian was saying. If you're going to put money into anything, make it the audio side of things first when you upgrade. I was fortunate. I started over nine years ago streaming live. This is a DSLR. Not a DSLR. Good grief, XLR microphone. It's old school. It's not even USB. So I plug it into a mixer board, and from there into my computer. I've used it for years. It's been just amazing. I've never had to do anything with my sound as a result. For you, there are great USB alternatives now. Oh my gosh, there are so many out there. Someone like Christian could probably point you in the right way. Someone like the StreamYard community could push you in the right way and tell you,"these are the ones". I have a connection with the guy who is a sound expert. I've never heard of this before. He has a studio that does 4D sound. I don't even know what that means. Four dementional?
Christian Karasiewicz:
Sweet.
I don't know what that means, audibly. He was telling me about speakers in the ceiling. I'm like, holy moly,. You don't need that obviously for a talk show like this, but think about the possibilities and have fun with it. The bottom line is, when you go on and go live. Enjoy yourself. I'm trying to do that a little bit with these fine people tonight. Thankfully, they're still here with me. I haven't upset them too great, especially Christian. I keep picking on him. Poor guy. I appreciate you all, and it's okay to have fun on your show. Would you guys agree with that? Is it okay to have a little bit of fun?
Julie Riley:
One hundred percent. If you're having fun, your audience is going to be having fun with you.
If you're not having fun... I don't believe in doing anything that I don't find fun. It's a life motto of mine. If I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it. Yeah. Like you said, Julie. If you're not having fun with it, then how in the world do you expect the viewers to want to have fun or engage or interact? It starts with you.
Brian Kelly:
Absolutely, absolutely. One of the things I wanted to pivot to is something I'm deeply interested in because the product that came up earlier when I did the quick ads spot. I like to solve the pain points that people are having in their live streaming experiences. I'm curious. I'll bet, Julie and Christian, you guys have seen and heard a lot about that. I actually had a team member of mine from my company put a poll up in the form of a meme, a graphic. What's the right word? I am having trouble with words these days. It's an infograph. That's it. Simple. I was a little bit shocked by the result, but I was just curious what you guys think. What are the biggest pain points you're seeing? (Either) that you're having individually. Tim, if you have that as well. Dylan as well. Dylan, you probably hear about a bunch of it as well. What are the pain points you are seeing come back over and over and over again? I'm having a horrible time trying to find another guest on my show if they're interview style, or the tech is just blowing my mind. Even though StreamYard is so simple. I'm having trouble with x, y, z. Let's just go around the horn. Dylan, if you don't mind, I put you on the spot. Can you think of any of those pain points that keep coming up over and over again?
Dylan Shinholser:
Yeah, absolutely. The biggest thing I see is they underestimate what it does take. I totally agree. Why I promote StreamYard to our clients and everyone I possibly can is because of the ease of use. People go into it and think shows are just like setting up the webcam, and they can be. Setting up the webcam and just talking. Right? There's a lot of back end stuff to this. These shows and I'm learning that as doing my own now. I'm like, holy cow, I'm about to hire fifteen people because this is absurd. But, yeah. I think that's the biggest thing that I see is underestimating it, but also at the same time, they overcomplicate it. They have to think (that) they have to have all these bells and whistles and seventeen thousand cameras and two million dollar microphones. It goes back to our first point of "just do it". It doesn't need to be overcomplicated, but understand going into it, there is some work that takes and understand that you do have to respect what it takes to put these on. At the same time, don't overcomplicate it. It's funny how people work. They overestimate or underestimate it, but then heavily overcomplicate it at the same time. I think that's the biggest one I see.
Brian Kelly:
I'm so glad you brought that up. I've said this so many times, people don't realize what goes on behind the scenes before the show even comes on live for that episode. The amount of time and effort. If you want to do a live show that's of quality and represent yourself and your brand in a way that you want it to be represented professionally. It takes a good amount of work for every single show. That's why I automated nearly every process (that) I use now. It took time to get there, but you can use a team. You can get a team. Like you said, Dylan, to also help out. For me, it's all about quality, and more time is spent before the show by far than the show itself. After the show is over, another good deal of time is spent. That is in the minor edits, the repurposing, the marketing, and everything else that goes beyond. The live show is this tiny window of time, and it's the fun is part of it by the way. When you have everything automated, the rest is not "not fun" because you're not doing it. It's all automated, but definitely great. Thank you for that. Julie, what has been some of the big p.. sorry to wake you up there. What have been some of the big pain points? You are wide awake. I just starttled you. You've seen over and over, I bet you've seen a bunch of them.
Julie Riley:
Oh, my gosh. So many, you know, especially because I'm approving all of the comments that are coming into the group. I think one of the huge ones is that the hesitation of people who believe that they have to have everything perfect. That they have to have all of the backdrops, the overlays, the banners, the super expensive microphone, and the super expensive camera. That they have it. The room behind them is messy. They haven't thought about turning to just a blank wall because they're like, "well, then I don't have a fancy studio set up." They get to this point where they're trying to create perfection, and perfection is a fairy tale. It doesn't exist. There is no such thing as perfection. There is, again, where Dylan said the overcomplicating it. They've got to really just slow down and go, "what do I need to get this process going?" What is the minimum to make it happen? From there, then I can then build on it, and build on it each week. Go, "okay, I got live. I got the first one out. I got the jitters out. I hate the way I sound." When I had my agency, I would tell my clients. They'd be like, "I can't stand the way I sound." I'm like, nobody likes the way (that) they sound. There's actually, and I say this all the time, there's a term for it that is a term for not liking the sound of your own voice. I tell people, you have to get over that fear. They're like,"I don't look good on camera, I don't know how to be on camera." The other thing I tell people is to set up a fake Facebook group with nobody else in it but you. Go live in there a bunch of times and just get those jitters out. Get that feeling of pressing the button and going live. Then invite your husband in, your sister, your mother, or whoever. Somebody so that you're talking to somebody. From there, build up each time. As we said with the cameras, again, you can you can slowly build. You can slowly add in the overlays. You can slowly add in the backgrounds.
Brian Kelly:
My goodness! I absolutely love it. I have my own Facebook group that I use just for that. Nothing more. I go in there, and I test things for StreamYard and other things in there. I go live in there because there's no substitute for going live. We've got more buttons to click, and things kind of change their arrangement just a little bit in the window. If you practiced it 20 times without going live, then you go live you're going to go, "what the heck just happened?" I don't know what I'm supposed to do now. That was perfect. Perfect advice. I love that. We've got a comment coming in or two or three. Yeah. Kelly, crucial. Kruschel. Sorry if I got that wrong.
Dylan Shinholser:
Kelly Kruschel. It's Kruschel. She said she's on my team. She's a friend. Hey, we've got a supporter.
Brian Kelly:
Love it. Love it. Then Fran Jesse, I know her. I'm getting ready to make my first video essentially input. Yeah. Reach out, Fran. We're friends. I will give you assistance in any way you want because this is the greatest this is the greatest avenue for media on the planet, in my humble opinion, for so many reasons. One is people get to see you. I love clubhouse. It's also phenomenal in different ways, but people get to see you. They get to interact with you. They can engage with you, and they get to see your essence. It doesn't cost you, the studio owner, studio time. If you do this in the old days when you have to go to a television studio and you want to do a show, it would cost you thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars just to use the studio. Let alone get the media time to put it up on a television station. We're living in wonderful times. It's the greatest time to be alive, in my humble opinion. I'm a tech geek. I'm not young anymore. I'm fifty six, but I can't wait for the rest of what my life has to hold. Yes. You're welcome, Fran. Any time. Wonderful. Wonderful. Alright. Where were we? I got all messed up and loving myself there. We're going to have fun. I'm being real. This is like... I don't know. I'm the most relaxed (that) I've been in a long time with everything that went on today. It was one of those weird, everything-going crazy days. I feel like I'm at home with you guys. That's why.
Dylan Shinholser:
It's been one of those years.
Brian Kelly:
Thank God that last one is over.
Dylan Shinholser:
Yeah, yeah. Sure.
Brian Kelly:
So, okay. Pain point. Let's go back around one more. Tim, what do you have?
Timothy McNeely:
Yeah. When I first started doing this, my whole goal was to get out there and to talk to the different experts in the different areas of the challenges that my my clients face. I started off as an interview show and just using Zoom to record the video. Then all of a sudden I had the video. Now I had to put an intro in. I had to put an exit in. I had to extract the audio so I could do the podcast. My team members and myself were spinning our wheels. Just trying to really kind of create a workflow around the creation of this content so we could get the message out and help people with their challenges. For me, all of a sudden, the revelation was (that) I can do this live. I can have people type in (and) ask comments as I'm doing the show. Not only that, from start to finish, I can produce the whole thing going live. Right? You go live. You can play an intro now. You can throw in little commercial breaks. You can throw in the outro, and then it's done. Download the audio. You throw it up, and now you've got your podcast. You don't have to upload video to YouTube and Facebook and LinkedIn. It's done for you now, automatically. So really my biggest pain point was just the production side of things and putting everything together so that I could keep talking to people and doing the fun part. Right? I don't want to get caught up in all the details of making this. I want to talk to people, learn, and share that knowledge. Really, a lot of the pain point, just using StreamYard has really been absolved because it's a turn-key easy to use platform.
Brian Kelly:
Amen to all of that brother. Here's the key for everyone that's ever going to do a live show or has done one. The most important part is that you show up and you be the talent. That means you need to be dedicated mentally toward what the task is at hand. If I have too many things going on, like production-wise, which I used to when I didn't automate things. That's in the back of my mind. Did I dot every "i"? Did I cross every "t"? What's going to screw up on this show? Versus showing up fully for my guest. Being there for them. Getting out of myself and my own business and being present for the other person, that's what I'm about. Lifting up the other people, that's what my show's about. It's important to me.
Timothy McNeely:
Actually, if I can touch on that talent piece, Brian? I think he brought something up so important for everyone listening to this. If you're doing any kind of a show where you're interviewing people, chances are (that) the person you're talking to (is) a little bit uncomfortable. Your job, as the talent, is to spend some time before the show really crafting what it's going to look like. What direction are you going to go in? You want to make that person you're talking to look like a star. The more you can rehearse with them and put them at ease, you're going to end up with a much, much better show. Because you've taken a little bit of time to make sure that (the) other person is going to shine just as bright as you do. So, take that time to work with your guests beforehand through interview guides, through little questionnaires. So that you can help prep them, to keep them on a thread, and you can really help them deliver their message. Most people are not trained professional speakers. They just aren't. I've hired some of the best speaking coaches to help me develop messages, stay on topic, and learn how to tell stories. People don't invest time, energy, and effort to do that. You can help them do that through a briefing before you start your live with them.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah. That's why I was saying before, I do a thirty-minute preshow. All of us were on here for 30 minutes getting to know each other, making sure all the tech was good, doing some checkout. You were talking about people being nervous and stuff. That's why I'm riding Christian so hard with all these jokes and stuff because it broke his nervousness. You can see his sweating. I am so kidding. This guy's raw. He's a rock. He's awesome. He's a pro. I love this guy, man. I always pick on the quiet ones. I don't know why that is. Christian, man, you're bringing massive value. All kidding aside, you're very experienced. You're matched for what you do. You've said already so many amazing things. What about you, brother?
Christian Karasiewicz:
I'd say this. I think a couple of the pain points. I think one is people want to ask, "how do I get better at my live stream?" I think (that) the first thing is practice. To Julie's point, I think you mentioned having overlays, backgrounds, and all this other stuff. Look at it like this. You want to show your audience as well while you're helping them. You're doing this with them. You have everything at the same time, and you're trying to make everything perfect. Your audience is going to be like, "I'm not going to stick around this person because they've done such a good job already. I won't ever get to that point". They start having that self-doubt. The key thing is going to be practice. You don't have to have every single one of the overlays. Maybe start with the the intro or the thumbnail, and maybe you have an outro for example. (Those are) the first two things you do. As you build the show, then you can add segment graphics. You can add videos. So, you can scale it, but you don't have to have so much at one time because then it's just too overwhelming. That's point number one. Pain point number two is that people, for some reason, think that they're going to immediately be able to monetize their live stream. I say pain point because everybody's like, "oh, I bought all that equipment." Now, you've got to figure out how to pay for all that equipment, you know? If you're struggling already with your business and growing it, then you're not going to immediately monetize live stream. You have to have an audience. You know, you have to build that community. When you go live, they're tuning in because (of) the social platforms. They want to see that you're bringing viewers, they want to see engagement. So, point number two is monetizing your live stream. There are ways to do that, but don't always set out with monetization being number one. It could take a couple of years to monetize. So, get started. Build on it, then make those investments as your business is growing. Yes, mic drop. Yes.
Dylan Shinholser:
Do you have that mic? Just a mic drop? Because I might need to get one.
Brian Kelly:
It's actually super.
Dylan Shinholser:
Yeah, super real.
Christian Karasiewicz:
That's pretty cool, actually.
Julie Riley:
I like that.
Brian Kelly:
It's actually part of a magic trick that you put in a paper bag. It's a long story, but I found one more affordable that would not break my keyboard because that's what it landed on. You didn't hear it. Oh, my gosh. Golden nuggets there, as usual, from Christian who I give a lot of hard time to. I'm going to stop because you're amazing dude, and I don't want to get mad at me. I want you to be my friend. So many great things. So, you said two years. I was like, wow. I was watching an interview. How many of you have heard of Lewis Howes? Former professional football player and turned incredible entrepreneur. He's all over the place. He was being interviewed, and the guy interviewing him asked him a question. He said, "so, Lewis, if someone came to you, and they were talking about the fact they wanted to start a podcast. Now, we're talking just the audio version. That's what a podcast really is for everyone that may not know it's audio-only. Not video, even though they're going that way." He said, "well, here's what I'd tell them. First, you got to actually be consistent. Whenever you decide to do it, do it at that same day and that same time every week or multiple times a week. Whatever that happens to be. Number two, more importantly. You must commit yourself to doing that for at least, the magic number, two years. If they are not willing to do that, I would tell them, don't even get started." We didn't talk about monetization. None of that was discussed during this Q&A. That was telling. Who was I talking about this earlier with earlier today? It's not necessarily about monetizing. It's about building your platform, and I wanted to add to that. It took me in two years. I was just hitting that moment in time of my live show. That's when the momentum started. He was spot on, and so are you, Christian, about the two years. Then using a certain strategy (that) I use, I continually ask for referrals in a certain way. I eventually landed the one and only Les Brown. Some of you know who that is. Some of you don't. I've noticed some don't and Im like,"what rock are you living under?" He's amazing, and he's been on my show. Because of that, the two-year commitment is my point. Not talking about monetization. Then what I found after doing this for two years and striving for excellence all the time in every facet, I'm talking about the preshow communication with upcoming guests and the setup and the prep that they all go through and my system makes sure they do. The show itself and then after the show, all the post-production, everything that goes into it. Once you have that, people notice and my show, without my intending it to be, became an incredible, powerful lead magnet for my business. Focus, just as Christian was stating so properly, does definitely, positively impact your business. If you do it right. You do it high quality, and again, within reason within the resources you have. Go ahead, Christian.
Christian Karasiewicz:
I was going to say. That's another point that people look at, and they want to generate revenue off of it. That revenue may not be actual money upfront. It may end up being (help) (to) drive more leads to my website. It's not necessarily driving more people to my social channels. You're following is... It's OK. That's not going to necessarily grow your business because you had five more followers on Instagram or something like that. It's potentially getting them back to your website, which can be an opportunity for them to schedule a coaching call with you, maybe buy a product from you, learn from you for example. You're not going to get every single person to become a customer, but you're going to be able to use it to generate more leads.
Brian Kelly:
Totally, totally true.
Dylan Shinholser:
That's why I do it.
Brian Kelly:
You see on the top of this screen "streaming live on" and then five. We're doing it to eight right now or seven right now. "Listen-on" down below. On the bottom, there's actually twenty five of those like us could fit them all. Roku now was on Fire TV. Look, you're not making money from those, but here's what happened. How many of you have heard of Kevin Harrington? Shark Tank? Original Shark Tank? He has a partner named, "Seth Green", and they do a podcast together. They've been doing it for years now. They have five-hundred plus episodes. We got introduced, Seth and I. I met Kevin. We shared the stage once. I'm not name-dropping, but yes, I am. It was awesome, and it was fun. Seth reached out. We were connected by someone else. We were introduced, and Seth did his own homework. He came back, we literally talked on Zoom, and he says, "wow, I did some research. I looked you up and, my God, you're everywhere." I just wanted to say, "yeah, that's right." So, you want to get out there. That's why, shameless plug, I call it, "carpet bomb marketing". You saturate with everything you've got within reason. Right? If you can automate it, it can be near or completely free. So just do it. Why not add it to your arsenal? So, it works. Just be consistent to a minimum of two years. Get in touch with people like Julie, Christian, Tim, and Dylan. You might make that even quicker than two years. I'll direct you to the shortcuts that many of us did by trial and error.
Timothy McNeely:
Touching on the monetization piece, a good friend of mine runs one of the top coaching consultancies out there. Right. Very, very successful. Runs a great podcast, great show. I ask him one day. I said, "have you need any money doing your podcast?" He thought for a second. He says, "naw, I've actually lost money doing it. The relationships that I've made...I've made millions off (of) that." If you approach it from that standpoint... There's different goals, but I always approach, you know, what's the end result? What are you looking for out of your show? Why are you doing it? That's how you can measure the success of it. Is it helping you achieve whatever goals you set for yourself?
Brian Kelly:
Totally agree. It's very similar. Isn't it? To writing a book? I'm holding up another namedrop. Yes, it's very similar to writing your own book. Because a lot of people want to write a book and make a living off of the sales of the book. I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, most of the time it just doesn't happen that way. If anyone comes up to you and you're talking to them... During the course of conversation, maybe you ask them what they've been up to? Or, hey, I've authored a book. The moment they say that, in your eyes, do they not lift up in an influence in your mind? Right then and there? Instantly. It builds authority. That's exactly what this live show, and live shows like it, are doing. When you're giving evidence of it by spitting it out to all of these platforms, there's no way people can't find you and know that you're serious. You know, it's showing that you have a commitment level. It's showing that you have a quality level of professionalism. It's not about the show itself. It's like, well, if I do business with that person, or will I... Will I want to do business that person? If they're professional. Yes. If they put on a shoddy show, they might give me shoddy service. If I do business with them. Does that make sense? People want to (be) representing yourself in the best. Do it the best you can, but do it. Please, don't delay. Don't try to be perfect. You heard everybody talk. Go ahead, Dylan. You had something?
Dylan Shinholser:
Well, yeah. There's indirect ways to make money with shows, live streams, and of course direct (ways). Right. Direct is selling sponsorships, ad-space, all that good stuff. The indirect monetization is so much more powerful. When I do shows or when I hop on shows or anything, it's literally just to build a top-down awareness of myself. I just want people to know what Dylan Shinholser is. Then that way, because I do multiple things, I'm never trying to sell one product at any given time. I'm trying to sell myself, and what it does is it gives me that outlet to do it. Then if you're hosting a show. Right? This maybe goes into some other topics around how to market and things like that. It's a powerful relationship tool because when you can open your platform to other people that you're looking to connect with. I'm in the business of working with influencers and throwing their events. Well, the best way to connect was get them on my show. It gave me a reason to reach out that wasn't pitchy or sales. It was more or less. Hey, man, I just want to give you an outlet, because I think what you talk about is cool. Tell my people about it. After the show, I was like, "hey, man, what are you doing next Tuesday? I need a speaker." Or "hey, man. I have some ideas (that) I want to pitch you or (some) things. They're more receptive. So, I always do shows and things not about the direct money I get, but the indirect thing. It's the indirect impact that I get from relationships, or people sharing my stuff out and people go, oh man, he sounds semi-intelligent unless they're watching this. Then then they'll go, okay, great. Let me go over to this platform that he runs with this business that he does or whatever because he sounded halfway intelligent on that show. Right? So, I think the indirect monetization is what most people don't... They don't get that the instant gratification of like that five thousand dollars sponsorship check. When I forgo that and go on to bring on much more money on the backend with the people I connect with, in the top influence that I get.
Brian Kelly:
The magic word there was "relationship".
Dylan Shinholser:
Relationships all day, every day. That's all I do- is build relationships, and how can I do it? Do more shows like this. Can I get it out? You're on like forty-two different podcast or outlets here, right? Every one of those. Every time you put a show on it, you're building a relationship with someone on that platform. Even if it's just you talking, and they're listening. You're building that relationship. Everything (that) I do, is built on: how can I develop relationships? Live streams is just an amazing way to do so.
Brian Kelly:
Posting them is one thing. Right? That's a great thing. What I learned through a podcasting expert friend of mine is the maybe not as equally important, but possibly greater importance, is getting on other people's shows. That includes audio podcasts only. He explained how his business skyrocketed when he did what he called, "podcast guest marathons". He would have someone get him booked in his team. He would carve out three days and just say get as many as you can for me. He'd do that. Then when they ask him about how to get in contact with him... This is the gold right here... It's not go to my Facebook page and look up my name and message me. He would tell them to go to his podcast website and from there to subscribe. Now he's building a following. It's genius. It's so genius. I just want to impart that. The cool thing, though, is when you're hosting a high-quality live show that opens the door for you to be a guest on many more.
Dylan Shinholser:
Oh, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Being a guest is what goes back to the authority building. Right? If I can build my authority, I build my influence. If I do have something to sell... If I'm trying to build my brand or whatever it is or I'm just trying to get to as many people as possible to talk about events with them... That authority I call it, "authority hacking", being able to get them on your show. That'll get your show in front of their audience, and then going on to other shows helps you develop your authority. It's like writing a book. I was I'm a guest on this show, this show, this show. It's like writing a book. Your authority starts to become a little bit more when you're leveraging their influence. Right? When you're a guest on the show, if that show has a following, you becoming a guest on that show gives you authority because now you have the validation of the host that everyone is following and love. So, I can authority hack by getting on other people's shows.
Brian Kelly:
It leverges. You have a whole new tribe watching and interacting with you as well. I mean, this is one of the most powerful things people can use. If they just get out of that rut of trying to find a way to make money with it directly, that's when they'll see the real value come through. It's about building relationships. It's long-term. Not short, quick kill. I got to make a commission and run. It's build a relationship. Establish it. If you go into this with the mindset of it not being for directly making money, I personally think you have greater success. The long-term plays always work better than the short-term. Short-term works can work, but they're temporary. The long-term is a lot more permanent and lasting. Just think of all the wonderful bread crumbs you're leaving throughout the world. Through all the venues and platforms we've been talking about. In speaking terms, if you're on stage, that's what we call a "stage swap". Where you would be a guest on someone else's stage in return for them saying, "okay, but I'm going to do the opposite." We'll have you on our as well. The same thing with podcasts and live video. It works really great. Just make sure they're a fit.
Dylan Shinholser:
They've got to fit. (It's) got to makes sense.
Brian Kelly:
Both ways. Yeah.
Christian Karasiewicz:
I want to add something real quick to that. If you are consistently going live, so it's great to be consistent, go live on a regular basis, but also think about the long game. It's a couple of years, for example. Also, don't be afraid to be making changes and adjustments as things are moving along. It's not about substituting equipment. It's about looking at your process. For example, you mentioned Brian, that you have automation on some of the things. Think of smarter ways to take bigger jumps ahead. If I have to send someone an email, and I'm like, "hey, do you want to be on my show?" Then I have to deal with the whole back and forth. Well, okay. Yeah. What time? Then I have to send everything back. There are tools out there like Calendly, Harmonizely. You can send a calendar link to somebody and they can only book a certain slot for example and vice versa. This takes out the guesswork out of having to do all that back and forth. That's a way to work smarter because now you want to book people for your show. You send them one link. The person then doesn't have to send you a message back, and you can even use it to collect feedback for your show questions. There's not a lot of back-and-forth and downtime.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, absolutely. I do that as well, and it's a godsend. I could not do what I'm doing. I would not do what I'm doing without the automation part of it. I have an onboarding form. You guys all... Most, not all of you went through it, but that was a mini version. Julie, you went through the big version. I then changed it right after I saw that. Like you said, make adjustments. That's what I did. I'm constantly doing that. Improving. I have a document automatically generated in Google Docs with your bio. The answer you had to why you think you would bring value to the show. Also, all the questions you chose to be asked for the show. Some of you didn't see that. So everything's done. The Q&A part used to take hours and hours doing manually. Now I just give them thirty-eight questions. Choose ten, and we're good. You tick the box. You choose what I'm going to ask you. (I) just made it a system, and it has worked beautifully. I don't even use the ten questions hardly. I use maybe the first three. Then we go organically like we've been doing tonight. My God, it's six twenty-nine! Are you kidding me? I'm having too much fun. Real quick. I know everyone that came on in the beginning. You heard this thing about a prize. We're going to do that real quick, and we'll come back and wrap it up. For those of you watching, remember in the beginning I said, "take notes and don't go clicking away and stuff like that"? Now I think Dylan, Julie, Tim, and Christian will also give you permission to do what I'm saying, and that is take out your phone. Take your gaze away from us for just a moment, but you'll still have to look back. Yes, yes. You can do this too. Please, do. What I want you to do....
Dylan Shinholser:
I need a vacation.
This is how you can enter to win a five-night stay at a five-star luxury resort of your choosing. Here's what you do. Take out your message app on your phone. Fire that up- your text message app. Where you would type in the name of the person normally that you're going to text. Instead, put in this number: three, one, four, six, six five-they're all doing it behind the scenes- one, seven, six, seven. I love this. Three, one, four, six, six, five, one, seven, six, seven. If you're watching this and you're not a guest, go ahead and write this down because I gonna take the screen down. I want you to get it. This will be open until the end of the evening. Where you actually put in the message... Where you might put emojis, those kinds of things, not emojis, just two words separated by a dash or a hyphen. Those words are peak (P-E-A-K) dash Vacation (V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N). All together. No spaces. Peak vacation. Send it off, then monitor your phone. You're going to get an automated response back asking you for your email address, and that will then officially enter you into the contest. Compliments of The Big Insider Secrets. Our buddies, Jason Nash, the owner. Dear friend of mine who lets us give this away every single week. Every show, actually. We do more than one a week now on average. So go ahead, get that entered. I can't wait to see who's going to win that. You're going to be asked later, you don't have to if you're the winner, to provide your Facebook information. Just your profile so we can say congrats and give you a high-five online and get others to come watch the show. To be honest, that's another strategy. We're just rolling back the curtain. That's why we do it this way. You can offer incentives like that. My friend has offered that to anyone who is my friend. If you're not my friend, you don't get it. If you're on as part of the panel here, they're all my friends. Christian may differ on that opinion, but I think he's my friend.
Christian Karasiewicz:
I'm your friend. Yes.
Brian Kelly:
Ok, good. I picked on you so hard. I apologize, but you're just you're a fun guy. I appreciate you for putting up with it. I definitely do stuff like that. Implement it and announce it in the beginning. That helps retention. I'm just pulling back the curtain for everybody. You can do different things like that. Having multiple people, I noticed, is also a little better than just one every single time. So, mix it up now and then. Alright. I know we're a little bit over, but I want to give you each another chance for a final parting tip. Anything you want on live streaming. It could be hardware, software, how you smile, what bling you wear, don't wear, your makeup. I'm wearing some, by the way, just so the guys know. Yeah, I don't know what they call it. It's not like guy up.. guy-liner, but it's like makeup. I know. That was bad.
Dylan Shinholser:
I haven't heard of that one.
Brian Kelly:
I just did that. I'm not a young fart anymore. Anyway. So, Dylan, we'll do the same thing. Go around the horn. What would be one final quick tip, or parting words of advice, you can give our wonderful viewing and listening audience?
Dylan Shinholser:
Keep it simple stupid. Don't overcomplicate it. There's things that you need to do and standards you need to meet. At the end of the day, keep it simple stupid will allow you to not overcomplicated it (and) get overwhelmed. Once you get overwhelmed, it's a wash. I would just say as a life advice, event advice, live stream advice, just keep it simple stupid and keep it moving.
Brian Kelly:
Real quick, I got to interject on that. Just so people know that that comes from an acronym K.I.S.S. So we're not calling everybody stupid, for one.
Dylan Shinholser:
Well...
Brian Kelly:
That was great. I have a friend who is Sicilian in nature, and he did this from the stage. He talked about it, and he brought up the whole thing. We're talking about doing it without complicating it. He goes, "It's like K.I.S.S. Who knows what K.I.S.S means?" Someone raised their hands. They said, "keep it simple, stupid". He goes,"Oh, no, no. It's keep it simple Sicilian." He lighten the load of the stupid part. I thought that was cool. Sorry, Julie, what is your parting tip?
Julie Riley:
You know, you're going to have to get started at some point. In order to do that, you're going to have to get over your fear. Go practice. Get those done, but also go watch and find other people that you resonate with their live shows. Start to take pieces from each of those. Now, obviously, you cannot go copy their live show and recreate it. You can pull little things from multiple different people's live shows that you like and that resonate with you. If you're comfortable and things are resonating with you, you're going to exude that comfort and that confidence out to the rest of the world.
Brian Kelly:
I love it. I love it. Alright. The man, the myth, the legend, Timothy J. McNeely. What is your final parting word of advice?
Timothy McNeely:
I'm going to close with a story. The purpose of this story is to illustrate the power of doing a show. July 20th, 1969, the first man walked on the moon. He left his footprints up there. On the moon, there's no wind. There's no rain. There's no weather, and those footprints today in twenty twenty-one look exactly like they did in nineteen sixty-nine. They're going to be exactly the same a million years from now. You too. You leave footprints on the hearts and the minds of everyone that you come in contact with. In streaming and having a platform, that's your opportunity to leave your footprints and to have an impact on people. Get clear about what your message is. What's the impact you want to have? If you do that, all of the other puzzle pieces are going to fall in place for you.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, baby. Okay, I've got to do it. I've got to do it. That was amazing.
Dylan Shinholser:
You have to get one of the little lower third animation gifts that are possible here on StreamYard. It's just a mic drop every time someone does one.
Brian Kelly:
Not nearly as much fun though, bro.
Christian Karasiewicz:
That's true. Fair. Very fair. I'll give it to you. I've got to get me one of those little squishy microphones.
Brian Kelly:
A little sound effect like I just broke my desk or something. That would be good. Alright, Christian, you've had a long time to think about it now. No pressure, but this better be a good one. I'm kidding. What do you have?
Christian Karasiewicz:
Let's see. The best piece of advice, I think, would be don't have gas or gear acquisition syndrome. You're going to watch people doing their live streams, and they're going to go and be like, "hey, I got to get that mic because this person upgraded." Oh, they got a new webcam. Remember? If you develop a plan, the whole thing is work the plan.. work the system. It's great (that) somebody else got some equipment, but it doesn't mean that you need to go out and get that yourself as well. Remember, work your plan. When you get to the certain points, maybe set that as a milestone. If I get to a certain number of viewers, for example, or a certain number of subscribers on a channel, then I might need to upgrade something. Don't be buying stuff just because someone else is doing so.
Brian Kelly:
Sales drive service. I love it. You guys are amazing. Thank you so much for coming on. Everyone who watched live. Thank you for coming on. Those of you that watched on the recording. Thank you for spending your valuable time with us, and those listening on the podcast. The same goes for you. Definitely. I hope you took a lot of notes because these are experts in the field. They are giving their value, their heart, their experience. They only charged me two-hundred thousand dollars for it. It's really been a deal. I'm kidding. They charged me nothing. You got incredible value from these amazing, amazing professionals. I can't thank you all enough. I appreciate you Dylan, Julie, Tim, Christian. Thank you from the bottom of my heart with all seriousness. I know we had some fun tonight. Thank you, Christian, so much for letting me pick on you so hard. You've been a great guy. I look forward to getting to know each and every one of you at a deeper level. If you're open to that after tonight. Appreciate you all. On behalf of these amazing people, that's it. We're out. My name is Brian Kelly. I'm the host of The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show. Until next time we will see you. Be blessed. So long for now.
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